Born to Disappear

Chapter 53

That shrill cry continued to echo in his mind. As in the past life, the demon sword awakened the angry souls that he shackled, trying to tear his sanity apart. Controls his body.

In his past life he needed strength to take revenge, to avenge every pain he had ever received. And the demon sword had tempted him with great force, allowing him to get rid of all opponents. At that time, he intended to give in to temptation before coming to his senses from the influence of the demonic sword enticement.

But this time everything was different. Although there was still anger in his heart, but it was not worth it when compared to his goal of protecting Hualing. Protecting himself, preventing him from losing the person he loves.

The demonic energy spun rapidly, scurrying frantically around Yuan Qing. The demon sword in his hand buzzed even louder, refusing to acknowledge the master. The shrill cries sounded louder, the souls full of grievance roared. The world sounded so noisy in his ears.

At that time, he almost gave himself up to swallow the demon sword, but not this time. Ling'er was still waiting for him to return.

Yuan Qing's demonic energy charged out even more wildly, whipping out in all directions, suppressing the demonic sword energy back into place.

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"What's going on?" An elder from the Sky sect asked the other elder beside him, his wrinkled brows furrowing deeper. The door to the ruins of the ninth heaven that should have featured a half-collapsed palace was now swaying several times, as if it was about to collapse.

"It seems that the ruins are unstable and will disappear at any time, it's time to use the jade flare!" The third peak master of the soaring cloud sect spoke with concern.

"Fellow cultivators, start the transfer formation!" The sentence was not shouted out loudly, but anyone who heard it could catch the excitement from it. Fifteen elders from the various sects immediately moved to the grand formation they had set up earlier, preparing to bring their disciples out of the secret realm that was about to collapse.

Meanwhile inside the ruins of the ninth heaven.

Birds flew, spirit beasts ran wild, leaving the nest in panic as if struck by something dangerous. The earth shook, the ground was torn apart, the half-collapsed palace was now completely level with the ground.

Hualing looked around then at the jade pendant in his hand, he had a hunch that the tremors throughout the ruins had something to do with this thing in his hand. But despite guessing right, Hualing knew it was impossible to undo it. There was nothing he could do to prevent these ruins from crumbling into dust.

He turned around, a strong wind blew away the black strands. The palace he had created was now flattened to the ground, Hualing dropped both knees, saluting the palace that had been his place for several years then stood back up.

The blue-colored jade pendant embedded on his waist shone brightly. This was the pendant that all cultivators got before entering the ruins that had been carved into a one-way teleportation formation, allowing the holder of the pendant to move from one place to where the main formation was set up.

Before his body disappeared from the ruins, Hualing had thought of one thing. It was his original form, the destiny-breaking bell.

Hualing only hoped that his true form would be buried under these ruins, never appearing in the outside world. But hope is just hope. He doesn't know if in the future, his original form will be used to control him, hurting the people he loves.

The jade pendant shone with a blue light, like a cluster of fireflies. One by one the disciples were moved from the ruins towards the main formation stacked in a vast meadow not far from the entrance.

Yuan Qing who had changed his appearance smiled among the cultivators who were still confused. He did not know why the remains of the palace had suddenly collapsed, it should not have been because it was unable to accommodate the number of incoming cultivators. However, whatever actually happened did not matter as long as he obtained the demon sword.

Yuan Qing moved from his place, he had not had time to meet Hualing in the ruins. So when the corner of his eyes saw the girl among the disciples not far away from him, Yuan Qing was unable to stop himself from approaching.

"What's wrong?" The girl's face was grim and her brows drooped miserably, Yuan Qing was unable to stop himself from asking. His voice could not be considered slender, but amidst the frenzy of unguided conversation, his questions were insignificant to draw attention to.

"I remember everything, it's that thing." The last two words had a lot of meaning, but Yuan Qing understood the meaning without even thinking. He gently pulled Hualing's arm, embracing her in a tight embrace. Anyone who finds himself not a living being is certainly not going to be too happy.