Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Perhaps it was the deafening collision of three chaotic forces, or the terrifying impact of a nuclear explosion of corpses.

Li Yelai's consciousness continued to sink in that instant.

He could vaguely hear voices from outside. He knew his colleagues were protecting him and getting him out of danger.

But he was unable to open his eyes or respond in any way.

As his consciousness gradually sank, he heard countless hateful self-talks.

Entangled in endless whispers, his consciousness seemed to be dragged into an endless abyss.

Every whispered word tried to erode and cut through his reason and will.

Those voices, with an irresistible magic, echoed in his mind again and again.

“Give up,” they whispered. “You cannot resist this power. Surrender to the chaos and become one of us.”

"What is He Lan anyway? You are the great being who stands above all living beings!"

"My lord, I will grant you boundless power and joy, and you will acquire extraordinary skills, reaching the pinnacle of mastery!"

What exactly are you insisting on?

"Call upon my Lord, respond to my Lord!"

"You are about to die, respond to my lord! Quickly! Are you waiting to die?"

The power of the Heartless Fruit continued to corrupt his mind, seemingly attempting to complete Li Ye's ascension to demonhood while he remained unconscious, transforming him into a true chosen one of bliss.

Bliss represents all pleasure, and not all believers pursue carnal desires.

Among those chosen by the gods in blissful bliss are many artists and philosophers.

Some people are so passionate about food that they can't stop even with a knife to their throat.

Some are passionate about playing music, and their magnificent compositions even attract the attention of the gods.

Some are addicted to the desire to kill.

Unlike the Blood River followers who pursue glory, this is to satisfy their own desires and derive pleasure from killing.

They will become artists on the battlefield, gaining endless inspiration.

At this moment, if Li Yelai stops resisting the erosion, abandons rationality, and accepts everything...

Bliss will then give him power, and he will become even more perfect.
The Bliss faction will provide him with all the resources to satisfy all his desires and ambitions.

Li Yelai once thought he would have to make another deal with Mr. Ying.

But soon, a blood-red cloak appeared in their field of vision.

Those eerie, seductive voices gradually faded away.

What appeared next was a young man wearing a champion's cape.

This jolted Li Yelai's fading consciousness, bringing a sliver of clarity. The man was none other than himself.

No, that was him, but not entirely him. No, it was myself in this time and space.

The man was dressed in armor, wearing a red cloak, holding a long spear, and carrying a long-handled broadsword on his back.

His face was exactly the same as Li Yelai's, but he appeared more mature and composed.

His eyes were calm and resolute, capable of reflecting the sun and moon, as if they could see through all illusions.

On his neck was a hideous scar, as if his trachea and artery had been severed together.

That was the ninth champion of the Yunling Civilization timeline, the King of Candlelight!

He is a true human champion!
As the champion arrived on the battlefield, the civilians cheered for his arrival, the soldiers' weary eyes shone with hope, and the psionicists eagerly awaited the moment of counterattack!
Humanity's champion has arrived on the battlefield, so there is still hope!
His very existence is an inspiration, a symbol!
He was so calm and reliable, holding a gun in one hand and a knife in the other. His cape billowed behind him, striking fear into the hearts of humanity's enemies!
He and Li Yelai embarked on completely different destinies.

In a world without Mr. Shadow's intervention, when facing the Skinner, he awakened as a psionicist and slayed the Skinner with blood.

However, that battle also left him with indelible scars.

Although the man who was skinned and had his throat slit received timely treatment from the authorities, saving his life, his voice became increasingly hoarse as a result.

This change made him less talkative and gradually he became taciturn.

However, there was a passionate girl beside him.

As a senior member of the team, she seemed to have become his mouthpiece, chattering incessantly. Occasionally, she would say something that made him blush and his heart race.

She didn't care about his silence, nor did she mind his hoarse voice.

She simply infected him with her enthusiasm and energy.

As time went on, their relationship grew stronger and stronger. She began to become an indispensable part of his life.

'You filthy scoundrel, how dare you steal a kiss from my lips with your neck?'

'You saved me, so I have no choice but to repay you with my body. If you don't recite pi backwards, I'll consider it a yes.'

Don't worry, I'll take good care of Xiaoyan.

However, all the warmth was destroyed in a conspiracy.

He was the human champion, but he couldn't save his family and friends.

In that conspiracy, he and his warriors were trapped in a secret realm.

After he successfully broke through the encirclement, he lost everything: his home, his family, his lover—he had lost everything. He hadn't held onto anything.
When he returned to his hometown, all he saw were dilapidated ruins and two charred corpses whose faces were no longer recognizable.

This is also Li Yelai's nightmare; his efforts to change his fate are all in order to rewrite all of this.

And at this moment, the mark left on the champion's cape was activated.

As if traversing countless years, he met Li Yelai's gaze.

Li Yelai saw grief and regret in his eyes.
“You shouldn’t be here. You can’t become me,” he said in an extremely hoarse voice, like a broken cassette tape, yet carrying immense pressure.

His eyes transformed into the sun and moon at this moment, and a monstrous battle intent roared forth, his cloak fluttering behind him like a distant war song!
He held a gun in one hand and a knife in the other, his presence as radiant as the sun and moon. He charged towards the three intertwined chaotic forces!
In that instant, the chaotic power that had been bewitching and dragging Li Yelai was suppressed.

In that instant, the body of the King of Candlelight began to crumble.

In that instant, Li Yelai's consciousness became increasingly clear.

He heard sounds from the outside world. At the same time, Li Yelai felt a surge of life force enter his body, repairing his broken physique, making his heart stronger, reshaping his fractured bones, and reconstructing his torn flesh. In an instant, he was fully recovered.

This filled Li Yelai with fear. In this state, he could not use the Eternal God's Chosen Face, and naturally, he could not recover from his injuries.

And at this moment... is this a holy healing potion?

Wait, Cheese. What are you doing? You gave me the Holy Healing Potion, what are you going to do about it?
At the same time, Li Yelai heard the sounds from the outside world.

'You're so stupid.' 'Then I'd rather parasitize you.'

'If you don't say anything, I'll take that as an admission.'

'If only you hadn't come to Wanlong Lake, I wouldn't have had this sliver of hope, and you wouldn't have encountered this danger.'

'It hurts so much, it really hurts!'

'Let's not commit suicide together.'

Don't look at me. I'm ugly.

'Listen to me one last time, and hug me.'

The girl's voice was barely audible, as if she were saying goodbye.
Li Yelai struggled to open his eyes.

What I saw was the girl's deathly pale face. Her delicate features were devoid of color, and her once alluring peach blossom eyes were now dull and lifeless. Her slender, fair left arm had been cruelly torn off, and her right arm was scraped raw and bloody from pebbles. Her soaked hoodie was stained with blood, and she emitted a foul odor.
In that instant, Li Yelai's mind went blank, filled with endless fear and anger.

At the same time, a cruel voice rang out.

"Cut off her head."

A sharp steel axe approached and was raised, carrying the malice of destroying beautiful things, before crashing down.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and thick blood splattered, staining Li Yelai's cheeks.
Everyone who entered the cave was shocked to see the officer who had suddenly lost half his head.

He had clearly raised his steel axe to cut down the city lord's collection, but in the instant it fell, he lost his upper jaw.

The steel axe in his hand was knocked away by a tremendous force, hitting his own head instead, shattering his skull. Only his jaw remained, twitching slightly.

An officer tried to speak, tried to retreat, but saw a flash of golden light and heard a dragon's roar in his mind. Before he could react, he collapsed to the ground, losing all consciousness and turning into some kind of living carbohydrate.

A golden battle blade appeared, sweeping away several approaching people with a single strike.

Mimicry: The Divine Dragon Soul!
The Azure Dragon City Lord was filled with terror. He too had been swept across by the golden greatsword, feeling as if his brain was about to be torn apart. However, as a Sixth Awakening expert, he possessed a certain degree of mental resistance. Moreover, being at the back of the group, the damage he absorbed was not high.

He watched the figure rise from the rubble, and a sense of dread crept into his heart.

This person, who should be a god of paradise and his direct superior, is clearly breaking with the authorities.

But at this moment, this lord unleashed a violent killing intent, making him seem as if he were facing a chaotic demon.
Could it be that this official woman is a friend of the adult?
Even after becoming the Chosen One of Chaos, he still cherished her greatly? Even in death, he wouldn't allow her to be desecrated?

The Azure Dragon City Lord felt a terrifying mountain pressing down on him. He spoke with difficulty, "My lord... it wasn't us who attacked that dragon."

He desperately wanted to explain that none of this had anything to do with them. They weren't the ones who killed the girl.
However, Li Yelai did not look at the Azure Dragon City Lord. Instead, he quickly took out the Holy Healing Potion from his storage space and injected it into the cheese.

The golden potion flowed into the girl's body, and a mysterious power bloomed within her broken form.

It repaired the girl's mutilated body at an extremely fast speed.

But Li Yelai still couldn't hear the girl's heartbeat.
'Do you regret it? The champion was so beautiful and captivating, yet you remained unmoved.'

'Now that she's all worn out, you'll regret it.'

A strange sound echoed in his mind.

This made Li Yelai's arm tremble slightly. He picked up a candy, dipped it in water, and fed it to the girl.

He pressed on the girl's chest, listening to the possible heartbeat, his despair and tyranny growing ever stronger.

"My lord," the Azure Dragon City Lord took a step back, "it's true, we didn't kill her."

The terrifying sense of fear made the Azure Dragon City Lord disregard everything else.

Ignoring the fact that this person was most likely a god of bliss, he decisively turned and ran.

But the terrifying pressure slammed him into the ground, crushing his bones and flesh.

The power of chaos seemed to solidify at this moment. Under extreme emotions, Li Yelai, who was already chosen by the Chaos God, was stepping into an even deeper abyss.

Kill them all, leave no one alive!
At that moment, all the pursuing teams and the dragons entrenched near the cave felt a sense of fear.

Li Yelai was marked by the one-eyed dragon. This vengeful nature of the race meant that all the dragons within range would be aware of the mark.

Therefore, many native dragons from Qinghu Lake were attracted and gathered here, intending to kill and devour the marked one.

In order to take that person away before the dragon could, the city-state's pursuit teams also arrived one after another.

They engaged in a fierce battle of attack and defense near the cave.

But at that moment, that ferocious killing intent brought the war to an end.

Both sides on the battlefield looked in horror toward the cave.

Almost simultaneously, a terrifying roar came from the cave, and a fifty-meter-tall golden Dharma image tore open the cave wall.

Countless lake waters surged into the cave, only to be seen as the demonic figure, embracing a sleeping girl, emerged from the cave against the current.

Countless drops of blood writhed on the battlefield and converged behind the Dharma Image, transforming into a gigantic crimson star.

In that instant, an unparalleled, terrifying pressure descended!
All living beings within hundreds of meters, whether aquatic dragons, city-state psionicists, or even city-state ships on the water, were instantly shot down.

They were slammed heavily to the bottom of the lake, and under the combined pressure of the water and the weight of the lake, they turned into minced meat without even uttering a scream.

Countless streams of blood surged, filling the crimson star to become even larger!

"My lord... it wasn't us, it wasn't us who killed her... it was... the dragon, I swear by my lord!" The Azure Dragon City Lord's spiritual projection spoke with difficulty in the virtual realm; in the physical world, he was no longer able to speak.

Then, he was crushed by Li Yelai in the Dharma Image.

The skull shattered like broken ceramic.

The golden Dharma image, carrying crimson stars on its back, began to move.

Wherever it went, blood and flesh flew everywhere.

Even the powerful dragon was reduced to blood and gore under the immense pressure.

However, the dragons' counterattacks were simply unable to break through the immense pressure.

Li Yelai's Mythical Mimicry: Kunpeng.

This transformed Li Yelai into the nemesis of the dragon race. His special attack and defense buffs against dragons made him virtually invincible on this battlefield.

Wherever they went, mountains of corpses and seas of blood followed!
The surface of Qinghu Lake is gradually turning red.

Li Yelai did not want to let any living creature on the battlefield escape.

All living things in Wanlong Lake must pay the price!
The entire illusory realm trembled at this moment, as if preparing to welcome the chosen one's ascension to demonhood!

Yes, ascension to demonhood. If he were to sacrifice the blood of all living beings in Wanlong Lake, he would receive an even greater blessing and ascend to the rank of Chaos Prince!

Until he heard a faint heartbeat beside his ear. (End of Chapter)