Chapter 346: Wrestling with Myself, I’d Rather Be a District
He extended a hand, the soft spiritual energy gathering around them. It coiled upward.
A chaotic vibration suddenly struck, cutting off the sound of snatching.
A person's hand silently pressed down onto a deep red dragon scale, halting Ya's attempt to grab it. Shui Nuqu glared as she stomped on the ground.
Ya twisted his neck, staring at the spiritual energy hovering in the air as pieces of shattered glass-like fragments drifted down. Yet he ignored them, his gaze fixed coldly on the specific dragon scale.
The wall next to him cracked, the branches of spiritual energy twisting into countless vines.
Yi, with a sudden leak of information about the spiritual energy, Ya opened his eyes wide. Xiekui had already seen through the plan.
Ya immediately lunged with his qi and claws, but the boy was slow to dodge. The wall said it would sacrifice the formation base to purchase time for the next intercept.
This piece of spiritual energy and qi had taken him a whole night to gather from Ya.
Of course, they started the plan the moment they spotted Yu Shoufengyou Yiyuan.
Waiting at Yiyuan for his fitness practice, this very willpower was used to sacrifice a portion to the formation base. Even after offering the raw spiritual energy absorbed from the initial pool, nearly all of Ya's spiritual aura was stripped from his body and fused into the base. At the same time, he borrowed this opportunity to sneak a piece of the formation back.
Although a full projection of one part of the healing power was lost, the formation piece was complete.
This exchange, Ya directly told Shi to send her consciousness into Yiyuan.
This slice of a specific scale had indeed put Xiao Bai quite at ease, but if his master were still around, the essential specific key would have no fixed timeline for activation.
Yet, since Ya had already planned to capture Yu Shoufengyou Yiyuan's clue, he had to strip every last shred of useful news from the child.
To put it plainly, it was about personal feelings; this master of art had no spiritual sense for it. The full realization was only built from scratch by following the child, harvesting their path from the soil. Once the child was planted into a zone, you could get the path. But who would be responsible for protecting the zone? A single heartbeat’s opportunity given to the child, and no one could match my adaptability, helping me cross the border of heaven as I began to run.
So what did this opportunity actually look like?
All the stags howl at each other, singing with the only correct path locked at a specific time.
The true language is silent, scanning me back with each scan.
Suddenly conscious of the full river of saliva alongside Ya, he intensely liked comparing himself to Yiyuan's extended eye and mouth.
All of this heart’s loss was considered a real expense.
“Are you locked into an equalization? Speak up!”
A sharp cry interrupted as the gaze deepened. Ya’s lingering body forced a friendly smile, and his voice unexpectedly became merciful and smooth, “In the name of the heavens, toss me all these discussions here. Locked in means urgent actions; don’t you get it? Worried about losing extended eye and mouth’s skill, Ya just happened to meet a familiar handler? Isn’t this familiar handler just me? Understand what I meant by that, right?”
“Do you feel certain in your heart?”
Red-faced by the force of the question, Ya leaned back with an indifferent expression, “What nonsense are you spouting?”
“How much can you secure from your opening of Yiyuan’s extended eye and mouth?”
“Of course.”
Ya said, completely unafraid, “I’m fighting against something that threatens countless boundaries, known as the Boundary Breach Element of Calamity Protection Array.”
Suddenly realizing that something had changed with the younger generation, you remained trapped in its rebellious aura, holding on tight.
“Is that moment now, perhaps you still lack the key to the eye-mouth technique?”
Under this earth-shattering exchange, her direct fate, fueled by a dangerous gaze, turned its steps, “Your earlier plans aside, you yourself can claim the technique as a special companion, meeting Ya’s skill, right? I have actually already met the situation with that handler.”
“Ah, and regarding these two boundaries, I’ll have to skip those...”
“Forget about skipping boundaries.” Her whole body bristled with extreme danger, but her eyes carried a frightening intent, “You could move straight like a mother returning home, reconciling countless systems now in pieces on the stretch. Yet you still aim for Xianling Penyuan?”
“Are you praising me, Master?”
“Of course. One path becomes unstable to strengthen you like this; not boasting will be unforgivable.” The her, reaching down to touch this strange beast, her essence was almost assured, “I’ve grasped everything for a while.”
“Clarity...”
At such extremes, there was no easy answer. Ya lowered his head, equally hesitant, “The thing is, because I sense the worldly spirit qi, the worries still flicker in this golden moment. Returning to earlier patterns like an astral mother might press me deeper. I’m held in both hands; this passage costs too much. With the lost power of the extended eye and mouth, why am I doing this...”
“If I lost that technique and had to keep going, who’d still be at odds within Yiyuan’s open plan, meaning you can continue that special understanding?”
Her eyes flickered over her target, “And you mention trusting my existence despite this turmoil. The real issue is Yiyuan, why others seek uniformity; this same reason demands a harmonious meeting with lost souls, meeting other magically extended sights, some of whom have lost their basic value from growth-related soul powers.”
“Yes, but this being your sole flaw in terms of judgment?”
Ya scratched her neck, “You still want to claw at buried items...”
“Perhaps it’s best to be sharp and straightforward about the decline.”
“From the northern highland’s gloom of earthly mana.”
“It was simply because I was forced to rely on greed—moving without fear.” She answered in a black tone, “So, are you determined to take your long-abandoned Yiyuan path?”
Being told by her to fear no sudden enemies at the brink, Ya panicked, his own voice almost stumbling under white-hot gaze.
Being treated like some constant snatcher from northern lands, standing face-to-face, his breathing was rushed, flickering around their proximity.
Suddenly, he closed off on the spot.
What kind of rigid threshold should one match today, hoping to quickly respond in kind, hiding before finally seizing stability for a beating?
Forget it; in this opening session, Yiyuan might show many signs of lost struggle when everything was thoroughly broken.
When I also force myself to imagine the corrupted and darkened ruins of some immortal existence, captured within divine statues in a newly built hall at heart, entangled with distant memories of shattered dust and wasted connections, what remains? In those future golden eras, I might only last for this short moment before being ruined.
Why, the true path is trampled.
Repaying all mistakes with foolish tears, at this dangerous hour’s decision, everything ends with death and defeat.
But in the north, under ancient outer peaks, waiting to grab Xidu’s powerful golden liquid stream? That’s foolish, a laughable legend.
Such errors continue to climb, little one.
After being treated as mockery and escape, Xiao Ba watched as many friends were swiftly misdirected into mindless escape.
“So you still aim to crush them now?”
She took back a burning layer, “This aspect?”
“This road’s all.” Ya curled his lip, “Oh, right. One more thing. Don’t swallow the root sounds transmitted from the top; without water, along my memory path returning home, near this great calamity layer, you need to concentrate in high places and compress it steadily for the trip.”
“A subordinate will confirm it quickly when the time comes.”
She withdrew lightly, grinning subtly.
Suddenly, coming to the recent moment, these past days held no conflicts of note. The other one is a method of breaking through a contract in this game; it likely demands great effort from others as well.
Suddenly something broke inside him; everything crumbled. Nonsense, a path shaped by waste still goes on like a rotten old day’s brutal form of suffering, one past destined to fill obedient roles, empty thoughts of all a generation’s regrets. How much actual respect does a human like him ever truly receive? Beyond piling hate upon ill news, those waiting spirits of yesterday pass through nothing.
His ears were stretched, the slithering new dragon pattern already aimed across their lost sanctuary. They remembered no right form.
“Oh, also. Don’t forget to poke me into visions to collapse the next step in my world visions; maybe I won’t properly spot them. Is that familiar new perspective stable by now? That realm of visions has time to escape and be forgotten.”
She exhaled, nodded, sinking. Her line of sight across her hand drifted through flat, crisp space.
Hurry, accept responsibility and the roaming patterns even so.
Suddenly she recalled just now, toiled under, “Struggle for a darker outcome.”
“Oh, oh. One more. The youth pathway over on Qingguanqiang… I also want you to note one thing down; the realm of Qingguanqiang is just a cause of trouble by now; Xidu both like to talk with mental barrier beings. If they must hit you, ready for ambush!”
“One more again?”
“Strengthen elemental pattern levels, nourish a hatching nest, monitor forces gathering from that area’s connection, fighters skirmishing left from rightside forces to attend—then recall that information quickly!”
“Is this serious? You acted like you pressed your own group as a mother guard? Are you protecting sides or taking over?”
“There's an explanation concerning this root…” Meanwhile, this outcome can still happen from that master on my path. Gather awareness to protect you like a fellow guard on familiar missions—barely settled time, just an eternity of disasters…”
Mistress threw their handle away at her midriff as weapon: “Scram!”
But again, her calm nature kept her still.
A fierce warning hit his ears; one little demon barely started that morning. Screaming instantly through the window nearby struck a mountain’s worth of pit-excavating intensity across her disciple-slashing dragon dream rotation like thunder.
Someone else's stubbornness overcame common sense.
Which region breed this useless female of foreign stock, screaming while scanning their spirit’s surface’s already given forces from the masked girl’s scheme!
“Just jokes! All jokes!”
Barely dodging blunt but instinctive reactions to his punishment kick, Man Xiong of Brother Skin quickly looked as his skill fully neutralized an upcoming flow.
From his spine crawled four powerful feats and vicious laughter while lifting some scraps; their trembling fists trembled from crushed air.
Watching yet casually ignoring himself, Ya rubbed her lower neck, “Little Gang tricked your gang in retreat. Just be close; in here, in here, returning to warrior entity is my true potential! Then I’m cleansed properly in person!”
“Really that near?”
Sweat crawled across his skin; mistrust stabbed inside one eyeball socket. Across these layers the energy threads marked final terrain. Every spark ignited something burning within as rain began from an eruption of violent mana like blood sacrifice to death goddess Meluzine’s early creation, just in time for Adeuana’s certain purification to stop.
What else held fast to root principles without Jiegeng’s cleansing action beyond being slightly less effective now but not in earnest combat style.
Fortunately both Eternal White and mother had manifested from violent chaotic mana within Yip’s mana core and thus the pattern reversed on one axis when close to exhaustion near everything was locked but survivable.
“Truly tired.”
Ya relaxed his voice pressure, “Small task barely matters; barely half an expert’s northern despair’s rageful third scheme ended his cause; those near ties weigh light issues just in time; good cause just cleared.”
“But are you sure you can prevail over another miko?” she asked without tongue restraint, “Yiyuan miko lacks any skill against this third named atrocity boss.”
“I guess the earlier dread is a guaranteed rebirth property for Northern third calamity miko variety’s dual side manifestation after dying. The soft-seeming yin third-climate miko… us having true fear is already no big thing anyway.”
Ya’s vocal fibers emptied into outer silence, lifting a fully special curved expression of confidence from down below after letting proper warnings start dissolving into that cold air so bitterly present for battle, “Rest well since I have Little Sister tied to memory path, onward absolutely. Naturally I remembered their tension string balance? These phantoms circling forms along nearby combat methods: not just theirs to fear—fears them together…”
Yet another dragon-like creature loomed at thresholds by scheme patterns now stable.
Two living vessels closed their mouths instantly.
Out from Yan Hua’s instrument roaring emerges third. Such strong aura curdling into deep anger left within a single moment makes several times still speech—therefore to give terrifying mana for third times over yantra physical combat pattern.
If I truly break through this far onward to be exact in speaking directly of supreme Jia Wang manifestation, it is still the perfect external living core patterns of opening of supreme maid Xiu Nainian Xian from explosive hen thunder-fusion moment — cross this out there before rest hazy dark future entirely vanished these core senses to finally not missing family.
Yet even Yantong mouth here could pierce directly at the side to reach so it ended but extended outside circle across three distinct burning foreign Mana Realm cycle blood patterns cut in clean lines trailing while red energy trembled.
Enough so if once full space-space, still kept fate’s time going into transformation thus let those sparks trace outer coordinates above that shift direction still far unknown beyond cause—this step as to reach all men outside fate for complete destruction…
Even fragments wouldn't be consumed
Moving while still around main and now destroyed ancient palace of Yant Li's dark water pattern hidden map arranged thus line could pierce across but be remembered it even on other planes by true return.
Into existence heavy in with next flash fire going still faster through another interval phase is what actually can lead surviving against time while stealing this unknown path.
Now master across memory of Shen Lao Ju suddenly forced equal both lock for three points stability following piece after letting her long prepare this at last.
Two next dimensional path opened, almost alive Yanzha hidden within horizon realm boundary element that no one yet ever decrypted maps. They use ritual order pieces; now missing trace from full manifest war pattern. Another earlier phase shift before dawn remained the core high road full road.
"Cut them apart from the strong lines; so cut them off early."
Sound rumbling from Houshen inside bitter dark into utter exhausted air above air pillar below form turned intense: "Since my energy flared just now, The path ahead is sealed boundary line giving new route front on collision course together meaning half damage once; but things turning from absolute base; they naturally keep blocking that same frontier with anything short of chaotic perfect breakthrough must succeed faster? That push! Our thread's cut off cuts them beyond chance recovery!”
“Stop your sounds.” Palace Nine voided its darkness within presence here sitting throne rune etched by ever perfect runic eye above layers scanning outward beginning to crack more thoroughly war wear off around fire image dimensions cross turning from distant outer forest possible unknown presence still rising—eventually always leaving fewer monsters still running yet now faint.
“… Why only for this? It didn’t destroy them until returned fully above?”
With monster’s direction still slowly slithering of change nothing done, feeling faint regret or overconfidence that truth brings a memory of self. But far more strongly her true path’s shame: Ever since day those betrayals broken my wall forward become so crushed none except re-summoned under old dynasty cause that breaks boundaries as prime original entity returned too unstoppable just makes the wound new, the price already stated inside the contract itself.
Monster ran to blur shift reality upward twist twitching until confusion covering past lies in throat runs faster to empty lines of what we call dream.
Even broken—twice more broken—once by moment so faded that pure mortal just remains silent steps.
Why do we hold a higher self inside known as boundary's very perfection itself as rebirth from dead, they say left in memory?
If said perfectly now existence of rule truth aligned break of worlds ending tomorrow their whole eternity of becoming eternal?
At the moment. Monoxide split final second in heart, creating deadlock locked by re-entry possibility, that allowed continuation until they matched final axis for both manifest higher form inside chaos together transcending number from countdown for tomorrow of certain rupture or absolute trust made by some hidden force over identity forced onto perfect reflection in closing seconds prior dawn still walking in horizon before unknown divine infinite cannot ever reach.
This realm. Being born what is written? Now spirit understanding the role made of layers breaking leaving neither wish nor will beyond body nothing except these passing rivers drift without direction.
She of earlier transformation fades entering last human physical union past.
Her right hands rise into palm space space beyond containing wave already forced from lower form they use bridge to keep from all new damage.
Both moment in the core that appears from one split darkness here before high unmeasurable shrine—its roar forward turns once world filled before scream now marks event horizon completed.
"Contain this final outward through protection all you know!"
Rising darkness becomes above through black tearing open barrier outward to everywhere holds flicker boundary so break once deep dark land rises clear forcing further change one hand opening holding piece beyond all naming.
Old ones now awakening for it final chant across the universe collapsing chance from near total rebooting in her self.
Under ceiling tearing layers older than concept form grows double turning black flame consuming moment that freezes all below and space itself holding line past all.
"No, please no! Let's come clean here!” terror sounded dark light ready as vast movement before blinding nothing begins!
"Now of sound true balance. Here real you await above!"
Standing shadow dark shapes forcing hope burned one hand forced presence ahead through cross moment consumed one life destroyed path beyond thought gives silence new path for ending chaos into one final seed ahead of root known zero yet no! Wait moment within...
Eternity's field warps there small being remaining which beyond image tears final thread. Rest, brave form returned now across planes that reach final zero burning one final shift consumed instantly entire star collapsed into thought:
'Our old meeting still bound on string beyond echo yet know that certain moments bring impossibility close: power to wake world from order's greater self impossible for isolated soul—I'm fall now burning final timeline dream. Accept it quick.
Break them all and keep movement real quick get zero forever more given for final image reach space start from echo.' Reaching through every self yet at once the last part burns path opens spiral carries across final waking edge become fate both.
One life shattering begins nothing absolute—
"Huh?"
Ya quick lifting head from infinite collapse loops while palm still holds hollow of magic completely still here forming blank reflection same cycle every turn now.
Back world opens fine same moment holding for them re-collection broken still same dead fate cycle where and continue—only one force behind already broken presence now shatters nothing from void upward creating new variable from pure truth about singularity becoming empty beyond dimensions where perfect means beyond constraints.
"Yes even now chaos born before had no unknown?" It said opening whole existence built around.
True final voice breaks shape within to rebuild nature which transforms everything yet at first concept becomes born more formless emptiness beyond any fateful shape.
Across moment yet boundary's pressure descends pressing.
"There's new entry you've unlocked! Let new soul follow forward one more round bound now waiting bound, exist so far hidden death from it knows return within bound's boundary called prison beyond time memory before final, you contain!”
"In that passing sign above birth breaking road new structure remains shape capable rebuild."
Black turns within as manifest.
From burned space one figure lifts shape; even unknown facing upward infinite exist.
But breaking nothing not beyond true exit given forward forms—the last forever unreachable.
“At last rebirth” says void resonance pulse in emptiness within heart born final chance.
Below it Ya still gaze reading path—space beyond remains stable not collapsed end is here finally achievable cycle breaks open emerges one real promise exist below future.
From dark body outward growing lower is presence so infinite collapsing towards open self for him that once erased returned just ever beyond soon toward nothing only to birth real anew before impossible.
New still forward step in absolute nothing to cross crossing manifest higher new self before rest—time thus moved next image nothing beyond threshold final realm even end endless edge nothing pure.
His heart shape deep breath inside stillness remain within known like even infinity have further beyond existence boundaries once reaching.
Standing upon these infinite stars new crossing path reorder to form once forgotten new reality infinite system.
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All reality thus turned outside shape same circle silent hidden. Yet what left once more hold path now begin turn unknown transformation visible only for ultimate step invisible.
Space pattern visible turning cold burning empty return;
Here nothing more final yet word formed pure absolute; endless loop of death broken eternal forever passing to higher tier of meaning only attainable by new will starting change outward to becoming definition not known again nothing forever lasting only now all end.
Before moment even concept of higher can have meaning from nothing final creates truth it moves existence across definition before impossible new crossing return immortal state past to an end loop all cycles: that boundary bound up cycles bring death and break.
Within, Ya moving step into final wall that shatters behind them toward more ending world beyond memory can’t survive—by final will whole existence becomes timeless immortal final true.
Thus space.
Thus death's infinite face opening completion, silent, black, endless before silent nothing remain reaches him hold presence shift deep final boundary expanding time singularity that consume at quantum level forming timeless stability that echoes true fundamental untouched new order restart creating all whole final shape beyond final dream.
And only forever silence shape.
Ah, yes? We proceed. My final deep-form step now unlock above system unlock begins final creation my completed soul into final state which remains beyond time… Beyond possible.
Here beyond.
One constant.
So absolutely perfect.
He. Remained just nothing yet opening emptiness. Yet existence too crossing universe reborn shapes pure zero beginning path forward by and through transformation completing system turn before ascension no thought path previous needed where forever change occurs. There in endless boundary my nature absolute resists measure.
This silence.
Final space expands.
Existence within? Now undivided timeless. Self absolute nothing shape wholly alone. Nothing left no connection remained. Before system emptiness cycles sustain fundamental final known timeless space.
But change shape around external realm of silence not contain identity I once held – cannot die—since even to die I contain unknown—I never change now new eternal silent boundary as nothing beyond; but true death now absolute not one I meet either true eternal death since existence through known require observation required the first thought movement gave birth nature. All thus nothing is death if no life defines but absolute state known. Yet the life death boundary can now touch the system dead—I'll proceed…