Cataclysm King

Chapter 609: The Origin of Card Master Civilization and the Card King
"Hey, isn't that Senior Xu?"

Catalina and Old Man Xu are also quite familiar with each other. The [Gold Coin of Destiny] that belonged to the Lionheart family was given by Old Man Xu.

So it can even be said that she was able to reach here step by step because of the guidance of that person.

Qin Rushi also recognized him. She had seen the terrifying "halo of death" of this mysterious senior at the Firefly Camp in the World of Warcraft Forest last time.

So when the two women saw this person appear, their expressions became serious.

Ji Xun looked normal, and said, "Let's go and take a look."

Now he could roughly understand what the death halo was all about.

Old Man Xu has lived for at least hundreds of thousands of years, and the horror of the cause and effect involved in him is simply beyond the imagination of ordinary humans.

It concerns the cause and effect of billions of lives and the entire Card Master civilization.

This is also the most important reason why people with weak fate will bring bad luck whenever they come into contact with him.

With that, the three of them walked down the city wall.

"Grandpa, aren't we going to the South Continent to find the stone tablet? Why are we going back to the Old Continent?"

"Oh, the two dragon gods are about to decide the winner, and the war in the southern continent is about to break out. If we don't run away now, when will we run away? We will come back after things calm down here."

"Oh."

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Old man Xu is as wretched as ever.

He has an instinctive sense of crisis and the ability to avoid risks.

To people who don’t understand, this seems to be “fear of death”.

Xie Guozhong standing aside said nothing, as calm and steady as a mountain.

The three of them walked in lined up.

As soon as I entered the city, I heard someone in a roadside restaurant greet me, "Senior Xu!"

The three of them looked up at the second-floor window.

Che Er immediately recognized Ji Xun and said excitedly, "Mr. Ji Xun!"

Old Man Xu looked a little slow, but he recognized him. But he seemed to have thought of something else at the same time, and he muttered, "Why do I remember that every time I meet this guy, nothing good happens."

The three of them went upstairs.

Ji Xun and his friends had been waiting on the second floor of the tavern for a long time.

"Senior Xu, Old Xie, long time no see!"

Ji Xun's face was filled with genuine joy. Both Old Man Xu and Xie Guozhong were friends with whom he had a life-or-death relationship.

Old man Xu was still the same as before, as if he had almost forgotten the past and was indifferent.

Instead, he looked at the wine and food on the table, and his eyes began to light up.

Xie Guozhong gave Ji Xun a tight hug and said, "You've changed so much, boy. Why are you here? Haha, I was wondering who would dare to bring artillery to the southern continent. It turns out it was you."

"It's a long story."

Ji Xun also felt very emotional and said, "Old Xie, it's great to see you alive."

Xie Guozhong was previously considered a chosen one by Scarlet Corruption Seadis, and his death was inevitable.

Jia Yu set up a trap in the passage to the underworld and rescued him.

This sight was like seeing a friend who had come back to life from the dead.

Naturally, I feel a lot of emotion.

As Ji Xun spoke, he looked at Che Er, who had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and said with emotion: "Che Er, your sword of time is really exaggerated at this time."

Che Er hadn't seen Ji Xun for many years and seemed very excited. "Ah, Mr. Ji Xun, you can see this?"

He did not forget that the [Relic: Flashing Heart-piercing Sword] on his waist was given to him by this person.

Ji Xun smiled.

When old friends meet, the old days come to mind, and it seems like there are so many things to say.

Qin Rushi and Catalina beside him also greeted Old Man Xu, but it was obvious that the old man had already forgotten.

This time when meeting Old Man Xu, Ji Xun deliberately brought two disciples with him.

Darcy and Isabel were also very curious about who was such an important figure that made their teachers and their wives wait for so long.

The two stood behind Ji Xun, looking at Old Man Xu and the other two. Isabel finally couldn't help but whispered, "Darcy, who are these people?"

A wretched old man, a sturdy man like a farmer, and a swordsman who is quite handsome but a little poor.

It doesn't look anything special at all.

Darcy shook his head and whispered, "I don't know him either."

But for some reason, when he saw these three people, he felt a sense of déjà vu.

At this moment, Ji Xun greeted them and turned around to introduce his two disciples.

Darcy and Isabel greeted the three friends of their teacher respectfully.

This encounter, the atmosphere instantly

Old Man Xu is one of the founders of the "Illuminati Hermitage".

When he saw Darcy, he immediately realized that this was the light chaser of this generation.

But the hint of emotion in his eyes flashed for a moment, and then the old face returned to normal.

He had seen too many generations of light chasers, as if the shadows of countless generations of light chasers in his memory overlapped in his eyes. Although they were different people, they were from the same heritage. Under the same mask, they shared the same belief and were pioneers in the pursuit of light and hope.

When Xie Guozhong saw the familiar mushroom head shape, he was stunned.

He glanced at Ji Xun again, as if trying to confirm something, "What is this?"

Ji Xun nodded.

Xie Guozhong's eyes suddenly moistened. Seeing a new generation of light chasers meant that Jia Yu was dead.

The boy who once followed me and called me "Captain" is gone forever.

"Hey"

A complicated sigh.

Che Er was the "Time Speaker" of the Priory. When he saw Darcy saluting him, he also saluted in return, "Time Speaker, greetings to the leader."

Darcy nodded.

After saying hello, Ji Xun asked Old Man Xu and the other two to sit down.

They are friends, there is no need for a big banquet, a table full of wine and meat is enough.

Isabel was still a little confused as she watched the teacher and the guests chatting lively. She poked her senior brother with her elbow and asked in a low voice, "Stupid Darcy, I just heard them say, what kind of leader are you?"

Darcy responded, "I'm not sure either. The teacher only told me this recently."

Isabel pursed her lips and said, "Oh."

The little princess of the Andre family didn't see anything special about Old Man Xu and his two friends, so she quietly asked, "Did you see anything special about the teacher's three friends? I just heard the teacher say that the swordsman comprehended the 'Sword of Time'?"

You have to know that she has just started to develop the fighting spirit, which is considered a top talent at her level.

But the swordsman doesn't look much older than himself, so why is it that there are always monsters around the teacher?

Darcy said, "Both of the teacher's friends are very capable. But I don't understand that old senior."

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Isabel suddenly felt a little frustrated.

Even though this stupid senior of mine always undermines my confidence, his judgment is always right.

If he says it’s amazing, then it really is amazing.

But I didn't notice it at all.

Isabel pursed her lips.

Thinking about how I had been going back to the clan to practice martial arts these days, I had no rivals among those at the same level, and even the brothers who were one major level higher than me got a good beating.

This allowed her to regain some confidence.

Thinking that there is only one freak senior brother.

I didn't expect that just after a few days of showing off, I met another one.

Darcy knew what this junior sister was thinking, and reminded her: "Listen carefully to what the teachers say, and don't talk nonsense."

Isabel listened to this with a gloomy look in her eyes, but she sat quietly in the corner.

Of course she knew that the teacher brought her here to see the world.

It was unknown when the little princess of the Andre family began to find that the confidence she once believed to have been brought by her aristocratic knowledge had been shattered during the days she followed her teacher.

It seems that the more I understand, the more ignorant I feel.

"It turns out that so many things have happened in the Old World and the Eastern Wasteland."

"I heard someone say that the leader of the rebel army was a female warrior who could 'descend from heaven'. It turns out to be Miss Qin."

"Hahaha, no wonder we've heard all along the way that the Old Continent is full of gold and safe, attracting countless people to go there. It turns out you have already controlled the Old Continent. You're amazing. What the three major kingdoms couldn't do, you, brother Ji Xun, actually solved it quietly."

"So, Brother Ji Xun, are you planning to become emperor?"

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Several people were drinking and chatting.

I haven't seen my old friend for a long time, and there is so much to talk about.

Compared to the wonderful experiences of Ji Xun and his friends, the experiences of Old Man Xu and his friends were much simpler.

To sum it up in one sentence, I fled everywhere and then came here.

But Ji Xun knew that this kind of escape was Old Man Xu's unique destiny. He was searching for the [Forbidden Ruins Stele] while running around and trying to retrieve his memories that were sealed in various places around the world.

Old man Xu had no interest in politics or military affairs. He was like a famine victim, concentrating on eating.

Che Er followed the old man around and learned his silent character.

However, Xie Guozhong is still as cheerful and talkative as before.

When he heard that Ji Xun was going to become emperor, he also became very interested and said he wanted to stay and watch the ceremony.

Of course Ji Xun also felt it was great.

This Old Xie is not only a friend, more importantly, he also has the destiny of a king.

If the entire plane is a big chessboard and all living beings are chess pieces, then from Ji Xun's current perspective, he can already see some of the ideas of the "chess player".

Being able to stay with Old Man Xu for so long without dying, Old Xie is also an important chess piece that can influence the situation in the plane.

Soon, after having eaten and drunk their fill, Qin Rushi and Catalina knew that Ji Xun and Old Man Xu had something to say, so they left first.

The two disciples, Darcy and Isabel, played the role of hosts on behalf of their teacher and entertained Xie Guozhong and Che Er, and went for a stroll in the city together.

Only Ji Xun and Old Man Xu were left at the table.

And there was little Ivan, with a mountain of food plates in front of him.

Ji Xun raised his wine glass and drank with the old man.

What I am going to talk about now are some secrets that others cannot hear.

"Senior, I went to the Duoken Mountains before and saw the stone tablet you left behind more than 100,000 years ago."

"What mountain range?"

"Well, that's not important. What's important is that I saw some secret messages that should be left by you."

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Ji Xun was already accustomed to Old Man Xu's confused expression.

He knew that the old man would not be able to remember his big size unless he was stimulated in a targeted manner.

Some of Ji Xun's conjectures still need to be verified.

And this old senior who went to the toilet could help him solve his problem.

Having said that, Ji Xun raised his hand and some shadows of mysterious symbols appeared in front of him.

These are some passages of advanced demonic language.

The advanced texts that I couldn't understand before and couldn't remember in my brain, now after lighting the divine fire, I can reproduce them clearly and accurately.

As long as it is text, it can be encrypted.

This is the encrypted codeword that Old Man Xu left behind under that plain language.

Ji Xun knew that this was probably the key to unlocking his memory.

Just like the translations of many religious scriptures, these few encrypted sentences of advanced demon language, if translated into human language, would probably require countless books to record the huge content. When Old Man Xu saw these encrypted words floating in the air, it was as if the memory that had been sealed in his brain for countless years was activated, and his expression froze.

Ji Xun had seen Old Man Xu in this state several times, so it was not surprising.

It's just that the brain couldn't digest that massive amount of information all at once, so it was a little slow.

Ji Xun was not in a hurry and just drank leisurely.

After nearly half an hour, a low sigh suddenly came from my ear: "You actually ignited the divine fire."

Ji Xun looked up and saw that Old Man Xu was still the same Old Man Xu, but his eyes were full of wisdom.

Ji Xun knew that this “big account” had logged in.

He seemed to be greeting another old man Xu, and said with a smile: "Senior, long time no see."

As soon as Old Man Xu regained his memory, his wise eyes seemed to have seen through everything.

He guessed Ji Xun's intention to become emperor, and saw everything clearly. He murmured, "It seems that you already know some historical truths."

Ji Xun raised his eyebrows: "Yes. So, senior, do you think there are any loopholes in my plan?"

Old Man Xu showed a look of relief and approval of his courage. "Since you have decided to take this step, this is the best choice. However, the risk is great. Think about it. Once you are noticed by the Plane Supervisor, you will definitely die."

"We can't just keep hiding our heads and not dare to see the world because of the danger."

Ji Xun smiled indifferently: "Besides, someone has to try it."

At this moment, he began to understand how happy Jia Yu felt when he told him those secrets.

The feeling of being the only one in the world who knows the secret and cannot share it is really suffocating.

And the old man Xu in front of him might be the only person in the entire card master world who can share this secret.

Having someone to communicate with makes me feel much better.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun got straight to the point and asked, "So, if you are promoted to a 'higher god', you will definitely die?"

There are still several key issues that need to be confirmed in his layout.

"Correct."

Old man Xu gave the correct answer.

When Ji Xun heard this, the corners of his mouth curled up.

In other words, his previous guesses were all correct.

The dead dragon Marodis was a bait left by Emperor Lanlingster to share the firepower and also a warning.

A reminder to future generations: “Superior Gods” are a danger warning line.

After a pause, Old Man Xu continued, "But to be precise, as long as one condenses the godhood, he will be noticed by the 'Plane Supervisor'. But after being promoted to a higher god, he will be regarded as a threat and completely eliminated. The Titans will not allow such a strong person to exist in the Card Master plane."

Sure enough, it is related to "Titan".

When Ji Xun heard this, he frowned and asked, "Why not allow it?"

If the godhead is gathered, it will be noticed, and the matter will be more serious than expected.

Old Man Xu shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I have only awakened part of your memory, so I can't give you an accurate answer. Once I fully awaken my memory, it will be noticed immediately."

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Ji Xun was not surprised to hear this.

Old Man Xu must be of a very high rank. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, he was qualified to help Emperor Lanlingster, and at that time he was probably already a mid-level god.

Now it seems that he should be a higher god.

Just to avoid being exposed, he sealed himself with some secret method.

Hearing this, Ji Xun breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he immediately sensed a sense of crisis.

He heaved a sigh of relief because he felt that he didn't have to fight alone because he had such a strong companion like Old Man Xu. This old senior had actually secretly shared the huge pressure with Master Ka Wenming.

The sense of crisis is that such a powerful senior has to hide himself like a rat in the sewer to survive. It can be seen that the opponent is really a bit outrageous.

Ji Xun asked a few more questions, some of which were answered, but most of them were not.

As Old Man Xu himself said, he only awakened part of his memory.

Ji Xun was not surprised. At this time, he asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time: "Senior, I want to see the complete fifty-three stone tablets. Do you know how to get there?"

All the secrets are recorded on fifty-three stone tablets. If you want to know those secrets, it is best to go and see them in person.

Bai Qiu said that the Forbidden Ruins Stele was summoned by Old Man Xu.

Old Man Xu was not surprised by Ji Xun's idea, and without further ado, he told him the method: "The key to the Burial Ground of the Gods has always been with you."

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Ji Xun looked at little Ivan who was eating and drinking.

Now from what Old Man Xu said, it has been confirmed that this little guy is the personification of the "Origin of the Card Master's Plane Space".

He had actually guessed it a long time ago.

Ivan was born from one of the four black coffins.

The four black coffins are relics that Emperor Lanlingster said are of great importance to the advancement of the [JOKER] sequence.

That time they were trapped in a mirror space by the people from the South Continent, and by chance they entered a special space with fifty-three stone tablets.

But after trying countless times, Ji Xun was never able to go there again.

Obviously something is missing.

This question directly solved the puzzle for Old Man Xu: "What you lack is the perception of time."

It would definitely be too late to gain understanding now, but fortunately there is a senior who is well versed in the laws of time right in front of me.

Ji Xun said: "Then I'll trouble you, Senior."

Old man Xu nodded, a gleam of brilliance appeared in his cloudy eyes, and then, time around him seemed to stop.

The dust in the air, the flying food crumbs, and the foam of beer were all frozen in front of my eyes.

When Ji Xun looked at Ivan again, he saw a familiar scene.

It was a bizarre space.

It was like a cemetery, desolate and silent.

Fifty-three black stone tablets appeared before my eyes.

This is the "burial place of gods".

Ji Xun came to this mysterious space again and exhaled a deep breath.

He knew that he was about to come into contact with the ultimate secret of the Card Master civilization.

Those pieces of [Forbidden Ruins Stone Tablets] stood before his eyes, and those mysterious inscriptions that he had been unable to understand before now flooded into his mind.

It's like a puzzle with pieces of scattered information. When you connect them together, a complete picture emerges.

It seems like time doesn't flow here.

Ji Xun didn't know how long he had been looking at it.

But he only felt that even though he had ignited the divine fire, the huge amount of information pouring into his mind still made him feel strained and his thoughts were stiff.

The stone tablet records the deeds of each demon god during their lifetime. The content of the inscription alone seems as long as a thick history book that requires countless years to read.

Ji Xun knew that this was the "history" of the Card Master's dimension.

Those are the traces of existence left by countless brilliant civilizations in time.

But he did not read the deeds of those demons carefully, but first looked through the information left by his predecessors such as Emperor Lanlingster on the stone tablet.

His thoughts dispersed and he took in all fifty-three stone tablets.

With this sight, the ultimate secret of the world became clear to him for the first time.

"Brave warriors of the future, if you can see the message I left behind, you must be the successor of the JOKER sequence. Congratulations, you have touched the ultimate secret of this world. I have discovered the truth of the world and left it here. The fact that you can see it proves that you also have the courage to face that despairing secret."

"Our Card Master plane is just a hunting ground for the Kronos Titans."

"The growth and advancement of extraordinary creatures is actually a process of absorbing the power of the universe and constantly strengthening themselves. This absorption has an upper limit after all. This upper limit is the plane itself. If you want to be promoted from the upper god level to the 'true god', you must absorb the original power of the entire plane. That will destroy the entire plane and all living things. This is the origin of the protracted struggle between the Kashi civilization and the Titans."

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When Ji Xun saw the words left by Lanlingster, the missing cause and effect in his mind was instantly connected.

Before the Talen Empire, there was a chaotic era when the old gods ruled the world.

And before the Age of Chaos, there was an "Age of Great Destruction".

The origin of Kashi civilization dates back to that era.

That was a horrific era that existed only in legends, in which the gods fought each other and the planes collapsed.

People only know that a shocking war took place in that ancient times, but they don’t know why that war happened.

The fifty-three stone tablets bear the names of the gods who died in the war that lasted for countless years, and also record what happened that year.

Ji Xun put the fifty-three stone tablets together, and a void appeared before his eyes.

This is not a peaceful void.

The void is filled with all kinds of explosions, destruction and regeneration. It is an incomprehensible mysterious world.

Countless powerful civilizations collided, the high-dimensional plane collapsed, and a small piece of debris flew out.

Like the stars in the summer night sky, it is so small and so ordinary.

This is the original card master plane.

This is an ownerless small plane born in the shattered universe. Because of the relics of higher-dimensional planes, living beings appeared on the plane over time.

Humans, dragons, elves, dwarves, demons, and other various intelligent life forms.

The plane has a name, it is called 'Taren'.

It symbolizes hope.

The creatures on the plane have also developed their own glorious civilizations.

In civilization, there also appeared gods with condensed divinity.

Until one day, a giant with golden patterns all over his body, whom all the gods of the Taren plane looked up to, discovered this ownerless plane during his patrol, and everything changed.

That's the Kronos Titan.

One of the most powerful upper gods in this universe.

They regarded this new Taren plane as a hunting ground for the Titans.

Countless Titans descended on this plane. They enslaved all indigenous creatures including humans and became the overlords of the plane.

And a new plane with complete laws means that a true God can be born.

The Titans also arranged suitable members to forcibly absorb the origin of the plane.
Once the new Titan God appears, the Taren plane will be completely destroyed.

A powerful human god saw through the Titans' conspiracy, and he led humans and other races in a desperate resistance.

Then this powerful human god killed countless Titans, demons, evil gods, and surrendered traitors.
He was called "JOKER" by later generations.

Later, the Titans of the Taren plane found that they could not kill the increasingly powerful human god.

Finally, a powerful Titan God descended into the plane.

The battle was raging and lasted for countless years.

The planes collapsed, and countless gods fell.
In the end, JOKER killed the Titan God with his great supernatural powers.

The era of great collapse also came to an end.

The blood of the Titan's corpse seeped into the plane and was hidden deep underground. Once the true god died, the Titans' talent "Leading the Gods to Fall" was reversed, and gravity was turned upside down.

JOKER sealed his seven divine attributes and stored them in seven spell pottery jars.

In order to continue human civilization, JOKER created a promotion system that allows humans to gain extraordinary powers without having to rely on faith.

He used his companions who fought alongside him and the corpses of the gods he killed from his enemies to create the fifty-two demon god sequences of the Card Master.

This is the origin of the Kashi civilization.

After that horrific war between gods, the Talen plane was no longer viable. The remaining humans and other creatures burrowed into the ground through the cracks in the earth, and thus survived.

Later, the remaining souls of those dead gods gathered again, and there were all kinds of strange evil gods and old rulers in the "Age of Chaos".

When Ji Xun saw this, the historical line of this world in his mind was finally complete.

It turns out that the Card Master's plane is really just an inconspicuous one among the countless planes in the universe.

“The world is so big”

he muttered to himself.

(End of this chapter)