When the Great Spacefaring Era began, Jun Changxiao had visited the Scarlet Prison Realm to help Yu Feiya regain control of her plane.
Does everyone remember how, after sweeping away the various lords and leading everyone to leave, he suddenly turned back and caught a mysterious black-robed person?
That’s right.
He called himself Zhang San.
He also said he had a friend named Li Si.
Jun Changxiao had tortured Zhang San miserably, and he’d even claimed—don’t think just because you can beat me that I’m really weaker; I’ve just been holding back.
“Oh!”
“Didn’t remember.”
At the time, Jun Changxiao had captured Zhang San and imprisoned him in the sect’s dungeon, originally planning to interrogate him properly, but then… he escaped.
To this day, Dog Leftover still remembered the note that guy left before leaving, which read: “The upper cosmos is in an era of great change and needs people like Sect Master Jun to lead the charge. If we’re fated, we’ll meet again in the jianghu!”
They really did meet again!
However, Jun Changxiao was a bit confused.
A guy who he’d left-right-left-right-BABA’d into unconsciousness was now standing in the great explosion confronting the Heavenly Demon Emperor. Could this be the legendary… times have changed?
“Impossible!”
Jun Changxiao rubbed his eyes, thinking: “How could it be him!”
But when he looked again, he clearly and distinctly saw that utterly unremarkable black-robed person with an ordinary appearance—he finally confirmed it was Zhang San.
His mind was a bit chaotic.
He needed to calm down properly.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Just then, within the great explosion zone, the Heavenly Demon Emperor and Zhang San began fighting.
“Holy crap!”
Everyone’s eyes widened.
From their perspective, the two stood motionless in place, but explosions kept erupting around them, with space collapsing and shattering from the impact.
“This is a mental confrontation at the Upper Heavenly Mystery Realm level!” Jian Guixu said.
“…”
Jun Changxiao’s expression turned grave.
He couldn’t currently confirm whether the Heavenly Demon Emperor was a clone or his true body, but he could confirm that Zhang San had definitely hidden his cultivation before.
Suddenly,
Dog Leftover had an epiphany.
Since this person was so powerful, escaping from the prison cell seemed quite normal.
Unfortunately, he’d been too careless at the time, casually throwing him into the ship’s hold for detention. If he’d known, he would have thrown him into the Celestial Origin Prison Suppression Tower.
Why did Jun Changxiao care so much about Zhang San?
Because he’d said he knew the future version of himself, but didn’t know the current version.
Combined with the deduction diagram left by Yu Feiya’s family, it was too easy to suspect—could this guy have traveled back from the future?
If there really was such a person, could the future vision Ye Xingchen saw back then be related to him?
No.
He had to find out!
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
In the distance, the mental confrontation continued. The earth-shattering sound effects, the cataclysmic special effects—watching made the Eternal Sect disciples’ scalps tingle, deeply realizing they were still too weak.
“Heaven-Severing Divine Fist!”
“Crimson Sun Demon Blade!”
“Ten Thousand Poison Dragon Palm!”
“Earth Thunder Strike!”
Various martial techniques and divine powers were deployed. The battle level kept rising, and the scene became increasingly magnificent.
“It’s a clone!”
After observing for a while, Jian Guixu confirmed: “Not the true body!”
“…”
Jun Changxiao felt a bit dizzy.
This Heavenly Demon Emperor clone seemed even stronger than the one he’d previously destroyed—just how strong must the true body be!
Ah.
Wanting to save the world was a long and arduous road.
“Sect Master Jun, stop watching the show!”
Just then, Zhang San’s voice transmission reached his ear: “Your disciple Ye Xingchen is being pursued by the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s subordinates. Please quickly go rescue him!”
Before the words even finished, Shangguan Xinyao pointed at the star map, saying joyfully: “Sect Master, Senior Brother Ye’s aura has appeared again, about a thousand li away from us.”
“Head there!”
Jun Changxiao had no interest in watching the battle—he cared more about Ye Xingchen’s safety.
“Whoosh—” The Eternal changed direction, chasing toward the aura Ye Xingchen was releasing. After bypassing the combat zone and entering another region of the starry void, they saw over a thousand flight trails, seemingly just left behind.
“Follow the trails!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
The Eternal operated at full power, transforming into a stream of light and disappearing.
As for Zhang San, he continued fighting the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s clone while secretly thinking: “The heavy responsibility of changing the upper cosmos’s pattern is entrusted to you. If you still need our blessing, then…”
“Boom—”
The Heavenly Demon Emperor’s clone punched him in the face. His entire body flew out, then stood in place with his head lowered, hair disheveled, laughing: “Burn bright, younger generation!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a Five Elements Eight Trigrams pattern gradually appeared in the shattered cosmos above him, then began rotating according to its own rules.
“Hmm?”
The Heavenly Demon Emperor said in a deep voice: “What’s your relationship with Weibu Zi?”
“No comment.” Zhang San clasped his hands together, rapidly forming hand seals, then slowly raised his head with a grin: “Law-Suppressing Annihilation!”
“Buzz! Buzz!”
In an instant, the massive Eight Trigrams pattern gathered above outlined characters like Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, and then pressed down in an enveloping manner toward the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s clone.
“Boom—”
Another earth-shattering explosion rang out, forming a mushroom cloud even more devastating than before.
…
Jun Changxiao, who was chasing along the trails, heard it but had no interest in watching. Instead, he ordered Shangguan Xinyao and the others to install the highest-grade power sources and bring the Eternal’s performance to its peak!
“Whoosh—”
Space suddenly twisted, and the warship vanished.
Absolute combustion, absolute speed.
Soon, light points appeared on the star map—at least a thousand vessels.
When everyone looked toward the front window, they saw in their continuously expanding field of vision hundreds of high-specification warships completely surrounding a group of people.
“Sect Master!”
Shangguan Xinyao said: “It’s Junior Brother Ye!”
Jun Changxiao sat down, interlaced his ten fingers, and used voice transmission to contact Xue Rengui in the Eternal Realm: “Battle Cavalry Hall, mobilize entirely.”
“Yes!”
“Formation Hall, mobilize entirely!”
“Yes!”
“One million Demonic Delusion Army, mobilize entirely!”
“Yes!”
“Everyone in the Eternal Sect, mobilize entirely!”
“Yes!”
The disciples’ responding voices echoed throughout the Eternal Realm, stirring not only ordinary people but also the various major clans and forces.
“The Thunder Spirit Clan requests permission to deploy!”
“The Ice Phoenix Clan requests permission to deploy!”
“The Divine Movement Clan requests permission to deploy!”
“The Dragon Clan requests permission to deploy!”
“The Stone Statue Clan requests permission to deploy!”
Sitting in the cockpit, Jun Changxiao heard the clans’ shouts and the corners of his mouth gradually curved into a cute smile.
They were already irreconcilable with the Heavenly Demon Emperor.
Although their overall strength might not yet be able to contend with him,
He wanted to try, wanted to confirm just how far the Eternal Realm was from them!
“Flash!” Jun Changxiao suddenly raised his head, his gaze cold as he looked toward the thousand warships in the starry void, saying in a somewhat crazed tone: “The entire realm mobilizes—fight!”
“Fight! Fight! Fight…”
The voices echoed throughout the Eternal Realm, making the warriors of each clan’s blood boil.
…
“My King!”
“Please leave quickly!”
In the central area surrounded by thousands of warships, a high-level member of the Night King Alliance pleaded desperately.
“…”
Ye Xingchen clenched his fists.
Although he’d recovered his past memories and become the true Night King, his strength hadn’t fucking recovered yet. Forget fighting the Heavenly Demon Emperor—he had no hope against even the Eight Celestial Beings.
“I once abandoned you all.”
Ye Xingchen said: “This time I definitely won’t abandon you again.”
“Heh heh heh.”
Suddenly, a man with butterfly wings gradually appeared, laughing sinisterly: “How touching.”
“Boom! Boom!”
After this person appeared, subtitles appeared on screen introducing him as ‘One of the Eight Celestial Dragons: Duola Wang.’
I need to solemnly state that the names of the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s subordinates all have sources and were rigorously considered. Please don’t think I’m alluding to anyone.
This Duola Wang looked rather humanoid.
His hairline was quite high, especially with a crude circular pattern carved on the left side of his forehead that looked somewhat like an @ symbol at first glance.
“…”
Ye Xingchen frowned.
This strange person should be quite strong.
“The fate of opposing Lord Heavenly Demon Emperor is death without a burial place.” Duola Wang raised two fingers. The butterfly wings behind him flashed with light, and brilliant radiance gathered at his fingertips.
Seeing this, the Night King Alliance members moved to shield Ye Xingchen.
“You all…” Seeing his subordinates fearlessly protecting him, Ye Xingchen’s guilt grew even stronger. Suddenly, familiar auras spread from the distance, lifting his spirits.
In the past,
The Night Emperor had once thought that when Fairy Lingyao went to the upper realm first and he went to find her for revenge, Sect Master, high-level members, and disciples should be accompanying him.
Unfortunately,
That scene never appeared.
And Fairy Lingyao was also easily obliterated.
What one keeps thinking about will eventually echo back. At this very moment, the scene Ye Xingchen once imagined appeared.
“Flash!”
He waved his hand to summon his school uniform and stylishly put it on. He first pressed the badge with the characters “Eternal” on his chest, then hung the plaque engraved with “Iron Bones Clanging” at his waist, only then proudly raising his head.
The camera slowly moved upward. Through the layers of surrounding warships, one could clearly see the Eternal rapidly approaching, with Jun Changxiao sitting at the bow with his legs crossed.
Around him…
It’s impossible to describe—please see below.
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