[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-the-sky-fell":3,"chapter-after-the-sky-fell-after-the-sky-fell-chapter-222":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After the Sky Fell",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2281078,4462,"Chapter 222: 213. It Has Come","after-the-sky-fell-chapter-222",222,"\u003Cp>213. Chapter 213: It Has Come\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Yue, don’t get close to Li Yi—he’s been possessed by a vengeful spirit and could turn hostile at any moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Lingfu immediately blocked Lin Yue, preventing her from approaching Li Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, everyone stared at Li Yi, their expressions grim, fearing that the next instant he would become like Liu Yan and slaughter them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhang Lei, I suggest we kill Li Yi along with the vengeful spirit inside him right now—this would end the crisis once and for all and avoid a future battle. Our current state is terrible; we have no strength left to keep fighting.” Gu Mengping suddenly spoke up, offering a suggestion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, everyone turned to look at him at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up.” Zhang Lei snapped, cutting him off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kill Li Yi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suggestion sounded reasonable, but if anyone dared act on it, the consequences would be endless: the Investigation Bureau would lose its people’s trust and credibility, internal conflict would erupt immediately, and even if the mission succeeded, the damage would be irreversible—Li Yi is still a teammate, the main force against Liu Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Mengping shrugged. “I’m just making a suggestion. Why get so angry, Team Leader?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wish it had been you who got possessed just now—I’d have killed you and that vengeful spirit together.” Lin Yue stared at Gu Mengping, her eyes filled with hostility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I’d been possessed, and you killed me, I wouldn’t object,” Gu Mengping said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re too early to say whether Li Yi has been possessed. Let’s wait and see. If he’s fine, that’s best. But if he has been possessed, Lin Yue, you must be ready to accept that Li Yi is already dead—then we’ll have to act against him. I hope you’ll stay rational and not interfere.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shaoqing stepped forward and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others fell silent. Though they said nothing, they agreed with Li Shaoqing’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Yi was successfully possessed, he was no longer Li Yi—he had to be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—Li Yi won’t be possessed. That vengeful spirit picked the wrong target. Among everyone here, Li Yi is the most unique.” Lin Yue spoke coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? Why do you think so?” Li Shaoqing asked, curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was Lin Yue so certain? What was her basis?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t want to explain now, but you’ll understand soon enough,” Lin Yue said, for she could not speak of Li Yi’s mother’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she revealed it, she’d be targeted—what she felt was nothing compared to the dread of that presence. She was certain Li Yi would be unharmed; his strange mother would never allow a vengeful spirit to possess and kill him. If Li Yi were to die someday, it would most likely be at the hands of that strange mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue had been investigating this matter for a long time, reviewing countless records and asking many people, yet found no answers—even her teacher couldn’t explain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she had to pretend ignorance alongside Li Yi, feigning not to know about his mother, to avoid triggering that latent danger again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope Li Yi makes it through this unharmed,” Zhang Lei said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While everyone waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yi’s consciousness had been eroded—he felt a strange, dangerous presence forcibly seizing control of his body. He could not resist, forced to watch helplessly as his own body was taken, his will pulled aside like a passive observer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling was awful. He tried to fight back, but it was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this continues, I’ll die,” Li Yi thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet strangely, he felt no fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because he’d lost control of his body—he’d lost the capacity for fear itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old man advises you to choose another host. This one carries a curse, born evil. Possessing him brings no benefit—only disaster. Leave now while you still can,” the lingering consciousness within the coin suddenly spoke, sighing as if pitying the spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re… still alive?” A hoarse, broken voice echoed—the vengeful spirit, not entirely devoid of reason, recognized the coin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve been dead long ago. My current state is like yours—a lingering obsession, barely holding on. But unlike you, I followed Heaven’s will, refused to commit endless slaughter, and await the moment my soul dissolves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coin’s lingering consciousness said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you still alive? You should be dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should be dead. You ruined me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll kill you. I’ll kill you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hoarse voice grew manic, agitated, desperate to erase the coin’s lingering consciousness—as if they’d shared an unresolvable hatred in life, and even in death, refused to let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How pitiful. After descending into demonic cultivation, you’ve nearly lost your last shred of reason. Even if you succeed in possessing this evil boy, you won’t remain conscious. Every body holds its original owner’s obsession—the more possessions, the more obsessions accumulate, until you’re no longer yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coin’s lingering consciousness spoke calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t care—I’ll kill you.” The hoarse voice revealed deep obsession; even if consciousness faded, revenge must be carried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before you try to kill me, take care of yourself first. The dead cannot seek revenge. Enough. The true master has arrived—I’m leaving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the coin’s lingering consciousness vanished—it sensed something, dared not surface again, fearing it would be targeted like last time, ending up dead for no reason and gaining nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?co\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the cultivators on high alert, watching Li Yi for possession, suddenly felt something—their spiritual senses screamed warnings. A terrifying sense of crisis instantly engulfed each of them, overwhelming their limits, far more dreadful than when they faced Liu Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happening?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s eyes widened in panic. They scanned everywhere—but found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet spiritual sense never lied. Something immensely dangerous and terrifying had appeared—this was why they felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Li Yi been fully possessed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—it felt different from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drip. Drip. Drip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drops of rain began falling from the pitch-black sky, striking the ground with soft patters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone froze, then looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the cultivators’ pupils shrank sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t rain—it was blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drops of fresh blood fell, increasing in number from sparse to dense. The air filled with a pungent, acrid stench—not of fresh blood, but of thick, spoiled blood, carrying an indescribable, putrid odor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?” Zhang Lei was stunned and terrified—he’d never seen anything like this in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood rain from the sky?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pete Daoist, contact headquarters—see what their helicopter surveillance has detected.” Zhang Lei immediately ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All signals are lost. I can do nothing,” Pete Daoist said, stroking his beard, frowning. As a cultivator, he had already sensed the aura of evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss! Hiss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were signals lost—the lights inside the previously indestructible apartment building flickered as if disturbed by some mysterious force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shaoqing, Gu Mengping, Zhao Lingfu, and other spiritual sense cultivators quickly checked their phones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screens flickered uncontrollably—no signal, and utterly unusable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It has come,” Lin Yue suddenly bit her lip, speaking slowly, filled with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It has come?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who is “it”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone froze, then remembered Lin Yue’s earlier words—she’d said Li Yi was unique, immune to possession. Was this incomprehensible supernatural phenomenon what she meant by “unique”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood grew thicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air no longer smelled of rotting blood—it reeked of strong, putrid corpse odor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surroundings fell eerily silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the old district, helicopters had always circled, searchlights sweeping the sky—but now, they saw no helicopters, heard no rotor sounds, and distant city lights had vanished. Only darkness surrounded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness was thick, terrifying—beyond even the vision of evolvers, like a hellish abyss ready to swallow them whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shaoqing’s hands trembled slightly. Even he felt overwhelming fear; his intuition screamed that they must leave—something terrible would happen if they stayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t a matter of whether he wanted to stay—he had no escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All streets were swallowed by darkness. He knew if he tried to flee, he’d never leave the old district—he’d vanish forever, lost in some unknown place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others felt the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So none dared run. They gritted their teeth, frozen in place, waiting for the change to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Yue, what do you know? What’s happening to Li Yi?” Gu Mengping, trembling with fear, demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone stared at her, hoping for an answer—even if it was terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know. And I can’t say,” Lin Yue’s face was pale. She shook her head, refusing to reveal anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t know… and can’t say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shaoqing smiled. “What an unimaginably terrifying presence—even naming it is taboo. I understand now. Everyone, pray you survive tonight. Don’t think of fleeing or resisting—this entity is beyond the reach of spiritual sense cultivators. Its horror is beyond comprehension.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s hearts tightened. They understood Li Shaoqing’s words—those who reached spiritual sense weren’t fools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look—the sky is covered in corpses.” Yu Chuan, gravely wounded on the ground, stared upward, face ashen with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their pupils shrank violently. Their hearts seemed to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was now filled with countless corpses—twisted, interwoven, forming a dense, impenetrable net that blocked the heavens. The thick blood dripped from them. Most horrifyingly, the corpses still seemed alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes blank and vacant, mouths open as if in agony, they pressed and writhed against each other, emitting grinding, crunching sounds—as if bones were snapping—but still they continued, endlessly, relentlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s understanding of reality shattered. The endless sea of corpses blanketing the sky would haunt them for life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh… heh… it’s an illusion. It’s just an illusion.” Someone’s mind cracked, emitting a manic laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they hoped it was an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But both evolvers’ eyes and their senses confirmed—it was real. Nothing but truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Yi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Mengping, his composure shattered, roared out loud and charged straight toward Li Yi, who stood frozen in daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed the root of all this was Li Yi; if he could eliminate him, perhaps everything would end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gu Mengping, stop!\" Zhang Lei roared, realizing what Gu Mengping seemed intent on doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pite.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he shouted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daoist Pite had partnered with Zhang Lei for years; one word was enough to understand his intent. Without hesitation, Pite raised his sniper rifle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gunshot rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shot was not meant to kill Gu Mengping, but to stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Mengping sensed the bullet’s approach and snapped back to awareness, halting instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet struck the ground before him, blocking his advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make another move, and I’ll let Pite kill you,\" Zhang Lei glared, seething with murderous intent, showing Gu Mengping not the slightest mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless Li Yi dies, none of this can end. I’m doing this for everyone’s sake—do you really want to stand here and wait to die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Mengping was terrified and trembling, his whole body shaking, for he could feel the entangled corpses above him, their hollow eyes wide open, fixed upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sensation was chilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could remain calm under such pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>",1825,"2026-06-20T01:27:02.229Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2cadf48f99d8dfaf98a53663e85d84d2162485801705327910e206245ee8a1c0","after-the-sky-fell-chapter-223","after-the-sky-fell-chapter-221",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-the-sky-fell-cover.jpg"]