The Growth of a God

Chapter 433 - 19: Shattered Moon

"An existence capable of defeating the gods...?"

When Ao Xing heard the Dragon of Suffering’s description, certain images of great presences involuntarily flashed in his mind.

What followed in the Dragon of Suffering’s narration further confirmed Ao Xing’s suspicion.

The first to appear during the "Crisis of the Sun and Moon’s Fall" was Yuyu.

Not Saintly Divine Being·Yayu, but Immortal Fierce Beast Yuyu.

As the direct lineage of Zhu Jiuyin, the immortal entity wielding the Erosion of Yin Fire.

In the Mountain and Sea Realm, Yuyu naturally stood as an invincible presence, the bane of all tangible and intangible entities.

In truth, if not for Yuyu’s lack of wisdom and inability to touch the threshold of higher dimensions, it would ascend to become a Main God Level power, surpassing ordinary gods.

Even so, those lost gods and Divine Abominations were clearly not opponents of Yuyu.

Holding the home field advantage, Yuyu expelled and even killed those gods and Divine Abominations invading the Mountain and Sea Realm one by one.

In the final phase of that war, to combat the immortal monster, the gods and Divine Abominations had to release another godslayer originally sealed by the Mountain and Sea Realm—Ji Meng.

Without the influence of Li Hao, Ji Meng was definitely the most defiant and arrogant existence in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Thus, despite knowing the ulterior motives of the gods who released him, Ji Meng still chose to engage in a great battle with his former opponent, Yuyu.

The sun and moon, already destabilized by the arrival of gods and Divine Abominations, also fell during that great battle.

When the sun and moon fell, this world lost its significance, and from then on, the gods and Divine Abominations vanished completely from the Mountain and Sea Realm.

No one knows whether they truly perished or merely chose to leave this world.

The only certainty is that Yuyu and Ji Meng truly died at the end of that great battle, dying when the sun and moon fell.

The so-called "dragons" were a new species, a new life, born upon their remains.

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"The first dragons... were Yuyu and Ji Meng!?"

Listening to this unexpected yet seemingly logical truth, Ao Xing found his inner complex emotions indescribable.

Because he suddenly thought, similar situations had indeed happened in the Mountain and Sea Realm he dwelled in.

That was the birth of Saintly Divine Being·Yayu, also a period when the so-called "Oracle Cells," immortal cells, wreaked havoc.

That experience is firmly remembered in the enlightenment textbooks of the Mountain and Sea Civilization, warning future generations to revere the gods and those ancient powers.

If not for Fire God·Huo Dou descending with the Creator’s will, the Oracle Cells might have already proliferated and spread throughout the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The Earth Apostle Dragon Child born afterward is said to also be a product of the Oracle Cells.

Considering the circumstances of this parallel space-time, the Oracle Cells’ immortality and evolutionary ability eventually evolved into today’s Keren Race, which doesn’t seem surprising.

"The Keren Race evolved from the Oracle Cells?"

Hearing Ao Xing’s musing, it was the Dragon of Suffering’s turn to raise an eyebrow in surprise.

Because in its description of this history, it had never mentioned the term "Oracle Cells."

No, never mind mentioning it; even the Dragon of Suffering was uncertain whether "Oracle Cells" truly existed.

It was only during the excavation of an already-collapsed ruin that it deduced the existence of "Oracle Cells" from fragments of unearthed clues.

These were artificial cells mimicking the Creator’s remains, beyond the Dragon of Suffering’s comprehension in every aspect.

"It seems your world also has such special cells?"

When the Dragon of Suffering asked this, it was met with Ao Xing shaking his head.

"In my world, under the Creator’s call, the Oracle Cells were restored to become the Dragon Ancestor’s firstborn—Yayu."

"In my world, he is known as the ’Saintly Divine Being,’ always devoted to spreading the Creator’s faith and guiding more beings to join the Mountain and Sea Civilization family."

The same phenomena present drastically opposing concepts and states in two parallel space-times.

One as a devotee of the Creator, the Saintly Divine Being, and the other as the singular force evolving an entire ecosystem, the Keren Race.

Even the well-versed Dragon of Suffering fell into silence upon hearing these words.

"The Mountain and Sea Civilization... truly a wondrous world."

Uttering this softly, the Dragon of Suffering then cast its gaze towards the distant moon.

For during their conversation, they had already traversed a significant portion of the Tang Valley, formally arriving at the site of the moon’s fall.

The silvery gray moonlight transformed into sacred radiance, illuminating every mile within its reach.

Bathed in this moonlight, Ao Xing’s inexplicable urge felt even more tangible.

"So that’s... the moon!"

Raising his eyes, Ao Xing witnessed a colossal silver sphere immersed within Ancient Tang.

On the surface of this silver sphere, mottled marks could be found in every corner, with cracks almost tearing it apart, appearing particularly shocking.

From Ao Xing’s perspective, he couldn’t understand how the shattered silver sphere hadn’t disintegrated into pieces.

Just gazing at that seemingly eternal moon, Ao Xing’s prior incomprehension transitioned into a serene understanding.

In the mythological worldview, if the sun is likened to the strict father of all things, then the moon is the nurturing mother of all existence.

To guard its world, for the Keren Race still struggling to survive, the moon, despite being fragmented, would never "die."

Only when all life ceases to exist will the moon’s light dissipate, and it will crumble into oblivion.

"If the ’Mother of All Stars’ were here, she might be able to restore the moon back to the sky, right?"

Tilting his head in uncertainty, Ao Xing recalled Doumu Yuanjun from his world.

She is the mother of the stars of the Celestial Vault, a True God infinitely close to the Main God level.

If this world also birthed a similar deity, allowing the moon to return to the sky.

Even if it couldn’t fully restore this broken world, it would bring a glimmer of light back to it.

"Return to the sky?"

With a noncommittal smile, the Dragon of Suffering corrected Ao Xing’s notion.

"This world is long beyond salvation; even if the sun and moon return to the sky, what difference does it make?"

"It would only revert everything to the state before the gods and Divine Abominations invaded, making little actual difference to the world itself."

With a slight pause, the Dragon of Suffering added another remark.

"Besides, do you think the Keren Race hasn’t considered having the sun and moon return to the sky?"

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