Chapter 545 - 238: Self-Destruction
Losing his ’anchor’ caused his Heart Realm to shift rapidly.
In the end, he decided to venture out of this Great Abyss and take a look!
No matter what, he couldn’t just stay in one place and wait to die!
So he began to fly aimlessly, picking a direction and flying nonstop.
In his already blurred Perception of time, a day passed, then two, then three...
Months passed, but the entire World seemed to remain completely unchanged.
He was still above the Great Abyss.
He couldn’t imagine just how vast this Great Abyss was.
’Or is it that, for some reason, I can’t truly leave this Great Abyss?’
In any case, the surrounding scenery seemed as if it hadn’t changed at all.
The stars high above were the same as ever.
Qin Fang’s eyes grew bloodshot, hinting at a burgeoning madness...
He raised his head and looked at the sky.
’If I can’t fly out horizontally, I’ll try going up!’
Without a moment’s hesitation, he began to fly straight up.
The Gang Wind began to appear.
But his Body Protection True Gang was far too strong to be shaken by this Gang Wind.
It didn’t even cause a tremor in his Abyss Water Armor.
But, the higher he flew, the stronger the Gang Wind became.
Eventually, his ears were filled with nothing but the violent HOWL of the wind.
This already surpassed the suction of the great fish from that day!
The Gang Wind grew even more violent. His twisting Abyss Water Armor began to sway, and cracks appeared with a CRACKLE.
He circulated his True Gang to constantly repair it, eyes bloodshot as he continued to fly upward.
But the higher he flew, the greater the resistance. Even shielded within his True Gang, he gradually seemed to freeze in place, his ascent slowing to a crawl.
A crazed look appeared in his eyes. The Abyss Water Armor finally gave way and began to shatter. Even though he continuously channeled his True Gang to restore it, he couldn’t keep up with the speed at which it was breaking...
Horrifying wounds began to appear on Qin Fang’s body, instantly leaving countless gashes deep enough to see bone!
Blood gushed out!
Waves of stabbing pain washed over him.
Qin Fang suddenly jolted, snapping back to his senses!
’What am I doing?!’
As Qin Fang snapped back to reality, his blood-red eyes instantly cleared.
Hearing the utterly violent howl of the wind, a flash of horror crossed his eyes. Without a moment’s hesitation, he plummeted downward.
Cold sweat poured down his back!
’It’s like I was just being controlled by some kind of frenzied, self-destructive impulse!’
’So crazed that I’d rather die than stop charging upward?’
’Is this a fit of madness from the frenzy I’ve accumulated over such a long time?’
’Or... is some mysterious power interfering with me?’
Qin Fang’s clear eyes immediately grew muddled again.
He was in immense danger.
The prolonged, accumulated despair had brought his Spirit to the verge of collapse!
...It was a state similar to being too deeply immersed when practicing the Spiritual Sense Leaf Skill!
And the Spiritual Sense Leaf Skill, to be blunt, was just a Martial Artist’s own spiritual World, one they could become overly obsessed with.
But now, Qin Fang was truly trapped in a desperate, bizarre World.
He had no path to the heavens, no door into the earth!
...This was far more dangerous than being immersed in one’s own spiritual World!
Just as Qin Fang’s consciousness was about to collapse.
Suddenly, he felt a faint stir in his Sea of Consciousness.
This sudden, unusual stir made his Spirit, which had been spiraling into self-doubt and collapse, pause for a moment. He subconsciously ’looked’ toward it.
And the next moment...
WHOOSH!~
A fierce wind surged. Stunned, Qin Fang looked up to see a beam of rainbow light shining down from the starry sky...
That was...
"Guiding Rainbow Bridge?!"
Qin Fang’s eyes suddenly brightened.
In the next instant, he was enveloped by the rainbow light.
Amidst a burst of brilliant starlight, the Rainbow Bridge suddenly retracted.
And with that, Qin Fang vanished from above the Great Abyss...
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𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
A brilliant cascade of starlight suddenly surged and fell with a thunderous boom onto the plaza before the main hall of the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect.
The sudden commotion startled many people.
Some disciples flying through the air instinctively looked over.
’What is that?’
Their eyes were filled with confusion.
Just then, several streaks of light suddenly appeared high above the Sect, all flying toward the main hall!
’Is that... the Sect Leader?’
’And the other Hall Masters?’
One disciple was astonished.
In the next instant, several figures appeared above the main hall, all looking up at the sky.
"There’s no mistake. That’s the guiding rainbow light from the Secret Realm."
Sect Master Xuan Qiong’s eyes were bright. He let out a long breath. "Linyuan must be back."
Yue Guiyuan was also there. He looked up, his brow tightly furrowed and his fists clenched, unable to hide the anxiety in his eyes.
"Linyuan has been gone for... almost six years now, hasn’t he?"
Nine Hell Hall Master Xing Wu’s deep voice rang out, his brow furrowed. "The others who went in with him came out one by one. The longest anyone else took was a year... He’s the only one left in the Secret Realm now... It must be him."
"He actually spent six years in there... His record is now the longest our Sect has for time spent in the Secret Realm," Jinghong Hall Master Han Lingxiao said with a tightly furrowed brow.
After that, they said no more and waited patiently.
Not long after, a sudden gust of wind descended. Within the rainbow light, a ball of Profound Light appeared, landing with a boom in the blink of an eye.
Looking again, a figure could be seen standing within the Profound Light!
The man’s eyes were shut tight, his expression one of agony, and his body was covered in wounds!
"Linyuan!"
Yue Guiyuan’s expression changed instantly. In a flash, he was inside the rainbow light, catching Qin Fang.
At that same moment, the rainbow light dissipated with a whoosh.
Qin Fang was finally, fully revealed on the plaza before the main hall.