Five Frozen Centuries

Chapter 196: It’s Time To Leave

The Soaring Cloud City was plunged into darkness. The residents were living in endless fear. However, at that moment, a hole appeared in the dark clouds in the sky.

The moonlight happened to fall through the hole. This seemed like a signal. As the moonlight scattered, the dark clouds gradually dispersed and the world regained its light.

Then, everyone saw a person standing in the sky. He was holding a broken bronze sword in his right hand and a golden gem in his left hand.

Everyone in the Soaring Cloud City cheered. Their fear was dispelled and replaced by the joy of surviving a calamity. Some people were crying while hugging each other, while others were crying silently. Some were cheering loudly, while others were praying with their hands clasped.

The Legendary Ant had been completely killed by Wei Huo. Its spirit and body had been devoured by the nirvanic aura, which had strengthened Wei Huo’s Nirvana Domain by more than three times.

However, Wei Huo’s realm had not increased because of that, as he had yet to comprehend it.

After reaching the Legendary stage, one would have to rely on enlightenment and accumulation of essence, energy, and spirit. This was the Life and Death Dual Cultivation that the Eldest Senior Brother had mentioned.

At that moment, Wei Huo was holding the golden gem in his left hand and the broken bronze sword in his right hand. He was trying to understand the Dao between them.

The talents of others could be used to benefit oneself if one observed the Dao of others to perfect one’s Dao.

Wei Huo stood in the air motionlessly with his eyes closed. He carefully comprehended the Dao of others and perfected his own Dao. He entered an indescribable state.

At that moment, a staff member in the war room of the armored city wall shouted happily, “We have the latest news on the City Lord! The pursuers have been killed by a man and a dragon. The City Lord is rushing back!”

The people in the war room were shocked at first but then felt overjoyed. The staff members sitting in their seats jumped up. Some hugged each other, while others high-fived each other. All of them were elated.

Zhao Pingfan let out a sigh of relief. “Fortunately, the City Lord is fine. Alright, it’s time for me to return to my workplace. The quantum entanglement phenomenon and the complete Grand Unification Theory are fascinating.”

Everyone was stunned. They all knew that Zhao Pingfan did not seek fame or wealth. He was only interested in scientific research. However, everyone was very sure of his status as the second in command. Once the City Lord went somewhere, he would be in charge of all affairs. He was also very orderly and he never made mistakes.

Everyone could not help but sigh. The City Lord had great foresight.

Wei Huo ignored everything and focused on comprehension. He felt that his thoughts were expanding endlessly and spreading to every corner of the world.

This was a weird realm. It was as if his body had disappeared and his soul had broken free from bindings and continued to extend.

Soon, Wei Huo saw many creatures dying. He saw an antelope being hunted by a tiger and a self-exploding sheep killing itself and taking a player with it.

Wei Huo saw endless images of death. There were humans, animals, and even aliens.

He saw an alien spacecraft. It was oval-shaped and it looked like a football as it descended from the sky and smashed into a desert in the Northern Continent. The spacecraft exploded, and all the weird-looking aliens on the ship died.

Soon, Wei Huo understood that his soul was not extending indefinitely. Instead, he had received countless information about death.

Wei Huo had also received countless images of death. There were not only animals but also plants and microorganisms in those images.

Wei Huo saw a 700-year-old tree being struck to death by lightning. He saw a virus being swallowed by white cells and an Epic-ranked creature dying in the depths of the ground.

In the end, Wei Huo saw another scene. There was a huge iceberg in the sea. The surface of the sea was emitting a blue glow. There were humans, animals, and plants frozen on the iceberg, but they were all blurry.

Wei Huo wanted to take a closer look at the frozen people on the iceberg. The moment he had this thought, the image started growing larger. Wei Huo felt that the people on the iceberg were getting clearer. In the end, he finally saw the people closest to the iceberg, as well as the animals and the plants.

However, those people were all people Wei Huo knew. There was Lu Qiqi, Chen Xuanyue, Xiao Bing, Wei Sha, and the Tree-Man. Among the animals were the fat tiger, the panda, as well as the purple cat and Gold-Eater that he had subdued later on. The plants were mostly mutated or divine types, such as pomegranates and peaches.

The iceberg sealed people or things related to Wei Huo, but he was not there. Besides, this was only the tip of the iceberg. Wei Huo could not see the part under the sea at all. Blue light kept radiating from the part covered by the sea.

Wei Huo was shocked. A moment later, the image shattered and Wei Huo exited this mysterious realm.

He was hesitant. He felt that the last image could have been a dream. He did not have to worry about it, but it could also have been a prophecy.

However, why had he not been on the iceberg?

Wei Huo thought about it. In the end, he sighed and mumbled, “Everything meets its end. I’m no exception unless I transcend.”

Wei Huo had seen many images of death. He thought about it for a long time and finally understood that no living creatures in this world could escape death. Even planets, stars, and this very world would come to an end.

Legendary creatures could only live for up to 7,000 years. Although he had been rewarded with a lifespan by the game system, it was only 3,000 years. In other words, even if he had cultivated to the peak of the Legendary stage, he would only have had a lifespan of 10,000 years.

The Soul Lifespan reward had been obtained because of a huge bug. There was no way to obtain a Soul Lifespan now. While Wei Huo was cultivating, the lifespan was not divided into the Soul Lifespan and the Body Lifespan. That was why the 3,000-Year Lifespan obtained through cultivation had been simultaneously added to the Soul Lifespan and the Body Lifespan. However, he could not do that now.

The current Refining Essence Qi Cultivation Technique could only increase the Body Lifespan. Only the Refining Qi Into God Cultivation Technique could increase the Soul Lifespan.

Fortunately, Wei Huo was aware of the whereabouts of the strongest Qi Cultivation Skill, the Dao Scripture. If he practiced the Dao Scripture, he might be able to increase his lifespan by thousands of years.

Wei Huo sighed. It was time to continue traveling west!

The Dragon Vein was right under his feet. It extended endlessly from the west to the east. According to historical records, Kunlun Mountain was the ancestral ground of all dragons. It was also the source of all the Dragon Veins. If one followed a Dragon Vein and reached its end, they would definitely reach Kunlun Mountain.

Wei Huo did not know how long it had been since he had been enlightened. He only knew that it was no longer night time. It was broad daylight in the clear sky. The sun was high up in the sky, and sunlight kept shining.

Wei Huo turned around and looked at the Soaring Cloud City. However, the Soaring Cloud City’s top looked like a steamer lid.

Wei Huo was a little surprised. While he had been comprehending the Dao, the Soaring Cloud City’s Heaven Peak Plan had succeeded.

Ma Tengyun should have returned by now, and Wei Huo did have a lot to ask him. In addition, he planned to use the scanner to scan the mechanical core of the Soaring Cloud City. It might be useful in the future.

It was time to leave.