Chapter 100: The Opportunity to Understand the Origin

Chapter 100: The Opportunity to Understand the Origin

On the city wall, Zhang Sheng and Chen Jiao were both weak, yet their eyes shone with vibrant colors.

"The one I've always admired the most is our leader, the White Emperor of the human race. But now, I must add another person to that list—you, Young Hero!" Zhang Sheng looked at Qi Yuan with utmost respect.

Chen Jiao was also deeply moved.

He never imagined that the powerful demon army, capable of annihilating the Song Clan Army, would meet its end at the hands of Qi Yuan alone.

"Cough, cough... Such a heroic feat deserves a drink!" Chen Jiao, imitating the boldness of a wandering hero, raised a wine bowl with his single arm and poured it into his mouth. The fresh blood dripping from the corners of his mouth dyed the wine red.

At this moment, Qi Yuan had returned to the city wall.

Looking at the two men, who were like candles in the wind, he asked, "Since you're about to die, is there any mission that can be triggered?"

What he wanted to ask was if they had any regrets.

If he had the time or convenience, he might not refuse this task.

"Before I die, I can see the Young Hero slaughtering the demon army. I have no regrets in this life," Zhang Sheng said. The colors in his eyes were rapidly fading. "The Young Hero should be a supreme overlord, there's no need to be confined to... Unyielding City.

Unyielding City is just the hope of the Great Xia people, not the hope of all under heaven."

"Young Hero, you can go to other cities; there are also our fellow humans there," he added.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan remained silent.

"My family's pig..." Chen Jiao started to say, but he lacked the strength to finish. Leaning against the wall, he couldn't even move. He raised the wine bowl, still stained with blood, as if to offer it to Qi Yuan, but in the end, he couldn't lift it.

The wind blew, causing the military flags to flutter, and the half-open wine jar emitted a fragrant aroma. The two men seemed drunk, and there was no more movement.

Qi Yuan looked at the two men, and at the countless lives like them, thinking that his life was also fleeting.

"If I remember correctly, there are three stages of death."

"The first stage is brain death, where the body's functions cease."

"The second stage is social death, where a funeral is held, identity documents are canceled, and the world is informed of the person's passing."

"The third stage is when the body returns to dust, and the person is forgotten by everyone."

"You two are very lucky. I'm destined to become a supreme existence like a Great Luo Jinxian, living as long as the heavens. I'll remember you both."

As Qi Yuan spoke, he picked up the wine bowl from Chen Jiao's hand, which still had a trace of blood in it.

He took a sip; it was sour, mixed with a hint of blood.

"This is truly hard to drink!"

He glanced at the two men and then sat back on the city wall.

"Xiao Jia."

He called out.

Xiao Jia appeared, obediently holding onto his sleeve.

He embraced her, and the two sat atop the city wall, gazing at the sandstorm.

Qi Yuan slowly recovered his energy.

He was very strong.

But slaying the demon army had also consumed a lot of his strength.

Currently, his level was still low, making it a bit challenging to defeat the demon army.

Not to mention venturing outside.

If he encountered a powerful enemy, it would be a case of dying before accomplishing his mission.

Of course, staying in Unyielding City might also bring danger.

Five days later, another demon army appeared.

Qi Yuan once again held the broken sword, merged with Xiao Jia, and charged into the demon army.

Wine cannot dispel worries; what can? It's only... Kill, kill, kill, kill!

...

Time flew by, and the night sky turned pitch-black. On the walls of Unyielding City, the military flag of Great Xia fluttered in the wind.

"It's been half a year since we last saw any intelligent life."

After Zhang Sheng and Chen Jiao's deaths, no new intelligent life had come to Unyielding City.

Instead, the demon armies kept attacking at regular intervals.

Each time, the demon army was stronger than the last, though the increase in strength was limited.

"I'm at level fifty-nine now. The next time the monsters come, I'll be level sixty."

Qi Yuan thought, embracing Xiao Jia.

When he reached level fifty, he hadn't awakened any new minor skill.

So, at level sixty, would he be unable to awaken a major skill?

Suddenly, in the pitch-black night, a slightly helpless voice reached Qi Yuan's ears.

"Am I that ugly? Why haven't you come to see me in all these years?"

The voice was familiar; Qi Yuan had heard it in the Flowing Wind Realm.

It was Ning Tou.

The last time, he hadn't responded.

This time, his consciousness turned inward, entering the flesh and blood bound by eighteen chains.

He looked over and saw Ning Tou not far away, seemingly asleep, her small body curled up. There was still a trace of unshed tears at the corner of her eye.

"Even at the Supreme Being stage, she's still sleeping," Qi Yuan thought to himself. "Sleeping is one thing, but she's even talking in her sleep."

At this moment, Ning Tou suddenly opened her eyes in her sleep, her cold face showing a hint of aversion. "Husband, you're here."

"I've said it many times. I'm not your husband, and you're not my wife."

"Don't you recognize your little wife? Do you want to recognize me as your mother instead?" Ning Tou's lips curved into a smile.

"This conversation is impossible," Qi Yuan sighed, then asked, "Why is there no starry sky in the Flowing Wind Realm?"

He was very curious.

He had asked Zhang Sheng and Chen Jiao but hadn't asked Ning Tou.

Upon hearing this, Ning Tou's face showed surprise. "You're not a Supreme Being?"

If he were, he would know why.

Qi Yuan looked at Ning Tou. "Did I say I was a Supreme Being? I'm just a small Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"No, you're a Supreme Being!" Ning Tou remembered. In the beginning, when she was surrounded, it was Qi Yuan who had used his Origin Divine Ability to slay several powerful cultivators.

Since he was the Supreme Being, why didn't he know that there were no stars beyond the sky?

Her eyes flashed with horror, "You're not a cultivator of this realm!"

Qi Yuan, upon hearing this, wanted to shrug but realized he had no shoulders, "You're a pretty smart NPC, to have figured out that I'm a player."

Ning Tou looked at Qi Yuan, her thoughts were unclear, but she calmed down, "So, you didn't come to see me because you couldn't come to this world?"

"It's because I don't want to see you," Qi Yuan bluntly stated.

"My husband, you're so contradictory," said Ning Tou, dressed in a black dress, as she approached Qi Yuan with a charming smile, as if knowing Qi Yuan's identity made her very happy.

"You still haven't told me why there are no stars in the night sky of this realm," Qi Yuan tried to steer the conversation back on track.

"Because the Flowing Wind Realm... is a Land of Divine Abandonment."

"Land of Divine Abandonment?" Qi Yuan was a bit confused.

Ning Tou stared at Qi Yuan and murmured, "Without the sun and moon, it is a land of divine abandonment."

"In the land of divine abandonment, demonic thoughts arise, thus becoming a demon."

"Is this how demons are created?" Qi Yuan was perplexed.

"My husband really doesn't know? It seems my husband is not from the Flowing Wind Realm after all."

Doesn't that mean I misunderstood my husband, and I inadvertently summoned him to our Flowing Wind Realm, trapping him here? It's all my fault!"

"Since you know, why don't you let me go? And then bow to me in apology?" Qi Yuan said.

If Ning Tou were to release him.

This mass of flesh and blood would crawl and roll away towards No Return City.

This flesh and blood looked like a valuable item.

It's best to keep it close by for further study to determine what it is.

"Release you?" Ning Tou narrowed her eyes as if pondering, and suddenly a strand of gold flashed in her pupils, "I can't possibly let you go!"

Qi Yuan heard this and felt a bit helpless.

Ning Tou continued, "My husband, do you know that in the north, the Supreme Lord is searching for a demon named Blood Demon.

The Supreme Lord once said that this demon will harm the world and bring disaster to all living beings, making it the greatest enemy of the Flowing Wind Realm.

The Supreme Lord issued a decree that anyone who encounters the Blood Demon must be killed without mercy!"

"And then?" Qi Yuan was puzzled.

Ning Tou looked at the flesh and blood bound by eighteen chains, and her eyes showed even more apprehension, "My husband, don't you think that you are the Blood Demon from the legends?"

"Supreme Lord?"

...

"Blood Demon, what is it?" Qi Yuan left the underground palace of the Heart of Heaven Palace and returned to No Return City.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind.

"Could it be that the final boss of this world is the mass of flesh and blood I'm inhabiting?"

"In the final battle, I'll be fighting myself?"

Qi Yuan felt a bit dazed by this game's setup.

Holding Xiao Jia, he leaped off the city wall, dug a large pit, and buried himself and Xiao Jia underground.

At that moment, in the Great Xia Imperial Court.

The young emperor's face now carried a hint of majesty, and he sat on the dragon throne, his expression constantly shifting.

Finally, he spoke in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, Great Xia is unable to raise an army to support No Return City."

The emperor never expected that the Song Clan Army he had sent initially would persist until now.

The Great Xia military flag had been flying over No Return City for half a year.

Such a situation had never occurred in Great Xia since the North-South Pact.

The emperor even suspected that something might have happened in No Return City.

He knew that the Song Clan Army led by Yuan Qiong had almost no chance of survival.

To have held out for half a year was impossible.

After all, the neighboring Da Sui had a Nation Guardian stationed in Kalan City, and they sent reinforcements to Kalan City at regular intervals.

Yet, the Song Clan Army led by Yuan Qiong didn't even have a single Overlord.

How could they have held out for half a year?

There must have been some unforeseen circumstances in No Return City.

Unfortunately, Great Xia was too far from No Return City, and their reach was limited.

Great Xia couldn't organize another army to send to No Return City.

The Great Xia emperor was very curious, but he understood that as an emperor, he had to suppress his curiosity.

Otherwise, his curiosity might cost the lives of hundreds or even thousands.

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Yuan Qi said with determination, "Your Majesty, I'm willing to resign from my position as the palace commander and go to No Return City!"

The emperor looked at Yuan Qi with a sigh, "In the Yuan family, you're the only son left."

Yuan Qi's father had also perished in No Return City.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Qi lifted his head with determination, "The soldiers guarding No Return City have also been away from home for half a year, unable to taste the fragrance of their hometown's daughter for the same duration. I'm willing to go and deliver wine to them!

I'm willing to join my fellow soldiers in No Return City and defend it together."

Yuan Qi knelt and suddenly knocked his head on the ground.

The young emperor was deeply moved by this gesture.

A sense of sorrow spread in his heart, "Unfortunately, I won't live to see the victory of the North-South Pact."

The North-South Pact could span hundreds or even thousands of years.

The soldiers who had perished could be said to have sacrificed themselves even if they hadn't gone to reinforce No Return City; the North-South Pact wouldn't have ended so quickly.

But they still went.

In No Return City, countless new graves appeared.

Some of them belonged to Zhang Sheng and Chen Jiao.

Qi Yuan sat atop the city wall as he had in the past.

After an unknown amount of time, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Did another monster come to die?"

"Unfortunately, these monsters are too stupid, unable to communicate."

"Otherwise, since they're going to die anyway, I could communicate with them in advance, ask them to line up, and I could cut them down one by one.

The process would be different, but the outcome wouldn't change much.

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Qi Yuan's slender figure leaped down from the city wall, kicking up a cloud of yellow sand upon landing. As he stood up, his height soared to ten meters, his body clad in blood-red armor, and he wielded a massive blood-red broken sword.

He resembled a colossal blood-armored warrior, brandishing a giant sword as he charged into the midst of the demon horde.

"A mere thousand demons, with the strongest only at level 50, is this all?" Qi Yuan was like a fierce tiger among chickens, his longsword swinging relentlessly.

Wherever he passed, all demons were slain by his hand.

His experience bar surged wildly.

Suddenly, a notification rang in Qi Yuan's ears.

【You have reached level 60. You have obtained an opportunity to gain insight into the origin. Do you wish to use it?】

Qi Yuan's mind raced with various thoughts.

He hadn't expected that every thirty levels, instead of awakening a powerful skill, he would gain an opportunity to gain insight into the origin.

Qi Yuan already had some understanding of the term 'origin'.

However, at this moment, he couldn't afford to think further.

The demon horde was still before him.

"Kill!"

Qi Yuan wielded his sword with renewed vigor.

He wanted to quickly eliminate the demon horde and see what this so-called insight into the origin was all about.

He charged into the midst of the horde, his attacks were godlike.

...

In a distant land, the Demon Controller Mi Sang wore a puzzled expression: "Cai Xia, has Nowhere City failed again?"

A woman named Cai Xia also looked surprised: "Behind Nowhere City is the Great Xia Kingdom, a small country without even a single Overlord."

"The demon horde sent to conquer Nowhere City should have destroyed it by now."

Currently, their team of Demon Controllers considered Galacia City their greatest enemy.

As for the takeover of Nowhere City, it wasn't under the control of the Demon Controllers but was entirely left to the demons themselves.

Usually, it should have been an easy conquest.

But this time, after half a year, they still hadn't succeeded.

Mi Sang had only recently discovered this.

"Could it be that someone is supporting Nowhere City, perhaps Galacia City?" Mi Sang wondered.

"Galacia City can't even protect itself, and they dare send support to Nowhere City? That's seeking their own demise!" Cai Xia spoke with disdain.

"After some time, you will lead a small team of Overlord-level demons to Nowhere City and take it," Mi Sang instructed. "Regardless of who is in charge there, they must die."

"It's just that we didn't pay attention to this small city, allowing them to sneakily hold it for half a year."

"Now that we've noticed, they still dare to occupy it? That's asking for death!" Cai Xia's battle intent soared.

...

After slaughtering all the demons, Qi Yuan's body grew weary. He blew away the blood on his broken sword.

Qi Yuan returned to Nowhere City.

"There shouldn't be any demon horde for about five days."

"I should go and see what this insight into the origin is all about."

Qi Yuan returned to Nowhere City and found a secluded, safe spot.

He whispered, "Use."

【The longer the time spent gaining insight, the better the result.

Note: Regardless of the duration, the time spent gaining insight is the same.】

Upon seeing this notification, Qi Yuan understood.

He also heaved a sigh of relief.

If he gained insight for too long, and some demon minions sneaked into Nowhere City, it would be a huge loss for him.

Now it seemed that this worry was unnecessary.

【Insight begins.】

As the notification sounded, Qi Yuan's consciousness became blurred.

When his consciousness cleared again, he felt that his state was somewhat peculiar.

It was as if he was facing the sun, standing atop the heavens.

But at this moment, he wasn't suspended in the heavens; he was standing on a mountain peak.

He had transformed into a drop of blood, or perhaps a clump of blood, the size of a marble.

This drop of blood stood atop the mountain peak.

When Qi Yuan looked up at the sky, he saw a door appear in the firmament.

What kind of door was this?

Qi Yuan couldn't describe it; he couldn't even find the right words.

But he knew it was a door.

As the door appeared, Qi Yuan also felt several powerful auras rising, seemingly trying to enter the door.

Unfortunately, before these powerful auras could even touch the door, they shattered into fragments.

That door seemed like the most terrifying thing in the world.

Anyone who touched it would surely die.

"Is this the origin?"

Qi Yuan gazed at the door, observing intently.

The door didn't have a fixed shape; it seemed to be in a constant state of change.

【The Gate of Ten Thousand Varieties, the Unknown Gate.】

Even with Qi Yuan's sight, he could only learn the name of the door; no other information was available.

He knew this was due to his limited knowledge.

He kept his gaze fixed on the door.

After an unknown amount of time, a voice like a hundred birds sounded in Qi Yuan's ear.

"Oh my, how did a little neighbor appear next to my home?

Wow, it's so ugly, round and red.

Living here will lower the average looks of our Nine Plateaus Peak."

Qi Yuan immediately looked over, and beside him was a small, delicate-looking bird, adorned extravagantly.

"You're the ugly one!" Qi Yuan couldn't bear having his proud looks criticized.

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