Ranran couldn't be blamed for having doubts, there are indeed no signs of Su Yi Shui gaining any advantage.
The sage said: '*Believe nothing unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense.'
*尽信书,不如无书 : 提醒人们在读书的同时要学会独立思考
When Su Yi Shui was once again brutally thrown to the ground, Ranran couldn't remain calm anymore. She drew her mechanism stick and wanted to jump up to fight alongside Su Yi Shui.
But just then, Duntian suddenly spoke, 'Hand over that page of the Heavenly Book to me, and I can spare his life!'
This was directed at Ranran. At this moment, after Duntian had beaten Su Yi Shui to vent his fury, his anger seemed to subside slightly, allowing him to think clearly.
His obsession for such a long time, how could he give up on it just because the Bone Tower collapsed? So after his anger subsided, he immediately started thinking about how to remedy the situation.
Ranran knew that if this page of the Heavenly Book fell into Duntian's hands, it would cause a huge disaster.
At this moment, Duntian sneered, "Back then, Mu Qingge had such audacity, peeking at the Heavenly Book and then hiding a page… But do you know the consequences of peeking at heavenly mandate? Why were those mobs from the three major sects able to obliterate Mu Qingge? It was merely the divine realm punishing the audacious thief through the hands of the three major sects! Now, you did not learn your lesson and still peeping at the Heavenly Book. Aren't you afraid that divine retribution will strike you again?"
Ranran nodded in agreement "You make a valid point…" With that, she suddenly ignited real fire to burn the page.
Actually, even if Duntian hadn't spoken, Ranran knew that possessing this page from the Heavenly Book wasn't a good thing. Otherwise, twenty years ago, she wouldn't have hurriedly placed it on the Dragon Island before things went awry.
Now that Duntian wanted to snatch the page from the Heavenly Book, it was better to burn it to avoid further complications…
But just as the real fire touched the page, a hand suddenly reached out from behind Ranran to grab it.
Ranran quickly stepped aside, narrowly avoiding the attack, only to find that the person trying to snatch the page was Wei Jiu!
Wei Jiu smiled, "Such a precious thing, how can we just burn it? Do you know what it means to possess it?"
To possess the page from the Heavenly Book meant having insight into divine secrets, to be ahead of the heavens! Wei Jiu naturally wouldn't let Ranran destroy such a precious item. He even wanted to snatch it for himself.
The Dragon Youth was the first to rush forward, using his divine dragon's tail to sweep Wei Jiu aside.
Ranran coldly said, "Wei Jiu, must you cause more trouble at this time?"
Before Wei Jiu could respond, a strong wind rushed over, and Duntian came to snatch the page from Ranran.
Seeing Duntian attacking Ranran, Su Yi Shui immediately rushed forward with his raised sword and shouted at the same time "Protect Ranran!"
The Dragon Island goddess and the Medicine Immortal immediately set up spiritual shields to block Duntian, preventing him from reaching Ranran for the time being.
Duntian could not be bothered to deal with these people. He simply struck with deadly force, easily slashing the goddess's arm and sent the Medicine Immortal staggering back, unable to control his breath.
There was no longer any obstacle before Duntian, and he aimed his blade directly at Ranran.
At this moment, no one was Duntian's match. The chilling aura emanating from him almost felt like it froze people in place, making it impossible to avoid.
But just then, another figure rushed forward and blocked Duntian's fatal blow with a sword.
This person who had rushed over without any regard for his life was none other than Su Yi shui!
However… Su Yishui now seemed like a different person altogether, his aura was no less than Duntian's.
A faint mark appeared on his forehead again, and he easily blocked Duntian's Huangdi Blade.
When the mark appeared on Su Yi Shui's forehead, his entire demeanor had changed. His blood-red eyes were filled with an incomparable evil aura, and the erupting demonic power instantly pushed Duntian back.
Duntian was also stunned. Although Su Yi Shui had once been the demon's son, he had already returned the Spirit Spring, so why did he still possess such demonic power?
And seeing Su Yi Shui effortlessly control this sudden surge of demonic power, it seemed like he was born with such power…
When Su Yi Shui reached out and unleashed another surge of demonic power, Duntian couldn't even withstand it properly. The forces from both of them clashed violently in mid-air.
Duntian grunted, spitting out black blood from his mouth. Su Yi Shui's previous strike had even broken through his defensive shield, hitting his heart meridian.
Duntian had once been an immortal, but later turned into a demon. However, whether it was demon or immortal, they could not be easily harmed by mere mortals.
But Su Yi Shui's furious blow just now clearly contained divine power, far surpassing the abilities of a cultivator like him who had not been able to form a nascent soul after such a long time.
Duntian finally focused and carefully examined the runes on Su Yi Shui's forehead. At first glance, these runes seemed similar to those of the demon's son possessed by the Spirit Spring, but upon closer inspection, they were clearly the marks of a demon immortal!
In the celestial realm, there were countless upper, middle, and lower immortals, but demon immortals had not appeared for hundreds of years.
Immortals like Duntian, who had once been immortal but turned into a demon due to his extreme thoughts, he was just a decaying demon in terms of his body, not a demon immortal formed from a nascent soul.
"Have you… already ascended as an immortal?" Duntian's mind raced quickly, coming to this conclusion.
Su Yi Shui said mildly "Twenty years ago, I had already ascended as a demon immortal…"
At the moment when he saw Mu Qingge's soul scattered, his Dao had already been completed, allowing him to ascend as a demon immortal.
This was also the best ending "planned" for him by Mu Qingge.
The divine realm had intended to use him, a demon's son, to experience tribulations for the mortal realm.
Just like King Zhou used Daji, causing chaos in the world to bear the rise and fall of the mortal realm, and ultimately dying in misery. When Mu Qingge saw the Heavenly Book back then, she was determined to sacrifice her life to change Su Yi Shui's fate.
Her death was Su Yi Shui's tribulation. After passing through this tribulation, he could smoothly ascend as a demon immortal.
Although Su Yi Shui publicly claimed that he had sacrificed his golden core to the Rebirth Tree for a chance at her reincarnation, in reality, he had used his own demon immortal's nascent soul to nourish the Rebirth Tree, and captured Mu Qingge's soul just in time.
A golden core's consumption could be repaired and regenerated, but the damage to a nascent soul was irreparable!
In other words, he used his hard-earned Immortal status to exchange for Mu Qingge's chance of rebirth twenty years later…
But by doing so, his nascent soul was considered ruined, and no matter how he cultivated again in the future, it was not likely to ascend again. It was no wonder that when the heads of other sects were waiting to welcome their ascension and tribulation, he was just relaxed and indifferent.
Su Yi Shui had completely forgotten about this part before, but now that he had been released from the soul-cleansing talisman, he naturally remembered everything.
He had already become a demon immortal with a half-ruined nascent soul. With it half-ruined, he couldn't afford to consume his primordial spirit any further. Therefore, over the years, he occasionally absorbed some spiritual energy from demonic figures like Wei Jiu to replenish his vitality and completely sealed off the other half of his nascent soul.
But just now, at the moment when Duntian's Huangdi Blade was about to touch Xue Ranran, Su Yi Shui completely released the prohibition, unlocked the other half of his nascent soul that had been dormant for a long time, so the demonic immortal runes on his forehead were fully displayed, and he engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Duntian.
Ranran looked at Su Yi Shui's red eyes emitting an indescribable sense of danger and oppression.
At this moment, she felt that her Shifu seemed to be very, very distant from her…
The Dragon goddess's face had always lacked many expressions of humans, but at this moment, her complexion slightly changed: "A demonic immortal… How could the Heavenly Realm tolerate him?"
Ranran, hearing this, couldn't help but lower her head and look at the page of "paper" again. The line of words on the paper had not changed, still saying "In the sixth month of the Yi Kun Year, at the midnight hour, Su Yi Shui alone killed Duntian…"
But just as she focused on reading, behind those words, there were new words faintly emerging : "Su Yi Shui exhausts his nascent soul, perishing together with Duntian…"
Nascent soul? Su Yishui hadn't formed his nascent soul yet, how could it be exhausted? There was no time to think about it. At the moment when she saw these words, Ranran had already leaped up and attacked Duntian again.
Based on past experience, the content on this page of the Heavenly Book could be changed. Since the Heavenly Book showed Su Yi Shui killing Duntian alone, then she would kill Duntian together with him to change the content of the Heavenly Book's page!
As Ranran stood up, the Medicine Immortal swiftly followed. The Dragon goddess and the Dragon Youth all transformed into giant dragons, soaring towards Duntian.
"Shifu, you must not exhaust all your nascent soul energy!" Ranran warned Su Yi Shui loudly, then joined forces with the Medicine Immortal and the two dragons to engage Duntian in battle.
Tu Jiuyuan remembered owing Ranran a favor, so when she saw this situation, she was about to step forward with her sword. But Wei Jiu pulled her back: "What? Is your stomach no longer hurting?"
Tu Jiuyuan pursed her lips and said, "I don't want to owe anyone favors…"
Wei Jiu knew this subordinate of his had grown up in Crimson Gate since childhood and was quite ruthless, but she hated owing favors the most.
Thinking of this, Wei Jiu snorted coldly, "Stay here and don't move recklessly!"
As he spoke, he also drew out his long whip and rushed into the chaotic battle with Duntian along with others.
Soon after, Wen Chunhui and other Xishan disciples also rushed up to fight Duntian.
Although Duntian's spiritual prowess was profound, dealing with a half-damaged demonic immortal was beyond his game plan. Add the Medicine Immortal, two dragons, Xue Ranran, and Wei Jiu, he had to expend a lot of energy.
Unfortunately, the collapse of the bone tower had destroyed much of his rationality. As he saw these people who were preventing him from reuniting with his wife and child, Duntian's demonic nature grew stronger and stronger.
the ground.
Mu Ranwu was in so much pain this time that she couldn't even scream. She fell to the ground, twitching and clawing at the ground.
Duntian snorted coldly; she was just a puppet for him to use. Could she still become a troublemaker?
At that moment, Xue Ranran quickly landed and reached out to grab the page of the Heavenly Book, but Duntian arrived soon after, once again launching a ruthless strike at Xue Ranran.
This time, Su Yi Shui stood in front of Ranran again and took on the full blow.
Duntian's strength was just too strong, and the other reinforcements had been repelled by him. Su Yi Shui knew that only by going all out and risking it all could they have a chance to defeat him.
Otherwise, with Duntian's abilities and deep thoughts, another major disaster would eventually brew!
So this time, seeing Duntian attack again, Su Yi Shui didn't dodge or evade at all, using his hand as a blade and directly thrusting towards Duntian.
And Duntian's Huangdi Blade also plunged straight into Su Yi Shui's chest. The blade was extremely long, but Duntian only pushed forward an inch before finding it difficult to exert any more force.
Xue Ranran had rushed over and grabbed the Huangdi Blade with both hands, preventing him from pushing forward. Meanwhile, Su Yi Shui had already turned his bare hand into a blade, directly thrusting into Duntian's chest and grabbing his beating heart…
Being a demonic immortal with half a nascent soul was still an immortal, so he could grab and hold onto the demon Duntian's heart. At the same time, he exerted force, pulling it out in one move.
Although Su Yi Shui's chest was pierced, there was a cold smile in his tone: "I thought demons wouldn't have heartbeat or warmth anymore. Your heart turned out to still seem human…"
Duntian still tightly gripped the handle of the blade, covering his chest where his heart used to be, glaring fiercely, still stubbornly trying to push the blade completely into Su Yi Shui's chest.
"Even if I die! I will make you join me!" Duntian's killing intent did not diminish at all. Just one more inch, and the divine blade would pierce through Su Yi Shui's chest!
Ranran exerted all her strength to hold onto the blade, her hands dripping with blood, yet she didn't dare to let go.
She quickly came up with a plan and looked at Duntian's eyes, suddenly speaking, "There's an ilusion space in Tianmai Mountain, with a small cottage by a stream, and birds chirping by the window. That must be the place you've always wanted to go. We… will bury you there. You can hear the laughter of your child every day, and your wife's lullabies…"
With that, she endured the pain and anxiety, softly singing the tune she had heard in Tianmai Mountain's illusion.
Accompanied by her singing, Duntian's sinister expression gradually relaxed. Unconsciously, his face turned towards Tianmai Mountain.
Kongshan faced directly towards Tianmai Mountain, the place his senior sister had chosen as their cultivation ground, offering a splendid view.
In the cooling dawn, he could see the lush green mountains of Tianmai Mountain stretching endlessly. He saw the cliffs he had climbed with his wife, where his child had clamored for fruits on trees, one after another, crying loudly after the sour taste overwhelmed him…
It was truly a beautiful place, but for hundreds of years, he had not dared to step into that illusion because he feared that the dream would be too good, and the pain after waking up would be unbearable.
But now, he was about to fall into a dream from which he would never awaken, his chest emptied of its heart, yet remembering the sweetest memories from that illusion, making his emptiness a little less hollow…
In Ranran's gentle singing, his hand gripping the Huangdi's Blade finally loosened, and then pointing towards the direction of Tianmai Mountain, he fell down dejectedly!
The great Duntian, as he took his last breath, widened his eyes, looking straight beyond the towering mountains, at the place where his illusion was hidden…
As Duntian fell, Ranran didn't even have time to exhale a sigh of relief. Although the blade didn't completely pierce his chest, for Su Yi Shui, it was still a fatal wound.
Thinking of the definite ending on that page of the Heavenly Book, where it stated that the two would perish together, Ranran forced herself not to cry and not to panic! There was no such thing as an inescapable fate!
Since she had changed fate once, she could change it a second time!
Thinking of this, she loudly asked the Dragon goddess, "Quickly, bring the blood of the Green Dragon from the tower to Su Yi Shui!"
When she said this, the goddess immediately understood.
Originally, the Bone Tower had been formed by the coagulation of the blood of the Green Dragon. This divine blood with infinite power would be of endless benefit to the severely injured Su Yi Shui, and more effective than absorbing a hundred Wei Jius.
So the dragon goddess once again soared into the sky, circling around the ruins of the tower. As a dragon god, she could command all dragons effortlessly, so she easily drew out the dragon blood attached to the tower, gathering it into a blood spring that enveloped Su Yi Shui.
"You hold on, I'll pull out the blade…" with the healing power of the Green Dragon's blood to close the wound, only then Xue Ranran dared to remove the blade that had been stuck in Su Yi Shui's chest.
This blade was no ordinary weapon. Once it cut, it was difficult to heal. Fortunately, the blade didn't penetrate deeply, and thankfully, Ranran remembered about the Green Dragon's blood.
When Su Yi Shui's wound was finally covered by the dragon's blood, and he managed to catch his breath, Mu Ranwu crawled over in pain "Sister… save me! Quick, use the Green Dragon's blood to save me!"
Xue Ranran passed by her without even looking at her.
For this so-called "sister" from her past life, Xue Ranran had done her utmost.
In this life, she had never felt any sisterly bond with Mu Ranwu, and *the poisonous needles she had shot out earlier had erased any remaining trace of sympathy from Ranran.
*did the author get confused again? But Mu Ranwu probably created a fake of herself willingly in order to harm her sister
The *wolf from Zhongshan was beyond redemption. Learning the lesson once was enough!
中山狼: 比喻忘恩负义恩将仇报的人 describing ungrateful people
However, Mu Ranwu was provoked by Xue Ranran's current indifference. "You are my sister! How can you ignore me! Haven't you forgotten our parents' instructions? I am your responsibility, the responsibility you can't shirk from!"
Xue Ranran looked at the heavily injured Mu Ranwu, and said mildly, "But… I am no longer your sister, am I?"
Mu Ranwu was stung by the coldness in Ranran's eyes. She finally realized that this girl who is friendly to everyone else, harbored an unmistakable disgust towards her.
Twenty years ago, her sister had never looked at her with such eyes!
At this moment, after being wounded by Duntian's attack, she could feel her true qi dissipating rapidly, like a punctured water bag, with the little of her remaining life ebbing away.
"How could you say that! You're my sister! The sister who loved me the most, who cherished me the most! How… how can you just watch me die!" Mu Ranwu coughed up blood heavily, yet still roared bitterly .
Xue Ranran was treating Gaocang and Bai Baishan. Hearing this, she sighed and said with sorrow, "But didn't you kill that wonderful sister of yours with your own hands?"
Mu Ranwu was rendered speechless immediately—she had been the one who betrayed her sister back then, revealing her whereabouts to the three major sects, and even lured her sister into an ambush…
If it were Mu Qingge, no matter what she did, Mu Qingge would forgive her, and never nitpick like this! But… Mu Qingge was gone… she had been killed by her own hands.
When the chilling cold of death came to Mu Ranwu, the loss of blood made her hallucinate. At that time, she was still a girl with braids, crying and hungry under the eaves of a dilapidated temple, while her sister took out a hard dry bun, feeding her while softly saying, "Little sister, don't cry. Think of this bun as freshly cooked red meat, fragrant and tender, with just the right amount of gravy!"
At that time, her sister was like a mother to her! But when did she lose her sister and couldn't find her again?
"Sister… I want to eat the red meat you made…" When Xue Ranran stood up, Mu Ranwu choked out her final words, and took her last breath.
For some reason, Ranran, who could remain indifferent to Mu Ranwu's curses, burst into tears at her nonsensical last words.
But she cried in uncomprehendingly, not knowing why she was shedding tears, as if there was another self living inside her, and that "her" was currently crying in sorrow for Mu Ranwu's death…
Su Yi Shui had just regained some movement in his body. When he saw Ranran crying like a lost child, shedding tears looking at Mu Ranwu's body, he struggled to sit up and pulled Ranran into his arms.
Although she may have no memories of her past life now, some things are engraved deep in the soul.
He knew how doting Mu Qingge had been to her sister, and it was precisely because of this that he remained indifferent to Mu Ranwu's provocations time and time again. However, fate is unpredictable, and Mu Ranwu was deeply sinful and had woven her own fate.
All he could do now was to give Ranran a warm embrace, letting her cry freely, and completely sever all ties with her past life's grudges and resentments!
However, Xue Ranran still remembered one important thing. As she bent down to pick up the page of the Heavenly Book, she found that the "paper" had become scalding hot, causing her to let go all of a sudden.
Just then, a divine light appeared in the dense darkness of the sky, followed by a celestial fire that ignited the "paper."
"The heavenly mandate are not something mortals can peek into. Have you forgotten the consequences of prying into heavenly secrets?"
With this reprimand, several figures appeared in the sky.