No one knew her name, and no one knew her identity.

But the moment she extended her hand toward that mustard seed, countless people had already seen her face clearly, instantly feeling that the scene before them was tinged with an indescribable, mysterious eeriness!

To Liao Kong, it was even more terrifying.

What timing was this!

One careless mistake would cost two lives, and they were the lives of the two heaven’s pride from Yashan and Kunwu! If something truly went wrong at this critical moment, who knew if it would cause unnecessary misunderstandings between the Chan sect and the Central Domain!

His entire head felt like it was about to explode. Liao Kong opened his mouth wide and shouted, but fierce winds rushed toward him, instantly drowning out his voice.

This fierce wind came from the lightning and ruler shadows when Jian Chou and Xie Buchen fought, from the gradually pressing, slowly descending mouth of the treasure bottle above their heads from Treasure Bottle Dharma King, and also from the mustard seed that Liao Kong had shot out…

All three parties made their moves almost simultaneously!

The terrifying fluctuations immediately mixed together, shattering all sounds between heaven and earth!

At this moment, Jian Chou only felt roaring in her ears, unable to hear anything at all! The entire holy hall, the entire snow domain, even the entire heaven and earth, were all in a vast and desolate silence!

So with a gentle turn of her gaze, she saw it.

That figure flying up from below on the wind, her moon-white robes fluttering, yet between her delicate brows there was a familiar coldness…

The torrent of time, in such a long yet brief moment, was suddenly disrupted.

In that trance-like feeling, Jian Chou actually felt as if she was looking at herself in a mirror. Because this female cultivator who had suddenly entered her field of vision looked exactly the same as her!

It was as if from some forgotten depth of time, she had quietly walked out and come before her.

A familiarity that made one want to sigh and also made one’s scalp tingle!

The moment she saw this female cultivator, ten thousand thoughts flashed rapidly through Jian Chou’s mind – the past within the Left Three Thousand Small Assembly’s Causation Gate that she had severed and cast aside, the future incarnation of causation that had emerged before the lone platform at Cloud Sea Plaza…

However, it was only for a moment, and all thoughts vanished like smoke, leaving only one absolutely certain statement—

She was herself!

However, this “self,” upon seeing her, lightly curved her lips in a smile, the expression at the corners of her eyes and brows carrying an indescribable strangeness!

Jian Chou could not describe this moment at all, only feeling a sudden sharp pain deep in her spiritual platform!

The Dijiang Wind Thunder Wings that she had originally been wholeheartedly controlling, due to this moment of distraction, actually swayed unsteadily in an instant, and even the golden light and purple lightning filling the sky flickered for a moment!

“Boom!”

The time was too brief. Jian Chou didn’t even have time to react further before she was enveloped by the endless purple lightning and infinite ruler shadows that exploded before her!

“Pff!”

A mouthful of heart blood surged from her throat, and despite her extremely high cultivation at this moment, she couldn’t suppress it!

In an instant, her moon-white robes were covered with mottled bloodstains!

When masters fight, it’s always a matter of split seconds. Moreover, between her and Xie Buchen was a death match – at this critical moment of the final strike, how could even the slightest distraction be tolerated?

From the appearance of this strange other Jian Chou to the determination of victory and defeat, it took less than a breath!

Others hadn’t even reacted to what had happened when they already saw Jian Chou’s figure being swallowed by the overwhelming ruler shadows!

What happened next was even more in the flash of lightning—

The treasure bottle suspended above the two had not been affected by their fight at all, still pressing down directly! And that mustard seed that had been shot out was about to fall into the hands of that “demon woman” who looked exactly like Jian Chou!

Liao Kong was already watching with splitting eyes, almost thinking that Jian Chou and Xie Buchen would surely die!

But unexpectedly, at this moment the “demon woman’s” originally swift figure in mid-air was actually blocked by the aura emanating from the treasure bottle’s mouth, causing her speed to slow for a moment!

It was this moment of delay!

The originally deadly situation instantly welcomed a reversal!

The mustard seed that would have fallen into the demon woman’s hands and been intercepted by her, during this moment of delay, actually managed to strike the center of Jian Chou and Xie Buchen’s battle one step ahead of the treasure bottle’s descent!

“Hum!”

A bodhi golden light emerged from this smallest of mustard seeds, immediately giving people a mysterious and ethereal feeling!

Jian Chou and Xie Buchen, who had just determined victory and defeat, were already injured or exhausted. When illuminated by this golden light, they didn’t even have the strength to resist.

At this moment, both of them generated a strange illusion that the vast sea was very large, while they were very small.

Their gazes were involuntarily drawn to this mustard seed, as if it wasn’t a tiny seed, but a boundless universe!

“Boom!”

After a strange explosive sound, the two living people who had been fighting to the death just moments before actually disappeared into thin air! What remained in that void was only the mustard seed still emitting faint golden light!

Success! It actually succeeded!

Liao Kong was instantly overjoyed, immediately forming hand seals, wanting to retrieve this mustard seed before the Treasure Bottle Dharma King’s bottle fell.

But speak of the devil – there was a figure beside him who was even faster!

That demon woman who had been affected by the treasure bottle earlier, whose speed had suddenly slowed!

The distance between her and the mustard seed had been extremely close to begin with. Before her speed slowed, she had only been an arm’s length away from the seed. At this moment, she directly lunged forward and grasped it in one grab!

Even if Liao Kong had early Nascent Soul cultivation and was extremely fast, how could he match her?!

“Whoosh!”

Swift fierce wind carried her figure as she swept past!

Even the Treasure Bottle Dharma King’s about-to-fall treasure bottle couldn’t keep her figure! In just a blink of an eye, she was about to fly out of everyone’s sight!

This mustard seed was no longer just a Chan sect treasure!

Inside it contained two people, the two heaven’s pride that Kunwu and Yashan had placed their hopes on!

If it truly fell into others’ hands, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Seeing that the demon woman was about to escape in the chaos, Liao Kong became desperate and wanted to use his connection with the mustard seed to forcibly pull it back.

But who would have thought that just as his Buddhist power and spiritual consciousness began to circulate and spread, the treasure bottle suspended above the holy hall came crashing down!

“Bang!”

Countless layers of silver-blue light suddenly exploded, like raising ten-thousand-zhang waves at the peak of this snow domain. The surging silver-blue light was like towering waves crashing from the sky, carrying infinite force as they struck Liao Kong’s chest!

His originally regular spiritual power circulation instantly became chaotic.

Not to mention he had just been concentrating on controlling the mustard seed!

This sudden and unavoidable strike almost simultaneously destroyed all the Buddhist power in Liao Kong’s body upon arrival, annihilating his outward-spreading spiritual consciousness, making him “wa” and spit out a large mouthful of blood.

The development of events was truly ever-changing.

When deciding to save people, it was already extremely tense; when that demon woman appeared and interfered, his heart hung by a thread; when he thought there was no hope and certain death, there was suddenly a desperate escape; when he thought he had successfully saved people, that demon woman became the biggest variable, snatching away the mustard seed…

Such constant changes all occurred within these few short breaths!

How could one know if it wasn’t that demon woman’s deliberate scheming and calculation?

After all, she was the “past” of that Jian Chou senior sister. Having such precise calculations was actually within reason.

First, Jian Chou and Xie Buchen fought until both were wounded, then the mustard seed drew both people in. She appeared at the perfect moment to seize the seed, and then the Treasure Bottle Dharma King’s attack fell, completely blocking him from pursuing the seed!

What was this?

A person’s past calculating the present?

Even though Liao Kong was a virtuous person for three lifetimes with deep cultivation and stabilized mental state, recalling the great ups and downs just now, he couldn’t bear it for a moment, his mental state in complete chaos.

Not to mention he was currently bearing the attack of a Dharma King!

Even though he wasn’t at the center of the attack, just the scattered aftershocks had already left him severely injured.

Everything before his eyes instantly darkened.

Before his consciousness became blurred, Liao Kong only saw the blood-stained lake on the ice field suddenly raise ten thousand zhang of lake water, transforming into a woman dressed in deep blue silk with a bundle of azure jade birds pinned by her ear.

Then, it seemed someone shouted his name, and he knew nothing more.