The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 947: Chapter 947: Dead End Road, Source of the Death Tribulation

”My lord, please don’t divine anymore! To be able to accompany you for eight hundred years, I am already content...”

Zhao Lingyin quickly regained her usual tranquility after the initial panic, and her slender jade fingers were gently combing Shen Mo’s disheveled hair, tenderly snapping off the dozens of strands that had lost all Essence and Qi.

Shen Mo understood her intention; she wanted to sacrifice her cultivation to avoid facing the enlightenment tribulation.

Her death tribulation was not part of the enlightenment tribulation, yet it closely followed it. Although Shen Mo was not clear on the specifics, he could be certain that there was an inseparable cause and effect link between the two.

As long as Zhao Lingyin does not attempt to reach the Divine Bridge Realm, in theory, this death tribulation would never descend.

However, a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator only has a thousand years of Lifespan, unlike those at the Divine Bridge Realm, who can maintain their Essence and Qi peak until their Lifespan runs out; even if she avoids this death tribulation, over time, her Essence and Qi would gradually deplete, her body functions would steadily decline, and she would slowly age until she completely died of old age!

Such an outcome, Shen Mo also could not accept.

”The matters of the future are shrouded in chaos, rendering them ’false’! Therefore, no matter how powerful a True Immortal or how formidable the divination magic, it is difficult to calculate everything about the future.” Shen Mo, letting Zhao Lingyin continue combing his hair, calmed his mind, and his thoughts moved like lightning.

In his understanding, today’s cause will affect tomorrow’s effect, and every word, action, or even thought at this moment could lead the ’future’ to countless possibilities;

and the result of divination is merely the most likely situation among these numerous possibilities!

”With my ability, I find it difficult to protect Lingyin, so we can only bring in stronger external forces.” A strange brilliance flickered in Shen Mo’s eyes, and he then contacted Guan Ling through the phantom of the Death Jaw in his Mind Sea.

In the emptiness three inches above his head, the Death Jaw slowly emerged.

Accompanied by a burst of radiant immortal light, their dwelling transformed into a simple grass hut, and a woman with unmatched beauty and temperament appeared before the two of them.

Shen Mo introduced Guan Ling’s identity to Zhao Lingyin and then quickly recounted the events to Guan Ling without delay, hoping she could lend her strength to help Zhao Lingyin safely pass through the death tribulation!

Initially smiling, Guan Ling gradually grew serious as she listened to Shen Mo’s account.

Closing her eyes slightly, immortal aura rippled around her, as if she were calculating something using her magic.

After a moment, Guan Ling opened her eyes, her brows furrowed, and she solemnly said to Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin, ”The source of this death tribulation is by no means simple, seemingly involving a powerful entity among the leftover evils of the old era!”

”I can take action. However, I cannot guarantee the final outcome...”

”Moreover, dealing with such a powerful being will deplete my energy to an extraordinary degree, potentially affecting my progress in resurrecting my master!”

”The remaining god-slaying merit of fellow daoist Qingyun is far from sufficient. Regardless of the outcome, when fellow daoist next enters the cultivation world, many deities must be slain as compensation! Should one day you become a Divine Immortal or Heavenly Immortal, you must also fully assist in reviving my master.”

Guan Ling’s conditions weren’t excessive, and Shen Mo agreed after a brief consideration.

”To know how to overcome this death tribulation, we must first ascertain what exactly the source of the tribulation is!”

Guan Ling’s cool voice resounded, and in the next moment, the power of time and space spread out...

Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin were enveloped by dazzling radiance, and before them appeared fantastical scenarios, as if traversing an endlessly deep and distorted tunnel of dreams;

No one knew how long it had been, whether an instant or a century, when the myriad scenes began to become clear, each seemingly a fleeting glimpse of Zhao Lingyin’s future tribulation scene, yet countless images overlapped into a single road in a wondrous manner; countless roads resembling this one stretched out before the two of them, and new paths branched out from these roads like a tree, unfathomably mystical!

Looking around, one could see that most roads ended abruptly at some point in the ”future,” turning into dead ends.

This point was the moment the death tribulation arrived, the node where Zhao Lingyin would perish;

from then on, she had no future, appearing to have lost even the chance of reincarnation, with no escape for her three souls and seven spirits!

At the end of these dead-end roads, without exception, stood a towering ancient tree, unknowably thousands or tens of thousands of miles tall, with the clouds of the Nine Heavens only swirling around its roots, its crown overshadowing the sky, casting a shadow over the entire immortal continent.

At this moment, the scene distorted and morphed, all the towering ancient trees on the myriad dead-end roads fused into one, their crowns swaying gently as if blown by the Ninth Heaven’s fierce wind.

Suddenly, Shen Mo’s [Chanjue] Destiny began to frantically warn him;

Expectantly, they saw a leaf fall from the towering ancient tree, drifting towards them as if ”floating on the wind,” appearing peaceful and slow but actually filled with ruthless ferocity, faster than any magic, reaching Shen Mo in a mere instant!

In the moment warned by [Chanjue], Shen Mo had already become cautious, unleashing an array of defensive magic treasures, magic, and Skills simultaneously, gripping the Taiyi Sword, and using the self-sacrificial method to execute the Demon Slaying Sword Style.

”Sizzle!”

The Sword Light vanished into nothing, and the Green Cloud Umbrella, Wall Palm, Crystal Brahma Flame, and others exploded one after another.

For a moment, Shen Mo felt he had no path to the heavens nor door into the earth, all paths of survival destroyed by this seemingly light green leaf, and under the shroud of death’s breath, the hairs on his body stood on end as he prepared to make a last-ditch struggle against death!

Just as the leaf ”floated” to Shen Mo’s forehead, all the myriad images before the two of them shattered as if colorful glass, breaking into pieces.

”Phew~~~~”

The killing intent dissipated completely, and Shen Mo let out a long breath, his clothes drenched in sweat.

”My lord?”

A voice called Shen Mo back from his lingering fear, returning to his senses, he found himself and Zhao Lingyin back inside the simple grass hut.

Due to her lower Realm, Zhao Lingyin seemed unaware of the prior danger, tightly holding his hand with a face full of worry; while Guan Ling was holding a bizarre, sinister leaf between two fingers, its sharp and powerful killing intent cutting her fingers, droplets of crimson fell, transforming into a vast immortal aura that permeated the air.

”Rustle!”

Guan Ling used the power of time and space’s law from her true form, the power of time exerting on the leaf until it quickly became yellow and withered, eventually crumbling to dust and blown outside the grass hut with a single breath.

”So, it was her...”

Guan Ling murmured to herself, her brows furrowing even more tightly!