Chapter 389: Eternal Chronicle, The End

Chapter 389: Eternal Chronicle, The End

At the edge of the Sea of Burial.

Behind the three pillars, Kong Xuan and the other saints paused in the river of time.

One of the saints warned gravely, "We cannot go deeper; there might be a trap!"

"Right, we should stay here and provide support. That’s safer", someone replied.

Kong Xuan hesitated.

He had some trump cards, and even if he ventured into the Sea of Burial, he wasn’t afraid. But he was still considering whether to follow.

Just as Kong Xuan was hesitating.

From the depths of the Sea of Burial, the Void Emperor emerged, her form shrouded in chaos dissipating to reveal her true appearance—a woman whose beauty rivaled the Moon Deity, yet exuded an aura of killing intent.

Her aura was erratic, clearly indicating she had suffered significant damage.

"Void Emperor! Did you catch up with them?"

"What’s the situation in the depths of the Sea of Burial?"

"Where are the Holy King and the Azure Sovereign?"

The saints pressed, sensing something amiss, as the time was too short.

The Void Emperor didn’t answer the saints. Upon emerging, she suddenly turned to look back.

Behind her, a realm appeared faintly, enveloped in endless chaos. A colossal being resided there, each black scale as large as a star, containing its own universe. Its enormous black wings stretched beyond the boundaries of the realm.

It was a "True Dragon"!

The Ancestor Dragon of the Six Heavens!

Even the saints were taken aback when they saw this true dragon.

From the distant temple, a few True Emperors from beyond the realm couldn’t resist probing, trying to discern the Void Emperor’s true form, but they were immediately shaken and forced to suppress the blood they were about to cough up.

At that moment, the Ancestor Dragon in the Sea of Chaos opened its cold, dark eyes, releasing its long-sealed vital energy. Its wings spanned time and space, causing countless universes to collapse.

"Does the Sea of Burial think it can confine us? We’ve broken through before!"

The Void Emperor coldly shouted, her killing intent surging as she used a forbidden technique. Chaos energy surged wildly, and a pair of true dragon horns on her head unleashed a divine beam capable of cleaving the Grand Cosmos, slicing through the "Three Non-Adhering" Sea of Burial!

It was like a sword cutting through the sea, creating a deep fissure in the Sea of Burial!

Such a feat left the saints trembling in awe.

They had clearly underestimated the most ancient True Emperors of this realm!

In the deepest, silent part of the Sea of Burial, a brilliant light was boiling. Someone was undergoing a Path Opening!

Each thread of light was powerful enough to pierce the starry sky. Guided by the Void Emperor, Cang Qing and the saint emerged from the Path Opening.

Clearly, they had encountered a trap. The Holy King’s body was ablaze, radiating divine light, with Great Dao runes shimmering and captivating the heart.

He didn’t say much, but his aura was formidable, capable of swallowing star rivers and exuding an invincible momentum.

After they emerged, they paused in the universe, turning to lock onto a figure deep in the Sea of Burial.

The saints followed their gaze.

A figure clad in armor stood calmly in the depths.

Beside him, numerous figures with obscure and formidable auras stood.

The saints were stunned. What was going on?

Was there more than one "great being" in the Sea of Burial?!

"All are past illusions. This person’s path is likely the legendary Eternal Chronicle", the Holy King suddenly said, stepping forward coldly, seemingly eager for a fight.

"Eternal Chronicle?" Kong Xuan murmured, suddenly drawing in the chaos energy from the Void Emperor’s side, shocked. "Isn’t this the incomplete scripture those people left behind years ago?! He actually cultivated it? Is it the incomplete scripture or the complete path?"

His words caused a ripple of unease among the saints present.

An ancient saint who had survived from the Five Pillars era asked, "Are you referring to those who came to ‘teach’ us back then?!"

Since the return of the Five Pillars, the infiltration of external forces, and the spread of rumors from the Taoyou lineage, it was said that during the most ancient times of the Five Pillars, outsiders had come to teach and even tried to recruit the Five Pillars into their ranks.

Many saints were aware that this rumor was meant to encourage them to accept the outsiders rather than resist them.

But only those like Kong Xuan, who were born with divine nature, knew that the rumor was true, but it was a composite of two historical periods.

In the earliest times, when the Five Pillars were born, numerous ancient gods and innate spirits also emerged.

It was a primitive era, without laws, morality, order, or war.

Everything followed the path of nature.

Until someone found this realm.

They brought the earliest divine cultivation methods, but also disrupted the order of this world.

In the end, the Five Pillars, along with numerous innate spirits, joined forces to drive them out, establishing the earliest rule.

These people were the first outsiders to come to this realm, attempting to teach, but they didn’t expect that this realm had already given birth to many innate spirits.

Then came the second wave of contact.

This was during the middle period of the Five Pillars’ rule.

The five pillar-level deities had sensed their own limitations and sought to advance further, actively reaching out to the outside world.

This period also saw the explosive emergence of countless intelligent races.

The contact with the outsiders, the Five Pillars’ leniency, and their “experiments” put the realm’s cultivation on a fast track.

And the Eternal Chronicle was one of the precious incomplete scriptures the Five Pillars obtained from the outsiders during this period.

It was said to contain the methods of transcendence, a legacy left by a true transcender, but only in incomplete form.

Cang Qing reached out to stop the saint, "In the Sea of Burial, you cannot match him. This is his home turf. And... he is not alone."

He glanced deeply into the depths of the Sea of Burial and whispered, "He is not alone."

"Is he a transcender?" Kong Xuan approached and asked in a low voice.

"Unknown", Cang Qing shook his head and said softly, "He might be related to a transcender, but he is not the original. Perhaps he is a remnant or a heart demon..."

The saints were shaken, feeling unusually at a loss. Today, they had already experienced numerous shocks and tremors.

They were supposed to oversee the realm, yet everything that had transpired today exceeded their understanding. Even Kong Xuan, an ancient innate deity, was frowning deeply.

"Is he the ‘source’ of all the suspicious points in this realm?"

"Uncertain, but it’s highly likely. Even if he isn’t, he is related."

Kong Xuan and Cang Qing established a mental link, secretly communicating and sharing the truths they had uncovered over the years.

"We visited the source of time and discovered some strange things. He Donghuang’s failure to achieve enlightenment and his current state were the result of someone’s sabotage..."

Cang Qing’s eyes grew even deeper.

He had just returned and hadn’t had the chance to explore the source of the river of time, but he had learned some information from the saints.

For instance, the river of time and the River of Fate seemed weaker compared to before they achieved enlightenment!

Who could weaken two transcendent rivers?

There was only one answer.

The Misty Sea.

The Bitter Sea was another answer, but it hadn’t surfaced in recent years, so it was ruled out.

If it was indeed the Misty Sea, then everything could be explained for now.

Ji Jingqiu’s actions had temporarily “calmed” the Misty Sea, and the path he opened was related to mental cultivation.

This was clearly not what the “great being” in the Sea of Burial wanted to see.

Cang Qing was now pondering why the being was using the Misty Sea’s power to weaken the two rivers.

"Who he is doesn’t matter, we just need to crush him!"

The chaos mist around the Void Emperor boiled with her killing intent. A single spread of her dragon wings shattered star rivers, extinguishing countless stars, and her true dragon horns sliced through eternity, cutting through everything!

Regardless of their stance or approach, the figure deep in the Sea of Burial remained cold and unmoving, like a soulless weapon.

The saints were each using their abilities to probe his essence.

But the figure remained shrouded in a veil, making it difficult for them to discern his true nature.

Suddenly.

The figure finally spoke!

"Through the ages, the night remains unending, a flickering candle illuminates new frost. Generation after generation, your kind is indeed special. Yet, alas, failing to transcend, you are all but fleeting guests. All glory and disgrace, rise and fall, are but dust in the wind."

His voice was extremely hoarse, as if his throat was injured. For a being of this caliber to have an unhealed throat wound was hard not to make the saints speculate about remnants of past transcenders or their remains. Otherwise, who could have injured him and left such an incurable wound?

His words carried no emotional fluctuation, only complete indifference.

The Saint remained silent, taking another step forward to show his stance.

Only old friends like Cang Qing knew that the Saint was truly angry.

Earlier, at the bottom of the Sea of Burial, they had witnessed some truths involving certain unsolved tragedies from the past, stirring an uncontrollable killing intent in the Saint’s heart.

Cang Qing responded calmly, revealing part of the truth: "We don’t need to do anything. We just need to wait for the fire of the heart and the light of wisdom to illuminate the hearts of all beings, and we will steadily suppress you. The ones in a hurry should be you."

The figure deep in the Sea of Burial was silent for a moment, then said, "This is my oversight. I didn’t expect that in this generation, it would only take ten thousand years to produce such an anomaly."

Cang Qing’s eyes turned deep and serious, "This is indeed your greatest oversight, and it will lead to the greatest suffering. It’s only a matter of time."

The saints’ gazes shifted, understanding Azure Sovereign’s meaning and grasping the crux of the matter.

The one they most wanted to kill was also the one they feared the most!

At this moment, many of the saints turned their attention to the back, where they saw Ji Jingqiu’s figure.

One of the saints was instantly moved, "It’s over already? How could it be so quick? Did the Dao Sea of the Grand Cosmos clear the way for him, with no obstacles?"

"Like you’ve ever seen someone Path Open the Heavens before", someone else shook their head.

"True Great Dao Ancestors of the future, who would dare to call themselves Dao Ancestors in front of this person? They should all be renamed as ‘Dao Masters’ instead", the Void Empress muttered, somewhat lost in thought.

The Green Lotus Daoist had led Ji Jingqiu to visit the Phoenix Blood Palace, as if it were just yesterday, everything vivid in her memory.

This young man, who had once teamed up with Guardian Zhen to swindle several Phoenix Blood Flowers watered with her true blood, was now a true “Dao Ancestor.”

Even though they knew the current situation might not be entirely appropriate, the saints couldn’t help but fall into a moment of silence.

When the dust settled.

They realized they had once again witnessed a pivotal moment in history.

The true essence of “Guard Void and Stillness” had been inscribed into the foundational rules of the Grand Cosmos.

As a gentle breeze blew, the saints, who had long reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao, sensed it and comprehended the essence of Guard Void and Stillness.

"So, it’s like this… another realm has opened between Seated Oblivion and Fetal Breath."

"Hmm, with this realm, future Celestial Kings in our world will no longer need the power of the world to sustain them. Perhaps there will be a surge in the number of Celestial Kings?"

"In the past, Celestial Kings were rare because there were too few worlds capable of supporting the Great Dao. But there are plenty of Heavenly Man Perfections."

Hearing the saints’ discussions, the Void Empress glanced around, her interest piqued, "Perfect, we won’t lack for manpower in the future."

"Expansion?" Kong Xuan was surprised, "You’re not giving up?"

The Void Empress glanced at the peacock who considered himself the greatest: "Without expansion, who will fill the foundation of Daluotian? The Grand Cosmos or the Sanqian Yafuti? Why don’t you contribute your Five-Colored Divine Light?"

Kong Xuan gave a wry smile. To be honest, he was a bit intimidated by this female tyrannosaurus.

As the first void behemoth born in this world, she was also the ancestor of all divine beasts.

The word “Ancestor” in “Six Heavens Ancestor Dragon” said it all.

The Saint turned around, his expression stern, "I give you ten years. If you have any irreconcilable enmities, settle them in blood. Then another ten years for recovery. After twenty years, all will unite and expand outward."

The Sea of Burial was beginning to heal, the two streams of the sea merging, like a wound closing.

The Void Empress, using forbidden means, could only temporarily divide the Sea of Burial.

"Everything is just a prologue. When the Great Dao becomes void, you will find that all your struggles are in vain. Even the people around you may be predestined."

The existence deep in the Sea of Burial turned away, walking in the opposite direction of the saints, leaving behind a cold warning, causing the saints to speculate.

Could one of them be on the other side’s side?

Cang Qing stopped the Saint.

Their goal had been achieved this time. The other party was confident and unafraid, and further pursuit might bring danger, even disaster.

The arrangements in the Sea of Burial were clearly not made in a short time; it was unknown how long they had been in hiding.

"This person mentioned ‘generation after generation’ and the cultivation of the [Eternal Chronicle]. Clearly, he sees himself as a reaper, and us as the wheat in the field", Cang Qing whispered.

"Two possibilities: one, he is one of the people who spread the teachings back then; the other, he is the owner of the [Eternal Chronicle], at least the current owner, and is involved in the birth of this world."

The Holy King said solemnly, "Regardless of which, we must find an opportunity to kill him completely!"

For him, the killing intent was already firm, for he had seen some truths in the depths of the Sea of Burial.

For example, his decision to sever his past, sacrifice his innate nature, and hide in the mortal world, and his encounter with Chijin’s mother, were all suspected to be part of the other party’s plan.

While the truth of these matters was still uncertain, they had thoroughly crossed the Saint’s line.

Cang Qing nodded, his expression calm, "It’s a tough opponent, but now that we’ve discovered him, it’s only a matter of time."

The saints began to return, many of them leaving a Dao body to guard the outside of the Sea of Burial, monitoring its movements.

This battle had confirmed the existence of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Although completely eliminating the threat would not be achieved overnight, the saints were no longer fearful. Instead, they were planning how to open the Sea of Burial or force the other party out.

Once the enemy’s location was revealed and they couldn’t escape, even a formidable foe would be like a beast waiting to be slaughtered.

For example, the Sea of Burial, with no time and no fate, was normally too dangerous for the saints to cross, but there were still ways to deal with it.

The Holy King and others returned to the hall, meeting with the saints who had stayed behind. They quickly exchanged information.

"Hmm, I wonder what Ji Jingqiu’s Celestial King Dao Map and Great Dao spectacle will look like."

A True Emperor suddenly became very interested, his gaze fixed on Ji Jingqiu.

The Celestial King’s Great Dao spectacle was the most fundamental manifestation of the Dao, like the Dao Map Chijin had formed, which clearly showed the outline of Daluotian.

The saints had never seen a Great Dao Ancestor like Ji Jingqiu.

"Interesting, is the Grand Cosmos’s will shielding him? There’s a mist-like phenomenon similar to the Great Dao fog, making it hard for us to see clearly."

When the saints looked again, they found Ji Jingqiu enveloped in a mist, even they couldn’t see through it clearly, only a hazy scene.

"Great Dao Ancestor… from now on, the Dao Ancestor realm in this world will all be renamed as Dao Masters."

"I’m curious, what will his new Dao, inscribed into the foundational rules of the Grand Cosmos, look like when he ventures beyond our world?"

"Our world is already connected to the outside, and some effects will reflect in the Boundless Sea, but embedding it into other realms is not so simple, as the rules of different realms vary."

Meanwhile.

Cang Qing and the newly ascended Ji Jingqiu made contact.

"Eternal Chronicle…?"

Upon hearing this familiar secret technique, Ji Jingqiu immediately communicated with Heila.

He had obtained this incomplete scripture from Heila on the ancient path!

(End of Chapter)

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