Chapter 1877 - 1446: Has the World Ever Had a Lone Swan? When Will Time Spare Anyone? (Monthly Ticket Requested)
"People say little ghosts are hard to deal with, but this doesn’t apply here with me, the village chief; all the troublesome ones get killed! The ones left behind will naturally be obedient."
Jiang Dali sat on the palanquin, his eyes like cold electricity sweeping over the man below who was incessantly kowtowing. He smiled faintly and waved his hand, "Looking at you, you should be a follower of Guang Chengzi. Now, go inform him for me, tell Guang Chengzi an old friend has come to visit."
The thin, kowtowing man on the ground was shocked upon hearing this, realizing the flood had rushed into the Dragon King Temple.
The fierce man before him, akin to a Demon God, dared to kill in the territory of Fallen Immortals. It turns out he is an old acquaintance of Guang Chengzi, rendering them unworthy to speak in his presence, yet they dared to boast, and being killed was merely their folly.
Just as the thin man was about to urgently go and notify, an elderly voice softly echoed from the fog-covered celestial mountain.
"When has the world ever known a lonely swan? When can years spare man... I never expected to meet you here in the sky abyss today, Jiang Village Chief. I thought it was some divine entity causing such a commotion a few days ago; now, seeing Jiang Village Chief here, it all becomes clear."
As the black fog rolled, suddenly, the clouds became bright red as if just taken out from a furnace, filling half the sky. Like blooming pomegranate flowers in May, it created a grand, magnificent scene.
Amid these red clouds, a strand of colored cloud looked like a red dragon, or perhaps a celestial stair, stretching from the distant mountains, whereupon an elderly figure appeared on the celestial stair, laughing heartily while slowly stepping down.
"Such powerful spiritual will!"
Jiang Dali’s pupils slightly contracted as he gazed at the elder, who appeared with overwhelming presence. The strength of Guang Chengzi’s spiritual will was palpable, even making him perceive intense danger, as if a true old immortal was strolling down from the celestial mountain.
The key is that they are presently in the sky abyss, surrounded by black fog that corrodes people’s essence qi.
Even he wouldn’t casually utilize spiritual power, let alone wastefully create such an impressive entrance unless it’s sheer bravado or he simply doesn’t care about the depletion of spiritual will, Guang Chengzi was clearly the latter.
"It should be me saying ’unexpected’,"
Jiang Dali stared at Guang Chengzi descending the mountain, then suddenly leapt from the palanquin, brushing off his ancient, ill-fitting attire, and smiled faintly, "Back in Unrivaled City, I encountered your divine fragment and wondered where your primordial spirit was, not expecting it to be here in the sky abyss."
Though he said it, he couldn’t help recalling when Guang Chengzi’s divine fragment sought his help, issuing a task according to the prompt, revealing Guang Chengzi faced difficulties requiring assistance.
Upon entering the sky abyss and discovering Guang Chengzi’s presence, he guessed that Guang Chengzi’s divine fragment sought to enlist his help for freeing his primordial spirit from the sky abyss.
Guang Chengzi’s figure landed thoroughly on the ground, his elderly yet ethereal face smiling peacefully, "Hehehehe... My divine fragment boldly requested a favor that day, which you, Jiang Village Chief, firmly declined. Now, with you also trapped in this sky abyss, I suppose you wouldn’t refuse again?"
Jiang Dali’s eyes flashed, "That depends on the unkind request you’re proposing."
Guang Chengzi suddenly laughed aloud, word by word, "It’s a problem... facing both you and I right now. A problem that cannot be spoken."
As his words concluded, his eyes flashed white, releasing a strong surge of will upon the lean man and four Lost Souls.
The five of them suddenly trembled, both their bodies and spirits instantly disintegrated, their blood dispersing then being decomposed by the powerful will into microscopic dust-like particles, drifting with the wind.
With just a blink, it seemed that Guang Chengzi merely widened his eyes, causing five figures to disassemble like weathered stone sculptors, disintegrating into dust.
Such control over spiritual will, detailed to its core, suggests his will can penetrate the molecular stage to directly dissolve matter, though whether he could reach the atomic stage like Qin Shi Huang remains unknown. Indeed, Guang Chengzi had long transcended into the Breakthrough Realm as a supreme expert.
Jiang Dali slightly furrowed his brow, crossing his arms coldly, "I dislike people who speak cryptically. Just say what you have to say."
Guang Chengzi smiled slightly, "Jiang Village Chief, please be patient. In fact, I should thank you. If you hadn’t confronted Earth Intent a few days past, causing its withdrawal from the sky abyss, the celestial phenomena wouldn’t have occurred, and I wouldn’t be calmly speaking to you here."
"Oh?" Jiang Dali expressed slight surprise.
Guang Chengzi said with folded hands, "After Earth Intent retreated due to your threat, regions of the sky abyss once occupied by Earth Intent reverted back under Heavenly Will’s control. This allowed me to revive under Heavenly Will’s suppression, and if Earth Intent returned, continuing to compete with Heavenly Will, it would alleviate my pressure again.
Right now... it’s the moment when Heavenly Will is strongest, and Earth Intent weakest, the cosmic balance disrupted, presenting the best opportunity for us to join forces and escape the sky abyss."
"What’s the principle behind this?"
Jiang Dali queried in wonder, "Is the control over our ingress and egress mainly Earth Intent, not Heavenly Will?"
Guang Chengzi shook his head smiling, "Having learned the ’War God Chronicles’, haven’t you heard the saying ’Heaven and Earth are unkind, treating all things as straw dogs’?
Truthfully, neither Heavenly Will nor Earth Intent deliberately targets us pitiful people in the sky abyss; they are more concerned with their unconscious competition unless guided by someone deliberately.
But how many in this world can guide Heaven and Earth’s intent?
Thus, when we attempt to leave the sky abyss, the pressure we face mainly arises from Heaven and Earth’s unconscious competition. Whenever we try to venture out, both Heavenly Will and Earth Intent interfere, or rather, both try to devour our will, transforming us into Twisted entities, ultimately merging us.
Moreover, when we traverse Heaven and Earth’s intent to exit the sky abyss, we encounter obstruction from the Holy Dynasty Guardian. That’s why no one has ever managed to escape the abyss over the years..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Dali promptly understood.
After finally resisting and repelling the Heaven and Earth’s intent, who still has the strength to repel the Holy Dynasty Guardian Dugu Sword Demon?
And if one cannot achieve this, naturally, they will be sent back to the Sky. Simply put, this is just a game of trials.
But what puzzles Jiang Dali is this: such a simple trial game, how could it be that no one has managed to win through all these years? No matter how powerful the Heaven and Earth’s intent is, within the Sky, all the exiled beings only need to join forces, and even the Heaven’s Will could surely not stop them.
"It’s not that simple."
Guang Chengzi seemed to understand his doubts, smiling faintly, "You also know that part of the Earth Intent within the Sky is always controlled by the Leader of the Strange People, and a large part of the Heavenly Will is always outside the Sky, in confrontation with the Holy Dynasty Emperor.
When our gathered strength surpasses a certain limit, making even the Heaven and Earth’s intent feel a great threat, the Heaven and Earth Will will return to defend the Sky together, preventing us from leaving the Sky.
Unless you and I combine our forces to match the Holy Dynasty Emperor, or at least the level of the Holy Dynasty’s Regent King, how could we possibly fight against the Heaven and Earth Will and forcefully leave the Sky?"
Stopping for a moment, Guang Chengzi continued with a sigh, "Last time, I barely seized a fleeting opportunity of the Heaven and Earth’s intent to cleverly escape to the outskirts of the Sky, but unfortunately, I was blocked by that young Dugu, hence I could only quietly escape with a strand of Divine Fragment. This time, joining forces with you, our chances of success are much greater."
Jiang Dali was puzzled, "The Heaven and Earth’s intent can have such fleeting moments?"
Guang Chengzi, "Of course, whenever a top expert outside the Sky fights and disturbs the Heavenly Will, the Heavenly Will will naturally have fleeting moments. If it alarms the Holy Dynasty Emperor, causing a conflict between the Emperor and the Heavenly Will, it would further cause the Heavenly Will to fragment, at which point the Heavenly Will would dare not allocate power to return to the Sky, making it the best time for us to break out from the Sky.
Unfortunately... top experts rarely engage in battles, and conflicts between the Emperor and the Heavenly Will are even rarer, so such opportunities may only arise a few times in thousands of years..."
Jiang Dali listened with a strange expression.
The opportunities Guang Chengzi mentioned seemed to have all been created by himself in recent times.
Whether his fight with Xiao Sanxiao or with the Great Demon God, the Regent King, etc., all seemed to have more or less disturbed the Heavenly Will, even causing conflicts between the Holy Dynasty Emperor and the Heavenly Will.
Indeed, as he said, top experts don’t engage in fights easily. In fact, someone with his level of strength might only appear once every few hundred years, and even if they do appear, they rarely engage in battles with experts of the same realm...
So, the optimal timing for breaking out of the Sky was still created by himself. If he now tries to provoke a fight between Qin Shi Huang and the Regent King, could it create the opportunity for him to escape the Sky?
But such unrealistic thoughts could only remain in his mind.
Jiang Dali quickly composed his thoughts and verbally agreed to consider teaming up with Guang Chengzi to breach the Sky. He then shifted the conversation to inquire about Hero Chuan Ying and information on the Twisted Land within the Sky.
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"Speaking of Chuan Ying... this is a long story. He too is a pitiable person abandoned by Heaven. Ultimately, it’s due to the erosion influence of the Fallen Heaven’s Will within the Sky that led... otherwise... many years ago, I also attempted to join forces with him to break through the Sky! But it was a failure, resulting in significant losses."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Since you know the Twisted Land, you should know the existence of the Twisted. In fact, all those heroes who died in the outside world, or those who died within the Sky, as long as they are known in the Martial World and their strength is not inferior to the existence of the Heavenly Human Realm, will eventually be devoured into the Sky after death.
Initially, only those stronger than the Returning to Truth Realm in the Martial World would be devoured by the Fallen Heaven’s Will into the Sky, becoming Twisted. Later, when the Earth Intent also eroded and controlled parts of the Sky, some Martial Arts experts of the Heavenly Human Realm, after death, would also be devoured into the Sky.
Despite their deaths, their power and intelligence became nutrients for the growth of Heaven and Earth, nourishing the rapid growth of the Heaven and Earth Will.
Chuan Ying, having shattered the void, still got devoured into the Sky, tried to escape but repeatedly failed until he eventually died of old age, becoming a Twisted...
I thought he would end up like other Twisted, but he had already mastered in the War God Chronicles the ability for a War God’s rebirth. After becoming a Twisted, he revived himself, forcefully breaking free from the control of the Heavenly Will. With the Earth Intent’s competitive edge against the Heavenly Will, he luckily escaped from the Twisted Land, but now he is merely struggling to survive inside the Sky.
If you want to meet him, I can send someone to take you there.
But now, he is like a Bodhisattva crossing the river, struggling to ensure his survival. You shouldn’t expect him to help us in any way. It’s better to seize this opportunity when the Heavenly Will is void to join forces with me to breach the Sky, as it is the most suitable opportunity lately..."
"I see!"
Jiang Dali furrowed his brow, nodding in agreement, secretly lamenting.
He was just about to ask how far away Chuan Ying’s location was. If it was too far, considering the current timing and distance constraints, he would abandon the idea of going there.
However, just before he could speak, he suddenly sensed a familiar Sword Intent deeply embedded in his soul, spontaneously arising in his spirit like a flame, instantly startling him.
"Fire Qilin!"
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(Requesting monthly ticket)
