Chapter 420: The Escaping Immortal God (1/3)

The sound stopped abruptly.

At the same time, the ball of light dissipated completely, and a Golden Page inscribed with runes was revealed, slowly drifting into Wu Wushuang's hand.

Everyone was surprised by the sound.

Failed, run quickly?

Whose words were these? Could it be some Immortal God of the Heavenly Court from back then? Was it trying to warn that King Cangqing to run away quickly?

But looking at it now, it seems a bit late for that.

The True Realm has already fallen, and King Cangqing is already dead.

The little golden dragon was stunned, its tiny body trembling; it recognized who the owner behind this voice was—it was precisely that Exalted One who had handed the Secret Letter to it back then.

At the same time, it was also the king of their True Dragon Clan.

Great Sage Covering the Sea!

But why was this? It was puzzled and confused.

When Great Sage Covering the Sea handed it the Secret Letter back then, the situation shouldn't have been that dire, so why did Great Sage Covering the Sea already say it was finished and that one should run away at that time?

Or perhaps.

In fact, those high-level Immortal Gods had already seen through everything.

Was the so-called resistance back then nothing more than futile?

In an instant, infinite despair shrouded the little golden dragon's heart. Then, following the departure of the Secret Letter and the completion of its mission, the little golden dragon's True Spirit Body slowly dissipated, about to return to Emptiness.

Seeing this, everyone was startled and hurriedly reached out to help.

But at this moment, the little golden dragon shook its head and spoke to stop them.

"No need, I have long since died. Being able to exist until now is only because of the support of the power of this Secret Letter, and I suppose it is also the mercy of this Secret Letter's owner, the king of my clan, Great Sage Covering the Sea."

"Now that the mission is complete, the Heavenly Court has also been destroyed."

"What necessity is there for me to remain in the World?"

Everyone was taken aback and stood there stunned.

They could hear the sense of vicissitudes in the little golden dragon's words, as if it had seen through everything and abandoned the hope of living.

However, at this moment, Li Heng spoke with a smile.

"So, do you actually want to die or not?"

The little golden dragon was stunned by the question and fell into deep thought.

Did it want to die? It seemed it really did want to die.

After all, the Heavenly Court had fallen, the Immortal Gods had been defeated, and its old friends were likely all gone; it could be said that all its acquaintances had withered away, so what was the point of living in such a World?

But, it also seemed that it didn't want to die.

The most instinctive impulse was a desire to live.

After all, who doesn't want to live?

It is better to live a wretched life than to die a good death; only by living is there hope.

But it was too late, everything was a foregone conclusion.

The little golden dragon then sighed and spoke.

"What is the meaning of this? Even if I want to live, I cannot; as of now, I only have my True Spirit left, and even that is about to dissipate. Who among you can save me?"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

This was true; they really could not save it, and acting rashly would only increase the little golden dragon's suffering.

After all, the little golden dragon's state was very special; it was not a wandering ghost with only a soul left, but a completely dead dragon with only a True Spirit remaining.

As the most fundamental thing of a living being, the True Spirit represents the trace of that being's existence between Heaven and Earth; once it is damaged or dissipates, it cannot be reversed. At the very least, they had never heard of anything that could save a shattered True Spirit that was about to dissipate.

Compared to this, it would be easier to save someone whose soul had been scattered.

"So, do you actually want to live or not?"

Li Heng continued to ask.

"You can save me?"

At this, the little golden dragon asked back impatiently.

It suddenly felt that the speed at which its True Spirit was dissipating was too slow.

"I need someone to take me to the Central Great World."

Li Heng answered with a smile.

"You still want to go to the Central Great World?"

The little golden dragon was surprised to hear this.

If the Immortal God Heavenly Court in the Central Great World had already completely fallen, then that place would absolutely be the most dangerous place in the True Realm; wouldn't going there with this Li Heng's cultivation be seeking death?

"Fine, in light of your courage to face death, I can give you a promise: if you can save me, I will take you to the Central Great World, and I will even let myself be your pet."

The little golden dragon answered frankly, though it didn't take it seriously.

Although it didn't understand where this Li Heng's confidence came from.

It felt that Li Heng absolutely could not save it.

After all, this was its True Spirit dissipating, not its soul being scattered; once it was completely gone, even reversing time and space couldn't save it. Death above the Creation Realm usually also meant the annihilation of the True Spirit.

Damn it!

Why did it feel a sense of pride in this way of dying?

The little golden dragon thought gloomily.

"That's what you said."

Li Heng smiled lightly and waved his hand, and then the little golden dragon's dissipating True Spirit stabilized directly, no longer dissipating, and in the end, he even replenished the dissipated parts.

"Isn't that settled?"

"Alright, you little snake are my pet now. Take me to the Central Great World later, otherwise I can still crush you to death."

Li Heng clapped his hands and spoke nonchalantly.

The little golden dragon seemed not to have heard Li Heng's declaration and warning.

Because he was stunned at this moment, frozen in mid-air.

What was going on? His True Spirit Body was actually no longer dissipating, and had even been restored; a feeling of unprecedented fullness came from within his heart. What on earth had just happened!

The crowd nearby also remained silent at this time.

They felt fortunate in their hearts that they hadn't casually expressed their opinions just now.

Otherwise, they would have been slapped in the face by this Daoist friend Li again.

This Daoist friend Li was indeed powerful and unfathomable; it was one thing that he repeatedly exceeded their expectations, but he had actually challenged their common sense and truths, and had even succeeded?

Could a dissipating True Spirit really be saved?

Could a broken mirror be made whole again?!

Li Heng was calm in his heart.

He had his reasons for saving this little dragon. Although Wu Wushuang said that their Great Zhou had an Ancient Teleportation Array that might lead to the Central Great World, that was only a possibility, and that Ancient Teleportation Array was incomplete; whether it could be used was another matter entirely.

Therefore, to be prepared, it was better to save this little dragon first. This dragon was a Heavenly Court Envoy and should know the way to the Heavenly Court.

Of course, the most critical point was that saving him was not a loss.

The so-called True Spirit damage, the indelible injury, only required him to use a tiny bit of Source Power to compensate for it.

"Alright, Wu Wushuang, what did you sense?"

"That strange Golden Page engraved with Runes."

Li Heng ignored the astonished crowd, looked at the Golden Page in Wu Wushuang's hand, and smiled with great interest.

Wu Wushuang came back to her senses and shook her head in great confusion.

"I didn't sense anything at all, I just felt it was plain and unremarkable."

"But that shouldn't be; you must know that you opened a Secret Letter that only the Azure King could open," Li Heng said, raising his eyebrows.

"I am not lying to you; I truly did not perceive anything."

"And I feel that even if I opened the Azure King's Secret Letter, it doesn't necessarily mean that I am the Azure King. Otherwise, how could I not have the memories of the Azure King?"

Wu Wushuang argued.

With her strong personality, she hated becoming someone else.

She was Wu Wushuang!

"Exalted One, perhaps she really isn't the Azure King!"

Suddenly, the little golden dragon spoke up, flew to Li Heng's side, and changed his form of address for Li Heng, changing it quite naturally. He now understood who the big boss was in front of this crowd.

Just kidding, he could treat True Spirit wounds and even death of the True Spirit.

That was something even their Immortal God Heavenly Court couldn't do!

He strongly suspected that this Exalted One might be an ancient Forbidden Existence from before the Immortal God Era; if he didn't suck up to him now, when would he?

"Then what is the reason?" Li Heng asked calmly.

"I once heard that the Azure King had the ability of Nirvana, allowing herself to be reborn through Nirvana, and she might be the product of the Azure King's Nirvana. However, having no memories now clearly means an accident occurred during the Nirvana process," the little golden dragon hurriedly replied.

"In that case, is she still not the Azure King?"

Li Heng asked.

"The Exalted One may not know, but the Azure King's Nirvana is the death of the old self and the birth of the new self. If the Azure King still had memories after Nirvana, that would be fine; one could view the old self and the new self as the same person."

"But if the memories went wrong and were not inherited, then the old self and the new self would split apart. Even if they are the same True Spirit, the True Spirit is affected because of the different memories."

"In this way, even the True Spirit has changed."

"If the True Spirit has changed, are they still the same person?"

"And she clearly does not identify herself as the Azure King at all right now, and is very resistant to this identity, which shows that the change in her True Spirit is already very deep and irreversible."

"So..." the little golden dragon was silent for a moment.

"So the Azure King is truly dead."

Li Heng spoke, answering in place of the little golden dragon.

"The Exalted One is correct."

The little golden dragon looked dejected.

He had originally thought that as a Creation Realm Above, the Azure King wouldn't be completely dead even if she died, and might return or be resurrected, but now that even the True Spirit had changed, she could be considered completely dead.

Such a Sacred existence had actually died.

"This... perhaps that is so?"

Wu Wushuang hesitated for a moment before finally saying softly.

"Since that is the case, hand this Golden Page to me to take a look."

Li Heng said.

This couldn't help but make the little golden dragon suspicious.

"Exalted One, forgive me for being blunt, but this Secret Letter contains the secret script of the Sea-Covering Great Sage, and only the Azure King or beings related to her can know the secrets within," he said.

However, by this time, Wu Wushuang had already handed the Golden Page to Li Heng.

Li Heng smiled slightly; he was naturally not any Azure King.

But he had the Appraisal Technique.

He pulled up the Data Panel and upgraded the Identification Function.

He didn't have many Golden Source Points, but he had plenty of Source Power, and he quickly upgraded the Identification Function to an exaggerated level, which should be able to appraise the background of this Golden Page.

Subsequently, an information panel floated before his eyes.

【Retreat Route Map: The Great Terror descends, the Central Great World falls, the Immortal God Heavenly Court cannot resist, and some Immortal Gods decide to abandon the True Realm and flee to a safe place. This map is what one of those Immortal Gods left behind; one can rely on the route in the map to find a place of safety.】

【Note: The route in the map has been sealed by a Secret Technique. Unless one's cultivation exceeds that of the Immortal God who left this map, or the person opening this map is the target of this Immortal God, it cannot be opened or revealed.】

Li Heng was somewhat surprised after reading this information.

It was actually a Retreat Route Map?

But where were those Immortal Gods planning to retreat to?

The entire True Realm had already completely fallen, and the Great Void outside was also filled with endless Calamity; where could a truly safe place be?

He suddenly recalled the words Xuanyang had spoken back then.

Some of the Immortal Gods from back then had died, and some had been defeated.

There is no need to speak of those who died, but those who were defeated were divided into several factions: some ventured deep into the Unknown, searching for a hope that might not even exist; others fled and went into hiding, and no one knew where they were.

At the time, Xuanyang had been quite disdainful of those who fled.

But Li Heng believed that those Immortal Gods who fled were likely not fools. If those Immortal Gods could truly find a safe place, what was wrong with fleeing? At the very least, it was better than dying, right?

So, where had those Immortal Gods fled to now?

Li Heng pondered in his heart, and a thought vaguely emerged, but this thought remained hazy and indistinct; no matter how he tried to grasp it, he could not, so he could only give up for now and speak of it another day.

"You seem to have figured something out?"

Wu Wushuang stared at Li Heng's expression and asked in surprise.

Li Heng nodded lightly.

Seeing this scene, the little golden dragon was stunned again.

What? What just happened?

There wasn't even any fluctuation of power.

How did he suddenly know?

Does the whole world know, except for me?

"The things on this Golden Page did indeed surprise me a little, but this is not a secret to me, so it is fine to tell you both."

"The Golden Page records the escape route maps of some Immortal Gods."

Li Heng said slowly.