A sense of unease welled up in Yaohua's heart.
She turned her head and softly called out, "Chongming?!"
Chongming's body gradually became transparent, on the verge of vanishing.
Yaohua stroked his hair. Time seemed to rewind as the surrounding scenery changed. His semi - transparent body slowly solidified, returning to the way he was when they had just returned to Danyaoshan.
This was a technique Yaohua had learned from Chongming's dream.
She used her spiritual light to construct a dream realm of their own and temporarily kept Chongming there.
In this dream realm, time was briefly frozen, and the same day's scene was replayed over and over again.
After the spell was cast, Yaohua felt weak. Taking advantage of her vulnerability, the system tried to seize control of her body.
She felt a sudden darkness before her eyes and was locked in a pitch - black small space. There was only a black light ball inside.
The black light ball transformed into a human face. Its mouth opened and closed as it said, "Host, you're really too slow. Now let me help you solve these problems."
Yaohua snorted, "You wish!"
After learning the identity of the system, the Nine - Heavens Profound Demon, she had found time to tell the God of War Chenyu about this situation and had been privately practicing the methods taught by Chenyu.
Facing the system's sarcasm, she directly pounced on the light ball and bit it.
The system was just a wisp of a soul remnant. How could it withstand her attack?
At the moment of being bitten, it let out a scream. Yaohua only felt a blur before her eyes and regained control of her body.
The system said with lingering fear, "Host, you're too cruel, aren't you?"
Yaohua said coldly, "It's all your fault."
The system said unwillingly, "After the ancient gods return, the Primordial Pearl will appear, and Chongming will surely die."
Yaohua was puzzled, "The Primordial Pearl?"
The system explained, "The Primordial Pearl is a supreme spiritual treasure born at the beginning of the world. The divine powers of all the ancient gods come from it. Only when all the ancient gods appear will it show up in the world. After it appears, the divine powers of the ancient gods will be further strengthened, and Chongming, this demonic heretic, will be completely eliminated!"
"Really?" Yaohua was slightly surprised but didn't show much reaction because she had found another way to save Chongming.
Seeing this, the system asked unwillingly, "Host, aren't you worried?"
"Not worried, because I've found a better way," Yaohua said.
The system was confused, "What way?"
Yaohua knew that her plan would surely be seen by the system if she carried it out, so she didn't mind telling it, "Our Phoenix Clan has the power of nirvana. The dead can be resurrected with this power. As long as I manage to let the power of nirvana fall on Chongming, he can be reborn like me, have a new body, and never be troubled by demonic energy again."
The system was shocked, "It can be like this? But how can the power of nirvana be placed on him?"
Outside Danyaoshan, the Green Sparrow paced restlessly. He wanted to snatch Yaoyao away, but he couldn't even enter Danyaoshan.
Inside Danyaoshan, a small purple flame appeared in Yaohua's hand. "This is the Nirvana Fire," she said.
According to the ancient records, the Nirvana Fire could burn everything in the world and then resurrect everything.
Yaohua activated the Nirvana Fire and burned it towards Chongming's body. At the same time, she cast a spell on Chongming to make him free from pain.
The Nirvana Fire burned his body to ashes, leaving only a golden - shining ball surrounded by a lot of demonic energy. This was Chongming's divine core!
Yaohua increased the firepower to burn the divine core.
The system was greatly shocked. "Host, are you crazy? Life and death are predestined. Forcing the dead to be resurrected goes against the Heavenly Dao and will be punished by it!"
Yaohua was determined. "No matter what kind of punishment I have to suffer, I can't just watch Chongming die. If the Heavenly Dao punishes me for saving him, it means the Heavenly Dao is blind!"
Thunderbolts suddenly fell. At the same time, the formation of Danyaoshan was broken. Mu Hua the Child came with a large amount of demonic energy. "Yaohua, you've gone against the Heavenly Dao. Stop right now!"
When Yaohua saw him coming, her face suddenly changed. If the Nirvana Fire encountered a large amount of demonic energy, Chongming in the fire would become a demonic body.
She used her spiritual power shield to protect the Nirvana Fire and Chongming and fought against Mu Hua the Child alone. "Be punished by the Heavenly Dao? You come here with so much demonic energy. What's your intention? I think it's you who should be punished!"
Mu Hua the Child stopped pretending and showed a ferocious smile. "Chongming is a demonic body. He deserves to be executed!"
While Yaohua was blocking his attack, suddenly, Mu Hua the Child cast a spell. A strong wind swept the demonic energy and blew over. The Nirvana Fire was actually extinguished!
Yaohua's eyes were bloodshot with rage. She wanted to go back to relight the Nirvana Fire, but he blocked her. She couldn't help scolding, "You despicable brute. Let me go quickly!"
No matter how much she scolded, she couldn't change the fact that the Nirvana Fire was extinguished. Just when she was in despair, the power of faith turned into golden light and fell on the Nirvana Fire, relighting it.
Although the statues of Chongming on the divine land were broken, the merits he had made would not be erased. The common people still respected him in their hearts. It was this respect and gratitude that turned into the power of faith and saved Chongming!
Yaohua was almost overjoyed to tears, but it wasn't the time to be happy yet. She suddenly struck and repelled Mu Hua the Child.
Mu Hua the Child tried to blow out the Nirvana Fire again, but the golden light formed by the power of faith, although weak, firmly protected the flame. Seeing that he couldn't stop it, he could only leave with hatred.
The ancient gods were spying on this situation through the water mirror and hated the stubborn Yaohua to the core.
Only by killing the Nine - Heavens Profound Demon could they gain the recognition of the Heavenly Dao and regain their strength. Otherwise, they would have to be like the Purple - Pole Great Emperor, reincarnate and then regain their strength.
Originally, as long as Chongming died, they could recover. But now this plan had been interrupted by Yaohua. How could they not hate her?
Just as the divine core was being burned out, a strange change occurred. The clouds in the sky glowed with golden light and gathered to form a golden phoenix spreading its wings. At the same time, a clear phoenix cry was heard.
With this strange phenomenon, the world changed. The ashes were rolled up, and the divine core appeared again in the purple flame, but this time without the lingering demonic energy.
Then, Chongming's body also appeared. He became the lofty immortal venerable again, rather than the evil demon lord.
Yaohua let out a sigh of relief. "It's successful!"
Chongming opened his eyes and asked blankly, "Yaohua, what's wrong with me?"
Yaohua excitedly hugged him. "Just now I used the Nirvana Fire to reshape your body and divine core. Now you'll never be troubled by demonic energy again!"
Chongming checked his physical condition and found that the demonic seed in his dantian had indeed disappeared. A smile appeared on his lips, and he praised, "My wife is really amazing."
Yaohua sweetly hugged him.