Deeply Hidden Terror

"A terrifying monster!? Devouring the entire world!?"

Yinglong's words caused Gu Jinlai's pupils to shrink sharply.

Not only him, but Mu Changsheng was also somewhat incredulous.

This Yinglong, who called himself Yingfeng, never told them these things.

"My kin, and those who lived in the same era as me, became aware of the existence of this terrifying life form and have all left this world. As for me... I'm too old to run anymore, and too lazy to keep running. So, I plan to live out my days in this world that gave me birth, and be buried in the earth with it when it dies..."

"Realized by the existence of this terrifying life form?"

Gu Jinlai suddenly said, "The divine beasts known as the innate sacred beasts left and disappeared from this world in large numbers a thousand years ago. There are different opinions about the disappearance of the innate divine beasts. Some people say that the innate divine beasts were afraid of the power of the creator and hid in the deep mountains and forests. Others say that the innate divine beasts were almost all killed or injured by the creator. But none of these statements make sense."

His thoughts cleared suddenly. "Firstly, if the innate divine beasts hid in the deep mountains and forests because they feared the power of the Creator, why didn't they appear after the Creator disappeared? Furthermore, the claim that the innate divine beasts were hunted down and killed by the Creator is untenable..."

Gu Jinlai: "Among the innate divine beasts, there are many powerful beings that even the Creator finds difficult to subdue. If they were to truly unite, it wouldn't be the divine beast race that should be destroyed, but rather the Creator himself..."

Are there really so many different opinions?

Yinglong seemed to be pondering something. "But... those monsters, although not as terrifying as the beings hidden deep in the world, are... impossible to kill. As long as that terrifying life form is not extinguished, the battle cannot be won. Therefore, they have no choice but to leave."

Unkillable...

The memories of Aries, the ruling planet, have been summarized Gu Jinlai.

Creators are indeed difficult to kill unless their spiritual bodies are destroyed.

But...

Even the most powerful innate divine beasts cannot penetrate deep into the spirit realm to completely kill the spirit body of a creator.

Because...

The spirit world is the domain of the Creators.

At this moment, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly said, "A thousand years ago, the Celestial Master civilization suffered a great upheaval. The actions of the creators in dividing the spirit world seemed to have triggered some kind of disaster in the spirit world, causing all the creators who had incarnated as spirit world beings, as well as the Three-Step Celestial Lords who happened to be wandering in the spirit world, to perish, thus ending the glory of the Celestial Master civilization. This is related to that terrifying life form hidden deep in the world!"

"Perhaps some of their actions affected the spread of that vast net... or perhaps they sensed something was wrong, or perhaps some of their actions angered that terrifying being... and so it unleashed a storm in the spirit world, annihilating all the beings you called creators..."

As the ancient Yinglong spoke, a hint of awe appeared in its cloudy eyes. "Truly terrifying power... It was precisely because we sensed this terrifying power that we realized such horror was hidden deep within this world. It was also because we sensed this terrifying power that we realized we could not defeat it even after hundreds or thousands of years. Therefore, we had no choice but to leave this homeland that nurtured us..."

"It would be difficult to defeat them even after hundreds or thousands of years..."

Gu Jinlai looked at the Yinglong, he seemed to realize something, and his pupils suddenly contracted sharply.

After a long pause, he said in a somewhat hoarse voice, "According to ancient records, a thousand years ago there existed terrifying beings similar to Zhulong, Kunpeng, Chaos, and Dijiang. These beings... were probably even stronger than the current Immortal Lords..."

"You don't understand how powerful that terrifying life form is."

Yinglong sighed, "The ultimate destination of your path—the Creator—is merely a tool it created to eliminate those who might spy on you..."

"Tool!?"

A flash of inspiration struck me, Gu Jinlai.

In an instant, all the mysteries surrounding the Creator seemed to be unveiled.

Why don't even the Creators know how they broke through the Creator's control?

Why is there such a huge difference between the Heavenly Ruler and the Creator, almost like two different species?

Why does the Creator's spirit form seem to be bound by some force, even after descending into the material world, still being drawn back to the spirit realm...?

Now, with Yinglong mentioning that terrifying being deep within the spirit realm, all my doubts have been answered.

Even the reason why the Primordial True Person left the warning "Do not become a spirit" in the spirit world seems to have an explanation.

He "saw" that terrifying monster and also "saw" the truth of the so-called path of the Creator, which is why he mustered all his strength to leave him the warning "Do not become spiritualized".

Gu Jinlai took them quite a while to process this news.

This is reminiscent of the naturally restrained goals of the creator system...

"Those who are watching, are you referring to the Demonic Spirit?"

"Demonic Spirit!? There might also be cultivators, and us innate deities..."

Yinglong Road.

Gu Jinlai, those who have heard the words of this divine beast have had to admit that the Creator is almost the enemy of all life.

Or perhaps they touched upon another realm and launched a dimensional attack on them from that higher realm, so that even powerful immortals could only resist the erosion of the Void Beasts and the Spirit Realm, and they could not kill any creator.

Thinking of that terrifying being's ultimate goal: to devour all the spirituality of the world...

He looked at the ancient divine beast again. "The Demon Realm is desolate, like a dead world. Could it be that it is the culprit that caused the Demon Realm's destruction?! Is there any way for us to avoid this fate?"

"I'm too old, I'm about to die, and I can't remember many things anymore."

As Yinglong spoke, the divine light in his eyes gradually dimmed. "That terrifying life form is like a terror hidden in the deepest part of the ocean. Even if it only reveals the tip of the iceberg, it is enough to make us, the beings called innate saints, tremble from the bottom of our hearts... Do not try to fight against it, provoke it, or anger it. The only way out for civilization is to escape it far away."

"Is He in the deepest part of the spirit world?"

Gu Jinlai, he carefully recalled the memories of the Aries Star Lord: "But in the spirit world, it seems that His existence was not detected."

"A thousand years ago, before He caused the storm, we were also unable to glimpse His true face..."

Yinglong raised his head slightly and looked at the sky. "Just like how mortals can't see Demonic Spirit, perhaps it's because the difference in their levels is too great, so great that they can't even 'see' where His true form is?"

The ancient divine beast looked at the Gu Jinlai and present with a heavy and sighing expression, "Leave, take the spark of civilization with you, and without disturbing that terror, take as many spirits of life as possible, and leave this world that is destined to die."

After saying that, it seemed to feel a deep weariness, looking as if it wouldn't live for many more centuries, and closed its eyes.

No matter how much wind and rain it suffers, or how much blood it bleeds and flesh it cuts, it seems impossible to make it move even a fraction of a second.

"Without disturbing that terror, bring as many living beings as possible..."

The "spirit of life" mentioned by the mythical beast is similar to "spiritual mechanism".

The Gu Jinlai of the immortal kingdoms indiscriminately collecting spiritual energy to nurture the Heavenly Dao sends a chill down my spine. "If too much spiritual energy is absorbed... will it awaken that terrifying being?!"

Yinglong remained silent, and the spiritual fluctuations emanating from it were reduced to the lowest level. People could not detect its existence by sensing it alone; they would only regard it as a rock or a mound.

Especially since it seemed to have been motionless for so long, and its body appeared to be covered with moss, it provided a natural layer of protection and camouflage.

They have stood in the same place for a long time, from Gu Jinlai.

He needed to sort out the thoughts in his mind.

The Realm of Immortality, the Demon Realm, the Realm of Mystic Immortals, and the Realm of Spirits.

Humans, Demonic Spirit, the Myriad Star Sword Sect, and the terrifying monster hidden in the deepest part of the spirit realm.

No!

The creator must also be included on the monster's side.

Or rather, the spiritual body formed by the Creators.

Those spirit bodies belonging to the Creator were tools that monster condensed using the Creator's hand.

However, with the death of the creators, these "lost" spirit bodies became the guardians of that monster. If the beings of the Immortal Realm wanted to drive away and defeat that monster deep in the spirit world, they had to break through the defenses formed by these spirit bodies of the creators.

And this line of defense...

"If we consider the Creator's spirit body as an existence similar to that of Demonic Spirit... the Spirit Lord's body length is between 100 and 300 meters, Devil Master's body length is between 300 and 1,000 meters..."

Gu Jinlai, it is unknown whether the spiritual body of every creator has been as powerful as that of the Lord of Aries.

Or perhaps...

It is stronger than the spirit body of the Aries Star Lord.

But...

Even if we only consider the distance in kilometers, that's equivalent to the most powerful Devil Master.

Since the creation hierarchy was established, how many creators have there been in history?

It's definitely a three-digit number!

Therefore, just breaking through the outer defenses of that terrifying being is equivalent to facing and fighting against hundreds of Devil Masters!?

This scene reminds Gu Jinlai of dungeons in the Blue Star game world.

"Now, whether it's the Immortal Kingdom or the Demon Realm, the most powerful beings are nothing more than the minions beside that terrifying being? And they can summon a whole bunch of minions at any time?"

This is not the most despairing thing.

What's most disheartening is that many people...

They're not even as good as the weakest soldier.

This includes both the present Gu Jinlai.

"Does the Myriad Stars Sword Sect know about this? Does the Immortal Kingdom know about this? Does the Demon Realm know about this?"

From Gu Jinlai present, we speak to ourselves.

But then...

So what if the immortal kingdom knows?

They are incapable of solving the problem.

So what if the Demon Realm and the Myriad Stars Sword Sect know?

They just want to make a quick buck in the world of immortality and then leave.

Once that terrifying being awakens and reaps its harvest from this world, they will have already taken enough spiritual energy and made their escape.

They don't care about life and death in the realm of immortals.

"Now it seems that the Holy Dynasty's approach was actually the most correct one."

There has been a tendency to mock oneself Gu Jinlai.

Just then, he seemed to have thought of something.

But this thought was vague and hard to grasp.

It doesn't matter.

From Gu Jinlai, a beam of clear light was quickly projected onto the consciousness-body figure.

In an instant, my mind cleared, and the vague memories that had just flashed by became incredibly clear.

This memory...

From the True Immortal of the Year Tree.

Or perhaps it was a record from a classic text that the Immortal Suimu had inadvertently "browsed".

"Ten thousand years ago, the world underwent a great change. An evil god invaded, devouring the heavens and earth, causing all things to collapse. The immortals of the Xuanxian Realm responded to the call, defeated the evil god, and restored all life to the world."