Gu Yun fell silent.
After a long time, he let out a sigh: “Truly, the world works in mysterious ways.”
The atmosphere was too heavy, making Gu Yun feel very uncomfortable.
“I think Yuan Ruochen is just too miserable. As the Emperor of the Demon Realm, his own wife and child died, yet even seeking revenge is incredibly difficult for him.”
“Even though he could have let go of the anger in his heart and fought to the death against the Immortal Realm, he ultimately chose not to. Instead, keeping the world in mind and considering the safety of his own citizens, he endured his deep grief and did not rashly start a war.”
“He is a good monarch. For the Demon Realm to have such a ruler is their blessing.”
“But doing this is also just too frustrating.”
“However, it is also understandable. Those in high positions always have to make decisions with deep deliberation.”
Yan Qinyu let out a sigh, “Yes, that is why the living beings of the Demon Realm love and respect Yuan Ruochen so deeply. Even if Yuan Ruochen ordered them to die, they would be completely willing.”
Gu Yun was dying of anger. Comparing Yuan Ruochen with Feng Yuan, Gu Yun found that he only wanted to hack Feng Yuan to pieces with a sword.
Holy mother of crap, this is so infuriating!
Yan Qinyu thought to himself that upon returning this time, he would no longer hold back. The kindness he once believed in turned out to be a calculated plot, which is truly ironic.
There was also his identity. The words Feng Yuan had spoken to him always felt incomprehensible. Once he returned this time, he had to make a trip back to the Underworld to investigate and find out exactly what was going on.
Gu Yun suddenly asked, “It took you thousands of years just to undergo your tribulation here. Feng Yuan won’t take advantage of this time to attack the Demon Realm again, will he?”
Yan Qinyu smiled and explained, “The flow of time in the lower realm and the upper realm is different. While thousands of years have passed here, perhaps only a few years have gone by in the Linxu Realm. Moreover, they must be extremely heavily injured. Without a thousand years of nursing, they won’t recover.”
Gu Yun realized, “So that’s how it is. Then there is no need to rush.”
Gu Yun asked again, “Then since you have successfully passed your tribulation now, can you completely crush Feng Yuan?”
Yan Qinyu glanced at Gu Yun, showing no impatience, “Yes, I have already broken through to the Emperor Realm and successfully attained my Dao. Within the Linxu Realm, I am the number one person.”
“Incredible!” Gu Yun’s eyes widened like brass bells, and he gave a big thumbs up.
At the same time, Gu Yun also became more curious about that eldest son of the Yuan family whom he had never met, Yuan Ruoshen.
Could he really be the Yuan Ruoshen that Yan Qinyu was looking for?
If it really were that Yuan Ruoshen.
Gu Yun felt excited just thinking about it. After all, Yuan Ruoshen had once reincarnated as Lu Xuan.
That was the greatest emperor of all time in the history of the Great Xia!
The two talked as they traveled, already crossing over two mountains.
Yan Qinyu felt this was too slow, so he said to Gu Yun, “Where is your destination? I will directly tear open space to take you there.”
Gu Yun replied, “Uh, the Management Bureau in the downtown area of the Capital.”
In his past life as An Qing, because he was a member of the Ranye organization, Yan Qinyu had memorized the important locations of various countries and regions. He also possessed an extremely deep understanding of every part of the Great Xia.
The moment Gu Yun spoke, the positions of various locations flashed across his mind.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he prepared to tear open space to take Gu Yun there.
However, when he tried to tear open space this time, he encountered a wave of resistance.
Yan Qinyu was stunned, and then he released his divine sense to investigate.
“The source power of the Heavenly Dao?”
Yan Qinyu frowned.
The spiritual qi revival in this world was indeed an act of self-preservation by the Heavenly Dao, but it was impossible for the source power of the Heavenly Dao to permeate the entire world. What was going on?
Yan Qinyu directly released his primordial spirit to communicate with the Heavenly Dao, intending to properly inspect this world.
As a result, the moment he released his primordial spirit, he was pressed back by a surge of pressure.
Although Yan Qinyu could forcefully break through this layer of pressure, he did not take action. Instead, he allowed the pressure to push him back.
Yan Qinyu’s face was filled with shock, and even more so with disbelief.
Seeing this, Gu Yun immediately asked, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
Yan Qinyu did not answer, but a tumultuous wave had arisen within his heart.
Thinking about the information he had just “seen”, he could not calm down no matter what.
“The Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth?”
“How could it be the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth?”
“How could it possibly be the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth?!”
Yan Qinyu could not calm his mind for a long time.
It turned out that what permeated between heaven and earth was not the source power of the Heavenly Dao at all, but the tribulation qi of the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth!
Yan Qinyu had previously calculated that this realm would face a tribulation. He thought it was just an ordinary quantum tribulation. Since he shared karma with this realm, he had to help it pass the great tribulation to be considered as having settled the karma, which would allow his cultivation to progress better.
But he never expected that it would actually be the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth!
A quantum tribulation is merely a struggle to become the protagonist of heaven and earth.
A thousand years ago, this realm experienced a quantum tribulation. At that time, immortals and gods all perished, the Underworld closed, and reincarnation vanished from sight.
The world entered the Dharma Ending Age, and the human race became the protagonist of heaven and earth.
If it were a quantum tribulation, then with the current spiritual qi revival, it would be a struggle between humans and spiritual creatures.
If no gods are born and the Underworld is not established, then the future will belong to the spiritual creatures.
The human realm will become a living hell, but at least there will still be living beings, waiting for the next quantum tribulation where the human race might reclaim the position of the protagonist of heaven and earth.
But this is the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth!
This world has not seen large-scale wars, deaths, wait. Over a hundred years ago in this world, various nations fought in chaos, followed by famines. The number of living beings that died was certainly not a small amount.
Therefore, malignant qi filled the air, and with no Underworld to gather the wronged souls, it was not surprising that it ultimately formed the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.
In the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, all living beings enter the tribulation. Those who pass it find new life, while those who fail will see the world shatter and all things return to chaos.
Immortals, gods, demons, monsters, and all living souls will perish!
Not a single one can escape! Malignant qi, resentment, and evil thoughts take physical form, and the supernatural revives!
The human race brought this ruin upon themselves!
The Heavenly Dao is saving itself, which is why it triggered the spiritual qi revival. The purpose is to allow new gods to be born during the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, to rebuild the six paths of reincarnation in the Underworld, and to bring reincarnation back onto the right track.
If no gods are born, no matter who becomes the protagonist of heaven and earth in the end, the world will shatter and return to chaos.
Of course, given the circumstances of this world, after the supernatural completely revives, it is also impossible for humanity to win.
The only chance of survival lies in the reincarnation of the Underworld.
This is a massive gamble by the Heavenly Dao, and it is also a single thread of hope for all living beings.
Win the gamble and live; lose the gamble and die.
All living beings enter the tribulation, and even Yan Qinyu has no solution.
This is no longer a matter of fighting to be the protagonist of heaven and earth.
Therefore, if Yan Qinyu wants to help this realm pass the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, he must find the chosen person of destiny within the tribulation who is capable of becoming a god, and assist him in achieving godhood.
But the world is so vast, and the secrets of heaven have already been disrupted by the tribulation qi. How can he find them?
It is simply harder than looking for a needle in the ocean!
Yan Qinyu calmed the thoughts in his heart.
The more it is this kind of time, the more one must remain calm.
He thought of the Master of the Spiritual Record that Gu Yun had mentioned to him earlier.
Perhaps a thread of hope for survival lies upon this Master of the Spiritual Record. After all, they were a master personally chosen by the Spiritual Record itself.
Yan Qinyu thought that after resolving the matter of Yuan Ruoshen, he would go to meet this Master of the Spiritual Record.
The Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth!
Yan Qinyu also felt the pressure in his heart.
Although he could completely ignore it and return to the Linxu Realm after finding Yuan Ruoshen, he could not bring himself to do so.
If he really did that, would he still be Yan Qinyu?
Moreover, since he borrowed the fortune of this realm to be reborn, he could not sit idly by and watch this realm perish.
Yan Qinyu smiled with relief, “With no fear and no dread, I shall do my utmost to act, leaving no regrets in my heart.”
He would do his best to save it. Even if he ultimately failed, he would have a clear conscience.
Having figured this out, Yan Qinyu continued to extend his divine sense, carefully avoiding the permeating tribulation qi.
Right now, the tribulation qi gathered in the mortal realm, and all living beings had entered the tribulation. Yan Qinyu could not calculate anything at all. He could only be careful and more careful to avoid triggering the tribulation qi.
Therefore, he truly did not know where Yuan Ruoshen actually was either. Otherwise, he would have just gone directly to bring the person back.
Seeing that Yan Qinyu had not torn open the spatial pathway for a long time, Gu Yun felt a little worried.
But in the next moment, he saw a large black hole appear, though it was slightly smaller than the one before.
Gu Yun was stunned, “This… why does it feel different from the one just now?”
Yan Qinyu did not plan to tell Gu Yun about the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth to avoid keeping him in constant fear. Furthermore, even if he did tell Gu Yun, it would not be of much use anyway.
Facing Gu Yun’s question, Yan Qinyu said, “They are much the same. In any case, it can reach the destination.”
Gu Yun naturally would not doubt him. He was merely curious about why the black hole had become smaller.
Since Yan Qinyu did not say, he was smart enough not to ask further.
The Management Bureau in the downtown area of the Capital.
Old Master Yuan, the director of the office, and the bureau chief were all present.
Director Zhang respected Old Master Yuan immensely and kept comforting him.
This was a founding veteran of the country! Now that this kind of thing had happened, how could the old man accept it!
Bureau Chief Chen, on the other hand, was gathering information from an informant, mainly inquiring if there were any clues regarding that drug stronghold of the Ranye organization.
As it turned out, clues were actually found. They discovered a lead in an underground city in Yancheng.
The final location of Yuan Ruoshen’s phone was in the Capital. Five days later, the location reappeared, and it was in Yancheng.
This was highly likely a trap.
Bureau Chief Chen felt anxious inside.
It had been so long, the person was certainly facing more bad luck than good, and the other side was clearly prepared.
He heard that there were also cultivators on Ranye’s side. If they sent ordinary people, they would just be throwing their lives away. Even if cultivators went, they would not gain any advantage!
They could only wait to deploy cultivators from the Spiritual Record Division, but currently, most of the cultivators were not at the headquarters. Deploying people also took time.
But the crucial point was that Yuan Ruoshen might not be able to last that long!
Old Master Yuan looked as if he had aged significantly. He naturally knew the danger level of this matter as well.
But the only remaining child of the Yuan family’s direct lineage now was Yuan Ruoshen.
The child he raised with his own hands, his favorite child, whose life or death was unknown, and who might have already.
The Yuan family was not like the other major families that had too many complicated affairs. Although the members of this great family handed down from ancient times were numerous, the direct lineage of the Yuan family was clean and clear, having only one son.
That was Yuan Ruoshen’s father, Yuan Jincheng. Yuan Jincheng had similarly joined the national team to execute missions and died for the country seven years ago.
Yuan Jincheng’s wife, Jiang Xihe, died for the country during a mission in the same year.
The deaths of his parents were a massive blow to Yuan Ruoshen. Old Master Yuan and his wife were equally grief-stricken over the sacrifice of their son and daughter-in-law. Under the immense blow, the elderly Lady Yuan also fell gravely ill and passed away the following year.
Within a short single year, what Old Master Yuan faced was the pain of losing his wife, his son, and his daughter-in-law.
But he knew he could not collapse; he still had his grandson.
Yuan Ruoshen was raised single-handedly by Old Master Yuan.
Yet, what caught everyone unexpected was that during his growth, Yuan Ruoshen turned out to be exactly like his father and mother. He was full of persistence and desire to join the national team, resolutely enlisting in the army.