Chapter 379.1: Dong Juns Scheme

Chapter 379.1: Dong Jun's Scheme

The atmosphere in the Eastern Alliance's hall shifted. Countless pieces of information still churned through Qi Yuan's mind as he departed. Within his consciousness, sword intent crisscrossed, slaying the Myriad Dao. In another sense, he was forgetting the Myriad Dao. Treading across the Black Sea, he arrived at the Origin Land.

At the Black Sea, a crowd of nearly ten thousand Martial Lords stood assembled as if expecting his arrival. They reverently saluted in unison.

"Heavenly Sovereign!"

Qi Yuan calmly surveyed the scene. "What, have you all finally come to your senses?"

Even as he spoke, he was already thinking. How could these people ever change? The only coming to their senses would probably be the bloody kind.

Black Deer stepped forward and said courteously, "Heavenly Sovereign, everything was a misunderstanding. Dong Jun is waiting for you in the Land of Calamity. He says he will personally clear up every misunderstanding for you."

Qi Yuan's expression didn't flicker and he was as calm as before. A faint smile tugged at the corner of his mouth but no one could tell what he was thinking.

So he finally decides to meet me?

Qi Yuan stretched lazily. "In that case, I'll go ahead and pay him a visit."

The Martial God of Ten Thousand Paths was, in essence, the Yang Spirit realm.

Of course, it was somewhat distinct from the ordinary Yang Spirit. If a Yang Spirit would have their cultivation suppressed upon entering other worlds or traveling across the universe, then the Martial God of Ten Thousand Paths seemed exempt from that limitation. His power had grown substantially ever since his last breakthrough.

Just then, Thunder appeared. "I’ll go with you."

The rest of the Nascent Souls declared in unison, "We will accompany you!"

They were all wary of Dong Jun. They couldn’t possibly let Qi Yuan walk into danger alone.

Qi Yuan looked around at the Origin Land. "Maybe because the Dawn Chime is close, the Origin Land can no longer contain Yang Spirits, so all of you will be forced out anyway. Since fate has arranged for you to leave... Well. I don't usually like following fate. But today, let's do as fate suggests. You'll come with me to meet Dong Jun."

In an instant, countless silhouettes appeared behind him.

"We obey!"

Each silhouette bore incomparable, mysterious power. Even though they suppressed their presences with everything they had, no one could look directly at them. The assembled Martial Lords felt an instinctive urge to fall to their knees. Some of those presences even gave off an aura that seemed more towering and terrifying than Dong Jun himself!

Even the most unwavering among the Martial Lords felt doubt bloom in their hearts. But just as quickly, their resolve hardened again. Dong Jun is the supreme truth of this world! Numbers mean nothing!

Qi Yuan vanished along with the terrifying, towering figure. "Farewell, I hope we'll meet again."

Black Deer exhaled through clenched teeth. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead. Only once those figures disappeared did he let out a long breath. The other Martial Lords felt the same. The pressure that Qi Yuan and those terrifying silhouettes had exerted was immense.

Qi Yuan commanded far more subordinates than they had ever imagined. These Martial Lords had assumed a handful at most, and yet there were thousands.

A female Martial Lord asked shakily, "Dong Jun should be able to handle them, right?"

"What do you mean ‘handle’? Dong Jun will enlighten them, and they’ll come along just like us!"

"Exactly! With so many powerful cultivators on his side, Dong Jun will surely overcome the catastrophe and save the world!"

"We can't just sit idly either! We have to follow Dong Jun's instructions and resurrect his dao companion!"

"Right!"

"The worlds are converging, and nothing can stop it now! Let’s descend to the Land of Death! We must select a central figure and have her slay all the parallels. Once she absorbs all their memories and merges them into one, she will become Dong Jun's dao companion. Everything will be resolved once she travels to the Land of Calamity, and we will finally achieve true rebirth!"

"Haha! With them gone, we are finally going to succeed!"

Several Titled Martial Lords were going wild. After all, they had been through reset after reset, death after death. Their minds had long since warped.

Just then, a young peak Martial King from one of the bases pointed out, "Senior Martial Lords, when the Mountain-Sea Scroll merges, won't everyone kill each other until only one remains?"

In the Mountain-Sea Scroll, this man had once pledged himself to a chancellor's daughter in secret, and had even passed his cultivation techniques on to her. He had long looked forward to being reunited with his beloved. However, now it seemed that all that awaited him was a worldwide massacre.

Black Deer’s eyes blazed fanatically. "Correct. In each Mountain-Sea Scroll, there is a fragment of Dong Jun's dao companion reliving events from the past. Since Dong Jun created these illusions with the Brush of Mountains and Rivers, he has blurred the boundary between illusion and reality. We will support one fragment and have her slay and devour the rest.

"Then, his dao companion will ultimately awaken within her. The Mountain-Sea Scroll she inhabits will be the truth and the true future of the Origin Land. All the other scrolls will dissolve back into illusion. Without the Land of Death, the Mountain-Sea Scroll created by Dong Jun will become the one true future!"

After so many ages, after reset upon reset, they were finally this close to success!

The young man was crestfallen. "But then, won't everyone in the other Mountain-Sea Scrolls die?"

His beloved was still in one of those Mountain-Sea Scrolls! He couldn’t accept if she were to be sacrificed!

Black Deer replied without hesitation, "Some sacrifice is necessary for the sake of the world!"

A Titled Martial Lord added, "Remember, Dong Jun created them. Their very purpose, from birth, was to be sacrificed. Now, the time has simply come."

"Indeed! It's the very least they can do! Such grace could never be repaid, even across countless lifetimes!"

Their gazes were unflinching. After all, they had held on to such a belief for so long that even if they recognized their error now, they would never admit it.

At last, Mu Yan could hold back no longer. "But what have the people of the Mountain-Sea Scrolls ever done wrong? Especially the Land of Death, who is innocent!"

"They are always fated to be destroyed! We're simply giving them a hand!" Mu Yan's Bloodline Ancestor stared gently at him. "You new Martial Lords are simply too young. You've never met Dong Jun, hence it's natural that you misunderstand. For the sake of Dong Jun's mission, you younger ones should stay here and guard the Origin Land."

Without wasting any second, he went to restrain the new recruits. Several other Martial Lords followed suit.

Mu Yan shouted, his voice cracking, "No, Ancestor! What you're doing is madness! What if we don't even have to destroy all these worlds?! What if Qi Yuan can stop the Great Catasthrope himself?!"

He knew he was selfish in many ways, but he couldn't bear to watch the people he knew and cared about die! Most importantly, he had never even met Dong Jun, so he simply did not trust his plan. If he had to choose between Dong Jun and Qi Yuan, he would obviously choose the latter!

The Great Catastrophe may be immensely powerful, but isn’t Qi Yuan powerful as well?

Not only did Qi Yuan have so many mighty followers, but he had also swallowed a whole sun! With so many strong cultivators, surely they could handle one small calamity? If even that was impossible, what made anyone think Dong Jun's scheme would work?!