Translator: Jon
Translation Checker: Silavin
All 64 altars were fully activated. The invisible force fields crisscrossed one another and covered the entire world.
As the World’s Power was utilised, the entire world seemed to have a life of its own as it shook its body vigorously. Every time it happened, the ground shifted, the mountains wavered, and unusual phenomena took place everywhere.
Initially, it didn’t seem to work out, but from the fifth time, Lu Ye could feel that the strange aura coming from the Heavenly Gully had become thinner. [It works!]
The strange aura came from Blood Boundary, which had been attached to Soaring Dragon Boundary as it absorbed the latter’s Source and heritage. Its unique aura wafted through the Heavenly Gully. Now that the aura had become thinner, it showed that all their efforts were worth it.
Lu Ye wouldn’t dare to be complacent as he held his breath and continued to activate the World’s Power.
Soaring Dragon Boundary kept shaking its body. By the ninth time, the entire world seemed to be on the brink of coming apart as it had reached its limit. Lu Ye looked into the depths of the Heavenly Gully with his sharp gaze.
He could see a gigantic being getting shaken off as it left Soaring Dragon Boundary in a hurry. The aura of Blood Boundary was at its weakest. It was to the point where the aura was almost imperceptible. Even this bit of aura was dissipating fast. [We’ve succeeded!]
If one compared Blood Boundary to a leech that clung onto a Human, then this evil bug was finally thrown off by Soaring Dragon Boundary.
Nonetheless, they still hadn’t achieved full success.
Although they had gotten rid of Blood Boundary, the wound which was the Heavenly Gully was still around. It might take a long time for the World’s Power to heal the wound. If they couldn’t close the wound as soon as possible, Blood Boundary would still be attracted to the aura of this world. By then, all their efforts would go down the drain.
Fortunately, Lu Ye was well prepared.
A gale gusted through the main altar. Lu Ye’s clothes and dark hair fluttered along with the wind.
He looked at the Heavenly Gully above him and slowly raised his hands. Although he wasn’t holding anything, he seemed to be bearing immense pressure. It was extremely difficult for him to lift his hands, and cracks were heard coming from all parts of his body.
Blood streamed out of his seven apertures. His Spiritual Power and vitality surged.
He slowly pushed his hands towards the Heavenly Gully, but he had activated the heritage of this world, not his own power.
“Mend… the sky!” Despite the brief words, he had exhausted himself to say that.
The altar beneath his feet trembled. The abstruse patterns flickered and turned into a light column that shot into the sky towards the Heavenly Gully.
At the same time, the altars scattered around the world were seen shooting light columns towards the Heavenly Gully as well.
At that moment, all the living creatures in this world, be they cultivators, commoners, or animals, saw a sight they would never forget.
All 64 light columns rose from their respective spots and flew towards the Heavenly Gully, after which they crisscrossed one another. At that instant, a complicated Ward appeared around the Heavenly Gully.
The Ward looked identical to the birthmark Ye Liuli had shown Lu Ye on her back for the last time when they were on Sungazing Peak.
This was a Ward that could mend the sky, which the World’s Will had devised. Through Lu Ye’s hands and the hard work of everyone in this world, it turned into such a magnificent sight.
Lu Ye fell to his knees as he was drained of all energy, but he still stared fixedly at the Ward around the Heavenly Gully that was formed from light columns.
Although everything was going smoothly for them, they were still one step away from success, and the last step was the hardest. If they succeeded, their plan of mending the sky would be completed. However, if they failed, Blood Boundary might strike again, and they couldn’t escape from the fate of getting destroyed.
Unfortunately, Lu Ye didn’t get to see the outcome he had hoped to witness. The moment the intertwined light columns appeared around the Heavenly Gully, everything seemed to come to a standstill. The world was in dead silence, and even time had stopped flowing.
He looked around and realised that the cultivators remained nervous, apprehensive, and high-spirited as they looked up at the sky. However, they were unmoving as though someone had bound them to their spots.
Lu Ye let out a sigh, feeling that it was such a shame.
After all, he had been working hard for a long time, and he had exhausted his power and that of the Soaring Dragon Boundary, but he was unable to witness the outcome. Needless to say, he was disappointed.
That said, he had already realised the nature of all of this, so he wasn’t surprised. He sat down on the altar cross-legged and stuffed some Spirit Pills into his mouth to replenish his energy. A moment later, he said impassively, “Show yourself.”
“You’ve indeed realised it.” A familiar voice sounded as a layer of ripple spread through the Void. A figure stepped out of the ripple and stood before Lu Ye.
Although Lu Ye already had some speculation about her identity, he was still filled with disbelief when he saw it with his eyes, considering how inconceivable all of this was.
The person was none other than the Divine Healer!
Lu Ye already felt something was off about the woman the first time they met. Now that everything in the world came to a halt, she appeared in front of Lu Ye just like this.
Certainly, Lu Ye already had a vague idea about her identity. That was because after Ye Liuli transferred the World’s Source to him, he was able to see the truth about this world, which allowed him to examine every living creature with clarity.
Of all the living creatures, the Divine Healer was the most unique one. If he had to describe it, she seemed out of place in Soaring Dragon Boundary. It was as if she didn’t come from this world.
Indeed, she wasn’t originally from Soaring Dragon Boundary.
Now that her identity had been verified, Lu Ye was still flabbergasted despite the fact that he already had some speculation.
“It’s magnificent.” The Divine Healer glanced at the Ward formed from the light columns. “I didn’t expect that you could achieve this.”
“It’s not yet a success, though,” Lu Ye replied dispassionately. “I don’t get a chance to see the outcome.”
The Divine Healer put on a faint smile. “It doesn’t matter whether you’ll get to see the outcome. It’s just a possibility.”
“Does it mean that it’ll fail eventually?” Lu Ye asked.
Not seeing the outcome was also a kind of outcome. Even if he managed to mend the sky and make the Heavenly Gully disappear, ensuring the heritage and aura of this world wouldn’t be leaked, those from Blood Boundary still wouldn’t let them off.
Even when Soaring Dragon Boundary was at its peak, it still couldn’t get rid of Blood Boundary. Now that most of its heritage was gone, how was it supposed to fend off another strike from the Blood Race members?
Although they had managed to get rid of Blood Boundary this time, they might not succeed the second time.
Lu Ye had already considered that, but he still did his best to mend the sky. Only when he had done everything in his power could he leave the rest to fate.
“Having the possibility is good enough.”
Lu Ye fell silent, apparently disagreeing with her. He had worked hard and made many contributions, but he didn’t get to see the outcome in the end. It was only natural that he found it unacceptable.
Nevertheless, his feelings didn’t matter. That was because he couldn’t turn back the clock and stop things that had already happened.
“What really happened in Soaring Dragon Boundary during this period?” Lu Ye asked.
“Do you want to see it?”
“Can I?” Lu Ye was shocked. He had only asked the question because he couldn’t accept this kind of outcome, so he didn’t expect to hear such an answer.
“Others naturally can’t see it, but you’re different. If you want to see it, you can do it.” The Divine Healer’s words were puzzling.
After giving it some thought, Lu Ye figured out what she meant. “The World’s Source!”
Ye Liuli had transferred the World’s Source to him, which helped pull him back from death’s door. As such, he was able to see things that he couldn’t in the past. For example, the uniqueness of the Divine Healer and the fact that this world was destroyed long ago.
In Myriad Beast Domain, Xia Qianqian told Lu Ye that in a Hidden Realm with an entire world as the background, all the events the cultivators experienced were what had happened in that world in the past. However, the Heavens had reenacted everything using a mysterious power.
It was like a snapshot of a period of time.
The cultivators from Jiu Zhou could come and take part in the major events during this period. As they went with the flow, they could cause some unexpected changes and experience things that never happened in the past.
Xia Qianqian was right.
Soaring Dragon Boundary was destroyed long ago. Everything Lu Ye had come across so far was merely a snapshot of this particular period. Nonetheless, given his eyesight, he was unable to tell the truth. Everything he had experienced felt real.
However, in the snapshot of this period, due to Lu Ye’s presence and hard work, the world seemed to have veered in a different direction, thus potentially leading to another eventuality.
That was because a visitor from Jiu Zhou like him had stirred up a storm. The Blood Race members were chased away, Blood Boundary was shaken off, and even the plan of mending the sky reached the most critical moment.
It was the possibility that the Divine Healer had mentioned, but it still couldn’t change what had already happened to Soaring Dragon Boundary. Everything else was fake except the World’s Source that Ye Liuli had given to him.
The World’s Source contained all the information about this world. That was why the Divine Healer said that Lu Ye could look at past events if he wanted to.
“How do I do that?” Lu Ye asked.
The Divine Healer lifted her hand and pointed at his forehead. Before Lu Ye could even react, the woman’s finger had come into contact with his forehead.
He shuddered all of a sudden, and his soul seemed to have left his body. Everything around him shifted, and lights of different colours swirled around him. It felt like a million years had passed, but it was also as though only a moment had gone by.
When Lu Ye came to his senses, he realised that he was looking at everything from a strange angle.
He seemed to be up in the sky as he glanced down at everything. It was as if he had become this world.
It was the information carved in the World’s Source, so an average person couldn’t see it. Since Lu Ye had acquired the World’s Source, he certainly had access to the information.
As a thought flashed through his mind, everything that had happened in this period sprang into his mind.
Beneath the Heavenly Gully, Human heads rolled away on the ground as the Blood River surged. Those of the Heavenly Gully Cult had initiated a massacre.
An old man charged towards the Valley of Medicine while the cultivators of the Cult ran after him.
In the Valley of Medicine, a young man with a saber on his back had taken his Sister here to seek medical treatment.