usatvline Chapter 921: Illusion in the Mirror
Chapter 921: Illusion in the Mirror
The moment a drop of blood from Yun Yao's fingertips landed on the surface of the Void Mirror, strange ripples suddenly appeared across the entire bronze mirror. The mirrored world was like a lake upon which a boulder had been dropped, its layers of scenery beginning to distort. In a trance, she heard countless voices whispering in her ears, their voices filled with fear and sorrow, each a desperate cry from her near death after countless reincarnations.
"Chu Mochen!" In the mirror, her new self, a cultivator, was being pushed into the demonic lair by Liu Yan'er, her desperate cries overlapping with the present scene. Yun Yao's pupils constricted as she saw the sky in the mirrored world crack open, countless streams of primordial purple energy pouring down. In the center of the purple energy, a golden compass, identical to the mark between her eyebrows, hovered—it was clearly the primordial destiny disk she had brought with her when she traveled through time.
"Be careful!" Chu Mochen suddenly pulled her back. A black chain instantly pierced the spot where she had been standing. Wrapped around the end of the chain was a pale hand covered in rotting wounds. The gray-robed man in the mirror slowly raised his head. Black mist flowed from his hollow eye sockets. The corners of his mouth were torn to his ears, revealing his sharp white fangs. "Yun Yao, do you think you can find my true form by breaking through the mirror world? How naive!"
Before she finished speaking, the entire mirror began to vibrate wildly, the images shifting like a kaleidoscope. Yun Yao saw herself in one reincarnation, becoming a demonic leader in the world of cultivation, slain by Chu Mochen himself. In another time and space, she and Chu Mochen, both now gray-haired, were reduced to dust by the power of the Void Heavenly Dao. These images, like sharp blades, constantly sliced at her mind, causing her to ache.
"Don't be fooled by illusions!" Chu Mochen's voice carried the majesty of a god of war. Twelve pairs of wings unfolded behind him, and golden light dispelled some of the black mist. The Guardian's Oath Sword in his hand burst into dazzling light and slashed towards the mirror, but the moment it touched the mirror, it was swallowed up and turned into a wisp of green smoke.
Yun Yao took a deep breath, forcibly gathering the primordial purple energy. She remembered her mother's words, saying that the power of primordial might illuminate the essence of all things. As the purple energy flowed into her palm, the mirrored world began to lose its illusory hues, revealing the truth hidden deep within. At the bottom of the mirrored world, countless cultivators were bound in chains, their life force constantly being drained and injected into the gray-robed man. Among those cultivators were Xiao Cui, Liu Yan'er, and even her father, the Lord of Heaven!
"So you have been hiding in the mirror world and devouring lives!" Yun Yao shouted angrily, condensing the law of heaven in her hands, "I will never let you succeed!" However, just as she was about to launch an attack, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in the mirror - it was herself who had not yet awakened her memory, the princess who was bullied by everyone when she first crossed over.
"Yun Yao, do you really think you can change your fate?" The princess in the mirror smiled miserably, with a bloody dagger stuck in her chest. "Look around you, everything is a pawn of the void of heaven. Chu Mochen is, Liu Yan'er is, even your parents..." Before she finished speaking, her body turned into ashes and dissipated in the mirror.
Chu Mochen's face instantly turned pale as he felt his Half-Step Dao Body begin to tremble violently. The voice of the Void Heavenly Dao echoed again, "So what if you're a God of War? You think you can bear the power of rules, but you don't know that this power is a trap I set for Yun Yao! Every time she saves you, she's one step closer to destruction!"
Yun Yao's mind suddenly flashed through images of thousands of reincarnations. She saw that at the final moment of each reincarnation, she would burst forth with immense power due to Chu Mochen's death, and this power would be secretly absorbed by the Void Heavenly Dao. It turned out that her self-righteous salvation was actually a conspiracy of the enemy.
"No! Impossible!" Yun Yao stumbled back, her eyes filled with disbelief. Chu Mochen immediately supported her, his eyes burning with anger. "Yao'er, don't listen to his nonsense! Even if it's a trap, I'm willing to accept it!" He pressed the War God Jade Pendant tightly to his chest, and the twelve pairs of battle wings radiated an even brighter light than before. "Today, I will shatter this illusion!"
At this moment, the scene in the mirror reversed once again. Yun Yao witnessed the young Lord of Heaven and the Grandmother of Hongmeng joining forces to seal the Void Heavenly Dao within the Void Mirror. But at the moment of sealing, a remnant of the Void Heavenly Dao's soul quietly entered her body, transforming into the so-called "karma seed." To completely destroy the Void Heavenly Dao, her father was forced to banish her to the mortal world, where she would undergo the cycle of reincarnation and search for a way out.
"Father..." Yun Yao muttered, tears blurring her vision. She finally understood that those seemingly cruel arrangements of fate were actually the result of her father's deepest love. Now, she would never let her father's sacrifice be in vain.
"Chu Mochen, let's do it together!" Yun Yao held his hand tightly, integrating the Hongmeng purple energy, the anti-heaven law and the law of willpower into one, "This time, we must not only rescue the trapped people, but also completely destroy the void heaven!" Chu Mochen nodded, the power of the god of war and her power perfectly matched, forming a huge golden vortex around the two of them.
The moment the vortex collided with the Void Mirror, the entire space began to collapse. The gray-robed man let out a shrill scream, his body gradually becoming transparent under the powerful impact. However, just when everyone thought victory was certain, the Void Mirror suddenly burst into a dazzling black light, sucking Yun Yao and Chu Mochen into it.
When she opened her eyes again, Yun Yao found herself in a chaotic space. There was no up, down, left, or right, only endless darkness and floating points of light. Chu Mochen was right beside her, separated by a black barrier. "Yao'er, don't come over! This is the final trap of the Void Heavenly Dao!" he shouted, his sword repeatedly slashing at the barrier, but to no avail.
The voice of the Void Heavenly Dao echoed from all directions: "Yun Yao, do you think you can win by breaking the mirror world? This is my origin, and you will never leave!" As the voice fell, countless black tentacles stretched out from the darkness and wrapped around Yun Yao's limbs. She could feel her power being rapidly drained away.
At this critical moment, Yun Yao suddenly remembered the System Master (the Heavenly Dao Compass)'s words: the small world she had created in the cultivation world might be the key to breaking through. Enduring the excruciating pain, she summoned the phantom of the Yunlan Realm from her sea of consciousness. To her surprise, the Yunlan Realm spontaneously absorbed the surrounding chaotic energy and began to expand.
"So that's how it is!" A glint flashed in Yun Yao's eyes. "The power of chaos, like Hongmeng and the Void, is the origin of the universe!" She immediately infused the power of the Yunlan Realm into herself, and the previously suppressed power of the law instantly erupted. The black tentacles shattered under the powerful force, and the Void Heavenly Dao roared in terror.
Chu Mochen seized the opportunity, transforming the power of the God of War into a golden beam of light, shattering the barrier between them. He flew to Yun Yao's side, and the two exchanged glances before simultaneously gathering all their strength into their fingertips, shooting it towards the deepest darkness. A flash of light passed, and the chaotic space began to disintegrate, revealing the true form of the Void Heavenly Dao—a constantly twisting and distorting mass of black mist.
"Impossible! How could you possibly..." Void Heaven's voice was filled with fear. Yun Yao sneered, "Nothing is impossible. You thought you could succeed by calculating your reincarnations ten thousand times, but you forgot that the power of the human heart cannot be calculated." With that, she threw out the core of the Yunlan Realm, merging it with Chu Mochen's power to form a massive vortex of laws.
The black mist struggled in the vortex, unable to escape its fate of being swallowed. With a final scream, the Void Heavenly Dao completely dissipated. The chaotic space returned to calm, and Yun Yao and Chu Mochen stood in each other's arms. "We did it." Yun Yao leaned on his shoulder, tears streaming down her face. "Father, Mother, did you see this?"
Behind them, the chaotic space began to reshape, forming a brand new world. Yun Yao knew that this was the new law of heaven, a fusion of the forces of primordial chaos, nothingness, and chaos. She and Chu Mochen would serve as the guardians of this new world, continuing to write their own legend.
When the two returned to the real world, the Void Mirror had vanished, replaced by a lake radiating a peaceful glow. Near the lake, Xiao Cui, Liu Yan'er, and the others waited anxiously. Seeing them return safely, everyone cheered.
"Empress!" Xiao Cui rushed forward, tears streaming down her face. "We all thought..." Yun Yao smiled and hugged her. "Don't worry, everything is over." She turned to look at Liu Yan'er, who turned her face away and whispered, "Don't get me wrong, I just came to see the fun." But the concern in her eyes could not be concealed.
Chu Mochen held Yun Yao's hand and whispered, "Next, we should visit the Origin Divine Realm." Yun Yao nodded and gazed into the distance. She knew this wasn't the end, but a new beginning. On this journey to protect the Way of Heaven and all living things, she and Chu Mochen would walk hand in hand, forever.