Chapter 1475: “Eternal Damnation”

"The last time, even though you knew it was impossible to poison him to death, you still harbored the intention to poison Qianye Fantian. This means that even if it couldn't kill him, it would certainly gravely wound him... Is that right?"

Yun Che's heart was heavily shaken.

Because Qianye Fantian is an extremely dangerous individual, Xia Qingyue had accompanied Yun Che on that occasion in the Eternal Heaven God Realm when he was invited by Qianye Fantian. After they left, he spoke a few words to Xia Qingyue, not many, before Xia Qingyue suddenly departed. The words he had spoken to her were casual, and if Xia Qingyue hadn't mentioned them, he probably wouldn't have remembered. Yet, from those casual few words, Xia Qingyue was able to glean so much information... including his possession of dark profound energy, the approximate extent of the Sky Poison's potency... and perhaps even more. Was she truly Xia Qingyue? It was as if her soul had been replaced!

Yun Che couldn't help but feel deeply alarmed. What was frustrating was that Xia Qingyue's mental focus was so sharp in his presence!

The man behind her suddenly fell silent, and the gaze fixed on her subtly changed. Xia Qingyue slightly turned her head: "Did I say something wrong?"

"No, you're not wrong," Yun Che finally said. "Although the Sky Poison Pearl's toxicity has only recovered to a limited extent, its potency is extremely high. If someone is struck by it, even Qianye Fantian can only resist it; he cannot truly resolve it. So, while it can't poison Qianye Fantian to death, it will definitely be enough to give him a hard time before the poison dissipates on its own."

Xia Qingyue turned around and extended a hand like white jade. Her fingers and wrists were devoid of any ornaments, each slender finger seemingly formed from fresh snow. "Let me try!"

"Alright," Yun Che replied without hesitation. The Sky Poison Pearl possesses both ultimate toxicity and ultimate purification abilities, so it would certainly not harm Xia Qingyue.

He extended his right hand, a faint green light flickering in his palm. He lightly touched his finger to Xia Qingyue's palm, injecting a wisp of Sky Poison into it.

The Sky Poison's potency instantly erupted the moment it touched Xia Qingyue's body. Though it was only a tiny wisp, it instantly covered Xia Qingyue's palm with a terrifying emerald green radiance.

Xia Qingyue's brows furrowed sharply. Her Violet Pylon profound energy quickly circulated, and purple light immediately coiled around her hand, forcefully suppressing the green glow.

However, it was merely suppressed... Despite her cultivation, no matter how she circulated her Violet Pylon divine power, she was unable to resolve or expel that wisp of Sky Poison. It remained suppressed within the meridians of her palm, extremely cold and incredibly potent.

And that was just a single wisp!

"It truly cannot be resolved!" Xia Qingyue murmured.

"The Sky Poison Pearl's poison is a living poison," Yun Che said. "This 'living' Sky Poison only developed and recovered after He Ling became the Sky Poison Spirit; before that, the poison was weak and could be resolved, a 'dead poison'. Once it enters the body, even true gods may not be able to resolve it, and the myriad beings of this era have no possibility of resolving even a tiny bit!"

As he spoke, Yun Che extended his left hand, and a purifying light gleamed. In an instant, the wisp of poison on Xia Qingyue's body vanished without a trace.

Only Yun Che could release the Sky Poison Pearl's toxicity, and only he could resolve it. Unfortunately, in the current environment, the rate at which its toxicity accumulates is far too slow. If he were to wait a few more years, the Sky Poison Pearl's toxicity would be sufficient to poison even a formidable expert like Qianye Fantian to death. This was also the time he had originally set with He Ling to return to the God Realm. Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. The approaching Crimson Calamity forced him to return to the God Realm early, and with the Sky Poison currently accumulated, poisoning Qianye Fantian to death is impossible.

"How long does its 'life' last?" Xia Qingyue asked, withdrawing her profound energy.

"Around twenty hours," Yun Che slowly replied. "Although Qianye Fantian cannot resolve it, with his profound energy and divine body, he can definitely endure these twenty hours. So, if you poison him with the current level of toxicity, neither the 'dire straits' nor 'death' you spoke of will be possible."

"Twenty hours..." Xia Qingyue murmured thoughtfully. "Although shorter than I anticipated, it's still enough."

Yun Che: "...?"

"While the Sky Poison's potency alone won't kill him, facing a Sky Poison that even a Divine Emperor's power cannot resolve, and considering the Sky Poison Pearl's reputation, Qianye Fantian, once poisoned, will surely be greatly frightened. And the duration of the Sky Poison's effect is known to no one but you and now me. As time passes and his resistance and endurance weaken, he will naturally develop the fear of perishing under the Sky Poison... Once this thought and fear arise, it will intensify with every passing breath!"

"Hm?" Yun Che stared at Xia Qingyue and said, "Leaving aside why you want to do this to Qianye Fantian, even if..."

"If that were all, the fear of death generated over nearly twenty hours would likely not be enough to break Qianye Fantian; the chance of success wouldn't exceed thirty percent," Xia Qingyue, evidently knowing what Yun Che was about to say, directly interrupted him. "But, inside him, there already exists something that can magnify this fear countless times."

"Devil Infant's Profound Energy!"

Yun Che's brows slightly furrowed, finding it difficult to understand at first: "You want me to poison him, and then provoke the devil energy within him to riot? No... that's not right! Doing so wouldn't have much meaning; on the contrary, it would undoubtedly expose my ability to control dark profound energy."

"What is the ultimate fusion of the Sky Poison Pearl's toxicity and the power of the Wheel of Myriad Tribulations?"

Yun Che's brows knitted: "Myriad Tribulations Extinction!"

"Exactly!" Xia Qingyue's eyes were like a cold, bottomless abyss: "In the God Realm, no one is unaware of the name 'Myriad Tribulations Extinction'. Back then, the 'Myriad Tribulations Extinction' released when the Wheel of Myriad Tribulations fused with the Sky Poison Pearl's power ended the era of gods and devils, causing a cataclysmic change in the Primal Chaos! That name causes even true gods and devils to tremble in fear upon hearing it, let alone ordinary beings!"

Having purified the Eternal Heaven Divine Emperor once and the Brahma Monarch Divine Emperor twice, these three encounters were enough for him to be certain of this.

"Excellent!" Xia Qingyue nodded slightly, her gaze darkening a few shades once more. Her personal contact with the Sky Poison's wisp, combined with Yun Che's words, increased her confidence in success by several points: "Then, the day after tomorrow, when you purify Qianye Fantian's devil energy again, conceal all of the Sky Poison's potency within the Devil Infant's profound energy in his body, and control the timing of its activation... After we leave the Brahma Monarch God Realm, he will fall into the nightmare of 'Myriad Tribulations Extinction'!"

"Mixing the Sky Poison's potency with the Devil Infant's profound energy to make Qianye Fantian believe it's the poison of Myriad Tribulations Extinction?" Yun Che tapped his chin. "Let alone him, the Brahma Monarch Divine Emperor... anyone who isn't an idiot wouldn't believe that, right?"

"Of course," Xia Qingyue gently nodded. "He won't believe it, nor does he need to. However, he will definitely associate it with 'Myriad Tribulations Extinction' — that terrifying poison which destroyed all gods and devils and ended an era! The shadow it left on later generations is simply too vast. Anyone who sees the 'Devil Infant' and 'Sky Poison' powers appear mixed together again will feel as if they've touched a devil's curse and immediately think of that name."

"No one knows how the poison of 'Myriad Tribulations Extinction' is derived from the powers of the Devil Infant and the Sky Poison. Even you, the master of the Sky Poison, don't know, and no one has truly encountered 'Myriad Tribulations Extinction' itself. But everyone knows these are the four most terrifying characters in the world, and that it originated from the power of the Devil Infant and the Sky Poison. So, when the Sky Poison Pearl's toxicity and the Devil energy of the Wheel of Myriad Tribulations 'merge' on a person again, besides you, the master of the Sky Poison, no one would dare to be certain whether a mutation of the 'Myriad Tribulations Extinction' nature might occur."

"Unknown fear beyond a Divine Emperor's comprehension, the shadow of Myriad Tribulations Extinction, and Sky Poison that even a Divine Emperor's power cannot resolve even slightly... Combined, twenty hours will be enough to make Qianye Fantian collapse step by step!"

"Additionally, before that, I will leave Qianye Fantian with sufficient mental suggestions."

Yun Che stared blankly at Xia Qingyue, his scalp suddenly tingling.

Xia Qingyue seemed not to notice the change in Yun Che's expression and continued: "Qianye Fantian is inherently suspicious. Our visit today would have already made him deeply suspicious, and at that time, even you didn't know the purpose, so there were no flaws to speak of. All of this is enough to make him believe that purifying the devil energy is merely a facade, and his attention will be fully focused on 'that matter' he cares about most."

"At that time, while you are purifying the devil energy, he will forcibly shift his attention to me. And I, in turn, will use my methods to disturb his mind. This way... you can proceed as planned."

"After that, you can leave everything to me."

Yun Che rubbed his forehead, quickly sifting through everything Xia Qingyue had said. Then he shook his head slightly, composing himself, and said: "Your goal is to use this method to make Qianye Fantian face the shadow of death... and then beg me for mercy?"

"Mhm," Xia Qingyue nodded gently. "The longer one lives, the stronger their power, and the higher their status, the more they cherish their life. Qianye Fantian can be considered the person most afraid of death in the Eastern Divine Region."

"So, the 'talisman' you mentioned... is Qianye Fantian? You want to force him to beg me to purify the Sky Poison for him, at the cost of agreeing to a special request from us, or perhaps using this to seize some fatal leverage over him?"

"You're half right," Xia Qingyue's voice paused, her chest rising and falling slightly. "Qianye Fantian wouldn't be enough for me to go to such lengths, for now. My true objective... is Qianye Ying'er!"

"And Qianye Ying'er herself will certainly understand this! Therefore, at that time, it won't be Qianye Fantian who begs for mercy, but Qianye Ying'er! And it will naturally be her who agrees to the 'conditions'."

Xia Qingyue's ability to control her emotions was already astonishingly strong, but after she mentioned Qianye Ying'er, Yun Che still felt the temperature of the air drop sharply.

Gazing into Xia Qingyue's eyes, Yun Che thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't think you'll get what you want. The Qianye Ying'er I know is extremely self-serving, a madwoman who would sacrifice anything else to achieve her goals. Although Qianye Fantian is her birth father, for such a person, even if it's her own father, even if Qianye Fantian were to beg her, I don't believe she would sacrifice herself and comply."

Xia Qingyue slightly closed her eyes and said: "If it were two years ago, I would have thought the same. But... during my time as the Moon God Emperor, one of the things I did most was to understand Qianye Ying'er."

Undoubtedly, Xia Qingyue's hatred for Qianye Ying'er had reached an extreme, with no possibility of being resolved.

"And in this process, I discovered a flaw in her personality."