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Chapter 197：The Secrets of the Stellar Sanctuary



There was a glaring light and Yi Ping found himself in a dim white chamber with two passages.

His first thoughts were, “Where am I?”

At the same time there were four other beams of brilliant light and Yi Ping could see that it was the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, Lingfeng, Lie Qing and Xingyue!

When the glaring lights had dissipated, they were all staring blankly at each other…

Xingyue was the first to regain her composure as she looked around their surroundings, “Where are we?”

Lingfeng suddenly pointed at the ground, “Look!”

They could see several golden skeletons that lay scattering around…

Yi Ping was startled, “These are the remains of the other celestials?”

Lingfeng nodded, “It seems to be so.”

Lie Qing was laughing softly, “Good! I am with you, Ping’Er. I dread to think that I am with the Universal Old Man or that boring Skylord Jun!”

Yi Ping had turned extremely solemn and it was noticed by Lingfeng who asked, “What is wrong?”

He said nervously, “Now that we are separated, I am worried for the others.”

Immediately all the others fell into deathly silence!

All of a sudden the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa hummed coldly, “Don’t worry about them and worry about ourselves first. Most likely, we are all going to die here!”

Yi Ping asked, “What do you mean? We are all going to die here?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa nodded as she continued to examine the chamber with her eyes, “That is right. If I am right then we are teleported to six different locations of this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation and in order to break this formation, we have to neutralize the formation core at our location. Or else…”

Yi Ping noticed her silence and asked, “Or else?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa sighed softly, “Or else we are all going to die here.”

Yi Ping asked, “Even for you, you will die?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked at Yi Ping for a moment as she trembled lightly. It was obvious that she was hesitated to say it loud to everyone!

Lingfeng, Shen Xingyue and Lie Qing were three of the super smart exponents of the martial fraternity. Immediately they could guess the very reason why the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was hesitating. It was because no one was willing to share their own weakness!

So the first thought that they had in mind was, “The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa has a weakness? She can be killed here?”

Yi Ping was not dense and he was aware of the reason too. So he said quietly to the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “We have already entered into a temporary alliance. I won’t hurt you even at your current state. I know that I can’t ask you to trust me but all of us here have no intention to become a dark practitioner and none of us will seek such a despicable mean to advance our own cultivation attainment…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said coldly, “You will never know. When that opportunity is presented in front of you, surely you will be tempted! Because you don’t want to die and because you can rid yourself of a strong opponent at the same time too!”

Lie Qing immediately interrupted, “But not him! If you think that Ping’Er is like that, you must be mistaken! Do you know, do you know…”

She was suddenly trembling and her eyes were beaming with tears, “Do you know that he has actually used his one and only precious Divine Dragon Pill to revive me even though he did not know who I am at that time? He could have ignored me and seized my precious divine sword for himself but he did not! He did not!...”

She was sobbing and her voice was trembling incoherently!

Even Lingfeng was beaming with tears as she recalled the number of times Yi Ping would repay those who he owed a debt to instead of advancing his own interests first, “That is right. If you think Yi Ping or anyone of us are just playacting to put you off-guard then you must be mistaken! I don’t want to explain it. Think what you like of us!”

The Fiery Phoenix Xingyue lowered her gaze and she too was trembling, “I have always believe that Yi Ping is the White Sage and his heart is kind. If he dares to become a dark practitioner, I will surely kill him and after that, I will surely end my life!”

It was obvious that Xingyue still sorely missed the White Sage from her melancholy eyes!

Yi Ping lowered his gaze, unable to face her. It was because he had no idea if he was able to become the White Sage of her heart…

Xingyue smiled bitterly, “But no matter what, we should try our very best to get out of this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation first, am I right to say so?”

Lingfeng and Lie Qing were quietly looking at each other and they were secretly sighing. Other than Ye Yin, Xingyue was not particular close to any of them. It was because she was the sole survivor of the Dark Descendant that had fallen a thousand years ago or a mere one hundred years in the Celestial Realm. To the immortals, it was but a mere ten years had passed!

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said coldly, “Enough. Your stories do not interest me nor am I afraid of any of you…”

She paused for a while and her eyes softened, “If you try to exercise your vital energies, do all of you feel more weary than usual, instead of feeling more refresh?”

Yi Ping inhaled and exhaled his vital energies through his Divine Revelation and was startled to realize that it was indeed the case!

Xingyue, Lie Qing and Lingfeng were startled as well as they muttered, “What is going on?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa explained, “In this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation, we are unable to regain our internal strength. In short the longer that we are trapped here, we will run the risk of dooming ourselves. The sapping energies of this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation can even destroy a Desolate Power.”

When the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa had explained to this point, everyone began to realize the graveness of their situation!

Yi Ping blurted out, “We cannot regain our strength here…”

Lingfeng stared blankly at the golden skeletons around here, “So they have all perished in the tribulations of the Ten Thousands Celestial Formation here…”

Xingyue nodded, “I have seen the records of the Holy Ascension Sect. Over the years, the Stellar Sanctuary has claimed the lives of at least half a million celestials!”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa smiled bitterly, “If I know this will happen then I rather be sealed by the Divine Nine Cauldron. Alas! I wonder what I will become after I have met my demise. I wonder which hero will have the honor of wielding me.”

Yi Ping was perplexed as he asked, “Wield you? What do you mean?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked at him with a bewildered look, “Don’t tell me you did not know that all the sacrificed practitioners here will be used for the divine treasures of the Stellar Sanctuary?”

Yi Ping, Lingfeng, Shen Xingyue and Lie Qing were all stunned by this revelation!

Upon witnessing their expressions, the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked at them with a beguiled look as she asked. “Then where do you think the divine treasures come from?”

Yi Ping smiled bitterly because he had never thought of that before…

Lingfeng had a sudden realization as she muttered, “Actually we do know that when the ascension to the Celestial Realm fails, there is a chance for a Heavenly Relic to be created in the process…”

Xingyue gasped, “So the Stellar Sanctuary is using the deaths of all the practitioners to…”

Lie Qing was astonished as she continued, “Don’t tell me that the entire Stellar Sanctuary is all but a deceptive trap to lure all of us?!”

Yi Ping was trembling, “Why…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said nonchalantly, “If they don’t have greed in their hearts in the first place then they will be able to ascend as true immortals in the future. This is all but a test of their worthiness.”

Yi Ping was trembling as he looked at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “True immortals? What do you mean?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa replied nonchalantly, “The Stellar Sanctuary isn’t just a place to test the celestial practitioners, it is also a place to test the hearts of the immortals.”

Yi Ping was muttering, “To test the hearts of the immortals?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa nodded, “The immortals are not perfect or else they won’t be tempted to seek out the remnant powers of the Great God Pangu. I am sure that you have witnessed their cruelty and their callous behaviors.”

The Heaveness Lingfeng hummed coldly, “The ways of the immortals have nothing to do with us.”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa gave her an icy smile, “Oh really? But aren’t you trying to attain as an immortal? If you are able to attain as an immortal then won’t the ways of the immortals be also your way?”

Lingfeng was stunned…

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa snapped her fingers, “Do you really think the Immortal Realm will be any different from the Celestial Realm? Even if you are able to ascend to the Immortal Realm, you will only be a lowly immortal unless you decide to assert your rights. And to assert your rights, you need to demonstrate your martial strength or else you will be forced to accept their ways. And do you think the immortals will be pleased to acknowledge you?”

Lingfeng looked at her and said all of a sudden, “Just who are you?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said coldly, “I am the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa…”

Lingfeng interrupted, “Are you a good or a bad person?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa appeared to be amused by her, “Naturally a bad person. After all, I am a Desolate Power and I will kill without any hesitation…”

Lingfeng said quietly, “I don’t know. But somehow I feel….I don’t know…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said all of a sudden, “Actually you feel close to me. Is that what you want to say to me?”

Lingfeng was startled. She moved her lips silently and was speechless!

Lie Qing was observing the two of them. By now, she had her reasons to believe that the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was playacting with them along but she could not discern her doubts yet as the level of divinity of the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa made it impossible for her to read her expressions.

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa continued, “Actually it is only natural for you to think it this way.”

Lingfeng looked at her, not understanding…

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked intently at Lingfeng, “You are the Heaveness, formed from the pureness essence of the Righteous Universal Force. I am the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, formed from the pureness essence of the Chaotic Desolate Force. I am the darkness while you are the light. But no matter how different we are, we do share the same origin.”

Lingfeng muttered, “We share the origin? Impossible! I am just a mere divine practitioner while you are an immortal…”

Even Yi Ping, Lie Qing and Xingyue were stunned by what the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa had shared with Lingfeng…

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa flashed a glance at Yi Ping before looking back at Lingfeng again, “In the beginning, there was just the chaotic desolate and out of the chaotic desolate came forth the Desolate God and Goddess. Among them was the Great God Pangu!”

Lingfeng was startled, “The Great God Pangu is a Desolate God?!”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa seemed to be staring blankly and her voice had become almost inconsolable, “Not only the Great God Pangu but also the Great Goddess Fantian. That is because the Universal Force did not exist back then. Then the Great God Pangu discovered the Universal Force…”

She had suddenly turned around and was seen trembling!

All of a sudden Yi Ping thought that the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was not that bad after all. So he said quietly, “Let’s go. No matter how perilous this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation is, we can’t be staying here all the time. Better to die trying than giving up our hopes.”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was still shivering lightly, “Let me be. I am useless here. If you take me along, you will only be endangering yourself…”

Yi Ping interrupted firmly, “I refuse and I know that the rest of the group will refuse too!”

Xingyue said, “Ping’Er is right! So what if our trials increase in difficulty? We are in here together and we will not abandon each other!”

Even Lie Qing was saying, “Hmph! After you have saved our sorry asses from the three Heavenly Kings, expended almost your entire martial strength to aid Youxue to overcome her divine limitations and stopping the Cosmos Water Formation, you really think we will be so ungrateful as to abandon you here?”

Lingfeng scurried her white sleeves as she laughed alluringly, “My Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, we will not leave you in a lurch. Come with us!”

Yi Ping said quietly, “Yes, come with us! We are a party and we will never abandon each other!”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa asked with trembling voice without turning her back, “We…we are a party?”

Yi Ping nodded, “Yes, that is right. If you want to, you can travel with us to the top of the Stellar Sanctuary too!”

Lingfeng said half-amusedly, “We have not even escape from this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation and someone is already dreaming of ascending to the very top of the Stellar Sanctuary.”

Yi Ping rubbed his nose, “That is so true. I have almost forgotten…”

All of a sudden the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa had turned around with a flustered look. She lowered her gaze as she said, “I must make myself clear first. Don’t blame me if you suffer later. If I am in danger, don’t forget to give me a helping hand. This doesn’t change my opinion of everyone either so do not expect me to be grateful for anything…”

Even though she appeared to be harshly worded but everyone could tell that her tone had softened and she was none the haughty anymore…

Yi Ping was glad that she was joining them and that he had indeed learnt quite a few new things from her. He managed a smile as he marched forward, “Let’s go!”

But he stopped all of a sudden as he turned around with a perplexed look, “So which way? There are two passage ways…”

Lingfeng kicked him gently, “You have eyes but you don’t use it. When you march off like this, we all thought that you have at least an idea. But now you are asking us which way to take?”

Yi Ping smiled weakly, “I wasn’t thinking…”

Lie Qing laughed softly, “And wasn’t looking…”

Yi Ping laughed aloud and this was followed by Lingfeng, Lie Qing, Xingyue and even the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa!



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Chapter 198: Reunification



Yi Ping and his group had walked into a chilly passage with tall imposing pillars at each side.

Even for their martial cultivation, they could still feel the supernatural cold of this place!

Yi Ping huffed out a cold breath as he said, “It is cold here…”

Lingfeng nodded as she shivered, “Yes, it is cold. Even with my Divine Invigorate Force and my Celestium Silk, I can still feel the cold…”

All of a sudden Yi Ping took off his outer garment and wrapped it around the Great Goddess Desolate Nuwa when he noticed that she was shivering lightly as he thought, “I am so insensitive. She has expended much of her internal strength and must be cold…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was startled by Yi Ping’s sudden gesture as she looked at him intently…

Yi Ping nodded gently at her before he marched off to the front of the group as he said, “We need to be extra vigilant. If there is any combat trial, let me test out the strength first or we will only be needlessly wasting our martial strength…”

Lingfeng smiled alluringly to him, “What a surprise. You are actually giving orders to us, hmph!”

Yi Ping smiled weakly, “Lingfeng, don’t keep talking and fall afoul of the traps here…”

Lingfeng threw a needle at him that struck his back hard with a zapping force before it fell to the ground!

Yi Ping protested, “You are for real? Why did you shoot your secret projectile at me…”

Lingfeng laughed softly, “Weird. Why didn’t you dodge it? Just because you are protected by your martial strength, you really think that my needle can’t pierce through to you? I am telling you, I just didn’t want to waste my martial strength on you!”

Lie Qing smiled shyly, “Obviously he is trying to show off in front of you to get your attention, Lingfeng!”

Yi Ping was startled as he asked, “Qing’Er, even you are ganging up against me?”

Lie Qing laughed softly, “You mean I can’t help my Sister Lingfeng?”

Lingfeng lifted her right fingers, “Yes, why can’t she stand on my side?”

Yi Ping smiled weakly, “True…”

But even though he was agreeing but he could not help feeling a little sore in his heart. It was because Lie Qing was endeavoring to him and had been giving him her undying love!

Lingfeng stole a glance at Yi Ping as she thought, “If you can escape Lie Qing’s charms then she won’t be called the Heavenly Temptress. She is someone that you can be glad to have on your side than the opposing side.”

Lie Qing laughed softly as she cuddled next to Yi Ping as she whispered, “Ping’Er, finally I can hug you. It’s really hard to do so when Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Aiel and all the others around!”

She winked at Lingfeng, “Why, you want to cuddle to him too?”

Lingfeng flushed lightly as she protested, “Why want to get close to him, humph!”

Yi Ping was smiling as he rubbed his nose, “Yep right!”

But in his heart, he really wanted to hug Lingfeng but he decided to do it some other day. It was because he knew that Lingfeng was shy and they had secretly hinted with their eyes to wait when they were alone!

All of a sudden Xingyue walked past them; Yi Ping could sniff her fragrance scent and silken thread of flurrying hair as she said quietly, “I will scout ahead.”

Yi Ping nodded as he sighed softly in his heart, “Xingyue…”

Such a beautiful and angelic maiden that had been faithfully waiting for him all these years and yet he could not give her his devoted love…

All of a sudden Xingyue turned her head around as she lowered her head with a wryly smile as she stamped the ground, “What are you waiting for? Aren’t you coming too?”

Yi Ping was startled and he stammered as he looked at her thoroughly enticing look, “Yes, yes…”

Lie Qing whispered shyly as she saw Yi Ping’s expressions, “So the Lady Xingyue can be so charming if she wants to. I suppose that I have to surrender my title as the Heavenly Temptress to her!”

Lingfeng was still flushing lightly, “Are you guys flirting? Don’t forget we are in a precaution position…”

Xingyue protested shyly, “We are not…” as she pointed at the two passages in front of them. “Ping’Er, so which way do you think we should go?”

It was because there was another splitting passage in front of them, one left and one right!

Yi Ping hesitated for a while and was about to move to the right passage when the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa smiled gently to him, “Why don’t we take the passage to the left side?”

Lie Qing lifted her head to look at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa warily…

Yi Ping laughed as he said, “Then let’s take the left side. I can’t really decide so let us do as the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa has suggested.”

Lie Qing quickly smiled as she took a glance at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “I agree so let us be on our way.”

Xingyue nodded as she turned around to enter the passage to the far left.

As they all entered the left passage, they entered another winding passage. This passage was equally as imposing as the other passages!

They had come to a wide stone hall with dripping water and fountains. It looked more like a recreational garden except that there were no plants!

It was an extremely tranquil place but Yi Ping, Lie Qing, Lingfeng, Xingyue and the Great Goddess Desolate Nuwa could sense the hidden dangers that were all around them!

Yi Ping shouted to everyone, “Be careful!”

He had immediately unsheathed his swords as he leapt forward. Immediately dozens of beaming arrows flew from all directions toward him!

Yi Ping swirled his two divine swords all around him as he deflected all the arrows onto the ground as he puffed a soft breath, “It is safe now!”

Lingfeng gasped, “Not yet!”

It was because there were beams of golden lights that were zapping all around them and from these golden beams of zapping light, fifteen golden golems with gigantic shields and swords flashed all around them!

Yi Ping was startled and saw that these golden golems were at least a head taller than the Iron Golems that he had previously fought. Because he was nearest to them, he immediately swung his twin swords at the nearest golden golem but barely had he struck one, he was repelled by an invisible guarding force!

He gasped, “These golden golems are much stronger than the Iron Golems that we have fought previously…”

As Yi Ping was repelled, the other Golden Golems had quickly descended upon him!

Xingyue, Lie Qing and Lingfeng had quickly flashed next to them as they clashed with the fifteen Golden Golems immediately while the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was forced to watch!

Xingyue flashed her Blue Heavens Divine Sword across three Golden Golems but she too, was repelled by a strange inertial force!

Lie Qing had surrounded herself with ten golden inertia golden discs as she ran through one of the Golden Golems and exploding it!

Yi Ping executed dozens of strikes on three of the Golem Golems as he turned to shout panicky to Lie Qing, “Qing’Er, don’t expend your martial strength too quickly. We can’t recover our strength here!”

Lie Qing gasped as raised her Eternal Light to hack another Golden Golem to exploding pieces while Yi Ping had just destroyed two other Golden Golems, “If we don’t our best then you have to shoulder all fighting to yourself. I can’t allow that…”

Almost at the same time Xingyue had displayed her Divine Rejuvenation Force to empower herself as she ran through two Golden Golems!

Lingfeng was astonished. It was because previously they were having a harder time fighting the Iron Golems and these Golden Golems were much more powerful but today, Lie Qing and Xingyue were able to handle these Golden Golems with ease!

In no time they had taken ten of the Golden Golems but that was why she had noticed that the martial strength of Yi Ping, Xingyue and Lie Qing were all faltering!

When they had taken the remaining five of the Golden Golems, Yi Ping, Lie Qing, Xingyue and Lingfeng were panting with exhaustion as they collapsed onto the ground!

Yi Ping murmured as he breathed heavily, “We have won…”

Lingfeng nodded with happiness, “Yes, we have won!”

Xingyue was also beaming with happiness, “It is much easier than I have thought this time…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa heaved a soft sigh, “Even so but…”

She swept at them with a melancholy glance before saying, “But don’t you think that this battle has taken too much of your strength? Can we overcome the next trial with your current strength?”

Yi Ping smiled gently as his eyes beamed with gladness, “It is more important that we have overcome this present trial. We have all survived.”

Lie Qing nodded as she looked at Yi Ping, “That is right!”

Yi Ping got up and said, “Are everyone alright? Let’s us go now.”

Lie Qing smiled, “I am good. Let’s go!”

Lingfeng and Shen Xingyue answered without hesitation, “I am good too! Let’s go!”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa pursed her lips as she looked at everyone as though she wanted to say something but hesitated for a while before saying quietly, “Let’s go then.”

All of a sudden the dissipate lights of the destroyed Golden Golems began to gather into place as one shining light!

Yi Ping was startled as he asked, “What is this?”

Lie Qing laughed softly, “It does seem that we are going to get something mysterious soon!”

Lingfeng was also laughing alluringly, “It does seem so. Hmm, I wonder what it is going to be.”

Their curiosity did not take long to be answered as the divine light quickly materialized into a blue glowing pill!

Yi Ping gasped, “It is a pill?”

Lingfeng stole a glance at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa before saying, “This is naturally a divine pill but what it is, I do not know.”

Lie Qing smiled without looking at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “Or maybe the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa knows.”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was obviously beaming with delight but she quickly regained her composure, “This is the Blue Aura Divine Pill. An extremely rare divine pill.”

Lingfeng, Xingyue and Lie Qing were all looking at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa to explain what it was for they had never heard of such a divine pill before. Perhaps if the Goddess Celestial Alice or the other immortals were here, they would able to give a clue but they were not here.

Now Lie Qing was not shy to ask as she smiled at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “Blue Aura Divine Pill? Do you know what it is?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa smiled, “It is a divine immortality pill that is capable of restoring the youth of the practitioner and gives everlasting youth. You are all so young so I don’t see why you need this Blue Aura Divine Pill. So why not give it to me?”

Lingfeng raised her glances at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “You don’t look so old to need this Blue Aura Divine Pill, am I right?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa laughed softly, “I have some wrinkles that I have a need to remove.”

Lingfeng, Xingyue and Lie Qing knew immediately that she had given them a lame excuse and they were not buying that!

But just as they were about to protest, Yi Ping had grabbed the glowing blue pill and given it to her. “Lady if you like to have it then you may have it.”

Lingfeng was startled as she groaned softly, “Not again. Ping’Er, this is not wise…”

Lie Qing was also shaking her head, “Ping’Er, you are really giving it to her…”

Yi Ping nodded and said, “We have agreed to split the loot between us. Even though she may be a temporary member but she is still a member. Since she has her eyes on this Blue Aura Divine Pill then let her have it.”

Xingyue nodded, “Ping’Er, I agree wholeheartedly with you. Let her have it then since she wants it. I don’t mind it at all too.”

Lie Qing and Lingfeng stole a glance at each other before they heaved a soft sigh before they said at the same time, “So let it be then.”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa lowered her glance. Because her face was covered by her strands of hair, they could not see her expressions but as she reached out her fingers to take the Blue Aura Divine Pill, she said quietly. “I will not forget this today…”

She quickly muttered as she marched past them, “Let’s go! We mustn’t waste time here!”

All of a sudden Yi Ping said aloud, “No, wait a minute!”

He was staring at a crystal clear pool.

Lie Qing asked curiously, “What is wrong?”

Lingfeng, Xingyue and the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa were also looking at him curiously and they were also looking at the crystal pool that was in front.

Yi Ping seemed to be staring at the crystal pool for a while as he muttered, “Xian’Er, where are you? Are you still waiting for me?”

It was because the beaming reflections of the crystal pool had reminded him of the watery vicinity where he had last seen Yixian…

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa asked, “Xian’Er? Who is she?”

Lie Qing turned to her with a melancholy look before she sighed softly, “She is Yi Ping’s first wife and perhaps the one that he loves the most.”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa asked, “Then why she is not here?”

Lie Qing sighed softly, “She is but we have lost her a while ago…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said quietly, “The dead cannot be brought back to life. There is no point in grieving for the dead.”

Yi Ping was trembling as he gripped the Fantian Sovereign Sword, “Xian’Er isn’t dead. I know that she is somewhere in the Stellar Sanctuary and no matter what it is going to take I am going to find her. Xian’Er, didn’t you say that our destiny is in our hands?”

All of a sudden the Fantian Sovereign Sword was glowing in his hands as Yi Ping appeared to be dazed and at the same time, his Heavenly Eyes was glowing!

Lingfeng was gasping, “Ping’Er! Are you alright?”

Even Xingyue was startled, “Why is Ping’Er invoking the sanctorum powers of the Fantian Sovereign Sword?!”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was startled, “He is in trance…”

Lie Qing was startled, “Do we wake him up? At this rate, he will only exhaust himself to death!”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa immediately said, “No wait! It is dangerous to wake him up now. Let wait a little while longer first…”

All of a sudden there were bubbles in the crystal pool and an enchanting heavenly sleeping maiden with blue hair surfaced onto the top of the crystal water!

Lingfeng was startled, “It is Sister Xian’Er!”

Xingyue was stunned, “Sister Xian’Er! It is really you!”

Yi Ping had awakened from his stupor and he too was stunned to see Yixian floating on the crystal pool!

He had only remembered staring at the crystal pool and all of a sudden he was overwhelmed by his longings for Yixian…

He quickly jumped into the pool as he shouted joyfully to hug her and examine her pulses, “Xian’Er, Xian’Er! It is really you!”

Yixian’s pulses were extremely weak and she appeared to be unconscious.

Lingfeng was grasping her bosoms as she rejoiced, “We have…found Sister Yixian…how is it possible…”

Yi Ping was still shouting excitedly and he was beaming with tears, “Xian’Er, Xian’Er! It is you! Finally we are together again!”

As for why Yixian was here, he can think of the reasons later. The most important thing that he was in his mind was Yixian!

Everyone had missed the expressions that were on the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa as she muttered almost inaudibly, “The Great Goddess Fantian…it is you…”



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“The Great Goddess Fantian…it is you…”

Chapter 199: The Blue Aura Divine Pill



Lie Qing, Lingfeng and Xingyue were all muttering excitingly, “Sister Xian’Er! Sister Xian’Er!”

Yi Ping pulled Yixian out of the pool as he shouted, “Xian’Er!”

All of a sudden he had turned ashen immediately!

Lingfeng noticed it immediately and asked, “What happening?”

Yi Ping said panicky, “She has no pulse and her body is cold…”

Lingfeng too was startled and had turned ashen after she had examined Yixian. She muttered, “She has no pulse…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa hummed coldly, “Of course she has no pulse. She isn’t really here. You have forcefully pulled her from where she is and unless you can anchor her to this reality, she will soon return to where she is.”

Yi Ping was startled and had no idea what she was saying but he quickly asked her panicky, “Do you have a way to make her stay with us?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked at Yi Ping’s pleading eyes before she sighed softly, “Why are you asking me? You really think that I know everything? I don’t even know how you manage to pull her to this reality.”

She looked at the Fantian Sovereign Sword while muttering, “So the sanctorum power of the Fantian Sovereign Sword is the Linking Spirits. No wonder…”

Yi Ping was clenching his fists, “Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, I am begging you. If you know a way, please help us. I will do anything that you ask.”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa asked, “Even the Fantian Sovereign Sword?”

Lie Qing immediately interrupted, “You are so ungrateful. Yi Ping has just given you the Blue Aura Divine Pill and yet you want his Fantian Sovereign Sword!”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa ignored her as she hummed coldly, “So are you giving me your divine sword willingly or not?”

Yi Ping replied gently as he thrust the Fantian Sovereign Sword into the ground, “If this is what you want then you can have it.”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa hummed coldly, “You are indeed generous.”

Yi Ping was trembling as he pleaded, “Please…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa sighed softly as she said tapped the Fantian Sovereign Sword lightly and instantly a ringing echo reverberated, “It seems that your sword has just rejected me. So you can have your sword back…”

Yi Ping was startled, “Then you are not helping anymore…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said quietly, “I didn’t say I am not helping you.”

Yi Ping heaved a soft sign of relief…

All of a sudden the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked melancholy at him, startling him before she held up the Blue Aura Divine Pill. “She has been pulled into this spatial space by you but no amount of will can sustain her in this spatial space because it is not real. Only this Blue Aura Divine Pill is able to change reality.”

Yi Ping and everyone were all looking at the Blue Aura Divine Pill as they all thought, “So that is why she wants this pill?”

Yi Ping was about to open his mouth to say something when the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa laughed melancholy all of a sudden, “I am so close. Am I foolish or not? Do you know that if I consume this Blue Aura Divine Pill then I am able to stay in this reality forever! This is my only chance to anchor myself here, to cling to life. Do you understand how important this pill is to me?”

Lingfeng gasped, “You mean with this immortal pill, you can stay in this realm permanent?”

Xingyue asked curiously, “I still don’t get it.”

Lingfeng said quietly, “In the past when we descend to the lower realm, we have to pay a heavy price for a temporary stay. Likewise, all the immortals including the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa have to pay a heavy price to descend to the Celestial Realm and their stay can only be temporary.”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said quietly, “You are right. This Blue Aura Divine Pill has the potency to allow me to choose a realm of my liking and to anchor myself there. No matter what realm it is, I will be the most supreme. Don’t you think so, Great Goddess Heaveness?”

Lingfeng was startled, “What did you say?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa smiled coldly, “One day, you will understand your own destiny.”

Lingfeng answered, “Maybe. So you will give us the Blue Aura Divine Pill?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa handed the Blue Aura Divine Pill to Yi Ping with her trembling fingers, “It may work or it may not work. So don’t blame me for anything.”

Yi Ping was trembling as he stared at the Blue Aura Divine Pill, “Why should I blame you. I don’t even know how to thank you enough. I will surely repay you in the future, I promise!”

He quickly took the Blue Aura Divine Pill and was about to pop it into Yixian’s mouth when the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said all of a sudden, “Wait!”

Yi Ping was startled, “Yes?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked melancholy at Yi Ping, “You are supposed to take this Blue Aura Divine Pill. Not her.”

Everyone was stunned!

Lie Qing was also assuming that the Blue Aura Divine Pill was supposed to be given to Yixian so she asked, “Why so?”

Yi Ping was also looking at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa with a stunned expression, unsure what to do next!

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said coolly to Yi Ping, “Somehow you have pulled the Great Goddess Fantian from her reality to our reality through via the pool here with your sheer will and the sanctorum power of your divine sword. It is indeed a miracle. However, it is still a beautiful illusion and not real. But if can enforce your will with the Blue Aura Divine Pill then this can be a reality.”

Yi Ping nodded and was about to swallow the Blue Aura Divine Pill when the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa interrupted, “You are sure? Even if it has a consequence?”

He was startled and replied, “I am definitely sure.”

Lie Qing immediately asked anxiously as she was worried for Yi Ping, “What consequence? Why don’t you share it with us first?”

The Great Goddess Desolate Nuwa smiled weakly, “After taking the Blue Aura Divine Pill, he won’t be himself anymore. Maybe he will no longer remember any of you.”

She shot a glance at Yi Ping, Xingyue, Lingfeng and Lie Qing, “I am serious.”

Shen Xingyue gasped, “Ping’Er will no longer remember any of us…”

The Great Goddess Desolate Nuwa said, “This Blue Aura Divine Pill is so potent that it is able to blur the lines between reality and the surreal. If he takes the Blue Aura Divine Pill then there is a good chance that he can’t remember any of you. So do you still want to take it?”

Yi Ping was trembling as he looked at Lingfeng, Lie Qing and Xingyue while still holding Yixian, “I will never forget any one of you. Knowing all of you is the best thing that can happen to me ever. I…alas! Lingfeng, Qing’Er, Xing’Er…please forgive me. Maybe I may even forget about Xian’Er but I have to get her back to us. I cannot leave her in that place alone…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa hummed coldly, “Maybe she is safer there than here. Or maybe you will lose yourself and also fail to make this surreal illusion a reality. No one knows. So it is a really a gambit…”

She gasped because Yi Ping had suddenly swallowed the pill as he said quietly while stroking Yixian’s face, “Please forgive me everyone. Xian’Er, maybe I cannot remember you when you have awakened but I have no regrets and I know my soul is content…”

Xingyue, Lie Qing and Lingfeng were beaming with tears and even the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was muttering, “I have never known that love can be everlasting…but is it worth it? It is worth it?”

Yi Ping bellowed aloud, “Xian’Er!” As he released all his martial strength in his shout!

His shout was so earthshaking and so heart-wrenching that everyone could feel his pain in their hearts!

Xingyue was embracing Yi Ping all of a sudden as she cried out tearfully, “Ping’Er, you mustn’t forget about us. You must remember us! No matter if you remember us or not, I will always be by your side! Even if you can’t remember me, I don’t care at all!”

Lie Qing fell weakly against Lingfeng, “Ping’Er, I only know that I know you too late and we have only such a little time together! I don’t care if you remember me or not, I will always be by your side!”

Lingfeng muttered incoherently as she lamented with her silent tears, “Ping’Er, why must we have such an endless cycle of parting? Why can’t we be a normal couple? I will never allow you to forget about me. Even if you forget about me, I will restart afresh with you!”

All of a sudden Yixian was coughing weakly in Yi Ping’s embrace!

At the same time Yi Ping had collapsed backward with a blank expression!

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa immediately asked, “Who are you?”

Yi Ping stared blankly at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “Who am I?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa asked again, “And do you remember who they are?”

Yi Ping turned to look at Lingfeng, Xingyue and Lie Qing who were all holding their breath anxiously!

His head began to wobble as he asked, “Who I am? Who are you? Who are they?”

Yi Ping began to look at the maiden that he was holding, “Who is she?”

The maiden began to stir as she opened her eyes as she gasped weakly, “Ping’Er? Ping’Er, is that you? It is really you…”

Yi Ping looked at her blankly, “I…you…”

All of a sudden his expressions turned agonizing as he began to stand up wobbly, “Who am I?”

He was staggering backward as he looked at everyone. He looked at his two divine swords before he looked at Yixian and the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa as he muttered, “Who am I?!”

Lie Qing was about to step forward to calm him down when Yi Ping split into four surreal shadowy figures, stunning everyone!

Each of the surreal figures had a different standing posture; one was rubbing his nose, one was raising the Celestial Alice Divine Sword and was grinning arrogantly, one was smiling coolly and one was standing with a majestic air…

Lie Qing gasped, “Yi Ping!”

Xingyue was gasping, “The White Sage!”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa gasped, “The Great God Pangu!”

Lingfeng asked panicky, “What is going on?!”

Lie Qing turned to look angrily at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “What have you done with Yi Ping? What exactly is this pill that you have tricked him to take?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa rebuked her coldly, “He has taken it out of his free will. How can you blame me?”

But she was muttering to herself, “Why is that he has the memories of the Great God Pangu. So he is really the Great God Pangu…”

Lie Qing had overheard her and asked sharply, “What do you mean?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa stole a glance at Yixian before replying nonchalantly to Lie Qing, “I suppose that you can call these splitting images as his own incarnations. But I can’t be sure.”

Yixian gasped softly as she stepped forward, “Ping’Er. You are Yi Ping, don’t forget! No matter how confuse you are, you are only one!”

The four surreal Yi Ping all looked at Yixian at once before they merged suddenly as one!

All the maidens looked at each other and looked at the dazzled Yi Ping…

Lingfeng asked panicky, “Ping’Er? Do you remember who we are? Do you remember who you are?”

Yi Ping looked dazzled at Lingfeng with a puzzled look before he broke into a smile as he rubbed his nose, “Lingfeng, you are funny? I am Yi Ping and you are Lingfeng. I can recognize you even if you turn to ashes…”

Before Yi Ping could finish, Lingfeng had kicked Yi Ping as they laughed at the same time!

Lie Qing and Shen heaved a soft sigh of relief as they said at the same time, “Thanks goodness he remembers us!”

The Great Goddess Desolate Goddess Nuwa was looking intently at Yixian, “Fantian! We have met at long last. Do you still remember me?”

Yixian looked at the Great Goddess Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “Nuwa, I have thought that you have been grinded to dust already by the Divine Nine Cauldron. How have you been?”

The Great Goddess Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked at Yixian coldly, “I am good. So you are happy to see me in this state…”

All of a sudden Yi Ping muttered, “Lady Nuwa…Lady Fantian…”

This caused Yixian and the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa to turn ashen as they looked trembling at him!

Yixian was shivering as she asked, “Ping’Er, you have remembered?”

Yi Ping replied, “Yes and no. I have remembered the memories of the White Sage and the Dark Chaos Lord but for the memories of the Great God Pangu, I have almost none except for your names. I guess that I have to reach the top level of the Stellar Sanctuary…”

He looked at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa as he said, “Thank you for bringing Xian’Er back here. I will never forget your kindness. I have a request…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa sighed softly before interrupting, “Speak.”

Yi Ping said quietly, “Join us. We will find another one of the Blue Aura Divine Pill for you.”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa stole a glance at Yixian who nodded lightly. She turned her head away and muttered something incoherently before she looked at Yi Ping, “So you will owe me a Blue Aura Divine Pill and a favor?”

Yi Ping laughed, “Yes sure. So that means that you will join us from now on?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa hummed coldly, “I didn’t say I want to become friends with any of you. Don’t say I didn’t warn you first before you exploded with anger. My goal is to kick the shrine of the Great God Pangu at the very top to disrupt his plans.”

Yi Ping grinned, “Same here. I want to kick the shrine of the Great God Pangu as well. So let’s go together.”

Yixian smiled gently at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, “Do you need a help?”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was startled as she blinked her eyes at Yixian, “Fantian wants to kick Pangu’s shrine as well? This is really unbelievable.”

Yixian sighed softly before she stole a glance at Yi Ping, “A Great God without love in his heart deserves to be kicked ten times over, don’t you think so?”

All of a sudden Yi Ping felt a cold shiver as the stares of Yixian and the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa fell upon him!

He smiled bitterly as he rubbed his nose but he quickly smiled as he hugged Yixian all of a sudden, “Xian’Er, do you know how I have missed you? I have finally understood why we have been separated for so long…”

Yixian was beaming with tears, “Ping’Er, I have thought that I will never see you again…”

Yi Ping nodded as he embraced Yixian tightly, “Xian’Er…”

After some time he suddenly said, “Xian’Er, wait a while…”

He went over to Xingyue and held her on her shoulders, “Xingyue…”

Xingyue was startled as she gasped, “Ping’Er, yes?”

Yi Ping quickly, “Xing’Er, among all the maidens you have received the most unfair treatment…”

Xingyue answered, “I don’t mind…”

Yi Ping sighed, “In the past, you have been avoiding me. To think that we are now finally together…”

Xingyue gasped aloud, “Ping’Er, you have really remembered!”

She flew into his embrace immediately as she sobbed uncontrollably, “It is really you. It is really you. You are finally back!”

Yi Ping sighed softly, “I am so wrong in the past. My Dark Enchantress…”

Xingyue cuddled to him, “My White Sage...now we will no longer be separated…”

Yi Ping looked at Yixian, the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, Lie Qing and Lingfeng, “From now on, I am going to atone for my past errors and mistakes…”

The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa interrupted wryly, “But first, we ought to get out of this celestial formation first!”



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