Opposite him stood three figures.

A gentle silhouette, a lazy shadow sitting backwards on a mount, and a tall man with a fierce aura dressed in a wide Daoist robe.

"You all chose him?"

"I cannot intervene with him, but he is not the one destined for calamity."

The candle flame spoke.

"He did not choose us; rather, he is choosing us."

"None of this was ever a limitation," the gentle silhouette said softly.

The White Jade Candle Flame burned slowly, holding an ancient presence: "Too early, he knows all this too early, he is still very weak."

"But he won't stay weak forever!"

The tall man spoke forcefully, four hovering sword shadows behind him, as if ready to slay the heavens and earth.

"This doesn't comply with the rules."

The candle flame said.

"I am supposed to wait for the one who averts calamity, but he is not; he is an exception. By the rules, I should erase his memory, and if I cannot, I would need to...."

Before he could finish, the four sword shadows moved, instantly surrounding the candle flame, the intent to kill pouring out like a flood, threatening to drown the Star River.

"Fortunately, you didn't complete that sentence, or else I cannot guarantee what might happen..."

The tall man's voice was low, his words imbued with an ominous threat.

"You are just a thought; if your true form were here, I probably would have been annihilated by now."

Facing those intense killing intents, the candle flame spoke coolly, with a mechanical detachment to his tone.

Upon hearing this, the tall man furrowed his brow.

Before he could say anything, the lazy shadow sitting backwards on the mount spoke first.

"From now on, you must not interfere with anything he does."

"All consequences will be borne by us."

The candle flickered: "Are you sure you want to make a change this time, without waiting for your return?"

"Return? I can sense my true self struggling. If unsuccessful, this thought of ours will dissipate; if successful, we won't return but rather 'go home.'

With these words, everything in the void sank into long silence.

Swoosh~

Then the candle flame transformed into countless scattered embers flying away, and a White Jade Giant emerged slowly, more majestic than the Star River.

He did not speak, merely stood there quietly, raising his hand and tilting his head, as if holding something.

An indescribable loneliness, intense enough to drive all beings mad, rose from the White Jade Giant.

He stood there, as though he had always been there since ancient times, standing before the torrent of history...

"Time... is running out..."

He whispered.

But there was no response, for those three shadows had already silently vanished at some point.

The White Jade Giant slowly closed his eyes, yet even he didn't notice a twisting dark red aura coiling around him, like a venomous serpent, fleeting and transient....

====

"Brother? Why would you appear with us? You have no karmic connection with my disciple, do you?"

"Effect first, cause later. Although temporarily none, soon there will be, and when I found him, there wasn't any connection between him and you."

The lazy silhouette said calmly.

"Hmph!! Brother, you are cunning. Before we left, we only left a thought, but you conveniently left your fire boy."

"Isn't it supposed to be the Dao of Non-action?? Seems like Brother is very proactive?"

The tall man raised his eyebrows in irritation.

"You don't need to argue with your brother, for in the future, the Dao companions around him will only increase."

The silhouette lazily replied.

Listening to their conversation, the gentle silhouette couldn't help but chuckle, her lower body's snake tail gently swaying.

"Yes, for a child who can defy the heavens for disaster victims, being chosen by any Dao companion would be worth it. Yet, who knows what his ultimate status will be."

"If possible, I would love to 'personally' see him, as from certain angles, he's still my 'little brother'~"

Her gentle voice held a trace of interest.

Hearing this, the tall man and the lazy silhouette exchanged glances.

This relationship seems a bit messy...

"Does Fu Xi know about this?"

The tall man couldn't help but ask.

They conversed while wandering slowly through the universe, gazing at the surrounding Star River and all things, their eyes carrying unspeakable emotions.

Some were slightly guilty, some gazes indifferent, some full of contemplation.

As their casual conversation faded, their shadows gradually dissipated, then followed some hidden guidance, descended back into slumber...

====

After experiencing all the terror just now, Su Tu forcibly calmed his Heart and Spirit. To know the whole truth, his current strength was not yet sufficient.

However, he already had a general direction; as long as he followed the existence of 'beast' upwards, he could unravel the mystery, and what he needed to do now was to quickly enhance his strength.

The feeling of powerlessness and confusion he experienced just now, Su Tu never wanted to feel again.

Calming down, Su Tu asked Amber a few questions, clarified everything he wanted to know, and then generously reunited Amber with his friends.

[You have slain the Mountain God's Divine Favor, Celestial Martial +300, Combat Body +300]

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