usatvline Chapter 873: Heavenly Poison Seed: Life and Death Decision
Chapter 873: Heavenly Poison Seed: Life and Death Decision
A bloody mist exploded from the dome of the Taixu Immortal Realm, and Chu Mochen's Ni Lin Blood Sword sank deep into the void before Yun Yao. The shadow of the Candle Dragon trembled violently behind him, and dragon blood dripped down the sword's edge, corroding the ground into smoldering grooves. Yun Yao's Chaos Dao foundation glowed with a dazzling white light, but it couldn't suppress the surging Heavenly Dao poison within Chu Mochen—the inky black aura coursed through his meridians, eroding his very essence as a defiant fate-defying being.
"Don't move." Yun Yao's fingertips, brimming with the residual power of the Star Realm Judgment, suddenly stopped when they touched Chu Mochen's brow. She saw countless tiny chains entwined within the bloodshot veins of his eyes. Those were the restrictions personally planted by the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, and now they collided violently with his Candle Dragon bloodline, emitting a strange purple light.
The Pavilion Master's shadowy figure slowly emerged from the shattered gears of the Heavenly Dao. The chains of law wrapped around the old man shone with a cold metallic sheen. The gear suspended behind him was missing a corner—the very part that had been shattered by Yun Yao and Chu Mochen's combined efforts. "Ethereal Envoy, do you really think you can challenge the Heavenly Dao by rewriting the Fate Chart?" The Pavilion Master's voice was like sandpaper scraping against the ground. "Look at the Fate-Defying Person beside you. Can his essence even last three breaths?"
Chu Mochen suddenly knelt on one knee, his Ni Lin Blood Sword thrust into the ground for support. Black blood foam streamed from his throat, but a smile played at the corner of his mouth. "Yun Yao, don't listen to him. I snatched this life from the hands of Heaven..." Before he could finish his words, a chain pierced through his heart, pinning him to the stone wall behind him.
Yun Yao's pupils suddenly constricted. She saw that the chain was covered in ancient runes, each pattern identical to the Soul Jade Slip she had found in the Fallen Star Canyon. The System Lord (now the Astral Realm's Central Powers) suddenly issued a sharp alarm: "Degradation of the Origin of the Heavenly Dao has been detected! Chu Mochen's Fate-Defying Origin is collapsing at a rate of 37% per minute!"
"I've already made the conditions." The Pavilion Master raised his hand, and a translucent contract scroll appeared in the air. "If you voluntarily become the vessel for the core of the Heavenly Dao, I will remove the poison from his body." The words on the scroll shimmered with an alluring golden light. "Don't forget, the multiverse of Heavenly Dao you created is not yet stable enough. Your Earth..."
"Pavilion Master is quite skilled at manipulating people." Yun Yao suddenly chuckled, her fingertips forming complex spells within her sleeves. Binary code and cultivation runes intertwined into a web on the surface of her Chaos Dao foundation. "But you seem to have forgotten that I was a hacker before I traveled through time."
Chu Mochen looked up abruptly. He was all too familiar with Yun Yao's expression—a cunning glint would flicker in her eyes whenever she was about to plot against an enemy. But at this moment, he sensed an unprecedented resolve in her consciousness. "Yun Yao! Stop it!" He struggled to get up, but the Heavenly Dao Chains tightened around him even deeper.
The Pavilion Master's shadow swayed slightly, clearly sensing something was amiss. "Do you think stalling for time will help?" He raised his hand to activate the poison, but Yun Yao suddenly pressed the Void Jade between Chu Mochen's eyebrows, while simultaneously tapping her own heart with her other hand!
As blood splattered, time seemed to stand still. Yun Yao's astral origin power and Chu Mochen's Fate-Defying origin collided in the void, erupting in a dazzling burst of chaotic light. The System's voice was filled with unprecedented anxiety: "Warning! Forced resonance of the twin origins may cause space-time collapse!"
“So that’s how it is…” A crack appeared on the Pavilion Master’s shadow for the first time. “You’ve known for a long time that Chu Mochen’s origin as a fate-defying person is the same as your origin in the star realm!” He finally saw clearly that the cause and effect that Yun Yao had rewritten on the horoscope was not only a vow of coexistence and death, but also a forbidden technique that forcibly bound the two’s origins together!
Even as excruciating pain washed over her, Yun Yao laughed. She saw the shock and heartache in Chu Mochen's eyes, the raging Heavenly Dao poison within him as it began to devour the Pavilion Master's consciousness. It turned out she had discovered this secret during the fusion of memories in the Falling Star Canyon—a thousand years ago, when Zhu Yin and the Void Spirit Envoy tampered with the horoscope, they had already planted the seeds of reversal within each other's essences.
"We are two sides of the same coin." Yun Yao's voice spurted out, mingled with blood. "Do you think that by controlling him, you can control me?" She raised her hand and summoned the Chaos Fate Plate. The fates of the two people on it were intertwining at a speed visible to the naked eye. "Now, it's time to settle the accounts."
The Pavilion Master finally panicked. He tried to recall the Heavenly Dao Poison Seed, but discovered that the chains were being burned by Chu Mochen's Candle Dragon bloodline. Even more terrifying, Yun Yao's Chaos Dao Foundation began to absorb the backlash of the Heavenly Dao's essence. With each absorption, the astral patterns on her body became brighter.
"Impossible! This goes against the laws of nature!" The Pavilion Master's shadow began to disintegrate. "You are just ants..."
"We are those who defy fate." Chu Mochen suddenly broke free from his chains, and the inverse scale blood sword ignited with golden dragon flames. He grasped Yun Yao's bloodstained hand, and the power of their origins transformed into a beam of light that shot straight into the sky. "From the moment we were abandoned by the laws of nature, we no longer needed the laws' mercy."
Amidst the violent tremors, the space of the Taixu Immortal Realm began to distort. Yun Yao, observing the Pavilion Master's horrified expression, suddenly tossed the Void Spirit Jade into the air. The fragments of memory sealed within the jade transformed into streams of light, piecing together the Pavilion Master's true purpose in the void—not only did he intend to devour the essence of the small world, but he also attempted to use Yun Yao's astral essence to reshape the laws of nature, turning all living beings into his puppets!
"Is this the Heavenly Dao you desire?" Yun Yao's voice was as cold as ice. "Unfortunately, I want it to shatter in my hands."
The Chaos Fate Plate roared, and Chu Mochen's Fate-Defying Origin completely merged with Yun Yao's Star Origin. Beneath their feet, the remains of the Heavenly Dao Poison Seed were transforming into pure Chaos Spiritual Energy. The Pavilion Master's shadow, before this power, was like a candle in the wind.
"No——!" The Pavilion Master's screams echoed throughout the Taixu Immortal Realm, "I am the spokesperson for Heaven..."
"From the moment you attempted to control your fate, you were doomed to fail." Yun Yao and Chu Mochen raised their hands simultaneously, and the chaotic spiritual energy transformed into a giant palm, crushing the Pavilion Master's shadow into dust. At the last moment, she saw the Earth's coordinates on the Heavenly Dao gear begin to flicker. That was the place she must protect at all costs.
When the dust settled, Chu Mochen pulled Yun Yao into his arms. He could feel the essence of their two people forming a new cycle, the power of their intertwining being stronger than any other technique. "Don't take such risks next time," he said in a hoarse voice. "I will accompany you through this journey against the will of Heaven."
Yun Yao leaned on his shoulder, watching the Chaos Fate Wheel gradually take shape in her hand. Not only was their past engraved on it, but it also reflected countless possibilities for the future. The System's voice chimed in, "Detecting the completion of Origin Fusion, the new ability 'Twin Vision' has been unlocked, allowing for shared vision and perception..."
"It seems our journey has just begun." Yun Yao chuckled and looked up at the outside of Taixu Immortal Realm. There, the aura of the God Realm was stirring, and she and Chu Mochen were no longer pawns to be slaughtered.
Behind them, the shattered gears of the Heavenly Dao began to reassemble, but no longer under the Pavilion Master's control. A new Heavenly Dao was brewing, carrying the tolerance of the Star Realm's origins and the unruly spirit of those who defied fate—this was the world Yun Yao and Chu Mochen desired.