Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 1095 - 688: Boundary Breakthrough_2

Chapter 1095: Chapter 688: Boundary Breakthrough_2

Xu Yuan even had a feeling that, if he was willing, he could touch the traces within these soul marks and uncover the stories hidden in the hearts of the departed.

The process of Dao Cleansing wasn’t particularly long; it quickly reached its end.

In a daze,

Xu Yuan saw a river.

On the boundless wasteland, there flowed a river raging toward the edge of the world.

Countless soul marks rose and fell within the currents of this river; he stood by its bank, with nothing but pitch-black darkness behind him.

A limitless, hidden power was beginning to gather toward him from within the shadows, but his gaze remained locked onto the opposite shore of the river, where radiant light brimmed with the essence of life.

At this moment, Xu Yuan realized one thing.

This Dao Cleansing had only just begun.

Life and death were not solitary paths, but interconnected pairings of Dao Charm.

Hesitating,

Xu Yuan lifted his foot and stepped toward the opposite shore of the river.

This step was exceedingly difficult for him to take,

as the boundless darkness behind him transformed in that instant into countless silken threads wrapping tightly around his body, forcefully pulling him backward.

Reversing life toward death is beyond mortal ability.

In that moment, Xu Yuan could sense the Dao Charm surrounding his body rapidly dissipating.

Any Dao Charm in the heavens was already challenging to perceive; if the life and death Dao Charm vanished completely at this moment, his breakthrough would cease, and he would only comprehend the Dao of Death.

Yet, given his current state, as long as he remained standing on that boundary between life and death, the Dao Charm of life and death surged endlessly, inexhaustible.

One step...

Two steps...

Ten steps...

Xu Yuan stood upon the sandbank that represented life, feeling the surge of vitality so close at hand.

At this moment, if he were to take just one more step onto the riverbank, he could complete the Dao Cleansing, reverse death into life, and use the life and death Dao Charm to break through into the Boundary Breakthrough Grandmaster Realm.

But he halted at this line dividing worlds.

It wasn’t enough.

Xu Yuan was always an ambitious man.

Having entered this gambit through death, what he sought was far more than just the cultivation of an ordinary Grandmaster.

As his Prime Minister father once said,

The Fusion Realm marks the first fundamental transformation of a cultivator’s body; it is a juncture of countless cultivation paths and a realm brimming with endless possibilities.

In this realm,

One could use Origin Qi to refine their body to the utmost, transforming it into Qi itself; one could use Will-spirit to remodel their body into a Half Soul Form; or use Spellcraft to refine it.

Endless choices give rise to endless paths.

Among these methods of refinement,

naturally included was the washing of the physical body with Dao Charm.

The Three Realms of Dao Entry:

Grandmaster signifies mastery of Dao Charm, embedding it into one’s spellcraft.

Primordial integrates Dao into the body, every gesture resonating with Dao Charm.

Mortal Transcendence manifests Dao outwardly, bringing its essence into the physical world.

Standing at this crossroads, Xu Yuan suddenly realized one thing.

Damn it,

no wonder Xu Changge, that bastard king, could best him in combat even when suppressing his cultivation realm to lower than Xu Yuan’s level.

Cultivation can be suppressed, but Dao Charm cannot.

At this thought,

Xu Yuan simultaneously manipulated the boundless life and death Dao Charm around him to refine his body, while shaking his head with a wry smile.

None of this mattered anymore.

After this battle,

The days of being beaten down by Xu Changge would be behind him forever.

Primordial?

No, no, no,

he would break through directly to Mortal Transcendence here!

...

...

...

"The die is cast."

The tides of Origin Qi roared and churned forward.

Standing atop the towering Ghost City,

A golden-eyed girl in a black dress curled her lips into a faint smile as she slowly turned around:

"It’s time for us to leave."

After experiencing a chaotic surge of emotions, Tianyan didn’t insist on rushing forward to help this time, but instead asked softly:

[...Why?]

Tian Ye responded lightly with an amused tone:

"Do you want to stay here?"

[.....] Tianyan fell silent.

The silence didn’t hinder Tian Ye’s awareness of Tianyan’s inner thoughts; she chuckled and said:

"I suggest you keep what you want to say for the next meeting. We’ve done everything we needed to do, and it’s perfectly time for us to exit the stage."

As she spoke,

The girl’s golden eyes met Mu Nuo’s sweeping gaze. Her expression turned cryptic:

"Stay here any longer, and you’ll be seen as a weak point for that little devil to exploit. I could protect you, but he certainly wouldn’t want you to recklessly ignite your life force again."

[Is that so...]

Listening to her words, Tianyan felt inexplicable dissatisfaction, though it wasn’t about leaving itself.

Urged by a certain feeling deep within, she suddenly asked:

[Did you... guess his intentions from the very start?]

At her question, Tian Ye hesitated briefly and then revealed a peculiar smirk, curling her eyes as she uttered two words:

"What else?"

After a pause, she continued:

"From beginning to end, I only ever said he was dead; I never claimed he would fail—because I understand far too well what kind of madman he is."

"You knew this too but refused to believe him."

As her voice trailed off,

Tian Ye noticed how Tianyan’s fist clenched instinctively beside her.

It seemed her words had struck a nerve.

Yet for Tianyan, a defeated one, Tian Ye had no shred of pity, her words cruel and unyielding:

"Let me be blunt. The reason he didn’t spare you a single glance before his death wasn’t because he didn’t care, but because he knew I was here."

"He knew I understood him, and that I would stop you from throwing yourself forward in a reckless bid for death."

"Even my choice to leave now carries reasons beyond your imagination."

"Tianyan,

"If not for the order of our introductions, I can’t fathom what qualifies you to stand alongside him and me."

Her breath quickened; Tianyan fought against the bitter ache rising in her heart and asked:

[...Have you ever worried about him? Even once.]