Chapter 1353: Momentary Starlight

Jasmine's body was covered in black light, her face cold and expressionless, devoid of any emotion, like a puppet whose soul had been hijacked.

Yet, in reality, she was incredibly clear-headed—more so than at any other point in her life.

She knew who she was, where she was, what power surged within her, and more importantly, what she was doing. She knew who she was facing, who she had killed, and clearly saw how the Star God Realm had transformed into a living hell under the might of her Devil Wheel.

She did not stop, hesitate, or regret.

This was because her world had completely collapsed; from now on, it would be devoid of any color. The Four God Emperors, Star Gods, Moon Gods, Guardians, Brahma Gods, and Brahma Kings—these mighty figures, like living deities, had all come for her. She knew that today, she would undoubtedly perish here.

Even if they didn't kill her, she would end her own life… she would never let Yun Che be alone on the road to the netherworld.

Together to heaven, together to hell, together into reincarnation.

But before that, she would make this Star God land, which had buried him, and the most precious lives and blood of the Eastern Divine Region… serve as his funeral offering!

Demonic light, black scars, demonic mist… the world was torn apart and collapsed again and again. The bodies of these supreme powerhouses were inherently the most difficult to harm in the world, yet under the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's Calamity Wheel, they were inevitably wounded by mere touch. Each sweep of the Devil Wheel unleashed a torrent of black blood.

*Slish!* A Moon God's body was instantly torn in two by a black streak.*Slish!* A black beam simultaneously pierced through the bodies of two Guardians, the invading demonic energy shredding their meridians and utterly destroying their internal organs…

*Boom!* A Moon God and two Brahma Kings were pulled into a rapidly shrinking dark demonic realm. No matter how much they struggled, they could not escape. When the demonic realm contracted to its limit, it exploded, and the three of them were sent flying, spewing blood amid their screams.

Streaks of power tore through the darkness, continuously exploding against the Devil Wheel and Jasmine. The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's wailing laughter grew weaker from its initial shrillness, and the Devil Emperor's shadow gradually blurred. Jasmine had no idea how much power she had left, or how many injuries she had sustained. She didn't care what kind of wounds she had, nor when she would die. Only the Devil Wheel in her hand continued to emit demonic light more terrifying than a nightmare, burying one supreme God Master after another into the abyss of death.

*Boom! Boom! Boom!!* Three merged cyan lights exploded simultaneously on Jasmine. With a shriek from the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, Jasmine was sent flying backwards, her black light extinguishing in an instant, and for the first time, the Devil Wheel slipped from her grasp.

The Brahma Heaven God Emperor's eyes flashed. He sprayed blood from his mouth onto his golden sword, which instantly glowed with a scorching light like the sun. Seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he thrust the sword straight towards Jasmine's vital point.With the Devil Wheel gone, its demonic light extinguished, and her defenses fully exposed without the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's protection, he was absolutely certain that this single sword strike would completely destroy Jasmine's life force.

A few miles was but a mere instant for a God Emperor. With a flash of golden light, the Brahma Heaven God Emperor’s golden sword was already at Jasmine’s heart… But before the golden light could erupt, a pale hand had already gripped the sword blade. Black light flared up on her hand again, and the sword immediately seemed frozen, unable to advance even an inch. The God Emperor’s power, which was just about to erupt, also seemed trapped in a dark cage, unable to be released.

"You…" Staring at Jasmine's slowly turning dark eyes, the Brahma Heaven God Emperor felt as if his soul had been seized by a ghost or god, and his entire body instantly turned cold.

Jasmine's power had indeed become terrifyingly strong due to the awakening of the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's Calamity Wheel.However, what the world did not know was that she was not the "Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor" created by being taken over by the Devil Wheel. On the contrary, she was the master of the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's Calamity Wheel!She was not forced to become the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor; she *was* the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's master!The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's power was *her* power! Even if the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's Calamity Wheel left her, the power surging within her was still the complete power of the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor!

Unfortunately, the Brahma Heaven God Emperor learned this too late. In his discolored eyes, full of disbelief, Jasmine's other hand violently struck his chest… her small palm, radiating dense black light, tore through his body, emerging from his back, covered in blood.

The black energy from the abyss exploded directly in the center of the Brahma Heaven God Emperor's body, and his face turned ashen even faster than the Eternal Heaven God Emperor's… It was at this moment that three golden seals—three terrifying powers from the Brahma Monarch Three Brahma Gods—simultaneously slammed into Jasmine's back.

*Bang! Bang! Bang!* The three golden lights exploded on Jasmine's back, pierced straight through her body, and then burst out from her chest… The Brahma Heaven God Emperor's eyes grew dim and desolate as he plummeted straight down from the sky, while Jasmine, like a meteor struck, fell rapidly into the distance, trailing dissipating black light and streaks of blood.

"God Emperor!"The Three Brahma Gods, having jointly gravely wounded Jasmine, then rushed down together to help the Brahma Heaven God Emperor. His face was bruised and darkened, yet he roared, a bloody cough accompanying his words: "Don't mind me… quickly… kill… her… She must not… be allowed to escape! Go… now!!"

All four God Emperors of the Eastern Region were severely wounded, suffering injuries they had never experienced in their lives. And the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's power had finally been weakened layer by layer—what a devastating price this was. If the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor were to escape, not only would today's heavy losses be for naught, but the future consequences would be unimaginable.

"Yes!"The Three Brahma Gods quickly responded, pushing the Brahma Heaven God Emperor to a Brahma King before flying off into the distance, their bodies radiating golden light.

*Boom!!* A black light exploded, and Jasmine rose from a pile of rubble. The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's Calamity Wheel had flown back into her hand. However, just as she stood up, she violently fell to her knees again, spitting out more than a dozen mouthfuls of dark, crimson blood… Her vision, too, grew increasingly dim and hazy.

*Have I finally… reached my limit?**No… I can still kill more… I haven't killed that old scoundrel yet…**That old scoundrel who most deserves to be buried with him!!**Yun Che… wait for me, I'll be with you soon…*

Slowly raising the Devil Wheel, she forcibly made the black light on her body flare up, but it caused her vision to suddenly go black. In her increasingly blurred sight, Yun Che's figure appeared… He had faced the Star God Realm for her, bled for her, turned to ashes in flames for her…

*Flames… ashes…*Suddenly, like a flash of lightning through her mind, a long-extinguished starlight flickered in her eyes…

She flew up, but instead of charging at the surrounding Brahma Kings and Moon Gods, she turned and, a cold, solitary black shadow, flew towards the empty, distant unknown…

"Damn it! She's escaping!""Chase her down!!""We absolutely cannot let her get away!"

On the ravaged land, Cai Zhi silently watched the direction Jasmine had left. One figure after another desperately gave chase, while chaotic and deafening roars filled her ears.

From beginning to end, she had watched blankly, without expression or words, her eyes as empty and lifeless as Jasmine's. In the Star God Realm, which had become a calamitous purgatory shrouded by the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's shadow, no one seemed to spare a moment to notice her presence.

As Jasmine's figure vanished into the distant horizon where sky met earth, Cai Zhi slowly closed her eyes… After a long while, when she opened them again, they revealed an unfamiliar coldness and resolve.

She stood up, took a step, and left silently. Her exquisite and agile maiden figure, with her colorful dress fluttering gently in the wind… was accompanied by a heart that was dark and on the verge of shattering.

Amidst the chaos and panic, no one noticed her departure, nor did anyone know where she was going… not even she herself knew.

Eastern Divine Region, Snow Song Realm, Ice Phoenix Sacred Hall.*Ping—*A faint cracking sound echoed in Mu Xuanyin's mind.

"..." Mu Xuanyin's icy eyes trembled, her expression frozen. The ice spirits dancing around her slowed, then completely stilled… only to fall into utter chaos afterwards.

Mu Bingyun, who had been whispering softly with Mu Xuanyin, looked surprised: "Sister, what's wrong?"

Mu Xuanyin slowly stood up. Gazing at the falling snow outside the hall, she spoke faintly: "Yun Che's soul crystal… shattered."

"..." Mu Bingyun abruptly rose: "You said… what!?"

"..." Mu Xuanyin closed her eyes, remaining silent for a long time.

Mu Bingyun's snowy figure flickered as she appeared before Mu Xuanyin, urgently asking: "You said Yun Che… he…"

"He died," Mu Xuanyin stated, her voice indifferent, devoid of joy or sorrow.

"How… did he die?" Mu Bingyun's chest rose and fell heavily, and her cherry-colored lips became ashen white.

"He died in the Star God Realm, for the Heavenly Slaughter Star God," Mu Xuanyin said softly. When a soul crystal shatters, it transmits the final thoughts and images seen before death to the person who planted it. She had seen Yun Che's final moments very clearly… clearer than anyone.

Mu Bingyun's lips parted slightly. After a long pause, a voice as faint as a dream emerged: "Wasn't he in the Dragon God Realm…? Why did he suddenly go to the Star God Realm… What exactly happened…?"

"Let him be dead, then; there's no need to concern ourselves," Mu Xuanyin's voice was chillingly cold, so cold that it startled Mu Bingyun: "He wasn't killed by others, but deliberately went to his death, knowing it was inevitable… So many people didn't want him to die, so many people were tirelessly protecting him, yet he… chose to… die…"

"It's good that he died… better that he died! I, Mu Xuanyin, have no such foolish disciple!"

With a heavy flick of her snowy sleeve, Mu Xuanyin turned and coldly departed.

"Sister…" Her cold words still lingered in the air. Watching her sister's retreating back, Mu Bingyun worriedly asked: "Are you… alright?"

"For the next few years, I will be in secluded cultivation in the Netherfrost Heavenly Lake. No matter how significant the event, I am not to be disturbed." Mu Xuanyin's figure vanished into the wind and snow, her icy hair fluttering in a sorrowful dance: "Furthermore, since Yun Che is dead, consider him as never having existed. From now on… do not mention his name in my presence again!"

As her cold voice faded, the icy figure disappeared into the distance. The wind and snow outside the hall seemed to grow somewhat chaotic. Mu Bingyun stood stunned for a long time, then, somewhat distraught, walked out of the hall and stared blankly at the disorderly footprints in the flying snow.

Born in Snow Song Realm, accompanied by ice and snow her entire life, even the most ordinary Ice Phoenix Palace disciple would not leave a single trace when walking on snow.