CHAPTER 331: CHAPTER 317: FACING THE HEAVENLY DAO

Divine Martial Sect.

Heavenly Sword Peak.

Lin Bai emerged from his cave dwelling.

That day.

In the ultimate battle with Charming Spirit Demon Venerable, he resorted to a deadly secret skill, and at the very last moment, he decapitated Charming Spirit Demon Venerable.

Originally, his final obsession had been fulfilled, even if it meant his death, Lin Bai would have no regrets or complaints.

But then,

Shi Nian fed him a few elixirs, and miraculously brought him back from death’s door.

Having absorbed the medicinal power, Lin Bai had now mostly recovered, yet he couldn’t help feeling a bit embarrassed.

To have snatched him back from the grip of the Grim Reaper, the elixirs Shi Nian used must be exceedingly precious!

And all this because of his willfulness.

Ordinarily, such valuable elixirs wouldn’t have needed to be used.

With Charming Spirit dead, his obsession was gone, and his only desire was to join his wife.

Now alive, he found existence worse than death.

When Lin Bai found Shi Nian, he sighed softly, "Shi girl, I’m sorry, I’ve been capricious."

Shi Nian chuckled, "Sword Immortal, does that mean you owe me a favor now?"

Lin Bai replied earnestly, "Certainly. Whatever you ask, I shall face it, be it life or death."

Shi Nian nodded and whispered softly, "I know you, Sword Immortal, are not afraid of death. But my request is for you to cherish life and live well."

Lin Bai was stunned.

"I know you yearn for your wife. Yet, this Human World, surely, still holds some beauty. For instance, personally forging a golden age for the Human Clan?" Shi Nian released Zi Xu, "This is the Artifact Spirit of the former Immortal Emperor Zi Huan, those four secret techniques were personally inscribed by him, and he has seen much and knows many secrets. He owes me a favor and has promised to protect the Human Clan for a thousand years. My only request is that you join him in doing the same, guarding the Human Clan for a thousand years."

"The pathway to ascension will soon open. With your cultivation, Sword Immortal, you could easily transcend the Heavenly Tribulation and ascend to the Immortal World in a few days, but I ask you to suppress your cultivation and stay in this realm!"

"If you build the Human Clan for a thousand years, that will repay my favor. After that, you may choose your path freely."

"I know it is an excessive request to ask you not to ascend, but who told you to owe me a favor? I believe Sword Immortal is certainly a man of his word, right?"

Lin Bai fell silent.

For a long while.

He sighed lightly.

Shi Nian wasn’t really asking for recompense.

She merely saw his desire for death and found him something to do.

"Alright, I agree," said Lin Bai.

"I will not ascend then," Shi Nian looked at Lin Bai and Zi Xu, "This Human World, I’ll leave in your hands."

Lin Bai and Zi Xu both accepted the charge.

Afterward, Lin Bai took Zi Xu and said their farewells.

The battle had just ended, and many tasks awaited him. Since he had promised Shi Nian, he would do his best to fulfill it.

Shi Nian watched Lin Bai’s retreating figure and felt helpless.

This top figure of the Human Clan, once relieved of his burdens and obsessions, truly no longer wished to live.

She could only devise a way to keep him here for another thousand years.

If a thousand years were not enough to bring him out of the misery of losing his wife,

Perhaps for him, reincarnation might be a release.

As a friend, Shi Nian still hoped he could rediscover the other joys of this world.

Having dealt with Lin Bai’s matter, in the blink of an eye, Shi Nian returned to the previous battlefield.

The battle between humans and demons had ended.

Inside the barrier.

Dongfang Zhang and Leng Shuqin were like two ferocious dogs, still relentlessly biting into each other.

One could say, these two are worthy of being the main characters.

Seven days have passed by now.

Even though both are covered in wounds, they have stubbornly clung to life.

Is this what they call being favored by destiny?

It doesn’t matter.

Shi Nian said softly, "If they can’t die in seven days, then let it be ten, and if not in ten, then a month. I have all the time in the world to wait."

Her voice was gentle,

Yet a supremely powerful entity seemed to hear her mutterings, the originally clear sky suddenly stirred with vast billows, daylight turned to night, the wind howled, lightning flashed and thunder roared; at this moment, it was as if the apocalypse had come.

Shi Nian’s eyes were calm and undisturbed.

Oh?

Has the Heavenly Dao finally lost its patience?

She has been waiting for its true face, truly for a very long time.

Meanwhile, within the Barrier, Leng Shuqin and Dongfang Zhang, who were still tearing at each other, suddenly stopped their movements at the same time, their faces revealing horror as they both perished simultaneously.

After their deaths, their bodies were directly absorbed by the dark clouds, leaving not a single trace behind.

In this darkness, other regions of the Human Realm were still bathed in bright sunshine.

Ling Tian Peak.

Yun Jian’s body shuddered as memories that didn’t belong to him surged in.

After a long while.

Yun Jian opened his eyes, his expression somewhat complex.

So this.

Was this his original destiny?

Shi Nian...

It was her arrival that changed everything.

Yun Jian fell silent for a moment, then suddenly revealed a look of relief in his smile.

If his fourth junior sister has striven to change his ending, then in the future, he should live his life to the fullest to honor his junior sister’s efforts.

Above the nine heavens.

The fourth lantern lit up.

The little girl’s eyes were bright.

She counted over and over: "One... two... three... four..."

Despite the simplest arithmetic, after a while, she began to count again.

"One... two... three... four..."

As if she was afraid of making a mistake.

After counting many times without error, tears fell drop by drop from her eyes.

After tens of thousands of years of solitude, she finally saw a glimmer of hope.

Aside from those three traitors, now there is only one last deity that has yet to return.

Looking at that one lantern.

The little girl tilted her head to the side.

Actually, her feelings for this particular brother were quite strange.

Sometimes this brother made her feel very close, yet at other times he made her feel somewhat afraid.

In the last great battle, almost all deities were involved.

Only this brother seemed to have always stayed out of it. In the end... it looked as if he deliberately let the tribulation lightning strike him.

The little girl shook her head.

She couldn’t quite understand it either.

But who would be foolish enough to let the tribulation lightning strike them deliberately?

She must have seen it wrong.

Unlike those three traitors, she still hoped that her brother could return as well.

The little girl silently prayed for the last lantern for a while, then bounced off merrily.

This place, soon, is going to liven up.

She can’t be lazy anymore; she should start rebuilding the palaces early so that when everyone returns, they would have a place to stay.

The little girl soon busied herself, humming a song while she worked, her mood evidently cheerful.

Human Realm.

Shi Nian looked up at the sky and said calmly, "Xiao Tong, high-level Experience Pills, I want to level up to the maximum."

There were enough Top-grade Crystal Stones.

Xiao Tong acknowledged and immediately exchanged for high-level Experience Pills.

Shi Nian consumed them all.

Experience Points began to surge at a maddening pace.

In just a few moments, she reached the maximum level of one hundred.

Level one hundred.

That was the greatest strength the Human Realm could support. Once reaching the maximum level, Shi Nian must ascend within three months.

To confront the Heavenly Dao of this world head-on, it was safer for Shi Nian to boost her combat power to the highest.

This upheaval was clearly beyond what the Heavenly Dao had anticipated.

In that instant, the flashing lightning and roaring thunder halted.

If the Heavenly Dao were a system, at this moment, it would definitely have crashed.