Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

The sky of Guixu is always covered with a layer of purple-black mist, like solidified blood.

Ye Qingzhou held the sword across his knees, with the divine feathers of heavenly light and the Taixu Yinsha interweaving into spiral patterns on the sword spine. The black sea of ​​Guixu froze and vaporized under his feet, forming a yin-yang fish pattern in the cycle.

The sword tip suddenly vibrated and emitted a double sword sound, one sound like a golden crow crowing at dawn, and one sound like a dark phoenix weeping at night.

"Emperor Ming, I have been waiting for you for a long time..."

He whispered, his eyes penetrating the mist, looking at the gradually expanding dark purple figure in the distant sky.

The Queen of the Cuckoo descended on the Eight Yin Wheel, and the long-lost inscriptions of the Feather Clan on the rim of the wheel flickered with a faint light.

With every step she took forward, the speed of time around her changed subtly - the weeds at the foot of the mountain grew wildly and withered, and the stream flowed backwards and stagnated.

Her feathers were dark purple in color, and the edges of her feathers were burning with netherworld fire. The flames did not generate heat, but instead devoured all the temperature around them.

"Little god on earth, you have broken the order of yin and yang and life and death."

The empress's voice was like the wails of millions of dead souls, echoing in the valley: "Those who use the golden arrow as a key to cross the two realms of life and death will be judged by the underworld."

Ye Qingzhou raised his lips slightly, holding the sword across his chest: "Your Majesty, there is no absolute boundary between life and death. Today, I, Ye Qingzhou, will see if the power of the netherworld can suppress the sword in my hand!"

Before she finished her words, the corona on the empress's head suddenly lit up, and a blinding light burst out - false daylight arrived!
Wherever the light reached, rocks collapsed and the souls hidden in the shadows screamed miserably, as if they were being tortured.

Ye Qingzhou narrowed his eyes slightly, and the yin and yang energies on the sword's edge flowed rapidly, forming a black and white barrier in front of him, isolating the deadly light from outside.

"The great void illuminates the darkness, dividing yin and yang!"

Ye Qingzhou shouted, and his sword drew a perfect arc.

In an instant, the sky and the earth seemed to be divided by this sword.

The space on his left fell into absolute darkness, like the abyss of Hell.

The right side is as bright as day and full of vitality.

Wherever the sword light passed, the empress's pseudo-daylight was torn apart alive!

There was a hint of surprise in the empress's eyes, and the Eight Yin Wheel under her feet was spinning rapidly. It was a powerful artifact made from the corpses of eight Golden Crows. The chaotic black hole that was formed after the death of the sun could even distort time. Under the urging of the empress's divine power, the flow of time around them suddenly increased tenfold.

She raised her right hand gracefully, and the Eclipse Chain hung down from the corona, with the end sinking into the void. The burning chain attacked Ye Qingzhou like a living thing.

"Based on the "Divine Feathered Snake Sword", it incorporates the understanding of life and death..."

Ye Qingzhou's figure was like a phantom, moving swiftly in the time-distorted field, and each sword accurately slashed at the node of the Eclipse Chain. "The magical skill of 'Taixu Zhaoming' that I created is more than just this!"

He suddenly froze, allowing an Eclipse Chain to pierce his shoulder blade.

The empress frowned slightly, only to see that no blood was flowing out of Ye Qingzhou's wound, but instead there was a black and white aura surging.

"The cycle of life and death, the interaction of yin and yang - this is the true meaning of the Tao!"

Ye Qingzhou shouted loudly, and the sword turned around, piercing the empress's heart along the Eclipse Chain.

The empress finally changed color, the corona vibrated violently, and the dark purple netherworld fire formed a shield.

The moment the sword tip touched the fire shield, the space groaned as if it could not bear the heavy burden, and cracks spread across the void.

"Stubborn!"

The empress shouted coldly, and clenched her left hand. A pitch-black balance ruler with sun and moon patterns engraved on both ends appeared in her hand - the Mingyu Tianheng Ruler!

As soon as the ruler appeared, all the souls in the underworld wailed at the same time, as if they were receiving an irresistible call.

Ye Qingzhou felt an indescribable pressure coming down, his sword moves began to stagnate, and the flow of yin and yang energy became difficult. The Dark Feather Sky Balance Ruler represented the most fundamental law of order in the netherworld, and at this moment the empress was using it to directly suppress Ye Qingzhou's swordsmanship.

"My crown is the boundary between darkness and light. Those who bow their heads can cross, but those who look up will become ashes."

The empress solemnly declared, the light on the corona became brighter and brighter, and the eight yin wheels turned so fast that their outlines could hardly be seen. "Accept the judgment, disturbers of order!"

The balance ruler slowly tilted, and Ye Qingzhou felt that his mind and spirit were being forcibly extracted.

He knelt on one knee, the tip of his sword stabbed into the ground, and his soul emitted bursts of light particles.

But just when the empress thought she had won, Ye Qingzhou suddenly looked up, with a gleam of determination in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, do you know... why I can transcend the realms of life and death and remain immortal?"

He stood up with difficulty, and the yin and yang energy on the sword suddenly began to rotate in the opposite direction, "Because I have died once!"

The vast sky illuminates the dark, defying life and death!
The sword light surged, no longer dividing yin and yang, but completely reversing the two energies of life and death!

Ye Qingzhou's figure became illusory, as if he existed in both life and death at the same time.

The Mingyu Tianheng ruler was shaking violently, and the two ends of the scale kept swinging, unable to judge this existence that transcended common sense.

The Empress finally showed a look of shock: "You...actually used your own life and death as a carrier of the sword's will?"

"good!"

Ye Qingzhou's voice came from all directions, and the sword's intent rang loudly: "Between life and death there is great terror, but also great opportunity. Your Majesty has been in charge of the order of the netherworld for too long, have you ever truly experienced the taste of death?"

The corona crown suddenly emitted a shrill buzzing sound, and the shadow of a golden crow appeared on the crown - that was a sign that the corona disaster was about to erupt!

The Empress's face changed drastically, the Eclipse Chain shook violently, and the speed of the Eight Yin Wheels began to get out of control.

"Not good..." The Queen tried to stabilize the Corona Crown, but it was too late.

The vengeful spirit of the Golden Crow poked its head out from the crown and greedily devoured the surrounding netherworld energy.

The entire underworld began to tremble, cracks appeared in the sky, and the souls of the dead fled in all directions.

Seeing this, Ye Qingzhou's expression became serious.

He had never expected that his sword moves would lead to such serious consequences. If the crown disaster breaks out completely, not only will the netherworld be destroyed, but the human world will also be affected.

"It's not too late to stop now."

The empress tried hard to resist the backlash of the Corona Crown, and her voice was rarely filled with a hint of urgency. "If we work together, we can still suppress the disaster of the Corona Crown!"

Ye Qingzhou looked at the situation that was gradually getting out of control, then looked at the empress who was struggling to hold on, but he remained unmoved.

He sheathed his sword, formed seals with his hands, and the yin and yang energies in his body transformed into countless fine threads, wrapping around the restless corona crown.

"The great void illuminates the darkness, and determines the universe!"

The yin and yang energies are like the most delicate silk threads, woven into a net that wraps the solar corona layer by layer.

The sky of the netherworld was cracked into countless cracks, and the purple-black clouds were like broken glass. Ye Qingzhou's sword tip was suspended three inches above the corona, and the silk net formed by the yin and yang energies had temporarily bound the restless Golden Crow ghost.

The spiritual light around him flickered - although "Ding Qiankun" could temporarily stabilize the situation, the empress's soul was still shaking violently and could break free at any time.

"It's now!"

Ye Qingzhou suddenly shouted, and pressed down the sword: "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

A blazing golden light fell from the void, a hundred times brighter than any false daylight in the netherworld. The Golden Crow Prince appeared on a cloud of fire, with liquid sunlight flowing through every feather on his wings, and in his hand he held a longbow condensed from pure solar fire.

"Yunyu, you have imprisoned my brother for ten thousand years. Today is the day to settle the accounts!"

The prince pulled the bow to its full length, but the arrow was not a physical object, but an ancient and obscure spell.

When the arrow left the bow, the entire underworld was filled with the ancient sacrificial songs of the Feather Clan.

The empress's dark purple feathers suddenly fluttered. She tried to activate the Eight Yin Wheel to distort time, but found that the feather tribe inscriptions on the wheel were peeling off piece by piece, turning into golden light spots and rising into the sky. "Impossible... This is... the Cloud Breaking Sky Bow, the Golden Crow Summoning Mantra?!"

The moment the arrow pierced through the corona, nine mournful cries of crows resounded through the sky.

Nine cracks appeared on the surface of the crown, and dazzling golden light burst out from each crack.

Ye Qingzhou took the opportunity to withdraw his sword and retreat, watching nine miniature suns struggle out of the crown and form a dazzling golden ring in the dark sky.

"Brother!"

The smallest golden crow chirped tenderly, and a bird-like shape could be vaguely seen in the flames: "We were ambushed by this witch using the golden arrow of destruction, and our origins were all taken away by her... ah!"

Before she finished her words, the empress suddenly crushed a piece of black jade at her waist. The nine golden crows screamed at the same time and the flames dimmed.

Prince Jinwu's eyes were red with anger: "You actually refined their true spirits into the Netherworld Jade?!"

He spread his wings angrily, and countless flaming feathers shot towards the empress like a rainstorm, but when they touched the Eclipse Chain, they were swallowed by the strange black flames.

Ye Qingzhou's pupils suddenly shrank. He saw clearly that those so-called "Eclipse Chains" were actually nine chains entangled with the souls of the Golden Crow! The position where the end of each chain was immersed in the corona corresponded to the origin of a Golden Crow being imprisoned.

"Young man Ye, help me cut the chain!"

Prince Jinwu let out a long roar, and his body suddenly split into nine fire shadows, each with a different form.

Some are like sharp swords, some are like long whips, and some are turned into heavy hammers - they are exactly the weapons that the Nine Golden Crows were good at back then.

Ye Qingzhou understood what he meant and drew his sword again.

This time, the yin and yang energies on the sword no longer intertwined, but were completely separated: the pure white life energy condensed into a sword blade, and the dark death energy turned into a sword shadow.

"The great void illuminates the darkness, and the cause and effect are cut off!"

Wherever the sword flashed, time and space froze for a moment.

As soon as the empress raised the Mingyu Tianheng Ruler, she saw her reflection split in the sword shadow - that was the key moment when she plotted against the Golden Crows!

When the ruler collided with the sword, there was no earth-shattering explosion, only a crisp "ding" sound, as if the string of fate was plucked.

The first eclipse chain broke with a sound!

The trapped Golden Crow phantom cheered and rushed towards the corresponding little sun. The moment the two merged, a huge golden hole was burned in the sky of the underworld, and the sunlight from the real world poured down like a waterfall.

"Don't even think about it!"

The empress was finally completely enraged, and the corona burst out with an unprecedentedly strong light.

This time it was not a false day, but a real "crown disaster" - the crown was completely shattered, and a three-legged golden crow's vengeful spirit materialized and appeared in the world. But this golden crow was completely black, with blood flames flowing in its eyes, and as soon as it appeared, it began to devour the surrounding netherworld energy indiscriminately.

Ye Qingzhou was blown dozens of feet away by the shock wave, and before he landed he saw an even more horrifying scene.

The remaining eight Eclipse Chains actually wrapped around the mutated Golden Crow, while the Empress's figure gradually faded in the black flames.

"She wants to turn herself into a vengeful spirit!"

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, countless mounds of earth suddenly rose up in the Netherworld, and countless souls broke out of the ground, screaming as they were sucked into the body of the mutated Golden Crow.

Prince Jinwu calmed down abnormally. He immediately recalled the nine Hokage, floated in the center of nine small suns, and began to chant a spell with strange syllables.

Every time he uttered a word, a small sun merged into his body and an ancient pattern appeared on his feather robe.

"Ten suns in the sky, the Feather Emperor returns to his throne..."

When the seventh sun merged, the prince's body was so bright that he could not be looked at directly, but his voice was strangely clear in Ye Qingzhou's ears, "Young man Ye, please calm the world for another three breaths!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingzhou did not hesitate to harm his soul and injected his thoughts and will into the sword.

The long sword then emitted a dragon-like vibration, and the yin and yang energies once again intertwined into a net, this time directly covering the mutated Golden Crow that was undergoing transformation.

"Certainly!"

The moment the sword net came into contact with the black flames, blood began to ooze out of Ye Qingzhou's seven orifices, and his soul and body were on the verge of collapse.

He felt like he was fighting against the weight of the entire netherworld, and the skin on his sword-holding arm was cracking. But just as the sword net was about to collapse, the last two small suns finally merged into the body of the Golden Crow Prince.

"Brothers work together..."

The prince's figure suddenly disappeared, leaving only a pure light between heaven and earth.

That was not the sun, but a perfect golden ring formed by ten golden crows connected head to tail. The most ancient imperial pattern of the Feather Clan appeared in the center of the ring.

"Ten suns in the sky!"

Wherever the golden light passed, the mutated Golden Crow let out unwilling howls.

The black flames on its body receded like the tide, revealing its originally dazzling golden feathers.

The shadow of the empress was forcibly shaken out, and she was shocked to find that the Mingyu Tianheng Ruler was melting in her hands!

“No… this is impossible…”

She looked down at her hands which were gradually becoming transparent: "My authority from the netherworld..."

The Mingyu Tianhengchi is her natal artifact when she reincarnated as the cuckoo bird. It carries the avenue of death and darkness and is indestructible, and cannot be destroyed by any external force.

Now it has collapsed, and there is only one reason, that is, the plan she had planned for tens of millions of years ended in vain.

The golden ring slowly descended, and when it touched the empress's head, it suddenly shrank and turned into a brand new corona crown - no gloomy netherworld patterns, only the leaping true fire of the sun.

The moment the crown was formed, all the dead souls stopped wailing, the sky of the underworld began to rain golden light, and tender green buds sprouted on the burned earth.

Ye Qingzhou knelt on the ground with his sword in hand, looking at this unimaginable scene.

In the rain of light, the shadows of ten golden crows flew around the prince, and finally all sank into the new corona. The prince's figure recondensed, and his feathered clothes had turned into an imperial robe with a white background and golden patterns. In the center of the corona on his forehead was a nine-colored gemstone - it was the crystallization of the origin of the nine golden crows.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ye."

After becoming the new Feather Emperor, Prince Jinwu smiled and bowed to Ye Qingzhou. Not only did he change his address, but his voice also had a hint of timelessness: "From today on, the order of yin and yang should be restored to normal."

The figure of the Queen of Cuckoo has become as faint as mist.

She looked at her hands that were gradually disappearing and suddenly sneered: "Do you think... this is the end?"

The Queen suddenly inserted her remaining right hand into her heart, pulled out a strand of purple-black origin, and raised the corner of her mouth slightly: "My crown is the boundary between darkness and light. Those who bow their heads can cross, and those who look up will turn to ashes." (End of this chapter)