(Chapter 439 onward: Immortal Emperor breaks through apocalypse in a frozen world)
Li Mu cultivated for tens of thousands of years, finally becoming the number one Immortal Emperor in the Imm...
"I am from the Kunpeng clan in the Sea of Chaos. My serial number is 8. You can call me No. 8." Kun smiled faintly, without hiding anything from Li Mu.
"Sea of Chaos?" Li Mu was suspicious. He knew that there was endless chaos outside the universe, but he had never heard of the Sea of Chaos.
"Uh... the Chaos Sea is the name for the gap between universes. It's not accurate to call it a gap, because the Chaos Sea is the main body, and each universe is like... just like bubbles in the ocean of the earth, fragile and tiny. Forget it, you can explore these things yourself after you become the master of the universe." No. 8 explained.
Li Mu nodded slightly and continued: "Let me ask you one last question."
No. 8 smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, please speak."
"Since you think Blazing Emperor has a better chance of winning, why don't you seek cooperation with Blazing Emperor?"
"Haha, fellow Daoist, I never said that Chi has a better chance of winning. I also said before that although Ning Yan, the clone of Emperor Chi, took the lead in this round of apocalypse and was promoted to the 18th level, that was because you were planning something. Although I don't know what your plan is, facing the joint attack of Emperor Chi and his clone, it is hard to say who will win. Most likely, you will start the cheating mode of restarting the apocalypse like the previous times. And I have waited 4 times. This time, I don't want to wait any longer!"
After hearing No. 8's explanation, Li Mu just smiled faintly. He didn't believe that No. 8 chose to show up in this apocalypse because he didn't want to wait any longer. After all, according to No. 8's story, he was probably an old monster who had lived for who knows how many years. What did old monsters lack the most? Of course, it was time! What was the point of waiting for a few decades? Even if he waited for tens of thousands of years for an opportunity, it was nothing. There must be some hidden reason behind this.
However, Li Mu did not expose her, but said calmly: "That is not the reason why you choose to cooperate with me and give up the Blazing Emperor."
"Okay, I admit. After four rounds of observation in the apocalypse, I found that your character is nobler than that of the Blazing Emperor. It is safer to cooperate with you." No. 8 said.
"Hmm~?" Li Mu's expression changed slightly when he heard No. 8's answer. It seemed that he was being honest?
"Haha~ Don't be angry, fellow Daoist. I was just joking. To be honest, I simply don't like the Yuanshang clan, which is the so-called Chidi clan. The people of this clan are notorious in the Sea of Chaos. They are not only greedy, but also very cunning. If I cooperate with them, I'm afraid that I will be sold out by them without even knowing it." No. 8 explained.
Seeing that Li Mu was still unmoved, No. 8 said again: "It seems that you are still wary of me. In this case, I will send you another message about your son."
"explain."
"It's like this. Actually, when the Sunset Legion broke through Changping City, I happened to be traveling on land. Seeing that the young master was in danger, I considered cooperating with you in the future, so I wanted to help him. But before I could do anything, the young master and his men were taken away by a mysterious man. It happened so suddenly that I didn't react at all. But I assure you, that mysterious man has absolutely nothing to do with Ning Yan, and that person is not even a superpower or a killer."
"Hmm?" Li Mu frowned. He was neither a superpower nor a killer, but he could take people away under the noses of the Sunset Legion and even No. 8. Who was this person? A cultivator? If he was a cultivator, wouldn't he be suppressed by the will of the universe?
"That person should be quite familiar with the young master, because I saw that the young master did not resist when he was taken away by her. Another point is that it was a woman." No. 8 continued to add.
"Woman? Are you familiar with Yun Jin? Did you see her face clearly?" Li Mu was shocked and asked hurriedly.
"Please look, fellow Daoist." No. 8 said as he waved his hand and a picture appeared in front of Li Mu.
It was a cold and windy night, with flames blazing in Changping City, and deafening shouts and sounds of fighting. The survivors of the Apocalypse, led by Li Yunjin, were fighting a desperate battle with the Sunset Legion led by Ning Yan. Seeing that the number of people on the Apocalypse side was decreasing, they were about to give up.
Behind the bright moon in the sky, a woman in a light silk dress, spotless and without a speck of dust, suddenly appeared. She held the moon in her hands, looking down at the people below like a god.
Seeing this scene, Li Yunjin's face showed complex emotions, including surprise, confusion, and more of shame, while Ning Yan frowned.
Suddenly, bright white beams of light shone from the bright moon, covering Li Yunjin and others. When the beams of light disappeared, Li Yunjin and others also disappeared from the spot.
"This is too much! Do you really think that old thing can still trap me?" Ning Yan shouted angrily from below. A terrifying breath came out from the center of the earth. The people around were immediately suppressed and couldn't breathe. They crawled on the ground.
At this moment, the woman's lips moved slightly, as if she was saying something, and then her whole body gradually retreated behind the bright moon until she completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
Ning Yan seemed to have heard what the woman said. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then he clenched one hand tightly in the air. The bodies of those Sunset Legion soldiers suddenly exploded, and the super energy factors in their bodies turned into countless stars of light and gathered towards Ning Yan.
Now that Apocalypse has been destroyed, there is naturally no need for the Sunset Legion to continue to exist. These people were originally just a means for Ning Yan to collect super-power factors.
After watching these scenes, Li Mu's heart could not calm down for a long time. The woman who took Li Yunjin and others away with the bright moon in her hand was his mother, Yin Ruolan, Li Mu's Taoist partner. Tens of thousands of years ago, their cultivation was not high. When their treasure was being robbed, Yin Ruolan died to save Li Mu.
60,000 years later, when Li Mu saw Yin Ruolan again after being rescued by his future self across the long river of time and space, she had completely lost her memory. After waiting for her to recover her memory with great difficulty, she was taken away by her future self again. Now they meet again in No. 8's memory projection.
However, this meeting with Yin Ruolan was not completely without gain. He understood what Yin Ruolan said: "Emperor Chi, if you let me take my son away today, I promise that my son and I will not interfere in the affairs between you and my husband."
When he saw this sentence clearly, Li Mu was also stunned, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and felt very depressed. But then he saw Yin Ruolan's lips moved again after saying these words. Li Mu discovered that what she used at this time was an ancient and niche language that he and Yin Ruolan had learned during an expedition to an ancient site in Xuantian Continent not long after they met.
Yin Ruolan only said a short sentence in this language, which was: "Number 8 can be used, but you must also be on guard."