That familiar voice sounded again, this time exceptionally clear. However, Long Chen was not overly excited and calmly replied,
"Who exactly are you?"
However, the voice suddenly became blurred, as if disturbed by some force. Long Chen could only feel the anxiety, and soon, the voice completely disappeared.
Long Chen remained silent. This voice had appeared too many times, always like this. He could only say half the sentence before falling silent.
Long Chen fell silent in the endless darkness. At that moment, he suddenly felt especially comfortable, as if only in the endless darkness could he feel safe.
"People fear the dark, I like the darkness, and perhaps I am darkness myself." Long Chen murmured in the darkness.
For some reason, after watching Yu Qingxuan's Thousand Lifetimes of Reincarnation, Long Chen felt that at this moment, he was filled with disgust toward the entire world.
Although Long Chen didn't know what the Dan Emperor truly meant, he had a feeling that she was probably among the strongest in the Nine Heavens, and also the top-tier existence in this world.
Long Chen had seen the Dan Emperor in person several times. Her beauty, gentleness, and kindness made people willing to protect her with their lives just one glance. She seemed to be synonymous with a beautiful world.
And yet such a person would betray her, and the one who betrayed her was actually her disciple.
Long Chen knew nothing about what had happened to the Dan Emperor or why her disciple had betrayed her. But he saw that even at the peak of the Nine Heavens, he still could not control life and death. That helplessness and anger kept turning Long Chen's heart colder.
Long Chen was so cold he wanted to shatter this merciless world with his own hands. Even a powerful being at the level of a Dan Emperor was forced into reincarnation, relentlessly hunted, and ultimately lost all his memories, forgetting his original persistence. How tragic was that?
Thinking of the scene when Yu Qingxuan fell on the Tianwu Continent, Long Chen's heart was shattered. Whether or not Yu Qingxuan was once the Pill Emperor, Long Chen would wholeheartedly protect and cherish her, ensuring she would never suffer any more harm.
And the Dan Emperor being hunted by the Great Brahma made Long Chen think of a possibility: the Great Brahma had already mastered the power of reincarnation. Even if he didn't fully control it, he could still control part of it. Otherwise, how could he have accurately found the reincarnated Dan Emperor every time?
If the Great Brahma Heaven could control the power of reincarnation, then he would surely be able to control part of the Heavenly Dao's power. No wonder the Qiankun Cauldron said the Heavenly Dao would not target anyone, but the current Heavenly Dao was no longer the Heavenly Dao it once was.
This is a hint: someone controls the Heavenly Dao. Under the darkness of the Heavenly Dao, evil fire spreads, causing the good to be persecuted and struggle to survive, while the bad ones live in extraordinary comfort. The Heavenly Dao is no longer fair.
This scene also served as a wake-up call for Long Chen. Previously, Long Chen had seen the Great Brahma Heaven assassinate the Dan Emperor's true body. At that time, the Dan Emperor probably didn't die immediately.
Long Chen had heard that the Great Brahma Heaven was destroyed by the Dan Emperor, leaving only a trace of his primordial spirit. How the Dan Emperor later fell, no one knew.
And the one chasing the Dan Emperor in the cycle was only the last trace of the Great Brahma Heaven's primordial spirit, yet this fragment still possessed the power to destroy heaven and earth. Even when the Dan Emperor used the Chaos Pearl, he still did not kill it.
Even after suffering severe injuries, the Great Brahma Heaven personally hunted down the Dan Emperor in the cycle of reincarnation. Only when the Dan Emperor's memory kept fading and his will was constantly eroded, making him no longer a threat, did he go heal and entrust his subordinates to continue hunting the Dan Emperor in Samsara.
This time, Long Chen finally saw the tip of the iceberg of Great Brahma Heaven's strength, but this fragment was so powerful it was despairing.
At that time, the Dan Emperor had already reached the Human Emperor level, but in front of Great Brahma, he did not make a move. Instead, he directly detonated the Chaos Pearl. Clearly, she knew that with her strength, she could not possibly contend with even a trace of Great Brahma's primordial spirit.
Even at the Human Emperor level, their strength cannot match even a trace of primordial spirit. So just how powerful will the Great Brahma Heaven be at its peak?
For the first time, Long Chen was struck by the blow. At this moment, the Great Brahma Heaven was like a towering mountain, while he was an ant before the mountain. The gap in power between the two was simply too great.
Most importantly, after the Dan Emperor's fall, Great Brahma Heaven has been recuperating and frantically recruiting followers. Clearly, he intends to rely on the power of faith to restore the true body destroyed by Dan Emperor.
Countless years passed, and no one knew how much Great Brahma had recovered. But no matter how much he recovered, it was still far beyond what Long Chen could compare to now. Revenge remained a distant prospect.
Moreover, Long Chen thought of another possibility: even after being severely injured in a surprise attack, the Dan Emperor could still shatter the body of the Great Brahma and shatter his primordial spirit. So the reason for the Dan Emperor's demise should be just one of the reasons.
Although the traitor was still Luo Tianye, Long Chen felt that even if the two of them joined forces, they would be no match for Dandi. There must be even more terrifying enemies besieging Dandi, which led to Dandi's downfall.
Just thinking about having someone on par with Great Brahma would have made anyone else despair. Even Long Chen had suffered a tremendous blow.
In the endless darkness, Long Chen fell into deep thought, and just then, a cold voice rang out:
"Scared?" Chicken out? If so, entrust your body to me for control. I'll help you kill them all and destroy the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths together—how about that? Hearing
that voice, Long Chen's heart skipped a beat. It was the voice of a heart demon, which had disappeared for a long time—how could it suddenly reappear?
But this time, unlike before, the voice didn't echo in his mind; it seemed to be calling out to him across endless space.
"I, Long Chen, have never been afraid. You don't need to worry." Long Chen said coldly.
"Heh heh, being stubborn is pointless. Don't rush. Wait a little longer. Once I fully master my own power, I'll take over this body. By then, I'll make every living being in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths feel endless fear just hearing the name Long Chen." The voice of the inner demon came through.
This time, Long Chen heard clearly. He was indeed not deep within his soul. The voice carried a familiar aura. After carefully identifying that presence, Long Chen suddenly exclaimed, "
Are you in hell?"
"Hahaha..."
Xin Mo didn't answer, just burst into hearty laughter, then fell silent.
Long Chen's heart raced wildly. From the voice of the inner demon, he sensed the fluctuations of hell. Having entered hell once before, Long Chen was extremely familiar with those fluctuations.
At that moment, Long Chen immediately sensed something was wrong, and an overwhelming sense of unease welled up in his heart.
"Buzz." Long Chen's
body trembled as he withdrew from the endless darkness. Opening his eyes, he saw the statue of the Dan Emperor and also Yu Qingxuan's worried gaze.
Seeing Yu Qingxuan's worried expression, Long Chen's heart ached. Suddenly, he opened his arms and pulled her tightly into his embrace.