# Chapter 2794: Bygone Days!
Jiangnan was stunned, staring in shock at the countless brilliant stars that Jiang Fan had revealed!
There had never been strength without cause in this world!
Jiang Fan's rise was also the result of countless hands pushing him upward from behind, again and again!
Those who had given everything for hope had long since been buried in the river of history, transformed into seeds of hope, stars in the sky!
Jiangnan could imagine how difficult it must be to carry those stars, bearing the weight of everyone, and walk forward together!
When Jiang Fan looked up at the countless stars, what kind of feelings must have stirred in his heart...
But when Jiang Fan spoke of this, his expression remained unchanged, his eyes like a deep, dark pool—calm and still!
"In people's perception, I am very strong, but in truth... I am not as strong as they imagine..."
"Real strength began after I entered the Starry Sky..."
"The first Star Ruins development on Lanxing drew the attention of the entire Starry Sky, because among the races of the Starry Sky, there was no race like humanity with such diverse abilities!"
"The God-Slaying War was not easy either; at that time, there was no so-called Ten Thousand Races Accord..."
Jiangnan suddenly realized the significance of this. Yes!
During the first spiritual energy revival on Lanxing, there was no Ten Thousand Races Accord. The Holy Star, in order to develop Lanxing into a Star Ruins, could continuously send powerful members of the Bose race!
It wasn't like later, when the Ten Thousand Races Accord existed, fearing supervision by the Sacred Law Council, they had to do things secretly!
They didn't dare make a big show, mobilize forces, or send too strong members for fear of exposure!
The later three spiritual energy revivals—Jiangnan and the others had indeed benefited from the Ten Thousand Races Accord...
It was a restraint, but also a protection!
So during the first time, how desperate must Jiang Fan's situation have been?
If Jiang Fan had failed to break through the obstacles and achieve balance, there simply wouldn't have been any subsequent events!
This was the one who truly laid the foundation for humanity!
Jiang Fan continued speaking to himself: "I still drove back the Holy Star, but almost all the human strongmen on Lanxing had died, all turned into these stars filling the sky..."
"When I turned around, there was no one beside me. For a moment, I didn't even know what meaning this war had..."
"I was already somewhat tired of this place; wherever I looked, it was all places of sorrow. But I knew my work wasn't done, my mission wasn't completed..."
Jiangnan felt like he couldn't breathe, his chest tight with pain. That God-Slaying War was won by Jiang Fan alone, but it wasn't just him alone!
There was also an entire era that had turned into stars filling the sky!
Jiang Fan stood with his hands behind his back: "Because of my appearance, humanity became a hot topic, watched by countless fiery gazes!"
"So I went to the Starry Sky, wanting to put an end to this matter. Entering the Starry Sky, seeing the ten thousand races, I began to grow rapidly!"
"But the gap was too great, and it wasn't something that could be completed in a short time. I couldn't pull humanity out of the abyss with my strength alone!"
"So... I thought of a compromise..."
Jiangnan's expression was bitter: "So that's how the first Thousand Stars Catastrophe came about?"
Jiang Fan nodded: "Yes. I could only use this method to balance the ten thousand races of the Starry Sky. That's how the Ten Thousand Races Accord came into being. If anyone violated it, I would appear in their home star domain and bring calamity to them!"
"Maybe I wasn't very strong, but every battle became nourishment for my growth. There were many abilities among the ten thousand races of the Starry Sky, and the stars in the sky grew more numerous!"
"I also snatched the Origin Spark, hid it inside the moon, leaving a seed of hope..."
As he spoke, Jiang Fan took a step and was already outside the moon's core, beyond the blood-colored monument!
Jiangnan also looked up at the stone tablet:
*"I originated here, grew here, reached the peak here, fought for this, calling it my homeland! But my heart yearns for the Starry Sky!"*
*"Thinking of my homeland, later generations might suffer calamity because of me, so I leave a spark in the moon. From now on, we owe each other nothing!"*
*"I leave and will not return... Do not miss me."*
*—Jiang Fan*
So this was the words Jiang Fan had carved on the moon monument?
Jiangnan could somewhat understand the state of mind Jiang Fan was in when he carved these words!
Though he had driven back the Holy Star, only he remained. He no longer had any attachment to Lanxing!
He didn't know what the future held, but the entrustment of countless people had not yet been fulfilled, the mission not yet completed!
So he could only choose to continue walking, alone, striding toward the future!
Hence the words "owe each other nothing" and "I leave and will not return"...
Because Jiang Fan himself didn't know how far he could go!
Perhaps he thought he would never return to this planet in his lifetime?
But Jiang Fan did return, just in a way no one expected!
Jiang Fan looked at the inscriptions left by generation after generation after him, a hint of emotion in his eyes: "It seems... in these three thousand years, you all have also experienced a great deal?"
Jiangnan smiled bitterly: "Without your foundation, there would be no subsequent events..."
Jiang Fan shook his head: "I didn't do much. I just kept moving forward, never looking beside me, because no one was there..."
"I only look up at the Starry Sky; the stars guide my direction..."
"Do you know? Even after the Ten Thousand Races Accord, I was still constantly besieged. I was the calamity in the eyes of the ten thousand races, the thorn in the side of the Sacred Law Council!"
"Ever since entering the Starry Sky, I've been fighting, running, fighting, running—an endless cycle. No one could catch me, and every battle made me stronger!"
Jiangnan's scalp tingled. He was truly fighting against the world, wasn't he?
One man against the ten thousand races of the Starry Sky, either fighting or on the way to fight!
The Sacred Law Council had never stopped hunting Jiang Fan!
When he himself first entered the Starry Sky, the situation wasn't so desperate. Though the circumstances were difficult, he had the Black God backing him, people by his side, hope in his heart, thoughts to hold onto, and a home to return to!
But Jiang Fan didn't...
He truly was alone, fighting against the ten thousand races of the Starry Sky, determined to see it through and complete his mission as the Era Lord!
Jiang Fan said indifferently: "If this continued, I believed I would one day surpass everyone, stand at the peak of the Starry Sky, drag humanity out of the abyss, and complete my mission!"
"I had that confidence and that foundation! But I still overestimated my abilities. I escaped from that great encirclement and eagerly wanted to strengthen myself."
"So I set my sights on the Absolute Final Black Hole. Ten thousand stars accompanied me; what did Jiang Fan have to fear?"
"Thus... I calmly stepped toward the Absolute Final Black Hole!"
Jiangnan swallowed hard. What kind of confidence was needed to make such a decision!
But if it were him, if he also had that star ability, he wouldn't be afraid either!
Because that ability was truly too overpowering; it was practically omnipotent!
Jiang Fan said calmly: "I arrived at that sea of energy, existing as a consciousness entity—a dimension beyond time and space, which physical entities cannot enter!"
"It is the forbidden zone of all life, the place of truth, something that life cannot reach! The place closest to the origin and truth of the world!"
"I saw countless books, pages, countless possibilities, branches, past, present, future... Everything was just pages in different books..."
Jiangnan swallowed. He had also been to that sea of energy, the Life Forbidden Zone!
He still clearly remembered that he didn't even dare look too much at those pages!
(๑◔◠◔ิ๑) "Th... then what happened?"
Jiang Fan murmured: "Then... I discovered that my consciousness body was constantly being assimilated and eroded by the energy sea!"
"This was the price, the punishment for life reaching the forbidden zone. I didn't want to die, but I couldn't get out. I was completely helpless..."
Jiangnan said urgently: "Find your own page, the page of reality, then charge in, break through a layer of barrier, and you'll come out, right?"
"That's how I came out, all three times!"
Jiang Fan shook his head: "I couldn't do it. It was the Absolute Final Black Hole, not a black hole I had transformed into. I was trapped inside..."
Jiangnan's expression froze!
So the reason he had been lucky enough to come out was because the black hole was transformed by himself, created by himself!
Not other black holes!
That was why he could emerge from the Life Forbidden Zone!
And after he came out, the black hole also disappeared!
Jiangnan couldn't help but feel a chill of fear!
If he had been reckless enough, relying on his ability to swallow stars with black holes, and went wandering into other black holes, he would have been done for too!
Jiang Fan said without emotion: "I didn't want to die. I didn't want to be eroded and assimilated by the energy sea!"
"So I frantically searched for a way and finally developed that soul-locking method!"
"My consciousness body stopped dissipating, and I could exist in the Life Forbidden Zone for a long time, even cultivate and grow stronger!"
"But I didn't want to be trapped here forever. I wanted to get out. My mission wasn't complete! Then I froze... What was my mission again?"
Jiangnan's eyes widened, his face turning pale as he stepped back, staring at Jiang Fan in shock!
"You... you couldn't have..."
Jiang Fan's black eyes were deep: "Yes! At that moment, I realized I remembered nothing. The past, once upon a time, was completely blank..."
"As if the energy sea had washed everything away. The Life Forbidden Zone requires nothing else; everything else is clutter. Only truth remains eternal..."
Jiangnan was horrified: "You forgot everything? Lost all memories? Experiences? This... this... this..."
Jiangnan choked up, unable to speak.