From the end of the world

Chapter 759 Willow Tree Shadow Invasion

Tai Sui and I turned our heads at the same time to look into the depths of the gray mist. The footsteps approached us step by step, and then the source was revealed from the mist.

He was a young man dressed in ordinary clothes, like any ordinary person you would see anywhere.

Although he was in the virtual realm, he did not appear as a black silhouette like the previous virtual realm apostles. Instead, he appeared here in the form of a normal human, just like me. This alone was enough to prove that he, like me, had entered the third gate and was a powerful being who could maintain his true nature regardless of the worldview.

The visitor was none other than the long-lost Luoshan Great Impermanence, the prophet and foresighter, Liu Shuying.

Or rather, the one who holds the seal is Liu Shuying.

He gazed at Tai Sui, then made a respectful gesture and said, "It has been a long time since I last greeted you, Master. My thoughts were indeed correct; the 'Lord of the Divine Seal' that Xuanming has been promoting in the past is indeed you."

Upon seeing his former student suddenly appear before him, Tai Sui asked with alarm, "Why are you here?"

"Why... that's strange." Liu Shuying smiled slightly. "Are you trying to sneak away from me to hold a meeting? That won't do, teacher. In today's world, characters above the level of Great Impermanence can generate mysterious sensations just by having their names called."

"Especially in this void where there's nothing, it would be strange not to notice if someone suddenly called you out. Is it difficult for older people to understand this kind of popular 'setting'?"

Tai Sui frowned and said, "This kind of thing is impossible. Putting aside why you are wandering in the void... it's not surprising that you can still have this ability to sense things remotely even in the void where there is nothing, but this void is based on my worldview. No matter what kind of supernatural ability it is, it cannot have anything to do with this place. You shouldn't have heard the conversation here... wait..."

He seemed to realize something and turned to look at me. It was that look that slightly reminded me, and I finally understood how Liu Shuying had heard the "roll call" here. Because I, the Great Impermanence, the third gate capable of distorting the external worldview, was here, the setting of the virtual realm was also distorted, and its information sealing was naturally shaken.

As long as I fully utilize the power of manifestation that integrates into everything, it will naturally not conflict with the illusory realm. However, I have been preparing from the beginning to use my magic in this realm that denies magic power, so it is inevitable that it will have an impact on the surrounding environment.

"Long time no see, Willow Shadow." I looked at the other person. "Since you heard our conversation, then please answer one question for me."

Liu Shuying smiled. "That's really sudden. Well, go ahead and ask. I'll consider whether or not to answer."

"Will you be my partner or my enemy?" I asked.

Last time, we joined forces to assassinate Meng Zhang, the lord of Peach Blossom Village. Although Liu Shuying must have concealed most of her power, we at least had a cooperative relationship. But now, as many things come to light, Liu Shuying's hostile stance is also beginning to be revealed.

If Liu Shuying truly shares a remarkably similar personality with my past self, then we are destined to be mortal enemies.

Liu Shuying thought for a moment, then raised her hand and pointed to her teacher.

“My teacher wants the ‘previous world’.” His index finger slowly moved towards me. “You want the ‘this world’…”

Finally, he pointed at himself, "And what I want is 'the next world'."

“I think the positions of the three of us should be very clear by now,” he continued. “In my opinion, the previous world, although it was the birthplace of my homeland, was undoubtedly an extremely boring world. And this world, although very interesting, is a failure full of loopholes.”

"I admit that all of this is due to my lack of foresight when I was reshaping the world. I was only thinking about showing my ideal world, without considering that the worldview I dreamed of could not even be made up for itself..."

"No, perhaps I was somewhat aware of it myself, that my fantasies were ultimately flawed delusions. I just thought that the Divine Seal would definitely make sense of it for me, or at least that it might not be possible to realize it at all. Who could have imagined that the Divine Seal would be so powerful that it could even turn a fantasy that couldn't make sense of itself into reality?"

"But my adventures will never end here. After the apocalypse destroys everything, I will use the Divine Seal again to reshape the world into an even more interesting form."

"Zhuang Cheng, you may have once been someone who understood me, but now you've taken a different path from mine. Perhaps you are a form I will become in the future. However, I won't try to recruit you as a partner like a teacher would. Because I will respect your determination and will."

"Therefore, we are enemies. As a sign of respect, I will utterly crush you."

Upon hearing this, Tai Sui's eyes sharpened, and he rebuked, "Do you think I'll just stand by and watch you run rampant again? If this were outside, it would be one thing, but this is my territory!"
"Zhuang Cheng, perhaps we can only be irreconcilable enemies, but let's join forces now and subdue this guy Liu Shuying first."

I didn't respond to him immediately, but instead carefully observed the shadows of the willow trees.

"Zhuang Cheng, what are you hesitating about?" Tai Sui's voice became suspicious. After observing, I came to a conclusion: "Liu Shuying, you're not in your true form right now, are you?"

I am a manifestation of the Dao, capable of transforming my magical power into anything, thus possessing a sensitivity to "things transformed with magical power" far exceeding that of other experts of my level. My current judgment isn't based on actually spotting a flaw with my eyes. The transformation technique of the willow tree shadow is undeniably realistic; even the Lord of the Divine Seal seemed unable to detect anything amiss in his own domain. It was my intuition that provided the answer.

The other side's declaration of war does not seem to be aimed at the present, but rather at the future.

Liu Shuying nodded in agreement, “That’s right. My main body is currently battling the Old Fist God. Although I heard the voice calling my name in the void, I don’t want to let go of what’s going on there, so I only sent this avatar. I hope you don’t mind.”

"Is it really an incarnation?" Tai Sui was skeptical.

"Is the Old Fist God also in the void?" I noticed this.

Liu Shuying shook her head and said, "No, Old Fist God is in the real world, and he is preventing me from returning from nothingness."

"What happened?" I asked curiously. "Why did you appear in the void? Is this related to the Old Fist God?"

Liu Shuying retorted, "Do you think I would be like a classic villain in a battle manga, simply revealing my information to the enemy?"

“I’ve already created opportunities for you to explain, and there’s no one stopping you, so why don’t you do it?” I said.

Liu Shuying paused for a moment, then smiled knowingly.

“If only we could be friends,” he said. “I entered the void after I collaborated with you to assassinate the Lord of Peach Blossom Village; to be precise, I was cast into the void.”

"Just as you can imagine, yes, I concealed my true level of power."

"It all started with the Divine Seal. You seem to refer to the two halves of the Divine Seal as the 'Present World Divine Seal' and the 'Doomsday Divine Seal'? I'll use that name as well."

"After fulfilling my wish to change the world, I changed my background and other settings, so I was no longer a member of the Arctic expedition team. It was impossible for me to stay in the Arctic. Instead, I was transferred to a city in China and became a college student again."

"However, the Divine Seal of the present world did not move with me. According to online research, the Arctic expedition team I participated in does not exist in the New World, so the Divine Seal should remain in that ancient civilization ruin. The miscalculation was that although I possess immense potential in the New World, I must go through adventure and training to realize it. This was a limitation I deliberately set for myself, but unexpectedly it became an obstacle to retrieving the Divine Seal."

"As an ordinary college student, I have no channels, no funds, and no connections. It would be too reckless for me to go on a deep exploration of the polar regions without equipment and all by myself."

"At the time, I didn't know that my teacher also retained memories of the old world. I thought that since the Divine Seal was in the North Pole and wouldn't move, and hadn't been found for the past 66 million years, how could it be intercepted by someone else? So I focused my attention on the extraordinary power that I was most interested in, spent some time mastering a little bit of power, and then went to the North Pole to try to retrieve the Divine Seal..."

"You can't do it," Tai Sui said in a deep voice. "With the accelerated melting of the Arctic glaciers, the place where we first discovered the divine seal has been shattered. The divine seal of the present world has also fallen into the Arctic Ocean and disappeared."

“If I had gone earlier, things might have been different,” Liu Shuying sighed. “But who could have imagined that what caused me to suffer at this step was neither the teacher nor anyone else, but the greenhouse effect that suddenly became stronger in the new world for some unknown reason.”
"Later, I often went to the Arctic Circle to search for the whereabouts of the Divine Seal in the present world. But I never expected that more than four years later, the thing that I had been unable to find in the Arctic Circle was actually sensed by chance when I returned to the Luoshan headquarters."

I remembered what Liu Shuying had said during the time when they conspired to assassinate the Lord of Taoyuan.

The reason he stopped searching for "something" in the Arctic Circle was because things had made a breakthrough, only to be followed by some "insurmountable difficulty".

That's why he wanted to focus his attention on the issue of the two polarities of the mountain.

Coincidentally, at the same time, after Shenzhao's funeral ceremony, the old Fist God, who was never seen before, also appeared in the vicinity of Luoshan headquarters.

These two events are not isolated incidents.

"You discovered the Divine Seal of the Present World at the Old Fist God's place... is that right?" I asked.

After Liu Shuying nodded, she said, "If the Divine Seal of the Present World had fallen into the hands of someone else, I would have been able to seize it. But things have unfolded in the worst possible way, with the Divine Seal of the Present World ending up with the most troublesome person... However, this may not be a coincidence, but rather an inevitability."

(End of this chapter)