Chapter 1843: Eternal Dark Blood and Soul (Part 1)
Hoooowwwl~~~~~~~
From within the ice brilliance, a roar of agony that pierced the very soul of the Cang Dragon God resounded. The seemingly gorgeous ice radiance had blasted a gaping hole a full zhang wide in the Cang Dragon God's head. Before the dragon blood could even splatter out, it was frozen solid by the biting cold, simultaneously sealing away most of his howling dragon soul.
Countless ice marks split and spread across his skull, a gruesome sight… If he were not a Dragon God, but a human of the exact same power level, his entire head would have likely been reduced to icy dust.
Another even more soul-shaking dragon roar erupted. The Taichu Dragon Emperor burst forth with dragon aura mixed with dragon blood, violently flinging back the nine startled and disoriented Dragon Lords.
He lunged at the Cang Dragon God, who was wailing amidst the ice brilliance. His dragon claw, condensed with the power of calamity, slammed heavily onto the ice-veined dragon head.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!!
Under the extreme Ice Phoenix chill, the Cang Dragon God's head was not the only thing injured; his soul trembled in the bitter cold, and his consciousness became exceptionally sluggish. The part of his mind that wasn't frozen could only instinctively struggle to dispel the cold. Under the Taichu Dragon Emperor's relentless assault, he had no power to resist.
His skull, cheekbones, and dragon neck were shattered again and again. The terrifying ice marks spread rapidly, soon covering the entire massive dragon head like a spiderweb.
Including Long Bai, no one moved to save the Cang Dragon God, who was trapped in his desperate icy hell. Because all minds were stunned by the countless ice crystals that was the Feimie Dragon God reduced to. All eyes were fixed on the slowly emerging ice figure.
The vast and tragic battlefield came to a sudden halt… except for the Taichu Dragon Emperor, who was still brutally assaulting the Cang Dragon God.
"B-B-Big Brother…" the Biluo Dragon God muttered, dazed.
"Im… impossible…" the Baihong Dragon God, for the first time, absolutely refused to believe his own sight and spiritual sense.
Only at this moment did the ice figure finally fully manifest.
Clad in white robes, ethereal like a celestial maiden. Eyes like frozen pools, hair dancing like ice, skin like congealed snow, lips like blooming cherry blossoms… The moment she appeared, without any need for words or postures, she embodied beauty beyond compare and icy, proud snow to a dreamlike extreme.
Her snowy silhouette, aura, and features were no strangers to many present. One by one, the Divine Emperors' pupils suddenly dilated to their maximum… a shock even more intense than the annihilation of the Feimie Dragon God.
The dragon aura around Long Bai violently shook.
Because what appeared in his dragon eyes was a person who simply could not exist…
Mu Xuanyin!
Ding!
A soft chime, like ice falling on a jade plate. The Snow Princess Sword flew back into Mu Xuanyin's hand. Dots of pure, crystal ice radiance swirled around her snowy body and the sword, adding an even more dreamlike mystery and illusion.
The Qilin Emperor was stunned. The Azure Dragon Emperor was stunned. All the Dragon Gods' dragon eyes felt like they were splitting. Cang Shitian was so startled he nearly fell from the sky.
Even Qianye Ying'er, who had been half out of her mind, stood frozen in place, unable to believe it.
The fierce battle suddenly ceased. The Xuan adepts of the Northern Domain gasped for air, staring blankly at the ice figure who had instantly slain the Feimie Dragon God, as if witnessing a divine snow maiden descending from the heavens.
Chi Wuyue steadied her breath. Looking at Mu Xuanyin—the person she knew best in this life—she smiled slightly and said, "I knew that the moment you made your move, you would not disappoint me."
Of everyone present, she was the only one who had known of Mu Xuanyin's existence from start to finish.
Because she was far too familiar with Mu Xuanyin, both body and soul… familiar to the very texture of every inch of snowy skin and every memory etched into her icy soul. So familiar that, without any form of communication, she could cooperate with Mu Xuanyin the moment she decided to act, creating a perfect opportunity for an instant kill of the Feimie Dragon God.
"What woman… is this?" Long Yi said. His dragon eyes were clearly unsettled. His originally dust-free heart was suddenly stirred with waves.
As the Withered Dragon Venerable, how powerful was his divine sense, granted by his mighty dragon soul? He had not detected the other's presence at all.
The battlefield erupting within the Canglan Divine Realm was filled with the auras of Calamity and Divine Lord level. Under such circumstances, in his understanding, it was nearly impossible to perfectly conceal oneself!
Especially since Long Fei, the foremost Dragon God of the current Dragon God Realm, possessed power and a dragon soul on the same level as the five Withered Dragon Venerables. Yet he had been caught within ten zhang of her without realizing it… a thousand incredibilities could not describe it.
With the withered Dragon Venerables' experience spanning hundreds of thousands of years, not a single one could have done it.
Moon-Breaking Shadow Flick… in this era, Yun Che was the first to master it. But its concealment ability had reached its ultimate extreme in Mu Xuanyin.
Back then, the Phoenix Nirvana power Yun Che received was granted by a fragment of the Phoenix God's soul. It gave Yun Che the revival of life, but could not awaken his former power, leaving him a cripple.
Had it not been for the Life Miracle and Yun Wuxin's permanent sacrifice of the Evil God's talent to save him, he would still be a cripple to this day.
But the Ice Phoenix Nirvana that Mu Xuanyin experienced was the original Nirvana divine power personally bestowed by the Ice Phoenix God. Though also incomplete, it was ultimately a divine source force. What it gave Mu Xuanyin was not just new life, but a massive increase in profound energy and soul power.
Especially her mastery over the Ice Phoenix divine power.
One could even say that with the passing of the Ice Phoenix God, Mu Xuanyin, who now carried the Ice Phoenix source force and Ice Phoenix soul, and had undergone Ice Phoenix Nirvana, was the living embodiment of the Ice Phoenix.
"That… Mu Xuanyin from back then?" the Azure Dragon Emperor murmured.
"Wasn't she already… dead?" the Qilin Emperor exclaimed in shock.
Countless jaws hit the ground.
Back then, outside the Lan Ji Star, Mu Xuanyin died protecting Yun Che. Many Divine Emperors and Realm Kings witnessed it.
The fatal blow was dealt by Long Bai. Everyone present clearly sensed the complete dissipation of her life force… How could she still be alive!
And the soul-piercing cold emanating from her was several times stronger than back then!
A person who should not exist, perfectly concealed amidst the auras and powers of a crowd of Divine Emperors. The moment she appeared, she shattered the Feimie Dragon God with one strike… This was an eerie, unbelievable scene even as they witnessed it with their own eyes.
"My appearance now may not help, but instead make things worse," Mu Xuanyin said, her voice faint and detached, revealing neither joy nor sorrow. The Snow Princess Sword in her hand gathered icy radiance as she pointed it from afar at Long Bai.
Long Bai and the Withered Dragon Venerables had been watching from a distance with pride. Once she appeared, either Long Bai or a Withered Dragon Venerable would have to act. So, had it not been for Cai Zhi's peril, she would not have chosen to reveal herself at this moment.
"So be it, fate is what it is. What difference does it make?" Chi Wuyue said. Even if a Western Domain Divine Emperor died, Long Bai and the Withered Dragon Venerables might not necessarily act. But Long Fei was the first Dragon God; his death would inevitably provoke extreme dragon wrath.
"If you and I both end up buried here today…" Chi Wuyue smiled. "That wouldn't be so bad either."
"Tch… this is really creepy." Cang Shitian's eyes bulged, his teeth gritted. Among those who had attacked Mu Xuanyin back then, he was one of them!
Wait!
Something suddenly occurred to him…
Those two Sea Gods who died inexplicably earlier, without a sound… could it have been her doing!?
If even the Feimie Dragon God could be killed in an instant, then killing his two Sea Gods from Canglan silently would be as easy as cutting vegetables!
And during that time, his back had inexplicably felt cold several times… That wasn't just his imagination!?
Thinking of this, Cang Shitian broke out in a cold sweat all over. All I did back then was follow the crowd and toss out a few inconsequential bursts of profound energy. Is she really that grudgy!?
"How can… this be?" Long San said, frowning deeply.
"Moon-Breaking Shadow Flick," Long Yi said slowly. "The Ice Phoenix power of the Eastern Domain has declined generation by generation due to the difficulty of inheritance, yet…"
"Long Fei…" Long Wu closed his eyes and murmured softly. Even though his heart was already unattached since the Day of Divine Concealment, why was this pain still so profound?
"Hmph!" Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Long Bai's dragon aura, which had been slowly healing his wounds, burst forth with his fury, instantly shaking heaven and earth and terrifying all living beings. "Since you weren't thoroughly dead back then, then die again!"
He was about to act personally, but a sigh came from beside him: "Let me."
Long Wu's figure blurred. When he reappeared, he was already close in front of Mu Xuanyin. The moment he raised his arm, the dark clouds in the sky scattered, and the entire world seemed to sink as he said: "With your ability, perhaps no human can match you. Unfortunately, stirring dragon wrath means you are doomed to perish."
Mu Xuanyin said nothing. The Snow Princess Sword moved with Moon-Breaking Shadow Flick, instantly flashing out ten thousand ice shadows, stabbing abruptly at Long Wu. As the sword shadows approached, they bloomed into ten thousand ice lotuses, each petal a frozen soul.
Chi Wuyue's Dark Profound Force attacked in sync. As the world suddenly darkened, the blue-glimmering ice lotuses reflected into countless profoundly cold black lotuses.
Ice and darkness, of different attributes and from different individuals, achieved a perfect and strange harmony. When the black lotuses exploded, they instantly devoured Long Wu into an abyss of darkness and extreme cold.
"Long Si," Long Bai said. "Assist Long Wu."
Boom!
Another Withered Dragon Venerable made his move.
As Long Si's vast dragon aura was released, the entire space trembled faintly, as if this region could no longer bear it and was on the verge of collapse.
Mu Xuanyin and Chi Wuyue fought against two Withered Dragon Venerables. When Long Si joined the battle, the already terrifying battlefield stirred up an even more dreadful calamity storm. Divine Lords within hundreds of li were forcefully repelled; no one could approach.
Long Bai did not restrain his dragon aura. His gaze shifted, fixing on the Taichu Dragon Emperor who was trampling the Cang Dragon God.
Cai Zhi's figure had vanished, swept back onto the Taichu Dragon Emperor's dragon head and covered by a protective barrier several times stronger than before. Only the Celestial Wolf Demon Sword remained standing in place.
Meanwhile, the entire body of the Cang Dragon God had completely collapsed. The terrifying degree of twisting indicated that even his dragon spine had been shattered.
Given the Cang Dragon God's strength, even if he was no match for the Taichu Dragon Emperor, he should not have ended up like this… But that sword strike, seemingly from beyond the heavens, had severely wounded his head, nearly shattering his skull and scattering most of his consciousness. And even now, the chill on his body had not dissipated, like billions of extreme-cold ice needles piercing and rampaging through his massive dragon body.
Long Bai extended his hand, the overwhelming Dragon Emperor's aura about to blast towards the Taichu Dragon Emperor… At that moment, his dragon eyes suddenly moved.
In this high-level battle that tore apart heaven and earth every moment, nearly ninety percent of the Canglan Divine Domain had collapsed. The lands outside the Canglan Divine Domain had long been reduced to dust.
But amidst the ruins and dust within the Canglan Divine Domain, the Canglan King's Palace had only been slightly damaged by the shockwaves.
Long Bai swept his gaze around, his dragon eyes perceiving… recalling from the start of the battle until now, he suddenly realized that almost all the Northern Domain Xuan adepts had been deliberately keeping the battlefield away from this king's palace.
Even when on the verge of death, they would struggle in the opposite direction.
His dragon eyes sank, his dragon soul tightened. As his divine sense focused and penetrated into the king's palace, it encountered isolation barriers of the highest level—more than one layer—and… a faint trace of dark aura.
Yan Yi and Yan San… that unshown Yan Ancestor!
At the core of the seven barriers, Yan Er's old eyes snapped open as the Dragon Emperor's soul touched them.
"Long San, we should also make our move," Long Yi said. "This woman is probably no less than that little girl from Zhoutian back then. Long Wu alone may find it hard to take her."
"Wait!" Long Bai suddenly spoke, pointing at the king's palace: "Smash open that place!"