The sky tore open, transforming into a colossal eye, as a terrifyingly high-ranking being peered down.
Indifferent, vast, and dreadful!
Simply by its gaze, Fang You's heart chilled.
Those destroyed in the lightning, reduced to mere ashes, were likely cultists. Under this gaze, flesh buds sprouted, clumps of flesh grew, and enormous spheres of flesh swelled in the blink of an eye.
Even the surrounding flames seemed to sprout flesh and blood, and the trees grew wildly, their bark like the scarlet of human flesh.
Scarlet!
The entire sky plunged into a dark, bloody red, the world like a lone boat in a storm, ready to capsize at any moment.
Great disaster! Great terror!
A single gaze changed the color of the entire world. What kind of being was this?
He had no time to think.
Raising the Glorious Scepter, golden light bloomed from his white robe, and a beam of light shot skyward, as if stubbornly trying to break through the blood-red sky.
But it wasn't enough, not enough!
The next moment,
A golden domain spread from the scepter, sacred golden radiance cleansing all defilement. Where it swept, flesh buds stopped growing, smoldering slightly and withering away. The towering trees that had clawed their way skyward gradually returned to normal.
The flames were extinguished, and the pillar of light pierced the blood-red sky.
The surviving humans, hiding in their homes, saw their corrupted states gradually recede under the golden light.
All of this,
He knew without looking, his mind illuminating the world within his heart.
His consciousness soared, overlooking the world, as if he were a god controlling heaven and earth, able to summon clouds with a turn of his hand and rain with a flip.
His gaze contained infinite golden light, meeting the blood-red eye.
As if seeing a figure seated on a blood-red throne, its face blurred, incredibly majestic.
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Flesh and blood surged like a torrent across infinite space and time, a thousand whispers exploding in his ears.
As if the earth cracked, the heavens collapsed, and the world sank.
Amidst the cataclysm, Fang You's figure was like a reef, his face, shrouded in brilliant golden light, expressionless. Only his eyes held golden light, and deep within them, a fire burned.
The flames would not be extinguished!
Thunder rolled, and in an instant, the entire sky was covered by lightning clouds. From the collapsing thunderclouds, a colossal hand of lightning extended.
A hand that blotted out the sky!
For a time, the heavens and earth rumbled with thunder, and brilliant blue-purple light and blood-red light collided continuously. The sky seemed split in two, one part blue-purple, the other blood-red.
A scene of apocalyptic disaster.
Even people hundreds of kilometers away could see it. Civilians either knelt on the ground or fled in terror.
A painter, dressed in a loose robe, his eyes filled with fear, did not look away but gritted his teeth and stared. In the terrifying disaster scene at the edge of the sky, he faintly glimpsed a monstrous blood-red eye, and...
Before the colossal blood-red eye, the golden figure standing in the sky.
The colossal eye was imprinted on his heart. Blood tears streamed from the painter's eyes, and whispers filled his ears. He began to paint on the Xuan paper in a frenzy.
He painted the blood-red eye, and the majestic figure holding a scepter before the colossal eye.
Above the dilapidated village, golden light enveloped the area.
The terrifying pollution gradually dissipated in the supreme yang and rigid lightning.
After a long while,
The blood-red hue of the sky and earth receded. The colossal blood-red eye had vanished, and the sky once again returned to its pristine blue.
The indifferent and terrifying gaze was also gone, but a faint grey thread remained in the sky, still connecting to the immeasurable, uncanny realm on the other side.
Like a bridge.
And just now, he had stood on this side of the bridge, on Planet Blue, clashing with the terrifying power that had crossed over.
A sliver of power, greatly weakened by the layers of the Planet Blue world's barrier.
"Just what kind of being is this?"
"A legendary evil god?"
Perhaps not even that.
The thought made his heart feel heavier.
At the other end of the blood-red thread, in a place separated by infinite spatial distance.
In a magnificent blood-red hall, a majestic figure was enthroned. This was a being clad in a resplendent blood-red armor, his gaze profound, containing a sea of blood.
"Interesting."
"Someone in this world can prevent my power from descending."
The Blood Emperor was not angered.
Throughout the long years, he had seen countless futile attempts to stop the inevitable, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
Sometimes, a little resistance was just for amusement.
But the end, the fate of the world, was only to be devoured.
Using this sliver of an opportunity to tear open a passage, to descend early.
This,
Was also his opportunity.
In the ruined village, tender shoots bravely sprouted new buds.
A day had passed since the blood-red eye vanished. During this time, no further anomalies had appeared, only the grey thread in the sky remained.
In Fang You's vision, he could see wisps of grey mist seeping through the rift.
"This is the critical anchor point of fate, where it will constantly face impacts from the rift."
"If it can withstand them, the rift will shrink until it disappears, severed."
"If it cannot withstand them, the rift will grow larger, triggering an avalanche."
Fang You mused.
Outside, several figures, clad in special weighted clothing, ran incessantly, sweat pouring like rain.
These were the few survivors of the disaster. Six youths and young adults. Fang You had already healed their physical and mental traumas using 'Healing Stream', 'Purification', and 'Sound of Spiritual Cleansing', and bestowed upon them the power to grow stronger.
Among them was Wei Jingwu, not an ordinary villager, possessing knowledge and the ability to command troops. Through his detection skills, Fang You assessed Wei Jingwu as a talent with blue potential.
Fang You immediately used a Secondary Apostle Recruitment Voucher on him and also taught him the Blade Slash skill.
—Before coming here, he had drawn a few 'Beginner Ten-Consecutive Draws'. Not as lucky as the first time, he had only drawn skill books like Blade Slash and Cannon Fist, which he already possessed.
He passed down one of them.
"But it's still not enough."
"In this instance, the important thing is not my power, but the power of the kindling."
"However..."
He could not leave this area.
His intuition told him that a great terror would descend if he strayed too far. Even the items he brought from modern times could only be used within this region.
But Wei Jingwu and others from this era could go out.
He began to make arrangements.
One day, two days, three days...
Ten days later, this village had regained much of its vitality. Among these people were the old and the young, but more were the young and middle-aged, all brought back from outside by Wei Jingwu.
This era was at the end of a dynasty, with social unrest and turmoil… Wei Jingwu was originally a military officer, but he couldn't stand some corrupt practices and had offended his superior, leading to his dismissal from office. He then lived in seclusion in this small village.
Before the disaster, it was still peaceful here, but outside, there were widespread famines and peasant uprisings everywhere.
In such circumstances, a peaceful village with sufficient food was like a paradise.
However, Wei Jingwu remembered Fang You's requirements: strength was not essential, but kindness of heart and a firm will were.
They had to fight monsters.
There could be no shortage, but no excess either.
After careful selection, Wei Jingwu still brought back many refugees. With everyone's efforts, this dilapidated village was gradually rebuilt.
Improved seeds were planted in the fields.
People worked, trained, a harmonious scene, if not for the impending disaster.
"Kill!"
"First squad, retreat! Second squad, attack!"
"Guard our homeland!"
Before them stood monsters similar to those from that day.
They were humanoid in form, some with bone wings, some with sharp teeth and claws, and all possessed immense strength, capable of uprooting large trees and leaping onto rooftops.
But now, we are no longer mortals!
Wei Jingwu wielded his saber, each strike cleaving a strange being in two. Others around him formed battle formations, relentlessly hunting them down.
In the village, Fang You stood on a high vantage point, watching from afar.
He did not intervene.
This was not his battlefield. Intervening now could easily annihilate these strange beings and malevolent spirits, but after he left, the kindling, lacking sufficient combat experience, would be more easily extinguished.
At most, he would only save people.
Insufficient guidance.
Besides Wei Jingwu, he selected five others, contracted them as Secondary Apostles, and bestowed skill books upon them.
Wang Hei, granted Blade Slash and Evil Spirit Tracking.
Li Ergou, granted Cannon Fist and Evil Spirit Tracking.
Li Sanniu, granted Copper Skin.
Qu Ni, granted Healing Water.
Yang Yong, granted Palm Thunder.
For the others, he bestowed various Skill Seeds.
He did not have many skill books, but he had quite a few Skill Seeds. This time, he directly planted ten Skill Seeds, and the fruits that grew bestowed upon the warriors the power to fight against evil spirits.
It only required training.
Many of them had not yet reached proficiency, but with awakened weapons, they could still fight against evil spirits and kill those strange humanoid creatures.
Similarly, they could gain mystery.
In the nameless village, on the back of the mountain.
When Wei Jingwu arrived here, he was astonished to find that the place had changed drastically. The ground had been leveled and paved with intricately patterned stone slabs, surrounded by towering megaliths like walls enclosing the entire area.
Guarding the stone monument in the center.
The mentor was before that monument, looking up slightly.
Wei Jingwu could not forget the majestic figure of his mentor that day.
Nor could he forget the monsters that rampaged through the village, the villagers disemboweled.
He clenched his fists.
Having been favored by his mentor, he was willing to fight to the death against the evil spirits!
"I cannot remain in this time and space for too long. In the future, the responsibility of fighting against evil spirits will fall upon you. However, I will guide you to awaken greater power, though this process also carries danger. A single misstep could lead to eternal damnation."
Fang You spoke.
He looked at Wei Jingwu, and the thirteen warriors who had accompanied Wei Jingwu, all of whom had accumulated one unit of Mystery Value.
There were Wang Hei and his five companions, and seven others who were not Secondary Apostles.
Fang You did not conceal anything.
But no one retreated.
"We are all displaced people. Now that we have food, clothing, and shelter, what is there to fear in fighting evil spirits!"
"We are not cowards!"
"When the war is over, I will go and get married and have children. Then I can tell my children that their father was a great hero."
This was the kindling.
Fang You felt a fire within his heart.
I will also do my utmost to protect your safety.
This was a place of inheritance, where many powers could leave their mark and become traditions.
He raised his scepter, and his glorious domain spread out.
Golden radiance interwove, and the guiding power gently descended, originating from Wei Jingwu and Wang Hei, causing ripples of energy to spread.
Mysterious power resonated with the land of inheritance, leveraging the foundation for awakening.