Against The Heavens 119 Paragons.

"You should all take one or two Qi restoring pills to quickly restore some of your energy, we'll be able to escape much faster like that."

She gave a light wave of her hand while talking, a purple powder appearing in the air around the weak people, descending onto their skin and seeping into their bodies. They could feel their sore bodies quieting down after the powder seeped into them, it seemed to be a numbing poison that would deal with the pain they were feeling after having all their energy forcibly drained.

Seeing the carnage that was the city around them, none of the people here were dumb enough to waste a single second, immediately swallowing any pills they had on hand to restore their energy. They all then rushed out onto the bridge of ice that Li Yang had created, quickly fleeing towards the island it connected to. While they were quickly making their way across the island, one of the people jogging in front of Fang Ying couldn't help but turn around, gulping as she looked at the ruined island and then at Li Yang, asking the question that was on everyone's mind.

"Senior Ying, could you tell me, just wha... just who is he?"

She quickly swallowed her words before she was able to ask 'what' Li Yang was, changing the question. Yes, Li Yang had relied on an array that focused all their power on him to unleash such horrid destruction, but the girl was certain that if anyone else had tried to do what he did, the rampant energy would tear them apart.

But he had controlled that energy nearly perfectly, it was as if he was already accustomed to controlling such vast amounts of violent energy. Fang Ying's gaze swept over the others, who were now all either looking at her or listening with perked ears, a light giggle escaping her lips.

"Didn't I already tell you? He's my husband, and he's the most terrifying and terrific man to ever exist."

It was an answer that couldn't even be called that, it sounded more like the braggings of a girl trying to show off her dearest treasure. The eyes of the surrounding people continued to look at Fang Ying in an attempt to press her for a proper answer, but all that met them was Fang Ying's bright smile.

The others were just about to turn their gazes away in rejection and focus on the path ahead of them, but Fang Ying and Langshen's eyes suddenly shot open, cold sweat pouring down Fang Ying's face as she quickly lowered her head, gazing through the icy bridge. The others quickly followed her lead, lowering their eyes, their gazes freezing in shock and fear.

A ma.s.sive eye was visible beneath the bridge, glancing at them with an indifferent light floating around in the eye. A ma.s.sive black shadow was visible beneath the eye, spreading out further than the eye could see, larger than even the island they had just left. The cultivators couldn't help but feel cold shivers run down their backs. Such a large thing had...snuck up on them without anyone noticing?

Fang Ying's fingers were fidgeting on Li Yang's thighs while everyone was gazing nervously at the eye, her mind racing to come up with as many plans as possible that might be able to save them. After gazing at them for a short few moments, the eye swept over Fang Ying, a somewhat surprised voice rumbling out in her mind.

"Ohh, the paragons... of creation and destruction... have come here together...? What a rare occurrence... rare indeed... Very well, be... on your way... and give those... old fellows my, Xing Yuyen's, greetings... when you see them again..."

The voice, Xing Yuyen, spoke very slowly, but at the same time, it sounded as if all the words came out at the same time, it was an exceedingly strange thing to experience. The voice of Xing Yuyen felt like thunder going off in Fang Ying's head, rocking her mind and nearly causing it to go completely blank from the reverberations. Luckily, Xing Yuyen didn't say anything else, the ma.s.sive eye vanishing into the depths and leaving Fang Ying's mind filled with questions.

She could somewhat guess at what Xing Yuyen meant by Paragons of creation and destruction. Back when she and Li Yang died and were reincarnated, they each spoke to a strange being of their own that sent them to reincarnate. These beings called them their successor due to the fact that they had comprehended either creation or destruction, so she guessed that being a paragon meant being the successor of such a being.

But this knowledge raised several questions in her mind. Who were those 'old fellows' that Xing Yuyen spoke about, were there other paragons, and what exactly was the ident.i.ty of the beings that had helped her and Li Yang reincarnate? Being filled with questions but having no way to answer them was a rather annoying feeling so Fang Ying couldn't help but give a light click of her tongue, glancing at the peaceful face of Li Yang.

She quickly calmed down upon seeing his face, shaking her head lightly and throwing away the thoughts for the moment. Oh well, it didn't really matter as long as she got to be with Li Yang. She swiftly picked up her pace again, the still terrified cultivators quickly following after her, all of them crossing the bridge and arriving at the new island.

This island was smaller than the previous one, only around 200-300 kilometers in width, a dense tropical jungle covering the entire island. The trees in the jungle resembled umbrellas, the leaves weaving around each other at the very top of the tree. Standing at the center of the island was an exceedingly strange mountain, the base of the mountain was very narrow, growing thicker and wider the closer to the top of the mountain one got, it was like an upside down cone. After they all reached the island, Fang Ying stomped on the ice bridge and shattered the part that connected to the island, turning to the others when she was done.

"I don't detect any strong Demonic beasts on this island, it should be safe to rest and recuperate here, just try to not make a large ruckus that might attract anything."

The other cultivators quickly nodded their heads, closing their mouths shut and quickly splitting up to find a place for their groups to peacefully recuperate. Langshen looked deep into the forest, letting out a low growl to convey his intentions and then heading deeper into the forest. He had spent a lot of his energy, now he needed to hunt for some food if he wanted to quickly restore it. He could get some pills from Fang Ying, but as a Divine Beast, he preferred to eat actual meals to restore his strength.

Fang Ying didn't stop Langshen, the two were easily able to locate each other should there be anything. She walked along the edge of the island, quickly finding a very normal-looking spot that didn't attract any attention. She placed Li Yang on the ground and removed the top layer of a house-sized patch of earth with her sword, using her poison to dissolve the revealed earth and creating a cave. She picked up Li Yang and jumped into the cave, covering it using the patch of earth she had removed using her sword, making it seem as if the area was the same as always.

She used some Qi to reinforce the ceiling of the cave, making sure that it wouldn't collapse even if someone were to walk on it. She then took out several glowing crystals from her interspatial ring, placing them around the cave to illuminate it. She even took out some chairs, a couch, and a table, placing them down in the cave and transforming it into a somewhat cozy home.

She then sat down on the couch and placed Li Yang next to her, grabbing onto his arm and closing her eyes while sending some Qi into his body to check on his condition. Her eyebrows slowly formed a frown, her eyes opening after a minute, a soft mutter escaping her lips while she flicked Li Yang's forehead.

"Dumbo, that last attack was both needless and reckless. What would you ever do without me?"

Most of his body was a bit damaged, but it was nothing that couldn't be healed with some rest and a few pills. His lungs, however, were a different story. They were starting to fragment, a few hair-thin tears coiling around his lungs, like the web of a spider. The last attack he had launched proved too much for his body, pushing it from the brink of collapse into the early stages of falling apart.

Fang Ying stuffed a few pills into her mouth and then closed her eyes again, placing her right palm against Li Yang's chest, right where his lungs should be. A stream of Qi gathered in her right hand, quickly gathering together and condensing, a white light slowly starting to shine from her right hand, sinking into Li Yang's chest and covering his lungs.

The hair-thin tears slowly started to vanish under this white light, new tissue filling the tears and repairing the lungs, preventing them from getting worse. If Li Yang and his destruction were pitch black, then Fang Ying and her creation were a blinding white, both were two ends of an extreme that ended up coming together, ending up inseparable.

Two hours later, the pills in Fang Ying's mouth had all dissolved and all the tears in Li Yang's lungs had been perfectly restored, Fang Ying opening her eyes and letting out a deep breath. She wiped away the sweat on her forehead and then stretched out her arm, viciously flicking Li Yang's forehead.

"The punishment for being an idiot like that is no breakfast, no matter how much you end up pouting."

Fang Ying crossed her legs and closed her eyes in quiet cultivation, choosing to restore her energy like this rather than by using pills. There was no telling when they would end up needing them, it was best to save them whenever you could. Fang Ying finished restoring her energy after a further three hours, her gaze turning towards the ceiling of the cave.

"Guess we better find out what the situation of the surroundings is while we wait for the sleepyhead."

Fang Ying stood up and pushed away the ceiling after making sure that there were no people or Demonic beasts outside, poking her head up from the cave. She gave a wave of her hand and caused a red mist to appear in the air, the mist slowly drifting into the forest and vanishing from sight. Fang Ying then closed the cave again and sat down on the couch, playing with a wooden comb that had appeared in her hand. After a further three hours, she stood up again and once more pushed away the ceiling.

Hundreds of birds landed on the ground in front of the cave when Fang Ying pushed away the ceiling, calmly and patiently looking at Fang Ying. These birds had fallen victim to one of her poisons that affected the enemy brain and soul, turning them into loyal slaves for as long as the poison was in their bodies. She quickly gave them their orders, sending the birds on their way.

"Check out this island and the surrounding ones, just observe as much as you can before returning to me."

The birds quickly flew off after receiving their orders, splitting up into several smaller groups that headed to different places. She didn't need the birds to deliver any reports, she could just go through their souls and memories when they returned, seeing everything that they had seen. She then closed the cave again, returning to her seat on the couch and closing her eyes in quiet cultivation, awaiting Li Yang's awakening.