Legend of the Great Sage

claws with their sharpness on full display.

Life and death hung on this moment.

White clothes drifted before Li Qingshan.
The clear eyes reflected the golden dragon claws, filling her vision.

Li Qingshan felt his shoulder ache.
Gu Yanying grabbed him and Xiaoming sternly.

He immediately understood her intentions, or perhaps it was Xiao An’s intention.
Only by blocking this attack from Si Long could they escape with Gu Yanying.

“Xiao An!”

The Blood Sea Banner expanded in the wind, drifting in front of her.

With a hiss, the Blood Sea Banner was torn to tatters.
Under the furious dragon cry, the claws ripped through space and shot towards her face.

The fierce winds lifted up her seaweed-like hair that gently caressed Li Qingshan’s cheeks.
He widened his eyes, gazing at her back.
Her figure suddenly blurred as if it could disperse at any moment.

She brought her palms together and shut her eyes, displaying the same awareness of enlightenment in the moment.

Boom! The thunder erupted.

Dust filled the top of Dragonshead mountain.
That was the tough rock that had been pulverised to dust.
Gu Yanying grabbed Li Qingshan and Rāhu Xiaoming and rose up into the air.

Li Qingshan was completely devastated, overwhelmed by fury and disbelief, yet he was unable to say a single word.

Within the dust, her figure shimmered about, standing with her palms together and her head lowered silently.
When she opened her eyes gradually, she saw a colossal pit behind her.

Si Long’s claws had brushed past her face.
He trembled all over as his eyes were filled with fury.
He growled, “Qian Rongzhi!”

Si Long fought two battles at the same time.
He confronted Li Qingshan and the others while he devoured Qian Rongzhi’s soul nascence.
Originally, the latter was a battle of annihilation where he possessed an absolute advantage.
It posed no threat to him at all.
However, the former battle forced him to use the Son of Heaven’s Sword of the True Dragon, which left him in no state to deal with Qian Rongzhi.

But despite that, it was as clear as day what the outcome between a Yang Soul against a soul nascence would be, at least until the Trisepultural Robes had been draped over him!

The Trisepultural Robes were an extremely special white bone artifact.
They could convert the living to the dead.
Coupled with the Scripture of Trisepulture, it could convert enemies to the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty.

However, Xiao An did not possess any confidence that the Trisepultural Robes could threaten Si Long.
After all, the difference in their cultivations was far too great.
Even a demonic sword like the Immortal Relinquished sword had turned into a son of heaven’s sword in Si Long’s hands.

And in reality, even until now, she had failed to convert Si Long, but she did manage to convert Qian Rongzhi, which made Si Long’s inner demons sow chaos.
It also allowed her to successfully regain control over a part of her body, twisting her wrist in the critical moment.

Si Long roared furiously, attacking Xiao An with all of his strength, but his body was stiff and twisted.
All of the attacks shot past Xiao An, unable to harm her at all.
He wanted to use techniques, but his power would always collapse at the critical juncture.

The scattered Skull Prayer Beads turned into skulls and bit down on him.
Originally, he did not take these tricks seriously at all, but now, he could not even dodge.
They bit down on his joints and acupoints, making him stagger and drop to his knees.

Xiao An asked, “Are you alright?”

“Kill… me… Use that… bone sword… I just… can’t win… against him…”

Qian Rongzhi’s voice faltered, together with Si Long’s furious roars of despair.

A stalemate like this could not last for too long.
Yang Souls were undefeatable.
From the moment Si Long decided to possess her, she had already lost.

If a snake tried to swallow an elephant, it would definitely end up bursting.
Even by dragging out a feeble existence, she could not change the final outcome.

“Kill me…”

She looked at her as her lips curled into a smile.
Perhaps this was not such a bad end either.

Those who made the world burn also burned themselves.
Those who did not forgive fate would not be forgiven by fate either.
When she devoured everything without any regard, was it because the thing she wanted to devour the most was herself? She had grown sick of a cycle like this a long time ago.
Everything could finally come to an end.

She shut her eyes with a smile.
Yes, there would be no cycle anymore.
She would have rather not existed in the first place.

As a result, Xiao An raised the Buddha Slaying sword.