Chapter 58: To Think Such a Mighty Expert Exists in the Mortal World!

"You mean the Heavenly Lord Red Demon was summoned by me?" Luo Yan connected this to the concept of "cause and effect" previously mentioned by the Mirror of Time.

The Mirror of Time replied, "If nothing unexpected had happened, this person would have been suppressed and slain beneath that immortal artifact, the Wild Pagoda. However, your appearance altered the history of the Great Emperor Qing's growth, making his path smooth and unobstructed. To correct this anomaly, the Heavenly Lord Red Demon was naturally conceived and brought forth. From a certain perspective, the emergence of the Heavenly Lord Red Demon is indeed related to you! However, many powerful figures throughout history face unprecedented tribulations when ascending to the supreme throne, and this tribulation was specifically nurtured and born for the Great Emperor Qing."

This explanation did not differ much from what Luo Yan had surmised.

Luo Yan felt a trace of sorrow. Why did that figure fill him with such alarm, harboring a spontaneous, natural hostility as if they were predestined mortal enemies?

He cast his gaze into the distance, fixing it upon the hidden realm.

That figure seemed to sense his gaze and looked back.

In that instant, both felt a deep resonance.

"A product of the eerie and ominous clan!" Luo Yan blurted out, finally understanding the source of that profound sense of discord.

Strictly speaking, the two of them truly were mortal enemies!

The abilities acquired by the Heavenly Lord Red Demon were linked to the eerie clan, whereas Luo Yan's secondary avatar had evolved from the primordial blood essence of the Heaven-Emperor. When these two met, one of them was destined to die!

Without hesitation, Luo Yan brandished the Mirror of Time, preparing to charge directly into the hidden realm.

"To think such a powerful expert still exists in the mortal world!" The Heavenly Lord Red Demon's expression shifted drastically, and he hurriedly retreated into the depths of the hidden realm toward the inner sanctum of the Emperor's Mausoleum.

A beam of light pierced through the heavens and the earth.

The mortal world suffered immense tribulations; saints fell, human kings wailed, and ambitious heroes died in despair and unwillingness.

"What is that?"

The human race, plunged into the abyss of despair, sensed the terrifying radiance erupting from an unknown source. Carrying supreme might, it charged directly toward the hidden realm.

"A supreme expert has unleashed supreme-tier power! Which emperor's imperial weapon is this?"

"That hidden realm can isolate supreme-tier forces; that attack is bound to hit empty space!" Some members of the human race cried out, clinging to a final thread of hope.

"Boom!"

That unfathomable divine light unexpectedly struck the hidden realm, causing the entire realm to sway violently, nearly knocked out of its peculiar spatial dimension.

"So it was you!" The Heavenly Lord Red Demon stared with bitter hatred at that figure. It was precisely this person who had ruined his plan to usurp the body of the Great Emperor Qing.

He had yet to fully recover his strength and was not yet a match for this adversary. What truly terrified him was that this person was actually capable of projecting supreme-tier force onto the hidden realm, nearly shattering the entire domain.

"Go!" Without the slightest hesitation, the Heavenly Lord Red Demon enveloped the hidden realm and vanished into the peculiar dimension.

The moment the strange space disappeared, another figure arrived like lightning, standing in the void where the hidden realm had just been.

He was a step too late!

...

As darkness approached, human experts stepped forward to repel the Heavenly Lord Red Demon, delaying the arrival of the dark era.

Everyone in the human race knew very well that the dark era had not ended; its arrival had merely been postponed.

The crimson curse continued to spread across the mortal world, relentlessly hunting down cultivators, offering them as blood sacrifices to constantly nourish itself.

This time, the human race would have to face the dark era head-on!

Yet, on this occasion, the human race possessed a glimmer of confidence.

Luo Yan's intervention acted like a stabilizing anchor, firmly steadying a mortal world on the brink of chaos. It let the human race know that there was still a supreme human expert capable of repelling the Heavenly Lord Red Demon.

Although it was merely a fleeting glance and a brief exchange of blows, it was enough!

At the same time, experts from all factions and numerous sacred lands hurriedly dispatched cultivators to search for that supreme powerhouse. With the great human tribulation impending, they urgently needed a master capable of single-handedly suppressing the mortal world to step forward and take charge.

Without a doubt, the human cultivator who had single-handedly driven away the Heavenly Lord Red Demon was the ultimate hope of the human race.

"Senior, in a month's time, the sacred lands and ancient noble families will invite the myriad clans to gather at the Sacred Land of Yaochi to face this tribulation together. They have asked me to convey a message to the world, inviting you to meet them at the Sacred Land of Yaochi!" At this moment, Boss Jin felt his heart leap into his throat.

Who could have guessed that a seemingly ordinary cultivator was actually an unfathomable powerhouse? He had initially thought him to be a mere saint, never imagining his strength would far surpass that of a saint!

He was even capable of unleashing supreme-tier might. The moment he witnessed him drive back the Heavenly Lord Red Demon, his entire mind had gone blank.

That beam of light had erupted from this very location; while outsiders could not pinpoint its origin, he, being right here, had seen it crystal clear!

Luo Yan seemed lost in thought. "Do me a favor."

"Please speak, Senior!" Boss Jin bowed respectfully. If nothing unexpected happened, this senior's next words would concern the very survival of the human race in Beidou!

"Deliver a message for me to the various ancient families and sacred lands."

"In a month, I will go to the Sacred Land of Yaochi."

Boss Jin's heart surged with excitement. Did this senior mean he agreed?

"This junior will attend to it right away!"

He knew all too well that with the crisis looming, this senior's words were tantamount to an attitude—it meant he would not sit idly by in the face of this calamity, and it would serve to unite the hearts of all cultivators across the world, calming the uneasy anxieties of the mortal world.

Boss Jin departed in a rush.

Luo Yan gazed once more at that peculiar space, though the hidden realm was long gone.

"This is troublesome! Even the eerie clan has appeared. Could it be that he is no longer holding on?" Luo Yan felt an immense weight pressing down upon his heart.

"Impossible! It has merely been infected by the eerie power of the eerie clan, not the true eerie clan itself!" Luo Yan quickly dismissed his earlier hypothesis.

Luo Yan knew better than anyone that the Heavenly Lord Red Demon was not a true member of the eerie clan. The true eerie clan comprised the ultimate bosses of the heavens and myriad realms—unfathomably terrifying entities capable of sacrificing entire realms at a whim.

If it were a genuine member of the eerie clan, a mere Heavenly Lord Red Demon... well, Luo Yan would simply throw up his hands and give up on fighting entirely!

With his current strength, he simply wasn't up to the task!

"No, I cannot sit and wait for death! I must make a trip to the Primordial Forbidden Land!"

Normally, Luo Yan wouldn't step foot into a restricted zone of life even if it killed him; those places harbored countless perils, and even he lacked the confidence to emerge unscathed.

The Primordial Forbidden Land was different, however. It was the only restricted zone belonging to the human race, inhabited by two figures: one was the Great Completion Saint Body, and the other was the Female Emperor.

Luo Yan's goal was to seek out the Female Emperor. As one of the trio destined to support the Heaven-Emperor in the future, she might just have a way to counter the crimson mark.

After the Heavenly Lord Red Demon vanished into the strange space with the hidden realm, Luo Yan could no longer track his movements. Although the Mirror of Time could deduce locations, it was far too severely damaged, causing its divinations to stray wildly off course after a few attempts, leading Luo Yan to empty spaces every time he went.

"It seems I still need to find a way to help you harvest the origin of time. Otherwise, if something similar happens again, this weakness is simply too fatal!"

"Daddy Luo! I am definitely your most loyal dog! I will never betray you!" The Mirror of Time timely expressed its unwavering loyalty.

Luo Yan waved and summoned little囡囡. "Little囡囡, how about coming with me to see a pretty big sister?"

Little囡囡 tilted her head and said, "Wherever Brother Luo Yan goes, I go!"

She showed no sign of worry over the chaos outside. To her, no matter what happened in the mortal world, it would soon be forgotten.