Eternal Tale

In the distance.

At the peak of a craggy mountain, Tuo She stood respectfully to the side, his four arms hanging low. His skin was a deep silver-gray, and a bundle of jet-black hair flowed gently with his movements.

His eyebrows were thick and prominent, like two mountain ranges, slightly raised, exuding confidence and decisiveness.

His nose was straight and strong, his cheeks smooth and firm, with fluid lines and no excess flesh, emanating an aura of age and authority.

A hint of doubt flickered in his sharp eyes. Before the Immortal Venerable stood a crowd of human immortal puppets, both male and female, their cultivation varying according to the quality of the Evil Marrow Crystals. They were expressionless and silent.

Ahead.

Chen Xun’s black hair fluttered as he looked calmly at these all-too-familiar faces, a gentle smile playing at his lips, as if reminiscing, with a touch of ancient sorrow at the corners of his eyes.

His throat moved continuously, but in the end, he said nothing, only letting out a faint smile.

He was merely using some lowly means to see them once more, to deceive himself once more...

Chen Xun sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes as calm as an ancient well as he gazed into the distance, speaking softly, ”Tuo She, now it’s just the two of us. Over the years, why have you been so uneasy after seeing my third sister? You can tell me.””Finding an ancient being like you, naturally, I have my reasons.”

”Immortal Venerable...”

Tuo She was inwardly shaken, slowly raising his head, a self-mocking look in his eyes. How could such a being be as carefree and nonchalant as he appeared?

Chen Xun smiled, his eyes still filled with ancient sorrow. ”Go ahead, consider it a story. I really can’t see any resemblance to evil spirits in your chaotic clan; you’re far inferior to Filthy Longevity.”

Filthy Longevity?

Tuo She frowned, having never heard of such a creature. His own race was actually inferior to this one... But since the Immortal Venerable said so, he wouldn’t argue.

”Immortal Venerable, Miss Nangong seems to have... the aura of the Crane Spirit Tree.”

”Yes.”

”You also know where in the grand world there is no presence of the Crane Spirit Tree.”

”The Void Land.”

Chen Xun responded calmly, as if no words could stir his heart anymore, only gazing quietly into the deep sky. ”So, your chaotic clan lives in the chaotic void to avoid this tree?”

”Immortal Venerable, this spirit tree is a great ominous creature!”

Tuo She became slightly agitated, even taking a deep breath. ”They led the last cycle of heaven and earth, the era of the extinction of all spirits!”

”Heh.” Chen Xun’s brows twitched slightly, and he chuckled. ”It’s possible. Presumably, the grand world’s strong ones could foresee it, but this tree cannot be eradicated now, do you understand?”

”Immortal Venerable, you know?!” Tuo She’s pupils contracted as he looked at Chen Xun’s back, the latter too calm and rational...

”I once discussed with my brothers why the spirit veins and spirit stone mines of this grand world often erupt, where those deeply buried Crane Spirit Trees came from. It turns out this is the reason.”

Chen Xun spoke indifferently, ”It seems these Crane Spirit Trees from the last cycle of heaven and earth have survived, buried in this Three Thousand Great Worlds. So, what is the true identity of the chaotic clan?”

”The remnants who escaped the destruction of the last grand world...”

Tuo She responded heavily, the surrounding chaos subtly changing due to his aura. ”Because of our clan’s unique talent, we escaped to the next cycle of heaven and earth, the new world named the Three Thousand Great Worlds.”

He began to narrate in detail, especially when mentioning the Crane Spirit Tree, as if the fear was inherited from ancient bloodlines, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

The chaotic clan’s ancient history records that as the essence of heaven and earth faded, spiritual qi was lost, and the life force of myriad clans was recorded by the grand world. All prospered together, all declined together, and the entire world began to decay...

The lifespan of the strong was cut short, the era of the extinction of all spirits arrived, with no successors.

But those long-lasting Crane Spirit Trees, due to the lack of spiritual qi from heaven and earth’s nourishment, began to devour the grand world’s essence on their own!

The entire grand world was completely sealed by its essence during the era of the extinction of all spirits, beginning self-rescue.

However, those revived small boundaries continued to grow, forming one great world after another, reopening heaven and earth.

But with internal and external troubles, the entire world was collapsing and crumbling, mountains and rivers in turmoil, sun and moon no longer existing, billions of beings falling into extinction, the sealed essence only delaying the time of destruction.

In that era, the strong all perished, and when they realized it, it was already too late, leaving only... to await their doom!

And those chaotic clan members, excluded from the world, became the orphans of heaven and earth by a twist of fate, saving themselves... Their surviving clan members lived in the chaotic void, never entering the grand world.

However, they couldn’t find the coordinates of the new Three Thousand Great Worlds, with pitifully few resources for the immortal path, only able to watch the grand world fall, watching those terrifying Crane Spirit Trees reveal their hideous faces.

The scene of the grand world’s collapse seemed forever etched into the chaotic clan’s bloodline, even after tens of millions of years, they could never forget the Crane Spirit Tree.

No one would have thought that the spirit tree, which once nourished heaven and earth, would become the last straw that broke the grand world!

The growth of those small boundaries was also to silently devour the grand world!

They lacked the ability and the foresight to foresee the arrival of the great calamity of heaven and earth. The era of the extinction of all spirits was the last glory of the grand world, and the era of the extinction of all spirits only brought endless darkness.

And their chaotic clan was once the strongest ranking of myriad clans in the previous heaven and earth!

”Immortal Venerable, this is why Tuo She fears Miss Nangong so much. It’s not because of any secret within her, but simply because my clan fears the aura of the Crane Spirit Tree.”

Tuo She sighed deeply, his pupils becoming profoundly deep, also gradually gazing into the deep sky. ”My clan is not accepted by the Chaos Immortal Spirit List of the Three Thousand Great Worlds, so we became outcasts.”

Chen Xun had already taken out a small booklet, lowering his head to write and draw. He didn’t care about these stories themselves, nor did he have the ability to delve deeply into them, only treating them as a story to integrate into his memory.

His expression was gentle, speaking calmly, ”It seems the Chaos Immortal Spirit List was indeed crafted by living beings. Heaven and earth have no consciousness. It seems your clan was targeted by some great clan.”

”It seems the Immortal Venerable has some guesses in mind.” Tuo She’s gaze narrowed slightly. It turned out this person knew everything, with a mind so deep it was terrifying, never revealing anything for hundreds of years.

”Can’t guess for now.”

”……”

Tuo She was momentarily speechless, quickly adjusting his mindset, then changing the subject, speaking solemnly, ”I suppose the Immortal Venerable knows that in the Three Thousand Great Worlds, only one race’s ancestral land is in the void, and they are not favored by the strongest myriad clans of the grand world.”

”The Ancient Saint Clan, who feed on Void Ancient Beasts, but external rumors say they lack a strong sense of the big picture, which is why they are not favored.”

”Immortal Venerable, what you said is correct, it’s this clan, but the external rumors are just rumors, not the truth.”

”Oh? Tuo She, what do you mean?”

”This clan, from the beginning of ancient times, were traitors of my chaotic clan. It was the Ancient Saint Clan who betrayed my chaotic clan, revealing the truth of the cycles of heaven and earth to various clans, and selling our weaknesses and roles to the great ancient immortal kingdoms.”

Tuo She spoke with a somber tone, recounting this embarrassing immortal history, ”This clan integrated into the Three Thousand Great Worlds, relying on the support of various immortal kingdoms and my clan’s blood to ascend to the strongest myriad clans of the grand world.”

”Now, they want to eradicate us completely, to open the Boundless True Immortal Realm, sever the cycles of heaven and earth, and turn my clan into dust in immortal history, known only as the Ancient Saint Clan, with no knowledge of my chaotic clan.”

”We are merely a group of evil spirits from beyond the boundary, even the seclusion artifacts were taken by the Ancient Saint Clan. Perhaps this boundless new heaven and earth no longer has a void land to carry my chaotic clan, we are merely a heaven-abandoned race from the previous cycle of heaven and earth.”

Tuo She’s gaze dimmed a bit, his eyes devoid of hatred, as if merely recounting a matter unrelated to him. ”Immortal Venerable, these matters have passed too long ago, they are no longer important.”

”So that’s how it is.”

Chen Xun nodded slightly, pausing his writing, speaking gently, ”It seems the rise of the Ancient Saint Clan is indeed like the setting sun of the west, the dawn of the east, carrying the corpses of their kin as they move forward under a heavy burden.”