My Bottle Cosmos-Chapter 681 - 628: One Cannot Be Young Again

The Ancient Dragon is not worth mentioning, as it was always its own subordinate, just a subordinate that had some minor issues all along.

He can control it, but only for ten seconds.

If his consciousness continued to linger, the chaotic information in this Celestial Calamity's brain would turn him into another living vegetable.

He could only let this mad dog continue to bite people everywhere.

But fortunately, those guys blasted the Ancient Dragon once, and it will take some time to recover.

As for the Ancient Tree?

The Crystal Wall Ancient Tree was originally the subordinate of Li Qing, and even after remodeling, it still is.

It can also be controlled, but only for three seconds!

From this, one can see how much stronger this frenzied chaotic Celestial Phenomenon—the Origin Ancient Tree—is!

After all, it was jointly created by numerous wise men throughout history, so naturally, it's a cut above the rest.

The Origin Ancient Tree is deeply rooted in the Cosmic Membrane, and as a massive Cosmic Membrane nurturing the origin of countless Crystal Wall Worlds, it is naturally very strong.

It is practically the core source of the Crystal Wall Universe.

Now these two are frenzied chaotic "palsied" Celestial Phenomena, with new consciousnesses crazily being born and destroyed, acting solely on instinct in their daily life.

"But it eventually poses a problem."

Li Qing shook his head, "In the future, I must gradually gain control over these two riotous libraries."

Complete control is not out of the question.

Their frenzy and chaos are due to their "books" being too chaotic. If integrated, they won't clash with each other, and if the forces within them coordinate perfectly, I should be able to control them a bit longer.

"Otherwise, these two guys will always be a hidden danger."

He contemplated for a moment.

Now, the whole Cosmos is his sand table.

He is destined to propel the development of civilization, to move forward, to search for truly eternal life, to become a higher-dimensional being.

He has already become a true Creator God.

Although most of the three Great Authorities are incomplete, as the behind-the-scenes manipulator of the universe, he still holds significant influence over it.

Li Qing constantly organized his findings.

And now the Three Thousand Great Path Divine Artifacts are equivalent to three thousand remote controls, with a part hanging on the Origin Ancient Tree and another part hidden within the Ancient Dragon.

...

Underground, the various worlds are like a stack of multifaceted diamonds, leaving large and small Chaos Corridors in between.

Before a small world.

A vast woman's gigantic figure stood outside the chaos; she dispatched a thread of Divine Level clone into it.

In the Imperial City, behind the Sacrificial Hall.

In front of a tombstone.

"The era does not allow failures…" Minshan returned with her daughter to the original small world, sitting quietly in front of the tombstone.

Since the battle with the Ancient Dragon, Minshan's body had been deteriorating, gradually exhibiting signs of exhaustion and collapse.

Postnatal Ancient Gods have a lifespan.

And now she, the strongest Sixth Layer Heaven Ancient God in the cosmos, experiencing the collision of various authorities within her body, reached the old age of demise.

Alas, she could not live into another lifetime.

To live into a second life, one would need an Innate Ancient God, or an Innate Tao Artifact, to shut down bodily authority, allowing her to shed her mortal shell.

Unfortunately, all Three Thousand Taoist Artifacts were in the hands of either the Ancient Dragon or the Ancient Tree.

"I should have realized sooner that to fight is to die, and to escape is also to die, life has no fundamental choice."

Minshan, holding a bottle of wine, sat disheveled on the ground, occasionally taking a swig.

Sunlight scattered through the forest, shining on the grave, gentle and serene.

Behind her, her daughter Linyi stood silently, looking at her mother, who had always been irresponsible.

Since the end of that battle, her mother Minshan did not choose to go back to govern again; she seemed to have already guessed her own fate.

She took her and fled.

And over the years, she never returned to become the lofty Divine King, exhausting herself to treat her well, acting as a gentle mother again, taking her around the world, teaching her how to cultivate and protect herself in the future.

Enjoying good food and having fun.

Was it before death that she felt guilty and wanted to compensate?

Linyi did not know.

For some reason, watching this dishevelled, crazy woman, Linyi no longer felt hatred for her mother but merely recalled, calmly, the faint imagery of her father deep in her childhood memories.

She still remembered her mother as the kindest woman in the world when she was young, but everything changed after her father died.

Sometimes she wondered, did her mother really love her father, or was it merely a pursuit of that simple, youthful time of innocence, a pursuit that fermented into an inner demon over time?

Or maybe, due to being too high-level, having the ability to traverse time and space and resurrect the dead gave her the notion to fight desperately.

Suddenly, Minshan's hoarse voice came: 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"I once thought... that this timeline is all fake, and as long as I could change the past, hop to another timeline, I could change all the evil deeds done to you, my daughter, and your Uncle Nokron."

Minshan lifted her head and took a swig of wine.

"I put all my heart power into becoming stronger; as long as I reached the timeline where my husband was still alive, I would not have wronged you or Nokron... Alas, I messed everything up."

She paused for a moment.

"I am ultimately not a Dream Garment, successfully traversing space-time, saving the one I love, and leading the universe's timeline to a perfect ending."

"Even if the universe went on without me, I still could not change anything."

Endless regret welled up in Minshan's heart, a kind of pain and remorse as if the Abyss dragged her layer by layer into endless darkness.

She always thought life could begin anew one more time.

Yearning to resurrect the dead by going back in time, she neglected the living around her; this failed life was a complete failure.

Every time she went home, she felt more sorry for her daughter who was ignored and let free, deceiving Nokron to become stronger, comforting herself that this timeline wasn't real, as long as she could go back...

Unfortunately, it was all her delusional thinking.

Even having become one of the strongest Goddess Kings of the universe, attesting to one of the Ways, she still could not change anything...

"I am truly a failed mother." Minshan caressed the tombstone, looking up at the sky.

"I've always thought that as long as I went back to the past, all the names I was cursed by would disappear, and I'd still be that gentle girl spoiling her daughter, living happily with my family of three..."

Beside her, her daughter Linyi suddenly fell silent, listening to these heartfelt words, wanting to cry.

Minshan stood up, suddenly laughing loudly:

"I should have thought long ago! Instead of longing for time to turn back, why not live this life well! Life is merely nature's cycle of life and death. If at that time I had made another choice, letting go of my husband, living with you..."

Minshan laughed and laughed, and then began to sob as she slowly left, leaving Linyi where she was, disappearing into the thick fog.

"I seem to see the destiny that should have been."

"Daughter, I will become the last piece of the puzzle in history."

"Fulfilling my duty as Vice Mansion Lord of the Inspection Bureau from years ago, inspecting all heavens, clearing out this Chaos Corridor, my dead self, my carcass becoming an obsession, redeeming past mistakes before death."

"Ferryman..."