The once island has turned into a battlefield with deep and large scars on the ground.
The vegetation and forest had completely vanished and were replaced by destruction.
The whole scene looked like an apocalypse.
{... Are you alright? Want my help?}
Up in the sky, Yun Che hovered. Unlike the time he had entered the island, his clothes were in complete mess with blood all over them.
He stared down at the maniacally laughing demon and shook his head.
"No need. Let me enjoy this fight." A soft smile formed on his face as he continued. "I'm just testing some things."
'Can't believe that the wheel really pushed his strength into the Divine Realm.' Yun Che thought internally. 'I now understand how Jasmine was able to fight all three Emperors herself. The most destructive being in this universe… hahahaha… can't say it doesn't fulfill the requirements.'
In fact, when it came to destruction, Evil Infant was considered even above the Heaven Ancestral Punishment Sword.
That alone spoke of its destructive attributes.
'Still, I can at least see that those in the Divine Realm can bypass my resistance… though by a minuscule level. Maybe Moon Slaughter is too weak to bypass it completely. I should probably check it out with someone with Divine Master strength.'
"Hm?" Yun Che raised a brow as he saw Moon Slaughter mindlessly hitting everything around him before he shook his head with a smile. "Why did he even think that Evil Infant would listen to him? Did he forget who sealed it within their clan since its creation?"
Yun Che rubbed his chin while thinking internally.
'If I remember correctly, wasn't it Moon Slaughter who lost himself last time to Evil Infant too, and that's how the Primordial Era came to an end? So that's why he never tried using Evil Infant all this time… he is probably more afraid of it than anyone else in this star realm.'
"Kekeke… Uuuu… Uuuuu… Kekekeke… Uuuu…" the mixture of crying and laughing sounded really creepy.
Yun Che looked up and saw that the barrier was already corroding.
"Time to finish this." Not wanting to let the power of Evil Infant leak more than it already was, Yun Che opened all the gates of the Heretic God, the ones his body could bear.
A tsunami of berserk crimson energy was released from his body, making his hair and destroyed robes dance wildly in the air.
Yun Che raised his hands and placed his palms opposite each other. A golden glow appeared in his eyes before he slammed his hands together.
Clap
A loud clapping sound resounded between the crying and laughing of the devil before all the sounds from the world vanished abruptly.
The world seemed to enter a weird stagnant state; air, space, time, water, energies, everything seemed to enter a static zone, unable to move.
[Zero Infinity]Yun Che muttered.
In the next instant, everything returned to normal, the only exception being Moon Slaughter; his whole existence seemed to vanish from the world!
'Fuu~, surely, this technique takes too much of my profound energy. I shouldn't use it too often… not until I learn the Law of Nothingness.'
Sweat trailed down Yun Che's forehead as he took some labored breaths.
[Zero Infinity], as the name suggested, shrunk the space infinite times until it reached the hypothetical state where nothing existed.
It was a weird technique, and way too costly.
Yun Che had thought of this technique during his salted fish lifestyle back at the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region, so he decided to use it here.
And as he had imagined, it did not disappoint him.
Once he was done absorbing the energies around him to rejuvenate his energy reserves, Yun Che flew in the direction where Moon Slaughter was before being removed.
A wheel and a tablet lay there on the ground.
"It's still there… hahaha, that was close." Yun Che nervously laughed. He had thought that he squeezed the tablet with Moon Slaughter, but it seems that it was impossible to do with his current strength; for which he was glad.
If he ended up destroying the tablet, that would have been a massive mistake on his part.
"Stop! What are you doing?!" Jasmine hurriedly bellowed when she saw Yun Che about to pick the wheel up. "Have you lost your mind? Did you not see what happened to that devil? What would you do if it ended up taking over your mind?"
Yun Che's hand picking the wheel stopped midway.
'Hmmm… Now that I think about it, what's the guarantee that Evil Infant would form a Master-Servant contract with me like it did with Jasmine in the original? Shit. Almost fucked up. Though I don't doubt my resistances, I'd rather not take chances with Heavenly Treasures.'
"You're right." Yun Che picked the tablet instead and saved it inside his inventory. He offhandedly looked at the dark wheel and thought aloud. "It would be sad to seal the wheel again for eternity. If only it was willing to form a Master-Servant contract with me, I would have taken it out with me to see the light of the day."
'This bastard…' Jasmine looked at Yun Che with an unbelieving gaze but didn't interrupt him. 'But it's not bad. If Evil Infant really formed such a contract with him, then Yun Che will have the strongest trump card on his side. If I am not with him in the future… Evil Infant might be the only thing that can save him.'
She knew nothing was absolute. That's why she was ready for anything unexpected.
And, for Jasmine, Yun Che's protection came first.
'Haaa~, when did I become this hopeless?'
Unaware of the crimson head's thought process, Yun Che silently waited for the wheel to respond.
It didn't take long before he finally heard the voice of an infant coming from the wheel.
"... If you don't seal me like those bad devils, I am willing to form a contract with you."
Yun Che's smile widened.
"Well, of course. I take care of those that are mine. As long as you are with me, no one will seal you ever again."
"Uuuu, then I'll form the contract."
'With this, my work is done here.'
1
How many times has she come here, hovering high in space and just staring down at her creation from a thousand years ago?
No matter how many times she looked at it, Mu Bingyun never seemed to get tired of it.
It was as if this place held a special spot in her cold heart.
"I don't understand. What is so special about this place, Master? It's just a mortal land with nothing special about it."
Mu Bingyun didn't reply.
"Is this place really that dear to the Master?" her disciple muttered to herself, deep in thought. "But with the Master's condition, she shouldn't be flying this far from the Snow Song Realm."
"Lanlan, quiet." Bingyun gently called, making the girl named Lanlan turn quiet with a cute pout on her face.
"Master always does this. Xiaolan is worried about the Master."
"Sigh… Alright, let's go back then."
Just then, a sinister aura suddenly filled the whole star, making both Bingyun and Xiaolan stop in their tracks.
A chill of terror crawled up their spines, chilling both of their hearts.
"Uuuuu… Uuuuu…" Though quiet, Bingyun with her senses cleared picked up the sound of a crying infant.
She was rooted to her place after listening to it.
Her breathing became slightly disoriented, blood seemed to leave her face.
'Impossible! That shouldn't exist in such a deserted mortal realm! This realm would have been destroyed long ago if that were the case!'
But the crying sound of the infant was all too clear to her ears, something impossible for her to ignore.
"Master, what is that!?"
Bingyun's gaze snapped in the direction her disciple pointed at; she saw that a certain part of the star was covered in thick darkness, making it impossible to see anything beyond it.
Even with her divine sight, she could not see through it!
This affirmed Bingyun's guess.
And, to say the least, she was terrified beyond belief.
'Should I inform my big sister? No. If I delay it too much, that thing might get out of hand. No matter what, this is still a mortal plane. I should seal it this instant before informing my sister about this.'
"Lanlan, stay close to me. No matter what, do not get away."
"Master…"
"Let's go."
Bingyun ignored the worried and horrified expression of her disciple as she placed her hand on her shoulder and teleported in the direction of an ominous cloud.
"This much yin energy…" Bingyun absentmindedly muttered while appearing above the dark condensed cloud.
Now that she was close to it, she could feel that the whole cloud was just a mass of massive yin energy.
If a normal person entered this, their cultivation would be suppressed by the whole realm easily!
"Master, look!"
Bingyun turned her gaze and saw a group of people standing some distance away, staring at the face of an infant with terrified gazes.
But something immediately caught Bingyun's attention.
'Despite their fear, they don't seem to be moving away… Are they waiting for something?' Then it suddenly hit Bingyun's mind. 'So that's it! That thing was probably sealed since the Primordial Era on this star and was just released by someone, someone that these people trusted. How stupid. For their greed, they have no idea what monstrosity they have released upon the world.'
"Lanlan, step back. I'll seal this place—" Her body suddenly stopped as she felt a massive disturbance in the space.
Her body stiffened as she stared wide-eyed at the world around her.
Not only her, but everything seemed to lose its sense of reality for an abrupt instant before everything returned to normal.
But for people at her level, an instant can very much be divided into years.
'What the hell was that?! Did the Evil Infant do it?! If not, then who!'
Bingyun was rooted to her spot as she stared at the dispersing yin energy and the aura of the Evil Infant.
The scenery finally became clear to her as she stared at the barely existing island and the man hovering above it with a dark wheel in his hand.
Bingyun's attention was instantly directed towards the wheel in the man's hand, and only a single thought came into her mind at that time—I had to kill him instantly!
Devil people were killed on sight in the God Realm. What if the said devil person held the Evil Infant in his hand?
No one would object that the whole of God Realm wouldn't mind announcing war against the Devil Race just to seal the Evil Infant; people in the God Realm feared it that much.
So it was not a surprise that Bingyun's first thought after seeing the man with the Evil Infant in his hand was to kill him.
But before she could make a move, her body stiffened.
The man, before she was aware, was looking at her.
Those two glowing golden eyes were undoubtedly staring at her, directly into her eyes.
'How is it possible?! I'm in space! That man is only in the early Sovereign Profound Realm. He shouldn't be able to see me from this far!'
But she didn't have time to think as she saw the wheel turn into energy and vanish into the man's body, a black tattoo imprinted itself on the back of his hand, showing his ownership of the Evil Infant.
Once again, Bingyun felt her mind exploding.
'He… He was able to subdue the Evil Infant? How is that… Not even True Gods or Devils were able to do that!'
It was barely a few seconds, and Bingyun felt her common sense being challenged already!
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