Chapter 1 What to Avoid?

“What am I avoiding?” Red God was silent for a moment, looking at the flock of geese flying past the window. “I don’t know what I’m avoiding. That day, the royal city suddenly caught fire. A dazzling and terrifying golden light exploded instantly, followed by the disappearance of the royal city. The original land fell into chaos. At that time, I was just a soldier in the Thousand Leaf Army, not a high-level officer, so I don’t know the specifics. But…”

“But what?” Li Cheng颐 asked.

“But, the disappearance of the royal city was actually foreshadowed,” Red God sighed. “The previous emperor acted perversely, recklessly destroying all living beings within his sight. He was keen on turning the life force of every race into a racial flower and storing it in the imperial palace. Too many Black Sea races perished because of him. It was inevitable that this would cause turmoil and resistance.”

“…” Li Cheng颐 was speechless. It seemed that this Red God also harbored resentment towards the previous Flower Emperor.

“As for the various forces dividing up the resources of the royal city after its destruction, that was only to be expected. Winners take all, there’s nothing to say,” Red God continued.

“In other words, if I rebuild the original royal city now…I won’t encounter any danger?” Li Cheng颐 asked.

“To be precise, the Black Sea is boundless, so it’s unlikely that you’ll encounter that group of dividers again. I didn’t understand it before, but now I have some understanding,” Red God paused and continued, “Both the first and second emperors were pursuing the ultimate in knowledge, that is, the realm of omniscience. They seemed to have reached the limit of omniscience and began to touch the forbidden boundary.”

“Omniscience…” Li Cheng颐 frowned. This was the second time he had heard this word. The last time was from Professor Mi Man.

It was said that Lan Meng had also touched the edge of omniscience.

“What is the forbidden boundary?” he asked.

“It is the dividing line between the unknown and the known,” Red God replied. “The Black Sea is black because most of everything is unknown. Living beings use perception and knowledge to understand the outside world, so what do non-perceiving individuals rely on to understand everything outside?”

Li Cheng颐 was thoughtful. Indeed, for any civilization, its roots are perception. From ignorance to civilization, perception is the cornerstone of all disciplines.

“So what is the answer?” he asked.

“I don’t know. I’m just a small soldier who only heard my superiors discuss such issues. It is said that the previous generation of Flower Gods, because of His Majesty, had also touched the realm of qualitative change. That is why their power was so great that it frightened all things. Their way of existence has also completely transformed into a form that we cannot understand,” Red God shook his head.

Li Cheng颐’s mind flashed with a lot of his own thoughts and insights.

The Flower Emperor failed. Now it seems that what really defeated them was not internal strife, but an accident.

“What are your plans for the future?” he asked softly.

“Are you a Flower God General of the royal city? I am willing to follow you and rebuild the original royal city together,” Red God said seriously.

“Is that so?” Li Cheng颐 looked at the other party’s sincere expression, but naturally he would not believe it so easily. However, Red God’s strength was indeed extremely strong. If he didn’t wear the Flower God Armor, he really wouldn’t be able to completely kill the other party, at most he could only defeat him.

“The royal city is in the past, but the rebellious forces that remained should still exist, so please be careful,” Red God continued.

“Which ones?” Li Cheng颐 asked in a deep voice.

“The Mother of Emptiness and the Behemoth Asura Duni.”

“…” Li Cheng颐 was speechless. So they were all old acquaintances. Professor Mi Man belonged to the Behemoth Cult, and the Mother of Emptiness was one of the oldest beings in the Black Sea, mentioned by the Headmaster when he was in Pan Guang.

“However, in the past tens of thousands of years, I have heard that the Mother of Emptiness joined forces with the remaining Flower God Generals to fight, but was defeated. Both sides died together, leaving only remnants to eke out an existence. The Behemoth Asura Duni was seriously injured and fell into a deep sleep, with an unknown awakening time. Its dream has transformed into countless dead zones in the Black Sea.”

“…” Creating countless dead zones in a dream, this level is indeed a bit too much for him.

It’s better to think about something more practical now.

For example, first find Pan En and his family.

“By the way, there’s something I’d like to ask for your help,” Li Cheng颐 became more polite to the other party after learning his identity.

“Please speak. If I can do it, I will do my best,” Red God responded lightly.

“It’s like this, I’m looking for my family and subordinates. According to my senses, they should also be in this prison,” Li Cheng颐 said.

“Some people did come in a while ago, but they are very good at hiding. I searched several times, but I couldn’t find their tracks. According to the approximate range, they should be in this area.”

Red God pointed his finger, and a semi-transparent phantom suddenly appeared in the air in front of them, showing the core space inside the prison.

Seven planets revolved slowly around a fireball, and an area around the fifth planet was circled out separately.

“Can you help me find them?” Li Cheng颐 said.

“I am willing to serve you.” Red God bowed slightly and instantly turned into a red light, shrinking into a red dot and disappearing.

Leaving Li Cheng颐 alone sitting on the chair, turning a pen in his hand, thoughtfully.

After a long time, he stood up, dispersed the Death Energy Formation, and walked out of the office.

Outside, Ni Lan was sitting on a small stool by the bed, basking in the sun in a daze.

Du Nisi was not there, and Ni Ya went to a banquet and had not returned from out of town.

The other employees were searching for information, and they all saluted when they saw Li Cheng颐.

Walking out of the office, he unconsciously came to the intersection where the dwarf was begging again.

An Ya’s exclamation happened to sound again.

The dwarf, who was begging, turned over, using his hands and feet, and skillfully rushed into the alley, and with a few swift movements, he knocked the two hooligans who were molesting An Ya to the ground with a wooden bowl.

The hooligans screamed and fled, leaving only the two of them looking at each other, speechless.

“Thank you for saving me again this time.” An Ya stood up and bowed to the dwarf seriously and skillfully.

“You’re welcome, I just happened to be there,” the dwarf replied with a smile.

Although it was the twenty-third time he had saved someone, he felt warm all over and in a good mood when he looked at An Ya.

Although he didn’t know why An Ya was always being bullied around him, the result was good enough.

“Although the routine is old, isn’t the effect very good?” Li Cheng颐 watched this scene from afar and smiled with satisfaction.

He could feel the consciousness in the dwarf’s heart was undergoing a qualitative change, moving towards the realm of sublimation.

‘Two more times. According to this rate of improvement, he will be able to achieve sublimation.’

Thinking of this, he simply found a teahouse nearby, went in and sat down, and once again amplified the evil thoughts of the bad people around An Ya with Bright Light.

Then he arranged for a takeout order to be designated to be delivered near the dwarf’s location again.

It was not yet eleven o’clock in the morning, and a hero had just saved the beauty.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, give them a few hours to rest, and they can do it again.

Then, when they go back to sleep at night, they can do it again, and it should be enough to gather the sublimation effect.

Li Cheng颐 watched the two of them being in love with each other. Obviously, he didn’t need to deliberately promote their relationship, and he was quite gratified.

Time passed slowly. When the dwarf was exhausted and ready to go back to rest under the bridge in the evening, he heard a familiar cry for help again.

He rushed towards there reflexively, rushing into the dark alley.

Li Cheng颐 in the teahouse patted his windbreaker, stood up, paid the bill, walked out of the store, and returned towards the office.

Behind him, there was a faint sob from An Ya. Two lonely figures hugged each other tightly.

The dwarf’s consciousness finally reached a qualitative change at this moment.

At the same time, in Li Cheng颐’s Primordial Spirit Sword Palace, a brand new Human-Faced Primordial Spirit Sword was formed again. On the walls of the palace, the dwarf’s human-faced relief slowly emerged.

The twentieth Primordial Seal emerged on the Human-Faced Primordial Spirit Sword. At the same time, the blade flew to the huge Sword Furnace, piecing into it like a jigsaw puzzle, forming a huge metal blade.

Hu!

The illusory flames inside the Sword Furnace finally gradually materialized at this time, spreading outward and permeating.

Twenty inscriptions, at this moment, were constantly lit up on the giant sword.

The giant sword was the Sword Furnace, which was Li Cheng颐’s main body’s Primordial Spirit.

He quietly felt all the changes, feeling the dual improvement of his body and consciousness.

The first realm of True Fire, Illusory Fire, had been successfully reached.

Illusory Fire forges the most illusory spiritual part of the body, which is also the most important first step in building the foundation for the future.

Walking on the street, Li Cheng颐 looked up at the crescent moon that had already risen, and suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable loneliness in his heart.

The drastic changes in the Earth and Moon, the escape of his relatives and subordinates, the origin of the Flower of Evil was beginning to show its clues, and he was now considered to have reached a level where he could protect himself.

He didn’t know what the future would be like.

Since coming to this world, he had been lonely, and the pressure from the outside world was forcing him to move forward step by step.

And now, entering the True Fire realm, he finally seemed to have a chance to breathe.

Walking under the streetlights, the dim light divided the road surface into one piece after another.

The black and gray flagstone road still had light yellow mud blocks, and some green shoots of grass struggled tenaciously from the cracks.

Hu.

Li Cheng颐 sighed and entered the True Fire realm. He could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Putting his hands in his pockets, he slowly stepped forward, and the cold air, along with the faint perfume smell left by the pedestrians in front, unexpectedly turned into a pleasant smell.

He lowered his head, followed the curve ahead, walked out of the light of the streetlights, and his boots stepped on a cracked stone slab, making a miscellaneous sound.

Buzz!!

Suddenly, a strange and vast distortion instantly enveloped everything around, completely fixing him in place.

“Hmm?” Li Cheng颐 frowned, struggling with all his strength, but he couldn’t break free.

With a thought, his Death Energy surged and wrapped around himself, but it was still useless.

Then, the Wisdom Sword transformed by his consciousness protected his body. Invisible sword blades burst out of his body, spraying out of his pores and flying around him in a circle.

But the Wisdom Sword was only able to fly around once before it was also suppressed and distorted by the invisible and huge pressure, making a mournful sound and collapsing.

‘What’s going on!??’ Li Cheng颐’s heart was awe-stricken. The powerful True Fire born from the twenty inscriptions burned fiercely. With him as the center, his entire body began to burn with a faint golden flame.

The flame was semi-transparent, extremely hot, and squeezed out all the anomalies around it.

The Illusory Fire flame, mixed with various forces such as physics, energy, and consciousness, was not a single-level attack ability. Instead, it could directly burn at various different levels according to the fusion category of the Primordial Seals.

Squeak

Everything around was still, only in the mid-air in front of Li Cheng颐, at this time, a trace of harsh sound slowly emerged.

The transparent space seemed to have a huge vortex about two people tall.

Inside the semi-transparent vortex, a huge pulling force was emitted, enveloping Li Cheng颐, trying to pull him in.

And all the breaths and powers of everything in the outside world were pushing Li Cheng颐 towards the vortex at this time.

‘This feeling…!??’ Suddenly, Li Cheng颐 felt a familiar breath in his heart.

“It’s a Dead Zone!!?”

He reacted instantly. This should be the pulling and transmission of the Dead Zone, but the process was slowed down countless times. Plus, he was now strong enough to watch the entire process completely.

He had never been able to perceive how the Dead Zone captured Dead Zone people.

But now, under the protection of Illusory Fire, he could see the whole thing completely, as if watching in slow motion.

The distorted and vast power and Li Cheng颐’s Illusory Fire power were deadlocked for a while. After a full ten minutes, they slowly disappeared.

(End of this chapter)