End of the Early Era

Zhan Siyu thought the situation would be quite easy. It was just facing some demons and saving the world, right? However, after arriving in the Deep Abyss, he realized that he had been very naive.

The Black Turtle's sudden awakening had intensified the world's abnormal movements. Several places had been affected and the most affected place was the Diabolic Seal Area. After the seal was broken earlier, the demons were freed and the gods, who had already suffered severe losses, were forced to retreat. They had no choice but to retreat to the Hellish Abyss, preventing the demons from absorbing the demonic energy within it.

The tragic scene that Mu Xiaoying and Zhan Siyu faced upon arriving could no longer be described in mere words. The place was filled with demons shrouded in black mist and gods covered in battling blood. The gods had already been forced into a position where they could no longer retreat and the demon number continued to increase, as if they could never be completely exterminated.

Mu Xiaoying summoned countless celestial icy lightnings and began to open a path of blood for them in the middle of the battle.

"We don't have much time. Hurry up and go to where the Black Turtle core is.

Zhan Siyu nodded, releasing his divine sense, he had the slightest feeling that there was something calling to him on the right and then he flew in that direction. When he arrived, he discovered that there was a pool of water there. The pool was the size of a normal pool, not too deep and the water was so clear that you could see the crystalline bottom.

As soon as it arrived, the entire pool began to radiate a purple white glow and even small sparks could be seen. The divine energy was so concentrated there, that it seemed capable of solidifying at any moment. That was the divine energy of the Black Turtle!

Zhan Siyu was completely shocked. This energy was thousands of times more powerful than the energy he received when he was fixing the seal.

Time was running out. Zhan Siyu approached in a hurry. When he was about to arrive in the middle of the pool and receive the Primordial Energy to open the Dimensional Escape, a terrifying voice suddenly reverberated behind her.

"Little brother!" Shanyuan Meiying suddenly appeared beside the pool and tensely observed his movements. "What are you doing?"

Zhan Siyu's heart sped up. He knew he would definitely find Shanyuan Meiying there. If he told her he was there to swim, would she believe him?

"I'm going to open the Dimensional Escape.

"The Dimensional Escape!" Shanyuan Meiying did not react for a moment and, as if he had thought of something, the color of his face disappeared. Soon after, the corners of her mouth lifted and she revealed the same gentle smile she always had, reaching out a hand towards him. "How could opening the Dimensional Escape be such a simple task? Little brother, be obedient! Why don't you get out of there first?"

Zhan Siyu clenched his teeth, deciding to ignore his words. Turning around, he continued walking towards the center of the pool. The Black Turtle had already started to transfer its divine energy, how could it just leave now?

"Little brother!" Shanyuan Meiying shouted, his voice was no longer calm as before, instead, it was filled with panic and fear. Wanting to get into the pool and go after him, she took two steps forward, only to be forced to retreat by the countless sparks fired by the water. "Do you know what you're doing now?"

"I know." Zhan Siyu sat in a meditation position in the center of the pool and smiled at her. "I'm saving you all."

"Why? Why do we need you to save us?" Shanyuan Meiying was getting more and more anxious. After using an art, she took a step into the pool with great difficulty and once again reached out to him. "Little brother, be obedient. Your sister has promised that, regardless of what happens, I will always protect you. Get out of there now, right?" His tone seemed more and more desperate. When he got to the last words, it was like she was begging him to stop.

Having an older sister who spoiled him so much, Zhan Siyu was touched in his heart. However, if the Dimensional Escape were not opened, they would not be able to continue living. So in the end, he is the one who would win by doing this.

"Little brother, your sister is begging"

"…"

Zhan Siyu blew out a breath. Suddenly, he remembered when he was still an egg, Shanyuan Meiying's appearance when she was willing to use even his blood to attack to protect him. He was lucky to have an older sister like that, though ...

"Shanyuan Meiying, actually, I'm not a phoenix." Zhan Siyu gathered his Primordial Energy and created a vague image of its original form: a green-skinned turtle with the shadow of a snake loosely wrapped around its body. "I am the Black Turtle, not your brother."

"You being my little brother has nothing to do with your race." Shanyuan Meiying replied and continued to try to persuade him. "I don't care what you are, as long as you stay by my side. So, be obedient and… get out of there, right?"

"Haah…" Zhan Siyu sighed and scolded him with a smile:

"Your sis-con. I'm actually older than you. I just stayed in my egg longer"

"So I'm going to change the way I address you" Shanyuan Meiying was unexpectedly very understanding. "If you get out of there, I promise you anything."

"You still don't understand Shanyuan Meiying?" Zhan Siyu released his divine sense and began to receive the ancient divine energy within the pool. "Black Turtles have always been existences used as cornerstones for heaven and earth and, since I am a Black Turtle, naturally I will have to integrate myself into this world someday, falling into a deep sleep. Right now, I am just using another method. "

"I don't care about any of this!" Shanyuan Meiying's expression suddenly changed and an infinite furious aura began to spread, supporting the suppression of lightning as she approached him one step at a time. "The only thing I know is that you are my little brother. If it is really necessary to save this world, you will never be the person who will do it."

Shanyuan Meiying continued to insist on trying to pull him out and a vague insanity could be seen in his eyes. As if she were a wild beast whose boundary had been crossed, her tender and gentle side was completely replaced by a violent and insane face.

But how could the sparks formed by Primordial Energy be that simple? A few seconds later, her body was covered with injuries, yet she did not stop.

Zhan Siyu was shocked to see this.

"Don't come any closer." He pleaded a little anxiously. "This world will not last long. If the Dimensional Escape is opened, everyone can be saved."

"How about you?" She lifted her head and looked at him intently.

"Uh…" He would naturally be disconnected from life. Did she know what the consequences were of forcibly opening the Dimensional Escape and therefore wanted to stop him from doing so?

"If saving the world requires your life as a price, then what's the use of saving it?" The aura around Shanyuan Meiying instantly changed, becoming even more wild. But the eyes that looked at her were filled with an inexplicable sadness. In that moment she looked like that same thin, fragile child when they first met. "Little brother, you clearly know that you're the only person I still have. What's the point if everyone else is saved if you disappear?"

Zhan Siyu felt his heart sink. It was then that he finally realized that she had never overcome abandonment. No matter how inviting that smile she always wore on her face, she was just hiding everything deep inside. This was a scar that could open at any moment, as soon as someone stepped on this land mine, it could explode at any time. And it looked like he was that land mine.

"I'll be fine. I promise you."

"You can't promise me that!" She had already reached his side and pulled her into a strong embrace, as if she wanted to crush him. She buried her head in his neck and said with an emphasis on each word, "You promised me. You promised me you wouldn't abandon me."

Zhan Siyu felt as if he had returned to that dark, skyless place. A fragile and thin child hugging her tightly in that egg, as if she were embracing the only hope that still kept him alive, refusing to let go.

The tightness in the heart increased and, for a moment, Zhan Siyu hated himself a little. Why hadn't he noticed Shanyuan Meiying's anomalies before? He must have seen this a long time ago. Although it seemed that she was treating others gently on the surface, apart from him, she always stayed away from everyone else. She did not have an intimate relationship even with her mother, Xuan Yusheng. Furthermore, because he was born prematurely, she hated the Little Seventh extremely much.

She was always the same child who treated her as the only person she could trust. The same child who regarded the world as his enemy. The same child who considered her his life.

But…

Zhan Siyu ground his teeth. White light shone on his palms, pushing Shanyuan Meiying away. The sparks over the pool disappeared, and instead, countless sparks seemed to surround him. An immense amount of Primordial Energy that he had never felt before seemed to be emitted from him.

He did not continue to waste time. Quickly making some seals with his hands, he established a formation and tapped his palm down, instantly releasing all of his Primordial Energy.

"No!" Shanyuan Meiying, who was thrown hundreds of meters away, shouted with an expression full of panic and fear.

In an instant, an intense golden light shone. Within an area of ​​about ten meters around it, a celestial pillar rose towards the sky, directly across the horizon. For a moment, the horizon twisted. Countless strange and illusory kingdoms appeared in the sky like projections. There were dense forests, luxurious streets and blessed lands full of cultivators ... Each of them represented one of the current Primordial Worlds.

The Dimensional Escape has opened…

The sound of the battle between the gods and demons stopped at that moment when everyone raised their heads to look at this mystical phenomenon ...

Moving his hands, Zhan Siyu used another art. Within that pillar of light, countless rays of golden light formed and flew towards the various gods and living creatures. After being surrounded by rays of golden light, they turned what appeared to be soap bubbles and directly flew towards the open Dimensional Escape.

Zhan Siyu's Primordial Energy was being depleted at an extremely fast rate and he was barely able to keep the Dimensional Escape open while trying to get as many living creatures through as possible. As to which world they would be sent to after passing through it, that was no longer something he would be able to predict.

"Little brother!" Shanyuan Meiying was also trapped in a soap bubble, striking it while trying to break free. However, Zhan Siyu had inherited the ancient Black Turtle Primordial Energy, how could he let it escape? Instead, he circled his divine art and made it float towards the Dimensional Escape.

Seeing the Dimensional Escape getting closer and closer, his eyes were bloodshot. Shanyuan Meiying struggled desperately and even ignored his own injuries while striking the soap bubbles, only to have half of that energy reflected back to him. Zhan Siyu became increasingly anxious as he saw this and his actions slowed down a little. That crazy.

Zhan Siyu was lost in thought, planned to force her through.

Suddenly, a red light flashed between the bubbles. With a snap, they shattered and soon after, after a cry echoed through the clouds, a phoenix whose body had been completely tinted with blood and gold rose in the skies, with several streams of black water flowing gently around her body .

Zhan Siyu was widely and completely shocked.

Was that Shanyuan Meiying !?

Why did she suddenly change?

That scarlet golden phoenix appeared only for an instant. After Shanyuan Meiying broke free from the bubbles, she regained her human form and flew towards him, probably trying to stop him from continuing to sustain the Dimensional Escape. However, she was prevented by an angelic figure dressed in white.

"Mu Xiaoying!" Shanyuan Meiying's expression froze. "Do you dare to stop me?"

"That is the decision is solely and exclusively of my disciple"

Shanyuan Meiying's fury seemed about to take shape when she tried to attack her.

"You can stand and watch as he walks to his death, but I don't!" She threw a piece of ice at her. * I will save you. Anyone who stands in my way must die! "

Zhan Siyu was focused only on sustaining the Dimensional Escape. Finally, all the bubbles went through it and, besides the demons, only two other people remained in the sky ...

For a moment, he felt like cursing his own mother. Through my testicles, is it really time to be fighting each other? The two of them were dealing with the demons as they faced each other as if it was nobody's business.

"Master, let her get closer." Zhan Siyu collected a beam of Primordial Energy and sent a voice transmission to Mu Xiaoying in the sky. Meanwhile, Shanyuan Meiying had already flown in your direction.

"Little brother, hurry up ..."

Zhan Siyu launched a wind art towards her, seizing the chance before she could react and pushing that spoiled child towards the pillar of light. At a time like this, he couldn't reason with her.

Shock, fear, pain, disappointment, indisposition and various other emotions passed over Shanyuan Meiying's face as his figure slowly disappeared into the pillar of light.

Only then did Zhan Siyu cough a lot of blood. He had released his Primordial Energy over and over and now he felt like his body was about to collapse.

"Master, hurry up and get in!" He couldn't take it much longer.

Mu Xiaoying did not respond. Instead, from a distance, she reached out to him and made a movement as if to caress his head. Turning, she looked in the direction of the demons that had already occupied all of heaven and earth.

"I can not go."

"Master!" Zhan Siyu was anxious.

"I am the last Eternal Goddess in this world. The Heavenly Dao will not allow me to leave." Her Master remained with the same expressionless expression, as if it had nothing to do with her own life and death. Lifting the corners of her lips, she suddenly gave him a beautiful smile. "Disciple, I will accompany you.

Suddenly, he felt a familiar wave of Primordial Energy coming from Mu Xiaoying. An immense amount of Primordial Energy has spread to all sides like fireworks. Wherever she passed, the demons that came in contact with her turned to ashes.

The Primordial Energy of Zhan Siyu had already been exhausted and the Dimensional Escape closed shortly thereafter. The familiar darkness began his assault and suddenly he remembered the art that Mu Xiaoying had just invoked.

The Demon Annihilating Inscription. This was the only art in the world capable of exterminating the Demons completely. Your Master said that you could only use it twice in this life and this was the second time.

In the last second before closing his eyes, he could still hear his sigh vaguely:

"Haaahh ... what a pity. In the end, her master forgot to ask her what her real name was ... "

"... I wanted so badly to name you Mu Zi ..."