After Jun Yelan sent Lan Yan away, he flapped his wings and flew into mid-air. He looked at the people from both realms fighting below, and a saber appeared in his palm. He threw it directly into the center of the battlefield.
The saber unleashed its power, repelling everyone around it.
Jun Yelan landed on the saber, his eyes turning red. He channeled the power from his palm, and a red bead gradually appeared before him. This bead was what the cultivators had been fighting over—his demon core!
As the power of the demon core was unleashed, both cultivators and demonic beasts stopped fighting and looked up at Jun Yelan in the sky. The demonic beasts knelt down, submitting to the strongest beast of the demon realm.
Seeing this, the cultivators dared not make any rash moves, fearing Jun Yelan.
The sect leader of Ling Shan, looking disheveled, glared fiercely at Jun Yelan. If he obtained this demon core, he would undoubtedly become the strongest in the cultivation world, with a chance for ascension.
Greed flickered in his eyes as he tightened his grip on his sword.
Not far away, Lan Yan was trapped by a formation set up by Jun Yelan. She pounded on it with all her might, shouting, "Yelan, what are you trying to do! Jun Yelan, do you hear me? Let me out."
Her palms turned red, and her eyes were filled with helplessness. She had a bad feeling that something was about to happen.
Hearing her shouts, Jun Yelan smiled in Lan Yan's direction and murmured, "Yan'er, I'm sorry. This time, I have to break my promise."
If he wanted to end this war and protect Lan Yan, this was the best way. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he reached out to grasp the demon core before him, crushing it with force.
"No!" With Lan Yan's piercing cry, Jun Yelan's demon core scattered, and the entire battlefield fell silent.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood, his body falling from the sky. He looked towards Lan Yan, a satisfied smile on his face. The pain in his chest hit him with sudden intensity, causing him to cough up blood uncontrollably, and wounds began to appear all over his body.
"Jun Yelan!" Lan Yan could only watch from the side, her tears almost dried up, her hands growing stiff from pounding on the formation. She did not want this outcome!
She channeled all her magical power, enduring the excruciating pain, to break free from the formation before her. She ran towards Jun Yelan with all her might, her eyes fixed solely on him.
Jun Yelan reached out his hand, looking in Lan Yan's direction. Although he had made his decision, he still wished to touch the one he loved in his final moments.
Memories of the past began to flood his vision.
When he first met Lan Yan, he was captivated by her smile. He felt she was different from everyone else—so cheerful, always looking at him.
Later, Lan Yan visited him every day, bringing him spiritual herbs and talking to him. For the first time, he didn't feel alone, nor did he feel his life was so hateful.
Then, he discovered Lan Yan's identity. He wasn't angry with her, only a little upset. His feelings for Lan Yan changed then. Later, seeing Lan Yan injured and leaning on him, he felt a warmth grow in his heart.
He truly wished to continue living like this with Lan Yan. Her companionship after he fell off the cliff, their time together in the demon realm, especially their journey into the abyss, made him realize his heart had begun to beat for her, that he had come alive because of Lan Yan.
No, perhaps he was born because of Lan Yan.
During those few months in the human realm, they forgot all their troubles. They lived like a human couple, and those were his most relaxed and happiest days. Unfortunately, he had his own responsibilities and decided to return to the demon realm, but Lan Yan still accompanied him.
He loved the person before him deeply, just as he had wished under the divine tree, hoping that in the days to come, his Yan'er would always be safe and sound.
As he thought this, his eyelids grew heavy, and his body began to fall towards the ground.
"Jun Yelan, they call you foolish, and you really are!" Lan Yan rushed towards Jun Yelan, making him lie down on her lap. She knew that Jun Yelan wouldn't survive the explosion of his demon core.
And she had come for Jun Yelan in the first place, so she had to make her own choice.
Jun Yelan raised his hand to caress Lan Yan's cheek and murmured, "Yan'er, I'm sorry."
"I don't want to hear sorry," Lan Yan said, gripping Jun Yelan's hand and channeling her spiritual power to him to ease his pain. "You always make assumptions, never once asking for my opinion."
She should be angry, but her heart ached so much.
Jun Yelan held Lan Yan's hand back, suppressing the bloody taste in his throat, and said self-reproachfully, "Yan'er, this time I made a decision without consulting you. I know you'll be angry."
"And I won't be able to coax you anymore," he added, lowering his head, looking like a pitiful child.
In the past, Lan Yan would have smiled, but now she couldn't smile at all. "You don't need to coax me, because I'm about to make you angry too." She clenched her fist and directly severed her immortal root for cultivation, leaving Jun Yelan stunned.
"Yan'er!" Jun Yelan exclaimed in shock.
Lan Yan, however, smiled. "You didn't listen to me, so this time I won't listen to you either. Now we're even. And I told you, my side is your home. Where do you want to go?"
Tears immediately fell from Jun Yelan's eyes, and he hugged Lan Yan bitterly. "Yan'er, you've become foolish too."
"It's perfect for two big fools to be together," Lan Yan patted Jun Yelan's back, holding back her tears, a smile on her lips.
Jun Yelan nodded, a slight curve also appearing on his lips, and his eyes closed completely.
The two embraced each other, holding hands tightly, and vanished into the battlefield.
The remaining demonic beasts and cultivators slowly came to their senses, only to find that all their powers had disappeared, and even their magical artifacts were useless. They could no longer fight and began to retreat.
The demonic beasts bowed in the direction where Jun Yelan had disappeared, their respect now genuine. "Your Highness Jun."
The new Demon King also bowed and shouted, "Your Highness Jun, you protected the demon realm for a thousand years. I will continue to guard it from now on. Soldiers of the demon realm, follow me!"
He led the demonic beasts away, setting up a barrier at the abyss to protect the hard-won peace of the demon realm.
The cultivators looked at each other and left with their respective sects.
Only the sect leader of Ling Shan remained standing in place. He raised his arm, immediately spat out blood, and collapsed. He had used too many forbidden arts, and his body was now depleted, close to death.
"In the end, I still haven't increased my cultivation."
Xiao Lingling looked at the now deceased sect leader of Ling Shan and cried out in despair, "Father!" She fell onto her father's corpse, her mind gradually becoming clouded, and she soon forgot what she was supposed to do.
Seeing this, Feng Qing Zhenren took charge of handling the affairs of Ling Shan, burying the sect leader, and sending away the疯癫 Xiao Lingling. He then looked at the center of the battlefield and sighed, "Lan Yan, I finally understand what you were saying."
He led the remaining disciples of Ling Shan away, vowing never to return to the demon realm in this lifetime.
Thus, a truce was declared between the two realms, and peace settled in.
Meanwhile, after Lan Yan and Jun Yelan vanished, they arrived in a dreamscape.