This man had a handsome face, a warm smile, and skin as smooth as jade. He was like a refined gentleman from a turbid world. If Mo Mo hadn't just punched him, no one would have thought that such a refined gentleman would shamelessly launch a sneak attack.
"I don't think I know you. Why did you ambush me?" As he spoke, Mo Mo fully activated his divine power, his body instantly shimmering with a luminous glow, and his blood energy surged into the sky, forming a huge red pillar of light.
Seeing Mo Mo's behavior, the handsome young man opposite him, whose face was originally full of smiles, began to smile little by little, until only a solemn expression remained.
"It seems I underestimated you. I didn't expect there to be such a troublesome character as you among the natives. But you still have to die today."
With a "boom," the two instantly became entangled in combat, and the earth cracked wherever they passed.
During the battle, Mo Mo observed the situation while engaging his opponent. He discovered that those with similar auras to his own were clearly practitioners of the Desolate Heaven Emperor's cultivation system and were currently at a disadvantage. Although these individuals were extremely brave, with some even capable of fighting one-on-one without showing any weakness, the opposing side clearly outnumbered them. While they could maintain the situation for now, they would inevitably be defeated in a prolonged battle. Moreover, several of the opposing side had not yet joined the battle, while the person Mo Mo was currently fighting was clearly someone who had joined later.
Although he had basically confirmed which side was friend or foe, Mo Mo still wanted to confirm it, otherwise it wouldn't be a joke if he made a mistake. So Mo Mo asked, "Who are you people? Why did you ambush me? What is your relationship with Emperor Ye Fan?"
Upon hearing Mo Mo's words, the other party's eyes darkened noticeably, and he said in a sinister tone, "Emperor Ye? His head will be hung above Emperor City sooner or later, and you, you'll stay here today."
"Well, it seems they are the enemy. Since they are the enemy, let's kill them."
Seeing the rapidly enlarging fist in front of him, Mo Mo neither dodged nor avoided it, but instead threw a punch in return. Looking at Mo Mo's incoming fist, the elegant young man's eyes flashed with disdain, "Although my strength is not the strongest among those of the same realm, my body tempering method is one of the top techniques. In terms of sheer strength alone, I am not afraid of the top experts of the same realm in our world. You actually dare to exchange punches with me, you are courting death."
"Boom!" However, the moment their fists clashed, the elegant young man's expression changed drastically, and he tried to pull back. But how could Mo Mo let him go?
To the incredulous look on the young man's face, Mo Mo blasted his arm apart with a single punch, and then, to his astonishment, pierced his skull with another punch, ending the battle cleanly and decisively. From the moment Mo Mo threw the punch to the moment he killed his opponent, it was only a brief instant. The Emperor-level expert who was watching from the sidelines hadn't even had time to react before the battle was over.
"What? How is this possible? Although I despise that hypocrite, he was still considered one of the experts among us. He was killed instantly. It seems he's a big fish. Let's all attack together." With that man's words, the remaining Emperor-level experts who were watching the battle pressed towards Mo Mo.
"Oh? Six Emperor-level beings, you really think highly of me. I'm just a bunch of chickens and dogs."
"kill"
With a deafening boom, the bald, burly man leading the group of six was instantly obliterated by Mo Mo's full-force strike. Taking advantage of the moment when the man was stunned by the power of Mo Mo's punch, Mo Mo struck again, obliterating another man. In the instant of the exchange, two men were killed. The remaining four were terrified by Mo Mo's swift and decisive actions and instead of advancing, they retreated to escape. However, under Mo Mo's mastery of the "Travel Technique," all their efforts were in vain. In the end, three of the remaining four were obliterated by Mo Mo, while the third man escaped with serious injuries thanks to a special technique.
After dealing with the six people, Mo Mo flew towards the center of the battlefield. The two sides fighting in the field had already noticed Mo Mo. Seeing that Mo Mo had swiftly defeated his opponents and was flying towards them, the Emperor Realm experts who had been with the group of people began to flee quickly. In the end, one-third of the remaining people were left behind.
After the battle, the cultivators who practiced the same system as Mo Mo surrounded him. Then, a middle-aged man took a few quick steps and came to Mo Mo first, saying excitedly, "Fellow Daoist, thank you for saving us. I am Zhang Chen, the captain of this team. If it weren't for your help, our team might have been wiped out."
Mo Mo shook his head and said, "It was nothing, and they attacked me first. I was just retaliating. Don't take it to heart. This is not a place to stay. Let's find a safe place to talk and tell me about the current situation."
"Alright, the closest city to here is Heavenly Emperor City, and Heavenly Emperor City is basically one of the safest cities." So, without any hesitation, Zhang Chen led the group to Heavenly Emperor City at high speed.
Although the group consisted of highly skilled individuals, it still took Mo Mo and his companions two hours to approach the Heavenly Emperor City. Along the way, they encountered some enemy squads, but with Mo Mo's help, they were quickly eliminated.
Even after experiencing several worlds, Mo Mo was still stunned when he saw the Heavenly Emperor City. The distant city was vast and boundless, as if a great curtain separated heaven and earth. Outside the city walls, stars were densely packed, and even with Mo Mo's cultivation level, he could not see the end of the city walls.
Zhang Chen stood beside Mo Mo without disturbing him. Only when Mo Mo slowly came back to his senses did Zhang Chen speak, saying, "Isn't it magnificent? In fact, everyone who comes here is just as shocked by this giant city as you are. Although I've been here a few times, I'm still shocked by it every time."
"Indeed magnificent, worthy of Ye Fan's handiwork, very much in my style." Just then, a graceful woman passed by. After hearing Mo Mo's words, she gave Mo Mo a deeply disdainful look before leaving.
Mo Mo thought, "This is awkward."
"Alright, now that we've arrived at the Heavenly Emperor City, let's take our leave here, and meet again someday."
On the main road leading from the Heavenly Emperor City to the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, a young man in white robes muttered to himself, "So that's how it is. I actually came to the battlefield of the Battle of the Heavens, and this is only the outer edge of the battlefield. I thought I was already a master to some extent, but I didn't expect to find out what it means to be a place where true immortals are everywhere, immortal kings are as bad as dogs, and emperors are as common as weeds."
"Why think so much? It's been so long. I wonder if Ye Zi still remembers me. Given our friendship, she should at least bring me ten or eight longevity herbs." After walking along the wide avenue for more than ten minutes, Mo Mo finally arrived at the center of the Heavenly Emperor City. Looking up at the plaque above the gate, the three characters "Heavenly Emperor's Mansion" exuded a powerful and domineering aura. Facing these three characters was like facing a supreme ruler.
Looking at the magnificent Heavenly Emperor's Palace before him, Mo Mo smiled and said, "Little Yezi, your big brother is back again. Hurry up and come out to greet the guests."
Just then, a young man with extraordinary presence inside the Heavenly Emperor's Palace suddenly appeared outside the palace gates.
"It really is you! I thought I had mistaken you for someone else. How come your cultivation level is so weak?"
Seeing Ye Fan, Mo Mo was overjoyed and ready to give him a long-awaited hug. But upon hearing Ye Fan's words, Mo Mo froze instantly, then exploded with a bang, turning into powder that was blown away by the wind.
I feel dizzy and weak. After posting this chapter, I need to see a doctor to check if it's a fever or something else. I hope it's just a common cold.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 52: Understanding one’s original intention
Inside the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, Mo Mo and Ye Fan drank together while Ye Fan recounted his experiences over the years. Mo Mo finally learned what had happened after he left.
Not long after Mo Mo left, Ye Fan led his parents and Xu Qiong's family onto the path of cultivation. After settling them on Earth, he embarked on his journey, advancing triumphantly along the way, fighting saints, quasi-emperors, and even defeating emperors. After becoming invincible in the world, he returned to Earth and brought his family to the Heavenly Court. Then, in a battle on the path to immortality, he fought his way to the Immortal Realm and regained his memories of his past life. After exploring the Immortal Realm for thousands of years, he discovered the truth of the Immortal Domain and gradually stepped onto the battlefield of the Heavenly War. Today, he is already a half-step Immortal Emperor. Mo Mo also told him about his experiences without any concealment.
As for whether Ye Fan would attack Mo Mo after knowing his password, putting aside the friendship between Mo Mo and Ye Fan, even as a peerless master, his pride wouldn't allow him to make a move. Moreover, based on what Mo Mo said and his own insights, Ye Fan came to a conclusion: above the Immortal Emperor is transcendence. An Immortal Emperor can withstand the cycle of reincarnation and preserve his consciousness from being erased and reincarnated again, while those above the Immortal Emperor can transcend this world and roam freely among the myriad realms. However, such powerful beings should also be pursuing higher realms, otherwise they wouldn't have never heard of them.
Mo Mo also offered a conjecture based on some of his own experiences:
In fact, the endless world is like a series of Möbius strips, endlessly cycling under the established rules and plot. However, there is always a glimmer of hope in the fifty-year cycle of the Great Dao and the forty-nine-year cycle. When the plot comes to an end, there will be a blank period in which the world can develop freely. This is the glimmer of hope for the world to break free from the endless cycle of the Möbius strip. This blank period is like the interface of the ring, the most solid and the most vulnerable point. When this point is crossed, the world will be destroyed and restarted, and the plot will begin again.
However, no one wants an endless, infinite loop, and what most desires to break this loop is the world itself, because only by breaking this loop can it evolve into a higher level of world. It is impossible to break this Möbius strip with the limited development during the world's blank period. Thus, in the endless loop, under the conscious manipulation of the world's will, some characters in the story begin to awaken and remember the last reincarnation. However, these characters are not necessarily very strong, but they are usually very key figures. It is under the manipulation of the world's will that so many transmigrators have emerged, and they can rise up quickly and smoothly to completely change the plot of the entire world, thereby breaking the world's loop.
However, doing so would come at a great cost to this world. If it fails, the world's consciousness would collapse, and the transmigrators would become part of this world, integrated into its plot. Even if it succeeds, the world would be severely weakened. Therefore, weaker worlds rarely do this. But if it succeeds, it means that the world will be completely changed and will have infinite possibilities for evolution.
"Of course, these are just my guesses, and they may not be correct. Ye Zi, would you like me to take you to visit other worlds?"
"No need. I will break free from the shackles of this world and roam freely from now on," Ye Fan said domineeringly. At the same time, an aura of invincibility suddenly erupted, and even though this aura was not directed at Mo Mo, Mo Mo felt a sense of oppression and his mind was shaken.
Suddenly, Ye Fan sensed Mo Mo's unusual behavior and quickly withdrew his aura.
"What's wrong with you? I've felt something's off ever since we met. Even though I was stronger than you back then and had been cultivating for longer, your strength shouldn't be like this. You should at least be at the True Immortal level, but you're still stuck at the Great Emperor peak. And now you can't even withstand my aura and pressure." Ye Fan frowned as he looked at Mo Mo, whose face was pale.
"I used to wonder why I was stuck at the pinnacle of the Great Emperor realm, but after feeling your aura just now, I understand why. It's because I lack your invincible belief. It's true that success and failure are both due to the winds of fate. Although I've obtained the supernatural power to traverse countless realms and endless opportunities at my fingertips, these opportunities came too easily, causing me to lose my unwavering motivation. Actually, I should have been alert when Xue Qing sealed my cultivation and took all my treasures, but I didn't. I just let things slide, simply thinking she was being mischievous. And she probably just wanted to protect me from..." "The seal wasn't completely broken, so I didn't get any real training in the pirate world." Mo Mo chuckled and continued, "What's even more ridiculous is that I didn't realize it until Xue Qing and the others left. I really thought their departure was just to make me train harder. If I had understood sooner, perhaps they wouldn't have had to leave. Unfortunately, it wasn't until I felt your unwavering belief that I was invincible that I suddenly realized what I was lacking. I lacked a goal and motivation to move forward, and I failed to face what I truly wanted deep down." With that, Mo Mo chuckled again, raised his wine cup, and drank it all in one gulp.
"No wonder, but it's not too late to realize it now. Keep cultivating, and we'll be waiting for your triumphant return." Ye Fan patted Mo Mo's shoulder and turned to leave.
Since then, Mo Mo has stayed in Ye Fan's Heavenly Emperor's Palace, never leaving the palace, quietly comprehending, wanting to take that step and find his own path.
In the blink of an eye, a hundred years had passed since Mo Mo arrived at the Heavenly Emperor's Palace. A hundred years is but a fleeting moment for a cultivator. However, today, an unusual aura permeated the secluded cultivation area of the Heavenly Emperor's Palace. At first, this aura was very weak, and no one noticed it except for a few people inside the Heavenly Emperor's Palace. But as time went by, this aura grew stronger and stronger, and finally it soared into the sky. Most people in the Heavenly Emperor City could feel it.
"Another person has advanced to the True Immortal Realm. Judging from their aura, they are no ordinary True Immortals."
"Another tough nut to crack!"
The people of Immortal Emperor City began to discuss this aura, but it did not cause much of a stir, since even if these people were powerful, they were only True Immortals.
Inside the secret chamber, Mo Mo felt an overwhelming surge of power within him. After a hundred years, he had finally come to a true understanding of his own heart and taken the first step on a path that truly belonged to him. It had not been easy.
"Is this the power of a true immortal? It feels pretty good." As he spoke, his figure gradually blurred and disappeared.
Under the Fire Mulberry Tree in the Heavenly Emperor's Palace Garden, a young man in black robes and a young man in white robes were drinking wine and discussing philosophy.
Ye Fan: "Birds taste best when roasted whole."
Mo Mo: "No, no, no, roasting the whole thing is too wasteful. If it's roasted well, just the wings are enough. You can also braise or stew it, and the taste will be absolutely amazing."
Ye Fan: "Hmm, that makes sense. I'll try it next time. As for that shark fin and bear paw dish you mentioned, I think it would taste really good if we used the bear paw of the Earth-Exploding Bear and the shark fin of the Kunpeng with a trace of Kunpeng bloodline."
Mo Mo: "Great, how about we try it tomorrow?"
Ye Fan: "It's worth a try."
Others in the Heavenly Emperor's Palace:
Are you sure you're having a philosophical discussion and not just talking about what to eat tonight?
"Although you have found your own path and accumulated a tremendous amount of knowledge, you should still consolidate it. So I will prepare the ingredients. You can focus on consolidating your cultivation level." Ye Fan said, raising his wine cup and drinking it all in one gulp, then letting the fire mulberry leaves fall on him.
Mo Mo shook his head and said, "What could be better for consolidating one's cultivation level than fighting against someone of the same cultivation level?"
"what ever"
Looking at the fallen leaves of the Fire Mulberry tree above his head, Mo Mo's heart stirred. "Could this Fire Mulberry be..."
Ye Fan smiled and looked up at the blooming fire mulberry tree, saying, "That's right, it was sent by the Daoist partner of the Desolate Heaven Emperor, along with some invincible techniques."
"This is great stuff! Send me a copy later, I need to consolidate my cultivation level." Mo Mo's eyes lit up when he heard about the Invincible Scripture. "The Kunpeng Immortal Scripture, you know? Although I've comprehended my own Dao, I can't cultivate it directly, otherwise it would conflict with my own Dao. But even if I can't practice it directly, I can still learn from it. Moreover, some of the techniques and insights within are priceless treasures. With slight modifications, I can create techniques suitable for myself. This is extremely attractive to someone like Mo Mo who hasn't created his own Dao yet."
Seeing this, Ye Fan shook his head and pointed a finger at Mo Mo's brow. After filtering through the information, he passed on everything he could to Mo Mo, including some of his own insights. After passing it on to Mo Mo, Ye Fan left, leaving Mo Mo alone to contemplate it.
This realization took nearly a thousand years. Only after emerging from seclusion did he learn that two hundred years ago, Ye Fan had discovered a severely injured Quasi-Immortal Emperor near the Heavenly Emperor City and had gone out of the city to hunt him down.
"Tsk, I finally broke through to the peak of True Immortal after a thousand years and I was hoping to surprise him, but I didn't expect him to be here."
"Um?"
Suddenly, a huge roar came from the direction of the city wall.
With a whoosh, Mo Mo disappeared from his spot and arrived on the city wall in the next second. However, Mo Mo was stunned when he arrived on the city wall. A black dragon full of lewd energy was fiercely attacking the weak points of the city wall. Although the formation of the Heavenly Emperor City had been activated, it was still being violently destroyed. According to the current situation, the Heavenly Emperor City would probably be breached in less than half an hour.
Just as Mo Mo gritted his teeth, preparing to intervene for a moment, the Heavenly Emperor's Palace suddenly shone with golden light. Immediately afterward, a figure bathed in golden light, exuding a terrifying aura, flew out of the palace and merged with the Heavenly Emperor City's protective array. Then, to the black dragon's incredulous gaze, it pierced its head with a single strike, nearly killing it instantly. After this attack, the golden figure noticeably dimmed, its charging time significantly longer. Just as the figure was gathering its strength for another strike to completely annihilate the black dragon, the dragon recovered, dragging its bloodied body, and began to retreat rapidly.
Looking at the extremely weak black dragon with its translucent body, Mo Mo's eyes flashed with cold light. He appeared directly above the black dragon, channeled all his divine power into his right fist, and then punched down at the dragon's head.
Undoubtedly, Mo Mo's attack was astonishing. The black dragon was already wounded when it attacked the city, and it was injured again after the attack. Now it was on the verge of death. After Mo Mo punched it on the head, its remaining soul began to dissipate rapidly.
Just as Mo Mo was secretly pleased, his hair suddenly stood on end. A terrifying aura had arrived in front of him in an instant. Mo Mo only had time to summon his trump card, which he had been cultivating since the beginning of his cultivation and had never used before, a celestial cauldron that was somewhat similar to Ye Fan's cauldron, to protect himself. Then he was hit.
In a daze, Mo Mo saw his body crack and then fall into pieces, then he seemed to hear Ye Fan's roar, and finally Mo Mo's vision went black and he completely lost consciousness.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 53 An Unexpected Romantic Encounter
On the rooftop of a three-story villa, a young man wearing a white t-shirt, black shorts, and sunglasses was sunbathing.
"This is troublesome. I spent 1,300 years in the real world, but more than two days have passed. I didn't expect the speed of time to change after losing all my cultivation. However, as my cultivation recovers, my supernatural abilities should also gradually recover. But I have turned misfortune into blessing and actually created the first level of the technique. Not bad. It's a pity that my current body cannot cultivate it."
A week has passed since Mo Mo returned to the real world from the world of "Covering the Sky". After a week of examination, Mo Mo discovered that due to the loss of his cultivation and damage to his supernatural powers, he could no longer enter some high-level worlds. Fortunately, he could still enter the small world in his Qiankun Bag. However, the world passage connecting "Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" had disappeared. More importantly, after entering a world and returning, it was no longer a full second, but rather a certain ratio. The higher the level of the world, the lower the ratio. Mo Mo suspected that if he could enter a perfect world, the time ratio would reach an astonishing 1:1, meaning that time would be basically synchronized. In contrast, in some ordinary worlds, no matter how long he stayed inside, only a second would pass in the real world.
"To avoid trouble, it's best to leave home. After all, we're all neighbors, and we only see each other once every ten days or so, so it's easy for them to notice something's wrong," Mo Mo pondered silently.
Sitting in front of the computer, Mo Mo silently pondered over the introductions of various cities, deciding where to go. After eliminating one city after another, Mo Mo finally chose the tourist destination in the South China Sea, the location of Tianya Haijiao (End of the Earth). The reason for choosing this place was not because other cities were inferior to it, but because Mo Mo had studied at the capital of the South China Sea and was quite familiar with the area. Moreover, the area has a spring-like climate all year round, faces the sea, and occasionally allows him to go to the beach to see beautiful women.
With his phone in hand, he was ready to go at any moment. He opened a flight booking website on his computer and, after thinking for a while, booked a ticket to Liu Xueqing's university. He had missed her quite a bit after not seeing her for over a thousand years, and there were also some of his and his companions' belongings in the room that he needed to retrieve.
Around 6 PM, Mo Mo finally arrived at the old house. He took out his key, opened the door, and went inside. He noticed some changes in the room, but Mo Mo assumed it was Liu Xueqing and the others who had done it, so he ignored it. After returning to his room, he casually tossed the teddy bear, which was taller than a person, aside on the bed and lay down.
Mo Mo still felt lingering fear when he recalled that day. He never expected that even though the black dragon's primordial spirit had been completely shattered by him, it could still launch such a fierce attack. That attack directly shattered Mo Mo's immortal cauldron. Even after the immortal cauldron was shattered, the remaining power of that attack could still crush Mo Mo with overwhelming force. If Ye Fan hadn't rushed back at the last moment to protect Mo Mo, Mo Mo would have already died.
Even with the intervention of Ye Fan, a quasi-Immortal Emperor, Mo Mo remained unconscious for nearly a century before awakening, having lost all his cultivation. The black dragon, likely filled with rage, burned its still-burning primordial spirit, using its quasi-Immortal Emperor cultivation to attach a portion of its true spirit to Mo Mo's primordial spirit, attempting to condemn Mo Mo to eternal damnation. Although Ye Fan expelled the black dragon's power of law, he couldn't remove the portion of true spirit already fused with Mo Mo's primordial spirit. After all, it was a quasi-Immortal Emperor's method of burning its own primordial spirit, and it had already merged with Mo Mo's primordial spirit, becoming one with it. The true spirit is the most important thing for a cultivator; as long as the true spirit remains, even if the body and soul perish, it can one day return. Yet, the black dragon, a quasi-Immortal Emperor, sacrificed a portion of its true spirit to deal with Mo Mo, risking eternal damnation, demonstrating the extent of its hatred.
While Ye Fan was expelling the quasi-Immortal Emperor power from his body and setting a seal on him, Mo Mo created his first level of cultivation technique. When he mastered it, he was expected to recover to the Saint level, of course, the Saint of the Shrouding the Heavens world, not the Saint of the Primordial World. Ye Fan's seal could help Mo Mo slowly digest that bit of true spirit.
Lying in bed, quietly thinking about his future direction and how to solve the problem that his body couldn't cultivate yet, Mo Mo's eyelids grew heavier and heavier as he thought. Finally, his breathing became unusually steady and long, and he had clearly fallen asleep.
Mo Mo's cultivation was crippled, while his body and primordial spirit suffered only severe damage. Logically, even with such a significant drop in strength, he shouldn't be able to easily overwhelm someone at the Great Emperor level with his physical body, and he shouldn't need rest or sleep, let alone fall asleep without realizing it. The reason this is the case is because Mo Mo has been completely sealed away by Ye Fan. He is now merely a mortal. After all, the Black Dragon Quasi-Immortal Emperor is no pushover; digesting his true spirit is no easy task and requires his full strength. Therefore, Mo Mo has become a mortal.
Even though it's sealed, Mo Mo's current body can still withstand most rifle bullets without any problem. Moreover, if Mo Mo's life is in danger, the seal will automatically release part of it to resolve the danger. However, since it's not forcibly released, a portion of Mo Mo's primordial spirit will be eroded by that bit of true spirit. Therefore, Mo Mo never wants to use this powerful weapon. So, even though Mo Mo is strong now, his strength is limited. As a result, Mo Mo still needs to eat and sleep, but he's much stronger than an ordinary person.
In a daze, Mo Mo felt someone open the door and turn off the light. Two or three minutes later, a soft, warm body hugged Mo Mo like an octopus, instantly waking her up.