Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1414: 759: Searching and Seeking (Part 2)

The duo, Zhao Sheng and his companion, wasted no time in hesitation. They promptly triggered their talismans and plunged into the earth's depths, disappearing without a trace right away.

…

A few days afterward.

Within an expansive deadly wasteland, powerful gales relentlessly surged, hurling sand blended with innumerable skeletal remains high into the air.

Zhao Sheng hovered upon a mist of lucky clouds, his eyes sweeping over the Death Desert that had emerged from a massive conflict.

Next to him, Xue Susu remained motionless, her face impassive, as Wu Yue lingered in the rear, idly fiddling with the Corpse Dissection Bag hanging from his belt.

“Is this the spot where the thriving Qifeng Domain of Demon Suppression Star once flourished?” Zhao Sheng inquired, a touch of astonishment in his voice.

“Hey, Senior Sister, check that out!” Wu Yue’s gaze sparkled as he abruptly raised his arm, indicating a ridge half-submerged in dunes, hundreds of miles distant.

Zhao Sheng traced his gesture and peered there, abruptly detecting an oddity lurking under that buried ridge!

Xue Susu’s features brightened with delight, and she swiftly propelled the cloud toward that spot.

In moments, the cloud settled onto the ridge and slowly faded away.

Xue Susu, eager beyond measure, swept her delicate palm, instantly shrouding the whole ridge in a transparent glow, then observed as tons upon tons of sand and stones lifted skyward, rushing eighty miles off to pile into towering mounds.

Sand cleared, the ridge unveiled its actual form: an enormous wreckage. Traces of grand halls and spires still faintly evoked the bygone splendor.

“Back in the old times, Demon Suppression Star ranked among the rare High Spirit Stars, trailing only Taiyi Star. Yet now, after merely tens of thousands of years, it’s decayed to this wretched condition. The Alien Demon Clan’s sins are beyond pardon!” Wu Yue declared emotionally.

“Those Alien Demons amount to mere nuisances. Once their race is eradicated, Demon Suppression Star will undoubtedly reclaim its past magnificence,” Zhao Sheng responded upon hearing this.

“Maybe so!” Wu Yue replied, shaking his head in wry amusement.

Right then, Xue Susu exclaimed happily, “I’ve located it—Wen Shifei wasn’t deceiving us after all!”

“For real? Where?” Wu Yue queried, his face lighting up with excitement.

Xue Susu offered no reply. Rather, her fingers danced through complex seals, dispatching bursts of Law Mysterious Light downward into the soil.

As beams of illumination blended into the debris, small luminous specks rose from scattered spots amid the ruins, and a subtle, unidentified pulse gently brushed against the Primordial Spirits of the trio.

With a soft ‘whoosh,’ a gentle gust cleared the dust from above,

and the demonic qi saturating the skies and lands was utterly banished from the area, crafting a pristine and limpid domain.

Xue Susu gestured, calling forth the Demon Slaying Sword, which softly touched the earth before embedding itself.

Wu Yue darted down right after, Zhao Sheng trailing closely.

Soon enough, the three plunged thousands of miles through the crust, arriving at a subterranean cave dwelling, met by a vista of devastation.

This cavern abode lay largely forsaken and crumbled, save for a lone stone chamber at its core. Within loomed statues of females sculpted from White Jade.

Glancing about, the figures appeared vividly real, each portraying the identical woman.

She possessed refined and graceful traits, a alluring silhouette, her contours showcasing every allure of a ripened female, yet the statues’ countenances ranged from delight to fury to grief to mirth, and more.

Upon precise tally, fourteen such statues existed.

Zhao Sheng gazed at them briefly, a surge of turmoil rising inside, feelings and urges surging uncontrollably from his core.

Alarmed, he hastily averted his sight, only to notice Wu Yue fixated on the statues nearby, his stare revealing hints of fixation and inner conflict.

Just as Zhao Sheng prepared to rouse him with a shout, Wu Yue snapped back to focus and swiftly turned away, blurting, “Incredible!”

“Legend holds that Taiyi Spirit Palace pursues two primary cultivation routes: one termed the Emotional Dao, the other the Heartless Sect! Wen Shifei followed the Supreme Heartless Dao. Xue Susu’s heritage probably stems from the Emotional Dao branch!” Zhao Sheng mused inwardly.

While lost in thought, he watched Xue Susu store the Demon Slaying Sword and produce an Extreme Emotion Immortal Mushroom, then stride briskly into the chamber.

The instant after, a vibrant barrier of light sprang up, obstructing Zhao Sheng and Wu Yue’s vision and perception.

Within the chamber, Xue Susu passed by statue after statue, the Extreme Emotion Immortal Mushroom perched on her shoulder steadily emitting waves of brilliant glow.

Upon arriving at the eighth Merciful Human Image, the statue at last responded. Its visage softly illuminated, its eyes gleamed with a spark of vitality, and subsequently its arms, legs, and torso stirred, awakening to motion.

Xue Susu brimmed with elation, dropping to her knees before it at once, voice quivering, “Master, your disciple… has at last beheld you once more!”

The Merciful Human Image emitted a faint glow, appearing profoundly feeble.

“Susu, you’ve still arrived… Sigh, you ought not to have!” the statue’s radiance wavered as a weak thread of Divine Thought slipped into Xue Susu’s consciousness.

“Master, I arrived far too late,” Xue Susu insisted stubbornly, as though deaf to the words.

“Silly girl, in that ancient battle, I erred irredeemably! Thus, I chose to offer myself up, seeking atonement! Why endanger yourself to seek me out?” Yunqing Venerable murmured faintly with a sigh.

“Master, even if the odds stand at one in ten thousand, I’ll rescue you! Master Yang Jian endorses my plan too, even granting me a Sword Spirit!”

With that, she turned her palm, revealing the bloodied Demon Slaying Stone Sword anew, which promptly disappeared.

“Susu, you’re wrong! Yang Jian cares nothing for my survival; he desires solely my Lifebound Magic Treasure, Ten Thousand Red Dust,” Yunqing Venerable candidly revealed Master Yang Jian’s hidden agenda.

Xue Susu let out a quiet sigh, “I know full well Master’s aims, yet if I can save you, that’s all that counts.”

Yunqing Venerable sighed once more, “But I perished long ago, leaving merely fragments of my Divine Split. Without the Taiyi Immortal Monarch’s intervention, revival is impossible for me.”

“Master, I—”

“Stop, hope is lost; speak no further! While my Telekinesis endures a remnant, concentrate fully to absorb my final essence!”

As the words concluded, an indistinct luminous form abruptly emerged from the statue’s brow and fused into Xue Susu’s forehead.

Xue Susu promptly assumed a cross-legged pose, a sheen of glowing Light Halo emerging on her visage, her demeanor one of deep reverence.

Simultaneously, a vivid halo materialized behind her skull, displaying a turbulent state where distinct pure and impure forces churned, seemingly representing some profound concept.

…

No one could tell how long elapsed!

As Zhao Sheng and Wu Yue grew restless in vigil outside, the multicolored light barrier encasing the chamber abruptly crumbled, and Xue Susu stepped out, her countenance serene.

Zhao Sheng inwardly marveled at the view, perceiving her presence as now impeccable, like it had undergone a profound shift.

“Senior Sister Xue, did you locate Yunqing Venerable?” Wu Yue inquired with subtle worry, his eyes betraying a flicker of astonishment.

Xue Susu softly shook her head, stating, “Not quite, but this visit yielded gains! We need to depart without delay for Fallen Immortal Sea.”

Upon hearing, Wu Yue questioned in mild shock, “So… Yunqing Venerable resides in Fallen Immortal Sea?”

“Fallen Immortal Sea lies on Dome Sea Star, doesn’t it?” Zhao Sheng suddenly chimed in.

Dome Sea Star, distant by twelve Constant Years, serves as the frontier bastion of the Demon Suppression Star Domain, a key point in the old Demon Suppression defenses.

In the Human Clan’s catastrophic rout, Dome Sea Star resisted till the last before falling to the Alien Demons.

Today, Dome Sea Star falls under the control of the savage Alien Demon Clan’s forces, fortified externally and secured internally, rendering entry a perilous challenge.

“Let’s move! Time is short; we’ll consult Wen Shifei first, then proceed straight to Dome Sea Star.”

Thus spoke Xue Susu as she ascended skyward, aiming for the surface.

Zhao Sheng and Wu Yue, witnessing this, quelled their inner musings and pursued her.