Chapter 308: Han Paopao

Su Xiao: "Retreat, or advance?"

Hu Yifei: "I bet it's advance! In Han Tianzun's stories, he always seemed to retreat, but in truth, he was always advancing. Hehe, if he had the chance, would he not take it?"

Xiao Mai: "What about the danger? I remember Han Tianzun was most afraid of danger."

Su Xiao: "You've forgotten our chat group. With Chat Jun backing us up, danger doesn't exist!"

Han Paopao: "【claps】 Well said! With the chat group as our backing, why retreat?"

Han Paopao: "At least one Great Luo position—what a massive benefit. Isn't it just being the Dao's blade? Others want to be it, but can't even manage!"

Su Xiao: "See? That's what I call professionalism!"

Jiegeng: "But if it comes to this, many will die. The struggle among myriad clans—how brutal it is."

Zhang Taixuan: "Jiegeng, don't dwell too much on this. Even if Han Daoyou doesn't choose to press forward, the divine slaughter calamity in his world is unavoidable anyway."

Zhang Taixuan: "In fact, in any great world, the divine slaughter calamity is utterly unavoidable."

Zhang Sanfeng: "Does this mean…?"

Zhang Junbao: "Will all our worlds eventually face the divine slaughter calamity?!"

Yue Buqun: "No way?! That's terrifying."

Su Xiao: "Why?"

Zhang Taixuan: "The reason is cruel. Take cultivation civilization as an example—civilization's evolution requires a vast number of cultivators! But once a world successfully ascends to a great world, these countless cultivators have fulfilled their purpose, become worthless, even pests threatening cosmic balance."

Zhang Taixuan: "Then the divine slaughter calamity arrives."

Su Xiao: "In short, gloves used up are thrown away!"

Ye Hei: "That's an eerily accurate summary, Su Xiao. Thanks—I feel… damn, really miserable. So the Dao is just a capitalist who kicks the ladder away after climbing."

Hu Yifei: "Though hard to accept, this is likely the truth."

Zhang Junbao: "So does this mean my disciples and their disciples will one day turn on each other, falling in countless numbers?"

Zhang Sanfeng: "Probably. If the Dao Jun speaks truly, this is hard to avoid."

Su Xiao: "Cheer up, cheer up—it's still far off! Just protect those close to you. Others? Cosmic evolution—how can any individual stop it?"

Hu Yifei: "The grand tide of heaven and earth rolls like a raging flood—no human force can resist it."

Ying Zheng: "Though cruel, there's no alternative. We can't refuse to spread martial ways or refuse to elevate our world, can we?"

Ying Zheng #2: "Indeed!"

Su Xiao: "By the way, is this why, in the Honghuang legends, Yuanshi and Taishang didn't take many disciples?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Possibly. Yuanshi took disciples sparingly; Laozi took only one. Hehe, when heaven and earth come to settle accounts, they won't be targeted."

Su Xiao: "So if you say it this way, Tongtian Jiaozhu may be tragic and terrifyingly powerful, but he didn't see the future—he's slightly behind these two in cultivation."

Zhang Taixuan: "That's not necessarily a gap in cultivation—it's determined by the Jie Sect's doctrine. Didn't you forget how Tongtian Jiaozhu established his Dao? He seized a sliver of heaven and earth's vitality. He may have seen the future, but without founding the Jie Sect, how could he attain Dao? It's unavoidable."

Su Xiao: "Right—both are Saints; it's not that Tongtian couldn't see the future. He just had no choice!"

Xiong Ba: "Saw the future… then sent his disciples into the pit? This…"

Yue Buqun: "Could this be a conspiracy?"

Hu Yifei: "Not necessarily a conspiracy. Tongtian needed to attain Dao and establish a sect; the Jie Sect immortals lacked a guide—they needed a master. The two sides fit perfectly: a win-win. As for their eventual fall in the cosmic calamity? That's normal. What endeavor has no risk?"

Han Paopao: "True enough. The path of cultivation is riddled with killing intent. Even knowing the future's end, I believe Jie Sect disciples would still choose to become Tongtian's disciples. Because, like him, they had no choice!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Enough of this nonsense. These matters are too distant—we haven't even become immortals yet, and you're already worrying about the divine slaughter calamity? Aren't you overthinking?"

Zhang Sanfeng: "That's true! If you're going to worry about the divine slaughter calamity, first become an immortal!"

Xiong Ba: "【suddenly realizes】 Seems I worried too soon!"

Ye Hei: "By the way, since the Dao Jun can see the origin of spiritual roots, can you modify them?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Yes, if you master the Dao of Creation."

Su Xiao: "Isn't that restricted by heaven and earth? Even this can be changed?!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Heaven and earth never fixed spiritual roots. Later-stage cultivators can even complete their spiritual roots!"

Han Paopao: "The Dao certainly doesn't need to rigidly restrict spiritual roots. Even if you fix the spiritual root, heavenly tribulations and struggles remain—achieving immortality is still ten thousand miles away!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Correct."

Su Xiao: "Then what are we waiting for? I want a spiritual root too!"

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Zhang Taixuan: "【speechless】 Heaven and earth haven't restricted you—why are you restricting yourself?"

Ye Hei: "This request is weird."

Hu Yifei: "Someone actually binds their own hands?"

Gai Baily: "Does Xiao have some peculiar hobby?"

Su Xiao: "Don't spiritual roots have benefits? Their spiritual energy affinity is pretty good, right?"

Zhang Taixuan: "That's true! Spiritual roots aren't useless—at least they positively affect spiritual energy assimilation and affinity. I'll try to create a method to condense spiritual roots. But if this is for a great world, don't spread it widely. @Han Paopao"

Su Xiao: "What if you spread it? Heaven and earth didn't restrict spiritual roots, did they?"

Han Paopao: "This might be different."

Zhang Taixuan: "Heaven and earth didn't fix spiritual roots—but if you widely spread the method to condense them, you're slapping the Dao's face. Then you'll have plenty of shoes to wear!"

Zhang Sanfeng: "This is what's called defying heaven. It looks like saving all beings, but you end up standing against heaven and earth."

Zhang Junbao: "Good grief—if Miss Su lived in a cultivation world, she'd probably kill herself in no time."

Hu Yifei: "【laughing hysterically】 Xiao is bringing modern-world ideas of equality into a cultivation world. The Immortal Dao is fundamentally different from human Dao!"

Su Xiao: "This is called defying heaven?!"

Gai Baily: "Isn't it—when heaven and earth impose restrictions, you break them! I'm stronger than heaven and earth—I, Su Xiao, will rebel against heaven and earth! 【Good grief】"

Xiao Mai: "It's like the boss says 'overtime,' and you fire everyone. The employees understand you—but the boss won't be happy. And heaven and earth? Far more vicious than any boss—with life-and-death power."

Su Xiao: "【Shivering】 I don't think I'm suited for cultivation—it's too mentally exhausting!"

Han Paopao: "Read more books, give fewer suggestions. I'm truly afraid that if I listen to your advice, the Dao of Heaven will erase me."

Ye Hei: "We should establish a group rule: be cautious when taking Su Xiao's advice—otherwise, consequences are on your own head."

Su Xiao: "Am I really that weak? Do we really need a group rule for this? Isn't this going to make me socially dead across all realms?!"

Xiao Mai: "Who cares? Anyway, you're just a comedic girl. 【Laughing loudly】"

Su Xiao: "Xiao Mai, aren't we best friends? How could you say that about me!! I won't get up until I get ten points—waaah…"