Chapter 688: For What Purpose? (Fifth Update)

"That's right."

Ren Yidao frankly admitted his thoughts and laughed: "Everyone knows that the half-step Supreme is very likely to die, and as for me, I am a selfish person, and I am unwilling to let the people around me be the scapegoat."

"So, I thought of you! Anyway, you have to atone for your sins, don't you? Why not take on this errand while you're at it."

???

The other party was so frank that Dizi did not know what to say for a moment, and could not help but support his forehead and say: "You..."

At this moment, Ren Yidao seemed to have remembered something, clapped his hands together, and said:

"Oh, right! By the way, the method to leave this place... doesn't exist!"

"What?"

Ren Yidao smiled, but the smile was somewhat cruel.

"This is an exile without an end."

"Perhaps you haven't noticed, but in fact, the time here is different from the outside world."

He sat down cross-legged, stared at the slightly changing expression of Dizi, and said softly: "You and I have both been exiled here."

"Don't be anxious, take this opportunity to think about it carefully."

"You will soon discover that your time is truly abundant."

The tenth year.

"Tell me, do you want to rely on yourself to break through to the Supreme?"

"... Since the flow of time here is slow and extremely suitable for cultivation, naturally I must seize the time."

"Alright then, keep working hard, although in the end, it will just be a waste of effort."

The thirtieth year.

"No, that's not right, why can't I cultivate here!? What about the laws of the Heavenly Dao?"

"I already told you, you are wasting your effort."

"... Hmph!"

The one-hundredth year.

After trying for a hundred years, Dizi finally gave up. His eyes were bloodshot, and he glared at Ren Yidao.

"It's all your fault! Everything is your fault!"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's all my fault, you are pure and flawless! What, not convinced? Come and hit me!"

"Fight!"

"Then come on."

Boom!

The three-hundredth year.

"Get out of my way!!!"

"Your way of doing things is not feasible, I will not let you destroy this world!!!"

"Only I can become a Supreme, only I can save this world!!!"

The one-thousandth year.

"Have I ever had even a shred of selfishness!?"

Dizi roared, saying sorrowfully: "Why don't you understand? Everything I did was for the sake of this world!!!"

Dizi's roar was filled with genuine emotion, but Ren Yidao remained unmoved and said calmly: "I don't know if you have no selfishness, but I do, and my selfishness is not only present, but quite large."

"As for me, I don't have much desire for material things, nor do I have much desire for power. I don't want gold or silver treasures, nor do I want to hold the power of the world in my hands. Those are too boring for me."

"I want freedom."

"Not just my own freedom, but the freedom of all people in the world."

"I want the Earthly Realm to enjoy peace."

"Also, as for the matter of whether one has selfishness... you can't say it yourself, you have to let future generations judge."

"I have seen, or rather, I know what kind of person is truly without a shred of selfishness... you are not yet qualified to say that."

Ren Yidao curled his lips and poked Dizi's spine once again: "Since you want to atone for your sins, then atone properly for the mistakes you made back then."

And after Ren Yidao finished this sentence, as expected, the two fought together again.

Boom!

The three-thousandth year.

"Hahaha! Fellow Daoist, do you know how outstanding I was back then? I was the number one handsome man of the Heavenly Court!"

"Heh, what is that? You're far worse than me. Back then, I was the most beautiful... white fox of the Divine Path Sect."

"Hahaha!!! Come, come, drink!"

The scale of time has become completely blurred here, or perhaps, the concept of time does not exist here at all.

Dizi and Ren Yidao have just been coexisting in this one place all this time.

They had conversed, argued, and bared their hearts to one another... but more often than not, they fought.

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Fight until heads are broken and blood flows, fight until Heaven and Earth collapse!

In the end, after an unknown number of millennia had passed in this cycle, Di Zui finally made a decision.

On this day, Di Zui shaved off his beard, cut his long hair, and returned to his original, graceful appearance.

He looked at Ren Yidao, nodded slowly, and said:

"Very well, I will bear this Evil."

In the fortieth millennium, humanity finally recalled that the one sitting on the golden toilet was not the Emperor but... oh, wait, this is not that world line.

After experiencing such long years, Ren Yidao was also a bit confused; he shook his head to clear his mind and looked at Di Zui.

"You have finally made up your mind?"

"I have made up my mind." After making the decision, Di Zui appeared exceptionally calm and said indifferently: "Since we are trapped here and there is no way to leave regardless of what we do, it is better to follow the method you suggested."

"Not worried that I am deceiving you?"

"Ha!" Di Zui let out a cold snort and said irritably: "You are indeed deceiving me!"

After spending over ten thousand years together, how could Di Zui not understand that there were traps hidden in Ren Yidao's words?

But just as he said, since there was no other way, he could only give it a try.

Even if the other party was deceiving him.

Even if he was about to face death.

He could only give it a try.

"However, I have one question." Di Zui gazed at the youth who seemed to have never changed and asked in a deep voice: "If you can answer me, I will have no more complaints."

Oh?

"Please, go ahead. We have reached this point, so I will certainly try my best to satisfy your curiosity."

"Why must you go to such lengths for them?"

"Hmm?"

"You have sufficient strength, and there are people who trust you, even dying for you. You could clearly have let them die for you, so why go through the trouble of making me be this person?"

This was a question Di Zui had not been able to figure out to this day; he even felt unable to understand it.

For Ren Yidao to make him willingly go to his death, he had even gone so far as to endure tens of thousands of years here with him... what was the point?

Wouldn't it be better to use that time to do something else?

"... Is that your question?"

"That is correct."

As for Di Zui's question, Ren Yidao's reply was a complex, long sigh.

"Aha... *sigh*!"

He rubbed his brow with a headache and said helplessly: "... I thought you might have improved at least a little after these tens of thousands of years, but you still don't understand at all, do you?"

"You, if you have a chance in your next life, even if you don't fall in love with someone, at least try to interact more with other people."

"Others are willing to sacrifice themselves for you because they admire, respect, and love you; how could you truly watch them die in vain like that? You should feel heartache."

This Heavenly Emperor had been at the peak of the Earthly Realm since birth; he was truly too high and mighty, and far too ignorant of human feelings.

Di Zui appeared to have basic emotions, but in reality, he was just an empty shell who did not understand what the human Heart Star was at all.

"I am doing this simply for the people I have met along this journey; to ensure they do not die in vain, I must... hmm, I can't make this up anymore."