Chapter 361: Murdering the ManagerTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
A few figures appeared on top. There were more than ten of them – male and female, each one's body overflowing with immortal Qi. They had an overwhelming aura about them, so that they seemed even stronger than the Celestial Emperors they had met before.
Lonemoon's heart sank. He scanned the group flying in the air and realised that flying beside the man who spoke was the new Demon King who had disappeared earlier. Now, there was no more demonic Qi around his body. Instead, all of it was replaced with immortal Qi. The strange thing was that their immortal Qi seemed different from ordinary immortal Qi that immortals possessed. Theirs looked extraordinarily rich.
Lonemoon's brain began to work. As if finally figuring something out, he said, "You led us here on purpose!"
"That's right," the man tutted. He glanced at each one of the three people standing below, hatred evident in his eyes. "That plane was going to break down sooner or later. You shouldn't still exist! You shouldn't have become the manager!"
Lonemoon started. They knew Shen Ying's identity. "What kind of people are you?"
"We're people who are going to kill you," said the man who spoke first. He looked like he had no intention to explain any more to them. His expression hardened as he said, "Don't worry, once you're gone, we will send this entire realm to accompany you in hell."
Once he finished speaking, he waved his hand so that the people who were waiting with swords in hand behind him charged toward the group below. All around, the array brightened. Countless blades appeared in the air, reflecting blinding white light into their eyes. The overwhelming suppressive force now filled every corner of the hall, so that Lonemoon's and Yi Qing's breaths got shallower. This was only immortal Qi, yet it carried with it a force so formidable that it felt stronger than God Power.
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Lonemoon subconsciously conjured a seal, summoning his immortal sword in an attempt to fight back. Yet, he found that his body had been drained of immortal Qi. Not only was he unable to summon his immortal sword, even he even lost touch with his intrinsic dharmic artifact. The immortal Qi all around him was so incredibly rich, yet he could not even use one bit of it. It was almost as if someone had taken all of his cultivation away. He watched as the blades in the air fell down toward him, leaving him with multiple wounds.
His heart jumped. Looking over, he found Yi Qing looking as confused as he felt. Yi Qing was attempting to do everything he could with the sword in his hands in order to deflect the blades.
What was going on?!
"What kind of array is this?"
"Are you surprised that you're not able to activate your skills?" The man in the air laughed mirthlessly upon noticing their confusion. "Didn't you realise that you're no longer in your plane? From the moment you entered this hall, we brought the entire palace out of your plane. In other words, you are no longer on your own turf. You may be a manager, but there's nothing you can do to us."
"We left the plane?" Lonemoon exclaimed. "You're invaders!"
"Hmph! Invaders?" He laughed once again. The rest of them glared at Lonemoon with even more hatred than before. Sarcastically, the man said, "So in your eyes, we're only invaders?" His expression turned even angrier. Rage began to radiate from his entire body as his eyes turned blood-shot. He emphasised each word as he said, "Even if we did invade and destroy this world, it's what this world, all of you, and the Godfiend owe us!"
The Godfiend? The few of them hesitated. What did that bastard do this time?
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The man became even more agitated, so that he was beginning to look crazy. Yet, he spoke no more. Instead, he addressed his companions, "Get the manager first!"
The people who had been fighting with Yi Qing immediately headed for Shen Ying when they heard the man's instructions.
"Master!" Yi Qing panicked. He tried to stop them, but he was too late. What's more, he was no longer as strong as he was before. There was no way he could rush over in time. All he could do was watch as more than ten people ran as fast as lightning to Shen Ying's side. They grabbed Shen Ying's... companion, Father Niu!
Yi Qing: "..."
Shen Ying, "..."
What?
(⊙_⊙)
Lonemoon: "..." *Son of a b*tch! *
The next moment, Lonemoon was brought into the air, in front of the leader. Something lit up around his body, holding him in place. A purple light flashed in the man's hands. Immediately, a purple blade made of flames appeared. The flames looked like the kind that came out of the lamp earlier on.
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"Since you're the manager, you should accompany your plane in destruction!"
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand, pointing the blade at Lonemoon.
Holy shit! Lonemoon's heart stopped. He shouted, "Shen Ying!"
The purple blade made of flames was just about to cut through his body when a hand flashed in front of Lonemoon's eyes. The hand grabbed onto the blade, causing it to stop in mid-air, just four fingers away from Lonemoon.
There was a long sigh. "Hey, you... He's not the manager." Shen Ying, who suddenly appeared in the air next to them, tilted her head. "I am!"
"What..." Before the man could process the fact that he had gotten the wrong person, Shen Ying tightened her grip. There was a clank as the purple blade of flames shattered into pieces in the man's hands. It disappeared into purple specks of light.
The man stared blankly at his now empty hands. Then, he saw stars. Everything around him was spinning. There was pain all over his body.
Shen Ying picked the man back up by the collar, and swung him at all of his companions, one by one, as if he was a badminton racket.
The entire hall became filled with loud crashes. More than ten of them fell down like dumplings. Some crashed into the floor, some crashed into the walls, some crashed into the pillars. Suddenly, the hall was covered with human art pieces.
Everything took less than 30 seconds. The array became dark once again. The hall vibrated violently, then collapsed completely.
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That's why... it's so difficult to reason with others!
Shen Ying sighed, then she threw the badminton racket – no! – the person in her hand onto the ground. She helped Lonemoon back down, next to Yi Qing. Then, she tore the cursed talisman that was holding Lonemoon still into pieces.
"So... this is the manager!" The man who had earlier been tossed aside struggled to raise his head. The look he gave Shen Ying was mixed with hatred and resentment, and a tinge of admiration. He laughed mirthlessly. "The manager's power comes from the plane he or she manages. I'm sure... I brought you out of your own plane. Yet, you are..."
"Oh." Shen Ying tilted her head, thinking very seriously of a response. "All I can say is – you know nothing about managers?"
Lonemoon pursed his lips. It was not that he knew nothing about managers – he just knew nothing about this cheat. Both Lonemoon and Yi Qing's skills had been suppressed. Only Shen Ying's was not!
"I'm not satisfied!" The man's eyes filled with hatred once again. It was causing his expression to harden by the second. He had a certain crazed determination as he said, "How can all of these lousy planes find managers? How can the Godfiend, that lousy man, have a stable plane to reside in? Why should our resources be taken away from us? Why should we be chased out to the realm beyond realms! I'm indignant! If something must be destroyed... you and your plane should perish!" He used his last breath to shout all of these things at the three of them.
The three of them, however, stared blankly back at him. Before they could process what the man was saying, the purple light in his hand flashed once again. A familiar purple box appeared.
Wasn't this the box Shen Ying used to store the purple gas?
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Lonemoon touched his side and realised that it was gone. When did they take it from them!
His heart sank. "What are you trying to do?"
It was too late. The purple light in the man's hand flashed once more. The purple gas rushed out of the box and headed straight toward the ground.
Chapter 362: The Realm Breaks DownTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The next moment, purple cracks appeared all around them, spreading toward them. They covered the heavens and the earth in seconds. It felt like the entire earth was shaking as it crumbled into pieces and fell down around them. The purple faded away, but the cracks remained in the sky.
It reminded Lonemoon of the earlier time with the Godfiend at the divine territory. Everything was breaking down so quickly. Everything only took seconds. It was a wasteland now. The waste auras from outside of the realm slipped in through the cracks in the sky. All forms of life dropped immediately to zero. The chances of living fell rapidly.
"You want to ruin this little plane!" Lonemoon exclaimed, eyes widened in disbelief. The entire plane had just fallen apart before his eyes.
"Your plane should have been destroyed from the beginning." The man looked even crazier than before. It was almost as if he was ready to perish with this plane if he had to. "Not just this plane, but the other 3000 planes should not even be around."
"You're crazy!" Lonemoon looked at the rapidly deteriorating plane. "Do you know how many living creatures there are on this plane? If you destroy this place, they'll perish along with it!"
"So what!" He laughed maniacally, turning around to face Shen Ying. He said excitedly, "We should have died earlier! If I kill the manager, your plane will perish along with me."
This man had lost his mind!
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"This plane has been completely disconnected. Once I destroy it, even managers would not be able to escape. Go down along with this plane!"
"That's not for sure," Shen Ying suddenly spoke. She did not look in the least bit concerned. She retrieved a box from her robes and tossed it over.
The box looked like the transparent one from before, but it was red. As it flew out, it grew in size, until it threatened to cover the entire sky and swallow the entire plane. The waste auras that seeped into the plane through the crack were forced back out the same way. Although the cracks still remained, the entire plane remained intact. The destruction halted, as if time had stopped.
Lonemoon's body relaxed. The suppressive force he felt from the plane just moments before disappeared. He glanced at the vast sky. The red box had now become a red light that covered the entire sky, separating the sky from the earth. "What... is this?" Where was Shen Ying getting all of these boxes?
"Isolation equipment," Shen Ying replied matter-of-factly. After pondering for a moment, she added, "When my older sister was angry in the past, she would lock me in the little black... red house here."
"Er..." Indeed, this looked like something Shen Jing would do. But this little red house was quite huge. It was big enough to contain the entire plane.
"What did you do?!" The man who had been laughing maniacally just moments before looked around in disbelief. The little plane had been falling apart. Why did it stop? Were managers really this strong? How could she stop this little plane from falling apart even though it is completely disconnected from her own plane?
Shen Ying had no intention of replying to him. She walked over and picked him up by the collar. Very seriously, she said, "We're very reasonable. You can tell your story now."
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The man hesitated. Before he could respond, another voice interrupted. "Let go of Saint Hong Meng!" They did not realise when this familiar-looking man climbed out of the pit. It was the fake Demon King who stole Yu Hong's dowry. Maybe Shen Ying did not knock him hard enough. He still had the energy to get to his feet. He glared at Shen Ying, raging and threatening her with his eyes.
Suddenly, he turned around. A purple light flashed once again as another familiar figure appeared beside him. Purple aura surrounded that person, wrapping him up like a dumpling. The man's face became pale, so that he could not move. His aura weakened by the second.
The dumpling looked up at the group, and his eyes brightened. He opened his mouth to whisper, "Boss..." It was the Godfiend, who had disappeared for a long time now.
Indeed, he had been kidnapped by these people.
That fake Demon Kil drew an immortal sword and placed it just under the Godfiend's neck. Once again, he shouted, "Let Hong Meng go or I will kill him!"
The three of them exchanged meaningful looks. A moment later, they shouted in unison, "Alright!"
The fake Demon King: "..."
The Godfiend: "..."
What?
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"Kill him, kill him. He's of no use, anyway."
"That's right, all he can do is attract trouble. We should have killed him a long time ago!"
"Please take our advice – kill him as soon as possible!"
The Godfiend's heart began to hurt. He had been referring to Shen Ying as his Boss for a couple of days after all – was he that unimportant?
(ू*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)
"Master, I think it's almost time for dinner." Yi Qing stepped forward to remind Shen Ying after calculating for a second.
"Oh." Shen Ying nodded. She glanced at the rubble around her and said, "This place is too messy. Let's go back for dinner."
She reached out and waved his finger in the air. The air began to twist, and a passage opened up in front of them.
"The plane... passage." The man who was still being held by the collar muttered in disbelief. "How could this be?!" He had already disconnected this little plane from the manager's plane. This plane was half-destroyed. By any standards, this plane would be considered a wasteland. How was it that the manager could still open a plane passage leading them back?
Lonemoon glanced at him and said, "It'll be alright once you get used to it." Why would anyone attempt to use logic on a cheat?
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They were just about to enter the passage when the Godfiend gasped in confusion. Wait, were they really not going to try to save the Godfiend?
_( ́ཀ'」∠)_
Shen Ying suddenly recalled something. She paused, turned around and said, "Right, you haven't eaten yet either, have you? Let's eat together!"
She turned back around. The man felt suction coming from an unknown source. A blinding white light flashed before his eyes, then he found himself standing in the middle of a starry sky. Not far from him, on the ground, lay more than ten people than Shen Ying threw into the earth. They were still unconscious.
There were big and small light balls all around them. One of them was especially eye catching. It was covered in the red translucent box that Shen Ying took out of her robes earlier on. Inside, he could see a total of 708 broken pieces. It was that little plane that he was just in.
"Master, please hold on for a moment. Dinner will be ready in a moment." Yi Qing pulled out a table and some chairs, along with some cutlery out of habit. Then, he retrieved the leftover roasted dragon meat. There was a flash of light from his sword. The dragon meat was cut into little slices and set on the table. "Master, if you're hungry, eat this first."
"Alright." Shen Ying nodded. She threw the man onto the seat next to her, picked up a slice off meat and put it in her mouth. The spell still worked, so that the meat was still nice and warm.
Chef turned around and disappeared into a star. Specifically, He disappeared into the new kitchen set up on the field in the divine realm.
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Shen Ying had already finished more than half of the bowl of dragon's meat when she suddenly thought of something. She glanced at the person next to her and asked, "You want some?" He had to eat to have enough energy to talk.
Hong Meng paused. He tried to figure out exactly what Shen Ying was implying. Why was she offering him food all of a sudden? Yet, he did not think it fit to ask her. His wounds were far too serious. All he could do was sit still and try not to make eye contact with her.
The Godfiend, on the other hand, who was still trapped in a corner, whined. "Boss..." Did she forget about this baby of hers?
Chapter 363: Mutual Help Between PlanesTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Shen Ying looked up at him, before turning to Lonemoon at the side. "Father Niu, help him out." I'm not free.
Lonemoon's mouth twitched, before he turned to walk in that direction. The fake Demon King who was still holding the man showed a little tightened expression. After a while, his hand fell as though he gave up. They already returned to the range of the plane and the assistant powers of Lonemoon naturally returned. They were completely powerless to resist.
Lonemoon made a slight grab and that purple gas which trapped the Godfiend disappeared immediately. Only then did he walk over holding the man.
In the next moment, the people who were originally fiercely fighting each other already sat around the same table eating dinner. To put it more accurately, Shen Ying was eating alone, while Lonemoon rolled his eyes, and Hong Meng and that fake Demon King watched with a blank expression. Godfiend could only stand, and around a dozen people lay unconscious on the ground.
For a time, the sound of Shen Ying's chopsticks, and occasionally the sound of Chef's footsteps as he went about delivering dishes, were the only sounds in the Divine Realm.
And the rest somehow just watched Shen Ying finish her meal in silence, with a blankness in their minds and even a slight hunger in their stomach.
A certain person only stopped with a loud burp when all the dishes on the table had disappeared. Chef had already tidied up the table fast and placed fruit and tea onto it.
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With a thought, he changed the rectangular table to a round table with a hand seal, added a chair at the side for himself, and kindly handed over a stool to Godfiend who remained standing.
Godfiend's mouth twitched as he sat down. He appeared much shorter than the rest immediately. The larger half of his body was below the table, and only a miserable head showed above the table.
Godfiend, "..." Yi Qing did this intentionally, right? Absolutely!
"We can start." Shen Ying nibbled at a fruit in her hand and said with a completely casual look. "Tell us about those indescribable anecdotes between Godfiend and all of you?"
Yi Qing: "..."
Lonemoon, "..."
The Godfiend: "..."
Although he did have some irreconcilable feud with these people, how come he felt that there was something weird about this question of Big Boss?
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The other two actually snorted, and their looks towards them were full of disdain. After a long while, that person called Hong Meng said, "As the manager, how can you not be clear about the grievances between us!"
"I'm not clear." Shen Ying's head tilted. Just say, okay?
"You..." The other party seemed even angrier. "Kill us if you want to. What do you want with us, with such pretenses?" With that said their looks seemed as if fire was going to emerge from their eyes. They restrained themselves with a few deep breaths, turned around and spoke no more. As though they couldn't bother to say another word.
Shen Ying's mouth twitched. Were they going to start on obsolete plots that couldn't bear listening?
"Believe it or not, we've only just taken charge of this plane." Lonemoon at the side actually couldn't watch it any longer and took over the responsibility of communication. "We are indeed unsure about your businesses. You may choose not to speak, although..." His look went cold. "Miss this chance, and you won't have another even if you want to."
"Master is only giving you an opportunity to explain." Yi Qing's expression chilled as he also spoke. "With the rest, you have no power to resist at all." Talking as if you could beat Master, little bitches!
The faces of the two opposite them suddenly paled, and their looks fluttered.
"Big boss." Godfiend beside them actually started speaking weakly with a darkened expression. "Actually, they..."
"We're indeed from another plane." Before he could finish, Hong Meng looked like he suddenly figured out something. With remnant hatred in his eyes but nevertheless being much calmer than he was previously he stared at Godfiend, who was almost retreating under the table. "But... we didn't initiate an invasion this plane. Instead, your Godfiend invited us to come."
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Huh!?
The three were shocked, and Hong Meng actually sneered. His eyes closed briefly, and then with an aura of vicissitude and despair overflowing from him, he turned to look towards Shen Ying. His eyes were full of those hard-to-understand emotions. It took him a long time to tell the whole story.
And they heard a completely unexpected story.
These people were indeed from a different plane, and it was an immortal plane very similar to this one. The only difference here was the three ancient Gods. They had thirteen sages from the beginning of the world's creation, who were the ones who encircled them from before.
Like this plane, they didn't have a manager as well, and with time, the plane without a manager became ever weaker, vaguely showing the signs of a collapse. Just as they were despairing and going around planes looking for a problem-bearer... uh pui, a Manager, they arrived at this plane. Only then did they realize that there was another place that shared their fate, and the two sides started interaction afterwards.
At the time, the two worlds were both on the verge of collapsing, and the power of either side was totally insufficient to prevent a plane collapse. So the two sides discussed and found a way of combining strengths. They agreed to face the plane crisis together, combine the power of two planes and stabilize situations one by one. As the problem was more severe on Godfiend's side, they decided to start from here.
So Godfiend opened the plane gate and invited them here. Together they spent a great amount of time fixing this plane, pouring out their energies. They even came up with the idea of dividing the plane to three thousand small worlds to temporarily delay the full collapse of the plane. It was also from then that there were the three realms of Heaven, Earth and Men. They also gave the beings of this world the ability to cross over small worlds, which were the cultivations methods later.
The reason that they had immortal qi but that which was apparently different from immortal qi of the Celestial World, was that the methods of cultivation originated from them in the first place. The difference was only from the planes in which they cultivated.
With years of hard work, matters finally progressed in a good manner. The hard work and cooperation between the two sides reaped results and dragged this plane from the edge of collapse. Though it was still unstable, it wasn't as fragile as it was before. Even the remaining plane cracks of the Three Realms were temporarily fixed. So long as a Manager appears within the time limit, this plane could be completely stabilized.
But just as they were feeling happy and relieved for this plane, a heavy blow came to them.
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Their own plane collapsed...
Because of the planes being extremely fragile, to prevent an accident, they didn't go across planes frequently when fixing this world. They didn't even return to check on the situation back there. When they realized it, it was already too late. Their original plane went back into complete nothingness, with all living beings destroyed.
Trying the best to fix another plane but getting their own plane completely disappearing would be unacceptable with anyone. Therefore, the original mutually helpful relation was completely broken. The only 13 sages left started a terrible hatred towards this whole matter.
And the last straw that crushed the camel was Godfiend's betrayal of them afterwards...
Chapter 364: Godfiend's ConspiracyTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
"Our biggest fault was trusting you, this villain!" Hong Meng's eyes showed that bone-deep hatred once more, as he stared at Godfiend opposite him, who was almost shrinking below the table. "We used all we had to help stabilize your plane, while ours returned to complete nothingness. And he took that opportunity to rob our original source the purple gas, and to banish us to the outer realm. Shouldn't we revenge such deep grievances?"
His voice grew deeper as he spoke. His heart was full of rage and sorrow for being powerless against the collapse of homeland. It was like he was making his final laments. His whole body was so tense that it seemed like it was going to break in the next moment.
For a time, everyone around the table were silent. Even Lonemoon who had always been eloquent didn't know how to speak.
They had never imagined the truth to be as such. This plane was actually built with their help, and it actually indirectly led to their own world's collapse. Anyone would probably be unable to accept the reality of their circumstances. He suddenly understood those complex emotions when those men looked at them earlier on.
That hatred was probably not towards them, but towards Godfiend, this world, and even themselves for not discovering the problems with their own plane in time.
One had to say that carrying such a past, they were very strong to even not go mad.
And Godfiend was also beyond his expectation...
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All three turned together to look at the person beside them.
Godfiend's look deepened. He gave Hong Meng opposite him a look and only started to speak after a long while, "Hong Meng, what happened then was not like you think..."
"Ho, you're still arguing even now!" Hong Meng's eyes grew even redder. Doubtlessly, should not Shen Ying be present, he would have long rushed over to destroy Godfiend. "Who robbed our original source the purple gas? Who banished us to the outer realm forever? And who created the divine world just use the demonic Qi to lock us inside, unable to reincarnate forever?"
"I..." Godfiend's eyes were full of guilt. He looked like he wanted to say something, but with a movement of lips, he eventually didn't speak.
"We only resent the unfairness of the Great Dao! That the plane that such a villain like you belong to can actually find a Manager." He took a deep breath and looked as though he was trying hard to suppress the rage in his heart.
In the next moment, his last strength seemed to be gone, and his whole body collapsed. Death Qi emerged vaguely from all over his body. He looked up at Shen Ying briefly, and after a long while he said, "Indeed, we wanted to kill you and bring the whole plane to destruction with you. Yet our abilities were inferior. Perhaps we should have disappeared long ago together with our own plane."
"You really did all this." Lonemoon turned to look at Godfiend in disbelief.
Godfiend's expression changed and something went across his face. Only after a long while did he nod with a blank expression. "Yes."
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"You..." Lonemoon even wanted to give him a beating for the other party's sake. Though he had long known that he was evil, he didn't imagine that he would be SO evil. He not only kicked them to the curb after exploiting their usefulness, he even deprived them of their original power source and imprisoned them. Should he feel fortunate that in the past he merely kicked them back to their original planes without killing them directly?
"I'm the God of Creation. For the good of the plane, all methods are worth it." He spoke word by word, as though he had not a single bit of regret.
Lonemoon widened his eyes. He had seen shameless people, but not one so shameless.
"Without what happened then, there would be no Three Realms now." He stood up slowly, and his original kind expression changed to one of bone-deep indifference. "Original source purple gas could help me stabilize this plane, why shouldn't I use it?"
"Holy shit! You are indeed a f*cking scum!"
"Under the situation then, this was my only choice." He glanced Hong Meng and the other opposite him. "My existence was to protect this world in the first place. As for matters of other planes, they have nothing to do with me."
"You..." The two stood up in anger.
"Your plane has already returned to void, whatever else you do is futile! Why bother dragging this place down?"
"Godfiend!" Even Lonemoon couldn't bear hearing it any longer.
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Hong Meng sent a fist right towards him. Just as his fist was falling onto Godfiend's face, Shen Ying suddenly grabbed his wrist, and turned to say in a lazy manner,
"How about, I return the plane to you on his behalf?"
Yi Qing: "..."
Lonemoon, "..."
Hong Meng, "..."
The Godfiend: "..."
What?
(⊙_⊙)
The place went completely silent in an instant.
In particular, Hong Meng widened his eyes, and those eyes which were originally dead showed a slight glimmer of light. He said with a pressed voice, as if he was afraid to disturb something, "What... do you mean?"
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"The literal meaning." Shen Ying scratched her head, her expression irritated. "Though it's a bit troublesome to start a plane, haven't you helped us before? We'd have to give a gift in return or something." Sigh. She had to work right after eating, so tiring!
"You..." The other party's eyes opened even wider, and a hint of joy appeared in them, before dying down again. "Don't make jokes. Our plane has already returned to a void, can you possibly re-open the void?"
Before Shen Ying replied, the three behind her understood and started speaking first.
Lonemoon, "This she indeed can do!"
Yi Qing, "She absolutely can!"
Godfiend, "For sure!"
After which, Lonemoon went forward to pat his shoulder, and he gave him a look of unclear meaning.
Hong Meng, "..."
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The fake Demon King: "..."
Can't it be, managers are actually so impressive?
A while later...
"You... you can actually return us our plane." The fake Demon King couldn't help but went forward and asked with excitement.
Shen Ying was just about to nod.
"What use is it even if the plane can be rebuilt?" Hong Meng laughed bitterly, and the light which just ignited in his eyes died down again. His expression grew even more despairing. "The hundreds and thousands of beings in our world had long turned to void. What use is rebuilding a dead land?"
The fake Demon King's expression darkened, and the hope in his eyes disappeared instantly as well.
"Not to ever return..."
"What if they can?" Shen Ying suddenly spoke.
"What?!" The two both stiffened.
Shen Ying actually pointed directly to the air, and starlight flashed around them. In a moment, the small world that was wrapped with a red cubic box flew to them. "You've been here for so long, didn't you find anything wrong?"
Everyone were stunned. Even Lonemoon and Yi Qing looked toward her with doubt.
Shen Ying sighed, directly enlarged the light ball in front of her and pointed to a fragment in the middle. "That one belongs to you, right?"
The men looked carefully towards the direction she pointed. The whole small world had actually already broken into thousands of pieces, and the point that Shen Ying pointed towards seemed to be a lake. The lake water was crystal clear. In the middle of it, a big tree full of red strips grew on a small island. It looked familiar.
"Isn't this that Fertility Tree!" Lonemoon was shocked. Remembering the past, he burst out, "What's with such superstitious legends..."
Before he finished, Chef interrupted him directly, "Below the tree!"
Chapter 365: FriendsTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lonemoon was stunned. Looking down, he saw some vague purple light under that tree. Thousands of thin strings drew directly towards the bottom, and in the bottom of the root, a purple pool of spring water-like thing gathered. It glittered faintly.
"Original source purple gas!" Meng Hong cried out in surprise directly, "How did our original source purple gas... No, no! This isn't original source purple gas." Original source purple gas was the source of their power and was formed during the formation of their plane. It was a most pure power, but just faint strings purple gas. Yet here, it was a purple spring. Its aura was the same as that of the purple gas, but it was much thicker.
What on earth was this? Everyone turned to look towards Godfiend.
Godfiend was stunned, and after a while he nodded. "I did indeed hide your original source purple gas at this outer realm. In any case, this is the most dangerous place, which makes it the safest."
Hongyu's hands tightened, and he grew angrier. No wonder after they struggled to escape from outer realm, they couldn't find original source purple gas at all. It was actually hidden right under their eyes.
"But..." Godfiend looked at the purple spring under the tree. "I'm also not sure how it became like such."
"Chef..." Lonemoon actually gave Yi Qing a push and said, "Don't you think this spring water looked a bit like..."
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"The Spring of Life from last time!" Yi Qing understood Shen Ying's meaning immediately. No wonder that was a Fertility Tree.
"What spring of life?" Hong Meng was stunned.
Lonemoon exchanged a look with Yi Qing before going forward to explain, "This outer realm was isolated from the Three Realms in the first place. With not even the River of Forgetfulness passing through the place, it shouldn't have any living beings by right. Yet right now there were cultivators all over it, and they could actually cultivate immortal powers. Have you thought about the reason?"
The two looked blank. "You mean... they came out of this purple spring?"
"It should be so." Lonemoon nodded. That was why the locals thought the tree upon the purple spring a Fertility Tree. It might not be superstition after all, but because this tree could actually give babies. Just like the Spring of Life from the other world had demon beasts climbing out of it continuously, the life of this small world came from this purple spring.
"But what's this got to do with our plane?" Hong Meng still didn't understand.
"This purple spring was formed by condensation from your original source purple gas, which came from your plane, and there was no River of Forgetfulness underneath it." Yi Qing continued. Life without souls would be spirit-less like the demon beasts from last time, but it was different for this world. "The bottom of the spring connected only to the void, and in the void, the purple spring could only capture similar auras."
"You mean..." The two's eyes opened extremely wide and their faces were full of disbelief. Their whole bodies stiffened, not daring to even breathe strongly.
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Only then did Yi Qing say, word by word, "Every person born in the outer realm was from your original plane." update by v ipnovel.com
The two's feet gave in and they sat directly on the ground. An ecstasy spread on their faces. All the people in that small world were from their own world. There were... there were actually more than 13 of them left!
And so long as that purple spring was their, their plane... was sure to return completely one day!
Watery light emerged vaguely in their eyes. The hearts which had remained cold in despair for years seemed to finally come back to life like a fire was ignited. Thinking about the past, they had to feel fortunate that they didn't destroy that small world directly for revenge. Fortunately, someone stopped them.
The two exchanged a look, and they suddenly stood up, retreated to one side, and made a serious salute towards Shen Ying's party. "Thank you, thank..." They looked like they wanted to say something, but couldn't make a song for a long while, as though they didn't know how to start.
"Words of thanks can be left for later. Go inside to fetch the purple spring!" Lonemoon pushed Shen Ying. "It has to return to your original plane."
Shen Ying directly raised a hand to draw a line, opening up the passage towards that half-collapsed small world.
"Okay... Okay..." The two nodded, before they walked in rapidly with a face full of excitement and even somewhat unstable footsteps. They disappeared in an instant.
Only then did Shen Ying turn to look at a certain person beside her. "Now... you can speak the truth, right?"
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Godfiend stiffened and gave her a surprised look. After a while, his whole body relaxed, and as though some disguise was finally removed, his whole body bent down. He smiled towards her. "it's Big Boss indeed. Nothing can be kept from you."
"What do you mean?" Lonemoon was stunned. "Is there something else wrong with this plane that you didn't mention?"
"No, no..." Godfiend hurried to wave in denial. "I promise that there's nothing else. How would I dare?" He smiled even wider, but his figure swayed, and his body actually collapsed like he could no longer support it.
Yi Qing reached out to support him, but he still sat directly down on the ground. There was even a faint glow upon his body, as if he was going to disappear in the next moment.
"Holy shit! What's up with you?" Lonemoon was shocked. He produced a hand seal subconsciously, but it didn't work at all. The immortal power on his body was dissipating. At this rate... he would die. "What happened? You were hurt by Hong Meng's group?"
"No!" Godfiend shook his head, not caring at all, as if he was welcoming not death but rebirth. "The time has come, that's all." He laughed even more happily. Unlike the previous kind of polite fake smile, this was a genuine smile. "I should have left long ago, but without resolving their matter... I always felt worried. Luckily... Luckily we have the best Manager."
Shen Ying's eyes darkened. She squatted down directly beside him and gave him a glance. "Why not tell the truth? And why deliberately causing hatred?"
"I've got no other way." He shook his head. "They didn't belong to this world in the first place. If I don't isolate them in the outer realm, with time, they are sure to be repelled by the plane. When that happens, they would disappear completely." That's why he made them disconnect from the plane at that small world.
"What about the purple gas?" If isolating the people at outer realm was to prevent plane repelling, what was robbing their power for?
"I heard that all beings originated from the original source of the plane." He said softly. "Their power was a plane original source as well, so I wanted to make a bet on their behalf... And the truth proved that I won that bet." After all these years, those purple gas finally became a purple spring.
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Lonemoon frowned, suddenly not understanding Godfiend. That meant all he did was actually just to help those people. "Why don't you tell them straight away?"
"Because... they won't be able to live." Godfiend continued to smile. "Like me, they were born for their plane. I guessed that they would probably go mad knowing that their plane was gone. If hating me can help them live, isn't that quite good? At the end of the day, I owed them."
"So you deliberately looked for abuse?" She tilted her head.
"Hahaha..." He laughed out loud. "It was to wait for you, Big Boss. I can't return their plane to them, but a Manager can! They are all good people. It'd be such a pity if they disappear just like that."