The woman in the purple robe had a face blurred by mist, but the thunder-patterned robe on her body blazed bright in the blackness of the starry sky. A streak of violet-gold light flashed through her eyes as she looked toward the four cultivators, each bloodied like a gourd.
The golden armor on Yunxi's body surfaced at last, straining to keep her physical form intact. Even so, blood kept seeping from her skin. She gritted her teeth, used her own blood to sketch inscriptions, then slapped them onto the ascension passage to increase the passage's pulling force.
Han Lian was clutched tight in Bai Feng's arms. Bai Feng used his powerful body to bear the downward drag of the Weiyu Realm. His snowy fur had been dyed ice blue, the color of the blood unique to the White Polar Bear clan. He was still muttering under his breath:
"Losses, losses everywhere. This time I am throwing in my bones and flesh. I never should have listened to you. No merit earned and we are both about to be ground to paste." He grumbled nonstop, yet Bai Feng still shielded Han Lian with utmost care.
Han Lian was not faring well either. Although Bai Feng's strength bore more than half the pressure, the Weiyu Realm's ascent had halted and even showed signs of sinking. She could not watch all their efforts turn to ash. She patted Bai Feng's fan-sized paw and said, "Bai Feng, my master has dragged you into this. But I cannot hide behind others while my companions fight for their lives. I am going to go all out. If there is a next time, choose a stronger master to follow."
She finished speaking and, imitating Yunxi, began painting talismans with blood. Only one thought filled her mind. Try everything. Since they had begun, they would fight to the end.
Within Yun Chen Fózǐ's body, half a Buddhist relic had merged. Golden light flowed over him, and a colossal phantom of a Buddha appeared. Yun Chen sat cross-legged upon the Buddha's palm.
The Buddha phantom slowly opened its eyes, mercy filling its gaze. Its lips moved slightly. Across the Weiyu Realm, countless golden points of light flew like meteors into the Buddha phantom, even drawing golden lights down from the upper realm. Yun Chen opened his eyes. The expression in them was no different from the Buddha's. He intoned a single chant: "Amitabha."
Then he stretched out both hands and lifted, bearing the entire ascension passage upward.
Xun Kun, having taken the breakthrough elixir specially refined for him by Yunxi, felt demonic power rapidly return to his body. Surprise flashed in his eyes. The medicine's strength poured through his limbs and bones, steadying a body on the verge of collapse. He even felt capable of striking at the Void Refining stage.
But he sent all that power into the ascension passage instead, continuing to pull the Weiyu Realm upward. He stared at the Weiling Realm now edging into sight and clenched his teeth to endure.
The red lips of the woman in purple curved. "I did not expect this. All four are remarkable. I can see divine script, a long-vanished sacred beast, a Buddha reincarnate. And the last one is even more interesting, a body of god and demon."
"Lian Yi, stop marveling and help them. If you do not act now, their bodies will shatter and their souls will scatter."
A plaintive voice sounded in the purple-robed woman's ear.
Lian Yi rubbed her ear. "Shi Jiu, is this your tone when asking someone for a favor? This is not a mission for the Combat Division. Where did you pick up this save-the-world assignment?"
Shi Jiu coughed before mumbling, "I, well, I snuck into a chat group. I used your identity to apply. I got on well with a kid in there."
"Hmph. I wondered why you were so quiet lately. So you were idling in a group chat. And you even caught feelings while paddling there, then asked me to do the work so you could show off in the group."
"Come on, auntie, I was using your good name. You cannot let your own reputation fall at a critical moment."
Lian Yi snorted and stopped bickering. In the next instant she summoned her natal sword, Lei Yao. Her toe tapped lightly in the starry sky. A gigantic violet array wheel bloomed into being. With a wave, she shot her natal sword into the array's core and spat a single word, "Go."
In the blink of an eye, the violet array wheel expanded and dropped, passing through the ascension passage that Yunxi and the others strained to maintain, then past the cultivators surging up within, then through the entire Weiyu Realm itself. The Lei Yao Sword plunged into Yunxiao Sea and, in an instant, turned the entire sea into a sea of thunder.
"Who dares!"
The roar from the seabed was drowned by the thunder sea. The corrupt aura that had been seeping outward shattered on the spot. It did not even have time to flee back into the depths before it fully dispersed into the air.
The violet array wheel appeared beneath the entire Weiyu Realm and steadied the small world in its grasp. Lian Yi lightly parted her lips and said, "Rise."
The array wheel, crackling with the power of thunder, began to lift the Weiyu Realm upward.
With Lian Yi lending a hand, the four finally steadied their failing bodies. They used the brief respite to gulp down pills and potions, replenishing what they had burned away.
Yunxi bared her teeth against the pain and poured a vial of gene enhancement potion down her throat. She had commissioned this custom formula with Star Trek. Because her cultivation advanced too quickly and her aptitude was not poor, she had never taken it, saving it for a dire need.
Now, to recover at speed, she could not afford hesitation. She had no idea what awaited them above, whether the fusion of two realms would cause turmoil, or how cultivators of the upper realm would treat them. She had long planned to bring the sealed evil god's body up first and deal with it afterward.
The medicine took effect within moments. The Xianling Grass nestled at her chest dutifully fed pure spiritual power into her body, helping her recover. Only then did she fully take note of that violet silhouette in the void.
A breath ago she had been at death's door, no time to ponder anything. As her spiritual power returned, her thoughts spun quickly. The ascension passage had trembled, then the Weiyu Realm had shot upward faster than before.
She was sure this was not solely the product of their four. Someone powerful had intervened. The fact she could not even see the other's face clearly proved the gulf between them. She drew a deep breath and from afar bowed with a Daoli toward that violet figure.
Xun Kun, Han Lian, Yun Chen, and every cultivator within the ascension passages did the same. Without this mysterious expert, they would have watched the Weiyu Realm sink into an abyss.
Lian Yi accepted their thanks without fuss. She could shoulder it.
As the Weiyu Realm drew closer to the Weiling Realm, the sluggish downward drag vanished, replaced by the attraction of the upper realm. With the violet array wheel's support, the two finally met.
Yunxi saw it clearly. The boundary wall of the Weiling Realm received the Weiyu Realm as if by nature itself. There was not even a need to force open the barrier between realms.
A rolling thunder of impact echoed through the starry heavens, and the Weiyu Realm, like a missing puzzle piece, returned to its rightful place.
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Author's Note: Darlings, by popular request, the heroine Ancestor Lian Yi from the previous novel makes a guest appearance. Hope you enjoy it.
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Reiya's note: Lian Yi is the main character of Feng Ling's second novel, 快穿:有怨气?疯批老祖帮你逆袭 (Quick Wear: Feeling Resentful? Crazy Old Ancestor Helps You Counterattack)!
Their first novel I translated was 空间修仙:重生逆袭小孤女, which I adapted as True Heir of Chaos: From Villainess to Empress with Jian Dan as the MC.
That first novel wrapped up at a whopping 2115 chapters, and the second novel finished at 2106 chapters. Seeing the pacing here, I feel like this one will also end around the 2000-chapter mark. So buckle up—we've got a long, exciting road ahead!
Honestly, I'd kind of forgotten Quick Wear was also by Feng Ling because it's main theme was a Quick Transmigration series, so I didn't really connect it with their first and third novels, As from the start, both of it clearly focus on Xianxia. But yes, this Lian Yi cameo is such a cool crossover moment!
As of today (September 10, 2025), this novel latest serialized chapter is Chapter 660, and I'm currently working on Chapter 636. Once I've fully translated this novel up to the latest chapter, I plan to move on to translating Feng Ling's second novel. Of course you will find it with adapted title on my profile account, just like my other projects. Since that one is Quick Transmigration, it's going to be a fun change of pace!
By the time you're reading this, I might have already started it. (✧≖‿ゝ≖)