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Chapter 644 Old Friend
After receiving the information from Hao through the Gold Cloth, Zhang Qi withdrew his gaze.

He has already planted the seeds of fire, but it will take time for it to turn into a raging inferno.

Zhang Qi was fully aware of this. Although the power of the Reincarnation Disc was profound enough to obscure the secrets of heaven, the "snake" was ultimately an existence that had initially aligned with the heavenly way of this world, and would sooner or later discover the changes in the underworld.

This precious time difference is a window of opportunity that he can exploit.

He sat cross-legged in the center of the dark space. Behind him, the enormous [Reincarnation Disc], composed of countless mysterious runes, was slowly rotating. Each rotation seemed to be grinding space and time, imprinting the new order into the underlying rules of this world.

His mind, however, had already sunk into a deeper, more chaotic realm.

He wanted to try something else—to pull Wu Ming, who had been relegated to a lower dimension, back into the dimension of reality.

In order to seal Wu Ming's almost out-of-control nature, Zhang Qi once planted a [Magnetic Field Lock] on him.

Later, as Wu Ming awakened his own power, he forcibly broke free from the Heavenly Lock, but the imprint of that power did not completely disappear. Like a grain of sand that could not be digested, it stubbornly remained.

That power came from "him" in another world, an existence who had pushed the rotation of magnetic fields to the realm of gods and demons.

Its essence originates from outside this multiverse; it is an unknown variable that even the "snake" cannot fully analyze with the help of the "Investiture of the Gods".

Just as a giant whale in the deep sea can never understand a lion running on land, the cognition of living beings is limited by the dimension itself.

The serpent can observe all things in the primordial world, but it cannot comprehend power beyond its comprehension.

That is why the remaining magnetic field became Zhang Qi's only beacon.

Even the barriers of low latitudes cannot completely sever this connection originating from a higher level.

With a thought, Zhang Qi's consciousness began to sink infinitely, following that faint resonance.

The world before my eyes has lost its color and form, transforming into countless chaotic streams of data and fragmented concepts.

Here, time and space lose their meaning; one moment you are in the scorching core of a star, the next you are in the frigid absolute zero. He traverses the remnants of countless civilizations and the ruins of worlds, precisely locking onto the magnetic field signal that still maintains its own frequency amidst the chaos.

Finally, he sensed a familiar thought struggling amidst distorted light and shadow.

"You are... Brother Qi?"

A faint yet clear fluctuation of consciousness arrived, carrying with it a long-suppressed joy and disbelief.

A slight smile curved Zhang Qi's lips, and his consciousness transformed into a calm voice that resonated in the other person's mind, tinged with a hint of teasing.

"Looks like you're doing well."

"Is it really you? Quick! Get us out of here!"

Wu Ming's mind instantly surged, and his urgent emotions almost broke through the barrier of the low latitude.

However, Zhang Qi keenly grasped that key word.

"us?"

A thought flickered in his mind, and a hint of doubt crept into his thoughts.

"it's me."

"And I!"

Almost simultaneously, two other distinct yet equally vast and powerful consciousnesses responded to him.

A force as blazing as the sun suspended in the sky, domineering and unparalleled;
The other surged like a galaxy, deep and unfathomable.

Taiyi... Dijun?
Zhang Qi's consciousness tightened slightly. He instantly recognized the owners of these two auras as the two Eastern Heavenly Emperors who had been banished to the lower dimensions many years ago.

"Yes, I've told them about it."

Wu Ming's thoughts followed immediately, carrying a hint of boasting, "I haven't been idle these past few years."

"Oh?" Zhang Qi's consciousness was silent for a moment, and an invisible pressure was transmitted across dimensions.
"You should understand that there is no possibility of coexistence between humans and all other races."

"No, that's possible!"

Taiyi responded with his domineering will: "If Wu Ming's essence is truly a part of that 'Tower' that is nearing transcendence!"

"Yes."

Di Jun's deep voice then rang out, his logic clear and to the point.
If Wu Ming's essence is a "tower", then all the decisions he makes will, in some mysterious way, evolve in the direction most beneficial to him.

And his final choice of companion, Ilúvatar of the Elf race, is itself highly significant…”

Di Jun's consciousness was filled with a vast amount of information.

"In the end, what determines the course of the world is power, whether it is the 'snake' or the 'tower'."

Because the 'Tower' was surrounded by humans and the Three Pure Ones during the era in which it attained enlightenment, similar existences continued to be reflected in subsequent eras.

If Wu Mingzhen is indeed a partial embodiment of the 'Tower,' his choice of an elf from among the myriad races as his companion demonstrates that, at the most fundamental level of rules, humanity and all other races are not destined to be locked in a life-or-death struggle.

"So what?"

Zhang Qi's resolve was as cold as iron, unwavering in the slightest.

"All that you have done to humanity, the hatred etched in your blood, the mountains of corpses, cannot be erased."

This is indeed true; not all races are beings from the previous era.

But he had personally witnessed human settlements struggling to survive in the wilderness, and his compatriots whose souls were shattered after being slaughtered by countless races.

These sins cannot be washed away with just a few words of reasoning.

As if sensing the killing intent in Zhang Qi's mind, Di Jun's consciousness continued to arrive, this time with a heavy sigh.

We know.

Theoretically speaking, the 'serpent' had just usurped the world's power and was in its weakest period, making it impossible for it to create so many intelligent races out of thin air.

The emergence of all races is more like the natural evolution of the world.

However, as remnants of the previous era, we are born with defects and need to assist the destined protagonist of this era—humanity—in order to complete ourselves.

This should have been the true trajectory of the Primordial Era, with all races playing a supporting role and humanity taking the lead, recreating the magnificent scene when the 'Tower' attained enlightenment.

However, the appearance of the 'snake' led to the fact that, despite not knowing what the snake had done, all races joined its ranks.

Therefore, although the root cause was deception, the sin was indeed one we committed ourselves.

Di Jun's mind was filled with bitterness, which was indeed an undeniable fact.

"Yes, the snake signed the Investiture of the Gods with your ancestors. Using this as an anchor point and in conjunction with the spacetime power of the Kunpeng Regret Medicine, this contract has spread to the past and future, and to all life forms with the concept of myriad races."

Zhang Qi nodded and then added information about Kunpeng.

This is also his method of using the power of reincarnation to free all races from its influence, but it can only protect newly born races, not those that already exist.

"Is this really the case..."

Upon hearing this, Taiyi and Dijun were somewhat dazed, as this was something they hadn't expected.

No wonder they were puzzled. If it were other saints, it would be understandable, but given their level of cultivation, they hadn't even noticed when they were affected by the snake.

The hall was deathly silent.
After a long silence, Di Jun's deep thoughts resonated once more, carrying a hint of resolute determination.

"What if... this sin could be atoned?"

(End of this chapter)