Blind Spot
Chapter 574 - 527 Departure 1

Chapter 574: 527 Departure 1

Didn’t cause much damage?

Hearing Huo Qingkong’s melancholic soliloquy, Li Chengyi’s heart skipped a beat, and he rapidly spun his thoughts.

At times like this, to quickly gloss over such matters, the best method was...

"Indeed, just when you went berserk before, the innocent disciples you injured were at least sixty or seventy!"

He pointed to what was now merely thirty-something people left at the Faceless Sword Sect’s base.

"See that? That’s the damage you caused from the explosion before. The Sword Sect should have had more than a hundred people originally, but now... only this many are left..."

Li Chengyi’s expression turned somber.

"...It’s my fault," Huo Qingkong fell silent, then sighed again. "If I have a chance, I would like to use the rest of my time to gradually make amends for the mistakes I’ve made."

"Harming fellow disciples, and in such numbers too..." Li Chengyi didn’t finish his sentence when he saw the Sword Sect disciples and stewards who had just run off, actually return under the lead of three leaving elders!

He suddenly couldn’t continue with his previous words and hurriedly changed the subject.

"Let’s set these matters aside for now. Senior Brother, what exactly does ’reset’ mean? Why has this change occurred? Do you know?" Li Chengyi swiftly shifted the topic.

"About that... perhaps I can answer you," suddenly another voice emanated from within the Sealing Sphere.

It was the Demon Emperor!

This fellow was actually still alive.

"Who are you?" Li Chengyi was startled; he was in the midst of talking with Senior Brother when suddenly an old man’s voice intruded. What did this mean?

"I am one who retained past-life memories after the last era’s reset," the Demon Emperor said solemnly.

"Wait, didn’t you just say..." Huo Qingkong’s voice arose from the side.

"...Regardless of who you are, tell us what the truth is," Li Chengyi, with an expression feigning ignorance. His mind spun, and he guessed that this person must be related to Senior Brother, so he quickly cut to the chase without idle chatter.

"Actually, it’s quite simple. The purpose of the world’s reset lies in repairs. Repairing the damage it has endured time and time again, and such repairs, in a certain sense, can be regarded as nurturing new life," explained the Demon Emperor.

"New life?"

"Exactly," confirmed the Demon Emperor, "There are countless worlds within the Sea of Profound, but the vast majority need such rebirth through a reset, undergoing the cycle of reincarnation over and over. Some repeat the past exactly each time, some may have slight changes with each cycle. When such changes accumulate, eventually it will turn into a completely dead world, then shatter completely, disappearing..."

"How do you know all this?" Li Chengyi questioned. Though it corresponded with many dead ends he had seen, he was not inclined to simply believe everything the other party said.

"Because... my true body was once a transcendent being born in this world. The so-called transcendent beings are those who have thoroughly cast off the entanglements and pulls of their native world. Those who have truly acquired great autonomy," the Demon Emperor sighed, "Like us, as long as we truly leave here, before long, we will be pulled back by the native blind spots, unable to escape our fateful destruction for all our lives."

"No, that’s not right, then..." Li Chengyi was about to challenge the statement because he had been away from the Earth-Moon World for so long without being subject to...

Wait!

Suddenly, a chill ran through his heart.

His essence, in fact, was not truly Li Chengyi! With this perspective... the reason he was not pulled by the Earth-Moon could be found.

"What?" The Demon Emperor, interrupted, paused.

"Nothing, continue," said Li Chengyi.

"Well... precisely because of this, we cannot escape the fate of destruction through the reset, all because we are inherently a part of this world. Only by truly opening the source within us, replacing our being, shedding this cage, and returning to the world, can we thoroughly transcend it, achieving the great autonomy of the Sea of Profound!" The Demon Emperor’s tone was filled with intense longing.

Shed the cage of one’s being and return it to the world??

Li Chengyi suddenly grasped the concept of transcendence from the transcendent being...

If even one’s body and spirit originate from the world, then transcendence is naturally utterly impossible.

But if one were to deepen the connection with the Sea of Profound step by step, ultimately sublimating a part of oneself, thoroughly detaching from the original body, then... it might truly be possible to escape the reset completely.

"The truth is just as I’ve described. In order to escape the reset, we tried every possible way, but this time... it seems we have still failed," said the Demon Emperor. "If not for the unexpected appearance of Daoist Bai Lu, we might still not have avoided the ultimate fate."

"For this, I want to say thank you on behalf of all beings that have skirted destruction," he continued.

Li Chengyi had no words to respond, but he accepted it calmly. Although he had affected many innocent beings during his fights, if one really weighed it, he had done more good overall.

"Let’s discuss later how to resolve Senior Brother’s situation; I’ll go check on the Sect first," he instructed and was already slowly flying above the Faceless Sword Sect’s base, descending.

The radiance of the grand formation had faded to near invisibility.

Due to his identity as a Sword Sect disciple, the formation felt little repulsion against him. He easily entered and descended in front of the Faceless Great Hall.

The Holy Spirit Taoist and the six major elders stood up one after another. Some hesitated, wanting to speak and inquire, but none were as quick as Junior Sister Kui Ling.

She took a sprint, running up to Li Chengyi, and tightly hugged him fiercely.

Now of a similar height, Kui Ling showed no intention of propriety, holding Li Chengyi tightly against her chest, silent tears streaming down.

"Are you... still my Bai Lu?" she asked tremblingly.

She had not yet confirmed Li Chengyi’s identity and had rushed over, hugging him without any guard.

If Li Chengyi had indeed been corrupted by some evil force, a single strike at this moment could have killed her instantly.

But it seemed she no longer cared...

"...I am!" Li Chengyi opened his arms and gently hugged her back, feeling the warmth that he had missed for so long.

He could feel that Kui Ling’s feelings for him were still there, still the same pure maternal love she had always shown him.

"...Then that’s good..." Kui Ling didn’t speak further, just holding him tightly.

All her suspicions and worries gradually dissipated with that embrace.

No matter how one looks at it, Li Chengyi’s interruption of the restart process saved everyone; there was no doubt about it.

Watching the embrace between the two, the members of the Faceless Sword Sect around them all breathed a sigh of relief.

Given the terrifying strength Bai Lu had displayed in suppressing Huo Qingkong just now, if there had been any more problems with him, it would have meant complete and utter despair...

Fortunately, it seemed that the outcome was still favorable.

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Three days later...

The Sword Sect was busy rebuilding and repairing buildings, bustling with activity and liveliness everywhere.

Inside the Faceless Great Hall, the Holy Spirit Taoist, Taoist Qingyang, Kui Ling, and the other six elders sat quietly on their meditation cushions, forming a circle with Li Chengyi.

"Tell us... what is the truth? How can you possess such formidable strength?" the Holy Spirit Taoist asked calmly.

"Actually, I too possess memories of my past life. However, I’m not from Panguang, but from beyond the heavens, the Sea of Profound!" Li Chengyi said with a calm demeanor, lifting his gaze towards the sect leader.

"Furthermore, sect leader, are you questioning me?"

Whoosh!

A circle of invisible consciousness like the wind exploded outward from him, suddenly spreading all around.

A chilling coldness quickly spread across the entire hall.

The Holy Spirit Taoist and Taoist Qingyang both felt a shiver in their hearts.

"The Holy Spirit did not mean it that way..." Qingyang hurriedly tried to smooth things over, and gave a helpless look to Kui Ling, who lazily ignored her.

She couldn’t be bothered to meddle in these messy affairs. As long as her child was fine and not at a disadvantage, what did anything else have to do with her?

Getting involved at a time like this would simply be playing into the other’s hand, expecting her to pressure her own child in the name of being his mother?

Do these people still not understand the situation?

Is she closer to Bai Lu or to these sibling disciples she barely has any dealings with? Is this even a question that needs to be asked?

Seeing that Kui Ling was unresponsive, the Holy Spirit felt somewhat embarrassed, but the great thing about living long is the thickening of one’s skin.

After all, it’s known that skin grows thicker with the accumulation of time.

"Sorry, my way of asking was inappropriate," he apologized in a low voice, "Now, it is you who has saved everyone in Panguang. All Four Sect owe you a great debt, so... to commend your heroic achievement, the Four Sect have decided to put together a reward that you can make use of. What do you think? If there’s something specific you want, we can get it for you if we have it."

His initial thought was to try and see if he could use Junior Sister Kui Ling’s relationship to have Bai Lu continue to acknowledge his ties within the Sword Sect, to be used by him.

But now, he realized in an instant that Kui Ling saw through his motive, and she was clearly not one of those with a simple mind.

’Compared to Huo Qingkong... Bai Lu seems to be much harder to handle...’ the Holy Spirit couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

"A reward?" Li Chengyi pondered.

Having fused with the Divine Flower Garment, his power had changed from a slingshot to a cannon, his true strength leaping to new heights.

What did a thousandfold overall increase mean?

When wearing the Divine Flower Garment, he dared not unleash his full strength for fear of punching through the earth and destroying the entire Blind Spot.

Even in his normal state, he had already been capable of unleashing tens of thousands of tons of force. Increased by a thousandfold...

It wasn’t as simple as multiplying that figure by a thousand; it was at least a tens of thousands of times increase in impact power.

Such destructive capability was worthy of the name Emperor Armor and God Sword of Emperor of Flowers.

And this was not even the pinnacle of Evil Flower’s power.

Compared to its heyday, now only remnants of Primordial Soil were left, Royal’s City had vanished, leaving only fragments drifting in the depths of the Sea of Profound. Evil Flower had consumed a vast amount of Flowers’ energy to pull back just a bit from the distance depths.

So, what he needed to consider now was how to deal with those unknown enemies who had defeated the Destroyer Flower Emperor years ago.

Moreover, the reincarnation pull of the Blind Spot also needed to be thoroughly resolved.

If the Blind Spot’s restart was for self-repair, then what was the reason behind its forcible pull? Was it a forced detox? Or, as previously investigated, using human lives to maintain the balance of the small Blind Spots, thus avoiding the fusion of small Blind Spots into a larger one, which would affect the world’s own balance?

In that instant, Li Chengyi’s mind flashed with a multitude of thoughts and information.

He suddenly became very curious to know what would happen if he were pulled into a Blind Spot wearing the Divine Flower Garment.

Would the Blind Spot get so frightened that it immediately ejected him to escape?

The thought alone was rather exciting...

Although it’s unlikely that a Blind Spot would have a concrete consciousness, such a scenario would definitely be fun.

Coming back to his senses,

he spoke again.

"As for the reward..." Although his strength had increased to an extremely frightening level due to the Divine Flower Garment, if his own base strength was stronger, the power in his Divine Flower Garment state could also be greatly enhanced.

Therefore, the path of the Imprint could still be continued!

"My current foundation technique, the Faceless Sword Technique, and the Holy Spirit Technique are both complete, with only the Thousand Face Sword Canon remaining..."