CHAPTER 556: CHAPTER 556: BOTH HANG CITY EMPRESS DIE! (REQUEST FOR FOLLOW-UP READING)

At this moment, Gu Qingcheng was in the Sea of Spirit, saw Old Gu’s disadvantage outside, and looked intensely anxious.

Old Gu had only one last second left, and after that he would enter a weakened state, becoming an ant at anyone’s mercy.

Her husband had been captured and pulled into the enemy’s small world.

*It can’t be undone now!*

"Old Gu, you came shuttling back from the future, you must have a way, right,"

"Don’t worry about my body, no matter what the consequence, I can take it!"

"Old Gu, I’m begging you, you have to rescue my husband!"

Her voice trembled with sobs, even her soul body was shivering.

*This Hang City Empress had, for the first time, found something so thorny—watching the one she loved snatched away right before her eyes, but being powerless to stop it.*

Old Gu’s voice immediately rang out, "I actually could use Transcendent Divine Techniques to wipe the enemy out in an instant,"

"But after using that technique, your body would collapse instantly, nearly impossible to ever repair or rebuild, and even our soul bodies would be implicated, rejected by the Rule Origin,"

"At best you’ll fall into endless sleep for eternity, and in the worst case, the soul body shatters and vanishes, never to reincarnate or revive again,"

When she heard how grave and irreversible the consequences would be, Gu Qingcheng didn’t even hesitate before firmly replying,

"As long as my husband is safe, even if I suffer a wretched end, I’ll gladly pay the price!"

"Old Gu, no matter what the cost, you absolutely must save my husband."

A touch of tragic beauty showed on Qingcheng’s stunning face.

*Barely a week together with him, and now it was time for an eternal farewell?*

A bitter trace tugged at her lips.

Old Gu’s voice grew heavy, "Understood."

Outside.

"Hahahahaha!"

"Emperor Realm, so what?"

"What could you possibly do to me,"

"I’ll just stand here and let you hit me, see if you can so much as scratch me!"

The Fire-red Great Lizard Dragon, feeling its golden shield firm as a fortress and unmoved by the barrage, erupted into wild, manic laughter.

In those bright red eyes, there was only mockery and disdain.

Earlier, he had regarded the Emperor Realm as a forbidden, untouchable height.

Now, he had changed his mind.

The Emperor Realm was not invincible after all, it could be killed.

The Fire-red Great Lizard Dragon kept ridiculing,

"A half-baked Emperor Realm who just broke through, and you expect to wipe out my Ouyang Imperial Race?"

"Keep dreaming!"

The future Gu Qingcheng’s face wore a look of resolve, "Careful what you say, or you’ll choke when it’s time to die."

"Ouyang Dingtian, to die by my hand would be an honor for you."

"Boom!"

Suddenly, an unparalleled aura burst from her body.

In an instant, the stars above blazed, all Constant Stars resonating to unleash blinding light.

Though it was day, the stars shone brighter and harsher than the sun.

On Blue Star, all Attributes, all types of Rule Origin bowed low, as if respectfully worshiping the future Gu Qingcheng of the Rule Realm’s central domain.

The Space Ancestor Empress’s face suddenly changed—she felt her body locked, her Divine Sense restrained, unable to channel even a thread of Space Origin.

She was not alone—every life present was immobilized; every being on Blue Star was held frozen.

All Divine Spirits at that moment could not move in the slightest.

The supreme cosmic laws suddenly cast a shadow behind the future Gu Qingcheng.

The future Gu Qingcheng walked—calm and unhurried—up to the Fire-red Great Lizard Dragon.

The Great Lizard Dragon found itself completely bound, the smirk stuck on its face.

But he wasn’t concerned—he still had the golden shield from the Five Elements Divine Spirit.

In his eyes, the Five Elements Divine Spirit was the mightiest of all gods, the Ouyang Imperial Race the Blue Star’s sovereign, and their secret patron the strongest spirit of all.

But when a snap, a single shattering sound rang out, Ouyang Dingtian’s confidence crumbled in a flash.

The future Gu Qingcheng’s three thousand black tresses fluttered in the wind, her gaze conquering all beneath heaven, like a true empress,

As her proud, graceful figure stepped up to the golden shield, the shield shattered with a thunderous crack, scattering to stardust.

The Fire-red Great Lizard Dragon, staring at the Hang City Empress right before him, felt as if he were gazing up at a boundless starry sky—witnessing the highest universe.

It was something he dared not stare into directly,

And in an instant, his tremendous dragon body dissolved into starlight, fading to nothing from tail to head.

"Impossible!"

"I can’t even summon the will to resist?"

"No, I don’t want to die—I still must restore the Ouyang Imperial Race, I carry a sea of blood and vengeance, how can I die now?"

In his fiery red eyes, abject terror welled up.

His words dripped with endless unwillingness.

*But what difference did it make—he glared wide, unable to halt his own annihilation.*

Half a second passed, the Fire-red Lizard Dragon’s body had utterly vanished, leaving only a head behind.

And in half another second, only hatred in its eyes, the head too became starlight, dispersing in the air.

The future Gu Qingcheng’s body also transformed into starlight, fading away into nothingness.

It started from those long, slender legs, then the torso, then her arms, her neck, and finally her head.

Legs already gone, the future Gu Qingcheng, hands trembling, snatched the black ring drifting gently before her.

With her lower body gone, she summoned her boundless might, found Xiao Ye who was unconscious in the black ring, and pulled him out.

By then, most of her body had vanished, leaving only the proud chest area.

In those fleeting seconds, a jade-like hand touched Xiao Ye’s face, tenderness welling in her bright eyes—her pupils reflecting nothing but Xiao Ye’s form.

Two crystal tears slipped down the future Gu Qingcheng’s peerless cheeks.

"My love... we will never meet again," she murmured softly.

Xiao Ye, in a stupor, seemed locked in a nightmare, brow tightly furrowed, pain twisting his face.

But when that gentle hand caressed his face, his anxiety melted away, his brow relaxing, the pain on his face replaced by a calm peace.

Hearing that tender whisper, Xiao Ye’s blurry eyes fluttered open, looking drowsily ahead, and he yawned.

"Mm... what happened?"

When he took in the scene around him, his expression changed, and he said in alarm,

"Sister Qingcheng, what’s happened to your body?"

"Qingcheng, don’t cry,"

He felt a wrenching pain inside, and with panic said it.

Now, the future Gu Qingcheng’s body had dissolved, leaving only what remained above her neck, even that jade hand on Xiao Ye’s cheek dissolving into starlight and disappearing.

The future Gu Qingcheng suddenly smiled, but it was a smile steeped in misery and desolation.

"From now on, don’t think about me, or about Xiaogu."

"My love, you must live well."

*Xiao Ye was suddenly seized by a sense that if he didn’t pull Qingcheng back now, there would never be another chance, only the farewell of eternity.*

He lunged forward, longing to take that peerless face into his arms.

But as he reached out, that head dissolved into dots of starlight and vanished into the air.

"No—"

Xiao Ye roared, a wave of despair unlike any he’d felt before, his heart stinging like it was stabbed through with needles.