#940 - It feels like a different world
The Zhuxian Dynasty issued an imperial edict: the body of Lord Divine has returned.
Every ancient star of life in the Emperor's Beginning Star Region received this news and saw a segment of imagery, a scene of Jun Wuxie's body lying quietly beneath the withered and yellow Small World Tree.
When the masses saw his remains, their hearts were filled with even greater sorrow.
That godlike man, who used his spine to support this world and his life to protect them, had fought until his flesh and blood were exhausted, his appearance completely changed, unrecognizable from his former self.
From this day forward, every ancient star of life, every city, every town, was covered in white.
All the buildings were draped with white cloth, everyone wore white clothes, white cloth tied around their waists, kneeling before statues, weeping and calling out.
… …
The Boundary Road Abyss of the Dark Continent completely disappeared, and a figure appeared there.
It was Tian Jianyi, the founding ancestor of the Zhuxian Sword Sect.
He came to this continent, his divine sense searching every inch of space, every inch of blood-colored mud, trying to find a trace of Jun Wuxie's remaining soul.
But he was disappointed.
Here, apart from the blood mud and broken dark armor all over the ground, there was nothing else.
"Is there really no hope left? How could this be! He is a person valued by the Heavenly Emperor, he shouldn't disappear from the world forever!"
He closed his eyes and stood on the Dark Continent for a long time, motionless like a sculpture.
He stood like this for several days before his figure disappeared from the Dark Continent and returned to the back mountain of the Sect King.
"Grandmaster Grandfather ~"
Little Xian'er, in the Phoenix Queen's arms, looked at him with teary eyes, her eyes full of hope.
"Xian'er, don't cry, your daddy will come back."
Tian Jianyi couldn't bear to tell her the cruel truth. She was too young and shouldn't have to bear such a cruel thing. How could he bring himself to tell her the truth!
"Really?"
Little Xian'er's big eyes, sparkling with tears, suddenly had a bright light.
It was a light of hope, a kind of indescribable anticipation, as if at this moment, her life was lit up.
Such a gaze deeply pierced Tian Jianyi's Emperor's heart. His lips trembled, a loving smile appeared on his face, he gently scratched Little Xian'er's nose, and said: "Grandmaster Grandfather promises Xian'er, okay? Let's make a pinky promise, if Grandmaster Grandfather lies to you, he's a puppy."
"Okay, pinky promise, Xian'er believes Grandmaster Grandfather won't lie to Xian'er. But can Grandmaster Grandfather tell Xian'er, when will Daddy come back?"
"Xian'er needs to be patient, your daddy's situation is very special, it may take a long time. When Xian'er grows up, your daddy will definitely be back. So Xian'er needs to be happy and grow up well, otherwise, when your daddy comes back and knows you're not happy, he will be very sad."
"Okay, Xian'er doesn't want Daddy to be sad, Daddy is Xian'er's hero! Daddy is very brave, Xian'er will also be brave!"
Her hopeful eyes sparkled with crystal tears, and suddenly she seemed to understand a lot, as if she had grown up a lot.
The Phoenix Queen and Tian Jianyi's noses tingled.
"Jianyi, did you really not find him?"
The Phoenix Queen asked secretly, in fact, they had already known this would be the result.
Emperor-level powerhouses didn't even need to go to the Dark Continent to understand everything there.
It was just that they were unwilling to give up, so Tian Jianyi went there personally.
"No…" Tian Jianyi sighed, "Now we can only place our hopes on the Heavenly Emperors behind him…"
The Phoenix Queen was silent, holding Xian'er in her arms even tighter.
This poor child, her mother went to the Upper Realm, and her father is gone too, she's still so young…
… …
At the same time, inside the Eternal Life Divine Hall, there was vast Heavenly Emperor energy surging, and the Great Dao Order Laws of the Heavenly Emperor level shone, that was an unparalleled killing power sufficient to penetrate the heavens and myriad realms.
"Listen to me, things are not as hopeless as you think."
That green stone coffin floated up and down, and order symbols flashed on the coffin.
"You're lying to us, this is the glimmer of hope you spoke of? He's already dead!"
Tears filled Ye Qingxue's eyes, her murderous aura soared to the sky, and endless military symbols floated around her body.
"If you insist on stopping us, we'll just have to fight you to the death! This Empress doesn't believe that you, lying in your coffin, can still win against us!"
The Vermilion Bird's eyes were cold, terrible divine flames burned on her body, the Vermilion Bird divine form floated in her golden-red eyes, and behind her was an enormous Vermilion Bird flapping its wings, the divine flames incinerating the sky.
"You are too confident. Can that existence stop you? If he can, so can I."
The ancient voice in the coffin was very confident. Seeing that the Vermilion Bird and Ye Qingxue were about to attack again, he said: "I don't want to hurt you, this is a meaningless battle. I said, things are not that bad. The glimmer of hope is not in resisting the darkness, but after the Lower Realm is pacified. Why don't you wait a little longer? If there really is no hope by then, you can go back to the past and intervene, and I will never stop you, how about it?"
Upon hearing this, the Vermilion Bird looked at Ye Qingxue, and then said to the green stone coffin: "We will wait a few more days, but you must be clear that no destiny of the heavens is as important as he is in our hearts. As long as we can keep him alive, I don't care if the universe is born or dies!"
"Your mentality is not good. You are Heavenly Emperors, don't forget the responsibilities on your shoulders."
Inside the green stone coffin, the ancient voice sighed and said.
"For the sake of responsibility, are we supposed to watch the person we care about most die before our eyes?" Ye Qingxue said coldly: "The former me might have been able to do it, because I didn't have anyone I cared about enough, but the current me can't!"
"That little guy is quite talented, to actually make you two Heavenly Emperors care about him to this extent. Fine, I won't argue with you about this. Let's just wait quietly, I believe a miracle will happen."
The green stone coffin slowly landed on the ground, and behind the coffin were piled up a large number of corpses of mythical-level dark powerhouses.
These corpses were all those that were killed by Jun Wuxie. Later, because there were too many of them to refine, he didn't put them into his cave, but they were moved to this Eternal Life Divine Hall by the owner of the green stone coffin.
Next to the corpses of those mythical-level dark powerhouses, there was a small, blue, furry little thing sleeping soundly.
"What exactly is Lanlan's identity?"
The Vermilion Bird glanced at the sleeping Lanlan and asked the existence inside the green stone coffin.
This existence moved the corpses of mythical-level dark creatures here, and also brought Lanlan from the Young Master's body here, there must be a purpose.
From this, it can be concluded that this existence's attitude towards Lanlan is very unusual.
"You should have already seen that Lanlan is a creature from the Dark Universe…"
"Of course, if it hadn't been loyal to the Young Master all along, it would have ceased to exist long ago."
The Vermilion Bird said lightly.
"The creatures of the Dark Universe are not all fanatics who like to start wars and destruction as you think. In fact, they also love peace. Apart from the different energy substances they cultivate, there is no difference."
"What did you say?" The Vermilion Bird and Ye Qingxue were both stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "For our Bright Universe, contact with the creatures of the Dark Universe began in the Immortal Ancient Era. Since that era, the Dark Universe creatures we have known, which one doesn't symbolize darkness and destruction?"
"That's right, from a certain period onwards, the creatures of the Dark Universe changed, that was because the will of darkness eroded their hearts. Those who once loved peace were buried in that era and were completely slaughtered by another group of ambitious people."
"It seems that you know a lot about the secrets of the Dark Universe, then you should know why those supreme powerhouses of the Dark Universe launched the Dark Turmoil?"
"I only know that they overturned the supreme rules of the Dark Universe in order to continue the broken road and break through the shackles, but as for why they launched the Dark Turmoil against the Bright Universe and slaughtered the common people, I don't know, and their true purpose has not been found out to this day."
The Vermilion Bird was slightly silent, glanced at the sleeping Lanlan, and said: "Are these secrets of the Dark Universe that you spoke of related to Lanlan?"
"Of course, it is a descendant of the bloodline of a certain powerful clan that was overthrown by the Ancestors of Darkness back then."
Upon hearing this, both the Vermilion Bird and Ye Qingxue revealed a hint of surprise in their eyes.
They had long known that Lanlan's origins were not small, and its bloodline was too powerful, but they did not expect it to have such an amazing background.
"So, when the darkness invaded, it fell into a deep sleep and couldn't be awakened, was it you who made it sleep?"
"Yes, it cannot appear on the Dark Battlefield. The Dark Universe and the Lower Realm have a Boundary Road connecting them. If it appears and uses its bloodline talent and divine powers, it will be sensed by the Emperor-level powerhouses of the Dark Universe, and the consequences will be unimaginable. It must live and grow up, and will become a powerful helper in dealing with the darkness in the future."
… …
Time passed quickly, day after day.
The sentient beings of the Lower Realm were still immersed in grief.
On those planets, in those cities, countless people knelt before the statues every day, praying sincerely.
The Emperor's Beginning Star Region was filled with the vast power of sentient beings' thoughts.
These thoughts converged towards the Emperor's Beginning Star like a tide, gathering in the sky.
One day, the power of sentient beings' thoughts surged towards the Zhuxian Dynasty like a tide, continuously gathering under the Small World Tree, merging into Jun Wuxie's remains.
Ji Yinlan, Su Xiaoxiao, and Jingya, who had been guarding here day and night, all felt this vast and boundless mysterious power.
"Husband, you have protected the sentient beings, the sentient beings have not forgotten you, they are thinking of you every moment, have you felt it?"
Ji Yinlan held his thin and withered hand, gently stroking it against her face, her sorrowful eyes filled with endless tenderness.
… …
Time passed quickly. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter alternated, sending away the warm spring and welcoming the hot summer. The autumn wind blew away the heat of summer, and the winter snow sent away the autumn sun.
It was another spring when flowers bloomed.
The power of sentient beings' thoughts had not stopped, coming from the major ancient stars of life in the star region every moment, gathering under the Small World Tree, merging into Jun Wuxie's remains.
On this day, Ji Yinlan, Su Xiaoxiao, and Jingya all stared blankly at his remains.
That withered body miraculously became somewhat fuller, and one could clearly see flesh and blood growing beneath the skin.
Within the originally lifeless remains, a hint of vitality was actually burgeoning, as if the seed of life was rapidly sprouting.
“Sister Yinlan, Aunt Jing! Brother Wuxie… Brother Wuxie has vitality awakening within him, waaaah…”
Su Xiaoxiao wept with joy, hardly daring to believe her own senses. A person who had been dead for over a year actually possessed the aura of life. Even for her, who possessed all the memories of the Goddess of Life from her previous life, this was unbelievable.
“It’s the power of the collective will! The power of the collective will can revive my husband!”
Ji Yinlan was so excited that she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet, hugging Su Xiaoxiao and Jing Ya while weeping with joy.
They saw hope, saw beautiful hope, and felt as if the entire world had brightened.
“Wuxie…”
The Little World Tree emitted an extremely weak voice, choked with joyful sobs.
…
At this moment, no one knew what incredible changes were happening within Jun Wuxie's deceased body.
His desolate and silent Celestial Star Sea was generating life essence under the power of the collective will, and his exhausted source of life was also gradually regenerating.
The more the source of life regenerated, the faster the deathly aura within his body dissipated, and the growth rate of his flesh and blood also accelerated.
In just a single day, the flesh and blood of his body became very full, restoring his former strength.
His withered white hair transformed into thick black hair, the wrinkles on his face all disappeared, restoring his youthful appearance, still with that heroic and resolute look.
He no longer looked like a corpse; apart from not breathing, he looked more like someone in a deep sleep.
Within his body, the Star Sea was completely restored, and the golden blood energy was flourishing.
The power of the collective will poured into the Star Sea, scattering onto those stars, evolving into figures of devoutly praying people, dense and countless, the endless masses.
At this moment, within that silent Life Star, a wisp of true soul was released, entering his sea of consciousness.
That wisp of true soul was nourished by the endless power of the collective will. Originally, it was a very faint soul shadow with dim soul light, but it became clear and solid at an astonishing speed, gradually condensing into a nascent soul.
“I… what is this…”
That wisp of true soul awakened, and a massive amount of memories surged forth.
“Resurrected from the dead, it’s like a lifetime away…”
Jun Wuxie's true soul condensed into a nascent soul, restoring all the memories of his previous life, and even many memories from his past in the Divine Ancient Continent surged into his mind.
“My Life Star, when did it preserve a wisp of my true soul? I was actually unaware…”
He was very puzzled in his heart. Feeling the vast power of the collective will, he couldn't help but sigh.
Looking inward at his Celestial Cave, seeing the astonishing scene in his Star Sea, he understood the key to his resurrection.
It was the power of the collective will that washed away the deathly aura in his body, generating the essence of life.
The collective will's attachment to his life facilitated all of this.
In addition, the Life Star had secretly stored a wisp of his true soul at some point. With both conditions met, he broke free from death, walked toward a new life, and returned to the world!
As the power of the collective will condensed into the appearances of the masses on the stars in the Star Sea, his life essence was transforming, becoming more condensed and pure than before.
His physical body was nourished by the life essence of higher purity, and the overall strength was also increasing.
“I protected the masses, and the masses gave me new life, awakening me from death. Perhaps this is karma. Having been resurrected, I am actually stronger than before…”
Jun Wuxie was very emotional and sighed in his heart. He was very clear about his current situation. If the environment allowed, he would definitely step directly into the fourth level of mythology, or even a higher level!
He never thought that he could be resurrected. The feeling of being alive is really wonderful.
Finally, he can continue to do those unfinished things, and those regrets that were once thought to be destined to remain will also disappear.
