Chapter 1090 — Seven Hundred Thousand Years of Slaughter
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
" Yet several hundred years later, Que Feiyin, who had long since become a deity, was on an expedition in a primal realm when a great mosquito appeared out of nowhere, clung to her body, and drained all the qi and blood from her, snuffing out her life in an instant. Still the Nether Sea, still the Nether Capital's Heavenly Gate.
Que Feiyin passed through the gate, joy surging in her heart: "Ah, I have awakened another lifetime's memories again! How very strange! " Strange to say, through the long ages from Longhan down to Jingping, Que Feiyin died again and again, and every time the manner of death was the same—bitten to death by mosquitoes that appeared out of nowhere—and with each death she awakened the memories of one earlier life.
She grew ever more keen-witted and began to think deeply on the art of avoiding death. Time and again she eluded those bizarre mosquitoes' killing attacks, and in each life she lived longer and longer, and her cultivation climbed higher and higher.
In the end, even the Primordial Divine Insects found it hard to kill this woman, and Yin Tianzi could only strike in person. Yue Tianzun warded off several tribulations for her, but Yin Tianzi was cunning, and there was always a moment when her guard slipped; thus Que Feiyin died at Yin Tianzi's hands. Later still, the reborn Que Feiyin had already mastered all of Yue Tianzun's arts, and she simply refused to study under Yue Tianzun, trying instead to dodge the tribulation on her own.
Yue Tianzun was deeply grieved, believing her truly dead, and could only give up. Yin Tianzi was sorely troubled, yet he too was relentless, searching everywhere for her whereabouts—only to be ambushed by Que Feiyin several times himself, nearly dying.
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On the Celestial Dragon Treasure Chariot, Yan'er was still somewhat worried and asked, "Young master, can that jade pendant really save my mother? " "Naturally it can.
" Shen Mu said, "The principle of his divine power cannot be hidden from me, and so I am using his hand to break his own seal.
Yet your mother still has to die. Yin Tianzi will still go to kill her, to complete the thoroughgoing seal upon her divine soul.
" He could not help smiling, "Every time your mother dies, the seal loosens once and unlocks the memories of one lifetime.
When she has died ninety-nine more times, she will be entirely clear-headed, and the Vermilion Bird divine soul will awaken. " Yan'er cried out in alarm, "My mother still has to die ninety-nine more times?
That will never do!
What if Yin Tianzi does not go on killing her—wouldn't that then—" "He will not. " Shen Mu said unhurriedly, "I know Yin Tianzi. That man is extremely obsessive and stubborn; a task not finished to flawless perfection he will never give up.
As long as your mother retains even a scrap of consciousness, he will do it again and again, until your mother's divine soul is utterly wiped away. He is such a man, and so I borrow his hand to break his seal. " Yan'er thought for a moment, then said, "That fellow has plenty of patience.
When he wanted the Five-Thunder Jar, he sent insects to bite at the Northern Emperor's gourd vine, and they bit away for several hundred thousand years. " Shen Mu smiled faintly, "From Longhan to the present age, there have been killing tribulations upon killing tribulations; the greatest in scale were the Longhan Primordial Tribulation, the Chiming Tribulation, the Shanghuang Tribulation, and the Kaihuang Tribulation.
Que Feiyin could hardly survive those successive great tribulations, yet because Yin Tianzi insists on perfection, he would, on the contrary, make sure that she did not dissipate into nothingness.