Chapter 292

Li Huowang: "That would be terrible, wouldn't it?"

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "Huowang, come shoot a movie—I've played you for so long, yet I've never actually met you."

Li Huowang: "What do you mean by playing me?"

Su Lin: "@Li Huowang, are the artifacts and talismans working well?"

Li Huowang: "Those artifacts and talismans? They work fine, thanks."

Su Lin: "Good, no need to thank me—the copyright fees are settled."

Ye Fan: "..."

Ye Fan: "Brilliant."

Lu Mingfei: "What a rip-off! Aren't you bullying a good guy?!"

Su Lin: "Lu the Good, can you and Ke the Good actually do something?"

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "I'm joking. If you had no intuition, you'd probably absorb a few more seals and delay severing your link with the Demon Buddha. Heh—heh, the Eightfold Wheel Lord still hasn't noticed your power has risen—maybe he's got some idea why."

Su Lin: "So that's what late-stage enlightenment looks like—I've seen it now. How terrifying! That guy absolutely must not be allowed to escape!"

"The temporary power everyone possesses is equal; victory or defeat depends purely on personal and factional coordination. No matter whether justice wins or evil dominates, the outcome will branch—different side endings have already been written."

Ye Fan: "Even through the screen and coffin lid, I can smell the stench—classic underdog-revival-grandpa trope, the female lead, hahaha."

"From a rational standpoint, this opportunity is rare indeed... If you merely follow a fixed script, you fall into the lower realm—too contrived." Zhongli's eyes flickered with surprise, then he recalled the days long past when he and the Immortals waged war together; a faint smile curled his lips.

Li Huowang: "Can we? But isn't filming almost done already...?"

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "I've got something to do—I'm leaving first."

Towering trees of heavenly timber rose, only to be destroyed the next instant by dragon breath—ice and fire, life and death, creation and destruction—these five elements cycled countless times every second.

Su Lin: "Without a strong soul, relying on external objects is meaningless!"

Han Li's words sparked interest in everyone—not performing according to a fixed script, but truly becoming a member of the script-world, fighting for victory with one's own strength...

Su Lin: "..."

Beneath the heavens, the celestial stars stretched vast and boundless, gazing down with an icy, chilling dread that made one want to scream.

Seeing Qu Yanping: "Popcorn, sunflower seeds, roasted peanuts—live broadcast of the simulated universe."

"A heavenly artifact?! Right now?!" exclaimed a cultivator in shock.

Unlike the harmonious scene Shen Mingda saw when he first arrived, this old world now resembled the true Cultivation Realm.

"The Golden-Winged Young Peng—has the demonic realm's influence expanded here?"

Han Li: "@Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan, I'm curious—how do you plan to handle matters of the heart?"

Kleine: "So this really is a soul contract—not a joke, right?"

Su Lin: "Probably. I'll ask someone—Shuhang, where's Master Tunyun? Never mind—I'll find him myself."

Song Shuhang immediately understood: these beings feared Yang Jian's presence and dared not place their true forms within the old world—only watching from beyond the boundary and sending troops in.

He could no longer clearly recall what happened then; he only felt he had lingered for an eternity in a symphony of terror and wailing, yet sacred beyond measure—so long that he forgot who he was. He dreamed he became fleshy, shadowy tentacles, slew his own inner demon in calamity, and as he was guided toward heaven, he heard a sutra whispering in his ears—

Far out at sea, the chasm that split the world vanished; a corpse of a white dragon revived, its wings blotting out the sky, bringing annihilation to countless demonic clans.

"We used virtual reality tech while writing—it's just like the setting in Accelerated World. These low-tech tools are too weak."

Su Lin: "Where were we? Oh right, Huowang, come shoot a movie?"

Shen Ming: "..."

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "Yes, yes, yes! Emperor Yan, you're absolutely right."

Space could not be forcibly torn open; all of them only used teleportation arts to fly inward, when suddenly, beams of divine light erupted from the ancient bronze palace ruins—vast, terrifying, immeasurable.

"Above, eight hundred meters!"

Everything here was low-tech; low-X had no doubts, for earlier hints had already been too complex.

Shen Mingda silently waved his sleeve, not even stirring a wisp of cloud.

After delivering a single slash, he did not linger, nor did he seek to prove his strength against legendary beings—he immediately found a hidden spot and suppressed his aura.

Song Shuhang recalled his own initial recklessness—he even wanted to kill his past self!

Li Huowang: "Ye Fan, don't scare him like that! That coffin's banging like a haunted house—this demon cultivator just recovered, and you're scaring him again!"

The situation grew more chaotic; even his connection with Gu Yue Fang Yuan grew increasingly tenuous—but the arrow was already on the string, he had no choice left.

"Hurry! If you don't go now, it'll be too late!" Li Huowang cried anxiously: "At least this last time—let me protect you, my dearest friend!"

Mutated flesh eroded the boundless land; without the Heaven Emperor's power to suppress it for so long, this region was finally corrupted by the dark, fallen force.

"Without interfering with your plans, I support this proposal—what do the rest of you think?"

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "Thank you for the reminder, but even now, they face many restrictions—many great ones cannot return. The Demon Buddha's interference with you is also great. Perhaps by then, you'll give me a surprise."

"Is this your body?"

Zhang Chuanyan: "Tianzun, please come quickly—Da Zhang is returning to Longhu Mountain to polish your statue."

Weigong Shilang: "I agree."

Shen Ming: "Hss—makes perfect sense. Approved."

Several days after filming.

Was I already half-mad by then?!

"High Teacher, that's great—thank goodness he's not here." Shen Ming appeared before High X—coldly: "I have a friend..."

A twisted, short figure wearing a grotesque mask appeared where his body had been, swung his emerald spear, and flung several drops of blood.

"What do you all think?"

The evening bell of heaven tolled; endless fallen angels plummeted from the perfect paradise, the horn of apocalypse sounded again and again, forcibly dragging countless powerful souls into heaven, transforming them into new fallen ones.

Even so, some lingering effects remained—during this period...

Lord Donghuang Taiyi?! The fallen one from ancient times—dead and reversed! Even in ruin, he has returned from the cycle?!

The Lord of the Liyue Immortal Court descended upon the Penglai Ruins, recovered past memories, and, under the name of Lord Donghuang, openly declared war on the forces seeking control over the Old World's permissions.

"Besides bringing the reversed pollution back to your own world to truly kill me, everyone else should just follow your assigned roles and settle this with real weapons and real battles among your respective factions."

As for myself, after probing Ji Zai's experiences, I was contaminated by an unknown terror and briefly lost my memory; during that time, many weaklings descended into the Old World, and I wandered aimlessly for years, sometimes confused, sometimes insane, until half a year later did I finally regain clarity.

Su Lin: "Mistake of speech—that's proof of our friendship."

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "Agreed! Big Meng, you're here!"

Shen Mingda: "Young Su Lin, don't you dare stick talismans onto the coffin lid?!"

Lu Fei: "Agreed! So are we fighting?"

Xing: "But rules aren't meant to be broken!"

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "..."

Solely beneath the heavens, a familiar star never seen before began radiating brilliant golden light, and the celestial fate qi scattered throughout heaven and earth fell into chaos; among the stars surrounding it, a new throne suddenly appeared, and countless stellar omens shifted to revolve around this throne, celebrating the return of this insignificant being.

Meng Qi: "Agreed."

Seeing Qu Yanping: "Agreed."

A few strands of black hair coalesced into a blue ancient sword descending from the sky, cleaving flesh and carving a path with no visible bottom.

At this moment, the battle on the field grew even quieter, as more powerful cultivators joined the struggle and slaughter over the Heavenly Dao artifacts; even Western demon gods and dragon knights entered, chanting forbidden spells, causing dead stars to collapse and shatter.

Ji Zai, Meng Qi, and Gu Yue Fang Zheng each unleashed their unique arts, all turning toward the sudden enemy.

"Besides, Shuhang, when the sky falls, it's Tianyun Junior Brother who holds it up—those past overtime shifts were mostly done by Tianyun Junior Brother; he's always looked out for you. Even if there's no overtime now, the workload won't be small, hahaha."

"That suggestion was jointly proposed by Tianyun and several other cultivator screenwriters. Since the opportunity is rare and we're all inside a simulated universe with no fear of true death, why not play it for real?" Han Li didn't drag it out—he spoke directly.

Meanwhile, Li Huowang was at the foot of Shuijing Peak, pushing hard against a tall figure toward the portal.

"You eat well, sleep well, have strength enough to kill an ox—you're no longer the old Gao Moumou!"

Perhaps this is fate, dear friend—forgive you.

I now grow ever more eager to reach the sealing ground, find Yang Jian's body, and leave this realm to return to the Shi Huanyu Realm.

Su Lin stared at Tianyun, drifting through the stars, his body coated in frost, a strange smile on his lips, lost in thought.

Lu Mingfei: "The taste of life—same world, same thing."

After devouring a Taiyi-level immortal, I, swollen with power, foolishly chose to aid Ji Zai—how arrogant! Simply because I possessed the Eye of the Heavenly God and slightly stronger cultivation, I dared to casually peer into this world without a sky...

"What nonsense are you talking?" Gao Moumou disdainfully pushed Li Huowang away, laughing cheerfully.

"Watch out!" Ji Zai slashed the monstrous cultivator—whose flesh fused with the phantom of the River of Time—in half: "Qu Dao friend, don't zone out! Haven't you recovered yet?!"

"I have one question," Zhong Li asked in the chat group: "By logic, every script should have an ending. I assumed Tianyun and the others hadn't finished writing it—but until just now, Han Li said this was a broken script. Then why is the ending blank?"

Lu Mingfei: "Agreed! Can we use the City of Catastrophe?"

Zhang Chu'an: "I can barely tell which topic is in present tense anymore..."

From every corner beneath the Great Road, chaotic yet devout chants rose simultaneously; deep within the gray mist, where no one could see, a bell tone sounded from infinite depths.

Su Lin: "Your indenture contracts are meaningless—where's the profit?! Give us some profit already?!"

Within the script, only the demonic cultivator successfully transformed into Yang Jian and escaped back to the Shi Huanyu Realm; what happened after that, and before, was never clearly described—not even the ending.

Ye Fan: "?"

Han Li: "Aren't you the pioneer?"

Shen Ming: "No, someone really is living off the Empress's soft food—how sweet."

Meng Qi: "Will this cause any changes? Be careful."

Shen Mingda's shattered remains dissolved, transforming into a rainbow of light that shot skyward; the one who had used the Law of Heaven and Earth descended from the horizon's edge, wielding an eight-pronged double-bladed knife, radiating murderous intent.

'But after this...' Song Shuhang's eyes flickered; he pulled out a symbol of the Yuzhe Sect and silently recited a prayer: 'O Yuzhe, not of this age, you are the mysterious sovereign beneath the gray mist, the golden-white king who governs fortune...'

Han Li: "No—do you mean... you're going to reenact the rebirth of the True Realm as Yuan Shi?"

"Perhaps a treasure vault's seal was triggered?" another cultivator analyzed: "Hurry and stop those unclaimed Heavenly Dao artifacts!"

Shen Ming: "I won't let Gu Dasang die in my hands—now that I know, I won't let it happen."

Su Lin: "?"

At Meng Qi's suggestion, Song Shuhang had, during this period, invited many cultivators under the pretense of exploring the Ancient Heavenly Court ruins—all of them of relatively low cultivation.

Miss Kelaien: "?"

Song Shuhang took a deep breath and asked urgently: "I only ask one question—has your god turned reversed?"

Xing: "Agreed! But can you usurp the throne and become the Star God of Destruction in this universe?"

Song Shuhang saw a streak of light flying straight toward him; his heart leapt—yet in the next instant, an anomaly struck: he suddenly felt the world spinning wildly before his eyes.

"Didn't expect you to contact us now," Shen Mingda stepped gracefully from the void, wearing a hat, arriving beside Shen Mingda with a smile: "It seems you've figured it out."

Moments later

Song Shuhang looked at the cultivator before him, whose face brimmed with concern; the man froze for a moment, then memories snapped together in his mind—he remembered everything. This man was Ji Zai, the Daoist companion who had entered the Penglai Ruins with him since Eden, his senior, Gao Sheng.

Song Shuhang looked around at the fighters nearby, feeling he had forgotten something; faintly, he recalled enduring a life-or-death crisis—his spiritual power had been extraordinarily strong, yet exhaustion, confusion, and daze filled his mind.

But that gaze did not linger long upon the masses; instead, it coalesced into countless stars falling from the sky—each one a demonic immortal bearing the cosmic rules of heaven and earth.

At this moment, countless cultivators also moved, destroying the flesh tentacles while simultaneously engaging the demonic immortals in battle over the Heavenly Dao artifacts.

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "Thanks to Brother Su from the Su family for the gift, hehehe~~!"