Mahayana 102
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Chapter 102: To Perish Together with Lin Qingyan
TL : Cnine
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Part 1
As expected, the moment he saw the woman’s real face, Xiao Yifeng froze like a statue, every bit of strength draining out of him at once.
He stopped fighting back and let the chain drag him toward her. The gigantic fire dragon beside her gave a mournful cry and, without his spiritual power holding it together, broke apart into drifting flames.
“Qingyan, you’re alive? What happened to you?” he asked with deep sorrow. Then he said solemnly, “If this is what you want, Qingyan… I’ll accept it.”
With the blood mist cleared, his divine sense swept out and instantly told him the truth, the woman he owed everything to was no longer human, but a spectre.
Her form looked solid to the eye, yet in his divince senses told him that she was no more than a haze.
But that familiar fluctuation of soul energy could never fool him. This was indeed his former lover, Lin Qingyan, the woman who had saved him countless times, the one he longed for day and night, the one who haunted his very soul to this day.
Seeing that he truly wasn’t resisting at all, Lin Qingyan gave him a radiant smile, as though the whole world brightened around her. She opened her arms and hugged Xiao Yifeng tightly, pulling his fully-bound body against her.
She whispered softly in his ear, “Are you truly willing to give up everything and follow me into the underworld? What about your Guanghan Fairy”
“I… I am willing!” At the mention of Liu Hanyan, Xiao Yifeng hesitated for a moment, but still answered firmly.
His eyes were fixed on Lin Qingyan’s face, so close to his own, staring as if afraid she would disappear the moment he blinked.
When it came to Lin Qingyan, he couldn’t clearly define his feelings. He loved her, of course,she had been the lover who gave her life for him. Everything he had today, she had contributed to more than anyone.
But what drove him to die for her wasn’t just that love. There was also guilt, regret, and a wish to finally release her from her suffering.
If she’d asked him to choose between her and Liu Hanyan instead of asking him to die with her, he’d probably have been completely torn.
But this life of his, she’d saved it time and time again. Giving it back to her? He wouldn’t hesitate for even a second.
“But I don’t want that anymore… No matter what you’ve done, I forgive you! You’re free now, I don’t blame you.”
Lin Qingyan looked as though she had finally heard what she wanted. She gave a playful smile, tears streaming down from her eyes. Then she flicked her wrist, slashed the chains, and shoved Xiao Yifeng backwards.
“Goodbye, Yifeng. Hurry and leave! I’m losing control. Watch out for fate…”
Grey light burst from her whole body, a terrifying pressure flooding the air. The wind howled wildly around them, she was actually trying to blow herself up.
But before she even finished speaking, a chain burst from the stone door behind her, piercing straight through her. Her eyes immediately went lifeless, like a puppet being controlled.
Even then, the pressure from her building self-detonation only grew stronger. More chains came flying out in a frenzy, wrapping tightly around her as if desperate to stop her from blowing herself to bits.
As the chains increased, they really did suppress her self-detonation.
And then, as if that wasn’t enough, the chains lunged toward Xiao Yifeng. In moments, countless chains filled the air, locking down the entire space.
Xiao Yifeng understood perfectly: escape was no longer an option. The strength of the being before him was monstrous, perhaps already the Tribulation Crossing Realm. He hadn’t even glimpsed its true form before being driven into this abyss.
Their goal was obviously huge. They’d taken over Lin Qingyan, and now they wanted him too, planning to drag him into that stone gate and use him like a tool. He would never allow it.
He dodged around, rejoined the mini Little Snow, and quickly formed a seal. The Immortal Slayer Sword flared with dark light. He tossed Little Snow onto the sword, then threw the sword as far as he could.
The Immortal Slayer Sword, carrying Little Snow, cut through the blood mist. Little Snow tried to smash their way out of the barrier on the sword but couldn’t break Xiao Yifeng’s seal. The chains didn’t interfere at all as the sword sped away.
Xiao Yifeng turned sharply and flew toward Lin Qingyan, whose once lively eyes had fallen into lifeless emptiness.
Sorrow clouded his face as blood-red flames erupted over him and blood seeped from every inch of his skin, his aura surging violently.
He charged straight at her, ignoring the chains coiling around him. Dragging them behind him like a moth drawn fatally to the flame, he reached her and gathered her fragile body into his arms.
“No matter who tries to puppet your soul after death, I won’t let them torment you any longer. Qingyan… I couldn’t die with you back then. This time, you won’t walk alone.”
Despite being soaked in blood, Xiao Yifeng still wore a bright, gentle smile as he looked at the woman before him.
As though his words had reached her, two silent trails of tears slid from Lin Qingyan’s vacant eyes, no one could say whether they were for her own fate or for the two of them together.
His spirit, his cultivation, and even his blood were all burning, and the self-destruction within Lin Qingyan, once forcibly suppressed, was reignited along with him.
The countless chains coiling around them could no longer draw closer. All they could do was seal the pair inside a massive cocoon and drag them toward the stone gate.
Blood-red tears welled from Xiao Yifeng’s crimson eyes and traced down his cheeks, yet he still smiled softly at Lin Qingyan.
His body was starting to fall apart, yet he still wore a gentle smile. If freeing her from this half-life meant both of them would be utterly destroyed, then so be it, better that than letting her remain a puppet.
Feeling the woman in his arms grow unbearably hot, he knew time was short. He looked toward Heaven Inquiry Sect, guilt tightening in his chest.
“Hanyan… I'm sorry. I can’t disappear into peaceful seclusion with you. I left her behind once, I won’t allow myself to do it twice.”
Then a sudden jolt ran through him. This feeling… why did it seem so familiar? This scene, he had lived through it once before.
Realising the truth, the fact that he was inside the Samsara Immortal Palace and everything was an illusion, he watched the world begin to break apart.
He gave Lin Qingyan in his arms one last deep look before sighing and loosening his hold.
Stepping out of the cocoon of chains, which didn’t even try to stop him, he confirmed it: this world was fake, and once exposed, completely harmless.
He backed away several steps.
“Are you abandoning me again, Yifeng?” Lin Qingyan murmured blankly.
“If you were truly my Qingyan, I’d never abandon you again,” Xiao Yifeng said softly.
“Is that so? You’d better keep your word,” the fake Lin Qingyan laughed.
A thunderous explosion ripped through the air as the cocoon near the stone gate shattered, the gate itself fracturing under the immense power of a peak Mahayana realm's self-destruction.
The shockwaves roared across the sky, winds screaming; even faraway sects and cities felt the violent shaking, and the clouds across the horizon were torn to pieces.
The illusory world crumbled. Xiao Yifeng barely heard a furious, panicked roar echoing from the stone gate before darkness consumed him.