Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 803: Settling the Score

Chen Niu gazed in utter shock at the talons and teeth that had stabbed right through his heart.

He lifted his eyes toward Wu E, almost as if hoping to spot some disguised Demon Immortal instead. But no, it was clearly Wu E. Born from the same womb, Chen Niu knew Wu E's presence inside out.

"Why..."

His power and life force were fleeing from him at a terrifying pace.

Wu E greedily sucked in his energy like a starving beast. A dark, inky demonic force crashed over him in a furious storm. Never before had he experienced such total helplessness.

What he didn't realize was that he'd already sent out three avatars to the Lower Realm, and all of them had met their end. His power had dropped to this wretched level, rendering him completely unable to resist Wu E's dominance.

In the end, it boiled down to one thing—he'd never dreamed Wu E would turn against him.

"Twisted desires?!" Chen Niu blinked in confusion, momentarily forgetting the torment tearing through his flesh. "When did I ever nurse twisted desires about you?!"

"Avatars reflect the main body's innermost thoughts, right?" Wu E's talons twisted and stirred inside Chen Niu's torso, gulping down his energy and spirit while he hissed in a venomous, accusing whisper. "Even if our avatars act as separate beings, they carry the intentions and desires from our true selves. You can't argue with that!"

Chen Niu managed a painful nod.

That much was accurate.

But how did that connect to twisted desires?

He was a man.

Wu E was a man too.

What kind of desires could there possibly be?

Noticing Chen Niu's completely baffled look, Wu E shoved a chunk of memory straight into his consciousness.

This was the recollection he'd seized from his own avatar.

The grotesque, intolerable vision that unfolded in his thoughts left Chen Niu speechless.

After what felt like an eternity, he croaked out, "Th-this can't be! Is this actually happening? Why didn't my avatar mention this..."

"They all wanted to cover it up—why would they confess to you? What it inflicted on my avatar, would it have the guts to admit to you?" Wu E sneered with icy disdain, his gaze burning with rage. "Chen Niu, oh Chen Niu, across endless rounds of rebirth, your power hasn't grown much, but your depravities have only worsened! I figured you stuck to those minor dragons and shrimps. I never suspected you'd stoop to eyeing your own flesh and blood! You shame me just by existing!"

Chen Niu couldn't wrap his head around his avatar committing such an act.

"There has to be a mix-up. My avatar's state was totally off back then..."

"Save your excuses. You're done." Wu E pulled back his razor-sharp talons, staring down at the formerly arrogant Chen Niu, now shrunken and crumpled on the floor. "Big Brother, whatever successes you claim, I can claim too. And the ones you can't reach, I'll still grasp them.

You've towered over me for way, way too many years. So much that the mighty figures of the Celestial God Clan overlook me entirely.

But from this rebirth onward, your time is utterly finished."

"What do you intend to do..." Chen Niu eyed Wu E's retreating figure, his words rough and broken. "When the Wells of Heaven all unlock at once, even though the link between heaven and earth forms, the laws of heaven and earth aren't fully set yet. Right now, the whole Earth Star hangs in delicate balance! If you unleash your True Form, you'll trigger disaster!"

"Not your concern." Wu E huffed dismissively, wrapped in swirling black demonic power as he faded entirely from the cavern.

Chen Niu's existence slowly ticked toward its end.

Death held no terror for him.

As long as the mighty ones of the Celestial God Clan still valued him, he'd resurrect and stir awake under the laws of heaven and earth in the coming rebirth.

He recognized Wu E's wild impulses, and a chill premonition gripped his soul.

But it was far too late. He lacked even the power to alert the mighty ones of the Celestial God Clan.

...

With no threats lingering behind, Chen Huaian's advance through the Demon Sealing Pagodas picked up furious momentum.

He plunged straight in, unleashing the Dragon Soul's aura to proclaim who he was.

Since Chen Niu had shifted the four Demon Sealing Pagodas using divine powers and treasures, the ancient savage beasts and blessed beasts inside had long readied themselves.

Two forces that once had no dealings now lingered in tense silence on the highest levels of the Demon Sealing Pagodas, awaiting Chen Huaian's approach.

At the same time, the challenges meant for the Dragon Soul's heir were mostly skipped to hasten progress.

In the seventh Demon Sealing Pagoda, Chen Huaian faced the shell of the blessed beast Black Tortoise and the savage beast Bi Fang. The Bi Fang lunged with flames to scorch him, yet Chen Huaian bore the Phoenix's lineage. Though the Bi Fang ruled fire among savage beasts without rival, how could it stand against the Phoenix?

The human and the savage beast clashed in a blaze of fire. Chen Huaian walked away untouched, while the Bi Fang ended up charred to a crisp cinder.

Ultimately, it too got sealed into the Purple Gold Gourd, where a fragment of the Taotie's soul from its demonic core merged with the recovering Divine Soul of Muscle Tyrant.

As for this Demon Sealing Pagoda's blessed beast, it was the Black Tortoise's shell.

Chen Huaian fed it a heaven-grade elixir, crafted from the recipe gifted by the Qilin, to spark its revival. Once it learned of the White Tiger and Qilin's ordeals, the Black Tortoise swiftly offered a sacrifice, granting Chen Huaian an ironclad defense as unyielding as endless peaks. Through this, his cultivation soared to the pinnacle of the Unity stage.

The seventh Well of Heaven burst open.

BOOM—!

Vast Spiritual Energy erupted skyward. With two Wells of Heaven igniting one after another in the same spot, the Spiritual Energy density had thickened into liquid form.

Countless Ascenders who'd shown up merely to fill ranks, guarding the area for Hua Jin and Chen Huaian while claiming the Celestial Jade Marrow, now saw this as a golden chance. They dropped into seated cultivation right there, greedily drawing in the Spiritual Energy to boost their realms.

And Hua Jin the True One, who had been quietly meditating, snapped her eyes open the instant the seventh Well of Heaven activated.

Pop—!

A faint crack, like a membrane breaking, echoed from deep inside Hua Jin the True One's frame.

A fearsome aura rippled outward like waves across a pond.

A subtle glow flickered in Hua Jin the True One's eyes. Her simple white garments billowed on an unseen breeze. The capped might bottled up in her body, restrained daily by heaven and earth's laws, at last broke free in this instant. The surging True Essence and the frenzy in every fiber of her being compelled her to unleash a sharp, soaring cry akin to a crane's call.

In that moment, Earth Star's supreme cultivation ceiling shifted from Void Shattering's peak to Harmony stage's peak.

This matched her own breakthrough realm.

"Outstanding! Senior Chen! You've performed brilliantly!"

Hua Jin the True One balled her hand into a fist, tilting her head to behold the massive beam of Spiritual Energy, her gaze brimming with thanks.

She turned away, fixing her stare on the abyss's heart ahead, where a Sword Cultivator meditated mid-air, encircled by whirling swords in endless array. Her murderous urge boiled over.

"Years ago, you cast me out like worthless trash. Now, I've ascended to the Harmony stage. Fresh grudges and ancient ones—we'll square them all at once!"

With that declaration, Hua Jin the True One reached for her sword, only to recall it had been taken by that Sword Cultivator long ago.

This ignited even deeper rage and shame within her. But she refused to dwell on lacking a blade. Instead, she shoved her palm out, whipping up a fierce wind.

True Essence converged in her hand, swelling into a surge that rushed forth like an ocean swell, morphing into a gigantic turquoise jade palm that crushed down savagely on the seated Lin Fan.

This one palm shook the heavens and the earth.

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