Chapter 390: The Kiss

By the time Chen Xiao and Mo Xian returned to the Source Continent, it was in complete chaos—almost as if the entire world was on the verge of collapse. The once-all-powerful Supreme Gods and rulers who had dominated this land had all fallen, while the True Spirit Gods beneath them were little more than pawns. Their enemies were the same creatures Chen Xiao had seen in the murals of the Heavenly Dragon Secret Repository—only far more powerful now. Such a scene could only exist in the ancient divine realm.

“Chen Xiao, if you’re still here, come quickly to the World of Superpowers! This world is attacking its own inhabitants!” The moment Chen Xiao returned to the Source Continent, he heard the desperate cries for help from the great immortal.

“Those Heavenly Lords and Immortal Masters are trying to revive the Demon Realm. If I were in their place before this happened, would I also not even know who my enemies are?” Chen Xiao immediately understood what was going on. With a wave of his hand, infinite power surged from him, pulling the great immortal and the beings of the World of Superpowers onto the Source Continent. He then swiftly severed the connection between the World of Superpowers and Earth. Outside Earth, nine giant divine beasts—Green Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Flying Snake, Golden Crow, Kai Ming, Qiong Qi, Golden Roc—along with a massive Fire Qilin and an Ice Phoenix, were guarding Earth fiercely.

Chen Xiao could clearly see nine faint silhouettes hovering above these divine beasts, forming a formidable array that seemed to be resisting some other powerful entity. From above those silhouettes, Chen Xiao sensed a strange aura. After a quick analysis, he remembered having felt such an aura before—on Fu Yun. It was the pure aura of the dragon race. Chen Xiao knew that all dragons in this world descended from Ao Xie, the Ancestor of All Dragons in the City of Chaos, with even Fu Yun being his descendant. But the purity of the dragon bloodline in these nine beings far surpassed that of Ao Xie—completely beyond comparison.

“These nine beings exist independently. I can’t even detect a trace of them.” Chen Xiao frowned slightly. “If they unite, I’m no match for them—unless I fully unleash the power within my Supreme Godhood. Where does this dragon bloodline really come from?”

Suddenly, Chen Xiao saw a white figure outside the Source Continent, holding a large flag high and holding back the invaders. It was none other than Fu Yun.

“Has Fu Yun become a supreme-level warrior?” Chen Xiao was stunned. Then, he began to analyze further.

“I see. The Chaos Dragon Realm—that’s the true homeland of the dragon race.” Through Fu Yun, Chen Xiao deduced the identity of those nine beings. Fu Yun’s sudden rise in strength was entirely due to them.

“Yazi, Qiuniu, Chaofeng, Taotie, Suan Ni, Bi An, Jiaotu, Pulao, Pixiu—the nine sons of the Ancestor God of Dragons.”

Chen Xiao licked his lips. “Even with these nine little dragons working together, I still had to flee in panic. Things that can barely be resisted even when they unite…”
Suddenly, Chen Xiao’s body trembled, and from him outwards, a radius of three hundred thousand light-years was shattered—every alien creature within that area was reduced to dust.
The gods who had been fighting desperately felt the pressure on them vanish, and soon the opponents were nowhere to be seen.
“Chen Xiao, your strength…”
The Great Immortal opened his mouth, speaking in disbelief.
“Great Immortal senior, you’ve hidden your abilities really well,” Chen Xiao said with a laugh as he looked at the Great Immortal.
The Great Immortal shook his head awkwardly. “I forced this body of an Immortal Lord deep into the secrets of Tianlong, using the power of Tianhen to conceal myself. Otherwise, I would have died long ago.”
At that moment, more than three thousand Immortal Lords had gathered around the Great Immortal—those who had come from various chaotic realms. Now, the Great Immortal had clearly become their leader.
As for Xiuwen, he had already disappeared without a trace.
“Chen Xiao, you’re back.”
Upon seeing Chen Xiao return, Chen Jianzhou, Chai Yunkē, and others gathered around him.
“Xixi has indeed been captured,” Mo Xian said, looking worried.
“Don’t worry. My parents, Po Wang, and Yu Hua have already gone after her. The rulers of the Ghost Realm and the Spirit Realm have also followed. They won’t have the chance to send Xixi to nothingness,” Chen Xiao said after making some calculations.
The rulers of the Ghost Realm and the Spirit Realm were not the parents of Ling Tiānzūn and Tian Míng, but rather their mentors.
“Then let’s go now too,” Mo Xian said, truly worried about Xixi.
“No rush. There are more important things to do. Xianxian, first complete your human path, extract its essence, and enhance your own strength. Only then can you be more confident in saving Xixi,” Chen Xiao said calmly, not losing his composure.
“I need to deal with that revived Demon Realm first, then help the Nine Sons of the Dragon fight that existence in the void.”
“Mm,” Mo Xian nodded. She also felt she had been reckless. If Chen Xiao left with her, this universe would soon suffer disaster.
“Younger brother and sister, leave that little girl Xixi to us. Don’t worry—we will definitely bring her back intact.”
Suddenly, an aged voice came from the void—it was the old man Chen Xiao had seen in the time-seal.
Now, this old man was calling Chen Xiao “younger brother,” so his identity was self-evident.
Once, Ling Tiānzūn had reincarnated in the heavenly realm and taken in nine disciples.
Now, these nine had become terrifying beings comparable to the Primordial Lord and the King of Doom, and they had appeared.
“Don’t be surprised, younger brother. We are the reincarnations of the nine Palace-Stabilizing Heavenly Seals created by the Palace Master. Our mentor took us as disciples. Although we have regained the power of those seals, this bond remains unbreakable,” Zìzài Tiān said with a smile.

The Palace-Sealing Heavenly Seal was the spirit that guarded Yu Shi Mo Li’s Jade Cloud Palace, as well as a contingency measure he had set in place during the chaos. Each of these nine entities was on par with a Primordial Lord; together, they would likely be invincible even within the chaos. Their power far surpassed that of the Nine Sons of the Dragon.

In the next moment, all nine celestial beings disappeared, having saved Xi Xi.

“Xianxian, are you relieved now?”

“Mm.” Mo Xian nodded.

Immediately afterward, she took a deep breath and shouted, “The essence of the Dao! Restore humanity!”

A slight ripple seemed to arise in the void, but it caused no significant impact. Just as Chen Xiao established humanity, only he knew the true meaning behind it.

“The source sound of the Dao, the five elements’ treasures—merge into humanity!”

Buzz!

A faint buzzing sound came forth. The five elements’ treasures—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—appeared as streams of light and merged into Mo Xian’s body.

The water element treasure had flown out from Chen Xiao’s body. Its core was the water element treasure, combined with another artifact, designed to seal that existence. Now, with the water element treasure freed, that terrifying existence was unlocked. Instantly, Chen Xiao’s mind truly merged with that existence, gaining absolute control over it.

As for the manifestations of the five elements’ treasures—Wanwan, Shentian, and Wuyu—they directly ascended to become the three guardians of humanity and rushed to Mo Xian’s side.

At the same time, the Gate of Humanity, which had absorbed the Book of Civilization, began to merge with the Bronze Ancient Lamp, forming another treasure.

……

Seeing that Mo Xian was no longer in danger, Chen Xiao flashed away to the world of superpowers, the once fallen Demon Realm.

This revived world was not the Hunyuan Daozun who had incarnated as the Demon Realm. At the moment of his death, Hunyuan Daozun’s spirit was preserved by Wu Hen with immense power and sealed within the Book of Humanity. Along with You Long and Wu Lan, they would be revived within the new ultimate treasure of humanity.

This Demon Realm, however, was the product of another supreme being using a corpse to resurrect itself. It could be considered one of the Dao Grievances. But this Dao Grievance had not fully manifested; it only sent some of its consciousness and power there.

Above the sky, the pale white sun and the countless corpses of deities seemed to be reviving. These deities were all once powerful figures from the Demon Realm and had now become hosts for the Dao Grievance, awakening one after another.

“This thing probably isn’t so easy to destroy…”

Suddenly, Chen Xiao smiled eerily. “Let’s see this little bit of the Primordial Dao I stole from the Primordial Lord… Hehe.”

“You too exist independently. I’ll send you back to the beginning of the new chaos, where you’ll be erased by the power of chaos’s birth. It won’t change the past,” Chen Xiao said maliciously, looking at the pair of giant eyes in the sky.

“Roar! Roar! Roar!”

Those black giant eyes let out growls. But this was merely a clone of the Dao Grievance, not its true form, and it lacked much wisdom.

“Demon Realm, rise!”

Chen Xiao let out a loud shout, and all his strength erupted suddenly. In an instant, he brought this enormous demonic realm back to the early stages of the new chaos, when the celestial paths and marks had just been established, and a new world was being created.

However, upon arriving here, Chen Xiao finally understood the meaning of a sentence once said by the Rain Master Mo Li.

“The current chaos is in complete disarray. These celestial paths, marks, and that even more absurd ‘one’—what the hell are these?”

“What the hell are these?”

Chen Xiao stared blankly at the scene before him, uttering words of disbelief. A huge and dilapidated carriage slowly moved through the chaos, and the traces it left behind became… the celestial paths and marks.

“As expected, everything is in chaos. I guess this is also created by the resentment of the Dao.”

Chen Xiao’s expression turned cold. Then, with a wave of his hand, he unleashed the Primordial Dao, capturing the resentment avatar that had merged into the demonic realm. Only the Primordial Dao, the origin of all things, could capture such resentment.

Immediately afterward, Chen Xiao waved his hand again, sending the demonic realm back to its original time and space. This demonic realm held great significance for Chen Xiao; he could never bear to destroy it. So, he used the Primordial Dao to restore things to their original state and capture that resentment avatar.

“An instant of eternity, eternal imprisonment! From the beginning of the Primordial Dao, back to its original state!”

Chen Xiao shouted loudly. In that instant, the Primordial Dao was unleashed once more, transforming that resentment avatar into his main body, concentrating all his strength and consciousness there.

The next moment, Chen Xiao waved his hand and threw that resentment, sealed within that instant, at the huge carriage.

In front of those two carriages, the thin old yellow horse seemed to be in danger and rushed frantically, but it was just an ordinary horse—how could it compare to the speed of resentment? After a tragic neigh, the carriage was completely destroyed, and the old yellow horse died as well.

“So that’s how it is. There’s no longer any ‘one’ in the chaos. It must have been me who destroyed it.”

Chen Xiao seemed to understand now.

“Hm?” Suddenly, Chen Xiao froze slightly. He saw that the fragments of the shattered Primordial Dao had absorbed the blood of the old yellow horse and were slowly forming a living being. Meanwhile, the shattered carriage, which used to be that “one” in the chaos, was also coalescing, giving rise to an atmosphere filled with despair, as if the end of the world was approaching.

“So that’s how it is. The Lord of the Primordial Dao, the King of the Apocalypse. No wonder, no wonder.”

Chen Xiao seemed to have figured it out. He laughed loudly, waved his hand, and sent out a beam of light to gather that apocalyptic aura. With another wave of his hand, he placed it alongside the fragments of the Primordial Dao.

“Hehe, the bond between you two was created by me. No wonder the Lord of the Primordial Dao, despite his threats, didn’t go too far.”

Chen Xiao nodded, then turned around and returned to the Continent of Origin.

As a transcendent being, his body could be controlled by his consciousness, allowing him to appear in any era or space at will.

At this moment, Mo Xian’s humanity and her spiritual realm had reached perfect maturity. She herself had become the progenitor of humanity, her strength soaring even beyond Chen Xiao’s. The paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity—each representing a force on par with the Dao itself—were all surpassed by Mo Xian, who, through her humanity, had grasped a principle that transcended even these paths, including those of Heaven and Earth, as well as Chen Xiao’s. Around her, there were now two more people: a middle-aged woman and a middle-aged man. Both wore expressions of deep experience, reflecting the true diversity of sentient beings—neither ordinary nor mediocre, but showing the features of every individual in the world. These two were, in fact, Heaven’s Dao and Earth’s Dao, Mo Xian’s parents, who were pressing their hands against her forehead, seemingly infusing her with something. “Chen Xiao, they’re erasing Mo Xian’s memories!” Shentian, who was already the guardian of humanity, shouted loudly upon seeing Chen Xiao return. “Shut up,” said Heaven’s Dao, the middle-aged man, in a low voice, instantly making Shentian retreat. “In the realm of humanity, just two guardians are enough.” Instead of paying attention to Heaven’s Dao and Earth’s Dao, Chen Xiao waved his hand and stripped Shentian of his role as humanity’s guardian. “Wuhen entrusted me to take care of you. I can’t break my promise. Wuhen will return alive, but you must not die.” With a wave of his hand, Chen Xiao sent Shentian into the Main God Space, then sealed it with a flash of light. “Do you want to stop him?” Earth’s Dao asked calmly, looking at Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao nodded, then shook his head. Suddenly, he grabbed a mysterious mass of matter with one hand and thrust it into his own body. “You…” Earth’s Dao was slightly stunned by Chen Xiao’s actions. “I’ll take on the karma between Xianxian and the Dao.” “I hope that the newly reborn Xianxian will still have that pure clarity in her eyes.” “If one day Xianxian regains her memories, please let her forgive that person named Chen Xiao,” Chen Xiao said softly. “Don’t worry. Heaven’s Dao has destroyed Xianxian’s memories. They can’t be recovered even in nothingness. Your traces in her life have also been erased—forever gone.” Earth’s Dao regained his calmness, his tone indifferent, without any fluctuation. “Chen Xiao, what are you doing?” Wuyu, formerly Kanrelas, noticed Chen Xiao’s strangeness and asked hesitantly. She suddenly felt that his words sounded somewhat like a farewell speech. “It’s nothing, Wuyu. Back then, you and Shentian accidentally sealed away a great calamity in the world using yourselves, only to unintentionally leave behind an even greater calamity.” Chen Xiao said with a bitter smile. “What?” Wuyu was stunned. Chen Xiao slowly stretched out his hand, and an seemingly endless ocean appeared in it. “The sea of suffering is boundless—a gathering of the sufferings of all sentient beings under the Dao. It was meant to wash away the resentment toward the Dao, but it was sealed by your precious water-based artifacts.”

The Five Elements Supreme Treasure is an unparalleled artifact that has existed through countless cycles of chaos; it is a true divine object of the Dao, formed from the essence of the Five Elements that constitute the origin of heaven and earth. When the first embodiment of the Dao perished and transformed into Dao Resentment, the Dao condensed the Sea of Suffering in an attempt to use the suffering of all beings to resolve this resentment. Yet, unexpectedly, it was sealed by the Water Element of the Five Elements Supreme Treasure, which used itself as a seal to lock away this suffering. Now, with countless strands of Dao Resentment, the Sea of Suffering in Chen Xiao’s hands is no longer capable of cleansing such resentment. At this point, the Dao of heaven and earth has destroyed all of Mo Xian’s memories related to Chen Xiao. Only by forgetting Chen Xiao and freeing her from all attachments can she truly take control of the human path and speak on behalf of others! The human path is led by emotion—because of emotion and love, people can unite and use their weak strength to create new eras. But the love inherent in the human path must be profound love, pouring one’s love upon all beings; such universal love is something even Chen Xiao cannot achieve. Previously, Mo Xian had a pure heart and could not bear to harm living beings, being just one step away from the realm of profound love. Yet after meeting Chen Xiao, her love became focused solely on her, and even her former kindness was overshadowed by this intense affection. Just as in the realm of the Dao, it was Mo Xian’s response to the Earthly Dao that drove the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao to erase her memories of Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao stepped forward, bent down, and gently kissed her soft lips. “Forgive me. This has nothing to do with fate. It is the only way to resolve my karma with the Dao.” “That boy once called Chen Xiao will love that girl called Mo Xian forever, unchanged until death.”