Chapter 414: The God Puppet Resurrects and Reveals His Traces at Doomsday (Twice Updated Today)
Wang Quan clasped his hands together and faced the heavens. Nearly half of the pure white sky was now shrouded in darkness. The sound of a star echoed from the approaching celestial body. That sound reached the material world, transforming into a thin, ethereal, black moonlight. The light streamed down Wang Quan's side, as if a god had draped it with a veil of honor.
Moonlight flowed through the human body, lingering behind it. A blood-red light drifted from Wang Quan's chest, merging into the divinely gifted moonlight. Then the moonlight grew and solidified, like a jet-black tear. When that tear fell, the entire Black Sea seethed with excitement!
The flow of the seawater instantly accelerated, its tears energizing it into icy blood. A vast sea of blood began to swirl. Velvet immediately used the sound of bells to reinforce the Ark, lest this sole foothold be submerged by the Black Moon's tears. The Ark teetered on the brink of collapse, yet it was not an attack directed against them; it was simply the cry of something about to be born.
Chu Hengkong saw countless "faces" in the waves. The light emanating from Wang Quan's heart took shape in the sea of blood, transformed into artificial life by divine magic. Surprisingly, quite a few of those faces struck him as familiar: assassins he'd dealt with before, passersby on the street, loyal younger brothers in his family...
He suddenly understood what it was. Each face was someone Wang Quan had once imitated. He had sacrificed every personality he had ever assumed, using his memories to create a monstrous creature!
"The protector of the original dream, the guardian of the cradle of oblivion, the generous and loving benefactor."
"I offer you my memories. Please grant me the essence of the gods. May I answer your prayers and reveal the future!"
——Child, have you really decided this?
The old man's laughter echoed on the sea.
——You know better than anyone that ignorance is the greatest happiness.
Wang Quan brushed his hair from his forehead and said with a smile, "Some people are destined not to sleep soundly in their cradles. Only by feeling pain can they know the happiness of the present moment. Even if they hate me, I will fulfill their wish."
——Then, as you wish.
The old man bestowed his blessing, the authority that foretold the future. The king pointed toward the surging ocean and called out the name of the man-made creature.
"Dead Body Reanimation: Sacrifice the Remembrance God Puppet to the Corpse Dragon!"
Then, countless faces sang in unison, the memories of the sacrifices gathered, and with the entire ocean as the carrier, they combined into a living being. It was a "dragon" that was ugly to the point of being deformed. Its head was beautiful, and its horns were as beautiful as glass, but its body was extremely fat, and its claws and teeth were rotten.
Its scales are countless pious and happy faces, and its blood is the merciful tears shed by the gods. It coils and roars high above the battlefield, like a totem with moonlight as its pillar!
"Ancient Dragon..."
Velvet frowned. She felt an eerie familiarity from the corpse dragon, like an ancient dragon totem from the Candlelight pantheon. But Wang Quan was clearly the son of Dark Moon, so he shouldn't have any connection to Longquan Township.
"Boss, don't think too much!"
The killer's shout cut short their thoughts. Now was no time to dwell on fundamentals, for the divine art of kingship had already taken shape. The battlefield shifted under the corpse dragon's roar, the empty sky transforming into earth and scattered islands, a microcosm of the familiar world of motion.
They saw the Jingsha city-state, Huilong City, as well as Longquan Township, Shura Island, and the Dustless Land, which they had never visited in person... All the islands were trembling, as if the world itself had become a floating boat about to break apart, and everything on the boat would fall into the ocean.
In this changing world, there are six unchanging "anchor points", namely the spiral Tower of Babel, the pure white mechanical imperial capital, the illusory fairyland surrounded by floating clouds, the dark moon in the deep sky, the gods in the gray fog, and the unspeakable king under the abyss.
The source of the change comes from the "tower", and the spiral tower turns into a pillar of light rising from the Senluo Secret Realm.
——The Supreme Mage’s crazy behavior broke down the barriers between the upper and the lower.
The world fell into madness, the hell deep in the fog opened up, and countless immortals opened their eyes.
——The seal of the sky is broken, and Rong Huaxian, who tore through the Heavenly Prison, returns to the world.
The Emperor returned from outer space, and the sky was illuminated by enormous stars.
——The Philosopher Emperor attempts to correct the world’s mistakes.
——However, the world was beyond saving long ago.
Above the deep sky, a kind old man scattered gifts, and the moon of flesh and blood fell to the earth.
Deep in the gray fog, eternal time engraves the end, and the undertaker buries all living beings alone.
At the bottom of the ocean, invisible demons are singing and joking.
Finally, the King of the Abyss opened his eyes, and everything ended there.
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Chu Hengkong temporarily lost the ability to think.
The overwhelming amount of information and the incomprehensible presence of a higher being nearly shattered his consciousness. He felt like a primitive human gazing up at the sun, unable to comprehend what he was seeing, only instinctively grasping its grandeur.
Intermittently, he heard the King's voice. Black tears of blood flowed from its eyes, and its body was close to collapse from the overload of divine magic, making its words weak and almost moaning.
“Have you ever thought about where the world is going?”
"In an age when the path to ascension has not been passed down, there is only despair in this dark world."
"In this candlelit world, countless lives are still struggling in pain."
"The Allies are united, and the righteous path is full of heroes, but the heterodox paths are always fighting more and more. Why is this world, which should be thriving, always getting worse and worse?"
Wang Quan was still smiling.
Like a mediocre person who has nothing to do with himself, he takes pleasure in the tragedy of others.
"Because Shen Dongjie has been broken for a long time."
"There are fundamental problems with this world. Both sides were not on the same level from the beginning. The original spirits have made too many mistakes, but they are unable to make up for them themselves."
"And mistakes don't disappear; they only accumulate, leading to new mistakes. The more you fight, the more enemies you encounter; the harder the battle, the more you fall. I keep saying it's meaningless because no matter how hard you struggle, all that's left in the end is despair."
The illusion of the future shattered with the announcement, their consciousness returning to reality. Chu Hengkong and Velvet were nearly incapacitated, while Wang Quan was battered by divine arts that had surpassed his limits. On the battlefield, where both sides fell silent, only the corpse dragon, piled with living sacrifices, raised its head and roared.
Wang Quan clapped his hands and smiled at the two. "Yes, you have won. You helped the Jingsha City-State win this battle, and the Divine Tree has survived the impending doomsday. Congratulations, congratulations!"
"But so what? What exactly has this victory changed? Do you know how long it will take for the Master's experiment to begin? Do you know how far along the Emperor's plan is? You once shattered a layer of the Heavenly Prison, believing it to be a fate-changing feat. But you didn't realize it also imprisoned another Outer Daoist deity. Your breakthrough also means it will become a reality even sooner."
"Even if you survive now, your future is doomed to be ruined. Who else can save your life then, except the cradle of oblivion?"
Wang Quan crossed the Black Sea and arrived on the deck of the warship. While the doomsday prophecy was still in effect, he reached out and grabbed Chu Hengkong's throat. He stared into the eyes of friend and foe alike.
"Friend, I know you blame me for keeping it from you. But now that I've told you, what can you do?" it whispered.
"The future of the Shendong Realm is the same as that of Earth. If I tell you everything on Earth, can you change the final outcome? How much happiness will be left in your life? Will you live in pain like me? Or will you numb your mind and wait for the end?"
Chu Hengkong stared at him intently, and Wang Quan responded with a sad smile.
"See, you can't change anything."
"You know nothing. You don't know your own meaning, you don't know your own nature, you don't even know that you are in someone else's trap. You are just deceived by those hopes and dreams, thinking that you have the power to change the world."
"But you understood the truth of this world a long time ago. The world does not revolve around your delusions, and one person cannot change anything."
Wang Quan blinked, as if looking at a pitiful child. "You're still looking at me with that look, as if you still think you have a future. How did you become like this? You were originally an extremely nihilistic person. What made you stupid? What made you charge towards the abyss of despair? Your relationships? Your past? Love?"
Chu Hengkong managed to speak: "Just stop it...!"
"It's okay. I will save you. I will help you destroy all this meaningless thing and give you happiness that will never fade away!"
Chu Hengkong forced himself to break free from the shock and punched Wang Quan in the head. Wang Quan grabbed his fist with one hand and threw him off the deck into the sea. At this moment, the sacrificial dragon received the command and swooped down from the sky, crashing into the bell tower in the center of the ark.
The bells tolled like a funeral knell. The corpse dragon's rotten claws clawed at the deck, nearly bending the Ark of Silence. The metal of the Ark was being transformed into corrupted flesh. The rules of Earth were broken by the blessing of the Good Samaritan. Velvet stood alone before the dragon's claws, facing the creation of the gods, without any help.
"Vilbert!"
Chu Hengkong became truly anxious, desperately reaching out towards the sea, hoping to return to her side. However, Wang Quan's blow followed him like a shadow, locking his joints and dragging Chu Hengkong into the sea with a brutal blow that didn't care about the damage.
His sight was almost swallowed by the waves. Before he sank to the bottom of the sea, he saw the girl turn around and smile at him.
“This is our fight.”
He saw the girl's mouth shape.
"Don't worry. Just give it a go."
The corpse dragon's massive claws slammed down on the girl, and Chu Hengkong was dragged to the bottom of the sea by Wang Quan. He closed his eyes for a moment, then gathered his strength, bent his elbows, and struck Wang Quan's back with all his might. Wang Quan's blood sprayed across his face, but the bastard, like a lifeless corpse, held on to him stubbornly, no matter how hard he attacked.
"Persistence is my specialty," Wang Quan said frivolously. "If I keep struggling, I'll drown. Isn't it time to calm down and take stock of the situation?"
Chu Hengkong sighed deeply. He pulled out the Divine Slash and stabbed it into Wang Quan's shoulder. His anger and spirit turned into shadow needles that pierced through his limbs and bones.
Shadow appears in the brilliant sky flow and dark skeleton!
Wang Quan instantly released his grip. He decisively swung his sword, severing nearly half of his body, replacing it with the filthy Black Sea. Simultaneously, it copied memories and cut through the ethereal body, using divine power to construct a maze-like barrier, quickly curbing the vicious emotions raging within him.
This series of emergency actions took him a full second, enough for Chu Hengkong to gather strength to break free and strike with his blade at breakneck speed. Yang Yi evaporated the surrounding seawater, causing both of them to fall to the bottom of the sea. Chu Hengkong wanted to seize the opportunity to fight, but his steps suddenly stopped.
The soles of his feet felt unusually dry, not like the bottom of the sea but like a summer asphalt road. As this thought arose, he actually saw the sunlight, shining on the glass curtain wall outside the building, making his eyes hurt.
People were bustling around them. A large screen in the square was broadcasting news from long ago, and impatient taxi drivers were honking their horns as they drove through the streets. Wang Quan, wearing a casual T-shirt, leaned against the wall, gazing at the logo of the Velus Building across the street.
"It's so hot! I must have believed your lies to go out in this weather." It sighed. "Want to go for ice cream? It's my treat."
Chu Hengkong slashed with his sword without a word. Wang Quan caught the blade like a toy knife, his eyes filled with surprise. "Are you okay, buddy? Does playing games too much really lead to violent tendencies?"
Chu Hengkong almost laughed out of anger: "What the hell is the point of you doing this!"
"Hey, are you crazy from staying up all night? Do I need to remind you of reality? It's the summer of 2012, and we've skipped school to get in line to buy the new 3DSLL. Life is simple and stupid, so happy!"
Chu Hengkong drew his sword and slashed without even listening. Wang Quan dodged with an exaggerated backflip as if performing a performance. The world around him changed during the slash, and he was back in the damp and messy rental house.
"It seems you don't like cloudy days, so how about we go a little further?" It plopped down on the messy little bed. "It's a rainy night, and you downloaded a few old movies to kill time after catching up on anime. There's no one nagging you at this time, so you can smoke as many cigarettes as you want..."
Chu Hengkong closed his eyes deeply, then suddenly smiled and asked, "Does your yin body hurt?"
Wang Quan was stunned: "A little bit."
Chu Hengkong immediately swung his sword at himself, a dark aura surging from the blade, as if he were about to unleash another Yin Hai attack on himself. Wang Quan, lying on the bed, waved his hands, "Could your imagination be a little more limited... This isn't an illusion, it's real. With such abundant divine power resources, would it be strange to create a simulated Dust Island?"
"If you don't like it, we can change it!"
The scene changed again, from the rented house to an old-style courtyard. The wind swirled the sand in the courtyard, and old Peking opera sang on the radio. Wang Quan stood with his back to him, stroking the mottled wall.
"How is it here? This was a long time ago, not long after you started learning martial arts, and Old Master Chu was still strong. You don't have to think about anything, the meaning of life, that's all for the future. Now you just follow someone who is stronger than you to learn skills that will make you stronger. Isn't that happiness enough?"
Wang Quan turned around and said seriously, "Or do you think you're happiest when you're with Velus? That's fine too. I'll bring her in too. I'll tailor a piece of happiness from the past just for you two. You can live it however you want. Is that enough for you?"
Chu Hengkong was too lazy to get angry. He sighed, knife in hand, "Are you Fallen Ones capable of nothing else but deceiving yourselves?"
"So what do you want?"
"I'm going to kill you."
"What happens after you kill me?"
Wang Quan actually twisted his head off, holding it in his hands, and said earnestly, "You've seen the future. No matter how much trouble you cause now, the whole world will end in disaster. Why do you insist on living in hell?"
"You say I'm deceiving myself, but think carefully: has our life ever gotten better? Isn't the little happiness we have all in the past?
Circumstances change over time, personalities deteriorate over time, and in a world devoid of hope, only depression piles up. That's why everyone prays so sincerely to the moon, begging for the Black Moon's blessing, because they know nothing good awaits them ahead. The desolation you despise is the only happiness in this world!
"That's all we humans have. What's wrong with living in the past?"
Chu Hengkong looked around and put away the Divine Slash. He seemed to have suddenly made up his mind and walked towards Wang Quan with his bare hands.
"If you ever considered me a friend, listen to my advice."
Wang Quan's eyes were filled with confusion.
"Stop lying." Chu Hengkong said.
There was nothing in Wang Quan's eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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