Chapter 128: and translation of chapter title

No matter what you think, in short, you cannot change the fact that the Four Tribes War is underway……

Along with the mutual attrition of the lower front lines, your and the Three Ancestors' cultivation is steadily advancing—you kill them, they kill you, and under the Three Ancestors' deliberate control, the casualty ratio between the two sides remains extremely favorable.

It looks as if your side is overwhelmingly beating the three others, which inevitably makes public sentiment extremely optimistic……

But you clearly know that all of this is an illusion!

What decides the victory or defeat of the Primordial War is always the highest echelon of combat power; now the Three Ancestors actively share benefits with you, causing your cultivation and theirs to never pull apart…… This is fatal!

Because you know full well that the Three Ancestors could never permanently share benefits with you; they three are a pre‑formed alliance, while you are a halfway‑joined interloper like Cheng Yaojin, so sooner or later the two sides will have to settle the score.

Ancestor Phoenix suddenly said:

"After all, we don't know much about this thing called spirituality; all our current conclusions are merely the results of our own trials."

Compared to that, Rahu's variable is still the bigger factor!

As for Hongjun?

"You naturally wouldn't believe his disclaimer, but since he refuses to admit it, there's no need for you to insist on holding onto it."

The enduring Kirin Cliff, as ever the Three Phantasmal Gods……

"No way?"

"But this time, how did it end up seeming like an external aid to our side?"

"Soon after, taking advantage of Rahu's renewed slaughter on the Western Wasteland battlefield, the Three Ancestors decisively joined forces to come and completely erase this variable!"

……

At some point, Rahu again slaughtered the three tribes on the Southern Wasteland battlefield; the nearest Ancestor Phoenix took the lead, wielding Southern Bright Separating Fire with his Great Luo Peak cultivation to engage him in battle, attempting to slay Rahu alone!

"Confused as you are, you can only once again direct your doubtful gaze toward Hongjun: similar appearance, different conduct……"

"In the previous main storyline, I did not independently create a faction opposed to the three tribes, and Hongjun did not join our side either, so Rahu is a Chaotic Evil, wildly promoting 'equality of all beings' on the three‑tribe battlefield!"

Three people!

Now both sides have three persons each; this match will probably be harder to fight……

"Seniors, where did this Rahu suddenly come from?"

Ancestor Kirin is completely bewildered this time; first came a puzzling Elder Jiao Ming snatching the rice bowl, and now another strange demon ancestor Rahu pops up to wreck the stall.

Ancestor Dragon finds it somewhat hard to understand:

The Three Ancestors completely disregarded Elder Hongjun……

"Rahu wields a long spear; in a single battle he beheaded over a hundred million slaves of the three tribes, and strung a second‑generation dragon seed onto a skewer—this is also the first second‑generation powerhouse to have died in the war thus far!"

"Seeing Rahu's pill, I am greatly puzzled: clearly in his past life he could single‑handedly match the combined strength of the Three Ancestors, yet this lifetime's Rahu has not reached such power."

"Could it be that this Rahu is an external aid you summoned?"

Ancestor Dragon and Ancestor Phoenix stared at each other:

Heh! Just an outdated old thing, not worth mentioning!

When our side formally confronts Jiao Ming, that mere old thing lagging behind us by an entire major realm will explode on the spot if he dares to glance at us a second time, and if he gets closer, the Southern Bright Separating Fire will melt him.

"You silently think: Quasi‑Saint!"

Just wait for the gold coins to explode!

"The sole possible cause of all these changes is Hongjun's utterly different faction choice between his past and present lives."

"I think it's not a big problem."

"In short, Jiao Ming can be put off for now; he's already fallen into our trap and can't escape the plan…… We should still eliminate this weird Rahu first, to avoid variables!"

"Under the limit of sentient numbers, they can at most advance to Quasi‑Saint in the short term, while my lineage is so numerous that I might be able to surge into an even higher Saint realm!"

Are we really the local tyrants of the Primordial wilderness? I haven't even time‑traveled……

"The more you think, the more plausible it seems, and your gaze toward Hongjun grows increasingly strange: 'Is Rahu truly unrelated to you?'"

You ask me?

I know jack shit!

"Rahu, where exactly are you……"

"Since Rahu is seizing our spirituality, perhaps he can utilize spirituality just like we do!"

"How dare you groundlessly sully someone's purity?!"

"Not necessarily!"

"After a great battle, Rahu ultimately found his two fists no match for six hands, and could only flee in defeat."

Thus, an operation targeting Rahu was launched.

But after all, he is an elder of one side; Ancestor Dragon pondered a bit and said:

"What we should consider now is not Rahu's origin, but how to deal with him, Jiao Ming, and Hongjun—the three of them!"

"You naturally feel sorrow for the innocent victims of the three tribes, but if you cannot win this Four Tribes War concerning the fate of all sentient beings, the innocent dead and the enslaved can only increase."

"You self‑mock, realizing that your talent and decisiveness are quite ordinary, and you truly are not suited to hold a high position."

What the heck is this?!

"Of course, not understanding it doesn't change the fact that, faced with an obviously beneficial Rahu about to withdraw, you still decide to lend him a hand!"

"When the news came out, the three elders were shocked and dismayed, but what left them even more doubtful was that this Rahu actually killed only the three tribes and spared your Jiao Ming faction……"

Ancestor Phoenix's decisive slaughter proposal gained the unanimous approval of the two:

Indeed, Jiao Ming is merely a little bird caught in a net; just wait for the right moment and we can take him down.

"The Three Ancestors dare not act rashly, and you, after your surprise turned to confusion, because you clearly recall that Rahu is a Chaotic Evil who slaughters without distinction—any battlefield personnel, he lets none go, championing 'equality of all beings.'"

……

"To break this dead‑end situation, only a deus ex machina will do—for example, Rahu."

Ancestor Phoenix analyzed:

Although it's three versus three, we all have the method of attaining Dao through bloodline, and among the three of them only Jiao Ming is a problem; as long as we drag it out until the next realm...

No!

……

A battle between two Great Luo powerhouses, showing no mercy, naturally shook the Southern Wasteland; just the fire and demonic qi that sprayed out killed at least one trillion beings.

Your thoughts have become even more chaotic, and you have tacitly allied yourself with someone like Rahu who slaughters wantonly…… Does this mean your own views have become twisted……

Rahu is wrong! He's also a big problem!

"This is a necessary sacrifice!"

This problem is very serious; the other two, upon realizing this, immediately had grim expressions.

Rahu: I fucking came!

Your cultivation is getting ever closer to the Quasi-Sage realm, the people's great victories are increasing, everyone's mood is improving, yet you, the leader, are becoming ever more desperate.

Then when exactly would that be?

Once the four of us together reach the Quasi-Sage realm, Hongjun, this external aid of ours who is only at Great Luo level, will become completely useless; at that point, the Three Ancestors will surround you alone, and you will have no hope of survival……

Hongjun also followed closely behind, and he was even more anxious than you……

This means that the beings slaughtered by Rahu didn't just die simply; even their souls were taken away by him!

Leaving aside whether the soul has consciousness and would naturally despise its killer, speaking of the soul's affiliation, isn't it only able to follow the bloodline……

Hongjun the old Daoist shook his head decisively, refusing to acknowledge your guess, and solemnly declared: Rahu, this sort of wanton slaughterer of beings, we must clearly draw a line against him!

If Rahu could be used in some other way, that wouldn't be impossible……

In your day‑after‑day silent longing, that blue person finally appeared……

If he takes away our souls, our path cannot possibly succeed; moreover, I have a very bad premonition……

Time trickled by.

Moreover, having Rahu as an external aid isn't bad……

Don't you feel it? The souls of the slaves he killed have not returned to our bloodline's source.

Because our clan's sudden emergence seized a huge number of spirits that should have been slaves of the three clans, if we truly compare numbers, our potential is absolutely greater than theirs.

So the Three Ancestors will, while controlling the casualty ratio, look for a suitable time to kill themselves, and that most suitable time is the Quasi‑Sage moment.

At some point, you suddenly received a frontline battle report: a self‑styled Rahu powerhouse appeared on the four‑clans battlefield, and as soon as he made a move, he shocked the entire wilderness!

Zu Qilin shook his head:

In this life, I have not only independently established a faction but also dragged Hongjun onto the chariot, so Rahu has become, in a sense, our external aid—he only kills the three clans, not our faction……

But the Three Ancestors have already decided to eliminate the variable in advance, so they naturally pursue relentlessly.

Zu Qilin said in a deep voice:

However, Zu Feng miscalculated; Rahu is not an ordinary Great Luo but a peak Great Luo of the same rank, making a solo kill impossible—Zu Feng may have won, but Rahu also escaped unharmed!

After Zu Feng probed Rahu's depths, it naturally aroused the vigilance of the other two ancestors.

Zu Long got straight to the point:

You let out a silent sigh, feeling ever more ridiculous: sacrificing a few innocents to save many more innocents, a thing that could be called tragic, is actually regarded by yourself as a necessary sacrifice.

"If we sacrifice the innocent today, what if one day it is I who is sacrificed?"

Even you yourself find it laughable: you originally saw Rahu as the ultimate boss, always wanting to kill him together with the Three Ancestors, but when the crisis came, you instead hoped Rahu would come to your aid……

You:?

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(End of chapter)