Chapter 1914: Chapter 1910: Controlling Chang Yi
Ye Fan also indeed wants to know who among the women around him is truly the chosen one.
Although this chosen one will rely on his power to save the heavenly tribulation, she must also possess a formidable power that can complement his, enabling his cultivation to potentially reach higher heights, thereby allowing him to contend with ancient powers, and perhaps even unify the entire cultivation world after the heavenly tribulation.
"I’m handing the person over to you now; after one day in the Pan Gu Secret Realm, I will personally come to ask for her back. This is your final opportunity; if you cannot take good care of her, I will show you the consequences!" Ye Fan said and implanted a considerable amount of surveillance power in Xi He before leaving.
Even though Xi He knew she was under Ye Fan’s strict monitoring, she couldn’t struggle, as she knew that gaining Ye Fan’s trust was most important now. As for verifying whether Tantai Wanrong is the chosen one, it would require some time, but in her view, it’s almost certain Tantai Wanrong is the chosen one.
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Another with nearly the same thoughts as Xi He is Chang Yi.
However, Chang Yi isn’t testing Tantai Wanrong but Mo Xiaoyan. After capturing Mo Xiaoyan, Chang Yi launched a days-long spiritual attack against her, using methods far from gentle. After the assault, she discovered Mo Xiaoyan’s mysterious powers were even more terrifying than she imagined.
The more Mo Xiaoyan showed her strength, the more excited Chang Yi became, as it implied Mo Xiaoyan could indeed be the final chosen one.
Just as Chang Yi thought the final result was imminent, someone arrived to shatter her illusion — it was Nuwa.
When Nuwa appeared before Chang Yi, she even considered fleeing, but realized she was merely an ordinary cultivator compared to Nuwa, who could easily kill her.
"Lady Nuwa, why are you here?" Chang Yi tried to appear calm, but the tension in her heart had completely betrayed her.
Nuwa scrutinized Chang Yi, then closed her eyes to sense the spiritual illusion created by Chang Yi, and said helplessly, "I didn’t expect you to be so disappointing; I thought you’d learned your lesson before, yet now you still think you can challenge the power of humanity’s rise... Why are you contending with a mere human girl?"
Chang Yi’s face showed doubt, "Lady Nuwa, should you be saying this? You can’t possibly not know what I’m doing here? You wouldn’t be a substitute, right?"
At this time, everyone in the cultivation world knew Nuwa would create her avatars, which were indistinguishable from the real one. Hearing Nuwa’s words, Chang Yi’s heart rekindled with hope; she thought that as long as the Nuwa before her was an avatar, she could continue with her plan without being subdued.
But unfortunately, the Nuwa before her was not an avatar; when Chang Yi attempted a move, she was quickly subdued by Nuwa with a single simple maneuver.
"Not only disappointing but also arrogant, doing everything with self-assumed confidence, is this what you should be doing? How dare you challenge my authority?" Nuwa’s face showed some anger, but she soon released the controlled Chang Yi, saying, "Perhaps I did some things wrong in the past, leading you to question my motives; then consider it a problem in the way I handle things."
Nuwa unexpectedly admitted her mistake, making Chang Yi somewhat skeptical about whether this was truly Nuwa’s character.
From Chang Yi’s understanding, Nuwa is an absolutely self-willed woman, as evidenced by many previous events. Chang Yi thought, "Could this really be Nuwa’s avatar, just that this avatar has cultivated longer and hence has higher cultivation than me?"
Chang Yi said, "Lady Nuwa, I wasn’t trying to overestimate my abilities by contending with Ye Fan, I just wanted to know who the chosen one is."
"What significant relevance does the chosen one have to you? Do you need to do things that make me feel foolish, making me look down on you?" Nuwa said with a cold smile.
Chang Yi’s face was quite embarrassed, wanting to take the captured Mo Xiaoyan and leave, she said, "I understand, Lady Nuwa, due to restrictions from ancient order, you can’t act against Ye Fan and the women around him. So why not let us do it? Didn’t you also previously allow Emperor Jun and others to confront Ye Fan? What I’m doing now is actually assisting you, Lady Nuwa; why are you criticizing me?"
"Fool!" Nuwa slapped Chang Yi’s face, making her resemble an ordinary human woman, marked with several red welts, each one painfully sharp.
"Ah... what is... what’s happening?" With her cultivation, Chang Yi hadn’t experienced human-like pain in a long time.
Nuwa said, "This is the feeling of pain, and I feel some heartache for you. I thought you were promising, but you’re also such an unpromising little girl; it seems I shouldn’t have spared you initially, or perhaps should have directly killed you. You’re so self-willed, attempting to unravel the ancient tribulation affairs; I suspect you even have ambitions to replace me?"
"No, I don’t," Chang Yi defended.
"You don’t? Hmm, I’ve long seen it; actually, you’ve been secretly colluding with some ancient cultivators, besides Xi He, surely it’s Xuan Nu and Lei Zu too. These people have been opposing me constantly; I haven’t killed them, not because I’m merciful, but because the time for killing them hasn’t come yet. Now, if I decide to kill you alongside them, do you think you’d have a chance to resist?" Nuwa said.
Chang Yi replied, "Lady Nuwa, what are you talking about? I’m only trying to help find the chosen one; why would you want to kill me? I’m maintaining the ancient cultivators’ order. Even if it doesn’t align with your intentions, I’m at least following Pan Gu’s instructions."
"Don’t mention Pan Gu to me; you’re not qualified!" Nuwa said, "Starting now, the woman you kidnapped is mine, you are also mine; I will use you both to bait Ye Fan. Before the tribulation arrives, I don’t need to know who the chosen one is, I just need to kill Ye Fan. As for the supposed ancient cultivation order, it can no longer pose any threat to me. From now on, you’re merely my servants!"
As she spoke, Nuwa attacked Chang Yi with a force that, despite Chang Yi’s attempt to evade, ultimately couldn’t escape, and the force directly entered her Qi Sea.
"What is this, so painful!" Chang Yi exclaimed.
"This is the power to control you; with this power in you, you shall forever obey my will. This is even more effective than the Blood Oath!" Nuwa declared.
