Chapter 3061: The Arc Light |
The Evil God narrowed his eyes a tad bit. He wanted to know what Zen was up to.
“To a certain extent, you are me,” Zen continued. “Or rather, you are all the evil thoughts and resentment I have projected onto this world.”
Zen was well aware that the world had its own will.
Before the Evil God's appearance, Zen's inner world was a mess. Conflicts between various races erupted so often, and even the humans were constantly competing against each other. So long as Zen wasn't interfering, many ambitious creatures caused much disturbance.
All the disputes ended, however, with the appearance of the Evil God.
For a time, Zen was grateful to him. His inner world had somehow returned to order after the Evil God came to be. No war was breaking out among the empires, and neither resentment nor loathing brewed between the races.
At the time, Zen thought it was the Evil God's contribution until the Regal Jade Spirit told him otherwise.
In the end, he got the truth.
The Evil God was a fusion of all evil thoughts and resentment—his appearance was a tribulation of the world, not a coincidence.
With her jaw slack, Edna looked at the Creator in disbelief. Never did she expect her husband to have such a background.
But the Evil God didn't seem to care. “So what?”
“If I kill you, the inner world will fall back into turmoil. It won't do me any good. But if I let you go, you'll definitely get me into trouble,” Zen said, smiling and touching Edna gently. The black dragon-pattern blade was then pulled out from Edna's body. As soon as the blood on her white dress returned to the wound, it began healing rapidly.
In truth, Zen probably couldn't kill the Evil God.
So long as there were creatures in the inner world, disputes, resentment, hatred, and conflicts would continue to exist.
The Evil God was born along with his inner world. Even if Zen destroyed him, when the next world tribulation arrived, negativity would gather once again, and the Evil God would be reborn.
Perhaps, he wouldn't have the memories of his current life. He might even take on a completely different form, but he would still be the Evil God.
“Are you telling me you can spare my husband's life?” With a glimmer of hope, Edna's eyes lit up.
Zen nodded before he said, “Remove the barrier of your Rebirth Land and merge it into my world. I can let him off.”
The Evil God threw Zen a silent glance before laughing. “Even if I don't remove the barrier of Rebirth Land, you still have a way, don't you?”
“It's not difficult to find a way from you,” Zen replied.
The Evil God merely sighed. “Let's go...”
The Evil God's Rebirth Land had always existed within Zen's inner world, but Zen had never entered it.
Later on, the people of the Black Ship had separated the Rebirth Land from Zen's inner world. Zen couldn't interfere even if he wanted to.
As a sudden image flashed in Zen's mind, he, the Regal Jade Spirit, No. 9527, the Evil God, and Edna had appeared in the sky. Nearby there was a space surrounded by cloud and mist, which was the Evil God's Rebirth Land.
When everyone came to the edge of the mist, the Evil God gently flipped his space ring, pulling out a black token.
“Crack!”
Stretching out his hand, he squeezed the token until it was crushed into pieces.
After the token broke, the cloud and mist began to dissipate.
Zen could feel something change—his inner world was once again connected to the Rebirth Land.
“Buzz!”
With a wave of his hand, Zen, the Evil God, and the others disappeared with him once again before appearing in the Rebirth Land in the next moment.
Over the past few years, the Evil God had managed the Rebirth Land well in Zen's absence.
While the space in the Rebirth Land was smaller than Zen's inner world, the Evil God had made full use of it. The land was vast with nearly no sea at all.
Many dark mountains were scattered everywhere and at the foot of each was a small country.
When Zen looked down, a strange look came over his face.
Many of the countries below were engaged in fierce wars—corpses decorated the ground. Even from a hundred thousand feet up in the air, one could smell the strong scent of blood.
“How can the creatures in your Rebirth Land kill so fiercely?” Zen asked, frowning.
The Evil God merely snorted and said, “Only by constantly fighting can the strong be born.”
All Zen could do was to shake his head helplessly. After a while, his gaze then fell on a high mountain in the corner of the world. Rays of white arc light flashed constantly in the area. The white arc light was the internal momentum of the Godly Way previously used by the Evil God.
When the Regal Jade Spirit noticed the arc light, his eyes flashed. Then, everyone flew toward the mountain.
“Crack...”
Atop the mountain stood a great tree that had been burnt black. A white gem was embedded on the ground at its foot, being the source of the rays of arc light.
“Zen, this is the second flaw!” the Regal Jade Spirit pointed out excitedly.
Since Zen had merged with the Blood Essence Godly Way, there were only two flaws left in the Ways-blending Energy.
But the Regal Jade Civilization had spent too much time finding the last two flaws to no avail. Fortunately, the Regal Jade Spirit, at least, managed to find a clue about one of the flaws through the Sanskrit word of the Blood Essence Godly Way.
He had always believed that Zen was destined to encounter the Regal Jade Civilization, but even he was surprised to find out that the creature Zen released from his inner world had found the second flaw.
Perhaps Zen truly was the one who could complete the Ways-blending Energy.
Even if he couldn't do it right away, he still had the greatest chance.
“How did you even find this gem?” Zen asked curiously.
After completely unlocking the Rebirth Land, Zen could spy on the Evil God's memory, but he chose not to do that.
“On Stage Two of the Other Shore,” answered the latter.
“Stage Two...” That was rather surprising.
Generally, the members and disciples of the super forces didn't stay long on the first three stages.
When Zen and Dorothy had just set foot on the Other Shore, Dorothy was willing to explore the Sacred Mallow Temple with Zen because he held the secret key. In fact, she had even intended to take him directly to Stage Four at the time.
If they reached Stage Four, they'd be able to gain the support of their own race, after all. It was much more rewarding than exploring the Other Shore on their own.
Normally the first three stages were desolate. Only someone who didn't belong to any sect, like the Evil God, ever wandered aimlessly in these parts.