The Lone SF Transmigrator in the Otherworld Forum
Chapter 174: Mount Shengluo (2)

The Ziwen Mirror was an ancient treasure said to have been the catalyst when primordial chaos took on order to shape the world. The object was a legend, an object said to be so powerful that the true spirit of chaos offered eternal causality as a sacrifice to seal it in Zhangjiajie.

Even the power leaking from the seal distorted the time axis, making it difficult to approach. There was even a chilling legend that a single mistake would result in becoming lost in time.

“And the most likely sealing site is here in Mount Shengluo.”

“So it wasn’t just a simple rumor.”

“We can’t know the exact truth, though. Haha.”

Karlstein had many conversations with the boy who called himself Longquan.

Longquan knew more than expected. His extensive knowledge did not match his shabby villager-esque appearance.

Karlstein was satisfied with his vast knowledge, which was not inferior to the Puppet Demonic Warlord’s. While the Puppet Demonic Warlord’s knowledge and information focused on past generations, Longquan did not have such limitations.

It was useful information.

That geezer was quite capable in his own way, so he would probably survive well wherever he was.

“Haha, that’s ridiculous. The people directly electing the king?! How is that possible? How can you govern a country like that? And the same voting rights for both the powerful and the beggars? Don’t joke! Haha.”

The boy listened intently, his eyes sparkling as the Galactic Emperor himself explained democracy.

Karlstein did not particularly hide the fact that he came from a world outside the Immortal Realm. It was not something he could hide, in the first place, and besides, Longquan did not care at all.

However, he spoke more of Earth from his previous life than the Galactic Empire, and it was also because of the deal with Longquan.

In exchange for Longquan sharing knowledge and information about Three Thousand, Karlstein would tell stories about worlds unknown to the boy—that was their implicit deal.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve heard such interesting stories. Haha.”

“A long time?”

“Haha. My dream is to create a world. So I’m collecting information about various worlds.”

Longquan’s eyes were full of childlike wonder.

“…”

He was quite the opposite of Karlstein, who was the incarnation of destruction who had destroyed over 10,000 dimensions just for the Community integration.

Though Karlstein could not relate…

“Mm. I’ll cheer for you.”

“Haha, thank you!”

As they were chatting and moving somewhere deep into the mountain range…

“!!”

Karlstein suddenly stopped in his tracks, feeling a chill.

“Haha. The Ziwen Mirror you mentioned is presumed to be inside that den of dangers.”

“…”

There was a huge hole unnaturally punched in the middle of a tall cliff. The countless illusions filling the hole made Karlstein’s head ache.

Images of unfamiliar places flashed past irregularly. A strange landscape that kept cutting off while repeating rewinds and fast-forwards.

Karlstein was struck by a bizarre sensation, as if merely looking at it was corrupting his soul.

“They say even souls are distorted there. The sensation you’re feeling now isn’t false.”

“It’s certainly not ordinary.”

“Why do you think legends remain legends? Naturally because no one has ever penetrated that place.”

Longquan looked at Karlstein with a strange expectation. Could this person break through even that perilous realm and grasp the Ziwen Mirror?

“You can think of it as the laws of space and time being distorted. No being can remain sane in a place where time and space are mixed like a typhoon.”

“Hahaha.”

Karlstein found it amusing how he was trying to provoke him with his childish face.

“Don’t worry. I’m going in even if you try to stop me.”

“Oh! To be able to say that after seeing that, you must either be foolish and weak enough not to feel the terror of that perilous realm, or someone incredibly strong enough to be so confident. And you’re the latter!”

“You don’t seem incapable either?”

“Mm? Haha.”

Longquan smiled at Karlstein’s probing words.

“You’re overestimating me! But you’re not wrong. However, to remain sane after passing through there, one would have to pay a considerable price.”

“Aren’t you tempted by the Ziwen Mirror?”

“The Ziwen Mirror! Of course it’s a tempting treasure. I do need it to create the world I dream of. But not enough to pay a price I can’t handle.”

Longquan’s face showed no lingering attachment or greed.

“Well, if you obtain the Ziwen Mirror, you could lend it to me someday, right?”

“What if I fail?”

“Then there’s nothing to be done. If not now, I’ll have to take it myself later.”

Longquan’s breezy attitude showed a strange confidence that was gentle yet never hesitant.

Karlstein did not take Longquan’s warning lightly, but he did not stop walking either.

Physically? Since gaining Kameira’s power, he had never felt the limits of his body.

As for the threat of soul corruption? His Mental Invariability had been practically invincible so far.

And lastly… he could confirm the acquisition of the Ziwen Mirror in CGH Volume 53 as well. So there was no reason to hesitate.

However…

There was no record of meeting this Longquan guy.

He had not met Prohiden yet either.

But Longquan might not have been recorded, or might have been written in a part he could not read, and he might encounter Prohiden after obtaining the Ziwen Mirror.

Either way, there was no reason to give up.

“Then I wish you success!”

Leaving the boy’s clear voice behind, Karlstein threw himself in without hesitation.

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Is he insane? Haha.

Even Longquan had never seen such courage to throw oneself into that sinister place without hesitation. Not to mention the insanity of regenerating like nothing happened after taking the full brunt of time distortions with his body.

All living beings are supposed to feel fear of death, and yet…

“Truly one of a kind.”

Thanks to him, Longquan was able to laugh for the first time in a while.

“The Ziwen Mirror. Can he really obtain it?”

As he said, even for Longquan, breaking through there was impossible for now.

Longquan also needed the Ziwen Mirror for his grand plan. But he did not have any impatience or anxiety at all.

If he really needed it, he could simply retrieve it himself later.

“Haha.”

However…

“I suppose we can’t be friends.”

The emotions gradually disappeared from the boy’s eyes, becoming expressionless.

“The same goes for the Celestial Palace, and the world you live in as well.”

Clouds gathered around the boy, and an auspicious light shone down. The undulating lights began to form rings, drawing linear characters.

“To create the one and only beginning born from the destruction of the world, I’ll have to clash with you someday.”

For the sake of creating an eternal world without sorrow or pain…

Longquan threw hundreds of talismans made of light towards the perilous realm Karlstein had entered.

Pzzt-

Hundreds of talismans took their positions and resonated, completing a Sorcery Formation. A sealing formation.

As the talismans finished resonating, they connected with lines of light, revealing a lotus shape.

He would wander eternally amidst distorted space-time.

“Hmm. Six Paths, was it? I’m using unnecessary power because of one Yōkai. No, perhaps it’s for the best?”

Even if it were not for the Yōkai’s scheme, he had a feeling he would meet that person he was just with again someday.

Longquan recalled the strange Yōkai he had encountered recently.

Chaos Spawn.

Not long ago, a purple monster that seemed like a mix of human and Yōkai came to him. He was impressed by the Yōkai’s unexpected strength, but it was not a problem.

How could it be a problem for him, also known as Daoist Heavenly Radiance in the cultivation world?

Same with him, the Yōkai did not seem keen on a life-and-death battle.

Curious about the Yōkai’s attitude, he visited Zhangjiajie according to its suggestion.

“Indeed. Perhaps it’s heavenly fortune that I’ve seen this first.”

A man with both the courage and skill to covet the Ziwen Mirror.

As Daoist Heavenly Radiance, he did not think he would lose easily, but who knew how much stronger he might become when they met again in the future.

So…

“Farewell.”

As Longquan’s Sorcery Formation was completed and began to absorb the primordial energy of Mount Shengluo itself to adjust the sealing formation…

“Huh?”

Longquan’s brow furrowed.

“Causality… is reversing?”

The sealing formation cast upon the demon realm, which was already difficult to control, began to emit chaos and order laws chaotically as yin and yang reversed.

“Oh no…!”

Zhangjiajie was an important dimension that served as the central axis of 《Three Thousand》. And the sealing site of Mount Shengluo was practically the origin of Zhangjiajie.

Beads of sweat formed on Longquan’s forehead.

The world began to be sucked into the gaping hole in the cliff.

“N-no!”

Just as Longquan did not trust Karlstein, Karlstein also did not trust Longquan. Delroa’s transcendent power, the Reversal of Causality, which had been deployed in advance, began to manifest.

The sealing site of the Ziwen Mirror began to change in a way neither Karlstein nor Longquan had expected.

This happened when the flow of time twisted, Lich King Raymond enlightened himself in the mysteries of bare-handed combat, and SF Mega Dragon Yongyong became a Taming Master.

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