Chapter 1664: The Third Person

Gray Realm.

Chen Ling, on the back of the centipede, slowly opened his eyes.

He had already confirmed that Mr. Han was in the Eternal Domain and had also roughly guessed the reason for the Eternal Domain's failure... Chen Ling didn't go to find Lord Wuji again; he knew that with this guy's personality, even if he presented the facts before him, it would be difficult to convince him.

The most urgent task was to go to the Tianxue Domain and see Lord Hongchen.

Since Chen Ling couldn't deal with Lord Lingxu alone, he had no choice but to find helpers. Lord Hongchen in her prime was undoubtedly the best choice.

During their last meeting, the two sides had actually made initial contact. Lord Hongchen did not support Lord Lingxu as firmly as Lord Cangyun did; she always hovered between Lord Lingxu and the Twilight Society, waiting for the situation to become clear before making a choice...

Chen Ling believed that the current situation was enough to move Lord Hongchen to stand on their side.

Chen Ling could certainly contact Lord Hongchen directly with a thought storm, but he felt that for such a major matter, a face-to-face talk would be better.

Seeing that there was still some distance to the Tianxue Domain, Chen Ling hesitated for a moment before launching the thought storm again.

……

Ancient Treasury of the Prostitution Path.

"Master." Liu Qingyan stood still on the surface of the lake and said respectfully, "Is there something urgent that you needed me back for?"

A burst of weak coughing came from not far away, and the figure of the Gray King slowly outlined itself on the lake. Her figure was withered and thin, and evil patterns were imprinted on the surface of her skin, as if an indescribable aura was constantly entangling her body.

"Master... why hasn't your injury improved?" Liu Qingyan's face showed worry upon seeing this.

"Cough cough... it's nothing... just the lingering aura of the Evil Path Ancient Treasury."

Ever since the Gray King killed her way through the Evil Path Ancient Treasury alone and retrieved the fragments of the Evil Path foundation, she had always been in a state of serious injury. Even this funeral for the Cangyun Domain, she hadn't gone personally, but had Liu Qingyan participate on her behalf.

The Gray King waved her hand and then asked:

"I heard that this time, the Red King personally slaughtered the entire domain?"

"...Yes."

The Gray King nodded slightly, her gaze a bit complex, and a bit gratified...

"He finally made up his mind."

"Master, the reversal of the era is imminent. Is there anything I can do for him?" Liu Qingyan couldn't help but ask. "Compared to Lord Red King, my strength is still too weak... I can't help at all."

"There are many things you can do to help him, but not here."

The Gray King took a USB drive from her bosom and gently placed it in Liu Qingyan's hand. "Before, your strength was insufficient, so I didn't give this to you, but now... it's time."

"This is..."

"Era Archive, [Primordial]." The Gray King's gaze was a bit complex.

"Normally, the Twilight Society's three era archives—[Primordial], [Morality], and [Lingbao]—should belong to the Red King, the Gray King, and the next Red King candidate respectively... When the era is reversed and the world is restarted, the three of them enter the new world together."

"This [Primordial] was originally in the hands of the Fifth Red King, but after he set a trap to send [Morality] out, he transferred this one to me..."

"Now the Twilight Society only has two era archives in total. [Lingbao] is in the Red King's hands, and this one... should be handed to you."

Liu Qingyan took the archive blankly, not reacting for a moment.

"This [Primordial] has never been activated by the Fifth Red King or me. After you enter the archive, don't be ostentatious, and don't interfere with the Red King's actions inside at will... Remember, you are his shadow. The only thing you need to do is help him build the Twilight Society well and become his support when he needs it most."

The Gray King looked at Liu Qingyan, her gaze unprecedentedly serious.

Liu Qingyan pursed her lips, and a glimmer of excitement welled up in her eyes... Ever since following Chen Ling, she had been trying to find ways to help him as much as possible. Now, this opportunity had come.

She gripped the archive tightly: "Okay... I understand!"

While speaking,

a figure draped in theatrical robes appeared on the lake.

Chen Ling had heard the conversation between the two just now. The handover of era archives was a tradition of every generation of the Twilight Society... It's just that his master hadn't been able to hand the archive to him personally, nor had he introduced too much to him, but had hidden everything in his memories.

But it didn't matter. Whichever era archive it was, it could reverse the era and restart the world. And Liu Qingyan was not a modern person, so she wouldn't have an "Exclusion" reaction and could enter the new world completely.

As for Chen Ling himself...

To be honest, Chen Ling wasn't quite sure if this mechanism would affect him.

Logically speaking, at the moment the Red Star crossed, the Calamity of Mockery already existed... But in the body of the Calamity of Mockery in the new world, there was no "Chen Ling" consciousness. Strictly speaking, "Chen Ling" did not exist in that world.

Although Chen Ling had some doubts, he wasn't worried. After all, since the Fifth Red King dared to choose him as the next Red King, he must have considered this problem. If he couldn't enter the new world, he wouldn't have handed [Lingbao] to him.

"Come to think of it, I do have a question." Chen Ling seemed to remember something. "One restart allows three people to enter the new world... Then, during the last restart, besides my master and the Gray King... who was the third person who came over?"

The Gray King smiled slightly.

She looked at Chen Ling, her gaze a bit complex:

"You don't know yet..."

"The third person... has always been by your side."

Chen Ling stood frozen on the spot.

……

In the gray-white world, Chen Ling opened his eyes once again.

Now, they were very close to the Tianxue Domain. The outline of the domain's city was looming at the end of the horizon, but compared to the prosperity of the past, it was really quite desolate now.

"Heart... I want to drink." A white-haired figure gently leaned out from behind, resting his chin on Chen Ling's shoulder.

Chen Ling turned his head to look, meeting Jiang Xiaohua's purple eyes. His messy white hair was scattered between his brows, and his gaze was sincere and full of expectation.

Chen Ling was stunned for a long time. The description of the Gray King just now echoed in his mind, and a complex look flashed in the depths of his eyes...

"What's wrong, Heart?" Jiang Xiaohua seemed to notice Chen Ling's strangeness and asked, blinking.

"...Club, you said before that you had a friend... who looked a lot like me, right?"

"Yeah." Jiang Xiaohua thought for a while. "...But, you are different."

"Do you... remember his name?"

"Hmm... he was also called Chen Ling."

Jiang Xiaohua paused for a moment and added, "However, many people also called him... the Fourth Red King."