Chapter 25: Deducing His Eternal Existence, Manifesting in the Present World

"Ah! What is this?"

Not far from the entrance of the lair, a group of youths from the Immortal Mountain were terrified to the extreme.

A thick, terrifying black mist instantly obscured the void and was rolling and spreading.

"No wonder that bald man fled; he must have provoked a great terror inside the lair. Quickly, use the life-saving spirit talismans!" a youth from the Immortal Mountain exclaimed.

Because the black mist was already spreading toward them, and it was clear it would reach them soon.

"Ah!"

As the black mist arrived, over a dozen Immortal Mountain disciples, having no time to use their spirit talismans, were swallowed by the black mist and instantly annihilated.

Only a few disciples, carrying the unconscious Qin Hao, instantly activated their spirit talismans and safely departed from this realm.

At the Xuanmen Guangchang, the elders of the various clans had been waiting for a long time; during this period, many geniuses from various clans had already used their life-saving spirit talismans and been teleported back early.

In an instant, over a dozen streaks of sky-piercing red light suddenly appeared, and everyone looked on with rapt attention, not knowing which clan's genius had been teleported out this time.

The light dissipated, and figures were revealed; appearing before them were indeed a group of Immortal Mountain disciples and the unconscious Qin Hao.

Seeing this, everyone gasped in shock, and a clamor of voices arose: "It is, it is the Immortal Mountain!"

"How can this be? Why would the Immortal Mountain all withdraw?"

"This is too unbelievable; what on earth did they encounter inside?"

"Ah! Hao'er?" Seeing Qin Hao motionless, an elder of the Immortal Mountain flashed out and arrived before him in the blink of an eye.

He took Qin Hao and shouted to the group of disciples: "What is going on here?"

"It was a bald man from the Western Sect who injured the young master," a disciple spoke up.

"And that bald man provoked a great terror in a lair, which also caused the deaths of many of our disciples."

"A fine Western Sect indeed. If anything happens to my Hao'er, my Immortal Mountain will surely slaughter your sect," the Immortal Mountain elder said with a fierce gaze, casting it toward Zhangliu.

"Damned brat, always causing trouble for others," Zhangliu cursed inwardly.

But for now, as the representative of the Western Sect, he absolutely could not lose his composure in front of others.

Zhangliu spoke solemnly: "Fellow practitioner of the Immortal Mountain, I believe there must be some misunderstanding here."

"Hmph! With disciples having witnessed it with their own eyes, what misunderstanding could there be? You had better pray that Hao'er is unharmed."

"Since the fellow practitioner has made up their mind, then please do as you wish!" Zhangliu flicked his sleeve, no longer wanting to pay attention.

Finally, the Immortal Mountain elder took Qin Hao and the group of disciples and hurried toward the Immortal Mountain; now that Qin Hao was severely injured, he needed to be treated as soon as possible.

For a time, many geniuses from various clans were teleported out one after another, shouting:

"A great terror!"

"That is a great terror."

After questioning the disciples of their own clans, everyone only knew that a kind of dark mist had appeared within the secret realm, capable of instantly shredding all living things.

For a time, everyone began to worry about the disciples of their own clans.

Zhangliu of the Western Sect did not care about such things.

If Mengchen had any mishaps, how could he answer to the sect leader, that old man?

Inside the secret realm, the nine-headed lion carried Mengchen and Xiyao, galloping wildly through the mountains and forests.

Behind them, the terrifying black mist spread, and within the black mist, a black lotus rotated, releasing thick Darkness Power.

All living things encountered along the way were reduced to ashes.

The Jinmao Shizi thought of the terror and was terrified; it ran wildly for its life, not daring to look back even a fraction, for the black mist behind it was too terrifying.

Xiyao wore a nervous expression, her heart pounding in her throat.

"Gangzi, what exactly is this thing? Why is it chasing us relentlessly?" Mengchen asked in a deep voice.

"I wasn't sure before, but now! Perhaps for you, it might be a rare Immortal Dao fortune."

The voice of the Vajra Pestle echoed in Mengchen's heart.

Previously, it only sensed that a mysterious, terrifying power was quietly awakening, but it did not know the specifics.

But now, it had seen everything clearly through the black mist.

It turned out that this was a heaven-shaking method left behind by the Jiuyou Ao during its lifetime, used to protect its child.

Because it had previously suppressed those black mists, this heaven-shaking method had been thoroughly awakened.

"Heh, forget it! I cannot afford such a fortune."

Mengchen had witnessed with his own eyes the scene where the black mist instantly shredded living things.

If this wasn't sending him to his death, what was? "What are you afraid of? You are a successor of my Ancient Monk Lineage; I will naturally help you."

"You don't have to run now. Even if this realm is destroyed, this fortune must be secured for you; in the future, you might be able to use this as a seed."

Mengchen did not quite understand, "What is a seed?"

"Your current knowledge is limited; you will understand when your cultivation reaches that level in the future."

"Alright, stop! No more running!" Mengchen said to the Jinmao Shizi.

The current Jinmao Shizi was focused only on galloping forward, as if it had become an obsession and the only path to survival it recognized; Mengchen's words had no effect.

The Jinmao Shizi did not stop.

"Forget it! Even beasts have their own will."

Mengchen did not specifically stop it and jumped off himself; seeing this, although Xiyao was full of shock and terrified, she still bit the bullet and jumped off after him.

The Jinmao Shizi immediately felt a sense of lightness and quickly disappeared on its own.

"Father, save me! I'm here!" The little black dog in Mengchen's arms, which had transformed into a Jiuyou Ao cub, began to bark at the black mist.

"Child, do not fear, Father is here." In the black mist, a black lotus emitted terrifying fluctuations and slowly bloomed.

In an instant, a massive, illusory beast body appeared; it was an adult Jiuyou Ao! Its body was like a giant mountain, quite fierce, its twin pupils and the vertical eye on its forehead revealed a murderous light, and its nine tails were as terrifying as nine True Dragons.

"Awoo!"

That illusory Jiuyou Ao let out a heaven-shaking roar.

"Who are you, daring to touch my child!" The Jiuyou Ao stared at Mengchen and asked with a stern rebuke.

Just upon hearing the sound, Mengchen's heart instantly pounded with fear; this pressure made it feel as if his body and primordial spirit were about to shatter at any moment.

Beside him, Xiyao fainted instantly.

At the critical moment, the Vajra Pestle scattered divine light, wrapping around Mengchen and Xiyao to protect them from the impact.

"It is actually you!" The Jiuyou Ao seemed to recognize the Vajra Pestle and spoke thus.

Subsequently, the Vajra Pestle appeared in shock, its entire body emitting brilliant golden light, and a golden lotus emerged from within the Vajra Pestle, slowly rising into the air.

In an instant, golden light shone brilliantly, illuminating the vast Yu Domain, occupying one side opposite the Jiuyou Ao, with two extreme lights—one black and one gold—contending with each other.

In a flash, that golden lotus also bloomed, and a majestic, illusory figure gradually condensed.

It looked like a Jin Fu, solemn in appearance, exuding a great aura.

"Brother Ao, having bathed in blood together back then, I did not expect that in this life, we could still meet with a wisp of remnant consciousness." The Jin Fu spoke.

"Brother Zang, your treasure helped people abduct my child; how do you explain this to me? Could it be that since we meet in this life, the sentiments of the past are exhausted?" The Jiuyou Ao's tone was resentful.

"What is going on here?" The Jin Fu turned his body, looked down, and questioned the Vajra Pestle.

From the moment the Jin Fu appeared, the Vajra Pestle had been trembling deeply; it had not expected that a wisp of his consciousness still existed within the golden lotus.

"A few days ago, I found a successor for you." The Vajra Pestle pointed at Mengchen.

"I am asking why you abducted Brother Ao's child." The Jin Fu's words already carried anger.

"Father, they wanted to catch me to be a mount!" The Jiuyou Ao cub shouted.

The Jiuyou Ao said unpleasantly: "Brother Zang, you heard that."

"Truly audacious, simply preposterous!" The Jin Fu rebuked.

"Brother Ao fell while bathing in blood for the sake of future generations; how dare you treat his child this way."

At this moment, seeing the situation was wrong, Mengchen released the Jiuyou Ao cub from his arms.

The Jin Fu began to look at Mengchen, his face full of surprise, "Actually possessing six Supreme Bones, truly unprecedented."

"Is he the successor you spoke of?"

"Yes!" The Vajra Pestle at this moment was like a child who had made a mistake, quite obedient.

"Brother Ao, you and I both know that even if one cultivates to the strongest in this world, it is hard to avoid perishing in the future."

"Indeed! You and I from back then, as well as the True Dragon, Zhenhuang, and others, all felt this deeply. The profound meaning of our cultivation methods has been deeply discerned by the powerful enemies of the Yiyu; even if later generations can reach the heights we reached back then, I fear they will eventually head toward destruction."

With the cub safely returned, the Jiuyou Ao's tone softened quite a bit.

"Brother Ao, look at this child; he is naturally peculiar. Could he be a variable!"

The Jiuyou Ao cast his gaze over; this time he did not carry any pressure, but it still made Mengchen terrified.

After some scrutiny, the Jiuyou Ao said: "This child is indeed peculiar! And faintly, he actually makes me feel like I cannot see through him, an increasingly hazy feeling."

"Indeed, just like me!" The Jin Fu said indifferently.

The conversation between the two was too profound; Mengchen listened in total confusion.

Even the Vajra Pestle felt puzzled, but after ruminating on it, it seemed to faintly understand something.

"Brother Ao, why don't we join forces to deduce this, to see what his past and present lives are like?"

"Good! I have the same intention; I am becoming increasingly interested in this child."

Boom! The Jin Fu and the Jiuyou Ao slowly approached; the source powers of their two different colors merged, and they closed their eyes one after another.

One gold and one black, the two powers merged, mapping out a haze in their minds, and the haze became increasingly clear...

They saw Mengchen gestating in six divine lotuses, and a hero holding a Supreme Sword Embryo, not knowing who he was.

They only felt the strength of the two was unfathomable, having reached an unknown realm.

In the vision, they walked shoulder to shoulder, slaughtering all the way, deep into the darkness; wherever they conquered, light appeared, smoke curled from chimneys, peaceful and calm.

Until the end of the vision, the two climbed to the high Heaven Domain, bidding farewell to this realm, and the vision disappeared there.

Afterwards, the vision reversed; the two deduced backwards and saw only the repeated cycles of all things renewing and multiplying until they headed toward destruction, or rather, it was a kind of reincarnation.

The two tried their best to search, scouring every corner of the world, yet they could never find Mengchen himself.

..., from the present life deduced to the even more distant future, yet his figure could never be seen.

Slowly, the two source powers of gold and black gradually decomposed, and the two opened their eyes.

The Jin Fu spoke first: "His traces in past lives cannot be found, yet he can reflect the disasters of eternity."

"Could it be that he has existed since eternity, manifesting in this life?" The Jiuyou Ao was extremely shocked!

The next moment, the Jin Fu and the Jiuyou Ao laughed aloud in unison.

"We have finally seen it; there is hope for this life, and the future will endure. The time we fought for by bathing in blood back then was useful."

The Jiuyou Ao cub, standing to the side, was extremely confused by the conversation between its father and the Jin Fu.

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