As a butterfly, Harmonious Morus Alba had stayed in the Vast Expanse for an eternity. It had been so long ago that even Harmonious Morus Alba itself might not know just how much prosperity had been born on its four wings.
The cycle of aeons repeated itself. Lives appeared again and again, and they died again and again because of the disaster. It was like snow falling from the sky. Perhaps each snowflake was a life from an aeon. They floated down and were buried on the ground, but even more of them fell from the sky. It was as if if there was no end to the snow, then there would be no end to all lives.
Even if someone saw it fall with their own eyes, they would never be able to know just how many snowflakes had fallen in the snow …
It was just like how Harmonious Morus Alba did not know just how much prosperity had been born on its four wings.
There were four eras in this aeon, and Su Ming was in the fourth era. Perhaps in the future, when someone looked back at the past and flipped through the ancient history, they would be able to vaguely find some traces of this era. Those traces were the five Great True Worlds of the fourth era.
The rise and fall of the Fifth True World, the coexistence of the four Great True Worlds, Su Ming, and the return of Dark Dawn and Saint Defier were all signs of the fourth era.
Before the fourth era was the third era. Su Ming had already found the signs of that era. They were the nine Great True Worlds, Sui Chen Zi, Ecang, and the Old Man Extermination.
There were only three signs of the second era, and they were Shu, Wei, and Wu! It was an era filled with tribes, filled with the flames of war and slaughter. It was the most prosperous era for Antecedental Spirits. The old man from Heavenly Spirit Tribe was the Tribe Elder of Heavenly Spirit Tribe … The era had started due to a disaster, and it ended when Shu and Wu left to become Saint Defier and Dark Dawn. It ended when Wei disappeared, and the nine Great True Worlds were formed.
The old man from Heavenly Spirit Tribe was a person from the second era. He was born at the end of the first era, and he died … at the end of the fourth era. It could be said that he had lived through almost all the eras of that era.
When he was born, it was the first era. It was a World where Ancestral Spirits existed. They taught all lives everything, and as the Ancestral Spirits came from different camps, they were divided into three parts. The start of the era came from the disaster of the previous aeon, and the end of the era was also a disaster.
However, this was not an epoch disaster that would affect a large area. It was a remnant disaster that would affect a small area. It would only destroy those who had not fused with Harmonious Morus Alba Expanse Cosmos in the previous aeon but had used a unique method to escape the epoch disaster.
It was as if they had cheated, and were wiped out by the remnant tribulation. Therefore, the first era came to an end. Before they died, they summoned the All Spirits Temple, and the legacy of that temple began in this era.
Before the first aeon, during the era when the Ancestral Spirits were destroyed, there were some unique things that remained eternally. They did not fuse with their other selves, but they were not destroyed, because perhaps their existence was allowed by Harmonious Morus Alba … or perhaps it was because Arid Triad's will could not bear to part with them.
For example … there was a tree that once grew on a planet a very, very long time ago. A young man had once lived under that tree, and there he had spoken of his grievances, his love, his friendship, and his life.
Many years later, the Elder grew up with the Elder. With the Elder's help, the Elder grew green, and one day, the Elder became middle-aged. The Elder of the past quietly said one sentence under the Elder.
"I'm leaving. If I fail, then there will definitely be someone after me who will continue down my path. If I succeed … then you will be eternally indestructible. If your will is born one day, then you will know that I have succeeded."
That Elder's name was Arid Triad.
From then on, the Elder of the Elder's Tree continued to exist through the aeon disasters. It was never destroyed until its will was born. It watched the sun rise and set, the planets change, and the galaxy change. It knew that the Elder of the past had succeeded, but occasionally, it would remember the past. It would remember the Elder's murmurs under the Elder's Tree, and when it did, it would usually last for an aeon.
It could sense that the Elder of the past had changed. He had become unfamiliar and terrifying, but the only thing that did not change was the promise that he would never be destroyed.
On that day, while it was immersed in its memories, it suddenly sensed a pair of eyes looking at it from the galaxy. That gaze made it feel as if it was looking at the Elder of the past, but when it looked closely, it found that it was not him.
However, the two of them were very similar. This wasn't a similarity in soul, appearance, or bloodline. It was … a feeling, just a feeling.
To protect some people and things that they had to protect, a powerful belief was born in their hearts. They wanted to do something that no one had ever done before. It was the same feeling they had.
Su Ming stared at the Elder's Tree on the cultivation planet. He could see an ancient air about it. In fact, he could sense a thick air of time on the Elder's Tree. The heaviness of it allowed Su Ming to instantly know that the Elder … was not born in this aeon.
He took a step forward and stepped into the planet, appearing above the vast sea. He stood on the waves on the surface of the sea, under the majestic ancient tree. It was just like how a young man had stood under the tree a long, long time ago, and he had spoken of grievances he could not tell anyone else.
While standing there quietly, Su Ming could vaguely hear the sounds of laughter coming from the ancient tree's crown, where each of its leaves was like a square. Those cheers were very fake, and there was a hint of flattery in them. Each of the cultivators there wore an invisible mask, and based on all the changes in the world around them, their masks would naturally change.
Some people's masks were very good, and when they changed, no one would be able to see them. Some people's skills were not very good, and the changes in their masks did not seem very coordinated. But no matter what, this was a wedding that was filled with falsehood in Su Ming's eyes.
The bride's expression was apathetic, and her entire body was covered in seals. The groom's expression was aloof, and there seemed to be anguish in his complicated emotions. As the prince's father, the Emperor of Abyss could not join the wedding. He could only watch quietly from the distance, and a sigh he could not say turned into a sigh in his heart.
Even the Sublime Paragon did not have the dignity of a powerful warrior. He was willing to lower his head and become a witness to this absurdity. The father was not a father, and the son was not a son. There was also the Sovereign of Dawn, who was staring at the people's cultivation bases with a cold and mocking sneer. All of this … was an incredibly ludicrous joke in Su Ming's eyes.
Only Elder Mo Sang was the only color in this absurdity, and it made Su Ming's heart soften.
Su Ming lifted his right hand and pressed it against the ancient tree. At the instant he touched it lightly, an old voice appeared in his head. That voice lasted for a long time, and it echoed in the air until it became a lingering echo.
"What … is … your name?"
Su Ming was silent for a moment before he answered softly, "Su Ming … The feeling you give me … is the same as his …"
"Su Ming … the feeling you give me … is the same as his …" The ancient tree sighed, and its murmurs echoed in Su Ming's mind.
"His name is … Arid Triad … He told me that on the day my will is born, I will understand that he succeeded …"
Su Ming was silent as he stared at the ancient tree. In truth, he had already guessed some things before this. There had to be a reason why the tree could exist for eternity in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos. That reason was clearly not because the tree had fused with its other self, because that sort of existence was currently asleep. Even if there were some unique methods to temporarily wake them up, it would be difficult for them to live for eternity.
It was just like … Su Ming had once been puzzled as to why Di Tian would hide in Yin Death Vortex and not come out. When he learned that there was a group of people in the world who had fused with their other selves and could not be destroyed under the disaster, but there was only one before and one after each aeon, he woke up after a total of two hundred years.
Clearly, Di Tian was not Di Tian, and neither was he True Morning Dao World's Sublime Paragon. Perhaps all of this was because there was indeed a Sublime Paragon who had turned into a fragmented soul after his battle against Su Xuan Yi. Perhaps the fragmented soul had fulfilled certain conditions, which was why … it had turned into a clone that was not Di Tian.
"Yin Death Vortex is a good place for me to sleep." When Su Ming left Yin Death Vortex to head to Ninth Summit, he had turned his head around to cast a scrutinizing glance at Yin Death Vortex and left behind these words.
"If … you have the chance to see him, remember to tell him … to come and visit me. I … haven't seen him for a long, long time." The ancient tree's ancient voice rose and fell in Su Ming's heart. With a sigh, it gradually faded away.
"He can hear you. Perhaps … before long, he will appear," Su Ming said softly after remaining silent for a moment. Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he spoke softly and patted the ancient tree. When he lifted his head, he took a step forward and walked towards the wedding ceremony at the top of the tree.
No one could see his arrival. It did not matter whether it was Su Xuan Yi or the Sovereign of Dawn Yan Pei. If Su Ming did not want to, they would not be able to notice his arrival.
Only … the third prince could.
When the Sublime Paragon of this True World spoke of the wedding ceremony with a smile and his voice filled with blessings echoed in the universe, the third prince suddenly lifted his head and stared into the distance. Over there … stood Su Ming.
A complicated and conflicted look appeared on his face. When he stared, Su Ming stared back at him.
"Is the Seed of Life Extermination really that important?" Su Ming stared at the third prince. He did not see the foppish young master of the past, but a familiar figure. Su Ming was not surprised by its existence. He had already learned about it when he was in Harmonious Morus Alba Expanse Cosmos.
It was his childhood friend, his best friend, and his companion … who had patted his chest and told Su Ming loudly that he would protect him for the rest of his life!
Su Ming's voice echoed in the air, but it did not reach anyone else's ears. Only the third prince could hear it. Silence, speechlessness, and complicated emotions caused him … to not know how to answer.
After a long while, Lei Chen shook his head and mumbled, "You don't understand …"
"I hereby announce that this will be the grandest wedding ceremony in the Emperor of Abyss' True World. It will be witnessed by all the families in the Emperor of Abyss' True World, as well as the True World's will …"
The Sublime Paragon of this True World who could not see Su Ming was still smiling and saying his blessings. The one million cultivators of this True World who could not see Su Ming were still laughing and chatting happily. Su Xuan Yi, who could not see Su Ming, was still staring at the man and woman in front of him with a kind expression. They were Su Xuan Yi's sons, and they were the partners he had chosen for his son. They were … the Seed of Life Extermination, which was about to become complete once it was nourished!
There was also the Sovereign of Dawn Yan Pei, who could not see Su Ming. When he smiled, he lifted his right hand, intending to land it on Mo Sang's head. He wanted to kill his elder so that red would appear in the wedding ceremony, as if it was a joyous occasion.
But at that moment …
"I don't have a witness." Su Ming's words echoed in the ears of all the living beings in the universe. They were faint, but at the instant they appeared, all their hearts roared as if they were struck by lightning. It was as if the will of heaven had spoken.
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