Cultivation Begins from Infancy - Chapter 314

Volume 3 - Chapter 51: The Funeral - Part 2

Suddenly, Prison Sky Island shook violently.

A towering Abyssal Sky Monument was uprooted and toppled, flung off the island.

Along with it, the unbreakable Abyssal Sky Lock, dragged by two tendrils, plummeted into the abyss, smashing onto the Blood Lotus Demon below.

The island, losing one of the Abyssal Sky Locks that had been anchoring it, tilted immediately. The Blood Lotus Demon, seemingly enraged, unleashed its tendrils, yanking the remaining Abyssal Sky Lock, which spanned thousands of miles, pulling the entire island downward in a rapid descent.

"Not good!"

Everyone on the island felt a terrifying weightlessness, their feet lifting off the ground. Except for the Mad Elder, their faces turned pale with shock and fear.

On the chain, Li Tiangang and Ji Yunqing, who were desperately climbing, felt the chain dropping at an accelerated speed. Panic-stricken, they pushed themselves to their limits, frantically clawing their way upward.

Their eyes were fixed on the distant island, tens of thousands of meters away, and the towering monument entwined by the chain.

Although it was far, their extraordinary eyesight allowed them to clearly see what was happening at the monument.

"Is that... Qingqing?"

Li Tiangang suddenly noticed a figure standing before the monument, and he froze, dumbstruck.

Though it was only a silhouette, he could never mistake her for anyone else—it was his wife, the one he longed for day and night.

At this moment, his wife seemed to be confronting someone, standing vigil over the monument entwined by the chain.

It dawned on him instantly—she was protecting his lifeline!

"Qingqing!!"

Li Tiangang roared, climbing with all his might.

Meanwhile, on another chain, Li Hao, his entire body radiating golden light, was moving with astonishing speed despite the immense suction force from the Demon King's maw. The thousand-mile distance had been reduced to just two or three hundred miles in the blink of an eye.

He was almost there.

Li Hao's golden eyes burned brightly. On this Abyssal Sky Lock, under the influence of the abyssal laws, energy couldn't leak out, nor could spiritual power be used. But with his divine strength and naked eye, he could clearly see the situation a few hundred miles away.

At the end of the chain stood a woman, her back to him, engulfed in divine flames. Her figure exuded heroism and unwavering determination.

Li Hao recognized her immediately—it was his mother.

His heart trembled, and a memory from his infancy surfaced in his mind:

"No matter what happens in the future, Mother will stand in front of you. I will never let anyone hurt you..."

A promise from fifteen years ago, and it seemed she had fulfilled it.

With her frail body, she stood guard at the end of the chain!

Li Hao's eyes turned slightly red as he let out a low growl, pushing himself to the limit. He sped up even more, rushing forward at full force.

But at that moment, the chain behind him suddenly jolted, yanked downward with terrifying force.

The Abyssal Dragon Demon King seemed to have gone berserk, unleashing a horrifying burst of strength. The chain's descent accelerated dramatically.

Li Hao felt himself being dragged toward the abyss. For a brief moment, he was stunned, but he quickly snapped out of it, roaring as he shot forward again. Utilizing Heaven and Earth Unbounded Technique alongside multiple attribute boosts from the Merit Treasury, he raced toward the end of the chain at top speed.

Behind him, the tendrils of the Demon King lashed out in pursuit. Li Hao seemed to be racing against death itself.

On Prison Sky Island, everyone watched the rapidly plummeting island in panic and despair.

"Hurry! If we don’t topple the Abyssal Sky Monument now, it’ll be too late!"

"There’s no time left!!"

No one cared about anything else anymore. They charged toward Ji Qingqing in fury.

"Wait! Just give them a little more time!"

Ji Qingqing pleaded urgently, but the others ignored her and stormed forward. Left with no choice, she unleashed her spiritual power, fighting desperately.

"Don’t force me to burn my spiritual essence and activate a Dao Domain!"

An elder shouted angrily, his aura radiating extraordinary power. He was a Supreme Dao Realm cultivator, igniting a trace of his spiritual essence to release a formidable energy.

He had been imprisoned here for too long, his strength already depleted, forcing him to act low-key. Moreover, his original crime of colluding with demons to assassinate clansmen and steal treasures was severe. It was only due to the glory of his ancestors that he had managed to keep his life. Even his descendants had been forbidden from visiting him, leaving him with nothing but his physical strength.

Seeing his wrathful expression, Ji Qingqing’s face turned pale. She knew that if he truly burned his spiritual essence, even for a fleeting moment, she wouldn’t be able to match his power.

"Wait, just a little longer! Among them is the Dao Seed of the Ji family, our family’s hope!" Ji Qingqing begged.

"I don’t care about any Dao Seed. Whoever stops me from surviving must die!"

"Exactly! We’re all trapped here. What does the Ji family’s honor have to do with us? It’s probably that Dao Seed who provoked the Abyssal Dragon Demon King!"

The crowd roared in anger.

Ji Qingqing’s face turned ashen. Watching the elder’s surging Dao Domain aura, she lowered her head and pleaded, "I beg you, just a little more time! I’ll kowtow to you!"

She knelt down, her forehead banging against the ground repeatedly.

"You know we’re your elders, yet you’d drag us down with you to die?"

"Kowtowing won’t help! I don’t want to die. Get out of the way!!"

The crowd’s fury was unrelenting. They ignored Ji Qingqing’s desperate pleas, intent on saving themselves and at least seizing a chance for reincarnation.

"Move aside, or everyone will perish. You can’t save anyone!"

The elder’s face darkened. Burning his spiritual essence, he took a step forward and bellowed, "If you can’t choose, we will topple both. Make your decision now!"

Amidst his furious roar, the chains trembled, and Prison Sky Island swayed violently, its descent speeding up.

Ji Qingqing looked at the elder’s enraged face, her heart convulsing in agony.

She knew that if this dragged on, everyone might die.

But how could she choose?

Her husband on one side, her son on the other.

"...Fine. I’ll choose."

She stood up slowly, deliberately stalling to buy a little more time.

The elder, seeing through her intentions, shouted angrily, "Choose now!"

"Hurry! There’s no time left!"

The crowd grew increasingly agitated, pressing forward.

Ji Qingqing’s face drained of all color. It felt as if hammers were pounding against her chest, her blood frozen solid.

She turned her gaze to the Abyssal Sky Lock, where a golden figure was racing upward.

They were less than a hundred miles apart now.

With her own eyes, she could see the young man’s face.

After fifteen years, mother and son locked eyes, seeing each other clearly for the first time.

Ji Qingqing stared at the handsome young man. Was this her son, the child she had given birth to?

She felt dazed. Fifteen years had passed. The baby in her arms had grown so much.

A figure of divine power—no wonder he had become the Ji family’s prodigy...

Large tears streamed from her eyes. Covering her mouth, her heart ached as if torn apart.

“There’s no time! Push it over!”

The others, watching Prison Sky Island tilting and plummeting further, shouted in anger and panic.

They swarmed forward, pushing against the Abyssal Sky Monument.

This time, Ji Qingqing only covered her mouth and did nothing to stop them.

Li Hao, who was climbing desperately upward, noticed her inaction and froze.

Why... wasn’t she stopping them?

His thoughts seemed to pause for a moment, but he quickly snapped out of it. Frantically, he summoned the Merit Treasury, golden light spilling out from the golden page in his palm. Li Hao rapidly selected an option to exchange for a Reverse Fate opportunity.

In an instant, his merit points decreased by ten thousand.

He felt a strange power flowing into his body. When he tried to release it, the energy dissipated from within him.

It was a peculiar sensation—neither physical strength nor divine power, but something indescribable.

As the Reverse Fate energy faded, Li Hao anxiously turned his gaze to the Abyssal Sky Monument, which was being pushed by the crowd.

To his dismay, the monument continued to tilt and fall without any sign of intervention.

Ji Qingqing remained kneeling, unmoving.

A chilling realization struck him like a splash of cold water from head to toe.

Ji Yunge’s words echoed in his mind: “At the Dao Seeker Realm, the heavenly mechanism can be obscured, rendering the Reverse Fate Realm’s powers ineffective. And under the special laws of this abyss, even Dao Domains cannot manifest. The Reverse Fate power... must be suppressed as well.”

In other words, Reverse Fate was ineffective here.

With a loud crash, the Abyssal Sky Monument was finally uprooted and flung downward.

The chain beneath Li Hao’s feet, once taut, suddenly slackened.

He stretched his arm upward with all his strength, but the chain lost its ability to bear weight and followed the Abyssal Sky Monument in its fall.

Li Hao raised his hand, holding the vivid red twin-petal flower, its colors as brilliant as fresh blood. Yet he no longer had any chance to deliver it to the island.

He stood frozen, staring blankly as the Abyssal Sky Monument crashed downward.

Ji Qingqing suddenly stood up and ran toward another part of the island. Li Hao followed her direction with his gaze and saw, on the opposite side of the island and about ten miles away, two figures climbing upward.

He recognized them both.

One of them was Li Tiangang.

The other was Ji Yunqing.

Li Hao froze in place.

Suddenly, everything became clear to him.

It was just like fifteen years ago, when the imperial decree had arrived at the Divine General Mansion. The woman had loosened her grip on the swaddled, hundred-day-old baby in her arms, donned her armor, and followed her husband to the battlefield tens of thousands of miles away.

Now, fifteen years later...

She had made the same choice.

The massive Abyssal Sky Monument descended, crashing directly into Li Hao. It struck his face, his nose, and his body with devastating force, causing blood to spurt everywhere.

The monumental weight smashed him downward.

The vibrant twin-petal flower he had clutched in his hand slipped free, its petals scattering like broken butterfly wings, drifting gently through the air.

The chain and the Abyssal Sky Monument, along with Li Hao’s body, fell into the depths of the abyss.

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