I was reborn after cheating on the aloof and powerful man.

Chapter 186 Yin and Yang Reversed, Time Reversed

"Doomsday? What is doomsday?"

This was the first time Mu Qingfeng had heard of such a statement.

She heard but didn't understand; she couldn't comprehend a word the True Lord Baoyi was saying.

"I don't know, nobody knew what happened at the time."

Beside the reefs, behind a secluded, leeward rock, Xiao Jianshan's steady voice rang out once more.

He calmly met the puzzled gazes of the group before him. When his gaze fell upon Lian Duhan, who was silently clutching his head, he continued:

"Initially, there was a place that turned into a vast expanse of white. Anyone who entered that white place never returned alive."

"Later, everyone realized that anything swallowed by that white expanse, whether human or animal, would never reappear."

"That white expanse gradually spread, growing larger and larger, until the entire world was gradually enveloped in that white expanse. Meanwhile, the space in which our ancestors lived became increasingly cramped."

"The ancestors who were not swallowed by the white, no matter what means they used, whether they prayed to the gods or burned incense to worship Buddha, all to no avail; even the most skilled martial artists or the most intelligent people could not stop the white from spreading, and could only watch helplessly as the white gradually devoured the whole world."

"When only one tiny piece of land in the entire world remained unconquered by the white, and all the survivors were plunged into despair."

"That day, a group of strange people flew down from the sky."

“This group of people said that white is called ‘resentment,’ and they searched for a long time before finding the place mentioned in the prophecy. They came here to help us eliminate resentment and restore the world to normal.”

"Grievance? What is it? Who are these people? Why would they be so kind?" Mu Qingfeng looked bewildered, feeling uneasy, and couldn't help but interrupt Xiao Jianshan.

"You're so annoying! Can't you just let Master Xiao finish speaking before you ask?"

"It's alright, Xiao Qin. It's a good thing that Miss Mu knows how to be wary of others. When you're out and about, don't believe everything others say." Xiao Jianshan comforted the two of them, and seeing that they weren't arguing, he didn't continue immediately.

He paused for a moment, as if recalling something, then gazed at the distant waves with a hazy and wistful look in his eyes.

“Those people deceived our ancestors, perhaps they didn’t understand at the time. Birth means death, just like yin and yang, everything has two sides. All things have spirits, and when the spirit dies, resentment arises. As long as there is a spirit, there will be resentment, and resentment cannot be eliminated.”

“Originally, resentment would return to the River of Spirits on the other side. The River of Spirits embraces all resentment and gives birth to new spirits from it.”

"But for some reason, the Spirit River began to dry up. More and more resentment had nowhere to go, so it formed a River of Resentment."

“One day, the River of Resentment was summoned by someone and rushed towards the mortal world. Wherever the River of Resentment went, everything in the world was swallowed up by resentment, and this was the end of the world.”

"The group that told our ancestors about the origin of this apocalypse claimed to be visitors from outer space. They came to us to join forces with us to reverse time, go back to the past, kill the one who summoned the River of Resentment, and thus prevent the end of the world from coming."

"I still don't understand, Senior Xiao, what does what you're saying have to do with Tianshan?"

"Time flows like a river, and even the legendary immortals cannot reverse time and return to the past."

"But we are not..."

Before Mu Qingfeng could finish speaking, Xiao Jianshan interrupted her, his steady voice carrying a hint of the sadness he felt when he first heard it:

"Yes, our ancestors survived, and those extraterrestrial visitors died."

"died?!"

"Those extraterrestrial visitors set up a grand formation at the last surviving site. Women, representing Yin, entered the Yang eyes, while men, representing Yang, entered the Yin eyes, reversing Yin and Yang and reversing time. In order to activate this grand formation, those who entered it sacrificed themselves and died within it."

"Their sacrifice was not in vain; the world did indeed return to the state before the apocalypse, but the apocalypse did not disappear..."

Xiao Jianshan raised his hand, signaling the person who was about to speak to be patient and continue:

"Where there is birth, there is death. Without death, life would lose its meaning; without resentment, the soul would also dissipate. All things in the world are destined for destruction from the moment of their birth. The end of the world is not the fault of any one person, but the inevitable result since our existence."

"No one expected the apocalypse to come again. But this time, except for one unlucky guy who got tainted by resentment, the resentment vanished before the others could even react."

Upon hearing this, everyone except Ji Zhongxuan wore a complex expression that seemed to say, "Are you kidding me?"

"Grandmaster Xiao!" Shi Shu was momentarily suspicious that Grandmaster Xiao was making up a story to deceive them, but at the same time she felt that the always carefree and unrestrained Grandmaster Xiao would not do such a boring thing.

Xiao Jianshan glanced calmly at Shishu, who had called out to him, his steady voice indicating that he was not joking:

"Our ancestors were also puzzled at the time, but later they learned from a passing traveler that someone had saved the whole world."

"Everything has two sides, which are both opposed and interdependent. Resentment can devour everything in the world, but it is the one who summoned resentment who saves everyone."

“I know you’ve all been wondering what this has to do with Tianshan. Logically speaking, the grudge that threatened the world has disappeared, and the world has returned to normal. Just like the ending of a storybook, the protagonists seem to be able to live happily ever after.”

"But in reality, a happy ending is just a way of not wanting people to witness the beginning of suffering."

"The reversal of Yin and Yang, the reversal of time, and our present world are in conflict."

"Our ancestors suddenly discovered that more and more people would disappear without a trace, as if swallowed by resentment."

"That time-reversing array is contrary to the laws of nature. The passage of time attempts to separate everyone from the array and return them to the natural timeline."

"Our ancestors discovered that if the great array that reverses Yin and Yang fails, it is very likely that the world that returns to the past will be corrected by time to the first apocalypse."

"Just when our ancestors were at their wits' end, a person descended from the sky. That person was our Tianshan ancestor, Xianren."