Chapter 507: A Life for a Life, It Is Not a Loss

Before the very last breath, that is, at the moment Tang An was on the verge of death.

Ten Great Killing Weapons, all fully charged.

"Kill!"

"Kill!!!" Veins bulged on her face, and she screamed until her voice cracked and grew hoarse.

She recklessly drove the ten Great Killing Weapons toward the Primordial Demon, never once considering whether she could escape the blast radius given the injuries on her own body.

Fortunately, when the ten Great Killing Weapons were launched, they tore directly through the Primordial Demon's fire cage, giving Tang An a sliver of a chance to breathe.

The Primordial Demon knew he certainly could not escape, so he had no intention of fleeing at all.

"Do you not want me to die?"

"Do you know that I possess an undying and indestructible body?"

He used Law Power to forcibly lock the space, and everything here became still. As for him, he appeared instantly before Tang An, intending to lock his grip on her throat.

However, due to the impact of the Great Killing Weapons, cracks had already appeared in the surrounding space.

The reason he did this was merely to buy time and drag Tang An to her death with him.

After all, he would still return from the Outer Domain, but if Tang An died, her physical body destroyed and her soul extinguished, she would never be able to return.

To die once in exchange for a deranged, insane rival—he had won.

Tang An raised her hand to deflect the force, turning instead to clamp down on the Primordial Demon's arm.

"I know your goal, but it doesn't matter."

Tang An felt the souls of her grandmother and mother in her Consciousness Sea, and the corners of her mouth lifted into a relieved and gentle smile. "If our family can die together, I, Tang An, am content and have no regrets in this life."

"And if I die once to kill you once, a life for a life, it is not a loss."

She had no intention of breaking free from the Primordial Demon; instead, she clamped onto him firmly, fearing he might escape.

Watching the frozen space produce golden cracks, Tang An knew those ten shells were about to strike.

She closed her eyes. "Mom, Grandma, An'an is coming to find you."

She did not know if their family would still have a chance at Reincarnation, or if there was any possibility of being family again in the next life.

Perhaps not, after all, she knew the power of her own magical artifacts better than anyone.

Exhausting one's life, all in vain.

Tang An, oh Tang An, you really are...

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and a hot tear fell, but before the tear could land, it was instantly evaporated by the terrifying explosive force and heat.

In the instant between life and death, she dazedly saw her grandmother and mother had come, come to take her away.

"Boom!!!"

Ten shells exploded simultaneously, and Tang An felt the terrifying destructive power that endangered life and death engulf her and the Primordial Demon together.

"I'm sorry..."

In her final consciousness, Tang An was apologizing to Sun Wukong and the others.

It is good that everything is over, all over...

"Cling~"

Just as Tang An was engulfed by the explosion, a spatial rift appeared behind her.

The Heaven-Swaddling Ribbon, the Demon-Binding Rope, and Taishang Laojun's Whisk wrapped around her waist, locked her arms, and pulled her out from the spatial rift.

The moment Tang An emerged, Nuwa took action and directly sealed the spatial rift, preventing that terrifying explosion from spreading to the Inner Realm.

"Big Sister!"

Jiuyue flew over, and seeing the many wounds on Tang An's body that had burned down to the white bone, she felt a suffocating heartache, wanting to hug her but not daring to touch her.

Tang An opened her eyes blankly and saw Jiuyue, Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, the Three Pure Ones, and Nuwa.

"I... didn't die?"

Surviving a disaster should be a cause for celebration.

Yet Tang An was not the least bit happy. "Why save me? Why?"

She could have been liberated just now; why save her and bring her back?

"Master." Sun Wukong and the others came before Tang An. "You..."

Tang An shook her head and backed away. "I am just tired, I just wanted to be rid of all this, why is it so hard?"

As she spoke, she looked at Nuwa. "How much longer do you intend to use me? When will the using be finished?"

"I will give you all the magical artifacts, and I will give you my life, is that enough?"

She did not want to deal with those matters anymore, not at all.

Nuwa's lips moved; this was the first time she did not know how to speak.

"Kill me." Tang An looked at these people before her, pleading. "I am not a person of your world; I am merely a lonely soul from another realm."

"I am tired of playing this game. Kill me and let me go back, will you?"

"I beg you, I truly beg you."

As Tang An spoke, she prepared to kneel; she only wanted to beg for death.

Nezha came to Tang An's side, grabbed her arm, and pulled her into his embrace.

There was still undissipated Magic Fire on her body, and even though holding her meant feeling the pain of the Demon Fire Karma burning his own body, Nezha was unwilling to let go.

"Nezha, Nezha." Tang An cried as she pleaded with Nezha. "Will you kill me? I am in so much pain, I am truly in so much pain."

Hearing Tang An say such things, Nezha's heart felt as if it had been cruelly slashed open by a knife, the pain making him unable to breathe.

He hugged Tang An tightly, the brokenness in his eyes sliding down with his tears, his heartache beyond words.

"Fine, I promise you."

"Brother Nezha!"

"Third Brother!"

Sun Wukong and Yang Jian hurriedly stopped him, fearing that if Nezha acted on impulse, he would truly listen to Tang An's words.

Nezha let go of Tang An and wiped away her tears. "If being here truly causes you such pain, I am willing to send you away."

A dagger, transformed from his Fire-Tipped Spear, appeared in his hand; his hand trembled from gripping the handle so tightly.

Tang An was overjoyed, yet she did not want Nezha to live with such immense psychological burden; she did not want Nezha to become a second Tang An.

Therefore, she pushed Nezha away, determined to send herself away with a single palm strike.

"Nonsense!"

Tongtian Jiaozhu intervened, striking Tang An unconscious to let her calm down first.

Nezha caught Tang An in time, shielding her in his arms, stroking the wounds on her face with heartache, and striving to think of every possible way to save her.

"Senior Brother." Tongtian Jiaozhu looked at Taishang Laojun, asking him to treat Tang An's injuries.

Taishang Laojun sighed, feeling both heartache and regret. "The wounds on her body are easy to heal, but the wounds in her heart are hard to cure."

She does not lack the opportunity to live, but she lacks the conviction to go on living.

Even if the wounds on her body were healed, she would still be unable to find a way out of her despair.

"I understand now." Nezha noticed the missing sachet at Tang An's waist.

"I know how to save her." Nezha looked at Tongtian Jiaozhu excitedly. "I beg the Shangqing Saint to let me take her to a certain place."

Tongtian Jiaozhu sighed. "Are you truly certain?"

"I am."

"Very well."

"You cannot." Nuwa spoke at this moment. "She cannot leave Zhenmo Pass; it must be guarded by her."

"That is enough!" Nezha pointed his Fire-Tipped Spear at Nuwa. "How much longer do you intend to use her?"

"Must you force her to her death to be satisfied? Ah!" Even when facing Nuwa, the killing intent in Nezha's eyes did not diminish.

Sun Wukong and Yang Jian stood by Nezha's side. "Brother Nezha, take Master and leave first."

Yang Jian summoned his Kaishan Axe; even when facing a Saint, he remained fearless. "Whoever blocks us from saving Master today is our mortal enemy!"

Nuwa did not care about their threats and even found their emotional impulsiveness to be quite childish.

"You may save her, but you can only do so within Zhenmo Pass."

"Otherwise, to save one person while causing the suffering of all beings in the Three Realms is truly not..."

Before Nuwa could finish her sentence, Tongtian Jiaozhu's sword had already appeared directly in front of her, only two inches from her throat.

"Take her and go." Tongtian Jiaozhu opened a space-time portal, allowing them to take Tang An to where she needed to go.