zhè cì méi yǒu zài nào de nà me dà dòng jìng ， dì yī zhī shì qīng qīng cháo zhe xǔ kè de méi xīn yī zhǐ ， biàn zài méi yǒu le dòng zuò 。
这次没有再闹的那么大动静，帝一只是轻轻朝着许克的眉心一指，便再没有了动作。
This time, there was no such big commotion. Emperor Yi merely pointed at Xu Ke's forehead with a light gesture and then stopped moving.
xǔ kè mō le mō zì jǐ de é tóu ， què sì hū shén me yě méi néng gǎn shòu dào 。
许克摸了摸自己的额头，却似乎什么也没能感受到。
Xu Ke touched his own forehead but felt nothing unusual.
“ shí hòu dào le ， nǐ zì huì zhī dào tā de yòng chǔ 。” dì yī shuō dào 。
“时候到了，你自会知道它的用处。”帝一说道。
"Time has come; you will know its purpose," Emperor Yi said.
“ shén me ma ， quán shì mí yǔ rén 。 zhēn shì qì sǐ wǒ le 。” xǔ kè zuǐ lǐ xiǎo shēng dōu nāng zhe ， tā miáo le yǎn dì yī ， zuì zhōng hái shì méi yǒu fā zuò de yǒng qì 。
“什么吗，全是谜语人。真是气死我了。”许克嘴里小声都囔着，他瞄了眼帝一，最终还是没有发作的勇气。
"What is this? Just riddles. I'm so frustrated," Xu Ke muttered under his breath, glancing at Emperor Yi without the courage to react.
zhǐ dé bèi pò rěn nài xià lái 。
只得被迫忍耐下来。
He was forced to endure it.
“ cǐ jiān shì le ， nán míng bì jìng bú shì rén lèi gāi jiǔ liú zhī dì 。 wǒ dài nǐ men lí kāi ba 。”
“此间事了，南冥毕竟不是人类该久留之地。我带你们离开吧。”
"Since we are done here, Southern Abyss isn't a place for humans to linger long. Let me take you away."
xià fāng de kōng jiān zhōng ， wàn yāo jí huì ， cǐ kè yě yǒu le zuì zhōng jié guǒ 。
下方的空间中，万妖集会，此刻也有了最终结果。
Below in the space, all the gathered demons had reached their final decision.
“ jiān jué yōng hù hé zhī chí dì yī bì xià de wěi dà jué dìng ！”
“坚决拥护和支持帝一陛下的伟大决定！”
"We firmly support and endorse Emperor Yi's great decision!"
“ zài dì yī bì xià de lǐng dǎo xià ， wǒ men yāo shòu yī zú ， bì jiāng yíng lái gèng měi hǎo de wèi lái ！”
“在帝一陛下的领导下，我们妖兽一族，必将迎来更美好的未来！”
"Under Emperor Yi's leadership, our beast race will surely have an even better future!"
“ xiǎo xiǎo xuán huáng jiè ， bù dài yě bà ！”
“小小玄黄界，不待也罢！”
"A tiny Xuanhuang realm? We don't need to wait for it!"
zhòng yāo shòu men shān hū hǎi xiào ， yǐ rán dá chéng le yí zhì 。
众妖兽们山呼海啸，已然达成了一致。
The beasts roared in unison, having reached a consensus.
zhì yú qí zhōng yòu yǒu duō shǎo zhēn xīn ， cóng jū gāo lín xià de hái tóng dì yī liǎn shàng ， nà fú xiàn chū de dàn dàn cháo fěng xiào róng ， huò xǔ kě yǐ kuī jiàn yī èr 。
至于其中又有多少真心，从居高临下的孩童帝一脸上，那浮现出的澹澹嘲讽笑容，或许可以窥见一二。
However, how much of their sincerity could be seen from the faint mocking smile on the child Emperor Yi's face.
hái tóng dì yī lǐng zhe xǔ kè ， chuān guò wān yán qū zhé de wú rén tōng dào ， lái dào le zuì chū dào lái shí de nà shàn dà mén qián 。
孩童帝一领着许克，穿过蜿蜒曲折的无人通道，来到了最初到来时的那扇大门前。
Emperor Yi led Xu Ke through winding paths and brought him back to the entrance they had first arrived at.
“ nǐ men qiě qù ba 。”
“你们且去吧。”
"You may go now."
dì yī zhù zú jiǎo bù ， fēn fù dào 。
帝一驻足脚步，吩咐道。
Stopping for a moment, she instructed.
xǔ kè yù yán yòu zhǐ 。
许克欲言又止。
Xu Ke hesitated.
“ fàng xīn ， nǐ wǒ ……”
“放心，你我……”
"Rest assured, you and I..."
“ huì yǒu zài jiàn de yī tiān de 。” dì yī yán yǔ zhōng ， ruò yǒu suǒ zhǐ 。
“会有再见的一天的。”帝一言语中，若有所指。
"We will meet again," Emperor Yi said with a meaning behind her words.
ér shēng yīn hái zài kōng zhōng huí dàng ， tā de shēn yǐng què dōu yǐ jīng xiāo shī bú jiàn 。
而声音还在空中回荡，她的身影却都已经消失不见。
Her figure vanished before he could finish speaking.
xǔ kè bù jīn yǒu zhǒng chàng rán ruò shī de gǎn jué 。
许克不禁有种怅然若失的感觉。
Xu Ke felt a sense of emptiness.
bào zhe nà nèi bù shì yǒu xīn zàng bù tíng tiào dòng de yuán qiú ， xǔ kè huàn chū xiǎo qīng ， dài zhe lǐ fán lí kāi le cǐ chù 。
抱着那内部似有心脏不停跳动的圆球，许克唤出小青，带着李凡离开了此处。
Holding the round ball that seemed to have a beating heart inside, Xu Ke called out Xiao Qing and took Li Fan away from there.
chuān yuè nán míng dà yáng de fǎn chéng lù shàng ， huò xǔ shì yīn wèi dì yī de yuán yīn ， tā men zài méi yù dào guò qí tā yāo shòu 。
穿越南冥大洋的返程路上，或许是因为帝一的原因，他们再没遇到过其他妖兽。
On their return journey across Southern Abyss, they didn't encounter any other demons due to Emperor Yi's presence.
yí lù píng ān wú shì ， lí yù shòu zōng yě yuè lái yuè jìn 。
一路平安无事，离御兽宗也越来越近。
They traveled safely without incident, getting closer to the Beast Taming Sect.
lǐ fán zé shì fēi zhe ， zhàn zài dì yī jiāo gěi xǔ kè de nà ge yuán qiú shàng 。
李凡则是飞着，站在帝一交给许克的那个圆球上。
Li Fan flew, standing on the round ball that Emperor Yi had given him. His eyes seemed to gleam with a greedy desire to swallow it whole.
sì hū duì tā shí fēn gǎn xìng qù de ， yǎn shén zhōng sì hū liú lù chū ， yào bǎ tā zhěng gè tūn diào de tān lán 。
似乎对它十分感兴趣的，眼神中似乎流露出，要把它整个吞掉的贪婪。
"What are you doing, Little Black!"
“ xiǎo hēi nǐ gàn má ！”
“小黑你干嘛！”
Facing Li Fan's intense gaze, Xu Ke tightly held onto the ball, his eyes filled with suspicion.
miàn duì lǐ fán de hǔ shì dān dān ， xǔ kè jǐn jǐn bào zhù yuán qiú ， yǎn zhōng mǎn shì jiè bèi 。
面对李凡的虎视眈眈，许克紧紧抱住圆球，眼中满是戒备。
"This is something I have to report to Senior Brother Lüya; you can't just eat it out of greed."
“ zhè kě shì huí qù yào xiàng lù yá shī xiōng jiāo chāi de ， nǐ kě bù néng yī shí zuǐ chán ， bǎ tā tōu chī le 。”
“这可是回去要向陆涯师兄交差的，你可不能一时嘴馋，把它偷吃了。”
Li Fan rolled his eyes and gave him a swipe without explaining anything.
lǐ fán bù xiè de bái le xǔ kè yī yǎn ， gěi le tā yī zhuǎ zi ， bìng bù jiě shì 。
李凡不屑的白了许克一眼，给了他一爪子，并不解释。
He had been staring at this ball for some time because he sensed a familiar aura from it. After careful analysis, he realized that the faint familiarity stemmed from the裂界鲸群 that roamed outside the Immortal Desolation Array in the future world.
tā zhè duàn shí jiān ， zhī suǒ yǐ yì zhí dīng zhe zhè yuán qiú ， wán quán zhǐ shì yīn wèi cóng tā shēn shàng ， gǎn dào le mǒu zhǒng shú xī de qì xī 。
他这段时间，之所以一直盯着这圆球，完全只是因为从它身上，感到了某种熟悉的气息。
"Although I found the boundary whales with Xu Ke before, they were clearly different from those seen later."
jīng guò yī fān zǐ xì biàn bié ， tā cái què dìng ， zhè zhǒng dàn dàn de shú xī gǎn ， zhèng shì yuán yú hòu shì yóu dàng zài xiān jué dà zhèn zhī wài de liè jiè jīng qún 。
经过一番仔细辨别，他才确定，这种澹澹的熟悉感，正是源于后世游荡在仙绝大阵之外的裂界鲸群。
"Not only in size but also because according to imperial records, the later boundary whales could reproduce by consuming energy from the void," Li Fan thought.
“ zhī qián wǒ gēn xǔ kè suī rán zhǎo dào le lí jiè jīng ， dàn shì tā men xiǎn rán hé hòu shì wǒ suǒ jiàn dào de ， yǒu hěn dà de qū bié 。”
“之前我跟许克虽然找到了离界鲸，但是它们显然和后世我所见到的，有很大的区别。”
"Only then could they thrive and develop into numerous groups to complete their goal of completely separating a small world from the Xuanhuang realm."
“ bù jǐn jǐn tǐ xiàn zài tǐ xíng shàng ， gèng zhòng yào de shì ， gēn jù dì guó suǒ tí gōng de zī liào ， hòu lái de liè jiè jīng ， néng gòu zhǐ kào tūn shì xū kōng zhōng de néng liàng ， jiù jìn xíng zì wǒ fán zhí 。”
“不仅仅体现在体型上，更重要的是，根据帝国所提供的资料，后来的裂界鲸，能够只靠吞噬虚空中的能量，就进行自我繁殖。”
"The ones I found earlier didn't have such characteristics."
“ wéi yǒu rú cǐ ， tā men cái néng máng máng xū kōng zhōng ， fán yǎn de rú cǐ xīng shèng 。 fā zhǎn chū rú cǐ duō de zhǒng qún shù liàng ， yǐ biàn wán chéng chè dǐ jiāng xiǎo shì jiè cóng xuán huáng jiè běn tǐ zhōng bō lí de jì huà 。”
“唯有如此，它们才能茫茫虚空中，繁衍的如此兴盛。发展出如此多的种群数量，以便完成彻底将小世界从玄黄界本体中剥离的计划。”
"On the contrary, this little guy..."
“ wǒ hé xǔ kè xiān qián zhǎo dào de nà xiē ， xiǎn rán méi yǒu rú cǐ tè xìng 。”
“我和许克先前找到的那些，显然没有如此特性。”
Li Fan pondered.
“ fǎn ér zhè ge xiǎo jiā huo ……”
“反而这个小家伙……”
The Beast Taming Sect likely used hybridization between boundary whales and this ball-shaped creature to breed a new sub-species that met their requirements.
lǐ fán ruò yǒu suǒ sī 。
李凡若有所思。
"So all this effort was just for Mr. Bai's task?"
yù shòu zōng yīng gāi shì lì yòng liè jiè jīng hé zhè yuán qiú zhuàng de shēng wù zá jiāo ， cóng ér péi yù chū le xīn de 、 fú hé yāo qiú de yà zhǒng 。
御兽宗应该是利用裂界鲸和这圆球状的生物杂交，从而培育出了新的、符合要求的亚种。
Li Fan felt puzzled.
“ suǒ yǐ máng huó le zhè me jiǔ ， hái shì yīn wèi bái xiān shēng de nà ge rèn wù ？”
“所以忙活了这么久，还是因为白先生的那个任务？”
This story in the Fallen Realm seemed too long.
lǐ fán bù jīn yǒu xiē yí huò 。
李凡不禁有些疑惑。
He still hadn't figured out what kind of执念 sustained this timeline, nor how to break it.
zhè duàn yǔn xiān jìng gù shì ， sì hū yǒu diǎn guò yú màn cháng le 。
这段陨仙境故事，似乎有点过于漫长了。
However, Li Fan had a hunch. Upon returning to the Beast Taming Sect, he might uncover the answer.
dào xiàn zài ， tā hái méi yǒu nòng qīng chǔ wéi chí zhè duàn shí kōng de zhí niàn jiū jìng shì shén me 。
到现在，他还没有弄清楚维持这段时空的执念究竟是什么。
Returning from Southern Abyss to reality, the foundation ceremony for Cloudy Sea City was about to begin.
yòu gāi rú hé pò jiě 。
又该如何破解。
Zhou Kebao brought over the city cave as agreed.
bù guò ， lǐ fán xīn zhōng yǒu zhǒng yù gǎn 。 děng huí dào yù shòu zōng ， huò xǔ jiù néng jiē kāi zhè ge mí tí 。
不过，李凡心中有种预感。等回到御兽宗，或许就能揭开这个谜题。
"Friend, please take a look!"
cóng nán míng fǎn huí yù shòu zōng ， lù tú yáo yuǎn 。
从南冥返回御兽宗，路途遥远。
He extended his right hand, and a miniature city emitting colorful light appeared.
zǒu le bú dào yí bàn lù tú ， zhè cì zài yǔn xiān jìng zhōng de chí xù shí jiān jiù yǐ jīng dào le 。
走了不到一半路途，这次在陨仙境中的持续时间就已经到了。
Its appearance matched the various cities of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance exactly.
yǎn qián yī zhèn huàng dòng ， lǐ fán què shì chóng xīn fǎn huí le xiàn shí shì jiè 。
眼前一阵晃动，李凡却是重新返回了现实世界。
"Here is not spacious enough; please follow me," Zhou Kebao smiled, handing over an exquisite jade figurine shaped like a玲珑塔.
“ dì yī shòu ……”
“帝一兽……”
"This is..." Li Fan felt familiar with this small object in his hand.
lǐ fán yòu huí xiǎng le fān yǔn xiān jìng zhōng de jiàn wén ， yí gè yí wèn bù jīn yǒng shàng xīn tóu 。
李凡又回想了番陨仙境中的见闻，一个疑问不禁涌上心头。
"It's the key to the Precedence Realm. You just need it as the core of your array to enter the designated Precedence Realm," Zhou Kebao explained.
yāo zú hòu lái ， zhěng tǐ bān qiān de jì huà chéng gōng le ma ？
妖族后来，整体搬迁的计划成功了吗？
"Ah, I've rented and deceived people from the White Bone Precedence Realm before."
rú guǒ chéng gōng le ， zhè me dà de dòng jìng ， bù kě néng mán guò dàng shí de xiū shì 。
如果成功了，这么大的动静，不可能瞒过当时的修士。
He wasn't unfamiliar with this either.
ér ruò shì yǒu le chéng gōng táo lí de lì zi zài qián ， nà me xiū shì men ， yě bì rán huì zuò chū xiào páng zhī jǔ 。
而若是有了成功逃离的例子在前，那么修士们，也必然会做出效彷之举。
After a moment’s thought, Li Fan held the jade figurine and initiated the ritual.
tā men yě huì cháng shì gè zhǒng fāng fǎ ， pò suì shí kōng ， zhèng tuō xuán huáng jiè de zhì gù 。
他们也会尝试各种方法，破碎时空，挣脱玄黄界的桎梏。
A slight dizziness followed. When Li Fan opened his eyes again, he found himself in a cloud-covered celestial palace.
“ dāng nián dà dào zōng ， jiù yǒu sān wèi cháng shēng yǐn shì bù chū 。 gèng bié tí qí tā zōng mén le ， zhěng gè xuán huáng jiè ， cháng shēng jìng xiū shì de shù liàng ， bù zài shǎo shù 。”
“当年大道宗，就有三位长生隐世不出。更别提其他宗门了，整个玄黄界，长生境修士的数量，不在少数。”
Apart from Zhou Kebao, other groups of cultivators had been waiting for him there.
ān zhuó píng guǒ jūn kě 。】
安卓苹果均可。】
"Long time no see, Master Li! It's such an honor to meet you today!"
“ rú jīn què dōu bú jiàn zōng yǐng ， huò xǔ dāng nián ， tā men jiù lí kāi le yī bù fèn yě bù yí dìng 。”
“如今却都不见踪影，或许当年，他们就离开了一部分也不一定。”
"Haha, Master Li Fan, we can say we got to know each other through our battles!"
lǐ fán hū de yòu xiǎng qǐ dì yī de huà 。
李凡忽的又想起帝一的话。
They greeted him warmly.
“ yāo shòu zú qún zhōng ， duì yú chè dǐ lí kāi xuán huáng jiè yī shì ， dōu yǒu xǔ duō fēn qí 。”
“妖兽族群中，对于彻底离开玄黄界一事，都有许多分歧。”
Li Fan responded with a smile.
“ jiù gèng bié tí wǒ men rén lèi xiū shì le 。”
“就更别提我们人类修士了。”
"Alright, let's have Master Li Fan verify the goods," one of them said after some friendly exchanges.
“ yǒu xiǎng yào lí kāi de ， zì rán yě jiù yǒu xiǎng liú xià de 。”
“有想要离开的，自然也就有想留下的。”
Zhou Kebao nodded and immediately controlled the city cave in his hand to expand it to its maximum size.
yī qiè zhǐ shì miàn duì qián suǒ wèi yǒu de tiān dì dà jié jiàng lín ， gè rén suǒ zuò de bù tóng xuǎn zé ér yǐ 。
一切只是面对前所未有的天地大劫降临，各人所做的不同选择而已。
Instantly, a vast floating city appeared on top of the cloud palace.
lǐ fán ruò yǒu suǒ sī 。
李凡若有所思。
"Master Li, please enter."
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Saying this, Zhou Kebao flew into the floating city first.
This time, there was no such big commotion. Emperor Yi merely pointed at Xu Ke's forehead with a light gesture and then stopped moving.
Xu Ke touched his own forehead but felt nothing unusual.
"Time has come; you will know its purpose," Emperor Yi said.
"What is this? Just riddles. I'm so frustrated," Xu Ke muttered under his breath, glancing at Emperor Yi without the courage to react.
He was forced to endure it.
"Since we are done here, Southern Abyss isn't a place for humans to linger long. Let me take you away."
Below in the space, all the gathered demons had reached their final decision.
"We firmly support and endorse Emperor Yi's great decision!"
"Under Emperor Yi's leadership, our beast race will surely have an even better future!"
"A tiny Xuanhuang realm? We don't need to wait for it!"
...
The beasts roared in unison, having reached a consensus.
However, how much of their sincerity could be seen from the faint mocking smile on the child Emperor Yi's face.
Emperor Yi led Xu Ke through winding paths and brought him back to the entrance they had first arrived at.
"You may go now."
Stopping for a moment, she instructed.
Xu Ke hesitated.
"Rest assured, you and I..."
"We will meet again," Emperor Yi said with a meaning behind her words.
Her figure vanished before he could finish speaking.
Xu Ke felt a sense of emptiness.
Holding the round ball that seemed to have a beating heart inside, Xu Ke called out Xiao Qing and took Li Fan away from there.
On their return journey across Southern Abyss, they didn't encounter any other demons due to Emperor Yi's presence.
They traveled safely without incident, getting closer to the Beast Taming Sect.
Li Fan flew, standing on the round ball that Emperor Yi had given him. His eyes seemed to gleam with a greedy desire to swallow it whole.
"What are you doing, Little Black!"
Facing Li Fan's intense gaze, Xu Ke tightly held onto the ball, his eyes filled with suspicion.
"This is something I have to report to Senior Brother Lüya; you can't just eat it out of greed."
Li Fan rolled his eyes and gave him a swipe without explaining anything.
He had been staring at this ball for some time because he sensed a familiar aura from it. After careful analysis, he realized that the faint familiarity stemmed from the裂界鲸群 that roamed outside the Immortal Desolation Array in the future world.
"Although I found the boundary whales with Xu Ke before, they were clearly different from those seen later."
"Not only in size but also because according to imperial records, the later boundary whales could reproduce by consuming energy from the void," Li Fan thought.
"Only then could they thrive and develop into numerous groups to complete their goal of completely separating a small world from the Xuanhuang realm."
"The ones I found earlier didn't have such characteristics."
"On the contrary, this little guy..."
Li Fan pondered.
The Beast Taming Sect likely used hybridization between boundary whales and this ball-shaped creature to breed a new sub-species that met their requirements.
"So all this effort was just for Mr. Bai's task?"
Li Fan felt puzzled.
This story in the Fallen Realm seemed too long.
He still hadn't figured out what kind of执念 sustained this timeline, nor how to break it.
However, Li Fan had a hunch. Upon returning to the Beast Taming Sect, he might uncover the answer.
Returning from Southern Abyss to reality, the foundation ceremony for Cloudy Sea City was about to begin.
Zhou Kebao brought over the city cave as agreed.
"Friend, please take a look!"
He extended his right hand, and a miniature city emitting colorful light appeared.
Its appearance matched the various cities of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance exactly.
"Here is not spacious enough; please follow me," Zhou Kebao smiled, handing over an exquisite jade figurine shaped like a玲珑塔.
"This is..." Li Fan felt familiar with this small object in his hand.
"It's the key to the Precedence Realm. You just need it as the core of your array to enter the designated Precedence Realm," Zhou Kebao explained.
"Ah, I've rented and deceived people from the White Bone Precedence Realm before."
He wasn't unfamiliar with this either.
After a moment’s thought, Li Fan held the jade figurine and initiated the ritual.
A slight dizziness followed. When Li Fan opened his eyes again, he found himself in a cloud-covered celestial palace.
Apart from Zhou Kebao, other groups of cultivators had been waiting for him there.
"Long time no see, Master Li! It's such an honor to meet you today!"
"Haha, Master Li Fan, we can say we got to know each other through our battles!"
They greeted him warmly.
Li Fan responded with a smile.
"Alright, let's have Master Li Fan verify the goods," one of them said after some friendly exchanges.
Zhou Kebao nodded and immediately controlled the city cave in his hand to expand it to its maximum size.
Instantly, a vast floating city appeared on top of the cloud palace.
"Master Li, please enter."
Saying this, Zhou Kebao flew into the floating city first.