Estranged

adunit= ”28043 ” data-type= ”responsive ” data-format= ”standard ” data-init= ”false ”>

Not only had he lost his right to be human and was forced to live as a dog—even the cultivation he had built on these corpses had disappeared without a trace.
He was even dying just like one of those people he had killed.

Was this karma?

This thought had been lingering in his mind.
He saw the body of the dog he had been occupying being torn into pieces by the overwhelming gust of spiritual power, and the strips of flesh scattering all over the place.
The words “torn into pieces” might have been an understatement in this situation—even his blood itself had been completely decimated and evaporated.

It was extremely painful.
His spiritual consciousness still existed.
He wished he could escape from this suffering into death with every moment, but he was not in control of his fate and continued going through the torture.

Heat.
He felt hot, but it was not painful.
On the contrary, it was a pleasant type of warmth.

He felt a warm hand catch him lightly.

The warm feeling was more real now.

The pain, meanwhile, went away.

Was it Jiufang Changming?

Jiufang Changming?!

Zhou Keyi thought that Changming would not be able to escape his fate.
Even though Zhou Keyi protected him, there was no guarantee that Jiufang Changming would be willing to revive him again.

If Zhou Keyi died, then he died.
He had lived long enough.
As he spent his days in the dog’s body, he could not even speak—he could only wail.
Moreover, Yun Weisi was always ridiculing him.
Zhou Keyi had had enough of that.

But why was Jiufang Changming still alive?

Jiufang Changming had yet to die.
Instead, he was swathed in potent energy that not only made Zhou Keyi’s pain disappear, but he even felt his spiritual consciousness restored by a bit.

He heard Jiufang Changming’s voice.

It was weak but cheerful, as if he had been relieved from a great burden.

“Thank you.”

Thank whom? Zhou Keyi frowned.

“Had you not put me in a tight spot, I would not have had this moment of enlightenment.”

This time, Zhou Keyi understood.
Jiufang Changming was thanking the person in front of them.

The young master could not believe that there was a person who would not die under such an attack.

There was not even a corpse left of that dog, so why was this man fine?

“Who on earth are you?” he squinted, as if he was facing a mortal enemy.

The young master had never had to repeat the same question twice.
If someone refused to answer, the young master would just use another method to extract an answer.

Despite that, these incomprehensible techniques of his enemy presently left him completely clueless for the first time.

“Jiufang Changming.”

The name was not common, but the young master had never heard of it.

It seemed that the man noticed his bafflement.

“Of course, you haven’t heard this name.
In fact, no one in this world has.
But the reason I’m standing here now is closely connected to you.”

“Why?”

“Because I came here to kill you.”

Before he finished speaking, he already leaped up into the air!

His sword was as bright as the light cast by the sun and the moon—it could almost illuminate the entire world, reaching every mountain and river with its imposing aura!

As swift as lightning, it shot towards the young master!

The young master had been ready.
Just as the light erupted, he also jumped up.

Two formidable spiritual powers clashed in the air just like two hurricanes and subsequently ended in a deadlock.

Even more formidable qi rushed from both opponents, filling the area all around them.
A-Rong had already been thrown far away by the wind.
Despite that, she was still not safe as a mix of sand and ice started falling around her like a rain of arrows, piercing through the walls of a building and breaking the fence.
Soon, the entire house collapsed with a loud noise, trapping A-Rong underneath.

The skies and the earth darkened, and neither the sun nor the moon shone.

The sky that had been gloomy up to this point was lit up by violet rays of light, and in the center of these rays, the two men fought.
An unending mist and qi swirled around them rapidly, tightly enveloping them with violet rays.
Even the gathering clouds had turned red, which looked beautiful yet surreal.

The entirety of Hongluo was engulfed by the storm that had been conjured by Jiufang Changming and the young master.
Many people did not understand what was going on and ran out to take a look, but were immediately swept away by the winds and flung into the distance.
The rest of them shut their doors and silently prayed for this calamity to pass quickly.

Not one quite knew what had happened.
Strange phenomena were happening in the sky, as if immortals had been angered.
Only Zhou Keyi, who happened to be right in the eye of the storm, understood the situation fully.

Their opponent was infinitely powerful, one of the rarest talents among cultivators.
His cultivation had long since surpassed the realm of grandmaster, and it was unusual of him to show it off.
It was not until he met Jiufang Changming was he forced to reveal his true powers!

Not only that, demonic qi was constantly oozing from him too, as if it was limitless.
Even though at this moment Zhou Keyi was only a soul, he could still feel the suffocating pressure from it, and even had difficulty breathing.
Subconsciously, he only wanted to beg for mercy.

Since his situation was so bad, Jiufang Changming, who had been wounded before, could only have it worse.

Zhou Keyi had vaguely sensed that Jiufang Changming had had an epiphany, so his skills and powers had received a boost, but Zhou Keyi doubted that it was enough to defeat this fellow.
Their enemy was indeed too strong and controlled both human and demonic powers in perfect harmony.
Even if the demons sealed under the Wanshen Mountain suddenly broke free, they would probably not be able to defeat him.

Despite having broken through to the next level, Jiufang Changming, when compared to him, was still lacking.

The situation was akin to when a person was moving towards the peak of a mountain, but there already was someone standing there.
Even though they looked as if they were close in standing, the difference was actually immense.

As Zhou Keyi predicted, Jiufang Changming’s breathing soon slowed down.
Even if it was not obvious, while one person’s condition was in decline, the other was growing ever more powerful, as; the young master’s spiritual powers surged forwards with renewed vigor!

One could observe that the purple rays had darkened, and the storm gathered by their spiritual powers was drifting towards Hongluo.
Wherever it went, the grass withered, and all animals dropped dead.

This scene was similar to what happened in the future when the world was being destroyed.

The young master’s hood had already been blown down by the wind, and his face had been revealed.

His face was very pale, and his eyes were red.
While his strength was admirable, he did not look like a normal human anymore, and rather resembled some evil spirit from legends.

Was it the reason why he had taken over Jiang Li’s body?

Jiufang Changming furrowed his brows slightly.

He had truly comprehended an elusive and inexplicable realm just now, which was something that Luomei would probably not realize in his entire life.
However, his body could not bear this kind of strength right now.
The fox poison was still clouding his spiritual consciousness, and the pain had reached the sea of his consciousness, bathing it with waves of pain.
He could not wield his powers freely.

There was no doubt that his opponent had noticed this as well.
Suddenly, the dark purple rays hovered over Changming’s head.

In the eye of the storm created by their two gathered powers, it was quiet, but the pressure on Jiufang Changming only grew greater.
No matter how much energy he used, his opponent would take it all for himself, and there was no telling how long it would continue like this.

In the darkness, a voice rang out.

“I’m here.”

It was Yun Weisi.

Changming was startled.

In a moment, his hand was grabbed, and Yun Weisi transferred some spiritual energy to him, which even sent away his fox poison.

The intense pain disappeared, and the barrier in front of him strengthened a bit.

Yun Weisi was absorbing the fox poison?!

Or rather, Yun Weisi had taken part of it into himself.

Even though there were dark purple rays of light rolling around, the light of Jiufang Changming’s sword shone brighter!

Suddenly, the pressure against them disappeared too, and in a flash, not a fragment of it was left behind.

Tn:

I hope in a couple of months I’ll be able to ask someone on Shenshang’s official Weibo to help me with the philosophy, but for now, I’ll leave this without comment…