Zhu Xian impassively slew these monsters, unsure if it was due to the sheer number she’d killed or if the action had awakened a memory, as the scene felt somewhat familiar.
It was as if she had killed them like this before.
She knew why she was killing them now, but why had she done so in the past?
She was busy slaughtering, and the people on the ground were busy sending them back. This tug-of-war continued for nearly two hours.
In the middle of it, quite a few charged forward but were blasted down by their weapons, falling into the sea or onto the nearby ground. Some were not dead yet, merely bloody and mangled, their ugly bodies covered in burn marks. This was followed by a foul, bloody stench that was incredibly nauseating.
“Can you do it?”
“Are you done? Miss Gu is about to collapse!”
“Hurry up!”
Luan Yu’s face was pale, her body swaying precariously. Gritting her teeth, she forcefully drew the incantation to open the door to another dimension.
In the sky.
The void suddenly blazed with golden light. Under everyone’s tense gaze, a colossal dragon, radiating golden light and possessing a majestic form, flew out from within.
As its entire body emerged from the void, its length likely exceeded two hundred meters, its sheer size inducing terror.
There was nothing unusual about its body, and coupled with its radiant golden glow, if it hadn’t emerged from the same portal as the monsters, it might have been mistaken for a celestial omen.
Zhu Xian finished off the small monsters around her and pointed her sword at the giant dragon.
“Golden Dragon.”
The Golden Dragon spoke human words: “I know that only you would seek to annihilate my clan! Old hatreds and new grievances, I shall grind you to dust today to avenge my kin!”
It opened its maw and charged towards Zhu Xian. Zhu Xian flew aside to evade: “Although I don’t know what you’re talking about, you deserve to die ten thousand times over for bringing such calamity upon the human world.”
The Golden Dragon was enraged by her words. It twisted its body and charged again. Sudan Novel Network
On the ground, a complex pattern began to emit a dazzling light. The scepter at its center seemed to be faltering, the pearl embedded in it showing cracks, yet the light grew stronger, forming circles of blue waves that seemed to possess a suction force, drawing in the dragon carcasses that fell around.
The void in the sky also began to approach. The draconic monsters that had just come out, before they could escape, were sucked into the light circle. Those that had flown out earlier, now far away, were similarly pulled back, absorbed into the light circle, and vanished.
“Bring it over!”
No reminder was needed; Zhu Xian had the same intention.
She forced the Golden Dragon closer to the light circle. The dragon saw through her intentions but was helpless. Especially after its “children and grandchildren” had vanished into the light circle, it could no longer hold its ground and gradually began to lose the upper hand.
It seemed incredulous.
“Your body… why?”
“I am a deity. Whose body I use changes nothing.”
Furthermore, she had already borne children in this body; the body’s limitations on her were completely negligible.
The Golden Dragon resisted with all its might, filled with unwillingness. However, when a long sword suddenly enlarged and swung down, it instantly saw the light circle as an escape route and actively plunged into it.
The light circle in the sky was completely swallowed, then it sharply retracted and instantly disappeared.
The light from the scepter vanished, and it fell to the ground with a “crack.”
Luan Yu’s face was deathly pale, her body feeling light and unsteady. If she hadn’t been holding onto the person beside her, she would have toppled over at any moment.
Seeing Zhu Xian return, she breathed a sigh of relief.
“You… are alright…”
Zhu Xian then collapsed rigidly in front of her.
Luan Yu, who was about to fall herself, widened her eyes and looked at Zhu Xian in disbelief.
How could she have collapsed faster than her?
“Hey.”
“Miss Gu!”
——
“By divine decree, the Dragon Clan has slaughtered the people of Canglan and consumed them. Their sins are grave. Within the three tribes of Chang Guang, any who consumed humans shall have their dragon tendons removed, their bodies transformed into sweet dew to nourish Canglan, and their souls imprisoned in the Tower of the Ten Thousand Gods for a thousand years as punishment!”
…
“Who is he?”
“He is the sole surviving pearl of the Canglan Human Emperor. He was hidden in a tomb during the Dragon Clan’s slaughter and thus escaped. Canglan still burns with karma, and he has nowhere to go, so I brought him back.”
“What is his name?”
“Chan Yuan.”
“His fate is full of hardship, yet he can withstand the heavenly tribulation and survive. Henceforth, his name shall be Chong Yan. The Great Dao has fifty paths, and Heaven’s evolution is forty-nine; you have two lives.”
“Thank the Divine Venerable for bestowing your name.”
The handsome youth bowed to her: “Thank you, Divine Venerable.”
This bow transformed into the moment they, dressed in bright red wedding robes, knelt before each other in the first world.
Zhu Xian opened her eyes. In front of her was his slightly lowered body, his movement mirroring that bow from her dream.
“Chong Yan!”
Zhu Chong Yan startled, then said with surprise, “A’Xian, you’re awake!”
Zhu Xian blinked, trying to focus on the person before her.
It wasn’t him.
But why did he look so similar?
Zhu Chong Yan turned to call for a doctor, but she grabbed his hand: “Don’t go.”
“I’ll go get the doctor.”
“I’m fine.”
She slightly loosened her grip, feeling as though she was going mad.
Why?
If everything was as she saw in her dream, why would she have fallen in love with him?
A mortal boy, even if handsome and eye-catching, shouldn’t have captured her heart.
She was a god.
She was a god…
What else had she forgotten?
“A’Xian, are you really, alright?”
Seeing his slightly anxious face, Zhu Xian found herself accustomed to comforting him. She pressed him against her: “I’m fine now, don’t be afraid.”
She needed to remember everything.
——
The incident in the South China Sea was quickly resolved. With no casualties and thanks to the operations of 002, everyone believed the military had driven back the monsters. Their confidence soared, and what was initially a disaster became a public online carnival.
They had indeed defended their territory; that was undeniable.
At 8:30 PM, 002 began its usual exposé.
In the past week, over a hundred people had been imprisoned due to its revelations. As it had promised, it showed no favoritism, especially when it came to illegal and criminal activities, exposing everything and presenting it to the public.
Thus, the previously tiresome 8 o’clock news had, after a week, become something everyone eagerly awaited.
People loved secrets, and even more so, they loved knowing others’ secrets.
However, today’s exposé was a little different. If previous ones were like television dramas or movies, today’s was like a live broadcast, using slightly shaky footage to document a thrilling murder.
What surprised them most was the perpetrator of this murder, the superstar Cheng Yingxin, who had recently seen some redemption after her Lunar New Year performance.
Her exquisitely beautiful face was not graced by the gentle smile the audience was accustomed to, but by a twisted look of hatred.
“I’ve waited so long for this day! We were truly in love, Jing Ting and I, yet you insisted on inserting yourself between us.”
“He confessed to me.”
Rong Jin, who was supposed to cooperate, did so to the best of her ability.
“Yes! He confessed to you! But it was for me!” Her expression was so contorted it was chilling: “You didn’t know, did you? Every time you and I argued, he would scold me on the surface, but comfort me in secret.”
“He did the same thing in front of me.”