Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

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Wenren È's goal with this trip had been to forge a new sword for Yin Hanjiang, an immortal weapon if possible, or at least a near-immortal weapon.

After trading for the meteorite with his token and a promise to help Baili Qingmiao in the future, he took Yin Hanjiang to the Thousand Mile Ice Plains.

It should now be named the Thousand Mile Fire Plains. The field of boundless white from eleven years ago had been transformed into a sea of magma. Even at Yin Hanjiang or Wenren È's level, they didn't get too close to the surface, just surveying the landscape from high above.

"The wandering immortal of the Violet Spirit Pavilion had been cultivating using the flames underneath the ice for centuries, yet was never able to find the Snow Flame. Yet when Baili Qingmiao collapsed in the Ice Plains, it instantly appeared in her hands. In order to find that immortal's true body, this Venerable broke through the ice layer, and now without the ice suppressing it, the underground fires have transformed the Ice Plains's environment," Wenren È said.

Even though Yin Hanjiang normally paid attention to nothing besides Wenren È, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did the spiritual realm change according to Baili Qingmiao's wishes? And the things she imagined actually materialized."

Yin Hanjiang took out the Shattered Mountain Meteorite. He still had difficulty believing that this treasure in his hands was real.

"What if it suddenly turns into mist and vanishes?" Yin Hanjiang asked.

Wenren È saw curiosity sparkling in his eyes and couldn't help but smile slightly. "In the beginning, heaven and earth were primordial chaos and everything in existence was formless energy. A primordial god awakened in the chaos, and used his power to separate heaven and earth, becoming one with the cosmos and giving rise to all things. This was the one origin from which everything in existence developed."

Yin Hanjiang had reached Void Boundary stage over a century of cultivation and his ability of comprehension was actually quite high. He thought it over and asked, "Is the Venerable's meaning that the spiritual realm was neither a palace nor a cavern, but a gathering of primordial chaos like the cosmos before the separation of heaven and earth? What we saw today was a smaller-scale version of the shaping of the cosmos?"

"Perhaps." Wenren È was unsure of his conjecture himself, and could only give Yin Hanjiang an indecisive answer.

"Then how come everything became dark when she opened her eyes and bright when she closed them? It's almost like the legend of the Torch Dragon who brings day when its eyes are open and night when they close. Except it's reversed." Yin Hanjiang rubbed the meteoric iron, still looking at it with disbelief.

He had remained composed in front of Qiu Congxue and Baili Qingmiao, as cold and emotionless as always, but alone in front of Wenren È, he had finally learned to show a bit of curiosity.

"This Venerable does have an idea about that." Wenren È hadn't noticed the indulgent smile that had appeared on his lips. "The book stated that Baili Qingmiao was a primordial goddess in her previous life, and managed plagues, disasters, and war. Everywhere her sight landed, disasters would befall mortal beings, so she wouldn't have often looked at peaceful surroundings. If the spiritual realm was a collection of primordial energy that had been attracted to Baili Qingmiao, it would naturally reflect her fate."

Dark and hellish when awake, and only a paradise in her dreams.

The Abusive Romance novel was the same. It was just as one reviewer said—the author had given the female lead a primordial divine nature, the talent and luck to overturn fate, and impeccable looks and character. They had crafted an exceptional protagonist, then let Hè Wenzhao stomp all over her.