Chapter 1434: Terrifying Truth

“How could something from the previous era be connected to today? What exactly is that crimson rift?” Yun Che asked, his brows furrowed.

The Ice Phoenix girl said, “In the late stages of the great war between gods and devils, as the devil god race steadily lost ground, they recklessly unleashed the Evil Infant’s Wheel of Myriad Tribulations. This artifact, which had been sealed for a long time, seized control of the Eternal Night Devil Emperor, driven by boundless rage and resentment. Using the Heavenly Poison Pearl as a medium, it released the ‘Poison of Extinction,’ ultimately leading to the demise of both the gods and devils. This left the Primal Chaos world devoid of true gods and true devils.”

“However, a group of devils escaped this world-ending calamity… These were the Heaven Smiting Devil Clan, banished by the Heaven Punishing Divine Emperor to beyond the Primal Chaos!”

Yun Che’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“And because of that, they survived… and have lived until today, poised to return!”

The Ice Phoenix girl’s soft words struck Yun Che like a thousand thunderbolts. He was utterly shocked, then quickly shook his head. “No… that’s impossible! Though my knowledge is limited, I know that beyond the Primal Chaos lies a world of death and destruction. Once banished there, the only outcome is to vanish into nothingness. How could they still be alive today?”

“Could it be… that this rumor is false?”

“No,” the Ice Phoenix girl slowly replied, “Beyond the Primal Chaos is indeed a world of destruction. Even beings as powerful as Creation Gods and Devil Emperors would perish not long after being sent there. So, in the understanding of the gods and devils of that era, the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor and the devil gods banished beyond the Primal Chaos had all long since been annihilated.”

“Then how could they…” Yun Che asked, his face full of bewilderment.

“However, there truly exists a supreme treasure in this world that allows one to survive long-term beyond the Primal Chaos. That is the sixth-ranked of the Seven Profound Sky Treasures — the Grandmist Divine Spear!”

“The Grandmist Divine Spear possesses the world’s most powerful, supreme, and ultimate spatial energy. It can easily open up space and traverse dimensions. It is so potent that it can create space directly from ‘nothingness’ without relying on any medium.”

Yun Che had long heard the name of the Grandmist Divine Spear. However, he only knew its name and had almost never heard any rumors about its whereabouts or other details. He only knew that the most powerful spatial artifact of the current era, the Void Illusion Pearl, contained a very small trace of the Grandmist Divine Spear’s power.

The true Grandmist Divine Spear’s spatial power was far beyond Yun Che’s imagination and comprehension. Especially its ability to create space from ‘nothingness’ — to anyone in the present world, that sounded like a mythical power too illusory to be real.

“Because the Grandmist Divine Spear can create space from ‘nothingness,’ even beyond the Primal Chaos, it should be able to swiftly open an independent space within the void’s crevices! As long as the space doesn’t collapse, one can reside there indefinitely, unafraid of the destructive power of the outer Chaos… But, what no one knew was that the Grandmist Divine Spear was precisely on the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor!”

“No one knew about this until the Heaven Punishing Divine Emperor passed away peacefully, until all gods and devils were annihilated, and until the Era of Gods ended.”

Yun Che’s heart churned. He frowned deeply and murmured, “A Profound Sky Treasure… its whereabouts should have been the gods’ greatest concern. Why would no one know that the Grandmist Divine Spear was with the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor?”

“Because the Grandmist Divine Spear had already chosen its master long ago, and its owner was known to all… Yun Che, can you guess who the Grandmist Divine Spear’s original master was?” the Ice Phoenix girl asked.

Yun Che shook his head, speechless.

“In that era, four of the Seven Profound Sky Treasures were among the Divine Race, belonging to four Creation Gods. The leader of the Creation Gods, Lord Mo E, the Heaven Punishing Divine Emperor, could somewhat wield the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword. The Eternal Heaven Pearl had chosen Lord Xi Ke, the Creation God of Order, as its master. Lord Li Suo, the Creation God of Life, controlled the Primordial Seal of Life and Death. And the Creation God of Elements… who later became the Evil God, the supreme treasure he controlled was precisely the Grandmist Divine Spear!”

“Are you saying that the Evil God… gave the Grandmist Divine Spear… to the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor?” Yun Che murmured in a daze, struggling to accept and digest the horrifying information he had just received…

This information, and the obvious implications, were truly terrifying beyond compare.

“Precisely. However, at that time, he wasn't yet the Evil God, but the Creation God of Elements. After learning that he and the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor had fallen deeply in love and secretly become husband and wife, his act of giving the Grandmist Divine Spear to the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor is no longer so difficult to understand. He clearly loved the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor profoundly, and the Grandmist Divine Spear, with its ultimate spatial divine power, was the strongest life-saving item in the world. So, he secretly gave the Grandmist Divine Spear to the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, perhaps as a token of their love, a wedding memento, or simply to ensure her survival in any danger.”

Yun Che was speechless.

“And this matter was unknown to everyone except the Evil God and the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor themselves. Not even the Creation Gods of the Divine Race or the Devil Emperors of the Devil Race knew, nor would they ever have imagined such a thing could happen… until the very end of the Era of Gods, it remained a secret.”

“Then… then how… how do you know?” Yun Che asked instinctively.

“Because… the rift on the Primal Chaos Wall is emitting the aura of the Grandmist Divine Spear, and it grows stronger and clearer by the day.”

“Even Creation Gods cannot blast open the Primal Chaos Wall. However, there are three things that can break through it. Two are the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword and the Evil Infant’s Wheel of Myriad Tribulations; they can breach the Primal Chaos Wall due to their extremely high-level power. The other thing capable of breaking through the Primal Chaos Wall is the Grandmist Divine Spear! Although it inherently lacks destructive power, the Primal Chaos Wall is essentially an extremely powerful spatial barrier, and the Grandmist Divine Spear’s ultimate spatial energy can absolutely interfere with it!”

“The primordial divine glow of the Grandmist Divine Spear is also crimson!”

Yun Che stood frozen on the spot, as if petrified.

The Ice Phoenix girl’s words were undoubtedly telling him that the rift and crimson light on the Primal Chaos Wall originated from the Grandmist Divine Spear!

The Grandmist Divine Spear was not within the Primal Chaos, but beyond it, which could only mean it was banished along with the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor. And now, the one controlling the Grandmist Divine Spear, attempting to break through the Primal Chaos Wall… could only be the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, who was banished all those years ago!

Before entering the Netherfrost Heavenly Lake, he had prepared himself to hear any terrifying truth. But he never imagined it would be this horrifying…

The Ice Phoenix girl slowly narrated, “Back then, after the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor and a group of devil gods were banished to the outer Chaos, the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor must have immediately used the power of the Grandmist Divine Spear. Although the Grandmist Divine Spear cannot traverse the Primal Chaos Wall, it can open independent spaces in the outer Chaos. Thus, she and her devil gods survived in that outer Chaos space.”

“While in the outer Chaos, the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor and her clan must have desperately sought to return to the Primal Chaos world. After millions of years, they finally touched the Primal Chaos Wall again… perhaps they created a strange connecting channel between their independent space and the Primal Chaos Wall, or successfully attached their independent space to the outer Primal Chaos Wall. Then, using the power of the Grandmist Divine Spear, they began to erode the spatial energy of the Primal Chaos Wall, gradually tearing open an ever-widening rift!”

“And when this rift becomes large enough, when the Primal Chaos Wall is breached again… that will be the time for the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor and her devil gods to return to the Primal Chaos! However, they don’t know that the gods and devils were all annihilated millions of years ago. The current Primal Chaos is a world without gods and devils. While they were banished by the Heaven Punishing Divine Emperor, it was also by a twist of fate that they escaped the calamity of destruction.”

For a long time, Yun Che remained motionless, uttering not a word… he couldn’t speak at all.

All of the Ice Phoenix girl’s words were speculation, but a voice deep in his soul seemed to tell him that all of it was true… and happening now!

The crimson light on the Primal Chaos Wall was the Grandmist Divine Spear’s spatial energy.

And behind the Primal Chaos rift, unbelievably, were devils from the ancient era, who should have been annihilated long ago!

In the current world, what would it mean if a true god or true devil were to appear?

This world has long lost the power of gods and has “degenerated” to a point where it can no longer bear or give birth to god-level power. If such power were to suddenly reappear, then, without a doubt, the entire Primal Chaos would be under its control. No living being, no force, could possibly resist. If it so wished, it could enslave all beings, destroy all life, and none could oppose it.

What’s more terrifying is that there isn’t just one such devil.

What’s even more terrifying… the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor is not an ordinary devil, but a Devil Emperor on the same level as a Creation God!

Even if all other devil gods had long since perished in the outer Chaos, and only the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor remained, if she were to arrive in the current world… forget the Eastern Divine Region, even ten or a hundred of the current God Realms would have absolutely no chance of resisting her!

What are Divine Kings, Divine Sovereigns, Divine Masters… In front of the power of true gods, of Creation God-level beings, they are all but ants!

“Now, do you understand?” the Ice Phoenix girl murmured.

“Hmph…” Yun Che exhaled deeply and muttered, “I really don’t want to understand.”

A Devil Emperor… Just those two words flashing through his mind sent shivers down Yun Che’s entire body. What a terrifying existence that was; not to mention the possibility of resistance, it was truly unimaginable.

Thinking of the root of all this, Yun Che secretly gritted his teeth… He truly wanted to point at Mo E, the leader of the Four Creation Gods, and curse him out: Are you out of your damn mind?! What business was it of yours that the Evil God and Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor fell in love?! They weren’t stealing your wife! All that talk about divine race dignity and washing away shame was utter nonsense! He was just bored and had nothing better to do… and left such an enormous calamity for their descendants!

And that damn Evil God too! Just how charming was the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor that you gave her the Grandmist Divine Spear? Otherwise, she would have long since been annihilated in the outer Chaos… and none of this mess would be happening!

“The fate of those other devil gods is unknown, but the movements of the Grandmist Divine Spear prove that at least the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor is still alive.” The Ice Phoenix girl continued to state the terrifying truth: “A Devil Emperor’s power is absolutely beyond what the current world can resist. She was schemed against by Lord Mo E back then and struggled to survive in the outer Chaos for millions of years. When she returns, she will undoubtedly be filled with boundless hatred for the entire world. Knowing that Lord Mo E is dead and all gods have perished, it is highly probable that she will unleash millions of years of resentment upon the current world… The consequences are simply unforeseeable.”

Having listened this far, Yun Che gradually understood. He looked at the girl’s flawless jade body and said, “You said I am the ‘only hope.’ Does that mean you want me, who inherited the Evil God’s power… to persuade… the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor?”

“Yes,” the Ice Phoenix girl affirmed, “The aura of the Grandmist Divine Spear is becoming clearer by the day. There will come a time when the Primal Chaos Wall finally cracks open. When that happens, what can stop the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor will not be power, but the single word: ‘affection’.”

“The Evil God always knew perfectly well that the Grandmist Divine Spear was with the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor. After the Evil Infant brought about the destruction of the world, he exhausted his remaining existence to leave behind a drop of undying blood… all so that he could foresee this day’s arrival.”

Yun Che’s lips parted slightly, speechless.

“What you inherited is not just the Evil God’s power, but also his will.”

“Only you, who inherited the Evil God’s power and will, can make the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, upon her return to the Primal Chaos, remember her affection for the Evil God, and thus prevent her from unleashing world-destroying calamity.”