After I Died My Dao Companion Drowns in Endless Regret Chapter 89

Luo Lingfeng was ruthless towards others, and equally unforgiving of herself.
Wei Yunshu slowly raised her head. For a fleeting moment, she wanted to let an endless tide of emotions overwhelm her, but she didn’t. She suppressed her scattered thoughts and simply watched the person before her, unable to utter a single word.
“Do you believe me now?” Luo Lingfeng let out a laugh, her expression tinged with sorrow and bitterness. She had pushed this person further and further away. The memories of the past were already hazy, as if their lives were destined to only brush past each other. A little more than acquaintances, far less than cherished companions. Bewilderment, self-hatred, and unwillingness mingled together, slowly brewing into a sense of despair and resignation. She looked up at Wei Yunshu, her gaze tracing the sharp lines of that face, as if wanting to engrave it deep within her heart.
“Wei Yunshu,” she called out softly, “If—”
“There are no ‘ifs’,” Wei Yunshu cut off Luo Lingfeng’s words. Her expression remained stern, as if afraid of wavering. She spoke quickly, “Isn’t life full of dissatisfaction? It is the will of heaven, the will of men, the countless circumstances of this world that have brought us to this point. I couldn’t save you before, and I still can’t save you now.” She couldn’t even save herself. Was suppressing all of the past equivalent to true liberation? She looked at Luo Lingfeng and smiled, “Can you tell me what meaning there is in continuing to entangle ourselves like this?”
This wasn’t the first time Wei Yunshu had said this.
Luo Lingfeng’s gaze shifted away from Wei Yunshu’s cheek, fixing on the heavy sky, shrouded in dark clouds and filled with images of misery. She didn’t know the meaning of her persistence. She was like a frail piece of driftwood in the sea, unaware of when it would be completely shattered by the waves. She coughed, covering her mouth, and said, “It’s so difficult.” In the end, she was still trapped in a predicament, unable to break free. The past could not be erased. “I’m sorry,” Luo Lingfeng added. Everything was her doing; no one had forced her.
“You don’t need to apologize to me,” Wei Yunshu shook her head, her expression remarkably calm. “If you must compensate for something to feel at ease, then look at this scarred and broken world.”
Luo Lingfeng chuckled lightly. “I understand.” She pursed her lips, lowered her head, and veiled her eyes, hiding the fleeting glint of light within them.
Wei Yunshu’s tone softened considerably. “Go rest.”
Luo Lingfeng replied with an “Alright.” She was very subdued at the moment. She stood there for a while before, as if waking from a deep dream, she withdrew.
Wei Yunshu did not leave. She looked in the direction of the Northern Continent, the heavy stone pressing on her heart unable to loosen. She reminded herself to focus on the task at hand, pushing away superfluous emotions to a small, inconspicuous corner until they could no longer influence her thoughts.
“Fellow Daoist Bo.”
When she heard the familiar voice, Wei Yunshu turned her head.
Shi Wufang emerged from the shadows, placing a hand on her shoulder and letting out a sigh.
Wei Yunshu said, “I didn’t do well enough. In this state, have I managed to convince her? But she has already made a Heavenly Dao oath.”
“You’ve done very well,” Shi Wufang said gently. Luo Lingfeng, lost in the abyss, was in pain, but Wei Yunshu, who remained clear-headed, was in even greater pain.
After a long while, Wei Yunshu let out a desolate laugh. “I have to admit, since reuniting with her, my days have been filled with torment. I haven’t achieved the carefree state I desired.” She knew that Shi Wufang had deduced past events through conjecture, so she decided to go along with the urge to express herself and recount the past.
Even Shi Wufang, an outsider listening, felt a chill in her heart. She wanted to offer Wei Yunshu words of comfort like “it’s all in the past,” but could things truly pass so easily? Could such deep grudges and entanglements truly be swept away with a wave of the sleeve? A cold wind blew between the two, carrying a desolate chill. Shi Wufang looked at Wei Yunshu, sorrow in her eyes. “You did nothing wrong.”
Tears welled up in Wei Yunshu’s eyes. She smiled. “I only realized later that what hurt me most wasn’t that attempted killing, but her denial of me, and even of our past. She didn’t understand me, and then she said she had only me left. What was I to her, then?”
Shi Wufang pondered for a moment. “Perhaps it wasn’t a lack of understanding.”
“Just an unwillingness to admit it? Allowing malice to twist perceptions?” Wei Yunshu raised her hand and wiped her eyes, a bitter smile on her face. “Sometimes I wonder, should I try the Tai Sui Golden Sand, to personally experience such pain and see what it turns a person into?”
“Fellow Daoist Bo,” Shi Wufang exclaimed in alarm upon hearing this.
Wei Yunshu raised her eyebrows and put on a casual smile. “The mortal realm is not yet peaceful, so I won’t do that. There is nothing more important than resolving the threat of the Primordial Demons and the Shang Qing Divine Realm. As for my affairs with her, we’ll discuss them later.”
Beyond the second Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles.
Golden light coiled, like a slumbering dragon.
The Royal Bone was held at bay externally, appearing in the hazy gloom from afar. The five Primordial Demons, who had been seated in their grand palaces, now had their divine forms floating like clouds. One by one, they emerged from the palaces.
“How can the outcome be blocked by them?” Ji Jun laughed. The black dragon behind him let out a high-pitched roar. He paused, then turned to his companions and declared, “Everyone, let us break this barrier together! Let us wash away the shame of thousands of years of confinement!” As his voice fell, he had already channeled his spiritual energy, activating a palm surging with black tides. Following this, Chao Ling, Qiong Sang, Rahu, and Yonghe also channeled colossal palms. The five palms floated in mid-air, finally pressing down towards the Great Wall below in unison! Since the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles was merely a manifestation projected by a True Artifact, it held little variation. Thus, their strike was purely of power; whatever it was, it would be shattered with a single blow! The five exerted their strength together, their might incredibly vast and terrifying. With a thunderous explosion, the earth shook. However, the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles only saw its golden light flicker. Ji Jun and the other four were not discouraged, channeling their spiritual energy to strike downwards again and again. After about half a day, under a strike that had reached the peak of its power, the golden light enveloping the Great Wall finally shattered. The magnificent, towering city wall instantly turned to dust, scattered by the howling, desolate wind.
But this was only the first obstacle.
The true Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles lay behind; what they had destroyed, having been nourished by spiritual energy, had already been restored.
In an instant, heaven and earth were overturned.
Such a colossal movement naturally reached the ears of Wei Yunshu, Luo Lingfeng, and their group. The moment the first Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles was shattered, everyone leaped from their stillness. This time, to deal with the demons, they did not begrudge the consumption of elixirs, only consuming heavenly treasures to maintain their energies at their peak. The manifested Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles had bought them time to recuperate, and their strength had now recovered by seventy to eighty percent.
Their side had six Cavern Heavens, one more than the demons. However, after the demons consumed the baleful qi, their power had clearly ascended a level, and they might not gain an advantage. But no matter what, the enemy was upon them, and they had to go out and meet them. After the five demons unleashed their full power with a single palm strike, six streaks of rapid light shot out from within. Channeling their spiritual energy, sword beams of various colors erupted, causing the surrounding void to collapse.
“True Monarch Luo!” True Monarch Yuan Ying cried out to Luo Lingfeng. To gain an immediate advantage, they absolutely had to rely on the Heavenly Constitution Dao Chapter, a treasure that contained Dao resonance, which served as their foundation artifact. In the blink of an eye, everyone had arrived before the Primordial Demons, one person facing one demon. Luo Lingfeng, stepping on surging waves, nodded to True Monarch Yuan Ying. She flicked her sleeve, and the Heavenly Constitution Dao Chapter, now imbued with a divine aura, was summoned. The last two Heavenly Mandate Talismans merged into it, instantly erupting with an extremely dazzling brilliance. Luo Lingfeng gazed at the front with a faint glow, slowly uttering a single word: “Suppress!”
As her voice fell, immense Dao resonance thundered forth like lightning, and the surging spiritual energy in the heavens and earth seemed to freeze at that moment. The bodies of the five demons stiffened. The instant their bodies froze, the attacks from the immortal sects simultaneously descended, sweeping forward with the pressure of a mountain, erupting with incredibly potent might. Just as they were about to strike the five demons, a clear and resonant cry came from within the Royal Bone. The miraculous light shifted, and all the attacks crashed onto the Royal Bone. Blood clots and mud poured down like a torrent, and the faint, dark energy churned and surged forward.
Until that Royal Bone was broken, they would not be able to harm the five demons in the slightest! This realization suddenly dawned on everyone, and their expressions turned cold. But even so, they had to continue fighting. Compared to the astonished crowd, Luo Lingfeng was calm. She lowered her eyelids, channeled the Heavenly Constitution Dao Chapter, and as everyone had hoped, she managed to restrain the attacks of the Primordial Demons.
“While that Dao artifact cannot truly imprison us, it is vexing to have it strike at every critical moment.”
“Over time, it might even put us at a disadvantage.”
“Why don’t we eliminate the person holding the Dao artifact first?”
The five demons communicated telepathically, and for a time, their five pairs of eyes, filled with darkness and bloodlust, all fixed on Luo Lingfeng.
“That is not wise. That person possesses a very familiar aura.” Yonghe slowly spoke.
“They have a Dao artifact; do we not?” The headless Rahu sneered coldly.
“We do not, we obtained it from elsewhere. The immortal sects are not yet aware, allowing us to deliver a fatal blow at a crucial moment,” Qiong Sang said leisurely. The Primordial Demons, being beings of darkness, were not truly in “human form.” They could roughly refine magical artifacts, but refining them to the level of a Dao artifact was simply impossible.
“I think now is quite crucial,” the last person to speak was Venerable Chao Ling. His manifested form was no different from his appearance. Riding an elephant, he held a Daoist scripture in his hand. As his voice sounded, the pages flipped, squeezing out streams of impure light. The inscribed characters turned, flowing down like a waterfall, twisting all Dao laws. He did not expect anyone to respond. With a flip of his hand over the Daoist scripture, a golden light shot out, transforming into a small, exquisite flying shuttle. The shuttle emitted strands of thread that extended forward, entangling with the Dao energy of the Heavenly Constitution Dao Chapter. This item was named the “Inductive Spirit-Dispelling Divine Shuttle,” a Dao artifact that responded to the surrounding energy, specifically designed to counter magical artifacts. Initially, they wanted this item to target the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles, but unfortunately, it was not an offensive item, and it was useless against the opposing Dao energy, as the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles was merely a defensive artifact.
“They possess a Dao artifact!” Luo Lingfeng’s brow furrowed, and she reached out forward. But the five Primordial Demons naturally would not allow her to have her way. Yonghe moved, suddenly appearing before Luo Lingfeng. And Shi Wufang, who was originally facing Yonghe, was blocked by Ji Jun.
“True Monarch Luo,” Yonghe smiled slightly at Luo Lingfeng. “You are much stronger than Luo Hengjun. To have your heart gouged out by your own father, it is truly pitiful. Doesn’t True Monarch Luo hate it?”
Luo Lingfeng lowered her eyelids, channeled the Abyssal True Water, and hurled it at Yonghe.
Yonghe covered her mouth and giggled softly. As her gaze shifted, she exuded a natural charm and seductiveness. The celestial maiden behind her form, like a Rakshasa, scattered flowers that turned into blood rain, a terrifying hellish scene. Seeing Luo Lingfeng make a move, she unhurriedly channeled her spell, and countless heavenly fires descended, turning the scene into a sea of blood-red flames. Within the sea of flames, nine blood demon avatars shrieked and soared out.
Luo Lingfeng raised her sword and drew a line, and a celestial river appeared before her. The water tide at her feet surged, transforming into heavy mountains and waters, shattering space and carving out impassable boundaries. Before the nine blood demons could get close to her, they were trapped within the “boundary” and, swept by the surging waves, scattered into masses of vile energy. Amidst the clash of water and fire, thunderous roars shook the heavens and earth. Luo Lingfeng raised her sword and slashed again, her sword energy pointing towards the flying shuttle. She did not expect that strike to shatter the Dao artifact; rather, it was to clear the threads floating in mid-air. Taking advantage of the foreign energy on the Heavenly Constitution Dao Chapter being stripped away, she gazed in the direction of the Royal Bone, channeled the Dao Chapter, and said coldly, “Expel!” This was directed at the Royal Bone itself. The Royal Bone was not a living creature. Although the five demons had applied a technique like “passing on the blame,” it possessed no Dao cultivation itself. As the Dao resonance fell, it had no power to resist and was expelled into the void, leaving no trace.
The Heavenly Constitution Dao Chapter was restrained by that Dao artifact. As the battle intensified, its effectiveness was likely to diminish. If given an opportunity to target the five Primordial Demons themselves, even if they were suppressed or expelled, it would be useless; they would return within a few breaths. However, the Royal Bone was different. Expelling it meant breaking a defensive artifact on the five demons. Luo Lingfeng steadied herself. She could sense the immense consumption caused by channeling the Heavenly Constitution Dao Chapter. It was fortunate that she had always pursued an “extreme” path; otherwise, her spiritual energy might have been depleted solely by channeling the Dao artifact. Covering the darkness in her eyes, her sword light shifted, and she retreated, gradually widening the distance from Yonghe. She took out an elixir and swallowed it, then raised her eyebrows at Yonghe, revealing a provocative expression.
Yonghe did not expect her to make a move against the Royal Bone. Her expression changed slightly.
“How can you not even stop a cultivator in the Cavern Heaven realm?” Ji Jun’s sarcastic voice reached her ears.
“We only lost the Royal Bone, are you saying we can’t stop her with our own strength?” Yonghe retorted. She shouted, and flames swirled around her sleeves. As killing intent surged, the flames that had been held back by the Abyssal True Water seemed to gain fuel, turning towards the sky and increasing in intensity by seven to eight parts.
Seeing Yonghe increase her magical power, Luo Lingfeng laughed and did the same. The rumbling sound of the water tide nearly drowned out everything. With a thunderous roar, it was as if the sky was tearing apart. The flames, under the impact of the Abyssal True Water, turned into scattered fragments and dispersed in all directions. Just as they were about to be extinguished in the endless water flow, Yonghe’s eyes flickered. Her spiritual form spread out, and countless dark lights merged into the scattered flames. A surging tide arrived, the scattered flames disappeared, and the entire realm was covered by water, without a trace of flame. But at this moment, a premonition suddenly flashed in Luo Lingfeng’s mind. In just a single breath, the scattered flames, originally submerged by the water tide, suddenly appeared before her. She was about to draw her sword to strike, but as she retracted her fingertips, she sensed that if she moved, the flames might leap into her physical body.
“How is my ‘Evil Fire Illuminates Me’? True Monarch Luo’s heart is not as calm as it appears on the surface.” Yonghe said with a smile. Evil Fire Illuminates Me was one of her divine abilities. In her opinion, its usefulness was very limited. This was because cultivators with a perfect and flawless state of mind would not be affected by evil fire. However, the person before her was someone who had once had her heart gouged out. She did not believe that such a person would have no flaws in her heart. Looking up at Luo Lingfeng, she added, “True Monarch Luo had best not use spiritual energy, otherwise this fire will burn even fiercer.”
The water tide was calm and undisturbed. The evil fire burned silently.
Yonghe naturally would not miss such a good opportunity. Channeling her spiritual energy, she struck at Luo Lingfeng with a bloody, hazy beam of malevolent light. As this bloody malevolence surged towards her, a rumbling sound occurred. Countless bolts of lightning struck down in response. Lightning techniques were naturally righteous, and as soon as they sounded, they erased forty to fifty percent of the bloody malevolence’s power. By the time they fell in succession, they had completely ground the bloody malevolence into nothing.
“Fellow Daoist Wei is fighting me, yet she can still spare a thought to deal with Yonghe. It seems I am to blame.” The speaker was a disheveled Daoist in a yellow robe. Behind him, his spiritual form depicted a scene of a Golden Crow carrying the sun. Beneath his feet were billowing clouds condensed from vast yellow dust. This person was none other than Venerable Qiong Sang, one of the demons. He smiled at Wei Yunshu and pointed forward. A river of yellow smoke, like a rolling dragon, collided with the myriad strands of sword energy. Within that yellow smoke, Golden Crows imbued with evil energy constantly emerged, inexhaustible. Moreover, these Golden Crows, after being shattered by the sword energy, did not perish but transformed into small clusters of black energy. Now, these black energies converged, forming a dark, turbid sun wheel! It was eerie and exceptionally malevolent.
“I heard that Fellow Daoist Wei cultivates the Three Lights Dao method, and one of the Three Lights is the sun. I wonder how it compares to my Evil Sun?” Qiong Sang said, then pushed the strange sun wheel into the vast yellow dust. The turbid river of dark sun emerged, polluting and twisting all the surrounding pure energy. The sun illuminates all directions, universally benefiting all beings. His Evil Sun possessed similar power. As long as the Evil Sun existed, it could slowly twist the vital energy, transforming it into an evil land beneficial to itself. He was not afraid of prolonged combat at all.
Wei Yunshu’s mind was clear, and she could not stand such a sight. Stars shone behind her, encompassing all phenomena. She unleashed her spell, and One Qi Nine Dominance Heavenly Thunder poured down. Within the thunderous storm, strands of sword light also shot out like sunlight, colliding with the turbid sun wheel. With a thunderous explosion, black flames and sword light scattered together. The surging power vibrated intensely, forcing Wei Yunshu to retreat several steps. She looked up and saw that the scattered black flames had transformed into new sun wheels, densely packed together, like the eyes of a demon. A chill ran through her heart.
“The fate of the Fu Li Immortal Realm’s return cannot be resisted. Why must you all go against heaven’s will?” Qiong Sang spoke. Although he was a demon avatar, he revealed a celestial demeanor reminiscent of immortal sect cultivators, referencing his human form.
Wei Yunshu did not respond. She would not be swayed by the demons’ words. She had already fought against several peers in the Cavern Heaven realm, but this was her first time fighting demons. She discovered that the demons’ power far surpassed that of her peers. No wonder the Immortal Sect suffered heavy losses three thousand years ago when it tried to prevent the eruption of the Corridor of Sins, even losing several Cavern Heaven cultivators. Their true foundation lay in those five divine beings, and they were incomparable to ordinary people. Moreover… after consuming the “Severed-Self” remnants of cultivators who practiced “Severing All Selves,” their power had become even stronger than before. Wei Yunshu’s thoughts churned, and she slowly exhaled a turbid breath.
They had no retreat.
On the other side.
Although the heavenly lightning had blocked and dispersed Yonghe’s fire malevolence, Yonghe would not give up. Seeing Wei Yunshu being restrained by Qiong Sang, Yonghe felt relieved and turned her gaze towards Luo Lingfeng. She twitched her shoulder, and several more blood demons emerged from her body. Each of them had the same appearance as her. These were stronger than the previous “blood demons,” containing her primal power, and thus would not be washed away by the water tide before they even got close. Yonghe channeled the blood demons into the Abyssal True Water, and with a few leaps, they approached Luo Lingfeng. Just as sharp claws were about to grasp Luo Lingfeng’s face, countless sword energies suddenly erupted from the water tide. Luo Lingfeng’s fundamental law was “Water Law,” and her sword dao naturally corresponded to the water’s momentum. With a single thought, the sword energies flashed down like lightning. The blood demons tried to escape, but once they entered the water tide, they were suppressed by the Abyssal True Water, and even their spiritual energy circulation became incredibly sluggish. It was difficult for them to retreat. In just a single breath, all the blood demons were torn apart by the sword energies.
As a result, the Evil Fire, which was now within close range, also landed on Luo Lingfeng, burning her vital essence.
Luo Lingfeng expressionlessly channeled her spiritual energy, suppressing the Evil Fire, and looked up at Yonghe.
Yonghe raised an eyebrow, her demeanor showing surprise. She could sense that the Evil Fire was still present. Could it be that she was suppressing it through some method? This was good; let’s see how long she could suppress it. The water tide parted, and there was no foothold on the four sides. Yonghe’s spiritual form pushed aside the vast water tide, but her spiritual energy circulation was still somewhat affected. Her eyes flickered, and she took out a golden-red bead, tossing it into the water tide. Instantly, the Abyssal True Water transformed into a tide of crimson, filled with turbidity and blood.
This bead was named the “Tai Sui Bead.” It was refined by her from Tai Sui Golden Sand. This precious bead could transform the pure energy of the immortal sects into impure substances, creating a region suitable for the survival of demons like them. As expected, once the Tai Sui Bead was thrown into the boundless water flow, her spiritual energy was no longer affected by the water. In fact, the turbidity began to spread forward, intending to pollute all the Abyssal True Water. Originally, they had planned to use this to corrupt the land after crossing the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles, but now it was being used here. Yonghe showed a hint of regret. Tai Sui Golden Sand was consumed bit by bit, and even if someone were to force the Emperor Wu Xiang to shed tears again, it wouldn’t reach this far.
The moment the bead fell into the water, Luo Lingfeng knew what it was. Her mind stirred, and whirlpools suddenly appeared in the water flow. Sword light flashed out from within, continuously sweeping away the bloody turbidity. However, the Evil Fire on her body surged out, locking her in like a fiery net.
Seeing Luo Lingfeng trapped, Yonghe’s eyes flickered with a strange light. She raised her sleeve and immediately struck forward with a beam of malevolent light! This malevolent light was named “Immense Fire Malevolence Extinguishing Divine Light.” Once it struck an enemy, the enemy would surely perish instantly!