Chapter 1388, That Era; Who on Earth Is He?

Translator: Fate

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

The commercial ship navigated through the Flourishing Light Ancestral River.

 

The waves splashed loudly onto the hull. They also clashed with one another in mid-air and formed a drizzle which dropped from above.

 

The damp air carried the smell of the river and it flowed through the windows, entering the ship. The smell was out of place in this rather celestial atmosphere.

 

The table was slightly dampened with water. Gu Changge slowly took a sip of tea. He was not in any hurry to explain anything.

 

A confused Ji Hanjing glanced at him, waiting for him to go on.

 

Gu Changge put down the teacup and said calmly, “Don’t you want to get your revenge?”

 

Ji Hanjing nodded and said resentfully, “I’ve always wanted to get my revenge. After I was betrayed by my Sister, I had the urge to swim through the River of Time and return to the past so that she would have a taste of the pain and despair I had suffered.”

 

She could not conceal her resentment. It was as though she was eager to skin her Younger Sister alive and destroy her.

 

However, she caught herself at the mention of this. That was because Gu Changge had told her that her biggest enemy was not her Younger Sister. It was someone else.

 

She never understood what Gu Changge meant by that. Still, she did not think he would lie to her.

 

“I told you before that your biggest enemy isn’t your Sister. Over the years, you’ve been blaming the wrong person. Anyway, it’s fine. I’ve brought you here today to let you find out everything.” Gu Changge smiled meaningfully.

 

A perplexed Ji Hanjing glanced at him.

 

“The Flourishing Light Ancestral River is the last bit of traces left behind from the Flourishing Light Ancestral Court. Don’t you want to return to the past?” Gu Changge smiled faintly.

 

After he finished speaking, Ji Hanjing suddenly felt the presence of an indescribable aura. The entire world became silent. The commercial ship stopped and the waves calmed. Even the damp wind was stuck in mid-air. The world had suddenly become desolate and stagnant. The flow of time was vague at first. Then, it contorted and stopped. Everything before her eyes stopped moving.

 

Only the handsome young man before her eyes still slowly took a sip of tea. He wasn’t affected at all.

 

A shocked Ji Hanjing said gently, “All traces of karma have disappeared. The Boundless Karma one has to suffer for navigating through the River of Time is gone too.”

 

In an ordinary universe or a True World, she could easily navigate the River of Time to return to ancient times or head to the future. She would not be hindered by the karma, nor did she have to worry about disrupting the karma in her original Spacetime.

 

Nevertheless, even when she was at the peak of her power, she would not dare to do such a thing in the Boundless Expanse. Rather, she was incapable of doing so.

 

That was because the more powerful one was, the more horrifying the karmic backlash they would suffer for doing it. Also, they might attract some mysterious attention from above.

 

However, Gu Changge could disrupt the boundless Spacetime without worrying about the consequences.

 

Ji Hanjing looked in that direction. The stagnant Spacetime started flowing again. Raging waves were felt coming from outside the ship. The boundless waves were everywhere. The spiritual energy was so thick that one would find it difficult to identify whether the river was made of water or spiritual energy.

 

“The Flourishing Light Ancestral River…” Ji Hanjing muttered to herself. Then, she rose to her feet and opened the window.

 

A boundless river was shown before her eyes. There did not seem to be an end to it as though it was a connection between Heaven and Earth. Violent waves rolled on the river. An ancient aura permeated the place.

 

On both sides of the river, divine and celestial lights filled every inch of the air. There were many magnificent mountains, celestial cities, and Divine Kingdoms. It was peaceful and flourishing.

 

“Nothing was formed yet during this time. How do we even find out who spread the Great Dao?”

 

Ji Hanjing could hear an ancient cultivator chanting something in the distance. A powerful celestial dynasty was located at the end of the world, which was the source of the Flourishing Light Ancestral River. The celestial dynasty was named Precious Light.

 

With a sense of longing on her face, she left the ship and stepped on the raging waves. Gu Changge was still seated by the window. He looked calmly at her without disrupting her.

 

It was the period when the Precious Light Celestial Dynasty was the most powerful. It was also the time when Ji Hanjing was the empress.

 

Ji Hanjing moved upwards along the Flourishing Light Ancestral River. Wherever she went, no one from those Forces, factions, Kingdoms, and Races could see her. She was like an invisible visitor as she eventually arrived at the source of the Flourishing Light Ancestral River.

 

There were countless magnificent palaces, celestial buildings, and meandering corridors. Everything was intricate and finely made.

 

In the depths of the main hall, a female official, who was dressed elegantly, was holding a jade tablet and reporting something. Ji Hanjing could see her past self. The woman was young, high-spirited, graceful, and authoritative.

 

The ministers respectfully stood there, not daring to make any noise.

 

Who could imagine that in the end, these ministers would collaborate with her Younger Sister whom she trusted the most and betray her? After she endured the Great Purge for everyone, she was at her weakest. That was when they refined and sealed her inside a Civilisation Supreme Treasure.

 

She put on a self-mocking smile. Just like a phantom, she walked past her past self.

 

Back then, she would never expect that she would be watched by her future self one day.

 

Naturally, it never crossed Ji Hanjing’s mind that Gu Changge had watched her and the entire history of this particular Spacetime. His gaze spanned across the past, the future, and the present.

 

[Who on earth is he?]

 

Ji Hanjing couldn’t help but sigh. The secrets of the Boundless Expanse were inconceivable. Perhaps only Last Stage beings had a chance to take a peek.

 

She was conceited in the past, believing that her achievements were just as great as those of her Parents and underestimating everyone else.

 

So what if everything would be destroyed by the Great Purge? She could withstand everything on her own.

 

But at that time, she was merely a frog in the well. She thought that the opening of the well was the world.

 

She walked past many palaces and saw many familiar faces. However, she could no longer put names to the faces of some people.

 

Time was the greatest and cruellest power that could erode anyone’s temperament and memories. She was no exception.

 

When she was sealed within the Scavenger Tome back then, she was resentful and swore that she would break free one day. When that happened, she would make those who had betrayed her pay a massive price. They would regret their actions and live in despair and pain for the rest of their lives.

 

However, when she saw these people again, she was surprisingly calm. She wasn’t even angry the slightest. That was because she could not even recognise most of them.

 

In the end, she stood in front of a palace for a long time. Then, she attempted to push the door open. The moment she touched the door, she realised that there was not a need for her to hesitate. After all, she was not from this era.

 

Inside the hall, there was a woman who looked similar to Ji Hanjing. She was gently looking at the baby she was holding while singing an ancient lullaby beside a bed.

 

…

 

“Is there another trump card?”

 

Meanwhile, Gu Changge, who was still on the commercial ship, pocketed his gaze. After giving it some thought, he left this era.

 

At the same time, news that the Righteous Alliance and dark beings had agreed to a peace treaty shocked the whole Boundless Expanse.

 

Countless were flabbergasted. They found it inconceivable.

 

No one expected the rumours to eventually turn into reality.

 

Peace with those dark beings? The Righteous Alliance was willing to give up on much of its territories and universes. Also, they would present their members to the dark beings to be served as nutrients for the Grand Ceremony.

 

In exchange, dark beings would stop invading the Righteous Alliance’s territories. There would be a period of peace for the remaining members of the Righteous Alliance.

 

During this chaotic time, a piece of news like this was too shocking. Countless people could not believe their ears.

 

A few members of the Righteous Alliance revealed that the current leader of the alliance was Jiang Yun, who was the Emperor of the Main Happiness Celestial Dynasty.

 

With his help, an agreement was reached between the Righteous Alliance and dark beings.

 

Besides that, many high-ranking officials of the Righteous Alliance had quickly accepted the agreement. Perhaps a plan like this had formed in their minds long ago.

 

The war initiated by those dark beings expedited the plan.

 

The Righteous Alliance had never cared about the safety of those members who were near the edge of their border. They only regarded them as cannon fodder.

 

Other than being shocking, the news was also disappointing for many.

 

Many started speculating that some of the high-ranking officials of the Righteous Alliance were actually dark beings. That was how and why they agreed to such an unfair deal so quickly.

 

The Main Happiness Celestial Dynasty was one of the few juggernauts in the Boundless Expanse. How was it that they lacked the courage to wage a war against the dark beings?

 

Besides that, Forces such as the Whirling Sanctuary and the Imperial South Kingdom were also cooperating with the Main Happiness Celestial Dynasty, and they agreed to the peace deal between the Righteous Alliance and the dark beings.

 

News like these were so shocking and inconceivable that some people started suspecting that the Heavenslayers Alliance’s claim that the Righteous Alliance had sent Envoys to kill the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader might actually be true.

 

In an environment like this, the Heavenslayers Alliance’s actions looked normal and righteous instead.

 

After all, when the dark beings came to attack them, those from the Heavenslayers Alliance had given up on waging a war against the Righteous Alliance. Instead, they collaborated with various Forces to deal with those dark beings.

 

In short, to save the lives of the people the safety of others was ensured.

 

At the same time, some people were worried that after a peace deal was reached between the Righteous Alliance and the dark beings, the Heavenslayers Alliance would be negatively impacted.

 

But, their worries were pointless.

 

After the peace deal was formed, those from the Heavenslayers Alliance were not worried at all. They were as domineering as ever. Their Ancestral Dao Realm experts led their soldiers to retrieve territories occupied by dark beings.

 

Everyone in the Boundless Expanse was shocked by the number of Ancestral Dao Realm experts from the Heavenslayers Alliance that showed up during the war.

 

There was no doubt about their strength. Ancestral Dao Realm experts were the most powerful beings in the current era. An average Immortal Force only had one to two Ancestral Dao Realm experts.

 

In fact, there were not many Ancestral Dao Realm experts in a Supreme True World or a Supreme Civilisation either.

 

The Primary Hope Civilisation was an exception because it had a Civilisation Supreme Treasure and its was truly strong.

 

However, in the Boundless Expanse, only few Civilisations or True Worlds had Civilisation Supreme Treasures.

 

There were only a total of six First-Generation Civilisation Supreme Treasures. Most Civilisation Supreme Treasures imitated these first-generation ones, but even they had mostly been destroyed. Not even their fragments were found, and only a small number of them survived.

 

Under such a circumstance, the powers of Ancestral Dao Realm experts were important. The Heavenslayers Alliance had only been around for thousands of years, but the number of Ancestral Dao Realm experts they had was staggering.

 

During the war, they discovered that several Ancestral Dao Realm experts from the Heavenslayers Alliance were more powerful than a being who had gone through their Eighth Decay Tribulation. They suspected that these people were about to experience the Ninth Decay Tribulation and reach the Last Stage.

 

It was a wonder where such experts came from, and why they obeyed Gu Changge.

 

Thus, many grew fearful and respectful of the Heavenslayers Alliance. The might they wield was truly eye opening.