The three words "Brother Chen," Bai Li enunciated heavily.
This wasn’t praising a fellow disciple; it was clearly a father regarding the pig that had taken his cabbage, feeling ever more displeased the longer he looked!
Even Bai Susu belatedly realized that the way she had bragged about Chen Ye just now, as if counting treasures, was indeed a bit strange...
"Ah, I... I’m just stating the facts! After all, he’s the Peak Master of our Lingyin Sect; he couldn’t possibly be a useless person!"
Bai Susu’s little face turned slightly red, and she turned her head guiltily, adding a sentence to cover up.
Chen Ye hurriedly brought the topic back on track:
"Brother Bai, since everyone is here to solve the predicament, what secret lies deep within this Celestial Abyss, please enlighten us."
Talking about business, Bai Li moved his gaze away from Chen Ye and his expression became serious.
He looked at the surrounding inverted mountains and chaotic space, sighed, and said:
"During that battle, Lord Luoxiao fell here. But she was extraordinarily talented, even though her physical body was destroyed, her true spirit had already cultivated to an undying state, escaping into the cycle of reincarnation within heaven and earth."
"However, she was forcibly cast into reincarnation, resulting in some flaws. Coincidentally, for thousands of years, the laws of Celestial Abyss have shattered, with no way in or out, her true spirit could only reincarnate again and again near this Abyss Until... discovered by the Emotion Crossing Sect."
"Although the Emotion Crossing Sect is also a legacy of Songyang, they had long secretly aligned with the forces of the Ruins Country, naturally unwilling to see Lord Luoxiao reappear."
Upon hearing this.
Both Chen Ye and Bai Susu understood that Lord Luoxiao of Luoxiao Grotto Heaven, the legendary demoness, was reincarnated as the Divine Son of the Emotion Crossing Sect.
Bai Susu asked curiously:
"Eh? If that’s the case, why still worship as the Divine Son? With the nature of the Demon Sect, would they let her live well? Why not kill each reincarnation and refine them as medicine?"
The Emotion Crossing Sect is not a merciful or lenient force.
Moreover,
With the force of the Ruins Country behind the Emotion Crossing Sect, how would they sit idly by?
"It’s not that simple. So many Nascent Soul True Monarchs couldn’t deal with her back then, let alone the current Ruins Country?"
Bai Li snorted coldly and explained,
"Regardless, Lord Luoxiao is the closest cultivator to Divinity Transformation Celestial Monarch within the Lingxu Realm. An insect with a hundred legs, still dies hard, let alone such an existence? Hence, the Ruins Country doesn’t want sudden changes, just hopes to slowly wear her down with time."
"It appears to be a confrontation, but normally, these Ruins Country cultivators are extremely careful with Lord Luoxiao, afraid to provoke her... Heh, the current Ruins Country barely has a few Nascent Souls left, while the northern Ling Kingdom is beginning to stir."
Although in the past, Lingxu Two Countries joined forces against Songyang Sect, it doesn’t mean the two countries are friendly.
On the contrary,
The conflict between the two countries far exceeds that of the Ruins Country against Songyang Sect.
But Songyang Sect posed too much of a threat, forcing them to ally.
"So..."
Chen Ye pondered for a while, his expression slightly shifting,
"She detonated the Celestial Abyss not to kill or confront the Emotion Crossing Sect. She aimed to... blast away the cage imprisoning her for a thousand years?!"
Bai Li nodded:
"If, twenty-three years later, she attempts to detonate the Celestial Abyss, perhaps she’s hoping for the annihilation of these chaotic laws, so her true spirit can truly break free from the chains and return to freedom!"
This news is good for the Lingyin Sect.
Once Lord Luoxiao is restored.
All sects of the Yan Kingdom can truly unite.
Furthermore, even the long-dormant Songyang Sect can see the light of day again!
.....
After the three discussed for a while, they carried the unconscious Tuoba You, and embarked once more, heading for the 2nd Layer.
But when they saw the scene before them, their hearts sank instantly.
In view was an endless barren plain, scattered with countless unknown bones.
And on this barren ground, countless evil offspring crowded like a never-ending black tide, wandering the plain.
In the deepest part of the wasteland, even more terrifying giant shadows, like flesh mountains, lurked!
This was genuine Golden Core evil offspring!
Though this world’s Celestial Abyss hadn’t yet exploded, forming a three-layer fracture deep inside, the evil offspring remained intact, all huddled here.
"Two Golden Cores..."
Bai Li’s hand holding the long sword tightened slightly, not out of fear, but due to the intimidation brought by the difference in rank.
Forcing through, is completely impossible.
Even if Bai Li is Half-step Golden Core, Bai Susu is almost unmatched within Foundation Establishment, and Chen Ye has shown all his cards... it couldn’t match these two Golden Core evil offspring and the vast beast tide.
If they caused even a little stir, they’d be overwhelmed and not even bone remnants would remain.
"Brother Chen, you take Susu and this Demon Cultivator, find a chance to sneak into the 3rd Layer. I’ll go to distract them."
Bai Li contemplated for a while, resolutely said.
"Father! You’re crazy?!" Bai Susu exclaimed, grabbing Bai Li’s sleeve, "Those are two Golden Core evil offspring! You’re going alone, a ten-death situation!"
"I was destined to die, wasn’t I?"
Bai Li smiled slightly,
"According to what you said, my future self has already fallen. My present self, perhaps, is nothing more than a false remnant. If I can use this remnant body to draw these evil offspring away, carve a path for you, it would be a worthy death."
Chen Ye’s eyes lowered.
He had to admit, Bai Li’s proposal was indeed the method to break the current predicament.
Given Bai Li’s talent and cultivation, if he risked everything, he could hold the hate of these two Golden Core evil offspring, tearing a hole in the beast tide.
But...
He was Susu’s father!
This trip by Chen Ye, besides uncovering the truth of the Celestial Abyss explosion, also had a personal desire, wanting to attempt rewriting history, intervening in the cause and effect of the past through the depths of the Abyss, the place where two worlds meet!