Chapter 1503: Twin Fusion
"Shared use? How can it be shared?"
Hong'er's sword soul was formed to complete her life soul. This was already beyond Yun Che's understanding, and Jie Yuan's words made it even harder for him to comprehend... It could actually be shared!?
"Logically speaking, of course it's impossible. But, Hong'er and You'er are originally one entity, their soul sources are connected, and Hong'er is bound to you by life. So, using you as the medium, the sharing of the sword soul can be achieved!"
Yun Che: "...??"
"In this way, You'er will also be bound to you by life, just like Hong'er. Afterwards, she can gradually develop her own body through your life aura, and I won't even need to shape a body for her."
Yun Che: "..."
Hong'er's soul, Hong'er's sword soul, Hong'er's mutation... All of Hong'er's existence was at the level of Creation Gods. She was the only forbidden offspring born from the union of a Creation God and a Demon Emperor, and her existence had undergone too many drastic changes.
Without a doubt, Jie Yuan was the person in this world who knew best what kind of being Hong'er was, but even she could not fully understand her... For instance, she actually ate swords.
The gods could transform the sword spirit of the Demon-Slaying Sword, and the demons could transform the Heaven's Calamity Demon Clan's Demon God Sword, but never had there been such a strange thing as eating swords.
Yun Che thought for a moment, then his brows twitched, and he asked, "Senior, you once said that Light Force and Dark Force absolutely cannot coexist. Hong'er's soul has been infused with the same Light Divine Power as the sword spirit race, while You'er is a pure Dark Demon Soul. In that case, wouldn't they repel each other?"
"If it were someone else, that would indeed be the case. But, only you..." Jie Yuan looked at Yun Che, her pitch-black demonic eyes seeming to darken a few shades: "You are a freak who can simultaneously possess and even control both Light Force and Dark Force! Your body clearly disregards the fundamental laws between light and darkness."
"Then, after You'er and Hong'er are bound to you by life, they will also exist under this abnormal law, and there is a high possibility that they can coexist!"
"Additionally, with You'er's demon soul, the sword they transform into will see an immensely huge increase in power. This will also be a great help to you."
"Immensely huge" — these four words were not from an ordinary person, but from the mouth of the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor!
"Can it really... succeed?" Yun Che looked at You'er's dazed eyes, somewhat uncertainly.
"We'll know once we try!" Jie Yuan's tone was calm, and from her expression, it was clear she wasn't just attempting it; she had almost complete confidence in success.
After all, Hong'er and You'er were her daughters. She knew their souls best, and she also knew the unique nature of Hong'er's sword soul, as well as the kind of life connection the "soul life star shift" between Hong'er and Yun Che represented.
"Call Hong'er out."
With Yun Che's mental summons, a flash of red light shot out from the vermilion sword seal, and Hong'er's figure appeared before him. She yawned, then suddenly said to Yun Che, "Let You'er share the sword soul with me? Is it to let You'er also 'live' in here with me?"
Yun Che: "Uh... you heard all that?"
"Weren't my ears broken, after all." Hong'er sniffed with her little nose.
Live... live in?
"Probably what you understand it to mean." Yun Che bent down slightly: "Then... are you willing?"
Hong'er was someone who cared about nothing except eating and sleeping. From the moment he met her until now, so many years later, she had never once bothered to care about her own origins or who her parents were, nor did she ever take her own special existence to heart.
"Of course I'm fine with it." Hong'er's slender brows curved, and she said with a smile, "I really like You'er. Is it that from now on, You'er can play with me forever?"
"Probably. But we don't know yet if it will succeed, or if it will harm you in any way."
On the other side, Jie Yuan also knelt beside You'er, speaking softly to her, then turned her gaze and said, "Let's begin... Have Hong'er transform into a sword."
Yun Che nodded slightly: "Hong'er."
With a flash of light, Hong'er had already transformed into the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword. In the dark world, its vermilion sword aura still shone clearly.
Jie Yuan stepped forward. Her demonic eyes suddenly emitted an extremely strange black light. She extended her arms, her fingers lightly touching the vermilion sword body, and her other hand touched You'er: "Although You'er's demon soul will merge with Hong'er's sword soul, the true 'core medium' is you. So from now on, you must completely release your life and soul aura. No matter what happens, you must not resist."
"I understand." Yun Che nodded, and his aura was completely released at that moment. Both his life force and mental energy were in a state of total defenselessness, allowing any power to invade.
It was at this moment that Jie Yuan's body suddenly emitted a terrifying black light. In an instant, Yun Che's body and soul were completely engulfed by endless darkness, plunging him into utter darkness where he could no longer perceive the existence of anything else.
In the dark world, he vaguely saw a strange black profound formation slowly rotating. The dark formation clearly existed, yet he could not sense any aura from it... Its power level was simply too high, and Yun Che's mental energy didn't even qualify to perceive it.
The dark formation rapidly clarified, then rapidly expanded... After an unknown amount of time, the dark formation suddenly collapsed, and his consciousness also disintegrated, shattering into countless fragments of darkness.
"Ah..."
Yun Che groaned heavily, snapping back to his senses, and his eyes finally regained focus.
Before him, he saw Jie Yuan standing there indifferently, as if she had never moved. But beside her, there was no longer any sign of You'er.
"Senior, how did it go?"
As soon as he asked, his gaze froze.
Beside him, a huge sword stood silently. It had the exact same sword body as the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword, but the difference was that its blade was a bright silver—just like You'er's silver hair.
The silver sword body was entwined with faint black mist.
The gem at the junction of the hilt and blade was no longer vermilion, but instead showed a faint, colorful luster. The four hues perfectly matched the colors of You'er's eyes.
Within the gem, You'er's miniature figure could be seen. She slowly moved her body, seemingly filled with curiosity and confusion about this unfamiliar world and her slightly unfamiliar self.
"This is... the sword formed by merging You'er's soul with the sword soul..." Yun Che murmured, then turned to look at Jie Yuan: "It succeeded!?"
"Yes, it succeeded." Jie Yuan said softly. "Far simpler and easier than I anticipated... No wonder, they were originally one entity, originally my daughters. No matter how cruel the mutation, how could they repel each other?"
She let out a light breath and said, "However, the result is slightly off."
"Slightly off?" Yun Che's brows moved.
"Perceive it yourself, and you will understand."
Yun Che immediately focused his mind, and soon sensed that Hong'er had returned to the Heavenly Poison Pearl's world... and was in a state of slumber.
"In a freak like you, Hong'er, endowed with Light Divine Power, and You'er, possessing Dark Divine Power, can indeed coexist. But, it is merely coexistence. They cannot, like you, simultaneously release and control these two fundamentally opposing forces."
"That is to say, they can exist at the same time normally. But once they transform into swords, only one of Hong'er or You'er's consciousness can remain; the other will fall into slumber."
"If it's the Demon-Slaying Sword, You'er will sleep. If it's the Demon Emperor Sword, Hong'er will sleep. However, the fact that they can coexist at all is already a divine miracle that cannot happen to anyone else."
Yun Che fully understood Jie Yuan's words. He looked at the demon sword formed by You'er, his gaze fixed on the engraved sword name on the hilt, and slowly read: "Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword."
"The sword formed by our Heaven's Calamity Demon Clan is called the Heaven's Calamity Demon God Sword." Jie Yuan said indifferently. "Only the sword I form is called the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword. Now, after me, a second Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword has finally appeared in this world... Truly worthy of being the daughter of Ni Xuan and me. Even with only half a soul, she still engraved the title 'Demon Emperor.'"
You'er's soul was a pure demon soul that had been separated. The Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword she formed, just like the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword, was a sword uniquely his... But, the dark aura silently released by the sword body made even him feel a faint palpitation.
He reached out, grasped the hilt, and then gave a firm tug.
Instantly, his arm and face twisted simultaneously, and he almost stumbled.
Because the sword body was completely motionless.
His heart shook violently, then he furrowed his brows, directly opening the Evil God Realm Gate to Heaven-Shaking. The profound aura on his body erupted violently, power surged like a flood toward his arms, and a beast-like roar escaped his mouth.
"Haah!!"
With a low roar, Yun Che's arms trembled violently, nearly snapping.
But the giant sword emitting an eerie light still stood quietly, unmoving.
You'er and Jie Yuan inside the colorful sword gem both looked at him... their expressions somewhat strange.
Yun Che was stunned beyond words. He gritted his teeth fiercely and, without hesitation, forcibly activated "Yama King."
Boom!!
The profound aura on his body erupted like a volcano, the color of the aura as dense as magma. Under Yun Che's limit power, the silver sword body finally moved. With Yun Che's arm slowly lifting, it pointed toward the dark space ahead.
Instantly, a cold, eerie storm swept through the dark world, and a dark demonic might like that from the abyss of nothingness enveloped the entire space... In the distance, the sea of Netherworld flowers born in darkness and shining in darkness stopped swaying. All the Netherworld Brahma flowers trembled and quickly closed their petals, the usually bright Netherworld purple light rapidly dimmed.
They expressed their fear and submission through trembling.
Yun Che's arm trembled, and his teeth clenched with a "grinding" sound. "Yama King" was his most extreme state, yet he could only barely lift the Demon Emperor Sword with great difficulty... He tried to swing it, but as soon as his arm lifted, it abruptly dropped.
Boom!!
The Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword slammed heavily into the ground. The entire dark space violently shook, nearly collapsing.
Yun Che propped himself up with both arms on the sword, drenched in sweat, and could no longer lift it again.
His current profound force level was Divine King Realm Level 1, but his limit state was comparable to a low-level Divine Sovereign. Yet with such power, he could only barely lift it for a short moment. Controlling it even slightly was completely impossible!
If he could fully control it, it was unimaginable how terrifying the dark sword might would be.
"Heh," Jie Yuan gave a cold smile. "You're still far from it."
Yun Che's face flushed slightly, and he felt a bit frustrated.
Jie Yuan had said before that after You'er's soul merged with the sword soul, the sword's power would inevitably see an immensely huge increase. And that increase was now clearly presented before his eyes.
The sword formed by Hong'er also had a special demonic might from the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor, but it was merely pressure. Its main attribute was Light Divine Power, which demons feared, resulting in a Demon-Slaying Sword with Heaven's Calamity demonic might. Meanwhile, the sword formed by You'er had a completely opposite attribute, a Demon Emperor Sword with pure Dark Divine Power!
Hong'er and You'er had different soul attributes, but because the swords they formed originated from the same sword soul, though the divine power attributes differed, the sword might was exactly the same.
That is to say, Yun Che's current power could not control the Demon Emperor Sword formed by You'er, nor could he control the Demon-Slaying Sword that Hong'er now formed.
Indeed, a somewhat sad story...
"It seems that to be worthy of Hong'er and You'er, I still need to work hard." Yun Che said self-deprecatingly. Then, feeling that even keeping the sword body propped up was becoming a bit difficult, he quickly called out softly, "You'er!"
Instantly, the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword transformed into a silver-black light, and You'er's figure lightly appeared before him.
As soon as You'er appeared, a red light flashed beside her, and Hong'er jumped out on her own. She blinked vigorously and said in confusion, "Eh? How did I suddenly fall asleep? Master, did you do something strange to me?"
Yun Che: "..." (I didn't, don't accuse me falsely!)
"Oh?" She suddenly turned her gaze to You'er beside her, and You'er also looked at her. They stared into each other's eyes, both suddenly frozen there... for a very long time, and then simultaneously extended their hands, reaching for each other's cheeks.
This time, their small hands did not pass through each other's bodies... Hong'er's hand touched a trace of chill, and You'er's hand touched a warmth so strange and unfamiliar.
"Wow!" Hong'er's eyes sparkled like stars. "I can touch You'er... wow!"
She cheered joyfully, not knowing why she was so happy, nor would she think about why she was so happy. She was just laughing with such joy, yet two teardrops she didn't notice silently slid down her cheeks.
You'er slowly withdrew her small hand, stared at her own palm for a while, then carefully, timidly, and gently moved closer to Yun Che. Her pinky finger touched his palm, also touching a different warmth.
This time, she did not pull her hand back. Instead, looking into Yun Che's eyes, she imitated Hong'er, trying hard to curve her eyes and lightly purse her lips, revealing a smile that was already quite close to complete.
"..." Jie Yuan turned her head away, not letting Yun Che see the moisture quickly gathering in her eyes that she couldn't suppress. "They have just 'merged'; they must be very tired. Let them rest well first."
"Mm." Yun Che responded, smiled at the two girls, and said, "Hong'er, You'er, get some good sleep first. You'er, when you wake up, I'll take you to see the outside world."
You'er nodded. Her lips parted slightly: "Mm..."
Very soft, very hoarse, but a very clear syllable.
Jie Yuan's body trembled violently, and she tilted her head back even further.