Chapter 628: Earth Illusion

Watching Li Heng suddenly disappear from where he stood, the Third Elder, Taiyuan Daoren, breathed a sigh of relief. This Great Venerable had finally left; if he hadn't, he would have been pressed to the point of being unable to breathe.

However, when he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Hunxuan, who had already been Daoized into a Puppet, looking at him expressionlessly, his heart sank once again. Had this Great Venerable really left? He asked himself.

"Leader, why did you yield to that person? Could it be that there is some hidden difficulty?"

"Yes, yes, now that person has left. I sense that his aura has completely moved away from the Alliance. Although we cannot speak freely, we can be a bit bolder and tell the truth."

"That's right, surely he can't stop us from speaking, can he?"

At this moment, some Sacred ones stood out and said excitedly.

They had previously been factions relatively close to Hunxuan, though not die-hard loyalists, so they hadn't dared to stand out while Li Heng was present; only now that Li Heng had left did they dare to come out and speak.

But among these people, not one was a Venerable.

"Oh? How do you think this Venerable should act?"

Hunxuan's icy expression instantly shifted, becoming somewhat human, his face looking strange, yet his words were extremely domineering.

These Sacred ones were overjoyed upon hearing this.

Did the Leader still have the intention to take back the Multiverse Alliance? If they could offer some suggestions, or even methods, they would surely catch the Leader's eye, and that would be a great achievement.

Beside them, the Third Elder's expression stiffened.

Hunxuan, having been Daoized into a Puppet, could not possibly speak like this. It was obvious that the Great Venerable was still watching the Multiverse Alliance; after leaving, he was starting to fish?

But why were this group of fish so stupid?

The angler had just left, and they were already gathering around on their own?

You are all Sacred ones, after all; you aren't naive fools, are you? Are you really so innocent as to think that the Great Venerable has completely left and cannot perceive your actions?

Could it be that behind this group stands some Venerable?

Is that Venerable testing the waters?

But which idiot of a Venerable is it, and one with insufficient strength at that? Not to mention that Dongqing Hunxuan is already dead and is now merely a Puppet in essence, can't they see that Hunxuan's state is wrong?

This matter had reached its finale; the curtain should have been slowly drawn.

Yet, some were still unwilling to give up, sending out a group of clowns to entangle the curtain, preventing it from falling and closing, still wanting to cause trouble? Little did they know that everything was under someone else's control.

He shook his head inwardly and looked around again, discovering that most of the Sacred ones and Venerables were still rational, and he felt a sense of relief. Fortunately, smart people were in the majority, otherwise the Multiverse Alliance would be in danger.

Taiyuan Daoren was certain of one thing.

That Great Venerable truly wanted to kill everyone in the Multiverse Alliance! It was just that he currently lacked a sufficient reason. And now, there were actually clowns wanting to give that Great Venerable a reason?

If you want to die, don't drag everyone else down with you!

He cursed angrily in his heart.

"I have heard everyone's opinions, and they are well-spoken. That Great Venerable truly bullied me too much, coercing me and forcibly taking my position as Leader."

"I will absolutely not let this matter rest!"

"This person left because he was also injured in the previous clash and had to find a safe place to heal; he looked full of Qi, but was actually weak on the inside. Now that his aura has completely moved away, I can take this opportunity to reorganize my plans and retake the position of Leader of the Multiverse Alliance. I wonder how many of you agree with me?"

"Hunxuan" said in a passionate speech.

As Taiyuan Daoist listened, he, along with those Venerables who knew part of the truth—that Hunxuan had become a Puppet—could not help but shudder, his scalp tingling.

So he was still trying to cast a long line to catch a big fish?

Li Heng left the Multiverse Alliance, traveling downstream all the way, returning to the era where his home was located. With his current strength and realm, he did not need to use any Space-Time Road to fold and jump across that terrifying distance; it would not take long to traverse it.

Traveling downstream all the way, he could be considered to have witnessed countless eras. Each era was unique in form and possessed a complete, independent worldview.

And what surprised him was this.

Not every era was bordered by the Endless Unknown on the outside, allowing the Sacred to come and go freely. In fact, eras that could border the Wuqiong Weizhi were in the minority.

From this point of view, the era of his home was also considered special.

Taking in the scenery of countless eras, Li Heng felt somewhat disappointed; he had not found any information regarding Earth.

According to the information obtained earlier, traces of Earth had appeared in the territory of the Multiverse Alliance; for instance, in the universe of the Universe Administrator he had killed back then, there was a seemingly similar Earth.

However, because the Multiverse Alliance was constantly moving toward the past, it was merely a passerby to the countless eras and places along the way. Therefore, apart from the Great Dao Ark, other Multiverse Alliance territories were only temporary and would be abandoned.

When he was in the Multiverse Alliance, he had used the permissions of the Leader of the Multiverse Alliance to check this point, discovering that that piece of territory had long since been left behind by the Multiverse Alliance.

Furthermore, because the original territory, including that universe with the seemingly similar Earth, was truly too small—merely the size of one Multiverse—it did not even qualify to be registered by the Multiverse Alliance; it belonged to the kind of place merely irradiated by the radiance of the Multiverse Alliance. The people there might think they belonged to the Multiverse Alliance's territory and feel honored, but the Multiverse Alliance itself did not think so.

Thus, he had not been able to investigate any specific information.

He took the opportunity of leaving the Multiverse Alliance to return to his home era to investigate in depth, but he found absolutely no information, as if what he had experienced back then was an illusion, merely a phantom evolved from that Light Sea Calamity.

Li Heng shook his head and temporarily put this matter to the back of his mind. Since he couldn't find it, there was no need to be too persistent in searching; not to mention that it wasn't his real Earth anyway. He was not in a hurry to find his true home; he could do that later when his strength was even greater.

For now, he still needed to pay attention to his temporary home.

Soon, he finally arrived at his destination.

He saw the full picture of his home era.

However, from the perspective of being above the era and outside the era, the situation of the era where his home was located was not optimistic; the interior was filled with the killing aura of the End Tribulation, and one could even faintly see countless black shadows writhing—the manifestation of Calamities and monsters.

It could be said that this era was terminally ill.

If the era were a bubble, then this bubble was about to burst. If the era were a behemoth, then this behemoth was covered in pus-filled sores and was not far from death.

Li Heng frowned; it seemed he would have to cut the Gordian knot. If he dragged it out like this, this era would truly be blown to pieces by the Calamities and monsters.

Otherwise, even he, a Great Venerable, would not be able to save it by then.