Federation White Tower.
White Tower Master Serpiano stared blankly at the Crystal Ball in front of her.
Each day, she perford prophecies about the future as part of her routine duties, and just monts ago her prophetic Crystal Ball had shattered, exploding into countless fragnts.
"Ominous... a great ominousness... is coming with blood..."
Serpiano’s expression turned frantic as she interpreted the prophecy, "Blood... Master of Black Blood... the Blood Cup War has ended, yet what does this great being wish to do?"
"Tower Master, sothing terrible has happened!"
At that mont, an attendant burst through the door in panic, "There is a special situation at the White Tower..."
"The fact that you entered without being announced, I am aware of the severity..."
With a gloomy expression, Serpiano walked outside the White Tower and looked up at the belfry representing the twelve great beings.
Strange symbols lit up one after another, emitting an inexplicable aura.
Among them were symbols representing ti in the form of a circle, secrets in the form of scrolls, and the Holy Emblem of the Seven Difficulties...
In addition, the emblems of Master of Black Blood, Moth Lord, the tail-eating snake, and Da Mo also lit up consecutively...
Twelve supre beings, aside from those five, were nearly all alard!
Even the previously unflappable mbers of the White Tower now stood with mouths agape, staring at this scene.
"God of the Seven Difficulties... could it be that the world is about to be destroyed?"
An old man with white beard knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly.
"Seven great beings have begun to act... it’s almost like a declaration of war..."
Serpiano murmured to herself.
Such a situation had occurred a few tis in history, but it was only ever three or four beings that had ignited their marks.
Then, they would start wars in so indescribable places.
It is said that several powerful ancient civilizations, such as the Feathered Serpent Empire, were destroyed as a result.
"Don’t panic! The great beings being alard does not an the world is going to be destroyed, we still have our councilors, the council, and the three gods who protect us."
Serpiano emphasized.
At this mont, probably only the Three Gods of Order could provide them with any comfort.
"Honorable councilor, sothing dreadful has occurred."
And one bad news followed another, another mber ca running in a panic, "The Doomsday Clock hands have moved forward... moved forward..."
"How far back, a thousand years, or ten thousand?"
Serpiano sighed.
Even if these great beings avoided reality and fought only in the depths of the Spirit Realm, the aftermath would still bring terrible disasters to the real world.
The doomsday being moved up was not at all surprising.
Moreover, should any of the beings die, the symbolic domain they represent would descend into chaos.
For instance, if the Keeper of Years were to fall, the world’s ti would completely enter chaos; while it was unknown if the world would be destroyed, humanity certainly could not endure such a cost.
"The Doomsday scale has moved forward... forward by eighty-nine thousand eight hundred years..."
The researcher answered with a trembling voice.
Serpiano suddenly stood like a statue, no longer making any other movents...
...
Deep within the Spirit Realm.
In a trance, Zhong Shenxiu seed to stand atop the Golden Sky Tower.
He reached out his hand and summoned the pure white wilderness’s glow, the incandescent fla rging into the cocktail shaker.
The water from the Crimson River, like added juice, also entered the swaying shaker.
There was also the powder from the Black Gate, golden embellishnts...
"Could it be... the final step of brewing the Elixir of Immortality required borrowing strength from the wonders of the Spirit Realm?"
By the ti he ca back to his senses, Zhong Shenxiu had already opened the cocktail shaker and poured the crimson liquid into a high-stemd glass made of ice.
The scarlet liquid no longer had its previous rotten stench; instead, it carried a rich and pleasant fragrance that made one unable to resist tasting it.
"Elixir of Immortality? No... it should be said, my very own Elixir of Immortality, is complete."
Rumor had it that even ordinary people who drank the longevity blood could instantly ascend and beco a longevity one!
The ’Elixir of Immortality’ that Shenxiu concocted himself wasn’t as convenient, but assisting a ’perfect one’ to beco a ’longevity one’ was still very likely.
"But... with the aid ceremony and the Elixir of Immortality ready, where then is the Ordeal of the Heavens?"
Zhong Shenxiu suddenly rembered a ssage left by the Great Sage Isreal.
—"The heart is the window to longevity; when you cannot find the way forward, why not ask your own heart."
He looked around and noticed that the earlier anomaly had disappeared.
Whether it was the Golden Tower, the Crimson River, the Pure White Wilderness, or the Black Gate... they all seed to be illusions.
He was still deep within the Spirit Realm, and couldn’t find the way back.
Exploring the Spirit Realm was always like this.
"I seem to have understood sothing..."
Just then, a ssage suddenly erged in the beacon in his hand.
It was a contact from Leon, "Li Wei... Rodrisge has called an ergency eting, all councillors, gather imdiately at the Hall of True Knowledge!"
Zhong Shenxiu paused for a mont, then stroked his arm ring.
The tail-eating snake opened its mouth wide and swallowed the cup of Elixir of Immortality, along with a section of sealed inspiration.
He then took a few steps forward.
According to the beacon’s contact, he arrived at the Hall of True Knowledge in an instant.
At this ti, outside the Federation Library, a large number of councillors had already gathered.
A full twenty or more ’perfect ones’, rarely seen in the secular world.
Perhaps this wasn’t all of the Federation, but it was already a huge part of its strength.
Rodrisge stood amidst the crowd, looking exhausted.
He nodded to Zhong Shenxiu and said solemnly, "Ladies and gentlen... the Master of the White Tower, Serpiano, has just reported to so unfortunate news, the Doomsday Scale has moved forward by eighty-nine thousand eight hundred years!"
The councillors exploded in uproar, each of their faces showing panic.
"How can that be?"
The doomsday that was originally ninety thousand years away didn’t concern them, but the scale had already moved forward by a hundred years before, and with this addition, did that an... that there were only about a hundred years left until doomsday?
With the lifespan of a ’perfect one’, each of them could potentially experience it!
"Serpiano, what exactly is happening?" Many councillors looked towards Serpiano.
"I swear, in the na of the Master of the White Tower, everything I said is true, and this has been confird by Chairman Rodrisge himself."
Serpiano stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over the councillors, finally landing on Zhong Shenxiu, "And just now, all the followers of the Master of Black Blood sensed the birth of the longevity blood, giving reason to suspect that this event is connected to the advance of doomsday!"
Imdiately, Zhong Shenxiu beca the focus of everyone’s gaze.
He touched his nose, feeling sowhat helpless with this bla, but it seed likely to be truly related to him.
He stood in the middle, looking around at the councillors, his voice calm, "No mistake... I have concocted the longevity blood, is there a problem?"
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