From the end of the world

Chapter 785 VS Mountain Ryougi 4
"What do you mean?" Shan Liangyi's face immediately turned extremely gloomy.

“You are no longer my match,” I said bluntly. “Your best strategy now is to commit suicide and reincarnate, to work hard for dozens or hundreds of lifetimes, and then be reincarnated into this era to compete with me again.”

"While it might seem like you're living your life over and over again, to me it might just be like you just died and came back. That way you can pretend you just took a quick trip to the bathroom during the battle and come back, which saves you some face."

"What good does it do to fight me to the death like this? If you commit suicide sooner, your true spirit will suffer less. Or is it because you have an innate talent for spiritual manifestation that you can no longer commit suicide by destroying your own body and soul?"

That's impossible, of course. To think that merely possessing a portion of the innate spiritual talent of the legendary realm could encompass the entire "reincarnation" ability of the legendary realm is unrealistic.

My purpose in speaking like this is not to humiliate Yama Ryougi. I know that even if I don't bring it up, Yama Ryougi could come up with this strategy himself. Or rather, I think that anyone who can be resurrected at another time and place after death would prepare at least two or three methods of self-destruction. In order to probe his true strength and prevent him from actually doing so, I need to think of a way.

My goal from the beginning was not to defeat "the Mountain of Yin and Yang at this moment," but also to completely prevent his reincarnation. Even if he doesn't intend to reincarnate into this era again, he might still return to history or appear in the future and cause trouble. A figure like him, who has both opened the third gate and attained a legendary realm, should not be underestimated under any circumstances.

The worst-case scenario is that after his death, he will not only be reincarnated, but he will also take the fragments of the divine seal he possesses with him with him.

His power seed possesses binding properties surpassing those of the Divine Seal fragments; it's hard to guarantee he won't apply these binding properties to the three Divine Seal fragments he currently possesses. And in order to defeat the Divine Seal Lord Tai Sui and the Old Fist God, I must obtain it.

My words seemed to ignite the rage of Shan Liangyi. Yin-Yang and black-and-white magical power erupted from his body, but I manipulated flames to deflect them all. Then, braving the onslaught, I charged forward to attack, launching a series of close-range fire cannon attacks in retaliation. He dodged them all, seemingly unaware that I was secretly activating the power of return.

I subtly channeled a powerful force of reversion into his body, not immediately, but quietly building up to trip him up at a crucial moment. He seemed completely unaware, staring intently at me, as if I were the only one in his eyes.

While it's highly likely that the power of the Divine Seal drew him into this world, the Divine Seal itself must also possess the power to transform natural philosophical symbols like the Four Symbols and Five Elements into real, mysterious entities. However, as a tool adhering to its proper function, in a realm where even Liu Shuying's own ideas were unclear, if the readily available external element of Yin and Yang could be introduced, the Divine Seal might not have needed to create its own original design. Moreover, introducing a visitor from another world would certainly align with Liu Shuying's wishes and the very purpose of this new world.

However, in terms of conforming to the original intent, I now also transcend the duality of mountains and water.

As my understanding of the relationship between the power of the Third Gate and the world deepens, combined with my understanding of the world's purpose, I feel that I am gradually able to observe more things.

In this new world summoned by the willow tree's shadow, I received numerous blessings, almost like those of a chosen one, precisely because of my profound similarity to the willow tree's shadow on a spiritual level. Although I have now forged a new path different from the willow tree's shadow, it doesn't mean I've abandoned my past self. On the contrary, after overcoming past inner demons and obstacles, I have transcended and embraced my past self.

Shan Liangyi appeared to have absorbed all my talents through the Vermilion Bird Seed, but the fundamental nature of his soul was far from compatible with this new world. Those incredible, almost divinely inspired advantages wouldn't magically apply to him. However, once I attained the true Manifestation Realm, as long as I had that need in my heart, those seemingly wish-fulfilling advantages would still manifest and accumulate upon me.

This invisible and intangible, yet immense, enhancement arising solely from its alignment with the world's purpose, may essentially be a manifestation of the power of the Divine Seal. If the existence of so many Third Gates of Impermanence in this world is due to the mysterious influence of the power of the Divine Seal, then it can certainly provide further impetus for me after I push open the Third Gate.

This is the second reason why Shan Liangyi misjudged my level of strength. Without this advantage, my soul strength would not have been able to optimize and iterate to this point so smoothly, let alone exert such a suppressive force on Shan Liangyi.

No... perhaps that's a bit of a stretch. Should this kind of extraordinary, almost divinely inspired advantage really still be with me?
No matter how much you spread rumors, the essence of my soul is no longer the same as Liu Shuying's. Even if I could recreate my past soul structure, so what? You must know that I couldn't even successfully deceive myself into believing in the power of the planet's natural will, so how could I possibly summon the power of the divine seal?
Whether it's the existence of this advantage or the subtle changes within it, I couldn't possibly perceive it before truly attaining enlightenment and manifesting my power. Only after obtaining the power of manifestation that allows me to integrate into the world can I gain relevant understanding. Now, I even feel that the advantage bestowed upon me might be subtly stronger than before I made the self-changes, as if this bizarre worldview has come to accept me more.

This is clearly impossible. After distancing myself from the willow's shadow, I should lose this bonus. Or perhaps, the willow's shadow's true wish is actually...

Some ideas came to mind, and at the same time, I felt that my observation and intuition were becoming more and more acute under the invisible enhancement, and one inspiration after another sparkled in my mind.

In another round of clashes, I shattered the soul of Shan Liangyi once again, while he reassembled his soul and was resurrected.

Even with an immortal body, it would be impossible for him to revive so many times in the battles of the third realm. He was able to do this because the Yin-Yang and Black-White magic that composed his soul possessed properties similar to those of a true spirit. It seemed this power was not only exceptionally effective at killing true spirits, but also largely capable of defending against attacks targeting them. However, his time was drawing to a close.

It was clear that he had been brought to the brink of death at the level of true spirit, and his power output was about to be unable to maintain full capacity.

If I use my true spiritual power to kill him next, regardless of whether he truly dies, he will at least be unable to continue acting as a character in this universe—I have this premonition. Suddenly, I understood something.

“I see… That’s why you didn’t reincarnate into the era when the old Fist God killed you, but instead reincarnated into the present era when the old Fist God is even stronger…” I said, “You were killed by the old Fist God in that era by killing your true spirit. Although you didn’t die, you can no longer return as ‘a character from that era’.”

"Back then, the old Fist God wasn't as powerful as he is now. His damage to you at the spiritual level wasn't deep enough, so you were still able to reincarnate into other eras."

Yama Ryougi asked hatefully, "So what if it is!?"

"Then things become very simple."

With a thought, I took out all thirteen ownerless divine seal fragments that were stored inside the tiny, nascent virtual realm, which I intended to bind to Xiaowan later. Immediately, flames swept through like flashes of light, and all the divine seal fragments were bound to my soul.

Adding to the original two fragments of the divine seal, a total of fifteen fragments of the divine seal appeared in my consciousness.

This was originally an extremely dangerous move. Binding myself to so many fragments of the Divine Seal meant that the Lord of the Divine Seals, Tai Sui, had the means to directly interfere with me. However, I was certain that Tai Sui wouldn't intervene at such a crucial moment. More importantly, I now had the confidence to confront Tai Sui's power head-on. In this real world, whether he chose to stand by and watch or launch a surprise attack, nothing could stop me now.

At the same time, I summoned countless orange-red flames. The fifteen divine seal fragments unleashed a massive amount of true spiritual power, which was then poured into the flames.

Such immense power is enough to shatter continents and pierce through planets. However, I don't need such a large destructive range; I simply compress it to the extreme, transforming it into an extremely solid longsword of flaming light.

The time is ripe, and the power of return that has been secretly accumulating within Shan Liangyi's body has reached its hidden critical point. This battle is about to come to an end.

His life was about to end.

Farewell, Yama Ryougi.

The sword of light, like the sun, broke through a certain density limit. The fiery magic collapsed and reversed, turning into a pitch-black color like a black hole. Boundless gravity spread out.

Gravity is a force of very pure nature. Strong is strong, and weak is weak. Especially when it reaches such a level, it has the same power in the hands of anyone.

Like a real black hole descending upon Earth, with me at the center, the crust of the planet's northern hemisphere began to tear apart, and the mantle was sucked in and flowed backward, surging onto the fragmented surface.

All connections, causes and effects, and destinies are gathered by gravity into an absolute point, which is the death of the two polarities of the mountain.

"—'Solar eclipse'."

I unleashed an extreme speed, the blade piercing towards the mountain like a dark meteor.

If this blow had landed on me, it would have undoubtedly killed me instantly; if it had landed on Shan Liangyi, it would have certainly brought him to his death as well.

Faced with imminent danger, Shan Liangyi's eyes widened, clearly realizing the danger of this attack, and he immediately tried to retreat to avoid it. However, it was to no avail; no matter how quickly he retreated, the distance between him and the sword tip was irreversibly shrinking. This sword strike was so powerful that even light could not escape it.

He could only watch helplessly as this fatal blow was aimed at him.

(End of this chapter)