350: Chapter 350 Methods to Close Spacetime Rifts

Seeing that everyone already knew about this matter, Cloud Dragon got straight to the point: "That's right! And that is where the key point lies."

"The initial ball of magic power, that is, the original magic power within the First Emperor, after passing through thousands of years, fused with the souls of countless dead spirit beasts and finally—formed a complete individual!"

"As long as that individual exists, the souls of all dead creatures in this world will be tainted by magic power, eventually turning into what you commonly call Demon Emperors, Beast Kings, and magical beasts!"

"In terms you can understand—the Space-Time Rift is not actually a rift at all, but a massive formation that covers the entire world and continuously taints the souls of dead creatures."

"And that complete individual is the core array eye!"

"She is not a visitor from another world, nor is she an intruder; she—is the magic power itself!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone was stunned into numbness.

A person is magic power itself?

Demon Emperors are so powerful just by possessing a fraction of that magic power.

Then how heaven-defyingly strong would the magic power itself be?

Chen Yi spoke slowly, "In other words—as long as that array eye remains, the Space-Time Rift will not close?"

Cloud Dragon nodded again: "Yes! But killing her is useless!"

"Because she herself is an aggregate of magic power; killing her would only cause the magic power to change from an aggregated state to a dispersed state, and it wouldn't be long before it re-aggregates!"

"It might take decades, it might take centuries, but a new individual will always appear again!"

"Therefore, the only way is to purify that array eye, causing it to lose its original function."

"In this way, without the support of the core array eye, the Space-Time Rift will slowly close!"

"By then, as long as the magical beasts entrenched in this world are eliminated, this world will be completely restored to peace!"

This method sounded very simple.

But Chen Yi and Black Rose exchanged glances, both seeing heaviness in each other's eyes.

Because they had already guessed what Cloud Dragon was going to say next.

"As for that complete individual—you should all be quite familiar with her."

Cloud Dragon paused, then enunciated the name word by word, "It is the Queen of the Demon Abyss Cult, the Demon Emperor girl who calls herself—Hua Liuli!"

Although they had a premonition.

But when the name was actually spoken, everyone still gasped.

Hua Liuli!

The supreme ruler of the Demon Abyss Cult, the mysterious Demon Emperor Queen, an existence that made countless nations tremble in fear—was actually the source of all disasters?

Inside the crystal space.

After a full dozen seconds, Black Rose recovered from her extreme shock.

"The array eye!"

Black Rose whispered these two words, "No wonder—no wonder she has always advocated for the Coexistence Faction; so that's what it was all about!"

As a former confidante of the Queen, Black Rose understood Her Majesty better than anyone else!

Looking back now, many behaviors from the past that were incomprehensible suddenly made sense at this moment.

"The core philosophy of the Coexistence Faction is that humans and magical beasts can coexist peacefully."

Black Rose said slowly, "Before, I only thought this was idealism, but now it seems—the reason she insists on coexistence is because she knows very well that as long as she lives, magical beasts will never be exhausted."

Su Taotao tilted her head and asked, "Then why not choose the Purification Faction? Wouldn't turning humans into magical beasts better serve her interests?"

Chen Yi shook his head and interjected, "Quite the opposite!"

"Once only magical beasts remain in this world, without Beast Tamers and spirit beasts, then she, as the array eye, would lose her meaning!"

"Black Rose, you mentioned before that the head of the Purification Faction—Emilia, is also a Demon Emperor, and one that formed naturally, not born through the Queen's blood, right?"

Black Rose nodded, "That's right! Emilia's existence is even more ancient than the Queen's; it is said that she has existed for thousands of years. Her strength has reached the Tier 14, Tenth Stage, far exceeding the Queen's Eleventh Rank!"

Tier 14, Tenth Stage?

Everyone present gasped.

Why hadn't they heard that the head of the Purification Faction was so powerful before?

Black Rose continued, "But Emilia has a fatal flaw—she needs to sleep for long periods, sometimes for decades or centuries. Precisely because of this, she did not participate in the great war twenty-one years ago; otherwise, the allied forces would never have won!"

Yan Jiuyue looked thoughtful and asked, "So the infighting between the two factions within the Demon Abyss Cult is actually a power struggle between the Queen and Emilia?"

"You could say that!"

Black Rose explained, "The Demon Abyss Cult was originally two organizations—the Abyss Council led by the Queen and the Blood Temple led by Emilia. Later, for some reason, they merged, with the Queen in charge of daily affairs, since Emilia sleeps for decades or centuries at a time and cannot manage the organization at all!"

Hua Yuetong interjected, "Then why doesn't Emilia just get rid of the Queen? She is stronger!"

Black Rose continued to explain, "Because she is needed!"

"The Queen is an aggregate of magic power and is the core that maintains the existence of the Space-Time Rift! If Emilia killed the Queen, the magic power would temporarily disperse, and the Space-Time Rift would weaken or even close—this is not in the interest of the Purification Faction!"

"But thinking about it the other way, once this world is truly left with only magical beasts, the Queen's value would be greatly diminished!"

"When Emilia wakes up, she will likely get rid of the Queen, let the magic power re-aggregate, and see if she can replace her with a new, more obedient individual."

"The Queen knows this, so she will never allow the Purification Faction to succeed."

"This is the fundamental reason for the discord between the two factions within the Sect—on the surface, it is a dispute over philosophy, but in reality, it is a struggle for survival."

After listening to this analysis, everyone fell silent.

The waters behind this were much deeper than they had imagined.

However, soon, everyone's gaze fell squarely on Chen Yi.

Purify a Demon Emperor?

Isn't that the power Chen Yi possesses?

His system can allow spirit beasts to obtain the most fundamental power, and can even turn a Demon Emperor into a spirit beast—Shi Yuying is the best example!

"Could it be—"

Su Taotao blinked and said curiously, "Is the solution for Brother Chen Yi to contract the Queen?"

Once these words were spoken, Chen Yi felt terrible, even a bit overwhelmed!

He thought he had achieved a "kill three birds with one stone" plan, and that at least for a long time, the Demon Abyss Cult wouldn't send anyone to disturb his peaceful life!

Who could have thought that the final solution would actually be for him to go and woo the Queen?

And most importantly, even if he were stronger than the Queen, catching her would be useless!

The prerequisite for a contract is that the other party is willing, or at least does not have strong resistance!

If the Queen is unwilling, even if he forced himself upon her, a contract could not be formed!

This is way too ridiculous!