Chapter 721

【3】

- Golden Light - in glossary

【5】

Zhan Jiao'e dodged left and right, but she was still pierced through the arm by the golden light's sharp sword; black vapors gushed from the wound, a nauseating stench spread around her body, and the full yin‑sha energy invaded my plant, as I watched the seven leaves droop, the edges actually showing signs of withering.

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- Golden Light

【9】

- seven leaves

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The spiritual roots hanging below were visibly withered and curled to the naked eye.

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- spiritual root

【15】

- Zhao Zixun

【17】

- Zhan Jiao'e

【19】

- Zhao Zixun

【21】

- Zhan Jiao'e

【23】

Zhan Jiao'e was unwilling.

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Perhaps she never imagined she would be compelled, step by step, to fulfill the eighth and ninth lives.

【27】

- ninth life

【29】

- eighth life sacrifice

【31】

- main body

【33】

- soul

【35】

- ninth life

【37】

- Heavenly Tribulation

【40】

- no named.

After all, the Nine Abyss is a realm of torment for all living things, and this place could serve as her territory once she attains an immortal body.

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- immortal body

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- Lord of the Nine Abyss

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- Zhao Zixun

【48】

- Zhao Zixun

【50】

- undead army

【52】

- Nine Abyss Depths

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- Zhan Jiao'e

【56】

- Nine Abyss land

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- big sword

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Zhao Zixun froze for a moment.

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He was still a step too late in the end.

- pronoun, not name.

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- Zhan Jiao'e

【67】

- white fur

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She arched her body, her white‑furred palms bracing on the ground; without her human face, she resembled a white‑furred beast.

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She raised her head, her golden eyes glowing with bloody light locking onto Zhao Zixun, and bared her sharp fangs.

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- blood light

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- fangs

【77】

- Zhao Zixun

【79】

- internal force

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The sharp blade struck Zhan Jiao'e, yet it rang as if hitting a bronze wall and iron barrier, producing a loud bang.

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- Zhan Jiao'e

【85】

The huge recoil made Zhao Zixun's hands tremble, almost flinging his great sword away.

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- big sword

【89】

- he

【91】

- blade tip

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But it was completely ineffective.

- none.

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- Zhan Jiao'e

【98】

- immortal body

【100】

- above

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- copper skin iron bones

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- Nine Lives Great Evil

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- Zhan Jiao'e

【108】

- copper skin iron bones

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- Zhan Jiao'e

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Zhao Zixun stepped back, forming a sword seal with his right hand pressed to his forehead while muttering an incantation.

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- sword finger

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- golden

【118】

Zhan Jiao'e froze.

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That... was Zhao Zixun's battle spirit!

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- Battle Soul

【124】

- Battle Soul

【126】

- Battle Soul

【128】

- sword

【130】

- Zhao Zixun

【132】

- big sword

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Lying on the ground, Zhan Jiao'e's eyes flashed with a hint of panic.

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A rumbling thunder came from overhead... the heavenly tribulation was imminent.

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- thunder sound

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- Zhan Jiao'e

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But it was clear that Zhan Jiao'e was even more frightened.

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When Zhao Zixun released his battle spirit, he had already cast aside his life and belongings, yet Zhan Jiao'e was not the same.

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- Battle Soul

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Zhan Jiao'e's sole purpose in all this was to stay alive.

【150】

From the start of borrowing life to extend her existence, to later realizing she had turned into an undead, she never stopped.

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- undead

【155】

- none.

Even if she turned into a nine‑lifetime villain, a despised existence in the Three Realms and Six Paths, she would still accept it.

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- Three Realms Six Paths

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She believed that only by continuing to exist could there be hope.

- none.

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- none.

Thus, she shrank back into the darkness and shouted at Zhao Zixun: "General Zhao, you may have forgotten that above, you are the War God, your battle spirit's power is profound, but now you are undergoing tribulation in the mortal realm, your battle spirit's power is sealed; to use it you must first forcibly break the seal! This is a battle against heaven! Even if you wound me severely, your battle spirit will only end up shattered! For an immature seven‑leaf lingzhi, is it worth it?"

【165】

- General Zhao

【167】

- War God

【169】

- human world

【171】

- seal

【173】

- Heavy Damage

【175】

- Seven-Leaf Lingzhi

【177】

- Crackle!

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- Zhao Zixun

【181】

- above

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A fireball hurtled straight down.

【185】

Time waits for no one.

- none.

【188】

- Zhao Zixun

【190】

Zhan Jiao'e realized that trying to persuade Zhao Zixun with words was pointless; if this heavenly tribulation was directed at her, she would be attacked from front and back, giving her little chance to win.

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- Zhao Zixun

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- attacked from front and back

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- she

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- she

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The white‑furred beast and the great sword enveloped in golden light clashed fiercely in the Nine Abyss depths, while Zhao Zixun sat cross‑legged nearby, manipulating the sword with his mana, his lips slowly seeping blood.

【202】

- Golden Light

【204】

- Nine Abyss Depths

【206】

- Zhao Zixun

【208】

- blood threads

Bang!

The fireball struck the ground, bursting into a wide spray of sparks.

Spiderweb-like lightning spread from the ground, instantly filling the space.

Amidst that sheet of lightning, the blade's tip pressed hard against Zhan Jiaoe's spine.

Zhan Jiaoe was famed for her bronze skin and iron bones, an undying body, but having taken the seven-leaf lingzhi at the wrong moment, she surely still had a weakness.

This is also why she remained unwilling to the end, the basic reason she tried to convince Zhao Zixun to release his grip.

Because she had a weakness, she lacked confidence.

After they had exchanged over a hundred moves, Zhao Zixun had already locked onto Zhan Jiaoe's Mìngmén—her spine!

The blade tip pressed against the third vertebra, Zhao Zixun's battle soul that had broken the seal swiftly converged on the blade tip; Zhao Zixun formed hand seals and shouted loudly: "Break!"

The blade tip pierced the vertebra, the sound of her spine breaking rang out at once, accompanied by Zhan Jiaoe's anguished howl...