Chapter 700: Gui Ying’s Realization
The moment the Heavenly Dao’s voice echoed through the surroundings, Bai Hanyun felt an overwhelming pressure descend upon her. Losing her strength, she fell heavily to the ground.
"Ugh!"
Fortunately, Feng Xiyan was lying nearby. Before she could hit the ground face-first, he pulled her into his arms.
Seeing how pale her face had become, Feng Xiyan’s anger surged instantly. He glared at the golden eyes in the sky, recalling the only time he had seen them before.
’It’s that pair of golden eyes again... The same pressure, the same feeling. So that day, I wasn’t hallucinating.’
Noticing Feng Xiyan’s gaze, the Heavenly Dao paused for a moment before looking away. Its attention then shifted to the Ancestor.
"Kill them." The Heavenly Dao ordered calmly.
Hearing the order, the Ancestor frowned, clearly displeased.
Seeing that he didn’t move, the Heavenly Dao added, "Don’t forget our deal."
At those words, the Ancestor’s expression turned grim, while Gui Ying’s eyes flickered with realization.
Looking between the two of them, he said with a hint of accusation in his calm voice, "No wonder... So the two of you have been colluding."
The Ancestor remained silent, while the Heavenly Dao urged coldly, "Hurry up."
Under the pressure, the Ancestor tightened his grip on his sword. Without warning, he vanished from where he was.
In the next instant, he appeared behind Bai Hanyun. Raising his sword, he slashed downward without hesitation.
Gui Ying’s heart sank at this sight.
Without thinking, he snapped his fingers. A golden barrier instantly formed, shielding Bai Hanyun and Feng Xiyan.
A split second later, the Ancestor’s blade struck the barrier.
Clang! Boom!
Inside the golden barrier, Bai Hanyun closed her eyes and held Feng Xiyan tightly.
The ground trembled as dust rose into the air. The Ancestor’s attacks rained down relentlessly on the barrier. It was clear he was determined to kill them.
Seeing that the golden barrier could hold against the Ancestor’s attack, Gui Ying shifted his attention to the Heavenly Dao.
Gritting his teeth, he demanded, "Heavenly Dao! What do you want?! You know the rules—you can’t kill the innocent!"
The Heavenly Dao looked at him in silence for a moment and then asked calmly, "What is innocence? What is guilty?"
Gui Ying sneered. "Don’t play word games. It’s useless against me."
The Heavenly Dao fell silent again before asking with a hint of confusion in his ethereal voice, "Why do you want to help them?"
Gui Ying let out a cold laugh, lifted his chin slightly, and then arrogantly replied, "This young master doesn’t need a reason to act."
The Heavenly Dao stared at him for a long time before saying, "Very well. Since you insist on helping them, I have no choice but to eliminate you along with them."
Gui Ying had known since his cultivation reached the Ascension Realm that the Heavenly Dao wanted him dead. That was why he had sealed his cultivation and delayed his ascension to the Celestial Realm.
But even after more than a decade, he still didn’t understand why. People said Heaven was jealous of talent, but Gui Ying had never believed that.
Gui Ying narrowed his eyes, staring at the Heavenly Dao. After a long silence, something suddenly clicked in his mind.
His eyes widened as fragments of memories, clues, and past encounters with the Heavenly Dao resurfaced in his mind.
Gui Ying pieced them together, then abruptly turned to look at the Yin Mirror, who was bound by the Ancestor’s golden chains.
A moment later, his gaze shifted to Feng Xiyan and Bai Hanyun within the golden barrier.
Gui Ying swallowed hard as he muttered in shock, "...No way... This is impossible..."
Overhearing his muttering, the Heavenly Dao’s gaze turned cold. A trace of displeasure flashed through those golden eyes as it looked toward the Ancestor.
"You have grown so weak that you can’t even break a tiny barrier?" the Heavenly Dao asked, its voice laced with dissatisfaction.
The Ancestor paused mid-swinging his sword. Rolling his eyes, he retorted, "If you are so strong, then you do it."
With that, he stopped attacking and stepped back, looking up at the Heavenly Dao in silence provocation.
Knowing it had angered the Ancestor, the Heavenly Dao had no choice but to act itself.
Its golden eyes glowed brighter. A second later, the thunderclouds gathered once more.
Crack! Rumble!
Lightning flashed wildly across the sky, followed by deafening thunder.
Boom!
Gui Ying tightened his grip on his sword and warned, "Heavenly Dao, are you sure you want to do this? Can you bear the consequences?"
The Heavenly Dao hesitated briefly at his words.
Its gaze fell on the weakened Feng Xiyan and Bai Hanyun. After a moment of thought, determination flickered in its eyes.
Seeing no response, Gui Ying’s heart sank.
’Damn it! It really intends to kill them. I can’t let them die, or this world will be doomed.’
With that thought, he flipped his hand, and his sword vanished. In its place, the Heavenly Brush appeared.
Seeing this, the Heavenly Dao said coldly, "Brat, if you are smart, stay out of this matter."
Gui Ying snorted. "You want this young master to stand aside and watch? Dream on."
As soon as his words fell, he channeled his spiritual energy into the Heavenly Brush. The tip glowed gold as he began drawing a talisman in the air.
At this sight, anger finally surfaced in the Heavenly Dao’s eyes.
For the first time in hundreds of thousands of years, the Heavenly Dao finally showed emotion. The last time it felt an emotion was when the Gui Clan’s ancestors ascended to the Celestial Realm.
Noticing this, Gui Ying’s thoughts confirmed his suspicion.
’As expected... from the very beginning, its target was Feng Xiyan and Bai Hanyun.’
Now that he understood everything, he would never allow it to succeed.
The moment the talisman was complete, Gui Ying flicked his Heavenly Brush, and it expanded in the air.
"Brat, you are courting death!" The Heavenly Dao’s furious voice echoed as the pressure in the air increased.
Crack!
In the next instant, massive purple lightning bolts descended straight toward Feng Xiyan and Bai Hanyun.
Boom!