Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 276 - 152 The Void Body Is Not Frail

Chapter 276: Chapter 152 The Void Body Is Not Frail

"Cai Xuan, you’ve been wronged. I will make it up to the line of Emperor Sword Wuji later," Cai Ling said to Cai Xuan, her gaze becoming exceptionally tender.

The redness in Cai Xuan’s tear-filled eyes dissipated, revealing her bright and beautiful eyes. She wore a sweet smile on her face and said, "Serving the original body is my duty. When the original body is absent, Cai Xuan is Cai Xuan, everything is independent.

When the original body appears, everything will prioritize the original body as the highest authority—this is a law that Void Bodies must and will abide by."

Cai Xuan spoke earnestly and showed her absolute loyalty.

"Yes, don’t worry. Once my Nine Changes of Sword Void reach Great Perfection, we will be one again, no distinction between you and me. In fact, you are me, and I am you; there is no need for politeness between us."

Cai Ling comforted her softly.

Although she said this, Cai Ling received Cai Xuan’s formalities in full.

"Zhou Yan... although we are enemies, I have to say, you are an extraordinary person, but... we must sacrifice you. If it weren’t for ’that incident,’ you really would have been a friend worth making, a consort worth entrusting one’s life to."

In the eyes of everyone present, Cai Ling suddenly flew close to Zhou Yan, then locked eyes with him and spoke affectionately.

In this moment, a woman known for her ruthless killing suddenly showed such feminine tenderness, which left many surprised.

But the next moment, everyone thought it was normal.

Zhou Yan could be considered the first genius of the Southern Wilderness, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration at all. Besides Zhou Yan, no one could defeat a True Spirit Level genius at the third level of the Sword Spirit Realm in the Sword Spirit Three Heavens.

But Zhou Yan could!

This alone was enough to earn Zhou Yan the recognition of countless geniuses.

"Zhou Yan, actually, Feng Lingqing... she didn’t die. What you saw... what you saw of her being caught in the Void is real. But that child’s bloodline is special, so the child’s survival would have kept depleting Feng Lingqing’s potential until she completely aged and died.

Therefore, I feel that the child gave up her own life and saved her mother.

The child’s action touched my heart. Although I don’t know the current situation of Feng Lingqing, I can be certain that she is not dead. What’s more, she has freed herself from being a Void Body and has become another original body."

"This is good news for you, Zhou Yan, before you vanish completely. I, as my own first Void Body and as your Daoist couple, tell you this."

"The second piece of good news is that... really, this world isn’t as harsh and heartless as you believe. There are some things you won’t understand, and even if I explain them, you won’t be able to comprehend them. But now, as you are about to die, I won’t hide it from you.

This may be a world of Void Bodies, but every person here is real. Void Bodies are not void, for no one has decreed that Void Bodies must remain such. Once a Void Body develops a true self, it becomes another original body.

Feng Lingqing has achieved this, but where she is and how she is doing, I have no idea. She and I have become two different people, and she would stop at nothing to kill me."

...

"’Who am I?’ ’Who is me?’ If I ask myself these questions often, I can free myself from the shackles of being a ’Void Body.’

And emotions are the most terrifying onslaught that a Void Body faces.

This world may be one of Void Bodies, but ninety-nine percent of the people are real.

Void is not void, and solid is not solid.

Because whether Void or Solid, everyone is still a person, born from a mother’s womb. Making such distinctions only means missing out on more happiness that one should cherish.

Zhou Yan, it’s unfortunate that you didn’t seize the opportunity to condense your Sword Body and Sword Soul earlier. If you had done so, everything might have changed, and at least you wouldn’t have ended up like this..."

Cai Ling said, reaching out with her slender jade-like hand and gently stroking Zhou Yan’s cheek on her own accord.

Close to Zhou Yan, the black hole that was about to devour him neither advanced nor retreated, just menacingly hovering.

Cai Ling’s fingers traced Zhou Yan’s cheek, then she tidied his long, snow-white hair that was as pale as snow.

Finally, after arranging his hair, she stood still in front of Zhou Yan for a moment, then she reined in her emotions.

"You’ve all seen my reluctance, and I am somewhat too sentimental,"

Cai Ling sighed regretfully and self-mockingly.

"Understandable, it’s human nature. As an enemy, no matter how much I seem to belittle and mock him, I actually admire him a lot. It’s just that he’s too prone to stirring trouble and too arrogant, which is infuriating,"

Zhou Yuntian lamented.

Witnessing a rival fall is certainly a good thing, but it is undeniably a cause for reflection.

At least, that’s how Zhou Yuntian felt at that time.

"Zhou Yan, let me tell you some good news as well, so that you can rest in peace in the underworld. How about that? I’m not bad to you either, so you can go in peace."

Zhou Yuntian smiled, no longer arrogant, and not caring about how others saw him, but spoke with a bit of bitterness: "I hate your father because he started and ended things irresponsibly with my sister, Zhou Yanyun! Did you know how much my sister loved him? He ignored it, didn’t listen, toyed with my sister, and then abandoned her!

Just because he had a friend who liked my sister, he gave Yanyun up! Utterly ridiculous! Then he would talk about earth-shattering love, but what came of it? He quickly became involved with Li Yunjin."

Even raised you!

It’s quite normal for a man to have multiple wives and concubines, I, Zhou Yuntian, being a genius, am not a fool, and naturally understand these things, I can even empathize! But after his friend didn’t want my sister, my sister came back to him, seeking his help, and he ignored her—Even when he was frequenting brothels to play with women, he didn’t give my sister the time of day.

Why the hell not? Just because he’s a genius? Fine then! I’ll be an even bigger genius, I’ll cripple him, and let’s see who’s actually good to him!

The result? You already know what happened, I crippled him, and my sister cut ties with me, went off to the Da Li Family, changed her name to Lee Yan Yun, and became my enemy.

As for your father... he was crippled, and you know how he has lived these years.

For such a person to become a genius, I can only feel that heaven is unfair.

Later, you rose up, and I fell, I was condensed into a Sword Soul, it was my sister who knelt down and begged him to save me.

A man, making a woman who loves him kneel, I don’t want to say anything. But your father, he hesitated for a long time, yet still refused to release me.

That time, because it involved the "Heavenly Destiny Project," I was saved by Li Cangsheng, so I captured my sister.

I didn’t capture your father because I wanted to test his love for her by tormenting my sister.

There might also be some reasons related to you. But I, Zhou Yuntian, although being others’ Void Body, have been awakened since birth, so I will never be swayed by others, my talent unmatched because, from the beginning, I was already ahead of others.

Tormenting my sister, the pain is greater in my heart. But I want her to realize, the man she dearly loves, is not worth her love! While she endured a fate worse than death for him, he was still indulging in his filthy pleasures, completely drunk, not caring a bit about how my sister felt.

So, yes, I did seriously set out to torment my sister, I wanted her dead, just like Zhou Gucheng wanted you dead. Sometimes, killing isn’t cruel, because death can be a release.

Zhou Yan, you’re entangled in too much, just because your... bloodline is too pure. You were supposed to be part of the Zhou Family, but your bloodline turns out to be from the Li Family... There are things I cannot say. Even if you’re dying, I cannot tell you.

But, you won’t have a next life, because you’re destined to be obliterated, they don’t wish for any truly pure bloodlines to exist."

"The good news I have to tell you is that my tormenting my sister finally had some effect, your father showed some responsibility, appeared, even though he was mad, but he showed responsibility.

I lost a bet to my sister, she said that in the end, Zhou Wangchen would save her at the cost of his own life, and she really didn’t misjudge... That’s actually the outcome I hoped for. So I released my sister and let her go with your father."

"That’s good news, isn’t it? No matter how much you think I, Zhou Yuntian, am hateful and deserve to die, I think the same of your father. But I didn’t kill him, just like how I last time actually had the chance to kill you but didn’t.

And you, having the chance to kill me, didn’t do it either.

Actually, I don’t want familial strife within our clan either, because in the plan, we’re all pawns, and we’ll also become disposable, which is very sad.

To go against heaven and change fate, you also need the opportunity.

Whatever we think, whatever we do, it’s all known within the plan, but as long as it’s not too excessive, they turn a blind eye, as long as you’re capable of breaking out, they won’t interfere too much, because they too have too many things to contend with.

So, even if I want to leap out of this chess game, I wouldn’t care about anyone knowing. Because for now, they won’t discard me, this chess piece."

"Unexpectedly, I intended to speak only a few words with you, yet I’ve said so much. But before you die, I just want you to know, we aren’t Void Bodies, so everything we do has a reason. What you see, might not be real, what you hear, might not be real.

Even now, the words I say to you, true and false, even I myself can’t determine; the things I know, are they really true? I don’t even know that.

But there’s a path now, one that has been chosen for me; I just have to follow it without straying, and that will do."

Zhou Yuntian spoke to Zhou Yan like a friend, suddenly sharing so many heartfelt words.

This proud man actually revealed so many inner thoughts, which truly shocked Zhou Yan to the core.

However, Zhou Yan made no outward reaction, as his Spiritual Sense had already mostly entered the Purple Flame Void, leaving his body completely shackled.

Moreover, Zhou Yan could now confirm that the Purple Flame Void could shield all Heavenly Mechanisms.

Therefore, all of his mental activities were now in the Purple Flame Void; externally, his heart had become numb and hollow.

At this moment, Zhou Yuntian saying so much also made Zhou Yan empathize a bit.

Zhou Yan knew that everyone had their own reasons to live or to persist, Zhou Yuntian was just trying to escape the fate of being a pawn.

And the others, seemed to be carrying out a "Heavenly Destiny Project."

This project, just by the name, must certainly be in accordance with Heavenly Destiny.

But Zhou Yan now is going against heaven, naturally, he could not be accepted into the Heavenly Destiny Project. Not just that, he was constantly constrained at every turn.

Even though he could resonate with the feeling, Zhou Yan had no sympathy for Zhou Yuntian, he would still show no mercy when he needed to act.

Everyone has their reasons to live or to persist, but if wanting to survive means causing others to die, how could the others understand?

Empathy is there, but vengeance would still be met with vengeance, eye for an eye.

"Okay, having told him these things, he can die with his eyes closed. Ghost Senior, make your move to extract the ancient Essence Blood and preserve the physical body intact."

Having said all this, Zhou Yuntian seemed relieved, his face breaking into a brilliant smile.