Chapter 214: Fate Lines

Power of Divine Ability... Power of Divine Ability—

Ruan Xing, bearing immense pressure and pain, desperately mobilized the power within her body.

A flash of disdain crossed the salamander's triple-white eyes, "You are brave, but it is a pity; today is your death day. I am the will of the Heavenly Dao, and this decision, I shall make for you!"

Instant Movement... Space Cutting Technique... Thread Control Technique...

She could not even move now! And almost all the Divine Ability techniques she knew were of no decisive use in the current situation.

But she would never just watch and wait for death.

She suddenly thought, if her Thread Control Technique could not control the Heavenly Dao, could it control herself!?

She had never considered this aspect before and did not know if she could touch her own threads.

But things had come to this, she could only give it a try.

The time delayed while talking to the salamander just now had not been wasted; she was already able to mobilize a portion of the Divine Ability power within her body, tracing the edges of her Divine Soul, searching for her thread inch by inch.

There really was one! The moment she touched her own thread, a massive amount of chaotic information invaded her Soul Sea! The pain, as if her entire Divine Soul were being crushed, made Ruan Xing scream out loud, yet her Divine Ability power still did not let go.

This was also her only chance; letting go meant admitting defeat, she absolutely could not let go!

Enduring the excruciating pain to examine that information, she felt as if she were a multi-threaded electronic processor, and that information was like a towering tree with lush branches and leaves; every branch of the trunk carried countless memories she had once experienced in Simulation.

Those branches extending outward were the trajectory of her life.

Those bifurcating branches and leaves were every different path in her life.

She did not look at the thick trunk or the overlapping, intertwined lower layers, but instead looked up toward the very top.

Which path was the one she had walked the furthest in her life? And just how far had she gone? At the canopy of the towering tree, the information above was mottled and unclear, as if a Gaussian blur filter had been added to Ruan Xing's eyes.

Yet, it instead made Ruan Xing feel at ease.

The very top was a memory she did not currently possess, which meant she would not die in the present.

The thread she held in her hand was her own fate.

Watching and watching, her whole body floated up lightly.

She wanted to touch the top of that tree.

It seemed like a lot had happened, but in reality, only a few seconds had passed since she started talking to the salamander until now.

The salamander's head and four sharp claws were already close at hand, as if it would completely annihilate Ruan Xing in the next moment, leaving no Divine Soul behind.

However, the clouds that had been calm for a long time began to churn again.

The gap that had just closed suddenly split open; a woman wrapped in a black windbreaker, whose face could not be seen, stepped across the gap. With a point of her slender jade finger, the salamander, which had just been fierce and imposing, was suddenly hoisted into the air by a rope.

The salamander, furious beyond measure, twisted and struggled incessantly, its four claws kicking wildly at the air, its whole body tossing and turning in an attempt to shake off the restraint of the rope, but it was of no use; it could only let out hoarse roars, glaring at the woman in black with eyes split at the corners.

The woman in black did not linger; just like someone leading their pet dog, she dragged the salamander and prepared to return into the gap.

"Wait—" Ruan Xing's weak body had lost the restraint of the Heavenly Dao's pressure; without support, she knelt on the ground. She asked the Dharma Image of the woman in the sky, "Are you me from the future?"

The woman seemed not to have heard at all; once the salamander's tail completely disappeared into the gap, they vanished.

How could this be... A trace of unease rose in Ruan Xing's heart. If that woman was truly herself from the future, then she should have known that she had called out to her at this moment, having this memory, so why did she not stop? The thick clouds in the sky began to disperse.

The exasperated voice of Little Seed also rang in her ears.

"Are you done yet! I can't hold on anymore!"

Ruan Xing steadied herself, recovered her original expression, and smiled helplessly: "Don't worry, it's already over."

She could feel the Spiritual Power within her body already beginning to flow slowly, the connection within her Divine Soul was tighter, and she could even faintly sense that she could temporarily draw upon the power of heaven and earth. She had already become a cultivator of the Return to Ruins Stage.

However, the Divine Ability power in her body was completely dried up, leaving nothing at all.

Little Seed let out a sigh, and the yellowish eggshell fell down from the sky.

It seemed it had also reached its limit; if Ruan Xing did not speak again, it really would not have been able to hold on.

However, after the barrier was removed, the clouds in the sky also completely dissipated. The originally ink-like night sky suddenly became as bright as day, shining so brightly that one could not open their eyes.

The white light extended very far; at least within her naked eye and Divine Sense, she could not find an edge.

The range of her Return to Ruins Stage Divine Sense had doubled twice over; now, everything within a hundred miles could be seen in minute detail.

It seemed the entire world had fallen into a sheet of white.

Oh no!

Ruan Xing realized belatedly.

The salamander had come by borrowing the Heavenly Dao phenomenon during her breakthrough.

After the salamander left...

Was this white light her true Heavenly Dao phenomenon!?

As expected, one cannot suddenly relax; this barrier was removed too early!

"Didn't you say it was over!" Little Seed exclaimed.

"I... forget it." Ruan Xing said dejectedly, "I thought it was over."

Little Seed sighed, "But the range of this phenomenon of yours is too wide; even if I hadn't removed the barrier, I'm afraid it still would have leaked out."

"Can't you see what happened when I was breaking through just now?" Ruan Xing asked.

"I saw it." Little Seed felt baffled: "After the Heart Demon Tribulation ended, you just sat here without moving, then suddenly the Spiritual Power on your body surged, and after a while, I couldn't hold on anymore, so I kept calling you, and it took you half a day to respond to me."

It was probably the Heavenly Dao that had stepped in to shield the perception of others.

It probably didn't want others to know that it had personally stepped in to kill a cultivator; that would be too beneath the dignity of the Heavenly Dao.

"Then how long did this period last?"

"About half an hour or so."

That is to say, the total time she spent undergoing the tribulation did not exceed one night.

The white light only lasted for about three to five minutes before it disappeared again, and the night sky returned to calm, but the major sects and factions would not be calm tonight.

Another Return to Ruins Stage cultivator had appeared on the Xianyuan Continent, which would break the current pattern of power among the Five Prefectures.

After all, in the current world of Cultivation, there is almost no Gui Xu Xianjun on the surface.

It is unknown which family this freshly minted Gui Xu Xianjun belongs to... With them remaining silent and a Gui Xu Xianjun suddenly appearing, could there be some conspiracy? The major Sects all have different thoughts, and it is inevitable that they will hold a Sect meeting overnight to discuss it.

"Now that your breakthrough is finished, are you going to take me away?" the little seed said again.

"Wait for me to rest for two days," Ruan Xing shook her head and said.

She felt that her mind and spirit were extremely exhausted.

Especially since her divine ability power had been hollowed out.

Instructing the little seed to look after her body, Ruan Xing rolled her eyes back and fell into a deep sleep.

Thanks to Qing Yu Yue for the tip~