Destiny is ashes

Chapter 498: Fight to the Death (There was a sudden power outage at home, I have to wait for the power to come back before I can continue updating)
Even though he had expected it, An Jing couldn't help but marvel at what he saw.

The blade fragment that appeared before his eyes was a dark yet pure blade that should not exist in the human world. It absorbed all the light around it, making itself appear deeper than darkness. With it as the center, the burning black flame destroyed the light of the universe, making time and space seem unstable.

At first glance, what people think of is not the sharp blades and metal, but the broken world, disordered time and space, and chaotic spirits - but it does not have any overflowing pressure, it just burns quietly, floating, in...

A dragon so big that one cannot see the end at a glance, hidden in the veins deep in the earth, above the remains of an ancient dragon's skull.

At the forehead of the remains of the Ice Chi original body of the former great demon Ku Ji, a fragment of a pitch-black sword blade is suspended there. It is the source of the dim light that illuminates the entire underground stalagmite jungle, like a gem on a dragon's head, and also like the source that completely seals it off.

"This is……"

An Jing looked at the black fragments in front of him with a solemn gaze.

But even in this delicate situation, he still had the heart to joke: "Why does it look like your other fragment is suppressing Bitter Silence alone? What exactly is the seal on it?"

"Yeah, what exactly is the seal?"

Fu Xie was also confused at this moment: "Is this my fragment? It is indeed the sword tip, exactly the same... but isn't my fragment on top? Why are there two fragments with completely different materials but exactly the same shape?"

"and……"

He whispered to himself: "This fragment is both my memory and the source of evil energy..."

"It seems that the demon has completely corrupted your memory."

An Jing smiled, but Fu Xie did not take the boy's step, but sighed: "No. Don't make excuses for me... Although I really don't remember it at all, maybe I have fallen."

He said this, but his tone gradually became firmer: "If everything was normal for me, why would I be like this now? Immortal, indestructible, and indelible... I don't say 'unchangeable'."

"But now is not the time to think about these things."

An Jing said, his words were concise: "I will just say one thing. Fu Xie, it looks like you need to endure another 'demon energy shock' in order to regain your memory... This is your tribulation, the polishing you need as a sword. But I believe in you."

"And you, too, have to believe in yourself. Believe in what I believe in you."

At this moment, Fu Xie's mentality was much better than before. He laughed: "Of course, my sword bearer."

"You dare to draw your sword, so why should I, as a sword, be afraid of a sword-to-blade collision?"

So An Jing stepped forward.

He raised his hand and raised his sword.

And the sword blade fragment floating above the dragon skeleton also naturally, just like the silver-green fragment sealed in the Immortal Palace, floated up freely without any stagnation, carrying endless and rich demonic energy, and went towards the hilt of the Fuxie sword.

And when the silver-green sword blade collided with the pitch-black sword blade, countless fleeting light and shadows flowed, carrying a distant and ancient atmosphere.

An Jing saw it. He saw the distant past.

Above the Nine Heavens, there is the Tianhe Natural Moat. Huaixu Daoyu is the strongest and the last line of defense.

The countless continents and land areas that were once dependent on the Huaixu sky have all turned to ashes and nothingness. Thousands of blessed places have been like bubbles punctured by a needle tip, and have become fine light dust that flows along the Taixu Sky River and surrounds Huaixu.

The immortals and gods who were attached to their homeland wanted to rely on the fetal membrane of the realm for defense, but under the all-pervasive erosion of the demons, the whole world was turned into nutrients for the demon's nest; 280,000 star immortals guarded the creatures of the 3,000 small worlds and retreated to Huaixu, but were caught up by the demon army that surged like a dark galaxy.

The immortals vowed to fight to the death and not retreat even a single step. Their entire army was wiped out and turned into ashes. Even their names were completely lost.

But their sacrifice was not in vain: all living beings survived, and the central Daoting defense line with Huaixu Daotian as the core gradually took shape. With the completion of the Tianhe Tianqian project led by Master Hong and Father Yuan, the most primitive and dangerous supreme inner demon among the demons could no longer invade from the rear, and the battle between ghosts and gods in the underworld had also suppressed the Wujian Abyss. The demons were attacking there all the time, but they could not cross the line even a single step.

At this point, with the Ten Directions Dao Realm and the five great immortal heavens gradually activated, the innate immortal returning to the void Dao soldiers left by the great immortal Huaixu have revived, and the combined strength of the three thousand immortals and gods who have attained immortality and are in the realm of the primordial spirit are enough to build the Huaixu Dao Realm into an indestructible immortal fortress.

But does this really make sense?

All messages were silenced, and all connections with other Dao Realms and Immortal Realms were cut off; the endless Taixu Sea, which should have been vast and boundless, seemed to be filled with the army of demons; the edge of the eternally flowing, ever-clean Tianhe River was gradually stained with an indescribable, indelible black color. In the hundred thousand years after the departure of the Great Immortal Huaixu, and in the countless tens of thousands of years since the Central Divine Court was shattered, their disciples and descendants, and descendants of descendants, encountered the same disasters as their ancestors' ancestors.

The immortals, gods and cultivators gathered in Huaixu looked out in fear or hesitation at the army of demons that was spreading to the end of the distant Taixu. They would not have any reinforcements, nor would they know any direction to leave. All they could do was fight and only fight.

"Run away."

Someone said calmly or desperately, "As long as we can break through, we can continue the flame of the Divine Court. Just like the Great Immortal, as long as we can escort the 'Returning to the Void Dao Soldiers' out and record the characteristics and weaknesses of this group of demons, there will always be newcomers who will defeat them!"

“How can we place all our hopes on those who come after us?”

However, some people have different opinions: "Huaixu Daoyu is so special. It is the seed of hope selected by the great immortals who traveled through the endless void. How can we give it up so easily!"

'He' walked out.

A sword immortal walked out, came before all the immortals and gods, then drew his sword and pointed it at the dark demon army in front of him.

"Since there is still hope of victory!"

Silver-blue, sharp and silent, enough to cut through the void, cut through all will and edge, making His voice resound through the heavens, shaking the void like a tidal wave: "Then we will never retreat, never flee, and never leave all the pain and despair to our future children!"

"At this moment!"

He said, "Only fight!"

"Then let's fight!"

Countless voices that still had courage rang out. "Fight!" "Fight!" "Fight!"

"But if we fail, we may no longer be able to escort the 'Return to the Void Dao Soldiers' away." However, there are still voices questioning: "Failure means losing the future."

"Then I will be the first to die in battle!" The Sword Immortal replied, holding up the immortal sword in his hand: "I will become the leader of the 'Demon Subjugation' and walk on the front line against the demon army. If I die in battle, I will pass on my sword and will to those who come after me!"

"Wait until all members of 'Subdue Demons and Subdue Evil' are killed in battle and no one is willing to join, then prepare to evacuate!"

"Everyone!"

He turned around and extended an invitation: "Who is willing to fight the demon army with me?"

"Follow me and die together!"

"Then I will die in battle!"

Countless high-spirited responses resounded throughout the world: "Die in battle!" "Die in battle!" "Die in battle!"

The pitch-black demon army was approaching the Milky Way. They were endless and boundless. They were a never-ending depravity and an inexhaustible abyss.

But now, after a long and painful baptism of demonic calamity, and after being screened and tempered by countless inner demons, no immortal or god in Huaixu will retreat, and no mortal will back off.

Even the previous voices of doubt were for the sake of longer-term existence and continuation.

Only through fighting can we achieve miracles, and only through fighting can we exist and continue.

Only by fighting, fighting forever, can the world have a future, endless new possibilities, and can we explore a better path that leads to a farther place.

This is the strongest belief in the universe, stronger than divine steel or divine iron. It is true and transcends everything.

Only time can wear it away, but it cannot defeat it.

(End of this chapter)