Our clansmen?
Their clansmen?
What clansmen?
And what exactly is this curse of Fate, this curse of Karma?
Find that person?
Which person exactly?
Su Hua grew more and more confused the more she listened.
And for some reason, every time she heard the voice in the Nightmare, she felt a sense of déjà vu!
This sense of familiarity wasn't that she had heard it before, but rather that she felt she had said it herself.
Yes!
That's right.
It wasn't that she had heard these words, but that she had spoken them herself!
Why was it like this?
Su Hua truly didn't know.
She thought hard, but the more she thought, the more chaotic she became; the more chaotic she became, the angrier she grew; the angrier she grew, the more furious she felt!
"What exactly is it!
What in the world is it!
Ah—" Su Hua could bear it no longer. As if gone mad, she cried out in a broken voice.
She didn't know how long had passed.
When Su Hua opened her eyes again, she found she had already awakened from the Nightmare. She sat up abruptly and discovered she was lying on a bed. This was a room, a room that felt strangely familiar to her.
Without thinking much, she got out of bed and left the room. Outside was a stretch of emerald green grassland.
The grassland was dotted with all kinds of beautiful flowers, as well as various spirit fruit trees and jade trees. There were pavilions and gazebos.
In the distance was a tranquil lake. In the lake, colorful fish frolicked joyfully, and white elephants played in the water by the shore.
A mountain peak seemed to pierce through heaven and earth, with a waterfall cascading straight down like the Milky Way falling from the Ninth Heaven. In the cloudless, azure sky thousands of miles wide, immortal cranes soared, and seven-colored immortal deer pranced among the clouds.
Wait!
Wasn't this her own cave abode?
Just as Su Hua was puzzled, a voice came: "Junior Sister, you're finally awake."
Hmm?
Su Hua looked in the direction of the voice and was startled to find a woman in green robes holding an ancient text, leisurely sitting in the gazebo.
"Senior Martial Sister?"
Su Hua recognized this woman; it was indeed her Senior Martial Sister, Nalan Qianqiu.
"How did I get here?"
"Nonsense, of course I brought you back."
"You brought me back?"
Gu Qingfeng didn't think much of it and hurriedly asked, "Then what about Gu Qingfeng?
How is he?"
"Dead."
What!
Dead?
Hearing this, Su Hua was so frightened she couldn't even stand steady, collapsing to the ground in an instant. Her face ashen, she murmured, "Dead?
How could he possibly die...
He promised me he wouldn't die...
He promised me..." Perhaps because she had just awakened, her consciousness was still in a muddled state. As Su Hua's consciousness gradually recovered, the more she thought about it, the more something felt off. Over a decade ago, the Sacred Judgment hadn't been able to erase Gu Qingfeng. Today, over a decade later, Gu Qingfeng had transformed into the Human Dao's forbidden progenitor who commands life and death, the Avatar of Ascending to Azure Heaven and Descending to Yellow Springs. How could he possibly be erased by the Sacred Judgment?
Moreover, before she lost consciousness, she vaguely remembered the Primordial Gate closing, the Mystic-Yellow Bell stopping, and the Sacred Judgment disappearing, but Gu Qingfeng, who had transformed into the Human Dao's forbidden progenitor Ascending to Azure Heaven and Descending to Yellow Springs, was still there.
Especially when she saw Nalan Qianqiu looking at her and smiling, she became even more certain that Gu Qingfeng wasn't dead.
"Senior Martial Sister, you lied to me!"
"Well, well, Junior Sister, you're becoming less and less simple. I thought I could fool you."
"You're really becoming more and more annoying."
After confirming that Gu Qingfeng wasn't dead, Su Hua stood up from the ground, glared fiercely at Nalan Qianqiu, and then laughed. This great joy after immense sorrow, like being reborn after a calamity, made her very happy.
"What, hearing that guy isn't dead makes you this happy?"
"Of course."
"Why?"
"What do you mean why?
Gu Qingfeng isn't dead, of course I'm happy. Why does there need to be so many reasons?"
"Junior Sister, tell me honestly, you haven't fallen in love with him, have you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?
When did I fall in love with him?"
"Then why are you so happy?"
"I...
I..." Su Hua was momentarily at a loss for words and explained, "Can't I be happy for Xiao Jinr?
If Gu Qingfeng is alive, it also means Xiao Jinr is alive. Besides, you know he's my Karma. I'm still counting on him to unlock the secret of my Nightmare. If he dies, wouldn't my Karma be finished?
How could I unlock the secret of the Nightmare then?"
"Really?"
Nalan Qianqiu looked Su Hua up and down with great suspicion. Su Hua felt somewhat guilty under her gaze. Perhaps worried her true feelings would be seen through, she didn't dare meet Nalan Qianqiu's eyes. Rolling her eyes, she picked up the wine on the stone table and drank.
"Junior Sister, whether you've fallen in love with him or not, whether it's for Xiao Jinr, or to seek your own Karma, or to unlock the secret in your Nightmare, there's one thing you must understand."
"What thing?"
"His existence is not only the Original Sin person of the Daoless Age, but also a variable in the current era. This time, he has gathered six Forbidden Great Daos into his body. He possesses both the Abi Evil Asura Soul that commands Purgatory and the Avatar of Ascending to Azure Heaven and Descending to Yellow Springs, the Human Dao's forbidden progenitor who commands life and death. He said he would sever this Great Dao and destroy this Heaven and Earth. That's what he said, and when the Daoless Mountain descends, I believe he will do just that."
Su Hua defended Gu Qingfeng: "No, Senior Martial Sister, you're wrong. I understand Gu Qingfeng. He did say he would sever this Great Dao and destroy this Heaven and Earth, but he was just saying it. He might not care about the Great Dao, nor about this Heaven and Earth, or even the myriad living beings, but there are many, many people in this world he cares about. For these people, he wouldn't destroy Heaven and Earth. I believe he definitely won't."
"Heh heh."
Nalan Qianqiu shook her head and laughed. "He might not do it, but what if he is no longer himself?
Don't forget, the Original Sin Blood in his body has already awakened...
When that time comes, no one can guarantee whether he will still be himself. I'm afraid even he himself cannot guarantee it."
"I think...
there must be a solution, there must be!"
Although Su Hua also knew that after the Original Sin Blood in Gu Qingfeng's body awakened, no one could be sure whether Gu Qingfeng would still be Gu Qingfeng, she believed there must be a solution.
"Junior Sister, oh Junior Sister, don't deceive yourself, don't comfort yourself. You clearly know the key issue now isn't whether he will still be himself after the Original Sin Blood in his body awakens, nor whether he will destroy Heaven and Earth, but that his very existence is intolerable to Heaven and Earth. Don't you understand?"
Nalan Qianqiu said seriously: "Even if he is still himself after the Original Sin Blood awakens, even if he doesn't destroy Heaven and Earth at that time, do you think this Great Dao, this Heaven and Earth, will spare him?
No!
They won't."
"Haven't you always wanted to know why Eldest Senior Sister descended to the mortal realm this time?
Now I can tell you, Eldest Senior Sister descended this time precisely to erase him!"
"Not only Eldest Senior Sister, but also that one hailed as omniscient in Heaven and Earth, Old Man Heavenly Secrets, and the one known as the incarnation of Karma, the envoy of Fate, the Primordial Nameless One—they are the same!"
"Moreover, I can also tell you, when the time comes, many people from the Daoless Age will appear. They too will erase Gu Qingfeng."
"These words aren't mine; they were said by Eldest Senior Sister. If you don't believe me, you can verify it with her when she returns."