Published: March 8, 2025
By the edge of Desperate Lake, inside Chu Yang's tent.
Mo Tianji, Gu Duxing, Ji Mo, Rocky Luo, Ao Xieyun, Xie Danqiong, Tan Tan, Xie Danfeng, and Hu Yan Ao Bo were all present.
Each of them wore a worried expression.
Since Mo Tianji had guessed Chu Yang's intentions, how could he allow Chu Yang to take risks alone? Therefore, after bringing his brothers down the mountain, he immediately gave a secret order to regroup.
Then, at the arrival of nightfall, they quietly returned to Heavenly Sword Peak, concealed within the ice and snow.
Until they witnessed the strange phenomenon in the sky, followed by seeing Chu Yang like a moth flying into the flame, plunging into Desperate Lake!
This scene made everyone feel as if they had been struck hard by a heavy hammer on their hearts!
Ji Mo and Rocky Luo were horrified and opened their mouths to scream, but were firmly covered by Gu Duxing and Mo Tianji. The two struggled desperately, but could not break free. By the time they managed to open their mouths, Chu Yang's body had already completely submerged in the water.
"What are you doing!?" Ji Mo exploded in anger.
"What are you stopping me for?!" Rocky Luo jumped up, "Didn't you see the boss jump down?!"
"A couple of fools!" Gu Duxing shouted angrily, "Sit tight!"
"This is his battle alone!" Mo Tianji looked at the spot where Chu Yang had jumped and said slowly, "He won't drown! But if we go down, we will definitely die!"
"Why won't he drown?" Rocky Luo strained his neck.
"Because his name is Chu Yang! Not someone like you, a foolish pig named Rocky Luo!" Mo Tianji said coldly.
"The only thing we can do is believe in him! Love this place, and wait for him to come back!"
Mo Tianji's words were definitive: "Anyone who wishes to act recklessly and disrupt the boss’s great plan can leave now!"
The brothers fell silent.
Tan Tan kept his head down, and after seeing the word 'come' in the air, he had sunk into deep thought. He had not moved for a long while.
Xie Danfeng quietly stayed with him.
It was already midnight.
The surface of Desperate Lake was like a mirror, calm and still.
But a peculiar misty aura suddenly began to swirl in the air.
The people who had entered meditation all felt it simultaneously... as if something was about to happen, an indescribable sensation surged within each of their hearts.
It seemed as if a crisis was descending.
It seemed as if something important was slowly drifting away...
Mo Tianji opened his eyes with a start, looking worriedly at the calm waters of Desperate Lake, silently thinking: "Chu Yang! You must come back!"
Suddenly, a tornado appeared in the sky, abruptly descending downwards.
...
At this moment, Chu Yang was almost at a loss. Aside from trying hard to maintain his awareness, reflecting, denying, and verifying again and again, he couldn’t do anything else.
But his heart finally began to calm down at this moment.
Because he had clearly realized that everything he had just experienced was fake. It was an illusion!
Although this illusion was so realistic that he could scarcely extricate himself, he ultimately understood.
Now, what was most important was how to return to reality from this illusion.
So Chu Yang felt anxious for a while, then went crazy for a while, and then forced himself to calm down.
He had realized where his shortcomings lay!
Spirit!
It was the last loss caused by his gamble of letting the sword spirit control his body!
Now that he had survived the most dangerous moment, as long as his spirit was incomplete, he probably wouldn’t be able to get out! This was no different from complete destruction of the spirit.
But he felt at ease. As long as they were not dead... it was enough!
"You are still stubborn!" A sighing voice seemed to resonate from the depths of his soul.
Chu Yang opened his eyes and vaguely saw a white light appearing in the flowing water ahead, then a shadow that seemed ethereal and illusory drifted towards him, as if it had suddenly emerged from a distant other time and space.
Even when it reached in front of Chu Yang, he still couldn’t see the figure's face clearly.