usatvline Chapter 935: Spacetime Hunter
Chapter 935: Spacetime Hunter
Yun Yao's fingertips traced the spiderweb-like cracks at the core of the Lan Realm. A cool, chaotic aura crept up along her fingertips, leaving fine traces of frost on her fair skin. Chu Mochen suddenly grasped her wrist, his dark robe rustling as twelve pairs of battle wings unfolded behind him. The golden lines were interspersed with strands of dark purple—a sign of the erosion of the remaining power of the Void Heavenly Dao.
"Don't touch it!" Chu Mochen's voice was as cold and hard as metal. The power of the God of War in his palm transformed into chains, wrapping around the crack. However, the moment it touched the chaotic aura, a sharp burning sound was emitted. Yun Yao's pupils shrank slightly. She clearly saw a familiar red rune flashing in the depths of the crack. It was the ancient restriction that appeared in the quest reward when she first met the System Lord in the cultivation world.
At that moment, a blinding golden light suddenly erupted from the cracks, and ten figures, shrouded in shattered fragments of time and space, descended. The leader wore gilded armor, but the aura beneath his mask made Yun Yao's blood freeze—the faint scent of sandalwood, and the jade gourd swaying at his waist, clearly belonged to Ah Qi, the little beggar she had saved with half a steamed bun in her first reincarnation.
"Lord Yun Yao, it's been a long time." Ah Qi took off his helmet, his once clear eyes now covered with a layer of cold glass. He raised his hand, and the space around Yun Yao and Chu Mochen cracked inch by inch. "The Three Thousand God Realms Bounty Order says that your power of creation is worth 990,000 Hongmeng purple qi, enough to buy the entire lower-level God Realm."
Chu Mochen's sword was already unsheathed, its ringing resounding enough to shake the very air. But as the nine figures behind Ah Qi simultaneously formed seals, a dark golden cage descended from the sky, suppressing his war god power to a mere tenth of its original strength. Yun Yao felt the primordial purple energy within her body surge wildly, as if it had encountered a natural enemy. She suddenly remembered what the System Lord had said: the laws of the divine realm naturally restrained the newly born power of the Heavenly Dao.
"I see." Yun Yao chuckled suddenly, her fingertips tracing the Heavenly Dao compass at her waist. The moment they touched it, her pupils constricted. The surface of the compass was covered in fine cracks, and the once-flowing primordial purple energy had now transformed into an eerie gray-black. Seeing this, Ah Qi's eyes flashed with surprise, then a determined smile appeared. "As expected of a being capable of creating small worlds, you've actually noticed this? This is the 'Heavenly Dao Shackle' custom-made for you by the Void Heavenly Dao. As long as you use the power of creation, you will..."
Before she finished her words, Yun Yao suddenly raised her hand, and a blood-red talisman flew out from her sleeve. It was the "Karma-Reversing Fate Talisman" she had forged in the Hongmeng Secret Realm, drawing on the memories of her countless reincarnations. The moment the talisman exploded in the air, the nine people behind Ah Qi simultaneously clutched their chests, black blood oozing from their mouths—they were all puppets crafted from a fragment of Yun Yao's soul!
"Impossible!" Ah Qi stumbled back, fear etched in his glazed eyes for the first time. "Your soul has clearly..." His words were cut short as Yun Yao advanced, the Anti-Heavenly Dao in her palm transforming into chains that pierced his chest. However, at that moment, something strange happened—a dazzling golden light erupted from Ah Qi's body, and a token inscribed with the words "Inspector" levitated. The patterns on the token's surface mimicked the cracks on Yun Yao's Heavenly Dao Compass.
"Yun Yao, do you think that killing me can solve the problem?" Ah Qi's face began to twist, and his body swelled rapidly. "I'm just a discarded pawn. The real killer move..." His voice was drowned out by a loud noise. The entire Lan Realm suddenly shook violently. Countless cracks appeared in the sky, and countless figures in black robes stepped out. The longbows in their hands were shining with a faint blue light, and the arrows were pointing at Yun Yao and Chu Mochen.
Chu Mochen suddenly protected Yun Yao behind him, and his battle wings turned completely dark purple. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's the 'Sun Chaser' among the Spacetime Hunters! Their arrows can lock onto the target's original laws. Once hit..." His words were interrupted by the sound of breaking air. Seven arrows pierced his shoulders almost at the same time. Dark purple blood dripped onto the ground, corroding a bottomless pit.
Yun Yao felt her consciousness blurring. The Sun Chaser's arrows were imbued with a soul-devouring power. In the nick of time, she suddenly remembered the wooden box Liu Yan'er had given her. The moment the box opened, a warm light enveloped her—and inside was not the manuscript of the novel, but a crystal teardrop, emitting the familiar scent of sandalwood.
"This is..." Yun Yao's memories came flooding back like a tide. In a certain reincarnation, the seriously injured Chu Mochen once said, "If one day you are in desperate situation, open the peach tree I planted for you..." She trembled and pressed the tears to her heart. In an instant, all the arrows made shrill wail sounds, and the Sun Chasers covered their ears and screamed in pain.
"Impossible! These are the Tears of the God of War. How could you..." Ah Qi's body began to become transparent, finally realizing he had underestimated the bond between the lovers. Yun Yao stood up, a light shrouded in love and faith. She raised her hand and summoned the Heavenly Dao Compass. The cracks on the compass disappeared, revealing a new pattern—the "Way of Protection" that fused the Law of Willpower.
"Do you think you can easily take everything from me?" Yun Yao's voice was filled with unprecedented majesty. The compass transformed into a giant golden wheel and hovered in the air. "I have come this far from being a useless princess in the world of cultivation. I have experienced countless reincarnations and lost my closest friends. But it is these things that have made me understand that true power does not come from heaven, but from the determination to protect!"
As the giant wheel spun, every cultivator in the Lan Realm felt a warm energy infuse their bodies. They spontaneously condensed the power of their faith, forming a brilliant curtain of light in the sky. Ah Qi and the Sun Chasers retreated within this curtain of light, their divine laws as fragile as paper before the power of their will.
Just when Ah Qi was about to be completely annihilated, he suddenly threw out a jade slip and sneered: "Yun Yao, even if you win this time, so what? Do you think the war among the three thousand divine realms is just for the Hongmeng Purple Qi? Look at this, your high and mighty father is the one who..." The jade slip suddenly exploded when it flew in front of Yun Yao, and countless pictures flooded into her sea of consciousness - the scene of the secret conversation between the Lord of Heaven and the Void Heaven, and the cage that imprisoned the mysterious existence deep in the Origin Divine Realm.
Chu Mochen grabbed Yun Yao's shaky body, his own face pale from his injuries. "Yao'er, don't believe his lies!" Yun Yao stared intently at the gradually dissipating crack in the sky, a glint of determination in her eyes. "No, I trust my own judgment. Mochen, get ready, we're going to the Origin God Realm. This time, I want to uncover all the truth myself."
The cultivators of the Lan Realm shouted in unison, expressing their willingness to follow Yun Yao and Chu Mochen and face the unknown challenges together. Meanwhile, on the other side of the rift, the shadow of the Void Heavenly Dao loomed. His gaze on Yun Yao was filled with both anger and a subtle hint of expectation: "Daughter of Hongmeng, I hope you won't let me down..."
Yun Yao gripped Chu Mochen's hand tightly, feeling the warmth of his palm. She knew that even more brutal challenges awaited them ahead, but as long as they were together, no difficulty would be insurmountable. After all, their story, which had begun in the royal palace of the cultivation world, would never end.