【mission completed】
[Rewards have been distributed: random enhancement +3, mission points +3]
While piercing the Saint and Silver Star, Xu Cheng saw the dog management prompt, and then his eyes went dark.
In a daze, he felt like he was in space, surrounded by darkness and his whole body was floating up and down.
His consciousness was a little blurry, and he vaguely felt that he should have passed out, but there was no way to wake up on his own initiative.
At the same time, he also felt that his body was very comfortable, and his whole body was warm, as if he was soaking in a hot spring, making people not want to wake up.
I don't know how long it took before this strange state gradually disappeared and Xu Cheng's consciousness returned to consciousness.
He smelled a charming fragrance in his nose, and the back of his head rested on something soft, especially his temples, which were carefully massaged and felt very comfortable.
He opened his eyes and found that his field of vision was blocked by two peaks. Soon, a pair of familiar eyes appeared between the two peaks.
"you're awake."
Ah Ying's voice was filled with obvious joy.
Only then did Xu Cheng realize that he was resting on Aying's lap.
He blinked and asked, "How long have I been unconscious?"
"About a year."
Ah Ying carefully helped him up.
Only then did Xu Cheng realize that he was in his own bedroom in the secret palace.
And he and Aying were both wearing pajamas and lying on the same bed.
"you!"
He was suddenly shocked. Could it be that Aying took advantage of his unconsciousness and put him to sleep?
Can't you wait until I wake up before going to sleep?
Aying also realized that Xu Cheng had misunderstood. Even with their relationship, she was a little embarrassed and hurriedly explained: "You have been unconscious, I am just checking your body."
At first she took care of Xu Cheng day and night, and later she even lived with him and slept in the same bed.
I didn't expect him to wake up suddenly.
"Is it necessary to go to bed to check your body?"
Xu Cheng couldn't help but complain: "Tell this to the police and see if they believe you."
Although Ah Ying didn't know what an uncle policeman was, when he saw Xu Cheng exposing himself so mercilessly, he couldn't help but glare at him.
Xu Cheng grabbed her hands and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."
Ah Ying didn't struggle. The worries and fatigue of this year disappeared with Xu Cheng's words.
"It's nothing, as long as you can wake up."
Xu Cheng checked his body and found that he was in excellent physical condition. Not only that, the upper limit of the spirit content in his body was far higher than before the coma.
He was very surprised and told Aying about his physical condition.
"How did I fall into a coma?"
He only remembered that he pierced the Saint and Silver Star at the same time with one sword, destroyed the World Tree, and then fell into a coma.
"Because the World Tree was destroyed by you, it absorbed all the souls in the world and burst out in one breath."
Ah Ying explained: "You were the closest at that time, and your soul was hit by the explosion, so you remained unconscious. However, you were also a blessing in disguise, as your God's Heart was forced to absorb a large number of spirit seeds."
The gods cannot absorb spiritual seeds without limit. There is an upper limit in the heart of God, and this upper limit also determines the strength of the gods.
Xu Cheng's God's Heart was forced to absorb a large number of spiritual beings, and the upper limit was also forcibly raised.
Of course, this kind of thing has endless consequences and can easily burst God's Heart. If Aying hadn't been helping Xu Cheng repair God's Heart over the past year, he would have been in trouble long ago.
Xu Cheng didn't say anything grateful to Aying. There was no need for this between the two. Instead, he asked about what happened after he fell unconscious.
After the World Tree was destroyed, an entire planet's spiritual seeds erupted, affecting all the gods and knights of God on the scene. The entire city of heaven, including the mountains, was also destroyed.
The whereabouts of the saint were unknown, and Aying had no time to look for him because she was in a hurry to bring Xu Cheng, who was seriously injured and unconscious, back to the secret realm for healing.
During this year, Ah Ying kept sending people out to search for the whereabouts of the saint, but they were never found. The Knights of God fell apart and were being hunted by the gods.
The World Tree was destroyed, and the Great Lord naturally could not be resurrected.
"And the goddess of fate..."
Mentioning the goddess of fate, Xu Cheng and Aying were both a little silent, but they didn't expect that it would be her who made the big sacrifice in the end.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, Xu Cheng took the initiative to change the topic: "Where is my God-Shattering Edge?"
This artifact is very important. Without the God-Shattering Edge, the World Tree cannot be easily destroyed.
Aying shook his head: "When the World Tree erupted, the Blade of the Broken God was also destroyed. The God of Fire has already gone to look for the fragments. I don't know if he has found them."
Xu Cheng was very surprised. After the weapon was forged, it was so strong that even he could not destroy it. Unexpectedly, it was destroyed in the end.
I just hope that Vulcan can find it and forge it again.
"Mother!"
At this moment, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open, and Xinghu, who was already a girl, ran in from the outside.
She saw Xu Cheng who had woken up at a glance, blinked her big eyes, and then let out a scream of joy, rushed over like flying, and threw Xu Cheng directly on the bed.
"Dad, you finally woke up. You scared me to death. I thought you would never wake up."
Xu Cheng stroked her hair: "I'm sorry for making you worry."
Xinghu raised his head, his eyes were red and there were tears in the corners of his eyes.
Xu Cheng wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingers: "You are so old, are you still crying?"
Xinghu pouted: "When mom just brought you back, I saw her crying too."
Ah Ying, who was looking at the father and daughter with a warm look on his face, suddenly changed his expression: "Nonsense!"
Xinghu argued: "I clearly saw you wiping away tears, mom."
"How dare you talk nonsense."
Ah Ying was shy and anxious, and was so angry that he wanted to hit her. Xinghu hurriedly hid behind Xu Cheng, using him as a shield, and the mother and daughter started to quarrel on the bed.
Xu Cheng watched happily, and when he was about to join in, his expression suddenly changed.
Ah Ying was the first to notice it and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong? Are you still not feeling well?"
"fine."
Xu Cheng shook his head and said reluctantly.
The dog management has just reminded him that the mission has been completed and he is about to return to the afterlife.
Xu Cheng didn't expect it to happen so quickly and asked the dog manager to give him more time.
But the dog manager said that the task was completed when he prevented the resurrection of the Great Lord. He has been in this time and space for a full year since he was in coma. He has reached his limit and can only give him three more days at most.
Ah Ying and Xu Cheng have been together for hundreds of years, but she couldn't tell that he was worried, so she said to Xinghu: "You go out first, I have something to tell your father."
"oh."
Although Xinghu was very naughty, he was very well-behaved when it came to serious matters, and he slipped out of bed and left.
After her daughter left, Ah Ying stared into Xu Cheng's eyes: "Is there something you can't tell me?"
Xu Cheng didn't hide it from her and sighed: "I'm going back."
"Aren't you at home now?"
Ah Ying blurted out, but quickly froze.
Hundreds of years ago, Xu Cheng told her that he was from later generations and would go back one day.
Ah Ying didn't take it seriously at first, but later gradually forgot about it.
Perhaps, she deliberately didn't want to do this until Xu Cheng brought it to light.
She grabbed Xu Cheng's hand in turn: "Why do you want to go back?"
"It's not that I want to go back."
Xu Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I can't stay any longer. After all, I am not from this time and space, and my stay is limited."
"How will you know if you don't try it?"
Ah Ying held Xu Cheng's hand tightly, completely losing her usual calmness: "I won't let you go."
Seeing Aying's excitement, Xu Cheng stretched out his arms to hug her and whispered in her ear: "Sorry, there are many people and many things waiting for me in the future. I will definitely find you when I go back."
Ah Ying's heart trembled, knowing that she could no longer stop Xu Cheng from leaving.
She slowly raised her hands and hugged Xu Cheng tightly, her eyes full of reluctance.
In the next three days, Xu Cheng spent time with Aying and Xinghu.
When it was time to leave, it was better to take advantage of Xinghu's sleep to prevent her from crying and fussing.
Xu Cheng and A Ying came to the bottom of a wall in the palace together.
In later generations, this wall was a door, but now there is nothing.
Xu Cheng reached out and patted the wall. Seeing that the time was almost up, he looked back at Aying and asked curiously: "Before I leave, I have a small request. Can you satisfy me?"
Ah Ying has completely recovered from the excitement three days ago and asked: "What is the request?"
Xu Cheng pointed to the veil on her face: "Can you let me see your face?"
The two have been together for hundreds of years, and Aying has always worn a veil. Xu Cheng has never seen her take off her veil.
Now that he was about to leave, he finally couldn't hold back his curiosity.
The goddess of fate also quietly told Xu Cheng in private why Aying always wore a veil.
She was once cursed by another goddess and would fall deeply in love with the first man who saw her face, but the two parties would not be able to be together or even meet each other even for thousands of years.
Therefore, Ah Ying has always worn a veil to prevent others from seeing her face. During the hundreds of years she has been with Xu Cheng, she has never taken it off.
But at this moment, Ah Ying thought it was a good opportunity to take it off because the curse had taken effect.
She has fallen deeply in love with a man, and the two parties will be separated for a thousand or ten thousand years and will never see each other again.
As Ah Ying took off her veil, Xu Cheng subconsciously focused his attention.
Then, he saw the veil on Aying's face slipping away, revealing a face as beautiful as the goddess of beauty, Ephidi.
"Do you see clearly?"
Ah Ying smiled slightly: "You must remember my appearance and don't find the wrong person in the future."
But Xu Cheng was shocked and stared at her face with disbelief in his eyes.
Ah Ying actually looks exactly like Qiu Gongyue.
"Why……"
He muttered something incomprehensible.
Before Xu Cheng could ask, the time had come and his figure became hazy and unreal.
Ah Ying flew over in an instant, but when her fingers touched Xu Cheng's body, they penetrated right through.
She stared blankly at the place where Xu Cheng disappeared, her calm shell finally collapsed, she closed her eyes in pain, and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.
…
Cold, lonely, dark.
Qiu Gongyue felt very bad, as if she was in weightless space.
After being accidentally sucked into the opened door, she was forced to separate from Xu Cheng, and then fell into this special state.
She didn't know how much time had passed before she finally got her feet on the ground and stood on the ground.
The surroundings were still dark and she couldn't see her fingers, but Qiu Gongyue was not nervous. The door was opened by the mysterious runes on her body. She believed that this place had some special connection with herself.
Maybe this is where the Shadow Goddess is hiding.
Not only Xu Cheng, but also Qiu Gongyue herself suspected that she was the reincarnation of the first saint of the Goddess Sect, so she entered this place.
Xu Cheng was much stronger than himself, so Qiu Gongyue was not too worried about his safety. She groped forward in the darkness and soon found an entrance.
The entrance is a long passage made of thick boulders, with a large number of words and patterns carved on the stone walls on both sides.
Qiu Gongyue entered the passage. She had mastered the power of shadow and could see in the dark for a long time, so she could clearly see the words and pictures on the stone wall.
She couldn't read the words, but the pictures were simple and easy to understand, depicting a past event that happened many years ago.
I don't know when an outsider appeared on the earth. He planted giant trees, defeated the gods, and unified the world.
The Shadow Goddess met her lover, and they even gave birth to a child, and then joined forces with the gods to defeat the outsiders and destroy the giant tree.
Seeing this, Qiu Gongyue almost thought that the story of this picture was fabricated. In order to find the Shadow Goddess, she also carefully understood the history of the Goddess Cult and knew that the Shadow Goddess seemed to be alone all the time and never had any lover. and children.
Either it is a historical falsification of the Goddess Cult, or the goddess in this picture is not the shadow goddess.
Qiu Gongyue followed the passage all the way to the end, and found that the goddess lover in the picture left quietly. In order to find him back, the goddess built a gate in the palace, and then waited in front of the gate day and night.
Seeing this, Qiu Gongyue felt that the protagonist of this picture was the goddess of shadows, and the door in the palace was the door she opened with mysterious runes.
The Shadow Goddess probably didn't wait for her lover to come back in the end, otherwise the Goddess Cult would not have left it unrecorded.
Arriving at the end of the passage, her vision suddenly opened up, and Qiu Gongyue found herself in a new hall.
There are no doors or windows here, and the entire body is made of some kind of jade, emitting a glimmer of light that dispels the surrounding darkness.
Qiu Gongyue turned around and found that the passage she came in had disappeared and turned into a wall.
The way back was blocked, Qiu Gongyue was not nervous. Now that she was here, she was mentally prepared enough to continue moving forward.
The main hall was very deep. Qiu Gongyue walked for a while before reaching the end, and found a huge jade coffin parked here.
Behind the coffin is a long stone staircase, with an exquisite throne placed at the top.
Before Qiu Gongyue could go over to inspect the coffin, a bright light suddenly lit up in the hall.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and always looked around with vigilance, not being affected by the bright light.
"You finally came."
The sudden female voice made Qiu Gongyue's heart skip a beat.
She subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a woman appearing on the exquisite throne above.
This woman wore a wide black gauze skirt and a veil on her face, revealing only a pair of eyes as deep as the night sky.
She looked down at Qiu Gongyue, which actually made Qiu Gongyue feel like she was completely seen through.
However, the appearance of this woman is very similar to what is described in the Goddess Cult. The Shadow Goddess likes to wear black gauze skirts and wears a veil on her face all year round.
Qiu Gongyue suppressed the strangeness and asked: "Are you the goddess of shadows?"
"Yes and no."
The Shadow Goddess smiled slightly: "I have been waiting for you for a long time. Come to the coffin."
Qiu Gongyue is a little wary. Although she has acquired the two powers of shadow and death, and she also suspects that she is the reincarnation of the saint, she will not let down her guard against the shadow goddess until she understands the truth.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you."
The Shadow Goddess noticed Qiu Gongyue's vigilance and said calmly: "I know you have many doubts in your heart. Do as I say and walk to the coffin. All your doubts will be answered."
Qiu Gongyue frowned, but did not refuse anymore. She walked slowly forward to the coffin, looked inside, and was suddenly shocked.
I saw a shadow goddess lying in the coffin, but her eyes were closed and she wasn't breathing. It seemed like she was just a corpse.
Qiu Gongyue looked up in surprise at the shadow goddess on the throne, and then looked down at the body that looked exactly like her in the coffin, or it should be more appropriately called the Heart of God.
She recalled the speculation that Xu Cheng once told her, and couldn't help but ask: "Has your trinity been broken up?"
Only then will this separation of the heart of God and the soul of God occur.
"You can say that."
The Shadow Goddess commanded: "Put your hand on my God's Heart, and you will get all the truth."
However, this time, Qiu Gongyue did not act according to the instructions of the Shadow Goddess.
She looked up into the other person's eyes and said solemnly: "I'm sorry, can you give me a reason to do this?"
Although she is here to find the Shadow Goddess, it does not mean that she will become the opponent's yes-man, and she does not want to inexplicably become a stand-in or tool for the Shadow Goddess to revive her.
Although the Goddess Cult has always promoted the Shadow Goddess as a kind and benevolent deity, this kind of thing is like the difference between a buyer's show and a seller's show.
You won’t know until you actually experience it.
I thought that the Shadow Goddess would be angry after hearing her request, but instead she laughed: "Yes, it is a good thing to be vigilant. If you act foolishly and follow my orders, I will wonder if your head was caught in the door. .”
Qiu Gongyue did not relax because of the shadow goddess' praise and waited patiently for her next words.
"Do you know the Saint?"
The shadow goddess suddenly asked.
Qiu Gongyue nodded. She had already heard Xu Cheng talk about the saint's resurrection before she came in.
"The Saint and I are mortal enemies, and I have been searching for his whereabouts everywhere."
The Shadow Goddess recounted to Qiu Gongyue: "About six hundred years ago, I finally found the specific location where he was hiding. After a battle, we died together. He was killed by me, and I was also killed. He broke up the Holy Trinity.”
Qiu Gongyue was shocked. She knew that the Shadow Goddess had encountered a powerful enemy and her whereabouts were unknown. Guangming Mountain even thought she was dead.
Unexpectedly, this powerful enemy turned out to be a saint.
The Shadow Goddess continued: "After the Trinity was broken up, my soul was attached to the blood of the saint, and the heart and power of God were brought back to the secret realm and hidden by her. However, she was also injured along with me. He may be delirious now.”
Qiu Gongyue's heart was pounding. She originally thought she was the reincarnation of the saint, but now she realized that the mysterious woman outside who was captured by the Senate and transformed into an artificial goddess was actually the saint.
That's right, the Saint was discovered by the Senate in a secret realm. The Shadow Goddess said that she was delirious and unable to explain her identity.
The Saint was a figure from hundreds of years ago, so it's normal that the Senate doesn't recognize her now.
"I have seen the saint, she is indeed delirious."
Qiu Gongyue couldn't help but said: "If your soul is in her body, then why do you..."
The soul is in the body of the saint, and the heart and power of God are in the palace, so why is the shadow goddess still in a separated state of the trinity.
"My soul was indeed still in the saint's body at the beginning."
The Shadow Goddess explained: "But after she came back from a trip, her soul disappeared. Now I only have the heart of God and power. The me who is talking to you now is just a ray of consciousness left in the power."
Only then did Qiu Gongyue realize. No wonder when she was asked if she was the goddess of shadows, she answered yes or no.
"Then do you know where your soul may be lost?"
Qiu Gongyue asked: "I can set off immediately to find it for you."
If the Shadow Goddess cannot restore the Trinity, she will not be able to help Xu Cheng fight against the Saint and the Golden High King.
Moreover, Qiu Gongyue can also take the opportunity to leave this mysterious place and meet Xu Cheng first.
As long as Xu Cheng is here, no matter whether the shadow goddess in front of him is real or fake, there will be no trouble.
"I've never been out, how could I know where my soul was lost?"
The Shadow Goddess looked at Qiu Gongyue with burning eyes: "However, the soul will come back on its own. Apart from the saint, only my soul can open the door outside."
Qiu Gongyue froze and even held her breath.
Her head was buzzing even more.
He is actually the soul of the Shadow Goddess?
impossible!
This is absolutely impossible!
Even with Qiu Gongyue's intelligence and adaptability, her brain is almost unable to think at this moment. Anyone who hears that he is the soul of a god will have this reaction and subconsciously cannot believe it.
After a long time, Qiu Gongyue took a deep breath and managed to regain her composure: "I'm sorry, I can't believe your words. I need more evidence."
The Shadow Goddess smiled slightly: "After you left the body of the Saint, you should have adopted the method of reincarnation to protect yourself. This will cause your memory to be lost, but you must have the same mark that I gave to the Saint, right? ?”
Qiu Gongyue's hand subconsciously touched her lower abdomen, her heart beating rapidly.
Not only this mark, but also the portrait that is exactly the same as mine left in the Moon Clan's home. If that portrait is not a saint...
Qiu Gongyue suddenly took a step forward, reached out and pulled off the veil of the shadow goddess in the coffin.
Under the veil, a face exactly like his own was revealed.
The shadow goddess looked at her from above with soft eyes: "Come back, Aying."
Qiu Gongyue was shocked and stared blankly at herself lying in the coffin.
(End of chapter)
