NOVPUBAfter they stepped out of Day Lane, Xiao Guizi asked, "Senior brother, what do we do now?"
"Find an inn and don’t return unless we’re drunk," Xu Zimei smiled.
...
The Yuan Central Continent was divided into five continents, which were actually not connected to each other.
Each continent was separated by the Endless Heaven Sea.
Some say that about seventy percent of Yuan Central Continent’s area is occupied by the ocean, leaving only the remaining thirty percent as land.
Amidst the boundless expanse of the Endless Heaven Sea, aside from the five immense continents, countless islands floated.
... 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝖔𝔪
A white, dense fog covered a space above the Endless Heaven Sea. For martial artists who often traveled between the Eastern Continent and the Central Continent, this fog was a Forbidden Land.
Once inside the fog, a martial artist’s senses would be sealed off.
Martial artists who entered the fog would lose their sense of direction. Those with good luck might blunder their way out of it.
But those less fortunate would be completely lost in the white mist and eventually perish within it, and this included even the powerhouses of the Saint Vein Realm.
Beyond the vast expanse of white fog, an immense Immortal Mountain stood towering between heaven and earth.
The Immortal Mountain was not only enshrouded in white fog, but also enclosed by a transparent barrier around it.
The Immortal Mountain soared into the clouds, its peak invisible to the eye, with the sound of the Great Dao’s chanting murmuring above, and Immortal Cranes spreading their wings and flying towards the heavens.
Majestic and mysterious, the Immortal Mountain stood between heaven and earth, and just one glance seemed to etch its silhouette forever into the hearts of any creature that saw it in its entirety.
Regrettably, beneath the veil of the white fog, people could not glimpse even a corner of the Immortal Mountain.
It existed there silently, as if merged with heaven and earth.
...
Jiang Mochou woke from unconsciousness, bewildered as he looked around the environment in which he found himself.
It was a simple thatched cottage, sunlight streamed in through the windows, and the air was thick with the scent of medicinal herbs.
Jiang Mochou tried to think hard but couldn’t remember anything.
He only remembered fainting inexplicably before.
Getting out of bed, not feeling the slightest discomfort, he slowly opened the wooden door of the small cottage.
The dazzling sunlight enveloped him, and Jiang Mochou, staring at the scene before him, was dumbfounded and frozen on the spot.
Elks with colorful antlers ran across the meadow, while colorful birds soared and circled overhead.
Directly ahead, various flowers and trees were in full, brilliant bloom, rendering the whole world as if it were painted in all the colors of the rainbow.
An old man in a blue shirt walked among the flowers and plants, carrying a watering can and leisurely watering the plants around him.
"Awake? Did you sleep well?" the elder suddenly turned his head and asked kindly, smiling.
"Where is this?" Jiang Mochou asked cautiously.
"This place has no name, some call it Immortal Mountain, others call it a Forbidden Land," the old man laughed and said, "If you really want to know the precise location, I can only tell you that this is on an unnamed island located on the Endless Heaven Sea between the Eastern Continent and the Central Continent."
"Who are you? Why am I here?" Jiang Mochou continued to ask.
"My name has been forgotten for far too long, and I too have forgotten it. All things in the world eventually return to nothingness.
We carry nothing into life, and take nothing out of it, so you can call me Void Elder," the elder laughed and explained, "I saved your life before and brought you here."
"Saved my life?" Jiang Mochou asked in confusion, "Who wants to kill me?"
"Let’s talk about that later," the elder smiled and said, "You don’t need to worry too much, I have no ill intentions towards you.
"Before I tell you some things, there’s something I must ask you seriously."
"Go ahead," Jiang Mochou nodded and replied.
"If one day this world were to fall into destruction, would you be willing to be the savior?" the elder asked, staring seriously at Jiang Mochou.
"World destruction, savior?" Jiang Mochou asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"
"You just need to answer my question, willing or not?" the Void Elder asked.
"Not interested. When the sky falls, there are tall ones to hold it up. What does it have to do with a weakling from the Condensing Vein Realm?" Jiang Mochou shook his head and replied.
"You don’t want to be a hero? Be the savior?" the Void Elder continued to ask.
"No," Jiang Mochou shook his head.
"Think about it, becoming the savior of the world, you would receive the admiration of countless people, and your name and story would become a legend that lasts eternally," the Void Elder said.
"What do you want to say?" Jiang Mochou frowned slightly and asked.
"Becoming the savior, the people around you, your parents would be proud and take pride in you."
Before the elder could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Jiang Mochou.
"I’ll say it again, I don’t want to be some savior.
I don’t have parents anymore, and all I think about, all I do, is to one day annihilate the Taiyuan Heavenly Sect,
to make those who should pay the price be punished."
Hearing Jiang Mochou’s words, the Void Elder remained silent for a long time before he finally spoke, his voice slightly hoarse, "Perhaps, I can help you."
Jiang Mochou turned his head slightly, looking at the elder with doubt.
"Take me as your master, and I will pass on all of my lifelong knowledge to you," the Void Elder said calmly, "I only have one condition, after you have taken your revenge,
if one day this world falls into a crisis of destruction, you must stand up to stop it without any hesitation."
"As long as I can take revenge, I’ll agree to anything you say," Jiang Mochou nodded hurriedly in response.
"No, you still don’t understand," the Void Elder shook his head and replied, "This is a mission; you must truly be willing to take on this mission,
not just forced to accept the mission for the sake of revenge.
You might not understand it now, but when that day really comes, you will."
Hearing the words of the Void Elder, Jiang Mochou was somewhat confused, feeling like the elder’s words were somewhat cryptic.
"Let me show you," the Void Elder sighed and said.
Afterward, as his spiritual energy surged, with a raise of his hand, an endless vortex appeared in front of them.
He led Jiang Mochou into the vortex.
...…
The sky was blood-red, and the earth was cracked with countless fissures.
There was no sun in the sky, darkness enshrouded the entire firmament.
The creatures below, be they humans or Monster Beasts, were like ants in a cage, their lives fragile and insignificant.
Torrents raged, volcanoes erupted, and lightning wove through the firmament charged with the Qi of Annihilation, plunging the whole world into the apocalypse.
A figure stood silently above the firmament.
His gaze was indifferent, looking down upon this shattered world.
High above, he looked down on the masses with disregard.
