Zhang Mingyuan formed a hand seal, and the immortal Dao laws within his body let out a mournful wail.
Clang—
The chime of a sword echoed through the Heavenly Dao space.
The dark red Dog Slaughterer Sword flew out of his body and hovered in midair.
Its slender blade was etched with flowing dark red runes, radiating a heart-palpitating aura of annihilation.
The eyelids of the Heavenly Dao's avatar twitched, and he unconsciously took half a step back.
Staring at the sword, he gulped.
Zhang Mingyuan ignored the Dog Slaughterer Sword.
He closed his eyes, and his hand seal was fully completed.
At that moment, he actively dispersed all of his defenses and resistance.
The immortal Dao laws he had just condensed, his Mahayana Stage cultivation, and five thousand years of bitter cultivation collapsed in an instant.
Losing its master, the vast immortal energy turned into a wild torrent, raging through the Heavenly Dao space.
“Big Brother Heavenly Dao, do it!” Zhang Mingyuan gritted his teeth and growled.
Not daring to delay, the Heavenly Dao's avatar waved his hands fiercely.
The Heavenly Dao Divine Wheel spun faster, drawing in the immortal energy and laws of annihilation dispersed by Zhang Mingyuan, pouring them continuously into Su Jinxue's body.
Under the transformation of the divine wheel, the wild energy became gentle.
The cracks on Su Jinxue's body stopped spreading.
Carrying the overbearing nature of breaking and then rebuilding, the laws of annihilation forcefully purged the withered origin within her body, replacing it with Zhang Mingyuan's immortal Dao source energy.
It rebuilt her dantian and recreated her life force.
As his immortal energy drained away, Zhang Mingyuan's face quickly turned grey and haggard.
His skin lost its jade-like luster, becoming rough and dull.
His black hair lost its luster at a visible speed, turning dry and withered.
When the last trace of immortal energy left his body, Zhang Mingyuan slumped and fell heavily to the ground.
Now, he was nothing but a mortal.
With a flick of his finger, the Heavenly Dao's avatar sent a rich surge of life force into Zhang Mingyuan's body, forcefully guarding his fading heart.
Beneath the divine wheel, Su Jinxue's tightly closed eyes snapped open.
A trace of confusion flashed in her red eyes before quickly clearing.
She felt the abundant immortal energy filling her body, and she also sensed the aura of annihilation that belonged to Zhang Mingyuan.
Because she was touched by this law, her once cascading black hair had turned snow-white, inch by inch.
Su Jinxue suddenly turned her head.
She saw Zhang Mingyuan lying on the ground, his breath faint and weak.
The once overbearing and peerless Qingyun Heaven Sacred Lord, who always loved to tease her, was now so weak that even breathing was a struggle.
Su Jinxue flew down from the divine wheel, rushing to Zhang Mingyuan's side.
With a trembling hand, she touched his face.
Without any immortal energy to protect him, his face was ice-cold to the touch.
“Zhang Mingyuan...” Su Jinxue's voice trembled.
In five thousand years, she had never lost her composure like this.
Even when facing desperate situations of life and death, she had remained the aloof and cold Myriad Snow Palace Master.
But now, she held Zhang Mingyuan tightly as tears streamed from her eyes.
“Uuuh...”
Suppressed sobs echoed in the Heavenly Dao space.
She buried her head in Zhang Mingyuan's chest, crying her heart out.
Zhang Mingyuan struggled to open his eyes.
Looking at the white-haired woman before him, the corner of his mouth twitched into a weak smile.
“Why are you crying...”
His voice was hoarse, yet it carried his usual teasing tone.
“Little Xuexue, your white hair... looks really beautiful.”
Su Jinxue raised her head, her red eyes filled with tears.
She bit her lip, lightly punching Zhang Mingyuan on the shoulder.
“Idiot! You're an idiot!”
She yelled at him.
“Who told you to do this? Who asked you to save me!”
Zhang Mingyuan coughed twice, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. “If I don't save you... who's going to warm my bed...”
“Shut up!” Su Jinxue hugged him tightly, terrified that he would vanish if she let go.
Nearby, the Heavenly Dao's avatar wiped his eyes.
Sniffling, he muttered:
“So touching. In the future, when the mortal cultivators of the Xuanling Realm undergo their tribulations, I'll strike them with a few more bolts of lightning. Oh right, I'll strike the ones who aren't undergoing tribulations too!”
With that, he sent another stream of life force into Zhang Mingyuan's body.
“Sister-in-law.”
The Heavenly Dao's avatar sighed.
“My worthy brother has lost all his cultivation and is now a mortal. In the future, you must treat him better.”
Su Jinxue did not speak.
She only held Zhang Mingyuan tightly, her tears dripping continuously onto his lapel.
Right at this moment, a sudden change occurred.
A profound glow lit up on both Zhang Mingyuan and Su Jinxue simultaneously.
It was the laws of the Heavenly Marriage.
This law, witnessed by the Heavenly Dao and engraved in heaven and earth, actually manifested on its own, completely beyond the Heavenly Dao's control.
As the light flowed, a powerful repulsive force suddenly erupted.
Bang!
The stream of life force that the Heavenly Dao's avatar had just injected into Zhang Mingyuan was directly shattered by the laws of the Heavenly Marriage, dispersing into the void.
Deprived of the life force keeping him alive, Zhang Mingyuan's breathing instantly weakened, and his heartbeat almost stopped.
“Zhang Mingyuan!” Su Jinxue paled with fright.
Without hesitation, she circulated the immortal energy in her body. Her Extreme Cold Frost Great Dao transformed into the purest life essence, ready to be poured into him.
“Sister-in-law, stop!”
The face of the Heavenly Dao's avatar changed drastically as he shouted a warning.
Su Jinxue's movements froze. Her red eyes locked onto the Heavenly Dao, surging with killing intent. “You want to stop me?”
The Heavenly Dao's avatar stamped his feet in anxiety. “Don't interfere! Trust me!”
Su Jinxue gritted her teeth. Looking at Zhang Mingyuan, whose life force was rapidly fading in her arms, her palm hovered in midair, trembling slightly.
After a moment of hesitation, she finally withdrew her immortal energy.
Seeing Su Jinxue stop, the Heavenly Dao's avatar let out a long sigh of relief.
He stared intently at Zhang Mingyuan and Su Jinxue, a piercing divine light erupting from his eyes.
He tried to peer through the karmic lines on the two of them to figure out exactly what was happening.
However, the moment his gaze touched the laws of the Heavenly Marriage, it was directly blasted back by a vast and boundless power.
The Heavenly Dao's avatar groaned and stumbled back several steps.
A tempest of shock raged in his heart.
That was the Great Dao!
The supreme existence that reigned above the Heavenly Dao and surpassed all laws!
Right now, the Great Dao was manipulating the laws of the Heavenly Marriage from the shadows, intervening in Zhang Mingyuan's life and death.
In the face of this power, he, the supreme Heavenly Dao of the Xuanling Realm, felt like an insignificant soldier.
He looked at Su Jinxue and sighed with a complex expression, “Sister-in-law, this man of yours... has an incredibly massive background.”
Su Jinxue frowned deeply. “What do you mean?”
“The karma between you two is not simple either.”
The Heavenly Dao's avatar pointed at Zhang Mingyuan.
“Even the Great Dao is protecting him. Shattering my life force wasn't to kill him, but to have him use this opportunity to be reborn from the brink of death.”
“The Great Dao?” Su Jinxue was stunned.
As a Red Dust Immortal, she naturally knew what the Great Dao meant.
It was the origin of the universe, the indescribable ultimate.
How could Zhang Mingyuan possibly attract the Great Dao itself to protect him?
Confused, she looked up at the Heavenly Dao's avatar.
The Heavenly Dao's avatar shrugged, his face filled with helplessness.
“Don't look at me, I don't know either. How could I possibly fathom the will of the Great Dao?”
Su Jinxue fell silent.
She lowered her head, looking at Zhang Mingyuan, who lay in her arms with his eyes closed and his breath gone.
She didn't care about the Great Dao, nor did she care about karma.
None of that mattered anymore.
As long as he could survive, as long as he could stay by her side—even if he was a mortal, even if she had to protect him for the rest of her life—that would be the greatest blessing.
Su Jinxue tightened her embrace, pressing her face against Zhang Mingyuan's cold forehead.
Just then, the Dog Slaughterer Sword hovering in midair suddenly began to vibrate violently.
Buzz—
The chime of the sword tore through the void.
On the dark red blade, the aura of annihilation erupted, so dense it almost materialized.
The entire Heavenly Dao space was instantly filled with this ominous aura.
The wild power swept out, directly pushing Su Jinxue and the Heavenly Dao's avatar several yards back.
The Dog Slaughterer Sword hung upside down above Zhang Mingyuan's head.
The blade buzzed frantically, its dark red light pulsing.
That posture was as if declaring to everyone:
Step back, I'm about to start flexing.
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