Chapter 761: You Should Kill Me Now

The old man with the illness sighed leisurely.

"That's right, you actually guessed correctly; that is indeed the corpse of a Dao Lord, and he will never be resurrected. You can call him Continuation."

"Forever unable to be resurrected? Then he died at the hands of a Calamity monster."

Li Heng indicated that he was not surprised.

The old man with the illness shook his head, indicating it was different.

He spoke up to explain.

"Admittedly, those who die at the hands of an End monster truly cannot be resurrected and return, but they can leave behind traces of their existence; in a certain sense, this can also be considered a resurrection and return."

"Just like you?" Li Heng asked in surprise.

"That's right, your insight is excellent; it can indeed be understood that way. He originally had the chance to leave behind traces of his existence, but he gave it up—he gave it up for the sake of all living beings in the Great Void."

The old man with the illness had a complex expression.

"Isn't the Time-Space Mother River the trace he left behind?"

Li Heng once again indicated he did not understand.

"But the Time-Space Mother River does not have consciousness like I do."

The old man with the illness said.

"Back then, at the final moment, he did not choose to leave behind a contingency. This was the last time he used the great power of a Dao Lord, using his own self as the foundation to flow out this Time-Space Mother River, and he divided it into infinite eras."

"Perhaps, he really was carrying out the Path of Continuation..."

After listening, Li Heng nodded thoughtfully.

"Then how did he die? And how did you die? Did the two of you die from the same factor? Don't blame me for speaking directly; this is a necessary inquiry."

He asked aloud.

"He and I both died in a war, a Calamity named War."

The old man with the illness was silent for a moment, then spoke.

"A War Calamity? A War Gospel? That shouldn't be right; the strength of the War Gospel isn't that great. On the other hand, that True Reality God that appeared after all the Gospels gathered is somewhat mysterious and Unknown."

Li Heng was somewhat surprised and frowned in thought.

After he advanced, he had investigated the origins of that True Reality God many times, but every time he returned empty-handed. The only thing he could conclude was that the fundamental origin of that True Reality God was not in the Great Void.

"You seem to know something?"

The old man with the illness asked.

Li Heng did not hide it and informed him about the matter of the War Gospel from back then. This was not some secret, and it was better for one more person to know; they could exchange information and share what they had.

The old man with the illness also furrowed his brows after listening.

"So, besides this War Calamity, there are other War Calamities? Could it be that because I completely entered into stillness with this War Calamity, it caused a new War Calamity to be born in the dark to take its place?"

The old man with the illness muttered to himself, revealing a bit of information.

"I have already told you what I know, now..."

Li Heng spoke, but before he could finish, the old man with the illness raised his hand to interrupt him, then nodded and said, "I understand what you said, and I will tell you what I know as well. I only hope you are truly qualified to bear this truth and will not be crushed by it."

"Back then, the Calamity and the monsters arrived suddenly, destroying the foundation of the Great Void. Under those circumstances, we Dao Lords had to intervene to stop them. Among them, one Calamity was closest to Continuation and me, and it was also extremely Terror-inducing, forcing the two of us to join forces."

"But even so, that was only barely holding our own."

"And this situation didn't last long before we were already caught within the scope of this Calamity, trapped in a war; we only realized it after the fact."

"War, what kind of form of expression is that exactly?"

Li Heng asked aloud.

"What kind of form of expression? Do you think that kind of terrifying Calamity would be limited to a single form of expression? It must be all forms of expression! And we Dao Lords are inherently transcendent; whether it is a war between people, a war between man and Heaven, or even a war against oneself, we can easily transcend them," the old man with the illness said.

"Then it should have been very easy."

"Easy? It was indeed easy at first. But until the end, we faced a difficult problem, and that was the war between Continuation and me; the two of us had to fight."

The old man with the illness gave a bitter smile.

"A scene of fratricide? And you went through with it."

Li Heng asked in confusion.

"You shouldn't ask if we went through with it, but rather, how to make the two of us fight without suffering any losses."

The old man with the illness said.

"You really couldn't resist?"

Li Heng was surprised.

"There was no such thing as resistance to begin with. Because it was a very strange experience. Within that War Calamity, Continuation and I were destined to have a battle, and both of us were convinced of one thing: we had to defeat the other. Even if, just a moment before, we had been comrades-in-arms, companions, and were even resisting the War Calamity together."

"Your minds were twisted and altered."

Li Heng evaluated.

"No, no, it should be said that it wasn't the minds that were altered, but Reality that was altered; the root of the Great Void was twisted into war, and everything had to serve the war."

The old man with the illness explained.

"So what happened in the end?" Li Heng asked.

"In the end? Naturally, I won. I was a cut above, and then, as the victor, I killed Continuation and won the final victory of the war."

The old man with the illness said indifferently.

"So you were the one who killed him."

Li Heng was surprised, but only slightly.

The old man with the illness observed Li Heng's expression and never found any major fluctuations. "It seems you latecomers really have plenty of confidence; aren't you afraid that I am also a monster, a monster twisted by the Calamity? No wonder you address a Dao Lord as a fellow Daoist."

He sighed and said.

"So are you a monster?"

Li Heng's expression was calm.

"No rush, no rush. Once I finish speaking, you will have your answer."

"After I killed Existence, Existence still had a final shred of strength left, and then he abandoned everything, evolved into the Time-Space Mother River, divided infinite eras, and ran away like a coward!"

"Leaving me alone to face this war!"

"Don't you think that guy Existence is a coward!"

As the sick old man spoke, he grew increasingly angry and roared out.

"But you just made it sound like Existence was very Great."

Li Heng was light and breezy.

"Greatness and being a coward do not conflict. In short, that is how it is. Perhaps that guy Existence saw something, knew some future, and threw all the difficult problems onto me."

"And at that time, as the victor of the war, I actually fit the laws of the War Calamity, and as a Dao Lord, I unexpectedly became the Proxy for this Calamity. It's just that if the Proxy does not die, the Calamity will not end. So I chose to commit suicide and buried myself in that grave mound."

"But you also know that Calamities and monsters are immortal and indestructible. I also realized that once they determine their Proxy is completely dead, they will abandon this Proxy, so I could not let myself die completely."

The sick old man said.

"So, did you die or not? Give me a straight answer."

Li Heng said.

"Dead, he is indeed dead, only I remain!"

"He is also a coward, just like that Existence!"

After the sick old man finished speaking, his face became ferocious.

"So, latecomer, you should kill me now."

He quickly returned to calm again, looked at Li Heng, and said.