As he looked around, Zhu Yi refused to believe that every single book had information on an array. After all, there were literally millions of books here.
He walked up to the nearest bookshelf and grabbed a random book. Opening it, he saw a lot of words. This book seemed to be the history of some sort of old city.
"It isn't all arrays." Zhu Yi said.
Zhou Fan spoke. "Since that Wen Si said that it was up to fate, then the array books are probably randomly scattered around."
Zhu Yi agreed. He walked around the library, occasionally taking a random book. There were many books up higher, and Zhu Yi had to use the ladders to reach them. He found a lot of information, but none of it was about arrays.
As he walked around, he spotted a different area. So far, everything had more or less been of the same structure. This place was different.
There was a wide open space, and leaning on a stand was a giant book. The book was multiple times bigger than Zhu Yi.
It seemed as if the stand was specially made for it and the book could not be removed. Zhu Yi flipped it open and read the title.
"The calamity of Chaos Beasts."
Zhu Yi remembered the mention of Chaos Beasts, and so did Zhou Fan.
"Read this book. It's more useful than any array or array materials you can find here."
Zhu Yi agreed and began to flip pages.
Despite being giant, there was not too much information in the entire book. As Zhu Yi read, he found that it was in the form of a diary.
"At an unknown time in the past, Chaos Beasts descended. In all of my life and within all of my memories, Chaos Beasts had always existed, but according to master, there was a time without them. Master spoke of a cosmic sect, a god of all living beings, and an era of creation. For a long time, I could not truly believe Master's words. Only as I grew did I understand the possibilities within the universe."
Zhu Yi stopped reading and looked at his master. "Is this familiar to you?"
Zhou Fan nodded. "Continue."
"According to the timeline I have inferred, Master was born in a time period known as post-origin god. This time period is signified by the fact that the origin god disappeared. For a long, long time, life had continued. Humans had fought the destruction race and grown stronger. That was until the start of the most recent era. The era of Chaos Beasts. When Master spoke of the ushering in of this era, I could see faint fear. It is incomprehensible to me that Master could feel fear. I didn't understand until Master's residence was attacked. As always, Master's might shook the universe. His words flowed, creating untold possibilities. Yet still, everything was broken through. The singular Chaos Beast broke through everything with just a single power. The power of Chaos. Me, Master, and my fellow disciple's escaped. We traveled through many great creations. Along the way, Master dropped off disciple's, leaving with them his inheritance. That is how I came to this world. I lived quietly, cultiving, hoping for the day that I saw hope once again. Humanity stood strong, but all was defensive. I was not strong enough to contribute a single thing. That was, until I met a young man. His name was Chen Jie, and he was invincible. If you are reading this, then you should know of the Chaos Beasts. I, the founder of this world's writing sect, ask that you grow strong. The Chaos Beasts are a threat to all life in the universe, not just all life, but all things. Contribute towards the war, and your life has had purpose. Defend the World Tree, and all beings will sing your praise. "
Zhu Yi flipped the page. The book was over.
He was shocked at its contents. A lot of things he could not even truly understand.
He looked at his master, but his master was unprecedentedly serious.
Zhou Fan understood. To keep it short, it seemed that he had not successfully eliminated every bit of the Cosmic Dao. It seemed that, from fragments of its power, the Chaos Beast were born. They wielded the power of Chaos and seeked to destroy everything. Most likely to return it all to Chaos, or Chaos Qi.
As for the World Tree, Zhou Fan could not help but think of Leaf. As long as Leaf was alive, everything was good.
Zhou Fan looked at Zhu Yi. "Things are serious in the outside universe. I need you to help me recover so that I can return."
Zhu Yi nodded. "I have always planned to."
As Zhu Yi moved on and continued looking for arrays and array materials, Zhou Fan calmed his mood. Life had survived for so long, likely quintillions of years, they could survive for a bit longer.
Zhu Yi continued as he had, occasionally pulling out a book and seeing if it was useful. He had yet to spot anything that looked like array materials.
Suddenly, as he pulled out a book, the book pulled back. It was connected to the bookshelf, which suddenly started to rumble.
A small part of the bookshelf moved back, revealing a room behind it.
"Classic." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi entered and looked inside. The room was quite small. Zhu Yi could feel his hair brushing against the ceiling as he walked.
Inside, it was dim, but not dark. Zhu Yi saw what appeared to be stone on the ground.
"Pick it up." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded and used his spatial ring to collect the material. Zhu Yi looked around, but there was nothing else inside.
At the very least, he had got something. Zhu Yi walked around for more than 5 months, almost reaching 6, before he ran into Wen Si.
Wen Si seemed to be rushing, but when he saw Zhu Yi, he stopped for a moment.
"Follow me." He said before turning around.