Chapter 367: The Treasure of Time, the Pearl of the Candle Dragon
After leaving the Baiguan tribe of the Bitie tribe, Xu Ke and his party hurried on their way.
The territory of the Baiguan tribe of the Bati clan is located east of Zhongshan. It is in the southernmost part of the Baiguan territory, close to Chishui.
Flying all the way across the vast sea of bamboo, a vast river appeared in front of us.
This vast river is the destination of Xu Ke's trip, which is Chishui.
At this moment, because of the blocking caused by the Taisu Pure Bamboo planted in the cypress irrigation area, the area adjacent to the cypress irrigation area and Chishui has not suffered from the erosion of chaos.
The vast red water ahead still looks clear, and does not look like it has been eroded by chaos.
The Great Sage Turtle can refuse the assistance of the Iron Clan without hesitation. It seems that... he is really capable of resisting the erosion of Chaos!
Xu Ke breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the chaos erosion does not spread to Chishui, it will not flow down the river and pollute a wider territory.
Immediately, Xu Ke and the Blackwater Emperor flew away and soon arrived at the Chishui River.
“Huh? Something’s wrong!”
The Black Water Emperor looked at the mighty red water ahead and frowned, "This river... seems real and illusory, very abnormal. Let me take a look first..."
“Yes! It’s not normal!”
Xu Ke also frowned tightly, "It is covered by the power of time. The Chishui we see is only the Chishui of the past, not the Chishui of the present."
“Yes, it is indeed the power of time, and it is also the power of time at the level of the Great Luo Emperor.”
The Blackwater Emperor was not good at the way of time, and his reaction was a step slower than Xu Ke's. It was only then that he saw the truth clearly.
Turning his head to look at Xu Ke, the Black Water Emperor said, "Perhaps this is the Great Sage Turtle using some treasure of time to resist the erosion of Chaos?"
“That should be it.”
Xu Ke nodded, "The power of time, Zhongshan Zhulong. I guess that this treasure of time is probably left by Zhu Jiuyin, the dragon holding the candle."
The first candle dragon between heaven and earth, the dragon holding the candle, Zhu Jiuyin, finally died because his eyes were the sun and the moon.
This treasure of time is probably the Daluo treasure left behind by Zhu Jiuyin.
As for why this great treasure of the Zhulong clan appeared in the hands of the Great Sage, Xu Ke figured it out after thinking about it for a while.
Previously, the ancestor of Zhulong led an army to conquer the Dragon Palace in the South China Sea and left this treasure of time in Zhongshan to guard the gate to prevent the lair from being taken away.
When the Zhulong Ancestor was defeated and Zhongshan Zhulong was in panic and confusion, the Great Sage Turtle, a close friend of the Zhongshan Zhulong clan, must have taken the opportunity to steal or **** this treasure of time.
This can also explain the motive why the Great Sage Turtle refused the assistance of the Great Sage Baiguan.
The Great Sage Turtle is not afraid that the Bie Iron Clan will **** his territory, but that the Great Sage Bai Guan will **** this treasure of time.
“Is Zhu Jiuyin’s time the most precious thing?”
Emperor Blackwater nodded, "That must be the case."
“It doesn’t matter if it’s a treasure or not, the key is... I hope he can resist the erosion of chaos and not let it spread.”
Xu Ke muttered, and then said to the Black Water Emperor: "Emperor, I want to cast the spell with all my strength to see through the scene covered by the power of time. I also ask the Emperor to help me."
"no problem!"
The Black Water Emperor smiled and put his hand on Xu Ke's back, causing the majestic water to rise.
Xu Ke used the way of Taichu derivation to absorb this vast water light, transformed it into Taichu immortal power, and used all his strength to cast a "Taichu induction technique" targeting the power of time.
The eyes slowly opened, and brilliant light shone in them.
Xu Ke raised his eyes and looked at the vast Chishui covered by the power of time. Time passed before his eyes, and he saw the current Chishui from the past time scenes.
In front of my eyes...the power of chaos surged, and the distorted light and shadow rolled like an angry tide.
Grass!
Xu Ke couldn't help but cursed angrily, "Great Sage, are you so crazy?"
Chaos erosion has obviously polluted Chishui, so why on earth do you use the power of time to deliberately cover it up? What kind of madness is this?
In order to prevent others from discovering that Chaos is corroding Chishui, and in order to prevent others from having the opportunity to come to aid, you just use the power of time to cover Chishui...
Hmm... No!
The Great Sage Turtle used the power of time to cover Chishui. It may be that he was trying to save the situation.
Since the current Chishui has been eroded and polluted by chaos, then pull the Chishui of the past out of time and place it in the present.
Theoretically, this can indeed reverse the situation, allowing the past to cover the present, and a new future will emerge.
But...you don't have this ability!
To be able to do this kind of thing, at least one must be the Great Luo Emperor of the Way of Time, who has the ability to permanently reverse time and change the future in an area as vast as Chishui.
If the candle-bearing dragon Zhu Jiuyin is still there, he can indeed do this kind of thing, but with his magic weapon, it won't work at all. You don't have the ability.
Xu Ke sighed, shook his head, and looked away.
“How’s it going?”
The Blackwater Emperor quickly asked Xu Ke.
“Not good, not too bad.”
Xu Ke sighed, "The Chishui at this point in time has indeed been eroded and polluted by Chaos. However, the Monkey King used the power of time to pull the Chishui of the past to the present, covering the Chishui of the present."
“Although this can only be regarded as a temporary stalemate and cannot really solve the problem, it has also controlled the spread of chaos erosion.”
"Because the Great Sage Turtle's realm is not enough, he cannot truly reverse the situation. The power of chaos can corrode and distort even time, and he cannot hold on for long."
"I see."
The Blackwater Emperor nodded, "You are the best at dealing with the power of chaos. What should you do next?"
Xu Ke raised his eyes and looked at Chishui River, "We must first find the Great Sage and understand his current situation before we can determine the next move."
Speaking, Xu Ke pointed to the upper reaches of the Chishui River, "The source of the power of time is in front, let's go there."
"Okay!" The Black Water Emperor nodded in agreement, released a stream of water light, and flew away with Xu Ke towards the upper reaches of Chishui River.
Flying along the vast Chishui River for hundreds of thousands of miles, the two arrived at a vast lake in the upper reaches of the Chishui River.
Xu Ke stood in mid-air, cast another Taichu induction technique, and looked at the lake below.
Looking at this...Xu Ke was speechless.
As time goes by, looking from the past to the present, the current Chishui Daze has completely turned into a chaotic wasteland. Countless water tribes have been polluted into chaotic monsters, and even the water veins of Chishui have turned into surging waves of chaos.
In the chaotic turbulent red water swamp, there lies a big tortoise with the head of a dragon and the body of a turtle.
This is the Great Sage Turtle.
At this moment, the Great Sage Turtle's body was eroded by chaos, giving birth to countless twisted tentacles of flesh and blood.
In the mouth of the Great Sage Turtle, there is also a crystal clear orb.
At this moment, this orb continuously releases invisible time ripples, pulling Chishui from the past time node to the present, trying to rewrite the fact of being eroded by chaos from the time level.
This kind of rewriting of time is of course invalid for the caster, that is, the Great Sage himself.
Unless he attains Hunyuan and becomes the Hunyuan Heavenly Lord of the Way of Time, he can transcend time. Otherwise, any magical power such as time cannot be effective on the caster himself.
Because...if the time you change takes effect on yourself, the event you are casting to change the time will not occur. This is a paradox.
Even if the Great Sage Turtle can really reverse the situation and change the fact that Chishui was eroded by chaos, he cannot change the fact that he is eroded by chaos, and he cannot save himself at all.
Perhaps...he is atoneing for his sins by doing this!
After all, it was because of his selfishness that he refused the support of the Bie Iron Clan, which resulted in Chishui being eroded by Chaos, causing the pollution of Chaos to spread, and the poison was endless.
Sure enough, all sentient beings in the world are not absolutely good or evil.
Evil people may also have good thoughts, and good people may also have evil thoughts.
No matter what kind of person the Great Sage was, he still did a good deed at his last moment.
At least...he tried to save the situation and actually controlled the spread of Chaos erosion.
“Great Sage Turtle, you have controlled the erosion of chaos and prevented the pollution of chaos from spreading. It can be said that your merits are immeasurable.”
Xu Ke released a burst of Taichu Power and sent a message to the Great Sage Turtle who was still struggling to hold on with his last breath.
"Merit? Don't ask for merit, just seek atonement. One greedy thought has caused disaster to this point. I... regret it too late!"
The Great Sage replied feebly, with a heavy sadness in his voice.
"I am Xu Ke, the Great Sage of Turtles, the master of Kunwu Island in the East China Sea. I am here to clear away the pollution of chaos under the talisman of the God of Creation. Your persistence is very meaningful and buys time for me to clear away the chaos."
Xu Ke sent a message to the Great Sage, "Now...please, fellow Taoist, open a passage for me, and I will cast a spell to clear away the chaos."
“Is it meaningful to persist? That’s good!”
An imperceptible smile appeared on the face of the Great Sage Turtle, which was distorted by chaos.
The next moment, the time ripples rippled slightly, and the "present" Chishui Daze was covered by the power of time, revealing an area eroded by chaos.
“Emperor, please give me a helping hand!”
Xu Ke said to the Black Water Emperor and raised his hand to cast a spell.
At the same time, the Black Water Emperor put his hand on Xu Ke's back and released a mighty water light.
Xu Ke relied on the boundless magic power of the Black Water Emperor to use all his strength to cast a Taichu Return to Ruins magical power.
A black hole appeared and fell into the Chishui Daze. The extremely huge absorbing power frantically extracted the power of chaos gathered in the Chishui Daze.
This power of chaos is extremely powerful, far exceeding the power of chaos that was used by Ao Miao, the Dragon Lord of the Immortal Realm, to assassinate Dao Lord Dayan.
Xu Ke relied on the boundless magic power of the Black Water Emperor to maintain the magical power of "Taizhu Guixu" with all his strength, and constantly extracted the power of chaos.
It took a whole day and night for Xu Ke to capture all the power of chaos surging in Chishui Daze and Chishui River.
Countless water tribes in Chishui Daze and Chishui River that were eroded by Chaos have returned to their original appearance and are no longer Chaos monsters transformed from Chaos.
It’s just that...when chaos erodes, if you can’t find the balance between chaos and order, you won’t be able to maintain yourself. Chaos will inevitably destroy your soul and turn it into crazy and twisted flesh and blood.
At this moment, Xu Ke absorbed the power of chaos, and these crazy and twisted flesh and blood returned to their original shape, but... they all died.
Including the clansmen of the Great Sage Turtle, countless **** and descendants of turtles, all died completely.
“I…have sinned so much!”
The chaos erosion in the body of the Great Saint Turtle was also extracted. When he saw the tragic situation in front of him, two lines of tears rolled out of his eyes.
“Thank you, fellow Taoist, for allowing me to see the chaos erosion being successfully cleared before I die.”
The Great Holy Sage thanked Xu Ke, then walked up to the dead **** and descendants, and slowly lay down.
His eyes slowly closed, and the Great Sage passed away peacefully.
Driving the Orb of Time with all its strength, until now, the soul of the Great Sage has been burned out.
"No matter whether he made mistakes before, at least...he is still a figure now."
Emperor Blackwater nodded appreciatively.
"The world is so vast that there is no shortage of heroes. He sacrificed his body and burned his soul. Even if his soul was burned out and his true spirit was annihilated, he persisted in controlling the spread of chaos pollution. He can be regarded as a hero."
Xu Ke nodded in admiration, stretched out his hand, and took the Orb of Time into his palm.
This is...the dragon ball holding the dragon Zhu Jiuyin, the great treasure of the Great Road of Time.
This thing is naturally very useful to Xu Ke.
Perhaps, this is the God of Creation, paying Xu Ke the wages for cleaning the room!
(End of this chapter)