Chapter 2021: The Reincarnated Evil God
The moment he stepped into the Mist Sea, even though he was only at the very edge, the concentration of Yuan Chen suddenly increased by more than tenfold. As far as the eye could see, the overly dense Yuan Chen appeared as a gray mist, obscuring light and sound, devouring all forms of aura... life aura, soul aura, and even externally released Profound Energy.
That is to say, within the Yuan Chen, not only Perception, but also Profound Power would be suppressed to varying degrees. The lower one's Profound Way level, the greater the suppression.
Devouring life, suppressing Perception and Profound Power... this made Yun Che think of the Northern Divine Region filled with dark aura. But in terms of level, the dark aura of the Northern Divine Region naturally could not compare to Yuan Chen.
He walked slowly through the Mist Sea. The world was terrifyingly quiet; his footsteps, suppressed to an extremely low volume, were so clear they shook his heart. The ground here was gray-black, the scattered rocks gray-black. There were no plants. Various "strange rocks" that had been completely eroded by Yuan Chen were the main feature of the Mist Sea, either densely scattered or towering several li high. Looking from afar, they resembled patches of dark forest shrouded in gray mist.
This was just the very edge of the Mist Sea, yet it already interpreted the phrase "deathly stillness" to the extreme. What "ecology" lay deep in the Mist Sea... or even at its deepest point, he could not predict.
"What are you doing?"
The suddenly resounding gentle immortal voice nearly made Yun Che, who was focusing, have his hairs stand on end. Suppressing the urge to curse this Creation God's face, he said very calmly, "I am testing the suppression of this place's Yuan Chen on my life aura and Perception."
He extended his arm. As his palm moved forward, the mist-like Yuan Chen in the space ahead slowly dispersed, becoming clearly visible. And as Yun Che willed it, under his Soul Power, the rate of Yuan Chen dispersion noticeably increased by one point. Then, he suddenly spread his five fingers, releasing Profound Energy outward. Instantly, the dispersal speed of Yuan Chen increased by another point. Immediately, as he retracted his Profound Energy, the surrounding Yuan Chen slowly moved closer to him, then gathered relatively quietly beside his five fingers.
"As expected of the Void Saint Body personally bestowed by the Primordial God—even if it's only the lowest level of control, throughout the world, you should be the only one capable."
"Even I, who am attached to your life aura, am thus not eroded by Yuan Chen."
Yun Che withdrew his hand, lost in thought.
On the fourth day in the Linyuan Realm, Yuan Chen could no longer erode him. On the seventh day, the suppression of Yuan Chen on his Perception had become equivalent to nothing. On the fifteenth day, he could use his own Profound Energy to lightly repel the surrounding Yuan Chen, and then discovered that Soul Power could also do the same. Before the Lin Shen Assembly, he could already use Profound Power or Soul Power to control Yuan Chen to a low degree... such as gathering it.
Now in the Mist Sea, he was surprised to find that facing the sharply increased concentration of Yuan Chen, the pressure—whether to repel or gather—had not increased at all. The power and Perception he released externally also passed straight through Yuan Chen, without any suppression or interference. It was as if the all-devouring Yuan Chen completely ignored his existence, and could even obey his guidance to a certain extent.
Recalling the entire process since arriving in the Abyss, his body first rapidly adapted to the existence of Yuan Chen, then step by step developed the ability to control it...
No! As the Void Saint Body stemming from the Primordial God, it should be that his body itself inherently hides this ability, which began to gradually awaken after touching the "Power of Annihilation." And this change was clearly an eternal qualitative transformation, unrelated to the concentration of Yuan Chen!
In just one short month, it had already come to this. If he continued to immerse himself in Yuan Chen, to what extent could his mastery over Yuan Chen grow in the future?
No longer continuing forward, Yun Che casually set up a small barrier, then sat cross-legged and asked casually, "Li Suo, what kind of person was Senior Evil God exactly? Was he like the records say?"
Li Suo gave him her answer: "Though we were all Creation Gods, my memories of them are still more than ninety percent blurry. But the clearest imprint... Mo E was the most dignified Creation God. He was extremely strict about good and evil, right and wrong, rules, and hierarchy, so upright that it often left people helpless. Xi Ke was the most aloof Creation God. He was the Creation God of Order, so he did not allow himself to be bound by any emotions or feelings. He walked alone proudly throughout his life, establishing no divine palace and having no subordinates. Among all clear memories, the impression of him is the faintest. I suppose that back then, I had little contact with him."
"And Ni Xuan was the Creation God least like a Creation God." He later indeed abandoned the name of Creation God. "In his world, there seemed to be no concept of hierarchy or planes. Lower gods, beast tribes, spirit tribes, down to the mortal races of the lowest planes... when maintaining the elemental balance of all realms, he interacted with all beings as equals, never considering himself a supreme god. Thus, he had close friends everywhere and bestowed countless favors."
A few clear memory fragments spontaneously pieced together in her narration. She continued, "Among the memories of them, Ni Xuan is the most. He would often come to the Life Divine Palace, telling me about the places he had been and the close friends he had made, describing to me the newly created star realms and the earliest life... bringing strange gifts from different worlds and different planes... Like this, it seemed for millions, tens of millions of years."
Yun Che: (⊙o⊙)... (dumbfounded)
Does Jie Yuan know about this... She should know... Every time Li Suo is mentioned, one can almost hear the sound of her grinding her teeth to bits.
"By the way," Yun Che finally couldn't help asking, "Back then, toward Mo E and Ni Xuan, for so many years, didn't you ever feel the slightest bit of attraction?"
"At... tracted?" She seemed to be striving to understand these two words with her reconstructed cognition, then said softly, "As the Life Creation God, one should follow the mission and will bestowed by the Primordial God Spirit, applying Creation Divine Power to all worlds and beings. How could one become tainted by the six desires of the mortal world?"
Yun Che's eyes showed a strange expression. "In this regard, you and Xi Ke are quite similar."
"...?" This sentence seemed to cause her some slight confusion.
"What about now?" Yun Che asked. "Everything from that time is gone. 'Creation God' has become a long-lost ancient divine name. The so-called 'mission' you once upheld has naturally dissipated like smoke. Then from now on, what will you exist for?"
She remained silent for a long time, clearly thrown into confusion by Yun Che's words. But in the end, she gave Yun Che a definite answer, just one word:
"You."
"..." If she weren't the Life Creation God, if he hadn't witnessed her detached and ethereal aloofness earlier, he would definitely have thought this woman was flirting with him.
Yun Che acted very calmly. "Because of the Primordial God aura on me?"
"Yes."
Clearly, this answer was entirely within Yun Che's expectations... and as expected, disappointing.
"Creation Gods were born because of the Primordial God, and should follow the mission bestowed by the Primordial God throughout their lives. Though the former mission has dissipated, the Primordial God's will has reappeared in the world, and the focus of this strand of will is solely your safety."
"The Primordial God's will is the mission I must uphold for a lifetime. As I am now, I can only temporarily rely on you. This too may be guidance from the Primordial will—guiding my Creation Divine Power to reappear in the world for the purpose of protecting you."
Yun Che was momentarily speechless. Li Suo's memories and cognition were clearly shattered and fragmented, but her loyalty and faith toward the Primordial God seemed etched into her soul source—even as the age collapsed and fate underwent drastic changes, it remained so pure. In those days, Ni Xuan was fixated on Li Suo, but Li Suo was fixated on the Primordial God, and this life's Primordial God (Xiao Lingxi) was fixated on himself.
Thus... When faith and conviction are pure enough, one will find the most suitable reason for themselves... even a Creation God is no exception.
"I understand." Yun Che said solemnly, "Rest assured, the protection you give me with your Creation Divine Power, I will definitely not let down."
At this point, the long-turbulent aura within his body was finally suppressed. He said no more, and slowly lifted in his palm that light star enveloped in yellow qilin light... which was also the last Evil God Seed.
"Ni Xuan's aura." Remote ancient memories were stirred, and Li Suo murmured softly.
"Perhaps you can meet again." Yun Che smiled slightly.
Li Suo: "?"
The Lin Shen aura attached to the Evil God Seed was only thirty percent remaining, but it still shone with qilin light so pure it was almost sacred. The small sealing barrier that originally surrounded it had also dissipated due to enduring Divine Ashes, but when Yun Che held it in his hand, he still felt no rejection or aggressiveness. It was as gentle as the last voice of the Lin Shen.
Finally...
Giving this last Evil God Seed a final look, Yun Che closed his eyes, threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it directly.
Instantly, a small descending yellow light was clearly reflected on Yun Che's chest. After entering his body, it was as if pulled by an invisible force, spontaneously flying toward the location of his Profound Vein... until it entered his Profound Vein World.
Boom——
Yun Che's Profound Vein World, as well as his Soul Sea, were instantly engulfed by a dull rumbling sound. He quickly focused his mind. Though he had anticipated it, the magnitude of the commotion within his Profound Vein this time still shocked him greatly. Every return of an Evil God Seed brought obvious changes to the Evil God's Profound Vein. But this time it couldn't even be called a change—it was a... mutation!
At the instant the yellow earth profound light appeared, the Profound Vein World suddenly began to tremble violently. In just the first moment, it trembled as if on the verge of collapse. And then, the four Evil God Seeds of Fire, Water, Lightning, and Wind all suddenly released extremely dense divine light, several times more intense than at any previous moment. The dark Evil God Seed even released an inky black domain, so deep that it seemed to have completely devoured that area of Profound Vein space.
All blood flow in Yun Che's body stopped. Within just three breaths, all his Profound Energy flowed back into his Profound Vein, not a trace remaining outside. His heart beat wildly with the throbbing of his Profound Vein, as violent as the sound of heavenly thunder.
In the Profound Vein World, the Evil God Seeds had originally each occupied their own domain, with the dark seed's profound light covering the largest space. But with the entry of the earth seed, the five-colored profound lights of Fire, Water, Lightning, Wind, and Earth, while blazing intensely, were slowly drawing closer. Soon, Yun Che's consciousness clearly perceived that as their profound lights approached and touched, they began to slowly and continuously merge.
Fire and Water, Water and Lightning, Lightning and Wind, Wind and Earth, Earth and Water, Wind and Fire, Lightning and Earth...
Until the five profound lights merged seamlessly, flowing freely without rejecting each other. Just as Yun Che's consciousness was stunned, a trace of darkness silently approached... it was the dark domain from the dark seed, but this time, the darkness did not devour the other profound lights. Instead, it permeated into the five-colored profound lights without any hindrance, then suddenly spread out.
This bizarre phenomenon, Yun Che could not witness for long before his consciousness was completely shattered in a great rumble.
Boom——————
This boom, tens of millions of times more dull and heavy than the previous one, plunged his consciousness into a complete blank in an instant.
This blankness of consciousness lasted for an unknown duration. When Yun Che's perception recovered, he saw a world... that made him feel as if he had fallen into a dream.
His Profound Vein Space had completely changed. As far as his consciousness could reach, it was like a universe covered in endless dark night, with darkness as the background. Everywhere floated and drifted star streams of various shapes and colors—some crimson, some ice-blue, some deep purple, some verdant green, some withered yellow, some a fusion of red and purple, some intertwined with cyan and blue... or a blend of five colors.
The Profound Vein Space no longer had Evil God Seeds, nor an end. The Seven Evil God Realm Gates were like seven stars shimmering with faint light in slumber, adorning this newborn universe, awaiting the moment of blazing radiance.
Among the endlessly flowing star streams, a pale yellow light seemed somewhat out of place. That was the Lin Shen's divine source that had previously been attached to the Evil God Seed. It had been completely incorporated into this world along with the seed, waiting docilely to be refined.
This is... the true... complete Evil God's Profound Vein...
A divine Profound Vein bearing Creation Divine Power!
Yun Che felt as if in a dream, unable to snap back to reality. Endless space, endless elemental star streams... yet every single strand and wisp was within his consciousness, completely following any guidance from his will.
"So this is Ni Xuan's Profound Vein World."
What brought Yun Che's consciousness back to cold sobriety was Li Suo's voice.
"His Profound Vein World actually uses darkness as its base color. Is this its original form, or... is it due to his union with Jie Yuan?"
"No, this is not the Profound Vein of the Evil God Ni Xuan." Yun Che spoke slowly.
Li Suo: "?"
"The foundation of his Profound Vein was condensed by him into a drop of Undying Blood, and the cores of his power were condensed into seeds for each element. That represented the end of the Evil God back then, and the fragmentation of the Evil God's Profound Vein."
"Now, they merge within my body, returning to completeness. What is born is also a brand new Evil God's Profound Vein that belongs only to me." His figure appeared within the Profound Vein World, looking ahead, a faint smile on his face. "Senior Ni Xuan, only now have I truly taken over the inheritance of your power. But I do not know if I am worthy to call myself the Evil God of this life, nor do I know... whether you are satisfied or disappointed with me, your inheritor."
Yun Che's soul voice drifted through the Profound Vein World. At that moment, the space ahead slowly reflected the tall figure of a man.
"Ni... Xuan?" The figure was blurry, like a fading bubble. Li Suo still murmured his name softly.