The divine beast recognized its master, and the dragon girl, destined to kill him, went to the spiri

The blood-red seawater continued to pour towards the sky, its waves crashing against the cliffs and creating a spray of crimson mist that fell back down, bringing with it a salty, bloody rain.

Ye Wanqing stood on Sunset Cliff, looking at the cracked earth beneath her feet, at the distant mountains collapsing inch by inch, and at the people who had just escaped the slaughter by the extraterrestrial demons, wailing repeatedly amidst the tremors of the collapsing rules.

Suddenly, a strange, sharp pain surged up in his chest, overpowering the burning pain of the reversed dragon bone power and the malevolent energy that was on the verge of going berserk.

The Heavenly Dragon Maiden was born with the mission of protecting the Three Realms. Who said that? It seems that all she brings is destruction and death.

"Disciple..."

Ye Wanqing suddenly looked up, and through her teary eyes, she saw a figure dressed in a plain Taoist robe slowly walking towards her from the blood mist.

He was slender with a gentle face, and his brows held a compassionate gaze that looked down upon all living beings, yet also revealed a detached indifference to worldly affairs.

As her consciousness gradually cleared, Ye Wanqing, who hadn't seen her master for so long, unconsciously knelt down, her throat tightening with emotion. Like a child, she hugged Daotian's legs, "Master, I really don't know what to do..."

"Your disciple begs you to guide me through this confusion."

The karmic burdens she incurs accumulate, and one by one, those she loves suffer because of her and die for her. The more karmic burdens she bears, the more difficult her future cultivation path will be, and even demonic transformation will be the least severe consequence.

Dao Tian, ​​dressed in a moon-white Daoist robe and holding a conjured whisk, gently patted Ye Wanqing's head with tender eyes, "Disciple, I was wrong."

He naturally felt sorry for Ye Wanqing. Although from the very beginning, when he sought the protection of the Heavenly Dragon Maiden from the Nine Heavens God and the Demon God, he did have selfish motives. He wanted the millions of people in this realm to live in peace.

He once thought that, as the way of Heaven, exchanging one person for all living beings was the best choice.

The Nine Heavens God and the Demon God should not interfere.

But what wrong did Ye Wanqing do?

As the Dragon Maiden of Destiny, as it... what wrong has she done?

Over the years, Ye Wanqing has been raised by him personally, and their relationship as teacher and student may have long surpassed that of a typical father and daughter.

A single tear fell onto the back of Ye Wanqing's hand, and her expression, which had been clear, became dazed again.

Her master cried...

“Master…?” Ye Wanqing suddenly felt a sense of relief. She had also felt helpless, resentful, and heartbroken, but she had never hated him. She knew that her master, as the Heavenly Dao of this place, was indeed helpless. She was just confused and puzzled.

Why would the Dragon Girl bear such a huge karmic burden? Is it merely because of her bloodline?

Why couldn't it be her parents, master, brother, Di Siheng, or Jiang Xu, who could make the Xuanling Seal containing the power of rules recognize him as its master, or Su Shaohuai, who was also a Heavenly Phoenix Child?

Why is it her?

Their talents are all no less than hers.

She was in pain, but even more so, she was confused.

"The cycle of cause and effect is not something you can easily define." Dao Tian shook his head gently, his eyes blurry with tears, but his gaze was fixed on the sky that was collapsing madly, his expression deep.

"The bloodline of the Dragon Maiden of Destiny has never been a shackle, but an opportunity. The karmic burden you bear is not due to your bloodline, but because of... yourself."

"I myself..." Ye Wanqing looked at him blankly and murmured softly, "I don't understand."

Dao Tian did not answer directly, but raised his hand, pointing to the gushing sea of ​​blood and the derailed stars, "The rules of the Three Realms have long been corrupted, and you are the key."

At that very moment, an even more violent tremor suddenly shook the heavens and earth.

click-

A crisp cracking sound rang out from the depths of the sky.

The blood-red sky was torn open by a huge crack, within which lay endless nothingness and darkness. The speed at which the seawater poured in suddenly accelerated, and towering waves shot straight into the sky, as if to overturn the entire Three Realms.

The breakdown of the rules is accelerating at an alarming rate.

Dao Tian's face gradually turned pale. He could feel his body dissipating little by little as the rules collapsed.

But he can't back down yet!

Dao Tian's figure suddenly floated up, his plain Taoist robe fluttering in the raging wind.

As he raised his hand, countless rays of soft golden light surged around him. This was the primordial power used by the Heavenly Dao of this realm to govern eternity. The golden canopy of the sky boomed and blocked the gap between the Three Realms and the Void Rift.

"With my body, I will uphold the rules of the Three Realms!"

A deep shout resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and Dao Tian's body suddenly swelled, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-tall phantom that merged with the golden sky.

The power of rule collapse is far more terrifying than imagined.

"Master!"

Ye Wanqing's roar pierced through the clamor.

"Roar--"

A dragon's roar that shook the universe suddenly resounded.

Ye Wanqing's body swelled up in the golden light, and behind her, the shadow of a dragon began to appear.

A pair of golden dragon eyes surveyed the heavens and the earth, its ten-thousand-foot-long body meandered and coiled, its claws were as sharp as tempered gold, and its tail swept across, stirring up towering waves.

The Jade Dragon, her true form.

The Jade Dragon trembled in the gale, its scales scraped by the power of nothingness, causing specks of blood to burst out, and the dark spiritual light was dimming at a visible speed.

She could clearly feel that her master's golden Heavenly Dao power was slipping away as quickly as sand through her fingers.

The various beasts within the space struggled desperately.

"Sister, please let us out! We'll help you, sister!"

"Master, we want to stay with you, Master!"

Ye Wanqing ignored the beasts in the space. The power of rules is the most powerful force in the world. Apart from the rules of the world itself, perhaps only the power of the Heavenly Dao can rival it.

In the current Three Realms, Su Shaohuai perished and transformed into her condensed feathers. Apart from him, only she and her master possess the power of the Heavenly Dao.

At that very moment, a strange fluctuation suddenly came from the depths of the blood-red sea of ​​sky cracks, and at the same time, the speed at which the rules were collapsing slowly and steadily stabilized.

The fluctuations resembled divine power, eerie energy, the power of merfolk, and also seemed to be... a cold, familiar force of rules.

Ye Wanqing's dragon eyes suddenly narrowed as she stared intently into the depths of the crack.

A crimson figure slowly approached, stepping on the shattered fragments of rules.

The Xuanling Seal within Ye Wanqing's space suddenly appeared in his hand, and the golden rule power that had disappeared within it reappeared.

The Xuanling Seal floated in his hand, and the patterns on it faintly overlapped with the trajectory of the crack in the sky. With each flash, it caused the surrounding void power to surge.

It is Jiang Xu.

Jiang Xu stood suspended above the crack in the sky, the light of the Xuanling Seal coating his figure with a cold golden edge. He looked up at Ye Wanqing, who had transformed into a black jade holy dragon, his expression overflowing with love and heartache.

His voice was as soft as a breeze, carrying a heavy obsession and a hint of humble expectation, "Master, can I... still call you that?"

Ye Wanqing showed no reaction on her face, but only she knew the trembling in her heart.

Jiang Xu was her close friend and disciple whom she had made on the Azure Sky Continent. Their friendship, which was so strong that they would protect each other with their lives, was truly extraordinary. So when she saw him leading the extraterrestrial demon army of the Heavenly Domain to invade the Three Realms, she asked him for his reasons time and time again.

Unable to get a response from Ye Wanqing, Jiang Xu opened his mouth, each word seemingly uttered with all his might, carrying the weight of blood and tears, "If I said that everything I did was for you, would you believe me?"

A thousand thoughts rushed into her mind. Ye Wanqing transformed into human form and stood opposite Jiang Xu. She opened her lips, but could not utter a single word.

Her eyes churned with shock, confusion, hatred, and a hint of wavering that she herself was unaware of.

Jiang Xu looked at her silent appearance and assumed that she was still resentful and disbelieving. The light in his eyes suddenly dimmed, leaving only a deathly ashes.

A very soft sigh escaped from his lips, and he slowly lowered his eyes, perfectly concealing the pain and despair surging within them.

"That's all."

Jiang Xu murmured softly, no longer hesitating, and raised his hand to grasp the Xuanling Seal floating in his palm.

In an instant, the Xuanling Seal burst forth with unprecedented brilliance, the patterns on the seal completely coinciding with the trajectory of the cracks in the sky, and a powerful force of rules swept out from the seal.

Under Ye Wanqing's shocked expression, Jiang Xu's figure began to become transparent. His flesh, bones, and soul were gradually turning into tiny particles of light, merging with the Xuanling Seal.

"Jiang Xu!"

why? !

Before Ye Wanqing could react, the earth shook violently, and the rules that had just stabilized collapsed once again!

Dao Tian looked at Ye Wanqing, then his gaze fell on the Xuanling Seal that was flashing with golden light again, and he suddenly increased the speed of his hand.

He absorbed all the collapsed rules into his body, and the powerful pressure made his soul tremble, and a drop of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

"Master!"

Dao Tian was completely unconcerned about his gradually dissipating body. His gaze was somewhat complicated as he felt the pressure brought by the collapse of the rules, but he still smiled at Ye Wanqing.

“My disciple, do you remember what I told you? The enemy of the Three Realms might be the extraterrestrial demons, but you are not…”

Ye Wanqing's brow twitched, her eyes turned bloodshot, and she shook her head in fear.

"Your enemy... is actually the rules of this world." Dao Tian's voice grew softer, yet each word was clear, reaching her ears. "Because you are new..."

His words trailed off, and his body vanished at an abrupt speed, turning into streaks of light.

The last few words, accompanied by countless particles of light flying everywhere, rang out softly.

"The rules of the world themselves..."