I, the mortal, come from the great world of Xuanhuang

The big black cat left, but what emerged was Prince Yunwu! Prince Yunwu had heard everything said, but the Prince Yunwu before him was not the previous one; it was yet another possessed being. And this being was none other than Emperor Ming.

"Why aren't you doing your job? What are you doing here? Why are you all coming one after another? To drive me away? If that's your goal, you're overthinking it. It's impossible and you won't succeed. You should know your situation clearly. If I don't help, achieving your goal is unrealistic. There might be a sliver of hope, but it's slim. And your ambition to achieve perfection is absurd. You'd say that everyone around him has to disappear one by one, leave one by one, for him to become stronger. But that won't achieve your goal. You want to help him protect those around him, but that's clearly impossible."

"As his father, you should know very well what you should do. To be honest, I admire you a lot, I can say I admire you immensely. I didn't expect you to sacrifice so much, but I also didn't expect you to do this. You sacrificed your feelings, your son, your empire, and almost your entire family, all to save this world. Even if you wanted to save this world, you didn't have to do it this way. There are many other methods that don't need to be used, but you still used them. You clearly had better methods, faster methods, but you insisted on using this one. You would definitely say that those methods were unsuitable, that those methods had a lower success rate."

"Those methods are just wishful thinking and impractical."

"To be honest, what you said is absolutely right, that's exactly how it is. There's not a single mistake in what you said, and I admit that. I completely agree with everything you said."

"I haven't said anything yet."

"I must say," Prince Yunwu said coldly. To him, Fang Yu was the culprit who had ruined their plans. Fang Yu had nearly caused a major blunder, making changes extremely difficult, yet they were forced to. He knew that refusing to change course would likely lead to even greater difficulties, eroding their chances of success. Under these circumstances, he had to come and ask Fang Yu what his true purpose was.

"Whether you said it or not, I know exactly why you're here—to get rid of me. But you need to have the power to do that. If you did, you would have saved the world, the universe, long ago. But you don't. So you're trying to use threats and deception to make me leave, all to ensure your plan succeeds. I just don't understand. As a father, a father who should love his child, why would you make such a choice? Is it for some grand sense of justice? Don't you think this is ridiculous? Utterly ridiculous, absolutely absurd. You know what you're about to do..." How ridiculous is all this? You're incredibly foolish, you know that? You actually abandoned your child, your lover, your empire, and your family for your so-called noble cause. Perhaps you think you're great, that you've even sacrificed yourself. Perhaps you think you're amazing, incredibly great, so great that you can give up everything, so great that you can save the world, save the universe. But in reality, you're just a self-deceiving liar, deceiving not only your lover but everyone around you. You think you've done the right thing, that you're not wrong, but in reality, you're just a... A liar, a complete and utter liar. You deceived yourself, you deceived those around you, you deceived those you loved, those who loved you, you deceived everything you loved, you deceived your empire, you deceived your family, causing your empire's people to be displaced, families torn apart, and even death. Death might not seem like much; frankly, for your empire's people, death was a kind of liberation. But what about those who became slaves? What about those who became crippled? What about those who didn't die but were forced into slavery? How could you face them? You think you're so great, but your greatness is built on harming others. You think this is the price that should be paid, but why should others pay this price? You think you're the one who should pay? You've given so much, but you didn't sacrifice your life. You think you're incredibly noble, right? You think you're the epitome of greatness. You think you've given so much, that you're a truly great person, someone everyone in the world praises, someone your son idolizes, someone your lover understands. But in reality, you've harmed them, not just yourself, but everyone else, because you were incredibly foolish. Foolish to an indescribable degree. Someone easily deceived you with just a few words, making you abandon everything, and you still think yourself so great, so incredibly great. It's so great that all these sacrifices are worthwhile. But have you ever thought about the feelings of others? Have you thought about your children? Your lover, your people, your relatives, your friends—what about their feelings? Oh, and your disciples, they're basically all dead, aren't they? Did they even know why they died? They didn't know. They had absolutely no idea how they died; they had no idea they would die. They thought their deaths were justified, but in reality, they were deceived by their master. I know you want to explain now, to refute me, to say that everything I've said is false, but in reality, everything I've said is false, everything I've said is false. These are all facts, all true facts. And what you've done is incredibly foolish, utterly foolish. Truly, I've never seen anyone as foolish as you. How could you be so easily deceived? I just don't understand. You were supposed to be a great emperor, how could you be so easily fooled? Or did you become like this yourself? You think you're so great, you think you'll be remembered for generations, you think that when the truth comes out, all your family, friends, and people will forgive you. But is that possible? It's a joke. It wasn't your family who died, it wasn't your friends who died—no, your family and friends are all dead, practically all dead. No… A few of them met a good end. Even those who survived are hiding and desperately seeking revenge for you. They completely fail to realize they don't need to avenge you, because you brought it all upon yourself. They have absolutely no reason to do so; it only makes them seem foolish, just as foolish as we are. Of course, they aren't truly foolish; they simply care too much about you. They believe they are doing the right thing, but in reality, they are doing something incredibly stupid. To be honest, I have nothing to say about you, but I must say this: you are a fool. If we don't wake you up, the consequences will be dire. I have to wake you up, but it seems that waking you up now will be very difficult, or perhaps you simply don't want to wake up at all. I just don't understand why you still don't want to wake up after all this. Is it because you're afraid that if you wake up, you'll feel guilty towards them? Even if you don't wake up, can you face them? You have completely wronged them; you have absolutely no right to face them. Everything you've done is for yourself; you've never done it for the world. You've always only done it for yourself. You want to be remembered for generations, to be immortal, not for the world. You're only doing it for yourself. Do you understand?

"You don't need to say anything more. No matter how much you say, I won't believe you. I admit I've sacrificed a great deal, but I never believe I've done anything wrong. These sacrifices are worthwhile, no matter how tragic their deaths were, because they bought a glimmer of hope for the world. Even for that chance of survival, it's worth it. No matter how much I sacrifice, it's worth it. I would be willing to give my life, let alone anything else. So, no matter what you say, I absolutely won't believe it, and I won't care. Because I know what I did was right, correct, and absolutely not wrong. I wouldn't do that." If that's the case, then even more people will die, sacrifice, and give their lives. And everything I've done is worthwhile, do you understand? A selfish person like you will never understand how right my actions are. I know that many, many people will die in this process, including my family, my friends, my children, everything around me. But there's no other way. To save this world, this is a necessary sacrifice; there's no other choice. I hope you understand. Of course, you may never understand what I'm saying because you're an extremely selfish person. Just like you say I'm selfish, you're actually the most selfish person. You completely don't understand what saving this world means, or how much benefit it brings to the world. Although many, many people will die in this process, there's no other way. If we didn't do this, the consequences would be unimaginable; the entire world might have been destroyed. In this situation, what am I supposed to do? I have no other choice. All I can do is do it properly. If you don't believe what I'm saying, then there's nothing I can do, just like you say I don't believe what you're saying. There's really no good between us. "We've been negotiating. I can't persuade you here, and you can't persuade me here either. We have no choice and no possibility of reconciliation. We'll inevitably break off relations sooner or later. Of course, we don't have much of a relationship to begin with, but when that day comes, I can guarantee we'll face each other to the death—that's practically guaranteed. At that time, you won't show any mercy, and neither will I. I hope you're prepared and don't take any other actions. Doing so will benefit neither of us. I hope you understand this, and I hope you can understand me—I won't show mercy, and I hope you won't either."

"Don't worry about that. How could I possibly show you any mercy? You're overthinking it. There's no way I'll let you off the hook. You're a fool. How can you face your lover? He's sacrificed so much for you, willingly staying in that godforsaken place for so many years, and all he gets in return is a 'You should consider it,' a 'Do you even care about her feelings?' Have you ever thought about her feelings? Your lover, that's your lover! You two have loved each other for so many years, and all you get in return is this? Do you think you've done right by him? I think you've wronged him, at least that's what I think. I believe you've wronged him, so you don't need to waste your breath talking to me. First and foremost, you've wronged him, and then you've wronged my brother. You've wronged them, mother and son. You've wronged them completely. To be honest, you've wronged far too many people. And you..." Yet you think you're so great, like I just said, you think you're incredibly great? In reality, you're just a fool, an unspeakable fool. To be honest, you are great, I admit that, but your greatness is built on the sacrifice of others. So, do you still think you're great? You're not great, not at all. You're just a fool, a complete and utter fool who thinks he's so smart. In fact, you really are stupid. Okay, I've said what I needed to say. Whether you believe it or not, whether you're willing to accept it or not, that's your business, it has nothing to do with me. Sigh, to be honest, everything I've said to you is complete nonsense, utter nonsense. Because I know you won't believe it. You won't want to believe it either. Otherwise, it won't do you any good. (End of Chapter)