Chapter 560 - 323: Enlightenment

Chapter 560: Chapter 323: Enlightenment

"An Su."

"If the Original Sea were to completely manifest... what exactly would happen?"

Things had been too chaotic before.

Lu Cang had no chance to ask for more details. After the Pure White Descent, An Su had gone silent in his Sea of Consciousness, not wanting to be discovered by Bai.

Only after getting himself back into peak condition did Lu Cang reach out to An Su again.

"If the Original Sea manifests, all land in the world will be wiped out, turning into an endless ocean. The creatures on land will fall into the sea and be unable to survive."

Lu Cang processed the answer. "But I can’t see a future like that," he replied.

An Su chuckled. "The descent of an existence of that caliber is naturally the result of meticulous planning. How could your crude Foreknowledge Skill possibly spy on it?"

’Crude Foreknowledge Skill?’

Lu Cang wanted to refute that, but thinking back...

’My Prophet Level really is still too low.’

’Compared to Level 5s in other Professions, my Prophet is only Level 2. True, I can see much more of the future than a Divination Master of the same level.’

’But when compared to truly High-Tier experts, the gap is just too vast.’

"But if it weren’t for me," Lu Cang asked, "would this really just happen?"

At this question, An Su paused. "Maybe it would, maybe it wouldn’t..."

"This world has experienced far more disasters than you can imagine, but it has pulled through every single time. And over long stretches of time, it has always been reborn, brimming with new life."

"There are always some beings called ’heroes’ who take action, leaving a bold and brilliant mark on the pages of history."

"Once, I, who ruled the entire world, was also defeated by so-called ’heroes’ on a crusade against an ’evil king’."

"Heh..."

"Perhaps, besides you, there are others also working to save the world."

"But are you really going to entrust your life and death to some unknown person who might show up to save the world?"

’Of course not.’

Even after seeing another’s Date of Death, and even after considering this possibility, Lu Cang had no intention of entrusting his fate to some unknown person about whom he had no clues whatsoever.

An Su continued with a laugh, "Actually, world-ending crises are far more frequent than you imagine."

"But there are always people who are constantly protecting this world."

"Kid, don’t go thinking you’re the only savior around..."

"Besides, the world’s destruction is bad news for the many Divine Spirits trapped in their Divine Kingdoms. If something works against those fellows, They will naturally find ways to stop it from happening."

"After all, if there’s no one to slave away for them, it’ll be very difficult for Them to manifest in the mortal world."

The manifestation of a Divine Spirit requires the collective efforts of countless followers.

’So that’s how it is...’

’No wonder this world seems so dangerous, but in reality, it’s still balanced.’

’At least, it seems to be maintained in a precarious equilibrium.’

In the hours after waking up, Lu Cang had simply been reviewing everything that had happened recently and bringing himself to his peak condition in all respects.

Then, he conducted another Future Preview.

This time’s preview.

Lu Cang’s preview was set for thirty days in the future.

May 2nd, the Purity Moon.

There was no Moon this month, nor any special events. All Lu Cang could see was a vast, clear sky. He was on a ship of considerable size.

The Space around the ship was distorted; the entire clipper was folding Space.

It was speeding across the Moon Sea.

The people on board were Lu Luwei and Leng Qingying.

Lu Luwei had somehow already become a Level 6 Archer, and Leng Qingying a Level 5 Assassin. ’But where’s Yuna?’

’I should have brought her with me. Better ask first.’

By gathering information within the preview, Lu Cang learned that he was sailing toward the Land of the Moon.

The Land of the Moon was a necessary stop on the way to the Tree of the World Center.

In the intervening month, the Moon Sea had been calm, and he had also made significant progress with his Potions.

Lu Cang checked the records his future self had left behind.

The records contained many formulas.

They were all brand-new Potion Formulas he had developed and tested over the past month.

And his parents, the two Slime Demons, had gained sentience after taking the Potion...

As for Yuna...

’Yuna was taken away by the Scholars of the White Tower?’

’Yuna was taken to the White Tower’s headquarters... What an explosive piece of information.’

After a full day’s simulation, Lu Cang confirmed some things he had been uncertain about.

He exited the Future Preview.

Then—he swapped spaces, teleporting instantly.

「In a small house in Atlantis City.」

This small house was as secure as a fortress, wrapped inside and out by Lu Cang with hundreds of thousands of layers of Protective Magic. At the same time, he had also laid several thousand different Restrictions.

Lu Cang released the two Demons.

A blue Slime and a pink Slime appeared in the center of the room.

Seeing these two Slimes, Lu Cang still felt a pang in his heart.

Then, Lu Cang took out a Potion.

This was a Potion capable of awakening intelligence in Demons.

Lu Cang was not, of course, using his parents as test subjects. He had already run the experiment during a Future Preview.

Although he still didn’t know how to turn Demons back into humans, Lu Cang had at least preliminarily verified that this intelligence-awakening Potion could also restore their minds.

Furthermore, his parents, upon regaining their intellect, still retained their memories from before they became Demons.

Unfortunately, the intelligence of Low-Tier Demons was too weak.

The restored memories weren’t entirely complete, either. Even after their minds were awakened, they wouldn’t appear particularly intelligent.

But this phenomenon would improve as the Demon’s Tier increased.

It was just that...

There were still too many variables.

Lu Cang uncorked the two vials, letting the golden liquid drip onto each of the two Demons and wash over their bodies.

Then, Lu Cang saw a faint mist begin to rise from within the two Demons’ bodies.

"Gloop~"

"Glooroop~"

Lu Cang felt the consciousness of these two Slimes gradually grow clearer.

They crawled onto his body, but they no longer showed any hostile intent. Instead, they conveyed a faint sense of affection.

’They must have remembered something.’

This was as far as the intelligence of a Tier One Demon could be awakened.

If he wanted them to regain higher intelligence, he would have to help them advance and become High-Tier, more powerful Slimes.

’Having my parents advance as Demons.’

Lu Cang couldn’t be sure if they could ever turn back into normal people after advancing as Demons.

’For now, the best course of action is probably to prevent them from deviating from their most primordial state.’

Besides, Lu Cang found it truly difficult to imagine his own parents as High-Tier Demons... It was a hard image to stomach.