If Zhao Changhe were to hear this, he would understand many things.

Does the Emperor Ye truly represent the night and the stars?

I'm afraid it's not exactly like that.

The stars are merely symbols; in reality, the Four Symbols Stars have extremely clear definitions of heaven and earth—directions, times, seasons, Five Elements, light and darkness, life and death... things like that, when combined, are called rules.

She represents the rules and preservation of the heavens and earth. It includes establishing emperors in the human world and supporting humanity, among other things. The ancient Emperor Ye's system was a very complete Divine Country system, more formalized than others by tens of thousands of times.

In Zhao Changhe's interaction with the blind woman, almost everywhere reflects her support of the rules. That's not just something the Book Spirit should follow; it's how Ye Wuming naturally is.

And opposing this, the reverse of rules is chaos... that would be Jiuyou. They co-exist, representing duality.

However, life is not a computer's preset; does a life that always follows the rules really exist? Moreover, there always seems to be a lack of sunshine and vitality within the Emperor Ye's system, making it relatively dull and oppressive, which easily breeds something within the mind.

I'm afraid Ye Wuming's heart gradually harbors the impulse to break the rules, especially after the Heavenly Dao has died. Thus, from Zhao Changhe's perspective, she often subtly uses the rules to push boundaries, even going so far as to post memes on the Heavenly Book broadcast in ways that even Zhao Changhe found excessively whimsical and rebellious.

She is essentially someone with a calm and noble facade but hides a mischievous Demoness inside.

Such people seem to have a name called 'fun and flirty'...

Yet is there a possibility that after she does this, she becomes stronger? Because she becomes more 'complete.'

The Heavenly Dao separated Ye Wuming and Ye Jiuyou to each represent opposite sides, but Ye Wuming still gave birth to her rebelliousness within herself. In Ye Jiuyou's heart, might she too be birthing a sense of rule compliance? It remains unknown. In any case, the blind woman felt that Jiuyou is 'trying to grasp the way of the Emperor Ye,' which means she is not as 'mad' as she used to be.

At least in the past, she wouldn't bear with many things and appeared unwilling to escalate them.

Are they both becoming more like each other? Or are they both influenced by each other's existence?

The blind woman was silent for a moment, not responding to Jiuyou's last question about Piaomiao, and instead did something that surprised Jiuyou—she isolated the space surrounding Louguantai, preventing the battle from afflicting the civilians of Chang'an or devastating the nearby mountains and rivers.

Jiuyou asked in amazement, "You actually care about this... Is this helping Piaomiao accomplish her part? Or... does Zhao Changhe like it?"

The blind woman did not explain and still did not speak.

Jiuyou continued, "From the battles with the Sea Emperor, and your words just now, making me feel you are doing something even the Heavenly Dao didn't accomplish... You want to eliminate all gods and demons, don't you? Why does it feel like provocation and slaughter should be my job instead?"

The blind woman didn't argue, simply said indifferently, "Compared to others, you deserve to die more."

Jiuyou sneered, "You should know, anyone can die, including you, but I'm different. Even your heart is birthing me—I represent the fundamental of human hearts. As long as human hearts remain, I remain."

The blind woman said faintly, "It doesn't matter if it can't be extinguished. Both Buddhist and Taoist alike speak of tethering the monkey mind, tying down the galloping heart, but no one talks about killing the monkey mind or eradicating the galloping heart."

Jiuyou's smile was a bit playful, "Do you still think I'm the monkey mind you've expelled? Or maybe, your galloping heart is induced by me?"

The blind woman did not speak.

"You should know the former certainly isn't," Jiuyou said with a cheerful grin. "If that were the case, you'd expel one and birth another, endlessly. You alone could birth a bunch of Jiuyou..." Jiuyou chuckled and gave a judgement: "Mother pig."

The blind woman: "..."

"As for the latter, it's possible... just like the Tao Venerable's demonization, although I didn't do anything, perhaps it is my fault. As long as I exist, that's how it is." Jiuyou tilted her head, her smile increasingly mocking, "How about you conquer me, bind me up, restrain me, humiliate me, tether me like a horse."

As she said this, the expression on her face actually became excited: "I'm very much looking forward to it... Ah~"

The blind woman: "Pervert."

"Is that perverted? I look forward to my sister becoming even more of a pervert. Maybe in her rebelliousness, she'll strip naked and run through Chang'an City, hehe. Oh, by the way, speaking of the galloping heart and monkey mind, following a man—doesn't that mean your heart is untethered?"

The blind woman did not explode, only sneered, "The galloping heart and monkey mind are not about romance. When did your vision become so shallow, like a rural aunt, utterly vulgar."

"Since I discovered that man's heart longs for you, and you didn't kill him."

"..." The blind woman found herself losing in this verbal exchange, which wasn't her fault but Zhao Changhe's responsibility.

Even a supposedly high-toned clash, the topic could slip to the most trivial matters, this too was Zhao Changhe's responsibility. The blind woman decided not to say more, flipping her delicate hand, Jiuyou's surroundings had been transformed into a cage: "Then you should be bound."

Jiuyou seemed indifferent, her expression returning to coldness, "It's useless, my sister... You can defeat me, but you can never handle me, it's destined... Instead of spending effort on me, maybe you should see, your man is hurt."

"He's not my man!" The blind woman instinctively retorted, though in her heart, she was secretly worried about the battle situation over there.

After she isolated the area, the battle's aftermath couldn't cause significant ground-shaking impact. If one didn't pay attention, it seemed as if no fight was happening, yet with a glance, one could see everyone was bloodied. Even within these few lines of dialogue, everyone had been injured.

The battle, indeed life-or-death, produces entirely different effects... Especially considering the opponent was an Imperial Realm Second Layer, excluding the gravely wounded Sea Emperor, this was Zhao Changhe's most formidable adversary to date.

The blind woman watched for a moment, suddenly said, "I feel the outcome has been decided."

"Bang!" At this moment Zhao Changhe's blade chopped on Tao Venerable's body, the wild blade seemingly split the bloody figure in two.

However, it had no effect at all. Although the Tao Venerable's Yin God was solidified into an entity by the blood of Yuxu, the Tao Venerable's virtual-real transformation had reached a consummate level during this battle period. Almost everyone could only feel their attacks being dissolved into the void, causing no harm. Whether it was swords or flames, or the soul destruction effect accompanying the Dragon Sparrow Star River, none of the various methods had any effect.

No one could find the core key to the Tao Venerable's virtual-real transformation.

Meanwhile, blood arrows splashed around the Tao Venerable, seemingly just ordinary blood sprays, but each drip seemed to carry a force that could topple mountains and overturn seas, splashing against the spatial barriers with a booming explosion, shaking the earth and mountains, almost unable to be withstood by even Blindperson's space, like a mirror cracked with dense spider webs.

One blood, one world... It had almost reached such a concept. The might of a world-shattering explosion, who could withstand it?

Zhao Changhe's heart was slightly stirred, but he didn't have time to contemplate it deeply. To maintain the array formation from collapsing, the turtle shell on Zhao Changhe's body took a hit, but the incredibly solid defense still couldn't withstand it and was perforated with several blood holes.

And Li Shentong, known for his defensive power, wasn't much better, as he was also helping to protect Yuxu, who seemed to be heavily injured... Thus, Li Shentong appeared like a bloodied figure all over.

Zhao Changhe and Li Shentong stood firm, but Huangfu Qing and Yue Hongling didn't have such means.

Before Huangfu Qing, it seemed to form a path of flames, incinerating all blood pearls into ashes, then transforming into twisted ghost faces, heading straight for the Spirit Platform amid the fiery smoke. Huangfu Qing instinctively retreated a step; these ghost faces were not just for show; they were heart-devouring demons that could kill if mishandled.

Yue Hongling retreated even more; she parried with her sword but was pushed back by the fierce impact, causing her to spit out a mouthful of blood.

But in the next moment, Yue Hongling's eyes sharpened, and the longsword in her hand flew out, a brilliant red light turned into a sharp beam, heading straight for the Tao Venerable!

Not a dark weapon... a flying sword!

Sword Control Technique!

All essence, energy, and spirit were infused in one, responding to the Sword Spirit. The brilliance of this sword even penetrated Blindperson's spatial barrier, splitting the night sky of Chang'an, as if the already-set sun reappeared before everyone.

Truly, the sword opened the heavenly gate, presenting the great sun!

Just as the Tao Venerable aimed to strike Zhao Changhe amidst the chaotic formation, the sword beam made his scalp tingle, forcing him to ignore attacking Zhao Changhe and transform his body back into blood mist, dissipating into the void.

Jiuyou remarked, "Has victory been decided? They cannot possibly unravel the Tao Venerable's virtual-real transformation. Void Control is the strongest among controls, beyond their capability to discern."

Before Hua could finish speaking, Yuxu, who had been seemingly useless because all abilities were ineffective against the Tao Venerable, suddenly reached out and tapped one of the blood mist droplets.

It was originally his blood! Using Great Divine Power to solidify the Yin God allowed the Tao Venerable to capture it, but if further discernment of virtual-real was needed, only Yuxu could achieve it.

With that gesture, Yuxu's visage rapidly aged and hunched, his strong Imperial Realm power swiftly faded, turning him into an ordinary old man in an instant.

If my power inherited from you is ineffective against you... then I'll return it!

Reverse energy transfer!

Yuxu transferred his lifelong power into his own blood!

If the Tao Venerable had even a brief moment to digest, it would have been a tremendous replenishment. However, he didn't even have that moment to absorb it, suddenly finding within himself a massive amount of foreign power. How could the so-called "Returning to Void" scatter cleanly? In the eyes of others, it appeared as a quintessential flash of Yin God core, brighter than the sun.

Yue Hongling's thoughts followed suit, her piercing flying sword slightly adjusted its focus.

The Sunset Divine Sword directly pointed toward the sun, like Hou Yi's arrow shooting at the Golden Crow.

"Yuxu, you madman!"

"Boom!" A furious roar from the Tao Venerable echoed in the void, his Yin God solidly took the blow of the Sunset Divine Sword, an earth-shaking explosion sounded, Yue Hongling spat another mouthful of fresh blood, fell from the air, the recoil almost shattering her veins.

The sun, moon, and star array remained intact, Zhao Changhe and Huangfu Qing's strength protected her, forming a solid unit, her heart remained intact, she still had enough strength to look up at the confrontation between sword light and Yin God.

Numerous void images spread outward, the unextinguishable soul of the Tao Venerable.

Huangfu Qing formed a Dharma Seal with his hand.

Dazzling sparks, ghostly fire filled the sky. Vermilion Bird's power, controlling life and death.

All Yin spirits collided with Yin fire, making "sizzling" sounds, transforming again into twisted ghost shadows floating and sinking in the void, as if pulled into the river beneath the Bridge of Regret, struggling and sinking, wailing fiercely.

Amidst the struggle, a Broadsword swept across, seemingly shaving over the heads of the floating ghost souls.

The newly forged Dragon Sparrow, soul destruction power brazenly erupted, forming the final straw crushing the Yin souls.

The ghostly cries began to weaken, finally transforming into a curse floating in the void: "Yuxu... may you die a miserable death..."

Everyone turned to Yuxu, protected from the impact by Li Shentong, who appeared old and hunchbacked like a small old man yet still smiled, like a child.

Jiuyou was dumbfounded.

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