Strange Dream
Lin Tian had a strange dream.
Lin Tian appeared in an endless expanse of gray and white.
There was nothing there, only an endless stream of grayish-white air filling the entire space.
He walked for a long time, and everywhere he went, it was still the same.
"Hello?"
He stopped and shouted at the top of his lungs into the empty void ahead, but his voice went unanswered.
Is anyone there?!
Hello?!
He called out for a long time, but no one answered him.
In this gray and white space, it seemed as if he were the only person there.
Where exactly is this?
Lin Tian muttered to himself, his brows furrowed.
Just as he was confused...
"Boom!!!"
The entire void space began to shake violently!
However, Lin Tian discovered that he was not affected in any way.
Countless gray-white air currents collided continuously, generating powerful air waves and a booming sound.
"Strange... Where am I? What happened?"
Lin Tian just watched quietly, realizing there was nothing he could do.
The turmoil intensified, and cracks began to appear in the gray-white void!
"Snap!!!"
Streaks of purple energy emerged from the void rifts, and their numbers increased.
"This purple aura? Could it be the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi?"
Just then, one of the purple wisps seemed to gain its own consciousness, constantly swirling in the void.
Lin Tian could vaguely see a bead-like phantom within the purple aura!
A moment later, the purple aura quickly flew away.
"That looks like the Chaos Pearl?"
Just then, Lin Tian woke up.
"Dao Venerable! Dao Venerable! You've finally woken up! Waaaaah..."
A voice, tinged with surprise and tears, reached Lin Tian's ears.
"It's Little Deer! Why... why are you crying?"
Lin Tian opened his eyes and found himself on the bed, with Little Deer Lu crying beside him.
Her tears kept falling, wetting Lin Tian's hand.
"Five hundred years... you've been asleep for a full five hundred years! We've tried everything, used every elixir imaginable, but you still haven't woken up... we're all so worried, so afraid..."
The Little Deer cried as she said that she couldn't stop wiping away her tears.
Five hundred years?
Lin Tian was shocked. He had actually been unconscious for so long?
He tried to get up, but found himself completely powerless.
The magical power within his body had vanished completely.
"It seems... the battle with those two really took a toll on me..."
Lin Tian smiled bitterly to himself.
Forcibly gathering the power of everyone to activate the Primordial Chaos Supreme Cauldron to refine a late-stage Chaos Realm expert, even if successful, would come at a heavy price.
His cultivation level is probably temporarily ruined and will require a long time to recover.
Seeing Lin Tian's silence, Little Deer seemed to have thought of something. She quickly wiped away her tears, stood up, and said, "Dao Venerable, please wait here. I'll go tell everyone that you've woken up! They'll be overjoyed when they find out!"
As he spoke, he turned to run outside.
"Wait..." Lin Tian tried to call out to her, but Little Deer had already rushed out of the room.
"The Dao Venerable has awakened! The Dao Venerable has awakened!"
Lin Tian shook his head helplessly, but a slight smile appeared on his lips.
This girl...
He lay back down, but the strange dream he had just had kept replaying in his mind.
Boundless grayness... collapsing void... purple currents... phantom image of the Chaos Pearl...
What... what did that dream mean?
Lin Tian frowned deeply; the dream felt too real.
Especially the last wisp of purple energy, the shape of the bead within it was almost exactly the same as the Chaos Pearl in his sea of consciousness.
"Could that be the origin of the Chaos Pearl?"
The Chaos Pearl, mysterious and unpredictable, accompanied him through this journey and helped him greatly.
But even he himself couldn't explain his true origins.
If that dream was real, then the Chaos Pearl might not be as simple as Chaos Supreme Treasure!
Just then, the door was pushed open, and a group of people walked in.
"Dao Venerable!"
"Fellow Daoist Lin Heavenly Dao!"
"Dao Venerable!"
Tongtian, Nuwa, Fuxi, Houtu, Zhen Yuanzi, Great Immortal Yang Mei, and others are all here!
"Dao Venerable! I knew it! I knew you would be alright!"
Tongtian seeing Lin Tian awaken, Tongtian was overjoyed. "No one, no difficulty can defeat you!"
"Fellow Daoist Lin Heavenly Dao," the Great Immortal Yang Mei stroked his long beard, his eyes filled with joy, "You've truly worried me to death these past five hundred years!"
Nuwa also said softly, "Dao Venerable, for the past five hundred years, everyone has been thinking of you every moment."
Fuxi, Houtu, Zhen Yuanzi, and others also spoke up, expressing their joy and concern.
"Thank you... thank you everyone for your concern."
Lin Tian was deeply moved. "I... I'm mostly fine, I just need time to recover. But you all... you've all worked so hard."
"You flatter me, Dao Venerable!" everyone quickly replied.
"To fight alongside the Dao Venerable to the death, even in death I would have no regrets; what is hardship to speak of?"
With the help of the Little Deer, Lin Tian slowly got off the bed.
Pushing open the door, everything seemed unchanged from five hundred years ago.
But Lin Tian knew that they had suffered heavy losses in this battle.
Xi He, Cangjie, Six-Eared Macaque cannot be resurrected, and they too have lost all their cultivation...
A wave of emotion welled up in Lin Tian's heart.
Suddenly, he remembered something. "Right, what about Chang Xi? I remember... I placed her in the space inside the Chaos Pearl."
Chang Xi wasn't even Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal; fighting those two powerful enemies would only mean certain death.
Lin Tian then placed her inside the Chaos Pearl.
No sooner had he finished speaking than two figures walked side by side from around the corner not far away.
The newcomer was Lin Tian's avatar, Cang Ling, and the other was Chang Xi.
He nodded slightly to Lin Tian, and without a word, Lin Tian understood.
Chang Xi was dressed in a simple, moon-white dress. Her usually lively demeanor was now cold and aloof, showing no sign of emotional fluctuation.
She walked up to Lin Tian and gave him a Lin Tian bow.
"Chang Xi greets the Dao Venerable."
Lin Tian looked at her and sighed inwardly.
He noticed that Chang Xi was very different from before.
"Chang Xi..." Lin Tian began, a hint of guilt in his voice, "Your... injuries are better?"
"Thank you for your concern, Dao Venerable. I am now out of danger."
Chang Xi answered softly, her tone calm and even.
Lin Tian looked at her, remained silent for a moment, and slowly said, "Regarding Xi He Xihe... it was my inadequacy that I failed to protect her... it was my fault."
Chang Xi slowly shook her head, her expression indifferent.
"My sister often said," her voice was cold, a hint of reminiscence flashing in her eyes, "That everything we sisters have is a gift from the Dao Venerable. Without the Dao Venerable, we might have perished long ago."
She paused, her eyes slightly unfocused, "Serving the Dao Venerable was a choice my sister and I made willingly. My sister... had no regrets."
Lin Tian took a deep breath, looked at Chang Xi, and solemnly said, "Don't worry. I promised your sister that from now on, as long as I, Lin Tian, have a breath left, I will ensure your safety and protect you. This is the promise I made to her, and it is also my promise to you."
Chang Xi listened quietly, her face expressionless; she simply bowed slightly.
"Nuwa," Lin Tian said, his voice still weak but carrying an undeniable authority, "If you, who govern the Human Way, were to condense even a wisp of Human Way Primordial Chaos Purple Qi, you would grant it to Chang Xi."
Upon hearing this, Empress Nuwa nodded without hesitation and replied, "Yes, Your Dao Venerable. Chang Xi risked her life to save Your Dao Venerable; it is only right that she do so."
Chang Xi was taken aback; she had never considered this before and was about to refuse.
"Dao Venerable, I..."
Lin Tian raised his hand to stop her, looking at her gently. "Chang Xi, this is what you deserve. Your sister entrusted you to me, and I will not only protect you, but also help you go further on this path."
He paused, a hint of guilt in his voice. "It's just a pity... we arrived too late. If we had come earlier... perhaps..."
Chang Xi nodded, bowed respectfully, and said, "Thank you Dao Venerable."