Free Web NovelChapter 1697: Chapter 184: Eradicated by Fate
The void quickly calmed down, but a cluster of broken souls remained.
This cluster of broken souls gradually transformed, forming a young figure.
The young figure was exceptionally graceful, yet incredibly calm and indifferent.
"Lee Ran, thank you for saving my life, but you have destroyed the Evil Venerate Sword, and with it, the future of the Immortal Buddha Divine Race."
The Emperor now appeared utterly miserable, blood flowing all over his body, bleeding from his seven orifices, nearly gravely injured.
However, he still reluctantly uttered these words.
"I only fulfilled my promise to my brother, that’s all I have to say."
Lee Ran was silent for a moment, then spoke.
Pan Emperor and Nuwa fell silent, saying nothing.
But the Emperor only sighed in a daze, his eyes showing a look of sorrow.
"The time axis was shaken once again, and cracks have appeared, I’m afraid the Nine Ancient Lands themselves might face trouble."
The Emperor looked at the giant dragon bone where cracks had appeared, sighed, and said nothing.
"Within the time axis, self-repair is underway. In the end, we’ll see whether the time axis recovers or shatters, resulting in change. But regardless of which, the outcome is the same."
Lee Ran said indifferently.
His figure had already begun to disperse; if it weren’t for his myriad transformations and mastery of the Soul-controlling Technique, he would have died from the backlash of the devouring Blood River Power.
And now, as he transforms into ten thousand broken souls, entering the time axis, perhaps he still has a chance to survive.
Only, that chance remains extremely bleak.
As for the thirteen fragments of the Evil Venerate Sword, now...
Lee Ran does not know what the result might be, but whatever the outcome, Lee Ran feels the Thirteen Strange Women are likely... doomed.
Feng Zishuang, Mu Qingyan, Jiang Yuning, Zhou Lingyi, Bai Ying, Gu Xi, Long Xianyin, Qian Xi, Ping’er, Qian Luoshui, Fei Ya, Suxin, Fu Wanling.
These thirteen women, truly, every one of them deeply ingrained in Zhou Yan’s spirit and bones; losing any one of them would be unbearable for Zhou Yan.
These thirteen Strange Women, each intertwined with Zhou Yan’s soul, and yet Lee Ran, who promised his brother to help protect them, failed to deliver.
So, what now?
...
Lee Ran sighed, his eyes filled with endless sorrow.
"Perhaps, there is still some change, because before, anomalies occurred, though we don’t know if it was self-repair by the time axis."
Pan Emperor was silent for a moment before speaking.
Since the terrible ending remains unknown, now there can only be waiting, waiting for time axis to repair, for time to synchronize, to see what the outcome will be.
Thus, Pan Emperor did not blame Lee Ran’s actions, for even if to blame, that single residual soul of Lee Ran would soon vanish, meaningless.
"Hm? What’s happening?"
Lee Ran tensed inside and immediately asked.
Pan Emperor pondered for a while before speaking of the prior condensation of the Evil Venerate Sword.
Nuwa continued, "And previously, the only situation not presented was this scene of the Thirteen Strange Women’s Origin shattering. Although gathered together, the Evil Venerate Sword has reached a small accomplishment, it feels not so simple. After all, it shattered before, into thirteen pieces as well. If coincidence, it’s simply too coincidental."
"Moreover, at our level of ability and realm, it should be understood that so-called coincidences are actually inevitable fate."
Nuwa’s statement plunged the scene into a momentary silence.
After a while longer, Lee Ran felt he was about to vanish, nodded and said, "Although the time axis has cracked, it’s not necessarily bad; after all, I’m not considered extinct, I myself entered the time axis, I will try to bring change!"
"If true changes cannot be made, then--I will destroy the time axis, and by doing so, the Nine Ancient Lands will be destroyed within the time axis. That would truly bring mutual destruction with the Jiang family. By then, when the Nine Ancient Lands are destroyed, none of the races would have a future, which is far better than letting the bloodthirsty races survive."
"We have no choice, any choice, there’s only one, and that is death. If it’s death, if it’s destruction, let’s take the enemy down with us."
As Lee Ran spoke, his figure began to gradually dissipate.
Neither Pan Emperor nor Nuwa said anything at this moment.
Then the Emperor suddenly said, "Then, I will wait for the final change of the time axis!"
As the Emperor spoke, Lee Ran had already vanished.
After all, the existing situation was only a single broken soul, to withstand so long was already difficult.
After Lee Ran vanished, Pan Emperor sighed and said, "Time axis wants destruction, it won’t be easy, and since Jiang He has already touched the edge of the true Evil Venerate Realm, then it’s already not far. Ultimately, we have no chance."
"And he, in this situation, how could he not analyze and calculate our mindset, knowing we would inevitably drag his race to destruction, how could he let us have our way? Lee Ran, thinks far too simply after all."
The words of Pan Emperor carried a sense of desolation.
In this battle, although he managed to seize thirteen Origins, he ultimately failed.
This failure, perhaps more accurately, was because Jiang He never truly defended the thirteen Origins beforehand, allowing them to succeed.
In reality, it was likely a deliberate move by the other party to let go, then during the process of their complete condensation of the thirteen Origins into the Evil Venerate Sword, Jiang He appeared in his peak state, slaying their three strongest leaders among the Immortal Buddha Divine Race.
It was a simple plan, but because they were unaware of Jiang He’s true strength, it was also the plan most likely to succeed.
In fact, if it hadn’t been for Lee Ran’s intervention, backlashing against Jiang He, destroying this plan and shattering the Evil Venerate Sword, Jiang He’s plan would certainly have been successful.
Pan Emperor knew this, and thus said, Lee Ran thought too simply.
"No, I think, Lee Ran wouldn’t think so simply. Since the beginning of his layout, Lee Ran has never truly failed at anything, almost every time, his plans are flawless. So this time too, I have reason to believe that he wouldn’t think so simply—perhaps, on the time axis, something even we cannot imagine has happened."
Nuwa, after pondering for a moment, spoke with a contemplative tone.
Nuwa’s words made the Emperor shudder all over, a look of terror flashing in his eyes.
"What have you thought of?"
Pan Emperor and Nuwa both immediately turned their gazes towards the Emperor. In an instant, this aura made the already seriously injured Emperor shake all over again, even worsening his injuries significantly.
"I thought of... actually, it’s nothing. I was just thinking, if Zhou Yan were still alive, what the situation would be."
"Impossible!"
"Zhou Yan is completely dead, among the thirteen marks, there is not a trace of Zhou Yan’s aura."
The Emperor and Nuwa almost simultaneously denied this.
"The time axis... is too strange and bizarre for us to see through. If we could see through and transcend the time axis, then we would have broken free from our own destiny. But Zhou Yan... is an existence that cannot be measured by any means."
The Emperor said.
"You’re overestimating him. Ultimately he is..."
Pan Emperor’s words stopped halfway.
"Indeed, he cannot still be alive, otherwise, how could the Immortal Phoenix Peacock not know, after all, he was once by..."
Nuwa also said only part of the sentence.
"Ultimately, he’s a true Primordial Inheritor, a life originating from the Blood Coffin. He was once given life by the Immortal Phoenix Peacock, sharing an identity similar to Shakyamuni. But so what, once surpassing destiny, everything can change, even our memory of his existence might disappear."
The Emperor analyzed with a bitter smile.
Then he sighed deeply and said, "Our memory belongs to us because it is our destiny. When others transcend their own destiny, our memory of them won’t be their own memory anymore, this memory will be replaced, will disappear, and will cease to exist."
"Therefore, within our memory, there has never been an existence that transcends destiny because even though they exist, they do not."
"In our memory, they may have died, dissipated, transformed, or still be alive, but in reality? They should have transcended destiny and left the time axis."
"Of course, this is just my self-righteous speculation, but... the Eight Array Map, Fu Xi’s Eight Diagrams, etc., are also formed from my conjectures, and the facts prove that such conjectures themselves are a study of destiny."
The Emperor said.
His words deeply impacted Pan Emperor and Nuwa.
"If that is the case, perhaps there is a whole new opportunity, isn’t it coming soon?"
Pan Emperor pondered and said.
"Indeed, the time axis is rapidly being repaired, and the world within it, the space must be undergoing intense and complex changes!"
Nuwa immediately said.
The Emperor remained silent but his gaze was fixed intently on the ever-changing time axis.
...
Within the Time Ancient Land, True God Plane.
The changes in the Void, with many complexities.
Zhou Yan did not understand these, but shortly after the endless devour, a momentary awakening came to the origin memory of Lei Yan King.
In that moment of awakening, Zhou Yan not only regained himself but also awakened to his previous memories.
Previous memories of appearing on the Holy Spirit Continent, memories of planning with his brother Lee Ran to live out another life, transforming into the life of Lee Sha, etc., all awakened in an instant.
But right after this momentary awakening, an incredibly terrifying power seemed to form a formidable force capable of annihilation, sweeping in instantly.
A sense of horror arose in Zhou Yan’s heart, and he immediately understood that it was the Rule Power or Destiny Power undergoing repair. Under such circumstances, if the memory still existed, it would certainly be completely annihilated, just like antivirus software eradicating a virus in a technological world, leaving no room for luck.
The best solution was to disguise.
But to conceal destiny, the means of disguise must be exceedingly strong.
