Chapter 294: Abyss, Return to Ruins

Li Heng nodded.

Seeing that Li Heng did not reply, the figure added another sentence.

"Of course, you shouldn't believe it all, as it's unknown whether this message is true or false. Because theoretically speaking, no one has ever been able to see the end and return alive."

Li Heng's gaze shifted, "Then why is that?"

The figure smiled mysteriously.

"You will know when your realm is high enough."

"For now, I am only responsible for telling you that word."

The figure spoke softly, uttering a word.

This word was very Strange; it did not belong to the language of this Heaven and Earth, chaotic and shifting, seemingly without a precise meaning.

Li Heng felt a shock in his heart.

He could feel the Mysterious Power carried by this word.

At first, he did not understand the meaning of the word, feeling only that it was a meaningless character, but the next moment, as his thoughts shifted, a precise meaning appeared.

This word pointed directly to the Abyss as he understood it.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow and shifted his thoughts again.

The word changed accordingly, pointing to the Return to Ruins as they understood it.

Li Heng suddenly realized; so that was it.

This word was just as the figure had said, seemingly possessing a curse. When he perceived this word, his spiritual sense could detect that in the dark, a gaze was watching him.

It was only because he had temporarily blocked it with Source Power.

"What is the origin of this word?"

Li Heng asked in confusion.

"It comes from the Calamity," the figure replied.

"You Immortal Gods can utilize the power of the Calamity?"

Li Heng was surprised.

"It can't be called utilizing, we just had a bit of research on it at the time. If we could truly utilize these Mysterious Powers, why would we have been defeated in such a Terror-filled Calamity?"

The figure shook his head.

"Alright, the time is almost up, I must return."

"However, I advise you to change your mind early; inheriting my position is the only right path. You should also know from my previous words which river section this Heaven and Earth is currently in; this Heaven and Earth can no longer be saved."

He exhorted Li Heng earnestly.

"Ultimately, human effort can change things," Li Heng replied.

Hearing this, the figure shook his head helplessly.

"Forget it, you are just stubborn; you will surely encounter things you cannot solve in the near future, I hope you make a decision quickly then."

Having said that, the figure disappeared and faded away.

Heaven and Earth had resumed their flow, returning to normal.

Li Heng looked at the Sun in the sky and chuckled.

In the end, this Immortal God who represented the Great Sun of this Heaven and Earth still harbored a glimmer of hope, and also hoped that he could find a way to break the deadlock, otherwise, why would he be so tolerant toward him?

"This senior, what are you looking at?"

Xiao Hao asked in confusion when he saw Li Heng looking up at the sky.

He was extremely surprised by Li Heng's appearance.

Because in his original future, there was simply no such person. Could it be that this person fell halfway through? But he could clearly feel that this was an extremely powerful existence; even if he had fallen, he should have left an indelible mark on Heaven and Earth.

And most importantly.

In the hands of this great power.

Was the great opportunity he dreamed of!

"Kid, you aren't from the Hundred Saints Academy, are you? It's one thing that you entered the All Saints Secret Realm so quickly, but to have ascended to the Secret Realm within the Secret Realm, Hundred Saints Mountain, so fast?"

Li Heng lowered his head, looking at Xiao Hao with great interest.

A cold sweat immediately broke out on the back of Xiao Hao's head.

Although he did not think this great power before him could see through his identity as a reborn person, for some reason, under this adult's gaze, he felt as if he were completely exposed, with no secrets left.

"Reporting to senior, this junior is here by mere coincidence."

He gritted his teeth and replied, bracing himself.

"Oh, coincidence, then that is truly very lucky."

Li Heng smiled, his words meaningful.

This person should be the Anomaly that Xuantianji spoke of.

And since he could be called an Anomaly, with such heavy power of time on his body, and being able to walk onto Hundred Saints Mountain so familiarly, he really was suspected to be a creature called a reborn person.

There was no need to even say suspected; it was practically confirmed.

And he had just wanted to use his Heavenly Eye to peek into this person's past and future, but found it blocked by layers of mist, unable to trace back to the source or see the essence at all.

Clearly, this reborn person was not simple either.

Although this was also because his Heavenly Eye had not been upgraded for a long time, one could still see the general situation through this matter.

Li Heng's gaze was deep, seemingly piercing through the past and future.

Not only is the past unwilling.

Is the future also unwilling?

He murmured softly in his heart and looked at Xiao Hao again.

Since that is the case, this reborn person cannot be dealt with directly; I still need to cast a long line to catch a big fish and see who exactly is behind this. He does not believe that a mere Xuantianji could create a reborn person.

Xiao Hao felt extremely uneasy in his heart.

He had originally thought that by living a second life, he could manipulate everything.

However, the deviations that had been appearing all along dealt a severe blow to his self-confidence, and now even the great opportunity he was certain to obtain had been snatched away by a powerful being who had suddenly appeared.

Even though he possessed the Heavenly Secret Platform.

He felt that his future was bleak.

Li Heng stretched out his palm, and Xiao Hao's heart trembled as the Divine Energy within his body surged; he wouldn't want to kill him, would he? He could not just sit and wait for death!

Slap.

The palm gently patted Xiao Hao's shoulder.

Li Heng spoke earnestly.

"The World is ours, but in the final analysis, it is mine."

"Young man, you must work hard."

As his voice fell, Li Heng's figure disappeared, leaving only the breeze blowing on the mountaintop, the dumbfounded Xiao Hao, and the stunned monk and Daoist.

Xiao Hao came back to his senses, wanting to cry but having no tears.

Just like that, he ran off; his great opportunity!

At this moment, at the foot of Hundred Saints Mountain, seven or eight spatial passages appeared, and from these spatial passages, figures with extremely powerful auras walked out in twos and threes.

These were geniuses or senior Great Confucians from the Hundred Saints Academy. The phantom of Hundred Saints Mountain had shattered, and they had discovered the truth of Hundred Saints Mountain and arrived at Hundred Saints Mountain through various methods.

They were ecstatic.

"Heaven has not forsaken me; I have finally arrived at Hundred Saints Mountain, the place of the Sages' inheritance!"

An elderly Great Confucian with white hair all over and a lifespan about to be exhausted felt the Dao rhymes and spiritual energy on the mountain, knelt on the ground in ecstasy, and every pore on his body was greedily absorbing them.

"I never expected this, I never expected this! So the truth of Hundred Saints Mountain is like this; no wonder the unofficial histories rumored that Hundred Saints Mountain was half a step beyond the Light Flow; so that is how it is!"

A Confucian genius looked down from the foot of the mountain and was shocked.

"Hurry, go find the Gong Dian and medicine fields of the Sages' inheritance!"

They cheered and jumped for joy, immediately taking action.

However...

When they climbed up the mountain and saw the barren medicine fields, they were completely dumbfounded. Where were the heavenly treasures? Where were the various divine medicines?

This shouldn't be!

They did not lose heart; if there were no heavenly treasures or divine medicines, so what? As long as there was the Sages' inheritance, that would be enough!

Wait.

They were blocked outside the doors of various inheritance Gong Dian.

They even encountered some Gong Dian where a voice shouted "Get out" from within, directly using a Killing Array to drive them away.

The crowd was completely dumbfounded; what was going on?

It would be one thing if there were no medicine fields, but why were the remnant souls of the Sages so unfriendly to them? They weren't outsiders; they were all from the Hundred Saints Academy!

Could it be that someone had arrived first?

At the thought of this possibility, their hearts skipped a beat.

Was this really possible?

Had someone looted the entire Hundred Saints Mountain?

Thinking of this possibility along the way, they climbed to the mountaintop, unwilling to give up, and happened to run into Xiao Hao and the monk and Daoist who were about to open a spatial passage to leave this place.

Arriving first, looting, leaving.

The buffs were fully stacked.

The crowd immediately realized that these two people before them were the ones who had most likely arrived first and looted the entire Hundred Saints Mountain!

Instantly, their eyes turned green.

Arriving first would be one thing.

But not even leaving them a drop of soup?!