Chapter 263

Pangu being this weak actually took the participating saints by surprise.

Based on the current information, aside from Pangu's innate divine power and being extraordinarily tough and resistant to blows—so much that the saints could use all means and still inflict no effective damage—there is basically nothing worth the saints being cautious about.

The desperate tactics originally planned are now suddenly unusable…

So, could we assign a few people to imprison Pangu?

Besides, the Primordial Wasteland isn't necessary either; everything in the Eternal Primordial Wasteland is the same as it, and it will never face the danger of annihilation like the Primordial Wasteland does. The role of the Primordial Wasteland is more as an 'anchor point'.

The Primordial Wasteland can serve as an 'anchor point', so why can't Pangu?

As long as we imprison Pangu, the Eternal Primordial Wasteland can have a permanent anchor point…

This idea is not bad, but none of the saints proposed it, because they know it's unrealistic!

The Primordial Wasteland perishes because it is 'existence', it is matter, and matter moves until it vanishes into infinite Chaos.

And how did the Primordial Wasteland come about?

Answer: It formed after Pangu died.

So, Pangu will die…

After fighting until now, the saints who were originally extremely tense due to Pangu's rebirth have gradually realized: there's actually no need to panic about this.

How Pangu originally died is how it will die next…

When Number Three Little Bird and Jiao Ming the Heavenly Dao led countless souls and the Asura clan out of Pangu's true form, they successfully attracted everyone's attention.

The saints besieging Pangu, aside from the Dao Ancestor, were all stunned; one reason was that they didn't recognize these two suddenly appearing people, and the other was that countless souls… just how many people died?

Meanwhile, the Dao Ancestor temporarily withdrew from the battlefield, also bringing the dazed River of the Underworld out, to communicate with the two extraterritorial saints…

Upon meeting, there wasn't much to say.

Number Three Little Bird gathered the infinite souls and solemnly handed them to the River of the Underworld:

"These are all your karmic debts… send them into reincarnation."

"I…"

Gazing at the countless Asura mortal souls condensed into a mass, even the venerable River of the Underworld saint couldn't help but feel his heart tremble.

Although nothing specific was said, He still silently accepted them.

Just as that extraterritorial saint said, everything is His karmic debt…

"Next time, don't let them be born into the Asura clan again."

Jiao Ming the Heavenly Dao coldly gazed at the River of the Underworld.

The River of the Underworld gave no response, merely closing his eyes; no one knew what feelings arose in his heart…

"The remaining Asura clan are also entrusted to you… Remember, there is still one Asura who saved everyone, trapped inside Pangu's true form."

Number Three Little Bird continued: "You must save him, not only because he is the Asura who saved everyone, but also because his life and death surpass everything that exists in this world."

"Pangu is the anchor point of the Eternal Primordial Wasteland, and he… is the anchor point of everything; he is the only reality, and nothing else in this world matters—as long as he remains, all things in the world remain."

"You, you must save him!"

The River of the Underworld seemed surprised, yet also seemed to understand, and finally he gave a firm nod:

"I will."

For the River of the Underworld, saving Xue Xuan actually doesn't need that long list of reasons.

One sentence is enough: he is the true Asura!

【The two extraterritorial saints had accomplished their purpose, and soon dispersed their thought-form avatars, leaving this strange world…】

【But for the eight saints of this realm, everything has just begun.】

【The River of the Underworld silently escorted the mortal souls and the remaining ten million Asura clan into the Eternal Primordial Wasteland, then returned to the battlefield.】

【Moreover, there's no need to keep pounding Pangu's true form as before, because the opponent's details are now clear: this Pangu cannot be defeated in battle!】

【No matter how many or how strong the attacks, they cannot break the defense!】

【But what the saints need to do is actually quite simple: they just need to hold Him back, hold Him long enough, and they can drag Him to death…】

【Because the primordial Pangu died exactly this way!】

【All beings know that Pangu was born from Chaos, that is, 'existence' from 'non-existence', but few can explain why Pangu wanted to create heaven and earth.】

【Some say 'for great love!', some say 'out of boredom', and others propose other explanations; anyway, each side has its own reasoning.】

【But to the saints, this question is actually simple, because Pangu merely made a mistake that all men make.】

【He died.】

【How did He die?】

【According to the autopsy report on this Primordial Wasteland 'corpse', Pangu's cause of death is singular: death by erosion from Chaos!】

【Therefore, in theory, as long as the 'dragging character tactic' is employed well, He can be dragged to death…】

【The saints have already planned: after Pangu's true form dies and they reenact the Primordial Wasteland, they will release all beings within the Eternal Primordial Wasteland, then survive until the next calamity.】【Then they will let the two fools reunite Pangu once more, and everyone will repeat the procedure, enabling an infinite cycle…】

【The saints' calculations clinked loudly, and the plan is certainly not imperfect.】

【But will things really develop as they imagine?】

【……】

【You, trapped inside Pangu's true form, don't know what the saints outside are discussing; you are merely staying in this fragment of heaven and earth together with the stubborn Jin Bing.】

【You can't understand why this fragment of heaven and earth hasn't been refined by Pangu, nor why you can't leave like others.】

【But now, the answers to these two questions are actually clear: because of Pangu.】

【The reason you can't leave is only because Pangu won't let you go!】

【"But, why is that?"】

【You asked Jin Bing in confusion.】

【Jin Bing: ……】

The abstractness of your behavior is no less than trying to obtain controllable nuclear fusion technology from the mouths of primitive villagers...

But he restrained his speechlessness and still carefully thought for you.

"If He doesn't let you go, that shows you're special."

Senior Jin Bing immediately grasped the key: the biggest difference between you and others is that you're the protagonist!

"Pangu is very likely to have discovered your different identity and thus kept you."

Jin Bing's analysis makes sense: everyone else can leave, but you can't, so it must be because of you.

"But... is Pangu an idiot?"

You're somewhat confused: how could a pure idiot with no personal consciousness discover your identity and deliberately keep you? If He could do that, He wouldn't be an idiot.

"An idiot merely has a problem with consciousness, but the bodily instinct still exists."

Jin Bing pondered: "The instinct of life is to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, to avoid death and prolong life... His instinctively keeping you shows that your existence matters to His interests, even to... survival!"

Jin Bing boldly guessed: Perhaps your protagonist identity is, for Him, a major factor concerning His life and death!

This guess is obviously bold; if an ordinary person made it, they'd somewhat lack self-awareness, but if applied to you, it's highly credible.

Because you truly are the protagonist, the whole world exists because of you; all things revolve around you; your existence means the world exists, your death means the world is nothing.

Therefore, you are fully qualified to be kept by Pangu's instinct; and as the origin of the world, Pangu being able to detect your difference is also completely reasonable...

Jin Bing's bold guess drew your attention; you subconsciously applied this logic to yourself and followed the train of thought further.

Your protagonist identity, put bluntly, is just an anchor point; precisely because this anchor point of yours exists, the Primordial Heaven and Earth exists!

This piece of information is very important, because you almost immediately thought of the relationship between Pangu's Primordial and the Eternal Primordial...

Why would Minghe risk the lives of his whole family just to guard the Primordial?

The information you once collected clearly answers this question: because the Primordial is an anchor point, only if the anchor point exists will the non-material Eternal Primordial exist; otherwise it would fall into a quantum superposition.

And your relationship with the Primordial Heaven and Earth exactly matches the above!

However, your anchor point is obviously superior to Pangu's Primordial; it can only anchor the non-material Eternal Primordial, whereas you can also anchor it together.

You can even anchor the Eternal Primordial; as long as you enter the Eternal Primordial, this world will usher in a grand finale!

As for what would happen to you in the Eternal Primordial, you haven't experienced it, so you dare not say; but based on what Minghe said earlier, you subconsciously assumed that entering would turn you into a quantum superposition.

And now, upon reflection...

You can't help but feel confused: is it possible that, once you enter, you yourself can serve as an anchor point to permanently anchor the Eternal Primordial, without becoming a quantum superposition?

After all, you are an anchor point superior to Pangu's Primordial, and it can anchor the Eternal Primordial, so there's no reason you couldn't anchor it...

Along with this strange thought, you suddenly had a rather absurd idea: could it be that your parents misled you? Actually clearing the game isn't that hard?

Given that Minghe didn't even know you were that awesome, and you didn't know it either, could it be that you've been going the wrong way all along?

As fellow protagonists, Jin Bing's clearance may be difficult, but its difficulty coefficient could absolutely not reach Pangu's level; likewise, your plot difficulty shouldn't suddenly surpass that of your senior by so much as to reach Pangu's level!

This frightening idea makes you feel dizzy: perhaps your most correct and simplest way to clear the game is to directly seek out Minghe at the start.

Then you would reveal to Him your identity as a high-level anchor point protagonist, earn Minghe's trust, then lead all the Ashura clans into the Eternal Primordial in grand style, acting for a turn as the heaven-ordained protagonist Long Aotian?

Feeling dazed and confused, you blurted out to Jin Bing this heaven-defying yet reasonable strange guess...

Jin Bing:...

So, you're basically saying you've cleared dozens of extra side-story yuan-hui, right?!

(End of chapter)