Chapter 1092: Two Sleeves Embrace The World

Crap, I need to get out of here!

After the paper dolls disappeared, Ye Qing clearly sensed the song growing increasingly sorrowful and weepy, eerie and horrifying.

Even worse, what felt like an infinite ocean of hatred and resentment was seeping out of the paper lanterns to dye heaven and earth black. Just a wisp of them was almost enough to breach Ye Qing’s mental defenses.

Realizing that he couldn’t afford to stay, Ye Qing hurriedly tried to back away.

As soon as he turned around, Ye Qing’s forehead abruptly broke out in cold sweat.

It was because a woman was standing behind him. He had no idea when she was there.

She was wearing a red bridal dress and a red bridal veil. Her pale hands were held primly in front of her lap. She appeared calm, refined, and elegant.

Ye Qing felt cold and fear from the woman, however. Every drop of blood inside his body seemed to have turned into ice. It was because he could sense that the bride in front of him was the source of everything. Infinite resentment and hatred was constantly flowing inside the woman’s body. When they seeped out of her pores and into the surroundings, it conjured all sorts of anomalies and terrors including that strange, ephemeral song.

At the same time, the paper dolls that burned to ash a moment ago returned to life as if nothing had ever happened. They were gathered behind him.

The next moment, the bride raised a slender hand and curled a finger at him.

To Ye Qing’s astonishment, he found himself walking toward the bride against his will.

His powers had not been restricted or sealed. He was clearly in control of his mind and consciousness as well. And yet, he just could not stop himself from walking toward her. It was horrifying.

Not only that, every time he took a step forward, the paper dolls behind him would follow suit. Their movement, pacing, timing etc, everything was exactly identical to his.

As he stepped closer to the bride, Ye Qing could feel his body turning increasingly stiff, dark, and fragile.

He was slowly turning into a paper doll. A burned paper doll. A burned paper doll exactly like the ones behind him.

By the time Ye Qing was ten meters[1] away from the bride, he looked exactly identical to the paper dolls. He was carrying a paper lantern in one hand, his eyes were blank and unfocused, and his entire body exuded resentment and hatred.

It was at this moment the bride slowly turned around as if she sensed something. Then, she took a dainty step forward and disappeared into thin air.

Just a moment later, the darkness began vibrating violently like lake water. At the same time, a massive silhouette emerged from the darkness.

It was none other than the bride.

Right now, the bride’s wedding dress was billowing like dripping blood, and her sky-blotting red veil was cascading down her face like a waterfall of hatred and resentment.

Seemingly summoned by the bride, every paper doll abruptly floated to her side.

As this was going on, the bride’s resentment and hatred flowed into the paper doll’s body and lantern. The paper dolls grew bigger and bigger, and the pale, ghastly candlelight shining from the lantern grew brighter and brighter.

The candlelight was singularly white, but it was overflowing with a twisted, filthy power that could twist minds and corrupt hearts. It illuminated the paper dolls and made them look like gods or demons.

Then, the paper dolls raised their paper lanterns in unison. The eerie white candlelight immediately washed out like a world-ending flood.

Buzz...

It was at this moment a silver moon slowly rose from the darkness.

The silver moon was holy and cold, warm and gentle. It painted a stark contrast against the backdrop of the eerie, corrupted candlelight.

The candlelight descended, and the silver moon rose.

The candlelight was terrible, furious, and vast. It was also evil and tainted.

The silver moon was cool, gentle, and refined. It looked like the symbol of purity and sacredness itself.

For a time, the world was completely dyed in moonlight and candlelight. It was a scene straight out of a fantasy.

Then, the two terrible powers clashed.

Corruption and purity, water and oil.

Good and evil, fire and water.

Such was the clash that it felt like the world itself would be torn asunder.

While the two powers were locked in a stalemate, an eye slowly appeared on the silver moon. The eye was closed, but one could still tell that it was the eye of a woman. A very beautiful eye.

Then, the eye slowly opened, and the silver moon’s brightness abruptly tripled in intensity, its clean radiance rippling out like tidal waves.

Wherever the moonlight shone, the flood of candlelight was frozen as if it was a tangible object. Space itself turned solid and unmoving.

As soon as the world was frozen, the light of a sword pierced the darkness and illuminated it all.

The sword was the dazzling light that split apart yin and yang, dawn and evening. It split even the infinite darkness into two.

The paper dolls floating in the air instantly lost their heads and burned into ash.

The bride herself was split into two.

“Ahhhh...”

The bride let out a bloodcurdling scream as her split body abruptly exploded into a powerful, red shockwave. It engulfed everything and dyed the sky red.

The brilliant light of the sword was shattered by the shockwave, and the silver moon was polluted by it.

The next moment, the red shockwave gradually transformed into a blood red bridal dress.

The bridal dress was noble, mysterious, and absolutely massive. Encompassing the sky itself, the presence it gave off could only be described as terrifying.

The next moment, the bridal dress’ sleeves lowered slowly as if it was trying to embrace the world.

The darkness gathered, and the world shrank small enough to fit between the sleeves.

In just the blink of an eye, the world gained a new face. The darkness and the taint were nowhere to be found. All there was was a bridal dress floating in the air with its sleeves crossed in front of its chest area. Its movements were gentle like it was embracing a lover.

If someone were to look closely though, they would realize that the bridal dress was not hugging a lover. It was infinite darkness and an entire corner of the world itself.

In this world of darkness, a silver moon rose and fell, and a sword shone a million rays of light. However, they ultimately weren’t strong enough to break out of the shackles of darkness.

......

“Motherfucker... Two Sages? I miss the days when my enemy underestimated my strength, not the other way around!”

About a hundred meters away from the battlefield behind a mountain boulder, a paper doll was curling its lips.

The paper doll was Ye Qing, of course.

He had predicted that West Kunlun had dispatched at least one Sage to kill him, but two? Just how much did they want him dead?

Thank goodness he was decisive and planned for the inevitable encounter accordingly. Otherwise, he would probably be dead or about to be dead.

That’s right. Everything that happened up until this point was part of Ye Qing’s plan to deal with his sagely pursuers.

He knew from the start that there was no way in hell he could fight a Sage. Not alone anyway. Therefore, he could only make someone else do the dirty work for him.

This dirty worker must be as sharp as they were tough, however. Otherwise, the Sage would simply crush it and continue their pursuit, giving him no chance to escape.

Of course, the Kunlun Ruins were dangerous, but it wasn’t easy to find a Nine Nethers Demon on the same level as the Cloud Mother of Nothingness immediately.

He was just wondering where he could find a suitable enemy for his pursuers when Yi Pin, the old bastard, gave him a pleasant surprise.

Even before he set foot inside the zone of darkness, he could already tell that whatever was inside was even more powerful and terrifying than the Cloud Mother of Nothingness. It was also strong enough to trap Yi Pin despite his Ancient-class Strange Artifact. Therefore, he could theoretically create a chance for him to escape so long by pitting the bride of darkness and the Sage against each other.

Yi Pin would be able to seize the opportunity and escape as well. It was killing two birds with one stone.

1. Sometimes I really wonder if the author forgot about Chinese measurement and reverted into basic meter. Ten meters is a LONG distance, and this is before he stepped closer. Why would she appear so far away from him?? ☜