In the profound darkness, Ye Ling drifted aimlessly.
There was no space, no time, no concepts of the world, only endless darkness.
After an unknown duration, the rune seal within Ye Ling's body automatically unsealed, and a large amount of power returned to his entire body, nourishing his withering form!
Ye Ling's eyes snapped open. His first action was to extract the residual consciousness of the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, nurture its consciousness with his own power, and simultaneously use Bai Qing's medicinal recipes along with his own runes to create a new body for the World-Destroying Spirit Fire.
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire burned quietly in the profound darkness. After a long time, it slowly regained consciousness under the nourishment of Ye Ling's power.
"Cough, cough, cough! Kid, run! The Lord of the Upper Realm has truly arrived!" The moment the World-Destroying Spirit Fire regained consciousness, it shouted at Ye Ling in terror, urging him to flee!
Its consciousness was still stuck at the moment the Lord of the Upper Realm descended.
Seeing the terrified look of the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, Ye Ling chuckled and said, "Stop shouting. The Lord of the Upper Realm isn't here, we've escaped."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire was stunned for a moment before it fully came to its senses. It scanned its surroundings and asked in surprise, "What exactly is going on? Where are we now?"
Ye Ling replied, "I only woke up not long ago. I don't know where this is, only that we were caught in a spacetime storm and are now drifting somewhere."
Seeing that it had survived, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire looked at Ye Ling incredulously and asked, "Kid! What did you do? Wasn't the Lord of the Upper Realm tracking us? Why are we still alive?"
The moment it saw the Lord of the Upper Realm appear, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire had already prepared for death. When the Lord of the Upper Realm's arm swept over them, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire even thought it had been utterly annihilated!
Waking up now in this darkness was simply a miracle!
Ye Ling smiled and said, "It seems my guess was right. The subsidiary spacetime we entered before was likely a setup."
"A setup?" The World-Destroying Spirit Fire was taken aback.
Ye Ling nodded slightly. "Indeed... it's a game between Good and Evil and the Lord of the Upper Realm. That subsidiary spacetime was the chessboard, and we were the pieces."
"The Eastern Xuan Continent in the subsidiary spacetime, and that Demon Palace Master, were substitutes specifically prepared by Good and Evil for us, so that we could completely shed the identity of the Chosen One and escape the pursuit of the Lord of the Upper Realm."
"Wait! The more I listen, the more confused I get!" The World-Destroying Spirit Fire was bewildered. "Why is it a setup? How did Good and Evil play a game? How did we become pieces?"
Ye Ling said, "I estimate that this setup began from the moment we were chased by the Seven Star Pillars and ended up in the Nine Heavens Realm."
"It was Good and Evil who brought us to the Nine Heavens Realm, and Bai Qing was a piece used by Good and Evil to guide us in breaking the death trap. The primal energy the Lord of the Upper Realm infused into my body was the means by which the Lord of the Upper Realm tracked me."
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire was still confused. "Ah? Didn't Bai Qing die long ago? How could she guide us?"
Ye Ling shook his head and smiled, "Think about it carefully. If it weren't for Bai Qing, would we have gone to find spacetime rifts before the chaotic battlefield descended? Would we have gone to the subsidiary spacetime tracking Bai Qing and found my substitute there?"
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire shook its head. "Indeed not... Speaking of which, if we hadn't searched for spacetime rifts in advance, we would have likely had to fight the Lord of the Upper Realm to the death in the Nine Heavens Realm when the chaotic battlefield descended. At that time, we would have perished along with the Nine Heavens Realm."
Ye Ling continued, "After we arrived in that subsidiary spacetime, Bai Qing was reincarnated and returned to the Eastern Xuan Continent, coincidentally allowing us to discover the Demon Palace Master who looked exactly like me... More importantly, if it weren't for the medicinal recipes created by Bai Qing, I probably wouldn't have been able to grow that Supreme Realm substitute to my level, and the Lord of the Upper Realm wouldn't have mistaken that substitute for the true Chosen One."
"This Bai Qing is the crucial figure who connected everything."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire was still somewhat dazed and exclaimed, "So... all the hardships we endured, the times we almost lost our lives, were all part of a setup they had designed?"
Ye Ling said, "It's probably not just a setup, but also a trial by Good and Evil for us."
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire was even more shocked. "A trial?"
Ye Ling: "Precisely... The reason we were targeted by the Lord of the Upper Realm is because we are the Chosen Ones selected by Good and Evil, bearing the responsibility to fight against the Lord of the Upper Realm."
"And it is precisely because we have this duty, which makes the Lord of the Upper Realm feel threatened, that the Lord of the Upper Realm would spare no effort to eliminate us. He would even lower himself and act personally, just to nip the threat in the bud."
"Therefore, the Chosen Ones selected by Good and Evil fail again and again, and the main spacetime undergoes one reincarnation after another..."
"No matter how heaven-defying the talent of the Chosen Ones is, or how many earth-shattering inheritances they obtain, they cannot resist the interception of the Lord of the Upper Realm until they have fully grown to the level of Good and Evil, and can only die in regret on the chaotic battlefield."
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire said, "So... as long as one becomes a Chosen One, it's a guaranteed death sentence?"
Ye Ling nodded. "Yes... so if we want to survive, we can only completely shed the identity of the Chosen One and escape the sight of the Lord of the Upper Realm."
"Only by escaping the chessboard of Good and Evil and the Lord of the Upper Realm can we survive and continue to grow."
"We have now completely passed the trial and become free individuals. I speculate that Good and Evil will reshape the main spacetime, select Chosen Ones again, the game between Good and Evil and the Lord of the Upper Realm will begin again, and another cycle will commence."
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire pursed its lips and looked at Ye Ling with disbelief, trembling, "So... you had already foreseen this situation before you dispersed your power?"
Shedding the identity of the Chosen One, evading the personal interception of the Lord of the Upper Realm...
Ye Ling, compared to the Lord of the Upper Realm, with a cultivation base comparable to an ant, had evaded these repeated great calamities... The shock in the World-Destroying Spirit Fire's heart was immeasurable!
Even if all of this was secretly arranged by Good and Evil, if Ye Ling hadn't decisively dispersed his power and created a substitute, Ye Ling wouldn't have survived!
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire no longer knew how to describe Ye Ling!
Ye Ling's survival within this deadly chessboard was simply a miracle!
Ye Ling took a deep breath, looked at the surrounding darkness, and smiled at the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, "World-Destroying Spirit Fire, how about we make a bet?"
The still-shocked World-Destroying Spirit Fire came back to its senses and asked Ye Ling, "What are you betting on?"
Ye Ling smiled, "I bet... that our main spacetime has already undergone another reincarnation, the river of time has been restored, the cosmic barriers have re-separated the inner and outer domains, and the Remnant Evil race has once again ruled the endless forces outside the domain."
"More importantly..."
"Good and Evil and the Lord of the Upper Realm... have once again been sealed into the Abyss of the Void."
"Everything is to start anew."
Upon hearing this, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire's pupils suddenly contracted, and a tidal wave of shock surged within its heart!