Chapter 1906: Chapter 1902: The Answer
Ye Fan could not completely destroy this power, but he would not release it either. No matter what the heavenly tribulation was, he had previously seen ancient prophecy jade stones, which had reenacted things from the ancient prophecies.
It was like a series of white lights, capable of destroying any living being, even ancient cultivators and immortals were no exception. At that time, Ye Fan was just an inconspicuous ordinary person, lacking the ability to fight against the heavenly tribulation. But now it was different; his power had reached the point where he could confront heaven and earth, making the heavenly tribulation something he could handle.
He was not the chosen one, as everyone told him, even Pan Gu and Fu Xi thought so. However, everyone said he was profoundly connected to the chosen one.
As for who the chosen one was, Ye Fan himself was not clear. In his judgment, this person should be around him or would come to him in the future.
Thinking of this, he seemed to realize something. He thought to himself: "I finally understand why the women around me suddenly disappeared, especially those outstanding ones, or those with extraordinary talents. Could it be that someone is searching for the whereabouts of the chosen one by my side and using these women around me to make some kind of manipulation?"
After thinking about this, a terrifying idea emerged in his mind. He felt as if he was being used, someone wanted to use his power to change something. The root of all this was the ancient prophecy that seemed to have no logic or signs.
Ye Fan himself knew very little about the heavenly tribulation, so he hadn’t thought about how to face it before. But now it seemed that only one person could save everything, yet how to save it, he still had no idea.
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Ye Fan returned to the Pan Gu secret realm, wanting to seek Pan Gu.
This time, he wasn’t going to fight Pan Gu and Fu Xi; he wanted to understand some things. At this moment, he also knew that he was not yet qualified to truly challenge Pan Gu and Fu Xi. But his cultivation had begun to approach these two seemingly unchallenged ancient powers from ancient times. These two were also well-known creator gods, but it seemed there were even more ancient creator gods who created them.
The so-called heavenly tribulation was likely a destruction orchestrated by those who created ancient cultivators and living beings to maintain their absolute dominance.
What Nuwa did before might have been following such logic. Ye Fan pondered many things, yet there were still many aspects he hadn’t figured out, the most important of which was how to explain that ancient heavenly tribulation.
Unfortunately, he found no trace of Pan Gu or Fu Xi in the Pan Gu secret realm, nor could he find any trace of Nuwa. It seemed they all disappeared together.
"Ye Fan, you shouldn’t have come." Xi He appeared behind Ye Fan. She knew the murderous intent on Ye Fan, even knowing he might kill her at any moment, yet she dared to stand before him, clearly showing she had a purpose.
Ye Fan didn’t turn to look at Xi He, instead, he asked in a cold tone: "Aren’t you afraid I’ll kill you?"
"Afraid, but also not, because my life and death are no longer meaningful to you," Xi He said. "The questions you have, perhaps I can help you answer."
Ye Fan said: "You have never told me how the ancient heavenly tribulation manifested, nor how the so-called ancient prophecy jade stones were formed in the Pan Gu secret realm. You’ve lived in the Pan Gu secret realm for hundreds of thousands of years under the guise of a shadowless entity, witnessing vicissitudes and changes. Though, in the outside world, it’s only been tens of thousands of years, but the changes in the world should have all fallen in your eyes..."
Xi He sighed and said: "Ye Fan, as you have seen, the things foretold by the ancient prophecy stones occurred once in ancient times. There are many theories about the origin of this stone. Some say it was handed down from ancient times, even Pan Gu and Fu Xi don’t know, or perhaps they can’t change it... Others say it was left by Pan Gu when creating the Pan Gu secret realm. There is also a theory that the ancient prophecy stone was born for specific people, and perished for specific people... Initially, when you and Li Zhaojun entered the Pan Gu secret realm, the prophecy stone appeared, and afterward, it lost its original efficacy. To this day, no one has come to explain it all..."
Ye Fan shook his head and said: "You still haven’t answered my first question, what exactly is the ancient heavenly tribulation?"
"It is destruction, it is slaughter, and it is the reshaping of order!" Xi He said. "Perhaps in the eyes of living beings born in your late ancient era, the heavenly tribulation is nothing but destruction. But in the eyes of ancient cultivators, it was a disaster against us. In that ancient heavenly tribulation, Pan Gu prophesied that with our own strength, we could no longer resist the next heavenly tribulation. Only one possibility exists... which is to solve all this with the living beings we created. In other words, only by the life forms created by the living beings spanning two generations of creators could the heavenly tribulation be countered, having a chance... Why Pan Gu had this kind of idea, perhaps it was born of his great wisdom. Subsequently, he created the Pan Gu secret realm, the ultimate result being the vicissitudes and changes of the entire world. This is the part causing us ancient cultivators to sigh."
Ye Fan said: "You experienced the first heavenly tribulation, so why don’t you describe it?"
"I cannot describe it." Xi He said. "There might be many forms for the heavenly tribulation’s appearance. Even though I’ve experienced it once, I cannot explain the way it might manifest next time, nor even predict the timing thereof. Foretelling things is fundamentally beyond my control. Perhaps someone had already been able to predict all this... You merely haven’t noticed."
Ye Fan suddenly seemed to realize something, because he had indeed brought back a person who could predict everything from the Zuo Yu star system, but this person, for the sake of beauty and power, was eventually imprisoned by Ye Fan.
"Since ancient times, countless predictions concerning the heavenly tribulation have emerged. I have also tried to interpret them, but Ye Fan, remember, no one can predict all this, not even the ancient prophecy stone, which is just a legend. Pan Gu couldn’t predict it all either." Xi He said. "Now all clues indicate that only someone near you will become the key to saving the heavenly tribulation, yet no one knows who this person is. Perhaps it is a woman you love, perhaps even me... It could be anyone related to you."
