Chapter 999: My Name Is Donghuang Taiyi

Chapter 999: Chapter 359: My Name Is Donghuang Taiyi

Han Zhan suddenly opened his eyes.

Before him, the Bronze Long Table was gone, the little boy was gone, and even the Ancient Ruins no longer existed.

All that remained was a blanket of chaos hovering half above the land.

It felt like walking amidst clouds and mist.

Where is this place…?

Han Zhan looked around, unable to see anything clearly through the distant fog, and suddenly remembered the little boy’s earlier words.

Old Dreams.

He had mentioned strange encounters within the dream.

So, is this… a dream?

Thinking of this, Han Zhan suppressed his many thoughts and continued to explore forward.

The chaotic mist filled the entire dreamscape, making it impossible for him to discern east, south, west, and north. In fact, it only became denser the further he walked.

Suddenly, he ran into a soft fragrance against his own body.

Instinctively, Han Zhan raised his hand, ready to defend against the incoming enemy.

A gentle exclamation sounded, and Han Zhan found himself separated from the figure opposite him.

“It’s you?” As the fog churned, Han Zhan saw the person clearly—it was Nuannuan, the leader of the Hidden Cultivation Association whom he had met before.

At this moment, Nuannuan no longer appeared calm; she looked at Han Zhan nervously, seemingly being cautiously wary.

Seeing this, Han Zhan raised an eyebrow slightly.

Strange things surely, indeed, hold suspicions.

Nuannuan’s unusual behavior was hard for him to ignore.

“Has your Superpower failed here?”

Han Zhan suddenly spoke, unexpectedly.

His words caused Nuannuan to shudder all over, and by the time she reacted to cover up, it was already too late.

So it had indeed failed.

Han Zhan had merely asked as a test, not expecting it to be true.

The reason for his speculation was quite simple.

If her Superpower was still active, how could Nuannuan have run into him here? She would have long used her time Superpower to disappear somewhere.

Nuannuan bit her lip lightly, looking at Han Zhan warily.

“There’s no need to be so cautious; I’m not going to do anything to you.”

“To think the remarkable leader of the Hidden Cultivation Association would be so timid.”

Perhaps it was Han Zhan’s reputation or his provoking words, but Nuannuan’s vigilance towards him slightly eased.

“Where is this place, and how do we leave?” Nuannuan couldn’t help but ask.

Intuition told her that all this happened after they sat at the Bronze Long Table, and she refused to believe it’s unrelated to them.

Han Zhan didn’t hide anything and answered truthfully: “This is Old Dreams; I suspect it’s a dream. The little boy said we would each have our own strange encounters here.”

“However, considering the current state, there’s nothing here but chaos.”

“My Ability is still intact. If you trust me, we can proceed together.”

Nuannuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Since he had already guessed her Superpower was lost without taking any extra actions, and with the reputation of the Salvation Society, she ultimately chose to trust Han Zhan.

“My Superpower hasn’t failed; it was disturbed.”

Nuannuan thought for a moment and then honestly confessed to Han Zhan.

“Disturbed?”

“Yes, if we view time as a flowing river, my Superpower can accelerate or slow the speed of that flow. But now, the river, it’s no longer under my control.”

Upon hearing this, Han Zhan slightly raised his brow.

“Since it’s an interference, can you sense where the source of the interference is?”

“The source… Let me try.”

After saying this, Nuannuan raised her hand again, and a faint golden river began to flow from between her fingers.

But soon, the river, which was originally streaming forward, seemed to encounter some obstruction, flickered, ebbed, and vanished without a trace.

Nuannuan opened her eyes, pointing in a direction within the chaotic mist.

“I found it, there!”

Han Zhan nodded lightly. “Alright, then let’s follow your sense.”

The two of them didn’t hesitate any longer and set out immediately.

The endless mist could easily cause one to become lost again if a direction wasn’t found.

Fortunately, having Nuannuan, a “human detector”, greatly reduced the time it took them to find the way after determining a direction.

They walked for a while longer.

Han Zhan and Nuannuan both felt the chaotic mist in front of them had somehow thinned a bit.

This was a good sign.

Under Nuannuan’s guidance, they picked up their pace.

Until a certain moment,

when Han Zhan took a step forward, the chaotic mist before him disappeared, revealing a towering pillar in its place.

The pillar reached the sky, and as he looked up along its length, the sky was covered in a bronze hue, with intricate patterns faintly visible amidst the cloud.

Han Zhan lowered his head again, casting his gaze forward, and saw three other similar pillars.

The four pillars supported a gigantic bronze vessel comparable to a mountain; the shape reminded Han Zhan of a certain object.

A cauldron.

An awe-inspiring giant cauldron!

“Continue forward, the fated ones.”

As Han Zhan and Nuannuan stood stunned, rendered speechless by the scene in front of them.

A voice sounded in their ears.

It was a pleasant male voice, gentle as jade, as if caressing one with a spring breeze.

“You were able to find this place, so you are fated with it.”

“Why not take a few steps forward and find your own fortune.”

“It wouldn’t be coming to this ‘Ancient Times’ in vain.”

Upon hearing this, Han Zhan and Nuannuan exchanged glances.

They decided to take the advice and continue forward to explore.

They walked for an unknown length of time,

until the bronze sky above them vanished, leaving two distant towering pillars far behind, the scenery before them suddenly brightened.

The chaotic energy disappeared,

replaced by a vast expanse of land.

However, the land’s color was not earthen yellow, but dark red.

Looking back in the direction they came from, sure enough, there stood an ancient, colossal four-legged bronze cauldron.

Besides that, in several different directions, there stood unimaginably giant artifacts, each situated in its own corner.

Axe, bell, sword, seal, pot, tower, zither, stone, mirror.

The voice they heard earlier had come from the direction of the bell.

Seeing this, Han Zhan and Nuannuan found themselves in a state of utter shock, devoid of any other thoughts.

This feeling was indescribable in words.

It was as if they had reached an unknown world, witnessing an unprecedented scene.

“This place is the ‘Ancient Times’.”

Just then, the pleasant male voice spoke again.

“In ancient times, before heaven and earth split, chaos reigned in ignorance; it was Pangu who opened the heavens and split the earth, breaking the chaos.”

“Pangu died exhausted after cleaving the chaos, and his Flesh Body transformed into this brand-new world, marking the birth of the first cosmic epoch.”

“And this first cosmic epoch is ‘Ancient Times’.”

“Isn’t this a dream?” Han Zhan instinctively questioned.

“A dream? If you think it a dream, it can also be a dream because… the first cosmic epoch of Ancient Times, was long swallowed by the River of Eternal Darkness.”

Hearing this, Han Zhan’s mind felt overwhelmed by the flood of information.

Watching a handsome young man walk slowly towards him, he couldn’t help but ask again:

“And who are you?”

“Me?” The handsome young man smiled casually.

“My name, Donghuang Taiyi.”