Chapter 611

Life-or-Death Decision [生死择 Shēng Sǐ Zé] is the six hundred and eleventh chapter of Tong Yao's Guardians of Night.

Summary
An unknown person opens their eyes and sees a pool of water before them. They are confused about their whereabouts, as they believed they were dead. As they extend out their hands, it is revealed that the person is the astral body of Xi Sha. Suddenly, the spectre is enlightened, realizing that she is a consciousness that entered her previous incarnation's mind to relive her past life. She then sees her current incarnation kneeling before her. Recognizing the appearance of her current reborn self, the consciousness wonders why her body resembles Mu Lulu. She is enlightened once again and learns that Mu Lulu's nigh-demonic willpower prevented her soul before being absorbed when she ate her. After her past self died, her decayed soul's strength was in equilibrium with Mu Lulu's complete soul, thus causing the two souls to coexist and combine their consciousnesses, eventually changing her appearance after her reincarnation.

Concluding that her own will lost in the clash of consciousnesses since Mu Lulu's values were more accepted and thus more dominant, which caused the change in her reborn body, Xi Sha's consciousness laments that she completely lost, both physically and mentally to a human. She then wonders why her mind is more keen than before, allowing her to understand things more easily than before.

Meanwhile in the Underworld, Huang Xiaoyan is seen sitting next to the glowing body of Xi Sha. Peering into her mind, Huang Xiaoyan explains that her spell is aiding Xi Sha by enlightening her so she can more easily comprehend cause and effects. She further explains that the Demon Vanquishing Spell does not directly destroy its target, but gives them a second chance to mend their ways. Only when the spell judges the recipient to be irredeemably evil does it destroy them. It is then explained that Y'Shari insisted on violence after being hit by the spell, causing it to destroy him since his survival would have caused countless casualties in the two worlds.

In Xi Sha's inner world, her past incarnation also appears kneeling before her consciousness. Enlightened, she understands that the two bodies represent her two personalities, one belonging to her past life as an apocalyptic demon lord and the other being her current life as a cute demon lord, and that she must choose to keep one of the two, which would cause the destruction of the other. Believing that her current incarnation's appearance implies that she chose to deny her previous incarnation, Xi Sha's will wonders if choosing her past self would mean denying her own choices once again. She turns her head to her current self's body.

Believing that Xi Sha decided to choose her current self, Huang Xiaoyan approves of her choice. However, Xi Sha's will suddenly changes her mind and angrily calls the decision an insult, declaring that the fact she reincarnated into a little girl means she admitted she lost once, and that she refuses to admit to losing again. In a fit of rage, she prepares to choose her previous incarnation before suddenly noticing Y'Shari kneeling near her. She is then enlightened that she can give up her own life to resurrect him. Despite initially opposing the idea, Xi Sha then remembers that Y'Shari sacrificed himself to protect her and decides to choose to revive him instead, since it will allow her to return the favor and prevent her from feeling insulted. Upon touching his body, Y'Shari regains consciousness and asks if Xi Sha is in good condition. Huang Xiaoyan is shocked.

Chapter Notes

 * It is revealed that the Demon Vanquishing Spell does not destroy its target, but instead gives them a second chance to change for the better.
 * Xi Sha chooses to revive Y'Shari over her two personalities.