135: Promise, Golden Phoenix's Sorrow

Moreover, this drop of True Spirit Essence Blood, for him, especially for his Cultivation of the Ming Wang Purgatory Skill, was indeed an irresistible, peerless Opportunity! It would very likely be a crucial turning point in his Cultivation journey!

Pros and cons, emotions, Karma, righteousness… fiercely clashed in his heart.

After a moment, Lin Feng bit his lip, a look of determination flashing in his eyes. He took a deep breath, his gaze becoming incredibly firm, and solemnly extended his hands in a gesture of acceptance, saying in a deep voice, “Senior, rest assured! Junior Lin Feng, hereby swears with his Dao Heart!”

His voice was not loud, but it was exceptionally clear and powerful, echoing in this rapidly dissipating illusion:

“As long as Junior has a breath left, I will do my utmost to protect your child’s safety! I will treat it as my kin, and do everything in my power to help it grow! If Heavenly Dao shows mercy, and Junior truly has a day to ascend to the Spirit Realm in the future, I will not fail your trust and will send it back to the Southern Bright Fire Realm! This oath, Heaven and Earth bear witness, and my Dao Heart is my proof! If I violate it, my body will perish and my Dao will vanish!”

Upon hearing Lin Feng’s solemn oath, the extreme sorrow and exhaustion on Li’s face were finally diluted by a huge sense of relief and comfort. She revealed an almost imperceptible, yet incredibly warm smile, and her ethereal figure began to dissipate faster, turning into countless colorful light particles, like catkins flying in the wind.

“Thank you… you… Human Race… youth…”

“Be careful… of… the… Devil Head…”

The last few words were as faint as a mosquito’s buzz, and along with her last trace of outline, she completely vanished into this illusion of the Spirit Realm that was on the verge of total collapse.

The surrounding starry sky scene peeled away like a shattered mirror.

Lin Feng felt a strong sense of trance and pulling in his mind.

When he opened his eyes again, deafening explosions, the roars of Devil Heads, Great Master Ku Zhu’s chanting, and destructive energy shockwaves… instantly flooded his senses like a tide!

He was back! Back to the intensely shaking altar square where colorful light and Devilish Qi were engaged in their final, frantic confrontation!

And in his hand, a physical object lay quietly—a warm, rainbow-glowing drop of Golden Phoenix Origin Essence Blood, containing an unimaginably vast amount of energy!

Everything just now was not an illusion!

He suddenly looked up at the sky.

“Boom—!!!”

The Golden Phoenix phantom—the manifestation of Li’s final will—had completely burned away! She had transformed all traces of her existence, all her remaining power, her monstrous hatred for Garuda, her final protective obsession for this world, and her reluctance and hope for her unborn child… everything, into this ultimate and most resolute strike!

That was not a simple energy explosion, but the ultimate true meaning of Nirvana—burning all things, yet purifying all things, containing a trace of the extreme fire Law of creation within destruction!

The endless colorful light was no longer flowing, but had transformed into a surging, roaring torrent of flames! No longer raindrops, but billions of burning, divine swords of flame, imbued with the will of judgment and purification! Like the Nine Heavens’ Milky Way completely bursting its banks, or ten thousand suns falling simultaneously, with the supreme majesty of incinerating the universe and purifying evil devils, it completely engulfed that frantically beating, pitch-black Demonic Heart!

“Screech—!!!”

A final Phoenix cry, transcending the realm of sound and striking directly at the Origin of all Souls, resounded throughout the entire Secret Realm, even penetrating the Secret Realm’s barrier and echoing above the Gold Phoenix Pool outside, causing all beasts to wail and the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi to mourn!

“No! Impossible! I don’t believe it!!!”

Garuda’s Remnant Soul let out a hysterical, distorted shriek! That Demonic Heart was the core of his existence, his only hope for a comeback! He could clearly feel that the protective layer around the Demonic Heart, formed by the grievances of countless living beings, foul Devilish Qi, and the devoured Secret Realm Origin, was melting and evaporating at an unprecedented speed before this pure, extremely high-grade Nirvana True Fire!

“You want me to die?! You dead bird that should have perished body and Soul long ago! Even if I die, I’ll drag you all down with me!!!”

Extreme fear transformed into extreme madness! Garuda’s Remnant Soul completely abandoned all defenses, even actively detonating a large amount of pure Demonic Origin around the Demonic Heart!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of pitch-black, utterly foul energy storms suddenly erupted from within the Demonic Heart, attempting to disperse and contaminate the cascading colorful sea of fire! This was the most direct and cruel clash between two completely opposite and fundamentally antagonistic energies!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle—!!!

Like a red-hot iron plunged into ice water, an extremely harsh sound of corrosion and melting densely erupted! Large swathes of colorful flames were contaminated and annihilated by Devilish Qi, but more Nirvana Fire followed one after another, purifying the Devilish Qi even more violently with its absolutely restraining attribute!

For a time, the sky above the altar square seemed to have transformed into a Hell where light and darkness competed! Rainbow flames and pitch-black Devilish Qi frantically devoured and annihilated each other, unleashing terrifying energy impacts powerful enough to tear apart the Divine Souls of ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators!

Great Master Ku Zhu’s Bright King Dharma Appearance was already tottering amidst the aftermath of such a high-level collision, with cracks covering its golden body. The old monk sat cross-legged in the heart of the Dharma Form, golden Buddhist blood once again overflowing from his seven orifices, but he still clasped his hands together, chanting scriptures relentlessly, with faint golden Buddhist lights merging into the brilliant sea of fire above, contributing his last meager strength. His gaze towards the sky-burning fire was filled with endless reverence and compassion.

Lin Feng was almost bent over by the terrifying energy impact, only able to frantically circulate the Ming Wang Purgatory Skill and the trace of Essence Blood Qi he had just absorbed, desperately resisting. His eyes were bloodshot, staring fixedly at the world-shaking duel in the sky, his heart in his throat.

He could see that although the colorful sea of fire was inherently restraining to Devilish Qi, Garuda was, after all, a Devil Head who had absorbed tens of thousands of years of accumulation, with terrifyingly deep foundations, and coupled with his suicidal fighting style, the speed of the Nirvana sea of fire’s advance was slowing down!

The Golden Phoenix phantom was already so faint as to be almost invisible, only a blurred outline remaining, still desperately burning, squeezing out its last shred of power.

“Hehehe… Li! You can’t kill me! When your last remnant thought burns out, that will be the death of all of you! This True Spirit body will ultimately be mine!!!” Within the Demonic Heart, Garuda’s twisted face reappeared, letting out a crazed, sinister laugh, and the Devilish Qi counterattacked even more fiercely.

“Ga! Ru! Da!”

That cold, majestic, and infinitely hateful female voice once again echoed through Heaven and Earth, but this time with a hint more substantial power!

“Let us… perish… together!!!”

Boom—!!!