[In the following storyline, you will encounter for the first time the infamous Mist Demon, one of the Ten Ancient Fiends!]
[This refers to the race that Di Luo wiped out more than twenty years ago when he first came to this time and space, finding the taste too sour and astringent, and since he happened not to be pregnant (Chapter 985).]
However, Di Luo only eradicated the vast majority of Mist Demons; some impure, hybrid Mist Demons from remote locations remained.
This is the one you've encountered.
[Despite having previously slain even a sixth-realm expert, he's now dragging the entire team into the abyss by facing just a fifth-realm mist demon.]
The reason is simple: their base stats are too high!
The Mist Demon's illusionary abilities are 50,000 times stronger than those of similar illusionary systems of the same level, and its mist-like body's resistance to physical attacks and immortality are more than 300,000 times greater than those of similar systems of the same level!
In the ancient Boundless Sea where the limits of a Holy Body are not capped, some extremely powerful beings are even capable of fighting across two major realms!
[As you stroll leisurely through the misty fog, feeling the corrosive effects of illusions that pierce the soul and torment the deepest fears, you've already guessed why Dilo wanted to exterminate this race.]
[It wasn't because it tasted bad, but because in the illusion of this remnant lich, he saw Qianqian being permanently taken from him, and being defined as an ancient remnant and killed by the nine great divine races!]
[Another one of the Ten Ancient Fiends, "Devouring Star," didn't suffer this fate, since Devouring Star had never offended him so ruthlessly.]
After the Mist Demon's fall, the identities and backgrounds of each member of the team are gradually revealed.
[For example, you might be the fake young master who lost the competition and was kicked out of the family. That poker-faced, cold-blooded man is actually a mutated individual from the "Fierce Clan" among the nine great divine clans. Due to the corruption of his bloodline, he doesn't have crimson markings all over his body.]
Even Di Luo, who had been watching you all from behind the scenes, couldn't help but feel a surge of nostalgia. The sealed memories in his mind gradually unlocked, and he quietly watched his former adventure companions embark on their journey once more, overwhelmed with emotion.
However—there was never an adventure party.
From the very beginning of this journey, it was just him and Qianqian traveling together, and even at the end, only the two siblings from the imperial family accompanied him.
[Supporting and helping each other, traversing countless stars and seas, finally arriving at the Eternal River, the one who escorted Qianqian home... was always only him, only Luo Ya!]
[And everyone else—you, the playboy, the cold-faced cool guy, the pet rat, the data girl…—are all extra characters added on!]
Of course, the other three were not arranged by you; their identities and backgrounds are all fabricated.
[The three of them are also real people existing in this starry sky. Even if they hadn't joined this main character team, their inherent lives and experiences would still be the same, and you haven't changed that at all.]
[Without you, centuries later, the cold-faced man would still be decadent, getting blown apart by his brother in his bloodlust state with a single punch worth 30,000 times his normal strength when challenging him; the demon rat would be eaten as a dessert by the local beast king; and the electronic girl, due to her uncontrollable nature, would be formatted by that technological civilization...]
From this perspective, you did help the three of them.
[Now, because the three of them perfectly match the character attributes of an adventure team, they have been naturally added to Loya, Qianqian, and your team through a series of coincidences and karmic connections arranged by this universe.]
[Your command to the universe.]
"...So I actually had a friend like that before?"
Tens of thousands of light-years away, Di Luo rubbed his temples.
A glimmer of hope flickered in his heart.
[Since even his memories, at the Emperor-level (tens of billions level), were sealed, the strength you possess to accomplish all this must far exceed his imagination!]
In young Loya's eyes, you are merely the young master of the Star Alliance.
However, from Dilo's perspective, you are an existence from beyond the stars, from some ultimate outer realm beyond the universe!
At this moment, all his wariness and defensiveness towards you vanished.
[It's not just because you once adventured alongside him as "Brother Yun," and were partners with whom he trusted each other implicitly... it's the unlocking of these many memories.]
[Even more so because—you can save everything for him!]
You can redeem him from everything; you might truly have the power to help him and her break free from their fate!
In this universe where time has been buried, in this world where time has been destroyed, it seems that only you can transcend everything!
As the journey progresses past the halfway point, the plot and supporting characters become increasingly central.
Gradually, under Di Luo's orders, the nine great divine races and the ten ancient fiends took turns on stage, each actor rising to their position.
"Have you heard? A squad containing descendants of imperial lineages is about to pass through our starry sky!"
"They traversed the starry sea via the legendary 'Path of the Stars.' Even beings at the Ancestral God level are not worthy to touch the forbidden domain of the ancient imperial races, so we can only strike when they leave the Path of the Stars to rest!"
"If we capture that imperial girl and hand her over to the nine great divine clans... they promise to train a 'celestial god' for our clan!"
"But why would they pass through this part of our starry sky? That doesn't make sense; they should be fleeing in all directions."
"Because they're going to the Ancient River of the Western Star Region!"
"What Journey to the West?"
The various large, medium, and small factions across the universe are buzzing with discussion.
"Legend has it that the imperial maiden came from the ancient imperial era trillions of years ago, and her goal is to return to that brutal era when the imperial clan ruled everything!"
"The Imperial Clan is notoriously domineering and ruthless! If she were to return to the past, she might unleash an extermination order against all the major races in the entire starry sky, at which point you and I would both disappear!"
These forces that have come to hunt you down are nothing but lowly soldiers.
Those Seventh-Realm True Immortals behind the scenes, who truly control everything, all know the truth!
[They all heard Di Luo's words more than twenty years ago: "Di Luo, all the heavens, your master has returned!" (Chapter 984). At least one supreme being has returned, so any pursuit involving a True Immortal... is just an act.]
[The top races of the various universes are loudly proclaiming their intention to annihilate the tyrannical imperial races that once ruled them in this era, and to use Qianqian's corpse to demonstrate that they have long since surpassed the imperial races.]
[But of course, none of them succeeded; each time, your team narrowly escaped disaster.]
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