The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 1297 - 492: Netherworld True Monarch, Chengfeng Ancestor_2

Ye Liuying, Ye Yin, their breathing couldn’t help but hasten.

Ye Hanjun, however, was like suffocating, recalling the life history of this person. Despite not being born in that era, it seemed as though he could see the vivid and ultimately dim and heartbroken images, his mood fluctuating between excitement and depression.

"I... have truly underestimated the world’s fear of the Ye Clan."

Ye Chengfeng slowly released Ye Hanjun’s shoulders, his trembling voice gradually steadying:

"I remembered everything that happened in the past."

"The Hell Bull Demon God personally took action, the Mr. Ye who was protecting me, not a single one survived here."

"And I, indeed did die, from flesh to soul, crushed into mud and scattered into the void."

"That Hell Bull Demon God, in order to eradicate future troubles, even devoured Xiaoyi’s remains, trying to extract valuable substances from its bloodline..."

Ye Chengfeng’s expression grew colder, the invisible murderous intent almost materializing into a wild beast crawling out of the shadows:

"But... I came back to life again..."

"The void... or rather, the deepest part of the spatial rift... that place is more magical than people can imagine..."

"My anger and unwillingness, Xiaoyi’s pain and its wish for me not to die, lingered day and night, until the remaining fragments of our souls actually merged together, two different races breaking all shackles, stitched into one ultimate twisted life form..."

"I—should have come into this world with rage, in the most evil and cruel form!"

"But Xiaoyi didn’t want me to lose the human side of me, it wanted me to smile, to be happy."

"It gave me all its beauty, at the cost of burning its own soul, self-annihilating, just to call me back to consciousness with the gentlest voice..."

Ye Chengfeng’s eyes, unbeknownst to when, had turned as red as blood.

He sighed deeply, and it was as if the sky responded, a lightning bolt cleft a scorched crater into the earth.

"The moment I awoke, I transformed, certified in the void as the Heroic Spirit Divinity."

"The so-called Ultimate Flash, that if it doesn’t perish it will definitely achieve Divine Enthronement, is indeed true."

"If there’s a vacant Divinity in the Ultimate Flash’s path, ascending to Demigod will automatically grant the Divinity, no one can contend with Ultimate Flash for the opportunity."

"If there’s no vacant Divinity within the system, it triggers the ’Origin Mutation’, forcibly evolving into a True God of another system."

"And I... Xiaoyi and I, resurrected from death, triggered an ’All-New Origin Mutation’ that should never have been possible, creating a new system, among All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, we are the only Heroic Spirit Gods..."

As a listener, Ye Hanjun’s heart surged like mighty waves.

Is this the tale of Chengfeng Ancestor? A carrier of the Ming Lamp Night Clan’s fate from the later phase of the Near Ancient Era.

The lifetime he experienced as a human, without having achieved Saintly status, left countless legends behind.

In his second life, reborn as a Contracted Spirit, and uniquely as the Heroic Spirit Divinity.

His legend will undoubtedly be continued; those old-timers who survived from the Near Ancient Era would probably be frightened to death upon hearing this.

"Ancestor, since you’ve already attained Divine Enthronement, are you still unable to escape the entanglement of the void?"

Ye Liuying lowered her head, recalling the despair of four thousand years ago.

The Jester Emperor, Light Witch God, Corrupt Demon Minister, Tainted Demon God, a full four Divine Enthronement beings attacked the Ghost Lamp Abyss.

If not for the Blood Witch Clan, the Seven-Talismans Ghost Monk Clan, and the Ye Clan banding together to defend until the last moment, if not for the Blood Witch God offering their life in gratitude for the Ye Clan’s Enthronement benevolence, if not for Father God expending everything he had, if not for her brother’s reckless valor... If even a single cause-and-effect were diminished, the term "Ming Lamp Night Clan" would no longer exist in this world.

If at that time, Chengfeng Ancestor could have returned...

At this thought, Ye Liuying forcefully shook her head, not wanting to continue pondering these things that had long passed.

"I’m sorry."

Ye Chengfeng seemed to understand something, he sighed softly:

"The void granted me my divinity, but also bestowed upon me chains."

"I struggled against the chaotic flows of the void and, for a time, lost myself, my mental state extremely unstable."

"Additionally, probably due to my identity as the Ultimate Flash, every once in a while I would receive a jumbled inheritance of knowledge."

"Fond Spirits like Fly Moon and Gui Bang have attained divinity, and that recent Witch who can reverse time—the rituals and formations she uses all originate from this. This is also one of my troubles, severely affecting the time I am lucid."

Ye Chengfeng glanced at the closing spatial rift, recalling solemnly:

"After the intersection of the First and Second Epochs in the New Era, it was a very important turning point in my fate."

"I sensed an extremely powerful clansman achieving Crown Rank, assuming authority as a god."

"His birth made the laws I mastered even stronger."

"I comprehended new skills, new Divine Mysteries."

"But His existence was extremely short-lived, before long He rushed to the Nether River, and my power surged once more..."

"Afterwards...the times I was sober grew longer, and finally I groped my way to a method of return, braving untold dangers, with your help I finally returned to this place that once killed me..."

On hearing this, Ye Hanjun was taken aback.

The intersection of the First and Second Epochs, isn’t that the Century Clock?

After the Century Clock struck, Shura’s Tomb opened, young clansmen participated in the trials.

After returning, catastrophe descended... The birth and death of Father God Ye Shitian were the keys for Chengfeng Ancestor to break free?

"Ye Shitian... the third bearer of Ancestral Blood after me?"

"So, His path to the Crown Rank came at such a grim cost..."

"He has not dishonored the ’Ye’ surname, once I return to the ancestral lands, I will hold a sacrifice for Him at the first opportunity!"

Ye Chengfeng listened to Ye Hanjun’s introduction, overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

In the end, pausing in His tone, Ye Chengfeng added a reminder:

"My law grapples with death at arm’s length and is also closely related to conviction, fate, and bloodlines."

"Progenitor Ye Xiuluo was the primary source of my power, and Ye Shitian was my second major source."

"But that is not all, I can sense that you are an even more important anchor."

"In other words, under the current situation, you bear the weight of the Ming Lamp Night Clan’s fate, and your achievements will directly affect the destiny of our clan."

"Because you have not yet achieved Crown Rank, I cannot for now draw upon the power that can be driven from your authority and the bodies of your Contracted Spirit Fond Spirits."

"However, as long as you are alive and still growing, my soul can remain eternally stable, even if changing the underlying meaning of life, from a human to a Fond Spirit. I will not forget or lose the emotional ties with the Ming Lamp Night Clan that once belonged to humanity."

Ye Chengfeng did not regard Ye Hanjun with the eyes of an elder, but more like someone seeing a kindred spirit:

"In the eighth epoch of the Near Ancient Era, I caused turmoil across All Heavens."

"Until now in the second epoch of the New Era, the mere mention of the Ming Lamp Night Clan has become a taboo, not only are pests like flies and rats greedily watching but even our own clansmen have scattered in all directions, forced to fend for themselves."

"Such a plight is undoubtedly a low point for our clan since the ascension to the Divine Clan."

"If it were before, I might have started a slaughter without hesitation. The Hell Bull Demon God might have perished, but those beings who touched my Ghost Lamp and insulted our clansmen are still living somewhere in All Heavens. Every time I think of this, the intent to kill seeps out of my body."

"But—Divine Enthronement is not the limit. There are mountains beyond mountains, gods above gods."

"I have touched that barrier, for which I must be even more cautious and careful."

Basking in the reflection of the blood river, Ye Chengfeng looked up at the unattainable sky, speaking with composure:

"Before you ascend to Crown Rank, I will be your Protector, acting as inconspicuously as possible."

"When you ascend, I will be able to advance further, and at that time, among All Heavens, no clan can stop the reign of ’Ye’, the sorrows of the Ghost Lamp; we’ll settle scores one by one."