Chapter 1975 - 1971: Origins and Allusions
Lan Jing’s condition isn’t very good, Ye Fan wants to help her, but he doesn’t know where exactly the problem lies.
Previously, the Death Sea was still turbulent, but after Lan Jing went into it, the Death Sea has now calmed down. This calmness makes Ye Fan feel even more peculiar, as if the uncontrollable forces in the Death Sea can be subdued by some force on Lan Jing’s body.
"Ye Fan, I don’t feel well. I also don’t know why, but it feels like there’s something very obstructive in my body, making it difficult to breathe and the power inside me is not manageable..."
Lan Jing’s description of her situation makes Ye Fan think she is likely being attacked or suppressed by some sort of force.
Ye Fan says, "I don’t know why you’re experiencing this, but thinking there may be some dangerous force on you, I feel it might be related to the heavenly tribulation. However, I don’t know what secret lies within the Death Sea, so I can’t answer you right now."
At this moment, a voice rang from the sky, saying, "You don’t need to think about what the Death Sea signifies. The Death Sea exists because, when the Pan Gu Secret Realm was created, there were forces that did not belong to Pan Gu and needed suppression, so Pan Gu used his own power to imprison these forces in the Death Sea. Why do you think Pan Gu sleeps? Because Pan Gu couldn’t suppress these forces upon awakening. Now that Pan Gu has awakened, these forces are beginning to stir, especially as the heavenly tribulation is about to occur."
The voice belonged to a woman, and the voice wasn’t unfamiliar to Ye Fan. When the person descended, Ye Fan found it was Nu Ying in front of him.
Ye Fan scrutinized Nu Ying and said, "It’s you?"
"Haha, what? Can’t it be me? Ye Fan, what you’ve done, I won’t forget in this lifetime. I will definitely get revenge, but for now, I will help you with something, and that is to challenge Pan Gu’s status among ancient cultivators!" Nu Ying said fiercely.
Ye Fan shook his head and said, "What you call helping me, seems more like using me. You ancient cultivators speak nothing of principles. Why should I trust you?"
"Your master, Zhuo Junwu, the situation with humans, don’t you want to know more about it?" Nu Ying suddenly said.
Ye Fan said, "You know about my master... Zhuo Junwu’s situation? Why should I trust you?"
"Just because I woke up earlier than most ancient cultivators, even Xi He can’t deny it. I’ve researched Zhuo Junwu and the Li Yunhuo sect for a long time. When they decided to use you, I actually already knew this day would come... Haha, Ye Fan, you wouldn’t have thought, the Li Yunhuo sect has been passed down for thousands of years, and not a single person has ascended because the sect has, from start to finish, only had one person’s soul being passed down... Haven’t you always been curious about who Lan Jing’s father is? Actually, Lan Jing’s father is Zhuo Junwu..."
After Nu Ying said this, Ye Fan didn’t believe it at all because this crazy woman seems to want to take revenge on everything. When she says this kind of thing, Ye Fan feels she is trying to use him, not sincerely telling him information.
Ye Fan frowned and said, "Why should I believe what you say?"
"Do you have the right not to believe my words? Your current situation is utterly surrounded by enemies; ancient cultivators want to kill you, even your master hasn’t planned to help you, and now that divine weapon is still on Heavenly Peak Mountain. Heavenly Peak Mountain has become humanity’s last hope, but it could also become the root of humanity’s demise. It all really depends on your decision... Of course, don’t think you can smoothly solve the heavenly tribulation problem. The fundamental power of the heavenly tribulation, you haven’t grasped it yet!" Nu Ying sneered.
Ye Fan coldly said, "You’re answering without addressing the question; I’m asking about Xuan Nv and Lan Jing’s situation."
Nu Ying said, "Actually, Zhuo Junwu’s original name wasn’t Zhuo Junwu. He had many names, and the most known name was Li Yunhuo. He was the one who founded the Li Yunhuo sect, as a disciple of the Li Yunhuo sect, you should know this, right?"
"Yes," Ye Fan nodded.
"Later, Li Yunhuo claimed to ascend. You’ve been to the celestial realm yourself; have you ever seen Li Yunhuo? Haha, surely you haven’t. Where exactly did he go? Actually, he didn’t ascend at all; he’s gone. His soul transferred to the next person’s body, passed down generation after generation, ultimately to your master Zhuo Junwu. Actually, Zhuo Junwu was deceiving you from the start, wanting you to enter the Pan Gu Secret Realm, and he might have prepared himself such that if he were to perish completely, he would occupy your body and become the next you, and you’d become his next host!" Nu Ying said.
Ye Fan laughed and said, "This story is captivating, I almost believed it after hearing, but unfortunately... what you said is full of holes."
"Why?" Nu Ying frowned.
"Although Zhuo Junwu lied to me about a lot, there’s one thing he didn’t lie about, and that is he wanted me to enter the Li Yunhuo sect and make it flourish. Even though he’s using me, he has a power in him that cannot be passed on, and that is his Pure Yang spiritual energy. You say he’d occupy my body, but from what I know, he’s an immortal body himself, why would he want to take over my body?" Ye Fan retorted.
Nu Ying said, "He is not truly immortal... Forget it, I won’t argue with you on this issue. Actually, he already knew who the chosen one was because of the prophecy left by ancient times, which stated that the creator of the heavenly tribulation saved it, and he doesn’t want to change his original intention; he wanted to destroy the ancient cultivation world. So he wouldn’t save the heavenly tribulation or change his belief, so he created the chosen one... The chosen one’s mother isn’t Xuan Nv, just suppressed by her power."
Ye Fan frowned and said, "Continue."
"When Xuan Nv found out about Li Yunhuo’s scheme, Li Yunhuo had not yet reached great heights. Li Yunhuo used a human woman to bear Lan Jing but was defeated in a battle with Xuan Nv. Therefore, Li Yunhuo’s immortal body was ruined and Xuan Nv was gravely injured and lost her soul." Nu Ying stated, "After Xuan Nv snatched Lan Jing, she kept her in the lower layers of the ocean on Earth, using the blue crystal’s power to let Lan Jing survive, while she herself lost her physical form until you appeared."