I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch

But he no longer cared about these things at all.

Even if the past was false, he still had to go and have a look!

The hardships were hard to cross, but the road was beneath his feet.

As he took another step, heading skyward, the Heavenly Ladder crumbled layer by layer, starlight turned into a gentle breeze, and thunder condensed into raindrops, all rushing into his heart.

Xia Feng's spine suddenly sprouted ice crystals; this was not the manifestation of cold but the alienation after the pain exceeded the critical point. He perceived his shadow twisting into chain shapes in the Thunder Light, each link a solidified moment of regret in his life.

When the chains began to shrink, he clearly saw every strand of his hair disintegrating at the molecular level, time standing still.

He couldn't perceive the existence of the concept of time, only able to desperately self-destruct in endless nothingness. This infinitely prolonged process of destruction was the utmost ultimate and cruelest punishment.

But at this moment, all these things could no longer hinder his steps. What was once a trembling lightness in his steps gradually became heavy, steady, and powerful.

He even had the spare energy to separate out a weak strand of his mind to sense the location of Yue Hongli.

"Master, you have finally awakened!" Yue Hongli's anxious voice rang out, "After you entered the lost soul state, your clone fell asleep. I had to end the exploration of Calamity Land early and head to Divine Sun Canyon instead."

Xia Feng's heart sank: "How many days have passed?"

"Nine days."

"!" Which meant they had reached the 25th day as planned!

He croaked in a deep voice: "How is the situation?"

"We cannot observe the specific progress of Jinyang Tian or the Black Moon Pope's enlightenment."

Yue Hongli quickly explained via mind transmission, "But half an hour ago, Jinyang Tian suddenly stopped his enlightenment and performed a secret technique for messaging to the Present Realm."

Messaging? Xia Feng felt puzzled, but in a moment of clarity, he understood.

It's the Temporary Departure Card!

The level 3 card that appeared in the store, besides Outer Realm Descent, also has the reversed effect of temporary departure.

The real use of the Temporary Departure Card for someone like Jinyang Tian is to immediately transport out once they obtain the Jinyang Divine Domain! To avoid being jointly taken away later in the conflict!

Moreover, an existence from the outside, whether it be Business or another Divine-level entity, is likely to declare war on the Apocalypse Temple immediately after acquiring the Jinyang Divine Domain.

To strike against the Tianwu Empress!

"——!" As his thoughts grew chaotic, blood-red coldness surged from his throat like an arrow, but he still maintained his composure, his steps remained stable, not retreating even half a step under repulsive forces.

Stay calm, be composed! He exhaled lightly, looking up at the Heavenly Gate amidst the clouds, taking another step, each step like Pangu treading the earth, causing heaven and earth to resonate.

At the same time, he controlled his clone to send a mind transmission to Huang Zhaoyue: "Time is pressing, answer me! Are you faster or is Jinyang Tian faster? How much time does Jinyang Tian still need?"

The black and white figure was stunned momentarily, opening her eyes in confusion. Though she didn't understand what Xia Feng was up to, she quickly answered as instructed: "With past experience as an aid, he is ultimately faster. He needs half a day more, which is much faster than expected, while I still need three days."

Half a day!

Xia Feng looked at the remaining 10% of the path to heaven ahead, taking a deep breath, whether he succeeded or not hinged on this!

"Boom——"

"Boom——!"

As he neared the heights, every rise and fall of his steps caused the realm to quake. As three hours, four hours passed, this sense of earthly tremor became increasingly palpable, and finally, people in the distant Divine Sun Canyon sensed the abnormality.

Each one lifted their eyes to the sky.

Jinyang Tian frowned, the final enlightenment was interrupted, and he had to look up in confusion,

After entering the Super Enlightenment State, his Spiritual Sense and five senses were extraordinarily sharp, having sensed the World's Law disturbances half a day ago.

Now that it was already the crucial period of enlightenment, he had no time for other concerns and thus paid it no mind.

Yet this terrestrial tremor did not weaken at all, instead growing even clearer, as if a cosmic beast the size of a Constant Star were moving its massive body, trampling this tiny realm recklessly.

Even causing widespread spatial disturbances, greatly interfering with everyone's enlightenment about the Jinyang Divine Domain.

"The Law disturbances originate from Sky-reaching Island." The Black Moon Pope, familiar with the Law and Divinity, immediately detected the source, looking toward the east.

Unfortunately, the distance was too great to see what was happening there.

"Yophiel, that bird...might have found something comparable to the Jinyang Divine Domain?" Jin Shiyin squinted lightly.

Huang Zhaoyue also gazed east, furrowing her brows in contemplation.

Everyone else thought it was Yophiel causing the commotion, but she knew it was likely Xia Feng causing the disturbance.

This guy...what secret is he hiding?

Though the seven were disturbed by the commotion caused by Xia Feng, they had no leisure to go to the Sky-reaching Island and investigate, particularly Jinyang Tian, who shook his head and closed his eyes again.

Entering the final sprint stage.

Huang Zhaoyue, without external assistance for enlightenment, was already inconsequential.

But the Black Moon Pope not only had an Extreme Speed Card boost but also considerable divine spiritual material assistance, and by the look of it, he seemed to have learned a bit of Jinyang's basic configuration in the past, obviously fully prepared for this moment.

Even so, the Black Moon Pope's enlightenment speed was still half a day behind him.

This old fool simply does not understand; in the world of Divine-level talent, his additional means are laughable.

Jinyang Tian no longer cared for the outside world, his mind sinking into the complex sea of Spiritual Particle Configuration.

Just need, at most, an hour! He would succeed!

"Half an hour!"

The Heavenly Ladder crumbled, Xia Feng counted down the time in his mind, the roar of the dragon stuck in his throat, congealing into blood crystals.

All words describing pain were incinerated in consciousness, leaving only a pair of black pupils ablaze with fury—but in the center of the flame was a void hole more terrifying than lightning tribulations.

As if he lost his soul.

Yet the flames grew fiercer, hiding within them his desire to live, to survive, his every longing and his unwillingness to part with this earthly life.

The greed for life, for affection, for desire, every aspect of being human shrank toward the center with the fiery rage, abruptly forming a pair of vertical ash-gray dreadful dragon pupils!

[Fusion Progress: 49→79%]

Amidst the faint sound of electric current running through bones, Xia Feng hadn't noticed that the Abyssal Black Dragon Tail drooping behind him was growing slowly.

The Heavenly Gate stood towering, erect at the Beyond in the clouds, never budging in the face of Xia Feng's defiance, seemingly mocking his insignificance and overestimation.

He stepped directly onto the final step of the Heavenly Ladder, standing before the Heavenly Gate!

"Buzz——!!"

But what came next was the final and the highest Sealing Power·Extreme Nine Heavens Tribulation! Crushing down with a boom!

Flesh, meridians, Divine Soul, even metaphysical concepts and the essence of existence were in "pain"! Those vertical ash-gray dragon pupils constantly twisted grotesquely, igniting terrifying blood flames, he could no longer see or perceive anything around him, only that his Evil Demon Heart was convulsing, contracting, and dreading!