Chapter 242: All Immortals Depart

"Hun Tian Yi never targeted the human race."

I only realized what happened at the very last moment, so I had no time to warn anyone.

Perhaps I warned one or two people, but all perished when the Beast God attained immortality, leaving not a single word behind.

"Yet, whether the Beast God's race or the human race, both were within His calculations."

Had the humans won back then, it would now be entangled with this world's Hun Tian Yi.

"According to you, then why did He scheme against both the humans and the Beast God's race?"

"His goal, naturally, is Xi and the Beast God." Xu Xing stopped walking. "Hun Tian Yi's level is extremely high, yet bound by the Dao of Heaven. To break free from the Dao and gain freedom, He must seize the essence of the victor after the two races' great war."

The Hun Tian Yi of the Beast God Realm is far inferior to that of the Tai Xuan Realm; if He manifested directly, He could at most reach the Cave Truth realm.

Moreover, those of the Cave Truth level are far easier to attain than True Immortals.

Thus, although the number of Cave Truth cultivators among the two races back then wasn't vast, it certainly wasn't small.

Personally intervening carried too great a risk—if the Cave Truth cultivators of either race accidentally discovered His intent, He might end up like the Tai Xuan Realm's Hun Tian Yi, extracted and sealed away.

After all, although Hun Tian Yi's level is high, He is bound by the Dao of Heaven and has almost no capacity to resist.

Fortunately, the humans and the Beast God's race already despised each other and constantly fought, so He secretly stoked the flames.

Until both races produced two near-immortal Cave Truth beings: Xi and the Beast God.

Then came the great war.

After the Beast God's victory, Hun Tian Yi spared no cost to assist Him in attaining immortality and seized His essence.

But He met fierce resistance, and has been entangled with the Beast God ever since.

Xu Xing briefly recounted everything that had transpired in the Beast God Realm. The four listened, growing more and more stunned, and at the end, stood frozen in place, motionless.

"Without Hun Tian Yi's interference, the Beast God could never have attained immortality, and no human cultivator above the Return to Void realm would have died."

"Perhaps after Xi's defeat, the humans' situation would have been harder—but not reduced to their current state of decay."

At that time, though Xi was the only near-immortal Cave Truth cultivator among the humans, there were still some ordinary Cave Truth cultivators.

If they had truly wished to flee, even a Cave Truth Beast God would have struggled to stop them.

But after becoming immortal, the situation was entirely different.

The four stood in silence for a long while before finally snapping out of it.

"Master Master Jianzu, since you come from the Immortal Realm, how do you know all this?"

It sounded absurd, yet they all had a feeling.

This was the truth.

"Just call me 'Senior.'"

Xu Xing turned to look at them: "After entering this realm, I naturally perceive its past. Though some parts are obscured by that 'Immortal Hun Tian Yi,' I can still piece together what happened."

Perceive this realm's past…

But that was ten thousand years ago!

The four felt numb inside.

"Next, I will transmit to you a technique that can somewhat weaken the Dao Net's locking ability."

As he spoke, a scripture flowed through the minds of the four—The Method of Cutting Off Jie Fa Bi Tian.

Before the four could react, Xu Xing continued:

"Decide for yourselves what to do. I won't interfere."

"Moreover, this technique only works on the current Dao Net. If the Immortal Hun Tian Yi notices and alters the Dao Net, this method will lose its effect."

The four were utterly absorbed, lost in the depths of The Method of Cutting Off Jie Fa Bi Tian.

Hearing this, their expressions changed.

If it becomes useless the moment the Immortal Hun Tian Yi notices… then…

"Therefore, I will cut Him—and the Dao Net—with one sword." Xu Xing's gaze swept over them, then turned toward the distance. "Your task is to endure, using this technique, until the day my several Dao companions arrive."

As for what the humans of the Beast God Realm will do, Xu Xing will not overstep.

"…."

Hope had suddenly appeared, yet came with countless restrictions.

After a long while, the man of the Fu Guang lineage cleared his thoughts and stepped forward: "May I ask, Senior Master Jianzu, when will your other seniors arrive?"

Xu Xing withdrew his gaze: "Because of my arrival, the Immortal Hun Tian Yi has grown desperate and altered the flow of time. To you, it will take a very long time."

Altered the world's flow of time… so it will take a very long time…

He stepped back, his heart filled with confusion. He had thought that inheriting Xi's power would give the humans a chance at revival—but now it seemed…

The four minds were tangled in chaos.

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Tai Xuan Realm, Qing Xu.

Within the Return Home Lab.

Everyone had heard Xu Xing's explanation of what had transpired in the Beast God Realm.

"The Hun Tian Yi of the Beast God Realm is quite clever," Xiang Yuanjun sighed.

Not only did He achieve His goal, but the humans within the realm still believe in obeying Heaven's timing.

"It's not surprising—the Tai Xuan Realm's Hun Tian Yi had no choice," Xu Xing shook his head slightly.

In the early days of the Beast God Realm, the humans and the Beast God's race were nearly equal in strength.

But the Tai Xuan Realm was different…

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The Cang clan dominates alone; 'Heaven' had no choice if it wished to break free from the Dao's restrictions.

"True enough."

"Now we can only hope the human race of the Beast God Realm truly holds out until we arrive," Huo sighed.

Brother Dao has won a thread of hope with a single sword strike, and left behind a cultivation method to weaken the Dao Net's lock."

If that's the case, they won't last until we reach them..."

The Beast God Realm is not like the Tai Xuan Realm, where true immortals of our own realm restrain it."

If the 'Heavenly Will Immortal' completely erases them..."

Even if we later cleanse the Beast God Realm, nothing can be undone."

"Let's go."

Kui withdrew his gaze from the Realm Evolution Apparatus and vanished instantly.

Huo nodded slightly, then also vanished.

"Brother Dao, won't you worry about me?" Master Mei Zu asked with a grin.

"I will."

"Huh?!"

Master Mei Zu froze, as if she hadn't expected Xu Xing to actually answer.

"I'm leaving."

But Bie Xuening seized her slender wrist and vanished from the Tai Xuan Realm in a sharp blade of light.

"Wait! I still..."

Master Mei Zu's half-sentence echoed inside the lab, but she was already gone, taken by Bie Xuening.

Xiang Yuanjun smiled lightly: "Brother Dao, I shall set off now."

"Mm. Safe travels."

The next instant, as if pulled away, Xiang Yuanjun's figure grew fainter until she vanished completely.

Xu Xing gazed at the lab now empty except for himself and Yue Ying, and a thought flashed through his mind.

If nothing goes wrong, the Beast God Clan members killed by Xiang Yuanjun this time will surely be the most yet.

Weak...

Soft, yes, very soft—but...

Xu Xing suppressed his scattered thoughts and walked to the Realm Evolution Apparatus.

As for the Beast God Realm, all that could be done has been done; now it rests with the human race of that world.

As he thought this, Xu Xing's mind stirred.

Besides the Beast God Realm, progress in the other two worlds has been encouraging.

In the technology world, with his Sword Intent spiritual avatar guiding the revival of the transcendent, humans have gradually begun walking the cultivation path.

And they've fused it with local technology, forming a unique Scientific-Martial cultivation system.

In that transcendent world, the third human Nascent Soul cultivator is about to be born.

If nothing goes wrong, the first one to ascend will soon arrive in the Tai Xuan Realm. (End of Chapter)