123: Chapter 123: Can we go back? Back to the era that originally belonged to us?

Lu Jing raised an eyebrow slightly. With a thought, his consciousness sank into his own spiritual sea.

In the vast, boundless spiritual World, two ice silkworms of different sizes, emitting gentle spiritual fluctuations, and a miniature emerald scorpion were floating in mid-air.

Three pairs of eyes were staring unblinkingly and intently at the center of the spiritual World, at that twelve-petaled World-Destroying Black Lotus slowly rotating and emitting a deep, dark glow.

"What's wrong? In the middle of the night, why the rush?" Lu Jing's spiritual form condensed and took shape, looking at Old Tian Meng, his tone carrying a trace of annoyance at being disturbed.

"Xiao Jing! Look! Quick, look at your World-Destroying Black Lotus!"

Old Tian Meng's voice trembled with excitement. The huge ball of spiritual light pointed at the black lotus, excitedly saying: "I felt it! Its origin is vibrating! Resonating! A kind of... a kind of extremely mysterious fluctuation I have never felt before! If I'm not mistaken, this is... this is..."

Old Tian Meng was so excited he was incoherent, looking very thrilled.

The emerald scorpion, transformed by the Ice Empress, although still floating coldly to the side, also had a glimmer of uncertain astonishment in its emerald eyes.

"It's the power of time and space, right?" Lu Jing interrupted calmly, his tone devoid of any surprise.

"Yes! It's time and space... Huh??"

Old Tian Meng answered instinctively, then suddenly realized, its huge ball of light fluctuating violently, as if it had crashed, exclaiming in surprise: "You... you you you... you knew about it already?!"

Looking at Old Tian Meng's dumbfounded expression—as if it had discovered a World-shaking secret only to find Lu Jing already knew—the Ice Empress on the side couldn't help but roll her eyes. Her cold, clear voice sounded with undisguised disdain and sarcasm: "I told you, you dead bug, always making a fuss! Xiao Jing is the master of the World-Destroying Black Lotus. With such a major change in his Spirit origin, how could he not perceive it more clearly and earlier than you? You think you're the only smart one?"

Old Tian Meng was choked up by the Ice Empress's retort, the light of its spiritual mass dimming slightly. It muttered: "I... I was just too excited! This is the power of time and space! A supreme power that can theoretically touch the origin laws of time and space! With this, could we... could we..."

It looked at Lu Jing cautiously and with infinite anticipation, tentatively asking: "Xiao Jing, can we... go back now? Return to... our original era?"

Old Tian Meng's words caused the spiritual sea to instantly fall silent.

Little Tian Meng also stopped flying and stared longingly at Lu Jing.

Although the Ice Empress didn't speak, a trace of imperceptible fluctuation appeared in her emerald eyes.

For Lu Jing, Wang Donger, and Old Tian Meng, the era ten thousand years later was their true home.

Lu Jing didn't answer immediately. He raised his head, his gaze falling on the World-Destroying Black Lotus that was slowly rotating, emitting a deep, dark glow, with countless stars seemingly birthing and dying, and time and space flowing within it.

He could clearly feel that as his cultivation improved, especially after his Soul Power broke through to become a Titled Douluo, his understanding of the origin of destruction deepened day by day. The true potential of this World-Destroying Black Lotus, which was born with his soul, was being awakened bit by bit.

The power of time and space was precisely one of the most core and powerful legal forces it contained, and also the key force that brought the three of them to ten thousand years ago.

"Go back..."

Lu Jing repeated it in a low voice, his tone unreadable. He turned his head, looked at the expectant Old Tian Meng, and suddenly asked: "Do you really want to go back that much? Return to that era... where perhaps there is no Snow Empress, no Ice Empress, and where everything might have changed?"

Hearing this, Old Tian Meng was stunned in mid-air.

That's right, go back... what about after going back?

In that era, what was there left for it to be attached to?

Was it that life of imprisonment in darkness?

Or the miserable memories of being hunted by countless Spirit Beasts?

It fell silent. The excited emotions receded like a tide, replaced by a sense of confusion and emptiness.

Lu Jing looked at it without pressing further, just saying indifferently: "Opening the Gate of Time and Space is no easy task. Even if I can initially control it, it would require consuming massive amounts of energy, precise coordinate positioning, and even more... a sufficiently solid anchor point to stabilize the passage. Moreover, going back does not mean everything is over; perhaps, it is just another beginning."

His gaze pierced through the spiritual sea, as if he saw the blue-haired girl sleeping soundly outside, the cold and peerless Ice Empress in the next room, and the graceful, golden-haired Angel in this city...

"The time is not yet right."

Lu Jing said finally, his tone calm but carrying an unquestionable decisiveness: "When everything is ready, when the karma that should be resolved is resolved, when the goals that should be achieved are achieved... we will naturally go back. And for now..."

After speaking, his consciousness slowly withdrew from the spiritual sea and returned to his body.

He tightened his arms, pulling the soft, warm body in his embrace closer, feeling that sense of real warmth and peace.

Outside the window, the moonlight was perfect.

The future is still long.

At the very least, before leaving this World, he had to change everything about Wang Donger.

Only in this way could he prevent unnecessary trouble after returning ten thousand years later when Tang San restored her memories. After all, regardless of anything else, the Tang San ten thousand years later had reached the pinnacle of the Divine Realm in cultivation, and the Asura God position he inherited was also a God King of the same level as the God of Destruction.

Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his thoughts turned to the upcoming Advanced Spirit Master Elite Competition of the entire continent.

Without the help of the Immortal Plants, Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils would have their abilities greatly discounted.

And Wang Donger would also be able to realize that the Shrek Seven Devils who were able to become gods ten thousand years ago did not do so because of their so-called extremely high talent, but were entirely pushed up by luck and the help of others.

For example, Tang San, besides the Immortal Plants and Xiao Wu's sacrifice, relied on Tang Sect Hidden Weapons and techniques, as well as the constant help from the Sea God and the Asura God, to finally defeat the Angel God Qian Renxue and the Rakshasa God Bibi Dong.

Especially the Asura God, that was completely shameless. Not only did he specifically find the Nine Colored Goddess and the Food God to help Tang San resurrect, but he even took action to shield Bibi Dong's divine sense, causing it to go undetected.

You tell me, isn't that underhanded?

If not for that, the winner would have been Spirit Hall, and the one to unify the continent would have been Spirit Hall.

In this way, when the Sun Moon Empire arrived thousands of years later, wouldn't the original Douluo Continent have beaten them into the ground?

Although the Sun Moon Empire has advanced spirit tools, the Douluo Continent also has awesome Spirit Masters.

Especially in the stance regarding Evil Spirit Masters.

If it weren't for Shrek Academy messing things up, where would there be so many Evil Spirit Masters in the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later?

The most critical point is that even awakening a Spirit requires saving money for a long time.