Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 188: Dragon Soul Heaven Sacrifice Technique

Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Dragon Soul Heaven Sacrifice Technique

"You... You may think that, but will Ye Fengyang? Will that bitch Long Qingzhuo? If she wasn’t deliberately trying to ruin my ’creation,’ would she have used a clone to give birth to a ’test subject’?"

"Self-preservation? What’s the point of that?"

"That so-called ’Innate Deficiency’ from the rumors—do you really think that’s all it is?"

"Ye Tianling doesn’t even have a complete Life Chart!"

"If someone like him had just lived an ordinary life as a commoner, that would have been one thing. He could have lived peacefully, an uneventful life." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"But no, he just had to step onto the path of cultivation. Because of that, he is doomed to a life of suffering. Even if he undergoes Divine Blood Body Refining and possesses all sorts of hidden Talents, he will never be able to set foot in the Void Realm in his entire life!"

"Given that, it would be better to just kill him and put him out of his misery!"

Long Fengyang said gravely.

He had finally revealed his reasoning.

However, this reason was far more cruel and brutal than anything Long Tianyu had imagined.

Long Tianyu bit her lip and lowered her head as tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes.

"Do as you see fit. If you no longer wish to be a Void Body, then end your own life. It would be a relief to have you out of my sight."

"I am going to find Ye Tianling now and kill him. Don’t even think about trying to send a message. If I discover you’ve sent word to Long Tianmo, I won’t just kill Ye Tianling. I will also cripple Long Tianmo and hand her over to Qianying to become a Void Body."

"I have been disappointed once. I will not be disappointed a second time!"

Long Fengyang let out a cold snort.

"Father, do you truly think I still have the ability to send a message?"

Not a trace of color remained on Long Tianyu’s pallid face. Even the blood trickling from the corner of her mouth had grown thin and watery.

She had yet to recover from her severe injuries, and now, after being attacked by Long Fengyang, she was already at her absolute limit, on the brink of death.

If not for the single-minded obsession driving her, her very will would have already shattered.

Long Fengyang didn’t answer. He gave Long Tianyu one last, cold glance before his figure dissipated and vanished.

Long Tianyu stood perfectly still, not moving for a long time.

’I... I have to be strong... I... I can’t die. Brother Tianling and Tianmo... are both in danger. I can’t let Tianmo replace me as Qianying’s Void Body... I can’t just watch as Father gradually becomes a Puppet...’

Long Tianyu bit her lip, her gaze growing even more resolute. Despite being on the verge of death, she forced herself to keep going, taking one difficult step after another toward the depths of the Ancestral Dragon Abyss.

A long trail of blood marked her path, stretching far into the distance.

...

Deep within the Ancestral Dragon Abyss lay a blood-red Ice Lake.

Above the Ice Lake hovered an ancient, blood-red altar, a hundred meters wide.

On the altar stood numerous statues, each one lifelike yet desiccated, resembling mummified corpses.

Using the last of her strength, Long Tianyu flew onto the altar and knelt down.

"Dragon Soul Heaven Sacrifice Technique. I, Long Tianyu, with my Dragon Soul Talent, offer a Blood Sacrifice to the Celestial Dao. I trade the Qi Fortune and Life Chart of my remaining years for a single chance to use the Dragon Soul’s sound-transmitting Secret Technique."

Long Tianyu bit her lip, forcing the ancient runic words to flow more smoothly from her tongue.

On the ancient altar, the eyes of the mummified statues suddenly lit up, all of them emitting a sinister, blood-red glow.

From the central position on the altar, the statue of a woman with an indifferent expression began to emit waves of a cyan and red halo.

"Child, I am still under a seal and cannot break free. If you choose to do this, you will lose your future completely. Why... Why is this necessary? Rather than giving this chance to someone else, you should seize the opportunity and change things yourself."

A faint message rippled out from the statue, flowing into Long Tianyu’s mind.

"Empress Qingyue, I *am* relying on myself to change things now. Besides this, there is no other way..."

Long Tianyu’s voice trembled.

"I know what you’re thinking. In your current state, you can still pull through by forging a Dao Heart from your obsession. It all depends on how steadfast your Dao Heart is. But once you use the Dragon Soul Heaven Sacrifice Technique... you will be utterly beyond saving."

"Didn’t Tianling promise to save you? You should give him a chance to do so."

"To fall into despair for love and sacrifice yourself through Transformation Dao—that is not true Emotion. It is cruelty to Tianling and Tianmo. So, let me do this. I will have Tianmo use love to be Fengyang’s Guardian, to keep him from falling again and again."

"There is no other way."

After the statue transmitted this final message, its desiccated body began to develop cracks like a spider’s web.

The cracks spread rapidly, and soon, the statue shattered.

"Mother..."

Long Tianyu’s blood-soaked body trembled as tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.

"Tianyu, don’t cry. Even if I undergo Transformation Dao, this is merely a fragment of my soul."

After transmitting its final message, the statue also performed the ’Dragon Soul Heaven Sacrifice Technique,’ then transformed into a streak of cyan light that shot far into the distance.

It was a telepathic message, sent at the cost of a life, carrying with it the love of both Long Tianyu and Long Qingyue.

...

「Land of the Celestial Desolate Forbidden Array」

"This is the place! Tianmo Saintess, Master, see? Your Disciple wasn’t lying, was I?"

Wan Xuegui led Ye Tianling and Long Tianmo to the Land of the Celestial Desolate Forbidden Array and immediately began to show off.

"Xuegui, my Disciple. You can break the ancient seal within this Celestial Desolate Forbidden Array? You can open the sealed gate and let us into the Celestial Dragon Sword Tomb Land?"

A skeptical look appeared on Ye Tianling’s face.

At that very moment, an extreme sense of crisis welled up within Ye Tianling, and his expression instantly turned grim.

"You all go on ahead. Don’t come out for a while."

The look of relief on Long Tianmo’s face suddenly turned grave. With a wave of her hand, a terrifying wave of Dragon Soul Power swept directly toward Ye Tianling and the other two.

At the same time, the Little Mink in her hand transformed into a flash of white light, as if to drag the three of them into the Celestial Desolate Forbidden Array.

However, alerted by the sudden burst of danger, Ye Tianling dodged instinctively.

Caught off guard, Wan Xuegui and Que Xinyan were swept directly into the Land of the Celestial Desolate Forbidden Array.

"Brother—quick, run! Father is here! He’s going to kill you!"

Long Tianmo’s expression changed drastically as she cried out.

It was only then that Ye Tianling noticed a streak of cyan light appear above Long Tianmo’s head.

Within the cyan light, the phantom of a breathtakingly beautiful woman in a cyan gauze dress seemed to materialize.

The phantom appeared and then quickly vanished, leaving Long Tianmo’s face even more deathly pale.

"I’m not leaving. I can’t get away. He would have found me sooner or later. He’s the Saint Master of the Cyan Dragon Race. If he wants to come after me, where could I possibly run? Just have the Little Mink keep Wan Xuegui and Que Xinyan trapped and hidden."

Instead of panicking, Ye Tianling’s expression grew calm.

He had been very happy, very joyful, during these past few days with Long Tianmo.

The feeling of having family had allowed him to forget his hatred, to forget his killing intent. He had become like a real older brother, enjoying his sister’s care and affection and his two disciples’ respect and admiration.

They had cultivated and shared insights, fought Fierce Beasts side-by-side, and braved the elements together...

And now, all of that was about to end.

The sense of unease and dread that had been plaguing Ye Tianling for days had finally materialized.

"Brother..."

Long Tianmo’s expression was complicated. She opened her mouth, but no words came out.

"Actually, when you were in such a hurry to enter the Celestial Desolate Forbidden Array, and when you kept teaching me the ’Hidden Dragon Technique’, a Cultivation Technique for ’Concealing Dragon Soul Aura,’ I already knew this day would come. But I, Ye Tianling, don’t want to run, and I don’t want to hide. I want to meet this so-called father and see exactly how he’ll treat me."