I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 173 - 147: Defying Fate Itself

Jiang Yuebai whipped up a thousand layers of waves with the Tailang Whip, repelling the Netherworld Blood Evil while simultaneously summoning the Eight Arrays Plate, enveloping both of them in white mist.

"Illusion Arrays are useless against Yin Ghost Evil Souls!" Zhao Fuyi exclaimed urgently.

The moment he spoke, eerie ghostly howls resonated as the Netherworld Blood Evil, dragging its blood-red tail, charged directly from the mist.

Jiang Yuebai’s gaze was cold and sharp as she threw the Shadow Moon Mother and Child Blades, wielding the Thunder Shock Spear. The spear’s shadow layered, and in an instant, a torrential thundering tide surged forth.

Simultaneously, in the Sea of Consciousness, two Leaf Hands danced.

Cloud Thunder Break, dual shot!

Zizla!

The vast tide of electricity was blindingly silver, barely slowing the charge of the Netherworld Blood Evil. The Shadow Moon Mother and Child Blades pierced its body but couldn’t destroy it.

The spear in Jiang Yuebai’s hand struck empty space every time it penetrated the Netherworld Blood Evil’s body, a chilling deathly aura like a venomous snake coiling through the spear into her body, rapidly consuming her vitality.

"With your current ability, you can’t extinguish the Netherworld Blood Evil!" Zhao Fuyi warned.

She summoned the Shocking Golden Bell and slapped the Spiritual Turtle Armor Talisman onto herself, using the Ice Arrow Technique, Cold Ice Thorns...

Jiang Yuebai exhausted her methods, yet the Netherworld Blood Evil still reached her. She shoved Zhao Fuyi aside, facing the attack head-on.

The Netherworld Blood Evil swept through her, its claws drawing out strands of glowing white light from Jiang Yuebai’s body.

The Sea of Consciousness rumbled with thunder, cracks spreading out like a spider web, and the piercing cries felt like claws scraping across her Heavenly Spirit Cover.

Jiang Yuebai’s head throbbed with pain, her body chilled, enveloped by the dread of death.

Forcing herself, she retrieved the Talisman Treasure Fire Crow Map, while swinging the only effective Tailang Whip to drive away the Netherworld Blood Evil, simultaneously mobilizing Five Elements Essence Qi to energize the talisman treasure.

Jiang Yuebai blocked most of the Netherworld Blood Evil. Zhao Fuyi, relying on agile movement techniques, struggled to dodge, barely holding on.

After more than ten breaths, the Golden Talisman unfurled its scroll, and the Fiery Fire Flying Crow let out a crisp cry, crashing like a meteor shower into the Blood Evil tide.

Boom boom boom!

Intense explosions accompanied by firelight erupted, with powerful air currents battering wildly in the narrow mineshaft.

The talisman power exerted tremendous destructive force on the Netherworld Blood Evil, causing the surrounding blood mist to fluctuate, the scarlet light gradually dimming.

Jiang Yuebai shielded Zhao Fuyi, pressing against the mountain wall to avoid the explosion’s aftershocks. Falling rocks kept coming from above but were deflected by the Shocking Golden Bell’s light and shadow, sending ripples of sound waves spreading out.

However, the Netherworld Blood Evil quickly absorbed the surrounding evil qi, its blood light regaining strength, contending with the talisman treasure’s power, and gradually closing in.

Zhao Fuyi saw Jiang Yuebai sweating on her forehead, clenching her hands tightly together, fully maintaining the talisman treasure, her emotions a complex mix.

If not for her, Jiang Yuebai could have used a few Earth Escape Talismans to instantaneously escape far away. But her Dantian was sealed, unable to channel any Spiritual Energy to use any talismans, so Jiang Yuebai had to fight her way out.

Yet she had to preserve this last chance to forcibly break the seal, to complete the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Array. After this forceful breakthrough, her Nascent Soul would inevitably suffer heavy injuries, leaving her unable to battle any further.

Zhao Fuyi felt helpless, watching Jiang Yuebai continue to hold on.

This girl had been cold and sarcastic to her all along, repeatedly saying she didn’t want to care about her, yet every time danger arose, she never entertained the thought of abandoning her.

At that moment, the mountain wall behind the two collapsed, a massive blood-red silhouette with a deathly aura enveloping them. Zhao Fuyi turned around in horror, seeing over a dozen Netherworld Blood Evils forming into a more powerful Netherworld Fierce Evil, raising its bloodthirsty claws, viciously coming down on both of them.

Once again, Zhao Fuyi was shoved aside by Jiang Yuebai. In these movements, Jiang Yuebai didn’t have time to activate an Earth Escape Talisman!

In a critical moment, an unrestrained, majestic aura suddenly erupted, hitting the Netherworld Fierce Evil like a heavy hammer, rendering it into smoke in mid-air.

Jiang Yuebai turned her head in shock, seeing blood at the corners of Zhao Fuyi’s mouth, her clothing rustling, her Spiritual Energy firmly suppressed at Peak Foundation Establishment, but the domineering aura of a Nascent Soul True Monarch burst like a flood, pouring out wildly.

Zhao Fuyi’s brow moved slightly. Jiang Yuebai’s Eight Arrays Plate flew into Zhao Fuyi’s hand. Zhao Fuyi swept her hand over the Eight Arrays Plate, immediately stirring up wind and clouds around them.

A dragon and phoenix light image rushed out of the Eight Arrays Plate, carrying a destructive aura, violently crashing through both sides of the mine tunnel. Wherever it went, the Netherworld Blood Evil let out shrill screams, turning to dust, leaving only streaks of white light with long tails, absorbed into the Eight Arrays Plate.

Rumble!

The tremendous destructive power caused the mine tunnel to collapse, and the entire Secret Realm space also trembled, the air beginning to twist and tear.

Zhao Fuyi spat a mouthful of blood, kneeling on the ground, suppressing Spiritual Energy and her own oppressive force, clutching Jiang Yuebai’s Eight Arrays Plate tightly.

"No wonder the Netherworld Blood Evil appeared, it turns out that the old monster underground is about to awaken! Hurry, get out of here!"

Jiang Yuebai hurriedly rushed over, pulling out an Earth Escape Talisman, and in concert with Zhao Fuyi, they activated it, escaping the mine shaft.

The two arrived in a wide underground cavern, surrounded by clusters of black crystals, temporarily void of any passersby.

Zhao Fuyi, with great effort, used the Eight Arrays Plate to hide their presence, then quickly opened her storage ring, not to retrieve an Elixir for healing but to take out a pile of star-like glowing stones, pressing them one by one into Jiang Yuebai’s Eight Arrays Plate.

"Are you insane? We’re almost there, and now you’ve broken the seal on your Dantian. How are we going to array the formation now!"

Jiang Yuebai knew that Zhao Fuyi was trying to save her, but she couldn’t control her anger and felt helpless.

After a grueling journey, they finally reached the base of Divine Silence Ridge. As long as the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Array was set up, they could all leave this damned place.

But now, the person responsible for the array was incapacitated. Jiang Yuebai had no idea what to do next!

Zhao Fuyi kept his head down, "This is what I owe you."

"You owe me nothing!!" Jiang Yuebai shouted in anger.

Zhao Fuyi shook his hand, laughed self-mockingly, and continued working.

"Back at Yinfeng Creek, you died before me, and I wouldn’t even blink. But now... this time, I won’t be able to make it out; only you can."

"Me? What the hell am I supposed to do!"

Zhao Fuyi suppressed the surging blood Qi and the intense pain in his Dantian, reaching out to Jiang Yuebai, "Give me your Soul Bottle."

Jiang Yuebai finally looked down and saw that Zhao Fuyi had altered her Eight Arrays Plate beyond recognition, covered in shining star points.

"Don’t delay, hurry!"

Jiang Yuebai quickly handed over the Soul Bottle. She had been collecting Beast Souls and Human Souls all along, fearing Zhao Fuyi would consider her refining Human Souls into the Eight Arrays Plate as an Evil Dao Method, so she’s been hiding it without refining.

The Soul Bottle contained few Human Souls, but at least a hundred or two Beast Souls.

Zhao Fuyi refined all the Souls into the Eight Arrays Plate indiscriminately, whether they were Human or Beast.

"The refiner of your Array Plate doesn’t have high cultivation, but has a deep understanding of the Eight Diagrams, just misguided by Mortal military arrays, wasting this great Array Plate. The way of military arrays is useful for Mortal wars, but in the Cultivation Realm, it’s of little use."

"Time is pressing; if we survive and make it out, I’ll explain in detail later. For now, you only need to know, this array with you, with this plate, and four Array Points, will succeed!"

Jiang Yuebai swallowed in surprise, then shook her head vigorously.

"Impossible, even if I could array the formation, no one knows if the four Array Points have been set yet. If they haven’t, all efforts would be in vain!"

Zhao Fuyi focused his gaze, "Twenty-four squads to set eight Array Points; I’m sure four have been set."

"You’re gambling with fate! Don’t you know the Heavenly Dao loves to torment people?" Jiang Yuebai exclaimed in frustration.

Zhao Fuyi looked up, his sharp eyes fixed on Jiang Yuebai.

"If you don’t even try to fight for it, how do you know the Heavenly Dao hasn’t left a thread of hope for you? Those trapped in various parts of the Secret Realm and those outside who have no idea of Qing Nangzi’s true identity are on the brink of danger; only the Great Array can hold up and turn this deadlock!"

Jiang Yuebai shuddered, suddenly remembering what Ge Yuchan said—it’s not luck that brings hope in adversity, but struggling for survival brings luck.

Ge Yuchan, all alone, was still on her way to Coiled Snake Valley; she might have already set the Array Point, just waiting for the Great Array to rise.

Twenty-four squads, 144 people—could they really not gather four Array Points?

Jiang Yuebai’s fingers went numb. She never attempted anything unsure, but now she had no certainty at all, could only hope for Heavenly Dao’s grace, yet must fight for the thread of destiny.

It’s not just for her survival, but for Ge Yuchan’s persistence, for Yun Shang’s effort, and for those waiting for her safe return outside—Lii Jiuchuan, Lu Nanzhi, and Xie Jingshan.

Jiang Yuebai’s heart was small; it couldn’t contain grand justice but she didn’t want harm to come to those she cared about.

Zhao Fuyi took out the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Array Map, a sense of destiny rising within him.

"Perhaps since this map came into your hands, it was destined for you to array it. The forebears trust you, and I, Zhao Fuyi, trust you too!"

*

At the same time.

At the entrance of Coiled Snake Valley, Ge Yuchan held a dagger, wiping the scorching Flood Dragon Blood from her face.

Cloaked in the freshly stripped Red Line Flood Dragon skin, she tightly grasped the jade bead as an Array Device, stumbling into the valley, her eyes always resolute.

Under the cliff, Yun Shang knelt beside Yuu Qiuqi, pale-faced, blue veins bulging on her forehead, gasping.

Surrounded by poisonous beasts and insects from the Land of Azure Flame that she controlled, wolves, tigers, leopards, snakes, rats, and ants encircling, wiping out the onrushing Evil Corpses.

A black and red butterfly with flame patterns on its wings flew unseen from somewhere and landed on Yun Shang’s hairpin; in her blurred vision, Yun Shang saw a woman’s shadow.

"Mother... are you here to get me..."

Yun Shang fainted from exhaustion, the surrounding beasts and insects scattered and fled, and a female cultivator instantly appeared beside Yun Shang, cradling her in her arms.

"I am not your mother; I am Tang Weimian."