The Lord of Void and Real

Chapter 34 - 33 Demon Calamity Day

Chapter 34: Chapter 33 Demon Calamity Day

Hundreds of years ago, a supreme demon devoured the Sun, Moon, Heaven, and Earth, plunging the whole Human World into darkness, with Heaven and Earth weeping… Thereafter, countless burning meteorites fell from the sky, scattered across the Four Continents, causing countless casualties. This was known as the Demon Calamity Day.” Yu Yan sighed as he began to recall the past events.

“Demon Calamity Day?” Shen Luo’s gaze sharpened.

“After the Demon Calamity Day, the Human World greatly changed. Countless Demonic Beings and ghosts roamed freely, indulging in the slaughter of all living creatures, while the immortals and Buddhas were nowhere to be seen. Initially, the court was able to resist the invasion of the Demonic Beings, but the strength of these demons and ghosts grew year by year, leaving the court essentially powerless. Hundreds of years have passed, and the court has long been reduced to nothing more than a name while the Great Tang and even the entire Southern Sub-Central Continent, have fallen into a state of various forces banding together for survival.” Yu Yan continued.

After hearing all this, Shen Luo’s eyes widened, and it took him a while to digest what Yu Yan had said.

“Actually, I heard about these matters from my father since childhood, but I have never witnessed them personally; it all seems quite unbelievable.” Yu Meng stroked his chin, commenting thusly.

“You little brat, if you were to actually witness it, would you be able to stay alive?” Yu Yan raised his hand to smack Yu Meng’s head, reprimanding him angrily.

Yu Meng quickly ducked to avoid his father’s hand, laughed awkwardly a few times, and didn’t dare to speak anymore.

“Uncle Yu, you just said that the Demon Calamity Day was hundreds of years ago, but when exactly was it?” Shen Luo asked again.

“Regarding the specific time of the Demon Calamity Day, for some reason, it isn’t clearly recorded in the major classics, and it’s the same on the official historical records.” Yu Yan shook his head, responding.

“So many years have passed, is there really no way to eradicate these demons?” Shen Luo couldn’t help but ask again.

“We mortals are powerless, perhaps the disappeared immortals and Buddhas could do it. All living beings in this world continue to endure day by day in the Demon Calamity, not knowing if they can wait until the immortals and Buddhas descend to the world again.” Yu Yan sighed as he spoke.

Yu Meng also wore a solemn expression.

Seeing this, Shen Luo fell silent.

…

At midnight, all noises stopped.

The moonlight filtered through the window, illuminating a room in the Yu Residence.

In the room, Shen Luo lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

The loud snores of Yu Meng could faintly be heard coming from a room not far away, indicating that he was sound asleep.

Shen Luo couldn’t sleep, not because of Yu Meng’s snoring, but because of the words Yu Yan had spoken earlier.

He was still unsure if the dream world was really a thousand years later. The prophecy was already mystifying enough, let alone directly arriving in the future world.

If this was true, then this future world was clearly filled with all kinds of suffering. Even ordinary people found it a luxury just to have a stable meal. Even a capable Immortal Master like Yu Yan appeared powerless in the face of all this.

The only thing that gave Shen Luo some comfort was that there seemed to be plenty of time before the Demon Calamity happened in his era, and he might not even live up to that time…

Different thoughts jumbled in Shen Luo’s mind. After lying for a while and still unable to sleep, he sat up and put on his clothes.

After sitting silently in the darkness for a while, he got up and opened the door, stepping outside.

A bright moon hung in the sky, but there was a thin layer of black fog drifting in the sky, enveloping the earth, omnipresent, like the Demon Calamity.

Shen Luo stared at the black fog for a while, withdrew his gaze, and walked towards the outside. A moment later, he arrived before a small pool. Numerous white stones were piled around the pool, reflecting a faint halo under the moonlight.

The cool night breeze blew against his face, bringing moist vapor and refreshing his spirit.

However, the anxiety in Shen Luo’s heart did not decrease.

The matter of Demon Calamity was like a heavy stone in his heart, making him feel suffocated. He must find something to do to relieve this feeling.

Shen Luo breathed slowly, closing his eyes to concentrate.

After a moment, he opened his eyes, and his mind had returned to calmness.

He took out from his bosom a Dip Wolf Hair brush that he had taken from the desk in his room, dipped it in the water from the nearby pool, and began sketching the Small Thunder Talisman on a flat stone.

The talisman had perennially unsuccessful and had always been a worry of his.

The runes of the Small Thunder Talisman were quite familiar to him. From the moment he started drawing to the moment he finished, it could be said to be done in one go.

Shen Luo looked at the complex runes on the stone that began with the ancient character for “thunder”, his face was expressionless. After a moment of silence, he dipped his brush in water again and started drawing on another stone.

In the following time, Shen Luo was engrossed in sketching around the small pond. The strokes of his brush were becoming faster and faster, seeming as graceful as a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing.

As a result, in just the time it took for an incense to burn, he had drawn a dozen or so Small Thunder Talisman runes of various sizes on the stones around the pond, and each rune looked almost identical, all drawn in one stroke.

Shen Luo wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, and did not continue.

Even drawing Small Thunder Talismans on large stones put a considerable strain on his body. Just now, he was merely frustrated and wanted to vent his feelings.

He vaguely felt that he was only one step away from truly understanding the Small Thunder Talisman.

But he had no clue how to take this step.

He shook his head, no longer thinking about it, put away the Dip Wolf Hair brush, and walked along a small path.

“Huh?”

Shen Luo suddenly looked up in the direction where he felt an inexplicable ripple of air coming faintly.

This feeling was as if a stone had been thrown into calm water, causing ripples to spread out.

Curious, Shen Luo lightened his steps and approached the source of the ripple.