Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 286 - 161: Fairy’s Demise

Chapter 286: Chapter 161: Fairy’s Demise

At that moment, Zhou Yan, in their eyes, was not an old man with dried-up bloodline, but a living Death itself!

Only Death could utter such life-and-death related yet utterly indifferent words.

But Zhou Yan himself showed no emotion at all, still speaking indifferently, "Zhou Ying, Zhou Gucheng, Zhou Qianqian. You might think I hate, I rage, I resent; initially, I did feel that way. But afterward, I didn’t, because from anger to hatred, to near numbness, and now to transcending the Seven Emotions and Six Desires, this dimension can no longer confine me.

I have already died, but I am still alive.

So, if you find it painful, abandon your physical body, ascend your soul, and let your self die."

Zhou Yan looked at Zhou Ying and the others, his first words instructing them to die themselves.

He didn’t even bother to make a move.

The three were stunned, gazing at Zhou Yan with disbelief. However, after realizing Zhou Yan was not joking, all three began to tremble.

Yet they chose not to die, simply standing silently to one side.

They were from despair to numbness again, a numbness devoid of any hope.

Zhou Yan glanced at them indifferently and then paid them no further attention.

His gaze swept past Xiao Linlin and Xiao Chan’er, the sisters no longer avoided his eyes and looked back without a trace of guilt.

The relationship between them seemed to have become incredibly distant.

But Zhou Yan did not look at them again, his gaze moving to Zhou Xian.

"I just want to become stronger! Stronger!" Zhou Xian was desperately explaining.

This reasoning could justify all his actions, for only by becoming stronger, by any means necessary, was the most logical reason.

But Zhou Yan was also not looking at him. Zhou Xian’s explanation was short, but he couldn’t continue because Zhou Yan simply did not care about him.

He felt somewhat disappointed, somewhat relieved, and somewhat bitter due to his hidden guilt and conflict.

"Zhou Family is a great clan, having fallen for thousands and even tens of thousands of years, naturally, it should have some heritage awakening in this era. Many branches of the Zhou Family also gradually have geniuses awakening.

The Great Zhou Family will truly become the Great Zhou Family; the ’Great’ is not merely an exaggeration."

Zhou Yuntian spoke up not so much to explain why Zhou Momo and others could appear here but added an extra line.

However, Zhou Yan did not answer him or even look at him.

At this moment, Zhou Yan, even if he were an Ancient Evil Spirit in the Void Seventh Realm, could not be ignored, let alone Zhou Yuntian Zhou Taiting and the rest?

Even the Cailing Fairy was somewhat solemn as she watched Zhou Yan’s expression before acting.

"Yang Qingtan, brother, this is the first time I truly call you brother, and it will also be the last."

Zhou Yan looked at Yang Qingtan and spoke softly.

This person, Zhou Yan had always highly regarded.

The person his master chose, was invariably noteworthy.

But this was a misconception, otherwise, why would the master abandon Yang Qingtan?

Yet, Zhou Yan did not want to disappoint his master earlier, nor did he want to force fratricidal strife, subconsciously, he didn’t trouble Yang Qingtan, even though the latter wanted to kill him, and even harbored a sure-kill intention.

"I don’t care!"

Yang Qingtan said coldly.

"I know you don’t care, but I have drunk your wine. Now, I give it back to you; will you drink it?"

Zhou Yan spoke, suddenly striking out a pot of wine with a hand as withered as a tree branch.

A pot of Fiery Flame Sword Heart Wine.

The wine flew with a plain yet overwhelmingly strong Sword Dao trajectory.

One move was enough to reveal how profound Zhou Yan’s Sword Dao attainment was.

With a single move, many cultivators inwardly felt even greater fear.

"Good! I will drink this wine, and I, Yang Qingtan, owe you! But before that, I won’t say, and afterward, we will settle our scores! We esteem each other, but our fates differ. The wine, I will drink! While drinking, we are still brothers, we are our own people!

After it’s finished, we will sever kindness and righteousness, leaving life and death to fate!"

Yang Qingtan’s gaze intensified, but he spoke with overbearing boldness.

He reached out, grabbing the drink, about to gulp it down.

"Hold—this drink might need to be checked first."

Cailing Fairy slightly frowned, solemnly speaking.

"Turns out you’re just a woman."

Yang Qingtan scoffed coldly, ignoring Cailing’s warning and drank the pot of wine.

"You—" Cailing’s face showed displeasure and a lack of pride, feeling Yang Qingtan failed to appreciate the favor.

"Zhou Yan isn’t the type to do such a thing; although he is both righteous and evil, he is upright in character."

The Ancient Evil Spirit glanced at Cailing, seemingly feeling that she didn’t understand Zhou Yan well and sighed again, then said, "Or maybe, you don’t care about your Void Body, but you should be able to sense how Feng Lingqing feels about him. If not, you can descend into Fairy Cai Xuan’s Void Body to experience it yourself, and then you’ll realize how inappropriate your words are."

Even the Ancient Evil Spirit spoke such words.

Cailing Fairy’s face grew even more displeased, she huffed lightly and said, "Then let’s see what their experience is!"

With that, Cailing actually flew towards Cai Xuan’s body.

At that moment, Fairy Cai Xuan revealed an expression of immense terror and despair.

She looked at Zhou Yan with a pleading gaze, a look that was filled with too much entreaty.

This pleading look also concealed too much sadness, as if once Cailing Fairy descended, she would completely lose herself.

Zhou Yan sensed this gaze, but he simply took out a flask of wine, a flask that looked murky but was as red as blood.

He tipped his head back and drank the flask of wine in one gulp.

This was the second time he drank with Yang Qingtan.

The first time, it was out of mutual respect, and thereafter, they established a friendship based on mutual trust, silently trusting and supporting each other.

Now, it was still mutual respect, but after that, it was a battle between life and death.

Or rather, it wasn’t about life or death, nor about fulfilling or betraying, as the paths the two chose were destined not to be the same.

Bitter wine, sorrow for all living beings.

This realization deepened, penetrated deeper into the soul, allowing Zhou Yan to feel even more the mysteries of the Heartless Sword Dao.

"Cai Xuan, what are you worried about now? Duties? Responsibility? People suffer because they take on things they shouldn’t and cannot bear. Since they cannot bear it, forcibly bearing it will only destroy everything.

You are just a Void Body, so just do your part as a Void Body, be an ordinary Void Body, don’t think about awakening your own will, it will be painful."

Zhou Yan’s words seemed a bit excessive, but no one felt that his words were excessive, as every sentence felt as though it transcended the Abyss, bearing an indescribable terrifying pressure.

Especially when such words came from such a dry and decayed body.

In that instant, Fairy Cai Xuan’s gaze became vacant for a moment, looking at Zhou Yan with disappointment and despair, yet a self-mocking smile appeared on her beautiful face.

The smile was beautiful, hauntingly beautiful.

"Perhaps, I shouldn’t have thought about becoming my True Self, because no matter where I am, I am always without status. Just like you in Hou Ling’s eyes. Sometimes, I’m envious of her, but I can never be her.

She hopes you live an ordinary life, quietly through a lifetime, just surviving.

Is this... also what you hope for me? But you know, even so, I actually..."

Cai Xuan spoke these bitter yet indifferent words, and in that moment, it seemed her many dreams shattered because of Zhou Yan’s words.

"You are not Feng Lingqing, nor can you be her. You are not Jiang Yuning either because you don’t have the qualifications. To live and stand, in fact, is also not a bad choice. As for hopes, I actually have no hopes, I just wanted to share these words with you."

Zhou Yan looked calmly at Cai Xuan. His words made many feel a complex sensation of ’transcendence’ and ’ruthlessness’.

"Cai Xuan, do you also have a Rebellious Bone? It seems this unexpected descent of mine was indeed quite appropriate."

At this time, Cailing Fairy did not question anything, but instead seemed somewhat enlightened.

"You are the main body, how could I dare to rebel? It’s just that there are some secrets in my heart that I don’t want the main body to know. But since Zhou Yan Spirit has said so, I guess I will resign myself to fate."

Cai Xuan’s beautiful eyes became somber, then she gave Zhou Yan a deep look, a look seemingly full of too much emotion.

The look in her eyes, similar to Feng Lingqing’s eyes.

But in that instant, even though Zhou Yan captured it, he showed no emotional turbulence.

Everyone sensed this change, but everyone also felt Zhou Yan’s calmness.

Then, the cultivators who sensed this scene realized—Zhou Yan’s Heartless Sword Dao had truly reached the Great Perfection.

Because such a familiar look could no longer move Zhou Yan’s heart.

It seemed everything was coming to an end.

"Resigning to fate? Resigning to fate is right! I have to say, Zhou Yan, your words this time are quite pleasant to hear." Fairy Cailing snickered coldly, her Colorful Wings fluttering, becoming unbelievably beautiful and spiritual.

But Zhou Yan at this moment, just looked at her pityingly and said, "I advise you not to descend. Once you descend, everything is over, you will no longer be you."

"Do you still care about me? Could it be that you have taken a liking to me? Or is it your feelings for Feng Lingqing projected onto me?" Cailing Fairy laughed coquettishly, but her gaze was incredibly mocking.

Because to her, that was the funniest joke in the world.

"It doesn’t matter what you think. I just don’t want to see a more complicated situation arise, and I just want to finish my second path. However, it seems I can’t proceed with this path just yet."

Zhou Yan’s gaze remained exceptionally calm, not angry, not shocked. Neither happy, nor sad.

Such a person is the most frightening.

Even Cailing Fairy hummed coldly at this time, growing a sliver of wariness in her heart!

But she didn’t believe, couldn’t believe Zhou Yan’s words, and very firmly flew towards Cai Xuan.

In that moment, colors sparked between heaven and earth, making this land of despair seem to birth an unspeakable dawn of hope.

Then, the two merged together, and Cailing Fairy had a moment of stupor; her body stiffened for a moment.

Afterwards, her soul’s phantom seemed struck by lightning, as if suddenly understanding many things.

In her soul’s phantom, there were terrifying, shocking, bewildered, and many other intensely strong emotions displayed.

Eventually, her phantom, like a beautiful soap bubble, suddenly burst.

Cailing Fairy, a True Spirit Level genius strong practitioner of the Void Third Realm, died inexplicably.

Although all the cultivators saw was her soul’s phantom disappearing, all the cultivators could be certain, Cailing Fairy was dead.

This was an inexplicable feeling, yet this feeling was incredibly real and deep.

"Cailing—"

At that moment, the Ancient Evil Spirit let out a mournful shriek and pained roar.