A Cunning Pervert in the Cultivation World Chapter 351: The First Calamity (5)

Goldie remained silent in response to Li Feng's words.

The puppet simply stood, its gaze fixed intently on Li Feng, as if engraving his face into its core.

With deliberate slowness, the wooden puppet shed its black cloak, carefully lowering it to the ground beside Li Feng.

"Goldie?"

Li Feng tilted his head, a wave of confusion washing over him.

He stared at the kneeling puppet before him, utterly bewildered by this unexpected action.

The grass swayed gently around them, the sky darkening rapidly as a swirling tide of black advanced.

Still receiving no reply, Li Feng blinked, his attention drawn to the black cloak resting by his side.

"Did something happen to your cloak? Do you need a new one?"

"..."

Silence was the only response.

Goldie slowly rose to its feet and turned its back to Li Feng.

"Hey! Where are you going? We need to leave!"

Li Feng called out, his brow furrowed as he watched Goldie's retreating form, his confusion intensifying.

The puppet was now moving with steady purpose towards the largest tear in reality, a void where the black sea had already consumed the surrounding landscape.

A chilling premonition seized him, and he shouted again.

"Goldie, come back here!"

There was no reaction.

Li Feng clenched his jaw, a sense of unease settling upon him. For the first time, he directed a stern, commanding order at the loyal companion who had been by his side for so long.

"Goldie, I command you, return!"

"..."

Goldie did not turn back.

It continued its unswerving path forward, deeper into the encroaching darkness.

Witnessing this, Li Feng turned his gaze towards the Divine Brick.

"Go! Teleport Goldie into the space!"

The Divine Brick appeared to hesitate for a fleeting moment before it floated forward, positioning itself directly before Goldie.

However, its attempt to draw the puppet into its internal dimension proved futile.

The Divine Brick possessed the ability to teleport only those who offered no resistance, and Goldie was unequivocally resisting.

"..."

"~??"

The two stood in silent confrontation, an unspoken communication passing between them.

Then, Goldie resumed its deliberate steps forward.

With each movement, new cracks spiderwebbed across Goldie’s wooden exterior, small fragments dislodging and tumbling to the ground.

Soon, the fractured shell could no longer contain the essence within, and a radiant figure composed of pure golden light emerged, Goldie’s ultimate form making its reappearance.

The brilliant luminescence pierced the gloom, pushing back the encroaching darkness like the dawn breaking.

The Divine Brick, which had been attempting to impede its progress, was gently brushed aside.

It continued to transmit urgent signals, desperately trying to persuade Goldie to turn back.

"~!"

But Goldie’s decision was firmly made.

It continued its advance without faltering.

Meanwhile, Li Feng observed the unfolding situation with growing alarm.

He clenched his teeth.

"What is happening to Goldie...?"

He attempted to rise, but found his body lacked the necessary strength.

Quickly, he turned towards Yue Lan, calling out with urgency.

"Senior Sister! Please help me restrain Goldie—"

Before he could complete his plea, a strange, gentle force enveloped him, anchoring him in place.

Li Feng’s eyes widened as he noticed luminous motes of golden light beginning to materialize around them.

Yue Lan, who had been preparing to encase Goldie in ice, also froze mid-motion.

Her eyes widened as she sensed an unfamiliar power at play.

"...Divine Authority," she whispered, a forgotten memory of this power surfacing in her mind.

Slowly, her gaze shifted towards Goldie, now receding into the distance.

The radiant golden figure, shining brilliantly, appeared small yet unyielding as it positioned itself before the enormous rift spewing forth darkness.

Li Feng's distant cries gradually faded, replaced by a soft female voice that resonated once more from within Goldie.

{...So you have made your choice.}

"..."

At this pivotal moment, Goldie's golden silhouette stood solitary at the precipice of the abyss.

The torrent of black surged upwards like a ravenous entity, insatiable and relentless, consuming all in its path.

The very ground fractured, and the sky above transformed into a tumultuous vortex of utter blackness.

Yet, the effulgent golden light radiating from Goldie refused to be subdued.

It blazed with increasing intensity, with a purity akin to a solitary sun defying extinguishment.

Upon witnessing this, Li Feng felt a grave premonition and shouted urgently.

"Goldie! What are you doing! Come back!! I order you!!"

But the gentle pressure of the Divine Authority held him firmly grounded, as if Goldie, even in its departure, was offering a final embrace... protecting him still.

For the first time since it began to move away, Goldie slowly turned its head back towards Li Feng.

Its radiant visage was exquisitely gentle.

The golden light softened, revealing features that seemed both ancient and nascent simultaneously.

Eyes forged from pure luminescence gazed upon its master, brimming with infinite tenderness and a profound, quiet sorrow... for the last time.

Li Feng’s heart ached with an unbearable intensity.

An ineffable anguish inexplicably coursed through his chest.

"Goldie, no! Whatever you intend to do—!"

"..."

Goldie remained silent.

Instead, it gradually unfurled its arms.

The golden luminescence enveloping its form erupted fiercely, morphing into incandescent wings of sheer radiance that pierced the encroaching gloom.

Then, without a moment's pause, it plunged.

Much like a sun that willingly surrenders itself to the ocean of darkness.

"GOLDIE!!!"

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Goldie streaked directly into the nucleus of the shadowy expanse within the void.

An utter absence of anything, save for infinite blackness.

Its resplendent golden physique continued its descent, deeper and still deeper, gleaming as a solitary sun being consumed by the abyss.

The passage of time became meaningless, yet Goldie pressed onward, plunging into the oppressive emptiness.

Then, in the furthest reaches, it discerned it.

{...There.}

A feeble, unwholesome pulsation.

Far below the world's surface... abyssal, beyond the reach of any spiritual qi, in a realm where the very fabric of existence wavers...

...A primordial, decaying entity throbbed like the heart of a plague, concealed there.

The genesis of the shadowy sea.

A monstrous, undulating mass of unadulterated corruption, vast as a mountain range,

It beat with a slow rhythm, expelling wave after wave of darkness that inundated the realm above, as innumerable tendrils of abyssal energy snaked outward from it, fueling the ceaseless deluge.

{...He was unaware that without eradicating this concealed "segment"... the shadowy sea would eventually reawaken and engulf all... even his beloved.}

{...And this is its most susceptible juncture. Yet, by the time he comprehends it... it will be too late.}

"..."

{... So venture forth. Annihilate it, and the threads of destiny shall be rewoven... bestowing upon him a divergent future.}