Chapter 4774: Heaven and Earth Parasites
After the small world was sent by Lin Moyu into the Yu God Heaven and Earth, it was gradually stabilized over the next few days under the influence of the Yu God Heaven and Earth's laws.
Lin Moyu erased all traces related to the domain of the Calamity Great Venerate, as well as the aura of the Ancient Chaos Wilds, almost completely transforming the small world into one of the Yu God Heaven and Earth's own internal worlds.
Within the small world, everyone remained utterly unaware of the changes in heaven and earth, living on as they always had.
The Divine Xia Empire was currently preparing for war.
The Outer Domain Heavenly Demons were about to launch an invasion, and they were once again on the brink of a great battle.
Meng Anwen was still drinking tea in his own courtyard.
Bai Yi had gone off to busy himself with war preparations and was not there.
Meng Anwen frowned as he looked up at the sky.
"Why does it feel a little different today?"
Suddenly, he lowered his head and looked toward the courtyard gate, and his eyes went wide.
He leaped up abruptly, staring in disbelief at the person before him.
Lin Moyu slowly stepped into the courtyard.
His gentle presence was exactly the same as when he had returned so many years ago.
Meng Anwen not only doubted his own eyes, he also doubted his own ears.
At this moment he completely lost the usual calm and composure he was known for.
His body trembled slightly as he muttered under his breath,
"I am not dreaming, right?
I am not dreaming, right…"
Lin Moyu came before Meng Anwen and bowed respectfully.
"Teacher, are you well?
This is not a dream.
I have returned."
Meng Anwen finally confirmed that it truly was Lin Moyu who had returned.
The disbelief in his eyes turned into wild joy, and he almost lost control of himself as he shouted,
"It really is Xiaoyu who has come back!
It really is Xiaoyu who has come back!
I will notify Old Bai and Kuangsheng right away!"
The Divine Xia Tower rumbled into view in midair, its vast aura sweeping out.
More than half the people in the Divine Xia Empire saw this scene.
They did not understand what was happening and thought that the Outer Domain Heavenly Demons were about to invade.
One after another, they raised their heads toward the firmament, ready for war.
Lin Moyu took all of their reactions in, then said with a faint smile,
"The Divine Xia Empire is being managed quite well.
Everyone's fighting spirit is high."
While transmitting the news of Lin Moyu's return through the Divine Xia Tower, Meng Anwen replied,
"All these years, we have been locked in battle with the Outer Domain Heavenly Demons.
At this point, the entire nation is under arms."
Barely a minute later, the teleportation array was activated, and Bai Yi and Yan Kuangsheng arrived at the same time.
"Old Meng, has Xiaoyu really come back?"
"Old Meng, if you dare lie to me, I will chop you up!"
The two of them shouted so loudly that it shook the heavens.
Upon receiving the news, they could not contain their excitement.
Lin Moyu laughed.
"Teacher Bai, Teacher Yan, it really is me who has come back.
No need to chop anyone."
"Xiaoyu!"
"Xiaoyu!"
Master and disciples reunited after a long separation.
Lin Moyu respectfully served tea and gave them a rough account of his experiences over the years.
He concealed some minor details and did not mention anything regarding the Calamity Great Venerate.
Some matters were unnecessary for them to know.
Over these years, the small world had passed through many trials.
In fact, the Calamity Great Venerate had begun making his move already when Lin Moyu first left.
From that moment, time and space in the small world had already become disordered.
After that, Antares was the only being who left the small world.
The reason Antares had been able to leave was actually because of the Boyang Great Venerate.
Antares had been arranged into the small world by the Boyang Great Venerate, and in the end, it was also the Boyang Great Venerate who secretly took him away.
The reason Boyang Great Venerate did this was the karmic bond between him and Lin Moyu.
And behind it all was the Fate Venerate's secret guidance many years ago.
The first to learn of the Calamity Great Venerate's arrangements was naturally the Fate Venerate.
However, the Fate Venerate could not state it openly and could only hint at it.
Fortunately, the Boyang Great Venerate comprehended the situation as well, and Antares truly did help Lin Moyu greatly.
After taking the small world, the Calamity Great Venerate, in order to keep its beings alive, also gave them certain benefits and guided them onto the correct cultivation path.
Yet at the same time, he restricted them, arranging so called Outer Domain Heavenly Demons to watch them and constantly grind them down.
Over these years, the casualties within the small world were not small.
Now, however, everything was in the past.
From here on, their road would be an open one.
…
Lin Moyu stayed in the small world for more than a month before he finally left.
Aside from Meng Anwen and the other two, no one knew he had returned.
"Time to take care of proper business."
Lin Moyu's voice was calm.
After returning from the small world, he felt lighter, as if many burdens had fallen away.
The Hongmeng Stone said,
"Master, for that small world, you could have just sent a clone."
Lin Moyu shook his head with a light smile.
"You do not understand."
The Hongmeng Stone said,
"Those supremes later severed their karmic ties and cut off their connections with lower worlds…"
Before he could finish, Lin Moyu cut him off.
"That is why you do not understand.
Everyone acts differently.
I have my own way of doing things and do not need to learn from anyone else."
"Karma should be severed when it needs severing, but when it should be maintained, it must also be maintained."
The height at which Lin Moyu now stood was already different.
On the road he walked, there was no one ahead of him anymore.
From here on, others could only chase his back.
The Hongmeng Stone was merely an artifact spirit and truly did not grasp such things.
It was very obedient; since Lin Moyu said so, it would not ask further.
"Let us go.
Time to see that mother child universe."
The Nine Heavens Fate Art unfolded, forcibly altering the universal laws.
With one step, Lin Moyu crossed billions upon billions of miles, faster than any teleportation.
In only a few steps, Lin Moyu had crossed half of the chaos and arrived before the spatial channel indicated by the Fate Venerate.
In the void, a spatial channel about the size of a fist floated up and down.
Because it was so tiny, even if someone passed right by it, they might not notice it.
The Hongmeng Stone said,
"That is right, this is the place.
I can sense the unique aura of a mother child universe."
Before entering, Lin Moyu could not help turning his head to glance toward the deepest part of the Ancient Wilds.
"I keep feeling that the depths of the Ancient Wilds are a little strange.
I will have to visit again when there is time."
The Hongmeng Stone said in puzzlement,
"What could be strange about it?
If there were anything strange, I would definitely be able to see it."
Lin Moyu shook his head.
"It is only a feeling.
The Ancient Chaos Wilds, as the only universe born from the embers of the shattered heavens and earth after the Great Annihilation, must have something special about it.
That special trait can only be found in the deepest parts of the Wilds."
The Hongmeng Stone was even more confused.
"It is not the only one though, is it?
Isn't there also your Yu God Heaven and Earth, Master?"
Lin Moyu shook his head again.
"My Yu God Heaven and Earth is different."
"Different?
In what way?"
The Hongmeng Stone still did not quite understand, but Lin Moyu did not answer.
He stepped directly into the spatial channel.
A strange aura rushed toward him.
Lin Moyu could feel relatively intact universal laws.
The Nine Heavens Fate Art unfolded, and Lin Moyu became as though the master of this universe, surveying everything.
"Although this universe has suffered damage, its laws are still relatively complete.
It can indeed sustain the existence of living beings.
"Yet these beings have also gone through the destruction of heaven and earth.
The living beings within either fell or mutated, becoming completely different from what they once were."
"The way you described it was correct.
They can no longer be considered normal living beings.
Their mode of existence is different, and compared to normal beings, they are missing something."
The Hongmeng Stone said,
"That is why, within this place, Master can completely let loose."
Lin Moyu responded with a hum.
"Indeed, I can let loose.
There is no need to concern myself with karma.
There is no karma here.
"These beings are more like a lingering malignancy, a group of parasites gnawing at heaven and earth.
They should originally have died and fallen, returning to become the power of heaven and earth to maintain the existence of the universal remains.
"Yet they are still alive, and not only alive, but constantly devouring the power of heaven and earth.
If not for the mother universe outside the child universe being strong enough to supply sufficient power of heaven and earth, this child universe would have long since collapsed from depletion."