The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 713 - 221 The Fated One, Qian Qian

Following Su’e’s pointing finger, an ancient stele stood not far away.

"The name of that existence must not be spoken, if you are destined, you will naturally be able to see it," she said.

Lin Yun: "..."

He had failed to see it last time and still couldn’t see it now, but he didn’t need to see it to know what those two blurry characters were.

"The Divine Spirit says Qing..."

Qian Qian had only uttered the first three words before Lin Yun suddenly covered her mouth with force.

Su’e too got a scare and demanded, "What are you doing, I told you not to read it out loud!"

She had relied on this stele to avoid a calamity, and of course, she knew how formidable Qing Nu was. If Qian Qian were to read out the full content inscribed on the stele here, who knew what kind of ghost she would summon.

With the great calamity approaching, it would indeed be quite an event if she actually summoned Qing Nu.

Qian Qian suddenly found herself embraced from behind by Lin Yun, who covered her mouth, and she couldn’t help but struggle. But upon hearing Su’e’s interrogation, she also froze.

Putting aside Su’e’s earlier warning, she had also seen Dongfang Yao’s fate in another timeline.

After uttering Qing Nu’s name and speaking disrespectfully, his end came swiftly.

Yet just now, as she gazed dazedly at the text on the stele, she had subconsciously opened her mouth to speak as if someone else had taken control.

Reflecting on it now, it was truly a terrifying thought.

She was a Divine Spirit and almost fell under the spell of the stele in front of her.

"It wasn’t intentional," she said.

Only after Lin Yun let go of her mouth did Qian Qian hurriedly explain.

"I believe you," he said.

Qian Qian immediately looked moved and even forgot to maintain a distance from Lin Yun, given how close they were.

Su’e’s expression became serious, and her brows slightly furrowed, making her ethereal figure seem a bit more solid.

"As I feared, He has awakened," she said. "This is merely a display of His divine power. When He fully awakens, He will once again destroy this world."

Lin Yun: "..."

Good grief, so Qing Nu, who has been with me for so long, is actually a villain?

Even though Su’e had previously given him gifts and had plans to use Dongfang Hongyue in a future timeline, Lin Yun did not doubt her words at this moment.

Evidence matters, but when there’s not enough evidence, one has to rely on instinct.

He felt that Su’e wasn’t lying.

"You said ’once again’?" asked Qian Qian, noticing something strange in Su’e’s choice of words. Su’e nodded and said, "This issue, tenuously related to the previous question you asked, I’ll tell you about it.

There were many people and gods who survived from the second era to the third era. Under the protection of the gods, the disaster of the second era only wiped out almost all of the powerful, while mortals lived on under the protection of the Four Spirits. The Four Spirits also perished, and it’s only by chance that you and I managed to escape, while other gods fell into the Netherworld and clung to life."

Su’e said as much without mentioning her own daughter in the Netherworld.

Lin Yun and Qian Qian pretended to know nothing about it and listened as Su’e continued to enlighten them.

"From the first era to the second era, not a single ancient god survived, and all living beings perished. The strong and the weak alike, without exception. Moreover, according to Tai Bai’s calculations, the Outer Realm and the Inner Domain originally had no distinction between them; it was the catastrophe of the first era that separated them and caused chaos in heaven and earth.

In the second and the third era, life never ceased entirely, but between the first and second era, there was a gap of several billion years."

"Several billion years... Is this conclusion correct?" asked Qian Qian, finding the timespan somewhat exaggerated.

According to their statement, from the beginning of the second era with the birth of the first Divine Spirit until the third era, the total was no more than a million years. Yet, the end of the first era was supposedly several billion years before the start of the second era...

In other words, the combined duration of the second and third eras might not even match the gap between the two eras.

Was there nothing in this world during those several billion years?

"There’s no mistake," Su’e assured. "Dongfang Yao and I worked together to divine the past and saw the very beginning of heaven and earth, the first Thunderbolt, as well as the birth of the first Sacred Beast, the White Tiger. Beyond that, we saw vast waters."

At this point, Su’e stopped, perhaps out of fear of infringing upon some taboo.

She waved her hand dismissively, "These matters are unrelated to the Heaven-Mending Stone, and it seems we’ve gone off-topic."

Qian Qian: "..."

You’ve just realized?

I asked about the Heaven-Mending Stone, and you’ve gone off on a tangent about Heaven Creation.

"Based on my conjecture, although the Heaven-Mending Stone couldn’t save the first eon, it might be the reason some creatures survived into the second eon. It may have had an effect on that taboo existence, preventing It from annihilating the world completely. Of course, this is just my speculation."

Lin Yun: "..."

Sister Qing Nu, let’s make a deal. The world is so beautiful, can we not destroy it, okay?

Has the world caused you such great harm?

Lin Yun looked at the statue of Qing Nu, feeling a strong sense of dissonance.

A human head with a snake body, in his former world, that would be Nuwa.

In mythological stories, Nuwa created humans and mended the sky.

Here, Qing Nu was destroying the world?

The sense of dissonance was so strong, Lin Yun felt uncomfortable.

But the truth seemed to already be in front of him.

Su’e wasn’t wrong, Qing Nu must have indeed awakened.

The changes in the statue inside him might just be a sign.

Lin Yun had mixed feelings, while Qian Qian was thinking about escaping.

As long as she could flee back to her own God Realm, regardless of the catastrophic flood, she could survive it.

Moreover, she could take Lin Yun to her God Realm.

This way, she could also save Lin Yun’s life.

The key issue was that she couldn’t return to the God Realm now, she was barely able to protect herself, let alone Lin Yun.

Having learned the origin and use of the Heaven-Mending Stone, Qian Qian still had doubts in her heart. She originally thought that finding Su’e would solve her problem of being unable to return, but now she realized that her inability to return seemed to have nothing to do with the Heaven-Mending Stone.

Why is this so?

A thought struck Qian Qian, and since she had already come this far, she might as well ask one more question.

"Why can’t this incarnation of mine return to the God Realm?"

"That question comes with another price," Su’e said slyly.

"What price?"

"When I need your help, you cannot refuse."

A one-two punch?

You want to trick me?

Qian Qian immediately saw through Su’e’s scheme and quickly refused, "Then forget it, I won’t ask anymore, I’ll find my own way."

Upon hearing this, Su’e couldn’t help but chuckle.

"You should be careful then. This man by your side, he has thoughts of tasting what a goddess is like!"

Qian Qian: "..."

Lin Yun: "..."

Qian Qian’s face turned red quickly, but she still didn’t compromise with Su’e. She grabbed Lin Yun’s hand and coldly said, "You need not worry about that, let’s go."

With that, she pulled Lin Yun back into the desert.

Under the water, Su’e revealed a smug smile.

Qian Qian thought she was trying to trick her into helping, but in reality, she simply dared not answer that question.

Qian Qian, she is tied by karma to Qing Nu...