"There's an old ballad …"
"There is a lonely old man in the ballad …
"There is a vast world in the old man's eyes …
"That is the era when the Gods existed. It is the era when all manner of living things fought against each other. It is … the law in which the world operates because of one person's will …"
The indistinct voice swiftly echoed in Su Ming's head. There was an ancient air contained within that voice, and Su Ming had a vague feeling that it was even older than Sui Chen Zi's.
"People worshiped that old man. They used strange items to offer sacrifices to him. They used strange treasures … in exchange for the right to be written into the ballad for individuals and even races …
"Legend has it that all the people and races who were written into the ballad would become immortal along with the existence of the ballad. They would go from being ordinary to becoming glorious …
"However, over the course of countless years, only nine lives and four races managed to obtain the old man's acknowledgment by offering their strange items, and they were written into his ballad …
"From then on … these nine lives and four races began their eternal legend …"
Su Ming's heart roared, and the voice in his head became even more ancient. As it continued echoing in his head, it was as if the entire universe had become still at that instant. Only Su Ming's will was tumbling and boiling in the voice.
At that moment, as the voice echoed in his head, a loud bang that shook his humming soul rang out in Su Ming's head. In the midst of it, an indistinct layer of distortions suddenly appeared around him. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a gigantic vortex. As it rotated, it was like a gaping mouth in space that instantly devoured Su Ming and made him disappear from the universe.
Su Ming's heart trembled, but he did not panic. This was not the first time he had encountered this sort of experience. This was … the process of entering the dimension in the fragment. When the world before his eyes became clear, Su Ming looked around him, and a familiar scene appeared before his eyes.
Fog surrounded him, and everything was indistinct. There was a mountain in the distance, and the door to the mountain was open, as if it was waiting for his arrival. Everything was the same as what he had seen before. This … was the world in the black fragment.
However, this time, Su Ming did not come here on his own accord. Instead, the black fragment had gone through some sort of strange change, causing Su Ming to be sucked in.
Almost at the instant Su Ming cast his gaze towards the mountain, a roar that sounded like it came from the world in the fragment's dimension. It sounded like heavy breathing, and as it reverberated in the air, the ground started trembling.
At the same time, Su Ming's pupils shrank.
He saw nine bizarre ferocious beasts with the backs of turtles, the heads of dragons, and the tails of snakes roaring as they descended from the sea of clouds.
Every single one of them was tens of thousands of feet tall, and the heavy breathing came from their mouths. There were nine chains wrapped around their bodies, and as they descended, the nine chains were pulled taut. It was as if there was something strange in the sea of clouds, and the nine Xuanwu tortoises wanted to pull that strange thing out.
As the roars grew stronger, Su Ming gradually saw … a mountain being dragged out of the sea of clouds. Eventually, most of the mountain was dragged out of the sea of clouds, and with a bang, it landed on the ground.
The height and vastness of the mountain surpassed that of the first mountain. In fact, when Su Ming compared the two mountains, they were like a giant and a child.
The gigantic second mountain was several times bigger than the first mountain. There was also a gigantic stone door on it, and there were also a few ancient words on it.
A ghastly presence spread out from those words, and it was incredibly strong. At the instant Su Ming saw them, he even felt as if his soul and even his body were about to be corroded by those ancient words.
Su Ming's heart trembled as he looked at those words. At the instant he saw them, he naturally understood the meaning behind those words.
Nurture, spirit decays.
All lives die, and with them, they will decay! However, the word 'nurture' in front made Su Ming slightly uncertain. He could not tell what it meant.
At the same time, after the second mountain descended, the chains on the nine gigantic Xuanwu turtles that had pulled the mountain out of the sea of clouds were slowly disappearing. It seemed like it would not be long before those chains would disappear completely, as if they … would regain their freedom. Surprise, excitement, and excitement could not be hidden from the expressions of the nine Xuanwu turtles.
Su Ming's heart was filled with excitement at that moment. He did not expect that there would be a second mountain in the black stone fragment, and that it would appear right before him at this moment.
As of then, Su Ming was no longer the child he was in the past. His experiences had caused his will to become incredibly firm, and the hardships he had gone through in his life had caused his mind to become experienced.
'If there's a second mountain, then there will definitely be a third. And judging by the timing of the second mountain's appearance, it's clear … that it was formed after the Waves of Tears absorbed the faint blue light.
'This is the key!' A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He had only opened a few doors to the first mountain in the fragment's dimension, and he did not know how many more there were. Besides, he did not have enough medicinal pills on him at the moment, which was why he could not choose to continue walking through the first mountain.
'The key to the second mountain's appearance is the souls of the Waves of Tears after they died. The second mountain's name is Decaying Spirit. Then … I should understand what is contained in the second mountain.'
Su Ming fell into a moment of pensive silence. He cast a glance at the nine dark turtles, whose chains had mostly disappeared. A glint appeared in his eyes, and without any hesitation, he charged towards the second mountain's door.
The fog on the ground was like an ocean. As it tumbled about, Su Ming moved through it. The second mountain might not have seemed far away, but when he truly reached it, there was still some distance between him and it. After a moment, when Su Ming stood at the foot of the second mountain, he lifted his head, and a feeling of shock rose in his heart.
Compared to the mountain, Su Ming was like an ant. In fact, even compared to the mountain's door, he was still incredibly insignificant. He sucked in a deep breath, and based on his experience, he lifted his right hand and placed it on the second mountain's stone door.
Almost at the instant his hand touched the door, booming sounds that shook the sky and earth reverberated in the air. As they continued spreading out, the stone door of the second mountain before Su Ming opened inwardly with loud bangs.
Su Ming stood where he was and sensed a gust of cold wind blowing out from the crack on the door. It lifted his long hair and caused his robes to flutter. There seemed to be rather indistinct murmurs in the wind, as if it was telling him about something ancient in the past …
Su Ming waited quietly for the mountain door to be completely opened, and a brilliant light shone in his eyes. Before him was a gigantic mountain cave. It was dark inside, and not a hint of light could be seen. There was only the decaying wind that swam past his hair.
Su Ming sucked in a deep breath and took a step towards the tunnel.
Almost at the instant his foot landed, a dark light appeared around the tunnel. It was the oil lamps lighting up out of nowhere, illuminating the tunnel in the dark light. The ghastly air might have been incredibly thick, but it allowed Su Ming to see his surroundings clearly.
At the instant he saw his surroundings clearly, Su Ming's pupils shrank, and his foot came to an abrupt halt. He saw that there were a few totems on the walls around him, and the pictures carved on those totems … contained an endless amount of Waves of Tears!
These Waves of Tears looked as if they were alive, and all of them had ferocious expressions on their faces. They looked as if they were about to rush out of the totems, giving off a powerful visual impact.
At the end of the tunnel, Su Ming saw the first stone door in the tunnel of the second mountain!
There was a faint blue glow at the center of the stone door at that moment. That glow was flashing, and every single time it did so, an endless amount of faint blue threads would spread out from it, covering the entire mountain door like a spider's web.
Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he lifted his foot and walked towards the mountain door at the end of the tunnel. After a moment, when he arrived beside the mountain door, he fell into a moment of pensive silence. Then, based on his past experiences, he lifted his right hand and pushed his palm against the mountain door.
At the instant his hand touched the mountain door, Su Ming's long hair danced in the air, and a focused glint appeared in his eyes.
"In the ancient ballad … the old man closed his eyes in the end …"
"Nine living beings and four races became the eternal beings in the ballad …"
"The old man turned into a statue, and the color of the statue was black. He … shattered and turned into thirteen pieces that disappeared into the world …"
"Before he disappeared, the nine living beings and four races heard two words echoing in their minds … the Seed of Life Extermination."
"This is a cycle of reincarnation. This is … a time when the will of the world went from being to non-being, and also … from non-being to being."
"Welcome back, you who possess the blood of the Abyss Builders and the will of Ecang. The Seed of Life Extermination was reborn because of you …"
"The first spirit you offered was the spirit of the Wave of Tears. This spirit is flawed. If you find its flaw, you can kill this race … You have an endless amount of time to use the medicinal pills you offered previously to create Decaying Spirit that can stimulate this spirit's flaw. If you give up … then the first step in nurturing the Spirit of Life Extermination will not be to choose the spirit of the Wave of Tears."
The voice in Su Ming's mind echoed in his head. It sounded as if it had been left behind since ancient times. At that moment, the voice gradually disappeared. At the instant it did so, Su Ming's mind trembled.
A huge suction force spread out from the stone door. That suction force was not sucking in Su Ming's body, but his will.
The suction force that he could not fight against caused Su Ming to instantly close his eyes.
His body was still there, and his hand was still touching the mountain gate, but his soul had been sucked into the stone door at that moment. He was immersed in an ancient era to Su Ming.
It was a galaxy without any stars. There was an ancient ship that seemed to have no end. It floated in a broken galaxy, and there was an old man sitting at the bow of the ship. He stared at the galaxy in the distance quietly and did not move.
Su Ming looked into the distance, and he also saw himself. At that moment, he was that old man.
There was a black dot swiftly flying towards him in the galaxy. It was a crane, a crane that had an arrogant and vulgar look on its face. Its presence was incredibly strange and ever-changing.
It was flapping its wings and flying swiftly towards him. Behind it … were hundreds of thousands of Waves of Tears. They were tied up in a huge net, and the crane was dragging them towards him.
"Heh, old man, this time, I brought you an offering of most of my race."
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