Chapter 1699: The Divine Envoy in a Dilemma in the Crevice, Seeking Light in the Dark Night and Detesting Heavenly People

"Live for me..."

"Just be well..."

Whose voice was that?

What were they talking about?

How could Ai Cang Sheng have an idea that didn't belong to him? Was he also influenced by Dao Qiong Cang, like Feng Yu Jin?

Or was it Dao Qiong Cang in women's clothing?

Are they into such kinky stuff?

Retreating with his shield to the sea, until he was out of the range of the mind-stripping, Xu Xiao Shou heard the sound of the waves, shook his head, and cleared his dizzy thoughts.

"It's not necessarily Dao Qiong Cang..."

He suddenly remembered that Li Fu Gui had told him the story of Ai Cang Sheng.

Before he became the Cang Sheng Great Emperor, guardian of the Five Regions, when he first entered the jianghu, he met a woman also new to the jianghu, Lei Xiao Xiao.

They entered a ruin together, but their fates were vastly different. Ai Cang Sheng obtained the Evil Sin Bow, while Lei Xiao Xiao perished, giving him the Eye of the Great Dao before her death.

Was it because of this?

Was that voice Lei Xiao Xiao's voice?

So, the mind-stripping, its target wasn't really "people," but "ideas"?

Within a certain spatial range, no matter how many ideas exist on a person, whether they belong to him or not...

Could it even be that, regarding time, due to the strength and persistence of an idea, a person in the present could act as a vessel, carrying the ideas of past individuals?

"Is it similar to a 'ghost possession'?"

Xu Xiao Shou pondered, trying to find a way to defeat Ai Cang Sheng through this voice, which he wasn't sure belonged to Dao Qiong Cang in women's clothing or Lei Xiao Xiao.

He quickly realized he was daydreaming.

How strong was the will of a Ten Honored One? How could it be influenced by such a trivial past idea?

Even if Ai Cang Sheng and Lei Xiao Xiao had some unforgettable past, the current 'Ai Gou', who clearly had a subjective stereotype of himself, would not believe any of his "schemes."

His ability to seize opportunities was so powerful.

How could he be easily deceived by himself?

Even if his original intention was just a kind reminder, "Hey, Ai Gou, it seems like there's a voice attached to you?"

Who would believe it?

Xu Xiao Shou himself wouldn't even believe himself!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

The ocean waves surged, transforming into various shapes under the kneading of the strong wind, but they couldn't push the steps of the Extreme Giant back an inch.

Jin Ren had already seen the bad situation, and with Vanishing Art and Isolated World, he detached himself from the battlefield.

From Jin Ren's perspective, Xu Xiao Shou could see that after Ai Cang Sheng pushed himself away with nine arrows, he calmly finished his hand seals.

"Forbidden Art: Seed Imprisonment · Third Stage Unseal!"

Around him, imprisonment dao patterns appeared.

The dao patterns hissed and dissolved, and space dissolved with them.

His aura was like the sun at its zenith, capable of overwhelming an entire region.

His reshaped body merely sat atop the shattered barren mountain, as if on a sacred mountain, giving off boundless pressure.

It was too heavy!

His body had shattered twice, but his Eye of the Great Dao was somehow still perfectly intact.

Now, as he looked across the sea, even as the Extreme Giant, Xu Xiao Shou felt as if he was carrying a sacred mountain on each shoulder, almost suffocating under the pressure.

"I can't fight him anymore!"

"This is just the Third Stage Unseal, the information from the flamboyant old dao said he could reach at least the Sixth Stage..."

The Third Stage was already like this!

The Sixth Stage was unimaginable!

Xu Xiao Shou suddenly remembered his original intention.

He realized that from the very beginning, he didn't want to fight Ai Cang Sheng at this time.

He could fight, but the timing was wrong.

Even Elder Sang hasn't appeared yet, why am I contending with 'Ai Gou' here, accompanying his madness?

And!

Wasn't I supposed to be leveling up? How did I end up on the battlefield?

Did the Five Declines of Heaven and Man suddenly appear just to disrupt things?

Is he helping me or hurting me? Could it be that I'm overthinking, and he really just cares about Qin Duan and Qiu Gu's Half-Saint positions?

"Elder Zhong, are you watching a show?"

"Are you going to wait until Ai Cang Sheng shatters the entire Eastern Region before you decide to stop him?"

Being in the Eastern Region, and separated from the Blood World Bead, Xu Xiao Shou's mind suddenly cleared.

He directly used the Apricot Realm Talisman to transmit a message to Zhong Yuan Zi.

Far away in the Guizhe Sacred Mountain ruins, Zhong Yuan Zi shivered when Xu Xiao Shou's voice appeared in his mind.

He subconsciously loosened Fang Wen Xin's collar, retreating a few steps, and keeping some distance from the Nine Sacrifices Divine Envoy.

His eyes darted around, and after realizing that no one had noticed him, nor heard Xu Xiao Shou's voice in his mind, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"What is he doing!"

"Why is he transmitting a message to me at this time?"

"What if the people around me find out... Ai Cang Sheng is on the front lines, but I'm colluding with the enemy in the rear?"

Soon, Zhong Yuan Zi also regained his composure, realizing that his stealth wasn't so important.

"No, what am I even afraid of?"

"A clear conscience fears no slander. I haven't been in contact with Xu Xiao Shou, and I haven't visited his world since he gave me this talisman. What am I afraid of being investigated for?"

Across the Dao-Transmitting Mirror, listening to Feng Zhong Zui's incessant interpretations, Zhong Yuan Zi saw the Extreme Giant stop.

And the Cang Sheng Great Emperor on the barren mountain, after activating the "Third Stage," also seemed to clear his mind, no longer attacking blindly.

Or rather, under the amplification of the "Third Stage," Ai Cang Sheng now had the confidence to react to any of Xu Xiao Shou's sneak attacks, and thus could regain his composure.

"Has Xu Xiao Shou grown to this extent?"

"Even Ai Cang Sheng needs the Third Stage Unseal to maintain speaking rights in front of him..."

Zhong Yuan Zi's heart trembled, and he dared not hesitate any longer. Stepping on the Great Dao Diagram, he teleported through space repeatedly, bringing himself to the cross-regional teleportation array in Du Dong, Central Region.

"Here."

He handed over the spirit crystal card, ignoring the bizarre expression of the Saint God Guard who was still staring wide-eyed and wanted to interrogate him.

The Elemental Divine Envoy, Zhong Yuan Zi, waved his hand and directly cleared out the surrounding people.

After clearing the area to avoid excessive attention, he skillfully activated the cross-regional teleportation array himself.

"Wait a moment, I'll be there soon."

At the same time, he anxiously responded to Xu Xiao Shou through the Apricot Realm Talisman, "Don't fight yet!"

It was quite amusing.

The dignified Elemental Divine Envoy, with the power of space, actually needed to use a cross-regional teleportation array to travel.

But there was truly no other way!

Zhong Yuan Zi only had the Spatial Great Dao Diagram, not Spatial Profound Meaning. Full attributes did not mean full mastery.

He simply couldn't, like Ye Xiao Tian or Xu Xiao Shou, effortlessly lock onto the dazzling spatial nodes whose coordinates were unknown, and based on that, freely travel across the Five Regions.

What he could do was short, frequent, and fast spatial teleportation – throwing himself into the Eastern Region as quickly as possible through high-frequency short-distance spatial teleportation.

But it was easy to get lost.

The distance from the Central Region to the Eastern Region was truly too far.

Elemental Divine Envoys only studied elements, not geography. Zhong Yuan Zi rarely went out on weekdays, so he truly didn't recognize those famous mountains and rivers as landmarks.

Or, he could switch to the light attribute – the speed of light is extremely fast, capable of crossing the vast distance between the Central and Eastern Regions in the blink of an eye.

But this was theoretical.

In reality, not everyone could be called "Light of Spirit Refinement." Zhong Yuan Zi had tried many times... and still got lost!

If he got lost in some forbidden sea areas, it would be even worse, requiring time and effort to fight his way out, then continue to get lost, find his way, get lost, find his way...

Too troublesome!

Compared to long-distance teleportation, long-distance getting lost and finding his way, and long-term consumption of saint power, which also required expensive elixirs to replenish.

For the Elemental Divine Envoy, the cross-regional teleportation array was the most economical, convenient, and effective choice.

Dao Qiong Cang's stuff was really useful!

"He's here!"

"It's him, our Elemental Divine Envoy, Elder Zhong Yuan Zi!"

From the Dao-Transmitting Mirrors across the Five Regions, Feng Zhong Zui's voice came, with a hint of sudden realization:

"Just now, I was wondering why Elder Zhong left the Sacred Mountain... ruins in such a hurry."

"It turns out he rushed to the Eastern Region's front lines!"

"Is this the convenience of the space attribute? It's really fast, but why did he take a while to appear?"

It doesn't matter!

"A while" was only relative to Lord Shou's instantaneous travel between the Central and Southern Regions.

In reality, even if Zhong Yuan Zi took some time, it was only about ten breaths.

All he had to do was teleport to the teleportation array, let the Dao Palace Master handle the energy-consuming part, then exit the array and quickly teleport to the center of the battlefield with short-distance, frequent spatial teleports, effortlessly.

On the central battlefield, the elusive Feng family appeared even faster than Zhong Yuan Zi. By now, they had already set up their Dao-Transmitting Mirrors nearby.

Feng Zhong Zui took over the screen, looking at Elder Zhong in the mirror, whose attire was completely different from a moment ago, and interpreted with a strange tone:

"Elder Zhong... has changed his clothes!"

"His headscarf... hmm, it's also very pretty!"

"His clothes color and his headscarf... hmm, they don't exactly clash!"

Feng Zhong Zui finally couldn't hold back, barely concealing his smile as he said, "When I'm too lazy to dress up on weekdays, I also go out looking similar to this, but I'll add a bamboo hat."

In front of the Dao-Transmitting Mirrors across the Five Regions, the spectators felt a mixture of emotions.

The newly appeared Elemental Divine Envoy, completely shedding his previous disheveled image from the backdrop of the Sacred Mountain battle, was clearly "carefully" dressed.

His yellow rhombus-patterned headscarf truly expressed his personal attitude.

At the very least, it definitely hid his explosive hairstyle, which he probably wanted to wash and style properly before appearing on camera, but ultimately realized it was beyond saving.

His brand-new cyan robe, completely without a single patch, also exuded an air of immortality, if one ignored the folds that were surely from being stored for a long time.

Looking only above the neck, he was a young, hot-blooded and rebellious wanted criminal from the Southern Region, whose appearance suggested he must have killed many enemies with his own hands.

Looking below the neck, he was also an old man.

Extremely contradictory, like a puzzle piece put together incorrectly but still alive, Zhong Yuan Zi stood grandly between the Extreme Giant and the Third Stage Ai Cang Sheng.

Hands clasped behind his back.

His brows calm.

He must have known that the Dao-Transmitting Mirror was surely filming him at that moment. After clearing his throat, he didn't speak, but instead raised his sleeves.

Around him, ten huge light spheres representing the elements of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, wind, thunder, and ice emerged.

The ten light spheres held their power within, containing extremely turbulent force. As the halos intertwined and spread, they enhanced the name "Elemental Divine Envoy," making it seem extremely powerful.

If the Extreme Giant wasn't behind him, and the Third Stage Ai Cang Sheng wasn't in front of him.

To be honest...

It had a bit of a cheap Dao Palace Master's grand entrance effect.

But it was clear he tried his best to emulate it.

Feng Zhong Zui endured for a long time before swallowing his mouthful of remarks, no longer daring to interpret haphazardly.

Words could cause trouble.

He had already experienced it once with the Half-Saint Qin Duan.

"Both of you, please listen to my advice, stop now." Zhong Yuan Zi was very satisfied with himself; he had done the utmost he could.

He wasn't that wealthy.

The four divine envoys' salaries weren't high, and any surplus was basically all used for elemental research, with all research findings being publicly disclosed for free.

As a result, Zhong Yuan Zi couldn't even afford a one-time cross-regional teleportation array disc, which was a luxury celestial mechanism product.

Nor was he that powerful.

To the spirit refiners of the Five Regions, the Elemental Divine Envoy was extremely strong, mastering all attributes and switching them at will, seemingly invincible.

Compared to Xu and Ai, he hadn't even grasped a single profound meaning that would qualify him for battle.

Caught between the "Extreme Giant" and "Art Seed Imprisonment · Third Stage Unseal," Zhong Yuan Zi couldn't even summon his proud creation, the "Realm of Ten Attributes," without feeling a spontaneous sense of inferiority.

He once again felt how small a Half-Saint could be.

The Path of Spirit Refinement, even if he dedicated his entire life to it, he feared he could never hope to catch up to these two.

Yet, he came alone...

Wasn't it to be a comparison, a supporting character, a laughingstock in this great battle?

He still came.

Someone had to step forward and say a few words for these two who couldn't back down, and also a few words for the world.

"Lord Shou, it's time to pause."

"This battle cannot be decided in a short time."

"But your casual exchanges have already shattered Guizhe Sacred Mountain, caused the death of various sea beasts, collapsed mountain ranges, and cut off rivers..."

Zhong Yuan Zi reached out and swept his hand forward.

A spatial image materialized, showing the nearest city: "You can't possibly fight inside there, can you?"

The sounds of laughter from the Five Regions gradually subsided.

Especially when someone, in a panic, saw their own panicked face in the spatial mirror of the Dao-Transmitting Mirror's image.

Zhong Yuan Zi finished speaking to the Extreme Giant across the sea, then turned to Ai Cang Sheng, letting out a long sigh:

"Cang Sheng Great Emperor, you also need to stop."

"It's not that you can't fight, but you can't fight on the continent. The continent's rules state that battles above the Sovereign stage must open up a realm."

"At the very least, you must demarcate a Saint Realm, or go to an extra-dimensional space to fight, or the Dead Sea... er, no, the Sacred Emperor's Secret Realm... er, no, that's not it either..."

Zhong Yuan Zi pursed his lips, then quickly shut up.

He knew he wasn't good with words, and the more he spoke, the more mistakes he made. It would be bad if he leaked the plan.

He also understood that Ai Cang Sheng surely knew what he was trying to convey. In the end, he looked around at the two individuals, then sighed again:

"I also know I don't have the face for this."

"But I still want to shamelessly ask the two of you to give me some face. The agreement from earlier was quite good..."

He pointed to the Extreme Giant:

"You go to the Dead Sea, you act on your own."

He pointed to Ai Cang Sheng on the other side:

"You go to the Southern Region, or just stay here in the Eastern Region and wait for him to finish his actions, then we... then you can act."

Zhong Yuan Zi pursed his lips again, feeling like he had leaked a lot, and awkwardly said:

"Anyway, you can't fight here."

"My meaning is that meaning, it's better to fight in the Western Region desert than to start a war in the other four regions..."

"Hmm, I don't mean to look down on the Western Region, it's mainly because there are fewer people in the Western Region..."

"Uh, it's not that you can fight just because there are fewer people, it's just... ah, that's the meaning."

It was too difficult!

Zhong Yuan Zi discovered for the first time that speaking in front of the camera, in front of the Five Regions, was so hard!

As one of the Four Divine Envoys, he had to consider the feelings of the small number of people in the Western Region, and he also had to consider the feelings of the entire continent.

He simply didn't have Ai Cang Sheng's foresight and determination to sacrifice the few for the many.

Nor did he have Xu Xiao Shou's unwavering determination to ignore public opinion and single-mindedly pursue his goal.

He was a character who tried to balance everything but ended up losing out on both sides, lacking the ability to make things perfect, caught in a dilemma, and unable to express himself clearly, making himself awkward and uncomfortable.

In his midnight dreams, he would think about slapping himself twice, hating why others could do everything, while he, besides studying elements, couldn't even research profound meanings, and in the end, still knew nothing else. Was this even worthy of being called a Divine Envoy?

This wasn't even dog shit!

Zhong Yuan Zi closed his eyes, opened them three breaths later, touched his yellow headscarf, and said softly with a sunny smile:

"Please give me some face, okay?"

Feng Family City, Southern Region, First Spectator Stand.

Dao Qiong Cang lowered his eyelids, silently watching Zhong Yuan Zi's stiff smile on the screen.

His awkwardness was palpable.

Dao Qiong Cang watched for a long time, expressionless.

When his gaze shifted to below the spectator stand, the previously noisy surroundings were now silent, so quiet one could hear a pin drop.

It wasn't just the First Spectator Stand in Feng Family City that was silent.

In front of the Dao-Transmitting Mirrors across the Five Regions, everyone, at this moment, was silently observing, by unspoken agreement.

"Why do I feel a little sad..."

Feng Zhong Zui finally managed to speak after a long time.

Clearly, it was a very amusing scene a moment ago, but surprisingly, it made his nose sting.

So, what was the situation now?

Everyone laughed at Zhong Yuan Zi?

Everyone was Zhong Yuan Zi?

Clearly, the Elemental Divine Envoy already stood at the pinnacle of the continent, why was he so humble!

"Elder Zhong, you can be more confident..."

Feng Zhong Zui really wanted to shout this across the air.

But he found that facing the Extreme Giant form of Lord Shou, and the Cang Sheng Great Emperor in his Third Stage Unseal.

No matter who it was, no one could be confident!

"When Elder Zhong speaks, of course I'll be the first to give him face."

Under a silence lasting over ten breaths, the Extreme Giant on the sea surface suddenly disappeared, even the Shattered Blade Shield was withdrawn.

Lord Shou's sincerity was overflowing, as if as long as Zhong Yuan Zi was there, he didn't care if Ai Gou sneaked a few arrows at him because of it.

"I said, the First Heaven's Pavilion will always have a spot for Elder Zhong, and that promise is long-term valid."

Zhong Yuan Zi originally felt unconstrained.

Upon hearing this, he was completely at a loss, wanting to glance at the Dao-Transmitting Mirror with his small eyes, but forcibly restrained himself.

Can't glance...

No, can't panic...

Wait, what am I panicking about? I haven't colluded with the enemy, okay...

"I was impulsive."

Fortunately, the Cang Sheng Great Emperor appeared in time to diffuse the situation.

A Gui Mu wheelchair had appeared beneath him at some point. After putting down the Evil Sin Bow, the dao patterns of the Seed Imprisonment around him materialized.

One layer.

One layer.

Another layer!

Sealing them back up.

Ai Cang Sheng returned to his pre-unsealing state, as if completely unafraid of the Shattered Blade Shield hitting him in the face again and smashing him into a pulp.

Phew...

Zhong Yuan Zi breathed a huge sigh of relief.

With both of them being so accommodating, he certainly couldn't let the atmosphere cool, and quickly waved his hand, saying:

"No, no, no, it's not Lord Shou's fault, and of course it's not Cang Sheng Great Emperor's fault."

"I've said it before, everyone needs to be wary of the Blood World Bead. This is the root of worldly disaster, the guide to death."

"All mistakes, all faults, are the Blood World Bead's fault. Let's get back on track, everything proceeds according to the plan... er, just be normal, just be normal."

Is there a plan?

Is it that "Plan Sixteen"?

Even the spirit refiners across the Five Regions heard that Elder Zhong's words were all aimed at trapping Lord Shou.

The Dao-Transmitting Mirror focused on Lord Shou.

Lord Shou smiled, as if he hadn't heard anything, or as if he had understood and didn't mind at all.

"No wonder he can become Lord Shou..."

As everyone sighed in their hearts, they heard a faint voice suddenly emerge from the unseen anchor of the Dao-Transmitting Mirror:

"Sacred Spirit Forbidden Walk."

This voice...

Everyone shivered, all recognizing it as the voice of the Five Declines of Heaven and Man!

Feng Zhong Zui shivered.

The main screen of the Dao-Transmitting Mirror quickly shifted to the Western Region Desert.

But the desert only had sand; it was already empty.

Zhong Yuan Zi jolted.

A moment ago, the Five Declines of Heaven and Man, who were two regions away, in the west of the continent, now appeared in Sword God Heaven in the east of the continent, not far away, as soon as their voice settled.

How could he be so fast!

This was even faster than a one-time cross-regional teleportation array disc!

When the Five Declines of Heaven and Man settled in the Eastern Region, this time not only Xu, Ai, and Zhong were shocked.

Even the spirit refiners in the Eastern Region, especially those in cities near the battlefield, panicked.

Don't come over!

Ai Cang Sheng held the Evil Sin Bow, its string trembling slightly.

He indeed wanted to follow the plan, systematically targeting Xu Xiao Shou and the Saint Servants, but reality seemed to not allow it?

The Five Declines of Heaven and Man wouldn't allow it?

The Blood World Bead wouldn't allow it either?

"No!"

"Don't shoot yet..."

At the moment of heightened tension, the Five Declines of Heaven and Man, despised by all, raised his heavily drooping, puppet-like head.

Beneath the mask, his eyes were dim and lifeless.

As if his soul, his life, everything he had, had already been sacrificed.

But he was an undying cockroach, always trying to find that speck of light in the darkness, even if it made those who saw him feel disgusted from the bottom of their hearts, and those who passed by wanted to trample him.

"Cang Sheng Great Emperor, I have something to say."

"You can give him some face, could you also give me some face?"

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