Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
When the sheep and deer brothers were settled, Olu suddenly paled.
âWhatâs the matter, Olu?â
âFather, he...â Gao Peng saw panic for the first time in Oluâs eyes.
âDonât worry unnecessarily,â Gao Peng comforted Olu.
âMaster,â Dumby suddenly said. âMy teacher, it seems... heâs dead.â
âHow is that possible? So many King Gods were left together.â Gao Peng couldnât believe it.
âMy teacher left a soul seal in my body. The soul seal... is now broken.â Dumbyâs voice sounded forlorn.
âIâm going to find my father!â All of a sudden, Olu jumped up and ran out.
After Gao Peng and Olu left the surface sea and entered the Chaotic Vanity Space, they stopped in their steps. In the space in front of them, a huge heart was floating. Thick and scary-looking tentacles were growing in all directions from the heart.
A dark wave of red energy was released from the Root of Termination, and the boundary ring that surrounded Jiutian Shidi was directly broken.
Gao Peng could sense that the power fluctuation from the Root of Termination was boundless.
A string of blue characters suddenly appeared in space: You can change the ending.
Gao Peng blinked. Suddenly, his hair stood on end!
Wasnât that his own golden finger?!
âWhat are you talking about?â
The font transformed: In actuality, this is your destiny.
âBah, I donât believe in destiny!â Gao Peng cursed. âEverything Iâve accomplished up to today was with my own sweat and blood.â
Next was written: Do you believe in yourself?â
â...â
The message continued: You donât even believe in yourself. You are a man with self-awareness. There has never been a free lunch in this world. You pay for what you get.
Gao Peng opened his mouth and suddenly didnât know what to say.
It was true that there was no such thing as a free lunch. One would eventually have to pay the price.
âWhat price would I have to pay?â Gao Peng said hoarsely.
âEverything that you have.â
â...â
âBut why did you select me?â Gao Peng was in a state of confusion.
âBecause you are very special.â
âVery special?â Gao Peng smiled bitterly. âThat also depends on my own abilities.â
âGao Peng... We helped you deflect attention and got Silly to help you escape. Run as far as you can,â Fatty Big Sea suddenly said.
âI will protect you, Master!â Dumby said firmly.@@novelbin@@
After a long moment of silence, Gao Peng said, âThereâs no need. Youâve been protecting me all these years. Although Iâm the trainer and youâre familiars, Iâve always felt like I was living off of you guys,â Gao Peng said.
âGao Yueyue, who would protect you, if not me?â Goldie said quickly.
âIf you go back, help me tell my grandfather that my biggest regret was that I didnât accompany him properly,â Gao Peng said, resigned. âIf I had known it would come to this, I wouldnât have wandered around, but rather stayed at home with him.â
âGao Peng...â Fatty Big Sea and Desolion sensed that something was wrong from Gao Pengâs tone.
âFinally, I want to say... I really donât regret knowing you. Hahaha.â
Gao Peng said to the golden finger in his mind, âI think I may have figured out what you are.â
The golden finger in his mind didnât respond.
âYouâre an accumulation of the will of the world, just like the plane source, but youâre bigger than that. Youâre the accumulation of the whole universe, so since the monsters appeared in this world, you record it, so you know exactly how they evolved. But the monsters that havenât appeared in this world, like the new monsters that I created with a magic brain, were named by me,â Gao Peng said calmly. âAnd you gave me the golden finger to deal with the Root of Termination, right?â
The golden finger didnât respond.
âThat isnât right... If you could deal with the Root of Termination by yourself, why would you need me? The key to dealing with the Root of Termination lies in me?â Gao Peng mumbled to himself.
âYou mentioned that I have to give all that I have. That is to say, the key to destroying the Root of Termination lies in me?â
The Root of Termination spread larger and larger until the whole Lightning Elemental World was swallowed up. It was as if a huge black hole existed in the starry sky.
Some of the surrounding planets were swallowed like dust.
The Root of Termination had slowly expanded, fast approaching Jiutian Shidi and even the edge of the Surface Sea...
âHoo...â Gao Peng heaved a sigh, and a complex smile appeared on his face. âRemember thisâI am not sacrificing myself because of you,â Gao Peng said fiercely.
When Gao Peng made up his mind, he felt like heâd been sapped dry inside.
Scattering into numerous beautiful light specks, space was frozen over.
A pair of giant purple eyes appeared above the Root of Termination.
In comparison to the giant pair of purple eyes, the expanded Root of Termination appeared very small. The whole world was covered with purple light.
Under the purple light, the Root of Termination rose to resist, but it was like a boat battling strong waves. Although the Root of Termination resisted desperately, their strengths werenât in the same league.
With a massive boom, the Root of Termination was destroyed, just like a fragile and delicate crystal sculpture being smashed and exploding into beautiful pieces.
The broken space was like pieces of debris or leaves dancing in the sky.
An intermittent cry echoed between heaven and earth.
Gao Peng had disappeared, leaving behind a bunch of dazed familiars.
Da Zi was shocked, then started frantically looking for traces of Gao Peng. Its tail wagged furiously, its eyes filled with confusion.
How... How had he disappeared after merging bodies?
âGao Peng is playing hide and seek with us.
âHow could he become as stupid as Silly?! Enjoying such naive little games!â Da Zi thought angrily.
With cracking noises, broken bits of space began floating around again.
Da Zi and Goldie became alert and looked over with great hope, but they only saw broken space debris condensing into a glass ball, and the glass ball was empty, nothing in it.
âWhat are you doing, Silly?â Da Zi became slightly angry. How could Silly be so ridiculous at this point in time?
Sillyâs body shook for a while, before it mournfully said, âI... I just want to collect Gao Pengâs scent, so I can smell him when I miss him.â
Da Zi eyes were instantly red. âGao Yueyue is still around! What do you need his smell for?! Iâll keep the glass ball for you.â Then Da Zi reached over to take the space glass ball.
There was a silver flash as Silly dodged while holding onto the glass ball. âIâm not stupid.â
âYou give that to me! Gao Peng is mine! â Da Ziâs pupils shrank into a vertical line, its wings spread out, and it glared at Silly.
âThatâs enough,â said Dumby hoarsely. âDo you still want to fight at this time?â Dumby sounded cold. Its palm shifted into soul mode, then it started to search within space using its full powers in both the Soul rule and the Death rule it would revive its master!
The Death rule transformed into a physical state, and the chains of laws crisscrossed in space.
The flames in Dumbyâs eyes soared. âThe Death ruleâYin and Yang Reversal!â
Some vague shadowy figures appeared in space. They seemed to be attracted by something and floated over after being seduced.
Dumbyâs eyes swept around quickly.
âNo...
âNot him.
âNot him yet.
âWhy isnât he there!â Dumby thought.
The flames in Dumbyâs eyes became furious. It waved its right claw. All the shadows in the void were torn to pieces!
It viciously thought, âMy master is gone. Why are you guys still around?!â
This was the first time Goldie saw Dumby become angry.
It couldnât help but quietly step back.
âThen... What shall we do?â Flamy was at a loss, very flustered, and had a strong sense of uneasiness.
This feeling was something it had never experienced before.
Losing the people whom it depended on and losing their only pillar of support was a feeling that terrified Flamy.
It felt helpless.
It was as if a mountain that they had constantly relied on had suddenly collapsed.
All gone, nothing left.
Standing alone in the cold wind, one could only look around and take in the devastation.
âAnnoying baldie, where should we go?â Without their master, Flamy instinctively stuck to Goldie.
Goldie had truly become a stunned duck. It stood in its original position, hearing and reacting to no one.
âI donât know.â Goldie was in a daze. It had been following Gao Peng all this time, anywhere he went. Its parents left it when it was very young, so Gao Peng was to it, like a father.
âGao Peng is gone. Where else can I go?â Goldie said suddenly.
âLetâs go find Gao Peng?â Flamy persuaded Goldie.
âHow do we find him?â
âGao Peng is such a scheming man. He must be alive!â Flamy said to Goldie.
Goldieâs eyes lit up with fighting spirit.
âGao Yueyue must be alive!â
âGao Peng... Gao Peng, you donât want me anymore,â Stripey murmured to itself. âAre you angry that Stripey didnât listen?â
âI want to find a way to revive my master,â Dumby said firmly. âMaster can definitely be resurrected! Death is not the end!â
After that, Dumby turned and left.
âDumby,â cried Da Zi.
Dumby stopped in its steps, hesitating for less than two seconds, then continued walking off without turning back...
...
After the war, the Ling Clan, who went through the Root of Termination disaster, suffered a lot of damage, and the human clan took the opportunity to rise.
The top existence in Jiutian Shidi had disappeared, and a new round of wars broke out due to a lack of resources.
To avoid fighting, the Ling Clan fled to Earth Star and was later integrated into the human race.
Five hundred years later, the human race, which had been developing for a long time on the Surface Sea, had grown into a giant. Under the leadership of Ji Hanwu, the first federal governor, the human race had entered a new golden age.
At the same time, the army of Terracotta Warriors revived in the tomb of Earth Starâs first emperor also ended the expedition to the Surface Sea and returned to the human race in the 300th year. Although the army of Terracotta Warriors didnât ever merge with the human race, they also reached a collaborative relationship.
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âYour Excellency, the third Royal Veterinary Army successfully occupied the Baihu Swamp and subdued the Ghost Car Clan.â
âYour Excellency, General Da Zi has defeated the Emperor Nanqi Mountain, the Spine Star Ape.â
One by one, the battle reports were sent to the general combat room.
White hair meticulously swept back, steady and sharp eyes like an eagleâs stared at the sand table.
A small steel ball fell away from fingertips and knocked down the last blue flag on the table.
There was a gentleness on the cold face.
âWeâve done well to win the eastern war zone, but we shouldnât take it lightly. We should still be wary of the counter-attack of other Mystical Familiar Clans.
âBy the way, letâs have a celebration party for the soldiers in the evening. Aside from the necessary defense crew, everyone can join in.â
âYes!â
It was a starry night.
Under the night sky, bonfires were burning in the grassland. The soldiers celebrated around the bonfires and toasted one another.
In a remote corner, no one dared approach a purplish-gold ten thousand winged dragon lying on the hill. When the night wind blew, the mighty dragon curled up and looked at the galaxy.
The members of the party were tired and had gone back to the tent to rest, but Da Zi was still lying on the ground looking up at the sky.
Suddenly, Da Zi seemed to return to the scene where it first met Gao Peng.
Locked in a glass box, it had hidden nervously in the corner of the box.
A little boy had come up curiously then was scared away.
âWow... What a big purple centipede!â
âThis is our familyâs new partner. Little Peng, give it a name.â
âAh, who me...? But I donât know how to give names.â
âBut you will eventually learn how to give names.â
âThen letâs name it Da Zi.â
âOkay, itâs called Da Zi then,â said the mistress gently.
...
âDa Zi, I donât have my parents anymore, they donât want me...â the little boy cried bitterly while holding the box.
âThey donât want me. Will you leave me?â The little boyâs snot was smeared against the glass box.
The feelers of the centipede in the box waved around. It thought that the little boy was too silly.
Later, it turned out that the boy really was silly. He would kick away the quilts when he slept, and Da Zi often had to cover him again.
âIn the end, I became like you. I learned to rub my chin like you. I learned to cough like you. I learned to snore like you. But... Where are you, Gao Peng?â
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âWhoo... Whoo, run, run.â Three youths were running wildly through the dense jungle.
From time to time, they would look back nervously towards a huge black shadow that was dashing forward and slamming into numerous trees.
âWeâre done for. We canât possibly outrun a red wolf!â One of the fat boys was in tears.
âThereâs a chance that the red wolf has an injured left foot. Fatty, give it a shot, donât give up!â
A strange booping sound could be heard.
There was a flash of silver, then the red wolf chasing the boys had its head cut off.
âAh?â
âDumb mortals, congratulations on being saved by the great Silly.â A silver jellyfish floated down from the sky.
Not waiting for them to mock its name, the jellyfish continued, âBut I donât just save any random person. You have to pay a price for this!â The jellyfishâs voice echoed throughout the woods.
The three of them were immediately nervous.
The boy in the middle clenched his fist, then stepped forward. âTake me if you need a reward.â
âNo, no, no, I donât want you.â
The silver flash blipped past. The fat one screamed and then grabbed his pocket. The juice he had been carrying in it was gone!
âWell, Iâve already got my reward. You may leave.â Silly took a deep sip of the juice and smacked its lips repeatedly. It was a familiar taste. As though it had remembered something beautiful, the jellyfish floated reminiscent in mid-air.