"The ending has long been destined."
"Even if all beings resurrect, with you and me here, no one can change the arrival of darkness."
"You cannot stop me, because you... are the true source of darkness, hahaha!"
The man seemed to think of something, letting out bursts of hearty laughter.
At this moment, Su Nan, standing silently at the side, had a look of horror in his eyes that hadn’t dissipated since arriving here.
Source of darkness? Immortality? The origin of everything?
He didn’t know the identity of the man before him, but it seemed... the man’s origin was a terrifying mystery, far beyond imagination.
"Was it you who summoned me here?"
After a moment, Su Nan suppressed the turmoil in his heart and spoke.
"It was you yourself."
The man looked at Su Nan as if assessing something, "As I expected, your aptitude is no different from mine."
"When your bloodline fully transforms, your body will be able to merge with mine."
Su Nan’s expression changed instantly at the man’s words.
Too much meaning was contained in those simple sentences.
What does ’as I expected’ mean?
Could it be that his supreme talent was destined from the beginning?
And what does ’your body will be able to merge with mine’ mean?
"Seize?"
Su Nan’s eyes suddenly turned cold. Though he knew he was not an opponent, his whole aura suddenly surged.
"You are me, and I am you, where does seizing come from?"
The man didn’t mind Su Nan’s rising aura, he chuckled lightly:
"It’s normal for you to resist now, but once you recover your memories, you will understand."
"These mere hundred years you’ve experienced are but a grain of sand in the river of what you and I have been through; they are insignificant."
Su Nan suddenly became enraged.
His century of experience is insignificant?
What a joke!
He had spent his life striving for his family, for his clan, for his lover, for his offspring...
There are so many things in this world he cannot let go of, such deep ties of familial affection that cannot be severed.
In the end, this lifelong struggle, this lifetime goal, in the other’s eyes is but a mere grain of sand?
"Even if we are one, you cannot erase my memories!"
Su Nan’s will was as tough as divine metal, as he lifted his head to stare at that terrifying existence, "These mere hundred years of memories, no one can take them!"
The man said nothing, only smiled silently.
However, he did not see that high above him in the deep void, a pair of profound eyes were quietly observing this scene.
"Su Changqing... I have found you!"
Just as the atmosphere grew a bit stifling, a frenzied, hideously laughing voice suddenly rang out from nearby.
But when he arrived here and saw Su Nan and that terrifying figure, the violence in his eyes momentarily cleared.
"You... you..."
Tian Huang looked at that man who seemed like a divine demon, the ferocity on his face instantly turned to fear.
"When did the Heavenly Dao also learn Hemera’s ways?"
The man looked at Tian Huang with interest, scrutinized him up and down, then shook his head and laughed:
"Absorbing the source of darkness and combining it with the will of the Heavenly Dao, forming an alternative form of undying and indestructible, with the will of the Heavenly Dao present, nothing can harm it."
"Not a bad idea, it seems the Heavenly Dao has used Hemera’s hands to create a decent henchman."
"But unfortunately, the method is a bit crude, it’s not a being, just... a monster?"
The previously unrestrained Tian Huang was now trembling like a quail, too scared to move.
"The Heavenly Dao dares to meddle in our conflict, it seems over these years it has accumulated some power."
The man did not kill Tian Huang, just gently waved his hand, the whole void trembled, and Tian Huang disappeared in an instant.
"Why didn’t you kill him!"
Su Nan slightly narrowed his eyes and asked aloud.
Compared to his own safety, he was more afraid that Tian Huang, once out, would pose a threat to Chang Qing.
He had been slightly delighted, thinking of using this man’s hand to directly kill Tian Huang.
But who knew, the other would allow him to leave.
"After all, Cangyan Continent is my place of origin, it’s giving some face to the Heavenly Dao."
The man laughed, then cast his gaze on Su Nan, "Now, you should return."
"Our steps will always be quicker than Hemera’s."
"By the time Hemera’s waited-for arrives, ’I’ would have already returned."
As his words fell, the endless source of darkness in the entire void world began to madly converge towards Su Nan.
In just a brief moment, Su Nan’s dark transformation rate began to soar.
At the same time, his cultivation, realm, combat power, and physical body began to vastly increase in all aspects.
However, there was no joy on Su Nan’s face, instead, he was fixedly staring at that immense figure, and spoke:
"Who... am I really!"
The man laughed loudly upon hearing this, his voice shaking the entire void.
"You are the unparalleled talent I severed, now reincarnated!"
"You are ’Cang’!"
"The first in this world to merge with darkness and attain eternal life, the Ancestor of Darkness, the Cang Emperor!"
Cang...
The clarity in Su Nan’s eyes was gradually replaced by darkness.
It was only then that he understood where his terrifying and unparalleled talent, even greater than Chang Qing’s, came from.
It turned out... he was the source of all calamities, the transformed unparalleled talent of Cang’s severance.
However...
Just as the clarity in Su Nan’s eyes completely faded, he murmured as if in a dream,
"No one can extinguish my will!"
"I am not Cang, I am..."
"Su Nan!"
...
Cangyan Continent, in the New World.
Su Changqing was completely unaware of Su Nan’s predicament.
In his heart, he had long been accustomed to that invincible father.
Although the realm outside was dangerous, for Su Nan, as long as he did not recklessly endanger himself, there were very few in the world who could kill him.
Therefore, Su Changqing wasn’t overly worried and focused all his attention on the world before him.
Stepping into the severed portal, Su Changqing proceeded cautiously, always alert to any potential crises.
This world was one only he could enter, while Master Wu had to wait outside.
No one knew what lay inside.
However, in theory, this world had existed since the era of the Martial Ancestor.
If there were any living beings, their cultivation realm would not be inferior to the continent’s standards.
With this cautious mindset, Su Changqing slowly ventured into this unfamiliar world.
However, the moment he stepped into this world, Su Changqing was suddenly taken aback.
The heavens and earth in the distance were exactly the same as the scene outside the portal, all white and in a chaotic state.
Moreover, the chaotic aura in this place was extremely dense.
Just like when Su Changqing first stepped into the continent’s secret realm, encountering the same primordial chaos intent.
But compared to the scant primordial qi of that time, the chaotic aura here... was shockingly dense.
Buzz!
At this moment, above Su Changqing’s head, the Chaos Pearl spontaneously appeared.
It rushed forward, suspended in the chaos as purplish-golden light flooded the heavens.
Boom!
The world, which had been dormant for who knows how long, began to boil, with countless chaotic auras rapidly devoured by the Chaos Pearl.
Simultaneously, with the fusion of endless Chaos Qi, the once illusory Chaos Pearl visibly solidified.
"This..."
Seeing this, Su Changqing’s face lit up with joy.
The solidification of the Four Divine Artifacts each had their own requirements, each extremely challenging.
However, among them, what seemed like the most difficult, the Heaven-Opening Axe, was actually the simplest, requiring only the absorption of the Great Emperor’s Divine Gold.
Divine Gold is precious, but at least traceable.
But the Chaos Pearl required Chaos Qi, which Su Changqing had searched for a long time.
Except for the sparse primordial chaos qi when the secret realm opened, he found nothing else.
Little did he expect, in this new world, Martial Ancestor would leave him such a great gift!
Such inexhaustible Chaos Qi was enough to completely solidify the Chaos Pearl!
At this time, it was clear that Su Changqing’s internal world was rapidly expanding as the Chaos Pearl continued to solidify.
The sky grew higher, the earth wider.
The life flame sun suspended in the sky radiated brilliant light capable of illuminating myriad worlds.
A vast and boundless, seemingly omnipotent terrifying force gradually surged into Su Changqing’s muscles and bones with inconceivable speed.
Furthermore, the rapid expansion of the internal world increased not only Su Changqing’s power.
His physique, sea of consciousness, divine sense, and insights into various Heaven and Earth Laws all skyrocketed rapidly.
Su Changqing forgot everything, sitting cross-legged high in the chaos, accepting the power that had awaited him for countless ages.
At this time, in different spaces, even different dimensions, both Su Changqing and Su Nan faced their critical transformations.
As the decisive battle approached, both followed their respective paths to the end of their roads.
However, the outcome seemed already predetermined.
The two, connected by blood and kinship, gradually walked two completely different paths, until...
One must die!