Chapter 1806: Beneath the Light

Sect Master An's cold, gloomy voice lingered in the world, causing all living beings to be filled with shock and uncertainty.

Countless gazes looked toward Jiang Jiang Qinge's figure. These gazes had once been filled with reverence and awe, but now, some hints of fear inevitably began to surface within them.

It was only because Jiang Jiang Qinge's entire body was now emanating an aura of evil, an extreme darkness of malicious intent.

They did not know what state the current Jiang Jiang Qinge was truly in.

Even Jiang Li Tianwang and the others wore solemn expressions. The Source of All Evil was wicked to the extreme—if its power eroded Jiang Jiang Qinge's original mind, she might become an existence like Sect Master An.

Moreover, they could also see that Jiang Jiang Qinge's eyes were no longer as pure as before, but were beginning to subtly grow shadowed.

That was clearly a sign of erosion.

Between heaven and earth, all was silent.

All living beings held their breath and watched the graceful figure flapping twelve black-and-white wings.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's long hair fluttered in the wind. Her mind was indeed undergoing an intense transformation—the power of the Source of All Evil was polluting her originally pure and sacred Light Heart, causing endless negative emotions to well up within her.

In the past, Jiang Jiang Qinge had rarely shown negative emotions, but now, those once-suppressed negative emotions surged back a thousandfold under the erosion of the Source of All Evil's power.

This caused black threads to even begin emerging within Jiang Jiang Qinge's other golden eye.

"Sister Jiang Qinge!"

However, just at this moment, a call filled with worry reached her heart.

It was Li Luo's voice.

Ripples stirred in Jiang Jiang Qinge's heart. Sacred golden light flowed in her left eye, dissolving all the invading black threads, and then she extended her palm, scattering the power of light.

The light shone upon Li Luo's head, and his flesh and blood surged wildly. In just a few breaths, his previously shattered body was restored to its original state.

However, with the Heavenly Phase Seed stripped away, Li Luo was still in a weakened state.

Seeing this, Jiang Li Tianwang and the others breathed a sigh of relief—at the very least, Jiang Jiang Qinge still maintained a clear mind.

Sect Master An, however, shook her head slightly and sighed: "It seems you've made the wrong choice."

"Right now, I only want to slay you." Jiang Jiang Qinge's black-and-white divine wings slowly flapped behind her, stirring up vast and surging power across heaven and earth. The Holy Phoenix Umbrella in her hand pointed toward Sect Master An from afar.

The pressure of the power Jiang Jiang Qinge now radiated had undoubtedly received an extremely strong boost.

Yet faced with Jiang Jiang Qinge, whose strength had risen to the point of even beginning to threaten herself, Sect Master An merely smiled and shook her head, saying: "Even though you still retain a portion of the 'Source of All Evil's' power within you, do you think that's enough to turn the tables?"

"Impossible. Even those two fellows back then couldn't accomplish it—so what can a remnant pseudo tenth-grade Light Phase and a wisp of leftover power do?"

"What's more, I've already obtained the Heavenly Phase Seed."

Sect Master An extended her palm, within which lay quietly the Heavenly Phase Seed that had been stripped from Li Luo's body. Then she parted her red lips and directly swallowed this Heavenly Phase Seed into her mouth.

"Since their contingencies have been exhausted, then... my plan can also begin with peace of mind."

"Living beings of the world, prepare to welcome a new world."

"This long stretch of chaos will ultimately be ended by me."

Sect Master An chuckled softly. The next moment, her physical body began to wither, while the mark of the Black Sun and Blood Moon at her brow grew incomparably bright. Finally, under everyone's gaze, all her flesh and blood was completely absorbed by the Black Sun and Blood Moon.

At this moment, under the horrified gazes of the world, the Black Sun and Blood Moon began to expand infinitely, slowly rising until it occupied the heavens.

That Black Sun radiated endless chilling light, while the Blood Moon was embedded at its center.

The entire world trembled violently at this moment. Many Heavenly Kings were horrified to discover that the energy surging through heaven and earth seemed to be letting out a despairing wail, undergoing a strange transformation simultaneously.

The energy of the entire world was being eroded and altered by the Black Sun and Blood Moon.

A rumbling sound came from the edge of the heavens. The barrier between the Outer Shenzhou world and the Dark World was forcibly torn apart at this moment, and endless streams of malicious intent flowed in, merging with the world's energy of the Outer Shenzhou.

Countless strange creatures poured down, colliding with the divine spirits of the Outer Shenzhou, and at the same time were kneaded by an invisible, irresistible force into blood orbs one by one.

The blood orbs were like eggs, within which eerie things wriggled and took shape.

Not only ordinary living beings suffered this calamity—even the world's King-realm experts underwent mutations at this moment. Their flesh and blood writhed uncontrollably, forming blood-red tumors on the surface of their bodies.

Some madly slashed apart the tumors, but immediately more flesh tumors surged from within their flesh and blood, gradually drowning and engulfing them, transforming them into blood eggs.

This terrifying scene of world destruction struck fear into countless living beings. Even many Heavenly Kings turned deathly pale.

This kind of world-destroying power was irresistible even to Heavenly Kings.

Sect Master An's fusion plan had already begun to advance.

At this moment, the emotion of despair filled the entire world.

Yet that Black Sun and Blood Moon, transformed from Sect Master An, continued to indifferently scatter its world-destroying evil light, fusing the two worlds together.

Countless gazes of despair turned toward Jiang Jiang Qinge's figure at this moment.

In today's world, only Jiang Jiang Qinge's power could form a counterbalance against Sect Master An.

Yet the current Jiang Jiang Qinge paid no heed to those gazes. She stared at the Black Sun and Blood Moon, then turned toward Li Luo. With a single movement of her figure, she appeared before him.

Li Luo's expression was still somewhat pale. He looked at Jiang Jiang Qinge before him and reached out to take her hand.

Yet Jiang Jiang Qinge drew her hand back behind her, a hint of evasion in her beautiful eyes, and said softly: "I carry the aura of that 'Source of All Evil' on me—don't let it taint you."

Hearing this, intense pain and tenderness flashed through Li Luo's eyes. The Jiang Jiang Qinge of the past was so dazzling and holy—she was the Goddess of Light in countless people's eyes, able to purify all impurity in the world. But who could have imagined that beneath this sacred, ultimate light, a portion of the 'Source of All Evil's' power was hidden.

It was ironic. She who once regarded malicious intent as a mortal enemy had now become the source of that malice.

Even Jiang Jiang Qinge's resilient heart was greatly shaken by this turn of events.

Li Luo grabbed her cool little hand in one swift motion, gripping it tightly. Not only did he not avoid her, but he pulled her into his embrace, stroking her drifting long hair, and teased with an ambiguous smile: "After tasting the Goddess for so long, trying the Witch isn't bad either."

In his embrace, Jiang Jiang Qinge's slightly stiff delicate body gradually relaxed. Her eyes reddened, and she murmured: "Earlier, you truly scared me to death."

If not for the scene of Li Luo being smashed apart by Sect Master An, leaving only his head—which was far too horrifying—Jiang Jiang Qinge might not have been able to release the deepest darkness within her light.

Li Luo gave a bitter smile, his gaze dimming slightly, and said softly: "I'm sorry—it's because I'm useless."

Now that the Heavenly Phase Seed had been stripped away, the phase nature within Li Luo was also disappearing along with it. That once high-spirited, youngest Luo Heavenly King in the world had now encountered an unprecedented low point.

He could feel his power gradually slipping away.

Moreover, he had also watched helplessly as Lu Qing'er perished before his eyes to protect him.

This was even more despairing than the time of his Empty Phase.

Jiang Jiang Qinge tilted her head slightly. She could feel the sharpness draining from Li Luo at this moment, so she cupped his face in both hands and said, "If even you are useless, then wouldn't every Li Li Tianwang in this world have no face left to show?"

"Li Luo, you must not belittle yourself."

Jiang Jiang Qinge looked into Li Luo's eyes and said earnestly, "Do you know? When I earlier awakened the power of the Origin of All Evil, when light and darkness converged, I heard someone speaking..."

"That voice told me, Li Luo, you are the world's final hope."

"And I am only your Dao protector."

Li Luo's eyes were blank. His Many Phases Seed had already been taken — how could he save the world, how could he save the people he cared about?

"Li Luo, go to the sect's ruins. There may be an answer there," Jiang Jiang Qinge said.

Li Luo gave a bitter laugh. "The sect's ruins? But we no longer have time."

He knew that what Jiang Jiang Qinge spoke of must be the headquarters ruins of that Faceless Holy Sect that Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan had once gone to. But now the "Black Sun Blood Moon" had already descended, that world-destroying evil light pouring down, the Dark World and the Outer Shenzhou world were already merging. Setting aside whether the sect's ruins had yet to appear, even if they did appear, everything would already be too late.

Jiang Jiang Qinge gently stroked Li Luo's face and smiled. "No, we still have time."

"I will fight for you one last ten years."

"Ten years from now, Sect Master An will reach perfection. At that time, she will be a true Ten Pin realm. In this world, no one will be able to check her any longer — even a sect master and the revival of that Origin of All Evil probably could not do it."

"The only hope lies with you."

"When you achieve Ten Pin, the calamity will resolve itself."

Listening to Jiang Jiang Qinge's words, Li Luo's heart was suddenly seized. He gripped Jiang Jiang Qinge's hand tightly and said in a hoarse voice, "I will not allow you to die protecting me. Otherwise, I would rather face destruction together with you."

Jiang Jiang Qinge looked at Li Luo, whose eyes had grown panicked, and a gentle smile curved her lips. She said softly, "Of course not. Ten years from now, if no miracle appears, I will naturally face everything together with you."

She released his hand, no longer hesitating. Twelve black-and-white divine wings suddenly beat, and her figure became a streak of flowing light that shot toward that terrifying "Black Sun Blood Moon" in the heavens.

The gazes of countless living beings fell upon this scene.

The moment Jiang Jiang Qinge's figure made contact with the radiance of the Black Sun Blood Moon, she suddenly melted into a black-gold light. Then the golden light poured down, and upon that Black Sun Blood Moon, it transformed into an unbroken stretch of divine palaces.

The divine palaces were grand and majestic, like undulating mountain ranges, cast in black and gold — half sacred and resplendent, half dark and evil.

As the divine palaces took shape upon the Black Sun Blood Moon, a great power was released, and in the end it gradually suppressed every last wisp of the world-destroying evil light it had unleashed.

It was as if an ordinary Black Sun Blood Moon hung quietly in the sky.