390: Epilogue (Chapter 390)

Heavenly Emperor's Dojo.

A group of people gathered together, watching scenes appearing one by one on a large light screen before them. Finally, the image froze on the scene of Lin Yang reviving the Myriad Worlds after slaying the Ten Weirdness.

"So this is what happened later..."

Aili sighed with emotion, and Nangong Xueli, Shen Youchu, Li Shiya, and others were also deeply moved.

This was Lin Yang's dojo, a Small World suspended beyond the Milky Way, far from the hustle and bustle of the mortal world, yet not completely isolated. It still had hidden spatial passages connecting to the heavens, and many relatives and old friends lived here.

"Hehe, son, well done! As expected of Ji Kunchang's seed!" Ji Kunchang laughed loudly, patting Ji Boda beside him, his face full of pride.

For the Heavenly Emperor to finally settle the darkness, Ji Boda could be said to have contributed significantly.

It was he who, at the final life-and-death moment of the heavens, proposed the idea of sending someone back to the past to establish a future connection with the Heavenly Emperor.

If not for that, Lin Yang might not have successfully returned from Above Sacrificing the Dao.

Of course, the greatest contributor among them was Ji Ru Qianlong.

Thanks to her transmigrating back to the past and then returning, calling out the Yang Heavenly Emperor's true name in the present world, Lin Yang was able to truly recover from nirvana.

"Haha, our clan's Qian Long has the bearing of an Empress!"

The Ji Family members were also very happy at this moment. Since Ji Ru Qianlong had achieved such great merit, she had long since been personally taught the Supreme Emperor Law by the Heavenly Emperor. In time, she would surely become a peerless Empress!

"Eh? Where is Qian Long?"

"The Heavenly Emperor isn't here either."

While everyone's attention was drawn to the history reflected in the light screen, they suddenly realized that Ji Ru Qianlong and Lin Yang had disappeared at some unknown point.

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This was a place where Chaos had not yet opened. Endless darkness converged here, then transformed into countless rays of light that scattered outward.

This place seemed like the end of the Universe, yet also like the starting point of all ages.

Lin Yang stood there, his deep gaze fixed on the countless world phantoms before him, showing a look of contemplation.

"What are you thinking about?"

Suddenly, a light female voice approached from behind; Ji Ru Qianlong had arrived.

Lin Yang turned back with a smile and said softly, "I'm thinking about the origin of the Weirdness."

"Isn't it the Ten Ancestors?"

Ji Ru Qianlong walked forward gently with her small hands behind her back, looking at the countless world phantoms before Lin Yang that looked like bubbles, and asked curiously.

Lin Yang shook his head slightly, "The Ancestors were only the forms chosen when the Weirdness first descended into this world, not the true source."

"Oh? Then what is the true source?" Ji Ru Qianlong asked.

*Whoosh!*

Lin Yang reached out, and a World Bubble immediately rose from the countless world phantoms.

Following that, the scene within the World Bubble magnified in Ji Ru Qianlong's eyes.

Inside the World Bubble, there were various kinds of creatures and complete Dao rules, nearly indistinguishable from a real world.

Within the World Bubble, Ji Ru Qianlong discovered a strange phenomenon.

Every living being contained two types of invisible, strange energy: one bright and radiant, the other dark and decaying.

Whenever a being made a different choice, a portion of the decaying dark power would overflow, silently merging into the world.

Then, that dark energy from countless beings would quietly gather in a place invisible to anyone.

Over time, the dark energy grew more and more, gradually turning into a bottomless ocean.

As Lin Yang accelerated time within the World Bubble, ten dark creatures with terrifying auras actually walked out from that Sea of Darkness.

"Is this the origin of the Weirdness!?"

Ji Ru Qianlong covered her red lips with her small hand, her clear eyes filled with astonishment.

Lin Yang nodded noncommittally.

"Then what about that dark energy?" Ji Ru Qianlong was puzzled.

If the Weirdness were born from the Sea of Darkness, then the source of that Sea of Darkness was the dark energy from within every living being!

Could it be that all living beings themselves nurtured the source of Weirdness that destroyed the heavens?

This is just too weird!

Ji Ru Qianlong felt a bit confused. What exactly was going on?

"It is the resentment of unchosen fates," Lin Yang said.

"That dark energy is the resentment of unchosen fates?" Ji Ru Qianlong half-understood.

Lin Yang nodded slightly, looked at the somewhat confused Ji Ru Qianlong, and said with a smile, "Let me give you an example."

"Previously, the Immortal Emperor of the later generations requested you to return to the past to find me. At that time, you faced two choices: one was to go back, and the other was not to."

"Both choices would lead to different subsequent fates for yourself and even the world."

"Since you chose to return to the past, the world fate belonging to 'the you who did not return' completely vanished at that moment."

"Carrying hatred for the fate that was chosen, the vanished world fate turned into weird energy lurking in the shadows of the world. When the weird energy accumulates to a certain extent, Strange Creatures will be born from it by Opportunity."

"And those Strange Creatures who descended first, because they absorbed the vast majority of the power from the Sea of Darkness, were the strongest and thus became the Weirdness."

Hearing Lin Yang's explanation, Ji Ru Qianlong also had a sudden realization and said thoughtfully:

"It's like two women fighting over a man. After one side wins, the losing side will feel jealousy and hatred. If that hatred accumulates to a certain degree, it might even lead the loser to take some extreme actions. For example, killing the man!"

Lin Yang: "..."

"A very strange explanation, but in terms of results, it's unexpectedly close to reality."

"Heehee."

Ji Ru Qianlong smiled, then frowned slightly and said, "In that case, doesn't it mean that as long as living beings exist, the Weirdness will never be extinct? Sooner or later, new Weirdness will be born again?"

"In theory, yes." Lin Yang nodded.

"Then isn't it unsolvable?"

"It's not unsolvable."

Lin Yang waved his hand lightly, and immediately World Bubbles flew into the air. Countless worlds extended and intersected with each other, and in the process, new World Bubbles were continuously derived.

Cycling round and round, never-ending.

Staring at the increasing number of world phantoms, Ji Ru Qianlong's eyes suddenly lit up as if she understood something: "Could it be that you plan to create countless brand-new worlds to accommodate those unchosen fates?!"

Lin Yang nodded with a smile, "Yes. I call them Parallel Worlds."

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(The End)