Chapter 595 - 593: Destiny-Defying Divine Skill

A cool breeze swept between heaven and earth.

It was as if nothing had happened.

But in that moment, a strange transformation began to occur on Liang Yiyi.

Liang Yiyi could feel a faint wisp of her life essence beginning to drain away.

Though she couldn’t physically feel her life slipping away, she could sense it happening.

As her life drained away, she noticed the first changes appearing on her skin.

Her once-delicate skin began to grow coarse.

"Heh, heh heh..."

Liang Yiyi looked up at the sky and suddenly smiled.

It meant that the heavens had sensed her blood oath and responded.

The heavens were stripping her of her life.

But she was willing. She was happy.

She laughed, the laugh of a child.

As her life continued to drain away, her skin not only became coarse but also began to wrinkle.

However, this very transformation filled her body with a new strength, a power that allowed her to get back on her feet and resume her climb.

Ignoring the loss of her life, she stepped onto the sharp blades and ascended the mountain step by step, her pace even faster than before.

One hundred meters. It wasn’t far.

"Huff!"

She continued up the mountain, step by step.

During her ascent, Liang Yiyi watched as her skin grew more and more wrinkled.

It was like the skin of an old woman, utterly hideous.

Then, a single white hair appeared on her head.

It was only the beginning. The white hairs rapidly multiplied.

Finally, overjoyed, Liang Yiyi reached the summit.

She stood at the peak of Moyun Mountain.

But now, with a full head of white hair and a wizened face, she looked like an old woman of seventy or eighty.

This was the price of her lost life.

One hundred years. The price of one hundred years was to make a person age in an instant.

"You..."

The Yunling Saintess stared at the decrepit Liang Yiyi before her, who looked as if a gust of wind could blow her over.

"You succeeded."

She sighed with emotion. She had thought Liang Yiyi would fail, that she would give up.

But she had underestimated Liang Yiyi’s persistence and perseverance.

To think she would actually sacrifice a hundred years of her life to climb Sword Mountain.

Such courage was terrifying.

"Thank you."

A hoarse, aged voice came from Liang Yiyi’s lips.

The sound even startled her.

But she didn’t dwell on it.

She turned and looked back. At the foot of the mountain behind her, Jiang Chen was still unconscious.

’The Young Master can be saved.’

Liang Yiyi stood on the summit.

Before her, a cave appeared.

’Cloud-Rubbing Cave.’

This was it. Liang Yiyi had finally seen Cloud-Rubbing Cave.

The Yunling Saintess watched Liang Yiyi with a burning gaze, deeply admiring the woman before her.

’This is the successor to Cloud-Rubbing Cave that I’ve been looking for.’

"Liang Yiyi, go inside. You will understand once you’re in there."

"When you come out, you will be able to save the person you want to save."

Liang Yiyi was filled with doubt. ’Didn’t she say I just had to reach the summit to save Jiang Chen?’

Nevertheless, she stepped into Cloud-Rubbing Cave.

Inside Cloud-Rubbing Cave, it was dim and dark.

But an inexplicable force was drawing the frail and aged Liang Yiyi deeper inside.

It was like a summons, beckoning her forward.

Moving ahead, Liang Yiyi eventually came to the edge of a pool.

The water in the pool was blue, as azure as the sky.

On a smooth stone wall above the pool, three words were carved.

’Pool of Fervor.’

The mysterious force calling to her was emanating from the Pool of Fervor.

Without hesitation, Liang Yiyi leaped into the Pool of Fervor.

The instant her body submerged into the Pool of Fervor, a peculiar energy enveloped her.

At the same time, the pool’s water instantly formed a whirlpool, spinning ceaselessly around Liang Yiyi.

Liang Yiyi didn’t panic. Having passed through the mountain of swords and a sea of fire, she had already forged an iron will.

As the entire Pool of Fervor swirled, a mysterious power abruptly emerged within Liang Yiyi’s body.

At the same time, strange characters began to materialize in her mind.

’Destiny-Defying Divine Skill.’

’It breaks curses.’

Liang Yiyi was stunned. The Pool of Fervor actually contained a Divine Technique.

Once mastered, this Divine Technique could break curses.

In other words, as long as she cultivated the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill, she could save Jiang Chen.

At first, she had thought it was all just suffering.

Only now did she suddenly understand that after enduring hardship, she had received a tremendous fortune.

Besides breaking curses, the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill was also an incredibly powerful Divine Technique.

She immediately immersed her mind and began to cultivate the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill.

The Destiny-Defying Divine Skill was, as its name suggested, a Divine Technique capable of defying the heavens and changing fate.

It was immensely powerful.

And the blue water of the Pool of Fervor was actually helping her cultivate at a rapid pace.

As a result, Liang Yiyi’s Cultivation speed was extremely fast, and her progress was incredible.

A wave of Cultivation fluctuation radiated from her body.

Before, her Cultivation was at the Martial Master Third Heaven.

Now, as her Cultivation fluctuated and she continued to practice, her Cultivation began to rise.

It wasn’t very obvious at first.

But after a quarter of an hour, Liang Yiyi could clearly feel her Cultivation rising rapidly.

"BOOM!"

A muffled boom resounded from within Liang Yiyi’s body. Her Cultivation broke through, instantly reaching the Martial Master Fourth Heaven.

The wounds she had received on Sword Mountain began to heal rapidly.

A powerful force was being born.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM..."

Next, Liang Yiyi was shocked to feel her Cultivation breaking through one level after another.

It seemed the water of the Pool of Fervor was helping to stabilize her foundation, as there wasn’t the slightest sign of instability.

Soon, Liang Yiyi’s Cultivation reached the Martial King Realm.

But that wasn’t all.

To Liang Yiyi’s astonishment, her Cultivation continued to break through until it reached the Martial Arts Sect Realm.

"This..."

She was completely dumbfounded.

Moreover, it wasn’t just her Cultivation that had broken through; she had also gained an extremely profound understanding of the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill.

’Martial Arts Sect Second Heaven.’

In the end, Liang Yiyi’s Cultivation finally stopped at the Martial Arts Sect Second Heaven.

It was, to say the least, a massive leap in progress.

Only then did her Cultivation stabilize.

But she knew that as she continued to cultivate the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill, her Cultivation would advance very quickly.

She was still in the Pool of Fervor.

Her gaze fell upon the many plants growing along the stone walls inside Cloud-Rubbing Cave.

An idea struck Liang Yiyi, and she activated the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill.

She waved a hand at the plants.

"WHOOSH!"

As the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill swept over them, the green plants withered in the blink of an eye, swiftly turning to ash.

This was the terrifying power of the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill.

It directly stripped the plants of their Life Force.

’With the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill, I can directly strip the curse from the Young Master’s body. He can be saved!’

Having learned the Destiny-Defying Divine Skill, Liang Yiyi had grown a great deal.

But she had never forgotten her young master, Jiang Chen.

"SWOOSH!"

With a light flick of her body, Liang Yiyi flew out of the Pool of Fervor.