As the world spun around, Yan Liqiang felt as if he had been freed from the protection of his seat belt on a roller coaster and was being thrown out of the air. Countless broken shadows flashed before his eyes, and before he could react, he fell heavily to the ground.
Yan Liqiang felt dizzy and his vision went black. After a while, he finally felt his head calm down and all his consciousness returned to him. He felt himself lying on the ground, face down. Then, Yan Liqiang heard a long sigh, "Ah..."
Yan Liqiang jumped up and looked around.
At the moment, he was no longer in the crystal tower of the Sword Cave of the Sword God Sect. The terrifying master in black had disappeared, and he was back to the magnificent Heavenly Dao Temple. All around him were black pillars that were hundreds of meters high. Inside those black pillars was a swirling galaxy, and the floor under his feet was flashing with a silver luster. Countless runes were flowing under the floor like running water. Not far from him, the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone was suspended in the middle of the hall, flashing with a mysterious luster.
There were once two entrances connecting the Temple of Heavenly Dao, but now there is only one diamond-shaped entrance. The entrance from the Temple of Heavenly Dao into the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm has disappeared.
The half-human, half-snake Fu Guang, who had not been seen for a long time, was standing a few meters away, looking at him with a helpless and regretful look.
"What's going on? Why am I here?" Yan Liqiang, who was standing in the Heavenly Dao Temple, was surprised. "Where is the entrance to the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm? Why is it gone?"
"Do you remember what I told you before? You only have one chance to create the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm of the Silver Continent. If you die in the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm, then that Heavenly Dao Divine Realm will collapse!" Fu Guang looked at Yan Liqiang calmly.
"You mean... I... I was just killed by that person in the crystal tower of the sword cave!" Yan Liqiang was silent for a moment, then asked bitterly.
"It's like this, just now in the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm, you were killed..."
"But...but..." Yan Liqiang opened his mouth to say that he did nothing in the sword cave, and did not provoke anyone, so how could he be killed inexplicably? This is simply too unfair. Yan Liqiang felt like he was playing a game, recovering health, replenishing mana, and learning skill books in a safe place. He was not ready to meet the big boss, but the big boss suddenly jumped out and killed him in seconds without saying a word. This kind of depression is really hard to describe...
“Everything in the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm is not a game, but a reproduction of the real world. No one can manipulate the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm, not even me…” Fu Guang looked at him calmly, as if he could completely understand Yan Liqiang’s thoughts. “Since it is the real world, there will be countless accidents and possibilities. Natural disasters, man-made disasters, train derailments, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis, wars, and psychopaths jumping out of the streets, all of these factors may kill you. Everything in the Sword God Sect is your own choice. Even if you cannot foresee certain situations, you can only accept the consequences of your choice!”
Listening to Fu Guang's words, Yan Liqiang stood there blankly for a moment, then he let out a long breath and asked with some disappointment, "Does this mean that I will never be able to... enter the previous Heavenly Dao Divine Realm again?"
"Yes, that Heavenly Dao Divine Realm was born because of you. With your death, that Heavenly Dao Divine Realm has shattered and no longer exists, just like a bubble and an illusion, it has been shattered!" Fu Guang looked at Yan Liqiang, his eyes as deep and unfathomable as the flowing galaxy, "I told you before that among the 3,936,884,329 entrants who can enter here, your strength is the lowest. Compared with other beings who can enter the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm, you have survived in the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm for the shortest time. This may also be a kind of balance of the Heavenly Dao in the dark. Before you, no one has ever possessed the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone, and you have the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone, but your strength is the lowest. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm evolved from the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone is destined not to last long. You cannot fully exert and utilize all the functions of the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone. This is the law of the operation of the Heavenly Dao and the universe..."
“Does this count as consolation? It's like saying that most emperors die young…” Yan Liqiang shook his head with a wry smile. After thinking carefully about Fu Guang's words, he felt a little better and was not so depressed, because his reason told him that perhaps what Fu Guang said was right. The way of heaven is to take from the surplus and make up for the deficiency. To his own strength, everything brought by the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone was really more than enough. He could not control that Heavenly Dao Divine Realm at all. To put it bluntly, he was just drifting in it, so he would inevitably suffer some losses.
Thinking carefully, although I have not been in the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm for a long time, the gains are huge. I have foreseen the heavenly tribulation four years later and the situation of the Han Empire that followed, and I have also obtained many supreme secrets in the Sword God Sect. Any of these gains is unimaginable to ordinary people, but I have obtained them all. What else is there to be dissatisfied with? What's more, hasn't the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone left me a "Gascaping Machine" now? So far, I have only tried this "Gascaping Machine" and haven't used it at full capacity yet
Yan Liqiang thought so in his heart. Although he still felt a little regretful, he gradually felt relieved. At this time, what he thought about most in his mind was not the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm, but familiar faces that emerged in his mind, Gu Zexuan, Zhao Huipeng, Master Su of Tianqiao Peak, and his two masters in the Sword God Sect, Liu Guiyuan and Luqiu Mingyue. Although the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm was broken and his time in the Sword God Sect was very short, these real experiences and emotions were already deeply engraved in Yan Liqiang's life and became a part of his life.
Oh, and there was also the man in black who coveted the two secret books in the ninth floor of the Death Gate of the Crystal Tower in the Sword Cave. If Yan Liqiang guessed correctly, the man in black was one of the elders of the Sword God Sect. That man was ambitious but unscrupulous, and was the real threat to the Sword God Sect. I wonder if he was colluding with external forces...
After standing blankly for a while in the Heavenly Dao Temple with his thoughts in turmoil, Yan Liqiang pulled himself together and asked Fu Guang a question, "Now that my Heavenly Dao Divine Realm is gone, should I continue to use the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone's ability to create life?"
“Of course!” Fu Guang nodded with a smile on his face. “You can enter this temple at any time. The method of entry is the same as before. You can still use the ability of the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone to create life and control reincarnation. Its ability has not yet been tapped by you. And as your spiritual eyes open, you will find that the ability of the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone to create life will be more in line with you, and perhaps it can bring you greater surprises!”
"Ah, that's not so bad..." Yan Liqiang smiled.
“Live well, you only have one life, and there is no chance to start over in the real world. This Heavenly Dao Divine Stone can give you much more than you can imagine…” After saying this, Fu Guang’s figure turned into light and disappeared again in front of Yan Liqiang. In the magnificent Heavenly Dao Temple, only his lingering voice was still echoing.
Yan Liqiang looked at the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone floating in the hall again, and the next second, he left the Heavenly Dao Divine Temple...
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Yan Liqiang opened his eyes and found himself still on the bed in his room in the Imperial Hospital. The bedside lamp had just gone out, but the heat from the wick had not yet dissipated. Outside, there was the sound of rain drops falling from the eaves. Although he had been in the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm for several days, in reality, he remained in the same state as when he had just laid down to enter the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm. Everything seemed like a dream.
The yellow-haired cat, who had just laid down on the wool blanket in front of Yan Liqiang's bed, felt that Yan Liqiang had woken up, and suddenly opened his eyes smartly, stood up, wagged his tail, and looked at the awakened Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang thought about it, and every word of the "Combined Sword Technique" and the "Tai Yi Zhen Fu Jing" were still fresh in his mind. He lifted the quilt, put on a robe, got out of bed, opened the door, and walked out.
"Ah, Deputy Manager Yan, why are you up again?" Little Lizi had just walked to the corridor outside the door, holding a copper incense burner in his hand. He was surprised to see Yan Liqiang, who had just said that he was a little sleepy, walking out of the room.
"I don't feel like sleeping anymore, so I came out to get some fresh air..." Yan Liqiang smiled at Little Leo.
"It's raining outside and a bit chilly. I'll have someone prepare two charcoal fires for you..."
"No, I'm not that fragile. I want to stand here quietly for a while and think about something..."
Little Li understood that Yan Liqiang wanted to be quiet for a while, so he didn't disturb him anymore. Only Huangmao came to Yan Liqiang's feet and lay there quietly.
Yan Liqiang stood in the corridor outside the room, looking up, squinting his eyes, watching the raindrops falling from the eaves and the gloomy sky above the yard, as if in a trance, for several hours, without moving...
Am I now considered a disciple of the Sword God Sect and the successor of the Protector
Without the blessing and predictive ability of the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm, everything four years later has once again become unknown to him, and he doesn't know what the future of the Han Empire will be like.
From now on, I can only create this future by myself. Before the catastrophe comes, I still have four years to prepare...
(End of this chapter)