# Chapter 1741: Nirvana Profound Sound
A hand as white as snow, as delicate as jade, gently covered Mu Bingyun's ice-cold face. Between her lips, a soft voice emerged that others might never hear in a lifetime: "Bingyun, if you're tired, rest for a while."
The sect's turmoil, the heavy pressure on the Yin Xue Realm, the name "Criminal Realm," the plummeting star realm status, the covetous gazes of other realms...
All of these things, over the years, had been borne solely by Mu Bingyun alone.
Today, once again, she was using her own life to exchange for the safety of the Bing Huang God Sect.
Over the years, every word she had confided, every tear she had shed, had been heard and felt in her ears and heart.
As she spoke softly, her slender fingers gently stroked from Mu Bingyun's cheek to her lips, then to her snow-white neck... A faint, light-blue ice breath slowly seeped from her snowy skin, silently covering Mu Bingyun's heart and soul.
Mu Bingyun offered no resistance. Her eyelashes stopped trembling, her breathing gradually calmed, and in a tranquility and peace she hadn't known for a long time, she fell asleep like a well-behaved and contented kitten.
Tears at the corners of her eyes were like starry pearls, while at the corners of her lips was an extremely beautiful faint smile.
When she was very young, she had loved to fall asleep pillowed on her sister's soft, ample chest. That had always been her most peaceful, most enjoyable moment. No matter how great the trauma or failure she had just experienced, she would peacefully forget it in the quietest of dreams.
Later, her sister became the Realm King of Yin Xue Realm, and she could no longer fully reveal her weakness in front of her sister.
With a light sweep of her snow-white hand, an ice bed formed. Gently placing the sleeping Mu Bingyun onto the ice bed, she slowly turned around toward Chi Wuyue.
She possessed eyes of the most extreme cold, and a countenance that could outshine ten thousand miles of snowfields. Her long hair cascaded to her waist, every strand of ice-blue hair seeming to condense the purest essence of ice and snow in the world.
Though her heart was already certain, when her face was fully presented in view, Chi Wuyue's pupils still rippled with long-lasting, shimmering waves.
Mu... Xuan... Yin!
The Snow Princess Sword sparkled with icy brilliance, dazzling like polar twilight, as if excitedly stirring and rejoicing.
Four years ago, outside the annihilated Lan Ji Star, struck down by the Dragon God's palm, sunk into the Minghan Heavenly Lake by Yun Che's own hands, she had actually appeared alive... intact... before Mu Bingyun and Chi Wuyue.
Not an illusion, and certainly not a disguise. No matter how unbelievable, Chi Wuyue was utterly certain in that first instant that this was the real, genuine Mu Xuan Yin who had long been dead.
Because in this world, she was the one who knew Mu Xuan Yin best. Coexisting for ten thousand years, she was intimately familiar with every inch of her skin, every thread of her soul, every wisp of her aura, and could never be mistaken.
"Mu Xuan Yin," facing her icy gaze, Chi Wuyue spoke with a smile—just three words, but carrying emotions far too complex: "As expected, sharing the same origin as the Phoenix, the Ice Phoenix, like the Phoenix, also possesses the power of 'Nirvana.'"
"As expected, before the Ice Phoenix Divine Spirit faded away, the gift it bestowed upon you was its 'Nirvana' divine power."
She smiled—a smile for herself, a smile for Yun Che... She could hardly imagine how thrilled and joyful Yun Che would be if he saw her reappearing in his life.
Four years ago, Mu Xuan Yin had indeed died. Her life had completely departed, her ice had melted, and her jade had shattered.
In the common understanding of the present age, the Ice Phoenix and the Phoenix were two beings with opposing attributes, existences that should mutually repel and oppose each other.
But in truth, in the distant ancient times, they shared a single origin. It was only later, for reasons long forgotten, that they split into two clans that seemingly opposed each other.
In the current Divine Realm, there are many legends about ancient Phoenixes being reborn from flames after their first death, becoming even more powerful.
But the records that ancient Ice Phoenixes, after their first death, could also undergo Nirvana in ice breath had long been lost.
Back then, beneath the Minghan Heavenly Lake, before the Ice Phoenix Divine Spirit faded away, out of guilt for having long interfered with Mu Xuan Yin's will, it granted her a wisp of special ice breath as compensation.
And this wisp of special ice breath was the Nirvana Divine Breath of the Ice Phoenix Divine Spirit.
The trace of Nirvana power that Yun Che had inherited back then came from a remnant Phoenix spirit and was extremely weak. When Yun Che died, it barely managed to hold onto his life force. His power and divine body had both died.
But beneath the Minghan Heavenly Lake was a true, genuine ancient Ice Phoenix. The Nirvana Divine Breath it gave Mu Xuan Yin, though still incomplete, was countless times stronger than what Yun Che had obtained.
Beneath the Minghan Heavenly Lake, Mu Xuan Yin underwent Nirvana and revived in the ice breath.
A complete body, a complete soul, and...
Under the catalysis of the Nirvana Divine Breath, her Ice Phoenix divine power had quietly undergone a qualitative change.
In those final moments when her life was about to fade and her soul about to scatter, Mu Xuan Yin had sensed Chi Wuyue's presence. So she knew who this woman in black, bewitching as a calamitous demoness, was.
Without saying a word, she slowly raised the Snow Princess Sword in her hand. Suddenly, ice light flashed as she thrust it straight at Chi Wuyue.
Chi Wuyue didn't move at all, not even releasing a trace of profound energy to protect herself.
Puff!
With a tearing sound clear enough to be piercing, the Snow Princess Sword mercilessly pierced into Chi Wuyue's left shoulder. The sword tip emerged from behind her shoulder, glinting with cold light.
Blood droplets surged out, then immediately froze under the cold aura. Their gazes reflected the Snow Princess Sword's ice-blue glow, silently touching at an extremely close distance.
They had coexisted for ten thousand years, yet this was their first true meeting.
Chi!
The Snow Princess Sword withdrew from Chi Wuyue's body, its blade unstained by blood. Chi Wuyue's body swayed violently, but she didn't look at her wound, nor did she show the slightest anger.
The sword's light vanished. Mu Xuan Yin turned around, saying coldly, "Considering you came specially to save Bingyun and treat Yun Che sincerely... this one sword settles the grievances between us!"
Chi Wuyue smiled faintly, speaking softly: "Mu Xuan Yin, though you have experienced life and death, you haven't changed at all. I often wonder: in those years, did I influence you more, or did you influence me more?"
Mu Xuan Yin: "..."
Chi Wuyue straightened her body. Without bothering about the sword wound on her shoulder, she stepped over to Mu Xuan Yin's side, smiling as she looked at her profile... After all, having had their souls attached for ten thousand years, even though they were now separated, an intangible special soul connection and emotion had formed.
Both for Chi Wuyue toward Mu Xuan Yin, and for Mu Xuan Yin toward Chi Wuyue.
"Can you tell me how long ago you woke up?" Chi Wuyue asked.
"Three years," Mu Xuan Yin answered.
"...I see." Chi Wuyue murmured softly.
"Help me send Bingyun back to the Yin Xue Realm," Mu Xuan Yin said. Her ice-gem-like eyes were hard to read as to what emotions they held. "Tell her not to tell anyone that I'm still alive. You too."
"Not even 'him'?" Chi Wuyue's beautiful eyes shifted slightly.
"No," Mu Xuan Yin said without hesitation.
"Why?"
The cold wind blew, ice-blue hair brushing Mu Xuan Yin's ethereally beautiful snow-white face. Even in Chi Wuyue's eyes, accustomed to unparalleled beauty, it was still breathtakingly lovely. She said faintly: "He has been nursing his hatred and lying low in the Northern Divine Realm for so many years, finally taking steps toward revenge. If I appear, it will distract his mind and his hatred... At least, not now."
Chi Wuyue's gaze grew hazy, her lips glistening: "So, you, as a Realm King of the Eastern Domain and the one most able to influence his decisions, have no intention of stopping him at all?"
"Stop? Why should I stop?" Mu Xuan Yin looked into the void, her voice cold: "Hasn't this world already owed him enough?"
"Besides, I am no longer a Realm King of the Eastern Divine Realm," she continued. "And I am no longer anyone's puppet. I am just myself—a Mu Xuan Yin who has never been so pure."
Chi Wuyue: "..."
"After years of muddled existence and rebirth from death, it's time for me to live for myself."
She turned her eyes, looking at Chi Wuyue: "If he wants revenge, let him take his revenge to his heart's content. If he wants to vent, let him vent freely. If he wants to kill someone, let him kill whoever he wants. Though I am from the Eastern Domain, I can find no reason to stop him."
Chi Wuyue smiled, scenes from the past flashing before her eyes: "No matter what he becomes, even if he is now feared by all, like the brutal Demon Lord of the Northern Domain, you still indulge him as before, letting him have his way."
"..." Mu Xuan Yin was silent for a long while, then suddenly her voice softened, and she slowly said: "Back then, I scolded him time and again for defying his master's orders and acting recklessly, trying every way to restrain his nature."
"But this time is different."
"He has the right to be willful. No matter how willful he is, he has that right."
With that, she turned away, her snow-white clothes fluttering lightly, about to leave.
"Where do you plan to go?" Chi Wuyue asked.
"After the Eastern Divine Realm comes the Southern Divine Realm, right?" Mu Xuan Yin suddenly asked.
"Yes," Chi Wuyue didn't hide it: "The Star God Realm is not a threat. The Zhou Tian and Moon God Realms have already been broken. As for the Brahma Emperor Divine Realm, Yun Che seems to have his own plans. When all four king realms are broken, the faith of the Eastern Divine Realm will collapse completely. And my Northern Domain will gradually take control of the Eastern Divine Realm."
"Are you going to the Southern Divine Realm?" She guessed.
"Yes," Mu Xuan Yin said. "Before you attack the Southern Divine Realm, I will help you clear away some obstacles."
She had awakened from the Minghan Heavenly Lake for three full years, yet no one had ever detected her presence.
A tenth-rank Divine Lord capable of perfect shadow concealment, someone whom everyone believed didn't exist... How terrifying she was was no less than a nightmare even for powerful Divine Lords.
What she could clear away was far more than just obstacles!
Her gaze slightly dimmed, as if talking to herself, as if sighing: "I once hated demon folk to the extreme, killing them on sight. I never thought that one day... I would be aiding and abetting evil like this."
"But you are willing in your heart, aren't you?" Chi Wuyue smiled faintly. "And the current you is the pure you, purely following your own will, regardless of good or evil, right or wrong, or responsibility. Only following your own heart."
Mu Xuan Yin didn't speak again. She floated up into the air.
"Wait!" Chi Wuyue suddenly thought of something, her gaze turning strange: "You said earlier 'considering you treated Yun Che sincerely'... How did you know whether I was sincere to him or not?"
"Could it be that you went to the Northern Divine Realm?"
"No," Mu Xuan Yin replied indifferently. "But someone told me about some things concerning you and him."
"...Who?" Chi Wuyue's brows lightly rippled.
"You will meet her very soon."
With those words, she soared up into the sky, and in an instant, the ice light vanished completely.
Now, her mastery of "shadow concealment" had reached a realm where she could do as she pleased.
Chi Wuyue stared into the distance for a long time before slowly turning her gaze back.
That person...
Mu Xuan Yin wouldn't reveal herself on her own. The fact that someone could contact Mu Xuan Yin and tell her things meant that the other party had actively detected Mu Xuan Yin.
And the only person who could directly see through Mu Xuan Yin's shadow concealment seemed to be... "her."
She turned her eyes to Qianye Zixiao, who was lying on the ground, completely unconscious. The smile at the corners of her lips instantly took on a hint of subtle meaning.
"Trying to plant a decent chess piece in the Brahma Emperor Divine Realm would normally be as hard as reaching the heavens, yet now it's so effortless."
She murmured softly, her palm pressing down, black light flashing in her demon eyes.
That sword strike Mu Xuan Yin had delivered while concealed was truly too brilliant. It had instantly shattered both the body and soul of a powerful Brahma King.
This also made her vaguely sense that Mu Xuan Yin's Ice Phoenix divine power seemed to have made a subtle breakthrough.
As the demon light shone in her pupils, Qianye Zixiao slowly stood up. But his limbs hung limply, and his eyes were vacant.
"Qianye Zixiao," Chi Wuyue spoke softly and sweetly: "While you were bringing Mu Bingyun back to the Brahma Emperor Divine Realm, you were ambushed by Yama Emperor Yan Tianxiao, and Mu Bingyun was taken away... Do you remember?"
Qianye Zixiao's lips parted, and he spoke dully: "I was bringing Mu Bingyun back to the realm... on the way... ambushed by Yama Emperor Yan Tianxiao... Mu Bingyun was taken away..."
"Very good!" Chi Wuyue nodded in approval. Suddenly she struck, a black light piercing straight through Qianye Zixiao's body. The erosion of darkness instantly extinguished all the ice breath on his body, leaving behind gruesome dark wounds.
Her figure then flew away as well, quickly disappearing into the vast starry domain.
A dozen or so breaths later, Qianye Zixiao turned over on the Mysterious Ark. He clutched the dark wound on his chest, his gaze dark and gloomy, gritting his teeth and saying: "Damn that Yan Tianxiao! If he falls into my hands, I will... tear him into a thousand pieces!"