In the ruins, three extremely tall and majestic figures stood proudly in the darkness, firmly protecting the inconspicuous Five Spirits Realm Gate inside.
One of them was dressed in white fir, with a handsome face, eyes like stars, and a long sword with a cold and sharp edge on his back.
One of them looked like an old farmer, wearing linen clothes and barefoot, with dark and rough skin, and carrying a hoe on his shoulder.
The last one was a woman, wearing a crown with twelve tassels on her head and a purple and gold robe, she had an indescribable dignity.
In addition to their enormous bodies, these three also have one common feature, that is, there are countless tiny gray mists all over their bodies that are constantly repeating the process of 'escaping - being pulled back - escaping again...'
At this time, Shui Yunzi and the other five supreme elders were gathered around the boundary gate, facing five different directions, their eyes fixed on the darkness outside the area where the three giants were.
"No, the border of the Shocking Demon Formation is 100,000 miles away. We can't see that far in the Great Ruins."
Huo Bufan's face was solemn, he gritted his teeth and said: "If the other party continues to approach, we will not be able to detect it until they are at least 20,000 miles away."
"There's nothing we can do about it. With the loss of light, I am truly at a disadvantage in the Great Ruins."
Shui Yunzi said in a deep voice, "No matter what level the other party is, we can only wait now."
"What if it's a first-class person?"
Mu Fangfang clenched her fists. "A first-class rank is enough to see the three giants transformed by the Demon Shocking Formation. This means that as long as it continues to approach, it will either see through the essence of the Demon Shocking Formation or not be afraid of the three Fruits of Truth... Once it enters the range of 20,000 miles, everything will be too late."
"or……"
Huo Bufan came up with a bold and resolute idea.
"Don't even think about it."
Tu Sanshan interrupted Huo Bufan without hesitation and said, "We don't even know which direction it is in. Even if we all spread out to investigate, we can't take all directions into consideration. And... even if we are lucky enough to run into it, what can we do?"
"If I really encounter it..."
Mu Fangfang showed an unwilling look on her face: "As long as it doesn't lose consciousness instantly, I can lead it away!"
“It doesn’t make sense.”
Jin Donglai said firmly, "If the other party is afraid of the three giants, they will retreat on their own initiative. If they are not afraid of the three giants, they will not take ants like you and me seriously... And if they have seen through the nature of the giants, they will become suspicious of our appearance. At that time, the Five Spirit Realm will be doomed."
"What should we do? Just sit there and wait?"
Huo Bufan's hair and beard stood up, and red light flickered on his body. "If it was before, it would be fine, but now... there is hope for the Five Spirit Realm. There is hope! As long as the merger is completed, with Fellow Daoist Jiang's flexibility in the Great Ruins, even if we encounter a crisis, we don't have to be completely passive like we are now."
"I can't help it. I can only blame it on luck."
Shui Yunzi sighed, "The evil demon didn't show up earlier or later, but appeared after we saw hope...but this hope hasn't yet fully arrived."
“Damn it!”
Huo Bufan's teeth were almost bleeding from biting them.
Although the opposition between reality and nothingness has existed since ancient times, it is inherently present.
But he had never hated nothingness as much as he did now. He even wished he was the zombie of the fruit of truth and could go to the ruins to imprison all nothingness.
"I hope it won't come to that..."
Mu Fangfang muttered to herself.
Not long ago, she was the one who was most opposed to the merger of the two worlds, but now, she even began to reflect on whether she had delayed the process of the merger of the two worlds.
If it was because of me that the two worlds that should have been completely merged were delayed until they encountered a powerful evil demon and were interrupted...
That would be a crime I would never escape even if I died a thousand times.
Compared to the various emotions of the two, Shui Yunzi and the other two seemed much calmer and had already begun to think about how to respond to various situations that were unfavorable to them.
Time passes slowly.
Suddenly, two black divine texts floated out of Shui Yunzi's body silently and fell towards Jin Donglai and Tu Sanshan.
Because the divine text was small enough and its color was almost the same as Daxu, Huo Bufan and Mu Fangfang did not notice anything.
At the moment when they came into contact with the divine text, a hint of surprise flashed in Jin Donglai and Tu Sanshan's eyes.
This is a technique for applying the divine text. It only has the function of transmitting sound and is not considered to be very advanced.
But the problem is, there are only five people here, why do we need to transmit messages?
Is there something that needs to be done secretly from Huo Bufan and Mu Fangfang?
Soon, they knew the answer.
"Do you think it is possible..."
Shui Yunzi's tone was so low that it couldn't get any deeper. "Is this the prophecy of the Emperor of Heaven going to come true?"
“…”
Jin Donglai and Tu Sanshan's bodies suddenly stiffened, and they instinctively wanted to turn around to look at Shui Yunzi.
"Don't move, just keep this between the three of us."
Shui Yunzi hurriedly stopped them, thus preventing Huo Bufan and the others from noticing anything unusual.
"...Brother, you should be worrying too much."
Jin Donglai sent a message back with difficulty, "It's just that the Demonic Shocking Array was triggered. Although this is the first time for us to experience this , it is not the first time in the history of the Five Spirits Realm. Isn't it the same as before? Even Daoist Fellow Jiang consciously avoided it at the beginning, so it didn't trigger it. Maybe this time it's another amazing and true genius?"
"No."
Tu Sanshan rejected the idea and said, "We can be optimistic and think in a positive direction, but at the same time we must be prepared for the worst...Fellow Daoist Shui, do you have any ideas?"
"When nothingness can be killed, when reality is completely annihilated, light will reappear in the ruins."
Shui Yunzi repeated the prophecy of the Emperor of Heaven, took a deep breath, and said, "I understand the meaning of this sentence a little bit."
"What?"
Jin Donglai's heart tightened.
Shui Yunzi slowly uttered a few words: "Eternal Heaven."
"!!!"
Jin Donglai was horrified and reacted almost instantly.
"Eternal Heaven?"
Tu Sanshan was puzzled and asked, "Eternal Heaven could not have survived the destruction of the Ring Heaven, it should have been eroded long ago... Even if it still exists, I don't know where it is in the Great Ruins now, what does it have to do with the prophecy?"
"No, Changshengtian may no longer exist, but the rules of immortality may still exist, and they are right beside us..."
Jin Donglai exhaled slowly and repeated his previous conversation with Shui Yunzi.
“…”
Tu Sanshan was shocked, and finally calmed down a little. He said slowly: "If this is true, it means that Daoist Jiang may have mastered the rules of immortality... As long as Bai Yujing is not lost, he can have an endless lifespan?!"
“It’s not just that simple.”
Shui Yunzi stared into the depths of darkness, his tone extremely complicated, "Before this, I always thought that the prophecies of the Emperor of Heaven were contradictory. After all, the truth has been completely annihilated. What's the point of light reappearing in the ruins? But now I don't think so..."
"What's the meaning?"
Tu Sanshan was still a little shocked and didn't react for a while.
"The rules of longevity are born because goodness cannot be transformed from the virtual to the real."
Jin Donglai took the initiative to explain, "Then is it possible that Daoist Jiang can also use this to turn reality into illusion?"
"From reality to illusion..."
Tu Sanshan shuddered all over, remembering a rumor that was so old that it was almost completely forgotten: "Virtual and real person?!"
"Yes, that's what I wanted to say."
Shui Yunzi suddenly laughed, "If Fellow Daoist Jiang is not a true seed of the third level, but a false seed of the third level, then there is no conflict at all with the prophecy of the Emperor of Heaven."
"When nothingness can be killed, when reality is completely annihilated, light will reappear in the ruins."
Tu Sanshan murmured and repeated, and began to interpret it in his own words: "Fellow Daoist Jiang can kill nothingness, and he can also transform into nothingness. When all the truth of Daxu is annihilated, he will let the light shine through Daxu again..."
"So, everything was destined from the beginning?"
Jin Donglai's eyes turned gray.
"I have no idea."
Shui Yunzi's tone suddenly became serious. "It's possible that no matter what we do, we can't avoid the complete demise of reality. But there is another possibility... If we do nothing, not only will reality completely perish, but even the ending of 'light reappears' will no longer exist."
"No more..."
Jin Donglai chewed for a while, and a strong sense of unwillingness quickly surged up and instantly filled his entire chest, "Brother, tell me, what should we do?"
“Could it be…”
Tu Sanshan vaguely thought of something.
"As expected of you, fellow Daoist Tu."
Shui Yunzi looked back at the boundary gate and said, "Once an evil demon appears before us, Daoist Fellow Tu will take Daoist Fellow Huo and Daoist Fellow Mu with him to enter the center of the Demon Shocking Array."
"this……"
Jin Donglai frowned, "The Shocking Demon Formation doesn't have the ability to attack. Even if I enter the center of the formation to control it, I can only make these three dummies more agile and look more realistic. How can I defend against the enemy?"
"No, it's not to defend against the enemy, it's to buy time for me..."
Shui Yunzi continued.
"Delaying time..."
Jin Donglai understood instantly and uttered a few words with difficulty: "Demon-killing Formation?"
"Exactly."
Shui Yunzi admitted it frankly, and then said: "Once the Demon-Slaying Formation is activated, it cannot be reversed, so the situation is uncertain and it cannot be activated lightly. And I have not reached the Jade Fairyland, so it will take some time to complete the activation of the Demon-Slaying Formation..."
"Just add me!"
Jin Donglai said without thinking, "The Jade Fairyland can instantly activate the Demon Slaying Formation. Although you and I are only two Golden Immortals, together we can at least shorten the time it takes you to complete it alone by half."
"No, you have a more important mission."
Shui Yunzi smiled and asked, "What do you think Daoist Jiang would do if it really came to that?"
"he……"
Jin Donglai seemed to understand, and murmured: "They should try to join forces with us to fight the enemy first. If it is really impossible, they should take us and the people in the Five Spirit Realm with them as much as possible, and then escape far away..."
"That's right."
Tu Sanshan agreed with this and sighed, "We are not three-year-old children. We have been together for such a long time, which is enough for us to see a person's character clearly... I can be sure that Brother Jiang will definitely choose to do this."
"But the problem is, once it reaches that point, it means that the person coming is definitely a first-class being."
Shui Yunzi's tone was very calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. "Fellow Daoist Jiang is of humble origin, and his understanding of the first-class status is far less clear than you and I... It can be said that any slight hesitation and delay will make the already tiny chance of survival even slimmer."
"so……"
Jin Donglai figured it all out. "My mission is to ensure that Daoist Jiang can get away from here in the opposite direction of the evil spirit as soon as possible."
"That's right."
Shui Yunzi was very moved, "The ancestor really saw everything."
"Yes, all the arrangements and all the remains have proven their effectiveness."
Tu Sanshan smiled easily and said, "What a pity... I'm afraid we won't have the chance to see the light return for him."
There are many treasures left by the Five Elements Emperor, but apart from the Five Spirit Realms themselves, there are only two most important treasures.
One is the Emperor's Order, and the other is the supreme treasure 'Dunkong'.
Before this, including Shui Yunzi, Jin Donglai, Tu Sanshan and others, everyone believed that these two treasures were left by the Five Elements Emperor to the Five-Colored Divine Bird Clan to protect their status and inheritance.
But at this moment, the three of them suddenly realized.
The Heavenly Emperor's Order seals the rotation of the Five Elements and can indeed be used to suppress all Five Elements cultivators at the same level, but it also has another function - to activate the Demon-Slaying Array.
And 'Escape from the Void' sealed up the extraordinary rules of space, which was enough to forcibly restrain even the second-class status and banish them far into the depths of the Great Ruins... banishing a third-class status could be said to be no suspense at all.
Coupled with the recent changes in the Five Elements and the birth of the Five Elements authority, all signs indicate that all the arrangements made by the Five Elements Emperor are to protect one person.
——The Lord of Baiyujing named Jiang Wang.
"call……"
Jin Donglai exhaled slowly and silently, "I know what to do."
"Then Fellow Daoist Huo and Fellow Daoist Mu..."
Tu Sanshan was a little hesitant.
"It's better not to tell them."
Shui Yunzi knew what Tu Sanshan was thinking, and said, "Rather than letting them suffer the same way as us due to the inevitable ending of the Five Spirits Realm, it is better to let them die with hope... Besides, what we said is the worst-case scenario. Maybe it's all a misjudgment, and no crisis will happen."
“…”
Jin Donglai and Tu Sanshan were silent at the same time.
Things have come to this point, and all signs point to what is about to happen.
They no longer have any hope for this kind of "luck".
At this point, the three of them stopped communicating, but just like Huo Bufan and Mu Fangfang who were still unaware, they stared closely at the darkness in their respective directions.
However, they didn't know that Xu Chong's phantom body was right next to them.
Very close. Very close.
Although the entire conversation between the three people was conducted using water-attributed divine texts in a manner similar to "secret voice transmission", how could this be hidden from Xu Chong, who had mastered the authority of the five elements?
Therefore, Xu Chong listened carefully to every word the three people said, without missing anything.
Five Spirits Realm, beside the boundary gate.
Still running at full speed and constantly creating phantoms running in all directions, Xu Chong slowly opened his eyes.