Chapter 1295: Wu Yi!!!

At this moment, everyone in the Integration Faction had red eyes.

From their destroyed homes, to crossing the Gray Realm, to the great battle in the Forbidden Sea… along this journey, they had experienced too much and lost too much. Partners who had grown up with them died one after another before their eyes. Coldness and despair had shattered their spirits countless times.

But now…

They had survived.

Their bodies trembled slightly, tears—whether from joy or sorrow—rolling down their cheeks. They gazed at the vast city beneath their feet, as if needing to release all the pain and hardship of their journey, and choked out shouts:

“We made it out alive!!!”

“Brother Chen Ling is amazing! Teacher Ye is amazing!!”

“Nian Nian!! Do you see this… We’ve entered the South Sea Domain!! When… when can you come back and be with us…?”

“The South Sea Domain is so big…”

“Little Tao!! Little Bai!! Where are you?!”

While the children were cheering and letting out their emotions, He Chengxuan and Mi Bo stared blankly at the city below, only coming back to their senses after a long moment:

“We… we just walked in openly like this?”

“These creatures belong to the South Sea Lord, right? Didn’t he strongly oppose the Integration Faction? Why would he proactively let us in…?”

“Teacher Ye, what exactly happened just now?”

They turned to look behind them.

Teacher Ye, soaked to the bone, sat silently on the back of the miracle creature. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared in the direction of the lakeside pavilion, his fists clenching uncontrollably…

“They’ve entered.”

At the lakeside pavilion,

Chu Changqing looked at Chen Ling, who was still in an uncontrolled state, and slowly spoke, “...You should leave now.”

The hem of the large red opera robe already covered a small part of the lake, like a floating red cloud. Chen Ling’s body continuously shifted between his physical form and red paper, his eyes still showing remnants of pain.

Out of the corner of his eye, he had seen the Integration Faction enter the South Sea Domain. Chu Changqing had kept his promise.

Next… it was his turn.

“I don’t need you... to remind me!”

Chen Ling replied with effort. He took one last look at Chu Changqing and spoke hoarsely, “Chu Changqing... don’t... don’t regret this.”

Chu Changqing stood silently, saying nothing. His calm expression was the best answer.

Chen Ling turned, activating his Cloud Steps to tread on nothingness, slowly rising from the lakeside pavilion as if climbing invisible stairs, and headed towards the rift in the sky…

Chen Ling did not directly transform into red paper and fly away. At that moment, he was utterly unable to control his body; in fact, even using Cloud Steps was extremely difficult. The two forces of the Mocking Calamity warring within him felt like two fires scorching his body, the intense pain almost causing him to faint.

But Chu Changqing was still watching him from below.

Chen Ling did not want to show fear or weakness in front of Chu Changqing. No matter how much it hurt, he would clench his teeth and leave with his head held high…

After all, this might be the last time he would ever set foot in a human domain in his life.

As Chen Ling's figure slowly ascended using Cloud Steps, the vast red opera robe, stretching like a red cloud, obscured a small part of the sky. Almost every resident of the South Sea Domain witnessed this scene.

“What’s that?! Has the calamity from outside broken in?!”

“No... that looks like Six of Hearts, Chen Ling!!”

“Why is he still in the South Sea Domain?! He’s not going to attack us now and open the gates for the external calamity, is he?!”

“It must be him!! He just appeared in the South Sea Domain, and right after, the external calamities are attacking. What a coincidence!!”

“This is the Mocking Calamity’s conspiracy!!! He brought in the external calamity! He wants to destroy the South Sea Domain!!!”

“He’s the culprit behind all of this!!!”

With the Forbidden Sea’s invasion coinciding, the people were already in utter panic, watching the sky crack open and calamities pouring in.

Now, seeing Chen Ling in his calamity form ascending the sky step by step, they connected everything, convinced they had uncovered the “truth.” All their anger and conflict began to point towards that red cloud figure!

Doubt, slander, curses, hexes…

A vast wave of malice rose from every corner of the South Sea Domain, overwhelming Chen Ling in mid-air, almost entirely submerging him.

Almost simultaneously, the friction between the two Mocking Calamity forces escalated again, and intense pain gnawed at Chen Ling's mind…

His foot missed, and he plummeted straight down from the sky.

A streak of red cloud plunged from the heavens, crashing onto a street in the South Sea Domain, carving out a grotesque crater.

At that moment, the citizens who had been frantically cursing Chen Ling instantly fell silent… They didn't know Chen Ling's current state, nor that he had fallen by accident. From their perspective, it looked as if Chen Ling had become enraged, descending from the sky in a swirling red cloud, menacingly appearing before them…

In the residential buildings lining the street, countless figures watched with terror and fear as the red silhouette re-emerged from the crater. His form remained in a superposition of human and red paper, his vast red opera robe stretching for hundreds of meters, appearing horrifying and bizarre.

The entire street fell silent, as if frozen.

Chen Ling was panting heavily, his consciousness already hazy. He stumbled out of the deep crater, his gaze slowly sweeping across his surroundings…

He knew he could no longer leave the South Sea Domain by his own power.

What then?

He couldn’t possibly ask Chu Changqing for help, nor could he expect these cursing people, who wished him dead, to help him leave…

If he were to die here today, the entire South Sea Domain would likely rejoice, proclaiming he deserved it. Chu Changqing would breathe a sigh of relief, and humanity would no longer need to live under the shadow of the Mocking Calamity. The next day, countless newspapers would gleefully spread the news of his death to all domains, and numerous celebrations would follow.

In this domain, in this era, Chen Ling... had become an outcast, a target of public scorn, and utterly isolated.

Chen Ling’s fists clenched tightly, and his scarlet eyes snapped towards the rift in the sky not far away!

He took a deep breath, unleashing his Mocking Calamity aura to its absolute peak!!

Then,

He roared out a name, almost a primal shout!

“—Wu Yi!!!!!!”

Boom—!!!

The moment the three-eyed giant tortoise’s front paw climbed onto land, the gray realm ground ahead exploded. Shadow centipedes, glowing with scarlet light, burst from the earth, immediately climbing onto the exhausted limbs of the three-eyed giant tortoise, and burrowed into the South Sea Domain through the gaps in its shell!

When the world alienated Chen Ling, only his centipede legion, ever loyal to him, answered his call.

They could feel the terrifying semi-divine presences within that domain, but they didn’t care;

They were still joyous, still excited, scrambling to burrow into the South Sea Domain, because they knew…

They were about to welcome back their “King.”