Chapter 2145 - 2141: Collusion

After the third round of celestial tribulation ended, the Pangu Secret Realm was already engulfed in floods, with only some high mountains and special high-altitude locations, as well as Tiancheng remaining inhabited.

Hundreds of millions of people lost their lives in this celestial tribulation, and the last city of Tiancheng preserved the remaining inhabitants of the entire Pangu Secret Realm.

Fortunately, Ye Fan arranged it in time, gathering most of the mortals around Tiancheng, using the power of cultivators to sustain the last refuge in the Pangu Secret Realm.

At this moment, in a place in the universe, Tantai Wanrong was forced to cultivate a kind of power, which tormented her, causing physical and mental damage, and the one orchestrating all this was none other than Nuwa’s wrathful incarnation.

Tantai Wanrong hadn’t awakened, imprisoned by Nuwa’s incarnation in a cage. If she couldn’t break the cage herself, she wouldn’t be able to escape.

This situation was almost identical to what Li Zhaojun and Min Shang had faced before. In this enclosed space, time was infinitely prolonged. Tantai Wanrong had no idea what was happening outside and could only rely on her own efforts to break through the defenses.

Nuwa’s wrathful incarnation appeared in front of Tantai Wanrong, observing her cultivation progress, content with the process.

At this point, another figure appeared behind her, none other than Li Yunhuo, Ye Fan’s former master, Zhuo Junwu.

Li Yunhuo’s arrival did not cause any discomfort to Nuwa’s incarnation. Clearly, the two had some secret cooperation. Li Yunhuo said, "Is this woman really under your control? Can you guarantee she’ll help you?"

"What can be guaranteed? This woman is among Ye Fan’s women and is very capable. If I don’t use her well, I won’t be able to infiltrate one of Ye Fan’s women to pose a lethal threat to him. Do you think I would do something useless like that?" Nuwa’s wrathful incarnation said sharply.

Li Yunhuo sneered: "I won’t interfere with what you want to do, but I must remind you, Ye Fan is not easy to deal with. Do you think he’s easy to handle? Of all the people I’ve met, he’s the most difficult to deal with. If you want to use Ye Fan for your matters, you best understand this—killing Ye Fan outright is the best result. If you can’t, it’s best to use his weaknesses to threaten him. Simply capturing his women might not hurt him much because he has too many women!"

"I’ve been with Ye Fan for a long time, so I don’t need your reminders!" Nuwa’s incarnation said, "I’m very pleased with her cultivation progress now. Once her power is triggered, Ye Fan may suffer. And you should speed up your progress... I need you to guarantee that when the celestial tribulation ends, Fu Xi must become the ruler of this universe!"

Li Yunhuo laughed: "I didn’t expect you to worry about Fu Xi. You’re just a shadow of Nuwa, yet you see yourself as Nuwa?"

"I don’t need to explain who I see myself as to you. You just need to fulfill your promise! If you refuse, I won’t help you. Some things you can do, I might not, but things I can do, you might not!" Nuwa’s incarnation replied angrily.

Seeing Nuwa’s incarnation seeming angry, Li Yunhuo said: "Rest assured, I know what keeping one’s word means. Since I’ve promised you, I won’t renege. But remember, don’t be overly confident; even Nuwa failed against Ye Fan, almost dying at his hands. You’re just an incarnation of Nuwa; do you think you’re capable of dealing with Ye Fan?"

"I don’t need you to concern yourself with my matters!" Nuwa’s incarnation returned to watching the imprisoned Tantai Wanrong, confident in her tone. "In my view, Nuwa and others were too hasty against Ye Fan before. Only with a sure victory can results be achieved; they didn’t understand this before. I can keep my cool!"

"Hopefully so. As Nuwa’s incarnation, you’ll eventually be absorbed by Nuwa. You’re presently at the end of your strength. Hopefully, we can meet again when the time comes!"

After Li Yunhuo finished speaking, he vanished instantly, while Nuwa’s incarnation also departed. Besides Ming Ye Shang and Tantai Wanrong as tools, she had two other weapons—Mo Xiaoyan, who was previously captured, and Shen Yan, who had been wandering outside and was once used by another incarnation of Nuwa.

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Under Xi He’s guidance, Ye Fan returned to Earth, but not to the Huaxia nation; instead, he arrived at ancient relics in the Arctic.

This place was also where Xi He was born. She seemed very willing to share her stories with Ye Fan, without much concealment.

"This is where the master once cultivated!" Xi He said to Ye Fan, "Does the master have any recollections?"

Ye Fan looked around the hall, unable to recall any impressions of this place. He shook his head: "Did I cultivate here before? Why don’t I have any memory of this?"

"Perhaps the master has forgotten some things entirely, but the master mentioned Earth before, clearly showing subconscious memories of past events!" Xi He moved to where Nuwa was once imprisoned, "Does the master remember, after defeating Nuwa, you imprisoned her here and allowed me and Xuan Nü to watch over her with you? Lei Zu was also here, but she’s not on Earth now; I need to call her back!"

"Oh? What are you saying, I don’t seem to remember!" Ye Fan said, furrowing his brow.

"The woman you imprisoned was the one who once provoked you. She and Fu Xi are siblings but actually have many unclear relations. They mutually used each other to resist Pan Gu. Now that Pan Gu’s ruling position has been shaken by you, Nuwa and Fu Xi naturally want to recruit you to help them!" Xi He said.

Ye Fan nodded: "So the Pan Gu I defeated was once the universe’s ruler? What is my connection to Earth?"

"You were born on Earth!" Xi He replied, "It seems the master truly has no impression of this place. Only by returning to the place where the master once lived might you recall some past events!"