Chapter 1348: Chapter 1343: Free and Easy in the Mortal World (Grand Finale)_3
Shi Xiaole looked at the other party and sighed.
Qi Muchu laughed heartily, "Brother Shi, as a rare genius of a million generations, you are worthy of knowing my true name. I am Qi Muchu; however, the one from the South Sea was merely a soul form of mine."
The figure before him was indeed the former top talent of the South Sea, Qi Muchu, but soon he transformed into Dao Jisheng, who had betrayed the East Victory world, and then into a third person, a fourth person... finally, he changed back into Qi Muchu.
"Soul Separation!"
Shi Xuanzhong’s expression turned grave.
He had considered this path before but ultimately did not choose it, because "Soul Separation" was even more difficult and dangerous than the Dividing Body Technique.
The soul is where the essence of a Supreme Lord resides; any error in any fragment could lead to the soul’s incompleteness, making it unable to reunite. In other words, if one avatar encountered trouble, it could completely ruin the path ahead!
Unlike the Dividing Body Technique, which at worst could harm one’s aptitude.
At that time, Shi Xuanzhong was facing threats from both within and without, and he simply did not have the time to continue his research. Otherwise, he might have taken this path as well.
"Why, with your strength, didn’t you make a move in the second Cosmic War? With just a little trick, you could have overturned East Victory. Why didn’t you act?"
Shi Xiaole asked the question he most wanted to know.
"Brother Shi, oh Brother Shi, although I am from the Ming Ancient World, at our heights, we no longer need to be confined to regional distinctions. Whether the Ming Ancient World wins or loses, what does it have to do with me? Of course, I was indeed the one who secretly orchestrated the invasion of the fifteen worlds."
Qi Muchu smiled faintly, "Years ago, I reached the end of my path, only a half step away from breaking through the void. But this half step, I just could not take. I wanted to experience a broader sky, to roam a more splendid universe, how could I be constrained here!"
"Later, I learned that to break through the void, in addition to supreme talent and effort, one also needs to gather the fortune of this universe. So I set up this plan, creating a chain of killings across the sixteen worlds and fully utilizing the cyclical rules of heaven and earth, drawing on the essence of myriads of living beings into a furnace, to aid my transformation and ascension!"
Qi Muchu’s face was etched with intense fanaticism and longing, almost unable to resist sharing his joy, "Brother Shi, do you believe it? Every so often, the sixteen worlds will experience a catastrophe, and almost all of them were orchestrated by me. Ordinary people have to die, martial artists have to die, and those Supreme Lords have to die even more so."
"Of course, most importantly are you few at the Semi-Broken Level. Only you are the essential part of the essence of heaven and earth. Otherwise, why would I have tolerated your survival for so long?"
Beigong Shiling scolded furiously, "Just for your own selfish desires, you are so vicious!"
Qi Muchu laughed heartily, "The Way of Heaven is unkind, treating all living creatures as straw dogs. This world inherently has no true good or evil, only victory or defeat, life or death. Brother Shi, I just need to kill the four of you, and I can take the final half step; thank you!"
As soon as his words fell, Qi Muchu thrust out with his spear, its gleam like thousands of dragons and snakes, churning the endless void to the verge of collapse. He had clearly mastered the Way of Supreme Power.
Shi Xiaole and his companions rushed up frantically, merging six kinds of Supreme Great Path into one, colliding fiercely with the spear light.
Boom!
The endless void cracked open on a large scale, with divine light spilling out, which was the universe of another dimension.
The battle between the five of them made heaven and earth dark, and many times they almost managed together to break through the void. But always at the critical moment, a powerful force would repair it.
Fifty years later.
"Grandfather, Father!"
Amidst the loud cries, a powerful sword-wielder clad in white joined the fray; he was Shi Wuyou, who had returned from the mortal world. Many years earlier, Shi Wuyou had entered other worlds and likewise, through his efforts, condensed the Supreme Sword Way.
Waves of Great Path sounds echoed through the vast universe, and the six unleashed their techniques, with the residual effects of their battle making the myriad paths retreat. Then, they fought for another hundred years.
Suddenly, Shi Xiaole smiled, "Qi Muchu, you’ve lost."
In the distance, two more figures at the Semi-Broken Level flashed forward, both identical to Shi Xiaole, and each of them also mastered three kinds of Supreme Great Path.
"Dividing Body Technique, impossible!"
Qi Muchu’s face drastically changed, exclaiming, "Even if it’s the Dividing Body Technique, if they grasp the Supreme Path, I couldn’t possibly be unaware... wait, it’s the Soul Fragmentation Technique!"
Only the Soul Fragmentation Technique allowed for sharing the Supreme Great Path, avoiding the need for a second calamitous battle for ascension, by merely continuing to complete their realms.
Shi Xiaole said, "Your schemes for thousands of generations have ultimately come to naught."
With his three forms uniting, Shi Xiaole’s crown chakra opened up, merging force and soul, his qi nourishing all around him, forming three internal microcosmic orbits.
Endless spiritual essence swallowed Shi Xiaole like a surging river, causing his power to spike instantaneously, overwhelming Qi Muchu.
As Shi Xiaole delivered three
strokes of his sword, Qi Muchu was slashed into scattered motes of energy, permeating the universe.
"Lost..."
A murmur laden with pain and regret abruptly ceased.
Without much effort, Shi Xiaole summoned a sleeping figure from the distant void, the Holy Empress who had protected East Victory with her life years ago.
Only a wisp of her soul strength remained, maintained by Shi Xuanzhong in the depths of the void, stabilized by the Supreme Realm.
Shi Xiaole reached out his hand to touch the crown of the Holy Empress’s head. Under the nourishment of the Supreme Path of Life and Death, the soul strength of the Holy Empress grew continuously, until fully restored.
"Xuanzhong, Lele, you..."
Upon awakening, the Holy Empress incredulously beheld everything.
