Chapter 875: Chapter 45: Heavenly Spirit Domain
Zhou Ying continued, "Brother Zhou Yan, ever since the day you helped us reform our constitution, we may have ordinary bodies, but we possess the unique abilities of various Sword Bodies. Later, Zhou Gucheng consolidated everything to create a brand new Sword Body, and named it the ’Void Sword Body.’ When he’s idle, he likes to kill himself. In the end, he split himself in two, always retaining the winning self and discarding the losing self.
This indeed shocked and amazed us, but this method is extremely effective, incredibly so.
Every time Zhou Gucheng appears, his strength seems as if he rides a Divine Artifact Flying Sword, yet each time he slashes himself again, killing himself...
I, unlike Zhou Qianqian, use the Heavenly Spirit Eye to look at my own soul, and as soon as I find something that doesn’t fit, I immediately perform a Soul Slash to eliminate the deficiency. Brother Zhou Yan, you know that the Heavenly Spirit Eye can transform into the Heavenly Sword Eye, capable of seeing through illusions, possessing a certain ability to foresee the Heavenly Mechanism. This ability isn’t very effective for others, but for myself, it’s extremely effective.
Initially, Soul Slashing my own deficiencies was endlessly painful, but thinking about how Brother Zhou Yan needed my help, and remembering how miserable I was, my heart ached as if cut by a knife, and the pain was suffocating. So I gritted my teeth and persevered. My once cowardly personality was also cut away in this manner. Later when the Plane descended, I parted ways with Zhou Gucheng and Zhou Qianqian, and I was blessed by the Plane’s rules. I cultivated this Tao to an indescribable Perfect Realm, and that’s how I became like this.
However, I received news that Zhou Gucheng is now even more powerful, and he should be with Hou Chen. I heard him say that Hou Chen was left with a drop of Lifebound Essence Blood by Zhuge Wuwei, making him undying, though Hou Chen himself doesn’t know. Because Zhuge Wuwei promised you to temper Hou Chen well, he let Hou Chen’s hysterical madness be a very cruel, bloody, yet effective training method. Therefore, Brother Zhou Yan, you don’t need to worry about Hou Chen."
Zhou Ying thought for a moment, but refrained from the inexplicable urge in her heart to throw herself into Zhou Yan’s arms, instead seriously explaining.
Zhou Ying’s explanation gave Zhou Yan a few extra thoughts.
As for Hou Chen, Zhou Yan already understood clearly, so he wasn’t very worried. Hou Chen has his own path, and when they meet again in the future, he will be a brand new Emperor Qi Sword Body, a true king.
Zhou Ying and the others concentrated on a single Dao, and with the opportunities they received, they have indeed become extraordinary now.
With these understandings, Zhou Yan felt that Zhou Ying’s subsequent transformation should be a bit more relaxed.
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Sure enough, after setting the plan to abolish her cultivation, as per Zhou Yan’s instruction, Zhou Ying almost hesitated to perform a self Soul Slash, simultaneously abandoning the concentration of her Soul Body, which was equivalent to almost dying in an instant.
This process was almost like committing suicide because of her trust in Zhou Yan, for if Zhou Yan did not effectively employ recovery methods, Zhou Ying would die.
This was very dangerous.
But because of trust, because of care, Zhou Ying did so without hesitation.
She was no longer as weak as before, but had become an extraordinary woman with inner strength and outward resilience; she truly grew up.
As Zhou Ying self-assaulted and abolished her cultivation, Xiong Ba and Ping’er also concentrated and held their breath, fully prepared to deal with all potential dangers.
Although the desolate Desolate Domain Star Domain was unlikely to present any danger, it was crucial to maintain sufficient vigilance at this critical time.
They couldn’t take Zhou Ying’s sacrifice and Zhou Yan’s methods lightly.
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In an instant, Zhou Ying abolished her cultivation. The purple gauze Divine Armor on her body, once refined with Zhou Yan’s help and tempered by herself, dimmed, as if losing its divinity.
However, at that very moment, Zhou Yan imparted to Zhou Ying the rules for condensing the God Realm to establish her own rules.
At the same time, Zhou Yan employed the Xingyi Rebirth technique according to the Great Domain Dao, helping Zhou Ying to reconsolidate her Divine Body and complete the transformation of rules.
"In my life, the thing that changed me, there was only one. That one thing caused me pain and despair, led me to confront the person I loved most. Although there were genuine difficulties at that time, it was ultimately a kind of betrayal."
Even in her shattered Void Soul state, Zhou Ying managed to speak such words.
It seemed that if she failed to condense, she would die, yet she felt the need to speak these words before death.
Because, if she did not say them now, she would never have the chance to after passing away.
Zhou Ying’s words made Zhou Yan’s heart tremble.
"Brother Zhou Yan... do you still remember the time I stopped you?"
Zhou Ying continued speaking to herself, which did not affect Zhou Yan’s application of his methods, nor did it interfere with Zhou Ying’s own soul body condensation and rule comprehension.
It seemed she was opening the wound of her spirit to fulfill her ultimate wish.
"At that time, I experienced what it meant to be powerless, to have all hope lost, and what it meant to be in despair."
"At that time, I already had a very clear wish, or perhaps a dream."
"Affectionate Sword Dao, Heartless Sword Dao... what a laughable Tao. If one day, I could create a world, I would certainly prevent the people of that world from cultivating any Tao. I would make them incredibly weak, forcing them to rely solely on external development.