"A book-transmigrator..."
Xu Yi's expression froze slightly, then she closed her eyes and slowly exhaled.
She understood.
Liu Jinghong was not a reincarnator as she had thought, but a book-transmigrator.
Did this mean they were living in a fictional story?
Xu Yi's heart trembled.
The Kyushu Continent, with its rising and setting sun, followed the natural way of heaven, and could not be fully described in a few sentences from a story.
Furthermore, she had visited the Beast King Continent by chance, a completely unfamiliar region, which could not possibly appear in the same story.
Was Liu Jinghong lying?
Xu Yi looked up and observed Liu Jinghong's expression, finding the panic in her eyes to be genuine, her brows furrowed.
"Liu Jinghong, what do you mean by 'book-transmigrator'?" Ji Xiu coldly demanded.
"I, I was just saying it randomly," Liu Jinghong said, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear, feigning composure.
She regretted saying those words the moment they left her mouth.
She had doubted the reality of this world before, but ever since she ascended to the Upper Realm, she had never had such thoughts again, even though she didn't know why the world in the story was self-contained.
"Are you telling a single truth from your mouth?"
Ji Xiu felt a surge of anger in his chest with nowhere to vent, making him feel stifled.
He was now seriously questioning why he had been attracted to Liu Jinghong in the first place.
"Everything I said is true; it's just that you don't believe it."
Even at this moment, Liu Jinghong remained stubborn.
"Good, good!" Ji Xiu laughed in anger, saying "good" twice.
To everyone's astonishment, he reached out, drew his life-bound sword from the void, and pointed its tip at Liu Jinghong, his eyes colder than the sword's gleam.
"Draw your sword!"
"Ji Xiu, you're insane!"
Liu Jinghong's answer was a ruthless sword energy.
As Liu Jinghong dodged clumsily, she finally confirmed that Ji Xiu was serious, that he truly intended to kill her!
"Ji Xiu! Don't forget that I am a distinguished guest of your Xuan Qing Sect! If you harm me, how will you explain yourself to your ancestor later!"
"Liu Jinghong, you are courting death!"
Liu Jinghong's words did not appease Ji Xiu; instead, they enraged him further.
Ji Xiu thought of how Liu Jinghong would smile sweetly at others but turn cold as ice towards him. His spiritual energy surged wildly, forming a massive spiritual energy vortex in the air, creating an astonishing spectacle.
"Fighting like dogs."
The Demon King crossed his arms, watching the scene with interest.
He felt Ji Xiu deserved it, for being blind and foolish enough not to see what kind of person Liu Jinghong truly was, deserving to be toyed with for a thousand years.
Boom!
Another sword strike!
The sharp sword energy sliced through the air, and a colossal black crack suddenly appeared in the sky, as if splitting the firmament in two.
The cultivators of the Kyushu Continent were all filled with shock. Was this the power of Upper Realm cultivators?
"Ji Xiu! Do you really think I'm afraid of you? You are nothing but my defeated opponent!"
After dodging several attacks, Liu Jinghong also became enraged.
Although she was skilled at exploiting opportunities, she was still an Upper Realm cultivator herself. How could she lack any life-saving abilities?
Liu Jinghong gracefully swung her arm, and a verdant willow branch appeared in her hand.
"Go."
The willow leaves, like blades, rapidly approached.
Ji Xiu sneered and met them with his sword.
Their figures were soon enveloped by dense spiritual energy, and only thunderous roars could be heard.
Whether it was Ji Xiu's prior arrangement with others or their unspoken understanding, the other cultivators who had ascended with Liu Jinghong watched with cold eyes, not intervening.
Initially, the cultivators of the Kyushu Continent remained silent, but they soon sensed something was wrong, as the sky seemed on the verge of collapsing.
This was not an exaggeration but a terrifying scene unfolding before their very eyes.
Although Ji Xiu and Liu Jinghong's powers had been weakened by the laws of heaven and earth, the spiritual energy fluctuations generated by their battle still exceeded the capacity of this world.
Large black holes were already appearing in the sky, and spiritual energy was rapidly leaking out. Cold winds, however, were seeping through the cracks, spreading across the continent.
"Hoo, hoo!"
Someone gasped for air, their faces turning red.
"We can't let this continue!" Ancestor Jing Zhi looked at Ancestor Wu Gan, his expression anxious.
Ancestor Wu Gan also knew the gravity of the situation and quickly sent a telepathic message to Ji Xiu.
However, perhaps due to the intensity of the battle disrupting the energy fields, Ancestor Wu Gan's message did not reach Ji Xiu's ears. Even the other ancestors could not be contacted; their voices were completely blocked, while Liu Jinghong and Ji Xiu's battle continued.
"Ji Xiu! You die for me!"
Amidst the fierce clashes, a sharp cry suddenly erupted, tinged with a hint of madness.
Everyone's heart trembled.
Liu Jinghong sounded as if she were about to go all out.
However, they all knew that the Kyushu Continent could not withstand any more turmoil.
"Quick, find a way to stop her!" Ancestor Wu Gan shouted.
Ancestor Jing Zhi offered a wry smile.
At this level of combat, how could they possibly intervene?
He could only hope that Ji Xiu, currently engaged in battle, would regain his senses and prevent Liu Jinghong from making a desperate move.
Xu Yi looked at the chaotic sky, her impression of Ji Xiu and the others having sunk to an all-time low.
She had initially thought Ji Xiu was merely misled by Liu Jinghong, at worst having poor judgment, but his rash actions today made Xu Yi feel he was even worse than she had imagined.
Xu Yi couldn't help but recall that dream.
In her dream, she had loved Ji Xiu, even going so far as to antagonize Liu Jinghong, who was at the height of her popularity, because of him.
Xu Yi had initially believed everything in the dream, as many things had indeed unfolded as they did in the dream.
But now she was beginning to feel lost.
She always felt that she would not like Ji Xiu; he was completely not her type.
Moreover, she would never fight over a man's affection and end up in such a pitiful state.
He didn't love her.
She wouldn't love him either.
Xu Yi placed a question mark on the dream in her heart, then refocused her attention on the aerial battle.
She actually felt that the battle between the two should subside soon.
Heaven's will would not allow Liu Jinghong and Ji Xiu to continue destroying this world.
Yes, this world had a Heavenly Dao.
Xu Yi could feel its presence.
Indeed, just as the spiritual energy fluctuations from Liu Jinghong reached their peak, a massive pressure descended from the heavens. The several individuals who had been standing in the air suddenly plummeted downwards, including the Demon King and the Demon Lord who had been watching with schadenfreude.
Boom, boom, boom!!!
Liu Jinghong and the others appeared in a deep pit, looking confused, not knowing what had happened.
But the people of the Kyushu Continent were also bewildered, not knowing where this pressure came from.
At that moment, a cultivator suddenly shouted, "Look at the sky!"
Everyone looked up and saw that the sky, which had been tattered, seemed to have undergone a temporal reversal. The collapsed sky had been re-stitched, and the cold, chilling wind had been completely dispelled.
The sky was as good as new, and everything that had happened seemed like a dream to everyone.
"Is this the power of creation?"