Chapter 1432: The Horrifying Truth
“What could matters from a previous era have to do with today? What exactly is that crimson crack?” Yun Che asked with a furrowed brow.
The Ice Phoenix girl said, “In the later stages of the brutal conflict between gods and demons, the demon race, on the verge of total defeat, desperately offered up the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel. The wheel, which had been sealed for a long time, was consumed by boundless rage and resentment. It hijacked the Eternal Night Demon Lord and used the Heavenly Poison Pearl as a vessel to release the ‘Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion’ poison, ultimately leading to the annihilation of both the divine and demon races. This left the chaotic world without true gods or true demons.”
“However, there was one group of demons who escaped this apocalyptic catastrophe—the Jie Tian Demon Clan, exiled beyond the chaos by the Heaven-Slaying God Emperor!”
Yun Che: “…!?”
“Because of this, they survived and have lived all the way to the present day, and are now preparing to return!”
The Ice Phoenix girl’s gentle words were like a thousand thunderbolts exploding in Yun Che’s ears. He was utterly stunned, then shook his head violently: “No… that’s not right! Although my knowledge is shallow, I know that beyond the chaos is a world of death and destruction. Once exiled beyond the chaos, the only outcome is to dissolve into nothingness. How could they still be alive after all this time?”
“Is this rumor wrong?”
“No,” the Ice Phoenix girl said slowly. “Beyond the chaos is indeed a world of destruction. Even beings as powerful as the Creation Gods and Demon Emperors, if cast beyond the chaos, would perish before long. Therefore, in the understanding of the gods and demons of that era, the Jie Tian Demon Emperor and the other demons who had been exiled beyond the chaos had already been annihilated.”
“Then how…” Yun Che was deeply puzzled.
“But there exists in this world one supreme treasure capable of allowing long-term survival beyond the chaos. That is the sixth of the seven Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasures—the Cosmic Thorn!”
“The Cosmic Thorn possesses the world’s most powerful, highest-level, and ultimate spatial power. It can easily open up space and traverse dimensions. Its power is so great that it can create space directly from ‘nothingness’ without relying on any medium.”
Yun Che had long heard of the Cosmic Thorn, but only its name. He had almost never heard any news about its whereabouts or other rumors. He only knew that the most powerful spatial tool in the current age, the Void Pearl, was imbued with a very small amount of the Cosmic Thorn’s power.
As for the true Cosmic Thorn, how powerful its spatial ability was, Yun Che could not even imagine or comprehend. Especially the ability to create space from ‘nothingness’—to anyone in the present age, it sounded like a mythical power too illusory to be real.
“Because the Cosmic Thorn can create space from ‘nothingness,’ even when beyond the chaos, it should be able to swiftly create an independent space within the gaps of nothingness. As long as that space does not collapse, it can withstand the destructive power of the Outer Chaos and allow one to exist there for a long time… But no one knew that the Cosmic Thorn happened to be in the Jie Tian Demon Emperor’s possession!”
“Until the death of the Heaven-Slaying God Emperor from old age, until the complete annihilation of gods and demons and the end of the Age of Gods, no one knew this.”
Yun Che’s mind was in turmoil. He frowned deeply and said in a low voice, “The Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasures… their movements should have been of the utmost concern to the gods. Why did no one know the Cosmic Thorn was on the Jie Tian Demon Emperor?”
“Because the Cosmic Thorn had already acknowledged a master long ago. Everyone knew its master… Yun Che, can you guess who the original master of the Cosmic Thorn was?” the Ice Phoenix girl asked.
“…I don’t know,” Yun Che shook his head.
“In that era, of the seven Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasures, four were in the divine race, each belonging to one of the four Creation Gods. The foremost of the Creation Gods, the Heaven-Slaying God Emperor, Mo E, could wield the Ancestral Heaven-Slaying Sword to a limited extent. The Zhou Tian Pearl acknowledged the Order Creation God, Xi Ke. The Life Creation God, Li Suo, controlled the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal. And the Element Creation God… later known as Xie Shen—the treasure he controlled was the Cosmic Thorn.”
“Are you saying… Xie Shen… gave the Cosmic Thorn to the Jie Tian Demon Emperor?” Yun Che murmured in confusion, struggling to accept and digest this terrifying information…
This information, and the possibility that seemed to be emerging, was truly incomparably horrifying.
“Correct. However, at that time, he was not yet Xie Shen, but the Element Creation God. After learning that he and the Jie Tian Demon Emperor had fallen in love and secretly married, his act of giving the Cosmic Thorn to the Jie Tian Demon Emperor became less difficult to understand. He clearly loved her deeply. And the Cosmic Thorn, with its ultimate spatial divine power, is the best life-preserving item in the world. So he secretly gave it to her—perhaps as a token of their love, perhaps as a wedding gift, or maybe simply to ensure she could protect herself in any danger.”
Yun Che: “…”
“Besides those two, no one knew about this, not even the other Creation Gods among the divines or the Demon Emperors among the demons. They would never have imagined such a thing could happen… and until the end of the Age of Gods, no one ever knew.”
“Then… then… how do you know?” Yun Che asked instinctively.
“Because… the crack on the Chaos Wall is emitting the aura of the Cosmic Thorn, growing stronger and clearer by the day.”
“The Chaos Wall cannot be breached even by Creation Gods. However, there are three things that can break through it. The first two are the Ancestral Heaven-Slaying Sword and the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel, which use extremely high-level force. The third is the Cosmic Thorn! Although the Cosmic Thorn itself lacks destructive power, the Chaos Wall is essentially an extremely powerful spatial barrier. With the Cosmic Thorn’s ultimate spatial power, it can definitely interfere!”
“The primordial divine radiance of the Cosmic Thorn is also crimson in color!”
“…” Yun Che stood frozen, as if turned to stone.
The Ice Phoenix girl’s words were clearly telling him that the crack and the crimson light on the Chaos Wall both originated from the Cosmic Thorn!
The Cosmic Thorn was not within the chaos but outside it, and therefore could only have been exiled along with the Jie Tian Demon Emperor back then. And now, the one controlling the Cosmic Thorn, trying to break through the Chaos Wall, could only be the Jie Tian Demon Emperor, who was exiled in that era!
When he entered the Minghan Heavenly Lake, he had prepared himself to hear any terrifying truth. But he never imagined it would be this horrifying…
The Ice Phoenix girl narrated slowly: “After the Jie Tian Demon Emperor and a group of demons were exiled to the Outer Chaos, the Demon Emperor must have immediately used the power of the Cosmic Thorn. The Cosmic Thorn could not penetrate the Chaos Wall, but it could create an independent space in the Outer Chaos. Thus, she and her demon followers managed to survive there.”
“In the Outer Chaos, the Jie Tian Demon Emperor and her people must have been desperately trying to return to the chaotic world. After millions of years, they finally touched the Chaos Wall again—or perhaps opened a strange connecting passage between the independent space and the Chaos Wall, or successfully attached the independent space to the Outer Chaos Wall. Then, using the Cosmic Thorn’s power, they gradually gnawed away at the spatial power of the Chaos Wall, creating an ever-widening crack!”
“When that crack becomes large enough, and the Chaos Wall once again has an opening… that will be the time when the Jie Tian Demon Emperor and the demons return to the chaos! But they do not know that the gods and demons were completely annihilated millions of years ago. The current chaos is a world without gods or demons. Though they were exiled by the Heaven-Slaying God Emperor back then, this twist of fate allowed them to escape the calamity of annihilation.”
For a long time, Yun Che did not move, did not speak a single word… In fact, he could not speak.
All of the Ice Phoenix girl’s words were speculation, but some voice deep in his soul seemed to tell him that all of it was true… and was happening right now!
The crimson light on the Chaos Wall was the spatial power of the Cosmic Thorn.
And behind the crack in the chaos were demons from the ancient era, which should have been destroyed long ago!
In the current world, if a true god or true demon were to appear, what would it mean?
This world had long lost the power of gods and had “degenerated” to the point where it could no longer bear or produce power at the divine level. If such power suddenly appeared again, then without a doubt, the entire chaos would fall under its control. Every living being, every power would be unable to resist. If it so wished, it could enslave all life and destroy all existence, with no one able to oppose it.
What was even more terrifying was that there was not just one such demon.
And even more terrifying… the Jie Tian Demon Emperor was not an ordinary demon, but a Demon Emperor on the same level as a Creation God!
Even if all the other demons had perished in the Outer Chaos and only the Jie Tian Demon Emperor remained, if she came to the current world… let alone the Eastern Divine Region, even ten or a hundred current Divine Realms would have absolutely no possibility of resisting!
What were Divine Kings, Divine Sovereigns, Divine Lords… before the power of a true god, of a Creation God-level being, they were all ants!
“Now do you understand?” the Ice Phoenix girl said softly.
“Hah…” Yun Che exhaled deeply and muttered, “I really don’t want to understand.”
Demon Emperor… just these two words made Yun Che feel a chill throughout his body. What a terrifying existence that was. Not to mention the possibility of resistance, it was unimaginable.
Thinking of the root cause of all this, Yun Che gritted his teeth… He now wanted nothing more than to point at the nose of the foremost of the four Creation Gods, Mo E, and curse loudly: Are you out of your goddamn mind! What business is it of yours that Xie Shen and the Jie Tian Demon Emperor got together! It’s not like you stole your wife! Divine race dignity, washing away disgrace—all bullshit! You were just bored and stuffed… and left such a massive disaster for us later generations!
And damn Xie Shen too! Just what kind of charm did the Jie Tian Demon Emperor have that made you give her the Cosmic Thorn? If you hadn’t, she would have been reduced to nothing in the Outer Chaos long ago… and none of this mess would have happened!
“The fate of those other demons is unknown, but the movement of the Cosmic Thorn proves that at least the Jie Tian Demon Emperor is still alive,” the Ice Phoenix girl continued to state that incredibly terrifying fact. “The power of a Demon Emperor is beyond what the present age can resist. She was tricked by Lord Mo E back then, struggling to survive in the Outer Chaos for millions of years. When she returns, she will surely be filled with hatred for the world. After learning that Mo E is dead and the gods have been destroyed, it is very likely she will vent her millions of years of resentment on the present world… The consequences are completely unpredictable.”
After hearing all this, Yun Che gradually understood something. He looked at the flawless jade-like body of the girl and said, “You said I am the ‘only hope.’ You mean that I, who inherited Xie Shen’s power… should try to dissuade… the Jie Tian Demon Emperor?”
“Correct,” said the Ice Phoenix girl. “The aura of the Cosmic Thorn grows clearer by the day, and the Chaos Wall will eventually crack open. When that time comes, what can stop the Jie Tian Demon Emperor is not power, but the word ‘love’.”
“Xie Shen always knew clearly that the Cosmic Thorn was on the Jie Tian Demon Emperor. After the Evil Infant destroyed the world, he exhausted his remaining existence and left behind a drop of undying blood… precisely in anticipation of this day.”
Yun Che’s lips parted slightly: “…”
“What you have inherited is not only Xie Shen’s power but also his will.”
“Only you, who have inherited Xie Shen’s power and will, can make the Jie Tian Demon Emperor, upon her return to the chaos, remember her love for Xie Shen and thus refrain from bringing disaster upon the world.”