140: Chapter 140 A New Journey
In the most core and secure S-class nursing room of the "Dragons Nest," Lin Qingzhi and I had a long talk that would decide our future fate.
With the Dragon Soul Bureau's cost-free resource support and her own terrifying recovery ability, her injuries had initially stabilized. Although she still looked weak, she was no longer in mortal danger.
She leaned against the soft, specially made headboard. On that stunningly beautiful face, there was no relief from surviving a disaster, only a cold, heavy, and resolute expression like Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice.
"Mo Wen, our real trouble has arrived."
She went straight to the point. Her voice, though soft, carried the heavy oppressive feeling of an impending storm.
I stayed quietly by her pillow, waiting for her to continue.
Then, she explained to me, in the most concise and precise way, the terror of the "Holy Lord."
It was a supreme existence that truly stood at the apex of all living beings in the Xuan Realm and had already stepped half a foot into the legendary "Emperor Realm."
The Xuantian Alliance was the terrifying organization founded by him that spanned the heavens and myriad worlds. Its sole purpose was to plunder and devour nascent or declining worlds, turning their Origin into the... provisions for the "Holy Lord" to ascend to the Emperor Realm.
Night Crow, in front of him, didn't even have the qualifications to carry his shoes. The Wang family wasn't even fit to be the running dog of his running dog; at best, they were insignificant pawns that could be discarded at any time.
And she, the Ice Phoenix Divine Dynasty of her previous life, met its tragic end of national destruction and the fall of her Divine Soul precisely because a traitor appeared within the dynasty, colluding with the Xuantian Alliance.
What the "Holy Lord" coveted was the supreme divine object that had suppressed the Luck of their Ice Phoenix Divine Dynasty for hundreds of millions of years: the "world core."
Now, the death of Night Crow, along with the activated "tracking imprint," had completely exposed her coordinates to the sight of this terrifying existence.
Although the "Holy Lord" could not descend in person due to the barrier of the plane, the countless terrifying powerhouses under his command—at the Demon Rank, King Rank, and even Emperor Rank—would soon swarm in like sharks smelling blood.
The war we are about to face is no longer just the pursuit of "running dogs" at the level of Night Crow, but a war against the entire plane, initiated personally by the "Holy Lord"!
Hearing this, I felt a chill run from my tailbone straight to my crown!
Emperor Realm!
Plane war!
Xuantian Alliance!
Each of these terms carried a weight heavy enough to crush the stars, completely shattering the smugness I felt after slaying a Demon Rank!
In the face of such a massive, epic-level terrifying force, we were like two... ants in a storm.
"Then what is our... only hope?" I transmitted my heavy thought through the vibration of my wings.
"The three-yuan singularity!" There was no despair in Lin Qingzhi's eyes; instead, a flame of hope, more fervent than ever before, rekindled.
She looked at the incomplete star map in front of me and said with an incomparably certain tone: "Facing such a terrifying enemy, our only way to break the situation is to find that 'three-yuan singularity' before the 'Holy Lord's' judgment descends!"
"According to the memory remaining in my Divine Soul, that place is a 'world singularity' formed by the intersection of the three most fundamental Laws at the beginning of the Spiritual Qi Recovery in this world! Not only is there the supreme divine medicine 'soul nurturing wood' that can completely heal the wounds to my Divine Soul, but it may also hide a huge Opportunity that could allow us to achieve a qualitative leap in strength in a short period!"
"It may even... hold the chance for me to return to the Emperor Realm!"
After hearing her words, I looked at the incomplete star map in my hand, then looked at the string of evolution points on my System panel, long enough to drive anyone crazy, and a raging fire, unprecedented in intensity, ignited in my heart!
All this time, all my efforts were for survival, for self-preservation.
But now, I understood.
Blindly hiding and retreating would not bring true peace.
Only by becoming stronger!
Only by becoming stronger than anyone else!
Only by becoming stronger than that so-called "Holy Lord"!
Only then could I truly protect everything I wanted to protect!
At this moment, my mindset completely completed the transition from a "survivor" struggling to live to a "guardian" who dared to actively face the storm!
I looked at Lin Qingzhi's eyes filled with trust and expectation, and solemnly transmitted my will to her.
It was not words, but a most firm promise stemming from the Soul.
"Wait for me."
Immediately, I immersed all my focus into the System panel.
Facing the dazzling array of evolution options that could make me undergo a rebirth, I pressed down without hesitation!