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Chapter 576: 576

It was the night at Tianming’s former residence . There was a stone table and two chairs in the yard .

“Checkmate! Sister Qingyu, you lost again!” Ye Lingfeng said gleefully .

“Sigh . . . ” Qingyu pouted and said, “How annoying . . . I feel really restless ever since Big Brother and Ling’er left . That’s why I lost . “

“That’s blatantly false . You started losing every match since you taught me the game,” Ye Lingfeng said ruthlessly .

“Nah, it isn’t . “

“Is too!”

“Say that again?!”

“Is . . . not?”

“That’s better . Watch your words . There’s no way I would lose every match . “

“Fine . One more round?”

“Nope . I want to admire the moon . “

The two of them then turned to the moon .

“I feel so bored,” Qingyu said .

“Me too . “

“Come up with a topic . “”I . . . I don’t know what to talk about,” he said with his head lowered .

“What do you want to do next?”

“Train . “

“What about your free time?”

“I have no idea . . . “

“Let’s just continue admiring the moon then . “

“Alright . What day is today? The moon’s really bright today . “

“Is it the 15th of the month? Or was it the 16th? Wait . . . It’s already the 21st! Why’s the moon still so bright and round?” Qingyu’s moon-colored eyes reflected the moonlight .

“It’s weird . . . ” Even Ye Lingfeng knew that the 15th was a few days past . There was no way for the moon to be so bright .

“Hmmm, this is weird . . . ” Qingyu’s voice suddenly sounded really thin and airy .

“What’s wrong, Sis Qingyu?” He turned around and saw the glow coming from her eyes cover her whole body . It looked like she was bathing in moonlight .

“Rather return . . . Live out life with the nine moons,” she mumbled .

“What?”

“Return . . . Oh, return . . . to the unparalleled brilliant moons,” she said as she turned her head up to look at the moon with a trance-like look .

“What’s going on?” Ye LIngfeng asked with a solemn look . The Soulfiend came closer and was just as shocked to see Qingyu in this state . All of a sudden, she began to float towards the moon even though she wasn’t a sky saint . It was as if she was levitating upwards in a straight line .

“Where are you going?” Ye Lingeng asked as he followed her into the sky . The speed at which she ascended wasn’t too high, so he could keep up . The Soulfiend also tagged along by converting itself into a breeze and wrapping itself around him .

Now, Qingyu was already impossibly high up . They were near the limits of the altitude a sky saint could fly . In another five hundred meters at most, Ye Lingfeng would no longer be able to keep up . Hurriedly, he grabbed her arm . “Let’s go back . “

Just as he applied force, a fearsome power came from her body and shook him to the point his hand was bleeding . She looked down and stared at him with her pale, white eyes .

“Sister Qingyu . . . ” He felt a chill down his spine . Even though he couldn’t keep up any longer, she still continued to rise . It was impossible for a fresh earth saint like her to fly so high . Was she heading towards the moon?

Ye Lingfeng stopped thinking too much about it and used the last of his energy to catch up to her and grabbed her calf . He didn’t dare tug it too hard, for he would no longer be able to keep up if he was shaken off again .

Thankfully, she didn’t seem to care now that he wasn’t tugging at her . All this while, he didn’t know what was going on . The only thought on his mind was that he couldn’t just let Tianming’s little sister float off like that . Just like that, the two of them appeared smaller and smaller before they turned into two black dots in the night sky, melding into the moon . Only then did the full moon return to its former waning form .

. . . . . .

Outside Decimo Sacred Hall stood a blood-haired man . He watched the scene in the sky unfold . “So it’s finally here, huh . . . “

He shook his head helplessly .

“Just like that, my two children have embarked on two different paths . As a father and godfather, all I wish is for them to live on without grudges or regrets . Live your lives to the fullest . “

. . . . . .

Ten days later, Tianming was speeding along the coastline of the Northern Voidsea, heading west . By the time the Canal of the Dead was within sight, Lan Huang was already out of breath . It rolled its eyes and laid flat on the surface of the ocean as it lazily floated its way over .

“Hey, is swimming still fun?” Tianming asked .

“No! I’ve swum enough for a lifetime!” Lan Huang groaned .

“Haha, there won’t be a next life . “

As they would be crossing the Canal of the Dead, Tianming asked them to return to the lifebound space . Now that Feiling had fused the two godchild bodies into one, her body took corporeal form, so he had no choice but to cross it with her .

He had decided to stop relying on her Spiritual Attachment unless absolutely necessary so as to not slow her cultivation down . Otherwise, it would be really troublesome to carry the corporeal innate godchild body the whole time .

She trained using Perpetia Sutra . Had Tianming not needed her to aid him with Spiritual Attachment lately, she would’ve become an earth saint already . Now, she was something akin to a revived god . All she needed was proper guidance and training to improve at a blinding speed .

If someone like Xuanyuan Xu had her divine soul and divine body, he would no doubt ascend to godhood quickly . Though, even at her slowed rate of growth, it was still terrifyingly fast . Her revival had something to do with the Perpetia City . Much like Li Muyang’s reincarnation, it was something even the gods couldn’t mimic .

“Ling’er, my next goal is to not be superseded by you . As long as I can do that, I stand a good chance of ascending to godhood!”

“Is that so? Looks like I’m giving you quite a lot of pressure, Mister Top Genius of the Theocracy in Ten Thousand Years,” she said .

“Haha, if you can really eclipse me and dominate the skies, I wouldn’t mind mooching off you . I love the feeling of other people’s envious gazes . “

“Then, I’ll spoil you and you alone . Even if everyone sees you as a useless mooch, I’ll never leave you . “

“Really? Looks like I’ll have to marry into your family instead . “

“Oh worthless son in law, come greet your lady,” she said, getting more into the role .

“Haha, dream on . I’m a real man and won’t stoop to that,” he said as he pinched her cheeks . It hurt so much that she bit him and pinched him a few times .

As they spoke, they reached the Canal of the Dead . It looked like a pitch-black wall that stretched leftward towards the Flameyellow Continent and right towards the endless seas . It didn’t seem to have an end . But on closer inspection, one would see that it was not a wall, but rather a kind of black light . Tianming had thought that it would be filled with spirit hazards, but that didn’t seem to be the case .

“The Canal of the Dead is a little like the wall that separates the two worlds,” Feiling said .

“I see . “

“It’s said that the more powerful someone is, the more resistance the canal will offer . However, normal people without a trace of beast ki can easily pass through . The wall was made to stop the elites from crossing,” she said .

“It sounds like it’s a heavenly pattern barrier that was made to protect the Theocracy . “

“Is there anything in the Theocracy that’s worth protecting?”

“I don’t know . “

“All your father said was in crossing the canal, you’ll be able to sever the karmic ties . But he didn’t say anything else . Perhaps crossing it really is like crossing into another world . That must be why even karmic ties can be severed . “

“That makes sense . I didn’t think you’d know more about this than me, madame . “

“I’m still young you know!”

“Haha, young indeed . “

As Tianming was only a fifth-level sky saint, he shouldn’t have a hard time crossing the canal . Xuanyuan Xu was able to make it through, after all “It’s no wonder few elites of the Nine Divine Realms come to our side . It’s not that they don’t want to come here and rule over us; they simply aren’t able to . “

“That’s right . “

“Alright, let’s go!” He took her hand .

“Okay . ” After she nodded, the two of them stepped into the wall of black light .

Almost instantly, Tianming felt like he was being burned . The power in his saint palace was being drained as if he was fighting someone .

“Why does this feel like Soulburn?” Tianming asked .

“Yeah, it’s the same, but a little weaker,” Feiling said .

They continued ahead . The range the wall of light covered was known as the canal, within which one wouldn’t be able to see the road ahead . There was no way to tell how much distance there would be left . Even Feiling wasn’t able to see anything .

However, he could at least feel the warmth of her hand, as well as how anxious she was . He gave her a squeeze and pulled her closer to him as they forged ahead .

“I don’t care if you’re a god or human . All that matters is you’re mine,” he said amidst the storm of light .

“You are mine too . “

“Then whose are we?” Ying Huo asked .

“My excrement? You do pop out of my lifebound space all the time, so . . . “

“Why you little–“

Tianming felt completely carefree . No matter how dark it seemed, he never felt a hint of fear, for the one walking behind him needed him . His saint ki continued to drain, but he was able to replenish it quickly with Prime Tower . The canal was a walk in the park for him . Soon, they would arrive in Archaion!

Right at that moment, countless beams of black light gathered in front of Tianming, forming into a face so large that it covered the skies . There were millions of eyes dotting the gigantic face .