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However, what Xueying did not know was that Zhu Yan, the most skillful person in her mind at the moment, was in an unprecedented state of despair and powerlessness inside the Jiuyi Temple in the far North – having failed once again, her three souls and seven spirits have been rattled out of the star map in the sky and swiftly returned into her body.

Every time her spirits wandered off to then rejoin again, it brought the same excruciating pain as a million arrows piercing her heart. Zhu Yan once again fell on the cold floor of the temple, and her forehead hit the corner of the lampstand, drenching her in a stream of blood.

“It’s still… still not working?” She muttered, raising her hand and wiping away the blood that was seeping out, feeling so tired that she couldn’t even open her eyes, her fingers shaking so violently that she was struggling to even lift them, let alone forming a seal.

During this time, she locked herself away in the temple, spending endless hours day and night manipulating the stars with the Star Soul Blood Oath in an attempt to change their trajectory – yet failure after failure ensued.

Every time she used her spiritual soul to merge into the heavens, allowing her power to reach the Three Walls and try to start pushing the star field to change, all her spiritual power would be depleted and she would watch as her Master’s Star remained just at a short distance away but she could not reach it – just a little bit more, but she could not break through that barrier!

Over a hundred attempts, without the slightest improvement.

Could it be that, as the Grand Master suggested, if one was not powerful enough and could not master the Star Soul Blood Oath no matter how hard they tried, they would instead be struck back by the forbidden spell? She boasted in front of the Grand Master, but did not expect that she would not have enough power to master this most profound spell in just a few dozen days.

She overestimated herself and her Master also overestimated her.

Zhu Yan prostrated herself on the floor of the temple, shivering slightly, lifting her head to look at the deity statue – the seven-star lamp was still lit, the three souls in the lotus flower flowing and the seven spirits coalescing, pure and serene.

It’s been almost a month, and the deadline for the transmigration process was about to come to an end. If she still couldn’t break through, the three souls and seven spirits would collapse, and it might be too late to save her Master’s life!

At this thought, her body shuddered violently and she unexpectedly spat out a mouthful of blood, while suddenly everything went black in front of her eyes. Before she could even know how long she had been unconscious, the wind began to flow softly and a white shadow descended upon her.

The Chongming Divine Bird gathered its wings and landed on the ground, throwing away the vermilion fruit in its beak, grabbed her collar in its mouth and lifted the limp person up, with the four blood-red eyes looking at the unconscious young girl, surprisingly revealing a hint of a sympathetic expression.

The Divine Bird nudged the young girl with his beak and cooed a few times to wake her up, but Zhu Yan was too tired to snap awake for the time being, and fell unconsciously on top of him with her eyes closed. Chongming turned his long neck, lowered his head and picked up the bunch of vermilion fruit from the ground, squeezing them up through his beak and dangling them over her mouth, letting the juice percolate into her lips drop by drop.

After a few moments, Zhu Yan finally woke up slowly.

“Chongming?” She opened her eyes exhausted to meet four blood-red eyes looking at her and hastily exclaimed in guilt, “What, did I fell asleep again? I’m so terribly sorry…”

She struggled to stand up as she weakly propped herself up against the soft body of the bird. In that instant, however, the Chongming Divine Bird jolted violently, as if it were in severe pain.

“What’s wrong?” Zhu Yan was taken aback and retracted her arms, suddenly discovering that her hands were stained with bright red blood! That blood was seeping out from the roots of the Divine Bird’s wings, staining the snow-white feathers in crimson. There was also an invisible dark green shade inside the blood, like a spreading algae, which meandered down from the roots of the wings and covered half of the body.

“You are injured?” She faltered, “You’ve been besieged by the Wretched again?”

Chongming didn’t reply, but simply picked up the string of thin vermilion fruits in its beak and threw them into her hand, looking right at her with all four eyes with a grunt.

“I won’t eat them! You must have it.” Zhu Yan, however, shook her head as she lifted the bunch of celestial fruits and handed it to its mouth, “You’ve been hurt badly this time, you can’t survive without a little healing!”

The bird jerked his head back, avoiding her hand, and spread his wings in an attempt to fly away. Suddenly, only a clatter could be heard as the Chongming’s wings swept across and unexpectedly bumped over the seven-star lamp that enshrined the spirits!

In that moment, one human and one bird were both stunned.

“Oh no!” Zhu Yan gasped in dismay, and almost simultaneously with Chongming, they both plunged over towards the Seven Star Lamp in order to pick and lift it up – the lamp originally contained something as clear as water, which had been originally placed there by the Grand Master’s own hands, and contained the power to retain the spirits. However, with that pounce, the clear water flowed out and the seven lights were instantly dimmed!

The spirit is the light of a person. If the seven spirits are weakened, then… In that moment, unknown where the strength came from, Zhu Yan swiftly stood up.

Ignoring the fact that her body had not yet recovered, she raised her hands tremblingly and with all her strength began to perform the Star Soul Blood Oath once more: her ten fingers interlocked upon her forehead as she formed a quick seal, her fingertips casting a dazzling light across the area – yes, this was her last chance! She had to succeed, even at the cost of her life!

She quickly released all her spiritual energy, allowing the three souls and seven spirits to detach from her body.

With her mind echoing the stars and her fingers tugging at the star trajectory, she found the Big Purple Star that corresponded to her Master in the Purple Wonders. Inch by inch, she spread her spiritual energy along the star chart, trying with all her might to get closer to it, yet, when she was just about to reach the star, the power in her body drained out once again.

No! It can’t be! This was her last chance to make it, no matter what!

The seven-star lamp on the ground was gradually dying out, signaling the vanishing of life. At that moment, Zhu Yan felt her whole body shaking, as if she too was dying minute by minute – she was just a little bit away from reaching that star! Why was she unable to break through the tiny distance left despite all her efforts?

In that instant, a white shadow suddenly passed in front of her eyes, and her entire body became lighter!

Without any warning, Chongming suddenly approached her, lifted her up and flew upwards into the night sky with its wings vibrating!

“Chongming… What’s wrong?” She blurted out, “What are you trying to do?”

Without a word, the Divine Bird just flapped its injured wings as hard as he could, carrying her up towards the night sky in a blistering flight.

The harsh Celestial Wind whistled past her ears, cutting her face as if by a sharp dagger, and the layers of white clouds parted and closed in front of her eyes, sending her straight up to the Ninth Heaven with the speed of a lightning bolt across the sky.

“Ah!” Zhu Yan suddenly understood, “Are you trying to help me?”

Indeed, just that tiny distance away, her spiritual power would have reached that one Star of Fate belonging to her Master – and Chongming spared no efforts to bring her up to the Nine Heavens in order to make up for that little distance!

By now it was almost dawn, the stars were fading, the slanting moon was sinking in the west, and the Master’s twinkling star in the sky was almost too faint to be sighted.

But watching it from above the Ninth Heaven, it was already so much closer beside her.

Unsure of how long they had been flying, the air around them was starting to thin and the cold wind was blowing like a blade against their faces. The speed of Chongming began to slow down, the wings seemed to be laced with heavy iron, each flap using all the strength he could muster. Zhu Yan could visibly see the poisonous mist begin to spread from the wound under his wing, turning half of his white feathers into black – there was no more time to delay, this was the right moment!

Zhu Yan took a deep breath, closed her eyes upon the back of the Divine Bird, raised her fingers again, and solemnly knotted the seal upon her forehead! Yes, the success or failure will be decided right now.

If the forbidden spell was still unsuccessful even from above of Ninth Heaven, and if her Master’s soul were to dissipate, she was not going to return to this Earth and thus she will just let herself plunge from the back of the bird!

She formed her seals swiftly, using every last bit of strength she could find in her body.

Using the power of the mind, she soared across the twenty-eight constellations of the Three Walls and once again linked the big magnificent Star of Fate with purple aura. That was the Master’s Star, which was quietly falling before the dawn – Zhu Yan used her Star Soul Blood Oath seal to approach it with all her might, trying to pull it out of its former position, yet several attempts have been unsuccessful. As she once again sensed the exhaustion, the Chongming Divine Bird beneath her gave a shrill whistle and suddenly increased the speed of his wings and rose straight up!

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