Chapter 1868

He was still holding the crimson treasure bead in his hand. The dark patterns on the bead still emitted a faint light.

Suddenly, He Lingchuan understood: True Person Qianhuan had been painstakingly refining the Great Expansion Heavenly Bead in his own sea of consciousness, in order to comprehend the glimmer of vitality within the bead.

He wanted to go one step further on the path of the Dao, truly turning illusion into reality, and what he lacked was the infinite changes derived from this glimmer of "vitality."

The Great Thousandfold World was colorful precisely because of the existence and changes of life.

However, in the secret history shown to He Lingchuan by the Great Expansion Heavenly Bead, although the bead had stayed on the South Gate of Panlongcheng for more than ten years, the "vitality" it absorbed was not enough and was not adopted by the Great Fang Hu.

This caused Zhong Shengquan's wishful thinking to fall through.

At that time, Panlongcheng was already at the end of its rope, and the glimmer of survival Zhong Shengquan sought for the city's people was to open up a space within the Great Fang Hu, leading everyone to take refuge and live in peace.

Because there was no place for them in the world anymore.

But at that time, the Great Fang Hu couldn't do this, so Zhong Shengquan could only settle for the next best thing: "Even if we exist, it will not be in the form of living people."

Thus, the wandering souls of the Panlong Wasteland and the heroic spirits of Panlongcheng were all absorbed by the Great Fang Hu.

There was indeed a space inside, but it was not prepared for living people.

He Lingchuan remembered what Qianhuan and Miaozhantian said when they fought: Mitian had once obtained a part of the godhood from the ancient gods, the "Death Godhood."

The power of the ancient godhood could be seen from Nalotian.

So, could it be that the Great Fang Hu used the power of the godhood to reconstruct a void city of the undead for the heroic spirits of Panlongcheng, allowing the tragic songs of iron and blood to continue in another space? From this point of view, it seemed not unreasonable for the Soul-Absorbing Mirror to call it a "Ghost City" all day long.

Thinking of Nalo, He Lingchuan's heart moved again.

Why did Zhong Shengquan and the Great Fang Hu favor him, and why did they pass the Divine Bone Necklace and the spark to him?

Could it be because He Lingchuan was related to Nalotian? Just now he also heard Zhong Shengquan say that he hoped the successor would be smarter, tougher, and more importantly, have good luck.

To overthrow the Heavenly Demon, it indeed required heaven-defying luck.

And He Lingchuan had always been a lucky general. Combined with the information he had previously obtained from other small Heavenly Demons, He Lingchuan had always suspected that after Nalotian's avatar was eaten by the Great Fang Hu, he likely lost the "Fate" godhood.

Of the three ancient godhoods—Life, Death, and Fate—the Great Fang Hu might have already touched two.

Which Heavenly Demon held the "Life Godhood"? Was it because the Great Fang Hu couldn't get the Life Godhood that it needed the "vitality" nurtured by the Great Expansion Heavenly Bead?

Life, Death, and the Fate between life and death—weren't these the most important living beings that made up the Great Thousandfold World? He Lingchuan picked up the Great Expansion Heavenly Bead and said to the chaotic creature under his feet: "This, do you want to eat it?"

After saying this, he placed the bead on the back of the chaotic creature.

After True Person Qianhuan got the Great Expansion Heavenly Bead, he took it to the Yao Nation, subjected it to 90 years of tempering in the mortal world, and then brought it back to the Upside-Down Sea to refine it.

90 years was not short; could the vitality gathered in the Great Expansion Heavenly Bead now meet the requirements of the Great Fang Hu?

Although the guy under his feet had no fins or hands, he believed that as long as the chaotic creature wanted to eat, it would find a way to get it.

After a dozen breaths, the Great Expansion Heavenly Bead just spun on the back of the chaotic creature, but it couldn't sink down.

It was not taken away.

The chaotic creature still didn't want it?

Then it must be that it still wasn't enough; this guy, how much vitality from the mortal world did it need? Helpless, He Lingchuan could only put the bead away.

It seemed that this task had to be handed over to him.

How should he get out? He walked for a long time before reaching the edge of the chaotic creature's skull—actually, he wasn't sure if this was the chaotic creature's head—looking down, the water was very clear, but chains hung down one after another under the chaotic creature, leading straight to the seabed, like a giant seaweed colony.

These were all chains that the chaotic creature carried with it, ranging from a dozen to hundreds, mainly following its own whims. But they were usually quiet and silent, and would only make noise when attacking or when capturing prey.

Just as he mentioned noise, He Lingchuan heard the clanking sound of chains hitting each other.

"What is it?" Besides him, were there other living creatures in this sea of consciousness? A chain lifted from the sea and landed in front of He Lingchuan.

The tip of the chain was tied to something, or rather, a four-legged snake.

"Blood Demon?" He Lingchuan sneered slightly, "You ran out too?"

After Miaozhantian died, the Blood Demon naturally coveted Qianhuan's body. But this was the sea of consciousness world that originally belonged to Qianhuan, and it was too difficult for it to control the giant clam like it controlled other demons and humans.

Alone, who could steer a giant ocean-going ship? It was not a Great Heavenly Demon of Miaozhantian's level, and it had been severely injured in the previous battle, so it was in urgent need of recuperation.

So its most practical idea was to slip away, to regain the freedom it had lost for more than 2,000 years.

However, after the lonely city of Panlong represented by the Great Expansion Heavenly Bead collapsed, it jumped into the sea of consciousness, and just as it found the exit, it was locked by the chaotic creature and couldn't escape at all!

Although the Blood Demon was powerful, its size was not worth mentioning in front of the chaotic creature.

"Why!" It couldn't understand, "Why would this thing stop me?"

"Originally it wouldn't. But Qianhuan and Miaozhantian are both dead, this sea of consciousness has no owner, so for the time being, it—" He Lingchuan tapped the chaotic creature with his toes a few times, "—is in charge."

Simply put, after Qianhuan and the Great Heavenly Demon perished, neither He Lingchuan nor the Blood Demon had the power to control the sea of consciousness, so He Lingchuan let the Great Fang Hu temporarily take over Qianhuan's sea of consciousness.

Whoever could, would take over.

Then this sea of consciousness was like the Sea of Chaos; it could take whoever it wanted, and even a fly couldn't run away.

This was the short-term dividend He Lingchuan won for himself after defeating Miaozhantian.

"You humans are truly untrustworthy!" The Blood Demon was angry, "You clearly agreed before that if I helped you kill Miaozhantian, you would return my freedom!"

"That was a deal made between the Illusion Sect and you, not me." He Lingchuan spread his hands, feeling justified, because he was indeed just a bystander at the time, "Whoever promised should fulfill it, this is the most basic spirit of contract, right?"

The Blood Demon was furious.

How could it have known that the powerful Illusion Sect would wither away within a few hours, and it would fall into the hands of this... this thing instead... what exactly was this thing, a chaotic creature?

But He Lingchuan knew that it would only take one bite for the Great Fang Hu to eat the Blood Demon, but now it was placed in front of him, which meant... it was left to He Lingchuan to deal with?

That was right, among the things the Great Fang Hu had experienced, the thing it lacked the least was monstrous blood and sin; it might really not be interested in the Blood Demon.

How should this thing be used? He Lingchuan took two steps forward, lowering his head to observe this four-legged snake, so close that it was almost face-to-face.

The Blood Demon was controlled by the chaotic creature and couldn't hurt him at all.