Chapter 489: Truth

"Just playing around?"

"Wu Xin's offhand comment left the countless cultivators present stunned and speechless."

"Open your eyes and behold this battlefield riddled with scars, where blood flows like rivers and corpses lie strewn across the land!"

"You call this playing around?"

"Indeed, in the eyes of a Supreme Immortal Emperor like him, the lives of low-realm cultivators probably don't count as lives at all; they're merely tools for his amusement."

"Although that is the case, the people below all dare to be angry but dare not speak, for the outcome of this great battle remains undecided."

"\"Playing around? Then come over and let our sect have some fun with you, how about that? \""

"Everyone, don't overthink it; this play is not that kind of play—I, Feng Qingyang, am not the sort of person you imagine!"

"Although he said that, Feng Qingyang's mind kept pondering the key point in Wu Xin's words."

"\"Doing this won't keep the Illusory Realm going for long... \""

"Could it be that blocking the world's rules could cause this parallel world to collapse at any moment?"

"\"Put aside whether to play or not—quickly stop fighting! We really can't continue any further! \""

"\"If we keep fighting, this parallel world will cease to exist! \""

"\"You don't want to see this world collapse, do you? I also don't want to see Yue'er and the others disappear! \""

"The black-clad Wu Xin waved his hand again and directly spoke his mind, laying bare what Feng Qingyang had been thinking."

"Immortal Emperor Yingyue, Immortal Emperor Tianyang, Immortal Emperor Bu Lao, and Immortal Emperor Tianjian, who were about to strike, all halted their hands in the face of his shocking words, looking at him with puzzled expressions."

"\"If we keep fighting, this world will cease to exist? \" Hiss!"

"\"Alright, let me tell you the truth: I actually heard your conversation just now in that small space. \""

"\"I don't know what the great calamity of the original world is, but the great calamity of this parallel world is indeed related to me, and I have my reasons for doing this. \""

"After Wu Xin finished speaking, he turned to look at the inspectors behind him, numbering just over a thousand, and said: \"Are you willing to die for me and for this world? \""

"\"Sir, we are willing! \" The remaining inspectors declared firmly, clasping their hands."

"Immediately, they began to self-destruct one after another amid the astonished gazes of the crowd; after self-destructing, the energy contained within their bodies flowed into the world."

"In the void, Feng Qingyang, Immortal Emperor Yingyue, and the other two Immortal Emperors could clearly feel that the rules of heaven and earth had become much more stable."

"\"They, and them\" Wu Xin pointed to the blood mist of the inspectors who had just self-destructed ahead of him and to the many cultivators of the parallel world below: \"Their survival in this world is all due to the mission they bear. \""

"Ignoring the puzzled looks of the crowd, Wu Xin continued: \"I altered the world's rules also to make this parallel world last longer. \""

"\"Their mission is to die; after death, their energy stabilizes the operation of the parallel world. \""

"Upon hearing this, the crowd instantly erupted in anger: \"Hmph! Our mission is to die? Then what are we living for? \""

"\"Exactly! Don't think that just because you're terrifyingly strong you can spout nonsense! I won't give you face just because I dislike what you say. \""

"\"Senior Immortal Emperor Yue, speak up! As long as you speak, we'll fight to the death against these nonsense-spouters even if we fall. \""

"Many cultivators of the parallel world who were unaware of the truth simply didn't believe Wu Xin's words, or dared not believe them."

"However, the informed Immortal Emperors Yingyue, Tianyang, and the others fell silent."

"They knew that the world they lived in was merely a parallel world of the original world, an Illusory Realm! It is the will of the Illusory Realm and another mysterious power that is operating it!"

"At this moment, Feng Qingyang also understood: Wu Xin's actions were essentially raising gu—cultivating the world's cultivators to stabilize this world."

"But what is his purpose, after all? Wait! He keeps calling Immortal Emperor Yingyue 'Yue'er'—could it be…?"

"Moreover, that mysterious power helping the Illusory Realm operate should include him, but he's not the only one! He is merely one of the six avatars."

"There is only one person behind the scenes: Li Youchou, the founding ancestor of the Seek Life Gate, who is Wu Xin's true form!"