Chapter 164.2: Traces of the Past, Venerable Ye Qiong Takes Action

Everyone turned to Lord Great Wisdom. Even Qi Yuan looked at him with curiosity.

Lord Great Wisdom said, "Senior must shout to the heavens, 'Future me, come save me!' Then the future Senior will appear and help the present Senior overcome this tribulation."

Jiang Ya froze, feeling her brain short-circuit.

"What if Senior has no future?" she muttered quietly, glancing at Qi Yuan.

What she meant was, what if the Blood-Clothed Sword God died here, in the Moonlight Kingdom?

Lord Great Wisdom replied, "Defeating the Moluo Clan may be difficult, but escaping alive is easy. He just has to flee and lie low to have a future. Who knows, his future self may cross time itself to make up for today's regrets."

His words left the musicians dazed, half-understanding, half-confused.

Qi Jianjun smiled radiantly with her eyes at Lord Great Wisdom. "A very interesting idea."

"

Haa...

Speaking of this makes me a bit sad." Lord Great Wisdom sighed, "I once sent an invitation to my future self years ago. I said that if my future self does not come, then I shall die here. I sat in meditation for seven days, but my future self remained in the distant days. Apparently, my cultivation in this life is insufficient to tear through time."

He seemed worried, then turned to the others. "You must never leak this method. It’s my own creation to test whether one's future self can truly cross the river of time!"

Jiang Ya frowned. For some reason, she felt Lord Great Wisdom's words made a great deal of sense.

Qi Jianjun chuckled softly. "Your idea is good, but it has one problem."

Lord Great Wisdom looked at her. "

Oh

?"

"First, those capable of tearing through time would have long ascended to the Upper World. Upper World experts only have one or two chances in a lifetime to descend. Secondly, you may not be aware of this: beings of this world have a past self and a present self, but no future self," said Qi Jianjun, glancing at Qi Yuan.

Lord Great Wisdom stiffened, terror flashing across his face. "No future self?"

Not even Yang Spirits had future selves? What did that mean?

Lord Great Wisdom pondered.

Qi Yuan, on the other hand, found this quite interesting. To be honest, this was the first time he had heard such knowledge. His daughter knew an astonishing amount.

He couldn't help asking, "I've actually had a question for a long time."

"Daddy, please ask."

"Why do the Moluo Clan, Moonwatch Continent, Canglan World, and even Blue Planet all use the same language? Logically speaking, shouldn't different races have different languages? Blue Planet alone had thousands of languages. Yet, despite how vast Canglan World was, they only used one."

"Wherever the light of the stars of the heavens shines, the language is the same," Qi Jianjun replied, surprised he would ask such a question.

Qi Yuan froze, reaching out to catch a snowflake. "Then why doesn't snow speak human language?"

"..."

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

***

Three days later. Moonlight Kingdom, Seventh Moon Lake.

Qi Yuan sat by the lakeside, gazing at the ever-expanding waters, nostalgia in his eyes. He had finally returned here. The one by his side was no longer the Moon Maiden, but Qi Jianjun. The two appeared carefree, as if fishing together.

On a distant pavilion, the woman in white watched the scene, her expression complicated. "So the Blood-Clothed Sword God is actually the Faceless Sword God."

Not even in her wildest imagination had she imagined such a thing. In the history of Moonwatch Continent, the Faceless Sword God belonged to the ancient era. Yet now, not only was he still alive, his cultivation didn't even seem to be at Yin Spirit realm.

No doubt, it was an unprecedentedly strange occurrence. Regardless, the Moonlight Kingdom still stood no chance against the Moluo Clan. One of the Moluo Clan's Yin Spirits had already perfected Step Two Heaven-Treading. One more step, and he would be a Step Three Heaven-Treading existence. At that level, he could dominate the entire Moonlight Kingdom.

The woman in white asked, "Seventh Moon, should you persuade the High Priestess to prepare early and leave Moonwatch Continent?"

She only wanted to leave this world as soon as possible.

The priestess, Seventh Moon, who had seen many predecessors replaced, stared fanatically at Qi Yuan. "The Faceless Sword God will surely save Moonwatch Continent again! All who offend Moonwatch Continent shall perish!"

Hearing this, the woman in white pressed a palm to her forehead helplessly. She couldn't understand why everyone on Moonwatch Continent trusted the Faceless Sword God so blindly. Even if he had once saved the world, facts were facts

.

If you can't win, you can't win. Why so obsessed?

She truly didn't understand. She thought of persuading the high priestess again but ultimately refrained. After all, the fanaticism in the high priestess' eyes was even stronger than anyone else's.

***

Canglan World. Heaven Earth Cave.

Venerable Ye Qiong announced, "The results are in. The Blood-Clothed Sword God does not possess a Yin Spirit artifact! Rather, he’s backed by a Step Two Heaven-Treading Yin Spirit."

"Step Two Heaven-Treading?" Venerable Youqing sucked in a breath of cold air. "No wonder he dared slaughter our subordinates at will and provoke us!"

"A powerhouse of this level. It is fortunate that I did not offend him," the aged Venerable said.

Venerable Ye Qiong said flatly, "But he killed Mohui and has completely offended the Moluo Clan. Just now, Venerable Mochen of the Moluo Clan sent word. He wishes to cooperate with the three of us to kill the Blood-Clothed Sword God and his Yin Spirit backing."

The aged Venerable replied, "Step Two Heaven-Treading... I'm too old for conflicts of this level. I'm stepping out of this."

Venerable Youqing laughed seductively. "

Hehe

, Venerable Yunju, are you afraid?"

Venerable Ye Qiong’s childish voice was tinged with greed. "Venerable Mochen said we don't need to face that Step Two Heaven-Treading Yin Spirit directly. We only need to capture the Blood-Clothed Sword God alive and block the Moonlight Kingdom's teleportation array. Such trivial matters are easy for us. He also promised if successful, one-quarter of Moonwatch Continent's territory will be ours."

Venerable Youqing replied softly and seductively, "I'll do it."

"I’m sitting this one out..." said Venerable Yunju once more.

"Are you afraid of Lord Wind?" mocked Venerable Ye Qiong.

"It has nothing to do with Lord Wind. I'm simply old and timid," Venerable Yunju replied helplessly.

Venerable Ye Qiong's voice grew threatening. "Venerable Yunju, you may stay out, but until this matter ends, you are forbidden from informing Lord Wind or anyone else!"

"Very well. I won't interfere," Venerable Yunju said, then fell silent.

In hushed tones, Venerable Ye Qiong and Venerable Youqing went on discussing the matters.

After an unknown time, Venerable Ye Qiong's childish voice echoed through the cavern. "Send word to the Water Cloud Palace: their grudge with the Blood-Clothed Alliance can be settled at any time."

The Water Cloud Palace of the Shuixian Continent had long been hostile to the Cuiyun Continent. Not long ago, the Blood-Clothed Alliance had captured a Violet Palace cultivator of the Water Cloud Palace, sparking conflict.

Now, news had come from Moonwatch Continent that Ling Jiao was slain after offending the Blood-Clothed Sword God. The Water Cloud Palace was furious. If not for the three Venerables above them and fear of the Blood-Clothed Sword God, they would have launched a full invasion of the Cuiyun Continent. Since the two Venerables intended to cooperate with the Moluo Clan, they might as well tag along.

Let the Water Cloud Palace strike the Blood-Clothed Alliance and cut off the Blood-Clothed Sword God's wings! It was a trivial matter and could be easily done.

A Violet Palace cultivator’s eyes gleamed sharply. "Understood!"

The Blood-Clothed Sword God's provocation of the cave had long bred resentment.

Venerable Ye Qiong rose, finally leaving his cave after thousands of years of slumber. "Let's go to Moonwatch Continent.”

Across the Eastern Lands, a blazing rainbow streaked through the sky. All cultivators who saw it knew a great upheaval was about to begin.