Jiang Chen smiled faintly.
It was good that it helped.
If once wasn't enough, then they'd try twice. If twice wasn't enough, then three times!
Jiang Chen suspected that if Houtu could fully attain enlightenment this time, it would be a major event that shook the entire Heavenly Dao in the Primordial World!
It would be no less significant than his creation of the Human Dao!
"Continue?"
Jiang Chen asked.
"Mm-hmm!"
The two of them once again sank into their minds...
In her second life... Jiang Chen was once again a Sacred Body.
The difference was that this time, he had a family member by his side, and the two depended on each other.
"Brother... Do you think my Ghost Face Mask is scary?" The little girl was only three or four years old, yet her eyes were incredibly clear, filled with the purest innocence in all the world.
Just like Houtu's eyes, they were the purest things in the world.
"Brother, come play hide-and-seek with Nannan..."
"Brother, Nannan's so hungry and cold..."
The youth's expression shifted with emotion as he held the tiny body tightly in his arms.
Though their days were poor and difficult, the two of them shared plenty of laughter.
Until... one day, someone took the youth away.
Houtu furrowed her brow, as if she had lost something important.
The Book World was far too real. It had actually swayed her will!
She awoke beneath the Enlightenment Tree. Seeing Jiang Chen seated beside her, she settled down and once again entered a state of enlightenment.
The Primordial Enlightenment Dao Tree kept people in a profound state of enlightenment almost constantly.
It would be no exaggeration to call it the greatest Dao-root in the Primordial World.
Even the Chaos treasure, the Creation Jade Butterfly, could not be said to be more effective than it.
But... when Houtu entered enlightenment again and followed Jiang Chen's imprint back to that timeline,
her heart suddenly clenched.
"Divine Blood, Buddhist Blood, Demonic Blood, and Saint Blood—all of it was poured over me... Dying doesn't matter, but what will happen to my little sister? She's still so young. I can't bear to leave her behind..."
Her body jolted, and blood streaked through her pupils.
She wanted to run forward, but found her body weak and cold, her frame so small.
Powerless...
She could only watch helplessly as her brother died!
Gradually, Houtu's vision went black, and she found herself in a void, surrounded by cold.
Fortunately, there was a trace of warmth here. It was Jiang Chen.
"Brother!" Houtu cried out almost instinctively, reaching out to touch Jiang Chen's face.
What had just happened felt so real to her that she believed it had truly happened, while everything before her now was an illusion.
She was a Quasi-Saint!
She could see through any illusion!
How could she have been taken in?
"The emotions in a book are shaped by each reader's heart. Ten thousand people will have ten thousand different feelings. If you can't tell illusion from reality, it only means you're close to understanding..." Jiang Chen said tenderly. His efforts had paid off; he was truly about to dispel that wisp of haze in Houtu's heart.
"Little sister, do you still want to continue?"
Houtu fell silent...
Close to understanding?
Did she still want to continue?
Did she want to see that scene again?
The pain had felt as if she were experiencing it herself.
"I want to continue!" Gradually, determination flashed in Houtu's eyes.
She wanted to continue. She wanted to find a way to change what had happened!
"Good!"
Jiang Chen didn't refuse in the slightest.
In any case, he couldn't find a quick way to resolve the immense karma within him. He might as well accompany Houtu through that final, transcendent step.
If Houtu could transcend and rise above, it would bring immense benefits to the Human Race and to him.
Then the two of them sank into slumber again...
But this time, their slumber was deep.
In Houtu's heart, unless she found a way to rescue her brother, she would never dispel that wisp of haze!
That was an obsession!
Sages could attain the Dao by severing their Three Corpses, or by making a grand vow.
But with an obsession in one's heart, how could it be so easy to move on?
It was a vast chasm separating a Sage from an ant!
Millennium Period, Heavenly Abyss Collapses [Begging for flower gifts and tips]
Rumble!!!
Deep within the Human Race Forbidden Zone, at the bottom of the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss, Chaos mists swirled. The world grew obscure and incomparably dark.
After a tremendous rumble, the entire Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss began to sink into lifeless stillness. The Chaos Qi stopped surging and began to recede.
The Heavenly Chasm towered high, and the abyss plunged deep. It had remained this way for nearly a thousand years.
Everyone in the entire Primordial World knew of its existence.
Back then, Jiang Chen, the Human Emperor, had cleaved through eternity with a single sword strike, creating a world that separated the Primordial World from the Human World.
None but Sages could enter.
Powerful demons had once tried to enter the Human Race Forbidden Zone, but in the end, they could not cross that Chaos-filled Heavenly Chasm and unfathomable abyss.
Some demons refused to accept this and tried to force their way through, only to be annihilated within the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss.
Even the mighty Demon Clan could do nothing to the Human Race Forbidden Zone.
The Ancestral Witches of the Wu Clan had also spent hundreds of years waiting, longing for Houtu and hoping to open the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss and bring her out.
Unfortunately, the Chaos stretching across the heavens blocked their way. Unless they were Sages, they could never overcome the Means of a Sage.
If not for the fact that Houtu's soul lamp remained lit within the Wu Clan, showing no signs of change,
and if the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss in the Human Race Forbidden Zone had not existed for only a thousand years, how could the unrestrained Wu Clan have held back for so long?
A thousand years without entering the Human Race Forbidden Zone?
Now, the Millennium Period was about to arrive.
Even the Chaos Qi in the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss had begun to grow violent and chaotic.
From below came a faint tolling of a bell, as if it had rung out from the most ancient era, before the world was created. It was utterly terrifying.
Figures appeared one after another outside the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss.
Among them were mighty experts from the Wu and Demon Clans!
Each stood tall enough to reach the heavens, looking down on all things as the space around them collapsed.
There were also the Blood Sea's Ming He and Zhen Yuanzi, the Ancestor of Earth Immortals, powerful figures who had not joined either the Wu or Demon Clan.
Besides them, several of the Sages were watching the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss through their divine thoughts.
For a thousand years, they had kept in mind Dao Ancestor Hongjun's words: the Human Dao and Heavenly Dao existed side by side.
On top of that, the place was protected by the Means of a Sage, so they could not meddle with it at will.
All the strongest forces in the Primordial World had emerged!
After a thousand years of seclusion, they had gathered once again—and once again, it was because of the Human Race!
For a time, the Primordial World trembled.
The Heavenly Chasm exploded! The Great Abyss was buried!
The Human Dao's rules and order within the Chaos Qi shattered one after another!
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