MARTIAL PEAK 5975

Inside a simple house at the edge of the Dawn City, the siblings sat facing each other.

After a long time, Little Eleven finally spoke, “Sixth Sister…”

“If there’s anything… let’s talk about it after I finish washing up.” Mu smiled, picked up the clay pot and walked out.

Looking at her back, Little Eleven let out a long sigh, a look of sadness appearing on his small face.

Memories from long ago began to roll in…

In the endless darkness, there was not a single trace of light. In the darkness, a wisp of consciousness began to emerge. At first, this consciousness was muddled and didn’t have a complete body. It was just an instinct that flowed through this endless darkness.

After an unknown period of time, his consciousness gradually became more complete, and as his consciousness became more complete, he gradually became aware of his situation.

He felt like he was trapped in a strange place. This place was empty, and the passage of countless years made him feel lonely.

He began to consciously search for a way out, wanting to leave this place that had trapped him. He didn’t even know why he wanted to leave this place, all of his thoughts and actions were instinctive.

He had put in a lot of effort, but to no avail. After suffering for so long, he had finally found a way to leave this place.

However, a tightly sealed door blocked his way!

He used all his strength to slam into the door, trying to break it open, but the strange door seemed to have some kind of power that restrained him. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t shake it.

Year after year, day after day, he gradually felt a sense of despair. He understood that it was impossible to open this door with his own strength.

Despair never appeared for no reason. Only when hope was destroyed would despair appear.

He had lived in this lonely world of darkness for countless years, never knowing what despair was, but after he found that door, hope began to grow.

His countless years of hard work had all come to naught, and when he finally decided to give up, he felt incredibly depressed.

Perhaps he was destined to live in this dark world forever, he thought.

Until one day, when he was sleeping behind the door, he suddenly heard some strange sounds…

Before that, he had never even known that there was something called sound in this world! Because where he lived, not only was there no light, there was not even a trace of sound, it was a complete and utter silence!

He woke up from his sleep and listened to the beautiful voice.

At that time, he didn’t know what that voice was saying.

It wasn’t until later that he realized that the person who had knocked on the door at that time was asking loudly, “Is anyone home? Hello? Is anyone home?”

The ashes of despair that had tormented him for countless years had once again ignited a spark of hope.

He tried his best to create a huge commotion behind the door, hoping to send it outside.

The person outside the door must have noticed this and happily said, “Ah, someone’s home, can you open the door?”

How could he open the door? If he could, he would have opened it long ago. At that time, he didn’t even know what the other party was talking about.

He could only continue to create some kind of disturbance to show his existence, secretly praying that the owner of this voice would not leave.

He had been alone for countless years. Even if he could never leave this dead world, as long as the voice outside the door didn’t disappear, he could just listen quietly.

“Are you unable to come out?” The person outside the door asked again, seemingly having guessed something.

The only response was a series of dull thuds.

“I understand, you’re trapped,” The person outside the door suddenly understood, “How pitiful… I’ll help you.”

Immediately after, he felt the door he could never shake begin to shake.

He was shocked, but at the same time, he was filled with anticipation.

However, in the end, the door did not open.

After a long time, the pleasant voice outside the door spoke again, “This door seems to be a World Treasure. With my current strength, I can’t open it, but I can feel that once my strength increases a bit, it will be fine. Can you wait inside for a while? I’ll go cultivate for a while and come back to find you.”

He didn’t know what the other party was talking about, only that after the person outside the door finished speaking, they quickly left.

His hopes were shattered once again as he continued to sink into this deathly silent world. Boundless despair enveloped him and made him stronger.

It wasn’t until many years later when that voice appeared again that he was overjoyed and immediately made some noise behind the door.

Sure enough, the voice that had once spoken to him sensed something and spoke to him for a long time before leaving.

However, this time, he was no longer in despair. He had already vaguely understood some of the other party’s thoughts, so even in this boundless and dead world, he was still filled with hope and anticipation.

Waiting… waiting…

In the endless years that followed, in the long river of time, the two powerful existences inside and outside the door gradually became familiar with each other, forming a tacit understanding between them.

Through the other party’s self-talk, he had learned the other party’s language and was now able to start a simple conversation.

To him, this was an extremely beautiful experience. The world of darkness he was in was no longer so silent, because in this darkness, there was a heart filled with hope.

He clearly remembered when the people outside the door had come for the seventh time and tried to release him, only to fail and end up talking to each other.

“I’ve already cultivated to the peak of the Ninth Order, why can’t I open this door? How annoying.”

“Hateful!” He repeated, not feeling depressed, instead feeling happy. To him, his greatest wish was not to open the door and leave this place, but to have someone outside to accompany him and talk to him was enough to satisfy him.

Every time he heard her speak, he would happily roll around behind the door.

“I need to think of a way, but the Ninth Order is already the limit of the Open Heaven Stage, how can I break through?” The person outside the door was somewhat worried.

Regarding this kind of matter, he couldn’t help much, not even knowing what a Ninth Order Open Heaven Stage was…

“This won’t do, I have to go. The Human Race’s current situation isn’t very good, the Ancient Monsters aren’t easy to deal with. But don’t worry, none of them are as powerful as I am. Once the situation stabilizes, I’ll come find you again. Perhaps at that time, I’ll be able to open this door and release you.”

Listening to the other party’s words, he knew that the other party was about to leave again, so even if he was extremely reluctant, he couldn’t stop it. In the end, he could only tell the other party, “Be careful… be safe!”

“Okay!” The person outside the door replied happily.

The last wait was incredibly long, seemingly much longer than before.

He had been standing guard by the door all this time, occasionally making some noise, afraid that this person would not notice his presence.

In the end, that person came.

“Let me tell you, this world is amazing. There’s actually something called the Universe Furnace. A few years ago, it suddenly appeared and I entered it. There’s a great long river inside, but I don’t know where its source is or where it flows. I call it the Endless River.”

“What is a great long river?” He asked.

“The great long river… I can’t explain it clearly, but when you come out, I’ll take you to see it. Besides the great long river, there are also universe worlds!”

“Oh, and?”

“Then, I imitated the Endless River and condensed a long river, but compared to the Endless River, it was still far inferior. However, my current strength is much stronger than before, and I have a strong feeling that this time I will definitely be able to open the door!”

He went on to say, “Every time you come here, you say the same thing, but every time you fail.”

The person outside the door said angrily, “Huh, you actually learned how to push people around, I’m angry!”

“I didn’t, I didn’t…” He apologized in a panic.

The person outside the door chuckled, and the laughter sounding even more pleasant than before, “I lied to you, you’re so gullible.”

After confirming that the other party wasn’t really angry, he relaxed.

“Alright, I’m going to open the door now, you’d better stay away from me, lest I hurt you!” The person outside said.

He also obediently ran a little further away, and soon after, the tightly shut door began to rumble and shake. The sound was much more violent than before, allowing him to confirm that the other party’s strength had indeed increased greatly, becoming stronger than before.

This gave him a bit more confidence in the other party, and he felt that this time the other party really had a chance to open the door.

Hope came quickly, and with the violent movement outside, the tightly shut door slowly opened, revealing a small gap.

When the light outside pierced through the darkness, he couldn’t help staring at the light he had never seen before, his entire body trembling.

So this is the legendary light!

Even though he was born from the darkness, he had a natural yearning and desire for such light…

Just this glimmer of light allowed him to understand that the outside world was countless times more exciting than the place he was born.

“I can’t open it…” The person outside the door shouted with great difficulty, “I’ve reached my limit. Hurry, enter my Space-Time River and I’ll drag you out!”

As her voice fell, from the crack in the door, a large river surged out and poured into the endless darkness.

He didn’t dare hesitate and plunged into the river.

Immediately after, he felt a mysterious force pulling him towards the door.

Almost as soon as he rushed out of the crack, the opened door closed again.

The Space-Time River that hadn’t been able to fully withdraw was even cut off, forever remaining in the darkness.

He didn't know about this, at this moment, he was trying his best to swim up the river. When the light filled his vision, he finally saw the figure who had accompanied him for countless years.

The corner of the person’s mouth was slightly red, but she simply wiped it away as if nothing had happened, smiling as she stared at the black mass floating above her Space-Time River. “Hello, we finally meet.”

TO BE CONTINUED...

MSN: So, it was Mu who free Black Ink? I feel bad for Black Ink tho.