Chapter 1701: Chapter 517 [Plum Blossom 10 – Hermit]

Three thousand years ago, during the Taren Dynasty, a Guardian Angel followed a “Kindle Fire” to migrate to the East Wilderness.

However, for some reason, the High Priest Will Smith beheaded the angel in Sinless City and scattered its body fragments around to seal the altars related to the Moon God Arachne.

Initially, Leonard Churchill thought that Will Smith killed the Guardian Angel due to internal struggles for kingship within the empire.

But now, as more and more historical truths surface, the facts have become clearer.

If it weren’t for Will Smith’s seemingly bloody decisions, the Card Master Civilization would probably have perished by now. And even if humans survived in the East Wilderness, they would most likely be only Outer God Followers.

Moreover, the soul of the angel, the remains of the angel… Leonard Churchill had personally come into contact with them, and he had also learned from Tracy Garcia that the truth about the Weeping Angel wasn’t that simple.

Although Will Smith had killed the angel back then, he also gave it a chance for resurrection.

Those arrangements seemed to be rituals for resurrection.

Leonard Churchill wasn’t sure about this at first.

But now, witnessing the anomalies on the body of the Golden Dragon God Malodis who had returned from the Underworld, Leonard Churchill felt as if he had gotten a glimpse of a top-tier Transcendent Secret he couldn’t yet comprehend.

The conflict of light and dark affinity that clashed within felt identical to that of the Weeping Angel.

It’s probably not a coincidence.

Rather, it’s a commonality that can only occur at a certain level of attainment.

On such a thought, a bolder idea flashed through Leonard Churchill’s mind: Could it be that Emperor Lanlingster didn’t fail to kill Dragon God Marlodis, but rather exiled him to the Underworld on purpose for some reason?

If Will Smith left the possibility of resurrection for the Weeping Angel, then he must have known about this conflict of light and dark.

If the Great Priest Lineage knew, there was no reason for Lanlingster, the founding Emperor, not to know.

So, could it be that the Great Emperor did it intentionally?

Additionally, Leonard Churchill guessed that the Weeping Angel’s affinity conflict of light and dark could be related to the “Day Without Light”.

This Forbidden Technique, treated by the Taren Empire as something not to be passed on, surely had other reasons for being prohibited, besides being the exclusive Secret Skill of the Red Heart Ten-Hero Sequence.

These past few days, with his rapid proficiency increase in the Demon God Secret Skill at the Netherworld Channel, Leonard Churchill also basically confirmed, does it seems to require two opposing Elements to truly glimpse into the depths of the Secret?

Leonard Churchill vaguely felt like he had grasped some key point, but his limited understanding prevented him from fully comprehending it.

…

Linking this with the stele he had seen earlier by the Moon Well, the more Leonard Churchill thought about it, the more it seemed possible.

Starting from the appearance of the Pursuer of Light to Elder Clinton, who had been involved in that battle, appearing here… Various signs indicated that Emperor Lanlingster had made many preparations.

It seemed as if he had foreseen the return of Dragon God Marlodis from the Underworld.

“However, if he was intentionally exiled to the Underworld, why would he be allowed to return?”

Leonard Churchill couldn’t figure it out.

The threads of cause and effect in his mind spanned over a hundred thousand years, and many things were beyond the reach of someone of his level.

At the edge of his vision, the Black Dragon returning from the Underworld drew nearer and nearer, and as he watched, Leonard Churchill suddenly felt dizzy and disoriented.

At that moment, a faint warning came to his ears: “Kid, you haven’t even fully grasped the mysteries of the Elemental Laws, yet you dare to peek into the secrets of the Cosmic Rules; aren’t you afraid of going mad from information that surpasses your cognition?”

“???”

Leonard Churchill immediately felt as if he had woken from a dream, and his thoughts became clearer.

Turning around, he saw Elder Clinton watching the distance with a serious face.

Next to him, Sophia Jones and Peacock also looked shocked as if they had just awoken from a dream, obviously perceiving something.

Aside from them, it seemed like Bonnie and several cadres of the Revolutionary Army had already fainted.

Merely the Dragon’s Might was already too much for any Transcendent below the Seventh Rank to bear.

Leonard Churchill then realized he had just glimpsed some indescribable, transcognitive information and had almost lost himself.

Indeed, God Tier isn’t something easy to look straight at.

Although he had seen the descent of Outer Gods a few times before, those were mostly consciousness descents. But now before him was a genuine Dragon God.

Lucky he made the right choice to bring an experienced old predecessor as a precaution.

In surprise, Leonard Churchill looked at Elder Clinton and exclaimed, “Predecessor, have your memories been restored?”

“…”

Elder Clinton did not respond to that question.

But Leonard Churchill, seeing the wise light flickering in those turbid eyes, already knew this old man had assumed his Other Identity.

This also meant that a potentially very powerful Immortal was serious now!

Elder Clinton looked at the Black Dragon, his eyes as if seeing through all the secrets of the world, lips barely moving in a whisper: “So, that Dead Dragon has indeed broken through to an Upper Divine Rank…”

Upper Divine Rank?

Upon hearing this, Leonard Churchill remembered being briefed by Will Smith during the “Thousand Army Surrounding City” that this is a classification of the strength of God Tiers.

But what surprised him was not this, but the word “indeed” from Elder Clinton’s mouth, which made him widen his eyes suddenly.

That tone implied that Elder Clinton really knew that the Dragon God could return from the Underworld!

Leonard Churchill couldn’t help but hurriedly ask, “You knew of Its return?”

No sooner had the question been asked than Leonard Churchill suddenly hesitated, thinking it wasn’t appropriate to ask so directly.

After all, this Death Domain involved the secret of Emperor Lanlingster’s fall.

If the Emperor had died, and Elder Clinton was privy to the information, why wasn’t he dead?

Moreover, Elder Clinton in his Other Identity gave off a very unfamiliar feeling, with an indifferent expression in his eyes.

Leonard Churchill did not expect an answer.

However, to his surprise, Elder Clinton actually replied with a simple “Hmm.”

Hearing him confirm it personally, a torrent of thoughts suddenly burst forth in Leonard Churchill’s mind.