388: Chapter 388 Darkness Returns

A place where time stands still, and space does not exist.

"Am I dead?"

Lin Yang was dazed. He didn't know how much time had passed. He could not feel his own existence and had lost the concept of time and space. It was as if he were at the end of all worlds, yet also at the starting point of the origin of all things...

He was lost here, unable to find the way back.

The only silver lining was that his consciousness seemed to still remain...

...

Ten years later.

A daughter of the Ji Family has just grown up; a single backward glance and a smile reveal a hundred charms!

During this period, the threshold of the Ji Family had almost been trampled down.

Many people came to propose marriage, all with extraordinary identities. There were Young Masters from noble families, young Prodigies with Immortal King Bloodlines, and even a rumored descendant of an ancient Immortal Emperor clan.

They all wanted to form an alliance with the Ji Family by marrying the bright moon of the Ji Family's current generation—Ji Ru Qianlong.

"Good, good, good. Definitely next time. Take care, Fellow Daoist!"

On this day, several clan elders of the Ji Family dealt with another batch of suitors from Immortal King families.

"Hmph! These fellows really won't get up early if there's no profit to be made." After seeing off the guests, one clan elder's face suddenly dropped as he sneered.

"Alas, it's all the fault of that historical record. Who could have imagined that that existence was also a Innate Sacred Body?" another clan elder sighed secretly.

Recently, there had been a major breakthrough in the interpretation of that historical record!

That legendary peerless being supposedly really existed, and the world called him the Heavenly Emperor!

Furthermore, according to the historical records, that Heavenly Emperor was also a Innate Sacred Body!

And their Ji Family's Ji Ru Qianlong was also a Innate Sacred Body.

Moreover, she was the only Saint Body of the later generations in the thirty million years since The Heaven Burying War!

Some people connected the two, believing that Ji Ru Qianlong had the potential to be a peerless Empress in the future!

If one obtained Ji Ru Qianlong, they could ensure their clan's Luck remained prosperous and never declined throughout eternity!

Besides that, Ji Ru Qianlong herself possessed an immortal-like beauty.

Now that she had just turned sixteen, her elegance was beginning to bloom, showing a peerless grace!

If her admirers were to form a circle, they could wrap around the entire Heavenly Domain one and a half times.

It was fortunate that Ji Ru Qianlong was the pearl in the palm of the Ji Family. If she were in an ordinary Family, she likely would have been forcibly taken away by now.

But even with the Ji Family's powerful strength, dealing with those endless suitors was a massive headache.

"Damn it, don't these people have anything else to do besides coming here every day to propose marriage?"

A clan elder muttered, hoping something would happen to cause trouble for those families so they would stop being so annoying.

Soon, his wish came true.

The powerful families across the heavens all encountered trouble, and it was... big trouble!

Buzz—!

In the firmament, one dharma decree after another soared into the air from all over the Heavenly Domain. They burned there, releasing terrifying energy fluctuations as if transmitting an extreme signal.

"Woo!"

Following that, the sound of a horn rang out, sounding like a hundred thousand war drums beating in unison, echoing through the heavens and the earth.

That was the highest-level mobilization order of the heavens. When the order sounded, all immortal beings had to immediately follow the source of the horn to assemble.

As the assembly horn resounded through the heavens, at the end of the Universe, a pitch-black portal was slowly opening. A tide-like mist overflowed from it, dark and profound, spreading forward at an unimaginable speed.

Ssh!

Just as that black mist spread out, crimson lightning suddenly appeared within the Universe in a dense mass, accompanied by a downpour of scarlet blood rain. There were also the cries of immortal beings and many blurred figures appearing, like many ancient heroic spirits reviving and letting out low growls.

The scene was terrifying. Amidst the blood and rain, those blurred figures roared and charged into the black mist, followed by bursts of low, muffled booms.

"Do even the dead spirits dare to try and obstruct the return of darkness?"

A cold, indifferent voice from a mysterious creature came from within the black mist.

Shortly after, an even more torrential rain of blood appeared, pouring down.

The black mist spread, sweeping through the heavens.

The heavens and earth trembled; the myriad worlds shook.

"What's happening?" Many people were confused.

Watching the black mist continuously spreading across the starry sky, stars dimmed in an instant as the mist passed over them, making one's scalp tingle and their Soul shudder in fear.

"Has the weirdness in the depths of the darkness finally fully revived?"

Deep within the Void Realm, an old man suddenly opened his eyes. His pupils were very strange, with double pupils overlapping as he looked toward the outer heavens, letting out a faint, aged voice.

He walked out into the world, causing a huge sensation.

Because this was a living fossil, a survivor from The Heaven Burying War who had seen the rise and fall of eras—he was practically a living piece of ancient history!

Furthermore, his identity was extremely noble.

His father was a Double-Pupiled One known as an undefeated myth in prehistoric times, who had slain many weird entities during The Heaven Burying War and was a truly great figure ranked high on the Heavens' Merit Monument!

"Senior Ji Boda, may I ask how we should respond?"

Some powerhouses consulted him. Even Immortal Emperors came, politely asking him how to deal with this great calamity and achieve victory just as they had in The Heaven Burying War tens of millions of years ago.

"The overwhelming trend is coming; it cannot be resisted." Ji Boda shook his head.

Soon, two more figures appeared, their faces solemn.

The three of them, along with Ji Boda, were the only four Immortal Emperors in the current myriad worlds.

All four were shrouded in Chaos Qi, silently gazing at the black mist that was continuously encroaching from the end of the Universe.

Within the black mist, undercurrents surged, and more than ten massive demonic shadows loomed, releasing a startling pressure that crushed the stars and even suppressed the Great Dao.

From those demonic shadows, the several Immortal Emperors felt an incredibly startling pressure no weaker than their own. It was the Supreme beings of the weirdness—the Immortal Emperors—who had revived.

Moreover, two of the auras made their hearts palpitate, giving them a sense of being unable to compete.

Those were Dao Exhaustion Level Immortal Emperors!

"This time is perilous," one Immortal Emperor said.

The opponent had brought Dao Exhaustion Level beings, while among the four Immortal Emperors on their side, not one had reached that Realm. Once the war began, defeat was almost a certainty.

Soon, they saw the black flood surging over to cover the sky and earth, drowning the stars and extinguishing the light.

That was the infinite army of the weirdness. In the tens of millions of years that the heavens had spent recovering, they too had once again nurtured a batch of powerful legions that could conquer the starry sky!

"As expected, they have come out in full force, intending to start the final battle directly to wipe us out in one fell swoop!" an Immortal Emperor sighed softly.

"There is no hope; we cannot stop them."

Another Immortal Emperor was dejected. At their level, they could see the future clearly. It had nothing to do with morale; the fact was simply that cruel.

The number of the enemy's Immortal Emperors far exceeded theirs, and with the existence of Dao Exhaustion Level Supremes, they had no possibility of victory.

The scene was silent and extremely oppressive.

"Not necessarily..."

Just then, Ji Boda suddenly spoke up: "If we can return to the past and find the traces left by that person, perhaps there is still room for a turnaround."

"Indeed! The weirdness is so afraid of that Heavenly Emperor; there must be a reason for it!" another Immortal Emperor nodded.

"But it's not like we haven't traced back through time before. We couldn't see any trace of that existence at all," another Immortal Emperor said with a frown.

"Our cultivation is not enough."

Ji Boda spoke bluntly, and the several Immortal Emperors fell silent.

After a long time, Ji Boda suddenly looked toward the outer heavens, a sharp light flashing in his eyes as he said in a deep voice, "Since we can't see it, then let's send someone back to the past to personally experience that time. Perhaps they can cross paths with the Heavenly Emperor!"

"You're crazy! Can you and I afford such Karma?" The other three Immortal Emperors were shocked.

Sending someone back to the past—once that person did something earth-shattering there, it would likely change the course of history. This was equivalent to changing the historical trend of the entire world; no one could predict what changes would occur in the future because of it.

It was highly possible that the entire world would cease to exist as a result!

The Karma they would have to bear for this was a massive price that even Immortal Emperors like them could not withstand!

The most likely outcome was that the moment they sent the person back, they would be ruthlessly obliterated by the rules of time.

They wouldn't be able to change anything at all!

"As long as the person who goes back doesn't change the general trend, I think with the strength of the four of us, it should be enough to support it!" Ji Boda said.

The several Immortal Emperors fell silent.

If it were really as Ji Boda said—the person returning to the past did nothing and merely stayed in that space-time as a witness and participant of history, returning when the time was right.

In that case, although a great price would still have to be paid, with the strength of the four of them, they should be able to barely withstand it.

"Do you plan to sit and wait for death, or take a gamble with me?" Ji Boda looked at the three Immortal Emperors and asked in a deep voice.

The three Immortal Emperors looked at each other and then all nodded solemnly.

This was indeed the last hope. Rather than waiting for death without doing anything, it was better to give it their all!

"Who will go?"

However, they immediately encountered another thorny issue.

That was, the choice of the person to go back.

After a long time, one Immortal Emperor pondered and said, "How about that little girl from the Ji Family?"