Chapter 69: You Are My Only Believer. (Second Update)

【Regarding Tianxiang's words, you do not agree with them in your heart.】

【No matter what Heavenly Dao's starting point is, the methods used by Heavenly Dao to achieve this goal are by no means righteous.】

【Even if they use this method and achieve the result they want, can it really last?】

【There is so much malice and evil in the world; as long as such things exist, the strife between people, between humans and demons, and between humans and gods can never stop.】

【Because everyone's position is different, many times what seems correct to oneself is not necessarily correct from another person's perspective.】

【Everyone has their own way of thinking; it is impossible to force one's own thinking onto everyone else to create a world with so-called uniform views.】

【After the Four Thousand Bureau, you seemed to perceive the great catastrophe of Heaven and Earth that would occur in ten years.】

【A sense of urgent pressure rose in your heart.】

【Not long after, the Drought Demon appeared in Jiangdu City; it was a child with a red body, looking just like a doll.】

【As soon as it descended, the soil beneath its feet dried up and cracked.】

【You seemed to have no leisure to discuss grand principles with anyone; in front of Tianxiang, you used the simplest and crudest method to cast an array to bind it, then used the Five Elements Bead to put the Drought Demon inside.】

【This Heaven and Earth has only given you ten years of time.】

【And the coincidence is.】

【After you burned through your lifespan and mastered the Four Thousand Bureau, your remaining lifespan happened to be exactly ten years.】

【At this moment, you finally realized that you are the Heaven-chosen, and the only one.】

【Zhenyuan Calendar Year 134.】

【Heavenly Dao triggered the Demon Calamity to enter the world, inciting another war between the Demon Race and the Human Race.】

【The previous Demon Slaughter Order had already driven the Demon Race out of the Nine Provinces; a large number of demons slowly returned to the barren lands where they once lived.】

【You have unlocked a brand new regional map.】

On Gu Jiangming's world map, apart from the Nine Provinces where the Human Race had long resided, several areas appeared that looked like barren lands devoid of grass just by looking at the map.

【"From now on, trample and slaughter the demons before your eyes to your heart's content."】

【"Just as they treated us a hundred years ago, thousands of years ago."】

【Because of its stance on the Demon Slaughter Order and its astonishing strength that surpassed other human cultivators, Heavenly Dao quickly won over a group of cultivators within the Nine Provinces.】

【Many cultivators were willing to work for Heavenly Dao.】

【Heavenly Dao opened twelve Halls to the outside world, recruited these cultivators, issued many trivial and ordinary tasks for them, and provided generous cultivation resources.】

【The cultivators of the Nine Provinces have increased their standing with Heavenly Dao.】

【Zhenyuan Calendar Year 135, you began to travel through the Nine Provinces, searching for and perfecting all your destiny traits after the Four Thousand Bureau.】

【You once frolicked with mischievous children.】

【You also discussed scriptures and the Dao with a mad monk.】

【You once wielded a brush and splashed ink.】

【You also chatted freely with small demons in the countryside.】

【Some people like you, some fear you, some are wary of you, some slander you, some want to see through you, and some silently avoid you.】

【Zhenyuan Calendar Year 136, the relationship between the Demon Race and the Human Race completely broke down, and both sides launched another war.】

【Hundred Demons Night Parade!!!!!!】

【Under the call of the Hundred Demons Night Parade, even ancient giant demons who did not want to get involved had to accept the summons of the Demon Race.】

【This is the rule.】

【A rule that must be respected.】

【If, in the case of a large number of demons responding, one refuses the summons of the Hundred Demons Night Parade, then as a member of the Demon Race, one will lose the great fortune of the Demon Race.】

【Fortune represents a demon's weight within this group.】

【When you abandon such a summons, you lose the lofty status you originally enjoyed within the Demon Race.】

【At best, your realm will drop; at worst, it will implicate your clan and even your descendants.】

【Some ancient giant demons who did not want to get involved were forced to enter the fray, and after this battle, human cultivators suffered heavy losses.】

【The Hundred Demons Night Parade greatly boosted the momentum of the Demon Race, which once caused the Demon Race to think of restoring the glorious past when the Nine Provinces were ruled by the Demon Race.】

【And in order to 'continue' the future of the Human Race, some people found the gods and prayed for them not to stand by and watch, but to help the people of the Nine Provinces resist the erosion of the human world by this Hundred Demons Night Parade.】

【However, gods also need to abide by their own rules and principles; rashly getting involved in this situation is very likely to put themselves in mortal danger.】

【Self-preservation is the correct way to avoid the great catastrophe.】

【"This is a grievance between you humans and demons; it has nothing to do with the gods."】

【Zhenyuan Calendar Year 137, after many gods confirmed their stance and made it clear they would stand by and watch, the Demon Race, under the great momentum stirred up by the Hundred Demons Night Parade, swept across the entire Nine Provinces.】

【For a time, the Nine Provinces were shrouded in darkness and blood; most demons could not escape their nature of eating human flesh and blood.】

【In a short period of time, the number of mortals plummeted by thirty percent because of this.】

【When the Demon Race and the Human Race went to war, the Human Race was forced to divide the land and rule with the Demon Race; at that time, they found the gods, but the gods were unwilling to help.】

【From beginning to end, the Human Race was the weaker side, yet there was never any justice, never any fairness to speak of.】

【"Why... must we be bullied by demons?"】

【On this day, people lost their awe and faith in the gods.】

【"If the gods cannot protect their believers, cannot guard their people, then we do not want gods!"】

【The Human Race lost their faith in the gods.】

【From now on, the gods will not receive human faith and will lose their divine power.】

【And from the moment they lose their divine power, Heaven and Earth will no longer protect these gods.】

In Jiu Jiu's screen.

A line of text popped up.

【You have lost your divine position and gained a body of freedom; your cultivation will no longer be fixed and can be improved freely, but at the same time, you lose the protection of Heaven and Earth.】

Jiu Jiu strongly opposed the attitude of the gods standing idly by; no matter what, the gods should step forward to mediate and end this meaningless war, but among the gods, there were too many with a higher status than hers.

Her voice did not carry much weight among these gods, so Jiu Jiu could not influence the changes in the overall situation.

And in Gu Jiangming's scene.

There appeared a familiar figure.

【"Pan Yu, you are my only Believer."】

【You do not know what magic Princess Long Xi used to find you, nor do you know how she broke free from the constraints of the South Sea.】

【She looked at you and spoke quietly.】

【"Let us go together."】

【"I will protect you until you die with me."】

【"Right now, it is dangerous outside. Come back to the South Sea with me, to my Dragon Palace."】

【You lowered your eyes and said, "I cannot go."】

【"Why?" Long Xi asked, puzzled.】

【"Because this is the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth, it is my calamity, it is humanity's calamity; I cannot hide from it, I cannot avoid it, I must face the calamity."】

【You finally realized that not every monster harbors good intentions, and the truth that the Heavenly Dao wanted to tell you is that monsters rely on eating humans to improve their cultivation, and cultivators likewise rely on eating humans to improve their cultivation.】

【It is just that cultivators are more decent than monsters.】

【"The Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth."】

【"Will you die because of it?" she asked.】

【"Perhaps, perhaps not, but everyone has to die, don't they?"】

【You said calmly, "Since I am human, entering the world to face the calamity, what is there to fear?"】

【"No, you cannot die."】

【"You are my only Believer; if you die, I will be a god with no one to worship me."】

【"Take this."】

【Long Xi took out a precious bead that looked like a scale, shimmering brilliantly before your eyes.】

【"With it, you will be able to survive this calamity."】

【There was no smile on her face, no change; you could not feel whether she was joyful or sorrowful, but you felt a sense of sincerity.】

【Long Xi truly regarded you as her most cherished Believer.】

【And you had never seen a god like her before.】

(End of chapter)