Chapter 203

Sometimes, the person who knows you best is not necessarily yourself, your wife, or even your enemy.

But it is very likely to be your artisan.

Abilities, matrices, blessings, preferences, styles, habits, and even weaknesses.

All of this, which for a Chosen One should be a secret that must never be spoken even in one's sleep, is transparent to an artisan.

Just like a middle-aged man sitting in front of an old physician's table, gathering the courage to extend his hand to have his pulse taken; when the other person curls the corner of their mouth slightly and looks at you, you should have some tacit understanding with them.

Don't let unpleasant words be spoken; just obediently take whatever prescription is given!

Otherwise? Do you want to hold the search results and argue with them? There's a red fake nose here; guess who dropped it?

The demonized descriptions of Tong Hua and the many descriptions and introductions from Sister Wen could only outline a silhouette, at best sticking on a few labels for the sake of understanding.

Ji Jue truly understood Tong Shan from the moment he took that flag from his hand.

Ji Jue didn't even need to ask; a run-through of the Mechanical Descent was enough for him to have an in-depth grasp of the details of all of Tong Shan's abilities.

Including the Star-Burning Aspect that was dissipating from above the firmament at this very moment...

No way, right? No way?

Those two idiots... they don't actually think the Star-Burning Aspect needs the flag to be supported to be released, do they?!

Hilarious!

During maintenance, he touched this flag from head to toe and inside out; there were only two blessings inside, one Metamorphosis and one Ether, both auxiliary types. None of them had anything to do with it!

This is just like a walking stick when mountain climbing or a tripod when taking photos; it's just something to save effort and worry. It's more convenient to use when you have it, but when you don't, the difference between having it and not having it is basically negligible...

At this very moment, Ji Jue, who witnessed all this with his own eyes, almost couldn't help but laugh out loud: Who said the Heavenly Origin path is rigid and Tong Zhiwu doesn't lie?

From the very beginning, this big pit had been dug for Yan Chong and Ling Zhi!

No, looking at Tong Shan's habits, I'm afraid this pit had been dug for many years; who knows how many people had already stepped into it one after another!

Now, under the "fatal opportunity" created by Yan Chong at the cost of his remaining health, Ling Zhi, the nemesis of the Heavenly Origin who had been hiding in the surroundings and posing the greatest threat, had actively delivered himself to the door.

Above the firmament, Tong Shan's expression, which had been solemn and indifferent from beginning to end, changed slightly. In the reflection of Yan Chong's pupils, a mocking arc curled up.

So pleasant.

In that instant, the Rebirth form, hidden since the start of the war, appeared!

Raw Stone Twelfth Stage, four periods: Invocation, Metamorphosis, Rebirth, and Transcending.

The Invocation period acquires blessings and enhances the essence of ability; the Metamorphosis period chooses a direction to determine the future path; the Rebirth period is reborn and no longer a mortal; the Transcending period establishes the Encircled Realm and receives the Supreme Essence, until crossing the boundary of heaven and man to become a part of the glory of this world.

Now, as the shackles of psychokinesis were loosened layer by layer, the transcendent form moving from mortal to god unfolded. There were no thousand hands or ten thousand eyes, nor any terrifying changes.

Just in an instant, Tong Shan's skin had lost all color, turning into pure white without any flaws or pollution, as white as paper.

And the blood also changed from scarlet; under the transformation of the matrix and blessings, the color quickly deepened, and in the end, it appeared as pure black.

At this moment, the invisible pen dipped into the pitch-black blood, writing furiously on the pure white paper. Countless tiny characters connected to each other, wrapping around the skin layer by layer like chains, appearing in an interlaced manner.

Establishing the beginning of a magnificent chapter, writing the order of the Heavenly Origin, and constructing a distant and void future.

Longing, or perhaps, fantasy.

—A generation without disasters!

Haizhou has many disasters, and Yacheng has many troubles.

Ever since he gained consciousness, enjoying wealth and honor beyond the imagination of ordinary people, experiencing luxurious and magnificent food and clothing, Tong Shan stood on the high mountain named family, looking out at the turbulent and desolate world, reading through the painful history of the past, and even more than once personally experienced what it was like when many disasters raged in the ether records of his elders.

Unfortunately, he had never yearned for the Ether path.

The Disaster Beast Rebellion in the Northern Continent 140 years ago, the disaster that covered Yunzhou 110 years ago, the flood of blood and rain that raged through most of the Federation 100 years ago, the fall of Quancheng decades ago, the desolate wild sand 41 years ago...

Until ten years ago, when he was sixteen, he personally witnessed the disaster of the frantic flame tide, which burned for ten thousand miles, burning the fertile plains to ashes. There was a famine for three years, and the food supply has not yet recovered. It surged into the sea, the sea boiled for five days, and the plague and toxins have not yet been cleared. The number of people who died of hunger and thirst or lost everything as a result is countless...

Why did it come to this?

And why did it have to come to this?

In that instant, what he understood was that Ether could not change all of this.

Man-made disasters are endless and destined to be difficult to cut off. The Heart Pivot and Metamorphosis paths are too small, and the Wasteland path is too lofty; at best, they can only solve the troubles of a moment and a place. But if one wants to be more practical to minimize or even cut off natural disasters, then one must inevitably seek help from the Heavenly Origin!

For this, he did not hesitate to abandon his mission and family heritage.

To continue the Tong family, having uncles, aunts, younger brothers, and sisters is enough; why have one more of himself? And no matter how outsiders praised him for being sensible and knowing the score, with his heart tied to Yacheng, he understood that he was the one who chose to be selfish for the sake of so-called ideals—greedily borrowing the help of the family to climb upward, alienating and changing the family heritage of the Heavenly Hearing, and fueling his own growth.

Finally, under the guidance of his grandfather, he turned himself into a fulcrum where Ether and Heavenly Origin intersected.

The moment he was reborn under the infusion of the essence of the Supreme, what he achieved was this "Disaster Prevention and Control Book," which used himself as a carrier and had barely written an opening!

Perhaps one day, it could be gradually completed, transforming the Encircled Realm, qualitatively changing the Time Wedge, and even establishing the Origin... but compared to the true completed form, it couldn't even be considered a draft at this moment.

However, to deal with two clowns... it was completely enough!

At this moment, the moment the title page of the Disaster Prevention and Control Book appeared on his skin, the chapter switched, and countless records flowed rapidly.

Tracing back from the Star-Burning page, it swept past the Meteor and Wild Night, and stopped at the third page of the Celestial Phenomena chapter.

—【Disaster of Collapse】!

And so, after the dissipating Star-Burning Aspect, in the empty night sky, a crack opened quietly, and then a second, a third, a fourth...

Countless cracks intersected, like tearing thin paper, revealing the cosmic abyss behind it.

"Everyone, steady!"

Ji Xue's face changed drastically, and she suddenly accelerated, increasing her own time regardless of the consequences. She sped like lightning through the slowed time, instantly pulling everyone together, pulling out the fixed rope, and wrapping them all in one place.

Jiang Xuan slapped the ground with both hands, and the Iron Wall rose, wrapped, and dense steel roots spread and grew from underground.

And then, everyone felt the belated sense of weightlessness...

Mental power convergence, gravitational collapse, infinite mass intersected here, and what was finally formed was the disaster that manifested in the mortal world 210 years ago when the Supreme · Gate of Eternity was turbulent.

At most, it was just a black dot the size of a thumb, but it made Ling Zhi, who had just appeared in the shadows, change his face drastically, and he couldn't help but scream.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

It was too close, close enough to take Tong Shan's life.

At the same time, he had personally delivered himself into the deadly gravitational range...

"Goodbye."

In that instant, he saw Tong Shan's lips move, but he couldn't hear any sound. And then, the world seemed to twist and swirl, amidst the screams and roars that could not be spread.

He wanted to grab Tong Shan, but Tong Shan's body seemed like a phantom, untouchable.

The sound of collapse could not be transmitted, and the appearance of the collapse was also distorted by light. No matter how he shadow-shifted and traveled, he could not escape this desperate vortex.

What was even more deadly was a hand from behind...

At the last moment, he left behind a last word that no one would ever listen to again.

It was a venomous roar:

"Yan Chong!!!"

The moment he sensed the abnormality, the severely wounded Yan Chong broke the broken sword without hesitation, reduced the attraction, and then pushed Ling Zhi's back, pushing him into the deadly vortex, thereby escaping the attraction range, not even hesitating to cut off half his body!

Stepping on his teammate, he bought a glimmer of life. After escaping, he turned into blood light without looking back and sped away.

In an instant, he disappeared.

Even the tide raised when the vortex annihilated could not catch up with him.

He ran!

In just a brief moment, two in the Rebirth Rank—one left no bones, and one escaped severely wounded.

The outcome was decided.

When the countless ruins and debris swept into the sky fell like a rainstorm toward the ground, Ji Jue finally saw everything that had been changed beyond recognition from behind the slowly opening Iron Wall.

And even the sporadic figures fleeing in the storm...

After escaping the most deadly gravitational vortex above the firmament and luckily not being wiped out by the aftermath, the two or three surviving members of the Ether Eye Sect did not hesitate to follow their superior's example and run for their lives.

"No, don't let them run!"

Lou Feng reacted and wanted to chase after them: "My aunt, my aunt is still..."

Ji Jue didn't hesitate, gave him another trip, pinned him down, and seeing that he still dared to struggle, immediately gave him two big slaps to wake him up: "Calm down, your aunt is still alive!"

He warned: "If you still want your aunt, shut up and don't make trouble!"

It wasn't just empty talk, but because he had personally witnessed the spiritual crystal that seemed never to dissipate.

According to what Professor Ye told him, the Rebirth Rank of spiritual shaping usually has a very small change to the body, focusing more on the soul and spirit. The most significant feature is that even if control is lost, the shaped spiritual quality can still guarantee its existence and properties, as if created out of thin air, existing for a long time.

Until the user dies.

At this juncture, the most important thing was no longer catching live prisoners.

After all, to catch live prisoners, no one was more convenient than Tong Shan, who was looking down from a high position. Since Tong Shan didn't make a move, don't create extra trouble.

"Time is limited, come over, help out!"

Ji Jue hurriedly searched through the ruins for remaining items, including the supplies they had just moved off the car, food, medicine, and drinking water. Fortunately, thanks to the tight packaging and sturdy boxes, many survived after experiencing so many impacts. Many that were broken could still be eaten after a wipe; anyway, when they were extremely hungry, they wouldn't care.

There was no time for careful selection now. Seventeen or eighteen mercury tentacles divided from Ji Jue's back, searching for all the supplies within sight, and then threw them to the sluggish Lou Feng and other teammates.

After Tong Shan nodded, the others also helped silently. In just two minutes, the carriage was piled up with a mess of things.

Finally, after everyone got into the car, Ji Jue found a large bag of things from the Little Niu Ma's carriage, sprinkled a large circle around the ruins, and got into the car.

The car sped away, and after a distance, Ji Jue pressed the remote control.

A roar came faintly from the dark distance.

Explosives!