Transcending the Nine Heavens

In the three days when Chu Yang and Tie Butian bid farewell, a send-off was also taking place atop the Nine Heavens Pavilion.

Watching Zixie Qing in her white garments, escorted by the guards of the Demon Empress Palace, heading south, the Demon Empress’s expression was grave.

“I didn’t expect that she could endure such a brutal transformation,” said the beautiful woman in white beside her, admiration in her eyes. “Back then, during the eighty-first soul separation on the Soul Separation Platform, I only managed to endure through six times before I forced a termination…”

The Demon Empress cast a cold glance at her sister and remarked, “This shows that your heart was never steadfast. How can you talk about shedding the demon and becoming a human?”

The beautiful woman in white felt a wave of shame and replied, “However, this also indicates Zixie Qing’s unwavering love for her beloved, which is earth-shattering. Now, she has finally fulfilled her wish. I find comfort in that; I only hope she can be together with her loved one and find happiness.”

“Ha ha ha…” The Demon Empress unexpectedly burst into a rare laugh.

While laughing, she teased her sister, “Mengmeng, you’re still dreaming… as innocent as you were in your youth. It’s truly laughable! Do you really think Zixie Qing has endured such suffering for the sake of a man?”

The beautiful woman in white was momentarily taken aback. “What do you mean? Isn’t she doing this for her man?”

“Perhaps that’s a part of it, but… that is definitely not the main reason!” The Demon Empress’s gaze deepened. “I can only say that this woman will be a terrifying person in the future.”

“Eighty-one soul separations on the Soul Separation Platform; eighty-one heart ruptures at the Heartbreaking Spring; eighty-one extermination lightning strikes in the Demon Forging Cave…”

The Demon Empress smiled faintly. “Not simple, not simple at all.”

The beautiful woman in white asked in confusion, “Sister, is there some kind of heaven's secret involved?”

“Of course there is!” The Demon Empress replied solemnly. “You have practiced the Heavenly Demon Secret Classic, so you should remember the first line of the classic.”

“I certainly remember the first line,” the beautiful woman in white said without hesitation. “The heavenly demon cannot exist; heaven and earth are home; if one wishes to reach the peak, one must build a raft to cross the world!”

“Correct, it’s those three words, ‘raft to cross the world’!” The Demon Empress’s eyes flickered.

“I don’t understand; and I have always thought those words were useless,” the beautiful woman in white frowned. “Moreover, a raft is something for water; reaching the peak is about going higher, and it doesn’t make sense, or perhaps it was just a random rhyme added by the ancients!”

“Nonsense!” The Demon Empress reprimanded. “The sages spent thousands of generations exploring and accumulating knowledge to create the Heavenly Demon Secret Classic. Not a single word in it is meaningless!”

“To reach the peak, one must build a raft to cross the world!” The Demon Empress spoke in a deep voice. “Once a powerful being said: The mundane world is a sea of suffering. Everyone is floating and sinking within it, without exception.”

“Do you understand now?” The Demon Empress said calmly. “The raft to cross the world is the human form!”

“Why do we, the demon race, need to transform into humans at the beginning of our cultivation? And why is this transformation the most critical step?” The Demon Empress continued. “Everyone struggles in this sea of suffering. Only those who struggle in the sea of suffering can reach the other shore!”

“This is the origin of the raft to cross the world!”

“Even for our Heavenly Demon clan, to achieve the ultimate existence, one must first transform into a human! Only then can one break through to the highest level,” the Demon Empress said, lowering her eyelids and speaking indifferently.