Chapter 363: Forever and Ever

【"An Ying Zhu!!!】

【You let out a heart‑rending, soul‑shredding roar!】

【All emotions, at this moment, become grief and rage!】

【It seems you have lost everything, as if nothing can be lost any more.】

【"No!"】

【"And her."】

【Your gaze turns to the deepest part of the turbulent An Ying Zhu space; she is still fighting the An Ying Zhu, and the best hope still remains.】

【After bidding farewell to Zi Yi Nü, you press onward.】

【Congratulations on unlocking the special achievement—Sister and Close Friend.】

【……】

The sixth special achievement was unlocked in this manner.

You personally saw off the sister, as well as the Close Friend.

What is even harder for Lin Chuan to accept is what Zi Yi Nü said when she fell: there will be no more afterlife.

This makes his heart inexplicably fearful.

The future! Is it destined to be a tragedy?

Before the dream Reincarnation ends, Lin Chuan does not know how the final outcome will be, and can only move forward step by step.

Do everything possible to save!

At least there should be no regrets.

………

【The great battle in the deepest part of the An Ying Zhu world has fully entered the life‑and‑death stage.】

【At that moment, you see Lin Rumeng, drenched in blood.】

【Her gaze remains resolute, showing no surprise at your victory, as if she knew you would surely win.】

【"You have come!"】

【"I have waited for this day, waited far too long!!"】

【A chilling voice echoes through the An Ying Zhu space.】

【Can you be sure that the An Ying Zhu's words were spoken to you, that He has been waiting for you? Why?】

【But you do not wish to communicate with Him.】

【"Don't be beguiled by Him."】

【Lin Rumeng also warns you.】

【The An Ying Zhu laughs loudly, and the twisted Black Mist ahead gradually coalesces, eventually forming a humanoid—a faceless figure.】

【Its bodily form is almost indistinguishable from yours.】

【"Useless."】

【"The truth lies here, never able to change; no matter how you conceal it, it will happen."】

【The An Ying Zhu's voice carries a magical aura, disturbing your mind.】

【"Kill!"】

【Lin Rumeng's eyes redden, and a fierce shout cuts off the An Ying Zhu's enchanting magical chant.】

【Jing Shi Zhu transforms into a sealing formation, suppressing the An Ying Zhu.】

【"Useless! You cannot kill me!"】

【"I am immortal and indestructible."】

【"If you keep fighting, it will only cause the Living World you protect to be utterly destroyed; everything you do will be in vain."】

【The spiritual power of the Jing Tu world is steadily draining.】

【You are surprised to find that all the breaths of living spirits converge toward the An Ying Zhu, and no matter how you try to stop it, it is futile.】

【Defeat seems only a matter of how fast time passes.】

【Even your own breath of living spirit, as well as Lin Rumeng's, is being slowly siphoned by Him.】

【With this loss and gain, you are bound to lose.】

【Is there truly no chance?】

【At this moment, you hear countless souls' cries; the Jing Tu world you protect ultimately turns into a barren wasteland beneath the An Ying Zhu.】

【In your perception, the living beings of the Jiu Da Jing Tu worlds are on the brink of extinction.】

【Only the Tenth Jing Tu world, a Reincarnation world that bears countless souls, remains uncorroded by the An Ying Zhu.】

【But...】

【Without the breath of living spirit, only unconscious souls drift—what use is that?】

【That would be a destined incomplete world.】

【You look at Lin Rumeng.】

【She, with reddened eyes, continuously battles the An Ying Zhu, showing no sign of being moved by the Jing Tu world's demise.】

【"Could... she have known today's outcome all along?"】

【From the start, you thought Lin Rumeng was a calm woman—so calm it was terrifying, as if everything were under her control.】

【As the strongest of the Jing Tu era, she had long suppressed this world's existence before your rise.】

【Her affection for the Jing Tu should be far deeper than yours.】

【But the facts suggest otherwise.】

【The clash between Lin Rumeng and the An Ying Zhu has already shattered the An Ying Zhu space, and the impact on both the An Ying Zhu world and the Jing Tu world grows ever larger.】

The speed at which living beings disappear is getting faster.

An Ying Zhu's aura also grows stronger, and Lin Rumeng is already at an absolute disadvantage.

Lin Rumeng, however, still remains absolutely calm.

At the same time, the pressure you bear grows larger, not from An Ying Zhu, but from the Samsara World.

The breath of life is devoured by An Ying Zhu, and the bewildered souls have nowhere to return.

All souls, including the dark lives of the Shadow World that were cut down, have their soul particles drifting there.

As the overseer of Jing Tu Samsara, you must bear this pressure.

But you cannot, like An Ying Zhu, achieve limitless consumption and evolution, and you begin to suffer the backlash of the Samsara World.

Without the complete heavenly and earthly rules, having lost the breath of living beings, the Samsara World is like a dam that only lets water in and never out, and it will eventually burst.

You start to feel the obvious turbulence of the Samsara World.

Young master! Young master!!

At this moment, you seem to hear the lone green‑skirted girl's shout from the soul world.

Her voice carries a sob.

You reflect the Samsara World and can see her.

Only… she cannot see you.

On the Samsara Sea, waves of Darkness surge, and this girl still doesn't know what's happening, hiding in the little house you both built at the center of the Samsara Sea.

She doesn't know that Shi Jie has already been torn asunder.

She doesn't know that perhaps you can never return to her side.

Perhaps she thinks this is just a small tide.

Affected by the overwhelming soul power, the little house you built finally cannot hold, and it cracks bit by bit.

Lü Ya sits on a lotus, howling and crying loudly.

Young master! Where are you!!

"Our… our home is gone."

The raging gale on the Samsara Sea blows everything away, leaving only the lone girl, clutching a bundle.

That is the pack she took from Lin Fu, and also her most precious thing.

She sits there, crying until her tears are dry.

Finally, she realizes something, seeing beyond the "Prosperous Age" a total Darkness, only a dead, silent world.

She is stunned.

You can imagine how blank her mind is at this moment.

"Young master… are you not coming back?"

She murmurs to herself, seeming to realize she has been deceived by this world.

Just when you think she is about to fall into utter despair, she stands up, picks up the shattered stones, and gradually builds a small house.

She laughs foolishly while crying.

She says, "Cultivators, I understand! It takes a very long time to return."

"Time is nothing special, hm! My companionship is the most sincere!"

"Young master, I wait for you, forever and ever."