122: Chapter 122 The Dao Heart is Lost

Every word Jiang Bai spoke slammed heavily into Yu Chouxue's heart.

God King Origin... masculine power...

She understood.

She understood why the medicinal power was so violent, and why her Dao Heart was faltering!

She understood why her body was having a reaction that she was too ashamed to speak of.

Yin and Yang were clashing; she was being consumed by the fire of desire.

She was about to succumb...

And the man before her was the only choice within this great hall.

Watching Yu Chouxue's face drain of color and fill with terror, Jiang Bai felt an unprecedented surge of gratification.

This feeling of trampling a high and mighty favored daughter of heaven beneath his feet...

The sensation of controlling her everything was a hundred times more refreshing than obtaining a divine technique himself.

“Do you understand your situation now?”

Jiang Bai reached out, trailing his fingertip across Yu Chouxue's cheek.

He felt the burning temperature of her skin.

“Soon, your reason will be completely swallowed. You will discard all your dignity and beg for my grace.”

“No... don't touch me!”

Yu Chouxue jerked her head away, struggling with all her might, yet she lacked the strength to even dodge his finger.

Despair submerged her.

She wasn't afraid of death, but she could not accept the fate she was about to face.

She would rather self-detonate and die!

She was absolutely unwilling to be defiled by a despicable and shameless villain like Jiang Bai.

But now, she couldn't even manage to self-detonate.

The spiritual energy in her body was completely out of control; she was a lamb waiting for the slaughter.

At the thought of her purity being taken by this man!

At the thought of herself, driven by the medicinal power...

...performing all sorts of unsightly acts.

Her heart felt as if it were being pierced by ten thousand steel needles, causing her unbearable agony.

Rage, shame, regret, despair...

All sorts of emotions intertwined.

Ultimately, they transformed into two lines of clear tears that slid down from her beautiful eyes.

She cried.

For the first time, she felt what true helplessness was.

“Chu Xiao...”

In the final moment before her consciousness was swallowed by darkness.

In her mind!

That overbearing yet gentle figure involuntarily surfaced.

If only... you were here...

Even if... even if it were with you...

It would be ten thousand times better than falling into this person's hands...

“Cry, scream! The louder you scream, the more excited I get!”

Jiang Bai's smile had twisted to the extreme.

Without a second thought, he reached out his hand, moving to touch Yu Chouxue's cheek!

“Ah!”

But in the next instant, Jiang Bai's hideous laughter stopped abruptly, replaced by a scream of pain.

The hand he had used to try and touch Yu Chouxue's cheek...

...jerked back as if it had been scalded.

Upon his palm, a visible layer of white frost was rapidly spreading.

Wherever it passed, flesh and blood froze, emitting a chilling cold Qi.

It was Yu Chouxue.

In the final moment before her consciousness was consumed.

She actually risked shattering her Meridians!

She condensed the last trace of dao rhyme from the Taishang Forgetting Emotions Record within her body to cover her entire person.

This was her final resistance.

“You... you bitch! You still dare to make a move!”

Jiang Bai was both shocked and enraged; he hadn't expected Yu Chouxue to be able to wound him under such circumstances.

He hurriedly activated his Demonic Technique, and rolling black Qi surged onto his palm.

Only then did he dispel that frigid power.

After unleashing this final strike, Yu Chouxue's body could no longer hold up, and she slumped backward.

But she did not fall to the ground.

A pair of arms appeared behind her at some unknown time, steadily catching her in an embrace.

It was a warm embrace, carrying an aura that made her feel incredibly at peace.

Yu Chouxue struggled to lift her eyelids.

In her blurred vision, a face she had dreamed of appeared.

It was Chu Xiao.

He had come.

He had really come.

At her moment of greatest despair.

Yu Chouxue's heart completely melted at this moment.

All her strength and pretenses collapsed; she could no longer restrain herself and buried her face in Chu Xiao's chest.

Like a child who had suffered great grievances, she began to cry aloud.

“He... he bullied me...”

Chu Xiao didn't speak, he only gently patted her back.

He allowed her tears to soak his lapel.

But his gaze had become cold to the extreme.

A terrifying killing intent radiated from him, sweeping through the entire stone palace.

“Chu... Chu Xiao?!”

Seeing the suddenly appearing Chu Xiao, Jiang Bai felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

The smugness on his face instantly froze.

How could he be here?!

Shouldn't he have been blocked outside the door?!

“Master Dog! What's going on! How did he get in!”

Jiang Bai roared frantically in his heart.

“I... how should I know!”

Master Dog's voice was also full of confusion: “This is impossible! No matter how high his talent is, it's impossible for him to pass that test silently! Unless...”

Unless that so-called test was completely ineffective against him.

This thought caused both Jiang Bai and Master Dog to feel a bone-chilling cold.

“How do you want to die?”

Chu Xiao's voice was very flat, showing no emotion.

He held the weeping Yu Chouxue in his arms.

He slowly raised his eyes and looked toward Jiang Bai.

That gaze was like looking at a dead man.

“I... I...”

Jiang Bai felt his skin crawl under that gaze, his legs went weak, and he nearly knelt on the ground.

He wanted to beg for mercy, but at the thought of what he had just done...

...he knew that begging would be futile.

Chu Xiao would never let him go!

Since it was death either way, he might as well fight!

“Chu Xiao! Don't be so smug!”

Jiang Bai roared with false bravado: “Do you think you've won for sure? This woman has already swallowed the heavenly dao essence pill! She is a furnace right now!”

“Even if you kill me, it's useless! She will soon burn to death! Unless... unless you Dual Cultivate with her!”

“Oh? Is that so?”

The corner of Chu Xiao's mouth lifted slightly.

He looked down at the delirious Yu Chouxue in his arms, her consciousness blurred by the medicinal power.

Her delicate body was burning hot.

Then, he extended a finger and gently tapped it against Yu Chouxue's brow.

Buzz—

A strand of pure Chaos Qi followed his fingertip.

It was slowly channeled into Yu Chouxue's body.

This Chaos Qi was the source of all laws, the beginning of all Daos.

The moment it entered Yu Chouxue's body.

That originally incomparable violent God King masculine Origin.

Actually became like a mouse seeing a cat.

It instantly became extremely docile.

And the Taishang Forgetting Emotions dao rhyme that was clashing with it inside Yu Chouxue's body...

...also gradually calmed down under the mediation of this Chaos Qi.

The two originally incompatible forces now began to slowly merge under the guidance of the Chaos Qi.

Yin and Yang supplemented each other; water and fire blended.

A crisis that could have caused Yu Chouxue's body to explode and lead to her death...

...under Chu Xiao's nonchalant finger...

...actually began to evolve into a grand Opportunity.

Yu Chouxue's painful groans gradually vanished, and her breathing became steady.

The abnormal flush on her face faded.

Her skin became crystal clear, as if a precious light were flowing through it.

An aura several times stronger than before was slowly reviving within her body, rising step by step.

“This... how is this possible?!”

Jiang Bai's eyes nearly popped out of his head; he couldn't believe anything he was seeing.

That fatal Yin-Yang clash was resolved just like that?

What kind of joke was this!

“No... this is impossible! What did you do?!”

Jiang Bai's eyes widened as he stared fixedly at Chu Xiao's finger pressed against Yu Chouxue's brow.

It was as if he were seeing something inconceivable.

He had planned everything and rehearsed the ending.

This heavenly dao essence pill was his hope for a comeback.

It contained the masculine Origin left by a God King, a poison sufficient to shatter the Dao Heart of Yu Chouxue, who cultivated extreme Yin techniques.

A poison that would turn her into a slave of desire.

But now, under Chu Xiao's finger, this poison...

...had actually turned into a true Opportunity!

“Master Dog! What on earth is going on!”

“His power... why can it harmonize Yin and Yang? That's the God King Origin!”

Jiang Bai roared frantically in his Sea of Consciousness; his confidence and his schemes...

...were crushed into powder at this moment, with not even a scrap remaining.

“I... I don't know...”

Master Dog was also stunned, its voice full of horror: “This kid's Cultivation Technique has something strange about it! Something very strange!”

“I don't care what kind of monster he is!”

The fear in Jiang Bai's heart was quickly replaced by jealousy.

His face twisted as he pointed at Yu Chouxue in Chu Xiao's arms and roared: “Chu Xiao! Do you think you've saved her?”

“Even if you've temporarily suppressed the medicinal power, so what?”

“She's already a cripple! Her Dao Heart has already been destroyed!”

“Is that so?”

Chu Xiao withdrew his finger; Yu Chouxue's breathing in his arms had completely stabilized.

Although she was still unconscious.

That dangerous aura on her body had vanished without a trace.

In its place was a newborn aura of rapid transformation, rising from the ashes.

He gently laid Yu Chouxue on the ground, leaning her against the altar, before slowly standing up to face Jiang Bai.

“It seems you have quite a few ideas regarding my woman.”

Chu Xiao's voice was calm and waveless.

But those eyes made Jiang Bai feel cold all over.

“I...”

Jiang Bai's throat moved as he subconsciously took a step back.

Chu Xiao didn't give him another chance to speak.

Buzz!

The golden sun sword appeared out of thin air in his hand, and golden flames rose upon the blade.

They illuminated the entire stone palace in a sheet of gold.

An incomparably sharp aura firmly locked onto Jiang Bai.

“A... Heaven-Grade Spiritual Artifact!”

Master Dog's scream exploded in Jiang Bai's head: “And that aura... it's Sword Intent! This kid is also a sword Dao Prodigy!”

“Run!”

“Jiang Bai! Leave, quickly!”

Master Dog's voice was urgent to the extreme.

Run?

Jiang Bai's fists were tightly clenched.

He stared fixedly at Chu Xiao.

Then he glanced at Yu Chouxue, whose aura was rising step by step nearby.

If he ran, everything would be gone.

This Opportunity, the Cold-Soft Body, the heavenly dao essence pill... it would all benefit this thief, Chu Xiao!

He was unwilling!

“I won't!”

Jiang Bai's eyes were blood-red, looking like a madman. “Master Dog! Help me! As long as I can get that woman, I can condense a supreme demonic body! When that time comes, killing him will be as easy as flipping my hand! This is my last chance!”

“You're crazy! You'll die!”

“So what if I die! I, Jiang Bai, will never retreat!”

Sky-high hatred and unwillingness had already caused him to lose his reason.

He had already missed too many Opportunities!

If he missed it again this time, then truly nothing would be left!

“Good, very good.”

Chu Xiao nodded as he looked at Jiang Bai's appearance of refusing to retreat even in the face of death.

A smile of approval appeared on his face: “You have backbone, I admire that. In that case, I will grant your wish.”

As his voice fell, he swung the golden sun sword in his hand forward.

And with that simple swing...

...a golden Sword Qi left the blade, instantly tearing through space and slashing straight toward Jiang Bai.

Wherever the Sword Qi passed.

Even the Void Realm seemed to be sliced open with a rift.

Jiang Bai's pupils contracted; before that Sword Qi...

...he felt himself to be as minuscule as an ant.

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"Damn it!"

He let out a desperate roar.

He unleashed all the Demonic Qi within his body without reservation.

"Rahula Fist!"

Rolling black Qi gathered before him, transforming into a ferocious demonic god phantom.

The demonic god phantom, just like him, punched out, meeting the golden Sword Qi.

Its power was terrifying!

However, in front of Chu Xiao's Sword Qi, this power seemed ridiculous.

Rip!

There was no suspense!

The ferocious demonic god phantom collapsed at the mere touch of the golden Sword Qi!

The Sword Qi's momentum remained undiminished, continuing to slash towards Jiang Bai.

"Master Dog, save me!"

In the face of imminent death, Jiang Bai cried out for help.

"Alas..."

A helpless sigh emerged from within Jiang Bai's body.

The next moment, a dense black light shot out from Jiang Bai's body.

It blocked in front of him; it was Master Dog's soul body.

Boom!

The golden Sword Qi fiercely struck the black figure.

The black light flickered violently.

It let out a painful groan.

Its entire soul body became much more transparent, clearly having suffered heavy damage.

But it ultimately blocked this fatal blow.

And, leveraging the immense impact force from the Sword Qi.

The black light swept up Jiang Bai, who was already terrified behind it.

Transforming into a black stream of light!

It once again shot towards the direction of the stone palace gate with incredible speed.

"Chu Xiao! The humiliation of today, I, Jiang Bai, will repay a hundredfold in the future!"

From within the stream of light came Jiang Bai's venomous and unwilling roar.

He slowly retracted his golden sun sword.

He lowered his head and glanced at his palm.

[Ding! Host has successfully intercepted the Son of Heavens Destiny's Opportunity, severely injuring his companion soul, greatly weakening his Luck!]

[Jiang Bai's current Luck value: White (Plagued by Misfortune)]

The System's prompt sounded in his mind.

"So, his Luck has turned from blue to white..."

Chu Xiao's lips curled slightly.

A Son of Heavens Destiny who was greatly weakened, whose companion old grandpa was even withered.

And plagued by misfortune, was no longer a concern.

The next time they met, he could crush him with a single finger.

Now, there were more important matters to handle.

He turned around and looked at Yu Chouxue, who was lying by the altar.

At this moment, she was no longer in danger.

The crisis of the Yin and Yang counter-surge, under the harmonization of Chu Xiao's Chaos Qi.

Not only did it not destroy her, but it also allowed her to turn misfortune into a blessing.

Completing an astonishing transformation.

The God King Origin and the Taishang Forgetting Emotions Record's dao rhyme reached a perfect balance within her body.

Her aura had already broken through her original Realm.

And was still rising steadily.

More importantly, her already beautiful face was now breathtakingly gorgeous.

This also added a touch of charm to her originally cold temperament.

A hint of seductiveness.

Two completely different temperaments perfectly fused within her.

Forming a fatal attraction.

As if sensing Chu Xiao's gaze.

Yu Chouxue's long eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Her rationality seemed to have recovered.

But her body had not yet completely shaken off the effects of the medicinal power.

"I..."

Her red lips parted slightly; she was about to say something, but found that her voice carried a hint of coyness.

She wanted to stand up, but her body was soft and weak.

Streams of heat still coursed through her limbs, making her entire body feverish.

Chu Xiao walked to her, squatted down, and quietly looked at her.

Their eyes met.

The air seemed to freeze at this moment.

Inside the stone palace, only the sound of their breathing remained.

Yu Chouxue's cheeks visibly flushed with a crimson hue.

She had never looked at a man so closely before.

Especially under such... uncontrollable circumstances.

She could clearly smell the masculine scent on Chu Xiao that both reassured and flustered her.

She saw Chu Xiao's handsome face.

She saw his deep eyes.

She remembered her despair when she was forced into a corner by Jiang Bai.

She remembered this man descending like a Heavenly God.

The scene of him saving her from Hell.

She remembered when he held her.

That warm and powerful embrace.

She remembered the absurd and shameful thought that surfaced in her mind at the last moment of her consciousness's descent.

The absurd and shameful thought that surfaced in her mind at the last moment of her consciousness's descent.

Even... even with you...

Boom!

Once this thought appeared, it could no longer be suppressed.

The medicinal power within her, which had just been suppressed.

As if finding an outlet, it erupted again with a roar.

Her rationality was completely drowned by instinct at this moment.

...

Ice and fire, at this moment, reached their Peak.

The Chaos Qi within Chu Xiao accepted this power, refined it, and fed it back.

Two distinctly different forces formed a perfect cycle.

In the air, half condensed into ice crystals and frost flowers.

The other half ignited golden flames.

Ice and fire, centered around the altar, were clearly distinct yet constantly merging and swirling.

Forming a giant Tai Chi pattern, slowly rotating.

Yu Chouxue felt all her pain and fever disappear.

Replaced by an unprecedented sense of tranquility and Perfection.

Her Taishang Forgetting Emotions Record Cultivation Technique operated autonomously at this moment, no longer cold and ruthless.

Instead, a wisp of extreme Yang Qi was born within the extreme Yin.

Her Dao Heart, at this moment, was established after breaking.

She once thought that Taishang Forgetting Emotions.

Meant severing the seven emotions and six desires, with a heart as still as water.

But now she understood that true Taishang was not emotionless, but rather mastering emotions and controlling Yin and Yang.

The Fusion of water and fire is the Great Dao.

Her Bottleneck shattered at this moment.

Her Cultivation soared!

Nascent Soul Middle Stage!

Nascent Soul Late Stage!

Nascent Soul Peak!

Finally, it steadily stopped at a Realm only one step away from the Soul Transformation Realm!

And Chu Xiao also benefited greatly.

The most Origin extreme Yin Qi of the Cold-Soft Body.

Was the best tonic for his Cultivated Chaos Dao Body.

Chaos inherently encompassed all things, and Yin and Yang were just one aspect.

This pure extreme Yin power surged into his body.

Perfectly fusing with his own Chaos Origin.

Making his Foundation even more profound.

His Cultivation directly entered the Nascent Soul Late Stage!

Although the Realm increase was not significant.

His true combat power had increased several times over.

Now, if he were to face someone like Jiang Bai again.

He probably wouldn't even need to draw his sword; he could crush him with a single finger!

After an unknown period, the anomaly in the stone palace slowly subsided.

Above the altar, the light dispersed.

Yu Chouxue's long eyelashes fluttered.

She slowly opened her eyes.

The haziness and mist in her eyes had completely faded.

Replaced by an unprecedented clarity.

She could clearly feel the changes within her body.

That surging power, that new comprehension of the Great Dao.

All told her.

What a Heaven-Defying good fortune she had received.

But when her gaze fell upon the man beside her, who was meditating with closed eyes.

Her heart was in turmoil.

A strong sense of shame surged into her heart, making her wish she could find a crack in the ground to hide in.

But immediately after, there was another indescribable emotion.

It was this man who appeared in her most desperate moment.

Saved her life and preserved her dignity.

It was also this man who transformed a crisis that could have caused her to explode and die.

Into a good fortune that allowed her to be reborn.

Gratitude and resentment, shame and joy, all kinds of emotions intertwined, making her Dao Heart.

Once again fall into disarray.

Just then, Chu Xiao opened his eyes.

His gaze was as calm as water, quietly looking at her.

Their eyes met, and Yu Chouxue's cheeks instantly flushed crimson.

"Awake?"

Chu Xiao's voice broke the silence.

"Mmm..."

Yu Chouxue's voice was as soft as a mosquito's hum; she dared not look into Chu Xiao's eyes.

She could only bury her head low.

What should she do now?

Should she draw her sword and accuse him of taking advantage of her?

But she was the one who initiated it...

Or should she thank him for saving her life?

But with what had happened, how could she speak?

"How do you feel?"

Chu Xiao seemed not to notice her embarrassment and asked again.

"I... I broke through..."

Yu Chouxue answered softly, her voice still tinged with shyness.

"Nascent Soul Peak, stable Foundation, not bad."

Chu Xiao nodded, commenting in a calm tone.

His matter-of-fact attitude.

Made Yu Chouxue even more flustered.

What... what was he thinking?

Could it be that in his eyes, she was just a transaction.

A Cauldron that could enhance his Cultivation?

This thought made her heart ache, and she even felt a bit wronged.

Chu Xiao stood up, looking down at her.

He reached out and gently lifted her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze.

"From today on, you are my Chu Xiao's woman."

His voice was not loud, but it carried dominance.

Yu Chouxue's heart trembled violently.

She looked into Chu Xiao's eyes.

She saw no trace of disdain or playfulness, only a calm and serious expression.

He was not joking.

"I..."

Yu Chouxue's lips moved, wanting to say something, but found that she couldn't say anything at all.

Refute it? How could she refute it?

Her life was saved by him, her purity was given to him, and even all her good fortune was given by him.

Most importantly, she found that in the depths of her heart.

She had no resistance to these words; instead... there was a hint of secret joy.

This thought startled her.

"What, you're unwilling?"

Chu Xiao tilted his head and said.

"I... no..."

Under Chu Xiao's gaze, Yu Chouxue ultimately surrendered.

She lowered her eyes, her voice barely audible.

Hearing this answer, Chu Xiao smiled with satisfaction.

He released her hand, and with a thought, a clean white robe appeared in his hand and draped it over her.

"Get dressed. We should go retrieve the real treasure now."

Yu Chouxue silently put on her robe and tidied her appearance.

When she stood up again, aside from the lingering blush on her cheeks.

She seemed to have reverted to that cold, icy Fairy.

However, when her gaze once again met Chu Xiao's, a hint of tenderness had been added to her eyes.