Chapter 6538 She Falls

The Drum of Reinverse—a divine item spoken of only in the oldest myths. According to legend, its origins dated back to the era of the ten great primal chaos divine items.

Legends claimed that in ancient times, there existed a divine courtyard, and within it a divine hall watched over by a divine overseer. After judging the virtues and sins of the ten thousand races, the overseer would divide the karmic luck of heaven and earth among them.

When the judgments concluded, the overseer would strike the Drum of Reinverse. Regardless of cultivation or power, every lifeform in that divine hall would be sent back to its world.

However, everything relating to the divine overseer, the divine courtyard, and the divine hall had slipped into myth. In the various historical texts that were available, nothing mentioned them. Thus, people treated them as nothing more than a story people had made up.

The history of the nine heavens could only be traced back to the primal chaos era. Whatever existed before that, if anything had, belonged to the mythic era. As there was no evidence of such an era having existed, most people naturally didn’t believe it.

Yet, the Drum of Reinverse was often used as a metaphor for cowards who retreated instead of advancing, waiting for others to open the path. Anyone curious enough to trace the term’s origins would eventually find this myth.

While people had no idea what the Drum of Reinverse was like, the moment Guo Ran struck his broken drum and time seemed to reverse—pulling all enemies back to their starting point—everyone instinctively thought of that legendary divine item.

“Continue!”

As people checked themselves in confusion, confirming nothing was wrong with their bodies, a roar broke the silence. One expert charged forward again. Seeing everyone else was unaffected, the others followed.

But just as they approached, Guo Ran struck the drum again.

This time, everyone saw it clearly.

A sound wave rippled out, and their movements inverted. Their advance became a retreat. Their cries were swallowed. And when the ripple faded, they stood once more at the point from which they had started, as if their advance had never occurred.

Before anyone could process what happened, Guo Ran’s battle armor shattered. Blood spurted from his mouth.

“Ah, he can’t keep hitting the Drum of Reinverse! Keep going!” shouted an enemy expert.

Seeing Guo Ran’s condition, they knew that he had paid a terrible price to strike the Drum of Reinverse. Simply forcing the enemies back to their original positions accomplished little more than delaying the inevitable.

“Guo Ran!”

Xia Chen and the others looked at Guo Ran anxiously. This mysterious drum had actually exhausted Guo Ran’s vast dragon blood power and dragon soul power with just two strikes.

With great difficulty, Guo Ran lifted the mallet again and slammed it against the drum. Their enemies retreated like the tide once, while Guo Ran collapsed. The mallet slipped from his hands.

BOOM!

At the same time, Long Tianrui’s wings exploded, and she was blown back. The Drum of Reinverse had no effect on Long Biluo or Qian Jie.

As for Qian Jie, he was just sitting there. The Heaven Earth power around him had dimmed greatly—perhaps because the two cauldrons had reached a critical stage in their merger, leaving part of his strength cut off.

“Kill!”

With Guo Ran down and Long Tianrui defeated, countless experts surged forward. Nothing stood in their way now.

Long Biluo smiled cruelly at Long Tianrui. Her fingers tore through the air toward Long Tianrui.

“This is my death? What a pity...” Long Tianrui sighed and closed her eyes.

Her blood soul was completely burned away. Even a Heavenly Sovereign couldn’t save her now.

BOOM!

Starlight exploded.

The nirvanic rebirth space around Long Chen shattered outward, blasting back the attacking experts with unstoppable force.

A figure instantly appeared in front of Long Tianrui, grabbing her frail body with one hand and slapping Long Biluo in the face with the other.

Long Biluo shot away like a meteor, vanishing beyond the horizon.

“Long Chen!” Meng Qi and the others cried out.

“Boss!”

The Dragonblood warriors’ cries shook the battlefield. Long Chen had finally emerged.

Long Chen held Long Tianrui’s fragile body, and icy horror crawled into his chest. Her beautiful eyes had lost their light. Her body was chalky, flaking away like ash. Long Chen didn’t even dare to move a muscle in case she directly turned to dust.

“Tianrui, you... why?” Long Chen asked, feeling a mix of emotions.

How did this woman he had barely met end up throwing away her life for him?

To him, their encounter was like a joke. Yet, she had bound her heart to him with absolute sincerity.

She was clearly incredibly talented, with a limitless future before her. But now, she fell here in his arms. Long Chen felt like he was being stabbed in the heart.

Long Tianrui’s body was completely destroyed. Her vitality was gone, and even her soul had burned to nothing.

“You... you owe me a child... Remember to repay me... in my next life.”

A faint glimmer lit her darkening eyes, and her lips rose in the smallest, softest smile.

Just as she smiled, she turned to dust. Every bit of her rapidly dissipated until she vanished back into heaven and earth.

Long Chen remained frozen in midair, half kneeling, holding nothing. He looked like a statue carved from grief.

“If you are willing to be my companion, I can use his head as a betrothal gift to you.”

“In the cultivation world, what matters is power. If you don’t mate with other strong people, your children will only be stepping stones for other people. They might even be prey. What’s the point of marriage if not to ensure your lineage thrives? To be like chickens laying eggs for others to eat?”

“If not for the purpose of having children, would it be akin to two rogues playing around? It would purely be for physical and mental stimulation.”

Long Chen thought of his first meeting with Long Tianrui, and the memory flashed before his eyes as she turned to dust.

Long Chen had rejected Long Tianrui because he thought that she didn’t know love. She was only obsessed with having a powerful mate to have powerful children with. To him, that was no different than a business transaction.

But in her final gaze, he realized... he had misjudged her. Perhaps every person’s way of expressing their love was different.

The realization came too late.

She had died with her regrets still in her heart.

“Die!”

A furious roar shattered the silence. Long Biluo streaked back across the sky, the Jiuli divine rune burning on her palm.

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