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The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 3371
That was a monk… It was a tiny monk!
More interesting, it was none other than Ancestor Bodhi living in his mind palace.
Phoenix and Jade Benmore had seen Ancestor Bodhi before. How would they not be surprised in the face of such a commotion? And the one being pulled out turned out to be Ancestor Bodhi, a fair and delicate monk?
“Old Bodhi, why are you here?” asked Alex.
However, Ancestor Bodhi did not move a muscle.
The female marshal was still pulling the dragon cart until she came to the middle of the four sculptures.
Phoenix pulled Alex’s arm as she said, “He is not Ancestor Bodhi. This thing gives me a heinous vibe.”
Right after the voice fell, Ancestor Bodhi suddenly opened his eyes. The eyeballs turned out to be entirely black without any sclera.
Then, shadows appeared consecutively out of the light of the 3,999 mysterious runes… Those shadows were of humans. Or rather, they were souls of the deceased.
They could vaguely make out the appearance of each and every soul before they died.
Their outfits looked very peculiar, ancient, and with an odd style.
“They are the citizens of the Witch Kingdom!” Phoenix suddenly shouted.
Alex recognized them too.
Back when they were exploring Sinless City, they had searched countless buildings. There, they had seen many people from the Witch Kingdom back then… Murals and sculptures, for instance. They even picked up Memory Crystals, but their cultivation was sealed, and could not read them. However, these souls looked exactly like the ones on the murals. Nonetheless, these souls were filled with endless resentment.
They wandered out and surrounded Ancestor Bodhi. Their faces were hideous, as though they were going to eat him. However, it was useless. They only dared to surround him, but they dared not do it for real, as though under some sort of restriction.
Alex suddenly remembered.
Those ancient gods in the Pantheon Tomb once talked about what happened back then. They said that a man had sealed them in the tomb and trapped them on the sacrificial altar of gods, but they did not know much about the matters of the Witch Kingdom. However, he combined the recount with the history back then, the Witch Kingdom was destroyed.
All the citizens of the Witch Kingdom were gone too.
Seeing so many souls of the Witch Kingdom here, Alex felt that he had discovered the truth… Perhaps the Witch Kingdom was destroyed in the hands of Ancestor Bodhi.
The key was to determine whether the current Ancestor Bodhi was the Ancestor Bodhi he knew. How else could they look so similar? No, they were simply both young and identical.
At that moment, Ancestor Bodhi opened his mouth. “Via, you are finally here. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
This voice definitely did not belong to Ancestor Bodhi. It was an unknown middle-aged man’s voice.
“Vi… Via?”
“Who is he calling?”
“It can’t be the Undead Queen, Juvia, right?”
Alex and the few others became alert all of a sudden.
Alex and the few others became alert all of a sudden.
The next moment, Juvia spoke softly, “Dad!”
In an instant, the few people were dumbfounded. Ancestor Bodhi was the Undead Queen’s father, so her blood could trigger the runes here. However, it was too far-fetched.
“Capture her!”
“Capture the Undead Queen! Do not let them rendezvous!”
Whoosh!
Jade took the lead and rushed over, trying to capture Juvia. However, the next second, that female marshal suddenly rushed over and instantly kicked Jade in the chest.
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Boom!
Jade had the body of the Titan Tribe, but now, her cultivation was completely sealed. Completely unable to block the female marshal’s heavy blow, she was sent flying and crashed directly into bloody runes.
Countless dead souls of the Witch Kingdom were wandering there. When they saw that Jade, having fallen on the ground, had vomited blood, they pounced on her, as if they were going to eat her.
“Master!”
Alex still had deep feelings for Jade, so he rushed forward recklessly. He initially thought that these dead souls would pounce on him, but to his surprise, these soul bodies of the Witch Kingdom that had long died for countless years seemingly feared him. When they saw Alex rushing over, they immediately fled in a swarm.
Alex successfully rushed up to Jade and picked her up with one hand.
Unexpectedly, that female marshal came again. The female marshal was not afraid of Alex.
She violently swung the rope in her hand that was initially used to pull the dragon, whipping right at Alex’s face.
Smack!
Alex did not feel pain. It was because the one who took the hit wasn’t him but Jade.
Jade hugged him tightly. Then, she endured the whipping with her back. Alex saw Jade vomiting golden blood, and the skin of her back tore open.
“Master…”
“I told you I would protect you forever. Over my dead body if whoever tries to bully you in the future,” said Jade with a smile.
The female marshal whipped her continuously. It seemed to be never-ending. On the other hand, Jade firmly protected Alex with her body while lying on top of his body. She spat out golden blood consecutively on Alex’s face and mouth… He sensed that the blood was actually bitter.
“Master! Let go of me! Let go of me!”
“Trash! You mindless mass of flesh! Come and beat me if you are capable!” Alex roared loudly as tears streamed down his face.
On the other hand, Juvia smiled lightly as she looked at Alex with a relieved face. “Alex Rockefeller, I have long heard that you are a Casanova with countless women. I really didn’t expect that you wouldn’t even spare your master! As a master, you fall in love with your disciple. I really feel ashamed for you guys.”
Alex said, “She is my master!”
Juvia asked, “Do you believe it?”
The female marshal tilted her head and looked at Alex and Jade. It was unknown what she was thinking, but they finally stopped whipping her.
Jade smiled bitterly. “Alex, you don’t have to call me master anymore.”
“Huh?”
“She’s absolutely right. I don’t deserve to become your master because I have really fallen in love with you! I was the happiest when we were in the dream world of the Heavenly Stairs.”
“But, don’t you… Hold Xerxes Lawlor close to your heart?”
Jade smiled. “I initially promised I would never talk about this matter, but now, I’m dying soon. It’s time to talk about it.”
“What is it? Don’t talk nonsense. You will be fine. In fact, I also like you.”
Jade said with a smile, “Your words will suffice! The secret I talk about is that I’m actually not Jade Benmore. ”
Alex was startled. “You aren’t Jade Benmore and Commander Benmore. Who are you then? Where is the real Jade Benmore?”
Jade said, “The real Jade Benmore had an accident twenty five years ago…”
“She died? She died twenty five years ago?” Alex was shocked beyond words at Jade’s words.
“I don’t know whether she’s considered dead, but it’s close!”
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Jade talked about the truth of that year.
Twenty five years ago, the real Jade entered a certain secret realm and activated an ancient tomb. Still, as a result, she triggered the protective force field. Eventually, she did not make it through and collapsed into the coffin. And the current Jade was lying in the coffin.
She was a Titan Tribe princess who hailed from the Chi universe. However, the princess was still in the process of awakening and was in a terrible state. She could not fully awaken her native talent and memories because Jade had opened the coffin in advance. Even so, the princess still thanked Jade because Jade’s blood had awakened her. Otherwise, she would slumber there eternally without the blood.
Jade was still conscious at that time. She told the princess that the person she could not let go of the most was a man, her husband, Xerxes Lawlor. If Xerxes were to find out about her death, he would definitely be devastated.
Eventually, the princess said that she could do Jade a favor…
She turned herself into Jade and became the captain of the Flying Eagles. However, she was not the real Jade, so she could not be with Xerxes. Later, she deliberately found an excuse to get a divorce. The real Jade was still lying in that coffin.
Generally speaking, it was difficult for her to wake up again.
After Alex heard that, he sighed in every possible way. To his surprise, this Jade was not the other Jade. It was no wonder Xerxes’s deep love for his wife was not reciprocated in the end because she was actually a princess disguised as her… And, it was destined that Xerxes could not get together with the Titan princess due to the Titan Tribe’ s body.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Juvia clapped her hands. “I never expected that I would hear such an interesting story. What’s more, I didn’t expect that you would be a princess from the Titan Tribe!”
At that moment, the dark-eyed Ancestor Bodhi said, “Via, I sense that this man’s body is decent I feel endless life energy in him. This body of mine is going to wither soon. I need to acquire his body!”
“Via, there is also a problem with your body, but this Titan Tribe’s body is very suitable for you. You will be able to merge with it one day and have boundless future prospects.”
As Ancestor Bodhi spoke, that female marshal moved again. This time, she did not lash out with the whip. Instead, she directly rushed toward Jade… Well, let’s call her Jade. She grabbed Jade.
Jade, who was already severely injured, could not resist her. Even if Alex wanted to grab her, he was unable to do so.
Phoenix, standing from the sidelines, couldn’t be of more help. As soon as she walked into the rune formation, a large group of dead souls from the Witch Kingdom chased after her.
Shortly afterward, Alex was captured and sent right in front of Juvia’s father.
The evil version of Ancestor Bodhi smiled lightly as he said, “I sense a familiar smell on you. That’s great! After a million years, we finally met again. However, in this sacrificial altar of gods, victory is destined to be mine.”
He lifted his finger and suddenly pointed at Alex’s forehead.
The next second, Alex felt that his consciousness seemed to have sunk into the bottom of a dark lake. Ancestor Bodhi entered his sea of consciousness and easily controlled everything about him.
“Haha! It’s even more wonderful than I imagined!”
Ancestor Bodhi’s voice resounded in Alex’s mind. He quickly fused with Alex with all his might. He wanted to transfer his soul, consciousness, and even fate to Alex’s body.
The situation was perilous.
It was then that Alex suddenly heard a voice. “Hey! You are finally here!”
“Holy crap!”
Alex jumped in shock. “Who is that?!”
That faint voice said, “You can call me Dimitri Rockefeller!”
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Jade talked about the truth of that year.
Twenty five years ago, the real Jade entered a certain secret realm and activated an ancient tomb. Still, as a result, she triggered the protective force field. Eventually, she did not make it through and collapsed into the coffin. And the current Jade was lying in the coffin.
She was a Titan Tribe princess who hailed from the Chi universe. However, the princess was still in the process of awakening and was in a terrible state. She could not fully awaken her native talent and memories because Jade had opened the coffin in advance. Even so, the princess still thanked Jade because Jade’s blood had awakened her. Otherwise, she would slumber there eternally without the blood.
Jade was still conscious at that time. She told the princess that the person she could not let go of the most was a man, her husband, Xerxes Lawlor. If Xerxes were to find out about her death, he would definitely be devastated.
Eventually, the princess said that she could do Jade a favor…
She turned herself into Jade and became the captain of the Flying Eagles. However, she was not the real Jade, so she could not be with Xerxes. Later, she deliberately found an excuse to get a divorce. The real Jade was still lying in that coffin.
Generally speaking, it was difficult for her to wake up again.
After Alex heard that, he sighed in every possible way. To his surprise, this Jade was not the other Jade. It was no wonder Xerxes’s deep love for his wife was not reciprocated in the end because she was actually a princess disguised as her… And, it was destined that Xerxes could not get together with the Titan princess due to the Titan Tribe’ s body.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Juvia clapped her hands. “I never expected that I would hear such an interesting story. What’s more, I didn’t expect that you would be a princess from the Titan Tribe!”
At that moment, the dark-eyed Ancestor Bodhi said, “Via, I sense that this man’s body is decent I feel endless life energy in him. This body of mine is going to wither soon. I need to acquire his body!”
“Via, there is also a problem with your body, but this Titan Tribe’s body is very suitable for you. You will be able to merge with it one day and have boundless future prospects.”
As Ancestor Bodhi spoke, that female marshal moved again. This time, she did not lash out with the whip. Instead, she directly rushed toward Jade… Well, let’s call her Jade. She grabbed Jade.
Jade, who was already severely injured, could not resist her. Even if Alex wanted to grab her, he was unable to do so.
Phoenix, standing from the sidelines, couldn’t be of more help. As soon as she walked into the rune formation, a large group of dead souls from the Witch Kingdom chased after her.
Shortly afterward, Alex was captured and sent right in front of Juvia’s father.
The evil version of Ancestor Bodhi smiled lightly as he said, “I sense a familiar smell on you. That’s great! After a million years, we finally met again. However, in this sacrificial altar of gods, victory is destined to be mine.”
He lifted his finger and suddenly pointed at Alex’s forehead.
The next second, Alex felt that his consciousness seemed to have sunk into the bottom of a dark lake. Ancestor Bodhi entered his sea of consciousness and easily controlled everything about him.
“Haha! It’s even more wonderful than I imagined!”
Ancestor Bodhi’s voice resounded in Alex’s mind. He quickly fused with Alex with all his might. He wanted to transfer his soul, consciousness, and even fate to Alex’s body.
The situation was perilous.
It was then that Alex suddenly heard a voice. “Hey! You are finally here!”
“Holy crap!”
Alex jumped in shock. “Who is that?!”
That faint voice said, “You can call me Dimitri Rockefeller!”
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He burst into laughter because he saw the Ancestral Bodhi Tree inside the mind palace via internal vision.
“I knew it! This body makes me unusually excited! As expected, you are here!”
“Huh? There is also a tree here… It turns out to be the Chaos Tree? Haha. How lucky I am! The Chaos Realm was completely closed because of some unknown reason. Even Dairaionji Temple couldn’t intervene with it. Still, with this Chaos Tree, I will be able to enter it with brute force! I can even use the Chaos Tree as a breakthrough to occupy the entire Chaos Realm!”
“Ah! These are Chaos Beads. There are actually so many of them. It’s really effortless to get them. Combined with those with me, I already have twenty-two beads. I will reach completion if I find another two heads. I’m so happy today! I’m really happy. Heh!” The evil Bodhi hummed joyfully.
At that moment, he totally jumped in shock after he peeked out of the corner of his eye.
“What am I seeing?!”
“It’s a black ax! Hahaha! This is the Phanes Ax! God is really nice to me! With the Phanes Ax in hand, I don’t have to worry about the tree Yggdrasil. I’m going to hack it to smithereens!”
“Hahaha..! Uhm..?” The evil Bodhi cackled.
Just then, that motionless Phanes Ax glowed brightly all of a sudden. Endless mysterious runes enveloped the evil Bodhi’s soul
“Gah! This is bad! I have fallen into that b*stard’s trick!”
The evil Bodhi screamed while dashing erratically, trying to escape the envelopment of the runes. However, the Phanes Ax’s sharp blade heavily struck him the next second.
“Argh! I’m dead! Holy crap!”
After the evil Bodhi let out his final scream, the Phanes Ax split his soul into several portions.
At that moment, Alex was still in the deepest part of the cardiac acupoint, but he already sensed that the crisis had been lifted. Light appeared ahead, so he could leave this place at any time to regain control of his body. Furthermore, he should be able to fully control his cultivation.
He looked at Dimitri, but he discovered that Dimitri’s soul fire was weakening like a candle in the wind.
“What’s wrong with you?” Alex hurriedly asked.
“I’ve probably reached the end of my life!” Dimitri smiled. “It’s time to liberate myself. It’s really lonely here!”
A burst of sorrow surged inside Alex’s heart as if he could feel Dimitri’s state of mind.
“Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?”
“I miss my mom.” Dimitri suddenly said, “Unfortunately, I’ve never seen her face.”
Alex was puzzled.
“Can you meet her on my behalf?”
Alex asked, “Where is she?”
Dimitri said, “She is in Atlantis of the Chi universe. Her name is Sophia. I can sense that she is still alive.”
Alex was shocked. “Does Atlantis exist in the Chi universe too?”
Dimitri said, “The diffracted universe is the diffracted universe of the Chi universe. You can understand it as a mirror image. I can sense that she is calling me!”
“Uhm..?”
At that moment, a circle of blue ripples appeared on Dimitri’s body.
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“What is this?” Alex was shocked to see the blue ring of light around Dimitri.
He even noticed the smell of seafood… Or, rather, the sea around him.
Even Dimitri himself was stunned and confused. “I don’t know either, but… It smells like her.”
‘Her? Could he be talking about his mother, Sophia?‘
‘Could she still be alive and have crossed realms from the Chi universe?‘
In reality, there was nothing of the sort. The blue ring light was just a layer of protection, surrounding Dimitri’s body entirely.
A while ago, Dimitri’s soul was so dull and faint that he was rather hard to see. Yet now, he looked as if he was covered in blue paint, and people were able to clearly see his body and facial features… He was still quite odd to look at, but it would seem that he was an exquisite and handsome young man. He appeared to be Asian, and was much better looking than many celebrities within their country. Even Alex, who had claimed to be the most good-looking man in the universe, felt his heart skip when looking at Dimitri.
‘Damn, I’m jealous!’
“Where’s your mom?” Alex asked.
“She’s not here. This is just the most precious thing she left for me.” Dimitri said in a deep tone. “She had always been with me all along, protecting me in secret. And just as I was about to fade away, she showed up.”
Alex didn’t understand. “So you’re saying… This is your mother?”
Just as they were talking, a blue light appeared at the passage upfront, the exit to the cardiac acupoint. It then slowly approached the two. Upon closer inspection, Alex was shocked to find that it was a lotus flower. It was one of the three thousand flowers in his body, wandering about and ending up in this place. It seemed to be attracted to the blue light on Dimitri.
“This is…”
Dimitri was the one who felt surprised this time. Seeing that blue lotus flower rushing over, he was confused about how it came here.
“This is the Green Genesis Lotus’s twin lotus. It’s been growing in my body and becoming something within my Nascent Soul. From what I’ve seen, my cultivation journey is different from most. If I had to label my level, I would be a Nascent Soul cultivator at most. But I can still manage a fight with a king of gods.”
Dimitri said, “I get it now. You have gone on the path of the ancient Kojin.”
“What?!”
“Even during ancient times, it was very rare for someone to take on the Kojin cultivation journey. Very few succeeded, and all of them are in the Chi universe.”
“I don’t think there’s any in the Diffracted universe due to its law power. It wasn’t sufficient enough for Kojin cultivators to succeed. Oh, and only people who have the Great Kojin Body could go on this path.”
Just then, the flower went closer to Dimitri, growing its roots into his glowing body.
Whoosh!
Dimitri then disappeared, like he had been absorbed into the blue lotus, which made Alex gasp.
Just then, the flower waved gently and spoke. “Alex, you should go ahead and do what you need to do. With the divine power my mother left for me and this weird blue flower connected to me, my soul is safe for now. Maybe it’s nice that I get to have an actual flower body.”
Alex was now utterly stunned in place, his mouth left wide agape.
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Suddenly, he heard Jade’s mad laughter from outside, as if she had gone completely insane, cackling with all her might.
Alex jumped, knowing that this Jade wasn’t the Jade he knew on Earth, but instead the princess of the Titan tribe. They merely shared the same name. However, the Undead Queen was trying to take over her body, so he couldn’t possibly let Juvia get her way.
Alex immediately rushed out of his chest, taking complete control of his body again.
Right then, he saw that it was, in fact, Jade laughing out loud, grabbing Phoenix by the neck and lifting her up into the air. The woman’s life was definitely in danger.
Juvia put up a cruel expression. “Phoenix, was it? Now that you’re in my hands, no one would be able to save you, you know? Your parents hadn’t shown up in three thousand years. Do you really think they’d come back to you? That wishful thinking!”
“Oh, and your man Alex… His body had already become my father’s substitute! Haha, your little Diffracted universe will still end up in the Pierce family’s hands!”
“Stop!” Alex called out from behind her.
“Huh?” Juvia turned around and looked at Alex, asking, “Are you Alex now or Father?”
Alex replied. “Of course, I’m your father. This little brat’s cultivation had been sealed off, so how could he possibly fight back? This body is quite good. It’s giving me another chance to feel young… Oh, and let her go, for now, this woman is still useful to us.”
Juvia didn’t doubt him for a second and let Phoenix go immediately. The woman ended up falling harshly to the ground, unable to get back up to her feet.
“Father, why are you keeping her alive?”
This question made Alex tongue-tied for a few seconds before answering the question.
“This place needs a living sacrifice to open the gates. Elsewise, we wouldn’t be able to leave later.”
Alex wasn’t exactly trying to trick her. In fact, he said it in a very natural way.
For some reason, the evil Bodhi left something inside after being killed off by the Phanes Ax, like his memories. Hence, Alex was able to receive shocking information from these bits and pieces of memories.
“A living sacrifice, huh? That could be a great torture method too!” Juvia chuckled to herself.
After that, she asked, “Father, I’d like to know why you’d show up here. Everyone thought you died after you went missing. Do you know how many things have gone down in the Pierce family? Our family used to have twenty thousand people, but now I’m the only one left.”
Alex wasn’t quite interested in all this. He was merely here to observe Juvia and think of a way to chase her out of Jade’s body. He could still feel Jade’s soul in there since the both of them had bound their lives together.
“Our family was huge, but Father, you went missing at a crucial moment. Auntie went with you that day, and she also ended up missing. Someone found her bra on the ground once, so everyone accused you of raping her, then eloping with her!”
“Third Uncle took his anger out on our family, bullying us within the tribe. He even beat Mother to death.”
“After that, he just became worse and worse. He went insane and started learning demonic arts. Not only did he oppress our entire tribe, he even went to Galactic City to kidnap the lord’s wife. That’s how the Pierce family ended up getting demolished.”
“So, Father, did you really rape Auntie and bring her away with you?”
Alex was now slightly interested in this story. After some thought, he said, “Of course not. We just experienced very odd incidents back then. And it was all because of this evil Bodhi!”
“Via, come here. I’ll let you in on a secret. Do you know who this evil Bodhi is?”
“He’s the owner of the Dairaionji Temple.”
“This guy was the one who forcefully brought me away and ate your aunt. It’s good that I succeeded in defeating him in the end.”
Juvia froze. “He’s the owner of the Dairaionji Temple?”
Alex replied. “That’s right, this place is where the followers of Dairaionji Temple are. Via, I’m so sorry about what happened back then. That’s why I have decided to let you be the owner of this very temple.”
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Juvia was still surprised by this news.
She did have her doubts, but she knew that Alex’s cultivation had been sealed off, figuring that there was no way he could turn the tables. Moreover, what he just said were in fact things that the Earthling wouldn’t have known, or so she thought.
Pointing to a random spot, the glowing bloody talismans shooting out of the ground started moving vigorously. Bones surrounded the four divine beast statues, with many phantoms of ancient beings rushing about as if they were trying to struggle out of there…
At the very same time, a door appeared out of nowhere, situated right on top of the platform.
Alex lowered his voice. “That door is the exit, and also the entrance to the Dairaionji Temple. But we need a sacrifice. Via, put your soul into this evil Bodhi first.”
“Huh? I just possessed this Titan lady’s body though? Why would you want my soul to come out again?”
“Ah yeah, curse my old brain, I forgot to remind you before all this. If that’s so, then I should take over the temple instead! But you might get limited access if you wanted to try entering the Chaos Realm through the temple.”
Hearing this, Juvia immediately said, “Father, I can come out of this body, I haven’t possessed it for long after all.”
She couldn’t possibly let go of such a great opportunity, especially since this was the Dairaionji Temple that they were talking about. She wouldn’t give that up even if it were for her father. Worried that her father might change his mind, Juvia immediately astral projected and entered the body. “Father, I’m ready.”
“Alright! I will begin the sacrificial ceremony now. When the door to the Dairaionji Temple opens up, it will sense the evil Bodhi’s Chi along with yours, then the temple will recognize you as its owner. Daddy will give you a hand here.”
Alex went towards the evil Bodhi’s body right away, forming seals in his hands as he sent all of them into the statue.
“Hmm? Wait, something’s not right…”
Juvia suddenly realized that his words felt off.
‘Daddy? That word… Is a actually term used by modern Earthlings. Father only uses ancient language, so he couldn’t possibly use this term, even if he took over Alex’s body. So…’
“Oh no, it’s a trap!”
Juvia was alerted, trying to get her soul out as soon as possible. However, she realized that Alex had used mysterious symbols to seal the evil Bodhi. She couldn’t seem to find a way out at all, while the evil Bodhi’s body was completely sealed shut.
“Alex… You were Alex all along?” Juvia screamed and shouted as she finally recognized who he really was.
Not only did her father not succeed in taking over his body, but Alex managed to come out of this battle fine. Her father was gone, and this man received all his memories. This indicated that her father had ended up dying within Alex’s mind, which was why Alex obtained his memories.
“Haha, aren’t you disappointed, Miss Undead Queen? Knowing that I, a little human, hadn’t died yet?” Alex laughed.
“But I really have to thank you. Without your blood, I wouldn’t have been able to open this sacrificial altar, and I wouldn’t have been able to lead your father out of his old nest!”
“Say, don’t you think this was fate?”
“You personally planned out the Undead invasion, wreaking havoc within the entire Diffracted universe. Yet you also happened to be the one who helped me solve the mystery, until the fall of the Witch Kingdom. I’d be able to save everyone with this, and I received the ownership of the Dairaionj Temple. So, Juvia Pierce, I am sincerely grateful.”
“Oh, and one last thing, you may rest in peace now,” Alex said as he summoned the Phanex Ax.
Juvia still couldn’t get out of the evil Bodhi, but she seemed to have given up on struggling when she saw the ax. An eerie smile was then plastered across her little face.
Without hesitation, Alex slammed the ax down and sliced the evil Bodhi in half, along with Juvia’s soul. Both evaporated into thin air right there and then.
Alex closed his eyes and took a deep breath. ‘I’ve finally killed this monster!’
On the other side, Phoenix had finally gotten back on her feet, limping over towards the man. “Alex!”
Alex put the ax away and waved at her. “Don’t come near me. The sacrificial altar of the Witch Kingdom is just down below. There are way too many vengeful spirits, so just stand there and wait for me. I don’t want you being attacked by any of these spirits.”
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“I don’t want to!” Phoenix rejected his suggestion unexpectedly, leaping with all her might.
The large groups of vengeful spirits sensed her. They immediately rushed toward her as if they saw food after being starved for weeks.
“My God, this dumb*ss!”
Alex was exceedingly annoyed by this. ‘If something were to happen to her, this happy ending would end with a funeral instead!’
He then picked Jade up with both arms and lunged in Phoenix’s direction. It was fortunate that he already broke the seal set upon him.
With a loud roar, the spirits slowly backed away one after another. Alex then grabbed Phoenix with his other arm and rushed out of the spirit-filled place.
“Are you out of your mind?! Your cultivation has been scaled, so how could you just come over without thinking?”
He seemed very stern, only to realize that this woman ignored his words, and she even grinned brightly. “I wanted to imitate those dumba*ses too, jumping off a cliff even though they knew their lives would be at risk.”
Her sweet, beautiful smile made Alex calm down, his anger dissipating instantly.
“Are you okay?” He asked.
“Look!” Phoenix lifted her chin, exposing her neck.
There was a deep red mark over it since Juvia nearly snapped her neck just now.
Alex reached his hand out and touched the red mark, brushing his Chi gently against it and healing it at a tremendously shocking speed. After that, he brought out the Phanes Ax once more and broke the seals to her cultivation. He picked Jade back up into his arms and ran straight to the bloody pond. The pond was filled with high-class blood and would be of use to Jade.
He could still sense Jade’s soul. It was still in there, but she just couldn’t wake up.
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Three days later, Jade still hadn’t woken up. It was as if her soul had fallen into an abyss within her body, unable to resurface.
“Is it still not working?” Phoenix asked.
“Nope! I don’t even know what went wrong…”
Alex was frustrated and upset, falling to the ground on his behind. Phoenix stood right behind him, placing a hand on his head as she ruffled his hair. She sighed and said, “Take a rest. What if she’s going to be in this state forever? Sometimes life is just that unfair.”
After regaining her cultivation, it was like she had turned back into that high and mighty Little Divine Phoenix.
“At least we killed the Undead Queen, right?”
Alex could only lean against the woman’s body, not saying a single word.
Just then, a meow came from above their heads. It was Whitey, still standing on top of the grimstone. In just a few moments, they noticed several streams of blood flowing down like waterfalls.
“The corpses!”
“Those corpses that fell from the cracks in the sky are coming again!”
Alex yelled out to the top. “Whitey, stay up there for now. I’ll be back for you in a bit!”
He then brought Jade out of the pond and quickly said, “According to the memories of the evil Bodhi, the moment these corpses come crashing down, the Altar of Gods will open, then we’ll be able to destroy it.”
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 3380
Since Alex got his cultivation back, he was able to open his mind palace, open storage gadgets, and do many other things. Owing to that, he tried summoning the teleportation door. However, it didn’t work, despite him having access to everything else. Alex would’ve been able to send Jade out otherwise. So he could only bring Jade along with him.
He then summoned both Shelly and Ancestor Bodhi out of his mind.
“Ancestor Bodhi!”
“Hey, take a look at him. Is he your twin or something?”
Returning back to the place filled with blood talismans, the evil Bodhi could still be easily recognized though he had been sliced in half by the Phanes Ax.
Ancestor Bodhi seemed calm. “I knew all along, so just give me a pit to deal with him. I almost had a heart attack when he appeared out of nowhere!”
“What does that mean? You already saw it a while ago?”
Ancestor Bodhi said, “I came from the same roots as he did. We were the ancestor spirits that came from the Ancestral Bodhi Tree. I branched out to the South, whereas he branched out to the North.”
“The tree’s Yang energy faced the South as the Yin energy faced the North. That is probably why we never got along since birth.”
This was the first time Alex had heard such an explanation, but it made sense.
“But to us spirits, my powers are not as strong as his despite striving towards kindness. Since spirits naturally have more Yin energy, he is much stronger than I am. Back then, we were fine with each other’s presence since we aren’t aggressive.”
“Yet, later on, he managed to grow a divided soul…”
Upon hearing this, Alex sympathized with Ancestor Bodhi and tried comforting him. “I understand now. You poor child, you have been abused since then, huh? Even if he was still one being despite having six divided souls, he was still much stronger than you. That’s how you ended up this way, right?”
“Exactly!” Ancestor Bodhi was even older than the Earth. Yet, he still teared up upon looking back on his horrific childhood memories.
It seemed that this guy had been treated as an enslaved person even back in the Dairaionji Temple. He was basically the evil Bodhi’s lapdog, as the evil Bodhi took control over everything. The evil Bodhi had him take care of the tree, but he could already leave the Ancestral Bodhi Tree for long periods of time and travel around freely, making trouble anywhere he went. As long as the tree was alive, the evil Bodhi wouldn’t die…
Juvia was actually wrong to have called the evil Bodhi ‘Father’. The evil Bodhi had swallowed her father and merged their memories together. That was how he was able to mask as her father when speaking. Moreover, with them merging, their blood naturally mixed together as well. That was why Juvia’s blood could activate the blood talismans in the ground.
“Hahaha!” Suddenly, Ancestor Bodhi started cackling maniacally, acting even crazier than the evil Bodhi.
Shelly, who was standing at the side, started shaking her head. “Poor child, give him a moment. If he doesn’t let out any of his pent-up emotions now, he might become depressed… So this is why he’s so timid now.”
In the end, Ancestor Bodhi swallowed up the evil Bodhi. Since they were both from the same roots, this was the best course of action for now. However, the evil Bodhi was now just a shell. His actual spirit had been killed by the Phanes Ax and swallowed up by Alex.
Shelly looked towards Phoenix. “How are you holding up?”
The two knew each other quite well, in fact.
“I’m okay.”
“No, you’re not I can tell.” Shelly stared at Phoenix’s face with a stern expression.
“What could possibly be wrong? Come on, Shelly, why are you nagging all the time?”
“Something’s wrong with you and him!” Shelly huffed.
“I can see it in your soul and eyes. You’re developing feelings!”
“Huh???” Phoenix nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
As the Little Divine Phoenix, she couldn’t possibly take such comments. Phoenix then looked at Shelly’s body, which still hadn’t finished growing at the time. Suddenly, she had a cold and exciting idea.
‘Hehehe…’
Just then, Alex sent out a few seals with his hands to the blood talismans on the ground. Moreover, large amounts of blood flowed down from the grimstone while the flesh slid to the other side. This blood was able to help them open the altar entirely.
Roar!
“Seiryuu, three steps to the left!”
“Byakko, four steps to the right!”