Chapter 3527: Feeding the Pill
Zhang Ruochen had naturally been comprehending the Path of Fate.
Stones from other mountains can polish jade. Every path in heaven and earth, since it exists, must have its merits, let alone one of the Nine Eternal Paths. Even Renhuan Heavenly Venerable said that Fate represents the consciousness of heaven and earth!
But the true essence of Fate is rarely realized by any deity.
Zhang Ruochen naturally understood what Feng Tian intended to do, and he smiled freely: "I'm afraid it's difficult for someone who doesn't believe in Fate to comprehend its true essence, right?"
"Correct," Feng Tian said.
Zhang Ruochen said, "I don't believe in Fate!"
To the Destiny Temple, Zhang Ruochen's words were undoubtedly heretical and deserving of execution.
Moreover, the person standing opposite him was the foremost Fate cultivator of the current era, Feng Tian, who aspired to become the Hall Master of the Destiny Temple.
The expected storm did not come. Although Feng Tian's eyes were cold, she seemed to have anticipated this, and said calmly, "Your entry into the 'God-Defying Scroll' destined that you could never believe in Fate. But you also entered the 'Heavenly Dao Scroll,' which shows that your heart can accommodate Fate. So, when you say we are not on the same path, I, the Heavenly Lord, do not believe it. Let's wait and see, and look to the future."
Zhang Ruochen's heart trembled, and an indescribable emotion surged within him. Feng Tian still remembered those words?
Did she care so much about whether the two of them were on the same path?
Haiziqiu shattered space and appeared in the void outside the Kongming Realm. Seeing the figures of Feng Tian and Zhang Ruochen, he immediately performed a spatial displacement and came over.
"Greetings, Feng Tian!"
Haiziqiu was extremely respectful to Feng Tian, taking the initiative to bow. As a Great Unbound Infinite of the Underworld Clan and a cosmic overlord, this was truly rare. After the ritual, he said, "Feng Tian's life-saving grace, Haiziqiu will always remember it in his heart."
Zhang Ruochen was surprised. Feng Tian was so formidable that she had actually rescued Haiziqiu from the hands of Huangquan Great Emperor.
"Have you come to pay respects to Nutian Shenzun?" Feng Tian said.
Haiziqiu said, "The Hall Master sent me to deliver a healing divine medicine to help the pillar of our Underworld Clan recover soon."
"Go ahead!"
Feng Tian paid no further attention to Haiziqiu. Her fragrant sleeve shimmered with radiance, and she enveloped Zhang Ruochen in Fate Divine Light, disappearing into space and entering the Ancient God Path.
Haiziqiu watched this scene, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face. The words "Zhang Ruochen cannot be provoked" were engraved in his heart.
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The Ancient God Path was a road built by successive generations of deities relying on the Santu River and spatial veins. Only the strong among deities could enter it, allowing them to quickly traverse the starry sky and reach various parts of the universe.
Within the Fate Divine Light, Zhang Ruochen and Feng Tian were only a step apart, standing right beside her. He could clearly see her breathtakingly beautiful side profile. Her sharp and cold eyes, long and curved eyelashes, her glowing, jade-like nose, and her soft, red lips that shimmered with a crystalline luster. Her snow-white and adorable ears were hidden among her hair strands.
Beneath these nearly perfect features, her snow-white neck was long and slender, like a proud white swan, giving a sense that she could only be admired from afar, not trifled with.
In the past, when he had been treading on thin ice in the Hell Realm, how could he have ever imagined that one day he would stand beside the lofty Feng Tian and admire her beauty up close? Everything felt like a dream.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen staring at her without looking away, Feng Tian's beautiful, delicate face turned, and she looked at him, saying, "Is it beautiful?"
This question came so unexpectedly. How could it come from the mouth of the Death God Venerable? Zhang Ruochen didn't know how to answer.
Feng Tian had already turned her gaze away and said coldly, "If you have questions, just ask."
Zhang Ruochen said, "Is the one inside the Two-Life Coffin of Life and Death really Huangquan Great Emperor?"
"It should be, I suppose."
Feng Tian did not answer with certainty, then continued, "The combat power unleashed by the Two-Life Coffin of Life and Death is not inferior to the early stage of Indestructible Infinite. If the one inside is Huangquan Great Emperor, then his remnant soul should have possessed his own Ancestor Ghost Body."
"The divine body cultivated by the Ghost Clan inherently possesses divine substance, blending the virtual and the real, and can rival the flesh-and-blood bodies of any race in the world."
"And the ghost body of a Ghost Clan Ancestor can definitely endure for ten thousand ages without decay."
Zhang Ruochen said, "Even with Feng Tian and Void Heaven joining forces, you couldn't keep the Two-Life Coffin of Life and Death?"
Feng Tian said, "Just as Old Man Void arrived, a great change occurred in the White Clothes Valley. And to suppress an Indestructible Infinite is by no means something that can be done in a short time. Have you heard of 'All Heavens Indestructible'?"
"An All Heavens who has reached the Indestructible Infinite is almost impossible to kill."
"Even for a cultivator who has reached the level of Heavenly Mother, it would take ten thousand years to completely refine and kill Qiangshake."
"Moreover, the one inside the Two-Life Coffin of Life and Death is an Indestructible Infinite who has mastered the power of an Ancestor."
"At that time, we had to make a choice between the Calamity Emperor and the Two-Life Coffin of Life and Death. For the Destiny Temple, eliminating the Calamity Emperor was more important than suppressing the Two-Life Coffin of Life and Death. Even if the one inside the coffin was Huangquan Great Emperor."
Zhang Ruochen nodded. If it were him, he would have made the same choice.
"The Calamity Emperor also escaped?" Zhang Ruochen said.
Feng Tian said, "The Calamity Emperor's spiritual power has already reached the ninety-second rank. Even if he was severely injured, it would still be as difficult as ascending to heaven for just two Indestructible Infinites to keep him here."
Ninety-second rank?
Zhang Ruochen's heart shook.
Reaching the ninetieth rank in spiritual power was already an existence that could be counted on one's fingers in the universe, known as "Heaven Round and No Defect," capable of contending with Indestructible Infinites.
Going further, every increase in rank required a massive accumulation of time and great fortune. It was both a struggle against the limits of heaven and earth's suppression and a breakthrough of one's own potential limits.
The ninety-second rank was absolutely an unimaginable height.
Even an All Heavens would probably have to take a detour upon encountering it.
Feng Tian said, "Old Man Void is very interested in him and should be able to entangle him for a while. Once the situation stabilizes, with several All Heavens of the Hell Realm joining forces, he will have nowhere to flee."
Zhang Ruochen said, "So, Feng Tian's trip to the Abyss of Darkness is a matter of great urgency?"
If it weren't an extremely urgent matter, how could Feng Tian abandon the Calamity Emperor and go to the Abyss of Darkness?
Feng Tian looked ahead at the chaotic Ancient God Path and said, "Blood Leaf Parasol Tree sent a message: Gai Mie has escaped into the Abyss of Darkness."
"That's impossible!"
"Why is it impossible?"
Zhang Ruochen said, "The star domain where the Abyss of Darkness is located is the territory of the Darkness Temple. Since Heavenly Mother emerged, Jiusi Yitianhuang has returned to the Darkness Temple to take charge, suppressing the strange beasts that escape from the Abyss of Darkness."
"For Gai Mie to enter the Abyss of Darkness, how could he get past Jiusi Yitianhuang?"
Feng Tian parted her red lips and said, "You're right, that's exactly what I'm puzzled about. So, I must rush over immediately and ask Jiusi Yitianhuang what game he's playing."
Whether it was Huangquan Great Emperor and the Calamity Emperor, or Gai Mie, if they weren't eliminated quickly, they would all be great calamities. Any one of them could stir up a storm in the Hell Realm.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen finally understood the sense of crisis that Renhuan Heavenly Venerable had spoken of—that "the Hell Realm could collapse at any moment." With Fengdu Dadi exiled, and the loss of Er Daren, Shentu Ghost Emperor, Wenhe Ghost Emperor, Xionghai Shenzun, Sansha Dijun... and other peerless powerhouses,
the Hell Realm was indeed stretched thin.
It was very difficult to allocate strength to simultaneously deal with the Calamity Emperor, Huangquan Great Emperor, and Gai Mie.
If Fengdu Dadi were still here, these matters could be resolved with ease. Why would Feng Tian need to go on campaigns across the south and north?
Unfortunately, Qiangshake was also a great threat, and he absolutely could not be allowed to escape like Gai Mie, which tied down Heavenly Mother in the Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm. Nutian Shenzun's plans were even greater, as he seemed to be staring across the void at an even more terrifying existence.
The Starry Sky Battlefield, meanwhile, tied down more than half of the All Heavens of the Hell Realm.
After successive confrontations with Sansha Dijun, Qi Wada Mother Goddess, Huangquan Great Emperor, and the Calamity Emperor, with hardly a moment to catch her breath, Feng Tian was clearly exhausted and had also suffered internal injuries.
Therefore, she took out the White Bone Divine Ship and used it for travel.
Her slender and graceful figure stood under the Gate of Destiny at the bow of the ship. She closed her eyes, breathed, and meditated, healing her injuries and nourishing her spirit.
Fortunately, over the years, she had grown accustomed to warfare and slaughter, and also to facing the most difficult hardships alone, forging an indestructible spiritual will.
Zhang Ruochen watched Feng Tian for a long time. It was the first time he had seen her show signs of fatigue.
In the end, he didn't ask why she had brought him along to the Abyss of Darkness. Instead, he took out the Earth Cauldron, held it in his right palm, and retrieved a divine pill from within.
Zhang Ruochen walked to the opposite side of Feng Tian, holding the divine pill between two fingers.
Feng Tian sensed his approach. Her sparkling eyes had already opened, meeting his gaze.
There was no cold gleam in her eyes, only a hint of confusion. She really wanted to know what Zhang Ruochen intended to do.
Without her permission, was there a cultivator in the world who dared to come so close to her? Had the reputation of the Death God Venerable lost its deterrent power?
Zhang Ruochen was calm and composed, bringing the divine pill between his fingers to her soft lips.
The moment his fingers touched Feng Tian's lips, Zhang Ruochen was startled by his own audacity, as if suddenly waking from a dream. But he remained calm, because he wanted to confirm one thing through this!
A rosy hue appeared on Feng Tian's snow-white cheeks. She felt an unprecedented spiritual impact directly into her soul. Instinctively, and somewhat numbly, she bit the divine pill at her lips, holding it between her lips. Her tongue moved, but she did not swallow it.
Her sparkling eyes stared straight at Zhang Ruochen, the expression in her eyes gradually shifting from confusion and bewilderment to a hint of hidden panic, and later being overtaken by rationality, the cold aura growing stronger and stronger.
"Boom!"
Gray Death Divine Qi erupted from her body.
Zhang Ruochen, who was opposite her, flew out like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the mast of the divine ship.
"How dare you!"
Feng Tian held the pill in her mouth and shouted coldly. Then, she turned and walked into the Gate of Destiny. The unusual emotions she had just suppressed quickly rose again.
Zhang Ruochen leaned against the mast, which was shaped like a series of bones. He checked his body and, confirming there was no serious injury, said to the Gate of Destiny, "This divine pill was refined from the blood qi, divine substance, and divine soul of Sansha Dijun and Qi Wada Mother Goddess. It can help you heal your injuries. Please don't misunderstand, Feng Tian!"
Inside the Gate of Destiny.
Feng Tian stood with her back to the entrance, facing a gray Death World ahead.
She did not turn around, and said coldly, "I have been too lenient with you, to the point that you have completely forgotten what is taboo. If it were anyone else, they would already be a corpse! Remember this well from now on: without permission, you are not to enter within ten steps of me."
"I'll remember!"
Zhang Ruochen seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "By the way, Feng Tian asked me earlier, didn't you? My answer is: beautiful, absolutely beautiful. That's the honest truth!"
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen went to the stern of the ship, sat down cross-legged.
Feng Tian stood with her back to the Gate of Destiny for a long time. Her emotional fluctuations gradually calmed, and she dispersed the Death Divine Ability she had condensed in her palm. Only then did she realize that there was something in her mouth. Her fragrant cheeks moved as she swallowed the divine pill.
If she hadn't restrained herself just now, out of defensive instinct, she would have unleashed the Death Divine Ability.
She touched her lips, her fingers trembling slightly. "Damnable bastard!"
(Chapter End)