Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 264 - 142 Three Characters, Three Void Bodies_2

Chapter 264: Chapter 142 Three Characters, Three Void Bodies_2

Until I encountered Hou Yao’s Void Body, I had only gradually faced that matter.

But as I said, I do not care. As long as little Chenchen is well, that’s fine. I am his master, and this fact, even if Heaven and Earth were destroyed, no one would deny.

And Zhou Gucheng and others, I of course know why you betrayed, I understand in my heart, but I also do not care.

Because there is no need to care anymore. Because now, I have also cultivated the Heartless Sword Dao to Great Perfection.

The reason I retained a bit of sentimentality is that this bit is the essential touch to finalizing the whole, once this is done, I would need to face the life-and-death predicament of condensing the Sword Soul.

You know, condensing the Sword Soul, especially improvising like me, even having Emperor Blood doesn’t guarantee success. Even if the likelihood increases by millions of times, the inherent impossibility of condensing the Sword Soul, however much increased, ultimately still rounds to zero.

And there’s nothing my inherited legacy behind me can do about it.

This point, I think, Cai Ling, and that man, should know.

Perhaps the only thing I didn’t anticipate was how deeply he hid.

"Zhou Yan, I’m sorry."

"There’s no need. Besides, actually, compared to Fairy Cai Xuan’s identity, I am more impressed by Mo Yuchou’s identity because she’s better at hiding, at representing herself. Forget it, let’s not talk about this. Cai Ling, your Void Body, Three Souls and Seven Spirits, you must have at least three Void Bodies, right? The other one, I don’t want to talk about anymore."

Zhou Yan smiled sadly.

That kind of smile, even the men like Huang FuZhan and Zhou Gucheng felt an inexplicable heartache.

"Three Souls and Seven Spirits... Void Three, nowhere to go. So, Three Void Bodies, through the ages of Heaven and Earth, the Red Dust of the mortal world, searched for a breakthrough path. I, Cai Ling, Cai Xuan, Mo Yuchou, and her... are indeed the same person.

Zhou Yan, you really, really know everything, it seems our plan was merely childishly ridiculous.

Now, all I want is to free Zhou Yuntian from Ji Tianxu Spirit’s soul shackles, to revive from the ancient memories. Hope... you can help me.

And I, I also abandon all my plans."

Cai Xuan said, her delicate body trembling as she transformed into Mo Yuchou.

This scene stunned everyone—including Gongcheng Diewu.

She foolishly stared at Fairy Cai Xuan, seemingly unable to recover her senses for a long time.

Zhou Yan’s gaze became somewhat melancholic.

This mix of truth and deception, realities and illusions, tricked out many—many unexpected truths and answers.

Because he had never thought that Mo Yuchou, Cai Xuan, or even ’her,’ were all Cai Ling’s Void Bodies.

But now, knowing this, he didn’t feel heartbroken, instead, he felt that everything seemed, as it should be.

"How can I still help you? At first, I wondered why sometimes Mo Yuchou truly cared for me, why Cai Xuan had those inexplicable infatuations with me, it turned out, all origins were here with Lingqing."

Zhou Yan said with a bitter smile.

He seemed to be smiling bitterly, but no one could see through his feelings.

"Lingqing agreed to ’her’ conditions as one of them. And you should know, a Void Body is also a person, although just one of the split bodies of Three Souls, but still a person. They have emotions and a self, thus Lingqing resisted, and now, her life and death are unknown.

She is me, but she also is not me. We all were independent and whole before knowing all this.

The difference between Lingzhu and Lingqing, you’ve noticed too, Lingzhu being all-around excellent because Lingzhu is a real person, not a Ding Furnace nor a Void Body, while Lingqing, can only be considered a clone of Lingzhu.

A clone, carrying one of Cai Ling’s split souls, thus Lingqing could become a Void Body."

Mo Yuchou said with a bitter smile.

Zhou Yan nodded, asking, "So now, are you the Void Body Cai Xuan and not the true body Cai Ling?"

"Yes, although I can transform into another Void Body’s appearance, because the soul is different, I cannot be considered Mo Yuchou..."

Mo Yuchou spoke, then reverted back to Cai Xuan’s appearance.

"Void Body, Void Body, always a Void Body... So, many people might just be the strong ones’ Void Bodies," Zhou Yan mused.

"Yes, the existence of Void Bodies represents another kind of life; a Void Body without mutations and autonomous will is just like the relationship between me and my ’True Self’. And the so-called ’Ding Furnace’ is a mutated Void Body with its own will.

Moreover, because they are all nurtured from the womb, Void Bodies also possess Three Souls and Seven Spirits, but these combine to form a single, stronger soul. Therefore, the powerful may split a soul to reincarnate and create a Void Body.

And the Sword Burial Ancestor Star, this is a world born from a Void Body, also a sealed prison. Here, is where the great powers nurture their Void Bodies.

The more Void Bodies, the better, because they can die in place of the original body and endure endless suffering, acting as the slave of the original body.

They must work uncomplainingly, without grievances, die when they should die, and endure humiliations when their original bodies should be humiliated."

Cai Xuan said these words inexplicably.

All the Cultivators listened, a chill settling in their hearts as they gasped in the cold.

Zhou Gucheng and others remained silent at this.

Zhou Yan sighed sadly and said, "After Feng Lingqing and I fell in love, she awakened the memories of her Void Body, so she wanted a child on her own, but then she encountered the Suppressing Kill of the original body.

Or should I say, she deliberately followed the original body’s plan and left my bloodline behind?"

"Her situation is a bit complicated because she carries not one person’s Void Body, but two.

Another is the Void Body of an unfathomably powerful friend of Cai Ling.

By coincidence, both chose the same embryo, which is why Cai Ling found out her friend ’she’ actually harbors deep feelings for you.

Feelings, marital connections, nobody can explain them. So because the two Void Bodies chose the same seed, after this seed sprouted, although Cai Ling initially had no fondness for you, now she is also influenced by ’her,’ making her feelings for you rather complex.

It seems that this is the reason why both I, Cai Xuan, and Mo Yuchou, love you.

This love is involuntary, beyond our control.

After all, we are all helpless, pitiful puppets, mere ants in the hands of others."

"But Zhou Yan, you are not. Not only are you not, nobody can calculate your origins apart from the legacy of the Evil King, and we don’t even know where to start anymore. So, you are destined to be treated unfairly.

Because if there’s even a slight possibility, you must die. Otherwise, many who have taken great pains to cultivate their Void Bodies will lose them! If such a thing happens, it would be a terrifying disaster."

At this time, Cai Xuan seemed to hold nothing back, revealing everything.

But after knowing it all, some of Zhou Yan’s confusion vanished, yet more arose.

However, he did not ask further, but merely sighed softly and nodded faintly, saying, "You all have it tough, and I... don’t worry, I will die. To amass the Sword Soul, I myself have no confidence at all. Without the favor of Heavenly Dao, no miracle can occur on me."

Zhou Yan smiled tragically, his demeanor melancholic and desolate.

"Brother Zhou Yan."

At that moment, Zhou Ying cried, her voice filled with pain as she called out.

She seemed to really want to throw herself into Zhou Yan’s arms, but she felt that the distance between them had grown even further.

Beside Zhou Ying, an aged-looking Zhou Han watched numbly, his gaze vacant.

"You guys wait here; I’ll rescue Mr. Zhuge Chunqiu first and then come back for you. It’s relatively safe here, just don’t wander off."

Zhou Yan concealed his weathered emotions, then turned away, leaving behind only a fleeting, lonely silhouette.

After he left, tranquility settled in the area.

The ground was covered in flying snow, and heaven and earth appeared like a silver furnace, as if to turn everything into frost.

At that moment, many couldn’t help but weep.