Chapter 228 Four Epochs
Su Qingwu stayed in the illusion for a full five hundred years, but in reality, only ten days had passed.
After leaving the illusion, the related memories did not disappear.
What I have seen and heard over the past five hundred years is still vivid in my mind.
The killing method he had learned could still be used without any hindrance, and his strength had been greatly improved on the original basis.
In the illusion, she had cultivated to the Hedao realm, and understood the two realms above the Huashen much better than before.
Return to the void and refine the Dharma form, and follow the principles of the Dao Palm.
She practiced the Way of Killing, and when she achieved perfection in the Way, she mastered the laws of the Way of Killing.
She calls herself a demon cultivator and acts as she pleases. In the five hundred years of the illusion, nearly ten million cultivators have died at her hands.
Of course, she did not kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Those people, under the pretext of revenge for the Tianxuan Sect, secretly coveted the treasures in her possession and premeditatedly besieged her many times, but were eventually killed.
In line with the principle of rooting out the evil, Su Qingru destroyed all the families and sects of those who participated in the attack.
Later, she left Xuantian Continent and traveled to the other four continents.
During this period, the news that the innate treasure Qiankun Bottle was in her hands was once again spread by people with bad intentions.
She was successively besieged by monks from various continents.
It can be said that for the past five hundred years, most of the time, Su Qingwu spent time fighting with others.
The injuries suffered were countless.
As for the smell of blood, I felt uncomfortable at first, but later I got used to it and gradually became indifferent.
As the enemy chased her again and again, her strength improved by leaps and bounds.
Until the day of Jinji Hedao, all the enemies who were shouting for war and killing became quiet.
They knew they could no longer deal with her and began to look for ways to make peace.
Su Qingwu naturally did not accept it. After successfully merging with the Dao, he killed all his enemies.
In that battle, nearly six thousand forces in the entire Yuanji world were destroyed.
The five continents were covered in blood and rain, which lasted for seven whole days.
It was also at that time that her way of killing reached perfection.
For her, all these experiences are not just illusions, but can also be seen as another life under different choices.
When she ascended to the Yuanji World, she did not go to the Tianxuan Sect because she followed the advice of Xie Wenshu, the leader of the Qianzhi Sect before her ascension.
Tianxuan Sect is the superior sect. Theoretically, all cultivators who ascend from small worlds must go to this sect.
However, there was a serious factional struggle within the sect.
At that time, Xie Wenshu mentioned this matter and repeatedly reminded him not to go if he was not strong enough, otherwise he would be dragged into the factional struggle and it would be difficult to stay out of it.
Facts have proved that what the leader said was right.
Su Qingwu in the illusion did not follow Xie Wenshu's advice. As soon as he ascended, he went to the Tianxuan Sect.
All that happened in the future was caused by this choice.
An innate treasure, it is the result of the good fortune of the world, formed naturally, over hundreds of millions of years.
Such a treasure is enough to drive most of the cultivators in this world crazy.
As the owner of the treasure, when the news spread, disasters would happen one after another.
Recalling the experiences in the illusion, Su Qingwu closed his eyes, calmed down, and then spoke:
"Thank you very much, Senior. This test is extremely valuable to me."
"My friend, there is no need to be so polite. During the past ten days, I have been following the whereabouts of the ghost practitioner you are on good terms with. She is still in the Ghost Cave, searching for the Soul-Nourishing Tree."
"Thanks to Mr. Lao for informing me."
As he said this, Su Qingwu suddenly remembered something and continued:
"Senior, do you know what is happening at the bottom of the Devil's Cry Cliff, the most dangerous place in the Devil's Cry Cave?"
"Do you know the origin of the Ghost Cave?"
"I'd like to hear the details."
"The Great World of Yuanji has gone through four eras since the birth of living things, namely the Ancient Era, the Upper Ancient Era, the Middle Ancient Era, and the Post-Ancient Era. The era we are in now is the Post-Ancient Era.
From the Late Archaic Era to the present day, a total of more than 87,546,000 years have passed.
This Ghost Cave is a relic from the Medieval Age, and the last creatures that perished in the Medieval Age are buried at the bottom of the Ghost Cliff.
After countless years, a place was formed where spirits were forbidden. Living things could not escape. Anyone who went under the cliff would become one of the dead souls and be trapped there forever, unable to escape.
Although Su Qingwu had stayed in the illusion for five hundred years, he had been fighting and killing most of the time and had no time to understand these things. Therefore, he was quite surprised to hear Ji Xuan's words.
"The beginning of each of the four great eras represents the complete destruction of the previous era? How is this defined?"
"When the last living being in a certain era dies, it means that the corresponding era no longer exists."
"It should be a rare catastrophe that can kill all living things, right?"
"nice."
"What caused the catastrophe?"
"This is something that you have to ask the heavens. No one can explain it clearly except that being."
“Can the catastrophe be calculated?”
"In fact, before the catastrophe comes, all living beings will feel it, and there is no need for additional calculations. By then, panic will spread to the entire Yuanji world, killings will occur frequently, and the original order will completely collapse."
"Do you know how long the ancient, prehistoric, and medieval eras existed?"
"I only know a rough outline. The Archaic Era lasted 10 billion years, the Archaic Era lasted 2 billion years, and the Medieval Era lasted less than 400 million years. You see, each era is shorter than the last.
In fact, according to current rules, it is almost the turn of the post-Ancient Era.”
"Is it possible that the world...will be destroyed?"
"Of course there are, but there is a balance in the universe. Below the Immortal Realm, among all the worlds in the universe, the number of the universe is constant at three thousand. If one world is destroyed, another world will surely be promoted to a higher level and become a new universe."
"Thank you for telling me this."
"Are you planning to leave, my friend?"
"Yes, I am going to return to the Ghost Cave and join Su Wen."
"If you want to find the Soul-Nourishing Tree, you can try your luck in the Soul Mist Swamp. Although there are many fragments of undead memories there, and it is easy to be impacted by resentment, it is not a big threat to you."
"Yes, I understand. Thank you for your guidance, senior."
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Half an incense stick later, Su Qingwu left the Crystal Palace smoothly.
I tried to contact Su Wen through the soul contract and found out that he was in the Skull Mountain Range, where he was in conflict with three Yuanying monks and was fighting.
She hurried over immediately.
The three were dressed in the same attire and looked like they were from the same force, but they were not wearing any tokens that could prove their identity.
Su Wen had already explained the whole story to Su Qingwu through voice transmission.
She had been searching for the Soul-Nourishing Tree and met these three Yuanying by chance.
The three men saw that she was full of pure yin energy and unlike an ordinary ghost cultivator, they became malicious and wanted to capture her, take her back and refine her into their treasures to serve as a treasure spirit.
Su Wen naturally couldn't agree.
Just like that, the two sides started fighting.
When Su Qingwu approached, the three felt a powerful pressure coming down. Realizing that the situation was not right, they wanted to escape, but it was too late.
A sword beam instantly pierced through the dark night sky.
The next moment, three headless bodies fell to the ground.
The shrunken version of Yuan Ying, with a look of fear on his face, escaped from his Dantian and turned into ashes.