Suddenly, they heard a wailing sound coming from somewhere. They furrowed their brows, stopped what they were doing, and looked around for the source of the cries. Then, they saw somewhere far in the distance, the sky was completely stained dark by the rolling black gas. They had found the source of the wailing cries.
“Man, that black fog sure is thick. What could it be?” Li Nianfan was shocked. No matter how he looked at it, the scene seemed to be taken out of a movie where the biggest boss appeared. Could it be that a big demon had appeared here?
“Little Daji, what do you think?” he asked.
“There’s a high probability that an evil presence with high cultivation appeared there. Only countless killings can bring about such a large number of resentful spirits,” replied Daji.
“It’ll be a disaster to the mortal realm if that thing appears here,” said Fire Phoenix.
“How can we eliminate that?” asked Li Nianfan.
“Brother Li, let me do it! Let me do it!” cried Nanan, putting up her hand. “I can go. I hate anything evil the most!” The memories of being captured by the evil cultivators before she became immortal were still fresh in her mind.
“I want to go, too,” volunteered Qin Manyun bravely.
Dragin punched the air and in a voice filled with anticipation, she said, “I want to go, too, Brother Li. Let us go together and drive away the evil cultivator!”
‘What kind of monsters are they?’ he wondered. Anyone would have ran for their lives when faced with a disaster but they seemed to be the opposite, for they were actually looking forward to a good fight. However, there was no denying he felt an immense sense of security by having them around the house. This must be what it feels like to have the protection of big shots.
“Alright, alright. You all have my permission to go but be careful alright,” said Li Nianfan with a smile.
“Don’t worry, Brother Li. We’ll be sure to complete our mission!” said Nanan with a mischievous grin before she immediately shot out of the yard.
Meanwhile, back at the scene of the fight. The black gas had spread into more areas and the sky above the Area of the Gods was completely covered by it. The hearts of Cultivator Junjun and the rest of the people became heavy and they found it difficult to breathe with the immeasurable pressure on their shoulders.
Their combined attacks were enough to bring down the heavens and purify all evil, and yet, it did nothing to the black gas. On the contrary, they were suppressed by it. Their fire and lightning attacks were futile against the black gas. The boundless aura of death swallowed everything in its path and enveloped the group within it. They found themselves trapped inside, no matter what attacks or treasures they threw out at it. The billions of bloodthirsty resentful spirits swirled, laughed, wailed around them and if they were not careful, they would be instantly swallowed by them.
“The aura of resentment is so thick! Are you sure this is only a Wisdom Elite weapon and not something stronger?”
“Even a Wisdom Elite weapon shouldn’t be this powerful. It must have something to do with the resentful spirits imbued in the Extermination Demon Sword.”
“I can’t believe our combined attacks didn’t even make a dent in the black cloud.”
They were all frightened and gritting their teeth. The black gas kept getting thicker and thicker. The Area of the Gods seemed to have been completely covered by it.
“This can’t go on or else the Area of the Gods will completely fall under the Extermination Demon Sword,” said Goddess Nuwa worriedly.
“Yes, we need to stop that from happening at all cost.”
“What should we do?”
“Amitabha. The Buddha says, ‘if I don’t go to hell, who will’?”
Suddenly, a buddha chant sounded from somewhere. Jiechi, with his palms together in front of his chest and bathed in a golden light, had arrived with his monks. Each of their heads was enveloped in a golden halo and countless golden lights manifested into a giant Buddha phantom. Without hesitation, they walked into the black gas and sat down in cross-legged positions. Their golden light burned like flames. They were sacrificing themselves to appease the resentful spirits.
“Charge! We, alone, are in control of our fate!” Countless figures rushed toward the black gas fearlessly, as if death was nothing to be afraid of. They were not even of the Heavenly Realm fighters, some of them were only Chaos Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, and yet they did what they could to not live with regrets.
“I’ve come, too, Your Majesty!” said Juling Shen in his familiar rough voice. Behind him were many heavenly soldiers and guards. Even Taibai Jingxing, the civil servant, was there.
“You guys…”
“Good! We’ll overpower him with our numbers!”
The group was deeply touched by them and became even more determined to take down the black gas. With red eyes, they condensed their mana into a boundless ocean.
The Extermination Demon Sword gave out a low hum and increased its power after detecting the threat. Suddenly, without any warning at all, Guzhan’s enlarged body exploded. Instantly, the endless black gas fell from the sky like a waterfall and the force from the explosion pushed the black gas out to a few hundred feet. There was no stopping the black gas as it shot toward the Area of the Gods like a demon’s claw.
“No!”
“Is there nothing we can do? How is it possible for it to be so powerful?
“It’s game over for us. No one can stop it now,” said Cultivator Junjun with deep sorrow and despair in his eyes.
“My, my. It sure is lively here.” said a familiar young voice suddenly from behind them.
Instantly, they all turned to look at the speaker, eyes filled with hope for there stood Dragin, Nanan, Qin Manyun, and Shi Tuqin. Their red eyes became even redder as if tears could fall anytime.
“Miss Dragin, Miss Nanan, you’re finally here!”
“They’re here! The expert must’ve sent them here to save us!”
“Hahaha, we’re saved! We’re saved! We have nothing to worry about anymore.”
They were all shouting excitedly for they had seen the light at the end of the tunnel.
Xing Ya, who was about to run for his life, stopped where he was as he was curious about who could they possibly be to give the others so much hope? Could they be Wisdom Elites as well? He took a good look at them and realized there were two little girls and two women, and what was that they were holding in their hands? A broom, a mop, a brush, and a cloth? He could not believe his eyes. Were they here as reinforcements or as a cleaning crew?
“Oh no, Nanan. I forgot to bring my ladle,” cried Dragin suddenly. The ladle was her most handy tool as she frequently used it to water the plants in the backyard.
“I forgot my hoe, too!” cried Nanan but then she looked at the broom in her hand and her eyes twinkled. “I guess we can use whatever we have with us right now.”
“Oh, yeah! Brother Li asked us to do spring cleaning. That black gas is very dirty so we should sweep it away, too!” said Dragin in an epiphany.
“What are we waiting for? Let’s begin!” said Nanan. She immediately jumped into the black gas and started sweeping around. It was as if the black gas had met its match as it melted away like snow under the harsh glare of the summer sun.
Dragin, Qin Manyun, and Shi Tuqin joined her and used the techniques they had learned during the spring cleaning to easily clear away the black gas. Dragin mopped away the black gas in a Z formation and wherever her mop passed, the sky instantly became clear, almost as if the mop was an eraser and the black clouds were the pencil marks.
Shi Tuqin went straight for the deepest core of the black gas with the toilet brush in her hand, cutting through the black gas until it collided against the Extermination Demon Sword. The resentful spirits parted ways for her as if she was the most terrifying existence in the universe, and just like that, the Extermination Demon Sword stopped spewing from the black gas.
“Scrub-a-dub-dub,” sang Shi Tuqin happily while she vigorously scrubbed the sword with the toilet brush.
In a blink of an eye, the black gas had subsided almost by half. It did not even make any resistance at all. Everyone was struck dumb and rubbed their eyes in disbelief.
“No way! The black gas disappeared just like that?”
“Are they spring cleaning?”
“Are they fighting against the same Extermination Demon Sword we were fighting against?”
“How is it possible for these cleaning equipments to suppress an Extermination Demon Sword? Are they not Wisdom Elite weapons?”
“Hehe, that broom and sweep belong to the expert.”
“Oh! Everything makes sense now.”
“Long live the expert! I knew we had nothing to worry about with them here but I never expected them to win against the Extermination Demon Sword so easily.”
Xing Ya’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. His jaw had fallen to the ground. “I…I…I… How is it possible for her to suppress the sword so easily?” Suddenly a light flashed in his eyes and in a trembling voice, he said, “This is too terrifying and unbelievable! Their existence must be born out of disaster! This is where our hope lies!”
Suddenly, the black gas began to spew out of the Extermination Demon Sword’s handle again along with a bone-chilling voice. “Very commendable indeed for being able to suppress my Wisdom Elite weapon. One month, and I’ll be there in person.”
“Huh? Did I miss a spot?” said Shi Tuqin as she vigorously scrubbed the Extermination Demon Sword again.
The Extermination Demon Sword landed on the ground with a clang. They went to surround it and were instantly filled with mixed feelings when they saw it lying there uselessly on the ground. Were they really bested by a useless-looking sword like this?
Cultivator Junjun and the others flew to where Dragin and the rest of the group stood. “Thank you for saving our lives. We’re deeply ashamed we could not even win against a weapon.”
“You’re welcome. It just so happens we were doing our spring cleaning so we might as well help you guys out.”
Cultivator Junjun and the other people’s mouths began to twitch and they felt as if their hearts had been stabbed with a sharp sword. They could not believe that taking out the Extermination Demon Sword was like spring cleaning to them.
“Born out of disaster, your existence must be!” shouted Xing Ya excitedly at Dragin and the others. He was obviously too flustered to speak properly. “Do you know you’re Chaos’ last hope? I can foresee you all becoming the most powerful fighters in the universe.”
Nanan looked at the masked man curiously. “That goes without saying because I have Brother Li. However, even so, I’ll forever be number two and he number one.”
Xing Ya’s heart nearly jumped out of his mouth. “Brother Li? Is he even more powerful than you?”
“Of course! He’s so powerful that I don’t even know where to begin. We were helping him with the spring cleaning earlier before we rushed out without a thought when we saw the black gas. Hence, the cleaning equipment,” said Dragin.
Xing Ya looked at the broom and the mop in their hands and exhaled deeply as his mind began to buzz with the surrealism of it all. ‘Who’s this Brother Li they’re referring to? Why are there no records of him in the Palm Star Pavilion?’ he thought.
“Xing Ya, didn’t you say the Palm Star Pavilion had been here since the beginning of time? Does it have any records of the expert?” asked Xiao Chengfeng.
“There’s nothing the Palm Star Pavilion doesn’t know. However, you have to first tell me more about the expert,” said Xing Ya haughtily.
Immediately, they shared their stories of the expert with him. The more he heard, the more restless he became. His face was shocked again and again.
“Could he be…” he muttered to himself.
“Well, spit it out now, will you,” said Xiang Chengfeng.
Xing Ya took a deep breath and in a heavy tone said, “If my deductions are correct, he might be the ultimate existence in all of the dimensions. Things like this are recorded in the Palm Star Pavilion as a legend. There’s never been a confirmed case and not to mention, the legend came from stories from other dimensions.”
“What exactly do you mean by ‘the ultimate existence in all of the dimensions’?” asked Cultivator Junjun.
“Well, it’s really hard to explain,” began Xing Ya. “The Chaos we’re in right now belongs to the seventh dimension so apart from here, there are six other dimensions. The Eldritchs are from the first and while it’s hard to verify the division of the seventh dimension, the first dimension was indeed the first to have a living being in its world.”
“Are you referring to the Eldritchs?” asked Goddess Nuwa.
“Yes and no,” answered Xing Ya with a shake of his head. “Can you tell the difference between our dimension and the first dimension?”
Everyone furrowed their eyebrows at the question. They had never been to the first dimension, so they did not know what he was talking about.
“I’ve always found it odd that there’s only the Eldritch race in the first dimension whereas our dimension has the human race, demon race, and others,” said Qin Manyun suddenly.
