“You don’t need to worry about me. I’m dying.”
Before Changqing could reach her head, Dan Ji spoke.
Changqing, however, did not hesitate. He still picked up her head, turned it over, and observed the wound on her neck. There were indeed no signs of recovery, only a faint white smoke rising.
Dan Ji sighed.
“Be glad, boy. I had intended to take you down with me, but this little girl moved me, so I let you off the hook.”
With that, she smiled, her beautiful face showing a hint of sorrow and relief.
“I know I have no chance. I’ve exhausted so much Qi and blood. Without external replenishment, it will be very difficult to recover. Of course, you certainly won’t be merciful enough to help me recover, will you?”
“I’m already satisfied just to hold on to my last breath and say what I needed to say.”
Dan Ji looked at Changqing, her expression sincere.
“You should have already Cultivated the Blood Sea Organ, right? With the Earth Palace Viscera and the Blood Sea Organ, you can ignore the limitations of the acupoints and store two Imperial Spirits. I hope you can inherit my natal Imperial Spirit, Blood Sea Other Shore.”
Luo Hongyan interrupted her.
“When we return to the Family, I will obtain a Soul Cleansing Dew for him. He will no longer walk the Evil Path.”
Dan Ji shook her head.
“You don’t understand, little girl. This boy is a rare genius, seen only once in a hundred years, naturally suited for the Evil Path. He is ruthless, cunning, and extremely strong-willed, unafraid of the brutal Blood Law Cultivation. His Innate Spiritual Body is even more suitable for him to kill and seize spirits. He is destined to walk the Evil Path; you cannot stop him. I cannot be mistaken.”
Changqing carefully examined her expression but didn’t see anything amiss.
“I don’t believe you would have such a change of heart. If you want to use your natal Imperial Spirit to exchange for your life, then forget it.”
“That’s not what I meant.”
With that, a light blue Mystic Spirit flew out from her forehead.
“This Mind Transmission Spirit records the Blood Sea Other Shore Skill and all my Cultivation insights from these past few hundred years. Because there’s so much recorded, the Mind Transmission Spirit is also a higher-grade Medium Grade Mystic Spirit, which you cannot use yet. But you can give it to the little girl beside you for safekeeping first.”
Luo Hongyan took the Mind Transmission Spirit and, after carefully examining it, nodded to Changqing.
“It is indeed a Mind Transmission Spirit, but a Restriction has been placed on it. Only a specific person can open it. It should be specially prepared for you.”
Dan Ji said indifferently.
“After I finish my instructions, I will give you my natal Imperial Spirit. Without it, I will also die immediately. After you accept it, whether you walk the Evil Path or the Righteous Path is none of my business. Whether you destroy this Imperial Spirit or keep it is also your freedom. But if one day, you walk the Evil Path, I hope you can inherit my Legacy.”
Luo Hongyan hesitated for a moment.
“A Cultivator only needs a thought to destroy their Imperial Spirit. Even the most powerful Advanced Heavenly Spirit, if she wishes, you won’t find anything on her corpse.”
“She genuinely seems to want to give you the Imperial Spirit. It doesn’t sound like she’s lying.”
Changqing pondered for a long time before asking,
“Are you doing all this to leave behind a dying wish for me to fulfill?”
“Not really.”
Dan Ji’s voice carried a hint of sorrow.
“I walked the Evil Path my entire life, killing relatives to refine spirits, murdering for treasures, engaging in deceit, treading on thin ice. In the end, I suddenly realized I was just going in circles.”
She opened her eyes and looked at Luo Hongyan, a look of appreciation in her eyes.
“Until I saw this little girl’s genuine heart for you, I suddenly felt that my life had been lived in vain, as if I had missed many important things.”
“Even if I gained immense power, I was still alone. Good or bad, I’m a little swayed.”
“This girl, to save you, unhesitatingly destroyed all her Imperial Spirits.”
Dan Ji closed her eyes.
“Treat her well; do not let her down.”
After leaving this message, an Imperial Spirit shining with golden light flew out from her forehead. The Imperial Spirit was shaped like a Blood Sea Other Shore flower made of flesh and blood, gracefully falling into Changqing’s hand.
Indeed, after losing this Imperial Spirit, Dan Ji’s head rapidly disintegrated into dust.
A dazzling golden light flickered for a moment in the ashes she left behind, then quickly dissipated.
“What was that light?”
Changqing still hadn’t completely relaxed his guard and asked Luo Hongyan.
Women are emotional creatures. Luo Hongyan was still immersed in Dan Ji’s last words at this moment, shaking her head somewhat blankly. Inadvertently, her gaze met Changqing’s, and she shyly lowered her head.
“I don’t know either. Perhaps it was the light of some Heavenly Spirit she left behind dissipating.”
“Something’s not right. Imperial Spirits only emit light when used. Golden light… did she use some Heavenly Spirit?”
Luo Hongyan shook her head.
“She no longer had enough spiritual power to activate a Heavenly Spirit. She has already turned to dust.”
Changqing walked hesitantly to the pile of ashes Dan Ji left behind, stepped on it with his foot, and confirmed that it was indeed just ordinary ashes, without any spiritual power or blood Qi.
A venerable Evil Lord, whose last trace left in the world was merely a handful of dust.
However, he still sprinkled all of it into the flames, dividing it into several portions and scattering them in different places to ensure she had no possibility of Rebirth.
After doing all this, he clapped his hands.
Looking at the Advanced Heavenly Spirit before him, Blood Sea Other Shore, he hesitated for a moment, then still incorporated it into his Earth Palace Viscera.
Two lifetimes of planning, six lifetimes of Rebirth, finally allowed him to break through despair, even defeating an unreachable Evil Lord with the body of a Mortal. How arduous, how difficult it was.
Thinking this, the immense heroic spirit in his heart condensed in his chest, forming a poem.
“Hundred Flowers’ beauty like a sharp sword, vanishing in a snap of fingers.
Reincarnation reverses, duckweed drifts away, becoming a demon for Hongyan.
Beyond Evil Sovereign seizes true blood, sacrificing my broken body for a chance.
Gloomy shackles turn ethereal, a Dragon in water returns anew.”
Righteousness or baseness, honor or disgrace, none of it mattered to him. Now he had regained his freedom, the sword of Dan Ji hanging over his head was finally removed by him, and he had also obtained the Hundred Flowers Legacy, which would undoubtedly greatly assist his future Cultivation, and furthermore, he had protected Luo Hongyan completely.
After this Cultivation journey, upon returning to Earth, perhaps his brain cancer could be cured, truly like a Dragon finding water, ascending to the heavens on clouds.
“Such ambition, what a pity…”
In his mind, a sigh suddenly echoed.
Immediately after, Changqing only felt his vision go dark.
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“I didn’t expect you to be quite literary.”
Luo Hongyan looked at Changqing, but only saw him standing there somewhat dazed. She reached out and tugged at his sleeve.
“Let’s go, leave this place. Come back to the Family with me. I’ll help you find a Soul Cleansing Dew. These two that Dan Ji left you are both very Advanced Earth Spirits and Heavenly Spirits, very valuable, but they are truly too evil. You can contribute them and receive a corresponding reward, and from now on, walk the Righteous Path with me, okay?”
Her tone was sincere, her words earnest.
She was genuinely worried that Changqing would not be able to resist the temptation of Evil Path Cultivation and would go astray.
“Mm, don’t worry.”
Facing her, Changqing naturally took her hand.
“I will definitely not Cultivate any more Blood Law. From now on, I will Cultivate the Righteous Path and be with you properly.”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
Luo Hongyan blushed, but she didn’t pull her hand away from his. Instead, she let him hold it, lowered her head, and followed behind him.
But after she lowered her head, she didn’t see that Changqing’s expression was half filled with a venomous smile, like a man-eating ghoul, and the other half with ferocious hatred, like an enraged Vajra.