Chapter 174: The Scheme Ultimately Fails
Is this bit of essence truly enough?
Hearing Yuan Jun's words, a ripple appeared in Tian's indifferent eyes.
Before he could calmly perceive it, his exquisite and perfect skin suddenly began to violently writhe, just as it had moments ago.
Roar!
As if countless roars of living beings converged, a shriek echoed from his chest cavity.
His entire being seemed to inflate, expanding again, and finally swelling into a giant sphere.
"Not enough essence..."
Too much has been eroded, just as Yuan Jun said, this bit of essence is not enough to support his return.
The sword light unleashed by Bie Xuening, and the consumption from him autonomously coming to the Central Continent.
Both have eroded this trace of Xuan's essence too much.
Furthermore, Gu had not yet obtained the essence of Huo, completely twisting the carrier's original heart...
Currently, Meng Xuan and his state are peculiar; the weak essence is already having trouble suppressing that resolute intent to die.
If this continues, he might truly suffer heavy damage.
"Gu!"
Now, he can only rely on Gu. If he hasn't left any backup plans, this scheme of return might fail.
In an instant!
Buzz~
Endless seven-colored divine radiance permeated, filling the entire crystal Mystic Realm, illuminating it with breathtaking beauty.
A vast will descended, and ancient shadows flickered.
"Fix."
Yuan Jun was seen raising her hand and gently drawing a line, countless threads of Karma condensed from void to solid, piercing in all directions, penetrating those clusters of seven-colored divine radiance, and pinning them down.
In another undetectable Realm, the threads of Karma even penetrated the present, going to the past, sealing immeasurable time and space, and destroying all possibilities.
Those flickering ancient shadows were destroyed and dissipated one by one.
With just one encounter, Gu was restrained by Yuan Jun!
Even if he had any other means, he absolutely wouldn't be able to use them.
It failed...
Looking at the dense, omnipresent threads of Karma, like the veins of the entire Mystic Realm, 'Tian' was acutely aware of this point.
What Xu Xing said before, that Xuan took action on the Starry Sky Battlefield front line, should be related to this matter of essence erosion.
A coincidence?
"Tian—!"
In his ear...
No!
A voice filled with immense resentment, as if the waters of the Milky Way could not wash away the intense hatred within it, came from within his body.
Meng Xuan's voice.
This scheme of return was originally built upon her hatred towards him.
At this moment, the perfect face had been stretched open, appearing incredibly hideous and terrifying, but in the hanging colored eyeballs, his expression was still as indifferent and distant as before, without the slightest change.
It's time to detach.
He made a decision in his heart.
If he returned successfully, whether this carrier lived or died, or even if it had a physical form, would not matter much to him.
Unfortunately, the essence is insufficient. Detaching at this moment means the failure of this scheme, but...
It's better than the carrier dragging him to death.
"Detach!"
A vast sound like a heavenly decree, the connection between the two began to unravel at this moment.
From beginning to end, he could control the situation.
"No—!"
Meng Xuan wanted to grab him and pull him along to die together.
But Tian's methods were too profound; she couldn't reconnect at all.
Feeling the connection unraveling bit by bit, Tian looked indifferently at the soon-to-be-fallen Meng Xuan, then turned his attention to Xu Xing.
At this moment, even he couldn't stop this process.
However, Xu Xing still made no move, watching all of this happen with cold eyes.
Right up until the moment the connection between Tian and Meng Xuan completely unraveled.
"Dao Brother!" Yuan Jun suddenly spoke.
But at the very instant she spoke, the scarlet longsword in Xu Xing's hand had already swung out with unparalleled sharpness.
The void rippled, continuously extending, and the entire Mystic Realm seemed to be distorting.
Even beyond the present, the extending ripples began to involve the past; everything that had happened in this Mystic Realm in the past was manifested in this single sword strike.
Time kept moving forward, forward!
Right up until the moment Meng Xuan failed to knock on the Immortal Gate!
An invisible sword light flashed, and sword light flashed through every moment of the past.
Crack!
The backlash, Gu's Taking advantage of the opportunity , Tian's parasitism, everything was severed at the root.
The past Realm that originally belonged to Gu was now cleaved open by this sword light.
A sword starting from the present, cutting off the source of the past!
Xu Xing had never intended to prevent the detachment of the connection.
However, Tian still watched indifferently; no matter how the past was altered, it would not affect him.
The threads of Karma filling every part of the Mystic Realm suddenly loosened the seven-colored divine radiance and rushed into Meng Xuan, who had already expanded into a giant sphere.
Soon, a snowy white figure was pulled out by the threads of Karma.
It was Meng Xuan!
Her aura was so weak it was like that of a Mortal without any cultivation, but it was incredibly pure.
'So everything he did was just to save her.'
No wonder he acted the moment the connection was completely severed.
However, even if she was saved, the carrier is just a Mortal.
Her cultivation Realm, her comprehension of the Great Dao, had all been transformed into resources for his return, irrecoverable.
He actually gave up the Opportunity to deliver a sword strike to himself for this...
With a final thought, Tian finally completely detached, his will sinking back into slumber.
"Dao Brother, how should we handle this next?" A light flashed in Yuan Jun's hand.
A brown coat covered Meng Xuan's snowy white body.
As for welfare... just a little is enough.
Looking ahead, the giant sphere had now expanded to hundreds of meters high.
That was just an empty shell.
But within it contained the essence of Tian, Xuan, and Gu, as well as the essence of three other Cave True, Meng Xuan's entire cultivation, the contaminating power of the backlash, and the morale of the Righteous Path Alliance.
If it were allowed to explode.
Its terrifying power, let alone this Mystic Realm, the entire Highest Council Submarine City, and even most of the regions under the jurisdiction of the Righteous Path Alliance would be flattened!
"Such a great gift..." Xu Xing smiled, slashed a Sword Qi into it, accelerating the explosion of the giant sphere, "Naturally, it should be given to Gu!"
"Reasonable." Yuan Jun also nodded slightly.
This incident was all caused by Gu; not returning the favor would simply be unfair to his actions!
Hearing their words, the seven-colored divine radiance attached to various parts of the Mystic Realm trembled, then rapidly contracted.
However, it was already too late.
When it comes to tracing causes and effects, no one in the Tai Xuan Realm can surpass Yuan Jun!
A thin thread of Karma was seen swaying, starting from somewhere unknown, entering the ethereal Realm, as if extending to an infinite distance.
A sweep of Sword Qi, carrying the empty shell containing terrifying power, followed the thread of Karma, tracing back to the source.
After a long while...
The thread of Karma vibrated with a 'buzzing' sound, finally annihilating and disappearing bit by bit, and faintly, angry and stifled roars could still be heard.
It seems Gu was very satisfied with this great gift.
Just at this moment, a faint whimper sounded.
Meng Xuan was seen slowly opening her eyes, a hint of confusion flashing in her clear black and white pupils.
"Sword Ancestor, Yuan Jun...?"
What happened?
Hadn't she... supposed to have fallen?
"Fellow Daoist Mengxuan, how does the feeling of rebirth feel?" Xu Xing asked.
"I..."
Meng Xuan opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
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