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

"Neither of you should say anything more. It's pointless to continue. Do what you want to do. There's no need to say anything more here. No matter how much you say, you can't convince the other. If you can't convince the other, then saying more is just a waste of breath. Since it's all nonsense, then shut up. It's just a waste of breath to say more unless you two can kill each other. Otherwise, go do your own thing."

The one who said this was an old bald monk, but this old bald monk was not the Venerable Monk Sumeru; that old bald monk was another old bald monk, an old bald monk from the Buddhist community.

"You shouldn't—no, you shouldn't be here. It's not your time to appear yet. Why are you here? Your appearance now will affect many things, don't you know that? Don't you understand? Your appearance now will definitely have an impact on my brother, a huge one, because I need to be wary of you killing him. I know you all want to kill my brother, which is why you're here, trying to use me to kill him. But I can only say you're overthinking it. How could I possibly kill my own brother? Don't you agree? Since you have no objections, then leave now. Don't waste any more time arguing with us, because it's pointless. Unless you can kill me, all the words are useless. I think you understand that, right? If you..." "If you don't understand, then don't show your face in front of me. The reason you're here is because you want to solve everything. You think you can solve everything with your Buddhist eloquence, but I think you can't do it. You simply can't. So, old man, you don't need to stay here. You're useless here. You just waste your breath and energy thinking you can save the world, when in reality you can't save anything. Seriously, you really can't save anything, you can't change anything, you can't save anything. You simply can't change or save anything. You just need to honestly do what you're supposed to do, instead of showing up in front of us and trying to use your eloquence to persuade us both to agree with you. We can't convince each other, let alone you. Your words can't possibly convince either of us. Old man, do you think that's possible?"

Fang Yu looked at the dark-skinned old bald monk in front of him and said with a smile, but his words made the old bald monk shake his head expressionlessly.

“What you say is true, but have you considered whether what you’re saying can really change everything? If I can’t change you, I won’t leave. It’s better for you to leave each other now; that would be a good thing for both of you.”

"Why should we do what's good for you? Is it because your current strength surpasses ours? But you should know that even if you surpass us, what difference does it make? You're still a million miles behind those top-tier experts. So don't humiliate yourself here. Humiliating yourself here is pointless. No matter how much you humiliate yourself, you're just a joke, a joke in other people's eyes, completely meaningless. To be honest, you're utterly meaningless right now, absolutely meaningless. If you had even the slightest bit of meaning, you wouldn't be wasting your breath. Your purpose in coming here is just to see me, to see if you can get any benefits from me, but let me tell you, you..." You won't get anything out of me. If you could gain even the slightest benefit, I wouldn't be wasting my breath talking to you; I would have left long ago. You could say your visit is pointless. Leaving would at least make things easier and prevent you from getting hurt. If you stay here too long and attract the attention of those old fogies, it could very well lead to your death. Don't you understand that? If you don't, I can help you recall it and let you experience that terrifying danger firsthand. Although I'm not strong enough to kill you right now, I have plenty of ways to do so. My strength may be insufficient, but my methods are. If I were to tell those who want you dead about your arrival, they would definitely... I'm certain I'll use this as a reason to put you to death, and you're certain too, right? We're both certain, so let's not argue. Because no matter how much we say, we can't change each other's attitudes or thoughts, so isn't it better for us to get along peacefully? If you feel my presence is affecting you, you can tell me, and I can leave, but only if I have affected you. Did I affect you? I didn't affect you; you just think you have, but I don't actually feel I've affected you. My departure is based on the premise that I believe I have affected you. I just want to change some things, to correct what I believe are your mistakes. In this case, you should thank me, not think... Getting me out of here isn't something you should be thinking about. You should be grateful to me, not trying every means to hurt me or drive me away. That's not what you should be thinking. You should be grateful for everything I've done, how right everything I've done is. That's what you should be thinking about, doing, and learning, not trying to get rid of me or kill me. That's not what you should be doing. What you should be doing is completely different. What you should be doing is obediently following my instructions, not being my enemy, and not trying to get rid of me. That's not what you should be doing, thinking about, or trying to solve. What you should be solving is saving this world, saving this universe, and... It's not about figuring out how to get rid of me to better execute your plans. While your plans might seem better if I left, the actual harm done to people and lives would be far too great. Therefore, I absolutely cannot allow that to happen. That's precisely why I'm here. Because I know so much, and understand what will happen, I must make some changes to the future. If I don't make these changes, if I don't make these efforts, if I don't pay a sufficient price, what will the consequences be? The consequences will be one tragedy after another happening around him, causing him unbearable pain, turning his passionate heart into ice-cold stone, so cold it's unbearable. I felt a chill run through me; even a touch sent a cold shiver down my spine, as if my entire body were turning to ice. This is your true purpose. You think this makes him stronger, but in reality, he's just become an emotionless tool, a puppet, a puppet you can manipulate at will. That's your goal, not your supposed greatness, power, or strength. No, you are all, in fact, evil people. At least in your own minds, you believe yourself to be good, but in my understanding, you are not good people at all. You are simply evil people who will stop at nothing to achieve your goals. To achieve your objectives, you are willing to harm a child who has no relation to you, a family that has no relation to you, just... It's all to achieve your goals. Your goal is to change or control the entire universe. That's your objective. You want to become the rulers and masters of the universe, but you can't. So you chose someone else, and you don't want to be betrayed by them in the future, so you need to turn them into puppets. Only a puppet can be obedient, can truly listen, can solve the problems you can't solve, and can grant you true immortality. Under these circumstances, you chose my brother, and I, my brother, am both very lucky and very unlucky to have been chosen by you, mainly because of that old bald monk. He chose my brother; he wants to use me to save the world. He wanted to save the universe, fulfill his goal, and create the world he envisioned. But this was clearly an absurd and impossible thing, utterly impossible, utterly laughable. How could such a world exist? It was just that old man's, that bald monk's, idea, yet he insisted that my brother could achieve it. Don't you think that's ridiculous? Everyone knows it's impossible, but that old bald monk insists it's possible. Under these circumstances, he chose my brother, and for my brother and for this world, he gave his life. To be honest, I truly admire what he did. I don't admire anyone, but he's someone I respect. What he did is truly moving, yet equally foolish.

You should believe what I say.

"Alright, alright, you should go back now. You shouldn't stay here any longer. Staying here won't benefit you, me, or anyone else. You should understand that. If you understand that, you should hurry up and leave. If you leave, everyone will benefit greatly; if you don't leave, no one will benefit. That's the biggest difference between leaving and staying. You shouldn't be here, at least not now. If you appeared in the future, there wouldn't be a problem, and I'd even agree with you appearing in the future, because then we'd have the strength to deal with you. But you didn't appear in the future; instead..." This happened at this time, which is not good for either you or us, because I have no other means of getting you back except to persuade you with words. But I know that if you, old man, want to go back, it's probably not something I can do with just words. You definitely have your own motives. What do you want? Just say it. Anyway, I can't do it. But I hope you can go back, and you must go back. If you don't go back, it won't be good for anyone. Therefore, I hope you can go back. As long as you go back, then the rest is up to you. I might need your help in the future, so I can promise to owe you a favor. As long as you obediently go back, then everything will be fine. Alright, you don't need to worry about me doing anything bad. I know you've been worried about this, worried that I might do something wrong that would affect your plans and arrangements. That's normal; I'm bound to do something wrong because it's something I have to do. If I don't do anything wrong, it means everything is under your control, and in that situation, I have to do these wrong things. Of course, this is what you consider bad, but for me, it's not bad at all. On the contrary, it's a series of good things, and I hope you can understand that, but I know it's unlikely you'll understand, and I understand why. I also hope you won't stay here any longer. "Staying here any longer won't benefit any of us. You should go back now. That would be beneficial for you, for me, for everyone, for your future, and for our future—instead of getting nothing. You just think you have to gain a lot of benefits here, that you can get enough, but you don't need that much. Gaining so many benefits is actually a burden, a harm to you. Whether you think this way or not is unimportant, but in my opinion, this kind of thing will harm you, so you'd better not have it, and don't even hope to have it. This isn't something you should be hoping for. You should leave now, don't stay here any longer, and don't affect others."

"What do you think of what I said? Master, that was the first and last time I called you that, so I hope you can be wise and not stay here. It's not good for any of us." (End of Chapter)