After My Rebirth, I Ended Up Happily Ever After with the Saintess - Chapter 137

Outside the Nine Heavens Heavenly Palace, the night sky was stained red by an ominous, blood-colored magic formation. Ye Li stood with her sword poised; the Xuan Bing  blade flowed with moonlight and killing intent as she faced off against Ling Hao’s clone and his subordinate Shadow Demon elders. The air was stagnant, and a massive battle was imminent.

Ling Hao’s clone sneered, countless distorted and wailing faces of talented cultivators twisting within the blood-red formation. Their essence and spirit power were being frantically drawn into the center of the array, where the aura belonging to Ling Hao’s true body was swelling at an alarming rate.

“Senior Sister, do you see? This is true power! Using the geniuses of a thousand domains as sacrifice to forge my indestructible demonic body! Once my true form descends, this Spirit Realm, this cycle of reincarnation—all will be held in my palm!” Ling Hao’s clone spread his arms, his voice filled with madness and ambition.

Ye Li’s eyes were icy cold, without the slightest hesitation: “Evil practices are, in the end, nothing but a reflection in the water. Ling Hao, your path ends here!”

She said no more, her spiritual power surging like a vast ocean. Her cultivation at the peak of the late-stage Divine Ability Realm exploded without reservation. Her silver hair moved without wind, and the space around her began to subtly twist. The phantom image of the Reincarnation Mirror flickered behind her; though only four fragments were fused, the might emanating from the ancient super-artifact was enough to cause the Shadow Demon elders opposite her to slightly change their expressions.

“Six Paths of Reincarnation Sword – Path of Silent Asura!”

The sword struck out silently. A gray, indistinct sword light swept across the night sky. Wherever it passed, it was as if light, sound, and even life force was all swallowed up, leaving only eternal stillness. This was the killing move Ye Li had created by fusing the insights of her past life’s Supreme Being status with the power of the Reincarnation Mirror fragments, pointing directly to the principle of all things’ termination.

“Hmph! Child’s play!” Ling Hao’s clone scoffed, forming a hand seal. A thick, viscous torrent of blood separated from the formation, transforming into a colossal demonic face that roared as it met the gray sword light.

Boom—!

The Silent Asura Sword Intent and the defiled Demonic Qi collided violently, setting off an earth-shattering explosion. The resulting energy ripples ravaged the area, leveling the surrounding hilltops by several feet. Gray and blood-red mingled and corroded each other, locked in a stalemate for a time.

At the same moment, inside the Nine Heavens Heavenly Palace, the alarm bells rang out loudly!

Countless demonic figures surged from all directions like a tide, battering the palace’s protective grand array. The array light flickered violently, unstable and dim. Even more terrifyingly, several critical array nodes within the palace simultaneously erupted with chaotic spiritual energy fluctuations and battle cries—the lurking traitors had made their move!

Outside the Xuan nü Palace, Envoy Yun Ying led the loyal palace disciples, holding the line in a defensive formation. Her robes were stained with blood, and every swing of her long sword claimed the lives of several demonic cultivators, but the number of enemies seemed endless, mixed with powerful Shadow Demon elders.

“Hold the line! We absolutely cannot let them disturb the Xuan nü Inheritance!” Yun Ying’s voice was hoarse, but her eyes were firm.

However, the enemy’s offensive was too fierce, especially the sabotage from the internal traitors, which drastically weakened the protective array. A sharp, black saber light suddenly struck from the flank, aiming directly for Yun Ying’s vital point! The attacker was none other than the previously suspected Elder Xuan Ming!

Yun Ying struggled to parry, but was shaken, her qi and blood roiling, forcing her to retreat several steps, creating a slight flaw in the formation.

“Xuan Ming! You truly have sided with the Shadow Demons!” Yun Ying angrily denounced him.

Elder Xuan Ming’s face was ferocious: “The wise submit to circumstances! The Nine Heavens Heavenly Palace is stuck in its ways; only the Shadow Demon Lord can lead the Spirit Realm to new life! Today marks the end of the Xuan nü Inheritance!”

In this critical moment, deep within the Xuan nü Palace, the stable and sacred Inheritance aura suddenly experienced a violent fluctuation! An indescribable sense of weakness emerged, followed by a faint, yet heart-stopping, trace of Demonic Qi interference!

“No! The Inheritance has been interfered with!” Yun Ying’s face paled drastically. She could feel Qin Yixuan’s aura becoming unstable; the sacred Xuan nü Origin seemed to be invaded by some insidious, destructive force.

Ye Li, fiercely fighting Ling Hao’s clone on the palace exterior, felt her heart violently seize! Her minds were linked with Qin Yixuan, and the deep bond of their Dao Companion status allowed her to instantly detect the abnormal fluctuation within the Xuan nü Palace and the sudden weakening of Qin Yixuan’s aura.

“Yixuan!” Ye Li cried out inwardly, her attack momentarily faltering.

“Hahaha! Did you feel it, Senior Sister?” Ling Hao’s clone laughed triumphantly. “Did you not expect this? We left an ‘Eroding Spirit Devil Seal’ deep within the core of the Xuan nü Inheritance! It lay dormant, only to erupt at the most crucial moment of the transfer! Your Xuan nü reincarnation is likely tasting the agony of her Origin being slowly devoured right now! When her Origin is depleted, the Inheritance will fail, and she will perish!”

Ye Li’s eyes instantly became bloodshot, and her monstrous killing intent almost solidified into substance. She ignored Ling Hao’s ranting and frantically communicated with the Reincarnation Mirror fragments.

“Reincarnation Mirror, help me glimpse a chance at life!”

The Reincarnation Mirror fragments hummed, and a profound, mysterious power of time and space enveloped Ye Li. In her eyes, the flow of the world seemed to slow down, and countless fragments of the future flashed before her. She saw Qin Yixuan sitting cross-legged at the Inheritance core within the Xuan nü Palace, a bizarre black devil mark flickering on her brow, draining her Xuan nü Origin. Qin Yixuan’s beautiful face was etched with pain, and her aura rapidly withered. She also saw Palace Lord Yao Guang being desperately held back by the traitor Elder Qing Xu and another powerful Shadow Demon Nirvana Stage expert, unable to break free.

She must get inside immediately! Force a breakthrough!

Ye Li didn’t hesitate, burning her essence blood. Her aura once again violently surged. She stopped engaging Ling Hao’s clone directly. The Xuan Bing sword cut a perfect arc, and her sword intent abruptly shifted.

“Six Paths of Reincarnation Sword – Spatial Interstice Path!”

The sword light flashed, and her figure seemed to merge into the spatial seams, bypassing the blockade of Ling Hao’s clone and the Shadow Demon elders with an impossible speed and angle, aiming straight for the weakest point of the Nine Heavens Heavenly Palace’s protective array—the spot where the crack had appeared due to internal sabotage.

“Stop her!” Ling Hao’s clone roared sharply.

Several Shadow Demon elders attacked simultaneously, a deluge of malicious divine abilities and demonic treasures raining down on Ye Li.

Ye Li neither dodged nor avoided. A faint barrier of space-time formed in front of her from the Reincarnation Mirror fragments, absorbing the brunt of the attacks. She felt a sweetness in her throat and spat out a mouthful of blood, but her speed remained undiminished, plunging like a shooting star toward the array crack.

“Open up!”

A sword strike, gathering all her strength, viciously slashed onto the crack!

Crack!

The already fragile array crack was forcibly torn into a larger opening. Ye Li’s figure flashed, instantly disappearing into it and entering the interior of the Nine Heavens Heavenly Palace.

What greeted her eyes was widespread devastation, battles raging everywhere, and the brutal slaughter between loyal disciples and invading demonic cultivators and traitors.

Ye Li’s spiritual sense immediately locked onto the direction of the Xuan nü Palace. The demonic interference and Qin Yixuan’s weak aura coming from that direction twisted her heart.

She did not hesitate, transforming into a silver stream of light, ignoring the scattered skirmishes along the way, and rushing toward the Xuan nü Palace at the highest possible speed. Any demonic cultivator or traitor who dared to block her path was mercilessly cut down with a single stroke of her sword. Whether they were at the Enlightenment Realm or the Core Formation Realm, even a Spirit Mansion Realm Shadow Demon leader was annihilated under her angry strike.

At this moment, Ye Li was like a god of slaughter, with only one thought in her mind—to reach Qin Yixuan and save her!

Just as she was about to reach the Xuan nü Palace area, a powerful aura suddenly descended, blocking her path. It was Elder Xuan Ming, the one who had just ambushed Yun Ying!

“Ye Li! This path is closed! Stay and die!” Elder Xuan Ming’s face was distorted, his initial Nirvana Stage pressure fully erupting, a chilling, spectral blue demonic saber in his hand radiating intense cold qi.

Ye Li stopped, her silver hair tinged with blood, her eyes colder than ten thousand years of profound ice: “Those who block me, die.”

Without further unnecessary words, battle erupted instantly. Elder Xuan Ming’s demonic saber transformed into a sky full of saber shadows, each containing chilling Demonic Qi that could freeze the soul. Ye Li utilized the Six Paths of Reincarnation Sword to its limit, alternating between the Silent Asura Path, the Spatial Interstice Path, and the faintly comprehended “Path of Karmic Entanglement,” fighting Elder Xuan Ming.

Despite the gap of a major realm in cultivation, Ye Li, relying on the profundity of the Reincarnation Mirror, the combat experience of her past life’s Supreme Being, and her absolute resolve to save her companion, fought Elder Xuan Ming to a draw, even subtly gaining the upper hand! Her swordsmanship became increasingly ferocious, a desperate style of fighting where she risked her life for every move, causing Elder Xuan Ming’s heart to pound with fear.

“Madwoman! You’re a lunatic!” Elder Xuan Ming shouted exasperatedly, unable to believe how difficult Ye Li was to deal with.

With the battle dragging on, Ye Li’s inner anxiety grew stronger. She sensed that Qin Yixuan’s aura was weakening at an accelerating rate; the destructive power of the “Eroding Spirit Devil Seal” far exceeded her imagination.

“Must end this quickly!”

A look of fierce determination flashed in Ye Li’s eyes. She forcibly activated a deeper layer of the Reincarnation Mirror’s power—a trace of time acceleration applied to herself, while a trace of time stagnation enveloped Elder Xuan Ming.

“What?!” Elder Xuan Ming immediately felt his body movements slow by half a beat, while Ye Li’s speed suddenly doubled!

“Six Paths of Reincarnation – Instant Eternity!”

The sword light flashed, seemingly transcending the boundary of time. Elder Xuan Ming only saw an extremely brilliant sword glow magnifying before his eyes. The next moment, his consciousness plunged into eternal darkness.

Pfft!

The Xuan Bing sword pierced precisely through Elder Xuan Ming’s glabella. The sword qi exploded, instantly shredding his soul.

A Nirvana Stage expert, fallen!

Ye Li didn’t spare a glance for the fallen corpse, her figure once again turning into a stream of light, breaking through the final barrier and finally reaching the great doors of the Xuan nü Palace.

Here, the fighting was even more tragic. Envoy Yun Ying was covered in injuries but stubbornly holding on; most of the disciples around her had fallen. Surrounding them, besides a large number of demonic cultivators, were the traitor Elder Qing Xu and the powerful Shadow Demon expert at the mid-stage Nirvana Realm—the Ghost Face.

Ye Li’s arrival instantly drew everyone’s gaze.

“Ye Li!” Yun Ying saw her, a flicker of hope in her eyes, but more worry. “Quick! Yixuan… she…”

“I know!” Ye Li cut her off, her gaze fixed on the tightly shut doors of the Xuan nü Palace. She could sense Qin Yixuan behind those doors, her aura already like a candle in the wind.

The Ghost Face let out a hoarse laugh: “Another one come to die. Perfect, we’ll deal with you together, and use your Reincarnation Mirror fragments to add more strength to Lord Ling Hao’s rebirth!”

Elder Qing Xu also sneered: “Ye Li, you cannot save her! The Eroding Spirit Devil Seal is a secret Shadow Demon technique. Unless the caster is killed or you possess power transcending the Nirvana Realm to forcibly erase it, no one can resolve it! Qin Yixuan is doomed to die!”

Ye Li’s heart sank, but the fire in her eyes burned even hotter. She slowly raised the Xuan Bing sword; its tip pointed directly at the Ghost Face and Qing Xu.

“Then… I’ll kill all of you!”