Chapter 1473: Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion
"You knew it was impossible to poison him last time, yet you still had the thought of poisoning Qianye Fantian. That means even if the poison couldn't kill him, it would definitely inflict heavy damage on him... right?"
Yun Che's heartstrings trembled heavily.
Because Qianye Fantian was an extremely dangerous individual, Xia Qingyue had accompanied Yun Che during that invitation in the Zhou Tian Realm. After they left, he had said a few words to her without revealing too much, and she had suddenly departed. Those words he spoke to Xia Qingyue were completely offhand—if she hadn't brought them up, he probably wouldn't have even remembered them.
But from those casual remarks, Xia Qingyue had managed to extract so much information... including his possession of Dark Profound Force, the approximate level of his Heavenly Poison's toxicity... and perhaps even more.
Was she really Xia Qingyue? It was as if she had swapped souls!
Yun Che couldn't help but feel startled.
And what was infuriating was that even in front of him, Xia Qingyue's mental focus was still so sharp!
The man behind her suddenly fell silent, and the gaze fixed on her subtly shifted. Xia Qingyue turned her head slightly: "Did I say something wrong?"
"No, it's not wrong." Yun Che finally spoke: "Although the Heavenly Poison Pearl's toxicity has recovered to a very limited extent, its level is extremely high. If someone is poisoned, even Qianye Fantian can only endure it—he cannot truly neutralize it. So while it won't kill Qianye Fantian, it will definitely be enough to give him a hard time before the toxicity fades on its own."
Xia Qingyue turned around, extending her snow-jade-like palm. Her fingers and wrist bore no adornments, each finger as if formed from fresh snow: "Let me test it!"
"Alright." Yun Che didn't hesitate. The Heavenly Poison Pearl possessed ultimate toxicity along with ultimate purifying power, so it would certainly not harm Xia Qingyue.
He extended his right hand, a faint green light flickering in his palm as he lightly touched Xia Qingyue's palm, infusing a wisp of Heavenly Poison energy into her.
The moment the Heavenly Poison toxicity touched Xia Qingyue's body, it erupted instantly. Though only a tiny wisp, it caused her hand to be covered in a terrifying green radiance.
Xia Qingyue's brow furrowed sharply as her Purple Que Profound Force swiftly circulated. Purple light coiled around her hand, forcibly suppressing the green glow.
But it was only suppressed—with her cultivation, no matter how the Purple Que Divine Power circulated, she could not neutralize or eliminate that wisp of Heavenly Poison toxicity. It remained suppressed within the meridians of her hand, bitterly cold and fiercely persistent.
Even one wisp was already like this!
"It really cannot be neutralized!" Xia Qingyue murmured.
"The poison of the Heavenly Poison Pearl is a living poison," Yun Che said. This "living" Heavenly Poison had only been birthed and restored after He Ling became the Heavenly Poison Poison Spirit; before that, the poison was weak and could be neutralized: "Once it enters the body, even a True God might not be able to neutralize it. As for any living being in this world, there is absolutely no possibility of neutralizing it!"
As he spoke, Yun Che extended his left hand. Purifying light flickered, and in an instant, the poison energy on Xia Qingyue vanished without a trace.
The toxicity of the Heavenly Poison Pearl could only be released by Yun Che, and only Yun Che could neutralize it. Unfortunately, under the current circumstances, the accumulation of poison power was far too slow.
If he waited a few more years, the Heavenly Poison Pearl's toxicity would be enough to kill even a powerhouse like Qianye Fantian. That was the original plan he and He Ling had set for returning to the God Realm. But unfortunately, human calculations were no match for heaven's—the approaching Crimson Calamity had forced him to return to the God Realm early, and the poison accumulated so far was insufficient to kill Qianye Fantian.
"How long will its 'life' last?" Xia Qingyue retracted her profound energy and asked.
"About twenty hours," Yun Che said slowly. "Although Qianye Fantian cannot neutralize it, with his profound energy and divine body, he can definitely endure those twenty hours. So if we poison him with the current toxicity, neither the 'desperate situation' nor the 'death situation' you mentioned can happen."
"Twenty hours..." Xia Qingyue pondered slightly. "Shorter than I expected, but it's enough."
Yun Che: "...?"
"Relying solely on the Heavenly Poison's toxicity, although it won't kill him, facing a poison that even the power of a Divine Emperor cannot neutralize, combined with the reputation of the Heavenly Poison Pearl, Qianye Fantian will be greatly shocked once poisoned. And the duration of the Heavenly Poison's presence—other than you and now me—no one knows. As time passes and his resistance and endurance weaken, he will naturally develop the fear of dying under the Heavenly Poison... Once this thought and fear arise, every single breath will grow stronger!"
"Hmm?" Yun Che glanced at Xia Qingyue and said, "Setting aside why we need to do this to Qianye Fantian, even if..."
"Even if only this, the fear of death generated over nearly twenty hours may not be enough to break Qianye Fantian. The chances of success are less than thirty percent." Xia Qingyue clearly knew what Yun Che was about to say and directly interrupted him: "But within his body, there is something that can multiply this fear countless times."
"The Evil Infant demonic energy!"
Yun Che frowned slightly, momentarily confused: "You want me to poison him, then trigger a riot of the demonic energy within him? No... that's wrong! Doing so has no great meaning and would instead directly expose my ability to control Dark Profound Force."
"What is the ultimate fusion of the Heavenly Poison Pearl's toxicity and the power of the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel?"
Yun Che's brows furrowed: "Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion!"
"Correct!" Xia Qingyue's eyes were like icy pools, deep and unfathomable: "In the God Realm, no one is unfamiliar with the name 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion'. Back then, the 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion' unleashed by the fusion of the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel and the Heavenly Poison Pearl brought an end to the era of gods and demons and caused a cataclysmic upheaval in the Chaos! Even True Gods and True Demons trembled with fear at that name—let alone mortal beings!"
"Hey hey!" Yun Che's expression twisted oddly: "You don't mean to have me fuse the poison of the Heavenly Poison Pearl with the Evil Infant demonic energy inside Qianye Fantian, do you?"
"Can you do it?" Xia Qingyue asked.
"Of course not!"
"I also think you cannot."
"..."
"What I need is not fusion." Xia Qingyue looked at him, her voice slowing, each word carving deeply into Yun Che's heart: "Mixing is sufficient. Can you do that?"
The Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel and the Heavenly Poison Pearl were both supreme treasures of the demon race in ancient times, indicating that the essence of their powers belonged to the negative side. Therefore, Xia Qingyue had reason to believe their powers would not repel each other.
"..." Yun Che pondered briefly and said, "If I hadn't come into contact with the Evil Infant demonic energy, I wouldn't be sure. But during my several contacts, I discovered that the demonic energy, which is extremely frightening even for Divine Emperors, has a strange affinity for me. Even when I purified it with Light Profound Force, there was far less resistance and repulsion than I initially expected."
"Perhaps it's because I possess special Dark Profound Force. Or perhaps," Yun Che exhaled lightly, "this is power from 'her,' bearing her aura."
Xia Qingyue: "..."
"So, if I want to conceal the Heavenly Poison's power and mix it into the Evil Infant demonic energy, I... am confident I can do it perfectly."
He had purified Zhou Tian Shen Di once and Fantian Shen Di twice. Three contacts were enough for him to be certain of this.
"Very good!" Xia Qingyue nodded slightly, her gaze darkening a few more shades. Having personally come into contact with the Heavenly Poison energy, combined with Yun Che's words, her assurance of success rose by several points: "Then, when you purify Qianye Fantian's demonic energy the day after tomorrow, conceal all the Heavenly Poison's power into the Evil Infant demonic energy within his body and control the timing of the poison's onset... After we leave the Fan Di God Realm, he will fall into the nightmare of 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion'!"
"Mix the Heavenly Poison's toxicity with Evil Infant demonic energy to make Qianye Fantian think it's the poison of Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion?" Yun Che tapped his chin: "Even Fantian Shen Di... unless his brain is broken, there's no way he'd believe that, right?"
"Of course." Xia Qingyue nodded lightly: "He won't believe it, and he doesn't need to. But he will definitely think of 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion'—that terrifying poison that destroyed all gods and demons and ended an era! The shadow it left on later generations is far too great. Anyone, when the powers of 'Evil Infant' and 'Heavenly Poison' appear mixed again, will feel as if they've touched a devil's curse and immediately think of that name."
"How to derive the poison of 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion' through the powers of the Evil Infant and Heavenly Poison? No one knows—not even you, the master of the Heavenly Poison Pearl. No one has ever truly come into contact with 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion.' But everyone knows it is the most terrifying four words in the world, and they know it arises from the power of the Evil Infant and the Heavenly Poison... So, when the poison of the Heavenly Poison Pearl and the power of the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel once again 'fuse' within a single person, aside from you, the master of the Heavenly Poison, no one dares to be certain whether a mutation akin to 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion' will occur."
"A fear of the unknown that surpasses a Divine Emperor's cognitive scope, the shadow of Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion, a Heavenly Poison that cannot be neutralized even by Divine Emperor power... With all these combined, twenty hours is enough to make Qianye Fantian gradually break down!"
"Additionally, I will leave sufficient mental cues for Qianye Fantian beforehand."
"..." Yun Che stared blankly at Xia Qingyue, his scalp tingling.
Xia Qingyue seemed not to notice the change in Yun Che's gaze and continued: "Qianye Fantian is naturally suspicious. Our visit today has already planted deep suspicion in his heart. At the time, even you didn't know the purpose, leaving no flaws. These will be enough to convince him that purifying the demonic energy is just a cover, and his attention will be fully focused on 'that matter'—the thing he cares about most."
"Then, during the process of purifying the demonic energy, he will forcefully shift his attention to me, and I will use my methods to unsettle him. In this way... you can proceed as you wish."
"I'll handle everything after that."
Yun Che rubbed his forehead, quickly filtering through everything Xia Qingyue had said, then shook his head slightly, steadying his mind: "Your goal is to use this method to make Qianye Fantian face the shadow of death... and then beg for my mercy?"
"Mm." Xia Qingyue nodded gently: "The longer one lives, the stronger their strength, the higher their status, the more they cherish their life. And Qianye Fantian is arguably the person most afraid of death in the Eastern Divine Region."
"So, the 'talisman' you mentioned... is Qianye Fantian? Force him to beg me to purify the Heavenly Poison, with the price being to agree to a special request from us, or use this to seize some fatal leverage over him?"
"You're half right." Xia Qingyue paused, her chest rising and falling slightly: "Qianye Fantian is not worth such effort from me for the time being. My target is... Qianye Ying'er!"
"And Qianye Ying'er herself will certainly understand this! So when the time comes, the one begging for mercy won't be Qianye Fantian, but Qianye Ying'er! And she will naturally be the one to agree to the 'conditions.'"
Xia Qingyue's ability to control her emotions was astonishingly strong, but when she mentioned Qianye Ying'er, Yun Che still felt the temperature in the air plummet sharply.
Looking into Xia Qingyue's eyes, Yun Che thought for a moment but shook his head: "I don't think you'll get what you want. The Qianye Ying'er I've seen is an extreme egoist—a madwoman who would sacrifice anything to achieve her goals. Although Qianye Fantian is her birth father, for someone like her, even if it were her father, even if Qianye Fantian begged her, I don't believe she would sacrifice herself to comply."
Xia Qingyue closed her eyes slightly and said, "Two years ago, I would have thought the same. But... during this time as the Yue Shen Emperor, one of the things I've done most is to understand Qianye Ying'er."
There was no doubt: Xia Qingyue's hatred for Qianye Ying'er was profound to the extreme, with no possibility of resolution.
"And in this process, I discovered a flaw in her personality."