Chapter 181: Chapter 179: The Girl with Big Eyes

Endless darkness, a roiling aura of death, a coldness like ice...

Jiang Jichen felt every one of his defenses being ground to nothing. Even by pushing the Undying Scripture and the Source Character Qi Condensing Technique to their absolute limits, he couldn’t stop the darkness from invading his body, the deathly aura from seizing his life force, and the cold from freezing his very blood. His physical body, life, soul, memories... it seemed as if everything was slowly dissipating.

If this continued, he would fade into the Void and cease to exist before he even made it through the Dark Abyss!

’I still have wishes unfulfilled. I carry the blood debt of my past life and the dreams of this body’s original owner. After everything I went through to be reborn, how can I just perish like this?’

’No, I refuse! I’m not resigned to this! I want to live forever, to be undying! I want to become the most powerful person in all the world! How could I die so easily?’

’I must live! I’ll stay true to my heart, follow my own will, and defy the heavens! My fate is mine to decide, not heaven’s...’

At that moment, Jiang Jichen desperately clung to the last shred of his consciousness, the final piece of his soul that had yet to be obliterated.

He refused to just perish, holding on like the eternal, undying light of a star, forever shining in the night sky.

And in his dazed state, he passed through the endless darkness, death, and cold, and seemed to glimpse another world.

If he could just pass through this place, he could reach another world entirely.

It was a place filled with a frenzied aura and ceaseless combat. In the vision, he even saw a huge, ugly man and a woman of peerless beauty.

They were all vicious, locked in battles to the death, devouring their enemies’ power and then breaking through to new heights in the midst of combat...

Through the veil of darkness, he could see an image of that vast world.

And yet, he was about to die!

But he was not resigned to his fate, nor would he give up.

’What power do I have left to use?’

’That’s right, I still have the Seven-Color Seal! In this moment of life and death, who cares about some future calamity!’

’Seven-Color Seal, release!’

On the brink of life and death, Jiang Jichen abruptly shattered his self-imposed seal. The long-suppressed Seven-colored Spiritual Power instantly began to surge, circulating throughout his entire body.

Jiang Jichen’s entire being overflowed with a seven-colored radiance, making him look like a statue of Seven-Color Liuli. Within the endless darkness, he was incomparably dazzling.

As the Seven-colored Spiritual Power flowed through his body, all the debilitating sensations slowly began to fade.

The darkness within him was expelled, the deathly aura was obliterated, and the cold was dispelled...

Finally, Jiang Jichen gradually recovered.

He could feel that the darkness, death, and cold here could no longer harm him in the slightest.

’I used the Seven-colored Spiritual Power here. I wonder if the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds will sense it?’

Jiang Jichen thought to himself after finally catching his breath.

Now, as he cast his gaze into the endless darkness before him, he saw that on the other side of it, there truly was another world.

However, before he could get a closer look, his body lurched and began to sink downward again.

Following that, the Seven-colored Spiritual Power within him began to deplete rapidly.

Then, he felt his body jolt and saw a sliver of light far below!

’I’m approaching the light, which means I’m about to pass through the Dark Abyss. I have to seal my Seven-colored Spiritual Power in time!’

Jiang Jichen didn’t dare to be careless and immediately began the self-sealing process.

He felt this Dark Abyss was extraordinary, capable of containing the overflow of his Seven-colored Spiritual Power. At least, it wouldn’t alert all of the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds. Only the people in the world at the other end of the abyss should have been able to sense it.

Just as Jiang Jichen was thinking this, his vision was suddenly filled with light. At that same moment, he completed the final step of his self-sealing.

THUD!

His body slammed solidly onto a patch of hard ground!

If he hadn’t been a Body Refiner, an ordinary Spirit Cultivator would have likely been smashed to pieces by such a fall.

But even though his body wasn’t shattered, the impact had rattled him senseless. For a moment, he had no idea where he was after passing through the Dark Abyss.

’I really risked it all for a single Dao Spirit Flower this time. I nearly lost my life back there!’

’Still, I really have to thank that kid, Wei Xiaohao. Even though he led me to this abyss, I’m not sure I would have been able to escape if he hadn’t explained so much to me.’

No matter the process, the final result was good. Surviving a brush with death and seeing the light of day again—life is still beautiful, isn’t it?

After a while, Jiang Jichen finally got his bearings.

He was just about to climb to his feet when he suddenly felt a sharp Sword Qi slash toward his neck.

What are the odds?

Jiang Jichen was speechless. Every time he appeared somewhere after teleporting, he’d be inexplicably attacked before he even had a chance to figure out what was going on!

It happened when he teleported from Ice Dragon Valley to the Sealed Ancient Land, it happened when he teleported from the Sealed Ancient Land to the Training Ground, and it was happening again now that he’d crossed through the Dark Abyss to get here!

He didn’t know whether to consider himself lucky or unlucky.

’Do I have some kind of passive aura that draws aggro? Does showing up in a new place mean I automatically have to get attacked?’

Jiang Jichen mocked himself inwardly as he executed Illusory Indeterminacy to dodge the Sword Technique.

"Oh? You actually managed to dodge my killing blow?"

After dodging the Sword Light aimed at his throat, Jiang Jichen heard a crisp, pleasant female voice tinged with surprise.

However, after unleashing that one burst of Sword Intent, his opponent didn’t stop. On the contrary, as soon as one attack faded, another was born, giving the impression of a continuous, self-renewing assault.

Only then did Jiang Jichen have time to look up. He saw a charmingly pretty woman in blue, her movements as graceful as a startled swan. Her sword danced like a phoenix, aimed straight at his throat.

Her large eyes, full of spirit and glistening, were exceptionally beautiful and captivating.

They seemed as if they could speak, and at this moment, they held a multitude of emotions.

Surprise, helplessness, indignation, and a hint of reluctance...

It was amazing that a single gaze could convey so many emotions.

However, having been attacked for no reason, Jiang Jichen wasn’t about to be courteous. He let his killing intent show without reservation.

Facing her Sword Intent, he suddenly stopped moving. Without dodging or evading, he simply flicked his finger.

CLANG!

With the sharp sound of a fingertip striking a blade, the charming, big-eyed woman’s body shuddered. She stumbled back three or four steps as her Sword Intent came to an abrupt halt. The jarring impact left her delicate palm numb, and she almost lost her grip on her longsword.

Shock. Nothing but pure, unadulterated shock!

This was true not only for the charming, big-eyed girl, but for everyone else watching nearby as well.

It was only then that Jiang Jichen noticed he had landed in the middle of a camp!

Tents were pitched all around, and there were even the embers of an extinguished bonfire.

There were about twenty people nearby, and shockingly, all of them were women. With features as if from a painting and skin as white as snow, every one of them was remarkably beautiful.

His first impression was that he had stumbled into a land of women, and he was the only man.

Just then, the charming, big-eyed woman who had nearly dropped her sword refused to give up. Huffing indignantly, she raised her sword to charge again; after all, she hadn’t been serious before.

She refused to believe she couldn’t kill a mere youth at the Innate Sixth Layer!

"Little Qing, stop!"

Just then, however, a sultry, enchanting voice called out.

Jiang Jichen looked up, and felt his heart skip a few beats...