Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

The words Xia Ming blurted out unconsciously surprised even himself.

This world's historical trajectory is completely different from that of the world Li Yelai inhabits. In the earliest recorded history, humanity was a race enslaved by other races. Even if civilization existed there, it has long since been completely discontinued. Here, there is no rise and fall of ancient dynasties, no legends of the Investiture of the Gods, and no trace of the ancient Heavenly Court.

However, he uttered a word that he himself did not know where it came from.

'One breath transforms into three pure ones'.

Why did he say those words?

Xia Ming was certain that this was the first time he had encountered this term. As one of the world's most learned scholars, he had dabbled in and even mastered everything from theories of wonders to everyday gossip, yet he had never seen these words in any classical texts.

How exactly did they come to mind?
Cognitive pollution?

Xia Ming frowned, lost in thought. Could outsiders bring about an erosion of one's understanding?

Li Yelai was unaware of Xia Ming's unusual behavior; his gaze was fixed on Zhu Ye, whose eyes seemed to reflect the changing sun and moon.

Zhu Ye nodded slightly and replied in a hoarse voice, "Leave the front lines to me. I am also a champion...invincible under heaven."

The way he said it made it all the more fitting.

As Li Yelai in another timeline, he endured countless hardships: his lover and family turned to ashes, the great city collapsed, his hometown fell, and the once mighty king finally succumbed to exhaustion and old age. As the champion, he carried the tattered battle flag, sheltering countless compatriots in the dark age of the resurgence of the forbidden zone, and striking fear into the hearts of all beings in the forbidden zone.

He refused the blessing of the four Chaos Gods—a simple nod might have made him the eternal chosen ones, but he remained humanity's champion. Ultimately, he died in a brutal siege, having slain the enemy king, yet failing to take that final step to ascend to kingship himself.

On the other side, Dawn Lord, unusually, put aside his usual playful expression and became serious.

"Such profound despair. It seems we've truly reached a dead end."

As a follower of the Azure Flame, he could keenly sense the emotion of despair. This was precisely the reason why the wilderness wanderers acted chivalrously.

Where despair pervades, injustice and oppression often lurk.

Therefore, many powerful and influential people who committed crimes died mysteriously, never knowing how they were exposed. Even worse, some were simply had their names painted on walls.

In that timeline, Li Yelai, who had become a wilderness wanderer, had more than a dozen wanted posters on his body in just one year.

"A clone?" Hao Feng looked astonished. Compared to the scholar Xia Ming, his exclamation was remarkably simple: "Awesome!"

“This way, we can focus on three fronts at the same time,” Li Yelai responded.

"Although I don't know how you summoned such a being, can you two... act independently across a thousand miles?" Xia Ming asked. He keenly sensed that both of them possessed divinity and independent consciousness; this technology was clearly difficult to replicate.

“Of course, but the consumption of divinity will increase accordingly,” Li Yelai replied, something he had already tested.

"Can you really support the consumption of three divine beings? One wonder can sustain three people?" Xia Ming pressed.

Haofeng couldn't help but interject, "Speaking of which, Your Excellency Champion, where did you get your wonder from? I thought you needed the wonders of our Wanfeng City."

Xia Ming glanced at Hao Feng: "Don't pry into academic matters."

He knew a little about the inside story. This champion was capable of stealing the power of Chaos, directly seizing control of the Chaos Legion from the other Chosen Ones.

So it's not surprising that a spectacle could be 'tricked' into existence.

Li Yelai nodded frankly. Divinity depleted? Just use divine favor directly. Anyway, he can get the divinity of the Chaos Gods for free.

With that, Xia Ming had no further objections. He had originally worried that Li Yelai would become overconfident and be dragged down by his clone. Now that both major problems had been solved, he couldn't be more eager for Li Yelai to summon a few more heroic spirits.

In fact, employing the Heroic Spirit Sea tactic was precisely Li Yelai's plan.

Since the enemy is wary of the human champion, let them continue to be on guard. Candlelight will draw most of their attention, while I, as "Emperor's Fall," will deliver a fatal blow to the alien race from behind.

I ask you, isn't the King of Candlelight the champion? And isn't I, Li Yelai, the Fallen Emperor?

Even standing before the Sword of Inquiry, Li Yelai dared to say this with absolute confidence!

After the plan was finalized, the four left the Wanfeng City defense line and went to different battlefields.

Before parting, Dawn suddenly spoke: "Our lord has descended."

"Who's here?" Li Yelai was taken aback at first, then realized what was going on. The "Lord" that Dawn spoke of was naturally the Lord of Azure Flames whom he worshipped.

"He has descended?" Li Yelai thought to himself, "Now we finally have a powerful backer! With the Lord of Azure Flames personally taking action, even another Chaos Evil God would have to think twice!"
"You could say you've descended upon the highest heavens. But something feels off." Dawn frowned. "And you said that our Lord doesn't exist in this world, only those four old-time evil gods."

"You mean, the Azure Flame Lord who descended is not the real one, but like the Blood God and the others, a 'fake'?"

"Whether it's true or not is another matter, I should indeed call Him my Lord. But what is certain is that He appeared after you entered this world," Dawn replied.

"Because of our appearance." Li Yelai thought of the 'First King' of the Sands of Time. He also only appeared after Ze'er and the others entered this world.

I originally thought it was about bloodline inheritance, but now it seems that 'cause and effect' are more important.

Li Yelai does indeed possess a sufficiently strong azure flame karma.

He carried the Azure Flame Arrows, a gift bestowed by the Lord of Azure Flames.

His future incarnation is a True Monarch of Azure Flame, comparable to a Chaos Prince.

Is it because of the existence of the Azure Flame Followers that the Azure Flame Lord came into being? Is there a cause before an effect? ​​Isn't this a reversal of the Heavenly Order?

This is perhaps why the mechanical behemoth tried to stop him.

They were unwilling to let the Lord of Azure Flames show himself.

After all, if humanity were to receive the blessing of the Lord of Azure Flames, it would only create more trouble for the mechanical behemoths that harbor ill will towards humanity.

The Lord of Azure Flames has an extreme aversion to racial purity. Anyone who is not human cannot even wish to worship Him.

"Can we ask Him for help?" Li Yelai asked, "For example, to receive divine favor?"

"The blessings and power we, the Chosen of Azure Flames, can obtain depend on the desperate situation we face. Only by rising up and resisting in the face of adversity can we unleash our greatest strength. If the Azure Flames are strong enough, His Majesty might just shoot an arrow at us."

"Moreover, 'Our Lord' is currently engaged in fierce fighting in the High Heavens and may not be able to assist."

"You have your chance. Just pick any of the Chaos Chosen Ones; you should be able to sense the chaos within the High Heavens." (End of Chapter)