Chapter 117 : Chapter 117

Chapter 117: Bai He, Unaffected — The Whereabouts of the Son of Destiny in the Central Continent!

When Su Ming saw this in the simulator, a cold sweat broke out across his back.

He had never expected the unknown hand within the heavenly tribulation to descend ahead of time.

From Su Ming’s point of view, however, this felt more like a coincidence.

During their previous simulated conversations, Zhuge Qing had told him that no one in the Central Continent had undergone tribulation in the last hundred years.

And that Bizarre insect from the Purple Firmament Sect, who was at the Three Tribulations Realm, had waited in Xuanzhou for a thousand years before finally obtaining the Purple Firmament Immortal Spirit Fungus. Only then had he succeeded in undergoing tribulation and broken through into the Middle Three Tribulations.

From these clues, Su Ming could infer that the appearance of the Hand of Great Calamity ahead of time had been caused entirely by the black-robed man’s tribulation.

Su Ming felt that the lightning tribulation had most likely triggered some unknown force, weakening the world barrier of the Canglan Realm and giving the mastermind behind it an opportunity to interfere.

This conclusion was not something he had made up out of thin air.

Based on the history of the Canglan Realm, that kind of great calamity of heaven and earth had never happened before, nor had the things that took place after the tribulation.

All these signs showed that an enormous upheaval had taken place in the Immortal Realm, and that it had happened within the last hundred years.

Even the Bizarre insect race had failed to notice any of it.

And what terrified Su Ming even more was that after the black hole vanished, every memory related to it had been erased from the minds of all who had witnessed that scene.

Even a Mahayana expert like Zhuge Qing was no exception.

Fortunately, Su Ming had the simulator. Although his simulated self had completely lost that stretch of memory, his real self had retained it.

Su Ming continued looking at the simulator.

【“What exactly just happened? Why can’t I remember it?”】

【Zhuge Qing, standing beside you, gave you a grave look before turning once more toward the tribulation clouds.】

【“That man from the Purple Firmament Holy Land... did he fail his tribulation?”】

【When you heard that, something immediately felt wrong.】

【“No way, Senior. I remember him succeeding, don’t I?”】

【Zhuge Qing’s brow furrowed even more deeply.】

【In the next instant, Zhuge Qing’s face turned pale, and his forehead was covered in sweat.】

【“It feels like I’ve lost a piece of my memory. I also have the sense that the black-robed man succeeded in his tribulation, yet my memory tells me that he died beneath the lightning tribulation.”】

【The moment you heard Zhuge Qing’s words, you also realized that something was wrong.】

【After the lightning tribulation dispersed, you had already felt that something was off, but you had been unable to put your finger on it.】

【Only after hearing Zhuge Qing say this did you finally realize that your situation was exactly the same as his.】

【Deep in your memory, something was still telling you that the black-robed man had succeeded in his tribulation, yet your present memories insisted that he had already failed and perished utterly.】

【The next second, you saw Zhuge Qing frowning as he began divining something with his fingers.】

【Your eyes widened at the sight, and you slapped his hand aside, interrupting his divination.】

【“Have you lost your mind?”】

【“Something that can erase our memories without us even noticing—what kind of terrifying existence is that?”】

【“And you still dare to divine It?”】

【You still had not forgotten that in one of the previous simulations, Zhuge Qing had divined the truth behind the great calamity of heaven and earth, only to draw the attention of an unknown and terrifying existence.】

【In the end, it tracked down his true body across time and space, and even you yourself had failed to escape disaster.】

【And to this day, you still had not forgotten that manner of death. Even fleeing into your external incarnation had not allowed you to escape that death calamity.】

【Despite your attempts to persuade him, you could see that Zhuge Qing was still unwilling to give up.】

【“Zhuge Qing! Don’t forget what our goal is. You still can’t die yet. You haven’t accomplished your objective!”】

【At those words, Zhuge Qing suddenly lifted his head, and a faint smile appeared on his face.】

【“You’re right. Now that I’ve obtained the complete Heavenly Secrets Art, I still can’t die!”】

【After your repeated persuasion, Zhuge Qing finally gave up on divining further.】

【Then the two of you turned and left the Purple Firmament Sect, heading toward the Central Continent.】

【Yet in a place unknown to you, Bai He was staring fixedly at the spot where the black hole had just disappeared.】

【Because of her Mystic Ice Immortal Spirit Body, she had used the power of laws to resist that force just now, and she had not forgotten anything she had seen.】

“Bai He was actually able to resist that force?”

Su Ming had not expected Bai He’s physique to be this formidable. He felt that he had still underestimated the power of laws.

But he soon came to terms with it.

He knew that although Bai He’s physique was heaven-defying, it also came with an extremely severe backlash.

At this point, Su Ming suddenly began to feel a trace of anticipation. He wanted to see what different choice Bai He would make afterward.

“Interesting...”

In the simulation...

【Half a year later!】

【You and Zhuge Qing once again set foot in the Central Continent.】

【During these years of travel, you did not choose to hurry on your way with the Great Void Art. Instead, you used the time to quietly cultivate the Heavenly Secrets Art.】

【Not long after arriving in the Central Continent, your Heavenly Secrets Art had already reached the fifth layer.】

【After seeing you break through to the fifth layer of the Heavenly Secrets Art, Zhuge Qing had you perform another divination to search for the whereabouts of the other Son of Destiny.】

【Seven days later!】

【You shook your head at Zhuge Qing with visible regret.】

【“It’s no use!”】

【“The result of this divination is still the same: the Central Continent and Xuanzhou.”】

【You both already knew the situation in Xuanzhou. Bai He had assured you that Su Wanqing would not continue cultivating.】

【But the four great regions of the Central Continent were vast beyond measure. Trying to find the Son of Destiny here was like looking for a needle in the sea.】

【Zhuge Qing told you that in the Western Region, which he had visited before, ninety percent of the small secret realms had already been corrupted and rendered unusable.】

【The other three regions had also suffered secret realm corruption to varying degrees.】

【When you heard this news, you could not help frowning.】

【If what Zhuge Qing said was true, then the situation in the Central Continent had already become critical, and that Son of Destiny’s cultivation could not possibly be low.】

【“How about we go take a look at the Western Region first?”】

【Zhuge Qing told you that the Western Region had suffered the most severe secret realm corruption, so that person was very likely still there.】

【Since Zhuge Qing put it that way, you could only follow his lead.】

【The Central Continent was still far too unfamiliar to you. You knew very little about its secret realms, and you might not even be able to find where they were on your own.】

【The next day!】

【You followed Zhuge Qing and prepared to head for the Western Region.】

【Three days later!】

【While the two of you were on your way there, you suddenly received a message from your external incarnation.】

【When you heard the news, you froze for a moment, then turned to Zhuge Qing with delight on your face.】

【“Senior! There’s no need to go to the Western Region anymore!”】

【Zhuge Qing stopped and looked at you in puzzlement.】

【“Why?”】

【“Because I already know where he is!”】

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