This scoundrel is a bit of a swordsman.

Chapter 290 Ah Qing

The moment the white-clad sword pierced Xiao Xingchen's chest, the entire eternal night suddenly fell into an eerie stillness.

Xiao Xingchen saw stars shining deep within the white-haired swordsman's pupils, pupils with the same starlight as his own.

Scenes flashed before his eyes.

He saw the woman in blue from 30,000 years ago being pierced by a battle sword, her splattered blood condensing into nine moons in the void.

He saw the white-haired swordsman kneeling before the ice coffin, plunging his sword into the heart of the woman in his arms. The crescent moon mark between the woman's brows was clearly identical to that of Mu Wushuang.

He also saw the figure of the woman in green and the sword immortal in white playing chess. The chessboard on which they placed their pieces was none other than the Jade Capital Heaven, where the Moon Wheel Clan had lived for generations.

"With the eternal night as a sacrifice, open the path of reincarnation!" The white-robed swordsman's cold voice rang out once more. Xiao Xingchen was utterly powerless against his sword.

Excruciating pain coursed through her entire body, yet Li Luo remained detached, as if an outsider. Even as the eternal night began to crumble, even as the nine crystal coffins trembled simultaneously, even as nine screams of Mu Wushuang rang out at once...

The nine moon goddesses transformed into beams of moonlight and rushed towards Xiao Xingchen.

But none of this shook Li Luo's spirit; in fact, she even showed a longing for everything happening before her eyes.

The white-clad warrior sword relentlessly destroyed everything belonging to Xiao Xingchen. Once he was completely annihilated, the Bronze Divine Tree would once again become the Jianmu Spirit Seed.

A flood of memories rushed into his mind as the sword pierced through.

"Ah... Qing," he murmured involuntarily, a name that made the white-clad swordsman's sword tremble.

"Impossible..." The white-haired swordsman staggered backward.

"I clearly recorded her memories..."

With a soft whisper, his consciousness began to fade, and in his final gaze...

He saw the chaotic gray mist suddenly reverse, and amidst the intertwining of nine beams of moonlight, all the gray mist converged into the phantom image of the woman in green from his memory, which then appeared beside Xiao Xingchen.

She reached out and gently stroked Xiao Xingchen's cheek. The moment her fingertips touched him, the sealed memories surged forth like a torrent.

Thirty thousand years ago, atop the Jade Capital, a woman in green knelt before a broken Jianmu tree, half a sword embedded in her chest, blood dripping from the blade onto the spirit seed of the Jianmu tree.

"Let my soul... and my spirit... be cast into the cycle of reincarnation..."

With each word she spoke, her body became a little more transparent, "Nurtured by the nine cycles of the moon...one day..."

The memory suddenly distorted. In Xiao Xingchen's sea of ​​consciousness, which had been shattered by the battle sword, a moon suddenly rose, and with its rise, an unprecedented moonlight shone through the eternal night.

The white-clad sword embedded in his chest began to shatter, and the power of time reformed, intending to send the white-clad swordsman back to his own era.

"No, Ah Qing, I don't want to go back, I want to resurrect you!"

He roared, but the power of time regrouped, and even though he kept swinging his sword, the cascading force of the sword pierced through Xiao Xingchen's body and was annihilated by time into nothingness.

As the cyan figure unleashed a Moon Wheel attack at the white-clad swordsman, the white-clad swordsman began to rapidly vanish into the river of time.

"War Sword, the love and hatred between us have long since vanished with my entry into reincarnation. Do not make a mistake for yourself, and do not try to continue to control me."

Xiao Xingchen slowly opened her eyes, gazing at the blue figure before her. A wave of grief surged through her, a pain that pierced her very soul. Even after traversing millennia, seeing the blue figure still made it hard to breathe.

"Aqing," he called out.

Ah Qing seemed to sense his call, slowly turning her head, and in the moonlight, she revealed a gentle smile.

Aqing raised her hand and stroked Xiaoxingchen's face: "Thirty-two thousand tribulations, and you still found me."

"Why, why do you seem so familiar?"

Xiao Xingchen clutched his chest, and upon seeing A Qing's figure, an intense pain surged within him.

"Fool, why are you doing this?"

"Back then, I split the Spirit Seed in two. One half transformed into a moon wheel and entered the cycle of reincarnation, while the other half became a battle sword to suppress the heavens. I didn't want you to remember the past. I just didn't expect that, guided by fate, you would still find this place."

"I don't understand,"

“That’s right. You’re too weak right now, Li Luo. Send him out. Only when you stand atop the Jade Capital will you be qualified to pursue the truth.”

"Yes, ma'am."

Li Luo, who had been observing coldly, suddenly knelt down respectfully before A Qing and bowed deeply.

"No, I haven't found out what's going on yet. What's my relationship with you? And what's my relationship with that white-robed swordsman?"

Xiao Xingchen resolutely refused. The events that had occurred during this eternal night were truly beyond his imagination. Many memories flooded his mind, but he lacked a thread to connect them.

As for Ah Qing, who appeared before him, he had never seen her before, but he was certain that this person had an inextricable entanglement with him.

“This is your ninth incarnation,” Aqing suddenly reminded him, which startled Xiaoxingchen.

After hesitating for a moment, Aqing continued to speak.

"Be careful of yourself; all crises originate from within yourself."

"What do you mean?"

Aqing shook her head, then became transparent again before him. As she split into nine, the nine beams of moonlight returned to the nine crystal coffins, transforming into nine Mu Wushuangs.

The jade disc, chained up, fell silent. Everything that had just happened seemed like a dream, shattered as she awoke. Only Li Luo, tears welling in her eyes, stared at A Qing's retreating figure and slowly began to explain.

"The Nine Soul Seal is not a curse, but a protection, to prevent these nine remnant souls from perishing. Only in this way can Miss possibly reappear,"

"The suppression within the eternal night is actually the suppression of time. Here, space and time converge; without time, there is no consumption. The nine incomplete moons can remain here forever."

"You mean, everything here is for the sake of preserving A Qing's remnant soul? But what about that white-robed swordsman?" Xiao Xingchen began to slowly accept everything and started to piece together the truth.

"I told you, this is the place where time converges. That white-clad swordsman, isn't that you?"

Li Luo's gaze was somewhat cold, making Xiao Xingchen feel a chill run down his spine.

"Did I really have a past life?"

"That's your problem, but this time you were tricked into coming here, which startled the young lady's remnant soul. It's not safe here anymore."

"Leave as soon as possible. I will take the Eternal Night into time and prevent that person from finding this place."

"Who is that person you are talking about?"

"Hmph, you should ask yourself that. No wonder you've been used as a stepping stone for others. I truly feel sorry for Miss because of your stupidity. It's not your fault that you're weak, but your original sin is being a fool and refusing to wake up."

"Being stupid is one thing, but being schemed against once or twice is another. You're a muddle-headed fool. It's fine if you live in your own world. I just hope you won't come looking for us again. Miss has already been harmed by you and is now just a remnant of her soul. I don't want her to disappear completely because of you."

Li Luo seemed to have thought of something infuriating; as soon as she finished speaking, a chain appeared out of thin air and lashed out.

A tremendous force blasted Xiao Xingchen away, causing him to vanish into the chaos.

"Miss, we'll never see this heartless man again. I'll take you away."