Chapter 259: Another World
This was a very small round bead, about the size of an ordinary glass marble, crystal clear like a sapphire, but the light it emitted was far deeper and richer than a sapphire, like a shining blue star. When Yun Che grabbed it in his hand, it seemed to awaken from slumber suddenly, emitting an extremely intense deep blue light so strong that it enveloped his entire body.
"What is this…" The deep blue light was eerie and intense, illuminating every corner of the place. Yun Che held it before his eyes, staring at it blankly. At that moment, his profound veins, which had been silent due to depletion, suddenly began to churn violently—a churning of excitement, stirring his nearly rigid blood and spirit. A strange sensation also struck Yun Che's heart at this moment… Holding this deep blue bead, he felt an overwhelming sense of calm, as if it had always been meant to be his, now finally returned to him.
This feeling was not unfamiliar. He had experienced the same sensation when obtaining another item. His memory instantly flashed back to the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range—the Flame Dragon Cave—that crimson red—the Evil God's Fire Seed!
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and swallow it! Its aura is exactly the same as the fire-attribute Evil God Seed you consumed back then, except for the attribute! This is clearly a water-attribute seed left by the Evil God, swallowed by this big creature, thus creating this ice-attribute Overlord Xuan Beast!"
Mo Li judged by its aura, but Yun Che's sensation was even more vivid than hers. He could fully confirm that this was definitely another Evil God Seed, just like the one discovered in the Flame Dragon Cave. Glancing at Xia Qingyue, whose life force was rapidly fading in the cold, he unhesitatingly slapped the deep blue bead into his mouth and swallowed it directly.
Instantly, Yun Che's profound veins churned violently, and his body surface suddenly emitted a mass of deep blue light. These deep blue lights completely swallowed up the light blue profound energy light left by Xia Qingyue, then burned like a large mass of deep blue flames on his body surface.
The feeling of cold completely disappeared. Yun Che closed his eyes, his whole body filled with an indescribable comfort. The deep blue light on him grew stronger and stronger, gradually spreading to Xia Qingyue. In an instant, the ice crystals covering Xia Qingyue dissipated without even a melting process. All ice crystals touched by the blue light around them also vanished. The terrifying cold within the Overlord Xuan Beast's body was utterly fragile against this deep blue light.
His profound veins churned in excitement, and a profound energy from an unknown source rapidly surged in, restoring the depleted profound veins at an astonishing speed… Under that warm power from unknown origins, his nearly shattered internal organs also healed at a terrifying rate.
The profound energy in his profound veins increased more and more, growing until it reached the limit of what they could hold, yet it still did not stop…
With a soft sound, Yun Che vaguely heard something being broken through. At the same time, a feeling of directly breaking through a barrier came from deep within his profound veins. The blue light that had persisted on him for a long time finally extinguished at that moment.
In that instant, Yun Che clearly felt an almost sublime transformation in his entire profound veins. The profound energy stored within had become so dense and rich that he could hardly believe it. His perception of his own body and surroundings also underwent a tremendous change at that moment, as if his entire body, soul, and profound veins had suddenly shed their mortal shell and been reborn…
Yun Che looked up and slowly exhaled. Immediately, a profound energy aura many times stronger than before radiated from his body! Such profound energy had already transcended the category of the True Xuan Realm, truly stepping into the Spirit Xuan Realm! Even his internal injuries had directly healed!
Yun Che silently looked inward and saw that his profound veins, originally crystal clear like quartz and fiery red like flames, had now become a mixture of red and blue. The fifty-four profound gates each flickered with red and blue intertwined light. Not only his profound veins, but also his meridians, blood, and even every cell now contained specks of deep blue components.
The red and blue were neither completely separate nor completely fused. Instead, they coexisted in a fused yet distinct manner, mixing chaotically without repelling each other, yet existing independently without interfering.
The seed Yun Che had swallowed was indeed the water-attribute seed left by the Evil God back then.
When he swallowed the fire-attribute seed back then, his profound veins became fire-attribute, granting extreme affinity for fire elements, allowing him to manipulate fire elements to a certain extent, and making him immune to any form of fire element damage.
Now, having swallowed the water-attribute seed, his profound veins became dual-attribute: water and fire! In nature, water and fire are opposing and incompatible attributes, yet they achieved perfect coexistence within the Evil God's profound veins!
At the same time, the *Ice Cloud Art* that Chu Yuechan had left in his body back then, which had been forcibly sealed due to complete contradiction with his fire-attribute profound veins, now fully awakened!
Yun Che opened his eyes, and with a flick of his hands, a deep blue barrier expanded outward, completely isolating the cold around Xia Qingyue. The miraculous Evil God power healed his injuries, restored his profound energy, and directly completed the leap from True Xuan Realm to Spirit Xuan Realm. All his tension, anxiety, and worry vanished. His heart was incredibly calm… because his soul had also undergone a certain degree of sublimation.
Yun Che extended his palm, and with a thought, a small ice crystal condensed in his palm. Then, this ice crystal turned into water, then into snow, then into mist… changing forms freely under his will. Now, his body was fully in affinity with the water element. Following fire, all forms of water-based power in the world could no longer harm him.
Mo Li returned to his side, her expression calm but her heart relieved: "You indeed possess strong fortune. I came to the Tian Xuan Continent searching for the Evil God seeds but found nothing. Yet you, in less than two years, have encountered two in a row! Especially this seed—its appearance was an incredibly coincidental timing! The Evil God seeds contain powerful elemental 'source power.' Now you can not only manipulate the water element but also gain 'absolute' immunity to it. The cold here can no longer harm you!"
"But that doesn't mean we're out of danger!" Yun Che clenched his fists, his gaze fixed on Xia Qingyue, whose breathing was faint and body still ice-cold. "I must take her away from here immediately! Otherwise, she won't be able to hold on."
At that moment, a buzzing sound echoed in Yun Che's mind, followed by an extremely ancient and distant voice, as if from a bygone era.
"Successor of my power… you have finally come…"
This voice… is…
Yun Che quickly closed his eyes, concentrated his spirit, and tentatively responded with his mind: "Are you… the Evil God?"
"Correct… the seed you just swallowed… contains a trace of my remnant soul… I have waited in this small world for many, many years… finally waiting for your arrival…"
Yun Che's heart stirred, and a thought burst out: "Could it be that this small world I am in now was created by you back then?"
The ancient voice spoke slowly: "Indeed… but… that is not important… Now that the seed I left has found a new home… this wisp of soul will soon dissipate… Successor of my power… relax your spirit… steady your breathing… let me see your memories… so I can know what my final power can do for you…"
Yun Che did not resist or become defensive. He fully relaxed his spirit, allowing a trace of subtle power to invade his sea of consciousness… After a few breaths, this power withdrew from his sea of consciousness.
"So that's how it is… you are merely an ordinary human, yet you possess extraordinary destiny and fortune. Your experiences tell me you will be a qualified successor. I hold great expectations for your future… but I am destined not to see it. Your strongest desire now is to leave this dangerous place. I will use my final power to fulfill this desire and send you to a special place…"
Although he didn't know what "special place" meant, just being able to leave here was enough to make him ecstatic: "Thank you! My wife is in a very dangerous condition. Staying here any longer will endanger her life! Please send us away as soon as possible!"
"I understand… but there is no need to thank me. You have inherited my power and are destined to inherit my mission. The one who should say thank you… is me. Your future… is destined to surpass your imagination. Keep growing stronger—that is your only choice. So… go. But you can only stay in that place for twelve hours. After twelve hours, you will be brought back to this small world."
Mission?
The Evil God's mission?
The ancient voice faded from Yun Che's mind. Then, the space around him and Xia Qingyue suddenly twisted. He held Xia Qingyue tightly and disappeared together in the twisted space.
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A refreshing breeze mixed with faint floral and earthy scents swept over his face.
Lush green grass, a babbling brook, scattered trees of varying heights and thicknesses—this was the scene Yun Che saw when he opened his eyes. This utterly ordinary scenery was now precious beyond measure. He let out a long breath, then carefully laid down Xia Qingyue in his arms.
Xia Qingyue's body was still ice-cold, unconscious, her breathing faint. But the change in temperature and environment brought a touch of relief to her calm face. Yun Che quickly took out a most gentle Little Jade Dew Pill, placed it into Xia Qingyue's mouth, pressed his right hand over her heart, protected her life pulse with profound energy, and then gradually dispelled the cold within her body.
This seemed to be a wilderness rarely tread by people, with nothing particularly special about it. Yun Che didn't know where this was, nor did he bother to think about why the Evil God used his final power to send them here. His entire focus was on Xia Qingyue. As he concentrated on dispelling the cold for her, he silently gazed at her breathtaking, unparalleled beauty, his eyes gradually becoming entranced…
You… were willing to risk your own life to save me…
If not for your desperate plea… I would have been a complete corpse by now…
When facing you, what I thought about most was how to conquer you… But only I know best that admiration played a very small part. The largest part was the possessiveness a man has toward beautiful things, as well as my status as your nominal husband—that faint, ridiculous, yet unshakable pride and dignity…
From now on, I will no longer think about conquering you. Instead, I will completely possess you! Even if I have to tear down the entire Bing Yun Fairy Palace, I will make you wholly mine!
"Help… help me…"
As Yun Che concentrated his energy, a hurried cry for help came from not far away. It was the voice of a young girl, ethereal like a clear spring in a deep valley, but filled with deep fear and terror. Following that, scattered footsteps approached from afar.
After Yun Che's profound energy stepped into the first level of the Spirit Xuan Realm, his vision also greatly improved. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a little girl in yellow clothes hastily fleeing this way. She was too far away for him to see her features clearly, but from her petite figure, she seemed to be only about ten years old. She clearly had a considerable profound energy foundation, running at a fairly fast speed.
Behind her, three men in black were pursuing unhurriedly, accompanied by mocking laughter: "Hehe, keep running, run harder. Let's see where you can go…"
Yun Che was focusing on protecting Xia Qingyue's heart meridian and didn't want to be distracted. Besides, in this unfamiliar place where he hadn't yet figured out the situation, he didn't want to meddle. He immediately withdrew his gaze and ignored them.
With a "plop," the exhausted little girl fell to the ground. She struggled a few times but couldn't get up. Tears welled in her eyes, but she gritted her teeth stubbornly, refusing to let them fall.
Behind her, the three black-clad men walked slowly over. The one in the middle reached out to grab her, laughing freely: "Su Ling'er, run, keep running! Hahahaha…"
Yun Che's eyes flew open, his entire body jolting as if struck by lightning.
Su… Ling’er!?
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