Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao

Chapter 1576 - 99: Confronting Lee Ran

"Hmm?"

"Lord Holy Spirit Evil Venerable, this is absolutely true! How would I dare to have the slightest concealment, Lord Evil Emperor said, there’s an extremely deep secret involved, and the Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City hides even more stuff!"

The Azure Dragon became more respectful.

Even, with some fear!

Yes, fear!

The Azure Dragon, being a King Holy Spirit of the Evil Spirit Sovereign level, was incomparably afraid of this black-robed man before him.

"Do not disturb the Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City, then cut down an obsession."

The black-robed youth spoke, then pondered for a moment, as if analyzing which woman had been more important in his past heart.

Moments later, he directly locked onto Mu Qingyan.

Then, he stepped again into the dark stream of light, instantly vanishing without a trace.

The dark Evil Spirit channel, however, did not close.

...

Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City.

It was still the same Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City, after being rebuilt, it had become even more grand and majestic than before.

And when the black-robed youth appeared at this time, his gaze fell onto that Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City.

After a moment, a trace of puzzlement appeared in his eyes, clearly confused about something.

Then, he directly stepped into the Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City, entering the Land of Life Ancient Tree in the Elf Domain.

Here, with a single thought, he summoned Mu Qingyan directly.

And accompanying Mu Qingyan were Jiang Yuning, Qian Luoshui, Fei Ya, and Long Xianyin.

"Husband, what’s wrong? Is there a problem with the Origin, so—who are you? You’re not my husband!"

Mu Qingyan had originally wanted to approach the black-robed youth, but suddenly, her petite body trembled, and she immediately stopped in her tracks.

At this moment, Mu Qingyan’s heart gave birth to a terrifying feeling of the sky collapsing because she had already felt this when she saw Bi Shui Fairy and Lee Su Nu.

And this, Mu Qingyan was very clear about.

At this moment, while her husband had just left and suddenly returned in such a manner, her long-existing unease was finally verified.

"Do you not know who I am? I am the Evil Venerate, also Zhou Yan."

The black-robed youth spoke coldly.

"You—"

Mu Qingyan’s petite body trembled, and her face turned extremely pale immediately.

"Pitiful creature."

The black-robed youth said, then stretched out his hand to seize.

That hand penetrated the endless void, not only grabbing Mu Qingyan’s true body but also the true bodies of Qian Luoshui and all the women.

It turned out that Mu Qingyan and others in this Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City were all avatars of the same spirit, used to confuse the enemy, while their true selves were hidden deep within the Elf Domain Sea of the Elf Domain for hidden practice.

Unfortunately, this whole setup was orchestrated by Zhou Yan himself, so the black-robed youth Evil Venerate naturally knew everything.

This, seemingly, is the greatest tragedy.

Countless female figures fiercely collided with their avatars, and in an instant, they merged back with their true bodies, forming their real selves.

At this moment, Mu Qingyan’s face was even paler.

And immediately, due to such a massive change, Hou Chen, Yanyan, Sisi, Liu Haoxin, and others also appeared here instantly.

Subsequently, many more family and friends appeared successively.

Everyone, upon seeing Zhou Yan at this moment, all felt a tremor in their spirit, instantly understanding the situation before them.

This worst situation was no more than this.

Zhou Yan had become the next Lee Su Nu, the next Bi Shui Fairy.

Hou Chen, Zhou Sisi, and Yanyan all turned pale as well, trembling all over, as if witnessing the most unbelievable thing.

Previously, during the Evil Dragon Inheritance, Zhou Yan did not fail.

Subsequently, when gaining Origin Power to battle Bi Shui Fairy and Lee Su Nu, Zhou Yan also did not fail.

But now, when Zhou Yan had completely fulfilled the promise of a lifelong promise, he suddenly inexplicably failed, becoming a controlled puppet.

Such a tragic result had entirely brought about a sense of despair in everyone.

Among them, the one feeling it most acutely, whose heart was most tormented, was none other than Hou Chen.

Hou Chen’s heart was in such pain it was as if it would bleed; his figure thin and frail, shaking all over as if about to collapse.

"Chenchen."

Sisi cried out sadly, coming to Hou Chen’s side, supporting him.

But Sisi’s words were equally filled with endless sorrow.

"Since everyone is here, let’s say a few words."

The black-robed youth Evil Venerate Zhou Yan spoke with an exceptionally cold and ruthlessly emotionless voice.

"Originally, I was going to destroy you all to eradicate the life of my emotional obsessions, but the Evil Emperor temporary doesn’t allow us to touch you!

But because of your arrangements and plans, the Evil Empress died. With the Evil Empress’s death, the Evil Emperor was impacted, causing many of our Emperor Soul Clan’s plans to be forcibly halted!"

"And in terms of timing, it has made it impossible for us to halt some plans, thus this matter has caused a huge impact!"

"Therefore, respecting the wishes of the Evil Emperor, I will not destroy all life and Holy Spirit for now, but I must take some payment!"

Zhou Yan spoke, his gaze sweeping over Mu Qingyan, Yanyan, and Jiang Yuning.

After a moment, Zhou Yan’s gaze directly locked onto Mu Qingyan, and then, a force of overwhelming invincibility immediately attempted to crush Jiang Yuning’s body.

But, at this moment, a figure stood in front of Zhou Yan.

This person was Lee Ran.

"Why, you came too? Do you want to fight?"

"I am not your opponent. My Twelve Forms avatar was destroyed by you; what qualifications do I have to fight you?"

Lee Ran sneered.

"It seems you already know."

Zhou Yan smirked wickedly.

"I naturally know. Yet I still released, didn’t I? Knowing you wanted to leave, knowing you often cannot control yourself, I knew you would find a way to awaken the will of the Holy Spirit Evil Venerate. But eventually, you found a reason, a reason you had to act upon."

Lee Ran said.

"Correct!"

Zhou Yan nodded and said.

"I knew this, and even the Emperor knew this, but only the other Holy Spirits did not. But both the Emperor and I decided to let you return."

"This is your act of attachment with emotions, bringing us respect. We also respect your decision."

"Also, do you know why we locked those parts of the origin memory and never gave them to you? It’s to hope you experience more emotions, to change certain situations."

"Among the Human Clan, the endless extraordinary women selected, each is peerless and can offer everything for you. This is the plan, but also not just a plan because you represented emotional attachment previously."

"The plan is linked to Bi Shui Fairy; this was a mistake, a mistake and error of the Human Clan, and also your greatest pain. So this piece of origin memory was retained, we actually always wanted to give it to you, but..."

Lee Ran spoke and suddenly fell silent.

"Yes, but worried that I wasn’t emotional enough, hoping I could experience more emotional impacts, right?"

Zhou Yan retorted sarcastically.

"Yes, at any time, emotions ultimately won’t be wrong, right?"

"In this world, anything can be wrong, but emotions, they absolutely won’t be wrong!"

Lee Ran repeatedly emphasized this point.

Then, he met Zhou Yan’s eyes directly.

"Holy Spirit Evil Venerate, if you want to move against them, then I will fight you! I gave you the blood crystal coffin to prove to you now, I too have cards to play, capable of changing some things."

"So, don’t force me to make the final choice!"

"Also, Holy Spirit Evil Venerate, look at these women, can you really do it? Your emotional attachment, let it flourish; it’s something that cannot be exterminated!"

"I know, this is also brother Zhou Yan’s own plan, transforming into emotions to impact the heart, this will never be destroyed, it will exist eternally."

"In the human world there is emotion, in the Human Clan there is emotion, it will live in everyone’s hearts, in each life’s heart, in each Holy Spirit’s heart!"

Lee Ran spoke indifferently.

Zhou Yan looked fixedly at Lee Ran, and then turned to Mu Qingyan and the others.

At this moment, each woman looked at him with extremely gentle eyes, emitting their greatest light and heat, as if wanting to melt him.

"The creation and sorrow of all beings, countless spring and autumn seasons, endless grief. Zhou Yan, face your true self!"

Lee Ran spoke calmly.

The words were especially poignant.

And just then, the halo on Zhou Yan’s brow immediately blazed fiercely, like Purple Flame burning, within it, the soul’s silhouette struggled fiercely!

This situation, and the past situation with Bi Shui Fairy, Li Su-Nü, was almost entirely the same!

Only, Zhou Yan’s eyes suddenly became extremely crimson, and then he repeatedly pressed three palms to his brow.

The blazing flame, in the first palm, instantly shook, weakened by half.

In the second palm, it was already like a candle in the wind, flickering unsteadily.

In the third palm, it completely annihilated, entirely disintegrated.

"Failed."

Lee Ran’s face grew much paler; such an emotional summons surprisingly, was unsuccessful too.

This time it was not successful, next time, will there still be a chance?

Lee Ran’s face showed several signs of loneliness and sorrow, yet he still stood in front of Mu Qingyan, protecting Zhou Yan’s former relatives and friends.

And Zhou Yan, after destroying the Purple Flame on his brow, took a deep look at Lee Ran, said not a word, and instantly changed into black particles, completely vanished.

This time, Zhou Yan left once more, but the scene was already cold and silent.

"Uncle Lee Ran, will father... come back?"

Yanyan’s eyes brimmed with tears, bearing much sorrow, asked.

This question echoed the heart of everyone present.

"He will, he certainly will come back!"

"The Emperor Soul Clan’s plan, perhaps is much more complex. I always felt, there is no real evil in this world, thus the Evil of the Emperor Soul Clan must have a reason."

"Great love is silent, maybe this kind of evil is also a sort of good, otherwise many things, the Evil Emperor would not help us with. Truly to act, we would have no defense power, and we are entirely without utilitarian value."

Lee Ran analyzed.