Chapter 1085 - 1083: The Dead Remains of the Former Cosmos (2)

Chapter 1085: Chapter 1083: The Dead Remains of the Former Cosmos (2)

Shen Mo came to his senses, quickly bowing in salute and said, "Junior Shen Qingyun, greets Senior Empyrean Fairy of Nine Heavens!"

The Empyrean Fairy of Nine Heavens smiled slightly, and the originally desolate and cold Outer Void seemed to warm up. Then she formally returned a salute to Shen Mo: "Fellow daoist, there’s no need to be too restrained. The moment I awoke, I was informed of all memories about you from Xiaoguan. To me, it feels as if you are an old friend I haven’t seen in many years, feeling close and familiar."

With those words, Shen Mo was no longer uneasy and sought her guidance on many doubts buried in his heart.

The truth of many matters was not too different from Shen Mo’s earlier speculations. Only some details were explained more thoroughly by Empyrean Fairy, such as the identity and background of the Nature God, the events surrounding her fall years ago, the reasons the leftover evil of the old days chose her, and why she was accepted by the universe’s will, among others...

The unraveling of many doubts made Shen Mo feel suddenly enlightened!

"May I ask, Senior Empyrean Fairy, why did you say that just now was the ultimate destiny of all Extinct Universes? Could there be Universe Corpses from other annihilated eras? In such a deathly still place, how do those old leftover evils exist there?"

Empyrean Fairy of Nine Heavens did not immediately speak, but rather gently waved the wand in her hand, a ray of divine light fell upon Shen Mo, and instantly, Shen Mo realized a vast sea of immense information from the divine light.

"I see!"

After a while, Shen Mo gradually understood the intricate and tangled relationships.

In simple terms, once an era is destroyed, the universe extinguishes, completely losing the concept of time and space!

These Dead Remains of the Old Universe seem to exist in space outside the universe, but in truth, there is no division between inside and outside, because the universe was born on these Universe Corpses; Shen Mo, a Xian Dao stronghold, had such a previous perception, which was actually the universe’s will from the beginning of the Divinity Era that isolated traces of the old era to another dimension.

Likewise, there is no concept of precedence in past eras in terms of time; there is no past, present, or future... The previous era was both the Divinity Era and the Witchcraft Era, the Mechanical Era, or the era of other ancient Dao.

If the universe extinguishes, it would immediately lose the concept of time, forever being the lost previous era for all future New Eras, always the old times!

It is precisely because of this that the Universe Corpses beyond the heavens are traces left by all ancient eras over billions of years.

So-called old leftover evil is not merely just the remnants of one era but a collective term for survivors of all ancient eras.

Their Dao perished with their era and their universe;

Yet they found their own Dao, surviving with immense strength, making their existence extremely special; to some extent, they are both creatures of the old times and equally creatures of the Divinity Era, thus able to hide within the universe, drawing nourishment from Xian Dao, continuing their existence and constantly growing!

Thus, beings like Nature Gods, Lord Blue Venerable, and other old leftover evils, seemingly residing in the Extinct Universe beyond the heavens, in fact also exist within different dimensions of the universe.

Shen Mo, not yet at the True Immortal Realm, still found it somewhat difficult to comprehend. As he worked to digest his newly acquired knowledge, two dazzling immortal lights arrived from afar, not from outside the Heavenly Gateway, but from a certain world not far from the cultivation world within the universe!

In the blink of an eye, the immortal lights had reached Shen Mo and the Empyrean Fairy, the immortal lights revealed a pair of young man and woman’s figures.

"Congratulations, fellow daoist, on a successful tribulation crossing, henceforth freed from the shackles of Xian Dao, hopeful of attaining Empyrean..." The pair only glanced at Shen Mo momentarily, then disregarded him, and cupped their hands to congratulate the Empyrean Fairy.

"These two..."

Shen Mo detected a scent extremely familiar and detestable to him, promptly equipping "Insight into All Beings," sacrificed a high-grade Spirit Stone, thoroughly observing their identities and backgrounds.

His previous perception was not mistaken.

The youthful beautiful female was indeed Lord Blue Venerable, albeit not her real body, Dharma Body, but an incarnation snatching heavenly objects... The original’s body, like Zhao Lingyin, was of Wood Spirit Body, was refined by Blue Venerable into an incarnation, even cultivated to the Human Immortal Realm, evidently among her countless incarnations, it was top-notch.

The male’s true body was a Seventh-order True Dragon, like Lord Blue Venerable, also an incarnation. Shen Mo, however, sensed a similarity to Su Qingtao in his aura, unsure of his connection with Su Qingtao.

"Hou, fellow daoist, noble as a Heavenly Immortal, yet sided with the old leftover evils?"

When Empyrean Fairy spoke, Shen Mo immediately discerned the origins of the Seventh-order True Dragon’s real body.

Su Qingtao’s master’s dao name was Hou Venerable, was the supreme Heavenly Immortal among the True Immortal Realm, favored eating True Dragons, a mortal enemy of the True Dragon Clan. Now he refined a Seventh-order True Dragon into an incarnation.

"Rather than siding with, it’s more of a collaboration!"

Hou Venerable said with a smile, "My own talent and insight far lack compared to a Xian Dao prodigy like fellow daoist; in pursuit of the Great Path, I only employ small tricks."

Before Empyrean Fairy could speak again, Yuan Monarch’s incarnation straightforwardly said: "We’ve come here to invite fellow daoist to join us as comrades, collectively seizing Xian Dao to prove our Great Path. Fellow daoist’s presence as the first Nature God of the Divinity Era must not squander such opportunity; joining us, you shall ascend to the Realm of Daluo Jinxian..."

Empyrean Fairy of Nine Heavens bore a hint of odd expression on her face, chuckling and said: "Blue Venerable’s words truly amusing! Xian Dao originally incomplete, thanks to your support, God Path revived through my rebirth opportunity, now part of Xian Dao itself. As I am the God Ancestor of Divinity Era, naturally mastering its God Path, thus can ascend Empyrean Realm, why join forces with such leftover evils?"

Both Lord Blue Venerable and Hou Venerable are Heavenly Immortal-level existences; naturally aware of the profound intricacies, even the Empyrean Fairy as God Ancestor under the Divinity Era, relying merely on God Path to advance into Empyrean isn’t as straightforward, whereas for them it’s a greater possibility to attain Empyrean, hence they came with incarnations to invite!

At this moment, hearing Empyrean Fairy’s words, the pair’s faces inevitably turned somewhat unsightly.

Lord Blue Venerable still wished to express more, but Empyrean Fairy gave her no chance, her wand, Death Jaw began to glow, clearly preparing to capture both!

The two incarnations exchanged glances, immediately retreated without a word, raising escaping light toward the distance.

"Did I permit you to leave?"

Accompanied by Empyrean Fairy’s ethereal voice, a radiant sun-like light emitted from her God Path Wand, in mere breaths, burned Hou Venerable’s Seventh-order True Dragon incarnation into ashes.

Seeing this, Yuan Monarch’s avatar retreated more vigorously, her body glowing with immortal light, beneath her feet leaves spiraled in flight, each step covering hundreds of thousands of miles, dared not stay where she previously hid in that Lower Realm, directly retreated further into the universe!

Crash!

Shen Mo wielded the Soul Refining Flag with a fierce shake, instantly an astounding amount of spiritual power spread out, creating a world of crimson, a boundless blood sea filled all directions, blocking the path of Yuan Monarch’s incarnation, while the God Slaying Array composed of over a billion Demon Soul Generals unfolded, wherever the blood sea reached, was enveloped by the big array!

"Senior Empyrean Fairy, this Blue Venerable Senior and I have some old grievances; why not leave her to junior to deal with?"

"Alright!"

Yuan Monarch’s incarnation, seeing the path blocked by Shen Mo, immediately raised her magic treasure toward him: "Youngster, you suppressed my Dharma Body, I won’t hold you accountable for now; if you don’t wish to fall here, back off for me!"

In response to her was the astounding waves of the blood sea, the Soul Generals Array’s full burst of power, countless profound, complex talismans flickering interweaving, the Killing Power pushed to extreme produced numerous terrifying phenomenons, instantly engulfing her form.