Novel Full Chapter 1387 - 720: Ancient Myths and Reality
Chapter 1387: Chapter 720: Ancient Myths and Reality
Liang Yuan glanced at Ling Yurong, roughly understanding her current psychological activities.
She felt that since she was already so miserable, her former nemesis naturally had to be equally miserable.
That’s why she worked so hard. Of course, not working hard wasn’t an option, as under the manipulation of the Imprisonment Rune, she couldn’t violate her orders.
Liang Yuan gathered his Spiritual Power, and the Soul Imprisonment Rune condensed and blasted into the spirit cage containing Di Quanke.
Bang!
Di Quanke couldn’t resist Liang Yuan’s Spiritual Power at all. He had just awakened and was at his weakest.
Almost instantly, he was enslaved by the Soul Imprisonment Rune.
In the next moment, Liang Yuan directly felt the absolute control over Di Quanke’s soul.
With just a thought, he could turn the other into ashes instantaneously.
Liang Yuan released the spirit cage, and inside, Di Quanke’s Spirit Body trembled inexorably, having been struck by the Soul Imprisonment Rune and still suffering immense pain.
"Succeeded!"
Liang Yuan said with a faint smile.
Ling Yurong beside him suddenly laughed, "Di Quanke, who would have thought that after so many years when we meet again, it would be in this manner."
Di Quanke finally recovered and looked angrily at Ling Yurong, cursing, "You wretch, I’ll kill you!"
He angrily moved to attack, but then heard a cold snort.
"Humph!"
Instantly, Di Quanke’s whole body shook, his Spirit Body suddenly unable to move.
Liang Yuan sneered, "What, are you still not convinced?"
Di Quanke lowered his head; at this moment, facing Liang Yuan, he had no resistance in his heart.
"Master above, I dare not."
Liang Yuan said indifferently, "You two are now my slaves. From now on, no one is allowed to fight among yourselves."
The two dared not disobey, lowering their heads and eyes, appearing to await orders.
Liang Yuan asked, "Di Quanke, tell me, what’s going on? Why did this corpse appear in that underground ancient tomb?"
Di Quanke’s voice was low; he glanced at the blood pool nearby, with its merely thin layer of flesh, and responded helplessly, "Returning to the Master, I was active in the Flood World from the Ancient Era all the way to the era of King Yu."
"At that time, King Yu was determined to regulate the Flood World, to open up Jiuzhou and establish stability."
"Now the first apocalypse of floods has occurred; in my impression, it is already the second one."
"It’s the third one!" Ling Yurong on the side coldly reminded.
"The third time?"
"Indeed, it’s the third time. The first time, a huge crack appeared in the sky, causing endless floods to backflow into the mortal world. The Ancient Superpower Users all tried their best to fill that gap."
"Later, the top Earth Attribute Superpower User, Nuwa, and Water Attribute Superpower User Gonggong, Fire Attribute Superpower User Zhurong, and Ice Attribute Superpower User East Sea Ao King, together blocked the disaster gap in heaven."
"Only then was this catastrophe stopped."
"The second time was during the war between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou when the floods reappeared, which led to the three generations of Human Emperors managing the water."
"But that water management was not successful. Originally a continent’s land was divided into many sections by the floods."
Di Quanke did not accept this statement, retorting, "That’s just a legend. Nuwa, East Sea Ao King, Gonggong, Zhurong—these figures are all myths from the previous Flood World, not necessarily credible."
"Some say the Human Emperor’s water management was just dealing with the floods that Nuwa and others hadn’t entirely stopped."
Ling Yurong coldly laughed, "What a joke, the water management of Yu the Great, was it really successful?"
"Isn’t the world still submerged by floods, splitting into Jiuzhou Land and several continents?"
"At least humanity wasn’t extinct, it survived," Di Quanke sneered.
Ling Yurong said, "So what, King Yu didn’t solve the flood’s root cause, and thousands of years later, didn’t the flood appear again?"
"As long as the source in the sky isn’t found, all efforts are just temporary measures, barely hanging on to survive."
The two began arguing intensely, leaving Liang Yuan dumbfounded.
Was the mythology of the Ancient Era really like this?
He had certainly heard of Nuwa patching the sky and Yu the Great controlling floods.
But how did they both, in their mouths, end up as failed attempts at water management?
He immediately stopped the two’s quarrel, asking, "Wait, stop arguing!"
"Have the floods always appeared so abruptly in the sky?"
Ling Yurong and Di Quanke didn’t dare to argue anymore and nodded in response.
"Yes, the apocalyptic floods have always suddenly appeared in the sky."
"That flood river, like a long rainbow, hangs in the nine heavens, constantly gushing out vast amounts of water. If the source cannot be found and only using superpowers to block its outlet, one day it will backflow into the world again."
Di Quanke spoke solemnly, "Finding the source? It’s not that simple. In the Ancient Era, with so many powerful experts, who really found the end of the torrent?"
"We’re lucky to crawl and survive till now, all thanks to our fortune."
"How many people, even with the method of immortality, couldn’t live through a second lifetime."
"Facing such apocalyptic disasters, we are all just ants."
Ling Yurong coldly laughed, "You are an ant, I’m not. I’ve long vowed to follow the footsteps of Ancient Superpower Users, and I will go to the end of that torrent to find out!"
The two, while speaking, seemed ready to argue again.
Liang Yuan frowned and scolded them again.
"Stop arguing!"
"You mean, in the Ancient Era, figures like Nuwa and Zhurong were merely Superpower Users?"
Ling Yurong nodded and said, "Of course, it’s not possible that they’re truly like immortals as mortals believe, is it?"
"Even though I call myself the Ice Goddess, I know myself; I’m just an Ice Attribute Superpower User."
She candidly admitted that she was not divine.
Facing Liang Yuan now, she naturally dared not put on any airs akin to a deity.
Di Quanke said, "Master, the so-called myriad gods and Buddhas are just fantasies ordinary people conjure after witnessing our feats."
"Humans always beautify what they can’t understand."
"In reality, later on, after the heavenly flood vanished, the Superpower Energy in the world rapidly diminished."
"Humanity gradually entered the End of Dharma Era, with no more Superpower Users emerging."
"Fewer and fewer descendants could awaken their superpowers."
"We, these old folks, could only rely on longevity methods, finding ways to sleep, waiting for the next world-destroying flood for Spiritual Energy to be reborn."
"But longevity methods aren’t universally applicable; their success rate isn’t one hundred percent."
"Because after Spiritual Split Thought integrates into the genes and passes on through countless generations, no one can guarantee their descendants will awaken their superpowers."
"If they can’t awaken superpowers, it’s likely the Spiritual Split Thought won’t activate either."
"So some people prepare a body that can be preserved till present day, storing their Spiritual Split Thought therein, so when the opportunity arises, they can awaken the Split Thought within and live anew."
"Is this how you await resurrection?" Liang Yuan promptly asked.
Di Quanke nodded, "Yes, but I took a shortcut. Instead of choosing humans as genetic inheritors, I chose merfolk and mermaids."
"I embedded in the merfolk and mermaid bloodline genes the ideology to use their blood for rituals at my corpse’s location."
"And my own Spiritual Split Thought hides within this corpse."
"Of course, to prevent mishaps, I didn’t put all my Spiritual Split Thought on this corpse; I also inherited some to the merfolk Superpower User descendants."
"As long as a descendant awakens merfolk superpowers, my Spiritual Split Thought might still resurge."
Liang Yuan understood that these ancient Superpower Users had many contingency plans.
He suddenly thought of the underwater shelter in Mirage Snake Space established by Guan Yue and others, filled with merfolk and mermaid transformation Superpower Users.
Thinking about this, he was stirred within, as he hadn’t visited the Mirage Snake Space in a while.
Could it be that part of Di Quanke’s Spiritual Split Thought resides in Guan Yue, Ji Xiaoyu, and others?
Upon this thought, Liang Yuan’s face darkened, and he immediately said, "You need to accompany me outside at once."
Di Quanke was surprised, then quickly said, "Just like this? Can I merge with my body before going out?"
Liang Yuan asked, "Let me ask you, if you encounter those inheriting your Spiritual Split Thought again, can you immediately recognize them?"
"Of course."
"And do you have a way to absorb your own Spiritual Split Thought?"
"Well, it depends on the strength of my current Split Thought. If it’s stronger than me now, I’ll be absorbed by it."
"But regardless of the method, my memories will ultimately merge, and I will still be myself."
Upon hearing this, Liang Yuan recalled the fusion process between Ling Yurong’s Split Thought and her main body.
As long as it’s fused, it will be under the control of his Soul Imprisonment Rune.
He immediately said, "Okay, accompany me out at once; there’s no rush for your body to merge."
With that, Liang Yuan directly took Di Quanke and Ling Yurong and swiftly left Sumeru Space.
Ling Yurong asked, "What’s the urgent matter, Master?"
Liang Yuan said, "I have a batch of merfolk and mermaid-like Superpower Users under my command; I’m a bit uneasy, and I need you both to look."
Both hearts skipped a beat, and Di Quanke said, "You suspect the Spiritual Split Thought of us both might reside in their bodies?"
Liang Yuan cast them a faint glance, "If so, you know what to do, don’t you?"
They nodded helplessly, naturally knowing Liang Yuan’s intent.
The three quickly left Yangshan, quickly flying into Mirage Snake Space.
Mirage Snake Space, after this much development, was transformed greatly.
The flood inside Mirage Snake Space had substantially receded after Li Qinghua diverted it using a spatial rift.
Of course, it wasn’t completely gone.
Mirage Snake Space was like a floating space box on the water, with some portions submerged.
Li Qinghua, as the Island Lord, could open spatial rifts but couldn’t open them underwater, as that would invite water in.
So only the flood level at the water surface could be reduced.
Nonetheless, the water level in Mirage Snake Space dropped significantly.
Now the water level was under ten meters.
Most floors have emerged above the water; only below the third level remained submerged.
Many people relied on boats and other means for travel.
Higher terrain areas were completely dry, suitable for farming.
Furthermore, because Mirage Snake Space lacked light, mutated sunflowers were planted everywhere, like stars illuminating the space.
Now Liang Yuan and the others had arrived in Mirage Snake Space.
The leaders here now were Huang Han, Kong Sheng, Wang Xiaoya, Zhou Qingming, among others.
Apart from Huang Han, who had been with Liang Yuan from the start, Wang Xiaoya and Kong Sheng joined Yangshan later.
And Zhou Qingming was Li Qinghua’s right-hand man; while Li Qinghua was dispatched by Liang Yuan to guard Yellow Earth Divine Origin, Zhou Qingming was left to oversee Mirage Snake Space.
Liang Yuan didn’t notify anyone; he directly went to Little Straw Mountain.
Little Straw Mountain had long become the central hub of Mirage Snake Space.
All critical departments and material storage were there; it had become the core of Mirage Snake Space.