Chapter 65: Heaven and Earth Reversed, Black and White Reversed

Ning Xuan looked up at the pale white sun. He tensed up in response, because this sun had already made him understand that he had entered a dream, and that a new Heavenly Demon was coming.

And daytime was the time when the Heavenly Demon arrived.

Although he had not thought that he would be involved in refining the record at this time, after all, this was too abrupt; although he was also wondering why he had not experienced the night this time, after all, this was not in line with common sense, but… he was still prepared for everything.

In the nightmare, he had experienced the pain of being eaten alive many times, and the pain of cutting his own intestines with a saber many times. What else was there to be afraid of?

What else could make him fear?

After waiting for a few breaths, there was no movement.

After waiting for a few more breaths, his expression moved slightly, and he released his perception, but there was still no movement.

This was a dead silent and vast village, with many houses, made of wood. It seemed that they were built with local materials, and the old trees in the deep mountains were cut down. It should be a village isolated from the world.

And through some open doors, he could still see the Buddha statues and incense burners placed on the shrines.

Those Buddha statues and incense burners were gilded. Even if the other decorations in the houses were old and worn, the gold on the Buddha statues was not lacking, and the craftsmanship was exquisite, not on the same level as the wooden houses.

The customs here were obviously completely different from those in Wangyue Prefecture, Ping’an Prefecture, and other places.

The latter was not without faith, but it was not popularized to the point where every household had such faith, and every household placed faith above their own lives.

Was this another world?

Was the world of incense fire a completely different world from the world of dragon qi?

So, the demons that came from the world of incense fire were Heavenly Demons, because they had invaded the world of dragon qi.

But now, he was standing on the land of the world of incense fire, so… the Heavenly Demon, could it be from the world of dragon qi?

The power of the Heavenly Demon Record naturally ignored the incense fire golden body.

Although he had separated out an incense fire body, what he was observing was still his soul.

So, the Heavenly Demon Record still pulled him over and let him refine the record himself.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind. Before Ning Xuan had time to check, he found that the pale white sun in the sky had miraculously disappeared, and was replaced by a dark moon.

The world changed in an instant.

The moon was like an eyeball hanging in the sky, looking down.

‘So fast.’

‘It’s only been a dozen or so breaths since I came here.’

Ning Xuan had never encountered such a short alternation of day and night.

It was so fast that he had only completed a simple analysis, and before he had time to search, the night had fallen.

And if he was not mistaken, the Heavenly Demon… had also come.

This time, the Heavenly Demon was an unprecedented and never-before-seen type.

He didn’t even know what it would be.

After all, he had always thought that the world of dragon qi was the oppressed side.

He had even used the imagination of a transmigrator and thought that his “Heavenly Demon Record” was a gift from the world will of the world of dragon qi for self-preservation.

So now, what would he encounter?

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Ning Xuan was thinking, but his movements were not slow. He flicked his fingers slightly and shot out three drops of essence and blood to various places, so that his clones could appear in other places to facilitate a sneak attack. Then he raised his hand and wiped his waist, and pulled out the Ruyi Saber, the saber that had been reassembled from the White Mountain Zen Master’s Zen staff.

When he pulled out the Ruyi Saber, the entire sky turned purple, a dark purple.

He looked up.

The sky was falling, dragging a comet tail like a water plant or long hair as it fell.

He had seen this scene before.

Where?

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The incense fire golden body surged, and a circle of incense fire golden body around Ning Xuan quickly rose and expanded, reaching more than ten zhang. He raised his hands and supported the falling sky.

Swoosh!

The sky continued to fall.

His golden body did not block it at all.

It was like passing by in different time and space.

Ning Xuan remembered.

That day, at that time, at that moment, outside Shanyang Prefecture…

This was Tianyouzi’s Heavenly Master’s Seal!

The person who came, could it be Tianyouzi?

This sudden contrast gave Ning Xuan a strange feeling in his heart.

The next moment…

Bang!!

The Heavenly Master’s Seal fell and landed heavily on him.

He was directly pressed to the ground.

The power in his body circulated, but because of the suppression of his soul, it could only accumulate inside and could not be scattered outside.

Then, he felt that the Heavenly Master’s Seal had exploded with a second layer of power. The oppressive feeling on it was much heavier, so heavy that it solidified all his power at this moment, and he could not add another bit. Both he and his golden body were the same, as if they were tightly bound and could not move. As for the essence and blood that had been separated out before, it was even more useless.

The next moment, he heard footsteps.

The footsteps had a “turbid feeling,” as if a weak person was dragging his steps and walking with a “thud thud thud.” But the person did not walk in front of him, but walked into a house in the local village.

Creak…

Thud.

The door of the house opened with a sharp sound, and then closed heavily.

The air returned to silence.

But after Ning Xuan sensed that what was pressing on him was indeed the Heavenly Master’s Seal, he also secretly let out a breath in his heart. His previous thought that “the Heavenly Demon Record might be a product of the world of dragon qi was also self-defeating.” It was obvious that the “Heavenly Demon” in the “Heavenly Demon Record” changed with his location. The one who invaded from another world… was the Heavenly Demon.

He was basically sure that the person who had come, the owner of the footsteps just now, was Tianyouzi.

After all, Tianyouzi had said before that he would lead people to attack here.

However, the many demonic plague martial artists did not appear.

Ning Xuan recalled for a moment, and after a moment of thought, he basically understood.

If the Heavenly Demon had already arrived, then he could refine the record at will; if the Heavenly Demon was about to arrive, then it was very likely to be stronger than him… otherwise it would not be triggered.

As for now, he was a little more relaxed.

Because he understood Heavenly Masters.

He had spent a lot of time with his big brother Chou Nu, and had also partnered with Immortal Aunt Yaozhen many times. He naturally understood the methods of Heavenly Masters.

Heavenly Masters themselves were extremely weak.

And the use of the Heavenly Master’s Seal required the consumption of energy. If it was used continuously, it would be consumed continuously. There would always be a time when it was exhausted. Even if it was not exhausted, the Heavenly Master would always have to sleep, right?

A sleeping Heavenly Master could not maintain the Heavenly Master’s Seal.

He just had to wait for the Heavenly Master’s Seal to be slightly unbound, and he would immediately strike with his saber.

He had already sensed the house that the footsteps had entered.

With just one slash, he could blow up everything in that house!

Although it was a bit strange to kill Immortal Aunt Yaozhen’s senior brother with one slash, it was normal to refine the record.

And he was also quite curious about whether Tianyouzi had any secrets. After all, Qin Shan Jun had written very clearly in the secret letter he had left for him, saying that the “Zixia Temple” was actually the “Zixia Demon Sect,” and no one could join them.

If the “Zixia Temple” was indeed the “Zixia Demon Sect,” then Tianyouzi was obviously a member of this demon sect.

He would soon see whether Qin Shan Jun had lied.

Soon.

Soon…

Soon…

One day…

Ten days…

One month…

The Heavenly Master’s Seal had been pressing for a month, and its power was not a bit more, not a bit less.

In the nightmare world, one would not starve to death or die of thirst, so Ning Xuan had also been maintaining the posture of being suppressed. He could not even speak, nor could he… commit suicide.

An unimaginable and terrifying premonition began to flash in his heart.

A year passed quickly.

Ten years passed quickly again.

If someone had asked Ning Xuan a long time ago, if he was allowed to live but could not move, and his whole person was tightly bound, and he had to live like this for ten or twenty years, and he was allowed to die a quick and happy death, which one would he choose?

Ning Xuan would say, “Only children make such boring choices.”

But now, he was really tightly bound, unable to move, and unable to speak.

The Tianyouzi who should have been sleeping had not slept at all in these ten years, or rather, he had slept, but he had maintained the power of this Heavenly Master’s Seal in a strange way.

An indescribably strong torment was born in Ning Xuan’s heart.

This kind of pain was different from being eaten alive by a bear starting from the foot. This kind of pain was a pain of not being able to live or die. A person who had not experienced it could just try to curl up and lock themselves in a narrow and cramped cage. It didn’t have to be long, just half an hour, and they might be able to understand one ten-thousandth of this pain.

But that was only one ten-thousandth, and only half an hour.

Ning Xuan had been locked for ten years.

Ning Xuan had never thought it would be like this.

He couldn’t move.

He couldn’t die.

The scenery around him had not changed at all.

He didn’t know how much longer it would be.

He was just counting the sunrises and sunsets with a will, to judge how long had passed.

Twenty years…

Thirty years…

Fifty years…

Eighty-four years…

Ning Xuan suddenly felt extremely weak, and a feeling of his life coming to an end rushed in.

And at this moment, the only emotion he had left was one.

That was… finally, he was free.

He slowly closed his eyes and fell into an endless darkness.

The next moment.

Ning Xuan looked up at the pale white sun, and he felt that his body had regained its freedom.

He repeatedly stretched his five fingers, swung his arms, and jumped around on the ground.

“Being able to move,” such a simple thing, such a thing that everyone could enjoy, he felt extremely happy.

He couldn’t help but cry with happiness.

Two lines of hot tears flowed down his cheeks and into his mouth, salty.

He had been suppressed by the Heavenly Master’s Seal for eighty-four years, and he had collapsed again and again. But no matter how he collapsed, he was still suppressed and could not move.

And now, no one could understand as deeply as he did how happy it was to be able to move. He even began to reflect on whether he had missed many such happiness in his daily life.

Should he wake up early to see the sunrise, to see the change of the whole world from quiet to moving, and then walk to the bustling city to experience the hustle and bustle of the human world, the red dust and fireworks, and the vigorous atmosphere?

Should he feel the world from moving to quiet at sunset, to feel the tranquility and peace of life, to sit quietly in a place, let go of everything, listen to the wind chimes at the corner of the eaves, smell the fragrance of the distant mountains, and then in the瑰red sunset that seemed to be burned, slowly feel himself immersed in the darkness, as if his soul was buried in the grave?

Should he take marriage seriously? Should he choose to have children like his parents, and then in the hustle and bustle of the children every day, enjoy that very special family affection?

Had these simplest happiness been ignored by him all along?

And at this time, a line of bloody words slowly flashed in front of Ning Xuan’s eyes.

[Two of Eleven]…

This reminded him that he was still in a nightmare.

A strong fear rushed in.

He would rather be eaten by a bear starting from the foot, bit by bit, than be suppressed for eighty-four years!

So, he scanned the surrounding houses, and with a move of his body, he quickly rushed to the highest house, and stood on the thatched roof under the pale white light, his whole body tensed to the extreme.

He remembered that the next moment after he was suppressed by the Heavenly Master’s Seal, there were “footsteps,” which meant that the place where Tianyouzi had descended was not too far from him.

Since Tianyouzi had suppressed him, he would not be in a hurry to travel. To be able to arrive near him in the “next moment,” even if Tianyouzi had used earth-遁 (dì dùn – earth escape), it was very likely that he had only used it once, which was a distance of several li.

Ning Xuan swore that as long as he sensed Tianyouzi’s appearance, he would shoot out a saber with all his strength.

With this one slash, either Tianyouzi would die, or he would die.

He would not hesitate at all.

If he could not kill Tianyouzi, he would commit suicide.

He absolutely did not want to endure that inhuman, and even beyond hell, pain again.

It would take a few breaths for the Heavenly Master’s Seal to fall…

A few breaths to decide life and death was enough.

At this time, the sky was a piece of purple-black, like a deep sea seaweed with a strange and thick smoke.

Ning Xuan saw the person not far away.

A middle-aged man with a purple face and a goatee. Although he had never walked out of the sedan chair, he was Tianyouzi!

Ning Xuan drew his saber.

The Ruyi Saber, one turned into a thousand, and a thousand cold lights followed closely. One of them shot towards Tianyouzi. At the same time as it shot out, Ning Xuan also took a step, and this step also rushed towards Tianyouzi.

Swoosh!

Thud!

The two sounds were heard one after another.

The Ruyi Saber fragment shot through Tianyouzi, and Tianyouzi exploded, like a mosquito being crushed.

How could a mortal body withstand a single blow from Ning Xuan? The force it received was naturally spread, and its muscles, bones, and internal organs were blown to pieces. Even its head was cracked and exploded.

Ning Xuan also appeared at the location where Tianyouzi was. When he appeared, the tide of crushed meat and blood from Tianyouzi’s explosion was rushing towards him, but it was separated by a slight ripple of his qi and blood, and spread out on the ground on both sides of him, forming two bloodstains of several zhang.

With Tianyouzi’s death, the falling sky changed, an incredible change.

The purple disappeared.

Only black was left in the sky.

Pitch black.

A gloomy and eerie black.

The black continued to fall, pressing down.

Before it reached the ground, the earth was already filled with a yin wind, and the sky seemed to be filled with a strange sound of laughing and crying.

Ning Xuan looked up, but saw that under the great seal that was suppressing him, which he did not know if it could still be called a “Heavenly Master’s Seal,” a series of black smoke suddenly spread out.

The black smoke was like the tentacles of a deep sea giant beast, growing out from under the “Heavenly Master’s Seal” and pouncing towards Ning Xuan.

Another familiar scene!

It was the scene when he first entered Black Water Village.

And this black smoke was the human-headed demon, the human-headed demon that gnawed on the human body, possessed the human body, and then supported the human body.

No matter how much Ning Xuan had experienced, and how much hellish pain he had experienced, he could not help but curse at this time, “Fuck.”

Then he thought of the scene he had seen when he came to the world of incense fire:

A black iceberg, an iceberg much smaller than the Frozen Hell, and around this black iceberg, there were four monks with their brows tightly furrowed, closing their eyes and chanting scriptures, as if they were maintaining some kind of formation…

How was this an invasion?

This was clearly resisting an invasion!!

The invader was the world of dragon qi where he was, and the Frozen Hell there was pushing towards the world of incense fire bit by bit!

He quickly came to a conclusion.

Bullshit Frozen Hell.

This was “a thief crying ‘stop thief’.”

The Zixia Demon Sect had created this Frozen Hell, and then directly blamed it on the demons. Anyway, the demons did all the dirty work.

In this way, the fact that demons like the White Mountain Zen Master appeared around the Frozen Hell but did not maintain the Frozen Hell; and that Great General Qin sent his personal guards and elite troops to assist the Heavenly Master in suppressing the Frozen Hell… these things that originally seemed unreasonable, now all had an explanation.

The demons like the White Mountain Zen Master did not dare to stay near the Frozen Hell at all…

Great General Qin really wanted to solve the Frozen Hell…

And the small demons like the Incense-Stealing Mouse and the Horned Goat at the beginning were probably controlled, so as to confirm the fact that “the Frozen Hell is a demon,” so that people could not doubt it.

Then, a reasonable deduction.

Tianyouzi was a person from the Zixia Temple in the imperial capital, and he had received the dragon qi, so… his Heavenly Master’s Seal was a normal purple.

But Tianyouzi was just a skin.

The purple that this skin had cultivated was just to cover up the real black, the real power.

Ning Xuan looked up.

One after another, the “human-headed demon” black smoke hit him, let out a strange scream, and then turned into ashes and disappeared.

Then, the sky falling on his head changed again.

He finally understood another function of “dragon qi.”

That was “condensation,” and “shell.”

What the Zixia Demon Sect really cultivated was not “dragon qi,” but “dragon qi” did exist. The Zixia Demon Sect used “dragon qi” to condense its many terrifying powers together, forming something that looked like a Heavenly Master’s Seal.

Now, Tianyouzi’s skin was destroyed, and the dragon qi was scattered.

The “Heavenly Master’s Seal” disintegrated, revealing its true appearance.

They were dark human figures as thick as ink. All things were being swallowed up, and even the entire village gave people a feeling of decay, withering, and mold. And the trees in the village were rapidly decaying, and the green mountains were rapidly weathering. Everything was becoming old…

Before those human figures fell, Ning Xuan had already swung his saber.

But all his power hit the air.

This feeling was like the “frozen ghosts with dragon qi” that he had encountered when he first went to the Frozen Hell, but these human figures were much stronger than the “frozen ghosts.”

Sure enough, those huge frozen corpses were still the Zixia Demon Sect.

But at this moment, Ning Xuan felt that the “demon” in the Zixia Demon Sect might not be so accurate.

This should be the Zixia Ghost Sect.

As soon as the words were spoken, the dark human figures had already fallen…

Ning Xuan felt that he was bound.

There were fewer and fewer places on his body that he could move.

At this time, he suddenly noticed an obscure and special sound.

Creak…

Thud.

A door of a house quietly opened, and then quietly closed.

Ning Xuan’s pupils shrank. The next moment, he used all his strength and chose to commit suicide while he could still move.

Boom!

A muffled thunder-like sound.

Blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he sat cross-legged and passed away.

Ning Xuan looked up at the pale white sun.

[Three of Eleven]…