Chapter 1118: I Do Not I Do Not I Do Not

“Hmm?”

“Huh?”

The second Ye Qing and Yi Pin left the Xumi Celestial Mirror, they saw Jiang Yunlai making a grab for the stone mirror. The Sage froze in his tracks when he saw two figures popping into existence as well.

For a time, three pairs of eyes stared at each other wordlessly.

“Ahem… It’s a mighty coincidence, isn’t it?”

Seriously, if this wasn’t a mighty coincidence, then what was?

“You want the mirror? You can have it! We er, we are kinda busy right now, so ciao!”

Ye Qing tried to run away after coughing out the awkward statement, but an angry roar suddenly boomed from inside the celestial mirror.

“You cannot escape!”

The next moment, a hand reached out from the Xumi Celestial Mirror. It was only as big as an infant’s hand when it initially appeared from the mirror, but when the fingers closed around Ye Qing, it had become as big as the world itself.

The five fingers were coming at him from every direction. Try as he might, Ye Qing discovered that there was nowhere to run.

Not only that, his instincts were telling him that he was as caught as a fish inside a net; a turtle inside a jar already. It was game over if Xuanyuan Kun managed to touch him.

Seeing that evasion was impossible, Ye Qing made a snap decision. He charged straight toward Jiang Yunlai.

“Sacred Lord, this is a celestial of Kunlun Ruins! I’ve brought him over just for you!”

You wanted to meet the celestials of Kunlun Ruins, didn’t you? Here he is! A live one as well! No need to thank me!

Ye Qing’s goal was to drag Jiang Yunlai into his mess and use the Sage to keep Xuanyuan Kun occupied. He expected Jiang Yunlai to stop him as a matter of course and was ready for anything. But to his surprise, Jiang Yunlai wasn’t even looking at him. He was staring fixatedly at the hand instead.

Jiang Yunlai’s face was devoid of fear or confusion despite the approaching hand. In fact, he was grinning madly. It was a grin of excitement and resentment, ecstasy and hatred. It chilled Ye Qing to the core.

Why is he grinning? Does he have a screw loose in his head?

“Hahaha… I finally found you, Xuanyuan Kun!”

The next moment, a woman’s laughter burst out of Jiang Yunlai’s mouth, crazed and terrifying. “I finally found you!”

Jiang Yunlai pinched his fingers together and performed a vertical slash. The next moment, a hand fell.

That’s right. Xuanyuan Kun’s gigantic hand was severed at the wrist just like that.

“He… He cut it?”

Ye Qing blinked stupidly at the impossible sight. Such was his disbelief that he had temporarily forgotten to run away.

“What… in the…”

Yi Pin’s eyes were bulging as well. As the man who had withstood a blow from Xuanyuan Kun just a moment ago, he knew full well just how scary the celestial was. And yet, Jiang Yunlai had cut off Xuanyuan Kun’s hand

so effortlessly it was almost

as if he was blowing out a candle.

Since when did Jiang YUnlai become so powerful?

“Argh! Who are you?”

A painful and angry scream came from within the Xumi Celestial Mirror, and the pond abruptly bubbled like boiling water. The pond evaporated into nothing in an instant, and the Strangers and creatures inside the pond disappeared into puddles of blood and gore. The underwater world was no more just like that.

The next moment, a bright light surrounded the Xumi Celestial Mirror, and Xuanyuan Kun appeared into view.

“Who dares to wound this lord?!”

“I dare.”

Jiang Yunlai replied in a woman’s voice.

“Who are you?”

Xuanyuan Kun looked at Jiang Yunlai and was shocked to find that his senses were warning him of danger. Such was his alarm that he had to ignore Ye Qing for a time.

“Who am I?” Jiang Yunlai said while a trail of dazzling, silver white blood seeped out of Jiang Yunlai’s pores and pooled on the ground. The next moment, it took the appearance of a woman.

“Do you recognize me now, dear brother?”

“Xuanyuan Xin?! Impossible! How are you here?” Xuanyuan Kun exclaimed in utter shock.

“Why am I here? Why do you think I’m here, brother?”

Xuanyuan Xin tilted her head and smiled demonically at him. “I came to meet you, of course!”

“It’s been too long since we last met, brother. I can’t believe how

old

you’ve become. And here I thought you would safely overcome the Great Tribulation and live forever!”

“If you are fine, then all is well,” Xuanyuan Kun declared arrogantly. “I have killed the masterminds who plotted your downfall, Eastern Radiance Lord and Kunlun Celestial Sovereign, and taken revenge for you.”

“Really now?” Xuanyuan Xin asked. “I am confused. Aren’t you the true mastermind behind my downfall, brother?”

“Of course not. Anyway, let’s set aside the past for the moment and talk about the future.”

Xuanyuan Kun changed the topic. “The resurrection of spiritual qi and the age of chaos is nigh. Since you are alive, we should join hands and work together to reclaim the former glory of the Kunlun Ruins, don’t you agree?”

“Set aside the past?

Set aside the past? Hahaha! Hahahaha!”

Xuanyuan Xin suddenly burst out laughing like a madwoman. “Let’s pretend that I’m willing for a moment. But what about them?”

“Them?” Xuanyuan Kun frowned.

“Yes! Them!”

Xuanyuan Xin laughed crazily. “Give me a moment to ask them, will you?”

“You’ve all heard my brother’s suggestion. Do you accept it?”

“I do not!”

Xuanyuan Xin’s face abruptly turned into a man’s as she—or rather, he, uttered. He glared at Xuanyuan Kun with the utmost venom and hatred.

“I do not!”

Then, the man’s face and voice turned into an old woman’s, shrill and raspy.

“I do not!”

Next, the old woman’s face and voice turned into a boy, roaring.

“I do not!”

“I do not!”

“I do not!”

“I do not!”

Xuanyuan Xin’s face changed seven times in a row. The voices did not all share the same emotion—some were angry, some were hateful, some were filled with sorrow and more—but all of them vehemently denied Xuanyuan Kun’s “suggestion”.

“The Symbiotic Soul Hosting Great Art? Seven souls in one?” Xuanyuan Kun exclaimed in astonishment.

The Symbiotic Soul Hosting Great Art was a highly heretical art where a soul was attached to another soul to form a symbiotic relationship.

It was a wonderous life-saving art. In the case a person’s physical body was destroyed, and the mind and soul were in a state where they could not exist independently for long, they could execute the art and attach their soul to another soul to survive.

The art wasn’t the reason Xuanyuan Kun was astonished, however. It was the fact that seven souls were attached to Xuanyuan Xin’s one soul. That was eight souls in total.

The conditions necessary to execute the Symbiotic Soul Hosting Great Art was extremely stringent. First, both the host soul and the guest soul must be incredibly powerful. Second, both parties must consent to the art. Otherwise, the art simply would not work.

They called it attachment, but it was really forcing the guest soul into the host soul. Naturally, the process was long, arduous, and painful. Not only was it a torture for both souls, the stronger the souls were, the worse the pain. Even if the fusion was successful, they would have to withstand the pain of their souls being torn apart forever.

The pain on one’s soul far exceeded the pain on one’s body. As such, even a strong-willed person could withstand the art only once.

But Xuanyuan Xin defied expectations and took seven souls into her own. That was seven times the soul pain at the minimum!

Not only that, the souls attached to Xuanyuan Xin’s soul were none other than the seven other celestials who were chained to the altars. Their souls were powerful beyond measure, meaning that the pain Xuanyuan Xin must bear was even greater than normal. Far greater.

For her to go through such pain seven times and actually succeed… he would not believe it was possible if he wasn’t witnessing her with his own eyes.