Chapter 3049: Future Person

Ah!

The roar of the initial-generation Sheng Mo echoed once more, growing even more savage and ferocious after the arrival of the Hun Dun Ding. Its face, already obscured, now appeared twisted and distorted.

The Hun Dun Ding hummed and trembled, hiding behind Ye Chen and not daring to emerge. Even its master couldn't withstand the demonic roar, let alone itself. If it took one step forward, the Sheng Mo wouldn't need to act—the roar alone could shatter it.

Ye Chen stood firm, still gazing into the vast, chaotic void, where flashes of lightning and thunder occasionally appeared. He could clearly sense the thunderous fury of the heavens, a destructive will enveloping the entire Taigu Honghuang.

For some reason, Ye Chen suddenly recalled what Zhao Yun had said in the underworld years ago: "Your world has lost its balance of power."

Now, upon reflection, it seemed accurate. In the previous era's conflict, the will of all living beings and the will of the heavens had already lost that equilibrium. Precisely because the Tian Dao sought to destroy the world, the ancient Heavenly Court, representing the masses, rose to oppose it.

From this, it was evident that Zhao Yun's universe and theirs were governed by different Tian Dao. As for whether his universe had entities like Tian Mo, E Mo, or Sheng Mo, it remained unknown.

Perhaps the Tian Dao in Zhao Yun's universe was still fair and just.

But eventually, even that Tian Dao might, due to the will of living beings, breed some malice and contemplate world destruction and rebirth.

"All living beings are mere ants."

The initial-generation Sheng Mo sneered viciously, its face terrifyingly savage, its voice still laden with demonic power. Even Ye Chen, silently reciting the Di Dao Sheng Xin Jue, struggled to endure it, let alone the Hun Dun Ding behind him.

Ye Chen said nothing and suddenly turned away.

As he walked farther, the Sheng Mo's roars grew even more violent, as if seeking an outlet for its rage. Now that Ye Chen was leaving, it truly had no one to vent on.

"Big boss, when are we heading home?"

The Hun Dun Ding circled around Ye Chen restlessly, preferring the mountains and rivers of the Zhutian over this dark and oppressive Taigu Honghuang.

"Wait."

Ye Chen replied with just one word. He wanted to return to the Zhutian, but the schemes of the Taigu Honghuang were far from simple. They had sealed the initial-generation Sheng Mo to restrain the Tian Dao, yet the matter was far from resolved. Perhaps they would have to spend a long period here.

As he walked, he lifted his gaze.

The Nu Di, who had been sitting cross-legged in the misty void, had descended, but the pure light she radiated still fell in gentle streams.

Ye Chen changed direction.

By the time he stopped, he was at the edge of the Yin He. This Yin He was the brightest sight in the dim world, with star sands drifting and eternal essence flowing, enveloped in a dreamlike haze.

The Nu Di stood gracefully before the Yin He, quietly gazing at it, lost in thought. She was like an ice sculpture, motionless, and from her, one could see traces of weariness amidst the vast antiquity.

Ye Chen approached and stood beside her.

For a long time, neither spoke. She was like an ice sculpture, and he like a statue, as if two monuments standing at the end of time.

At one moment, Ye Chen turned his head slightly.

His eyes were blurred, and on the Nu Di, he could see shadows of Chu Xuan and Chu Ling, as if they were smiling back at him with tenderness.

Suddenly, he reached out to touch.

The Nu Di didn't move, but a ray of immortal light manifested from her, pushing away Ye Chen's hand.

"Can they come back?"

Ye Chen chuckled self-deprecatingly and slowly withdrew his hand.

The Nu Di gave no answer.

More accurately, she couldn't provide one. In the upcoming battle, she might die, as could everyone else, including Chu Xuan and Chu Ling.

"Make babies, make babies, make babies!"

In the silence, three lively treasures howled— the Hun Dun Ding, Hun Dun Huo, and Hun Dun Lei— jumping around chaotically.

Ye Chen showed no reaction.

The Nu Di was the same, her heart as an Huang Di supreme being already calm and undisturbed, or perhaps simply too exhausted to care.

Awkward!

The Hun Dun Ding gave a dry laugh and slinked away sheepishly, with Hun Dun Huo and Hun Dun Lei following. Compared to these two, amusing the successive supreme beings was more fun.

The edge of the Yin He fell back into tranquility.

The silent pair stood so still it felt unnatural—one the Nu Di of the Gu Tian Ting, commander of all living beings in the previous era; the other Ye Chen, the supreme Sheng Ti in this era's struggle. From behind, they seemed a match made by heaven and earth.

A breeze blew, and the Nu Di suddenly turned her head.

Ye Chen did the same, though a couple of seconds slower. Both narrowed their eyes and furrowed their brows slightly.

They had sensed someone spying on them.

The Nu Di slowly closed her eyes, then suddenly opened them wide. In her bright, clear eyes, eternal Dao principles unfolded, along with flashes of immortal light, as if activating a spying prohibition technique.

In that instant, she seemed to glimpse two figures.

But only for a moment, and then they vanished without a trace. Even with her heaven-defying spying abilities, she couldn't detect any sign of them.

"Did you see them?"

Ye Chen turned his head, having felt surveillance along the way to the Taigu Honghuang, with this moment being the strongest sensation. Unfortunately, his vision was limited, and he saw nothing.

"Wei Lai people."

The Nu Di parted her lips slightly, uttering just these three words.

"Wei Lai... people?"

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, surprised by the answer and quite intrigued. For even the Nu Di to struggle in tracking them, those from the future must be extraordinarily terrifying.

The Nu Di said no more, her eyes flickering with light and shadow. Occasionally, she glanced at Ye Chen with a meaningful expression.

Among the two wei lai people she had glimpsed, one was likely a future version of Ye Chen, while the other didn't belong to this universe and seemed to be the Zhao Yun Ye Chen had mentioned more than once.

So the question arose: Why had these two from the future come to this time, and why so stealthily?

"The Gu Tian Ting Nu Di truly lives up to her reputation, hmm... she's on par with my Xiu Er."

"Don't reveal our presence any further. The Tian Dao has noticed."

In the void, faint voices seemed to converse.

Unfortunately, no one could hear them, not even the Nu Di.

As the words fell, a boom resounded.

The sky of the Taigu Honghuang erupted with lightning and thunder, chaotic clouds surging wildly, and a destructive will once again shrouded the universe.

"What's going on?"

"Could the initial-generation Sheng Mo be assaulting the seal again?"

"The Nu Di is here; he can't escape."

Murmurs arose from the side of the supreme beings, all looking up. Not just the divine generals, but even the successive supreme beings felt a deep unease.

Ye Chen frowned and glanced at the Nu Di.

His intuition told him she was hiding something from him. Whatever had provoked the Tian Dao's agitation, those two from the future were likely no ordinary figures.

"You two, do not interfere in this time."

The Nu Di remained silent, but her divine sense spread across the heavens, certain that the pair could hear it—and only they could. She didn't want their presence to cause any more disruptions.

At least not at this critical juncture. Any reckless interference with the Tian Dao could lead to the complete collapse of laws, order, and everything else, resulting in a catastrophe worse than the world's destruction for all living beings.

"We are merely passersby."

From the void, a faint divine sense returned.

Only then did the heavens calm.

They truly were just passersby. After that response, the Nu Di could no longer detect their existence; they must have left via a heaven-defying path that upended time, much like Hong Chen and Liu Dao had in the past.

But unlike them, these two were fully conscious and unbound by the laws of time and space, traversing the river of time upstream.

The Nu Di's delicate brows remained furrowed.

When Ye Chen looked at her, he saw fresh blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, her face noticeably paler. It was likely due to backlash.

As he suspected, it was indeed backlash.

Because of the wei lai people, the Nu Di had secretly performed a divination to glimpse future events. Unfortunately, all she saw was a chaotic haze, meaning the future had changed again. Even at her Huang Di level, she couldn't foresee even a fragment.

Fortunately, those two passersby had left.

Otherwise, if the universe's Tian Dao descended into chaos, this time and space would collapse. The underlying order and rules, though formidable, were fragile.

In essence, the two from the future were simply too powerful.

Thinking of this, she glanced sideways at Ye Chen again. If history remained unchanged, the supreme being of the Huang Gu Sheng Ti lineage would stand shoulder to shoulder with the Tian Dao, or even surpass it.

But because of the wei lai people, the trajectory had shifted.

No one could predict future events anymore, not even her. Perhaps Ye Chen would transcend the Tian Dao, or perhaps he would perish.

Ye Chen clasped his hands behind his back, feeling uneasy under the Nu Di's gaze, mainly because her eyes were strangely intense.

"Nu Di."

In the distance, many supreme beings had arrived together.

From afar, they spotted the two.

Indeed, at first glance, the Nu Di and Ye Chen looked like a perfect couple. The arriving supreme beings tactfully withdrew.

As supreme beings, they knew when to give space.

Clearly, the two were here for some intimate moment; outsiders should stay away. Though the sky was dim, no one wanted to be a third wheel.

It was worth noting that as the male supreme beings left, their glances at Ye Tian Di were far from friendly. We toiled endlessly through the ages, cultivating day and night, just to catch up to the Nu Di and perhaps win her over.

But you, a mere mid-tier Tian Di, swooped in and claimed her, leaving us would-be Huang Di feeling utterly humiliated.

"I claimed her back when I was in Ning Qi Jing."

Seeing those looks, Ye Chen nearly said this aloud, but thought better of it, not wanting to provoke the old fellows into a group outburst.

They might not curse, but they'd definitely spit blood.

As for the female supreme beings, their expressions toward Ye Chen were quite approving. Never mind claiming the Tian Ting Nu Di—just consider the He Huan San he had refined, which even affected the emperors; not everyone could pull that off.

Even now, those affected supreme beings were still complaining. Many had already been beaten for acting up, wandering over to the female supreme beings and getting handsy.

Smack!

Soon, a crisp slap echoed, and even the Tian Ting supreme beings who hadn't gone far instinctively turned back.

What they saw was Ye Chen clutching his face and staggering, a bright red palm print on his left cheek, blood streaming from one nostril as if it were the only one.

The one who struck him was, of course, the Nu Di.

He deserved the beating. After tricking the emperors, he had even thought about drugging the Nu Di, unaware that his every inner thought had been read clearly by her. So, naturally, he got what was coming.

Satisfying!

The male supreme beings all chimed in agreement, speaking as one. If the situation weren't so awkward, they'd have rushed over to kick him too.