Chapter 2021: Li Suo

"Li... Sa?"

"That Li Sa... the Life Creation God?"

Yun Che stared at the white figure before him, his soul inexplicably shocked.

"Yes," the white figure replied softly. "Your astonishment and disbelief are completely normal, for in the common understanding of the various realms, the Life Creation God perished long ago."

Li Sa was the divine name of the Life Creation God, one of the Four Creation Gods of the God Race!She was also the most beloved, respected, and revered Creation God among all beings.The Ice Phoenix divine spirit in the Netherfrost Heavenly Lake considered having served in her Life Temple to be the greatest honor of its life.She created countless lives and races... and the first race she created was the Wood Spirit Race.Her "Miracle of Life" was a true miracle that had saved countless beings from disaster.All records about her spoke of everlasting benevolence, holiness, greatness, flawless purity, and unparalleled divine beauty.

As the sole female Creation God, she was the origin and ultimate embodiment of "beauty" in women.Ancient Dragon God texts in the Dragon God Realm described Li Sa's divine appearance thus:"A Creation God bearing the immense divine powers of creation, life, and light. Possessing a benevolent heart that pities all life, the holy power to redeem all beings, and a countenance and divine radiance that transcend the dust of creation."Legend had it that when the Ancestral God created heaven and earth, three-tenths of all grace was bestowed upon all things, while the remaining seven-tenths were given to Li Sa.Wherever her divine presence manifested, a thousand stars and ten thousand moons would turn to withered dust.

The words were pale, unable to convey even a fraction of her splendor. However, the emotional "tragedy" among the Heaven Punishing God Emperor, the Element Creation God, and the Life Creation God was enough to illustrate Li Sa's magnificence.Both of the two strongest Creation Gods had been deeply infatuated and heartbroken over Li Sa.When the returned Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor mentioned Li Sa's name, even after millions of years and knowing the Life Creation God had perished, her words still overflowed with an intense, soul-shaking... jealousy.The use of "jealousy" instead of "disdain" showed that Jie Yuan, despite being a Devil Emperor, harbored an unconscious inferiority complex towards Li Sa's splendor.

And this most sacred of the Four Creation Gods... the one who fell earliest at the beginning of the great war between gods and devils, was now, before his eyes, softly uttering that divine name, like a distant dream.

"Based on your understanding, the Life Creation God perished from the Nine Fiend Devil Emperor's devil poison, meeting her end at the dawn of the war between gods and devils.""However, ancient records never found her remains, nor did they ever truly locate the Hongmeng Life-Death Seal she wielded."The white figure's voice was ethereal, like a pale moon. Though she was speaking of herself, her words were filled with "she."Her life and soul seemed to have undergone rebirth and reshaping. As the fragments of her former understanding and memories gradually connected and clarified, they felt like external things, like the memories and lives of others.

The white figure's voice also stirred some recorded memories of the Life Creation God within Yun Che's soul sea:"The Life Creation God perished; all realms were enraged, and all beings grieved. Yet... to this day, the Life Creation God's remains have not been found... perhaps because the Nine Fiend Devil Race feared the divine light emanating from her body and destroyed it completely...""...Upon the Life Creation God's demise, the Hongmeng Life-Death Seal vanished without a trace, and it was widely rumored to have fallen into the hands of the Nine Fiend Devil Race... a thousand regrets and ten thousand sorrows."

"You..." Yun Che continued to stare, speechless for a long time. His understanding, everything he knew, made it utterly impossible for him to believe.Because that was a Creation God!In the ancient eras, they were gods among gods!How could a Creation God still exist in the current world!?

The white figure showed no surprise at Yun Che's disbelief. She slowly retracted her finger, causing the dim world to instantly lose a trace of infinitely luxurious pure white light. "I believe that year, after the Life Creation God was ambushed by the Nine Fiend Devil Emperor and poisoned by the supreme Nine Fiend Devil Poison, she did not immediately perish. Instead, in her final moments, she separated the 'part' of herself that remained untainted by the poison and retreated into the Hongmeng Life-Death Seal, sealing it with her last remaining power.""Following that, she fell into a long slumber within the Hongmeng Life-Death Seal... But, with the destruction of the gods and devils, the chaotic aura became increasingly thin, and the Hongmeng energy gradually vanished from the chaos. Unable to access the Hongmeng energy, she was unable to awaken, and even her seal on the Hongmeng Life-Death Seal gradually loosened."

These were conjectures she had pieced together based on Yun Che's understanding, gradually overlapping with her own slowly clarifying memory fragments.She felt she had slept for countless years, so long that her very soul had begun to disintegrate.

"Until one day, the Hongmeng Life-Death Seal came into contact with you, and with... that Wood Spirit girl named He Ling."The words "He Ling" pierced Yun Che's soul with sharp pain, and he blurted out, "Was it He Ling's life aura that awakened you?""Yes, and no," the white figure gave him a subtle answer. "He Ling's life aura was extremely pure, as if it originated from the same source as mine. When her aura made contact, it was like a spiritual dew, causing my life and consciousness to awaken from slumber."

"As I pieced together my understanding... I am the Life Creation God, and the Wood Spirits are the purest spirits I created from my life essence, truly sharing the same life origin. Her ability to awaken me was, in a way, within normal expectations.""But later, as I followed your experiences, I realized that the primary reason for my awakening and gradual 'completion' was not He Ling, but you.""Because of... the Ancestral God's divine aura on your body."

"..." Yun Che slowly composed himself.This white figure, claiming to be Li Sa, had been inside the Hongmeng Life-Death Seal all this time!? The Hongmeng Life-Death Seal was given to him by Qianye Ying'er. For years, he had never successfully activated it, and records about it were so scarce that he gradually gave up on it, forgetting about it, and it had been quietly sitting in a corner of the Sky Poison Pearl for a very long time.If her consciousness had awakened when he acquired the Hongmeng Life-Death Seal, then all his subsequent experiences would have been hers as well.Including... his conversation with the Ancestral Will!

At that moment, he suddenly remembered the voice that felt like an illusion when he first obtained the Hongmeng Life-Death Seal."When you awakened, did you ever call out the name 'Ni Xuan'?" he asked."Yes," she gave the most direct reply. "At that time, I was newly awakened from a deep sleep, like a newborn infant, with only countless fragmented memories in my consciousness... And your aura touched a fragment inscribed with the name 'Ni Xuan,' causing me to unconsciously utter that sound.""That call was like an instinct of consciousness. At that time, I didn't even know who Ni Xuan was, nor who I was myself."

The white figure continued, "My initial consciousness could only distinguish a few short names...""Mo E, Ni Xuan, Xi Ke, Li Sa... Jie Tian... Nine Fiend... Ming... Nielun...""And two names that brought the most tranquility to my soul... I only gradually understood them later... One of those names was my disciple, the other my adopted daughter...""My disciple... named Long Shenxi, and my adopted daughter... named Ling Wanhua."

With a "whoosh," a streak of red light flew out from Yun Che, transforming into the figure of a delicate girl. "Who's calling Wanhua?" Hong'er was clearly just waking up. She blinked, her crimson star-like eyes filled with surprise as she looked at the white figure in front of her. "? White big sister, how do you know I have another name called Wanhua? This is supposed to be a secret only Sister Shenxi knows."

"..." The white figure did not answer, quietly gazing at the girl. The already supremely pure white radiance seemed to soften even further.Yun Che turned his gaze to Hong'er, then back to the white figure... Suddenly, he recalled Jie Yuan's unusual reaction and whispers when facing Hong'er back then.Could it be that the sacred soul that "supplemented" Hong'er after her dark "components" were stripped away, and the "demon-slaying" attribute of the sword she transformed into... were forged and bestowed by the Life Creation God?!

"As you surmise," the white figure seemed to perceive his thoughts. "During the war between Mo E and Ni Xuan, Ni Xuan was defeated. However, Mo E, knowing his victory was not honorable, left a leeway: he would not annihilate the daughter of Ni Xuan and Jie Yuan, but her dark components had to be stripped away.""The daughter of a Creation God and a Devil Emperor possessed a life and soul of supreme transcendence. Only the Life Creation God could reshape her into a complete body and soul after such a separation."

"..." Yun Che listened in silence. He could tell that the white figure's tone at this moment... was not based on current conjecture but on actual memory fragments."The Life Creation God reshaped the incomplete daughter of Ni Xuan into a complete being and took her as her adopted daughter. As the Wanhua flowers were blooming in the Life Divine Palace, she was named Wanhua. Finally, in accordance with Ni Xuan's wish, she was entrusted to the Sword Spirit God Race, and a sword soul was imbued into her, from then on taking Ling as her surname and identifying as a princess of the Sword Spirit God Race.""In the memory fragments, Ni Xuan did indeed keep his promise, never seeing his daughter again and never appearing in the Life Creation God's subsequent memories.""However, neither Mo E nor the Life Creation God at that time knew that the isolated dark 'component' had not been obliterated but had been hidden by him in the world."

She was undoubtedly referring to You'er.

"You... are truly the Life Creation God, Li Sa?"It wasn't just Yun Che; anyone in this world, faced with the name "Li Sa," even if other Creation Gods were alive, would find it utterly unbelievable.The white figure's voice flowed slowly: "My Miracles of Life are less than one-ten-thousandth of what they once were, but they are still sufficient proof. By now, you should understand clearly in your heart."

Yun Che's subconscious already believed, because everything she described, whether within his understanding or beyond it, fit the identity of "Life Creation God" far too perfectly.However, the words "Creation God" were simply too lofty, too illusory and ethereal... The impact on Yun Che was second only to that of the "Ancestral God" who was also still alive.Besides Li Sa, all other Creation Gods and Devil Emperors, apart from Mo E who died of old age and Jie Yuan who was banished, had perished due to the "Myriad Tribulations and No Life" unleashed by the Evil Infant's Wheel of Myriad Tribulations seizing the Sky Poison Pearl.Under "Myriad Tribulations and No Life," all beings were equal, with only death and no life.But Li Sa was afflicted by the Nine Fiend Devil Poison.Could she have actually escaped "Myriad Tribulations and No Life" and reappeared in the world after a long slumber?Moreover, she had been with him all along!He carried both Hong'er and You'er, and once He Ling...Even in his wildest dreams, he would never have imagined that a Creation God had always existed within him!

"Other than the Life Creation God and the name Li Sa, I cannot find any other identity that aligns with my fragmented understanding and incomplete memories." As she spoke, her gaze remained quietly fixed on Hong'er... the crimson eyes, the long crimson hair, the elven-like countenance, an inexplicably familiar aura... It was a genuine warmth of the soul. She believed that her former self had once deeply cherished and felt close to this girl.

"You are the Creation God Li Sa..." Yun Che murmured, his breath coming out in ragged gasps. After a long moment, he slowly calmed down. "Since you awakened so long ago, why have you... never appeared before?""Because I couldn't," she softly replied. "When I first awakened, my life force was too tenuous. If I had appeared, my yearning for recovery would instinctively have absorbed He Ling's life source. The disparity in our levels would have made this process irresistible and unstoppable.""Therefore, I could not allow myself to appear in the same space as her.""Until... you fought Mo Beichen, and she sacrificed her life source."

That was the Life Creation God... As a supreme being, even at her weakest, she was unwilling to seize the life aura of others.Recalling the Azure Dragon Emperor's miraculous revival and his own two rapid recoveries from severe injuries... both occurred after He Ling sacrificed herself."So... that's how it is."

As He Ling was mentioned, the weight in his heart immediately overshadowed his surprise. He smiled bitterly, "No wonder... no wonder...""You could instantly save the Azure Dragon Emperor from a fatal injury... I couldn't do it, nor could Shenxi... Only you..."Even as a Creation God in a mere spiritual state, the Miracles of Life she performed were far beyond what Yun Che or Shenxi could achieve now.

"As powerful as you are, if you could have saved He Ling then... how wonderful that would have been," he murmured, somewhat lost.The white figure... the Life Creation God Li Sa, whispered, "Since I exist, how could I truly let her vanish?"The ethereal voice entered Yun Che's ears, instantly pulling him into a dreamlike state.He froze... for a full three breaths, then abruptly stood up, stumbled, and immediately fell to one knee, completely forgetting to adjust his posture. All he could do was low, hoarse shouts: "What did you say? What did you say!?"