Chapter 2633: The Year's End Approaches

Pity those demon lords, none of them good to associate with, moreover they are extremely alert and give no opportunities. Since the god and demon lords suffered heavy damage, all the heavenly demons died. After that, no more demon lords appeared on the front line... It's impossible for him to break into the Wan Jie Huang Tomb.

He even thought of his old friend, the Ghost Dragon Demon Lord Ao Kui, and specifically sent a secret message asking this fellow to come out for a drink and chat, to reminisce about old times...

Moreover, now is indeed a good time—

Zuoqiu Wu raised his eyes and personally pulled the white Dharma No Two Gate chains. Ju Kui loosened his grip, and the chains suddenly accelerated, wrapping around his body with a whoosh, actually acting like armor.

Qihen has already signed the Transcendence Common Agreement and cannot easily take action. Breaking the agreement will injure his body. Moreover, last year, he was injured by the combined efforts of the Jing Emperor and the Qingqiong Divine Venerable, making it impossible for him to return to his peak in a short time.

In fact, Jiang Wang also wanted to do something during this period.

Wu Zhai Xue and the remnant body of the Holy Demon are deeply entangled. That collapsed demon skull is being refilled with demon qi.

"Zhai Xue is young and exceptional, he reads classics and understands them on his own, without books or pillows, he can obtain characters in his dreams, people say 'heaven granted'."

"At thirteen, he sailed a boat in the sea of learning, lingering and forgetting to return, saying 'I am drunk on this'! Then he drank heavily and fell into it..."

"...The South Mountain Academy perished. Wu, with disheveled hair and blood hatred, then took up his sword..."

He is reciting Wu Zhai Xue's "biography"!

The sounds he spits out, these words, are like carving knives for figures, one word a mark, making the Wu Zhai Xue in front of him so vivid.

Wu Zhai Xue's projection is approaching the true Wu Zhai Xue.

Qihen's transcendence path will have the most direct confrontation with the Demon Ancestor's predetermined fate.

Zuoqiu Wu's preparations are not just this.

That wall of bamboo slips surrounding the prison room, at this moment, characters leaped out one by one, connecting end to end, like young dragons flying in the air. Dragon roars echoed in the room, and this sentence appeared—

"Literature has qi as its master, qi's clarity and turbidity have a body, one cannot force it strongly to achieve."

This sentence is from "Dian Lun · Wen Lun" and speaks of literary qi.

The current Confucian thirty-six kinds of literary qi originate from this.

As soon as this sentence appeared, dragon roars erupted, and that increasingly active Wu Zhai Xue, as if struck by lightning, had white qi flying out from his heavenly spirit point, straight like a rainbow.

Zuoqiu Wu himself also changed accordingly. White qi surged wildly on his head, rolling down like a great tide.

This literary dragon is the manifestation of an ancient array, obtained by Zuoqiu Wu from an ancient remnant. At that time, it was only remnant patterns, but after supplementing it, it far surpassed the original... Its purpose is to absorb literary qi, and it was arranged in the academy's history early on.

Zuoqiu Wu is offering his own literary qi, and Wu Zhai Xue is being forcibly drawn in at this moment before he opens his eyes.

This is... the literary qi belonging to the historian and famous Confucian Wu Zhai Xue being pulled out, shaking his ability as a historian cultivator to interfere with history. These white literary qi rainbows changed at the top of the prison room, gathering into a "Qian" character.

Qian is above, desiring to escape but unable.

The literary qi belonging to the historian grandmaster Zuoqiu Wu, then rushed down like a great tide, rolling at the bottom of the prison room, condensing into thick earth, and gathering into a "Kun" character.

Kun is below, supporting all things.

Qian heaven and Kun earth, their momentum thus formed.

Zuoqiu Wu calmly recited Wu Zhai Xue's records, but the veins on the back of his hand bulged as he pinched the Holy Demon's neck, lifting it high—

The literary qi between heaven and earth intersected, intertwined like refining, forming a casting furnace below the about-to-return Holy Demon Lord.

Literary fire boiled with flames inside, and time flowed outside.

"This is..." Qin Zhizhen's eyelids twitched slightly.

Xiao Zhiheng was also somewhat moved and explained: "This is exactly the literary qi casting of one hundred thousand years, the refine demon holy method left behind by the Confucian Ancestor... the Heaven and Earth Time Furnace! But the Left Dean's casting method is somewhat different."

Then they saw green bamboo slips flying out one by one from behind Zuoqiu Wu, thrown into the furnace.

He actually used the history chapters of the Diligent Academy as firewood!

Just as he was entering the state of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, he truly had the determination to burn everything to refine the demon.

Under the roasting of this Heaven and Earth Time Furnace, that about-to-return Holy Demon Lord inside, a volume of dark golden bamboo slips faintly reappeared, banging! Banging! Like a demon fetus about to emerge!

Jiang Wang recognized "Li Beng Le Huai Sheng Mo Gong" at a glance. He raised his hand to summon it, and then a surge of heavenly light appeared, having already set up the Heavenly Dao Seal Demon Prohibition, which could be activated at any time.

As a demonic art, its appearance in beast skin scroll form is greatly different from "Mie Qing Jue Yu Xue Mo Gong". If it weren't born in the body of the Holy Demon Lord, people would believe it to be some holy law or divine art.

"Wait for Wu Zhai Xue to open his eyes and return, then connect with Qihen's true body." Zuoqiu Wu continued to recite without stopping, his voice simultaneously sounding in the furnace: "At that time, either Qihen's transcendence path or the Demon Ancestor's return fate must fail to be established."

"I want to use the conflict between transcendences to expel this immortal nature."

"Then I will refine and kill this demonic art!"

His voice, mixed with the furnace fire, boomed faintly: "I myself have a great grasp of doing it, but if I have the help of True Monarch Jiang, it should be absolutely safe— Zhenjiang True Monarch, can you assist me for the world?"

Since the Demon Ancestor died, the eight great demonic arts have been passed down and have not disappeared for ten thousand years. Jiang Wang is the first person in history to refine and kill a demonic art! To talk about experience in this work, only he has it.

Jiang Wang's face remained unchanged, he only said: "If the immortal nature can be expelled, hand over this demonic art to me."

This is the responsibility of the human race's strong. If he can do it, he will certainly not evade.

Zuoqiu Wu's preparations for so many years cannot be said to be insufficient.

There is the option to kill the Holy Demon Lord on the spot, delaying the Holy Demon Lord's return and ensuring the Holy Demon Lord is absent from the Shenxiao War.

There is also the opportunity to have transcendence expel transcendence on the Holy Demon Lord, shaking Qihen's transcendence path.

At the same time, he also prepared the plan to thoroughly refine and kill "Li Beng Le Huai Sheng Mo Gong".

In the current situation, the proven Qihen is a greater threat than the unreturned Demon Ancestor.

Because Qihen is the current strongest force in the demon realm, once Qihen is defeated and the other demon lords are wiped out in the Shenxiao War, there is a great possibility. The best way to prevent the Demon Ancestor from returning has always been only one— control the number of demon lords below the safe line. Even if one emerges, kill one.

The Demon Ancestor, after all, was eliminated in the past. The legend of the Demon Ancestor's return can forever remain just a legend.

Everyone is waiting for the result. Above the Heaven and Earth Time Furnace, Wu Zhai Xue's facial features are completely clear, even his eyebrows are distinct, his spiritual and elegant nature is fully displayed, and his Confucian quality is naturally formed. He finally... opened his eyes.

That is a pair of eyes that make people feel pure!

There is almost no impurity within them, reflecting a transparent and bright heart. You easily open your heart to the owner of these eyes, and it is difficult to have guard against such a person.

On the pavilion top, Li Yi's sword-like eyebrows twitched slightly.

Something is wrong.

Wu Zhai Xue did indeed open his eyes, but he did not connect with Qihen's true body. That is to say, Qihen detected danger beforehand, isolated the connection, and even abandoned this Wu Zhai Xue projection!

To make a transcendence a void, Zuoqiu Wu is fully worthy of self-pride.

But this transcendence's abandonment beforehand also prevented Zuoqiu Wu's plan from advancing.

Zuoqiu Wu's face remained unchanged, and he continued to recite: "...Water that has not been exhausted is called an abyss, a mountain that has not ended is called wilderness. Do not chase when the year is poor, Wu Zhai Xue also!"

He was still reading Wu Zhai Xue's biography, still confirming Wu Zhai Xue's existence.

Of course, he had long considered the possibility of Qihen cutting off this Wu Zhai Xue projection. Given the power gap between him and Qihen, it was impossible to prevent this from happening.

And his response was to make this abandoned Wu Zhai Xue projection truly full and vivid, truly become Wu Zhai Xue, thrown into the Holy Demon Lord's fate, to respond to history, and complete the layout of the Emperor Demon Lord of that year. The final purpose was still to let the Demon Ancestor's determined fate conflict with Qihen's transcendence path—

The mighty Qihen, would He dare to bet that this Wu Zhai Xue, trapped in the Demon Ancestor's fate and abandoned by Him, would, under the Demon Ancestor's arrangement, involve His true body?

Qihen's abandonment instead allowed him to utilize this projection without restraint.

Now the conflict is avoided, how will the future conflict be escaped?

Wu Zhai Xue opened his pure eyes, felt the surrounding demon qi, and gazed at Zuoqiu Wu, who was pinching his neck and lifting him high. He smiled slightly: "I am very curious, who made this biography for me?"

"It can't be you, Left Mister, can it?" He laughed: "We may not be that familiar... like someone listening at my wall corner every night!"

A historian cultivator in history without any works passed down, a figure who avoided history before transcendence, exactly who made his biography? And it is so detailed, as if personally seen and heard!

Zuoqiu Wu's mouth continued to recite without stopping, and his abdomen rumbled with books, issuing a response: "Do you still remember Wei Shengfeng?"

Wu Zhai Xue was slightly bewildered: "I also guessed..."

Zuoqiu Wu continued to recite: "The world has three friends of the cold year, called 'pine, bamboo, plum'. The world has three friends of the poor year, called: 'Wu Zhai Xue, Wei Shengfeng, He Guan Scatterer.' He Guan Scatterer is the oldest, called elder brother. Zhai Xue is the youngest and was often protected."

"The so-called 'poor year' means being poor year after year! But there is another explanation— 'the year is poor, the month is exhausted, close to the end of the year'!" Wu Zhai Xue actively explained: "We are also called 'New Year's Eve three friends'. In fact, we are just three people who are 'without achievements throughout the year, without kin at the end of the year'."

He felt the roasting of the Heaven and Earth Time Furnace, looked at the jumping flames, and said wistfully: "This is truly like the bonfire we would sit around every New Year's Eve."

Without achievements throughout the year, without kin at the end of the year... So the three people treated each other as kin, mutually encouraged, and walked through many difficult years together. Now, only Wu Zhai Xue is left, and he is still just a projection of a historical figure. The true 'Wu Qi' is already the Qihen Demon Lord. Although he still remembers everything about Wu Zhai Xue, he has no more connection with the former Wu Zhai Xue.

"He sheltered you in the Diligent Academy, yet led to the Diligent Academy's thousands of years of demonic plague, to the point where the world's first academy faced destruction!" Zuoqiu Wu's abdominal language responded, with some grandeur and hatred like thunder: "He became a demon for you, died because of you. Do you truly dare to remember him?"

Wu Zhai Xue opened his mouth: "This personal biography..."

"It was made by him with his absolute soul as a pen, dipping his blood as ink, and spreading his life as paper before his death!" Zuoqiu Wu stared at him intently: "Exactly to confirm your existence, prevent you from escaping, make you return to your proper position... Drag you down from transcendence!"

"So... you hate me?" Wu Zhai Xue mumbled, and his pupils just turned, instantly dyed like ink.

His entire temperament changed completely.

Feeling that sudden sinking pressure in their hearts, everyone understood a fact—

Wu Zhai Xue had already transformed into Qihen!

This should have been a joyful outcome. But the Holy Demon Lord was still at the step of being about to return but not yet, and this Wu Zhai Xue had not truly connected with Qihen's true body! The collision of transcendence path and transcendence fate naturally could not happen—

Clearly, it was already at the door.

This door would never open.

Zuoqiu Wu's painstaking preparations seemed ridiculous in front of the transcendence.

"Do you want to know how I did it?" Qihen smiled and asked.

He was still in the posture of being pinched by Zuoqiu Wu's neck and lifted high. He raised his eyes to look at Jiang Wang outside the chessboard, and then with a more malicious smile, asked Zuoqiu Wu: "Did I say you can understand?"

His will manifested on Wu Zhai Xue's body was a huge deterrence. It completely negated the plotter and should crush everything under the transcendence's will.

Non-transcendences cannot even understand transcendences.

Zuoqiu Wu is plotting against an existence he cannot reach!

Thus, it seems stupid, seems pathetic.

And what about Jiang Wang?

But...

"How about..." Jiang Wang's huge figure suddenly leaned close to the chess game, his eyes filled with such fierce sword intent that they almost crashed into Wu Zhai Xue's eyes. He was not talking to Wu Zhai Xue, but to that repeatedly plotted against him... Supreme Transcendence!

"You come down and try?"

His voice actually had some malice: "I will try to understand!"

Looking out of the chess grid from within, Jiang Wang was simply supporting heaven and standing on earth, with immortal clouds around his waist.

But in Qihen's eyes, the absolute peak is also small.

But this small guy is the existence that dares to wield a sword against transcendences!

No matter when and where, no matter what enemies he faced, he was weak and had failed before, had fled before, but there was no moment when he did not steadily hold the sword in his hand.

Qihen's gaze shifted away from this person and fell back on Zuoqiu Wu somewhat boringly: "First, I abandoned Wu Zhai Xue early. Second, Wu Zhai Xue is under my control. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zuoqiu Wu probably understood: "Now this historian Wu Zhai Xue is just like your puppet body."

Qihen smiled: "This is the way you can understand— So understanding is also possible."

"But what I don't understand is..." Zuoqiu Wu raised his eyes: "Since you don't dare to truly descend and have gone to great trouble to manifest this little bit of will, what can it change?"

Sizzle pop!

The bamboo slips burning in the Heaven and Earth Time Furnace made small explosive sounds.

When a bamboo slip burned out and turned to charcoal, Zuoqiu Wu's momentum in the chess grid rose.

Having recovered all his time bodies, Zuoqiu Wu was already "Dao quality complete, quality heaped like a mountain", an absolute strong at the True Monarch level.

In this short while, he was about to complete the qualitative change and push open the "Saint Gate".

"You at the absolute peak are completely meaningless here. You as a transcendence will face a falling outcome if you come over."

"I understand that a transcendence is an existence I cannot understand, but I am more clear about the essence of the event I grasp, the truth of the world— Wu Zhai Xue as the Holy Demon Lord and Qihen's transcendence cannot happen simultaneously."

"So you come and demonstrate for me! Great transcendence!" Zuoqiu Wu grabbed and lifted Wu Zhai Xue, at this moment pulling his body taut like a bow, throwing him entirely into the Heaven and Earth Time Furnace!

"Demonstrate how you jump out of the Demon Ancestor's determined fate again!"

The former was easily embedded into the latter, and the Holy Demon's shriek at this moment was particularly miserable.

Zuoqiu Wu was still pinching the Holy Demon with one hand, pressing the Holy Demon's face with the other, and then slowly releasing.

This releasing process was as if he also peeled off a false face. The previous Confucian scholar's face was already wiped away in the demon's shriek.

Even Chongxuan, who had schemes reaching the sky, and Jiang, whose sword was sharp and fierce, were helpless in the face of the demon lords locked away in the deep palace, and waited for an autumn in vain.

Now, it was Zuoqiu Wu who was ahead on the road to dealing with Qihen.

All was silent, all intentions were one.

Wu Zhai Xue's projection was actually like a block of iron.

The Holy Demon's remnant body was like a puddle of rotten mud.

But this heartless old dragon even refused to receive the letter.

Of course, he did not directly go to Qihen to seek death, but planned with Sheng Ge to eliminate several other demon lords.

In the hazy demon qi... Wu Zhai Xue's face gradually manifested on the demon skull.

Zuoqiu Wu said loudly at this time: "The South Mountain Academy had an old Confucian who hugged an infant and returned, saying it was an orphan left in the mountain suburbs as a refugee. He took the name Zhai Xue, following the surname Wu."

He said solemnly: "If there is disharmony, then kill when it is time to kill!"

Although Jiang Wang was vigilant in his heart and had the greatest guard against Qihen, he could only temporarily observe.

What a cruel pair of chain armor, and an elegant teaching gentleman. There was actually some solemnity of the battlefield about him.

"In the past, True Monarch Zhenjiang refined demons and tied his fate to the Legalist Three Palaces. Today, Left someone refines demons and ties his fate to the various things of Taixu Pavilion. This is also the righteous way of the world. All of you, please look at me—"

Because regarding this Wu Zhai Xue projection that Sima Heng had stored in the history graveyard that year... He had no better solution. He couldn't destroy it, couldn't throw it away. If he let it continue to erode Sima Heng, it would brew a great disaster at any time. At this moment, besides Zuoqiu Wu, who controlled the window of history, who else could excise this sore for Sima Heng?

What's more, he was using this sore to throw at the enemy and bury poison for Qihen.

Reading the Red Heart Patrolling Heaven.