Chapter 364: Greatest Variable in the History of the Mortal World
Meanwhile, in the Northern Continent.
Ice Mystic Holy Land.
The endless snowstorms of temperature in the negative hundreds of degrees celsius continuously swept across heaven and earth.
Towering icy mountains pierced into the clouds while countless snowflakes drifted endlessly beneath the pale skies.
At this moment, atop one of the sacred snowy peaks hidden deep within the Holy Land, a beautiful woman quietly sat cross-legged alone.
Her white robes fluttered lightly beneath the cold winds, long silver hair flowing behind her like a starry sky river.
Yao Qiuyue silently gazed toward the distant horizons of the Eastern Continent with unconcealed shock in her eyes.
Even though countless millions of miles separated them, the shocking phenomena from earlier had still faintly spread throughout the entire Second Great Mortal World.
The terrifying Sword Intent piercing through the skies and that overwhelming aura...
Yao Qiuyue’s beautiful eyes faintly fluctuated.
That aura felt incomparably familiar to her.
No...
Rather than familiar, it was unforgettable.
After all, among all the people she had encountered since transmigrating into this world, only one existence had ever left such a deep impression upon her Dao Heart.
Tian Yongheng.
At this moment, a faint sigh unconsciously escaped her lips.
"... So he really reached that step already."
Even now, Yao Qiuyue still found it somewhat difficult to believe.
Back then, when she first saw him in the Isle of Heavenly Demons, although Tian Yongheng was already monstrous enough to make people despair, to slay that legendary Demon God who had already transcended mortality as easily as chopping vegetables, he was ultimately still within the category of words like "Immortal in the Mortal World", comprehensible to a certain degree.
Yet now...
The current him had already become an existence capable of shaking the entire Mortal World, no, the entire Lower Realm just with a casual strike.
Besides, that aura, that faint fluctuation of existence...
It was incomprehensible, like an entirely different lifeforms than Humans altogether.
At this moment, space beside Yao Qiuyue suddenly distorted slightly.
A tiny seven tailed snow white fox suddenly jumped out from the void, only about the size of a cat.
Its seven fluffy tails swayed behind it while a pair of fox eyes blinked curiously with a hint of lingering fear.
Without hesitation, it directly jumped onto Yao Qiuyue’s head before comfortably lying there.
"Qiuyue, Qiuyue!"
The little fox shivered as it looked toward the Eastern Continent.
"Do you have any idea what happened over there earlier? The heavens almost exploded!"
Hearing this, Yao Qiuyue remained silent briefly before softly replying, "A certain someone got angry at the heavens."
The little fox tilted its head in confusion, "A certain someone?"
Then, its eyes suddenly widened abruptly.
"Wait... the Eastern Continent... don’t tell me..."
At this moment, realization suddenly struck the little fox like lightning, its entire body trembling violently.
A terrified shriek immediately echoed throughout the snowy mountain peak.
"That person!? He should at most be a Vagrant Immortal just a bit stronger than the Archaic Forbidden Demon God, shouldn’t he!? How did he get so strong in such a short time period?"
The seven tails instantly puffed up completely.
The little fox looked utterly horrified.
When Yao Qiuyue went to visit the Eternal Peak, it was also with her, not to mention the time at the Isle of Heavenly Demons.
Back then, merely sensing Tian Yongheng’s presence already made it instinctively tremble from both cultivation and bloodline suppression.
But the aura from earlier...
Forget itself, even many ancient Vagrant Immortals would likely collapse in despair before that terrifying Sword Intent.
At this moment, the little fox suddenly looked toward Yao Qiuyue suspiciously.
"You both came from the same world in your past lives according to your conversation that time, right? Why is the difference between you two becoming more and more outrageous?"
Hearing this, Yao Qiuyue fell silent once more.
The cold winds continuously swept past her white robes.
For a long time, she did not speak.
The secret of transmigration wasn’t exactly a secret, specially for high level cultivators.
Naturally, as the being closest to her, the fox knew about it as well.
Yes, both of them originated from Earth.
Both were transmigrators with heaven defying destinies.
Yet now, the gap between them had already widened to an almost absurd extent.
While she was still cultivating steadily within the Nascent Soul Realm, Tian Yongheng had already become an Immortal existence capable of terrifying even Immortal Gods.
Even Yao Qiuyue herself sometimes wondered...
Was Tian Yongheng truly still considered part of the younger generation anymore?
Or had he already become one of those ancient monsters standing above heaven and earth?
Was he really a transmigrator instead of some ancient being undergoing reincarnation and re-cultivation?
At this moment, Yao Qiuyue suddenly recalled the overwhelming pressure she felt when standing beside Tian Yongheng previously.
Not pressure from cultivation, rather it was pressure originating from existence itself, as though the other party fundamentally stood upon a completely different level from ordinary beings.
Thinking of this, Yao Qiuyue unconsciously lowered her gaze slightly.
Then, after a long while, she softly murmured, almost absentmindedly,
"... Perhaps from the very beginning, he was destined to walk farther than all of us."
The little fox atop her head instantly became quiet.
For once, it did not refute her words.
...
Meanwhile, Central Continent.
Atop an ancient mountain range, a black robed figure sat quietly, a gourd of wine resting on his leg as his ancient eyes remained fixated on the distant skies beyond the Mortal World.
The gigantic hole torn open within the heavens earlier had not fully recovered completely, the terrifying Sword Intent lingering there still causing the surrounding worldly laws, natural elements, and heavenly rules to fluctuate chaotically.
Demon Lord Nine Calamities silently observed the scene for a very long time.
Then, a faint smile gradually spread across his face.
"This generation... has truly produced one monster after another."
Each one of those anomalies was enough to shake eras, yet now, several had appeared within the same generation simultaneously.
Tian Yongheng, Wang Daoyun, the reincarnated ancient existences hidden throughout the Mortal World, the ones chosen by heaven and earth, and even those supreme variables descending from beyond the limits of even Golden Immortals...
Normally, such beings only appeared once during an entire Heavenly Karmic Cycle.
But now, they had all gathered together within this single Mythical Era.
At this moment, Demon Lord Nine Calamities slowly raised his gaze higher.
Beyond the Mortal World, beyond the dimensional barrier, towards that place revered throughout the World of Immortal Cultivation.
Several detached, ethereal figures faintly flashed through his mind.
Those aloof Immortals and Gods standing above all living beings.
The ancient existences manipulating the tides of fate from behind the scenes.
At that moment, a cold glint gradually surfaced within Demon Lord Nine Calamities’ eyes.
A terrifying demonic aura faintly leaked outward uncontrollably, causing the surrounding void to shatter apart inch by inch.
Then, he suddenly let out a cold snort.
"If pushed too far, even cattle and sheep know how to resist."
His voice gradually became colder.
"Much less mortals, and even more so... Immortal Cultivators."
From the moment cultivators stepped upon the Immortal Dao, they had already begun defying the heavens.
Fighting against fate, fighting against lifespan, fighting against heaven and earth themselves for a chance at immortality.
Even if their enemies were the very Immortals and Gods they once worshipped...
So what?
At this moment, Demon Lord Nine Calamities slowly narrowed his eyes.
The image of that heaven piercing sword earlier still lingered within his mind.
Then, a low chuckle escaped from his mouth.
"Eternal Lord, you truly are the greatest variable in the history of the Mortal World."
