Chaotic World Book
Chapter 164 - 160: Heavenly Book, Blood God, Ancient Spirit Clan

Chapter 164: Chapter 160: Heavenly Book, Blood God, Ancient Spirit Clan

Zhao Changhe’s intuition was remarkably accurate this time.

Since the incident when he fell asleep in the Cui Family’s bathtub, where the blind woman briefly appeared in his dream and mentioned "Heavenly Dao is dead" and "Heavenly Book" before disappearing and never showing up again, she now appeared just as he entered sleep.

Back then, it was a March breeze, and now it’s the midsummer of May—two whole months without a trace of her. What had transpired in that time?

He thought she would show up the day he got the golden foil, but she didn’t, which puzzled Zhao Changhe the most—that shouldn’t be the case...

Fortunately, his judgment was right this time; she indeed came.

Zhao Changhe had an inkling; this had to do with the Sword Emperor’s Tomb... and Sisi.

Zhao Changhe felt that Sisi held many secrets. Labeling her as some Alien Clan Princess was all well and good as a tale, but he shouldn’t take it too seriously. He believed that Sisi must have some connections to the previous epoch... Coupled with the proximity of the Sword Emperor’s Tomb, such probes into the previous epoch were becoming more frequent, surely attracting the blind woman’s attention.

However, what was different this time was that the blind woman was keeping her distance, high up in the skies.

It seemed each encounter placed them further apart. He remembered being able to touch her hand long ago; last time, she had already been suspended in the night sky, and this time she was even farther away, like a dream within a dream, hardly visible.

Zhao Changhe felt somewhat annoyed and said icily, "Since you’ve come, it’s meant to be an exchange, so why hang so far away pretending?"

The blind woman sighed, "If it’s an exchange, isn’t it enough that you can hear me and I can hear you? In fact, when you see me in your dreams, I don’t even need to show my form to converse directly. Showing myself is just to make you feel more comfortable."

Zhao Changhe sensitively caught her implication, "So, does that mean you might just communicate with me directly through the void in the future?"

The blind woman stopped speaking. The details Zhao Changhe analyzed and his keen insights during his trip to Jiangnan had surprised her greatly. This quality, not fully expressed on earlier occasions, made her think he was indeed quite intelligent. These recent days had only highlighted that fact.

To explore the secrets of the epoch, mere martial bravery was insufficient—he was truly too suitable.

It seemed she should discuss more deeply with him.

Zhao Changhe said, "Fine, since I’m not touching you, it doesn’t matter how far away you are. Since you’re entering into my dreams, you must know I’ve been bottling up a lot of confusion. Can you clarify them for me?"

The blind woman directly stated, "The golden foil is indeed a page from the Heavenly Book, though it’s heavily sealed."

"Why start to unseal itself? Is it just because after a long time, the moment I got hold of it, the unsealing began? Isn’t that too coincidental?"

"Of course, it’s related to your actions." The blind woman held back but finally burst out, "How did you even think of using that thing to smear the Heavenly Book?"

"...So it really was related to that? This method of unsealing is quite unique, huh."

"Who told you it was a method of unsealing?" The blind woman replied indignantly. "The Heavenly Book has its own spirit and felt a strong humiliation! There wasn’t a motivating cause to break the seals before, but now there is. Once it’s completely unsealed, you might be the first one it kills!"

Zhao Changhe: "..."

So, could it be assumed that your long absence in seeing me, especially not coming that night, and the distance between us now also relate to this?

Although the blind woman had denied being related to Heavenly Dao and stated she didn’t manipulate the Judgement and ranking of the Chaotic World Book, Zhao Changhe was still not convinced, feeling a connection to her. What if she was the spirit of the Chaotic World Book? Did that mean he had smeared her face?

The thought was quite delightful; he’d smear more in the future.

Still, such conjectures were better kept unsaid. After pondering for a moment, Zhao Changhe changed the topic, "What, in your opinion, about the Sword Emperor’s Tomb?"

"It indeed has a possibility of revival..." the blind woman paused, her tone unusually stern, "You better not foolishly provoke his premature awakening. The actions of the Lu Family are truly courting death, not just for them but for all of Divine Continent."

Zhao Changhe asked, "Do you care too?"

"I don’t care." The blind woman’s sternness faded, replaced by a slight smile, "I care about you, is that okay?"

"If I were in danger, would you step in to save me?"

"If you will die, then it’s not worth caring about."

"..." Zhao Changhe wasn’t surprised by this answer. He didn’t get angry like before; instead, he calmly asked, "Then, what are the key points about the Sword Emperor’s Tomb? Can you give me any hints?"

The blind man was silent for a moment, seemingly a bit amazed by his growth, before he slowly said, "Follow the Ancient Spirit Clan woman by your side—she knows more about the tomb styles and trap mechanisms of the last epoch than anyone else in the Divine Continent."

Indeed, the blind man wouldn’t cover up anything for Sisi, indifferent to secrets that did not concern him.

"Ancient Spirit Clan..." Zhao Changhe asked, "What is that concept? It doesn’t sound like a normal Alien Clan."

"If you speak of space shattering, there are narrow sword rooms at the bottom of Ancient Sword Lake and huge tombs beneath Huqiu. Could there be some livable spaces where people have been thriving from one generation to the next since ancient times?"

Zhao Changhe narrowed his eyes.

By that logic, there might be more than one clan.

There could even be powerful organizations like forbidden lands...

It was uncertain what nature this Ancient Spirit Clan that Sisi belonged to had...

"They might be very strong or very weak, might hold hidden treasures or have nothing at all. The specifics need to be slowly explored by you. I am not here to be your tour guide," the blind man slowly said. "But I can tell you that if you speak of today’s Divine Continent being disconnected from the last epoch, then the stairs linking the two are these."

Zhao Changhe indifferently said, "The last sentence I could have figured out without you saying it."

The blind man said, "You’re so smart, can you guess what that Blood Vicious Bead is for?"

"The things I wanted to know the most—about the Heavenly Book and Sisi—I already know. The Sword Emperor’s Tomb and the Blood Vicious Bead—do you think I really need to know?"

The blind man choked up, stuck there for a long moment not knowing what to say.

Seeing her rare embarrassed look, Zhao Changhe felt a slight vindictive pleasure and teased, "If you want to say it, then say it; if not, it’s fine. We’re so familiar with each other, who are we kidding..."

The blind man was silent for a moment but did not take offense and instead explained, "This bead is indeed of no use to your Blood Evil Skill cultivation because it is formed from the dying vicious energies of tens of thousands of living beings. While it does contain fierce and murderous energy, it also holds hatred, resentment, viciousness, unwillingness, and regret. Prolonged contact would only affect your temperament."

Zhao Changhe thought to himself that Sisi’s judgement was incredibly precise. It was one thing for her to understand the last epoch, but to also know so much about these kinds of vicious objects—what exactly was the Ancient Spirit Clan studying?

The blind man said, "You cultivate the vicious energy to sharpen the murderous intent of Blood Evil, not these objects. Hence, they are not suitable, including Maitreya’s doctrine of killing to achieve enlightenment... However, if you have the means to block out other energies and extract only the vicious energy, then it would be useful."

That was why Tang Wanzhuang thought the item, though potentially disappointing, was not entirely useless.

Damn, the women he knew seemed to understand everything, as if he was the only newbie struggling.

Zhao Changhe said grumpily, "So, you are here to teach me this extraction technique?"

"There’s no need to learn the technique from me; maybe that Ms. Tang already has some ideas. She’s not weak," the blind man said. "I am telling you this because the origin of this bead is related to you."

Zhao Changhe was momentarily stunned. Although he had recently become quite sharp in solving mysteries, he still couldn’t figure out the connection between this object and himself right away.

He heard the blind man say:, This is one of the Array Stones from a deadly formation set up by an Ancient Demon God. With his fall, the formation also disintegrated, some of its main parts obtained by people of today, who felt the once mighty power of this Demon God and reverently worshipped it, pursuing the thoughts and will of this Demon God, and consequently developed a tremendously vicious Cultivation Technique."

Zhao Changhe was moved.

"That’s right, it belongs to the Blood God whom the Blood God Sect worships. This is his thing," the blind man said languidly. "The Blood God Sect’s heritage is pretty good, but it never produced any remarkable figures. It’s not just because the cultivators are inadequate but also because many things are missing."

"So that’s it... "

"This bead is just a minor inlaid material; alone, it indeed means nothing. Even Maitreya, who got hold of it, didn’t know its purpose. But if it’s returned to the Blood God Sect, it would be significant... Unfortunately, what they lack might be a bit too much, not something one single bead can make up for..." As the blind man spoke, he gradually vanished: "We’ve talked for too long now. That will be all for today. Should there be more such interesting items, I will come again."

The voice lingered, and the person was gone.

Zhao Changhe opened his eyes; it was already broad daylight.