Pushing aside the matter of the Abyssal Dust for now, Yun Wuji turned his thoughts to the memory fragment he had seen earlier.
Before dissipating, Ni Xuan's soul wisp had left him several memory fragments, and one of them revealed a scene of Ni Xuan together with Mo Su.
Truth be told, Ni Xuan was indeed very handsome, so much so that he truly deserved the title of the most handsome man in the universe, though that was naturally before Yun Wuji was born.
He had once read this scene in the novel; back then, it had shown him how Ni Xuan took Mo Su as his disciple in order to teach him the Ninety Nine Heaven Breaking Swords. It had also shown him the scene of Ni Xuan together with Jie Yuan.
Ni Xuan had named his final skill, 'Heresy of No Regrets', yet at the very end of his life, he was instead consumed by deep regret.
More importantly, Yun Wuji had to admit that Jie Yuan was hot and thick, carrying an imperious aura that made her look like the supreme queen of the entire universe. It was no wonder Ni Xuan gave up on Li Suo and fell for her.
She might not have been as good looking as Li Suo, but she was still very beautiful, and her temperament more than made up for it.
'Should I? I mean... should I?' Yun Wuji suddenly held his chin and sank into thought. If this were also included in the package, he would not mind calling himself the Heretic God's inheritor.
Because of the abyssal dust, vision in this world was heavily obstructed. For the people living here, it was as if they were constantly walking through fog. The sky remained dark, and there was no sun either, so the world was shrouded in gloom at all times.
"What is your plan this time?" Li Suo asked him while he continued flying around randomly. Other than telling them about the crisis, Yun Wuji had not explained his plan to anyone.
"My main objective is naturally to repair the crumbling laws of the abyss," Yun Wuji stopped in his tracks as he answered her question. At the same time, he thrust his arm forward and spread his palm open.
"You said that the Abyssal Monarch will send his people into the Primal Chaos using the Original Nether Void Breaching Mirror," Li Suo, confused by his action, asked another question. "Aren't you going to try and stop them?"
"According to my predictions, they will only succeed in another two hundred and thirty years," Yun Wuji replied casually while moving his fingers in certain patterns, as if he were fingering the air itself. To him, the threat of the Abyssal Monarch and the Kingdoms of God was extremely insignificant compared to the problem of the crumbling Abyss.
"But what if by some off chance they manage to succeed the next time they attempt it?" Li Suo could not understand where his confidence came from.
"The Abyssal Monarch can only attempt to send someone to the other side once every fifty years. They already used the Nether Mirror twenty years ago, so they will only be able to use it again in another thirty years," Yun Wuji answered casually as extremely thin threads started appearing around his hand. "Even if they were to succeed, I can deal with them with my Devil Body, and in the worst case, I can still send the Heretic God Body back."
The Heretic God Body contained one of the Nirvana Phoenixes, and if he were to die, he would be reborn in the Blue Pole Star, which would effectively send him back to the Primal Chaos. Because of this, Yun Wuji absolutely had no worries at all.
Though that was almost impossible, thirty years was more than enough time for him to accomplish many, many things.
"It seems that you have everything planned." Li Suo stopped questioning him and silently observed.
The threads around Yun Wuji's palm gathered into a single strand that extended from his finger. He suddenly smiled and exclaimed, "I found it!"
"What did you find?" Hei Xiaolian suddenly asked. "What have you even been doing all this time, acting like a creep and moving your fingers around as if you were giving the air a pussy massage?"
"I am following my fate," Yun Wuji replied casually, already used to her stupid and nasty way of talking, as he followed the direction the thread was leading him toward.
During the war against the Western and Southern Divine Regions, Yun Wuji killed the disgusting old man who had stirred up all that shit, and he also took everything the man possessed. Among those spoils were the profound arts and skills of his Heavenly Mystery Realm.
Yun Wuji studied them carefully, and in his leisure time, he experimented with them until he managed to create a technique that could somehow allow him to predict the future and even sense the threads of good and bad fate.
The technique was called the Thread of Fate.
He had never had the opportunity to try it before, and right now, with no specific direction to go, he took the chance to use it and see its effect.
Yun Wuji transformed into a beam of light and followed the direction the Thread of Fate was pointing.
After flying for less than an hour, he finally detected the aura of people. It seemed to be two groups confronting each other.
A group of five was aggressively facing another group of three. It looked like the first group was trying to take something from the second group by force.
Yun Wuji watched from a distance, focusing on the three people under pressure, or more specifically, on the sole female among them. Unlike everyone else present, who looked frankly ugly with coarse, dark skin, she stood out.
Most denizens of the Abyss were constantly exposed to the abyssal dust, which made their skin look gray and rough regardless of their power level.
However, that woman, despite having some gray marks on her body, still had fair skin and stood out strikingly among these ugly people.
Her features were also beautiful, very beautiful, though still a distance from his women.
"Zhai Liancheng! Don't go too far! We were the ones who discovered the Golden Sand Earth flower! What right do you have to take it from us?" A young man standing protectively in front of the woman roared indignantly.
The three of them had left the imperial palace to search for resources to aid their cultivation. The imperial family had been declining over the past generations, so much so that even the resources allocated for cultivation were dwindling. And because the current Emperor favored males over females, he often neglected his daughter's cultivation, frequently giving her resources to the crown prince instead.
Left with no choice, the princess could only go searching for opportunities, and the two men followed her as well. Or rather, the man protecting her right now, Mo Cangying, was the one truly following her, while the other guy was simply following Mo Cangying.
At first, their luck seemed to be pretty good. They managed to find a very rare Golden Sand Earthflower, which was extremely helpful for profound practitioners who cultivated Earth Law. It could increase their affinity with the earth, which in turn enhanced their comprehension of the law.
Although it had "flower" in its name, it was not a real flower, but a condensed lump of dense earth energy.
However, on their way back to the imperial palace, the young master of the Boulder Profound Sect, Zhai Liancheng, overheard them talking about it and immediately demanded they hand it over to him, threatening to cripple them if they refused.
"Mo Cangying, cut the bullshit. Hand over the Earthflower and I shall let you go," Zhai Liancheng spoke with utter disdain, radiating the aura of a peak Divine Sovereign, while the four people standing next to him each carried the aura of the Divine Master Realm.
As the young master of the strongest force in the Qilin Abyss Realm, he naturally had guards protecting him.
"You!" Mo Cangying's face twisted in fury. His cultivation was on par with Zhai Liancheng, but unlike the latter, he did not enjoy the protection of guards. "You are trying to rob the princess, Helian Lingzhu! Aren't you afraid of the emperor's wrath?!"
At the mention of the emperor, his face twitched, and even the princess, Helian Lingzhu, lowered her head in shame.
"Simp, please!" Zhai Liancheng threw back his head and laughed loudly. He stared at both Helian Lingzhu and Mo Cangying, speaking with utter disdain and contempt. "Not to mention offending a mere princess, I could fuck that spineless scum Helian Jue's entire harem and he wouldn't even dare let out a fart!"
"Helian Jue's face is only worth sparing your pathetic lives. Hand over the Earthflower, or this young master will disregard that trash's face and kill you." His expression suddenly turned lecherous as his eyes roamed Helian Lingzhu's body. "Or perhaps I can keep her highness alive. After all, it would be a waste to just kill such a fine beauty, don't you think so, brother Mo Cangying?"
"Bastard!" Mo Cangying's profound energy detonated violently, his face twisting between red and purple. He was about to disregard everything and fight this bastard to the death when suddenly Helian Lingzhu stopped him. "Senior brother, don't!"
Helian Lingzhu flipped her palm, and a yellow flower shining with gold appeared. She spoke in an indifferent tone that could not fully hide her heartbreak and helplessness. "We will give you the Golden Sand Earthflower."
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