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

"Regardless of whether I'm being deceived by those older folks, I just want you to stay out of my life. That would only benefit both of us, without any harm. Why can't you accept that? Why can't you leave? Why do you insist on staying by my side and trying to change my life?"

As soon as Zhang Ruochen finished speaking, Fang Yu understood.

"Can you stop pretending? You're not him at all; you're just using his body. No, it's not even his body. This is just a disguise you use to try and get rid of me, isn't it, Ancestor of Humanity?"

The moment the name Fang Yu was mentioned, Zhang Ruochen's expression changed instantly, then he smiled, transforming into a kind, gentle, and refined old man. The moment this old man appeared, Fang Yu knew that the person he had been waiting for had finally arrived—the strongest being in this universe. It could be said that the Ancestor of Humanity before him was absolutely the strongest being in this universe; there was no being more powerful than him, no one in the entire universe more powerful than this old fellow.

"I never expected you to come! It's truly surprising! To be honest, it's incredibly unexpected. I originally thought you would take at least three to five thousand years, or even tens of thousands of years to arrive, but I didn't expect you to come so early. It's really quite unexpected, to be honest, it's really quite unexpected, completely unexpected. To be honest, you're really too surprising, I never expected you to be so unexpected. Your appearance has really shocked and surprised me. I never thought you would come so quickly. I originally thought you would at most send those old bald monks..." "People like that came to me, telling me to leave. I never expected you to personally intervene, and even involve my brother—no, I should say you made him look like someone else. I really don't understand why you insist I leave. Does his life have to be arranged and followed according to your plan? I don't think so. There are many tragedies in his life, tragedies that could have been avoided, but because of you, they are now unavoidable. My existence is to prevent those tragedies one by one as much as possible. Isn't that a good thing? Or do you think it's a bad thing?"

Fang Yu's question didn't change the old man's expression at all; instead, his smile widened. He then pointed a finger, and a table formed from space appeared between them. This table contained boundless vitality, and on it lay a complete tea set, which visibly began to move, pouring a cup of tea for each of them. The tea was fragrant, brimming with spiritual energy and vibrant life, instantly transforming their surroundings into something akin to a fairyland.

But this wasn't particularly surprising to Fang Yu, because he could have done it himself if he wanted to; there was no need for this. However, since the other party had done it, he naturally sat down as well.

"What you said is absolutely correct, and I completely agree with it. His life shouldn't have been filled with so many tragedies, but it had to be. Without so many tragedies, how could he grow? He would remain a child his whole life. Can a child control the entire universe? No, a child can never control the universe. That's why his life had to be full of tragedies—because his life couldn't remain at the child's stage. He needed to grow, to become strong enough, terrifyingly invincible, possessing immense power, strength, and a powerful heart. Only with sufficient inner strength..." As he grows older, he will become stronger, less easily swayed, and less threatened. That is why I intend to fill his life with tragedy. I know you dislike such tragedies, but they must happen, because his life is meant to be this way. Although he isn't my only choice, he is undoubtedly the best candidate, because he also orchestrated my life, and it is only natural for me to arrange a life for him. My life was shaped by him, so now I must arrange his—it's a cycle of cause and effect. You understand, you just don't want to. My life has been meticulously planned by him, but I've lost so much in the process, so I must also arrange a life for him filled with loss.”

"Can I interpret this as revenge? If this is revenge, then I can only say that you are extremely narrow-minded. Even he himself didn't know what happened back then. You could say that he arranged your life because of your own reasons, and it had little to do with him. Don't you understand? If you don't understand, then I can only say that it's a real pity that even you don't understand these things."

Fang Yu shook his head and questioned him again.

"He arranged my life, so it's only natural for me to arrange his. Just like you said, I also arranged my own life, but so what? Now I need to arrange his life, can you stop me? You can't stop him at all. The only thing you can do is try your best to change the tragedies in his life that shouldn't have happened. But if those tragedies don't happen, how can he grow up? Don't you understand this? Or are you simply unwilling to understand these things?"

"Of course I understand these things, and I can comprehend them, but I don't want those things to happen. Can you understand that? Since those things shouldn't have happened in the first place, then let's not let them happen, okay? What's the point of forcing them to happen? What good will that do for your life? Changing his life is tantamount to changing yours. If you don't want your life to be filled with so much tragedy, then don't obstruct his life. If you insist on obstructing his life, then aren't you just arranging your own? Your lives are inherently intertwined: he changes your life, you change his; you arrange his life, and then he arranges yours. You two are trapped in a vicious cycle, an inescapable loop. I just don't understand, what's the point? You're arranging his life now, but once he overcomes everything in the future, controls time, and controls destiny, then he..." He will arrange your life. He doesn't even need to wait until that day; he only needs to wait until he becomes a god, then he can begin arranging your life step by step, guiding you to become true powerhouses, and you will be the strongest. Because your life is arranged by him, you are the strongest, aren't you? Yet you blame him for making you lose everything, for making you cold-blooded and ruthless, for making you lose your family and friends, everything you have. So you want revenge, you want to arrange his life, to make him taste that same pain. But this pain is only because of the pain he caused in arranging your life, not because of his arrangement. It was simply the path of destiny you chose—your own destiny, not one he arranged. He didn't arrange your life; he only made it more exciting, more powerful. You could even say that everything you have is a gift from him, but everything you are doing now... What is it? It's repaying kindness with enmity, not gratitude. It seems you've made him stronger, his life more complete, filled his life with tragedy, but it's precisely because of these tragedies that you're repaying kindness with enmity. You just feel your life was orchestrated by him, that your life shouldn't have so many tragedies. Since your life has been filled with so many tragedies, then his life must also be filled with so many tragedies, otherwise, how could he possibly be worthy of you? That's the reason, isn't it? That's what you care about, that's the reason for your self-righteousness, these self-righteous things. To be honest, you're a truly detestable being, but your existence has indeed made this universe stronger; it must be said, your existence does have some value. But precisely because of this, you like to control everyone's fate, you think you are the master of all living beings, an existence that all living beings should respect and worship, so you want... Controlling everything, obtaining everything, controlling everything—that's what you want. And all of that you want can be destroyed by him, so you want revenge, you want to take it all away, make him lose everything, make him suffer what you suffered—what you suffered, you want him to suffer too. That's your despicable side, that's all there is to your despicable nature. What I'm saying shouldn't be wrong, right? Since you know what I'm saying isn't wrong, then it's not too late to correct yourself now, and you must correct yourself. If you don't correct yourself, your life will still be arranged perfectly. What will you use to change it then? You won't be able to change it anymore. By then, you'll be completely unable to change anything. You won't be able to change anything anymore. In that situation, what will you use to change it? You simply won't have anything left. Really, you absolutely won't have anything left. Don't you have anything to use to change things?

"When you choose to change his life, your life has already changed. Honestly, this is true, not a fabrication. You know this perfectly well, yet you still arrogantly believe you shouldn't suffer this pain, that everything is his fault, and therefore you want revenge. But is it all worth it? Absolutely not. You have no right to revenge, nor can you, because everything you have is a gift from him. Without him, how could you have become so powerful, the strongest in the universe? He is your benefactor, not your enemy. Don't you understand this? You understand perfectly well, you just refuse to admit it. You're afraid he might..." "He might surpass you one day, and you're afraid your supreme position will be in jeopardy, right? That's why you're afraid, why you're terrified, why you don't want him to become powerful. That's the real reason, so you don't want him to become powerful, you don't want him to one day surpass you, defeat you, or obtain everything you currently possess. That's the reason, that's what you fear, that's what you're terrified of, and that's what you want to do—to completely eliminate him and change his life. But you've forgotten that his life was already predetermined. This destiny wasn't determined by you, but by this world, this universe; it wasn't determined by you."

"You can arrange things, you can change things, but you can never determine the future. This is a fixed fact. No matter how you change or arrange things, you cannot change what has already been predetermined. This is something you cannot change, truly, it is completely beyond your control. That's why you're afraid, incredibly afraid, utterly terrified. It's precisely for this reason that you're so eager to change everything through your own efforts, to control everything through your own efforts. This is what you fear, what you panic about, right? But none of that matters. What matters is that your life has already changed, that it has transformed. I hope you can understand this, I hope you can comprehend this. Don't be presumptuous and think you can..." You have the power to control everything, to obtain everything, to arrange things that were originally unarrangeable. You do possess unparalleled strength, but to arrange those predetermined things, you cannot. You simply cannot do such a thing; it's utterly impossible, not even a fraction of it. Yet, clearly, you still don't believe it. You think you can do it, you think you can change things, you think you can become stronger. This is your folly; you are utterly foolish, foolish to an unimaginable degree, foolish to an incomprehensible degree. A fool's logic is utterly illogical; a fool's actions are so illogical that even they themselves don't understand why they are so foolish. They don't know why they are so foolish because they are utterly foolish. (End of Chapter)