Chapter 238: with translation of chapter title

Surrender is the result of your careful consideration, because no one understands the gap between our forces better than you. Although you have several hundred celestial immortals at your disposal, your strength is not to be underestimated, but compared to the Sea of Blood that Jin Bing has been operating for who knows how long, it is not much stronger than ants.

Therefore, starting from strength, given that you are clearly opposed to the Sea of Blood, you have only one path: surrender……

Thus, just as your Heavenly Court thrived and the situation looked promising, a piece of news shocked the court and populace: Your Majesty intends to surrender to someone who calls himself the Golden Heavenly Emperor!

"We were about to fight to the death, Your Majesty—why surrender first!"

The entire court of civil and military officials erupted in an uproar upon hearing this. To them, the wilderness had only you, the Mystic Heaven Emperor, as its sun; after slaughtering for so long, their loyalty was already maxed out, yet now you actually want to surrender—even with the Blood God Son present, they still find it hard to accept.

Many people declared fervently: No matter how strong the opponent, we are all willing to stand with the Heavenly Emperor and fight to the very end!

Better to die standing than to live kneeling!

However, you ignored all their pleas for battle, and your single-minded surrender drove the ministers to tears……

"Cry? Cry over what nonsense! This is a clever ploy!"

Your eyes rolled back, and then you led the unwilling ministers to express your surrender intention to the Sea of Blood envoy, after which you instructed the Yellow Robe Heavenly Master not to start the slaughter for now, everything to be discussed when you return.

After completing these necessary arrangements, you formally surrendered to the Sea of Blood envoy; the envoy was somewhat surprised, but he dared not unilaterally decide on such a matter, so he could only take you back to the Sea of Blood first, to be dealt with after meeting the Golden Heavenly Emperor……

In the 706th year of the Heavenly Emperor, he led the people to establish the glorious era of the Heavenly Court as the great Mystic Heaven Emperor; amid the sorrowful and indignant gaze of the officials, he personally went to the Sea of Blood and surrendered to the so‑called Jin Bing.

……

After decades of fleeing, you finally reached the Sea of Blood market with the envoy, then proceeded forward, passing through layers of surveillance, before being granted an audience with the Golden Heavenly Emperor……

Recalling your previous life, when you came to the Sea of Blood as a friendly party, you merely gave your name and were quickly received by Jin Bing with guest‑level hospitality.

But this life, you arrived as an opposing party's surrenderer, and the treatment you received was completely different; the attitudes of the various market towns toward you were extremely cold, as if they were receiving a corpse……

This was the first time you had been treated this way; you expected to become angry, but in fact you remained remarkably calm.

After all, you are no novice; having undergone three cycles of reincarnation, your state of mind is already strong enough—you have long passed the age of 'thirty years east, thirty years west, do not underestimate the poor youth,' so deliberate targeting cannot make you angry; instead, it elicits a knowing smile.

After serving as Heavenly Emperor for so many years, you have finally become a prisoner once……

When you were 'invited' into the Heavenly Emperor's private guest chamber, you finally saw this old friend from your previous life again.

However, this former‑life friend of yours is now extremely cold toward you in this life.

"I've heard that you and your lackeys, in order to cultivate demonic arts and forge demonic treasures, have indiscriminately slaughtered immortals and mortals everywhere, filling the fields with corpses—your crimes are enormous and your evil boundless!"

He seems to be asking, but given his calm tone, he has actually already investigated; this time he merely wants to see whether your surrender attitude is sincere……

"Yes."

You readily agreed, even though you have not practiced demonic arts…… because you need to keep the secret and, as much as possible, avoid surveillance by the Great Unity Heavenly Dao.

Upon hearing your words, Jin Bing immediately furrowed his brow, expecting you to offer some excuse, but he did not anticipate that you would admit it so bluntly……

"... Give me a reason not to kill you."

Jin Bing spoke coldly, evidently having lost patience with interrogating you; he only wants to quickly drag you and your henchmen onto the Immortal‑Slaying Platform to offer as a sacrifice.

Yet you showed no panic, recalling the secret tidbits he once told you—such as what happened when he was the protagonist…… You stared earnestly at his indifferent eyes and uttered a meaningless, out‑of‑the‑blue remark.

"Zhao Si asked me to convey his greetings to you!"

"Zhao Si?"

Upon hearing that name, Jin Bing first blinked, not understanding why you would suddenly mention a complete stranger he had never heard of.

But for some reason, this simple yet unfamiliar name, once you spoke it, kept looping in his mind…… as if he had heard it somewhere before.

Over and over, Jin Bing's face showed a bewildered yet urgent expression: this name must be very familiar to him, and surely important! Yet he just couldn't recall it……

Suddenly, a glimmer of light rose in his bewildered gaze!

He remembered—everything came back to him!

That vanished youth, that dust‑sealed memory……

"You are! ……"

Jin Bing's face lit up with wild joy; at this moment he is no longer some pirated copy, but the genuine article!

Evidently he recalled everything and also realized your identity; the ecstatic original protagonist only wanted to have an unprecedented exchange with you……

But you do not want to talk about these things with him; first, you already discussed this topic to exhaustion in your previous life; second, in this life you need to keep it absolutely secret, and regardless of whether you can ultimately fool the Great Unity, you should take every possible precaution.

So you merely gave him a solemn wave of the hand, indicating that you could not say more.

Jin Bing looked at you in surprise at your confusion, but after thinking he seemed to also grasp what you were worried about; he forcibly suppressed the urge to communicate and simply asked solemnly: "What do you need help with?"

"I need your power."

"Good!"

As soon as your words fell, Jin Bing indeed nodded in agreement, without the slightest hesitation; the veteran protagonist clearly knew how to help you best.

"I will slaughter the entire wilderness, using everyone's souls to enhance my cultivation and forge magical treasures!"

You then followed with another half‑true, half‑false statement; to avoid alerting the Heavenly Dao, you need to deliberately provide some false information to confuse people's eyes and ears and conceal your true purpose.

This……

Jin Bing widened his eyes, hardly believing his own ears; although he trusted the protagonist's ability to restart, after a moment's thought he still frowned and asked a question.

"You…… do you have confidence?"

You smiled and said: "For me, whether I have confidence or not—does that matter?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Bing's brows gradually relaxed: indeed, with the ability to restart infinitely, even without confidence success will come sooner or later—that's how the protagonist plays.

"Alright, I'll help you."

In this unspoken tacit understanding, the two riddle‑people completed an exchange abstracted to the extreme……

……

In the starry sky, a huge purple shadow hangs motionlessly, rotating along with the movement of the celestial bodies.

However, although He is pinned immobile by the Nether River's Primordial Slayer's Twin Swords of Avici, His consciousness remains perfectly clear.

For instance, at this moment He is idly pondering:

What on earth are these two brats up to with their confusing remarks?

Zhao Si…… who is he? Why does that pirated copy, upon hearing this name, decisively agree to hand over power to a stranger?

Also want to open slaughter, slaughter the wilderness, to increase cultivation and refine magical treasures?

Zi Ying thinks more and more confused, always feeling there's some information gap between himself and those two brats…

However, if they really can achieve this, then for me it's actually a great thing!

Zi Ying couldn't help but laugh.

"Huh? Still laughing?"

Ming He raised his eyebrows, twisting the double swords piercing his body with force……

Zi Ying: ……

You damn well wait for me!

……

【After a strange exchange using the unique communication method between the protagonist and Jin Bing, you formally gained his trust and support.】

【Since you promised to provide the strongest support, Jin Bing, after a brief consideration, made up his mind……】

【In this year, Sea of Blood Emperor Jin Bing, citing abdication for the worthy, actively yielded the imperial throne to you; amidst the bewildered faces of the Sea of Blood officials, you completed the abdication ceremony!】

【Sea of Blood officials: "Not bro…… you weren't here to surrender, were you? How did you end up becoming our boss after all that surrendering?!"】

【Although still bewildered, under Jin Bing's Brainwashing by the Blood God Son, everyone quickly accepted reality, kneeling before you and shouting in unison: "Long live the Emperor, all seas submit!"】

【In this year, the era name was changed to "Renli Beginning Origin Beginning Operation"!】

【Renli Beginning Origin Beginning Operation, you accepted Jin Bing's abdication, titled "Xuantian Emperor"; you transformed from a prisoner into the supreme ruler of the Sea of Blood in glorious fashion!】

【Thereafter, you immediately issued an edict banning spirit stone mining and prohibiting commoners from cultivating immortality, and boldly reformed the Sea of Blood system, once again converting tractors into external invasion tanks.】

【These you handle with ease, and the lower officials can only reluctantly accept reality……】

【But next, you issued to them an edict that shattered worldviews: Open slaughter! Kill all mortals and cultivators!】

【This?! Really want to do it?】

【The people helplessly looked toward the already-dismissed Jin Bing, hoping he would speak a fair word, but……】

【Jin Bing: "Children, I have no objections."】

【The people: ……】

【Alright!】

【Everyone gritted their teeth and directly obeyed the edict……】

【Renli Beginning Origin Beginning Operation, under the strong promotion of the newly enthroned Xuantian Emperor, the originally peaceful Sea of Blood Heavenly Court was reorganized in place, from then embarking on the irreversible path of ruthless external slaughter.】

【Slaying cultivators to seize spiritual energy, slaying mortals to seize souls; with large-scale slaughter, Sea of Blood cultivators quickly enjoyed the killing buff, their formerly turtle-slow cultivation speed instantly rocketing.】

【Constantly, true immortals break through to heavenly immortals, and heavenly immortals break through to mystic immortals, while mystic immortals dare not break through, fearing heavenly tribulation upon entering golden immortal……】

【Thus, you began to carefully study the mechanism of the golden immortal heavenly tribulation; if possible, you want everyone to break through to golden immortal as smoothly as you.】

【In this life, you need sufficient high-level combat power, for if the smuggling plan fails…… even if you don't wish to fight saints, you must grit your teeth and go all out!】

【As a cautious person, you never want to put all your eggs in one basket.】

【You have made up your mind: smuggling success, everyone happy!】

【Smuggling failure…… we'll still charge ahead recklessly!】

【Once you set foot on the path of indiscriminate slaughter, you have only success to choose……】

【Success, or death!】

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(End of chapter)