I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

The memories continued.

The day of the Deep Blue Calamity, when the Insect Race besieged the city.

The leader of Great Xia, Li Shutong, fully unleashed the Eight Urgencies.

His realm transcended Tier Nine, reaching the legendary Realm of Transcendence, attainable only to deities.

Under the aura of the Realm of Transcendence, the entire Deep Blue seemed to fall into a special ”domain.”

In the domain, everything, including time, was in an absolute state of suspension.

In the domain, Li Shutong was the sole deity!

He shattered the void with a punch, and with another punch, he obliterated the invading Tier Nine Insect Emperor.

As his next punch was about to strike Yi Fan and the Crimson Queen across from him, Li Shutong stopped.

In the next moment, Yi Fan, who was suppressed to the point of immobility in the domain, suddenly regained consciousness.

He saw everything around him frozen, and Li Shutong slowly walked to stand before him. Yi Fan opened his mouth, ”Teacher.”

”Why?” Li Shutong looked at his eighth student, feeling a sense of unfamiliarity at this moment.

Facing Li Shutong’s questioning, Yi Fan grinned.

He slightly lowered his head, not answering his teacher’s question.

”Yi Fan, I once said that you have more talent than the other seven senior brothers.”

”You are the one among all your peers who advanced your cultivation fastest. After reaching the Tier Eight Peak, you early on realized your unique way to breakthrough Tier Nine.”

”Using your Lying Talent to ’fabricate’ a second, absolutely real self, starting over with the identity of ’Yi Fan.’ When both ’Yi Fan’ and ’Nothingness’ reach the Tier Eight Peak, by merging the two, the lie becomes reality, achieving the breakthrough to Tier Nine.”

”I knew these things, but I never thought you would do so much under the identity of ’Yi Fan.’

”Why?” he asked a second time.

”My time is running out,” Li Shutong said in a reminiscent tone once more.

Yi Fan, whose inner strength was as solid as a rock, finally wavered slightly, but he still did not raise his head.

”To scheme and kill the Insect Emperors occupying the Sea of Blood, becoming the new master of the Sea of Blood,” Yi Fan answered.

”Why?” Li Shutong asked for the third time, increasing his speed of speech.

”To fulfill my dream!” This time, Yi Fan replied without any hesitation.

As soon as he spoke, a burst of Fist Gang rushed towards him.

It was Li Shutong’s fist suddenly stopping.

In the violent fist wind, Yi Fan raised his head, looking at Li Shutong, whose temples had turned gray.

”I was willing to believe in you, but you chose not to believe in me, nor your senior brothers. You still chose a path for yourself alone.”

”Teacher.” Yi Fan clenched his fists.

”Take her and go.”

”I can forgive you, but others may never will.”

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Yi Fan’s figure appeared on the Moon.

At this time, the Moon was already desolate, completely devoid of any other life.

Sensing something, Yi Fan looked towards a certain spot, where an unremarkable small tree was half-buried in moon dust.

He shook his head.

In the next second, the small tree gradually vanished as if erased by a chalkboard eraser.

Immediately after, he began to etch a gigantic, special pattern using crimson blood across the Moon’s surface as a foundation.

This pattern resembled an array, yet also like a kind of sacrificial symbol.

To use the entire Moon for engraving, it was a testament to its immense scale.

”The Moon as it is now has become utterly dead and tranquil, the Divine Heart, with all remnant souls gone, the seal lifted, everything is as planned.”

”The day has finally arrived.”

”Am I right, Primordial True Insect, [Silence].”

Yi Fan murmured as he looked down.

That was its true name.

By leveraging his talent ability, Yi Fan had traveled to many places, discovering countless secret lores.

The true name of the Primordial True Insect lay recorded on a mysterious stone tablet.

In addition to the name of the Primordial True Insect, the stone tablet recorded three significant major events.

”First Event”

The Primordial True Insect rampaged across the cosmos, devouring countless worlds, causing untold suffering.

Only a handful of worlds survived, at great cost.

It relentlessly devoured the Fruit Worlds on the World Tree, finding endless pleasure.

It was historically known as the Extinction Shadow.

”Second Event”

To counteract the extinction shadow’s devouring and protect the world’s origin, the dual Saints of the Twin Fruit World stepped forward.

They innovated methods, forming all things, creating worlds, and joined with other saints to consolidate all weaker Fruit World origins on the World Tree as a foundation.

This new world amassed enough world origins to become indestructible, impervious to extinction shadows’ attacks.

It was historically known as, All Realms Unite.

”Third Event”

After All Realms Unite, humanity continued and reproduced, preserving the final hope’s spark.

The more potent Fruit Worlds continued to grow independently.

Out of these, numerous new Saints emerged, further nourished and irrigated by more parts of the World Tree, becoming stronger.

The mightiest among the Saints was named Xuanyuan. He led the Saints to a cosmic end battle against the Primordial True Insect, fighting for ages unknown.

Finally, the Saints vanished, and the Primordial True Insect fell.

This was historically known as, The Saints Extinguish Calamity.

These special events greatly reshaped Yi Fan’s understanding of the world.

Especially corroborated by other fragmented secret lores, it further verified the authenticity of these events.

The recordings on the mysterious stone tablet ended here, but the story of the Primordial True Insect did not conclude.

Based on these clues and combined with other secret lores he gathered, Yi Fan speculated to fill in the rest of the story.

”The Primordial True Insect was jointly slain by the Saints, yet its massive insect body did not disperse into the world; instead, it fragmented into numerous parts.”

”The heart of the Primordial True Insect, bearing the remnant soul of [Silence], transformed into the Moon.”

”The blood of the Primordial True Insect, brimming with abundant life energy, became the Sea of Blood, known to nurture deities.”

”The world origins devoured by the Primordial True Insect transformed into the insect race origin during its digestion, scattered throughout the cosmos.”

One portion of the insect race origin along with its remnants crashed into Blue Star, known in human history as the ’Meteor Shower.’

Following that meteor shower, the entire Blue Star was influenced by the insect race origin, a large number of alien races appeared, triggering a new wave of the ’Insect Plague.’

But compared to the world-destroying Extinction Shadow, this ’Insect Plague’ was like a child’s play.

”Divine Heart, Sea of Blood, Origin.”

Yi Fan composed his thoughts and whispered these three words.

The Divine Heart was under his feet.

The Sea of Blood was the stronghold of the Crimson Insect Race.

The insect race origin had been extracted from the Qinse Fruit World.

Now that all three were ready, he would commence his ultimate plan—to resurrect the Primordial True Insect [Silence]!

”A remnant soul is nothing more than a remnant soul, even if resurrected, it could not surpass the original.”

”I painstakingly gathered the heart, the blood, and the origin. Rather than resurrecting the Primordial True Insect, it would be more accurate to say I am recreating a new Primordial True Insect.”

”An entity living, in its full glory, a deity!”

Yi Fan spoke to this point, extending his arms towards Blue Star.

Under his feet was the completed engraving, the Crimson Array!