The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 727 - 235: The Path of Destiny of Dongfang Hongyue
"... For external matters, consult Hongling; for internal matters, consult Hong Ye. Both are my most trusted aides. With them at the helm, you have nothing to worry about,"
As for the arrangements of the Red Lotus Sect, that was all Dongfang Hongyue could delegate up to this point.
Since she started writing, she had detailed many official affairs, yet not a single word about her feelings for Lin Yun appeared on the paper. These were the thoughts that occupied her mind the most, yet she was unable to express them in writing.
After a slight hesitation, Dongfang Hongyue still penned: "With this parting, we may never meet again. Take care, and do not linger on thoughts of me."
A torrent of words ultimately condensed into a single sentence, further expressions of reluctance or deep affections would only add to the sorrow at this moment. Saying less was better than saying more.
She could only hope that the woman by Lin Yun’s side would be able to comfort him.
Dongfang Hongyue finally wrote "Hong Yue’s final words" at the end, only then did she feel that she had let something go, and her aura also reached its peak.
This moment seemed to be the most appropriate time for breaking through.
Dongfang Hongyue took a deep breath, about to use a spell to detach her Divine Soul from her body, when she suddenly felt a presence rushing toward her in haste.
This person made no effort to hide and was dashing straight toward Dongfang Hongyue’s direction. Sensing it was someone familiar, she quickly dispelled the Formations set up around her for defense.
"Reporting to the Sect Hierarch, I have urgent matters to report!"
The arrival was none other than Hongling, Dongfang Hongyue’s trusted subordinate.
There’s a saying that Initial fervor is strong, but it weakens over time and is eventually depleted. Dongfang Hongyue’s aura had been concentrated to the limit, but this interruption meant that even if she forced herself back into a battle-ready state later, it wouldn’t be as potent as now.
Indeed, it was bad luck to encounter a mishap at the very start.
"What has happened?"
Dongfang Hongyue felt frustrated internally. She was somewhat superstitious and had an inkling that successfully breaking through might attract some serious trouble. Starting off on the wrong foot now cast a shadow over her heart.
She had instructed Hongling not to seek her out unless it was absolutely necessary, unless the Red Lotus Sect was on the brink of destruction. Hongling’s presence now meant that something significant must have happened.
"There’s been a disturbance in the vault, resonating with the moon in the sky. The Elders are currently defending the vault, and they all have their own agendas. We urgently need the Sect Hierarch to return to the mountain to take charge of the situation."
"A disturbance in the vault?"
Dongfang Hongyue couldn’t help but tilt her head: "My personal vault, or the Red Lotus Sect’s vault?"
Her own vault had hardly anything of value, and the sect’s wasn’t much different.
Despite this, Dongfang Hongyue cared greatly about both her personal and the sect’s vaults.
They were among her few treasures.
"Your personal vault, Sect Hierarch."
Dongfang Hongyue: "..."
What an auspicious day it was; she was on the verge of a breakthrough, yet her own vault was experiencing a disturbance.
And someone was coveting her treasure?
She only had a handful of possessions. Was it her life’s luck to have hidden a decent treasure only for someone to set their sights on it?
This was intolerable!
"I will return to the palace first!"
Now that someone coveted her property and the momentum for her breakthrough had been broken, forcefully pushing through seemed unwise and inauspicious.
Better to rest for today and try again another time.
Dongfang Hongyue casually conjured a small fireball to burn the letter, took Hongling by the hand, and headed toward Sunblaze Mountain.
Approaching dawn, Dongfang Hongyue and Hongling arrived at the base of Sunblaze Mountain. From a distance, Dongfang Hongyue could see the red pillar of light that reached the heavens.
Above the pillar, the moon emitted a strange red glow.
This evening, there was a blood moon.
Yet, what she had seen in Cloud Dream Marsh was clearly a silver moon.
Approaching the pillar, Dongfang Hongyue also felt a strange energy seemingly tempting her to rush into the pillar of light.
At the same time, the Golden Red Fire Seed within her revved up rapidly. The power of the Fire Seed erupted, clearing her mind, and the impulse to bathe in the red light diminished greatly.
However, the scene atop Sunblaze Mountain was already one of chaos.
The fluctuations of Spiritual Power were tumultuous, and the sounds of battle echoed to the skies.
The pillar of light on Sunblaze Mountain was sufficiently alluring as it was. Although the nearby people were intimidated by the majesty of the Red Lotus Sect, there were still some who dared to take the risk.
The world was in chaos. Many felt that if they didn’t strive with all their might now, they wouldn’t even know how they might perish later. With this mindset, they believed in taking risks for potential riches.
The people of the Cultivation World generally knew that Dongfang Hongyue was defending Haizhou and was not within the Sunblaze Palace.
Moreover, if there was real danger, they could simply refrain from acting and just come to watch.
Many who came to Sunblaze Mountain initially held this mindset. But upon seeing the pillar of light, greed surged, and they thought about basking in the red glow.
This red light was not initially seductive, but it grew stronger over time.
The Red Lotus Sect’s guardians of the vault initially included a few with malice, but they were the minority. Most who remained at the Sunblaze Palace were loyal to Dongfang Hongyue.
This included Elder Hong Ye, upon whom Dongfang Hongyue had entrusted the future of the sect.
But now, Elder Hong Ye was in a frenzy, attacking those around her without regard for cost, as the eyes of everyone seemed to be tainted red by the pillar, void of reason, focused only on strife.
They all seemed to know that there could only be one victor to enter the pillar and gain immense benefits.
The Sunblaze Palace had turned into a river of blood.
As Dongfang Hongyue ascended the mountain and saw the carnage, her heart chilled.
She looked at the pillar and realized that this thing was probably not an opportunity, but rather an omen of misfortune.
The fighting below did not cease, and it did not stop with Dongfang Hongyue’s arrival.
Dongfang Hongyue found Hong Ye and dashed over, but Hong Ye struck back with a claw without even recognizing her.
"Suppress!"
Dongfang Hongyue uttered a word, infused with the Divine Soul impact of someone in the Enlightened Realm, immediately causing Hong Ye to faint.
Turning her head, she instructed Hongling, "Take good care of her."
"Yes!"
Hong Ling said with difficulty, her eyes also showing struggle, it was clear she was resisting against some kind of power.
Seeing this, Dongfang Hongyue also felt a headache coming on. Thankfully, Hongling’s will was strong and she was still holding on; otherwise, Dongfang Hongyue would have to use the Divine Soul impact again.
Using this method was also very draining for her.
There were too many people causing chaos, including those from the Red Lotus Sect, as well as loose cultivators and cultivators from small sects who had come nearby seeking opportunities.
On any normal day, when these people saw Dongfang Hongyue, even if they did not kneel, they would at least bow and not dare to look directly at the might of the Demon Lord.
But now, with Dongfang Hongyue at the scene, they appeared fearless in the face of death, some even launching attacks on Dongfang Hongyue.
Dongfang Hongyue couldn’t use the Divine Soul impact on everyone, nor could she indiscriminately kill.
Most of these people were beguiled by Hong Yue, and not all were wicked. If Dongfang Hongyue were to just kill them, she might damage her merit.
Wanting to resolve the Dongfang Family’s ancestral curse and karma, she could only be meticulous, striving not to damage her merit.
If she didn’t want to kill, the only option was to take drastic measures.
Dongfang Hongyue looked at her own treasury, steeled her heart, and with a hand forming a Spell Gesture, two golden-red Fire Phoenixes descended into the treasury.
No matter what the treasures were, burn them first and talk later.
Only by resolving the issue with the light pillar could she save those who had fallen into madness.
Watching her treasury being swiftly engulfed in flames, Dongfang Hongyue’s heart bled.
This was her personal treasury, after all!
She had painstakingly saved for who knows how long, and before the treasures could even be put to use, they were gone.
Dongfang Hongyue suspected she might just have a poor destiny.
She had also accumulated wealth in the Yellow Wind Valley for many years, working hard for a century, only to be set back to square one overnight.
All that hard work, yet in the end, she gained nothing.
This is outrageous!
"It doesn’t matter, it’s okay, I’m not even afraid of death, why would I fear being penniless?"
Dongfang Hongyue tried hard to comfort herself, but the more she comforted herself, the more suffocated she felt.
She watched as the treasures were burned, unable to bring herself to rescue her house from the flames.
Within a ten-zhang radius from the source of the red light, there was not a single living person.
That place was too dangerous. Dongfang Hongyue started the fire in hopes of inadvertently destroying the object that resonated with the red light of Hong Yue, while she stood at a safe distance.
However, unfortunately, she only managed to burn the house; the light pillar was still there.
But this at least made it clear to Dongfang Hongyue what it was that resonated with Hong Yue.
It was the sealed box.
This item was brought from the Moon God Ruins by Lin Yun, known as the Cheating Heaven Record. At the time, Lin Yun gave it to Dongfang Hongyue as compensation, and afterward, the Three Great Demon Sects took issue with this box. The first to comprehend it was Dongfang Hongyue, who persisted for a while then gave up, handing it over to Zhang Biyu.
Zhang Biyu couldn’t figure it out either and passed it to Liu Ji.
Liu Ji, using his Sword Dao, attacked it furiously but couldn’t leave the slightest mark on the box.
Finally, all three Great Demon Sects gave up on this Divine Skill.
What they couldn’t obtain was deemed useless.
Thus, the treasure brought from the Moon God Ruins became undesirable, it was like a chicken rib—tasteless, but yet a pity to discard.
In the end, the item still returned to Dongfang Hongyue’s hands. Liu Ji and Zhang Biyu had at least been honorable in this respect; it was originally Dongfang Hongyue’s find. Although everyone had put in effort and could share a bit of it, the ownership of the treasure remained with Dongfang Hongyue.
But Dongfang Hongyue could only store it in her treasury to collect dust.
She had nearly forgotten all about this object, never expecting that it would cause such an anomaly today.
Dongfang Hongyue suddenly had a premonition deep down.
This object was fated to be mine.
At this moment, Dongfang Hongyue felt that she had truly reached perfect completion in the Enlightened Realm.
Others might perish if they basked in the red light, but for her to do so, it seemed predestined.
Knowing one’s destiny is easy, defying it is difficult.
Dongfang Hongyue had arrived at the moment of choice.
To bathe in the light pillar was to accept her fate; she could save everyone at Sunblaze Palace who had fallen into madness, acquire a great deal of merit, and become even stronger.
But that would mean she had succumbed to destiny.
The second choice was to defy the guidance of fate, act as though nothing had happened, and let everyone in Sunblaze Palace fight each other to the death.
By herself, she could achieve transcendence.
"Fate..."
At the bottom of Holy Spring Lake, Su’e let out a long, wistful sigh...
