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Chapter 574, The Lonely Nascent Soul

Hua Changxi and the Nascent Soul's perceptions are one; their emotional fluctuations are like resonating strings—when one vibrates, the other inevitably echoes.

Faced with the Nascent Soul's overwhelming rage and devastating attack, even though reason was frantically screaming in his mind that "negative emotions will fuel the black flames," when the killing intent that was enough to incinerate everything truly approached, the instincts of flesh and blood ultimately overwhelmed his sobriety.

Just like now, seeing fireballs constantly hurtling towards her, she had no choice but to protect herself.

At first, she was able to grit her teeth and desperately suppress the urge to retaliate, only hastily erecting a spiritual energy shield in an attempt to keep the raging fireballs out.

However, such a defense still stimulated the Nascent Soul.

The black flames on the nascent soul's chest grew even larger, seemingly taking this "defense" as a malicious provocation. What followed was an even more violent and denser rain of destructive fire than before.

Under such pressure, Hua Changxi's patience reached its limit.

Although reason told her that it was her own nascent soul, a part of her, and not to be opposed; her body was more honest than her mind, and launched a direct counterattack against the nascent soul.

Even defense can enrage a Nascent Soul cultivator, let alone a real counterattack.

In an instant, the nascent soul was enraged, and its small body erupted with a suffocating aura of ferocity.

The fireballs no longer poured down, but crashed down like a torrent bursting its banks, causing the entire dark world to tremble violently in its fury.

Hua Changxi still retained a sliver of clarity and did not truly lose control, so he dared not seriously injure the Nascent Soul cultivator.

She tried to control her strength, dodging and blocking, but was still blasted away by the relentless bombardment of fireballs.

"Hey~"

Hua Changxi lost control and flew backwards.

The wind howled in my ears, and my vision receded rapidly.

As the distance between her and the Nascent Soul continued to increase, she slowly saw that the Nascent Soul was standing alone on a black island.

As the island's full view gradually came into view, Hua Changxi's backward flight slowed down.

In the end, she was like a weightless leaf, silently suspended in a desolate void, gazing at the lonely island from afar.

The black island floated in the boundless darkness, emanating a cold, eerie black light, as if it had been forgotten by the entire world.

Lonely and desolate!

Hua Changxi's gaze slowly moved and landed on the small figure in the center of the island.

The nascent soul stood there motionless, its blurry outline seemingly blending into the pitch-black background, giving one a strong feeling that it could be swallowed by darkness at any moment.

Looking at the lonely figure of the Nascent Soul, the anger surging in Hua Changxi's heart gradually subsided, replaced by an indescribable sadness.

Because of this sorrow, she forgot the danger, forgot the Nascent Soul's frenzied attack on her, and only wanted to get closer to that island, closer to that small, lonely figure.

The next moment, she flew towards the island.

Just as she was about to reach the edge of the island, a fireball suddenly tore through the darkness and came hurtling towards her.

"Pfft~"

The sorrow in her heart was so intense that she didn't even want to avoid it.

Hua Changxi withstood the blow, blood gushing from his mouth and staining his clothes red.

She offered no defense, no counterattack, simply letting the scorching impact crash against her, shaking her blood and qi to their core.

The nascent soul was clearly taken aback.

The small hand that was raised high paused in mid-air, and a hint of surprise flashed in its dark eyes.

However, after a brief pause, it raised its hand again.

Another fireball came crashing down.

Hua Changxi still made no defense or counterattack. She was sent flying backward again, hovering in the air for quite a while before finally regaining her footing.

At this moment, the sorrow in her heart was somewhat diluted by the two consecutive attacks from the Nascent Soul.

But she gritted her teeth and flew toward the island again.

The nascent soul raised its hand for the third time.

This time, its movements were noticeably slower.

However, the fireball still landed.

Hua Changxi was hit once again.

This time, the sadness in my heart was completely dispelled.

Without the drive of sorrow, she hovered in the void, gazing at the distant island and the small dark figure on it, and suddenly hesitated.

Should we continue to get closer?

She looked around, and all she could see was a vast, boundless dark void, with no end in sight and no exit in sight.

Even now, she is still completely baffled by everything that happened after entering the volcanic cave.

Is this a test?

Or is it an illusion?

What is the purpose of all this?

There was no answer. With no other choice for the moment, she could only take a deep breath and fly towards the island again.

The fireball struck again, and this time, she could clearly feel that its attack power had increased.

Hua Changxi was struck so hard that his blood and qi surged, and he tumbled around in the void.

This time, the anger that had been replaced by sadness surged up in his heart again.

Before she could get any closer, the Nascent Soul attacked her again.

The intense flames nearly tore the entire dark world apart, and a violent heatwave swept over us, carrying an undisguised intent to destroy.

"This……"

Hua Changxi dodged the attack and glared angrily at the Nascent Soul.

However, the instant her eyes met the lonely figure of the Nascent Soul, almost in a flash, she captured a crucial psychological shift.

Initially, out of grief, she accepted and tolerated the attacks of the Nascent Soul.

Afterwards, her grief dissipated, and she began to hesitate, becoming distant from the Nascent Soul.

Finally, when attacked by a Nascent Soul cultivator again, she couldn't help but feel resentful.

When she felt sentimental about the Nascent Soul, she could clearly feel that the Nascent Soul's attack power was weakening.

However, when she became hesitant and distant, the Nascent Soul's attack intensified, but it was no longer as fierce.

However, after harboring resentment, the Nascent Soul's attack power increased several times over.

Hua Changxi's eyes widened in shock. She seemed to have figured something out—the way she treated the Nascent Soul was the way the Nascent Soul treated her.

Because of the black flames, the Nascent Soul is particularly sensitive to negative emotions, and will immediately launch a fierce attack upon sensing hostility.

One must not harbor any hostility towards a Nascent Soul.

Realizing this, Hua Changxi fell silent.

She understands the principles, but putting them into practice is easier said than done.

It would be too difficult not to feel any negative emotions when facing a black Nascent Soul that could go berserk at any moment and hurl destructive fireballs at any time.

But this was, after all, a breakthrough she had finally found.

So, Hua Changxi gritted her teeth and flew towards the island once again.

A fireball hurtled towards them.

She didn't dodge.

A second fireball followed immediately.

She still made no defense, no counterattack.

The third, the fourth fireball...

After several attempts, the situation became clearer: the key point was not how she withstood the fireball attacks, but whether she harbored hostility after being attacked.

Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, dripping silently down her chin into the darkness. Yet she never retaliated, not even activating her defensive spiritual energy shield.

She simply laid herself bare, enduring wave after wave of attacks with her own flesh and blood.

Gradually, the fireball's power began to weaken.

The blazing fireballs, initially violent and fierce, became slow and hesitant.

finally--

The moment Hua Changxi, dragging her battered body, staggered onto the black island, the last fireball stopped in front of her.

The fireball hovered in mid-air, no more than three inches from the tip of her nose. The scorching heat ruffled the stray hairs on her forehead, but did not advance an inch further.

Then, it went out.

The nascent soul lowered its hands, stood still, and looked at her somewhat helplessly.

In those dark eyes, the violence and madness were slowly fading, replaced by confusion and bewilderment.

Hua Changxi grinned and smiled at the Nascent Soul, trying her best to show her goodwill.

The nascent soul glanced at her, then turned around and sat down with its back to her, looking like it couldn't be bothered to pay her any attention.

Hua Changxi wasn't annoyed and sat down next to the Nascent Soul.

On the dark island, a large and a small figure sat silently facing each other. Although there was no verbal communication, the presence of another person made the desolate space seem less lonely.

After an unknown amount of time, a faint light suddenly appeared in the void.

Hua Changxi looked up and saw a brightly colored ball of light slowly flying towards them from the edge of the darkness in the distance.

A dazzling light spread across the void, illuminating the gray expanse inch by inch. (End of Chapter)