One won't remember any of these.
Right.
Yan Ruyu is the millennium imperial tutor. He has such power.
"You want to wipe out all of Xiaoning'er's memories in this lifetime, including your killings?"
Yan Ruyu didn't answer.
But his expression...
It had said it all.
A person with a dead heart...
How could one expect him to still have mercy on this world?
Zhao Huai was greatly shocked.
"Yan Ruyu, you're crazy! You're really crazy! Do you know what this means to her and what it means to you? Xiaoning'er wouldn't want to see you like this. This Yan Ruyu is not the one she wants to protect."
"Yan Ruyu, have you forgotten what Xiaoning'er said before she left?"
Forgotten?
How could he forget?
It was precisely because he couldn't forget.
That's why Yan Ruyu was in so much pain at this moment.
He couldn't do it.
He couldn't be aloof from worldly affairs.
He couldn't be free from distractions.
And he definitely couldn't watch Ning'er die like this.
He...
He had been so looking forward to their future.
She had promised him.
She would always stay by his side. No matter what happened, she would never do something so stupid.
But what happened?
It was Ning'er who broke her promise first.
It was she who abandoned him first.
How could Yan Ruyu bear to watch the one he loved die in his arms?
Around them.
A strong wind blew.
A more powerful wave of spiritual energy hit the Divine Mountain of the Eastern Continent.
Tens of thousands of cultivators...
Only felt that the entire mountain was shaking.
The Divine Mountain of the Eastern Continent...
Actually rose into the air under the will of the man in mid - air and broke away from the ground.
"What is the Emperor doing?"
"Is he going to...?"
"With this momentum?"
"Is he going to offer tens of thousands of people as a blood sacrifice to this demon girl?"
"How is that possible?"
But as the spiritual energy around them kept strengthening, those low - level spiritual herbalists began to feel dizzy. Approximately two - tenths of the people couldn't withstand the stimulation of the powerful spiritual energy and fainted.
Yan Ruyu watched indifferently as all this happened on the divine mountain.
He didn't have the slightest bit of mercy.
Or rather.
His heart...
Had already gone numb.
Since the woman in his arms lost her warmth, his heart, which was originally like ice that had never melted for a thousand years, was now devoured by the raging fire and turned into an endless ocean.
And at this moment.
Turbulent waves were stirred up.
The prediction of the Astrolabe Formation was correct.
The demon star...
Would indeed be born.
After its birth...
There would indeed be great suffering for all living beings.
But it wasn't Zhao Shuning who would cause the suffering of all living beings, but Yan Ruyu.
It was only because neither of them had the full picture that it led to misunderstandings among everyone.
Who would believe...
That the Founding Ancestor, who was supposed to save the world, would ultimately be the root cause of its destruction.
"The Emperor has fallen into the demonic path. Those who don't want to die, follow me and charge out."
An old man with gray hair roared. Immediately, thousands of spiritual herbalists and alchemists gathered behind him. They endured the discomfort in their bodies and slowly, with great difficulty, moved towards the edge of the Divine Mountain of the Eastern Continent.
Some people knelt and begged Zhao Huai.
He was the Supreme of the Alien Beasts.
Even for the countless alien beasts behind him, he should step forward to stop Yan Ruyu.
But when Zhao Huai heard this...
He just gave a bitter smile.
Stop him?
With what?
If what he was facing was just Yan Ruyu, just the third son of the Feng family, maybe he still had a glimmer of hope to stop him.
But...
The blue - robed man who was almost crazy in mid - air now...
Was no longer that calm and merciful Feng Buran.
Inside his body...
There was the power sealed by the Ancient Great Emperor.
The Ancient Great Emperor...
Was the god at the beginning of all realms.
No one could be his match.
That millennium stone soul was just a black mysterious stone under his seat, yet it could achieve such merits. One could only imagine how terrifying the Ancient Great Emperor was.
And Feng Buran...
At this moment, inside his body...
There was this terrifying power.
Once he made a move...
I'm afraid there would be no opponent within the Three Realms.
Moreover...
At this moment, in Yan Ruyu's eyes, there was no trace of clarity. They were completely occupied by Xiaoning'er's death.
He had always been detached from worldly desires. Because he was the millennium lone and evil star, he had been lonely for so long. Xiaoning'er was a wisp of duckweed in his boundless dead sea.
She accompanied him as he grew and brought different scenery into his life.
Now...
The scenery was gone.
His world...
Collapsed in an instant.
"Honorable One!"
Zhao Huai frowned.
Right.
Maybe there was still a glimmer of hope.
The only things Yan Ruyu cared about, apart from Zhao Shuning, were his family.
What if...
Thinking like this, Zhao Huai's sky - covering wings that emitted a blue light immediately took off from the ground.
Yan Ruyu wouldn't stop him.
Even for Xiaoning'er's sake, he wouldn't block his way.
Sure enough, when Yan Ruyu saw Zhao Huai's actions, he sneered contemptuously at the corner of his mouth and just thought that he wanted to leave.
So he waved his hand.
And let him leave the divine mountain.
After Zhao Huai left the light shield, Dongfang Yuxi, Ye Xingchen and the others actually rose into the air too.
"Emperor!"
The few of them were puzzled.
"Get out."
Just one word.
But their bodies were violently pushed out of the circle.
Ning'er.
I won't hurt the people you care about.
Even though...
I think everyone in this world deserves to die.
The few of them were pushed out by a powerful force and landed below the divine mountain.
There.
Zhao Huai was waiting for them.
It seemed...
He had a plan.
"Honorable One."
"Don't say a word. Just listen to me."
Zhao Huai didn't originally belong to the Nine - State Continent. But after getting along with Zhao Shuning for so long, he truly regarded her as his closest relative.
Although Zhao Huai was not a kind person, he still couldn't do something so cruel as to let the entire Nine - State Continent be destroyed just for Xiaoning'er.
He also knew...
If Xiaoning'er were still alive, she definitely couldn't do such a thing either.
Yan Ruyu was now controlled by his inner demons and couldn't hear or listen to any outside voices.
All they could do...
Was extremely limited.
"Among you, can your powers be temporarily restored to their peak state?"
"If we have the Holy Spirit Pills, we naturally can."
The spiritual energy of Ye Xingchen and the others had been severely damaged just now.
For the time being, it was impossible for them to return to their peak state again.
But if they had the Holy Spirit Pills, it would be different.
However...
After taking the Holy Spirit Pills, their spiritual energy would be completely drained in an instant. For the rest of their lives, they would never be able to use their spiritual energy and spiritual power again and would become ordinary people.
Zhao Huai took out a few Holy Spirit Pills.
And placed them in his palm.
"I'll need to connect to the world outside the Nine - State Continent later, which will take a lot of time. I'm worried that even if I succeed in the end, it will be too late. So before that, I need you to dig out a very short time passage between Qingyun Country and this Divine Mountain of the Eastern Continent and bring Yan Ruyu's elder brother and aunt here first."
The few of them looked at each other.
Zhao Huai said, "You, as cultivators, should know what the consequences of taking the Holy Spirit Pills are. I won't force you."
Ye Xingchen gave a calm smile.
Xie An also stepped forward.
The few of them took the Holy Spirit Pills at the same time.
Threw them into their mouths.
And swallowed them.
In their eyes...
There was not the slightest bit of hesitation or regret.
"Sister wouldn't want to see the Emperor like this."
"It's just spiritual power and spiritual energy. Even without our spiritual roots, we can still live well."