Chapter 212 Ashes of Ascension
There was chaos at the outpost.

The darkness came like a tsunami.

As the Spring City appeared, the flood spread in all directions, but then it seemed to hit an invisible dam and stopped abruptly.

From the perspective of the Sky Eye, all shocks and waves were frozen.

Stagnant.

The Law of Tianyuan operates here and sets the rule - the evil creatures cannot leave Quancheng.

But even the celestial beings were still powerless in the face of the pollution and floods that had accumulated for such a long time. In an instant, countless cracking sounds were heard in the void.

Absolute laws are difficult to establish and are in jeopardy under the impact of reality.

Thus, in the overlooking of the Heavenly Eye, the perfect law was adjusted again, adding imperfections, compromising with reality, and exchanging partial concessions for overall enhancement.

A passage was opened in the blockade, like a floodgate.

A gap facing the outpost.

Suddenly, countless pollution, disaster beasts, evil things and even residual spirits surged like a mudslide, raging forward and approaching.

Until it collides with the outpost.

There were constant sounds of gunfire, flames, screams and roars.

The airship took off, and the flash bombs fell, shedding tear-like flashes. The fortress and the torrent collided head-on, and the aftermath alone made the earth turbulent.

Underground, outside the emergency command center, the lights in the corridor were pale, flickering in the huge earthquake.

Dust fell and sprinkled among Lu Yingyue's mottled white hair.

The slightly aged director hurried forward through the busy corridor, asking questions repeatedly: "Where is the status report of the barrier ahead?"

"It is still within the response range, but consumption is further increasing."

"How is Mr. Tao doing?"

"Just woke up and am on my way."

"Where are the other directors?"

"We are on our way."

Lu Yingyue nodded, took the document, and finally asked: "Speaking of which, is this really the way to the emergency command center?"

In the moment of silence, the people following him were stunned and fell silent.

His expression twitched in shock.

As if trying to force a smile.

But, I can't speak...

Because right at Lu Yingyue's fingertips, the extremely real illusion was rippling like water waves.

"Hmm? At least it's a 'Mirror Flower and Water Moon' set up by two super-powerful masters. It smells very familiar. Tianxin Society? And Wulou Temple?"

Lu Yingyue laughed: "When did your two families unite? Lu Changsheng's mouth is really powerful."

No one responded. In the dead silence, a crack suddenly spread out from the waves at her fingertips, and thousands of threads blossomed, like a crack on glass.

Cut her fingers.

Perhaps, this is just an illusion.

But is it true or false? Even the soul cannot tell.

"Really? It's been a long time since I've been looked down upon like this..."

Lu Yingyue licked the blood on her fingertips, a trace of self-mockery appeared on her slightly old face, "Before the fight begins, do you have any last words to say?"

No one responded.

There was no breathing, shouting, or roaring in the dead silence.

In the interweaving of countless phantoms in an instant, even death became silent.

Silence was like a tide, drowning everything.
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At this moment, the sky shook and the earth trembled.

Amid the loud noise, flickering flames from the window illuminated the quiet corridor. Dust settled, and the people running around in chaos seemed to have forgotten about this place, or perhaps, could not find where it was.

There was only a thin figure standing at the window, quietly admiring the chaos and humming an ancient tune softly.

After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and continued forward.

Pushed open the half-open door.

The office behind the door was the same as always, except that without windows for ventilation, the original old smell became even stronger.

The secretary pushed the door open, reached out, and turned on the light. The light illuminated the drooling old man sitting in the chair across the table, dazed and absent-minded.

The secretary smiled slightly, raised his hand and adjusted his glasses: "Hello, Public Security Tao?"

"Nothing's wrong."

The old man answered vaguely and looked up at him. That face was so familiar, but now it seemed strange, just like everyone he saw after waking up.

Always, I can’t remember.

"Sorry, I forgot your name again." He sighed regretfully: "Who are you?"

"I'm your secretary."

The man sat across from him, pointed at his name badge and armband, repeated it countless times, and then introduced himself for the first time, "My last name is Lu, Lu Changsheng."

He smiled gently, "Just call me Xiao Lu."

boom! ! ! !

From the quiet room, in the night sky outside the window, a dazzling light suddenly soared up towards the sky. After a long time, a thunderous roar and a storm came.

Under the same fierce light, the flames were extinguished, cruelly wiped out, the smoke dissipated, and there was no trace left from the storm.

The tower of flesh and blood crumbled, and the stench and scarlet spread, scattering and decorating hideous patterns on the scorched earth. The pollution and traces of evil disappeared completely.

From the cruel and indifferent peeling...

The ruins of the entire construction site were completely purified in an instant.

All you need is to reach out your hand and gently touch the ground...

And then……

——The dissociation technique that is beyond Ji Jue’s imagination is activated!
Physical properties repel each other, just like like poles of a magnetic field colliding with each other, forcing everything on this land to be insulated from evil and pollution, and then, stripped away!
Even if it is the same dissociation technique, there are differences in quality, which are worlds apart.

Limited by the difference between [Fei Gong] and [Mo Ye], Ye Xian could only teach basic principles and ideas, allowing Ji Jue to grow wildly.

And what is revealed in her hands at this moment is the pinnacle of skills that belong only to her!
No matter whether it was the gift of the Supreme Good or the pollution of evil and foolishness, spiritual or physical, all traces were washed away in the irresistible mighty waves.

Split, destroy, degrade, bleach, and restore to its original appearance!
Including the one in front of her...

God!

In less than a minute, the entire scene was completely changed. Thousands of giant pillars with intricate spiritual circuits engraved on them rose from the ground, once connecting the sky and the earth, and then they were cut off in the middle.

The evil light from the sky penetrated the boundary membrane and burst out, sweeping across the sky, burning everything, digging up gullies, and leaving behind bursts of burning stench. The frost and ice ridges entangled with each other, collided, broke and dissolved, and layers of flying snow fell slowly, and turned into rain in the burning wind.

Raindrops fell on the giant statue that had crawled out of the mud, and slid down its cracked and shattered face like tears. Its broken limbs turned into ashes and fell back into the mud.

The very center of the venue sunken down for dozens of meters.

And a series of translucent sharp blades crisscrossed from the void like a cage, piercing through the broken body of the evil creature and nailing him to the spot.

From around the sharp blade, a huge shadow materialized.

Surrounding overlook.

The six-winged, one-legged black swan is as tall as an iron wall; the gray rhinoceros appears and disappears from the void, with no beginning and no end; the unicorn, which is formed by the convergence of all brilliance and is between existence and non-existence... and even the giant whale that provides energy for many disaster creations, with infinite spiritual essence and endless waste.

The phantom of the giant whale enveloped the entire venue, without taking on any shape, but everything seemed to have been swallowed up by it.

This is the collection of multiple heavenly-grade creations, a series of creations that is unique even in the registration list of Taiyi Ring - [Omen Sequence]!
At this moment, the sound of friction and struggle could be heard continuously as the translucent sword blade penetrated.

So sharp.

"Heaven..."

Duan Mu was stubborn, trying to raise his head, unwilling to bow to Ye Xian. Viscous blood slowly slid down his face, like tears:
"Mingming, I am already... a celestial being..."

“Is this considered a celestial being?”

In the scorched earth below the crack, Ye Xian lowered his eyes, "Why are you confused by such a hypocritical scenery, Duan Mu?"

It is a power in name only, with an empty core. Apart from the increase in spiritual output and total amount, there is nothing else... At best, it is just a showpiece.

She could even imagine the principle behind it...

Relying on the gravitational force of the superior evil, he forcibly lifted up his soul, so that the scenery that was unattainable in the past finally came into view.

But what's the price?

The original foundation was destroyed, the building collapsed and disappeared, and now it looks like a plastic steel house that was forcibly raised by a crane, hanging in the air, and all that remains is the height. It can't even be called a castle in the air.

It sways when the wind blows and becomes turbulent when thunder and heavy rain hits it.

Even the completed circle and time wedge have inherent deficiencies!
Ye Xian didn't believe that he couldn't discover all this.

He should know it well.

But I don't want to believe it...

"The combination of a series of transformations and changes is based on integration, but it is too complicated and lacks pure changes. That guy who denied your future was not talking nonsense."

Ye Xian sighed, "Why are you so stubborn?

"I am not wrong!"

Duan Mu's eyes widened and he roared, as if his reverse scale had been touched, and he shouted frantically: "We... are not wrong..."

"Gathering together, you become obsessed with increasing the quantity, but you don't realize that sometimes, the more you add, the farther you go. The reason you are standing still is not because your talent is limited, but because you have completely exhausted that path."

Ye Xian took off his glasses and wiped the dust off them carefully. Suddenly he asked, "Do you know the 'mother machine effect'?"

Duan Mu was stiff and silent, not knowing why he suddenly brought up this.

"…No matter how delicate a part is, it cannot surpass the precision of the machine that makes it. This phenomenon exists in today's industrial manufacturing."

Ye Xian said decisively: "And this is the most fatal weakness of your group."

Even though the future seems bright, the area beyond the light is so narrow that if used properly, it can be called a convenient method, but that's all it can do.

The relevant theories are too closed and narrow, and are naturally limited, so that the level of the works is mediocre, which is naturally limited by the level of the craftsmen.

Even though most craftsmen were far from challenging the limit, and even more so, would never encounter such a situation in their entire lives, it was precisely because of the indomitable craftsmen like Duan Mu who devoted their entire lives to it that the shortcomings discovered by the Heavenly Furnace in the past were fully exposed!

"How boring it would be for a craftsman to only create things that are inferior to his own..." Ye Xian put on his glasses and suddenly asked, "Do you want to see something that can really defeat you, Duan Mu?"

At that moment, her palm slowly raised up.

Reveal the creation in the palm of your hand.

That intricately moving ghost ball!
As Duan Mu stared, it floated in mid-air, whirling silently, its outer shell-like camouflage and blockade disintegrated and peeled off, removing the shackles.

Break it down layer by layer.

The temporary workshop that served as a container also unfolded. When the last curtain was opened, countless spiritual circuits flowed out from it.

The matrix appeared, unfolding like a giant tree. On the branches and key points, twelve blessings of three-dimensional qualitative changes shone brightly, brilliant and magnificent!
Like the scorching sun, shining on everything.

Wherever the light shines, all material properties are mixed and blended, the sky and the earth are hazy, as if they have not yet opened, all things are one, and the sky and the earth are in chaos.

The circle expands, and the time wedge pulls up anchor!
This is the Matrix General!
Or, you could call it...

——The sacred object of the matrix, [Gan Jiang]!
Give soul to matter, give transcendence to all things, after going through the four operations of ascension, transformation, purification and integration, man-made objects will have consciousness and soul, implant the soul into the matrix, bless it with the fusion of modern alchemy, and finally, with thoughts and skills that surpass those of mortals, elevate it to the realm of heaven!

At this moment, right in front of Duan Mu's eyes, the status of a celestial being that he had longed for all his life was achieved by a creation that he could never have created!

Rage, shame, despair, fear, hesitation...

In the end, it turned into a hoarse and weak wail.

"Why...you haven't..."

Duan Mu couldn't understand it, he struggled hard and yelled: "Why, why!"

Obviously he has such talent and ability, but why would he go to so much trouble and would rather give the position of a god to a dead thing than move forward!

The road ahead that he had been pursuing all his life but could never reach...

How far do you want to humiliate me before you are satisfied? ! "

"Because it's meaningless." Ye Xian replied coldly.

"..."

"Seven years ago, I stood in front of that door." Ye Xian shook his head, "I haven't figured out what's outside the door yet. What's behind the door, for now, I'm not interested in."

“What I wanted wasn’t there,” she said.

Duan Mu was speechless, just panting and saying something vaguely.

Choking with despair.

Or, laugh miserably at yourself.

A lifetime of suffering and struggle is like a joke.

Even the final dying struggle seemed like a clown's farewell performance, revealing his ugly side.

He had nothing more to say.

But I heard Ye Xian's voice.

"Mr. Duan, among all the intrigues in the association, I only respect you three points. Perseverance is not an empty phrase, nor should it be a mockery. If those useless people had a little bit of your stubbornness, they wouldn't have fallen into the mediocrity they are now, right?"

Ye Xian said, "I am not as good as you."

Duan Mu closed his eyes and remained silent. He didn't even have the energy to get angry.

"…Finally, let me say something irrelevant."

Ye Xian raised his head and stared at the empty sky: "I recently accepted a student... Suddenly I realized that the cruelty of the Embers is the same for everyone.

Same for me, same for him, same for you.

However, if I were to face the same situation and difficulties as you, I would not be able to hold on for so long, right? "

"There is a project that I have failed in for twenty years. There have been times when I wanted to give up, more than once... There have been too many times when I overestimated my own abilities.

I don’t even know if I have the courage to endure it any longer.”

She sighed softly, "I'm not trying to comfort you, nor am I trying to find any resonance with you. I just suddenly realized that apart from opponents like you, there are some things that no one can talk to."

In the silence, Duan Mu smiled tiredly.

“It’s so lonely.”

"Yes."

Ye Xian sighed softly.

A cracking sound was heard, and broken limbs and arms fell silently from above Duan Mu's face.

His body fell into the mud. His pupils slowly turned and looked at the sky that Ye Xian was looking at - so empty and high, yet so cold.

The stars dim.

Just as he had seen it before, nothing had changed.

It turns out that until the very end, I was unable to move forward...

Just chose to fall.

The wind blowing towards you is because you have already fallen into the abyss when you step onto the cliff and the changing scenery whizzes past.

Everything is irreversible.

But even if it can be salvaged and everything can start over again, can I still go through it again?

"Ye Xian, the road is too long, I can't walk anymore..."

In the midst of an unstoppable collapse, he closed his eyes tiredly, "You are all alone... just keep moving forward..."

So, we said goodbye for the last time. Curse or blessing, the boundary between the two is so blurred.

It's impossible to tell.

The swords of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye crossed and chopped down.

The evil creature was beheaded and fell apart, leaving only the final ashes that rose into the sky with the wind, then fell down in a great amount and merged into the countless flames spreading in the mortal world.

It was like a flying star rising from the ashes scattered in the furnace.

A moment of radiance and rise.

Gradually disappeared.

In the silence, the sound of footsteps could be heard from afar, approaching gradually.

Ye Xian turned around and looked at the bloody road that meandered from the outpost.

Amidst the countless corpses of disaster beasts and the glowing lights of residual spirits, someone strolled in, holding two broken swords full of holes. Wherever he passed, blood was splattered and corpses were scattered everywhere.

Lu Yingyue.

“Master Kong said something happened here, and he rushed here after solving the problem.”

A smile appeared on the bloodstained face.

"Am I late?"

(End of this chapter)