When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 1023 - 392: Only Marriage Is True Victory (Part 2)
"What exactly is going on here?" Li Xiu asked with a frown.
"Didn’t Li Boyang tell you?" Belona asked quizzically.
"He only told me to represent him in the battle, and said nothing else." Li Xiu was currently eager to know what exactly was happening.
Belona glanced at Old Xie and said, "Do you want to tell the story, or should I?"
"Not even knowing why you’re here, do you really intend to give such a thing to this person?" Old Xie said coldly.
Ignoring Old Xie, Belona turned to Li Xiu and said, "This is a long story. Celestial Sea, Longevity Island, and the Bottomless Pit were originally one entity, known as the Spirit Suppressing Palace. It is the origin of life in this world, and all life is nurtured by the Spirit Suppressing Stone within the palace. We, the Sixteen Ancestral Spirits, are the first magical beings nurtured by the Spirit Suppressing Stone, and we also built the Spirit Suppressing Palace."
"Hmph." Old Xie suddenly snorted disdainfully, seemingly unimpressed by what Belona said.
Belona glanced at him and smiled lightly, "Of course, apart from us ancestral spirits, there were also some unexpected occurrences. Due to foreign influences on the Spirit Suppressing Stone, four other special beings were also nurtured, which we called the Evil Spirits. We later suppressed those four Evil Spirits within the Spirit Suppressing Stone. Using both the power of us sixteen ancestral spirits and the stone itself, we created three Spirit Suppressing Beasts to guard the stone, preventing the Evil Spirits from escaping and disrupting the course of life in this world."
Li Xiu, who had already heard some of this from Huang Hun, could now roughly guess that Old Xie was likely one of those four Evil Spirits suppressed within the Spirit Suppressing Stone.
"Being so self-serving, yet dressing it up so grandiosely, truly worthy of the ancestor of magical beings," Old Xie said mockingly.
Belona ignored him and continued, "In fact, this world is a yet-to-be-completed world. Under normal circumstances, the Spirit Suppressing Stone continually nurtures new beings, evolving along with the world until its power is fully transformed into living beings and merged with the world, thus completing it. However, at some point, someone arrived at the Spirit Suppressing Palace and shattered the Spirit Suppressing Stone, derailing the world’s evolution. Even now, the world remains incomplete."
"What person could wield such power, capable of shattering the world’s origin?" Li Xiu had guessed that the person was the chairman, though he was reluctant to believe the chairman possessed such overwhelming strength.
The Spirit Suppressing Palace was guarded by sixteen ancestral spirits, all at an unparalleled level, plus the three Spirit Suppressing Beasts. The chairman, though strong, couldn’t possibly defeat such formidable entities alone and destroy the Spirit Suppressing Stone, could he?
Belona said, "That person’s power was very peculiar, completely different from ours, something even we had never seen before. However, if we were to go all out with one-to-one, the outcome might be unpredictable. One-on-one might be a draw, one-on-two, he’d likely struggle to win, and one-on-three, he had no chance."
"If so, how did he manage to shatter the Spirit Suppressing Stone?" Li Xiu asked.
"Ah, that’s because we were too curious. He could always articulate ideas so astounding that we were drawn to him, eager to learn more. No one knew his intentions at the time and confidently believed everything was under control, so we left him inside the Spirit Suppressing Palace, giving him the opportunity he needed," Belona sighed.
"Foolishness, don’t blame curiosity and confidence for everything," Old Xie sneered. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
"You might be smart, but didn’t he also use you?" Belona dismissed Old Xie’s comment and continued, "By the time I realized his ambitious intentions, it was too late. The Spirit Suppressing Stone was already shattered. Fortunately, we weren’t too late to stop him from stealing the fragments, and we engaged in a fierce battle. Originally, with the combined strength of us Sixteen Ancestral Spirits, defeating him wasn’t difficult, but those four Evil Spirits freed from the stone joined the battle, complicating matters. That battle, in fact, caused the division of the Spirit Suppressing Palace into three parts. If only the Spirit Suppressing Stone had been destroyed, the palace wouldn’t have been split."
"Matters became complicated, why sugarcoat it?" Old Xie chuckled.
"Fine, in truth, we were defeated and had to retreat from the Spirit Suppressing Palace," Belona glanced at Old Xie, "You’re so fond of chiming in, why don’t you tell the rest? After all, the remaining issues have little to do with us."
Old Xie blandly picked up the tale, "Both we and that person wanted the fragments of the Spirit Suppressing Stone. After we defeated the Ancestral Spirits, the struggle for those fragments escalated. However, we couldn’t kill him, and he wasn’t our match either, so an agreement was reached: to allow the Spirit Suppressing Beasts to temporarily keep the fragments, enabling them to repair the stone. Meanwhile, we agreed to cultivate our progeny to duel in battles for the fragments; the winner would claim the Spirit Suppressing Stone."
"If it’s about battling for the Spirit Stone, how did marriage plans get involved?" Li Xiu asked, puzzled.
"Hm, that human was truly cunning. Originally, by agreement, the Spirit Suppressing Stone was divided into four parts belonging to Celestial Sea, Longevity Island, Bottomless Pit, and that person. Battles were waged to claim the stone from others. But the person was so despicable, using underhanded means to seize stones rightfully belonging to Celestial Sea, Longevity Island, and Bottomless Pit," Old Xie seemed to despise the individual’s methods and was reluctant even to mention them.
