bookrebus Chapter 771: The Causal Turbulence of the Mortal Realm
Chapter 771: The Causal Turbulence of the Mortal Realm
Torrential rain poured down, splashing water three feet high on the glazed tiles of the Canglan Imperial Palace. Yun Yao's skirt was soaked with blood as she rushed through the palace gates, stepping on the broken dragon-patterned tiles. A sharp alarm blared in her mind: "Anomalous fluctuations in the law of causality detected! Canglan's national destiny is collapsing at a rate of 3% per second!"
Her Heaven-Defying Fate Plate suddenly trembled violently, blood-red lines appearing on its surface, shrouding the entire imperial city in a dark crimson glow. This was the highest-level warning the system had issued since her transmigration—it signified the destruction of a mortal realm, potentially triggering a chain reaction of collapse throughout the cultivation world.
"Yao'er!" Chu Mochen followed closely behind with a halberd in his hand. His golden vertical pupils after the awakening of the Zhulong bloodline were particularly eye-catching in the rain. "A chaotic aura is coming from under the palace. It's exactly the same feeling as when I was in the Demon Abyss!" Before he finished speaking, a black curse mark suddenly rushed out from the ground and went straight to Yun Yao's back.
At the critical moment, Yun Yao spun sideways, and the Nine-Resurrection Flower flew out of her sleeve, turning into a golden light and instantly burning the curse seal to ash. As the petals fell, her pupils suddenly constricted - the runes on the curse seal were exactly the same as the soul-catching flag used by Liu Yan'er at the black market auction.
"The Chaos Demon Sect has indeed intervened." Yun Yao clenched the still-hot Heaven-Defying Fate Plate. Suddenly, Xiao Cui's fate line appeared on the plate. She was the maid she had rescued during her early time travel, and now she was trapped in the deepest part of the imperial palace's underground chamber. "They are using mortal blood sacrifices to open the passage to the Lesser God Realm. Xiao Cui... is also among the sacrifices!"
Karmic fire rose from Chu Mochen's body, and twelve pairs of battle wings spread out in the rain: "I will go and hold back the demon cultivator, and you destroy the altar as soon as possible!" Without waiting for Yun Yao's response, he turned into a stream of light and rushed into the sky. The moment the halberd split the rain curtain, dozens of black-robed figures emerged from the clouds.
Yun Yao took a deep breath, channeling her Void Realm cultivation, and moved through the palace ruins like a ghost. As she passed the Imperial Garden, she froze in place—the garden that once held precious spiritual plants had become a living hell. Hundreds of mortal corpses piled like a tower, their blood flowing through ditches into the altar. In the center of the altar, the same patterns as her Heaven-Defying Fate Plate were inscribed!
"So, they've been targeting the people around me for a long time..." Yun Yao's eyes flashed coldly, and the pressure of the Void Realm was released, shattering the blood sacrifice instruments on the ground. Just as she was about to rush to the core of the altar, a familiar voice rang out from the shadows: "Miss Yun, how are you?"
Liu Yan'er's puppet form emerged from the darkness, its twelve pairs of bony wings restored to their original state, each bone spur dripping with black poisonous mist. On the Soul-Snatching Banner she held, Xiao Cui's spirit struggled in agony. "I heard you've collected the fragments of the Hongmeng Scroll? Why not give them to me in exchange for this little girl's life?"
Yun Yao's destiny disk suddenly uttered a sharp cry, and Xiao Cui's fate line on the disk began to twist. She was shocked to realize that the soul-grabbing flag in Liu Yan'er's hand could not only control souls, but also tamper with cause and effect!
"You think you can threaten me like this?" Yun Yao sneered, her fingertips swiping across the Heaven-Defying Fate Disk, sending a golden beam of light shooting towards the Soul-Snatching Banner. However, the moment the beam touched the banner, it transformed into black demonic energy and attacked in the opposite direction.
"Hahahaha!" Liu Yan'er laughed maniacally. "How could you possibly break a magical weapon blessed personally by the Lord of the Chaos Demon Sect?" She turned her wrist, and the Soul-Capture Banner revealed all of Yun Yao's memories from the Netherworld. "Do you know why I can always find you? Your every move is under our surveillance!"
Yun Yao's pupils suddenly constricted, and she suddenly recalled the questioning she had received from the Blood Demon Sect elders at the black market auction. It turned out that everything, starting from the Netherworld Illusion, had been a conspiracy by the Chaos Demon Sect! They had deliberately allowed her to obtain the Hongmeng Fragment, precisely so they could use her Heaven-Defying Fate Disk to open the gate to the Divine Realm!
"Now, hand over the Heaven-Defying Fate Plate!" Liu Yan'er's bony wings suddenly expanded, and bone spurs attacked like a rainstorm. Yun Yao was about to perform the Law of Karma Judgment when she discovered that her spiritual energy was suddenly disordered—the blood sacrifice formation surrounding the altar was continuously absorbing her cultivation!
At the critical moment, a familiar figure stood before her. Chu Mochen was covered in blood, the flames of his halberd dimming, but his eyes remained firm: "Yao'er, do you remember what I said in the Divine Monarch's Palace? In this life, it's my turn to protect you!"
His Candle Dragon bloodline burned furiously, twin soul flames igniting deep within his sea of consciousness. Liu Yan'er's bone spurs disintegrated the moment they touched the soul flames. However, just as Yun Yao breathed a sigh of relief, a sudden, violent tremor erupted from the center of the altar, and a pitch-black vortex slowly formed—the passage to the Lesser God Realm was about to open!
"Not good!" Yun Yao watched the countless demonic hands reaching out from the vortex, and a sudden inspiration struck her. She pulled out the Spacetime Spiritual Herb she'd brought back from the Divine Medicine Garden, and using the blood as a guide, she forcibly cast the Eye of Reversal. Time rewound three breaths at this moment, and she finally saw the flaw in the altar—at the very core of the blood sacrifice pattern, hidden was a jade slip inscribed with the words "Tian Dao Sect"!
"I see..." Yun Yao sneered. "Not only do you want to use me, you're also trying to pin the blame on the Tiandao Sect!" She transformed the Heaven-Defying Fate Plate into a stream of light and injected it into the jade slip. Instantly, the entire altar erupted in dazzling golden light, and the blood sacrifice patterns began to devour the chaotic demonic energy.
Liu Yan'er watched in horror as her bone wings were corroded by the golden light: "Impossible! How is this possible!" She frantically activated the Soul-Capture Banner, but found that Xiao Cui's soul had broken free and flew towards Yun Yao.
"Miss!" Xiao Cui's soul condensed into a human form in the air, holding a jade slip tightly in her hand. "This is a token left by the old sect leader. He said..." Before she finished speaking, a black beam of light suddenly penetrated Xiao Cui's soul and shattered her into pieces.
"Xiao Cui!" Yun Yao's eyes were bloodshot, and the light of the Heaven-Defying Fate Plate suddenly shone. She finally understood that her time travel was no accident, but rather a "world salvation plan" planned by the Tiandao Sect for hundreds of years. The Chaos Demon Sect was merely a variable in this plan.
"Want to know the truth? Then come find me in the God Realm!" Liu Yan'er's puppet body dissipated in the golden light, leaving behind only her hateful laughter. "Yun Yao, do you think you've won? The real show has just begun!"
With Liu Yan'er's disappearance, the passage to the Lesser God Realm slowly closed. Yun Yao took the jade slip left by Xiao Cui, feeling a mixture of emotions. Chu Mochen walked over to her and gently held her hand. "Don't be sad, we will definitely find out the truth."
Yun Yao nodded, gazing at the gradually clearing sky. The crack in the Heaven-Defying Fate Plate widened further, but her gaze grew even more resolute. This time, she not only had to protect Chu Mochen, but also uncover the secrets of the Heavenly Dao Sect and put an end to the Chaos Demon Sect's conspiracy.
"Let's go." She held Chu Mochen's hand tightly, "Let's go back to the sect. From today on, I will let the entire cultivation world know who is the master of this cause and effect!"
The two figures vanished into the sky, leaving behind only the ruined palace and a chapter of history about to be rewritten. Meanwhile, at the Chaos Demon Sect's headquarters, a man in a black and gold Taoist robe gazed at the scene in the crystal ball, a sneer curling his lips. "Interesting! The Heavenly Dao Sect's pawns haven't disappointed me. Yun Yao, Chu Mochen, we'll meet soon..."