Chapter 222: Sin-Eradicating

"Good morning, everyone."

Under the eternal night, at the highest point of Quancheng, atop a high-rise overflowing with massive amounts of sin-tainted spiritual quality like a waterfall, someone pushed open the door.

With his usual smile, he greeted them politely:

"How did you rest yesterday?"

The small fish in the tank swam quietly; the withered old monk sat cross-legged in the corner, silent; the young girl gazing at the night scenery lowered her eyes, a faint smile on her lips; the aged artisan in gray robes closed his eyes to rest, turning a deaf ear; only the middle-aged man standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the surging flames, looked over, frowning.

"Hmm?"

Lu Changsheng smiled in confusion, entered openly, and sat in his own chair, "Everyone seems to be in a bad mood."

The old monk of the Wulou Temple looked up, his lips moving; between his lips and teeth, countless scriptures flowed, like fine stitches woven between flesh and blood, his voice muffled:

"The Three Realms are like a burning house; who can be lucky enough to sleep peacefully for a single night?"

"I didn't sleep at all last night."

The 'young girl'-looking mentor of the Tianxin Society grinned, gloating: "After all, it's rare to see such abundant fun; a tiny Haizhou could actually be this lively. Don't you think so, Master Jianyuan?"

Jianyuan remained motionless, not bothering to pay her any mind.

For a fire-starter like the Tianxin Society who would risk their life for fun, even glancing at her would be a loss.

Only the leader of the Long Jihui, Adrian, frowned and looked at Lu Changsheng: "The situation has deteriorated to this point, and you can actually still laugh."

"Deteriorated?"

Lu Changsheng was puzzled, "Where?"

The young girl mentor immediately looked up and laughed, bending forward and backward, while Adrian's expression became increasingly ugly and gloomy.

He was one hundred percent certain that this dog Lu Changsheng was playing dumb while knowing exactly what was going on.

Just the impact and turmoil caused by the descent and departure of the Higher Sin a few hours ago was enough to keep everyone busy to the point of exhaustion. The gap created by this almost caused an entire district of Quancheng to fall from the present world, and they were still using the sin-tainted remains of the Wulou Temple to hold it up.

Not to mention the counterattack and suppression by the Anquan Bureau taking advantage of the situation.

Tao Cheng was worthy of being a veteran Heavenly Human; seeing a glimpse, he knew the whole picture, and the slightest trace falling into his Heavenly Eye immediately deduced the situation to be roughly correct.

Making a prompt decision, he directly counterattacked, adding two more iron hoops to Quancheng's blockade, suppressing all current changes within, and cutting off the inside from the outside.

The rash ascent had instead become a weakness; under the present world, they could rely on the connections between Rift Realms to pass through and enter or exit freely, but now they were instead caught like turtles in a jar, trapped in a besieged city.

Shouldn't someone stand up and take responsibility for the current situation?

For a moment, everyone looked at Lu Changsheng.

Until the man in the chair sighed helplessly, "I understand, Mr. Adrian, your persistence for victory and desire for results, but actually, there's no need to be so worried."

"Sometimes, don't be too ambitious; you have to eat one bite at a time, and as for the road, you have to walk one step at a time."

Lu Changsheng said calmly: "Besides, haven't you all already gotten what you wanted? With my Sin-Eradicating Cult backing you, do you mean to say you don't even have the courage to make a desperate fight?"

"What is the meaning of that?" Adrian asked back.

The monk of the Wulou Temple finally raised his eyes; under his eye sockets, there was only an endless surging darkness; his lips moved, and a voice came from under the scripture stitches:

"Everything is done, why not leave early?"

"Why seek meaning, and why leave?"

Lu Changsheng was amused, spreading his hands: "In your eyes, what are we doing now?"

Adrian answered indifferently:

"——Seeking your own death."

Gambling, everyone can do it.

But who would dare to really bet their life and family on a lunatic like Lu Changsheng who goes all-in every time?

Even if they had already received guarantees, signed contracts, or received rewards...

The confrontation and balance between the two sides were now too fragile, existing only in the tacit understanding between Lu Changsheng and Tao Cheng, and the situation could continue to escalate at any time.

Once the situation spiraled out of control, it might become the fuse for some massive trouble.

The consequences were unpredictable.

Now, the eyes of the entire present world were about to be attracted here; there were countless people watching from behind the scenes, ready to strike at any time, not to mention those guys calculating how to fish in troubled waters or take advantage of the fire.

Lu Changsheng had already started playing with fire, but when he burned himself, would he drag them into the fire pit along with him?

"Do you know?"

Lu Changsheng sighed lightly: "I admire Nirvana, even though I never had the chance to meet that Commander—but when even you evil scoundrels think everything in this world is commonplace, there are still people who dare to stand up and say, 'Screw your world'."

"I admire the Mo, when the choice of the world was entrusted to them, they made a decision, even if they couldn't measure the future."

Lu Changsheng talked eloquently: "Not to mention even earlier, the first rebel to pull out a dagger and stab the gods, the kings who established brand-new rules in the chaotic era that followed, and even the first Emperor and the last monarch of the eternal era.

In my view, true heroes are those who, knowing what kind of evil consequences their actions will produce, still act decisively and bear everything.

Even if the sin created leaves endless harm..."

Lu Changsheng slowly stood up, looked around at everyone, and asked curiously: "However, do you think they cared about the consequences when they were doing things?"

There is no perfect result in this world.

Sometimes, someone must make a choice between evil and evil.

The blood of the gods flowed dry, supreme good was formed from the blood, the pillars of the world were replaced, and the old things were destroyed in the turmoil.

The kings established themselves, held onto supreme good, opened up the human world, but wantonly rewrote the origin and end of the world, adding to the past and future. In the mutual attacks and slaughter, the world was distorted beyond recognition, casting the cause of sin.

The Emperor established the empire, reorganized everything, but used the Heavenly Origin to control everything, forcibly suppressing all evil causes, yet cast the shadow of sin under the present world.

The last monarch's stubbornness led to a worldwide rebellion, and the Mo lit the first fire. After the Heavenly Pillar collapsed, it fell into the shadows, disrupting everything. And the disaster was like a flame, burning in the present world for ninety years, causing the lingering poison and hidden dangers for the four hundred years since.

The harm left behind and the achievements made are intertwined; who can separate them?

That sword that cut off the Tower of Heavenly Origin in the past—who could have expected that after ending the eternal generation, it would really kill two great sins at once?

There are twelve supreme goods, but there are only nine corresponding great sins.

Those that do not exist among them are Heavenly Origin, Bai Lu, and the Desolate Ruins.

The manifestation of the Desolate Ruins is everything in this world, omnipresent, all-encompassing, and it is also destined to be difficult to divide.

But in a sense, the vortex under the present world that contains the nine great sins is the shadow of the Desolate Ruins, and the endless natural disasters of this world are the sins of the Desolate Ruins.

Once the Desolate Ruins also completely become sin-tainted, it means the end of the present world has truly arrived.

And after holding the other supreme goods for thousands of years, the Heavenly Origin, which should have given birth to the strongest sin, met with eternal trauma with the cracking of the Heavenly Pillar, completely splitting and turning into the many fragments of today and the two largest pieces—the Federation and the Empire.

The moment the blade of change fell, the realm of stagnation and decay was completed, but the Heavenly Origin could never be reunited again.

But at the same time, it also made the distinction between rules and chaos completely blurred.

Heavenly Origin and Bai Lu, a pair of supreme goods intertwined and born together, suffer together; the wilderness of Bai Lu could no longer be complete, leading to them no longer being pure, with you in me and me in you.

The sin of Heavenly Origin died in the womb, and the sin of Bai Lu lay dead in the wilderness.

The shadow of the high tower sank under the vortex, never to rise again; those who maintained the rules feared being alienated by the rules, gradually becoming unrecognizable. And the wolf of the wilderness was eaten by the white deer in the forest; hunters and wild beasts hunted each other, and the struggle never ended.

The world has continued to this day with its grace, and has been traumatized to this day.

When a monument is erected, it is destined to add countless scars.

Since the birth of all this, everything seems to be circulating and repeating, sometimes rising, sometimes falling, maintaining on the edge of a cliff, operating precariously.

Swaying and turbulent, heading toward a dark future.

Just like now.

"I understand, what you are worried about is an irredeemable and tragic defeat. But there is one point you haven't figured out..."

Lu Changsheng turned back, facing the deep and dark world behind him, and told them: "The standard of victory or defeat between us and the Anquan Bureau is different."

"For the masters, when things like snakes, insects, rats, and ants appear on the street, they have already lost.

But for us, if we hold onto so-called victory at this moment and flee in a panic, how are we any different from real snakes, insects, rats, and ants?"

"You worry about the consequences, but the consequences are inevitable!"

"Just like our confrontation and war with the enemy at this moment."

"Suppose there was no me, no you, no so-called Sin-Eradicating Cult in the world; this day would still come. Until now, you can still withdraw at any time, just as I promised."

Lu Changsheng grinned, not hiding his mockery: "But after this 'me' is buried in Quancheng, where will you go to find the next 'me'?"

In the long dead silence, the small fish spat out a string of bubbles, the young girl sneered, Jianyuan was indifferent, and Adrian was silent.

In the darkness of the old monk's eyes, a changing light suddenly surged.

"Lu Changsheng—"

His lips opened, the scripture stitches were broken, and wriggling blood spread from the cracks, bringing a decaying and hoarse voice: "What is your pursuit?"

"Need you ask? It's right before your eyes, right at this moment!"

Lu Changsheng spread his arms, showing the turbulent world where darkness and fierce light constantly collided, and laughed: "From the moment the horn sounded, we had already issued a proclamation to this world—"

If the existence of supreme good is an ancient cause, then the birth of the great sin is the inevitable result behind this glory.

If people need to do evil to survive, then doing evil is the right principle. If people need to pursue evil to rise, then pursuing evil is the right path!

"One day, I will turn evil into right!"

That lonely figure overlooked everyone and announced softly to his enemies:

"At that time, in this world, who will be evil?"

Ah, stuck for a whole day, involving a lot of settings and the main plot behind it, it's quite hard to write, please give me a monthly ticket, boohoo. ===== CHAPTER 223 =====