When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

How did you awaken your spiritual intelligence?

"Now that you've gained sentience, why do you still want to devour life force?"

As a cosmic cloud, you must know that both the macrocosm and the microcosm are enveloped by endless cosmic clouds.

So, what is the origin of these cosmic clouds?

Zhu Chongjiu asked Zhou Yun the three questions that puzzled him the most.

At the same time, he could feel that this sentient cloud was constantly pressing down on the great sword in his hand.

After he finished asking his question, Zhou Yun replied without hesitation.

"I was originally a cosmic cloud in this universe."

Ten years ago, a glimmer of light suddenly flew into my body from outside the universe.

After that, I gained spiritual intelligence.

Of course, all of these memories appeared automatically in my mind after I gained sentience.

As for why I absorb the power of life?

Originally, after I gained sentience, I went to play in the endless sea of ​​clouds beyond the universe.

But as time went by, I began to feel lonely.

I wondered to myself, why am I the only one among the cosmic clouds who has become a spirit?

How can we enable more cosmic clouds to become spirits?

At that moment, a voice rang in my heart.

It told me that if the rest of the cosmic clouds were to gain sentience, they would need life force, and an endless life force at that.

That's why I...!

As for your third question, I don't know either.

I have absolutely no memory of that.

After Zhou Yun finished speaking, Zhu Chongjiu began to ponder.

"It seems that the awakening of this cosmic cloud's intelligence was done intentionally."

Otherwise, why would there be no spiritual light passing through the endless sea of ​​cosmic clouds, which has not yet developed sentience, but rather an inconspicuous cosmic cloud in the ancient cosmos that has gained this opportunity?

Furthermore, its memories seem to have been intentionally implanted into it.

Regardless of the species, once it develops intelligence and possesses knowledge, it either understands or it doesn't.

There will never be any ambiguity.

There is only one possibility for this situation: someone taught you how to buy it, but only taught you a part of the process.

For a spirit that has only been awakened to intelligence for about ten years and has no lineage to speak of, it is basically no different from a newborn child with intelligence, only knowing the most basic rules of survival.

That means eating, drinking, defecating, sleeping; it's impossible to know a little about everything, but you don't know much either.

Just like how it later devoured those creatures that had died but were reshaped by Zhu Chongjiu.

To enable a cosmic cloud that has never been enlightened since ancient times to be enlightened is something that even the Azure Dragon guarding the gate probably couldn't do.

Could they be those ancient gods?

Only they could possess such power.

But what is their purpose in doing this?

Thinking of this, Zhu Chongjiu suddenly noticed a glimmer of spiritual light within the cosmic cloud in front of him and asked, "..."

"The thing you said awakened your intelligence, is that spark of spiritual light within you?"

"You can see?" Zhou Yun asked in surprise.

However, Zhou Yun then pleaded, "I've said everything I need to say, can you please let me go?"

I promise you, I will never again devour the life force within this universe, not even a little bit.

"So... you'll also go and devour the life force of other worlds?"

As soon as Zhu Chongjiu spoke, his greatsword followed suit and thrust out.

A glimmer of golden light reached the point of spiritual light within Zhou Yun's body.

However, the wisp of spiritual light within Zhou Yun's body seemed to be alive.

Upon seeing the sword energy of the great sword approaching, it suddenly broke free from Zhou Yun's body.

At the same time, it broke through Zhu Chongjiu's Myriad Laws World and rushed rapidly towards the outside of the universe.

Zhu Chongjiu ignored the wisp of spiritual light that had transformed back into its original form after leaving his body, and instead shouted, "Trying to run away?"

cut! "

Zhu Chongjiu's thrust with his greatsword wasn't very forceful, perhaps because he was afraid of seizing that last bit of spiritual energy. He simply wanted to expel it from Zhou Yun's body.

However, seeing that she wanted to run away, Zhu Chongjiu stopped holding back.

A hundred-foot-long sword beam instantly caught up with that point of spiritual light.

"boom……!"

After a loud bang, a beam of white light, bright enough to illuminate the entire universe, spread out.

Immediately following was a faint burst of spiritual energy, which slowly spread throughout this universe, which was already in the end times of Dharma.

And it is everlasting! (This paragraph fills in the gaps in Chapter 287 of this book!)

After the sword strike, Zhu Chongjiu suddenly awoke, a cold sweat running down his head.

Before he could even call out to the little ones, Zhu Chongjiu vanished from the spot.

When he reappeared, his other self was working overtime at the construction site, muttering to himself.

"Hurry up and finish this work, then you won't need to come in tomorrow."

Realizing that his timeline was off, Zhu Chongjiu blurted out, "Damn, I'm too early!" (This sentence serves to fill a plot hole in Chapter 3 of the book!)

At this moment, after saying this, Zhu Chongjiu's forehead was covered in even more cold sweat, which had not yet dried.

He remembered it all.

The final test set for him by "Rat" back in the ancient god ruins continent was "Three Thousand and One Dreams"!

At this moment, everything resonated within his memory.

Since he and his few little ones emerged from the Proterozoic Era, they have passed through countless worlds, both large and small.

"The beggar's little bell, the sword and whisk left behind by the clear spirit of the world, and so on, his little bits of spiritual light transformed into all things to help him comprehend the Great Dao."

It was only at this moment that Zhu Chongjiu suddenly realized everything.

Everything matches up.

"Rat," who are you?

Does that mean everything I have is under your control?

This includes the beginning of the great cultivation era in my hometown.

Why……?"

Just as Zhu Chongjiu was racking his brains and on the verge of collapse, a series of voices suddenly appeared in his ears.

"Ninth Brother, why did you come back without saying a word?"

"You made me think you'd perished along with that broken cloud!"

"Xiao Jin, don't talk nonsense."

We are all inextricably linked to Ninth Brother. If something were to happen to him, how could you not know?

"Xiao Mu, I was just trying to lighten the mood, do you have to keep undermining me?"

As they were talking, the two brothers started playfully fighting again.

"Ninth Brother, only one in a billion of the spirit was lost in our battle with that cosmic cloud."

Now all the spirits have returned to their original forms, and the sentient beings are now the same as before.

This truly shows that everything has its own theorems!

Looking at the people in Zhu Chongjiu's hometown who had returned to normal, Xiao Rou said to Zhu Chongjiu with emotion.

Hearing Xiao Rou's words, Zhu Chongjiu really wanted to say to everyone, "We are all pawns, and all of this is the result of being manipulated by others."

But he still held back.

After all, what difference would it make even if the little ones found out?

It just adds to your troubles.

He believed that one day, everything would come to light.

“Ninth Brother, this timeline seems wrong, what should we do…?” Xiao Tu stepped forward and said to Zhu Chongjiu.

"Then let's take another trip through the river of time and see if I actually woke up after that sleep?"

As time passed, things unfolded exactly as Zhu Chongjiu had predicted.

The other version of myself is still alive and well.

"Ninth Brother, what should we do now? Should we...?" Xiao Rou asked from the river of time.

Although Xiao Rou didn't finish her sentence, Zhu Chongjiu understood what she meant.

"No need, I just found out. I have more important things to do."

"I'm content just to see my family again, especially since they're all doing so well now."

"Then, Ninth Brother, what should we do about the gifts we prepared for my sister-in-law and niece?" Xiao Jin, one of the two who had reconciled once again, asked.

"In this era of starting anew and cultivating oneself, the principle that 'a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime' still applies."

Therefore, giving them too many valuable treasures at this time would actually harm them.

"Ninth Brother is right, but in this era, it's still necessary to have protective treasures."

Ninth Brother, I have two jade pendants here. I snatched them from a Venerable-level array master when we attacked the Immortal Clan.

These two jade pendants are engraved with a defensive formation capable of withstanding a full sixty years without breaking.

At that time, it was only because of my speed and the surprise attack that the Venerable-level expert didn't have time to use the two jade pendants.

Give it to my sister-in-law and niece!

"For the current situation, it's sufficient," Xiao Lei said.

After taking the two jade pendants and glancing at them, Zhu Chongjiu agreed and said, "I will set up an automatic defense formation on top of them."

Otherwise, the mother and daughter wouldn't use this thing.

Just as Zhu Chongjiu finished setting up the formation, Xiao Jin snatched it away from him.

"I'll go, I'll go. I can't retrieve people from the river of time, but sending a few things is a piece of cake."

However, just as Xiao Jin hurriedly took the two jade pendants from Zhu Chongjiu's hand, she stared at Zhu Chongjiu in a daze.

"No, Ninth Brother, there are only two of these jade pendants. I gave one to my sister-in-law and one to my eldest niece. What are you going to do with the other one?"

The other me, of course, is self-reliant.

Back in the Proterozoic Era, I was all alone, and that's how I got to where I am today!

I believe that my other self won't be any worse than I am now.

However, at this point, Zhu Chongjiu still took out his great sword.

Just like in Qingling Tianxia, ​​a replica of the great sword with some of its sword spirit appeared before everyone again.

Don't be fooled by the fact that it's a replica; don't forget, this great sword is a Chaos Divine Weapon.

Since we're treating everyone the same, we should do the full set of procedures.

"Small fire..."

Upon hearing Zhu Chongjiu's summons, Xiao Huo immediately understood his intention.

A source of essence was extracted from the little fire itself.

Through the long river of time, Zhu Chongjiu infused the essence of this small fire into the back of another version of himself.

Meanwhile, Zhu Chongjiu also placed his replica of the great sword in another place he frequently visited while working.

Everything was unfolding according to the dream given by the "Rat".

At night, Zhu Chongjiu kissed his wife through the river of time, and then gently stroked his beloved daughter's face for a moment.

After he reluctantly jumped out of the River of Time, Xiong Da said, "Ninth Brother, shall we stay here for a while?"

"No, I felt the call of those beings."

"They want me to do something," Zhu Chongjiu said, looking at the endless void.

Seeing Zhu Chongjiu's sorrowful and reluctant words, Xiao Jin angrily said, "Who on earth is so heartless?"

"For beings like you, where billions of years pass in the blink of an eye, what's wrong with us staying here for tens or hundreds of thousands of years?"

In fact, everyone knows who those beings Zhu Chongjiu was talking about are, and they have also figured out some of the issues.

However, since Zhu Chongjiu didn't say anything, they didn't ask either.

Zhu Chongjiu didn't want to cause them unnecessary trouble, and they also wanted to ease their Ninth Brother's worries.

A beam of mysterious light suddenly appeared before everyone from the deepest part of the universe.

The children saw Zhu Chongjiu walk into the mysterious light, turning back every few steps, and they all followed him inside.

As he was about to part, Zhu Chongjiu looked at his other self and thought to himself,

"I hope that years from now, it will be you coming to me with your family, not me coming back to pick you up."

This is my confidence in myself and my commitment to myself!

With a wave of his hand, the mystical light vanished, and the group of ten disappeared along with it.

I wonder where they went and what they were doing.

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