Chapter 184: No Reciprocation (Sixth Update)

In this battle, Shen Xitong did not make a move.

She never intervened when Lu Ye was fighting. If everything relied on her, she might as well achieve sainthood herself—how delightful that would be.

This was Lu Ye’s fight, and there was no reason for her to act.

"Boom!"

The eighth tribulation lightning descended.

Dark golden thunder split into two slender beams, sword light soaring into the sky, fist shadows howling through the air.

Jiang Die exhausted every means to weaken the power of the heavenly tribulation.

The Primordial Morning Mist still lingered within her, subjecting her to excruciating pain at every moment. Fortunately, the amount was minuscule—just an extremely faint wisp.

She could suppress it somewhat with a secret technique.

If there had been too much Primordial Morning Mist, Jiang Die estimated she would have completely lost her combat ability.

Yue Hongling was truly ruthless, actually dosing Lu Ye with Primordial Morning Mist. Only after experiencing it herself did Jiang Die realize just how agonizing it was. A mere wisp hurt this much—given Yue Hongling’s temperament… Lu Ye must have been spewing white mist like crazy when the Primordial Morning Mist erupted in him!

"Boom!"

The earth collapsed.

Two enormous circular craters formed, as if colossal meteors had struck the ground. Tremors rippled across thousands, even tens of thousands of miles, upheaving the land itself.

With this tribulation lightning, Lu Ye observed Jiang Die with his divine sense.

Hmm, she was almost dead too.

"System, deduce the Blazing Phoenix Divine Ability!"

"Ding! Deduction in progress!"

This was the system’s duty. As long as Lu Ye gave the command, it would execute without fail. In just ten breaths, the Blazing Phoenix Divine Ability was deduced to completion.

The Vermilion Bird bathed in flames, the phoenix rose from ashes.

Now that Lu Ye possessed the true flames of the Vermilion Bird, learning a divine ability like Blazing Phoenix—an innate power of the Vermilion Bird—seemed entirely reasonable.

The Nine Tribulations Indestructible Physique continued to absorb tribulation energy ceaselessly. To an outsider’s eyes, Lu Ye no longer resembled a human—just a charred lump of coal, curled up in agony.

The dark golden tribulation lightning was too terrifying.

The ninth tribulation lightning was clearly still brewing, determined to annihilate both of them to assert the heavens’ might.

Lu Ye rose to his feet, Vermilion Bird True Flames coalescing into the form of a Vermilion Bird before crashing toward Jiang Die.

By now, Jiang Die’s suffering had reached a point of delirium.

Even if it was just a wisp of Primordial Morning Mist, she was enduring it amid a heavenly tribulation—the pain amplified many times over. It was unimaginable.

And then, she saw the Vermilion Bird True Flames descending upon her.

Jiang Die's face twisted into an ugly expression. Damn it, we've come this far... and the battle still isn't over...

The Vermilion Bird's True Fire drifted lazily toward Jiang Die, yet to land upon her.

"Boom!"

The ninth tribulation lightning descended in an instant.

A dark golden beam pierced through the earth.

As if capable of tearing apart the entire heavens and earth.

The figures of Lu Ye and Jiang Die were mercilessly penetrated by the dark golden lightning.

Shattered!

Both were utterly shattered.

"Hum..."

"Screech..."

At that very moment, a resonant hum and a piercing bird cry rang out simultaneously.

The YinYang DaoDevouring Gu!

The Vermilion Bird!

Without hesitation, the Vermilion Bird lunged at the mother gu of the YinYang DaoDevouring Gu.

A guiding force descended from the heavens.

The mother gu fled swiftly toward the sky, still carrying the stolen Avenue of Lu Ye.

If she could escape to the Third Heaven, she would have a chance to start anew, to grow even stronger.

The Vermilion Bird pounced fiercely onto the mother gu, engulfing it in raging true flames.

Yet, it was impossible to annihilate the mother gu in such a short time.

The mother gu stubbornly resisted the pressure of the Vermilion Bird's flames, charging upward under the guiding force, rapidly ascending into the high heavens.

At that moment, the Dao Enlightenment Tree manifested.

The Seed of Annihilation emerged.

Green and black lights intertwined into a Taiji symbol, directly enveloping the mother gu.

"Ahhhh..."

Jiang Die felt her Avenue beginning to crumble. The power of annihilation was the bane of Avenues, and the stolen Avenue that never truly belonged to her was shaken, overturned, and shattered into countless motes of light.

The Dao Enlightenment Tree absorbed them voraciously.

The mother gu let out a shrill scream.

Her Avenue was collapsing, and the speed of its destruction was terrifying.

All that remained of Lu Ye's Avenue turned into fragmented light in that instant, completely absorbed by the Dao Enlightenment Tree.

The Dao Enlightenment Tree was ecstatic!

Utterly thrilled.

So many Avenues! So many Avenues!

Mom, I've made it big!

At this moment, the figures of the Vermilion Bird and the mother gu had reached the boundary between the second and third heavens.

If this continued, Lu Ye and Jiang Die would both enter the third heaven together.

They must not go in!

Lu Ye finally regained his composure from the frenzy.

The great battle in the second heaven must have already drawn the attention of countless beings in the third heaven.

If he went up, he would die.

Yet, he couldn't bear to simply let Jiang Die go.

White mist billowed.

Nearly half of the Primordial Morning Mist surged toward Jiang Die.

The mother gu was incredibly resilient, a being of extremely high rank, but the Primordial Morning Mist was also of a high level. Otherwise, it wouldn't have remained untouched by the power of time even after rebirth.

This time, Lu Ye poured a full third of the Primordial Morning Mist into the mother gu in one go.

"Ahhhh..."

A shrill and piercing scream.

The mother gu let out its most ear-splitting shriek, a sound that seemed determined to pierce eardrums and penetrate brains.

The Vermilion Bird spread its wings.

The mother gu instantly flew into the third heaven.

Flapping its wings, it resisted the force of the summoning—fortunately, this force wasn't directed at Lu Ye in the first place.

The Vermilion Bird transformed into Lu Ye's form, its aura feeble and its face deathly pale.

The injuries this time were too severe; he would likely need vast resources to recover.

But it should be enough!

They were now in the azure void.

Thus, the great battle came to an end.

Though Jiang Die wasn't completely eradicated, there was no doubt that her dream of becoming the second NineLives Celestial Lord, or even a NineLives Great Sage, had been shattered.

Everything she had stolen from Lu Ye had now been returned.

And Lu Ye had even given her an excellent gift in return.

This is what they call: "It is impolite not to reciprocate."

Without her own Avenue, Jiang Die can just wait for him in the Third Heaven.

He won’t take long to ascend.

Suddenly, Lu Ye sensed a gaze fixed upon him.

This gaze came from an extremely distant place.

From the gaps where the Nine Heavens connected.

"Husband... come find me soon... I miss you so much..."

The voice was filled with melancholy, thick with longing, love, and an overwhelming obsession.

The previously silent system suddenly materialized, bursting with multicolored light. The breathtakingly beautiful Shen Xitong stepped forward and embraced the weakened Lu Ye.

"Husband, are you alright?"

???

The sorrowful, loving voice abruptly cut off.

The gaze also turned terrifying.

"Husband... who is she?"

Each of the five words was as cold as if they had blown straight from hell.

Shen Xitong gently supported Lu Ye.

She glanced around, her eyes disdainful.

"And who are you? Don’t call him that. This is my husband. He’s already promised that in this life, he will love only me. Do you understand?"

"Only me!"