Myth Beyond Heaven

Under massive pressure from all directions, Lin Tianyun grinned evilly. He slowly swung the devil sword down and uttered coldly. "Die…"

Puff!

A terrifying black and golden aura swept out horizontally, and the expression of everyone froze for a moment before their upper and lower bodies were separated apart and fell onto the ground.

Dead silence blanketed the scene as Lin Tianyun stood motionless in the place, looking at several corpses on the ground.

"Ugh…" A coughing sound could be heard at the moment, and Lin Tianyun squinted his eyes in surprise. He saw Qin Ye struggle to get up, trying to escape.

"Oh? You're still alive?" Lin Tianyun was genuinely surprised. The strike he made earlier could easily annihilate any Monarch Profound Realm expert, yet this pitiful young master actually survived.

Lin Tianyun noticed a piece of silver armor that broke into fragments around Qin Ye's body, and he immediately understood this should be Qin Ye's life-saving artifact.

"P-please spare me…." Qin Ye said pleadingly. His face was full of horror. The previously aloof Young Master Qin was nowhere to be seen now.

Lin Tianyun didn't say anything and pointed the sword at Qin Ye. A thread of black and golden flame shot out and immediately engulfed Qin Ye.

"Arghhh!" Qin Ye screamed painfully before his entire existence was reduced to ashes.

Lin Tianyun stood silently while looking at the sky. The touch of coldness from snow didn't seem to affect him in the slightest. It was as though he had completely lost all of his five senses and emotions.

"Mom… Since the world is cruel to us. I will make the whole world under my feet. You won't object, right?" Lin Tianyun hugged Lin Qianxue's body and whispered softly.

Since then, the terrifying devil had appeared in front of everyone in the world. Wherever he went, he would leave a long bloody river behind. He had become the nightmare of every existence in the world…

Two thousand years passed by. Lin Tianyun was sitting in front of a gravestone made of the most precious jade in the world. His current appearance was entirely different from his youth, but the tenderness and longing in his eyes had never changed whenever he thought of Lin Qianxue.

This place was called Thousand Snow Peak, and no one in the world dared to come. Its name was naturally derived from the "Qianxue" words. Lin Tianyun had personally planted all the most precious flowers here, as he wanted to give Lin Qianxue the best environment to rest.

Caressing the gravestone, Lin Tianyun said softly. "Mom. There's nothing in this world that can hurt us anymore. Is your son good?" A smile appeared on his cold face as he spoke this.

In the distance, a tall woman with a cold temperament was stunned when she saw this scene. Since the day she followed Lin Tianyun, she had never seen him smile once. She couldn't help being curious about Lin Tianyun's mother.

Lin Tianyun retracted his hand and sighed softly. "But without you, mom, my heart has always been empty… I really wish you were here with me now."

As he said, he gently laid down beside the gravestone and looked at the clear sky.

During these years, he had killed numerous people. Whether it was the so-called ruler of the world or any god from the Divine World, everyone died under his hand in the end. It was on this day that there was no one left to be his opponent anymore. He suddenly felt usually empty.

"Was it worth it?"

A soft voice suddenly resounded in Lin Tianyun's mind, causing his body to freeze for a moment.

Lin Tianyun didn't know who the voice owner was, but it was oddly familiar, as though he had heard this voice before somewhere.

Instead of inquiring about the other party's identity, Lin Tianyun kept repeating the question in his head. "Was it worth it?…"

The scenes in the past appeared in his mind, one after another. From the moment Lin Qianxue raised him all the way until the present. Lin Tianyun discovered everything he had done was worthless… Why did he start killing? Because of anger? Revenge?

Several questions appeared in his mind, and he found himself couldn't give an answer…

"No. It's not worth it." Lin Tianyun muttered.

"You've come far enough. It's time for you to forgive yourself." The gentle voice resounded again.

"Forgive myself…?" Lin Tianyun murmured to himself. He didn't quite understand the meaning behind this.

"Ugh!" A sharp pain suddenly appeared on Lin Tianyun's head. He groaned and clutched his head in pain.

At this moment, countless memories flushed into his mind like a broken dam. He seemed to experience numerous lifetimes. He would end up losing someone he loved in those lifetimes and embarked on the path of vengeance.

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"Can you promise me? You have to live well from now on, okay?… Do whatever you want. No more revenge and fighting." Xia Yao's voice rang out as he saw himself trying to stop the bleeding from the wound on her chest.

He responded in a choking voice. "I promise. I will live well."

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On the Tree of Life, Yun Lintian's bloody eyes gradually returned to their original state. Two streaks of bloody tears were replaced with crystal clear tears.

The vision slowly returned to Yun Lintian as he saw Linlin looking at him worriedly. Yun Lintian immediately realized everything he had experienced was just a dream.

"Lauya…What's going on?" Yun Lintian subconsciously asked.

"What you've experienced is one of your past lives, My King," Lauya responded.

"My past life?" Yun Lintian was visibly confused. "Why and how?"

"My King may not be aware the Tree of Life has another name, a Tree of Samsara. I can allow anyone to experience one of their past lives." Lauya said gently. "As for why I have to do this? I simply wish that you can forgive yourself… Everything in the past has already passed, and it's not your fault. You should let it go, My King."

A complicated emotion appeared in the depth of Yun Lintian's eyes.

"Can you promise me? You have to live well from now on, okay?"

"Can you promise me one thing? You have to live on, alright?"

Xia Yao and Lin Qianxue's last words kept echoing in Yun Lintian's mind…