Chapter 1835: The Truth

Li Luo's eyes flickered thoughtfully. At this moment, he remembered the look in the Sect Master's golden eyes before she vanished. She had also flicked his forehead with a smile before giving him a profound look. He grinned and let out a laugh tinged with astonishment that echoed through the River of Time.

"So that's how it is..." he said. Then he sighed lightly as his confusion was resolved.

Li Luo transformed into a streak of flowing light, travelling to an extremely ancient and distant era as his voice continued to echo. In this era, the divine continents were undergoing a period of rapid upheaval.

The Shadow World had just been born and the Others were flooding into the divine continents. Everything was in chaos, and death was commonplace. Countless powerful forces were all annihilated by the horde of Others. Some of the more strong-willed individuals formed alliances to bitterly resist the Others, seeking a path of survival.

Amidst the chaos, a man with grayish-white hair strode into the divine continents and witnessed hardship and suffering all around him. He then forged a simple gate on a great mountain. He proceeded to shape a boulder into a stone stele and stood in front of it for a whole year. A radiant smile blossomed on his face when the year ended. Then he used his finger to carve out four characters filled with indescribable charm and mystery. It was the Sacred Void Resonance Sect!

The reason why the progenitor of the Sacred Void Resonance Sect had never appeared throughout the River of Time was because he had never existed in the past. He had come from the future. He had inscribed all of the Absolute Resonance Seed's cultivation methods into the past. When the destined individual finally arrived and obtained enlightenment, the Sacred Void Resonance Sect would naturally be formed.

As Li Luo looked at the four ancient characters with weathered and thoughtful eyes, he smirked. So it turned out that he had been the founder of the Sacred Void Resonance Sect all along.

Then he began to dissipate, turning into a wisp of green smoke. The smoke condensed, forming into a mask that drifted away with the wind to an unknown destination. He completely vanished, and time flew by.

Eventually, a youth who had been fleeing from a group of Others who had massacred his village happened to see the gate on the mountain. The stone stele had been covered by a thick layer of moss at this point, and as the youth huddled under the tablet while weeping, his blood and tears mingled and stained the stele. At that moment, a mysterious light bloomed, flowing across the stone stele and burning away the moss. The words inscribed on it shone brightly in the eyes of the grief-stricken and desperate youth.

The Sacred Void Resonance Sect had truly come into existence in this era. The youth eventually became a Heavenly Emperor, and the leadership of the Sacred Void Resonance Sect was passed down from generation to generation, growing at an astonishing rate. It developed and expanded until it became the unopposed behemoth of the divine continents.

The Shadow World's invasion finally receded under the sect's lead. When the Sacred Void Resonance Sect led the living creatures to fight back against the Shadow World, its reputation grew greater and greater. However, the chaos brought about by the Shadow World never ceased, constantly inflicting bitter agony on the populace. This went on for many years.

A little girl who looked to be around five or six years old with pigtails was wandering around. She had dug up a strange mask from a pile of mud in a small stream. The mask suddenly emitted a spiritual light, then a slender man appeared before her surprised eyes. The man wore a mask, and his eyes were filled with elation as he looked at the little girl. She was young, her clothes were messy, and her little face was dirty with mud, yet it was obvious that she would grow up to be beautiful. Her eyes were especially striking, resembling the setting sun. They were like molten gold.

𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

The man grinned at the nervous little girl and stretched his hand out. He gently said, "I've been waiting for you. Are you willing to take a walk with me?"

She had no one to rely on and had been wandering alone, resiliently living and experiencing all kinds of bitterness. That was why the little girl hesitated before asking, "Will I ever go hungry again if I follow you?"

The man smiled and shook his head. The little girl looked deeply into his gentle eyes. She was more mature and more capable than most children her age, and she could feel genuine warmth and kindness coming from the man. It had been ages since she felt anything like this.

In the end, she rubbed her muddy hand roughly against her clothes and placed it in the man's outstretched palm. He then led her up the stream, their reflections walking with them on the shimmering water. It was as though they were walking towards the future in a shining river of time.

"Do you have a name?"

"No."

"Then I'll call you Little Jiang'e. What do you think?"

"Oh, okay... What do I call you, then?"

"Hmm... Hahaha, you can call me 'Master.'"

The man suddenly clapped his hands joyously, which puzzled the little girl. She then nodded vigorously as she said, "Master!"

The man then led the little girl on a journey across the vast divine continents, teaching her everything he knew. As the years passed, the little girl grew up into a graceful young lady. She crushed all Others she came upon with her trusty weapon, the Cherry Blossom Spear.

In the end, the man took her to the Sacred Void Resonance Sect, which had long become the unmatched behemoth of its era. The man stood at the foot of the mountain and looked at the simple mountain gate he had once wrought with his own hands. This place was now the most esteemed and revered location in the world, a sect countless experts sought to enter.

The man turned towards the spirited lady with a grin and said, "Little Jiang'e, I can only accompany you up to this point. You'll have to rely on yourself from now on."

His eyes lingered on her face, which still contained a touch of youthful innocence and also a familiar heaven-toppling beauty. She matured beyond her years as she looked back at the man, knowing that this was their final goodbye.

In the end, she didn't say anything. She quietly kneeled before Li Luo and solemnly kowtowed thrice. He smirked as he squatted down, carefully brushing away the grass that had stuck to her forehead. As she studied him curiously, he suddenly flicked her on the forehead with an unexpected amount of force. It was actually quite a vicious forehead flick.

Peng!

"Hahahaha!" His laughter contained joy and a sense of understanding that no one else could comprehend.

The young lady covered her slightly reddened forehead and puffed out her cheeks. It was at this moment that her eyes turned red, welling up with tears as she saw the man become increasingly illusory. In the end, he vanished accompanied by his hearty laughter.

The mask that he had always worn fell to the floor, turning dim. The young lady fell silent for quite a while, then she resolutely picked it up. She put it on and tightly gripped her Cherry Blossom Spear, then she stood up and confidently made her way into the magnificent and ancient sect. She would thus forge her name here, becoming a renowned individual whose reputation resonated through future eras.