Chapter 83
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At this moment, the wind and thunder in the sky came to a complete stop, and the entire world paused.
Suddenly, Li Fenglan felt Finished Karma he held in his hand become as cold as ice.
The sky, which was previously filled with clouds and golden light, became incredibly quiet. However, this peace did not last long. After just a few moments, an extremely thick layer of black clouds appeared in the sky.
The figures of Ling Buyan and Mo Shenyu suddenly disappeared among the black clouds.
“What is this…” Even Cheng Huang, who had regained his memories as a fierce beast from the previous life, couldn’t help but whisper when he saw the black clouds overhead.
Cheng Huang’s words suddenly broke the silence under Xieguang Tower.
However, in the blink of an eye, cracks began to appear in the thick black clouds, and they continued to expand like cracks in the dry ground after a drought.
In an instant, it was as if the world had been turned upside down.
Although Cheng Huang had regained his memories, his voice was still as soft and weak as before. Realizing that something was wrong with his surroundings, he called out Li Fenglan’s name and tried to run towards his master.
However, Cheng Huang suddenly realized that he couldn’t move from where he was standing.
“Fenglan, why can’t I move?” Cheng Huang used his soft and gentle voice to plead for help from Li Fenglan—even though he had regained his memories, he still instinctively trusted and relied on Li Fenglan.
At this moment, not only Cheng Huang, but everyone else also realized that they couldn’t move from where they were standing.
The thick black clouds in the sky continued to crack open, and after a while, the places where they opened up emitted a faint red light, like magma flowing into cracks in the earth.
If such a scene had appeared on the ground, everyone would have been too afraid to approach it, let alone when it was hanging above their heads.
No one knew when the cloud layer that stopped the “magma” in the sky will break, let alone what will happen if it does.
“Cheng Huang, don’t move for now.” At this moment, Li Fenglan finally spoke up.
Somehow, he had calmed down.
Li Fenglan knew that the more dire the situation, the less he could panic.
Looking up at the sky, Li Fenglan slowly tightened his grip on Finished Karma in his hand.
Like everyone else here, Li Fenglan couldn’t move at all, but unlike them, he didn’t show any panic on his face.
In the short time it took to brew a cup of tea, Li Fenglan quickly recalled the relevant content from “Tianmian Daosheng”. In the end, his attention focused on the Finished Karma sword in his hand… since Mo Shenyu stole the sword at the critical moment, it must be useful.
So, looking up at the dark sky and clutching Finished Karma in his hand, Li Fenglan’s heart started beating faster.
He was going to try something.
Li Fenglan could feel that he wasn’t completely immobilized, he just couldn’t leave this place, as if… something was holding onto his legs.
He guessed it was the spiritual energy taking shape.
So with this in mind, Li Fenglan tightened his grip on Finished Karma and slowly infused spiritual energy into its blade.
At this moment, everything was dark except for the “magma” in the sky. And in this situation, the pure white blade of Finished Karma emitted a soft light.
Although not dazzling, the light still drew everyone’s attention.
“Li, Li Fuyue… what are you doing?”
“Don’t act rashly!”
“Immortal Lord, please save us…”
For a moment, all sorts of sounds rang out from under the ruins of Xieguang Tower.
Although many people now knew why Li Fenglan had gone crazy in the previous life, in the minds of many who hadn’t yet caught up, “Li Fuyue” was still closely associated with the word “danger”.
So when they saw him getting ready to take action, many people became nervous.
As for the other group of people…
They saw Li Fenglan as the only person who could save them now.
However, Li Fenglan paid no attention to them. He infused his spiritual energy into Finished Karma, then holding his breath and calming his mind, thrust his sword towards the void.
Li Fenglan’s swordsmanship was fast, and even though he, like everyone else, was now standing still and constrained in his actions, his movements did not slow down at all.
The ability of the world’s top sword cultivator was fully displayed at this moment.
Finished Karma that was as white as jade, fragile enough to break at the slightest touch, turned into white shadows in Li Fenglan’s hands. The legendary divine sword that could sever everything in the world, in his hands, completely cut off the spiritual energy that had bound his movements.
After a short while, Li Fenglan was able to move again. He did not hesitate, but went straight towards the direction where Ling Buyan and Mo Shenyu had just disappeared.
With a long sword in his hand and ready to strike at any moment, Li Fenglan stepped forward in the void.
As he moved, blood plum blossoms bloomed in the pitch-black sky, filling the entire sky for a moment.
… Li Fenglan’s figure almost disappeared in an instant.
And seeing the blood plum blossoms blooming in the sky, and his back, many who had once seen Li Fuyue suddenly remembered the cultivator who had amazed the world a thousand years ago.
Especially Meng Linzhou…
The blood-red plum blossoms in the sky reminded him of Snowy Meizhou that he had burned down himself, and even more so of every moment he had spent with his master in Snowy Meizhou a thousand years ago.
Although Meng Linzhou had been by his master’s side ever since he found out about Li Fenglan’s identity.
But seeing the “misty plum blossoms” in front of him and his master’s resolute back, Meng Linzhou finally realized with great clarity that everything from the previous life was already an irretrievable past.
Li Fenglan had changed. He used to be like a blood-red plum blossom scattered in the air, disappearing without a trace after a short time…
Li Fenglan didn’t know what the others were thinking after he left. At this moment, besides the plot of “Tianmian Daosheng”, there was nothing in his mind.
Only at the moment when he split open the thick clouds above his head, Li Fenglan couldn’t help but think—
From the very beginning, he knew the plot of “Tianmian Daosheng” and knew the ending of Ling Buyan, but he didn’t care at that time.
But he didn’t know when Ling Buyan became a very, very important person to him.
Li Fenglan had never thought about this question before, so when the idea that “Ling Buyan might really die together with Mo Shenyu” appeared in his mind at this moment, Li Fenglan suddenly felt a suffocating feeling in his chest.
“No…how could Ling Buyan die…” he whispered.
Only Li Fenglan could hear this sentence. It was something he said to himself subconsciously.
Li Fenglan repeatedly told himself that Ling Buyan was “Xuanchu Immortal Ancestor” who used to only exist in legends, and he was so powerful that he wouldn’t die. However, just as he thought of this, another voice in his mind loudly told him—so what if he’s Xuanchu Immortal Ancestor? Mo Shenyu is the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao, and now he has even borrowed the power of the Heavenly Dao.
What in this world can surpass the Heavenly Dao?
With Finished Karma, it was as if a blade of ice cut through the thick clouds in the sky in an instant. In the blink of an eye, scorching magma rushed towards Li Fenglan. The temperature was enough to melt everything in an instant, but on Finished Karma, a white mist emerged. This mist was actually made up of crushed fragments of profound ice, which isolated the external magma. Apart from a slight temperature, Li Fenglan didn’t feel anything.
Li Fenglan was already quite powerful before, with his cultivation restored to over half and an unimaginable sword intent and with Finished Karma back in his possession, he was a completely different person.
The power of the innate divine sword, coupled with Li Fenglan’s cultivation, shattered the dangerous magma and clouds with a single blow.
As he flew into the sky, Li Fenglan never thought about what he would face later. He only knew he wanted to see Ling Buyan and that he couldn’t let the ending of “Tianmian Daosheng” come true.
While breaking through the thick cloud layer, a cold tear even streamed down Li Fenglan’s cheek, evaporated by the surrounding heat in an instant. But he was so focused on seeing Ling Buyan that he didn’t notice.
The clouds here were thicker than Li Fenglan had imagined. In the end, the sword qi on Finished Karma was enough to cut through the clouds, and only the magma rolling between the clouds rushed towards Li Fenglan.
It was unclear how much time had passed, but the scenery before Li Fenglan’s eyes had finally changed once again.
The suffocating black clouds disappeared, and even the magma no longer attacked Li Fenglan like a storm.
He finally stood on the ground.
“Where is this…” Li Fenglan murmured.
He saw that he was now in a sea of blood-red, and even a giant red dragon of fire was attacking him from not far away…
After seeing that thing, Li Fenglan’s eyes widened in an instant.
He had never been to this place before, but he had seen this scene before!
The place that Li Fenglan had seen before was… in the memories of Ling Buyan and Cheng Huang!
“Endless Purgatory…” Li Fenglan slowly uttered these words.
That’s right, the place where Li Fenglan was now was the Endless Purgatory that had trapped Ling Buyan for millions of years!
It had always existed in the world, but its location was never where people imagined it to be, such as at the bottom of the earth or at the end of land and sea.
Instead, it was above the sky.
The astonishment only lasted for a short moment, and Li Fenglan did not hesitate. He directly used the long sword in his hand to cut off the huge flame dragon tornado attacking him. Then, the pure white sword body of Finished Karma suddenly emitted a shining light again–as the owner of Finished Karma, Li Fenglan knew that this was his natal spirit sword, guiding him in the right direction.
Finished Karma and Split Karma, both born as jade-carved divine swords, they can find each other’s direction.
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