Chapter 258: Blood on the Other Shore, Yin and Yang in Reversal

A pedestal rose from the ground, and the White Fox Girl stepped forward gracefully, sitting cross-legged.

The guqin, “Red Dust,” lay flat, and the fox-shaped jade pendant reflected a luminous glow in the increasingly hazy space. Everything the Spiritual Fox Priestess once possessed now returned to her, even more potent than before.

A thousand years have passed; it is time to draw a conclusion to everything.

Her jade-white fingers gently touched the strings, plucking the first note.

“Buzz~~~~~”

The crisp sound of the strings resonated, sending ripples of more notes.

“Clang~ clang clang~ clang clang clang~”

This was a melody without any lyrics, yet its essence encapsulated Ming Xi’s ultimate understanding of the cycles of Yin and Yang and the rotation of all things, a perfect portrayal of the concept of “Reincarnation.”

The peak of the laws unleashed the divine power to its limits, a technique known as “Essence.”

The exclusive essence of the Spiritual Fox Priestess — “Blood on the Other Shore, Yin and Yang in Reversal.”

The celestial sound representing the ultimate power of the laws rippled through the guqin room, spreading into the vast heavens and boundless earth, enveloping the world.

“What is this…?”

Bathing in blood and kneeling on the ground, Ling Feng looked up, dazed as she gazed at the resplendent celestial island and the haunting, elegant music flowing through the air. The familiar melody spontaneously brought to her mind a name she thought she could never see again.

“Miss Vilyric… is that you?”

Struggling to move her body, she cradled the warm, blood-soaked figure of her close guard, now growing cold from a wound, and trembled as she pulled out a few blood-stained spirit talismans, glaring at the terrifying decaying wood that had burst forth from below, shattering the army’s defenses as if it were unstoppable.

The formidable warriors descending from the heavens blocked the other party and nearly all the evil demons, but even they couldn’t kill that decaying wood, merely maintaining a draw in the battle.

She couldn’t let everyone’s sacrifice go to waste; she must protect the Ancient Spirit Realm… their homeland…

But at that moment.

“Roar!!! Roar Roar Aaaaah!!!!!!”

Across the already fragmented battle lines, a chilling, mournful howl suddenly pierced through.

It had already knocked down the Ancient Spirit Realm’s powerful warriors and was preparing to deliver a final blow, but as the celestial island erupted in light and the ethereal music echoed, numerous black gases began to seethe around it, visibly shrinking in size like ice being splashed with boiling water.

And it was just the beginning.

“Ugh Roar Roar Roar!!!!!!!”

“What… what is this?”

“It’s that kind of music!”

The evil demons fell in droves, transforming into black vapor and dying.

Clearly not suffering any substantial attacks, these bizarre entities birthed from the distorted laws of the Ancient Spirit Realm, born to destroy their nurturers, were undeniably collapsing.

The strong were rapidly weakened, and the weak fell dead in an instant, while the essence of “destructive power” they represented shattered and dissipated into the sky above the Ancient Spirit Realm along with the tremors of the guqin’s music.

The surviving Ancient Spirit Realm warriors exchanged stunned glances, astonished and perplexed.

“Who is playing that?”

“This is the true power of the celestial island…”

“But if such a technique exists, why not use it sooner!?”

Some expressed confusion, others were shocked, and some felt resentment and sorrow for the loss of loved ones, but those stronger and older beings, with heightened senses, began to faintly realize something.

In the battlefield at the edge of the sky reserved for top-tier powerhouses, a man in black and white robes, known as the Heavenly Mysterious Holy Venerable, pushed back the enemy in front of him with a single wave and listened intently to the lingering celestial sounds in the air, revealing a contemplative expression.

“The top of the Ancient Spirit Realm’s hundred strong… the Spiritual Fox Priestess Ming Xi, the only one to have never been replaced since the founding of the list, the true strongest in the world… Now it seems, I should call you the only one under heaven and earth, heh, such a technique is indeed beyond our reach~”

The stronger the presence, the more they could sense the horrifying power embedded in that tune.

These three evil demons before him were not freshly born creatures newly sprouted from a rain of blood, but rather ancient demons born from the demonic chaos a thousand years ago, surviving the great war and stained with the blood of countless beings. The Heavenly Mysterious Holy Venerable, also a remnant of those times and once the right-hand man of the Ancestor Dragon, naturally recognized them.

Yet even this deeply cultivated, bloodthirsty ancient demon displayed pain in the swirling music and could not hold back the black vapor representing the source of power that erupted from within, visibly being weakened rapidly.

Thus, this battle, which had initially seemed slightly tilted towards defeat, had quickly shifted to an absolute advantage for the Heavenly Mysterious Holy Venerable.

“It seems this life-and-death battle between the two races will ultimately result in our victory.”

The Holy Venerable stood in the void, silently observing the three ancient demons displaying expressions of uncertainty.

With the extraordinary, unbelievable power contained in this piece of music, as long as the guqin continued to play, even if the Holy Venerable did nothing, the death of these evil demons would merely be a matter of time.

Not only them, but even further down, the evil demons throughout the Ancient Spirit Realm would perish within this melody. Upon reaching the peak of transformative realms, many things can be understood through the perception of laws, even without witnessing them firsthand.

The Spiritual Fox Priestess was using her power to eliminate all evil demons in the world.

This is the true divine being.

Though his expression was far from pleasant, the powerful ancient demon known as No-Eye, with four ghostly green eyes and one of the core pillars among the evil demons, maintained his composure and retorted.

“Heavenly Mysterious, you might be getting a little ahead of yourself, right? Even if the Spiritual Fox Priestess truly has returned, the creations of our master have once again descended, and things she couldn’t accomplish a thousand years ago, why do you think she can do them now?”

The Heavenly Mysterious Holy Venerable merely smiled faintly, remaining indifferent.

“Then let’s wait and see.”

……

Dongyuanzhi Kingdom, Xingyuan City.

“That music… is it you? But why are you here? What kind of power is this…?”

In the ravaged streets, Mengrui stood with several members of the Musician’s Guild, drenched in the crimson rain, too preoccupied with the blood oozing from her wounds to attend to her injuries and clutched her fists, revealing worry.

“Miss Vilyric… regardless of anything, you must be safe, please don’t be reckless…”

“Your Majesty! Look! The evil demons are retreating!!!”

As a sword simultaneously decapitated several demons and destroyed them into pieces, Shangguan Qiuming suddenly heard the excited shouts of his guards.

He turned to see the ceaseless onslaught of demons, flying back swiftly, many of them collapsing and dying as if withering like flowers, transforming into dissipating darkness.

But they were clearly not suffering any attacks.

The Eastern Yuan Holy Monarch, as the ruler of the nation, well-learned and broad-minded, quickly realized the key from the changing environment around him.

“The music… a qin… is that Vilyric? No, that guqin originally belonged to the Spiritual Fox Priestess, and this power far exceeds the transformative level…”

“Now I understand… It’s no wonder that girl named Swallow requested that I hand over the guqin when negotiating; this entire scene seems to have been planned…”

The Holy Monarch lowered his blood-stained sword, revealing a profound expression while genuinely feeling relieved.

“This is the true purpose of the celestial island, haha… truly a grand scheme.”

“Send my decree: the troops should not pursue recklessly, immediately assist the injured across the city, account for the populace, and restore order without causing chaos. Anyone who dares to cause trouble shall be executed!”

“Yes!!!”

   

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