The Void Creature wielded its greatsword without fear of the three. It gathered flames, lightning, ice and snow, earth arrows, and raging winds onto the blade, attacking without pause.
For a time, heaven and earth changed color beneath the rolling storm clouds, while the ground was battered into fragments.
Heavenly fire, lightning, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes—races and tribes across the land scattered in flight.
Yet the Void Creature ultimately could not withstand the three joining forces. Its greatsword flew from its grasp, and its body was smashed into pieces as well.
For a hundred thousand years, the four creatures lived amid all manner of battles.
However, in Lu Chen's eyes, those hundred thousand years had brought certain benefits as well. During the struggle between the four creatures, dripping blood gave birth to some special beings.
Fire Phoenix blood formed all kinds of strange demonic beasts; the Void Creature and Candle Dragon gave rise to races that possessed bizarre talents; the human beast gave birth to various human races. These beings taught the human beast organization, strategy, and learning.
From that moment onward, it was no longer a war between four individuals, but a war between four races.
There were no longer vast territories divided between them. Creatures of different races could be found everywhere.
On the final day of those hundred thousand years, it seemed that heaven and earth had reached saturation.
A violent aura shot into the greatsword, which rose into the air on its own and slashed down at the Giant Tree.
The Giant Tree shattered into scattered pieces, turning into pure spiritual energy that dissipated between heaven and earth.
The greatsword struck again, and the originally chaotic world became clear and vast.
The greatsword whirled through the air, turning toward the four newborn demonic beasts.
One slash struck the Void Creature, which immediately turned into various elements and scattered between heaven and earth.
One slash struck Candle Dragon, severing its head. Its blood poured into the roots of the towering Giant Tree.
One slash struck the Fire Phoenix. Its corpse fell, and even more demonic beasts emerged from it.
The final slash was about to strike the human beast. Though the human beast lacked strength, it was cleverer than the others, constantly dodging the greatsword's attacks.
The greatsword seemed enraged and directly gathered all of its violent aura.
A gigantic slash fell straight onto the earth, shattering the world that had taken seven hundred thousand years to form.
The greatsword flew away and vanished into the depths of chaos.
Looking at the shattered world, blood tears streamed from the human beast's eyes, as though it had understood something.
It stretched out both hands, continually scattering the blood of the four demonic beasts across the ruins of heaven and earth.
Then, carrying the corpses of the other three creatures, it followed the greatsword into the depths of chaos.
The Virtual Scene dispersed.
"What was that? That sword looked so familiar. The birth of heaven and earth? Why was it suddenly destroyed?"
Everything that had happened within the Virtual Scene had lasted only a brief ten minutes in Lu Chen's eyes, but the doubts in his heart had only grown more tangled.
"King, keep watching. This has only just begun." Bai Ze spat out blood again, and the Virtual Scene reappeared.
This time, the scene was set a hundred thousand years after the explosion. Within every fragment of the world's ruins, vast new worlds had formed. Every world already possessed all kinds of elements and creatures.
The various creatures that had survived the explosion began to develop. Races, tribes, status, and war continued onward.
The war lasted for seven hundred thousand years. In some worlds, human beasts held dominance; in others, demonic beasts held dominance; in still others, special living beings held dominance.
Development within every world began to diverge, and civilizations and techniques emerged.
On the final day of those seven hundred thousand years, the greatsword returned to this world and slashed down.
The four creatures from before followed behind the greatsword. By now, all four had fully recovered.
The greatsword moved with incredible speed. In a single day, every world was destroyed and returned to chaos.
The greatsword flew once more toward the depths of chaos, and the four creatures vanished along with it.
Lu Chen said, "This feeling... Why do I feel as though someone is controlling this world? Every time its development reaches saturation, war comes. The greatsword returns and destroys every world until nothing remains. And this sword resembles my Primal Chaos Greatsword."
"King, please keep watching. It is not over yet." Bai Ze activated the technique again.
This time was the same as before. This world had already developed into an incomparably vast starfield.
Seven hundred thousand years passed. Just as Lu Chen had expected, the greatsword returned and destroyed every world.
Lu Chen said, "It really seems as though someone is controlling the world's progress. Every seven hundred thousand years, the greatsword is bound to return."
After Lu Chen finished speaking, Bai Ze recreated the Virtual Scene.
This time, what Lu Chen saw was an almost infinite number of worlds. Similar worlds gradually drew closer together, forming new clusters of worlds.
Looking at the world before him, Lu Chen thought of the Myriad Worlds mentioned by that face before.
As they continued to split apart, spiritual energy became dispersed and was no longer enough for all creatures between heaven and earth to use.
In order to survive, a cultivation system began to take shape throughout the worlds, and cultivation civilization developed to great heights.
Ancient creatures had already realized the fate of this world and began seeking every possible solution to resist the greatsword.
On the final day, the worlds were still destroyed.
When Lu Chen looked at the Virtual Scene for the fifth time, the worlds were destroyed.
The sixth time he looked at the Virtual Scene, the worlds were destroyed.
Bang...
The Virtual Scene before Lu Chen's eyes shattered with a thunderous crash.
The demonic beasts around the formation spat out blood. Their spiritual energy could no longer sustain the enormous consumption of their bodies, and they returned to human form.
"What happened to you?"
Lu Chen stepped forward, helped everyone up, and seated them in chairs.
Bai Ze said, "The consumption of our origin Essence Blood is too great. We can no longer sustain the formation's operation."
Lu Chen nodded and continued asking, "We can't keep watching now. What should we do next?"
Bai Ze said, "Actually, it is not that we cannot continue watching. It is that our bloodlines do not contain the final portion of this history either. That final part was erased during a Darkness Riot, and we were sealed within this world, unable to leave."
"The Genesis Era recorded by you humans is merely a substitute for the Darkness Riot."
"We want you to help us recover this part of history. What was erased during that Darkness Riot was not only countless inheritances, but also the method to resist the greatsword. The person our Bai Ze clan has been searching for is you. Only you may be able to save the entire world."
"But..."
Lu Chen understood the importance of this history, but all he wanted now was to find his grandfather. These matters were still far too distant for him.
Bai Ze saw through Lu Chen's thoughts and said, "I know what you need right now. Since we have already called you King, we will naturally fight for you as well. We demonic beasts have consumed too much Essence Blood and cannot fight for the time being."
"But the enemies you encounter at your current strength will, at most, not surpass the Core Condensation Realm. The demonic beasts on the three lower floors will be enough to deal with them. If you need combat strength, you can also use the Spirit Beast Summoning Technique to summon demonic beasts from the three lower floors."
Bai Ze pressed a hand to Lu Chen's brow and passed the Spirit Beast Summoning Technique to him.
"This is the Spirit Beast Summoning Technique used by Lord Beast King. I have engraved it into your mind. With a single thought, silently recite a spirit beast's name, and you can summon it from here."
Lu Chen sensed the summoning technique mark that had appeared within his body and felt somewhat troubled.
He was only an eighteen-year-old village boy. Most of what he knew about the Cultivation World had come from hearsay. If his village had not been destroyed, he might never have left it in his entire life.
All he wanted was a happy and complete household. Yet ever since he turned eighteen, every event he experienced seemed deliberately guiding him toward shouldering some special mission.
On one side was the supreme secret of cultivation; on the other was the happy life of a complete household.
Though he had once wanted to seek the true meaning of cultivation, that had merely been a dream born of youthful recklessness.
Now that dream had become a mission, or perhaps a duty, and Lu Chen simply did not have the courage to shoulder it.
"You have to agree," Red Fox whispered.
"You have to agree," everyone below whispered.
Everyone in the venue watched Lu Chen and Bai Ze. They had placed all their hopes upon Lu Chen.
Demonic beasts were more sensitive to danger than humans. If Lu Chen was unwilling to become the one who sought the ancient memories, then their inheritance would be cut off in this lifetime.
"Bai Ze, can you give me some time to think? I truly cannot make a decision right away." Lu Chen looked up at Bai Ze.
Huff...
"Thank goodness he did not refuse outright."
Seeing that Lu Chen had not directly refused, everyone below let out a long breath.
To these demonic beasts, as long as he had not refused outright, there was still room for discussion.
"Now that you know the reason behind this matter, there is still a long time before heaven and earth are destroyed. That will be enough time for you to consider it."
"Time waits for no one. The most important thing for you now is to obtain control of Beast King's Mansion and increase your strength. We also need to rest and recover our power, preparing to leave and assist you in the future."
With the matter of the Darkness Riot more or less explained, Bai Ze led Lu Chen to the entrance of the fourth floor.
Bai Ze said, "Above are the residences of the five great leaders and Lord Beast King. There is no danger, so you may go up directly."
"King!"
Just as Lu Chen was about to go up, Bai Ze called out to him.
"What is it?"
Bang...
Bai Ze led everyone on the third floor in bowing down and kneeling before Lu Chen, an air of resolute determination radiating from them.
"King! Do not tell anyone what you saw today. The fate of our demonic beast race rests in your hands."
Looking at the expectant eyes of the crowd, Lu Chen was moved. "I will give it serious thought."
With that, Lu Chen turned and climbed the stairs to the fourth floor.
"Farewell, Our King."
Bang...
Everyone once again knelt in Lu Chen's direction.
After seeing Lu Chen ascend to the fourth floor, Golden Giant Dragon rose and walked to Bai Ze's side.
"Bai Ze, do you think what we are doing is right? He is only in the Breath Regulation Realm now."
Bai Ze said, "I was gambling before as well. But when that tree appeared, I already knew that he was the person our Bai Ze clan had been waiting for."
Bai Ze projected the image from his mind. It was completely identical to the scene when Lu Chen had used the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram.
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