Chapter 46
The entire Western Continent was shrouded in black mist.
Yue Qin and Yun Zheng hurriedly returned to their lodgings. All the cultivators in the city were shrouded in black energy. These were the offspring of the Gu Master, controlled by him. In recent days, everyone around them had been infected by the offspring of Lin Yuan.
Black smoke followed their figures, and within the black smoke flowed a faint green light, which was a dense mass of venomous insects.
The two immediately retreated to their dwelling and closed the doors and windows tightly, but black smoke still poured in through the cracks in the door.
Yun Zheng swung his sword, and wherever the sword light passed, the evil spirits vanished. But before long, the black smoke gathered again, an endless stream that seemed to have no end.
Daoist Danxi activated his barrier, which possessed the power of wood spirits, keeping the black smoke out. The black smoke immediately dissipated upon touching the glowing barrier. He attempted to slowly expand the barrier's range to counteract the black smoke emanating from the abyss, but soon discovered that his spiritual power was insufficient.
Danxi Daojun was secretly puzzled. Had Lin Yuan become so strong in just a few days?
In truth, while he was preoccupied with his inner demons for several days, Lin Yuan's venomous insects had already spread throughout the world, eroding its spiritual energy. She had exterminated all the righteous cultivators of the Western Continent; only those who submitted to her could survive.
Xuanji Daojun went to meet this Gu Venerable, but he was no match for her at all. Lin Yuan could absorb the power of the sub-Gu at will and use it for her own purposes. Her energy supply was inexhaustible, and she would never run out of energy.
This situation was beyond their control. The two tried to summon all the Nascent Soul stage cultivators "above the clouds," but discovered that they were cut off from the outside world.
“It’s the Abyss of Ten Thousand Gu.” Daoist Danxi’s eyes darkened. How did she manage to cover the entire city with the Gu Realm? Although it was only the most basic level of the Gu Realm, the range was extremely wide, which was something that ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators could not do.
Dark clouds loomed over the city, preventing even a sliver of moonlight from penetrating.
Lin Yuan hovered in mid-air, looking down at the city plunged into darkness.
A pale green light appeared in her vision, and a barrier kept her offspring outside a certain area.
She scoffed, "Such a little spiritual power, how pathetic."
Following the barrier, Lin Yuan quickly appeared before everyone.
The female cultivator in front of them looked familiar, yet they felt completely unfamiliar with her.
Lin Yuan looked at everyone calmly, his expression full of contempt.
"Hello everyone, it's been a long time."
Without the support of spiritual power, the group was quickly defeated.
Lin Yuan curled her lips into a smug smile, when suddenly her whole body swayed. A sharp pain shot through her dantian, and she looked at her body in utter shock. Then, Lin Yuan exploded, and blood mist filled the air.
"I brought you into this world, so..."
"Let me take you with me, Lin Yuan."
When Jiang Liuya opened her eyes again, she saw a sky full of stars. She felt very confused. Hadn't she self-destructed her core and perished together with Lin Yuan? In fact, she had been awake for a long time and had been lying in wait for many days, just to deliver a fatal blow to Lin Yuan when she was completely unsuspecting.
Before my eyes, there was a blur of light and shadow, flickering on and off.
"You were just trapped in an illusion." The voice and the light and shadow seemed familiar to Jiang Liuya. It was the mysterious female voice she had encountered in the power of chaos.
Illusion?
So, is this still within the power of chaos? She looked inward at her inner core, and Lin Yuan lay prostrate in the same spot, her appearance round and cute, still that obedient natal Gu.
Did none of the things that happened before, like being manipulated by Lin Yuan and all the subsequent madness, actually happen? Jiang Liuya was still shaken. These illusions were too real, making her firmly believe that the same scenes would definitely reappear in the near future.
If what happened before was just an illusion, could she still return to the time before she entered the chaotic power and prevent those things from happening in the future?
"How can I return to my original timeline?"
"You can't go back to the original time and space."
"It has collapsed."
Jiang Liuya's pupils contracted.
Who exactly are you?
My name is Cangming.
Cangming, the Cangming God? The god who ascended to heaven two thousand years ago in the legends of Cangming Mountain?
"Jiang Liuya, do you want to know what the power of chaos really is?"
"What is it?" Jiang Liuya asked, her eyes filled with confusion.
"The power of chaos is the power of returning to zero. Once this world appears, it means that this place is about to enter the countdown to destruction and eventually return to the initial state of chaos."
“Originally, I sealed the power of chaos beneath Mount Cangming, and for a thousand years no one discovered it, thus delaying the destruction of the world. However, fifty years ago, you broke the seal of chaos without authorization, causing this power to reappear in the world. Later, under the suppression of the Tianxuan Sect's secret realm, things were relatively peaceful. But you, for your own selfish desires, recklessly broke through and disrupted this balance.”
Jiang Liuya's mind went blank, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. She never imagined that the truth was like this.
"I cannot reveal any more secrets. Even if I told you, you would not understand them given your current level of cultivation."
Jiang Liuya looked dejected. Her lips trembled several times, but she couldn't speak. There were still many questions she wanted to ask, but they were all stuck in her throat.
After a long while, she finally asked.
"Then what should I do to make up for my mistake?"
"Searching for the past in this time tunnel might lead to an opportunity to change the future."
"good."
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