Taking this opportunity, the Azure Sparrow fled and vanished without a trace.
"Master!" Yaohua had no mind to care about others. She rushed to Chongming's side and checked on his condition.
She tried to suppress Chongming's demonic energy but was backlashed. The surging demonic energy sent her flying, and she spat out a mouthful of blood. Hearing the commotion, Yaoyao also wanted to help, but she was powerless.
Chongming regained brief consciousness from the chaos. With difficulty, he said, "Thunder... Dream Swamp."
After uttering these three words, he took out a formation flag and quickly sealed his divine body under the Danya Mountain.
Watching Chongming's body disappear without a trace, Yaohua collapsed to the ground, filled with self - blame and guilt.
If she hadn't been careless and let the system take control of her body, things might not have developed to this point.
Only she and Yaoyao were left on the empty mountain. A paper crane emerged from where Chongming had disappeared and landed in her hand.
She stared blankly at the paper crane. Suddenly, a thought occurred to her. She quickly wiped away her tears and said, "Chongming, are you contacting me through this paper crane? This paper crane is your token, right?"
But the paper crane just lay quietly in her palm, without uttering a single word. If it weren't for the occasional glint of spiritual light around it, anyone would think it was just an ordinary paper crane.
Yaohua asked a few more times but received no response. Disappointed, she lowered her head and asked the system, "What on earth do you want? Why did you control my body just now?"
All she got was a cold reply: "The system's energy is depleted, and it has entered hibernation."
Thinking of how she had been controlled and how her master had risked his life to protect her, Yaohua was filled with anger.
She formed a spell and used her spiritual power to create a barrier around the place where the system was.
From now on, she would be more vigilant and never let the system have any chance to obtain nourishment.
Since it had fallen into hibernation due to energy depletion, let it sleep forever!
Seeing Chongming disappear from the spot, Yaoyao couldn't help crying sadly. Watching Yaohua's expression change, she said timidly, "Mother, what's wrong with Father? He said we could go to the Thunder Dream Swamp. Where is that?"
Yaohua's train of thought was interrupted. A look of confusion crossed her face. Yes, where was the Thunder Dream Swamp?
After much thought, she decided to ask God of War Chenyu, for he was Chongming's best friend and well - informed. He must know this place.
God of War Chenyu was now guarding the Henan Mansion and couldn't leave. Once he left, a large number of heavenly demons would seize the opportunity to attack.
Hearing their inquiry, he showed a thoughtful look. Then he took out a scroll of map from his bosom and said, "Is this the place you're looking for?"
The map was full of circles and triangles, with place names written beside them. The place marked with the name of the Thunder Dream Swamp was clearly a circle.
Yaohua pondered and said, "If I understand correctly, the Thunder Dream Swamp should be this place."
"Then this is the place!" Chenyu said with a smile. "I drew this map when Chongming and I traveled all over the world. The Thunder Dream Swamp he mentioned should be this one."
Yaohua said quietly, "Chongming is in such a state, and you can still laugh?"
Chenyu patted her on the shoulder. "Don't be sad, little girl. Life goes on. Instead of being sad, why not enjoy happiness? Isn't that right?"
Yaohua didn't agree with his words, but she was grateful to him for showing her the way. So she bowed and said, "Thank you, God."
According to the unreliable map, the Thunder Dream Swamp was about three thousand miles away from the Henan Mansion. There were ancient trees and living beings there. The swamp was full of turf and plants. One slight mistake and they would be pulled into the swamp or bitten by suddenly appearing animals.
Looking at the huge trees in front of her, Yaohua took out the map and compared it. "Yes, this should be the place."
Yaoyao asked excitedly, "Did Father leave a backup plan in the Thunder Dream Swamp? Just like your rebirth, will he be reborn here?"
Yaohua forced a smile. "I hope so."
The two of them entered the Thunder Dream Swamp together. After walking a few steps, they suddenly felt a strong suction force from below. Yaoyao quickly hugged a nearby tree and shouted, "Mother, there's some monster pulling me from below!"
Yaohua snorted and directly pulled out the thing below. It turned out to be a green monster in the shape of a jellyfish.
Its tentacles waved in the air, trying to grab something.
Then, she took out her sword from her bosom and slashed in Yaoyao's direction.
Yaoyao was so scared that she quickly closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she saw a poisonous snake being split in two and falling to the ground.
The two of them looked towards the distant forest. From time to time, lightning flashed over the forest, occasionally splitting a tree.
This was the Thunder Dream Swamp!
After this incident, both of them became extremely vigilant and looked around.
However, after searching for two or three days and almost turning the entire Thunder Dream Swamp upside down, they didn't notice anything strange.
What on earth was going on?
Yaoyao slumped to the ground dejectedly. "Did Father mispeak? Maybe the place we should go to is not the Thunder Dream Swamp but the Yunmeng Swamp?"
The Yunmeng Swamp was another swamp, a place where immortal energy gathered.
Yaohua shook her head. "With Chongming's character, he would never mispeak."
She continued to search, thinking hard. Finally, she decided to send a message to Chongming through the paper crane in her hand.
But no matter what she said to the paper crane, it would just fly up briefly and then fly back to her hand.
She also tried to deduce what she should do now, but all she got was a mess.
She couldn't help feeling a little discouraged. In her depression, the conversation between Chongming and her suddenly echoed in her mind.
At that time, Chongming had told her that the Star Sea Mirror could exert its greatest effect in the Thunder Dream Swamp.
Thinking of this, she decided to take a chance. She went to rummage through the ancient books, trying to find out the relationship between the Star Sea Mirror and the Thunder Dream Swamp.
Her efforts paid off. Holding the book, she murmured the words on it: "The Star Sea Mirror was born in the Thunder Dream Swamp. It can summon the thunder and lightning of heaven and earth and is naturally able to restrain evil demons. However, such a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth will not easily recognize a master. If it stays with a cultivator for too long, it will be like a double - edged sword, and..."
The book was torn off at this point.
Looking at the torn - off part, Yaohua became more and more suspicious. She quickly told God of War Chenyu what she had learned.
After following the clues, they finally found out the truth about the Star Sea Mirror.
Before it recognized a master, the existence of the Star Sea Mirror would weaken a cultivator's fortune. Those ancient gods had even hidden part of the power of the Nine - Heavens Demon in the mirror. Their purpose was to wait for the moment when Chongming and the Nine - Heavens Demon fought each other to exhaustion and then take advantage of the situation.
After learning the truth, Yaohua couldn't help scolding, "This is too much! How could they be so insidious, despicable and shameless?"
She took out the little paper crane and kept complaining about those hypocritical ancient gods to it.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a voice came from the little paper crane: "What's wrong? Has something big happened?"
Yaohua was startled and subconsciously said, "It's nothing."