Chapter 524: Giving Up Those Who Do Not Belong To You

"That's right, I would be willing to act as a pawn in someone else's hands, and even persuade the Emperor to allow me to mobilize military forces to assist in your capture..."

Dai Mubai revealed a faint smile and said, "It is not that I am ungrateful, but that I know I am doing something greater. If I can succeed, it will be the most glorious moment of my life; compared to this, the friendship between you and me is simply not worth mentioning."

"Why don't you tell me, what exactly is so great?" Qin Jian said.

How could he possibly believe such high-sounding words? There are so few people in this world who would sacrifice themselves for a greater cause; most people are merely holding up the banner of a greater cause to seek profit for themselves.

"I cannot tell you, but if you cooperate, you will soon know what it is," Dai Mubai said.

"How do I need to cooperate? What damage will it do to me?"

Seeing that he could not get any more information out, Qin Jian went straight to the point.

"It will do you no damage, it just requires you to give up some things."

Dai Mubai said, "As long as you follow your true heart and give up those things that were never meant to belong to you, then you will be free from your shackles, and we will also get what we want."

Qin Jian's gaze was neither sad nor happy, and he remained silent.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Just at this moment, the Dark Gold Cage slowly expanded, its light growing increasingly intense, gradually filling Qin Jian's field of vision, leaving him unable to see anything else, only that sky-filling light.

"Qin Jian..."

A majestic voice rang out; one could not determine if it was male or female, nor could one determine where it came from.

"Let go of what does not originally belong to you..."

"You will attain eternal life..."

The cliché-ridden words made Qin Jian instantly lose his immersion, though he remained composed on the surface.

"What does not belong to me?" Qin Jian asked indifferently.

"Those... people... whom you intend to force into your life, violating the rules."

The voice echoed continuously in the surroundings, and the light before Qin Jian's eyes grew ever stronger; gradually, individual figures emerged.

The first one made his body and mind tremble.

"Rongrong?!"

In a graceful dress, with a gentle and lovely face, she stood quietly before his eyes, looking at his face as if with infinite longing.

"Brother Jian... let go... I never belonged to you..."

Her voice seemed to come from beyond the heavens, but the words she spoke made Qin Jian frown.

Without waiting for his response, the figure before him changed into the Ice and Snow-like figure of Shui Bing'er: "Jianjian... you should let go... you and I were not meant to have this chapter..."

Next was Zhu Zhuqing: "Qin Jian... the pet thing was all a lie... our relationship... has already ended..."

Huo Wu: "Since you cannot have only me... then let go..."

Xiao Wu: "Brother... I was never destined to be with you... let us be siblings..."

Hu Liena: "Falling for you... seems to be a mistake... we should break up, shouldn't we..."

Xue Qinghe: "The Empress's words were merely a joke... Little Brother Qin need not take them seriously..."

Bibi Dong: "Qin Jian... my intent is to dominate the world... I have no interest in matters of the heart..."

The last person... Qin Jian did not recognize.

Her figure was hazy and indistinct, and she did not match anyone in his memory.

She stood quietly, seemingly not looking at him: "Countless years of guarding... my life has long since not belonged to myself... please do not intrude upon my life..."

Qin Jian remained silent.

"Do you... understand?"

That initial, ethereal voice sounded once more.

"What should I understand?"

Qin Jian blinked his innocent eyes.

"......"

The voice paused for a moment before slowly saying again: "They do not belong to you... they are what you must abandon... do you understand?"

"Why?" Qin Jian said nonchalantly.

"Think about the Assessment you are undergoing..."

This sentence made Qin Jian's heart shake violently: "Assessment?"

"Yes... every part of the Assessment is telling you... only by severing relationships... can you become stronger... is that not so?" the voice said.

Qin Jian was finally no longer calm.

He took a deep breath and said slowly: "I have already separated from them before."

"But you have never completely severed ties... you should not remain entangled with them..."

"Doing so... is a desecration of the rules..."

Qin Jian was silent for a long time before saying again: "So, your appearance is because I did not completely break off every relationship, and did not sever ties with each one of them?"

"Correct..."

"The God Position Assessment cannot be cheated..."

"You... have exploited too many loopholes..."

Qin Jian twitched the corner of his mouth; for some reason, he felt like laughing.

But his mood also became very heavy.

Could it be that the rules truly cannot be defied, and he must completely break up with them?

All along, he had harbored doubts about this, not knowing if he could still be with them after becoming a god.

And now, this unknown voice had once again intensified his sense of insecurity.

"To become a god... you must let go... do you understand..."

The ethereal voice sounded once more.

Qin Jian remained silent for a long time.

"Once you let go completely... your strength will truly be elevated..."

Qin Jian still did not speak.

"Let go..."

This time, the owner of the voice did not wait for his response.

The final female figure from before appeared before his eyes: "Give up our future, how about it?"

Qin Jian looked at this hazy, completely unrecognizable figure, was silent for a moment, and slowly opened his mouth: "Fine."

Hum!

Before the words had even faded, the entire dark golden space shone brilliantly, as if celebrating for him.

Bang, bang, bang...

The figure before his eyes shattered bit by bit like a mirror, yet she seemed to smile: "Thank you..."

Following her disappearance, the slender and perfect figure of Bibi Dong appeared before his eyes.

"Qin Jian, let me go, let me go pursue what I want, is that alright?" she said with a smile.

Qin Jian was silent for a moment, then, meeting her hopeful face, said softly: "No."

Her face stiffened: "Are you sure?"

"Sure," said Qin Jian.

If it were someone he hadn't established a relationship with, he wouldn't care, but for someone he had already built feelings with, he simply could not let go.

Hiss!

The next moment, eight Spider Legs unfurled from behind Bibi Dong, all piercing into his heart at once.

"Pfft!"

The tearing pain instantly submerged Qin Jian's entire mind; after the Spider Legs were retracted, he knelt on one knee, sweat like rain on his forehead, sliding down his face and falling to the ground.

Bibi Dong's figure slowly disappeared.

That ethereal voice sounded once more: "Do you see? If you do not abandon them, you will surely have no good end in the end."

The owner of the voice waited for a long time, seemingly waiting for Qin Jian's answer, but Qin Jian only said: "Oh..."

"..."

The light of shadows flickered again before him, slowly taking the form of Xue Qinghe.

Qin Jian stood up to look at him, without hesitation: "If you are a man, then don't ask; I give up."

Xue Qinghe: "..."

The figure disappeared, and the next moment, Hu Liena appeared.

"The vixen will always belong to me; don't even think about escaping," said Qin Jian.

A short sword was plunged into his chest, and Hu Liena disappeared...

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(End of this chapter)