# Chapter 1906: The Abyss-Buried Seed
"Could it be... you've actually discovered something?" Qianye Ying'er's expression also turned serious.
Yun Che said nothing. He extended his palm, flames burning within it. After a brief hesitation, he extinguished the flames, leaving only the purest Evil God Profound Energy, and touched it upon the stone slab.
*Clang!*
With a soft chime, the dim stone slab suddenly radiated a faint light. Yun Che felt his released Profound Energy being drawn by an invisible force, rapidly tracing lines upon the slab's surface.
And what those lines unfolded was... a series of clear, distinct characters!
"This... is!?" Qianye Ying'er murmured in surprise. She hadn't expected that this slab, which she had basically forgotten about earlier, would actually manifest such an anomaly.
The characters on this slab only appeared when touched by Evil God Profound Energy. Without a doubt, these words were indeed personally inscribed by the Evil God himself!
And they weren't in Tai Chu Divine Script or some other foreign language, but directly in recognizable common script.
Yun Che focused his mind and held his breath, looking at these words left behind by the ancient Evil God:
*"My soul scorched by myriad tribulations, my life is about to extinguish. Fortunately, I succeeded in using my remaining life as a vessel, condensing my source power into a single drop of Undying Blood."*
*"Future generations, when you bear my power, you will also bear the mission of facing the tribulations of later ages alone and protecting the safety of the entire world. Whether this is fortune or calamity, even heaven cannot fathom."*
If Yun Che had obtained this slab when he first inherited the Evil God's divine power, he would never have been able to imagine what that "tribulation of later ages" was, nor how complex, heavy, and lamentable it was.
Now, Jie Tian Mo Di had departed, and the Demon God had not set foot upon the world. In terms of results, he had perfectly fulfilled the Evil God's expectations and the "mission" he had spoken of.
But he understood even more clearly that what truly decided this outcome was not him, but Jie Tian Mo Di.
*"The Element Cores scattered throughout the world. How far the Evil God of later ages can go depends entirely on your heavenly mandate, your will, and your convictions."*
*"My secrets, my concerns, the unfulfilled wishes of my wife and I... Oh Evil God of later ages, how much of these can you uncover? To guard them, to ignore them, to condemn them—that is also your freedom."*
These few words stirred endless emotions in Yun Che's heart.
The Evil God's secrets—he had already learned them all. The Evil God's concerns—they had become one with his own life, and he protected them.
And the unfulfilled wish of the Evil God and Jie Tian Mo Di—the seamless coexistence of gods and demons without conflict—he wondered if his gradual efforts to make the four realms abandon past grievances and old hatreds, cast aside prejudice, and coexist peacefully counted as a form of fulfillment.
*"My Evil God Art is bound by seven seals. Binding myself is also protecting myself. If strength is insufficient and the seals are forcefully broken, it will surely harm one's own body."*
*"Later ages are destined to never have true gods. The 'Yama King' realm is the limit that mortal bodies can bear. Forcefully opening the sixth and seventh seals will inevitably destroy the body and extinguish the self, thus they are eternally sealed."*
And this seal... was unlocked by Jie Tian Mo Di.
*"My Evil God Art was derived from forbidden laws and is itself a forbidden power. It lies outside the rules of the Heavenly Dao and is incomparable to any mortal profound arts. If one obtains all the Element Cores and cultivates to the mortal 'Divine Lord' realm, though not a divine realm, one can release the power of a divine realm."*
*"Gods and demons are all annihilated, and the order of the world has collapsed. Now, the dissipation of divine energy has somewhat slowed, and the newborn order grows increasingly peaceful. If the power of the divine realm were to arise again, it would inevitably cause upheaval in the newborn order, bringing disaster to mortals and mortal souls. If one's heart and intent are twisted, it would be an even greater catastrophe for the world."*
*"Therefore, I sink the Earth Core into the abyss, eternally cutting it off from the world, eternally eliminating future calamities."*
*"You who inherit my divine power in later ages, do not hold onto attachment."*
Yun Che withdrew his palm. As his Profound Energy receded, the characters on the slab also vanished, leaving no trace.
"Sink the Earth Core into the abyss..." Qianye Ying'er's mind focused on the final sentence, and her golden brows suddenly tightened: "The Abyss of Nothingness!?"
Being sunk into the Abyss of Nothingness meant returning eternally to nothingness. Yun Che would never be able to find the Earth Evil God Seed, and the world would never again see the emergence of Earth-type Evil God divine power.
"I see." After reading the words left by the Evil God and learning that the Earth Evil God Seed had been eternally cut off from the world, he felt a slight disappointment, followed by understanding.
"You don't seem... very surprised?" Qianye Ying'er looked at Yun Che.
Yun Che replied, "Because of the Evil God's Profound Meridians, whether it's the nine mortal realms or the seven divine realms, my cultivation has never had a bottleneck. With sufficient power, I can break through easily."
"But before the battle with the Western Realm, when Mei Yin and I spent those years in the Zhou Tian Divine Realm, my power had clearly reached the peak of the Divine Sovereign realm, yet no matter what, I couldn't break through."
"At that time, I already sensed that the Evil God must have set some kind of special restriction on the Profound Meridians, preventing the inheritor from ever advancing beyond the Divine Sovereign realm... just like how he deliberately sealed the sixth and seventh realm gates."
"And the reason was also close to what I guessed."
"To prevent the emergence of power that transcends the boundaries of the world, causing the collapse of mortal order?" Qianye Ying'er snorted lightly, seemingly a bit dissatisfied with this restriction set by the Evil God: "Might as well change the Evil God's divine name to Holy God."
Yun Che shot her a glance and said, "Almost every step the Evil God took in his remaining life was for the sake of later generations. If not for him, the current Chaos World—let alone peace—its very existence would be uncertain."
"..." Understanding everything, Qianye Ying'er didn't deny it.
"The dissipation of divine energy..." Yun Che softly recited these four words from the slab, pondered for a moment, and said, "It seems that after the gods and demons were utterly annihilated in the Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion, Chaos experienced a long period—likely quite large in scale—of spiritual energy loss. By the time the Evil God's remaining life was nearly exhausted, the energy loss gradually slowed and stopped. The laws and order of Chaos also slowly stabilized within this new spiritual energy environment."
"However, because the gods and demons were all destroyed and an enormous amount of spiritual energy was lost, the law dimensions of the newborn world must have dropped significantly and become much more fragile. Under such spiritual energy and dimensional conditions, later ages could no longer produce true gods."
"But the Evil God deeply knew that the 'Divine Demon Forbidden Canon' he and Jie Tian Mo Di created was too taboo and too powerful. If cultivated to completion, it could allow a mortal body to unleash power at the divine realm level."
"And in this godless world, if a person capable of releasing divine realm power appeared, it might very well cause turmoil or even collapse in the laws and order that had stabilized this 'fragile' world."
The global chaos before and after Jie Tian Mo Di's return, the northern part of the Northern Divine Realm that trembled violently when he forcefully opened "Divine Embers" in the Burning Moon Divine Realm, and the terrifyingly extreme heavenly anomalies when the Nanming Divine Realm used the Abyss God Cannon...
These things undoubtedly proved this point profoundly.
"It was out of such consideration that the Evil God eternally cut off one Evil God Seed from the world."
As he said this, Yun Che's heart was filled not with regret, but with even deeper admiration and reverence.
That power had accompanied the Evil God throughout his life.
Yet he preferred to let his own power remain eternally incomplete rather than allow it to become a hidden danger that would bring disaster to the world.
Yun Che raised his arm and looked at his palm, saying, "It seems I truly am destined never to achieve the Divine Lord realm. But that's fine—now I don't have to keep thinking about searching for that last Evil God Seed."
Although he would remain at the peak of the Divine Sovereign realm for life, possessing the Evil God's divine power, he was already unmatched in the world at this level. That unreachable Divine Lord realm wasn't important to him anyway.
"Speaking of which, there are two questions I'm very curious about," Qianye Ying'er suddenly said.
"Oh?"
"First: Where exactly did all that dissipated spiritual energy go? Could it have penetrated the Chaos Wall and dispersed into the Outer Chaos?"
"..." Yun Che didn't respond.
Because this was also a question left behind by Jie Tian Mo Di.
"Second: Has the dissipation of spiritual energy truly stopped?" Qianye Ying'er narrowed her eyes. "Leaving everything else aside, the territory of the Northern Divine Realm has never stopped shrinking."
"Who knows." Yun Che said casually, seemingly unconcerned.
But in his mind, there surfaced the strange feeling he experienced every time he entered and left the Tai Chu Divine Realm—a feeling whose origin he couldn't pinpoint and couldn't describe.
...
Leaving the Fan Di God Realm, Yun Che formally began taking Yun Wuxin to tour the Eastern Divine Realm.
The razed Zhou Tian Realm... the shattered Star God Realm... the Liuguang Realm where Shui Mei Yin resided... the half-desert-covered Futian Realm... the Heiya Realm where he first met Cai Zhi...
Heading north, they drew closer and closer to the Yin Xue Realm.
When they reached the northern border of the Eastern Domain, he didn't immediately take Yun Wuxin into the Yin Xue Realm. Instead, he first headed to the adjacent Yan Shen Realm.
Yun Wuxin's main cultivation was the Phoenix Ode Scripture. As a star realm in the divine realm that carried the Phoenix inheritance, he naturally had to take Yun Wuxin to see it... especially the Burial God Fire Prison, where the remnant soul of the Phoenix once resided.
When the million-mile Burial God Fire Prison came into view, Yun Wuxin let out a long, amazed cry... and Yun Che also stared at it for a long time.
This place held great significance for him too.
Here was where his relationship with Mu Xuan Yin (Chi Wuyue) had undergone a subtle transformation. Thinking back now, he couldn't help but chuckle softly... laughing at his past self, and also savoring the dreamlike wonder of that time.
"Father, your smile is very..." Yun Wuxin hesitated for a long time before selecting the most gentle word: "Strange."
"Uh, ahem." Yun Che quickly tightened his features, put on a serious expression, and said solemnly, "I was remembering the time when I, with merely the Divine Origin realm cultivation, saved your Aunt Xuan Yin from under the claws of that Divine Lord flood dragon. That was my first great achievement after stepping onto the divine path."
"..." Recalling his father's lecherous smile just now, Yun Wuxin deeply doubted this, but still cooperated: "So Aunt Xuan Yin fell in love with you because of that?"
"Of course!" Yun Che nodded proudly.
Hmm... probably?
Just then, he sensed something and sharply turned his gaze.
Concealing his and Yun Wuxin's aura with Flowing Light Thunder Concealment, Yun Che carried Yun Wuxin and flew westward: "I'll take you to see an... old acquaintance."
To the west of the Burial God Fire Prison, before a massive crimson barrier.
Yan Wancang, Yan Juehai, Huo Rulie... all three Flame God Sect Masters were present. And before them stood none other than the Yan Shen Realm King, Huo Poyun.
The four most central figures of the Yan Shen Realm were all gathered here—clearly no small matter.
Huo Poyun stood before the barrier. As he approached, the barrier seemed to react, the flames covering it gradually growing wild.
An extremely violent flame aura... This was a barrier forged from Golden Crow Divine Flame.
"I'll leave the major and minor matters of the Yan Shen Realm to your care during this time,"
Huo Poyun finished speaking and reached his hand toward the barrier.
"Great Realm King, please reconsider... reconsider." Yan Wancang's voice was heavy and powerless. Clearly, before this, they had already tried countless dissuasions, all to no avail.
"Great Realm King, we have no right, nor the ability to stop you, but... wait another three months," Yan Juehai said, his face full of pleading. "Three months from now, if you still insist on this, we will absolutely not stop you."
"My mind is made up." Huo Poyun's long hair flew in the scorching wind. Unlike the three sect masters' grim expressions, his face was calm and resolute: "There's no need to persuade me further."
As his words fell, his palm touched the barrier.
"Hmm?" From high above, Yun Che looked down below... What was Huo Poyun about to do?