12dz Chapter 924 Love Becomes a Blade
Chapter 924 Love Becomes a Blade
The snarling grin of the Void Heavenly Dao still echoed through the temple. The pain in Yun Yao's heart was like the bite of a venomous snake. The golden wings behind Chu Mochen crumbled, turning to dust and dissipating in the raging wind of the abyss of nothingness. He knelt on one knee, his knuckles digging into the stone bricks, but he still managed to look up at her, his jaw white from the blood foam between his lips and teeth. "Don't worry about me... Kill him!"
"Naive!" Xuwu Tiandao raised his hand and clenched it, and black chains suddenly wrapped around Chu Mochen's body. "His soul has long been connected with your heartbeat. Every bit you love him is forging a stronger cage for me!" Yun Yao staggered back, and memories came flooding back like a tide - in thousands of reincarnations, every time Chu Mochen was seriously injured, she would desperately try to save him, and strange blood-red patterns would always flash across the system interface; every time he smiled gently, it was accompanied by a violent tremor of the laws of heaven.
Cold sweat soaked Yun Yao's clothes, and the Heaven-Defying Dao at her fingertips began to dim. Seeing this, the Heaven-Defying Dao of Void laughed heartily. The power of chaos condensed into a massive vortex in his palm, obliterating even the smallest inch of space in its path. "Prepare for death, daughter of Hongmeng! When I devour your essence, all three thousand divine realms will be reduced to nothingness!"
At that critical moment, Yun Yao's gaze suddenly fixed on Chu Mochen's blood-stained palm. A faint red mark was etched there—the same blood mark left on the back of his hand three hundred years ago, when she accidentally cut her hand on a reef while trying to save a drowning child in the Wuhui Sea. This image, like a spark, instantly ignited a prairie fire deep in her memory.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
"Yao'er, I planted this ten-mile peach forest according to your description of 'Three Lives Three Worlds'."
"Don't be distracted during the breakthrough. I'll be watching over you."
Countless fragments flashed through Yun Yao's mind like a revolving lantern. Chu Mochen's cold, icy expression during their first time traveling through time; the warm blood that splattered on her cheek as he blocked Liu Yan'er's hidden arrow for her; and the way his ears flushed red as he fed her the last sip of the spiritual spring water they had been trapped in the Hongmeng Secret Realm for seven days. These trivial moments of warmth were now clearer than any laws of nature.
"So I've been wrong all along." Yun Yao suddenly chuckled, tears streaming down her face, but the moment she touched the principle of defying the laws of nature, they transformed into a dazzling golden light. Xu Wu Tian Dao's laughter abruptly ceased, and he stared in horror at the light radiating from Yun Yao's body—it wasn't the power of the laws, but purest emotion, a love that hadn't faded after countless reincarnations, a resolute determination to sink into the trap despite knowing it was a trap.
"Do you think love is a weakness?" Yun Yao slowly raised her hand, and thousands of light spots gathered from the void. Each light spot carried the memory of the life she saved in reincarnation. "It is clearly the sharpest blade in the world!" As she moved, the chains on Chu Mochen's body broke into pieces. He looked in astonishment as his broken battle wings began to reorganize, and the new wings were flowing with the same golden light as in Yun Yao's eyes.
The Void Heavenly Dao finally panicked, its chaotic power surging wildly, attempting to devour the two. Yun Yao, however, refused to retreat. She grasped Chu Mochen's newly restored hand and condensed all the light points into a transparent longsword. The blade was not only brimming with the power of reincarnation, but also inscribed with two small characters: Chu Mo. This name wasn't a weapon rune, but rather an obsession etched deep within her soul through countless reincarnations.
"Break!" Yun Yao swung her sword, tearing through Void Heavenly Dao's defenses like thin paper wherever the blade passed. The excruciating pain caused Tian Dao to roar in fury, transforming into a gigantic Chaos Beast, opening a maw vast enough to devour the stars. However, just as he was about to bite Yun Yao, Chu Mochen, transformed into a stream of light, blocked his path.
"I told you, this time it's my turn to protect you." Chu Mochen's voice carried the unique sharpness of a god of war. His twelve pairs of wings fully unfolded, forming a golden light shield. However, the Chaos Beast's attack was too powerful, and cracks quickly appeared on the surface of the light shield. Chu Mochen's mouth once again overflowed with blood.
Yun Yao stared at his stubborn back, a chord in her heart snapping. She remembered their first encounter at the palace, when he'd shielded her like this. Back then, he was only a Body Tempering cultivator, yet he'd bravely faced a Foundation Establishment assassin. Now, even though he'd become a Rule-based War God, he still risked everything for her.
"Our protection has never been one-sided." Yun Yao's voice was firm yet gentle. She merged her essence with the longsword, and a golden light surged. The longsword left her palm, hovering in the air, automatically slashing out a thousand sword shadows. Each sword shadow carried the memories they shared—the throbbing of their first encounter, the tacit understanding of fighting side by side, and those unspoken emotions.
The Chaos Beast screamed shrilly amidst the sword shadows, and the true form of the Void Heavenly Dao finally revealed itself. He discovered with horror that no matter how he mobilized the power of Chaos, he could not resist this attack condensed by love. Because in the face of absolutely pure emotion, all the laws of heaven lost their meaning.
"Impossible... This doesn't conform to Heaven's logic..." Void Heaven's voice was filled with despair. Yun Yao simply smiled, reaching out to gently stroke Chu Mochen's blood-stained face. "The most powerful force in this world isn't Heaven's law." As she spoke, the longsword transformed into a stream of light and sank into Void Heaven's brow. The Chaos Beast exploded, transforming into a sky full of starlight that dissipated between heaven and earth.
However, the battle wasn't over. Yun Yao suddenly felt dizzy, and Chu Mochen quickly grabbed her. Where the Void Heavenly Dao had collapsed, a black crack slowly opened, emanating from it an aura older and colder than even the Chaos.
"How wonderful, breaking the Dao with love! You are worthy of being the daughter of Hongmeng." A deep voice carried endless pressure, and a giant hand covered with scales reached out from the crack. "But this is just the beginning. When the Chaos Sea awakens, your so-called love will be nothing but a mantis trying to stop a chariot in the face of the true Dao of Heaven."
Chu Mochen protected Yun Yao behind him, and his battle wings shone brightly again: "With me here, no one can hurt her." But Yun Yao gently pushed him away, with determination in her eyes: "This time, we're together." She raised her hand to summon the Heavenly Compass, and Chu Mochen gripped the sword at the same time. The power of the two merged in an instant, forming a golden beam of light across the sky and the earth.
The giant hand hissed harshly within the beam of light, but it didn't actually launch an attack. "Interesting! I'll wait for you in the Chaos Sea." The voice faded, and the cracks vanished. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen both breathed a sigh of relief. Exhausted, they supported each other and slowly sat down on the cracked temple floor.
"Does it hurt?" Yun Yao carefully touched Chu Mochen's injured shoulder. He smiled and held her in his arms: "As long as you're okay, this little injury doesn't matter." His body temperature came through the torn collar, making Yun Yao's eyes warm.
"Actually, I should have understood this long ago." Yun Yao leaned on his shoulder and whispered, "In countless reincarnations, I was obsessed with saving you, but I forgot that we have always been each other's salvation." Chu Mochen lowered his head and placed his warm lips on the top of her head: "We will never be separated again, no matter if there is a chaotic sea ahead or a more powerful enemy."
At that moment, a sudden commotion erupted outside the temple. Liu Yan'er, Xiao Cui, and a group of Lanjie cultivators rushed in. Seeing that the two were safe, Liu Yan'er turned away, her voice unusually gentle, "You're lucky." Xiao Cui's eyes were already red as she rushed over and hugged Yun Yao tightly, "My Lady, I'm glad you're okay!"
Yun Yao smiled and tried to reassure everyone, but her gaze once again turned towards the spot where the Void Heavenly Dao had vanished. The threat of the Chaos Sea hung heavy over her mind like a dark cloud, but now she was no longer afraid. She knew that as long as she stood shoulder to shoulder with Chu Mochen, no matter how powerful the enemy or how unknown the challenge, it would be nothing more than a passing scene on their journey.
"Let's go back to Lan Realm." Yun Yao stood up and reached out to grab Chu Mochen. The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the damaged dome of the temple, casting a warm glow over the two of them. Surrounded by the crowd, their figures gradually faded away. The legend of "love becomes a blade, love breaks the laws of nature" was just beginning to spread across the Three Thousand God Realms.