Chapter 720

Zhan Jiaoe carried my corpse on her back and ran ahead, while Zhao Zixun chased behind on his war horse.

Translation: Zhan Jiaoe carried my corpse on her back and ran ahead, while Zhao Zixun chased behind on his war horse.

We need to keep it concise but faithful. Ensure we include all info: Zhan Jiaoe carried my corpse on her back and ran ahead. Zhao Zixun chased behind on his war horse.

We'll output: Zhan Jiaoe carried my corpse on her back and ran ahead, while Zhao Zixun chased behind on his war horse.

The undead army that Zhan Jiaoe had raised for years came from all directions to surround, while Zhao Zixun repeatedly activated heavenly thunder to attack.

Translation: The undead army that Zhan Jiaoe had raised for years surrounded her from all directions, and Zhao Zixun repeatedly unleashed heavenly thunder attacks.

Check: The undead army that Zhan Jiaoe had raised for years came from all directions to surround. Zhao Zixun repeatedly activated heavenly thunder to attack.

We'll output: The undead army that Zhan Jiaoe had raised for years came from all directions to surround her, and Zhao Zixun repeatedly unleashed heavenly thunder attacks.

I really wanted to rush over and shout at Zhao Zixun, tell him the truth, and make him stop chasing.

Translation: I really wanted to rush up to Zhao Zixun and shout, tell him the truth, and make him stop chasing.

We'll output: I really wanted to rush up to Zhao Zixun and shout, tell him the truth, and make him stop chasing.

But I couldn't shout.

Translation: But I couldn't shout.

My soul was being sucked by an invisible force, continuously flying in one direction.

Translation: My soul was sucked by an invisible force, continuously flying in one direction.

The road ahead grew darker and the temperature kept dropping.

Translation: The road ahead grew darker and colder.

Only when my soul rushed rapidly down into an abyss did I realize that I was dead.

Translation: Only when my soul plummeted rapidly into a deep abyss did I realize I was dead.

I am a spore reincarnation; my primordial spirit is immortal, my physical body still exists, so I can return to the Nine Abyss and start over.

Translation: I am a spore reincarnation; my primordial spirit is indestructible, my true form still exists, so I can return to the Nine Abysses and start over.

That is why Zhan Jiaoe chose me.

Translation: That is why Zhan Jiaoe chose me.

Chonglou is a medicinal herb, and lingzhi is also a medicinal herb.

Translation: Double-leaved herb is a medicinal herb, and spirit mushroom is also a medicinal herb.

And my parents are certainly not ordinary people.

Translation: And my parents were certainly not ordinary people.

It's no surprise that Zhan Jiaoe would set her sights on my reincarnated flesh.

Translation: It's no surprise that Zhan Jiaoe would set her sights on my reincarnated mortal body.

Now, my soul has been dragged back to the Nine Abyss; it should soon return to my physical body.

Translation: Now, my soul has been pulled back to the Nine Abysses; I should soon be able to return to my true form.

I am no longer afraid or confused; I yield to that force and keep falling.

Translation: I am no longer afraid or confused, surrendering to that force and continually falling.

What I didn't expect was that the Nine Abyss... lay before me as a wasteland.

Translation: What I didn't expect was that the Nine Abysses... lay before me as a ruin.

In the depths of that wasteland, inside a pitch-black cave, stood a plant with seven leaves topped by a cluster of red flowers, graceful and upright.

Translation: In the depths of that ruin, inside a pitch-black cave, a plant with seven leaves topped by a cluster of red flowers stood tall and graceful.

As I approached it, the cluster of red flowers rapidly bloomed, aged, and withered; then from the center of the seven leaves grew a palm-sized crimson lingzhi.

Translation: As I approached it, the cluster of red flowers instantly bloomed, withered, and fell away, then from the center of the seven leaves grew a palm-sized crimson-red spirit mushroom.

The next moment, my soul was sucked into the lingzhi.

Translation: The next moment, my soul was sucked into the spirit mushroom.

This is my true form.

Translation: This is my true form.

Upon returning to my body, I immediately sensed my primordial spirit and the spiritual roots buried deep underground.

Translation: Upon returning to my true form, I immediately sensed my primordial spirit and the spiritual root buried deep underground.

A flood of memories rushed into my mind—I recalled my parents, my clansmen, and that great battle between the ancient Phoenix clan and the Netherworld realm.

Translation: A flood of memories rushed into my mind; I thought of my parents, my clanspeople, and the great war between the Ancient Feng Clan and the Nether Realm.

The city gate caught fire, dragging the pond fish into the disaster.

Translation: The city gate caught fire, implicating the fish in the pond.

The Netherworld realm ultimately failed to annex the ancient Phoenix clan, but it nearly wiped out the entire Nine Abyss.

Translation: The Nether Realm ultimately failed to annex the Ancient Feng Clan, but it nearly wiped out the entire Nine Abysses.

In the Nine Abyss, countless precious medicinal herbs originally grew.

Translation: And within the Nine Abysses, countless precious medicinal herbs once grew.

Some of these herbs had even cultivated into spirits…

Translation: Some of these herbs had even cultivated into spirits…

I recalled how my parents, at their last moment, condensed all their spiritual power and infused it into my still-young body, enabling my rapid growth; they finally condensed into a spore powder that lifted me out of the Nine Abyss for reincarnation in the human world.

Translation: I recalled how, at the moment of their death, my parents condensed all their spiritual power and infused it into my still-young true form, urging my rapid growth; they finally condensed it into a spore powder that lifted me out of the Nine Abysses for reincarnation in the human world.

I don't have many siblings, nor any avatars.

Translation: I have neither many siblings nor any incarnations.

I am not an ordinary lingzhi; my true form consists solely of this single spore.

Translation: I am no ordinary spirit mushroom; my true form consists solely of this single spore.

In this life, I was sacrificed to Zhan Jiaoe, allowing her to successfully pass her eighth incarnation.

Translation: In this life, I was sacrificed to Zhan Jiaoe, allowing her to successfully pass her eighth incarnation.

And her ninth incarnation also requires my sacrifice to be completed.

Translation: And her ninth incarnation also requires my sacrifice to be completed.

Therefore, Zhan Jiaoe comes to the Nine Abyss for… my primordial spirit and my true body!

Translation: So Zhan Jiaoe came to the Nine Abysses for… my primordial spirit and true form!

I wanted to hide, to flee, even to destroy myself before Zhan Jiaoe arrived.

Translation: I wanted to hide, to flee, even to destroy myself before Zhan Jiaoe arrived.

But I no longer have my parents' support, so I cannot do that.

Translation: But without my parents' support, I cannot do it.

At that moment, I saw Zhan Jiaoe continually approaching from above.

Translation: At that moment, I saw Zhan Jiaoe continually approaching from above.

She… has arrived!

Translation: She… she has come!

Her corpse-like face was full of smiles as she said: "I certainly didn't misjudge you, Wanwan—you look truly spirited; one can tell you have great spiritual talent, and your primordial spirit must be very nourishing."

Translation: On her dead person's face she wore a full smile: "I certainly haven't misjudged you, Wanwan—you look so lively, one can tell you're full of spirituality; your primordial spirit must be most nourishing."

"Good, it's time for you to repay your master's years of nurturing."

Translation: "Good child, it's time for you to repay your master's years of nurturing."

She said this while extending her hands, covered in white fur, and used her sharp claws to dig at the soil around my roots.

Translation: She said this and stretched out her hands, covered in white fur, using her sharp claws to dig at the soil around my roots.

She intends to uproot me entirely and swallow me whole!

Translation: She intends to uproot me and swallow me whole!

My soul is trapped within the plant, unable to move even an inch.

Translation: My soul body is trapped within the plant, unable to move an inch.

I keep twisting the plant, but I cannot escape the fate of being uprooted.

Translation: I keep twisting the plant, yet I cannot escape the fate of being uprooted.

In short, I am merely a special medicinal herb, born full of spirituality and with spiritual roots, but I have not undergone long-term cultivation of the sun and moon essences, so my true form has not yet become a free-moving spirit.

Translation: After all, I am merely a special medicinal herb, born full of spirituality and with a spiritual root, but I have not undergone long-term breathing of the sun and moon's essence or cultivation, so my true form has not yet become a free-moving spirit monster.

After this ordeal, the moment Zhan Jiaoe completely devours me will be when my primordial spirit is utterly extinguished and I vanish from this world.

Translation: Upon this ordeal, the moment Zhan Jiaoe completely devours me will be the moment my primordial spirit is annihilated and I vanish entirely from this world.

I am not afraid of death, but I cannot aid a tyrant in his wickedness.

Translation: I am not afraid of death, but I cannot aid Zhou in his wickedness.

If Zhan Jiaoe succeeds, becoming a nine-life evil immortal, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Translation: Once Zhan Jiaoe succeeds, becoming a nine-life evil person and gaining an immortal body, the consequences are unimaginable.

At the instant Zhan Jiaoe lifted my entire plant, something came down from above, splitting the air with a fierce yin wind, heading straight for the back of her head.

Translation: Just as Zhan Jiaoe lifted my entire plant, something shot down from above, kicking up a gale of yin wind, heading straight for the back of her head.

It was Zhao Zixun's blade!

Translation: It was Zhao Zixun's blade!

Zhan Jiaoe, holding my plant, nimbly dodged the blade, but as she turned, she was struck by a thunderbolt that came down from above.

Translation: Zhan Jiaoe, holding my plant, nimbly dodged that blade, but as she turned, she was struck by a bolt of startling thunder that came down from above.

Before Zhan Jiaoe could recover, the very blade she had dodged came back and pierced straight through her chest.

Translation: Before Zhan Jiaoe could regain her senses, the blade she had just dodged came back and pierced straight through her chest.

And Zhao Zixun had already landed.

Translation: And this, Zhao Zixun had already landed.

He broke through the siege of the undead, fought his way through five passes and slew six generals, and when he chased down to the lower Nine Abyss, he was also covered in wounds.

Translation: He broke out of the undead army's siege, fought his way through five passes and slew six commanders, and when he pursued to the depths below the Nine Abysses, he too was covered in wounds.

I saw him condense a cluster of golden light in his hand and shout at Zhan Jiaoe: "Zhan Jiaoe, your evil deeds are exhausted; eight lifetimes of wickedness cannot be tolerated by heaven. Today, if you surrender yourself, I will grant you a way out, escort you to where you belong for trial and punishment; if you persist in delusion, I will use my Zhao family's battle spirit to shatter your nine-lifetime cultivation and reduce you to ashes."

Translation: I saw him condense a cluster of golden light in his hand and shout at Zhan Jiaoe: "Zhan Jiaoe, you have done all evil, your eight lives are wicked, heaven cannot tolerate it; today, if you surrender voluntarily, I will grant you a path to live, escort you to where you ought to go for trial and punishment; if you persist in delusion, I will use my Zhao Clan's battle soul to shatter your nine lifetimes of cultivation and send you to ashes and smoke!"

Zhan Jiaoe lowered her head to glance at the plant in her hand, feeling fearless.

Translation: Zhan Jiaoe glanced down at the plant in her hand, fearless.

Zhan Jiaoe understood that Zhao Zixun, upon descending from above, had encountered the undead army, indicating that his mission upon entering the mortal world was to exterminate her and the entire undead legion.

Translation: Zhan Jiaoe understood that Zhao Zixun, upon descending from above, had immediately encountered the undead army, which meant that his foray into the mortal world carried the mission to exterminate her and the entire undead army.

He has already trapped himself here; he need not exchange a word with her. Although using his battle spirit to exterminate her entails great sacrifice, it is his duty, and he should not hesitate.

Translation: He has already trapped himself here; he need not exchange a word with her. Although using his battle soul to exterminate her entails great sacrifice, it is his duty, and he should not hesitate.

But for the sake of a single spiritual herb, Zhao Zixun is negotiating terms with himself; Zhan Jiaoe realizes that as long as she firmly holds me in her grasp, Zhao Zixun cannot possibly deliver a killing blow against her.

Translation: But for the sake of a single spiritual herb, Zhao Zixun entered into negotiations with himself, and Zhan Jiaoe realized that as long as she kept me firmly in her grasp, Zhao Zixun could not possibly deliver a killing blow against her.

Zhan Jiaoe is already considering what rhetoric to use to stall Zhao Zixun and seek a chance to escape alive.

Translation: Zhan Jiaoe was already pondering what words to use to stall Zhao Zixun and seek a chance to escape alive.

But she did not expect that after my plant was uprooted, being long deprived of the Nine Abyss's special soil, its spiritual roots would gradually wither, causing the whole plant to droop.

Translation: Yet she did not expect that after my plant was uprooted, long separated from the Nine Abysses' special soil, its spiritual root would gradually wither and the whole plant would droop.

Zhan Jiaoe saw that.

Translation: Zhan Jiaoe saw it.

Zhao Zixun also saw it.

Zhan Jiao'e hesitated whether to swallow me now or not.

If I don't swallow me and keep sparring with Zhao Zixun like this, what if my plant withers completely and loses its spirituality?

But if she swallows me now to fulfill her ninth life, she must undergo a Heavenly Tribulation before she can truly become strong.

The trouble is Zhao Zixun stares at her fixedly; the moment she shows a weakness, that's an opening.

For a moment, Zhan Jiao'e found herself in a dilemma.

I, however, kept urging myself in my heart, "Wither quickly!"

Once it withers and loses its spirituality, it has no use value.

That would actually be a relief for me.

However, at that moment, the speck of Golden Light condensed on Zhao Zixun's fingertip suddenly expanded several times.

Before Zhan Jiao'e could react, Zhao Zixun's blade came down again upon her head.

At the same time, that speck of Golden Light on his fingertip instantly shattered and shot toward us……