Chapter 658: An Unacceptable Reality

Chapter 658: Chapter 665: An Unacceptable Reality

“PFFT—”

Song Wanning spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. It felt as if her internal organs had been shaken out of place.

She struggled to pull herself out of the wall. The Divine Nether Profound Fire quickly caught her, preventing her from tumbling to the ground.

Xuan Yan’s fiendishly charming eyes fell upon Song Wanning.

“It’s not too late if you change your mind now.”

The surrounding Demonic Qi surged even more wantonly, lunging at Song Wanning again with bared fangs and claws.

The Demonic Qi morphed into various shapes, giving Song Wanning no room to breathe.

Her heart sank, but with the help of the Divine Nether Profound Fire, she continued to meet the assault head-on.

To avoid revealing her trump card and to dispel Xuan Yan’s suspicions, she had to adopt this seemingly self-destructive approach, deliberately meeting the attacks little by little.

Soon, she was injured again and collapsed to the ground.

A huge gash, bitten out by the Demonic Qi, gushed blood from her body.

But under the influence of the Demonic Qi, the blood’s color changed, and it seemed to be filled with Evil Qi.

Refusing to admit defeat, Song Wanning raised her head and pushed herself back up.

“You’re nothing but a despicable coward! Don’t get too smug!”

“If my Spiritual Power weren’t sealed, you’d never be able to defeat me!”

She glared at Xuan Yan, her face full of defiance, her eyes faintly red with anger.

Hearing this, Xuan Yan let out a soft chuckle. “Don’t try to provoke me. That trick won’t work on me.”

“Despicable or not, what does it matter? Good people don’t live long. So what if I’m a villain?”

“As long as I achieve my goal, isn’t that all that matters?”

“Hahahaha—”

He found Song Wanning utterly ridiculous. It was a matter of life and death—who still spouts nonsense about benevolence and morality?

Only someone like Song Wanning, who had never suffered a devastating blow, could be so naive.

“Song Wanning, since you’ve chosen the Heavenly Dao, you are destined to die here.”

“Now, accept your fate.”

“Soon, you will discover that the Heavenly Dao doesn’t care whether you live or die. You’re just a tool to be used and discarded at any moment.”

Xuan Yan’s eyes were filled with pity.

If Song Wanning had chosen to follow him, she could have escaped this deadly fate.

‘Such a brilliant talent, gone just like that. What a true waste.’

“Is that so?”

A corner of Song Wanning’s mouth lifted. “Then why don’t we put it to the test?”

This was the moment she had been waiting for.

Just as she had done with Gong Ye, she would personally shatter the convictions and beliefs Xuan Yan had held for hundreds of thousands of years.

‘The moment he descends into madness will be my chance to strike!’

“Ignorant child…”

Xuan Yan shook his head and wasted no more words. With a wave of his hand, he lunged at Song Wanning.

He had been holding back, giving Song Wanning a chance to repent.

But she didn’t know how to cherish it. ‘In that case, just die.’

His eyes suddenly turned vicious, and without a shred of mercy, he reached for Song Wanning’s neck.

He expected Song Wanning to struggle, but she didn’t move an inch, simply watching him quietly.

Even as he gripped her neck tightly, she showed no hint of fear.

Her eyes held only excitement and madness, along with a barely perceptible trace of malice.

Xuan Yan stared into those eyes and for some reason, his heart sank. A sense of foreboding washed over him instantly.

But he still didn’t hesitate, squeezing Song Wanning’s neck with all his might.

‘No matter what tricks Song Wanning is playing, she must die.’

But as he applied force, a bolt of Heavenly Thunder suddenly struck down without any warning.

“BOOM—”

The Heavenly Thunder was fierce and swift, giving him no chance to react.

In an instant, it enveloped both him and Song Wanning.

Xuan Yan’s eyes bulged. The next moment, the massive impact sent him plummeting downward.

But he still held onto Song Wanning’s neck in a death grip, unwilling to let her go.

Then, he witnessed a scene that was impossible for him to accept.

They were right next to each other, yet he was the one being assaulted by the Heavenly Thunder. The pain made him convulse uncontrollably, and his Demonic Qi could no longer flow smoothly.

A terrifying power sent a chill down his spine. Even though he had been dead for hundreds of thousands of years, he once again felt the sensation of approaching death.

But Song Wanning, right in front of him, was a completely different story.

Her expression was calm. The Power of thunder and lightning bypassed her completely, avoiding her from a distance, not affecting her in the slightest.

She just smiled as she stared at him, her eyes full of mockery.

In that moment, he understood everything.

‘No wonder Song Wanning was so bold. The Heavenly Dao really is protecting her!!’

A flash of crimson passed through the depths of Xuan Yan’s eyes, quickly flooding them.

For the past hundreds of thousands of years, he had always wondered if the Heavenly Dao of this world truly had everything in the Lower World under its control.

If so, then why did it stand by and watch as he was persecuted, while those villains ascended instead?

He would rather believe that the Heavenly Dao could only act according to the Heavenly Dao Rules and could not interfere in the struggles between its people.

Therefore, while he resented the Heavenly Dao, he paradoxically clung to this fantasy, unwilling to admit that he had truly been abandoned by it.

But the scene just now had finally and completely shattered his perception.

‘The Heavenly Dao knows everything!’

‘It would even bring down Heavenly Punishment for Song Wanning.’

‘It protects Song Wanning, willing to make an exception for her even in defiance of the Heavenly Dao Rules.’

“Hehehe…”

Xuan Yan’s entire body convulsed from the lightning strike, and his Demonic Qi began to show signs of dissipating, but he no longer cared.

He realized with stark clarity that he had been abandoned by the Heavenly Dao.

Abandoned forever.

Xuan Yan laughed, a laugh of utter misery.

Only after the Heavenly Punishment dissipated did he climb back up from the ground, wiping away the single, glistening tear from the corner of his eye.

He looked at Song Wanning, not understanding how he was any worse than her.

Why did the Heavenly Dao abandon him?

Why?

“I won’t submit.”

Xuan Yan stared intently at Song Wanning, and after a long moment, he finally uttered those three words.

He couldn’t accept this reality. His persistence over the past hundreds of thousands of years now seemed like a joke.

Song Wanning, however, let out a soft sigh. She could completely understand Xuan Yan’s current state of mind.

It was just like when she had misunderstood the Heavenly Dao; the hostility in her heart could not be erased, and she couldn’t understand how she was any worse than Ye Chuxue.

“Xuan Yan, do you really think you were abandoned by the Heavenly Dao?”

“A person like you, who is constantly scheming to destroy the world, has managed to live until now. Do you really think that was by your own power?”

She took a step forward, rubbing her reddened neck where he had choked her.

“You should have seen it just now. If the Heavenly Dao had truly abandoned you, you would have died long ago.”

“Under the Heavenly Dao Rules, there are many things the Heavenly Dao cannot interfere with.”

“I am an exception, but only because I bear a great responsibility. The Heavenly Dao is willing to break its own rules to protect me.”

“So, within its own rules, it gave you a chance.”

“Otherwise, how could a mere Demon like you have possibly survived safely for hundreds of thousands of years?”

Song Wanning’s tone was even, yet it carried an extremely strong, oppressive weight.

She was going to make Xuan Yan recognize a new truth!