The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 869 - 375: Kill a Person, Then Destroy the Heart?
As fate aligns with the universe, the hero loses his freedom in the journey beyond.
At this moment, Lin Yun felt what it’s like when destiny is against him.
Zhen Li is in seclusion, cutting off all external connections, and even if Lin Yun wanted to forcibly awaken her, interrupting her refinement of Demon Land, he couldn’t do it.
Unless he’s willing to risk causing Zhen Li serious harm, he has no choice but to leave for now.
It seems coincidental because Zhen Li has been refining Demon Land for over half a year.
There’s a reason for this, for after separating from Lin Yun, Zhen Li couldn’t find a way to save him. After much diligent research, she realized she was missing her own Divine Country.
Only by completely refining Demon Land could she possibly be qualified to contend against Qing Nu.
Others are unaware of the level of adversary Lin Yun has provoked, but Zhen Li knows all too well, having been imprisoned by Qing Nu. Her own recovery of strength was indeed thanks to Qing Nu’s favor.
Because of this, Zhen Li is under tremendous pressure.
In this light, there doesn’t seem to be any deliberate arrangement in Zhen Li’s refinement of Demon Land; it’s just cause and effect.
Not being able to get help from Zhen Li seems coincidental.
But it’s something Lin Yun simply can’t believe.
If Dongfang Yao has been plotting today’s events from over a hundred thousand years ago, Lin Yun is clueless about what he schemed. But now, he’s unharmed and his strength has surged so suddenly—it’s obvious Dongfang Yao has failed.
Lin Yun guesses that Dongfang Yao must be truly dead now. Back then, Qing Nu could extinguish him with just a surge of water, and now, having made her full effort, Dongfang Yao naturally couldn’t escape fate.
But his victory came at a price, a cost borne entirely by Qing Nu.
Destiny never intended to target him to begin with, but rather Qing Nu.
What a clever strategy of misdirection; both he and Qing Nu were clearly set up by fate.
Lin Yun feels that he would have no face to show if he doesn’t avenge this enmity.
Lin Yun thought of another person in his heart, and that’s Tai Bai.
Tai Bai is not just Tai Bai, but beside her stand three other Divine Emperors.
Given the current situation, perhaps the role of a Divine Emperor isn’t that significant, but since Tai Bai and the others are aware of the challenge facing destiny and Heavenly Dao, they might play some role after all.
In any case, Tai Bai is someone Lin Yun can now rally to his side.
"Go to Desolate Ruins."
"Alrighty!"
Earth Scripture has become a loyal driver; wherever Lin Yun wants to go, he takes him without a word of dissent.
As Lin Yun journeyed through the Mortal Realm, in the starry sky, two entangled broken pieces of Jade Pendant, like shooting stars, finally descended upon the moon. Passing through the ethereal gateway, they crashed onto the lunar surface, collapsing the cave Lin Yun had once resided in.
Lin Yun’s wives, placed by the bedside, were mostly destroyed by the shock, with only a fortunate few remaining intact.
The two shattered pieces of jade still entwined above the moon, but no longer leaving its surface, emitting a green radiance.
This beam of light was distinct on the moon but shrouded in thick fog, invisible from the Mortal Realm.
The light grew more intense, and soon, a figure emerged slowly in the green glow, a green glyph on Qing Nu’s statue coloring her face a verdant hue.
The figure solidified, and finally, a woman dressed in green and wearing a thin veil stepped out from the light cast by the jade shards.
Her face was obscured by a mist of green; even without a veil, her features were indiscernible.
"Sister Qing, long time no see. I’ve come to visit you."
The woman in green walked up to the statue, looking up at the petrified figure as if catching up with an old friend.
Soon after her voice fell, the petrified skin of Qing Nu gradually turned white, indicating the petrification was lifted, and she returned to her normal state.
The dormancy period was too short; she hadn’t recovered much.
Pity.
When Qing Nu saw the visitor, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, but her eyes did not show much surprise.
"You still came."
"Sister, did you know I would come?"
The woman chuckled lightly, seemingly surprised, yet not entirely so.
"I was rather hoping you wouldn’t come."
Qing Nu’s expression turned somewhat sorrowful.
"Sister, don’t be sad. I’m here just to take your essence and not your life. You can still live for a few hundred years as a mortal."
Judging only by the voice, she sounded much like a gentle younger sister, but the maliciousness in her words was so thick, it was almost tangible. Even sparing Qing Nu’s life was done in a patronizing way.
To a mortal, living a few hundred years would be quite a feat, but for Qing Nu, an immortal Divine Spirit, being cast down to the mortal coil in a seemingly benevolent manner was practically a slap in the face.
"Heh."
With a cold laugh, Qing Nu said indifferently, "If you want my essence, then come and get it. But your dreams of becoming an emperor are nothing but delusions. Lin Yun and the core power of Zhen Li are not within your grasp now, Tai Bai, turning back is the shore."
Qing Nu’s words rendered the green-clad woman silent for a long while before she finally sighed faintly.
"Sister Qing is indeed formidable. Even in such a weakened state, you saw right through my disguise."
Having her identity exposed, the woman no longer hid herself and removed the veil from her face, revealing a visage of breathtaking beauty.
Lin Yun, if here, would recognize her at a glance. This was none other than the appearance of the Tai Bai Divine Emperor from the Tai Bai Divine Kingdom.
"Why did you think it was me, and not Fourth Elder?"
Tai Bai asked curiously, seemingly unconcerned with the answer.
Qing Nu looked at her coldly, not bothering to strip away her last layer of pretense, and disdainfully said, "Among the three younger sisters, the youngest is the most loving, Fourth Elder is the gentlest, but only you would be the one to use any means to achieve your ends."
Tai Bai, chided by Qing Nu, retained her composure.
"The root cause of the Great Wilderness World’s destruction, the Chaos Sinful Blood, was brought back to this world by you, wasn’t it?"
"Sister, since you already know, why ask me? I don’t understand either. You knew everything, so why did you still fall for it?"
Tai Bai, seemingly nonchalant, paced around Qing Nu, talking to herself, "Did you feel at that time, sister, that no matter what you did, we would trust you? Just as when you noticed something was wrong but never doubted us, right?
It’s a pity, even the person you loved most didn’t believe you. What’s more pitiful is that after spending a large amount of your essence to shatter the contaminated Heavenly Dao, your lover and your younger sisters used their essence to seal away you, their greatest contributor but whom they considered a madwoman. Eventually, they even revived the Heavenly Dao. Sister, are you angry?"
Qing Nu: "..."
Old lady isn’t angry.
The old lady isn’t angry at all.
"Sister, if you are angry, just let it out. Brother Yun has already been with Third Sister; you don’t need to worry about your temper annoying him anymore."
Qing Nu: "..."
Murder, and still attacking the heart?
