419: Ji Yanran

The Hongmeng Great Dao is the source of all Heavenly Mandate Protagonists.

Even after observing the time divine flower and personally witnessing the Original Host defining protagonists and villains, and learning the origin of the Hongmeng Great Dao, Chu Feng, as a defined “villain,” still understood that the Hongmeng Great Dao was a shackles he absolutely had to sever.

Only by truly severing the Hongmeng Great Dao, which was still barely clinging to life, could he perhaps unravel the true secret of the System.

Killing the Hongmeng Great Dao was the true “heavenly fate key.”

Chu Feng pointed a finger.

The boundless Time River, azure and crystalline, brought with it ancient bones and billions of scenes, mountains and rivers shattering, worlds changing, as it surged towards the last wisp of Hongmeng Great Dao within the Endless Divine Tower, intent on severing it.

Having control over the Time Great Dao, Chu Feng no longer found it as difficult to destroy the Hongmeng Great Dao as before; a single thought was enough to erase it.

Yet, at this moment, a sigh suddenly echoed in Chu Feng’s ear.

“Stop.”

“If you kill the Hongmeng Great Dao, you won’t be able to leave.”

“Stop now, leave this place, leave this grand era, forge your own path, and no longer linger in past entanglements.”

This sigh was ethereal and formless, appearing out of nowhere in the Second Heavenly Gate.

Chu Feng’s fingertip paused slightly, his gaze fixed on a certain spot as he slowly said, “Ji嫣然?”

“Or should I call you… Great Secretary?”

The Great Secretary.

The strongest person in the Yan Huang Ancient Clan apart from the Ancient Emperor, and also its de facto ruler.

Or perhaps… she was Chu Feng’s “Dao Protector” in his previous life.

“You remembered?”

The ethereal voice held no ripples.

“No.”

Chu Feng shook his head, stating earnestly, “I have no memory of my previous life. All the clues are truths observed through time traces.”

“Just like you, as the Great Secretary of the Yan Huang Ancient Clan, the moment my so-called previous life became a Dao Child, you realized the extraordinary nature of my previous life and used yourself as a chess piece to protect my Dao.”

“From this perspective, the Yan Huang Ancient Clan hasn’t completely declined.”

Ji嫣然’s voice fell silent for a moment, then she said faintly, “Those are all things of the past. The Yan Huang Ancient Clan was annihilated countless eons ago. The world believes our Yan Huang Ancient Clan is still hiding in the Heavenly Gate, but how could that Original Host leave a path for the Yan Huang Ancient Clan to survive?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Chu Feng shook his head, not caring, “Although it’s not the same life, this Karma precedes it. I’ll give you a chance.”

His eyes, evolving with endless time traces, emitted a monstrous blue light.

Looking towards the end of the world, he saw the outline of a woman emerge. Her figure was perfect; even as a mere shadow, she was a peerless beauty of the highest caliber.

“A chance?”

“What good would a chance do me?”

“The Yan Huang Ancient Clan has already lost, utterly defeated. Countless epochs of glory were incinerated in my hands.”

“I no longer have the heart to contend with the Original Host. His power far exceeds your imagination.”

“Rather than watching you throw your life away, it’s better to fulfill you and let you leave.”

“The Yan Huang Ancient Clan, after all, still owes you.”

“If you leave now and no longer interfere in the struggle between protagonist and villain, your fate will unravel on its own, and the Original Host will not be interested in you.”

“Is this not a great freedom?”

Ji嫣然 sighed slowly, her voice ethereal with a hint of weariness.

Her words seemed like riddles, but Chu Feng, having observed the time divine flower, clearly understood what she was referring to.

Before the Original Host ascended to Dominator, the Yan Huang Ancient Clan, as his mortal enemy, had every member of its clan as a chess piece for the clan’s high-ranking members, naturally including his previous life as a Dao Child.

At the time, caught in the midst of it, his previous self might not have noticed anything amiss, but now, from an outsider’s perspective, many past experiences seemed strange. Ji嫣然, as the one orchestrating the chess game and the one who led the Yan Huang Ancient Clan into ruin, owed Chu Feng’s previous life an untold debt.

According to her current words, she was perhaps attempting to “atone” to him.

Chu Feng smiled, “Great freedom?”

“Even a genius like the Original Host, who ascended to Dominator, is still trapped by the Nine Nether Great Demons.”

“If I were to leave today and abandon everything, how would I truly achieve great freedom?”

“This world, after the Original Host’s integration with the Dao, has long become a great cage.”

“To break the cage, one must break the one who drew the cage.”

“What do you think?”

Chu Feng’s words were loaded, saying things even more enigmatic than Ji嫣然’s.

Ji嫣然 froze, and the ethereal shadow slowly said, “What did you see?”

Chu Feng shook his head, “I need to confirm it further.”

As his voice fell, his paused fingertip suddenly swished.

It was as if conducting a fierce symphony; throughout the myriad worlds, the boundless Time River surged almost simultaneously, rushing towards the Endless Divine Tower!

“Ahhh!”

“Run! Flee! The Time River is rampaging!”

“How could this be??”

“…”

From the other shore came a series of panicked and terrified shouts!

Within the Endless Divine Tower, the Law Revered One, who was in charge of the tower, stared dumbfounded as those ill-intentioned existences from the other shore were suddenly pierced and forcefully killed by the surging Time River.

He couldn’t help but look bewildered, asking in a flustered voice, “What, what’s going on?”

“Oh no!”

The Law Revered One’s face changed dramatically, “Damn it, this Time River is coming for me!”

No, it’s coming for the Endless Divine Tower!

“Big shot, save me.”

He cried out in his heart, but the speed of the Time River surpassed everyone’s comprehension.

In the instant those other shore existences turned to ash, it had already poured into the Endless Divine Tower.

The Law Revered One’s mind went blank, watching helplessly as the Endless Divine Tower was pierced through.

The last spark of the Hongmeng Great Dao was extinguished in an instant!

Its past, present, and future were all erased.

The Hongmeng Great Dao, the Great Dao that controlled the fate of all Heavenly Mandate Protagonists, completely collapsed in that very instant!

The destruction of a top-tier Great Dao brought about earth-shattering changes!

The entire myriad worlds trembled at the same time!

Countless existences that were rising powerfully suddenly felt as if they had lost their Soul at that moment, a hollow feeling pervading their hearts, a wave of confusion!

The Triple Sky Barrier also vibrated madly due to the destruction of the Hongmeng Great Dao.

“Congratulations, Host, for completing the System’s true main quest (Ultimate Difficulty): Severing the Hongmeng Great Dao.”

“You have received the System’s ultimate reward: Myriad Heavens Divine Seal Wheel.”

The moment the Hongmeng Great Dao was destroyed, a voice once again echoed in Chu Feng’s ear.

The System’s voice!

The System’s voice, which had completely vanished since entering the past world of the time divine flower, had returned!

Upon hearing the System’s voice, Chu Feng’s lips curved into a smile as he faintly gazed at the trembling perfect outline not far away.

This System voice was not as cold and emotionless as before.

Instead, it was incredibly familiar, exactly like Ji嫣然’s voice.

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