Seeing Su Hua still kneeling in mid-air, begging Heaven Above, Lie Shan was greatly enraged. He shouted, "How dare you, Su Hua! If you remain obstinate and refuse to see reason, do not blame this venerable one for using the power of the World Law to seal you away!"
As his words fell, a silvery-white sword suddenly appeared in Lie Shan's left hand. The sword was crystalline and translucent, resembling a blade of pure light, sacred beyond measure and brimming with vast Immortal might.
Seeing this sacred sword, the Immortals of the Weiyang Great Domain were all shocked. They all recognized this sword.
To be precise, this was not a sword, but an Immortal Dao Spirit Seal—an existence capable of wielding the power of the Immortal Dao.
Immediately after, a purple-gold command flag appeared in Lie Shan's right hand. Though the flag looked ordinary, it seemed to contain a miraculous power. When it appeared, the entire world seemed to brighten.
Perhaps many did not know what this command flag was, but within the scene, Sect Leader Ye Tianlan, the three mysterious giants, including Shangguan Yu and Shi Tian, all knew. This flag was none other than the Law Command Flag, a flag that could also mobilize the laws of this world.
"Su Hua, this venerable one gives you one last chance! Will you retreat or not!"
Lie Shan brandished the Law Command Flag. Above the night sky, winds immediately rose and clouds surged, thunderclaps boomed, space itself transformed, and for a moment, the entire world seemed to tremble violently.
Clearly,
Lie Shan had issued his final ultimatum.
This time, Su Hua was no longer unmoved, nor did she continue to beg Heaven Above. She slowly rose to her feet. Not only did she not leave, she instead stood guard even more tightly over the increasingly weak and blurry Xiao Jinr within the crimson light column. Lifting her head, she gazed up at the heavens and said, "I have always been obedient. Always. Whether in my past life or this one, it has been so. Whatever you said, I did. I never refuted, never resisted, never even questioned. And now, you won't even grant me one small chance."
"I said I would not allow anyone to harm Xiao Jinr. No one. Since you won't even give me that one small chance, then don't blame Su Hua for being selfish this once."
As she spoke, the calm Su Hua suddenly leaped into the air. A chaotic, multicolored radiance instantly shot skyward, and a vast, mighty power erupted as she roared.
"For the sake of all living beings, for the Three Thousand Great Daos, for Heaven and Earth Above, I, Su Hua, can sacrifice everything, give up everything. For Jin'er, I can also sacrifice everything, give up everything. If you dare to touch Jin'er today, I, Su Hua, will not hesitate to become an enemy of all living beings, an enemy of the Three Thousand Great Daos, even an enemy of Heaven and Earth Above..."
Beside her, Aunt Mei cried out in horror, "Hua'er! Have you gone mad? Do you even know what you are doing!"
"Aunt Mei, don't interfere. I know very clearly what I am doing. I am not mad. I am just... fed up. I have lived two lives, both arranged by fate, living for others. This time, I want to live for myself!"
"What karma, what fate! It's all nonsense!"
"From this day forward, I, Su Hua, am no longer the Calamity-Bearer who carries the True Mandate from above! So, take back all the various Great Dao Edicts, all the Heavenly Mandates from Above, all the Karmic True Mandates—take back all the Fortune you forced upon me!"
Whoosh!
Brilliant light erupted from Su Hua's body, and endless streams of Fortune power manifested one after another. Just as Su Hua had said, there were various Great Dao Edicts, various Heavenly Mandates from Above, various Karmic True Mandates—an almost inexhaustible torrent of Fortune power.
This scene left everyone present dumbfounded, utterly shocked.
Although rumors spoke of Fairy Hua's body being filled with Fortune,
no one had ever seen it before, not even a single strand.
No one could have imagined that Su Hua possessed so much Fortune. So much it made one's scalp tingle, so much it was unbelievable, so much it was breathtaking.
Shangguan Yu and Shi Tian were stunned.
Sect Leader Ye Tianlan was stunned.
Even the enigmatic three mysterious giants, witnessing Su Hua's body erupting with countless streams of Fortune, were so shocked they were left speechless.
"Rebellion! Rebellion! This is outright rebellion!"
Lie Shan was furious and exasperated. He had originally intended to use the power of the World Law to seal Su Hua away, but he never expected Su Hua to make such a drastic move. Before he could even act, Su Hua was about to personally return all that Fortune to the Three Thousand Great Daos.
One must know that Su Hua was the Calamity-Bearer who carried the True Mandate from above. The reason the Three Thousand Great Daos bestowed her with various Fortunes was not only to win her over but also to protect her safety.
And now, Su Hua wanted to return all that Fortune to the Three Thousand Great Daos.
What was this called?
This was called mutual destruction!
Also called preferring to be a shattered piece of jade rather than an intact tile!
Su Hua's purpose in doing this was clear: she wanted to tell everyone, *You can abandon Xiao Jinr for the so-called masses of living beings, the so-called safety of Heaven and Earth. Then I can also abandon the so-called masses of living beings, the so-called safety of Heaven and Earth, for Jin'er.*
As she said, she wanted to be selfish this once.
Just this once.
Only this once.
Seeing that Su Hua was not just talking but acting in earnest, Lie Shan dared not hesitate any longer and prepared to move to seal her away. But at that moment, an ethereal voice came from somewhere unknown.
"My little Junior Sister's affairs need not trouble you all to intervene."
The voice was extremely ethereal, as if coming from a distant place. As the words fell, Su Hua, who was in mid-air about to return all her Fortune to the Three Thousand Great Daos, suddenly vanished.
Yes.
She vanished just like that, suddenly and inexplicably.
As if she had never been there, soundless, traceless, without any warning.
Where had she gone?
No one knew.
And who was that voice just now?
Little Junior Sister?
Could it be that Su Hua's Senior Martial Sister had taken her away?
Who was Su Hua's Senior Martial Sister?
Others might not know, but Sect Leader Ye Tianlan did. Not only did she know, she was acquainted with her—it was Nalan Qianqiu.
However,
she did not believe Nalan Qianqiu could have taken Su Hua away so soundlessly and without warning.
If it wasn't Nalan Qianqiu, then it could only be that Eldest Senior Sister from Su Hua's past life.
Remembering that Eldest Senior Sister from Su Hua's past life,
a tremor ran through Sect Leader Ye Tianlan's heart. She thought in shock, *Could she have come too?*
...
When Su Hua regained her senses, what met her eyes was a mountain peak that seemed to pierce heaven and earth. From its summit, a waterfall cascaded straight down like the Milky Way falling from the Ninth Heaven. In the cloudless, azure sky, cranes soared and seven-colored immortal deer pranced among the clouds.
This was her own cave abode. Su Hua was all too familiar with it. Turning around, she was startled to find a woman frowning as she stared at her.
The woman was none other than Su Hua's Fifth Senior Sister, Nalan Qianqiu.
However,
Su Hua knew very well that the one who brought her back to the cave abode was not Fifth Senior Sister, but Eldest Senior Sister.
"Where is Eldest Senior Sister? Where is she?"
Su Hua looked around but did not see Eldest Senior Sister's figure.
"I say, Junior Sister, you are becoming more and more unreasonable," Nalan Qianqiu said upon seeing Su Hua, launching into a scolding. "Before, I thought you were stubborn, but at least you understood reason. Now, how can you keep doing such foolish things? Do you have any idea how dangerous it was just now? If not for Eldest Senior Sister intervening, you would have caused a great disaster, you know that?"
But at this moment, Su Hua had no mind to listen to Nalan Qianqiu's scolding. Her heart was still filled with worry for Xiao Jinr's safety. When she prepared to fly away, she discovered the cave abode had already been sealed.