Chapter 464 - 411: [Snow] Is Not [Flower], the Demon King Destroys the World, a Sliver of Hope

Insignificant, like dust...

Having once received the inheritance of a True Dragon, Jiang Qiu possessed a perspective that transcended eras. He knew that above the countless Great Realms were clusters of world communities. Yet these world communities were as numerous as the sands of the Ganges—a single gust of wind could scatter them to oblivion.

The cycle of eras was nothing more than the rising and falling of the wind.

Under such circumstances, for the White Tiger Race to remain at its peak across numerous eras and be counted among the Ten Peak Demon Clans showed just how powerful they were. This remnant soul had just been reincarnated, yet it had already propelled itself to the late-stage Unity Realm and was still charging toward the Peak!

It was as if reaching the Unity Realm was a trivial matter, as simple as flipping one’s hand. That level of existence was so high it was almost unimaginable. Jiang Qiu couldn’t believe that after so many eras had passed, a remnant soul could still survive. How on earth did this soul remnant escape the great cleansing of the eras?

What was even more surprising was that Xue’s core memories could resonate with this entity, sensing that its identity hailed from a bygone, ancient age.

’Xue, who exactly were you in your past life...’ Jiang Qiu wondered.

The thought was instantly shared in Xue’s mind. She turned her head and smiled faintly. "Senior Brother, I don’t know either. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been in the Hundred Ghosts Sect of the Yin Yang Great Realm."

She wasn’t lying; she couldn’t lie. Since their souls had fused, their thoughts and souls were one. The only exception was that neither could peer into the shackles at the deepest part of the other’s soul.

Jiang Qiu couldn’t see the sealed memories in the depths of her soul because his Realm wasn’t high enough. His current power was insufficient to pry them open; he would have to wait until his Realm was high enough to do so.

And she couldn’t peer into Jiang Qiu’s most fundamental Origin memories because she simply couldn’t. It was a Law... a Law that didn’t belong to this world. It was an ethereal, nonexistent, and unanalyzable Law, as if it had simply always been that way.

Jiang Qiu himself was unclear about this. He didn’t know what memories were hidden in the depths of his soul. He couldn’t sense them and, as far as he was concerned, he hadn’t forgotten anything.

However, he wasn’t too concerned about what memories were hidden in his mind. He didn’t have many regrets in his life that needed answers from these memories. Instead, a certain judgment he had made about Xue was now severely shaken.

Before, from the first time he saw Xue, he had felt that she might be the reincarnation of Flower’s soul. But now, it seemed that wasn’t the case.

Flower was just an ordinary girl from the North Snow Tribe. Even though she possessed the power of a Witch, she never had the chance to receive its inheritance. Her soul might have been lost among the myriad worlds, or perhaps it had vanished completely.

But Xue naturally leaned toward the image of a Dragon Maiden. She was a perfect match for the Dragon Form, as if she were a born noble Dragon Maiden who only acted cute and lovable when by his side. If she were to stand on her own, she had the air of a Fairy descending to the mortal realm to decide life and death. The further they progressed in their Cultivation, the wider the gap between the two became.

Xue was no longer so much like her...

’Sigh, have we just spent too much time together? Is that why this feeling of distance has emerged after such extreme intimacy?’

Jiang Qiu sighed to himself and stopped letting his thoughts run wild. But Xue had heard every word of his inner monologue. Her expression was hidden behind her mask, but her eyelashes trembled slightly.

"Jiang Qiu..." Shangguan Yue raised a small hand. "What do we do now?"

Although her knowledge wasn’t as extensive and her detection range wasn’t as wide, she could still tell that something abnormal had likely happened with the Bloodthirsty White Tiger. After all, Zuo Xuan had returned, and he didn’t look like he had won a great battle.

In the current situation, Zuo Xuan would most likely defend the Eight-direction Reversing Ship to the death. Saving Liu Zili was now almost impossible.

After all, that Zuo Xuan was a super expert at the Peak of Unity Realm. When he returned, a terrifying pressure had crashed down on her like Taishan Mountain, making her little heart pound nonstop.

Yes, when Zuo Xuan returned, his aura had been immense. He was clearly an incredibly powerful figure. Her own fledgling Path of Returning to Simplicity was no match for him.

It wasn’t that it was completely useless, but the cost would be enormous, and the effect would be minimal. The gap between their Realms was simply too vast.

Because of this, she didn’t know what to do and could only place all her hope in Jiang Qiu.

"For now," Jiang Qiu paused, "let’s go back to Senior Yang Lei’s place. The space-time of the Thunder Great Realm has been sealed off, and Zuo Xuan is back on the Eight-direction Reversing Ship. We have nowhere else to go. Let’s get a clear picture of the intelligence first."

"Okay."

And so, the three of them returned to Yang Lei’s location. As soon as they arrived, they were personally greeted by Yang Lei himself. However, his expression was grim. Even for a powerful existence at the Peak of Unity Realm, he looked sullen and worried.

Jiang Qiu immediately asked if he was troubled by the battle in the Thunder Restricted Area. The other party nodded. "The Thunder Clan has been annihilated. The will of the Thunder Restricted Area, and even the will of the entire Thunder Great Realm, has fallen under the control of the Bloodthirsty White Tiger. Soon, the entire Thunder Great Realm will have a new master!"

"What?!" Jiang Qiu’s pupils trembled. "What did you say?"

Xue was also stunned. Shangguan Yue’s eyes went wide, her petite frame trembling slightly. "The Thunder Great Realm is going to belong to the Bloodthirsty White Tiger?"

Who could have imagined that the most powerful clan in this Great Realm, the Thunder Clan, would be wiped out just like that? They were a powerful race with more than ten Unity Realm experts who had mobilized at once.

And they were completely, utterly annihilated in a short period of time!

Yang Lei told Jiang Qiu and the others all the latest news he had received. He had discovered that among all the clans, any individual with a dense Thunder Clan bloodline had simply died. Their bodies then transformed into Spirit Charm and drifted toward the Restricted Area, like a thousand rivers returning to the sea!

The scale of this spectacle was immense. Jiang Qiu looked out through the high window. Tens of millions of colorless wisps of Spirit Charm washed through the sky. It felt like being underwater, with countless streams flowing into the distance—all toward the Thunder Restricted Area.

It was hard to imagine just how terrifying this amount of energy was!

Jiang Qiu’s heart skipped a beat. ’What in the world has been reincarnated...’ he thought.

Just after leaving the Eight-direction Reversing Ship, he had sensed the aura of the strongest existence drifting out of the Thunder Restricted Area. It was different from the aura he had sensed outside the Restricted Area before. Clearly, the consciousness inside had been possessed by the remnant soul.

But the power of this remnant soul was far beyond imagination.

The key question was, what did it ultimately want?

It had annihilated the Thunder Clan, the strongest clan in the Thunder Great Realm, subjugated the world’s will, and then sealed off the entire Great Realm. This was clearly not the prelude to something ordinary.

No wonder Zuo Xuan had fled back here. This thing was a world-ending Demon King! Anyone who didn’t run would surely die!

At this thought, a chill ran down Jiang Qiu’s spine. It felt as if he had truly become a caged beast.

"Your Excellency Jiang Qiu, in this situation, our only hope for survival is to find a way to leave the Thunder Great Realm before it begins its massacre."

Yang Lei pointed out the way forward.

But Jiang Qiu was still confused. "The space-time of the Thunder Great Realm has already been sealed. How can we possibly escape?"

He knew that the Bloodthirsty White Tiger wasn’t on a killing spree yet because it was still in a critical period of breakthrough. It would take a considerable amount of time for it to break through from the High-tier Unity Realm to the Peak. By the time it truly emerged from its seclusion, the entire world would be doomed.

Would a being that casually slaughtered an army of a million, massacred more than ten Unity Realm experts, and countless Fusion Realm and Dao Entry Realm cultivators, show any mercy to the living?

Sealing space-time was to prevent anyone from escaping!

"In the current situation, ordinary methods of escape are certainly useless. However, I’ve heard that the Thunder Clan once obtained three Dusk Tokens," Yang Lei said, his eyes narrowing. "When the Dusk Holy Ruins open, all space-time restrictions become void. Bearers of a Dusk Token can enter the Holy Ruins!"