Chapter 997: Chapter 1024: Broken Dragon Plate! Yingling Saint! The Samsara of Heaven and Earth! (Three Updates) Chapter 997: Chapter 1024: Broken Dragon Plate! Yingling Saint! The Samsara of Heaven and Earth! (Three Updates) “Have you seen this dark shadow?”

Upon hearing the worthless cat’s words, Yang Zhen’s face revealed a shocked expression. The figure in the skies was immensely huge, with black wings on its back; beneath its humanoid form were long, bull-like horns on its head, and it wielded a long spear. It appeared and disappeared within the dark clouds, resembling a war god.

What shocked Yang Zhen to the core was that this enormous figure was not even afraid of the world-ending Black Thunder. Does that not mean that the cataclysm from years past only destroyed the Great Desolation world and its Saint Realm powerhouses as well as Emperor Realm experts, and that this dark shadow was not affected at all?

Or could it be that the apocalypse from years ago was actually caused by this kind of dark shadow?

Below the Black Thunder, mountains trembled, and the earth mourned in horror. Endless waves of energy descended from the sky, leaving the land devastated wherever the Black Thunder struck. Massive mountains burst apart, rivers collapsed, and the entire world seemed trapped in a state of destruction.

After hearing Yang Zhen’s question, the worthless cat’s face showed hesitation and, shaking its head, said, “It feels familiar, but I can’t remember where I’ve seen it. It’s impossible, though. Under the apocalypse, all was destroyed, countless lives reduced to ashes. No creature could withstand the destruction of the Black Thunder. Who exactly is this fellow?”

A disappointed look appeared on Yang Zhen’s face. This damned cat’s memory was far too fragmented. Such a powerful being, if ever seen, would surely not be forgotten.

Just as Yang Zhen was about to open his mouth to ask more, a sudden change occurred.

The world changed once more under the endless Black Thunder. The earth became fragmented, everything reduced to fine dust, the scorched earth stretching for miles with thick smoke rolling everywhere, a desolate feeling rushing towards them.

In midair, the dark shadow roared towards the sky, its hands shaking the heavens, and suddenly it grasped someone from the midst of the void!

Yes, it grasped a person!

Everyone, including Yang Zhen, jumped in fright at the sight, exclaiming in surprise.

The worthless cat widened its eyes in disbelief, looking at the devastating Black Thunder in the sky, and shrieked in horror, “A Saint Realm powerhouse!”

The person seized by the dark shadow was indeed a Saint Realm powerhouse.

This person’s complexion was pale, their body covered in blood, with terrifying Spirit Soul firewaves burning all over. The world-ending aura couldn’t withstand the shadow’s fierce grasp, yet the person was still laughing wildly.

Boom!

A loud explosion sounded, and the body of the Saint Realm powerhouse burst abruptly, blood raining down and waves of energy rolling through the air.

With a single grasp, the dark shadow had actually crushed a Saint Realm powerhouse!

Following that came a half-roar that shook the universe. In midair, a round sun of fire burst forth, exploding in a flash and illuminating the entire world.

Yang Zhen and the others involuntarily closed their eyes as a roar, seemingly right beside their ears, deafened them, causing Yang Zhen’s blood to surge violently within him. Han Yan’er and Hua Youyue both let out muffled groans and took three steps back before they finally stopped.

Seeing this, without a moment to raise his head, Yang Zhen quickly grabbed the two women, transferring his True Essence into them, settling them down.

The heavens and earth changed, returning to chaos, and under the veil of deathly silence, only that earth-shattering roar still echoed in their ears.

Hua Youyue’s face turned exceptionally ugly, as she looked up blankly into the sky, murmuring to herself, “It’s him!”

Yang Zhen, taken aback, asked incredulously, “You know him?”

Hua Youyue shook her head and said, “The Yingling Saint, the person just now was the Yingling Saint.”

“What?” The worthless cat showed a surprised expression, crying out, “It’s actually him?”

This damned cat seemed to recall as well, wearing a face of uncertainty, staring blankly into the sky for a long while.

Curiosity filled Yang Zhen’s heart, but upon seeing the expressions on the two people’s faces, he forcefully restrained himself from asking right there and then.

After a long while, the despicable cat finally curled its lip and said, “Yingling Great Sage, one of the strongest Saint Realm experts in the central region of the Great Desolation, his cultivation realm is only second to an Emperor Realm Expert. However, for some unknown reason, he suddenly went mad one day, speaking strange things. Not long after, he disappeared without a trace, and to think that he actually perished under such a terrifying creature.”

Hua Youyue nodded and said with a furrowed brow, “At that time, the Yingling Saint spoke to the people, claiming that extraterrestrial beings had infiltrated the Great Desolation world, but no one believed him at that time. Other Saint Realm experts even took it as a joke, thinking the Yingling Saint had gone mad due to delving too deeply into inferior studies.”

Delving into inferior studies to the point of madness?

Yang Zhen was taken aback and asked in surprise, “What does it mean to delve into inferior studies to the point of madness?”

The despicable cat curled its lip and replied, “It’s the Yingling Great Sage’s own fault for ending up like this. A formidable Saint Realm expert, he actually went to study the transformations of heaven and earth. In the vast expanse of the Great Desolation world, after countless generations, who can see through the changes of heaven and earth? What’s even more incomprehensible is that Yingling Great Sage actually put forward a theory that was ridiculed not just by Saint Realm experts, but even Emperor Realm experts at the time.”

“What theory?” Yang Zhen asked, his face full of curiosity.

How could someone who had cultivated to be a Saint Realm expert be an ordinary person?

Moreover, the claim of becoming mad from studying inferior teachings–this was something Yang Zhen had difficulty believing. There must have been some at that time who believed it to be true, but even Emperor Realm experts scornfully dismissed it. They probably just didn’t dare to openly express their belief.

And the extraterrestrial beings mentioned by Yingling Saint likely referred to the gigantic black creature with a pair of wings on its back and two horns on its head.

The scene just now had shocked Yang Zhen thoroughly. What kind of creature could crush a Saint Realm expert with one hand?

Or a Saint Realm expert who had ignited their Spirit Soul?

At this moment, the despicable cat suddenly took a deep breath and said, “Thinking about it now, extraterrestrial beings must exist, just like the big fella just now. It’s just unclear how many of them there are. Although I feel a sense of deja vu, throughout the ages, no one has ever claimed to have seen such a creature, so it must be rare. As for the theory that Yingling Great Sage developed after studying the changes of the mountains and rivers… that’s even harder to say.”

Yang Zhen, growing angry, kicked out and snapped, “Whether it’s hard to say or not, just spit it out.”

The despicable cat dodged Yang Zhen’s kick and gave a bitter smile, saying, “It’s not that I don’t want to say it, but the theory is just too preposterous. Even a three-year-old child knows it’s impossible. How could anyone believe it?”

Seeing that the despicable cat still kept silent, Yang Zhen was about to kick him twice when Hua Youyue suddenly spoke up, “The theory that Yingling Saint came up with is… ‘the cycle of heaven and earth’.”

The cycle of heaven and earth?

Yang Zhen was stunned and asked in amazement, “What is ‘the cycle of heaven and earth’?”

The despicable cat curled its lip and explained, “It means that our world is constantly in a cycle. Every tens of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of years constitute a cycle. Things that have happened before, once they enter the cycle, will happen again.”

This… isn’t this nonsense?

Yang Zhen was left speechless, astounded that such a preposterous theory could come from a Saint Realm expert. Did he learn his basic astronomy from a P.E. teacher?

Seeing Yang Zhen’s face, the despicable cat spread its hands and commented, “See, even you think this is implausible, so you can imagine what kind of fate Yingling Great Sage met with during the era of the Great Desolation.”

Yang Zhen pondered for a moment, nodded, then looked up at the chaotic sky and asked, “So what’s going on here?”

“True and false, false and true–who can really tell them apart?” the despicable cat yawned and said, “Haven’t you told me before, the greatest philosophy in life is to feign insanity and… bah, remain confused. Why do you care so much about it?”

Yang Zhen, surprised, looked at the despicable cat, then pointed at the ground beneath their feet and asked, “Then what about this?”

“Yingling Great Sage’s Destined Sacred Treasure, the Broken Dragon Plate!” the despicable cat said with a grin.