Chapter 782 - 709: The Origin of the Broken Lost Land_1
After their probing attempts, the two God Emperors retreated in an awkward and embarrassed state.
One, raising his palm to strike himself, the other, lifting his leg to frantically bite at it.
These steps seemed to possess some kind of Illusion Realm which even God Emperors could fall prey to unaware!
Now, they were all afraid and didn’t dare to try again so easily.
Therefore, their gazes fell upon Su Baiqian.
Just earlier, it was this girl who, upon stepping onto the steps, caused the thick fog to dissipate and even a heartbeat sound to emanate from behind the door.
Could she, indeed, be the key to unlocking this place?
And at this moment, Su Baiqian fell into a brief contemplation.
With her clever mind, she of course realized that Lin Banyang and the others merely wanted to use her…
But she thought it over and found this… not to be scary.
Then, without hesitation, she stepped forward, onto the steps.
One step taken!
The thick mist thinned!
The second step out!
The dense fog dispersed!
As Su Baiqian ascended the steps, the mysterious thick fog enshrouding the area dissipated completely.
At this moment, everyone felt as if clouds had parted and the fog had lifted, breathing much more easily, the depression that the fog had brought vanished!
“It really has something to do with her!”
“What is the background of this girl?”
“Could it be that she is the destined one of this secret place?”
The crowd discussed in surprised tones!
Earlier, the two God Emperors failed to ascend, provoking the fog that enveloped the sky and the emergence of illusions, only to retreat in disarray.
And now, a girl approached calmly, causing the thick fog to disappear!
What did this imply?
Meanwhile, from behind the door, there suddenly came a “bang.”
This sound, robust and powerful, somber yet clear!
Everyone felt as if they were standing next to a gigantic heart, with its beat shaking their entire beings, as if they were about to resonate with it.
Both God Emperors, their eyes filled with intense anxiety, stared at the door!
“Heh heh… What chosen one, you are nothing but a pawn…”
They gazed at the silhouette of Su Baiqian, their thoughts unified.
Once Su Baiqian unlocked this place, in the end, wouldn’t all the fortunes still be at their disposal?
Su Baiqian was merely cannon fodder, destined to serve their victory.
Under everyone’s gaze, Su Baiqian step by step climbed the nineteen steps.
Standing on the nineteenth step, she looked at the stone door before her.
The stone door was within reach.
At this moment, Su Baiqian suddenly felt strangely unsettled.
As if facing a piece of buried history, as if about to unveil the truths of the ages.
The stone door, as if sensing her presence, trembled lightly, as if waiting for her to push it open…
Su Baiqian took a deep breath.
She extended her delicate hand, placed it upon the stone door, and gently pushed…
Boom.
The stone door opened in response!
A dazzling white light rushed towards her face.
At that moment, Su Baiqian instinctively closed her eyes.
This white light, as if stirring the wheels of time, provoking the ocean of karma!
Su Baiqian felt as though she was situated in another time and space, as if there were soft whispers calling out to her.
She opened her eyes, looking forward.
It was a land of flourishing prosperity, where Two-Leaf Clovers grew luxuriantly, blooming everywhere.
Medicinal and toxic energies soared to the sky, interwoven, forming a gigantic Taiji pattern in the Sky Vault.
Among the flora, a girl clad in plain Ma Yi clothes fluttered by, flying from the horizon, landing amidst the flowers.
In the midst, a most peculiar Two-Leaf Clover grew, its leaves sharing one stalk, one black, one white, their shapes similar to iris.
Underneath the Two-Leaf Clover, a little fox lay dozing, appearing incredibly peaceful in its slumber.
The little fox was entirely snow-white, exceedingly adorable, and most peculiarly… it had nine tails!
The Ma Yi-clad girl sat down and gently caressed the little fox.
The little fox comfortably stuck out its little tongue, licking the girl’s hand, then opened its eyes.
The little fox’s eyes sparkled, and it said:
“Have you found any trace of ‘him’?”
The Ma Yi-clad girl shook her head, saying:
“No.”
“Everything related to him has vanished over time, even the number of people who know his name is dwindling…”
“Apart from the few of us who still remember, it’s as if he is being forgotten by the entire world…”
Saying this, the girl’s face showed a hint of sorrow, murmuring:
“He left no contingencies, no attachments… His ascent was too decisive, from the beginning, it was like marching towards death…”
The little fox grew anxious as well, saying:
“If he cannot return… what will we do about this great calamity? Can we… withstand it?”
The Ma Yi-clad girl was silent; she caressed the little fox’s head and said:
“He will return…”
“When he returns, perhaps we will no longer fear, no longer worry, and this world will achieve true prosperity and peace.”
Her gentle tone contained an unyielding strength!
“When… will he be able to return?”
The little fox murmured.
The Ma Yi-clad girl said:
“Maybe after countless eons… perhaps after our very extinction.”
“The only thing we might do is to leave behind a lamp for him, a lamp… to guide him home.”
“Xiao Chan, I must go now.”
The girl gently stroked the little fox’s head, which seemed to sense something and tried desperately to cling to the girl’s hand but involuntarily drifted off to sleep.
“Sleep… after you awaken from this slumber, carry the Fire Seed, and create a new Pure Land; forsake the Ancestral Realm, do not return.”
Having spoken, she stood up.
The Two-Leaf Clover gently swayed as if reluctant to let go of her hem.
“Great calamity has already descended, you all have to retreat and preserve the Fire Seed, while we… must take that path.”
“That path, ‘He’ once set foot upon, something must have happened now, to make the World of Grey Mist so mad…”
Having said that, she stood up and left, not staying any longer.
Her figure gradually disappeared until it was gone.
After a long while.
The little fox finally woke up, frantically searching, with tears swirling in its bright, lively eyes, calling out the girl’s name.
But she could ultimately no longer find the girl, only the Two-Leaf Clover drooping slightly, as though comforting it.
“She’s gone… Wuu… I have to go escort the Fire Seed, I have to listen to her words…”
The small fox wiped its tears, stood up, and left this lush and blooming place, taking the Two-Leaf Clover with it.
…
The scene suddenly shifted.
A heaven-shattering battle, mist of grey shrouded everything!
The Sky Vault cracked open, the earth crumbled, stars extinguished like candles, and powerful beings were as insignificant as ants.
In the midst of this endless battle, amidst the rolling grey mist, Bizarre Beings emerged without end.
Yet, within a vast expanse of emptiness, the ominous grey mist was full yet silent, Bizarre Beings gathered but made no noise.
In the center of this vast void, beneath a stems of Two-Leaf Clover, a White Fox’s tail danced.
With its guidance, the entire space and universe seemed to transform into an Illusion Realm.
Many Grey Mist Mighty Ones stepped into this space, clearly carrying with them an overwhelming killing intent, but in the end, they all got lost.
Some beings mysteriously paid homage.
Some beings took their own lives with a palm strike.
Some beings wept bitterly.
…
And within the Illusion Realm, the dark leaves of the Two-Leaf Clover gently fell, invisible poisonous gas descended.
These Bizarre Beings took to it as though it was a delicacy, and then all died.
This was a silent slaughter.
Even though the grey mist was overwhelming and Bizarre Beings were endless, not a single one could cause mayhem in this Illusion Realm.
Here, not even bones remained; the poison from the dark leaves eradicated everything clean, even the Origin of the Grey Mist, leaving no trace of the poisoned!
This became the most bizarre killing ground, a bone-dissolving field for the mighty!
Ultimately, this silent slaughter provoked a violent disturbance in the vast space-time!
Above this Illusion Realm, it seemed that a piece of grey mist space-time had appeared, and within that grey mist space-time, a Supreme Being roared in a low voice.
“A single Illusion Realm, a single clover, you’ve killed three thousand geniuses of my world… If I don’t make a move, the entire World of Grey Mist might get annihilated by you lot!”
That Supreme Being, reaching out across a realm of space-time, pointed a finger!
With that finger-point, it looked like myriad fragments of space-time paved the way, allowing the power of that finger to descend here!
The scene was staggeringly magnificent; within the profound emptiness, the laws of time and space descended like a heavenly path, the might was boundless, piercing through epochs, shattering the boundless void.
It was as if time and space had built a riverbed, and the force of that finger was the raging current rushing upon it!!
At this moment, both the White Fox and the Two-Leaf Clover felt that overwhelming surge of energy!
The White Fox, with all nine tails flaring in a wild dance, like the plumes of a Peacock!
The leaves of the Two-Leaf Clover came together, conjuring a poisonous gas palm!
——The incoming attack transcended space and time, the Illusion of the Nine-Tailed Fox and the poison of the Two-Leaf Clover couldn’t affect the opponent, they could only endure the onslaught!
A fox, a blade of grass, faced off against this earth-shaking finger!
Yet, as the finger descended, the Nine-Tailed Fox’s nine tails were severed, instantly spilling blood, the Two-Leaf Clover’s leaves turned yellow, the blades withering away!
——Both known for illusion and poison, their combat power was not truly peerless!
With just this one finger, both the Nine-Tailed Fox and the Two-Leaf Clover had been pushed to the brink of death…
After the finger had fallen, that grey mist space-time had begun to slowly fade away.
At this moment, the grass was destroyed, the fox perished!
“Guard the Fire Seed… Guard the Fire Seed…”
At the edge of death, the Nine-tailed White Fox, its intelligent eyes now confused and lifeless, still held onto a determined spirit, supporting it!
“No… My master commanded me to guard the Fire Seed, I must protect this place…”
“Let me create the final illusion…”
“Master doesn’t return, the illusion realm doesn’t break, the blood of the Celestial Fox, cutting off the Star River!”
The White Fox spilled its blood, burning its last thread of life, evolving endless illusions within the vast Star River!
Those illusions, like scattered pieces of time and space, both real and illusory, decaying and broken, seemed like eternally forbidden grounds that one could never tread upon!
The White Fox died.
And while the Nine-tailed White Fox desperately fought on, the withered Two-Leaf Clover also burned the last of its medicinal properties, preserving a drop of the White Fox’s blood, allowing it to fall into the world, to continue through the cycles of Samsara…
Then, both the fox and the grass perished together in silence!
At this moment, Su Baiqian’s eyes were filled with tears…
She had come to understand it all…
In years long past, the White Fox and the Divine Grass both had died in battle.
And now, she had returned.
…
At the same time.
In a hidden void beyond the stone steps, a bizarre old man was filled with shock!
Others could not feel the fluctuations of time, but he had glimpsed part of it.
So at this moment, he was utterly astonished!
“The Broken Lost Land… Could it actually be the Illusion Realm transformed from the dying fox?!”
He had traversed from the Primordial Ancestral World, through what was known as the Broken Lost Land, to find this place in the Yang Realm.
He knew all too well how terrifying that Broken Lost Land was; even though he had ascended and was considered a figure of Dao Ancestor level, it was still a narrow escape from death!
Moreover, he had always felt that he was able to come here because the Broken Lost Land had undergone some changes, seemingly becoming less hostile towards outsiders.
Otherwise, he believed that within the vast Primordial Ancestral World, there would be few who would dare to step foot in it!
Now, having glimpsed this fragment of time, his heart surged with tumultuous waves!
“Damn it… I finally realize just how significant that dog and these young people are…”
“That fox, placed in the entirety of the Primordial Ancestral World, is also truly a Supreme colossus!”
“Absolutely a Bizarre Being from the Era of the Ancient White Mist!”
At this moment, the bizarre old man was shaken, he had not expected that this small Yang Realm would have connections with a giant like the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox.
At the same time, a hint of greed flashed through his heart!
If he could seize the opportunities here…
He would at least save himself twenty million years of strife!
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