A Girl Dies Every Day in Her Dream Life 239

Chapter 239: His Calamity

After a moment of silence, Luo Xue said,

“First of all, Xiao Yao isn’t my ‘old flame.’ Second, what does this have to do with her?”

“Still denying it? When you mentioned her, your expression changed.” Li Guijiao stared at Luo Xue with interest. “And… back then, she caused such a commotion in the Demon Abyss for you, that’s not something just any friend would do.”

It could be said that the series of thrilling incidents experienced by Luo Xue, Li Guijiao, and Nangong Mengxiang in the Demon Abyss were all indirectly caused by Su Yiyao.

“So, you’re saying… I need Xiao Yao to activate this formation?” Luo Xue frowned slightly. In the current state of the Great Thousand Worlds, involving Xiao Yao… wouldn’t that be a bit much?

Luo Xue had already determined that about a thousand years had passed since her last departure from the dream.

A thousand years seemed long, but in the cultivation world, it was just a brief moment.

Even a prodigy like Li Guijiao was only at Nascent Soul after a thousand years. If not for her exceptional formation skills, with her own strength, she wouldn’t be able to cause much of a stir in the Great Thousand Worlds.

Even if Xiao Yao’s talent was far superior to Li Guijiao’s, she could at most reach Soul Transformation. And even Soul Transformation… was fragile in the face of this crisis.

Even Nangong Ling, who was so powerful, Luo Xue hadn’t intended to involve her.

“Look at you, worrying about all sorts of things again.” Li Guijiao clicked her tongue, a strange tone in her voice. “Relax, it is lacking, but not to the point where we can’t activate the formation—it’s mainly because that old lady in the formation is too lazy to move. Otherwise, with her presence, there would be no need for any bloodline to activate it.”

“Bloodline?” Luo Xue paused slightly. “You mean… the Phoenix Emperor’s bloodline?”

“Yes, because the essence of this Calamity-Averting Formation is an extension of the Phoenix Emperor’s power. All its runes are constructed around her bloodline. That’s its fundamental principle. No matter how skilled I am in formations, I can’t change that.”

Li Guijiao explained, then continued, “Of course, if you can find a suitable replacement, it should theoretically work.”

“…There is a replacement.” Luo Xue sighed softly.

“Hmm?” Li Guijiao blinked. “Besides your old flame… there’s another divine beast bloodline?”

“Me.” Luo Xue pointed at herself. “I also have it.”

“You… how?” Li Guijiao looked at her as if she’d seen a ghost. “When you entered the Peerless Summit Sect, they checked, you only had the Calamity Poison Body, no other bloodlines. And the Calamity Poison Body has nothing to do with the Phoenix Emperor’s bloodline…”

Back then, the True Phoenix bloodline hadn’t fully merged with Luo Xue’s bloodline, she was only using it for cultivation, so ordinary detection methods couldn’t find it.

Therefore, Luo Xue, at that time, didn’t truly have the Phoenix Emperor’s bloodline.

“It happened later.”

Luo Xue’s answer was vague.

“Happened later… I’ve never heard of a mortal obtaining a divine beast bloodline later in life,” Li Guijiao twitched her lips, “unless… wait, unless…”

Li Guijiao seemed to have realized something, her voice rising slightly.

“Did Su Yiyao have a bloodline from the beginning?” she asked softly.

“Sort of.”

Luo Xue nodded.

The True Phoenix blood she had given Su Yiyao had actually just awakened her bloodline, which was why she still had it after Luo Xue left that world.

And later, during the battle at the Blood Sea, using the power awakened within Su Yiyao, Luo Xue had also merged with this drop of True Phoenix blood, finally obtaining the Phoenix Emperor’s bloodline.

“…I see.”

Li Guijiao’s tone seemed a bit disappointed, and she stopped pursuing this topic.

Because, as far as she knew, there was only one way for a mortal to obtain a divine beast bloodline.

And this method meant that Little Junior Sister and the Demonic Sect’s Holy Maiden had…

…It was a bit sad.

Luo Xue, completely unaware of Li Guijiao’s misunderstanding, thought for a moment and asked,

“In that case, can I use my bloodline to fully activate the Calamity-Averting Formation?”

“Of course, no problem… but it will be slightly weaker.” Li Guijiao said, her voice less cheerful than before. “After all, your bloodline isn’t pure…”

“How do you know?”

Luo Xue was slightly surprised. That was indeed her situation.

If she didn’t deliberately release her aura, the Calamity-Averting Formation wouldn’t even recognize her as a descendant.

If Su Yiyao were here, she wouldn’t have to do anything, the formation would automatically activate for her.

“I know, of course… You obtained your divine beast bloodline in that way, it’s normal for it to be impure.”

Li Guijiao sighed again and changed the subject. “I can help you activate the formation, but I can’t do anything else. You have to be careful, that monster outside… it’s not easy to deal with.”

She had also sensed the presence of the otherworldly demon’s remains. The living Yuan River City, from afar, looked like a scene from hell.

With that, Li Guijiao connected to Luo Xue’s aura and instantly linked with the formation.

At the same time, all the formation nodes were effortlessly activated by Li Guijiao, then started operating at a specific frequency, gradually adapting to Luo Xue’s spiritual power circuits.

Only in this way could Luo Xue truly control the Calamity-Averting Formation and unleash its full power.

Of course, Li Guijiao couldn’t touch the formation’s core. Phoenix Venerable’s consciousness was guarding it, so she could only help Luo Xue with these minor details.

After doing all this, Li Guijiao’s consciousness couldn’t stay any longer. She was still in the Imperial Capital, repairing the damaged Immortal Slaughter ships for the Immortal Emperor.

Before leaving, Li Guijiao gave Luo Xue some of the formations from Immortal Slaughter.

Although Luo Xue might not be able to use them, having more options… wasn’t a bad thing.

Time within consciousness flowed slowly. When Luo Xue’s connection with Li Guijiao ended, and she opened her eyes again, only a few moments had passed in the real world.

Beiming Ling was staring at Luo Xue intently. Although she knew that Luo Xue’s current form was just a projection, she couldn’t help but feel nervous.

“Were you… asleep just now?” Beiming Ling asked seriously.

“…Do you… want me to say yes?” Luo Xue twitched her lips.

“Of course not, just a joke.”

Beiming Ling said awkwardly, then turned serious.

She pointed at the monstrous being outside and sighed softly.

“However, it seems we’ve missed our chance. Yudu Cheng is on the verge of becoming a quasi-emperor… but the good news is, he can’t hold back any longer.”

Luo Xue followed Beiming Ling’s gaze, and her pupils constricted instantly.

The grotesque creatures were all twisting and struggling, being pulled back by some force, and what was pulling them… was Yuan River City.

The filthy, dark red color filled this tragic city, faint, mournful cries echoing, the city and the beings within it descending into an irreversible tragedy.

A colossal being, beyond comprehension, indescribable, whether it could even be called a living creature… was expanding, as if stretching its body.

Such a terrifying otherworldly demon, even Beiming Ling had never seen anything like it.

She was a Saint, having dealt with countless otherworldly demons, but none could compare to the one before her.

Luo Xue held her breath. Compared to the demonic remains in the ancestral land, the otherworldly demon formed from Yudu Cheng was more like the deep space behemoths she had seen in the post-apocalyptic world, just much larger, much more powerful.

When this monstrous being almost reached the sky, it stopped expanding and began to spread outwards.

Countless pieces of flesh and blood squirmed on the ground, leaving behind ineradicable marks of corruption, a truly disgusting sight.

At the same time, Yudu Cheng’s clear voice echoed, his desperate cry resounding through the sky.

“It’s… His fault…”

“Give everything… back to me…”

…

It was His fault.

Yudu Cheng didn’t worship Him, but rather, hated Him.

No one understood the calamity He brought better than Yudu Cheng, a deeply etched pain.

Just a single, distant glance from across countless worlds had caused countless Great Daos to collapse, and the Great Thousand Worlds, which birthed these Daos, to shatter and fall apart.

And countless small worlds, countless lives, were still wandering in the Primordial Chaos.

But these things had nothing to do with Yudu Cheng. There was only one thing that mattered to him.

…The collapse of the Great Dao.

His “gaze” was like an irresistible command, even the most powerful Great Emperors, those who stood at the peak of the world, couldn’t withstand it.

After losing his cultivation, Yudu Cheng’s only obsession was to return to the Great Emperor Realm.

For this, he had used every method, possessing descendant after descendant, trying to achieve his obsession with a different body, a different soul.

But after countless years, when Yudu Cheng finally reached the peak of the world again, nearing the end of the Dao, he discovered that there was no path forward.

His “gaze” had set a limit on all Great Daos, as if telling all cultivators, you can only go this far, no further.

No one could break through Saint and become a Great Emperor.

His obsession was shattered.

Finally… driven by this obsession, Yudu Cheng chose a path of madness.

Yes, even Luo Xue knew the truth about the otherworldly demons, how could Yudu Cheng not know?

In his long years, although his interactions with otherworldly demons weren’t the most frequent, his understanding of them was among the best in the Great Thousand Worlds.

Merging with an otherworldly demon, embarking on His Dao, what consequences would it bring… Yudu Cheng didn’t know, but he knew this was his only chance to return to the Great Emperor Realm.

Quasi-emperor, the realm between Saint and Great Emperor. Once one reached quasi-emperor, reaching Great Emperor was just a matter of time.

As he approached this realm, Yudu Cheng’s consciousness, driven by his obsession, finally lost control, unable to suppress the otherworldly demon’s instincts, its madness surging towards the nearby Beiming Clan.

This desperate cry was his last resistance.

“…”

Due to the clan-protecting formation, most Beiming disciples couldn’t hear Yudu Cheng’s cry. They could only look on in terror, feeling the fear brought about by this monstrous being.

However, for it to attack the clan-protecting formation before even reaching quasi-emperor… this could be considered good news.

Beiming Ling’s expression was serious. She was ready to awaken all the Saints.

It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Luo Xue, but Luo Xue’s appearance… wasn’t very reassuring.

Of course, compared to Beiming Hu’s clumsy contraption, it was still much better. Beiming Ling wasn’t so foolish as to think Beiming Hu’s creation was useful.

However, once the clan-protecting formation fell, even awakening all the Saints, the Beiming Clan would still decline.

The reason the Saints were in slumber was that most of them were nearing their deadlines, and every awakening brought them closer to death.

Beiming Ling was the youngest among them, which was why she could keep a wisp of her consciousness in the outside world.

And even “young,” Beiming Ling was still less than ten thousand years younger than Great-Grandmother Nangong.

“Don’t worry, I’m ready.” Luo Xue glanced at Beiming Ling. “I will do what I promised.”

Although she disliked the ancient clans’ ways, since she had made a deal with Beiming Ling, Luo Xue wouldn’t go back on her word.

Moreover, the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation and the Beiming Clan were interdependent. To protect this formation, created by the Phoenix Emperor, she needed their cooperation.

As the world-covering shadow approached, the creature of flesh and blood finally reached the outer barrier of the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation.

Without any fancy techniques, it simply… bumped into it.

But with this simple bump, countless contaminations crawled onto the barrier, a strange, incomprehensible song echoed, and vile illusions appeared.

This was His unknown Dao, His power.

Instantly, chaos erupted within the Beiming Clan, despair spreading.

It hadn’t even broken through the barrier yet… what if the clan-protecting formation fell…

Thinking of this, Beiming Ling no longer hesitated, and she formed hand seals, about to awaken the Beiming Clan’s Saints.

But just then, as the flesh and blood creature was about to attack again, a sword light flashed, and it was cut in half.