CHAPTER 544: CHAPTER 544: I WON’T LET YOU GO EVEN IN DEATH

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The moon appeared hazy, seemingly illusory, yet so real that it could not be ignored.

Fang Zhou was completely bathed in moonlight, as if he had merged with it, transforming into a Moon Immortal, pure and elegant, making it hard for anyone to entertain thoughts of disrespect.

He slowly opened his eyes, reflecting the bright, holy moon, which held no trace of humanity.

At this moment, Fang Zhou almost became like Ming Aoshuang, losing human emotions, though their temperaments differed.

Ming Aoshuang was icy and cold, while Fang Zhou was pure and noble.

Both seemed to become mere instruments, truly controlled by a Phoenix and a moon.

However, Fang Zhou at least retained some consciousness, while Ming Aoshuang had become a complete tool, controlled by the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix.

Upon seeing the moon appear in the sky, the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix suddenly went berserk, letting out a shrill scream that shook the twenty-first floor.

The scream even caused countless cracks in the already frozen desert.

The superior Beiming Heavenly Phoenix displayed an anger upon seeing the moon, as if a debtor had spotted an evasive person.

Its scream clearly roared a name.

This time it wasn’t Ming Aoshuang acting, but the shadow of the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix. It opened its mouth and breathed out frost.

The frost almost froze the space, causing even time to stop where it touched.

The frost transformed into an ice-blue beam, shooting towards the moon in the sky.

Fang Zhou was astonished by the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix’s change in attitude, but he was affected by the Moon in Water’s influence, his mind serene, akin to entering Wise Time.

Fang Zhou’s gaze locked onto the shadow behind Ming Aoshuang, and from the bright moon hanging in the sky, a nearly solid beam of moonlight shot down.

The frost and the moonlight collided violently, the two vastly different energies clashing, unleashing an earth-shattering roar.

The continuous battle between the two attacks erupted shockwaves like ripples breaking the sky, spreading in all directions.

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While the shadow of the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix was locked in a standoff with Fang Zhou, Ming Aoshuang faced the most dangerous moment in her life within her Divine Soul Realm.

After Ming Aoshuang’s eyes and hair turned pale blue, her consciousness fell into slumber, and her body was taken over by the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix within her.

Chang Kong once explained to Fang Zhou that those who cultivate the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix Divine Skill, if their will is not strong, will be taken over by the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix.

However, this is generally not true, as it’s not the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix taking over, but the cultivator’s own mind extinguished.

But Ming Aoshuang was different, she was a reincarnation of a strand of the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix’s divine soul.

The high-ranking members of the Heavenly Sword Sect mistakenly believed Fang Zhou was a reincarnator, unaware that there was also a reincarnation of an Ancient Divine Beast at Piaomiao Mountain, which was Ming Aoshuang.

Piaomiao Mountain protected this secret very closely, with very few people in the know.

Fang Zhou didn’t understand why Piaomiao Mountain dared to teach Ming Aoshuang the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix Divine Skill despite her obvious mental deficiencies.

It was actually a misunderstanding. Ming Aoshuang didn’t need Piaomiao Mountain to teach her, she was naturally born with the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix Divine Skill, claiming she learned it at Piaomiao Mountain.

After her consciousness fell into slumber, Ming Aoshuang was in a daze and suddenly awakened.

She found herself in a pitch-black space with snowflakes falling and thick snow beneath her feet.

Ming Aoshuang instantly realized she was in her Divine Soul Realm, within her mental space.

The surroundings were not empty but filled with numerous ice sculptures, hundreds or thousands in sight.

These ice sculptures had fierce or serene expressions, but they all had one thing in common: they were all female, and real people frozen into ice sculptures.

This scene sent shivers down Ming Aoshuang’s spine, and she understood what was happening; her own feet were also frozen in the snow, unable to break free.

Ming Aoshuang struggled a few times but couldn’t escape. She could feel the icy freeze slowly creeping up from her feet to her calves.

Nervousness, fear, and terror surged through Ming Aoshuang’s heart.

She once believed she wasn’t afraid of death, but when faced with it, she found her reaction shameful.

She was very scared, afraid of death.

"Come out! I know you’re here!! Come out!"

Ming Aoshuang suddenly shouted angrily at her surroundings.

The darkness suddenly dispersed, revealing a gigantic blue Phoenix, so large that it invoked a fear of giant objects in Ming Aoshuang’s vision.

Ming Aoshuang slowly looked up, finding the Phoenix staring down at her with eyes full of majesty, devoid of any emotion.

Ming Aoshuang felt almost frozen by the Phoenix’s gaze, her mind going blank.

But a strong will to survive brought her back to her senses, anger brewing in her chest.

"Why..."

Ming Aoshuang gritted her teeth, eyes full of reluctance: "Why did you choose me!"

The Beiming Heavenly Phoenix is unlike other big figures; while other big figures reincarnate and live with memories of their past life, the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix inhabits and relies on these reincarnators, bursting forth like a chick from an egg when the time is right.

The broken shell has only one end, and that is death.

The ice sculptures around Ming Aoshuang were all former reincarnators of the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix, all dying during its birth in their prime.

Some accepted willingly, some were unwilling, but the end was always the same, and no survivors were heard of.

Ming Aoshuang recalled a conversation at age ten with the Sect Master of Piaomiao Mountain.

"Aoshuang, you are a good child, the sect has no demands or limits on you, do what you wish."

In other words, how long Ming Aoshuang lived was uncertain, all depending on when the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix awoke.

It could be in a hundred years, or just over ten.

From then on, Ming Aoshuang became solitary, cold, out of place with everything around her.

The rumor outside was that she was the new successor of Piaomiao Mountain, but Ming Aoshuang knew there was someone else.

To live longer, the Sect Master advised Ming Aoshuang to stay calm, lest she awaken the sleeping Beiming Heavenly Phoenix.

Ming Aoshuang always did as told; though her solitary nature attracted many enemies, she rarely got angry.

Until she met that man.

In just a few months, Fang Zhou provoked Ming Aoshuang to the point of alarming the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix twice.

This time it was harsher; the Beiming Heavenly Phoenix took over her body directly, intending to dispose of her as the host.

Although Ming Aoshuang knew it was mainly due to her character, she wanted to say one thing.

Fang Zhou, even if I die and become a ghost, I won’t let you go. Just you wait!!