633: Chapter 633 Chen Yu's Entrustment

Everyone seemed to understand just how deep Alke's obsession truly was.

The memories carried within the energy dissipating from his body flowed before everyone's eyes like a silent movie.

Everyone fell silent.

Is there anything wrong with cherishing the past?

In fact, there is nothing wrong with it!

Everyone wants to live in the Golden Age when Chen Yu ruled; that was an era without war, without fear, and without despair!

The world malice lived in peace with humanity, and laughter filled every corner.

That is everyone's dream!

But is it worth it to abandon the future for the sake of the past?

That is clearly a huge question mark!

Alke looked up, gazing at Chen Yu's phantom, at Chen Yi, and at Emilia, Zhao Zhao, Fiya, and Yue Wen—

In his eyes, the anger and despair were slowly dissipating!

In their place was a feeling of relief!

So, he was not alone!

He never was!

It was just him, trapping himself in the past!

After realizing all of this, he smiled. Although that smile was bitter and weary, it held a hint of ease he had never felt before.

"It seems I have lost! My plans of ten million years, my accumulations of ten million years, in the end, still failed to recreate that Golden Age—"

Chen Yu's phantom sighed, "Are you finally willing to let go?"

Alke looked at him, looking at that face which had been etched into his heart ten million years ago.

He reached out his hand, wanting to touch Chen Yu, but his hand passed through the phantom, touching only the cold Void Realm.

He gave a bitter smile.

"Yes... it is time to let go... Perhaps you were right; pinning hope on the future rather than the past is the most perfect answer—"

He withdrew his hand, lowered his head, and remained silent for a moment.

Then, he looked up at Chen Yi—the human who possessed the same will as Chen Yu but had walked a different path!

He took an object from the Void Realm.

It was a pure white crystal, crystalline and translucent throughout, emitting a faint white radiance.

He held the crystal in his palm and looked at it for a long time.

That was what Chen Yu had bestowed upon him back then; it was the most precious treasure of the Void Realm and the key to protecting the world—

It was just that someone like him had no right to use this object!

"This is the eternal crystal that God Emperor Chen Yu bestowed upon me back then. Someone like me could never use this object—"

"Now, I officially hand it over to you, the successor of God Emperor Chen Yu—"

"I am tired. Perhaps, I can finally rest well."

"Promise me, you must protect this world well!"

Chen Yi stepped forward, took the eternal crystal, and nodded, "I will!"

Alke looked at him, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

It was the smile of a weary traveler who had finally seen his home, a smile of someone who could finally rest!

His body became increasingly transparent, starting from his limbs, turning into specks of light that drifted throughout the Void Realm.

"Lord Chen Yu, I... can finally rest... Please witness that future on my behalf—"

After saying this, the specks of light symbolizing his body completely dissipated, and his figure vanished entirely into the Void Realm.

The God Emperor who had lived for ten million years, the witness to the long river of history, had finally found peace at this moment!

Zhao Zhao whispered, "Is he... finally at peace? After ten million years of obsession, he has finally let go!"

Fiya shook her head, "Perhaps he wasn't a bad person? He was simply someone who hoped to rebuild the past, merely trapped by his obsession."

Yue Wen sighed, "He wasn't wrong; he was just standing from the perspective of those from the past. It's just a pity!"

Emilia clenched her fists and said nothing.

She had no particular thoughts about Alke.

What she was thinking about was that in the battle just now, she couldn't contribute any power at all and couldn't help Chen Yi in any way!

She vowed that she must become stronger!

Her past-life Soul had helped Chen Yu at his most critical moment!

This time, she must also help Chen Yi!

Chen Yi looked in the direction where Alke had dissipated and nodded, "Rest assured, Alke, I will not let you down."

The people around them were also discussing it.

"Did Alke want to return to the past? To what time?"

"The Golden Age ruled by God Emperor Chen Yu, right?"

"Then why fight? Wasn't that era quite good?"

"Good? How is that good? Destroying everything in the present just to return to the past—can that even work?"

"That's true... The past is already the past; the present is more important!"

—

The discussions rose and fell.

At this moment, Chen Yu's phantom drifted in front of Chen Yi.

The two looked at each other, neither speaking.

Because for them, everything was understood without words!

After a while, both laughed aloud at the same time.

The laughter echoed in the Void Realm, carrying relief, carrying gratification, and carrying a Legacy that spanned ten million years.

"Not bad, not bad. You are stronger than me, young man!"

"I am merely standing on your shoulders. Without you, I am nothing."

"Standing on the shoulders of others is also a skill! Chen Yi, I hand this world over to you. It is not an order, it is not an entrustment, it is just... I am counting on you!"

"I will. And I will do even better than you!"

"Very well, having ambition is a good thing!"

Chen Yu looked at the people gathered around Void Ridge and smiled slightly, "Look, they are all willing to follow you! Back then, I didn't have such good fortune as you!"

"Regarding An Ran, you should already know. She is not a bad person; she was just... driven mad by the malice of this world!"

"Perhaps, there might still be a turning point!"

Chen Yi remained silent for a moment, then nodded, "I will try my best!"

Chen Yu nodded and said nothing more.

His body also began to slowly dissipate, starting from his feet, turning into golden specks of light that drifted in the Void Realm.

He looked up at the pale purple sky, his eyes revealing infinite gratification.

"Keep going. The future of this world is entrusted to you!"

"Leave it to me! I will watch over this world well for you!"

Chen Yu took one last look at Chen Yi, then completely dissipated.

The golden specks of light merged into the Void Realm, merged into heaven and earth, and merged into this world!

Everyone watched silently, no one speaking.

Then, not knowing who started it, everyone bowed deeply in the direction where Chen Yu had dissipated.

"God Emperor Chen Yu, rest in peace!"

"We will protect this world well!"

"Please rest assured!"

"Whether it is An Ran or anything else, we will not lose!"

—

Chen Yi stood there, watching those specks of light, lost in thought for a moment.

Perhaps, it was time to gather everyone's strength!

Relying on them alone to deal with An Ran would not be enough!

He turned around and looked at everyone.

"Everyone, I have something to tell you!"

"About the truth of the apocalyptic catastrophe, about the past of this world, about—An Ran!"