Chapter 1665 - The Recovery of the Human Emperor (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“The Queen of Curses of the Void City?!”

Pride Great Soul Overlord was shocked at first, but he soon pulled himself together. The girl before him was not the existence he remembered. However, his eyes burst with a bright light.

“Although you’re not the Queen of Curses, you must be a member of the royal family of the Void City! It’s rare to meet one… If I capture you and then offer you up when the Soul God awakens, I will definitely become his true confidant!”

Soul Overlords all knew the Void City. They also knew that the Soul God had an almost morbid emotion for it, an emotion that had been proven over countless years.

Now, a member of the royal family of the Void City had appeared in front of him. How could Pride Great Soul Overlord possibly pass up the opportunity? He opened his mouth and roared, his voice shattering the stars around him.

Nethery was clad in ghostly green armor, which completely covered her graceful figure.

In fact, she did not want to use this power. This was the memory that had awakened after fusing the female corpse. It had always lurked in the depths of her soul, and now this memory had completely exploded.

If it were not for the fact that Bu Fang was in a very bad situation, she would not have let the voice bewitch her. The main reason was that the price was too heavy for her.

Boom!

The dark green spear collided with Pride Great Soul Overlord’s dreadful attack. Powerful waves of air immediately swept out in all directions.

The Soul Overlord’s cold laughter rang out. “Although you have unleashed stronger power, it is only the power of a Saint of the Great Path… You are no match for me!”

At the center of the explosion, the huge cursed snake twisted and turned. Nethery, on the other hand, shot backward like a cannonball and stopped in the starry sky.

Her face was cold, and her armor shone with a strange glow. She raised her hand and gripped the spear tightly. The curse power swirled around her. Without saying anything, she rushed toward the Soul Overlord once again.

In the distance, Tongtian and the others were dumbfounded and did not know what to say. None of them had expected that a girl following Bu Fang would be so fearsome!

The Empyrean Fairy was the one who was most shocked. She could not imagine at all that the person she was forced to serve was actually such a formidable existence. Nethery was a Saint of the Great Path, and not just any Saint!

“The Void City? Where is that?” Yang Jian asked, puzzled.

Tongtian’s eyes narrowed.

Sun Wukong glanced at Yang Jian and said, “I once heard Gautama mention the Void City. It seems to be the most mysterious place in the endless universes. It is a place abandoned by the world, where the purest power of evil is gathered. That power has nothing to do with good or evil.”

“A place abandoned by the world?” Yang Jian paused. It sounded like an awesome place.

“I also don’t know why it’s called that, but it’s an awesome place anyway.” Sun Wukong thought for a while, but he did not seem to come up with a reason. He scratched his cheek, somewhat annoyed.

…

The flames were blazing. It was a sea of fire. The flames in it were crimson, and they were so hot that Bu Fang could not help sweating.

Bu Fang’s cultivation base was now so profound that he had been able to control the circulation of energy in his body. Even so, he was still sweating from the heat. It showed how frightening the temperature in this sea of fire was.

He rolled up his sleeves and walked slowly.

Suiren said this was the inside of the primordial fire, and the hope that the fire represented also represented the hope of his resurrection.

Bu Fang had great admiration for the human emperors. These great emperors who selflessly gave everything for mankind were worthy of him stepping into the sea of fire for them.

Flames rose in the sea of fire. Suddenly, a fish jumped out of it, flapping its tail.

“There’s actually fish in this sea of fire?” Bu Fang was slightly stunned.

The next moment, a very dazzling scene appeared before his eyes. Countless fish leaped up from the sea of fire as if they were going to jump over the dragon gate. They kept on jumping, for once they crossed the dragon gate, they could turn into dragons.

Transforming into dragons was their only hope, and this was probably what the primordial fire wanted to express. One should strive relentlessly for hope because it never comes out of nowhere. It requires one to work hard for it.

Bu Fang focused his eyes and stepped into the sea of fire. A small rowboat appeared at his feet. It was a simple boat, moving slowly in the fire. It was so slow that Bu Fang wondered when it would sail to its destination.

Suiren said the hope was in the sea of fire. Bu Fang was at a loss when he glanced out at the vast expanse of flames, where countless fish were jumping. Where was the hope?

He exhaled deeply. Sweat trickled down his forehead, cheeks, and chin, falling onto the boat. He was panting for breath, feeling the heat all over him. He thought he was going to turn into a mass of flame at any time.

Suddenly, Bu Fang felt his body disintegrate and fall into the sea of fire. He became a fish, one of the countless fish that tried to leap out of this world. His body was burning with fire.

He was confused and frightened. How did he become a fish?

A fish slapped its tail against the sea of fire. With a splash of water, it shot out of the flames like a spring and leaped toward the sky.

The fish Bu Fang had turned into stared at a golden gate in the sky, which emitted a divine aura as if it represented hope.

He was suddenly a little anxious. He slapped the sea of fire with his tail, just like that fish. His body rushed out of the flames in an instant and flew toward the golden gate.

He wanted to enter the gate and seize hope. However, looking at the gate that was close at hand, a feeling of powerlessness suddenly arose within his heart. The next moment, the dragon gate was farther and farther away from him, and then with a smack, he fell into the sea of fire once again.

Countless fish around were repeating the same action, as numbingly as Bu Fang.

He was unwilling to admit defeat. He kept leaping, hoping that one day he could cross the dragon gate. Soon, he lost his sense of time.

As time passed, some of the fish got tired and retreated. A new school of fish came, still tirelessly leaping to cross the dragon gate.

With a splat, flames splashed and the fish Bu Fang had transformed fell into the sea of fire. He could not grasp hope. He felt exhausted, even hopeless.

What exactly was the hope Suiren told him? What was the hope that the primordial fire was trying to express? Did he have to taste despair before he could get hope?

Bu Fang stopped jumping. He hid in the sea of fire and stared at the dragon gate, which looked like a gaping mouth and was silently laughing at him.

He was very tired. He wanted to retreat like the other fish and let the new generation continue to jump. However, just as he was about to retreat, he froze.

Looking at the fish that swam past him, his gaze gradually became focused. If he really retreated, he would never be able to find hope hidden in the primordial fire, and he would really become a salted fish, facing everything hopelessly.