Chapter 1378: Chapter 1122: The Truth of the Prophecy
At this moment, Ghost Spirits City’s fame had risen to unprecedented heights, which meant the number of visitors coming here was also greater than ever before. And as the representative of the Ghost Spirits City food series, that specially flavored grilled meat, which was astoundingly expensive, was in equally astonishing demand.
Selena and Sajia arrived at Ghost Spirits City very low-key, and Elsa, having received news of their arrival early on, welcomed them into her City Lord Mansion without delay. They had disguised themselves well, so nobody knew of their arrival.
"So, this is the thing," said Sajia as he placed a metal device on the table.
In the small secret chamber, the three siblings exchanged glances. However, both Selena and Elsa’s gazes eventually settled on Sajia. Sajia knew they were waiting for his explanation.
"This happened not long ago. At that time, I was controlled by the Divine Worm to attack Selena. The Divine Worm intended to infest Selena’s consciousness. It planned to impose absolute control over me before leaving, so that it could control my actions even after infesting Selena’s consciousness. But not only did it fail to infest Selena, but it was also killed by that strange golden lightning—the Greedy Serpent, right? However, the absolute control it exerted on me awoke a sealed memory at the depths of my heart. Yes, you heard me correctly, a sealed memory. The one who sealed my memory was our father, and he sealed this memory just when Elsa had been abandoned in the Human Realm."
As he spoke, Sajia used magic to recreate the image from his memory. That was the Emperor, a young Emperor at that, but the Emperor appeared very haggard, even more so than now. He moved his mouth, seemingly uncertain of what to say, but eventually, he spoke:
"This memory will be sealed deep within your consciousness, to be unsealed only at the most dire moment. However, I truly hope you will never find this seal because it would certainly mean that the prophecy has come true."
"Regrettably, I do not know now whether Elsa has returned, nor whether she has been controlled by the Divine Worm. If she has not yet returned, there’s no problem. All you would lose is a useless father. According to the prophecy, I will soon vanish into some corner of the universe because the worm controlling me will soon be devoured by its kin."
"If Elsa has returned, then I have placed everything I want to say into this device. Coming to this place, finding it, and combining the power of your three bloodlines will open it."
Clearly, this device was the metal sphere before them.
"Shall we open it?" asked Selena.
"Without a doubt," said Elsa decisively.
Three hands were simultaneously placed in three directions on the metal sphere, and immediately, a beam of light burst out, forming a new image.
That was the Emperor, looking even worse than before; his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, and shockingly, there were even tears on his face.
"Three days ago, I personally severed Elsa’s Light Wings, and I had Selena extract her Heart of Heaven. She has completely turned into an ordinary human now. I have decided to send her to the Human Realm, for it is the most strictly protected place by the Giants, where all life entering the Human Realm, even gods, will have their powers restricted. There, I found a village with very simple people who will surely take good care of her. If possible, let her grow up there, grow old there because the events in the prophecy absolutely cannot occur. However, now you have unlocked the seal. That means Elsa has returned, and my efforts to change the prophecy have utterly failed. Yet, the Prophet had already warned me that any attempt to change the prophecy would be futile. Nonetheless, I still wanted to try."
"Now, I have failed, and I must be controlled by the Divine Worm, which means we must face two choices."
"In the prophecy, it is vague about Elsa’s return, and even I can’t understand what it actually means. Thus, Elsa may now be controlled by the Divine Worm, or maybe not. We have only one way to judge."
At this point, a golden electric arc suddenly sprouted from the metal device! As soon as the golden arc emerged, it spread over Sajia’s body. However, Sajia showed no change, followed by the arc exiting his body. It seemed to be searching for something, and at that moment, another arc of electricity emerged from Elsa’s palm. The arc that had come out of Sajia’s body immediately joyously merged with the one beside Elsa.
This arc was actually the Greedy Serpent!
When it was all over, the Emperor’s image began to move.
"You have seen this scene because you have all passed the Greedy Serpent’s inspection. So, I can entrust the following matters to you. Elsa, my daughter, what I did to you will forever be a pain in my heart. I know you will hate me, but I can tell you that maybe soon, you will no longer need to hate me. I clearly saw the prophecy, and my fate has been determined. I saw your strength in the prophecy and the prosperity of the Heaven Realm after the disaster. I, out of selfish reasons, did not want you to face any danger. However, you spent your childhood amidst hatred when you deserved a happy one! But that’s alright. I will end this farce with my own life! One day in the future, there will be a violent supernova explosion in this star sector, and the invaders will truly come to our world taking advantage of this outbreak. The consciousness I have hidden away will do something that will shock the entire Plane."
"And then, my daughter Elsa, everything will be up to you! Since I cannot stop your strength, then I will help you use your strength to crush all enemies!"
The image disappeared.
Selena couldn’t help but glance at Elsa.
Elsa was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said, "I did not see these things in the prophecy."
Selena clearly did not expect Elsa’s first words to be this.
"What?" Selena asked.
"I did not see this from that Prophet’s prophecy. I saw desolation, I saw catastrophe, I saw myself in battle. But I did not see so much, I did not see my father’s death, I—saw nothing!"
At this point, Elsa’s whole body’s energy seemed to have a tendency to be uncontrollable, her voice beginning to cause the surrounding mana to resonate, "I refuse to believe!"
"No, I think you should believe it, because according to our astronomers, in this plane, in the future, there will be successive supernova eruptions, perhaps it is one of those," Selena said.
"That way, everything seems to be explainable," Sajia said.
"Yes, all the inconsistencies," Selena said quietly, looking at the agitated Elsa.
The Celestial Clan Emperor was definitely an enlightened ruler; from the time he was Crown Prince, he had shown exceptional wisdom and decisiveness. He managed the Heaven Realm in perfect order during his reign. And the only stain in his life was Elsa.
Everyone was wondering, as the Celestial Clan Emperor, could it be that he could not tolerate his own daughter just because of a prophecy? To sever the Light Wing, gouge out the Celestial Heart, and let Elsa, noble amongst powerhouses, fall into that Giant’s testing grounds in the Human Realm.
Now, everything could be explained.
The Emperor did this only to change the prophecy, to protect Elsa.
But he failed, and it was a thorough failure. He already knew that he would be infected by the Worm, but he could not stop it. He tried to keep Elsa in the Human Realm forever, but he also failed.
Now, he could only opt for a desperate gamble.
"Father... do you know, although I was young at the time, I could see through the indifference and the ruthlessness you feigned. It was exactly because of this, even though I harbored resentment, I could never truly bear a grudge against you. Also because of this, since I returned to the Heaven Realm, I never thought about any revenge. I’m afraid that any of my actions would make the prophecy come true, I just wanted to quietly wait here for Brother Long to find me, and then we’d leave together, no one would be hurt, no one would be sad."
"But clearly, I was wrong, this is not something I can decide."
Elsa stood there, her head lowered, all her energy gone, her shoulders trembling slightly, tears falling to the ground. Selena’s nose felt sour, she went over and embraced Elsa in her arms. And Elsa, who had been as lofty as a god from the Human Realm to the Heaven Realm, suddenly began crying like a child in Selena’s arms.
Sajia turned his head away, not wanting the two sisters to see the moisture in his eyes.
And at that moment, the image that had disappeared reappeared. But it was not the Emperor, it was someone Elsa recognized.
Suolin.
"That, Elsa, are you still here? Actually, I’ve come to apologize, I’ve really tried my best to stop this from happening. But the temporal nodes here are utterly chaotic, so chaotic that I couldn’t even intervene. So I could only leave a part of the Divine Worm here, to protect you. But those Prophets’ prophecies are really too bizarre, even I, a Time Traveler, can’t change them. Could it be that prophecies truly cannot be changed? Maybe it’s the observer effect? Although I am a Time Traveler, if I don’t tell you about the future, then the future does not exist for you. But once I reveal information about the future, then for you, the future becomes destined. Anyway, I messed this up."
Suolin disappeared, and the image truly ended there.
Elsa suddenly stopped sobbing. Her eyebrows furrowed, she lifted her head from Selena’s embrace, her eyes widened as she looked at Suolin.
"No, nothing is unchangeable in my eyes! Not to mention prophecies! Even if it’s time itself, I’ll change it!"
Elsa’s demeanor could be described as expanding, the little girl who had just been crying, now once again transformed into the lofty, goddess-like figure. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com), monthly tickets, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
