IS Chapter 172

Chapter 172

Li Yuan carried Ye Zhuo slowly through the Yulan Magnolia trees of Misty Green Peak towards the Cold Pool.

The person in his arms was like a flickering flame, dimming and brightening in the wind. If he walked any faster, or if the winds of Green Mountains blew any harder, this flame might be extinguished.

Li Yuan had often held Ye Zhuo before, but when in his arms, Ye Zhuo was always restless, wanting to break free, dissatisfied with where he placed his hands, and then fighting with him.

He had never been so quiet.

Even his breathing was still and gentle.

How could such a light, such a delicate person ignite such all-consuming flames, and ultimately even sever the Great Dao with a single sword?

Transgressing the boundary of the Heavenly Human Limit, raising his realm to the point where he could contend with the Immortal Realm, how could he not pay a price?

Li Yuan knew what the Five Aggregates being empty meant. The Guru had told him that day.

It was the Void Nirvana, an unsurpassed secret art. It was to use one’s own body as a furnace, one’s entire life of sensation, perception, volition, and consciousness as flames, and at the moment of thoroughly comprehending the emptiness of the Five Aggregates, to ignite a monstrous blaze and reach the state of Nirvana.

So Ye Zhuo said he would forget. Once sensation, perception, volition, and consciousness arose, they would all be swept away by the flames, used as fuel for that final moment. How could he not forget? But even so, Ye Zhuo was still good, Ye Zhuo was still Ye Zhuo.

And such a secret art could only be used once in a lifetime. Because once everything was burned away, everything would be empty.

Everything was empty, even his existence in the human world was empty. Now Ye Zhuo was still in his arms, he could still feel his touch and weight, would the next moment he reached out, he would touch only emptiness?

“Ye Zhuo.” Li Yuan carried him to the water’s edge of the Cold Pool. He sat down, wanting Ye Zhuo to see this place. At that moment, he saw blood slowly dripping from Ye Zhuo’s sleeve.

He was injured. Fighting like that, how could he not be injured?

Li Yuan took out a pill and held it to Ye Zhuo’s lips, but Ye Zhuo gently turned his head away, refusing to take it.

Li Yuan saw the outline of Ye Zhuo in the void, a flickering flame, with five colors colliding madly within the blood-red heart of the flame, scattering each other, causing the flame to flicker and dim, any slight change could extinguish it completely.

This was the Five Aggregates of the human body, the essence of human existence in the Buddhist teachings. But even these flames of the Five Aggregates were not originally Ye Zhuo’s. Once “The Five Aggregates Are Empty” was used, it could only end when everything was burned away, and Ye Zhuo would abruptly return to emptiness at that moment.

That was not the case, because the Reverse Scale and the Bright Moon Pearl protected his body, and another cluster of flames caught his heart. This was the Essence of the Five Aggregates bestowed by the Old Ancestor of the Heart Beast, and with it, it was temporarily not empty.

The Essence of the Five Aggregates was not running stably either, but on the verge of collapse. Because Ye Zhuo’s own consciousness was already drifting like a flame.

This person might not be able to feel anything at all.

Li Yuan let him rest quietly against him, not even daring to speak loudly. Every now and then, he would gently call Ye Zhuo’s name. Finally, he saw Ye Zhuo raise his eyes, and a light grip came from his fingers.

His drooping eyelashes veiled his blank and unfocused pupils. “Sleepy,” Ye Zhuo said softly.

“Stay awake a little longer, okay?” Li Yuan said.

“Ye Zhuo, don’t sleep.”

Ye Zhuo heard Li Yuan’s voice, sounding as if he was crying.

But Ye Zhuo felt that everything was already over.

“…Can’t I sleep?” Ye Zhuo said.

Li Yuan said softly, “Why do you want to sleep?”

“I feel very good now.”

“What’s good?” Li Yuan said to him.

Ye Zhuo said, everything was good.

“What about me?” Li Yuan asked him, “What about Li Yuan?”

…Li Yuan?

Li Yuan was…?

Was a black dragon.

“Li Yuan… is just like before,” Ye Zhuo said.

Li Yuan saw this person smile, his eyelashes curving gently, his unfocused gaze passing through him, as if seeing a vast and boundless distance.

“Like before, in the Dragon Realm, in the myriad realms,” Ye Zhuo said, “It’ll be happy.”

“Will it be happy? Was it very happy before?” Li Yuan looked at him, “You’ve never seen what I was like before. The me you’ve seen, is all the me who is with you. Whatever you think I was like before, is all based on what I told you.”

He gripped Ye Zhuo’s fingers a little tighter: “When I was alone in the Abyss Sea, in the myriad realms, I wasn’t happy at all.”

He looked at Ye Zhuo, but saw those beautiful eyes simply blinking blankly, as if he could no longer understand what he was saying.

“Ye Zhuo,” Li Yuan said softly.

In the corner of his eye, a golden figure landed in the distance. Jin Ming had arrived. Li Yuan looked up and looked towards there.

Jin Ming met his gaze and shook his head. Ye Zhuo was like this, it could not be resolved by external objects.

Li Yuan knew.

Once that sword was swung, everything was over. His heart had emptied all at once, so how could he still be attached to life, how could he still have the strength to gather his mind and allow the Five Aggregates of the human body to rotate and function again?

Li Yuan looked at Ye Zhuo.

In his arms, such a beautiful person, so peaceful and weak, his eyelashes drooping gently, as if he wanted nothing more.

–Had the lotus withered?

No, the lotus had bloomed to its fullest.

This was the ending he had chosen for himself, a magnificent ending, an ending of blooming and dying.

He wanted nothing. He brought nothing into this world, and he would take nothing out. What was the void? Everything was the void.

…Then, what were you still thinking about?

Ye Zhuo was slowly recalling what Li Yuan had just said, it was a little difficult, he needed to gather some of his mind to understand those words of the human world.

Not happy…?

In the Abyss Sea, in the myriad realms, he wasn’t happy either?

He stirred slightly, raised his hand, and caressed Li Yuan’s cheek. Li Yuan grasped his wrist and placed it there, not wanting him to exert himself any further.

“Li Yuan,” Ye Zhuo called the dragon’s name, his fingers gently brushing the corner of his eye.

Ye Zhuo said, “Like.”

Li Yuan closed his eyes and suddenly hugged him tightly.

“I know,” Li Yuan said, “Ye Zhuo, I know.”

…He knew all that? Ye Zhuo thought about it seriously again. He rested on Li Yuan’s shoulder, the dragon’s breathing and heartbeat were so disordered, he hadn’t cultivated properly.

Ye Zhuo said, “Always liked.”

His breathing and heartbeat seemed to have stopped, was he still there?

As Ye Zhuo spoke, he felt very tired. He was no longer in pain, everything was very light, as if he could finally dissipate. He took another breath, gathering his spirit. He remembered many things, remembered the dragon, remembered the East Sea. Remembered things from even earlier.

“Saw it in a book, and liked it very much,” Ye Zhuo said.

…How was the dragon reacting? Was he crying or laughing? If he was crying, he wouldn’t know what to do.

“Then you went to the East Sea to wait?” Ye Zhuo finally heard Li Yuan’s hoarse voice, “Then what if you didn’t wait for me?”

“If I didn’t wait, I would have left,” Ye Zhuo said.

Li Yuan hugged him tightly. Such a hug should have felt very constricting, but Ye Zhuo didn’t seem to feel it. He thought of many things, thought of a black dragon.

“I did something wrong,” Ye Zhuo said.

“Plucked your scales,” Ye Zhuo said, buried against his shoulder, distressed, “Seems like I owe you… too much, I can’t pay it back, what should I do.”

Li Yuan pried him away, wanting him to look into his eyes. Li Yuan wanted to say that he could never pay it back in a lifetime, so he should live, live and be with him for a lifetime. But what was that? He and Ye Zhuo were not like that, he couldn’t say such a thing. Even if he wanted to keep Ye Zhuo, he couldn’t say such a thing.

“You don’t owe me anything,” Li Yuan said, “I don’t want you to pay it back.”

Ye Zhuo stayed in his arms, quietly looking at him, and after a while, suddenly smiled again.

“Like,” he said to Li Yuan, tugging at Li Yuan’s sleeve.

He wanted a hug.

Li Yuan wrapped his arms around him and hugged him again. Ye Zhuo seemed to have woken up a little. Li Yuan asked again, “Why don’t you want to stay?”

Ye Zhuo didn’t speak. Li Yuan hugged him in silence.

Ye Zhuo suddenly remembered something again.

“Spirit Sea,” Ye Zhuo said.

Spirit Sea? Li Yuan didn’t understand what he meant, but still probed over as Ye Zhuo said, looking at Ye Zhuo’s Spirit Sea. Everything was empty, naturally the Spirit Sea was also empty, all the spiritual power had been used up, but there was still a bit of crystal at the edge of the dried-up Spirit Sea. He saw a lotus flower and lotus leaf quietly placed there, Ye Zhuo wanted him to see this?

Li Yuan: “What is this?”

Ye Zhuo said: “Little cub.”

“What?”

“Little cub.”

What was Ye Zhuo saying? Li Yuan looked at the lotus flower, then looked at Ye Zhuo. Such unrelated words, was Ye Zhuo’s consciousness dissipating again?

Ye Zhuo wanted to laugh a little at the dragon’s confused expression. He remembered, he had hidden the long worm cub, wanting to give Dragon Li Yuan a scare.

“It’s just a little cub,” Ye Zhuo said, “It’s what the dragon cub left behind.”

Li Yuan looked at the person’s serious expression: “…?”

The person in his arms was looking at him like that, such a beautiful person, who would break if you bent him, yet his eyes carried a smile, as if hiding mischief, even when mischievous, he was so beautiful. What was he saying? Li Yuan struggled to connect those unfamiliar words, and after a long while, could only say: “…What?”

“Li Yuan, you live,” Ye Zhuo said, “Let the dragon cub accompany you.”

Li Yuan really didn’t know what he was saying, his mind was just a blank.

Dragon cub? Where? This lotus flower made of spiritual power?

He raised his head and looked blankly in the direction of his elder brother, only to find that his elder brother was hiding in the pavilion, turning his head away and not meeting his gaze, as if he was very sad, but also as if he was holding back a laugh.

He hesitantly looked at Ye Zhuo again, the person Ye Zhuo was also smiling, such a wicked person.

“What exactly is it?” Li Yuan said. He felt like his elder brother also knew.

Ye Zhuo said: “Where’s Feng Jiang?”

Who? What did it have to do with Feng Jiang again? Feng Jiang also knew? Li Yuan saw Ye Zhuo looking around, he held the person down, not wanting him to move, and looked outside himself. Feng Jiang had been guarding from afar, and at this time was holding something, walking towards them.

“…?”

Li Yuan quietly looked at what Feng Jiang handed over. Round and plump, needing two hands to hold it up. Ink-colored.

He stared blankly at the thing, then hesitantly looked at the Reverse Scale Sword, and finally looked at Ye Zhuo.

“What is this?”

Ye Zhuo laughed in his arms.

“Little black dragon,” Ye Zhuo said, “I gave birth to it.”

Li Yuan’s fingers trembled slightly, he stroked his cheek, and then tentatively placed it on his waist, his voice even hoarser, sounding inexplicably like he was sad.

“How could you give birth, Ye Zhuo,” Li Yuan looked at him, Ye Zhuo saw that his eyes were red, as if he was really sad, “How could you.”

What was that? Ink-colored. Ye Zhuo said it was a little cub. How could there be such a thing? What exactly was it?

Li Yuan didn’t want to think about what it was at all. How could Ye Zhuo do this. He didn’t know how such a thing had appeared in this world. How much spiritual power would it take, how much time, how much would it take away from Ye Zhuo? How could he? How could Ye Zhuo do this. No one could let Ye Zhuo do this.

That person deserved to die. Li Yuan thought blankly.

That person deserved to die.

Ye Zhuo stared at the dragon’s inexplicable murderous expression.

“It’s yours,” Ye Zhuo said.

After he said that, the dragon seemed even sadder.

Ye Zhuo raised his hand and touched the corner of his eye, his eyes were so red.

The warm touch came from his fingertips, making Ye Zhuo a little at a loss. In fact, he just wanted to give Dragon Li Yuan a scare.

The next moment, Li Yuan grabbed his hand forcefully, looking at him with red eyes, “How could I do this, Ye Zhuo. I… why am I such a scoundrel. Why did I leave it behind, Ye Zhuo. It was when we were at the Plum Blossom Abode, wasn’t it? Why did you do this.”

He should die. Why hadn’t he seen it? The Dragon Nest had clearly told him, he could have clearly seen it.

Ye Zhuo looked at him again, blinking his eyes.

“It’s very small,” Ye Zhuo said, “Very fun.”

Ye Zhuo took the dragon egg, in fact, he was quite familiar with the little long worm inside. Sleeping so soundly, he really wanted to knock it awake.

“It’s asleep now,” Ye Zhuo said, “I chose it myself.”

After thinking about it, he said again, “It’s not bad to leave it behind.”

Li Yuan stared blankly at Ye Zhuo, and then looked at the dragon egg that Ye Zhuo was holding. A strange thought finally belatedly emerged in his heart.

This was Ye Zhuo’s. What Ye Zhuo left behind. It didn’t matter whose it was, this was Ye Zhuo’s. Even after experiencing all that, Ye Zhuo could still make such a choice, Ye Zhuo would actually accept the appearance of another life. Ye Zhuo could do what no one else could do. This was Ye Zhuo’s.

He suddenly understood at this moment the clear realm that had appeared on Ye Zhuo’s body when they were at the Plum Blossom Abode. Ye Zhuo had even passed this hurdle, his heart was beating so fast, for Ye Zhuo. He was happy for Ye Zhuo. This was Ye Zhuo’s, so precious, a little cub, Ye Zhuo’s. He was so happy.

And then, it was actually his. A little black dragon? Was a dragon cub? He should still die.

“Ye Zhuo,” Li Yuan couldn’t say anything, two completely different emotions colliding and intertwining, he could only hold this person tighter and tighter, he just said again and again: “Ye Zhuo.”

“You wait for it to hatch,” Ye Zhuo said, and then pushed the dragon egg in Li Yuan’s direction, “For you.”

Li Yuan didn’t dare to touch it at all. He couldn’t even imagine what it was. But Ye Zhuo looked at him expectantly, Li Yuan slowly reached out to touch the dragon egg, wanting to take it, but Ye Zhuo reluctantly pulled it back into his arms.

This person. Li Yuan laughed all of a sudden, he hugged Ye Zhuo tightly. Together with that little cub.

How could Ye Zhuo be so fun?

–But why had it become like this?

“If I wait for it, then what about you?” Li Yuan said.

“I…” Ye Zhuo said, “I’m tired. It’s already very good, Li Yuan.”

Li Yuan hugged him silently against his chest.

Ye Zhuo liked him, and also liked the dragon cub. Ye Zhuo also liked other people. Ye Zhuo just didn’t want to stay here anymore.

The mortal world was purgatory, a mountain of knives and a sea of fire, his life had been too cold, he had walked too many roads, so he wanted to leave now. How could you stop him? If he really wanted to fall asleep, if he really felt that was very good.

“Did I not do well enough?” Li Yuan said, “To make you feel like this is very good. It’s not good at all. Ye Zhuo, you live. If you’re tired, we’ll rest forever, if you feel like you’ve rested well, we’ll go to the three thousand worlds together, how about it?”

“I’m not going,” Ye Zhuo said, “My Dao is complete.”

“Then we’ll go to the Sumeru Buddha Realm, to see Guru Kadhamavaha,” Li Yuan said, “She’s been waiting for you.”

Ye Zhuo looked at him, looked for a long time, and finally, Li Yuan saw tearful light like mist in his eyes.

“It’s my fault,” Ye Zhuo said.

“We’ll go see her together,” Li Yuan said, “Everything is good. Ye Zhuo, everywhere is good.”

“But it’s already very good,” Ye Zhuo said.

Wasn’t it good? Everything was over, and he was with Li Yuan, could it be any better than this? Li Yuan said it wasn’t good enough, but Ye Zhuo couldn’t think of anything else.

“You live,” Ye Zhuo said.

“I’m living,” Li Yuan promised him.

–If you also live.

Li Yuan: “You also live, okay? The Upper Purity Mountain will be condemned, the Heavenly Dao will be restored, the human world will become very good. Everyone can do what they want to do, and so can we.”

That would be very good, Ye Zhuo thought, but it had nothing to do with him. He slowly shook his head.

It seemed that there was really nothing that could keep this person here, Li Yuan thought. That was fine too, anyway, they were together. But looking at those beautiful eyes, he saw that cluster of flickering flames, there must be something he hadn’t said, there must be something he hadn’t taken out, if he took it out, Ye Zhuo would stay.

The person he loved most was quietly in his arms, quietly looking at him, so wicked. This person even said, he liked him.

Everything quieted down, Li Yuan heard his own abrupt heartbeat. In that instant, his spirit platform was clear, and he was blessed with inspiration.

“Then I want you to live. Okay?” Li Yuan said, “Nothing else, just I want to. I want you to live, I want you to give it to me.”

Ye Zhuo thought about it seriously.

Finally, Ye Zhuo nodded.

“I’ll try,” he said.

–In that instant, the ice melted, the snow thawed, winter went, and spring returned, Li Yuan seemed to have traveled through all three thousand worlds, and saw the supreme wheel constantly turning in the sky. Li Yuan really wanted to bite this person, was this how wicked he was? Probably not. Li Yuan didn’t know what else he could do, he just looked at this person, smiling, surely he was smiling stupidly, but Ye Zhuo also smiled lightly, shallow and faint, like a lotus flower that would never wither, blooming in the morning and closing in the evening, would always be by his side. Ye Zhuo held his fingers.

“Then don’t sleep,” Li Yuan said to him, “For me, you hold on, don’t sleep, okay.”

Ye Zhuo said, okay.

Li Yuan looked at the void realm uneasily, and saw that the cluster of Five Aggregates Essence finally stopped flickering, and there was a sign that it was about to stabilize, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Five Aggregates Essence took over Ye Zhuo’s originally burned-out Five Aggregates, which could maintain this person’s mind for a period of time, but that required Ye Zhuo himself to have the desire to stay.

But how could a person already in the realm of Five Aggregates Empty have the desire to live? Ye Zhuo had entrusted himself to him, so he must protect this flame.

When the Five Aggregates finally seemed to be running stably for a round, Li Yuan asked Ye Zhuo softly: “Are you awake?”

“…”

Ye Zhuo felt that he should be awake.

The sensations of his body slowly returned. It was a little painful. Li Yuan fed him a pill. Ye Zhuo doubted who he was talking to Li Yuan just now. He quietly looked at Li Yuan, the long worm didn’t seem to think he was any different just now, the long worm was still laughing and kissing him.

The long worm also wanted to take the little long worm away. Ye Zhuo hugged the dragon egg tightly.

“Give the little cub to Elder Brother first, okay? Elder Brother has immortal crystals for it to eat,” Li Yuan coaxed, “We’ll save you first. When you’re better, we’ll send it to the Abyss Sea together. Everything will be up to you, if you want it to hatch, we’ll put it in the Dragon Nest, if you don’t want it, we won’t. When you’re better, we can also take it to Guru to see.”

Ye Zhuo said, let me think.

Li Yuan couldn’t help but kiss him, this was Ye Zhuo’s dragon cub, if Ye Zhuo wanted it to hatch, he would definitely treat it well, he would definitely do it well, and he would also like it very much. If Ye Zhuo didn’t want it to hatch, then they would leave it alone. He would bear the responsibility if the Old Ancestor had any objections.

“Then give it to Elder Brother first,” Ye Zhuo said.

Elder Brother had already spent a lot of immortal crystals on this little cub, presumably he would take good care of it.

Jin Ming finally got the real dragon egg, and at that moment he was really filled with mixed feelings. Ye Zhuo was still staring at him uneasily, Jin Ming really felt that these three had come to collect debts from him.

Moving his gaze away from Jin Ming, Ye Zhuo looked at Li Yuan again, Li Yuan knew that he wanted a hug, because he also wanted to hug Ye Zhuo tightly.

So he completely hugged this person into his arms. Li Yuan looked at the cluster of flames carefully again, it hadn’t become chaotic again, and finally relaxed a little.

“Old Ancestor Heart Beast gave the Five Aggregates Essence, Ye Zhuo, how should I thank him?” he asked Ye Zhuo, “Old Ancestor said, he must sit at the head table.”

“…What head table?”

Li Yuan just smiled, not speaking, hugging this person tighter and tighter. The lotus fragrance assaulted his senses in an instant. In his arms, was such a person.

His fated enemy that he could never beat.

His confidant with whom he had competed with swords, drank wine, watched the moon rise over the North Sea, and watched the snow cover the Green Mountains.

One of his most beautiful and interesting friends.

“What do you say?” Li Yuan said.

Ye Zhuo didn’t speak. Li Yuan could even imagine the picky and vigilant look in this person’s eyes now. But he had already fallen into his arms, and it was useless to deny it. He hugged Ye Zhuo.

–His reverse scale on his heart, bright moon pearl.

His wife.

He felt Ye Zhuo bite his neck. Was this a promise? Li Yuan thought it was. He laughed muffledly, this person.

When the cluster of Five Aggregates flames finally stabilized and began to rotate in turn, Li Yuan finally relaxed a little, he said: “Ye Zhuo, I’ll take you to see Guru Kadhamavaha.”

Was his Shifu.

Ye Zhuo looked at him: “Does my Shifu still want me?”

“Yes,” Li Yuan pulled him up, “She calls you a scourge, she only calls you a scourge if she likes you, right?”

Ye Zhuo thought about it, it seemed to be true: “What about you?”

“Guru also calls me a scourge.”

Ye Zhuo laughed.

“So we’ll go to her together, she’ll definitely be very happy,” Li Yuan said, “Guru said, you’ve been down the mountain for ten years, for this Five Aggregates Empty, she’s also been preparing for ten years. You said you would be wrong to the end, she knew what you were going to do. Guru said, as long as I can bring you to her, as long as you still have a breath at that time, as long as you still want to live. She’ll make you okay.”

Ye Zhuo: “Really?”

“Really.”

“Then… how do we see Shifu?”

“I’ll take you, back to Spirit Mountain,” Li Yuan said.

After the Five Aggregates Essence stabilized, it didn’t consume too quickly. One day, two days, that should be enough.

“I’ll transform into a dragon, we’ll fly over, okay? You sit well next to my dragon horn, if you move around, or suddenly don’t want to live anymore, I’ll carry you there in my mouth.”

Why was Dragon Li Yuan so nervous, it wasn’t the first time he had been on a dragon’s body. Ye Zhuo nodded.

Li Yuan kissed him. So good.

But when they reached the foot of Spirit Mountain, this person didn’t want to go up again. This person really couldn’t be praised.

Ye Zhuo looked at Spirit Mountain, and then looked at Li Yuan.

“Spirit Mountain is hard to walk,” Ye Zhuo said.

Li Yuan pulled him.

“I’ll take you to all the places I’ve been to, and we’ll go to all the places I haven’t been to together.”

“So?”

“So I’ll go to all the places you’ve been to once, what’s wrong?” Li Yuan pulled the person up the mountain.

The Five Aggregates flames were burning in this person’s body, and outside the body, they turned into wisps of embers that scattered. Ye Zhuo’s figure would become illusory by a point as a result.

Ye Zhuo had walked through Spirit Mountain, so he knew that from the first step, heavy pressure would fall. He had already gone up the mountain, so he didn’t have to endure such a test again.

…But he was very worried about Li Yuan.

“Then I’ll carry you,” Ye Zhuo said.

Li Yuan said, okay.

The road to Spirit Mountain was far.

Eight sufferings, six poisons, mountain of knives and sea of fire, the faces of all beings, the face of hell. Countless tests.

But Li Yuan didn’t think it was difficult to walk.

This was the road that the thirteen-year-old Little Sword Immortal had walked.

And the twenty-something-year-old Ye Zhuo, was holding his hand and walking it again.

He was Li Yuan, was the black dragon, Ye Zhuo liked him the most. How could he not get through it? Look, wasn’t he getting through it now.

Along the way, Ye Zhuo’s body gradually became ethereal, as if it was about to dissipate, but Ye Zhuo was still there, Li Yuan held his wrist, and led him to climb the last step.

At the peak of Spirit Mountain, the door of brilliant light opened to them. Guru Kadhamavaha’s solemn figure stood still in front of the door, behind her was the all-encompassing Dharma image of Myriad Tribulations. Tribulations rise and tribulations fall, one day, each will return to its place.

She raised her finger, and in an instant, golden light entered Ye Zhuo’s body, and his illusory figure regained solidity.

“Shifu,” Ye Zhuo said softly.

Guru Kadhamavaha snorted coldly, and turned to walk into the depths of the Sumeru Buddha Realm. Ye Zhuo looked at her back, looking at the entire Sumeru world unfolding before him.

There he had the unsurpassed Dao that he had not yet completed, the three thousand Dharmas that he had not yet learned, he had Shifu, he had the paths to the Dragon Realm, the Human Realm, and the three thousand worlds, and he would also have him and Li Yuan, Shifu also called Li Yuan a scourge.

One more step forward, and they could walk into it.

Ye Zhuo was still holding Li Yuan’s hand, they turned to look at the road they had come from.

There, the dawn of the human world was rising, the Jianmu tree’s shadow was looming, and the black birds were circling. And on the road to Spirit Mountain, it was already covered with red lotuses all over the mountain.

From the front came Guru’s thunderous and angry voice.

“Scourge! Still not returning?”

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