All the maidens were weeping with tears of joy as they quickly rushed forward to aid Ji Yuan once the white perimeter band had quickly disintegrated.
Bai Qianfeng was the first maiden to rush to Ji Yuan as she cuddled into his embrace as she gasped. “My lord, you’re still alive…”
Ji Yuan was so startled that he rolled onto the ground with her. He simply did not have any strength left to even stand properly at this point.
He coughed weakly. “Do you know that you’ve just crushed into me and have just stuffed out my candle of light? Your lord is now dead because of you…”
Shui Xisi had suddenly pulled his ear to her as she said excitingly, “Ji Yuan! I know that you won’t die so easily…”
Little Princess had suddenly hit him on his chest which caused him to cough out aloud. “Ji Yuan, how dare you leave me here alone! If you do then I shall make sure that you will regret the day that you are born!”
“Erm, are you trying to kill your lord?” Ji Yuan muttered weakly.
If I were dead then I won’t even regret if I am born or not.
Ling Feiyue was weeping as she hit him on his shoulder and chest as well as giving him a few kicks. However she did not use any force at all.
In fact, it was very soft and tender as she looked sentimentally at him with her tearful golden eyes.
“Ji Yuan, do you want me to wait you for the fifth lifetime?!”
Ji Yuan looked awkwardly at Ling Feiyue as he muttered. “No…”
“You are fine?” Feng Minyue asked quietly.
“Lord Ji Yuan…are you alright?” Mu Wan’Er and Chen Hanhan were both saying at the same time.
Ling Feiyue rebuked him but she could only manage a gentle rebuke. “Do you think that we will feel grateful to you if you were to sacrifice for our sake? Listen, we don’t need your stupid sacrifice…”
Ji Yuan grinned and his eyes were beaming at all the attention that he was getting. “Haha…”
The Trial Spirit rumbled out through the dark heavens with a grudging respect. “You’ve overcome this trial and you shall receive your reward. What is your name?”
Ji Yuan smiled bitterly as he restrained from cursing out aloud. “Ji Yuan.”
“So is this the name that you will like to engrave here?” The Trial Spirit asked.
Ji Yuan replied bitterly. “No, just put my name as Old Fart.”
“Then Old Fart Ji Yuan, it shall be done.” The rumbling voice echoed throughout the vicinity and the name ‘Old Fart’ appeared just below the engraved letters of ‘Death God’.
Ji Yuan smiled weakly; did he have to add Old Fart Ji Yuan?
Just my bad luck to have encountered such a vengeful trial spirit…
All of a sudden Ji Yuan shouted weakly, “Old Far…I mean Old Mighty Trial Spirit, shouldn’t my name be above ‘Death God’? After all, I’ve overcome the Malevolent Gods Domain.”
The Trial Spirit rumbled aloud as lightning flashed across the dark heavens. “He has also overcome the Malevolent Gods Domain and he is a better swordsman than you are. You are merely second.”
Ji Yuan began to smile weakly. “Is it so? Haha…”
The maidens that were with him were startled. They had all seen the terrifying profound power that was generated by the Malevolent God Domain and it shivered them to think of even trying it.
They did not even know how Ji Yuan could even survive the entire onslaughter of the Malevolent Gods Domain as everything was too much of a blur to them.
Ji Yuan’s Sword of Destruction was able to absorb the profound energies into his saintly divine sword and hence, it had saved his body from being consumed utterly by the tremendous profound energies that had exploded into a brilliant mushroom nova.
Even if he had the tremendous will to halt his life force from being drained away, it would still be impossible for him to survive the terrifying profound power of the Malevolent God Domain.
The deep voice of the Trial Spirit resonated. “I don’t understand how you can overcome and even reverse the surge of your life force energies. You have clearly used a powerful life force sword art to overcome the Malevolent Gods Domain but you can only use it only once before your life force is extinguished by it.”
With a short pause, the Trial Spirit added. “I’ve just examined your profound aura but very clearly, you’ve not attained to the divine state of the absolute indomitable will. What gives you the indomitable willpower to reverse your life force in such a timely fashion?”
Ji Yuan muttered silently; this Trial Spirit talks too much. I just want this to be done and get over from it…
But he faked a smile before he said aloud. “This is true love. The love for all the maidens that are with me that keeps my bond to this plane of existence. I can’t die because they’re most precious in my heart.”
When the maidens heard Ji Yuan, they were all gasping softly and were flushing deeply.
Ji Yuan had said it with a straight face.
Naturally that was not the whole truth.
The truth was, he was trying very hard not to think about them as he was most afraid that Xiang Li may make her wish. Although he may survive the Malevolent Gods Domain with Xiang Li’s help but he would also lose her forever.
Therefore he could only refresh his past memories.
And when he was thinking of Jiajia, he had suddenly realized that he had not banged her yet and that was his biggest regret in his life.
After all, all his current predications had started because of Jiajia.
He could only muttered silently; I’ve better not mention that I’ve been thinking of Jiajia or else I would be screwed big time by a group of zealous maidens…
So he had used a classic line of ‘True Love’ that he had read somewhere before and had modified the lines.
The Trial Spirit was left to mutter with shock. “True love?”
Ji Yuan nodded lightly before he displayed his impish grin. “It is ‘True Love’ that conquers all adversity.”
This time had restrained from adding his usual “Haha.” Or else his story would easily been exposed as a fraud by the more observant maidens.
The Trial Spirit was gasping loudly from the dark heavens above. “I’ve never heard of this state of divinity before…”
Xiang Li was also gasping secretly; it was because she may not know the true reason why Ji Yuan was able to overcome his life force sword art and had lived but she could sense that Ji Yuan was trying to protect her.
She cannot be mistaken by this as they are linked together through a single soul sea.
In the soul sea, she would still sense his burning emotions; Xiang Li, I will protect you!