Chapter 383: Angel's Heart

Xu Yang quickly discovered that all the divine power related to Human Essence in the surrounding space began to dissipate and crumble. The feeling was as if the apocalypse had arrived; all the power encompassing everything before him was uncontrollably collapsing.

"You're asking for death!" Xu Yang was furious and immediately moved to stop it. He absolutely could not allow the Human Essence lineage of the Divine Kingdom to be assimilated and corrupted by the power of the Rashomon. If the Three Essences system truly collapsed, the apocalypse would arrive prematurely!

Transforming into a sharp beam of light, Xu Yang charged out, almost pushing himself to his absolute limit. The instant he unleashed a sword strike, terrifying power ripped through the palace throne, yet Tuoba Yun's soul remained completely unharmed.

"You're probably mistaken. I'm not simply destroying divine power; I'm assimilating it, completing its absorption and fusion. In fact, I am now one with the divine power formed by Human Essence itself. In this system, you cannot destroy me!"

Xu Yang immediately understood: this principle was similar to the interdependent yet opposing relationship between Human Essence and Demonic Essence. At this moment, only divine power itself could affect Tuoba Yun.

Unfortunately, the two most powerful divine cultivators in the Divine Kingdom were High Priest Fabius, who had already been absorbed and inherited by this individual, and the Eldest Princess, who was beside Xu Yang. The awkward truth was that Princess Wushuang had not reached the peak of Human Essence during this time, unlike the Empress. Her strength was only slightly higher than that of the former Fabius. Compared to Tuoba Yun, who had now absorbed the entire Fabius and integrated the power of Rashomon, she was clearly not on the same level. In other words, among those who could wield divine power, no one could stop Tuoba Yun now.

"Hahaha! Xu Yang, do you feel despair? I never imagined I'd have a day when I could make the arrogant you experience the taste of despair!"

Tuoba Yun was greatly satisfied with this opportunity. As the situation became clear, the aura of decay quickly engulfed the entire palace, beginning to gather and spread outward in a cataclysmic vortex. A vast, dark expanse of light and shadow unfurled. If one were to look down from above the Divine King's palace at this moment, the colossal black halo of decay would appear utterly despair-inducing and irresistible.

"No, that's..."

"Run for your lives!"

Wails of anguish filled every direction along the royal streets, turning into complete chaos. Everyone was frantically crying and fleeing, yet ultimately, they could not escape their fate of being consumed. The power unleashed by the Rashomon at this moment specifically targeted divine power, the product of the Human Essence laws. Consequently, most people in the royal city whose bodies were nourished by divine power became targets of this consuming storm. Only the very few ordinary people who did not possess divine power, the so-called lower-class residents of the royal capital, remained unharmed. Beggars on the streets and scavengers in the deep forest alleys faced everything with the most placid gazes. For the Divine Kingdom, this was more like a unique spiritual purification. Those high-ranking individuals who had once blasphemed humanity with their lofty attitudes finally received their punishment from the Rashomon.

But was this truly the case?

As one high-ranking official after another in the Divine Kingdom fell within the palace hall, until only Wushuang remained, struggling to hold on, the last vestige of the nation's dignity seemed on the verge of collapse. If Wushuang too were to perish, it would signify the end of this world, as defined by Xu Yang.

"Wushuang!"

Xu Yang no longer had time to ponder how to stop this calamity. In his eyes, the entire meaning of this fantasy world could not compare to Wushuang alone. Holding her body, Xu Yang was shocked to find that Wushuang's physical form was becoming crystalline, her outermost outline beginning to dissipate into dazzling rays of light—the light of faith—melting away into the darkness.

"Hahaha! This is the true scene that brings you despair, isn't it? Xu Yang, watching your woman perish and being powerless to stop it—how will you bear this pain? Although she symbolizes the faith of the Divine Kingdom, she ultimately failed to reach the peak of Human Essence and thus cannot achieve immortality. Any divine power source below immortality cannot resist my corruption! Accept your fate!"

Xu Yang's eyes turned bloodshot.

Accept his fate? What a ridiculous phrase. But when he saw Wushuang's eyes, so gentle in his arms, and a perpetual smile on her lips, even as an Asura, Xu Yang's heart became incredibly vulnerable. It had been many years since he had experienced such a feeling... Even Bai Lianxue, his beloved disciple from ten thousand years ago, for whom he had poured out his heart, had never brought Xu Yang such profound shock.

Yet at this moment, as Xu Yang watched Wushuang embrace him for the last time at the cost of her decaying life, his heart bled. Unbeknownst to him, a single tear of blood fell from the corner of Xu Yang's eye, landing precisely on Wushuang's chest.

Wushuang gently wiped away his tear. "Ah Yang, I'm afraid I can't return to your world with you, but I hope you remember that my life, Wushuang's life, was worth it because of you."

"No!!"

In the next instant, Xu Yang's fury flared, his black hair instantly turning white, as he let out an earth-shattering roar. Suddenly, at the location of Wushuang's chest, the tear of blood that had seeped into her body began to emanate an incredibly translucent and miraculous light! In an instant, the countless souls across the entire Divine Kingdom were revived. At this very moment, the eyes of all beings radiated two incomparably clear and sacred white lights!

Above the clouds, the World-Purifying Power, unique to the Human Essence laws, descended majestically! A colossal, perfect golden angel totem materialized out of thin air, landing perfectly on Wushuang's body. All imperfections and decay were utterly annihilated by this true angel totem.

"What?! Could it be... Daoist Xiaoyao actually placed the Heart of the Angel on you?!"

The Heart of the Angel? Xu Yang lowered his head and only then noticed that his tear of Asura had activated Wushuang's Heart of the Angel, allowing her to break through her limitations and reach the peak of Human Essence. It also perfectly merged the years of accumulated faith power within her body.

"So that's it... The Heart of the Angel was always sealed, and it was activated by my Asura bloodline... It seems Asura's judgment was correct; the Heart of the Angel was indeed sealed by Daoist Xiaoyao in the Endless Tower, but he didn't realize it was inside Wushuang in this fantasy world."

With this explanation, all the previous secrets surrounding Wushuang were suddenly revealed, and the two of them finally achieved true honesty with each other.

"Damn it! I can't believe the Heart of the Angel was on you, ruining my entire plan!" At this moment, the most pathetic individual was Tuoba Yun; his meticulously planned revenge, all for naught because of the angel's awakening!