461: Creation of the Mermaids

Time passed, an unknown duration.

After her tears ran dry, Mi Sheng stumbled to her feet and returned to the same beach.

She sat on a reef, her expression numb, unable to cry anymore, like a soulless automaton, staring blankly at the undulating Endless Sea.

Sunsets and moonrises, sunrises and moonsets, she remained motionless as wind and waves soaked her clothes, only for the scorching sun to dry them, repeating endlessly, as if she had transformed into a statue of a Merfolk gazing at the sea.

Months passed in the rotation of the sun and moon.

Focus finally returned to Mi Sheng's hollow eyes. She clutched Yun Mo's final memento tightly in her hand, her gaze gradually becoming incredibly resolute.

"Brother... wait for me. Little Fish will definitely find a way to revive you!"

Mi Sheng began to Cultivate even more desperately, as if she had become a Cultivation machine, either Cultivating or on the way to Cultivating. At the same time, to compete for various Cultivation resources, she had to endure countless bloodshed and slaughter.

She was covered in blood and gore, stepping on countless enemy corpses, growing stronger step by step, from a weak and easily bullied Merfolk girl to a formidable expert feared by countless people.

But no matter how much time passed, or how many things she experienced, she never forgot Yun Mo.

Because that was her belief, allowing her to repeatedly defeat powerful enemies and overcome countless tribulations without giving up.

It was her deepest and only obsession.

Every time her Cultivation broke through to a new Realm, she would try to revive Yun Mo.

However, each attempt ended in failure.

Even Cultivating to the Dao Sovereign Realm, or even the Giant Realm, she could not achieve it.

She traversed the river of time, yet she couldn't find a trace of Yun Mo.

He had completely vanished from all time, as if he had never existed, only remaining in her memory.

...

During these long years.

Mi Sheng also did one more thing.

She encountered many unique Merfolk in the deep sea who shared her background, and feeling compassion, she wanted to help them, but didn't know how.

Those Merfolk were too weak; even with her protection, the problem couldn't be fundamentally resolved.

To truly escape their predicament and avoid being oppressed by the various deep-sea races, they needed to become strong themselves.

After all, she still needed to Cultivate, and after reaching the Giant Realm, a single seclusion could last for hundreds of millions of years.

Afterward, she recalled the various stories Yun Mo had told her, as well as the omnipotent Goddess Nuwa.

She decided to emulate Nuwa in creating humans, using the Heaven and Earth Supreme Treasure, the Divine Spring of Creation, which she had unexpectedly obtained, along with the Divine Soil of Gui Xu, and some of her own essence blood, to ultimately create the Merfolk Race.

They possessed exquisite beauty, could weep pearls, and had voices as beautiful as celestial music.

Just as Yun Mo had described to her.

Perhaps because of the supreme power of creation contained within the Divine Spring of Creation, the Merfolk's pearls and songs had extremely special effects.

After the Merfolk Race appeared, the deep-sea Merfolk also became a part of it. With Mi Sheng as their backer, they rapidly rose to become a major power in the deep sea.

After long years of development, the Merfolk and deep-sea Merfolk Bloodlines merged, becoming indistinguishable.

They completely became the Merfolk Race.

Among them, Merfolk who retained pure Bloodlines became the Merfolk Royal Family.

They all honored Mi Sheng as the Merfolk Ancestor.

However, perhaps because Mi Sheng had not fully comprehended the Dao when she created the Merfolk Race, the Merfolk Race possessed a certain flaw, preventing them from Breaking through to the Giant Realm.

...

Countless years later.

Mi Sheng was already a top Giant Realm expert. She returned to the original beach and once again tried to revive Yun Mo, but still couldn't find him in the past time.

"Brother, why can't I find you..."

Mi Sheng hugged the sandcastle she had salvaged from the river of time, her eyes filled with longing and confusion.

"...You said you would come back for me. No matter how long it takes, Mi Sheng will always, always wait for you."

...

A vast amount of memory scenes flashed rapidly through Wu Ning's mind, as if billions of years had passed in an instant.

After he finished watching all the memory scenes, as if he had personally experienced endless years, he stood frozen in place, motionless.

"Mi Sheng is the Merfolk Ancestor, and that Yun Mo... is he me from a certain Reincarnation...?"

After a long time, Wu Ning murmured to himself.

The Yun Mo in the memory scenes indeed looked exactly like him, as if they were cast from the same mold.

Although there are people in the world who look completely alike, an inexplicable intuition told him that it was one of his past Reincarnations.

Wu Ning stood rooted to the spot, countless chaotic thoughts swirling in his mind, his heart surging violently, unable to calm down.

If he was Yun Mo, and the Merfolk Ancestor was Mi Sheng...

The thought of leaving her alone to face a terrifying Great Lord immediately filled Wu Ning with immense remorse.

"Damn it!"

He cursed under his breath and immediately rushed back to the battlefield in the Nine Abyss Sea Realm through the Door of All Heavens.

Although it might already be too late, he didn't know what else he could do.

It didn't take long for Wu Ning to return to the Void Realm of the Boundary Sea near the Nine Abyss Sea Realm.

The great war had already ended, the figure of the Candle Dragon had disappeared, and no traces of battle were left on the scene; even the shattered Nine Abyss Sea Realm had been completely restored.

Not even a trace of lingering power remained, as if everything was just an illusion, as if nothing had ever happened.

"Mi Sheng..."

Wu Ning stared blankly, his heart feeling as if an invisible large hand was tightly clenching it, causing immense discomfort.

He was unwilling and wanted to reverse time, but found that that segment of time had been completely erased.

It had become a chaotic Void Realm.

Truly, not a single trace was left.

Wu Ning remained silent for a long time, then flashed and flew towards the Nine Abyss Sea Realm, returning to the Gui Xu Abyss.

He released all the Merfolk Race he had collected.

The Candle Dragon's target was Mi Sheng; as a Great Lord, it was impossible for Him to attack these surviving ordinary Merfolk.

The Shark-People, Sea Demon, and Dragon races were almost completely annihilated, so they couldn't pose a threat to them either.

The remaining few great sea nations, having experienced this great war, were likely scared witless and were no longer a threat.

After all, Merfolk are a sea race, and among the Myriad Realms, only the Nine Abyss Sea Realm is the most suitable place for them to live.

Wu Ning also intended to ask for their wishes; if they wanted to leave the Nine Abyss Sea Realm, he could send them away.

But before Wu Ning could speak, he suddenly discovered something that horrified him.

All the Merfolk Race, from countless ordinary Merfolk to the Merfolk Emperor, and the surviving Merfolk Dao Sovereigns, surprisingly, none of them knew what had happened earlier.

They only remembered a great battle with the people of several surrounding sea nations, and that many of their tribesmen had sacrificed themselves.

But afterward, when the Merfolk Ancestor appeared and the Candle Dragon made His move, no one remembered anything.