Chapter 661: Chapter 653: The Calamity Ends as the Cup Falls
Under the blue sky, with green mountains and clear waters, birds sing and flowers blossom.
Li Ya and Li Xuanyu sat in a small pavilion below the mountain stream, drinking tea and catching up. Listening to Li Ya recount his experiences over the years, Li Xuanyu appeared indifferent but was feeling a lot of emotions inside.
Compared to Li Ya, she felt much luckier.
In order to become stronger, Li Ya had to roam around and seize opportunities, engaging in Combat year after year, whereas she had no shortage of cultivation resources within the Qiankun Sect and faced no bottlenecks in practice.
Regarding the absence of bottlenecks in her practice, she suspected that Gu An was secretly helping her.
Before meeting Gu An, her comprehension wasn’t as impressive.
After finishing his legendary tales, Li Ya raised an eyebrow as he looked at Li Xuanyu and asked, “Sister, how have you been these years?”
He was unaware of the emotions in Li Xuanyu’s heart. He was still very proud of his own experiences, and although he wasn’t listed among the prodigies, his reputation was not low, and it was all earned through his own efforts!
Li Xuanyu didn’t conceal her experiences and began to recount how she was mainly advancing her status within the Qiankun Sect.
In the end, Li Xuanyu sighed, “Compared to you, my life is too plain.”
Li Ya was initially engrossed, but the more he listened, the more he felt something was off.
With the assistance of the sect’s Great Powers, she successfully crossed the tribulation and broke through to the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm.
Under the guidance of Immortals, she achieved the Xiaoyao Immortal Realm.
During the Celestial Tribulation when crossing the Mysterious Spiritual Immortal Realm, she almost perished, luckily aided by the Wushi Dao Treasure.
Li Ya opened his mouth, wanting to ask, is this right?
He knew Li Xuanyu’s talent. Back on the Tai Cang Continent, he had already surpassed Li Xuanyu. After tens of thousands of years of wandering the world, encountering numerous opportunities, he had endured countless hardships just to prove himself in the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm.
The difficulties Li Xuanyu encountered during her tribulations were the same as his, and every time he succeeded, he was badly wounded and suffered greatly.
And Li Xuanyu?
Even though she was his own sister, Li Ya couldn’t help feeling uncomfortable.
Junior Brother Gu, are you trying to tell me that staying by your side holds more promise?
Li Ya felt that Gu An was deliberately nurturing Li Xuanyu. If it were just an ordinary connection, protection would already be commendable, how could Li Xuanyu have cultivated to her current Realm?
And so quickly!
Li Xuanyu asked, “Why have you come?”
Why?
Li Ya felt inexplicably blocked in his heart.
His relationship with Gu An was closer, so why did it now seem more distant?
Li Ya answered, “Regarding this world, I have obtained some information that I want to convey to Fu Dao Sword Venerable.”
He almost couldn’t help but refer to Gu An as Junior Brother Gu, but then thought that Gu An was Fu Dao Sword Venerable and was the one who altered Li Xuanyu’s fate. He shouldn’t be so impolite.
Moreover, after tens of thousands of years, would Gu An still recognize him as Senior Brother?
As his Realm grew higher, Li Ya’s understanding also improved, and he became increasingly in awe of Fu Dao Sword Venerable’s power.
No matter how strong he became, he was still an ordinary person in this world. He had encountered too many existences that made him look up in awe, which is why he was often amazed by Gu An’s strength.
What kind of strength could allow Gu An to disregard the entire Celestial Spirit Great World and even confront terrifying existences from Outer Heaven?
“About the world?” Li Xuanyu was surprised, and was about to ask more.
Suddenly.
A figure appeared beside the two of them. The newcomer rolled up his sleeves and sat down directly.
Li Xuanyu was stunned, staring blankly at Gu An.
Li Ya was equally shocked when he saw Gu An suddenly sitting beside him.
Gu An was dressed in white, wearing a newly crafted Immortal King Crown, exuding an ethereal aura, and with that nearly perfect face, he seemed like an Immortal Monarch descended from the heavens.
“What? Not welcoming me?”
Gu An smiled, then nonchalantly poured himself some tea.
Li Xuanyu regained her composure and said, “How could we not welcome you, I just didn’t expect you to come out personally…”
Her gaze inadvertently turned to Li Ya. She had known for a long time that Gu An valued Li Ya greatly, but she didn’t expect that as soon as Li Ya arrived, Gu An would personally come to meet him.
This affection runs deep!
Her heart was filled with confusion. Logically, when Gu An met Li Ya, he was already a transcendent Great Power, so how could spending just a few years together in the Profound Valley forge such a bond?
Or was there a potential within Li Ya that she couldn’t see through?
Gu An drank a cup of tea and said with a chuckle, “Go ahead, what is this intelligence about the world that you need to tell me?”
Li Ya snapped back to reality, his expression turning serious, and said, “The world is becoming increasingly chaotic. I initially thought it was just Celestial Dao Reincarnation, until I met an old Daoist. He was a servant of the Heavenly Dao and had encountered some kind of curse. Before he died, he told me that a grudge power from Outer Heaven is tainting the Human World. It will amplify the evil thoughts in living beings’ hearts, and if this force isn’t eradicated, chaos in the Human World will continue until the world perishes.”
Li Xuanyu’s expression changed after hearing this, and she instinctively looked at Gu An, wanting to know if what Li Ya said was true.
She believed that Gu An could see through everything in the world.
Gu An looked at Li Ya and softly laughed, “You also mentioned it amplifies the evil thoughts in hearts, which suggests that there is already grudge in the hearts of all beings, doesn’t it?”
What Li Ya said was indeed true. Those believers who spread the Heavenly Dao and Celestial Court in the Human World had been subjected to curses in succession. Clearly, that strange force dreaded the Celestial Court, but with so many Great Thousand Worlds being invaded by the strange force, could the Celestial Court be unaware?
Gu An had already detected the source of the strange force, which came from Chaos Grudge Luo, an evil entity originating from beyond the Three Thousand Great Worlds with cultivation at the middle stage of the Miao Zhen Daluo Immortal Realm.
After deducing, Gu An realized there are many similar evil entities like Chaos Grudge Luo within Chaos, and the presence of Celestial Court Destiny at the edge of Chaos indicated that the Celestial Court had long been targeting Chaos.
Chaos Grudge Luo invading the Three Thousand Great Worlds seems like a conspiracy from whichever angle.
This conspiracy might originate from Profound Star Immortal Monarch. How could he be the one to stick his neck out?
When the Celestial Spirit Great World truly reaches the brink of life and death, then he would act.
He had saved this part of the Great Thousand World many times, but the living beings he saved would eventually head towards death, and his intervention was merely to extend the life span of All Living Beings.
“Humans have emotions and desires, so evil thoughts cannot be eradicated, but the Outer Heaven force certainly conceals a greater calamity. Perhaps this force grows stronger by absorbing the evil thoughts of All Living Beings?” Li Ya said, frowning.
Gu An cast a sidelong glance at him and said irritably, “It’s not that exaggerated.”
He had already seen through the reason Chaos Grudge Luo released the strange force. It wasn’t to absorb the power of All Living Beings but rather, as its grudge power covered more, the Celestial Dao Destiny would recede. Once the Celestial Dao Destiny completely dissipated, Chaos Grudge Luo would descend.
Before breaking through, he also thought Chaos Grudge Luo’s invasion of the Great Thousand World was for feeding or strengthening. Now it seems, the invaded Great Thousand Worlds resemble a path.
Chaos Grudge Luo might be fleeing or attempting to reach a certain place, but encountering too much Celestial Dao Destiny along the way, it could only act in this manner.
It’s like a refugee fleeing, being too hurried to care if any bugs were squashed along the way.
Li Xuanyu chimed in, “Endless are the tribulations of the world, we cannot always rely on the Sword Venerable. The lessons learned from blood will be left in history, for future generations to remember, thereby avoiding more disasters.”
She was also comprehending the Path of Cause and Effect, and her greatest insight was that as long as there is Spiritual Intelligence, conflict is inevitable, and with enough conflict, disaster is bound to occur.
She believed that one must save oneself amidst disasters rather than seek assistance from strong entities outside the rules.
Lately, there have been undercurrents surging within the Qiankun Sect, and the atmosphere has become increasingly severe. However, the higher-ups didn’t want to ask for Wushi’s help, as that would appear incompetent.
“But…”
Li Ya hesitated, having initially thought the matter would not be difficult for Gu An, hence why he sought Gu An out, only to be refused unexpectedly.
Gu An gently pushed his tea cup towards Li Ya and said, “Does Senior Brother Li very much want to end this chaos?”
Li Ya instinctively picked up the teapot and poured tea for Gu An, then asked, “What do you mean, just because I want it, it can happen?”
“Since you came looking for me, how could I not fulfill your wish?” Gu An said with great vigor.
In front of others, he would pretend to be a sage, but in front of Li Ya, he wanted to show off a bit.
Li Ya was greatly surprised, but recalling Li Xuanyu’s words, he felt they made sense.
Once this tribulation ends, what about the next?
Would he have to seek out Gu An every time?
Li Ya furrowed his brow, hesitating, “Would doing this deplete your cultivation level or bring you immense trouble?”
Gu An lifted his tea cup and emptied it again, then shook the cup at Li Ya and said, “This catastrophe may be unstoppable for the All Living Beings under heaven, but for me, it’s just like putting down this cup.”
As he finished speaking, he gently placed the tea cup down.
He looked at Li Ya and smiled, “See, isn’t it done?”
Li Ya was stunned.
Li Xuanyu’s eyes also showed a look of confusion.
Little did they know that the strange force enveloping the All Living Beings under heaven dissipated in that instant, ceasing to exist.