A Civilization That Established a Consciousness Barrier

Self-Deliverance Great Vow, Bai Qiuran secluded herself at home for many days.

If it were just a failure, that would be one thing. The most crucial thing was that his long-term running partner, his beloved apprentice Tang Ruowei, had also gone ahead of him to the other side of their dreams. This feeling of seeing his steadfast partner betray the revolution made Bai Qiuran feel even more heartbroken.

About three months later, the Red Dust Immortal Elder suddenly came to visit, carrying a long-unseen figure.

"Hey, Old Bai!"

The Soulfire in Wisdom Immortal's eye sockets flickered, and sparks shot upwards from the soul flames.

"I heard you failed to Foundation Establishment again. What's wrong? So your ability to Consciousness Demon is useless to you now?"

Bai Qiuran waved his hand, signaling the Red Dust Immortal Elder to step aside, then kicked Wisdom Immortal away with a flying kick.

He kicked Wisdom Immortal so far that it's unclear how far, but Wisdom Immortal traveled with all her might and it took her three days to return to him.

"Stop joking, stop joking."

Seeing Bai Qiuran raise her leg again, Wisdom Immortal, whose eyes had somehow gotten two bat-like eyes, quickly begged for mercy, "I came to see you because I have something important to tell you, um, Immortal Emperor Mo Chen."

"Exist."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder took out a thick stack of papers from his sleeve and handed them to Bai Qiuran.

What is this thing?

Bai Qiuran took it curiously and asked.

"When you first entered the Consciousness Domain, didn't you discover a destroyed ancient Ancient City in that desolate Material World?"

Wisdom Immortal took flight and slowly circled around Bai Qiuran's body.

"This is something I translated with the help of a group of experts in the Immortal Realm, and it took me quite a while. The secrets recorded in it really satisfied my curiosity."

Bai Qiuran took the stack of translated manuscripts, walked into the courtyard, sat down, and quietly began to read.

The translation above records the final resistance a civilization made in the face of an irresistible disaster. From this record, Bai Qiuran learned some of the origins of that Consciousness Barrier.

In fact, Bai Qiuran had pondered the origin of the Consciousness Barrier long before he learned of its existence. Similarly, the First Immortal Emperor Bai Li, Le Zhentian, and the Immortal Emperor Shuhua had all considered this question.

At that time, their immediate concern was the Consciousness Demons that had escaped from the other side of the Consciousness Barrier, so they had no time to think about it in detail. Now that the Immortal Realm has a way to completely eliminate the Consciousness Demon, the work of investigation and deciphering has begun.

"According to the records here, this civilization did indeed build some kind of barrier on the eve of its demise, as a last-ditch effort."

After reading it, Bai Qiuran handed the translated material to the Red Dust Immortal Elder.

"However, this record only mentions it briefly, and it's mostly a reminiscence of their own civilization. What is disaster? What is a barrier? And what is their civilization? None of that is mentioned here. Moreover, this record is incomplete. Based on it alone, we cannot confirm that the barrier they mentioned is the same one that blocks the Void River and surrounds the entire Consciousness Domain Consciousness Barrier. Because for a civilization, a barrier could be Consciousness Barrier, or it could simply be a city wall."

"That's true, but we've basically confirmed that the civilization that wrote this record is the same one that established the Consciousness Barrier."

Wisdom Immortal said with certainty.

How was that determined?

Bai Qiu and Tu Shuran were somewhat curious.

"Back when you stayed in that Material World, you boasted to me that you'd be able to translate it in no time. It's been almost a century, and you've only just finished organizing this record."

"That's exactly what I was about to say. Actually, over the past hundred years, I haven't just stayed in one place. After the Immortal Emperor of the Mortal World arrived, I asked him to take me around. The Immortal Emperor of Le Zhentian assigned us an exploration team. We explored along the edge of the consciousness barrier within the realm of consciousness and discovered many more ruins of destroyed civilizations."

Wisdom Immortal explained, "For nearly a hundred years, I have been studying those Ruin. Based on our investigation, we have confirmed that these Ruin and the Ruin left in the Material World near the gap when we entered belong to the same civilization. This is why I suspect that this civilization is the one that established the Consciousness Barrier."

"Oh? So what did you find out from your investigation?"

Bai Qiuran asked, "On the eve of a civilization's demise, choosing to build a barrier—is this civilization trying to prevent anything from the outside from entering its Consciousness Domain, or to prevent anything within its Consciousness Domain from escaping...? Is what they're trying to guard against Consciousness Demon?"

If the thing that destroyed this ancient civilization that established Consciousness Barrier was the Consciousness Demon, then it would be the best news for the Immortal Realm. Currently, apart from the escaped Taste Desire Venerable, all the other Six Desires Consciousness Demons have been killed by the Immortal Realm. The remaining ones are not much of a threat, and the extinction of the Consciousness Demon race is only a matter of time.

"Unfortunately, that's not the case."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder shared similar thoughts with Bai Qiuran.

"Based on our investigation, what they need to guard against comes from outside the Consciousness Barrier."

"Then this investigation can't just be abandoned like this."

Bai Qiuran out a long sigh.

"What a pity! I finally have some free time to spend with my daughter."

"Grandmaster, there's no need to worry. It's just a small investigation; there's no need for you to personally intervene."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder chuckled and said, "The Wisdom Immortal and our experts have already created a textual comparison table for this civilization. Using that table, our experts in the Immortal Realm can naturally deduce the civilization's written records. Even if there are unfamiliar characters, they can still deduce them by referring to the table."

"Perhaps, perhaps it's because I've recently Thought Imprint on myself."

Bai Qiuran sighed, "I also want to find something to do to relieve my depressed mood... Besides, do you really think that an existence capable of forcing a civilization with the ability to establish Consciousness Barrier and Consciousness Domain to the brink of destruction isn't worth our Immortal Realm's all-out effort to deal with?"

"Grandmaster's teachings are correct."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder bowed his head in response.

"So, where have you gotten to in your recent exploration work?"

"We are currently in the original realm of the Thought Desire Venerable. My sister-in-law has also helped us a bit, pointing out some landmarks within the Consciousness Domain. We are already close to the boundary of the other side of the Consciousness Domain."

The master's sister-in-law is Lou Yueming. When the Immortal Emperor Shuhua was wandering in the Consciousness Domain, he discovered the boundary of the Consciousness Domain on the other side, so it is not surprising that Lou Yueming knows it.

"The border? The other side of the border... Come to think of it, it seems that the Taste Desire Venerable also fled in that direction."

Bai Qiuran clapped her hands.

"How about I accompany you and escort you? I can also call Lan'er along. She's been really upset about losing track of the Taste Desire Venerable. This time, let's see if we can find any clues about that Consciousness Demon being."