novelraw Chapter 429 - 336: Cataclysm? What Is That to Me? This Life, I’ll Shatter the Cataclysm!
Chapter 429 - 336: Cataclysm? What Is That to Me? This Life, I’ll Shatter the Cataclysm!
At this moment, Su Mu instantly understood why he inevitably headed to the Sword Pavilion in the end in each of his past lives. It was not out of stubbornness.
Perhaps it was more due to helplessness.
His future selves must have learned more hidden truths about the Great Calamity, so in every life, he had no choice but to head to the Sword Pavilion.
Su Mu’s deep-set eyes narrowed slightly. In that instant, he became one with the thoughts of his several past selves recorded in the Book of Destiny, and everything became clear.
"The reason why in every life I don’t avoid the Sword Pavilion but rather choose to go there actively is because there’s no escape. Behind me..."
"...are Miaomiao, Xiaoyue, my parents, teachers, my junior sister..."
Because of this, Su Mu in each life constantly improved his strength. Defeating all the sages of the world was merely a part of it, not to compete for the so-called title of the world’s strongest.
The titles of Martial Ancestor, Military God, and other such vain reputations were not what Su Mu desired. He simply wanted to turn the tide, so in each life, after reaching the peak of his power, he chose to head to the Sword Pavilion.
To fight for his family and friends, for all the people he wanted to protect.
But unfortunately, in each life recorded in the Book of Destiny, Su Mu ultimately failed to save a collapsing world and ended in failure.
Therefore...
Su Mu’s, Miaomiao’s, and his teacher’s fates all ended in December 1057. Everyone lost their futures, their destinies severed, perishing in the Great Calamity.
To further verify his suspicion,
Su Mu took a deep breath and chose an unfamiliar, yet powerful presence among those with whom he had past karma as the target for his next deduction.
It was a tall, indistinct phantom.
"Qingfeng Martial Saint."
Peering into destiny, especially the destiny of a powerful person, was bound to bring immense backlash, but Su Mu had no hesitation at this moment.
"Begin, I must confirm..."
Boom.
Su Mu felt as if a volcano erupted in his mind, indescribable pain filled his body and soul, but he remained unwavering, staring intently at the Book of Destiny.
Finally, the destiny belonging to Qingfeng Martial Saint unfolded slowly.
[Name: Li Lang]
[Gender: Male]
[Lifespan: Martial Dao Civilization Year 965 April ---- Martial Dao Civilization Year 1057 December]
The Book of Destiny suddenly ended.
In the depths where the clouds are unknown, on Peach Blossom Mountain, a Taoist with an immortal and ethereal appearance suddenly opened his eyes, and an aura of terror flashed by in an instant.
The entire mountain trembled under this immense power.
The tea set on the tea table fell to the ground.
A moment later, the old man tore off his clothes, furrowing his brows tightly.
A strange scene appeared.
Beneath the clothes, his body was half filled with enormous power, while the other half was withered like a corpse, with black smoke swirling above it.
...
The next second.
"Pfft."
In the pitch-black cultivation room, Su Mu suddenly opened his eyes, spewing a mouthful of golden blood mixed with black from his mouth.
Blood continuously flowed from his seven orifices, making his deep eyes bloodshot, appearing both sinister and terrifying.
The Qi and blood, which had just been filled in Su Mu, once again emitted a decaying aura, and the once brilliant Sea of Consciousness now appeared somewhat silent.
This was the backlash suffered from forcibly deducing the destiny of a Martial Saint.
Feeling Su Mu’s weakness, the black smoke in the Sea of Consciousness also began to act up.
Su Mu snorted coldly, and instantly the Crystal Human Form in the Sea of Consciousness opened its eyes, suppressing the black smoke with a single palm.
"Indeed..."
"In thirteen years, no one will be spared, not even the Martial Saint, who will die on the same day..."
"This is a catastrophe affecting the entire globe."
"Perhaps human civilization will also be completely annihilated in this disaster..."
Su Mu mumbled.
"Wait, civilization?!"
Su Mu’s breathing suddenly became rapid, his body trembling slightly. Perhaps the ancient powerful species, which had the power to battle Grandmasters at birth, the Extinct Relic Giants, the former overlords of this planet, were annihilated in such a calamity.
Perhaps beneath the Sword Pavilion hides the true culprit behind the annihilation of the Relic Giants.
Su Mu, who had consumed a pool of Giant’s blood and cultivated the Half-Step "Fixed Star Body Refining Technique" from Giant Martial Arts, also suspected the Crystal Visualization Technique originated from the Giants.
He was well aware of the power of Giant Martial Arts, the martial arts of the Relic Giants far surpassed current human martial arts. Tracing the origin, the birth of human martial arts stemmed from emulating the Fierce Beasts and absorbing some parts of Giant Martial Arts.
Even such powerful beings as the Giants couldn’t escape the calamity, ending up with their race exterminated. Can humanity really withstand such a disaster this time?
Despair.
Overwhelming despair instantly filled Su Mu’s heart. At that moment, he completely understood the urgency in the eyes of his own shadow projected by the Book of Destiny.
It turns out that in the Book of Destiny, his past selves were fighting against such terrifying existences, and there wasn’t much time left, not much time to become stronger.
Can anyone truly withstand such a calamity?
An instant later.
Su Mu suddenly remembered a transcendent existence, the purple shadow from the Tower of Power.
Judging from the fear among the Giant soul inheritance site towards that shadow, it could be inferred that the strength of the purple shadow is above that of the Giants.
If only the purple shadow could intervene...
A moment later, Su Mu shook his head. In the Book of Destiny, the purple shadow never acted, and the last time, the purple shadow had already issued an eviction order, clearly stating that he must unlock the Fifth Layer of the Secret of Power or at least become a Ninth Level Apprentice before he could meet with it.
There might exist such a possibility.
The purple shadow had long known there would be such a calamity and was aware of the terrifying existence beneath the Sword Abyss, but such transcendent existences wouldn’t care, just like an eagle in the sky wouldn’t care about the life and death of ants on the ground, no matter how many die.
But what if...
The next second.
Miaomiao, Xiaoyue, his parents, teacher Wang Shuheng, Little Junior Sister, Little One, and others’ silhouettes all appeared before Su Mu’s eyes.
Yet all the beauty and everyone he cared for changed in the next moment.
Their smiles turned into desperate cries, and then the world lost its color, turning black and white, before finally shattering to pieces.
This scene brutally shattered the fortunate hope Su Mu had in his heart.
Crack, crack.
Su Mu’s ten fingers emitted a piercing noise, embedding deeply into his flesh, blood flowing.
"No, I absolutely cannot entrust my fate to a vague possibility, nor can I hand over my fate to others..."
"My fate belongs to me, Su Mu."
Everyone will die?
What a joke?!
Su Mu shook his head, with both madness and determination in his eyes.
"Everything hasn’t happened yet, so everything is still possible. If this calamity cannot be avoided from the start..."
"Then don’t avoid it."
"Calamity?"
"What kind of thing is that!"
"Before surpassing the Martial Saint, how could I, Su Mu, so easily die? No one in this world can take away everything I care about in front of me..."
"The few lives in the Book of Destiny couldn’t do it, only because they weren’t strong enough, nothing more!"
"They couldn’t do it doesn’t mean I can’t. Nineteen Immortal Cells couldn’t do it, so this life, I’ll condense ninety-nine. If it’s still not enough, then nine hundred and ninety-nine..."
"Three Martial Arts Gates couldn’t do it, then five, ten!"
Boom!
In the Sea of Consciousness, the Fire Gate suddenly opened, with several door outlines appearing behind it.
"In this lifetime, I want to shatter the calamity!"
...
Giant Beast Cave, Third Floor.
"Marshal Yue, everything in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool is ready."
The silver-haired elder nodded lightly, then looked towards the sky, visualizing an unparalleled figure soaring in the sky.
"This time the portion of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool is several times that of previous years. If the news gets out, even Martial Saints would be moved."
"Absorbing half a pool of Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid gives one the potential to impact Great Grandmaster status. Since the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool was discovered, the highest record was set by Huangfu Tian, who alone absorbed five whole pools of Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid..."
"But at that time, Huangfu Tian had already become a Grandmaster, and no one before had acquired the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool qualification without first becoming a Grandmaster. Su Mu, you are the first to break the rules. Let’s see how much you can absorb this time..."
A thousand-foot green stone steps lead to the clouds.
Inside the Sword Pavilion hall.
Ximen Gu slowly opened his eyes and walked out of the hall, looking northward, in the direction of the Imperial Capital.
"Brother Ye, let’s see who can come closer to absorbing five pools of Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid this time!"