Chapter 548: Secret of the Past Life

Quan Li quickly fell into a disadvantage.

Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, her face grew ever paler, and her body bore multiple bloody wounds.

At the same time——

Quan Li discovered that the black-robed figure who had originally been sitting cross-legged had vanished, and when it reappeared, it was already brandishing a sword and charging toward her.

His sword technique was fierce and overbearing, accompanied by an extremely terrifying mental force.

Every sword she blocked made her feel that mental pressure, as if it wanted to crush her skull, hurting so much she could hardly think!

"Your Highness!" At that moment, one of the demon tribe's heavenly pride shouted anxiously.

Quan Li turned her head and saw that ten of the demon tribe's heavenly pride under her command were dead, while the remaining ten were making a last stand.

Clang——

Behind her, Yuan Yao and the others' attacks did not cease, every strike and every move aimed straight at her openings.

Quan Li, attacked from front and back, was forced to retreat repeatedly, her staggering steps plowing deep gullies into the ground beneath her feet.

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Quan Li's face; ignoring her own injuries, she swiftly unleashed a secret trump card!

"Myriad-Eye Bone Blade, Linked Seizure!"

She raised high the massive bone blade in her hand, condensed with countless grudges and demonic power; the residual demonic power within her erupted in an unprecedented surge, as if the very air of heaven and earth had congealed.

As she swung down with all her strength, countless huge eyes that blotted out the sky suddenly appeared in midair!

These eyes were covered in bloodshot veins, their sclera a deathly gray.

The next moment——

They suddenly opened their eyes in unison; within their eerie purple pupils flickered a malevolent light that made the heart tremble, as if it could pierce souls and devour everything!

"Buzz—buzz—buzz!"

An invisible mental shock, accompanied by a towering demonic pressure, swept sideways toward the direction where Yuan Yao and the others stood.

Yuan Yao and the others happened to be directly beneath that giant purple eye, taking the brunt of it; instantly they felt a powerful pressure, as if their souls were being torn from their bodies, and a dizzying sensation like the world spinning.

This force made their movements involuntarily sluggish and stiff, and their attack slowed.

Just as the blade was about to fall upon them, Yuan Yao instantly broke free of her bonds, gathered mental power onto her sword, and fiercely swung it!

"Twofold Life-Death Blade!"

A thunderous explosion rang out!

The powerful shockwave flung both sides away.

Bang!

Yuan Yao and the others crashed heavily to the ground.

And just then——

The ground began to shake violently.

This made the fighting monster tribe's heavenly pride and human tribe's heavenly pride feel astonished; as the ground trembled more fiercely, all three tribes present ceased their movements.

Yuan Yao's expression shifted slightly as she looked toward Ying Wuji.

The two exchanged a glance, each seeing a solemn expression in the other's eyes.

"What on earth is happening?!" someone couldn't help but exclaim.

The violent trembling of the ground made the heavenly pride barely able to keep their footing.

"It's probably the Boundary Abyss Beast Lord…" Ying Wuji's expression turned cold beneath his mask, "It has awakened."

Upon hearing this, the heavenly pride of all three tribes present were startled.

They had all heard about the previous generation's heavenly pride entering the Boundary Abyss, and naturally knew how formidable the Boundary Abyss Beast Lord was!

"Quick, look! What is that?!"

A monster tribe's heavenly pride's face changed in alarm as he pointed upward.

Only to see the grayish sky gradually being covered by a spreading layer of blood-red.

"The Boundary Abyss is closing!" Quan Li's eyes shifted sharply.

The heavenly pride of the three tribes heard this and their hearts sank sharply.

They naturally knew what the closing of the Boundary Abyss meant: it meant that for the next hundred years they would be trapped inside it!

"How could the Boundary Abyss close so quickly?!" Bian Chen said, somewhat incredulous.

The Boundary Abyss opens once every hundred years, and the opening lasts for three months.

Now that they have entered the Boundary Abyss, less than half a month has passed.

Why, then, has the Boundary Abyss closed early?

Could it be because the Boundary Abyss Beast Lord has awakened?

Everyone racked their brains but could not figure it out.

At this moment, Yuan Yao's expression darkened completely; she knew that the premature closing of the Boundary Abyss was surely connected to the female lead, Lu Xiangxiang!

Yuan Yao flashed over to stand before Yu Jing; before the latter could even react, Yuan Yao lowered her voice and said, "I am Yuan Yao. I know you members of Tian Jiaocheng must have a way to contact each other—try reaching Lu Xiang right now!

Yu Jing was first shocked, then slightly hesitant, and finally chose to believe Yuan Yao.

Yu Jing immediately sent a message to Lu Xiangxiang.

Yet every message sank like a stone into the sea.

She also tried contacting Ying Wuhuan, with the same result.

She reported the result to Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao's heart sank.

She turned her head to look at Ying Wuji, and they exchanged a glance.

The Youngest Senior Brother said: In her past life, Lu Xiangxiang, having obtained the Grand Void Painting Scroll, had early on made contact with the demon tribe, and using the demon tribe within the scroll, she established contact with the Boundary Abyss's demonic heavenly pride.

In his past life, Lu Xiangxiang, in order to obtain the Realm Heart from the Abyss Beast Master, secretly stirred up and guided the three clans' heavenly pride into the core region. In the end, most of the three clans' heavenly pride died, while Lu Xiangxiang also successfully obtained the Realm Heart, her strength greatly increased, and in one fell swoop she broke through to the Great Perfection Realm!

After the Abyss Beast Master lost the Realm Heart, the Abyss collapsed, and the balance of the three realms was completely shattered.

Lu Xiangxiang's deeds in the Abyss were eventually exposed by Ying Wuji.

All the immortals still did not believe.

Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord protected Ying Wuji, but was injured by Lu Xiangxiang, Xu Yanzhi, and a host of immortals.

Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord was beaten into severe injury and fell into the spatial turbulence.

At the same time, Lu Xiangxiang cried 'stop the thief' while being the thief, joined forces with Xu Yanzhi to frame the Carefree Sect with a grave crime, and then completely wiped out the Carefree Sect up and down.

Only Song Yan, Xiao Lingwei, Cang Li, Xue Jin, and Ying Wuji remained.

At that time, Song Yan, Cang Li, and Xue Jin all fell for Lu Xiangxiang, and were further bewitched by her, gradually becoming obsessed.

In the following three years, Song Yan chose to darken and enter the demonic path to protect Lu Xiangxiang; Cang Li was deceived by Lu Xiangxiang into entering a brothel and suffered utter humiliation; Xue Jin, to prove that he loved only Lu Xiangxiang in this life, castrated himself and broke his legs.

Xiao Lingwei died a miserable death on the streets.

Ying Wuji, threatened by Lu Xiangxiang, publicly pulled out his internal organs.

During the several years that Xie Yan disappeared, he lay low in the demon realm, then killed the demon emperor and reclaimed the demon emperor's throne! At that time, Xie Yan demanded that the cultivation world hand over the Formless Immortal Lord Xu Yanzhi, or else he would lead the demon race to invade the cultivation world.

No one knew why Xie Yan only demanded they hand over Xu Yanzhi!

All the immortals naturally refused.

But later, Xie Yan uncovered all the secret deeds of Xu Yanzhi and Lu Xiangxiang, and threw the evidence in front of those immortals, only then did they discover that Lu Xiangxiang and Xu Yanzhi had long been colluding with the demon race!

They also discovered that most of the heavenly pride sent out had died because of Lu Xiangxiang!

When this news came out, it enraged all the major powers of the Three Islands and Nine Provinces!

Furthermore, due to the collapse of the Abyss, the three realms became interconnected, allowing the demon race to enter the cultivation world to take pleasure in slaughtering humanity, acting with extreme arrogance.

A series of events piled up together, causing the major powers of the cultivation world to unite, seeking to capture Lu Xiangxiang and Xu Yanzhi.

Who would have expected them to actually flee into the demon realm, thoroughly aligning themselves with the demon realm?

And Qian Yunzhou, Ying Wuhuan, and others remained in the cultivation world, acting as insiders.

Later on, the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord was killed by a scheme devised by Qian Yunzhou.

And Ying Wuji also did not manage to survive to the end……

So, Ying Wuji neither knows what happened afterward, nor understands why he and Lu Xiangxiang were both reborn……