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

"All you've said is to make me give up on my plans for him, my plans for his life. But his life is meant to be this way. I'm just adding a few more exciting meanings to his life. And if he can surpass me, he can change the tragedy you're talking about in the future, and bring back those relatives and friends who have already died one by one. Wouldn't that be more interesting?"

The old man's words made Fang Yu laugh, and he laughed quite handsomely.

"You're right. If he could surpass you, his life would be full of endless meaning. You could say his life was originally meant to be full of endless meaning, his life should have been incomparably wonderful, his life should have been destined, his life should have been beautiful. But because of you, you bastard, his life has been filled with so many tragedies, he has to bear so many tragedies. He has no choice in his life, he can only follow everything you've arranged for him. Don't you think you're such a bastard? You really are a bastard, to be honest, you are a complete and utter bastard, there's no one more bastard than you."

"All of this you've arranged is simply to control it. Only when you've arranged everything can you easily control his life and prevent him from surpassing you. If you hadn't arranged anything and let his original destiny take its course, his life would have been incomparably wonderful, without so much tragedy. Even more tragic things might have happened, but at least his life would have been perfect, without any worries or concerns."

"But, because of you, you bastard, his life has to bear such consequences, he has to bear such consequences, his life has to bear such consequences, and it has become like this, all because of you, you bastard."

"Do you know how much of a bastard you are? You're the absolute worst kind of bastard."

"It is because of your bastard arrangements that his life has been filled with so many tragedies. These tragedies should not have existed in the first place, but because of you, you bastard, they have to exist. Sigh, to be honest, this is a really tragic thing. Really, this is an unparalleled tragedy. There is nothing more tragic than this."

"But instead of feeling remorseful and realizing you're a bastard, you're smug and self-satisfied. You think you've got everything under control, everything, his fate, everything. You believe that by using him, you can elevate yourself to a higher level, to an unparalleled realm. That way, you can change your own destiny, and thus change everyone else's. That's how you succeed, how you completely succeed. That's your goal, your conspiracy. That's all I've said. I know what you're thinking, and I understand what you're going to do. But I can't let you succeed. If I let you succeed, what am I? I'm nothing, you know? If I let you succeed, then I can say, what was the point of my coming here? My purpose here is to change everything, to transform everything. So I will absolutely not allow you to create, or rather, to orchestrate, so many tragedies." Those tragedies that shouldn't have happened shouldn't have happened, you know? Because of you, those tragedies had to happen. Really, you're a complete bastard, to be honest, you're a total bastard. I've never seen a more bastard than you. Really, you're the bastard of bastards, the bastard of bastards. So don't you feel even a little bit of remorse? Oh, right, you don't feel any remorse because you have no humanity whatsoever. You've completely lost that so-called humanity. So you don't have anything good in you. You don't have any humanity at all. You don't have that kind of thing. So what can you do? You can't do anything, right? Sigh, this is truly a very tragic thing. I know this is a very tragic thing, but I didn't expect it to be this tragic. To be honest, this is something I never expected. I never thought things would be this tragic.

"I never expected you to come knocking on my door so quickly. This is something I never anticipated. My original plan has gone terribly wrong because of your appearance, which may cause it to fail. But I don't regret it. There's no need for me to regret these things. They're all trivial matters to me, nothing to be afraid of. These things are completely unnecessary for me to care about. Caring about them would not be a good thing and would only have a significant impact on me. So I can't let them bother me."

"The reason you're here is because you can't defeat me, or rather, you can't kill me. You know the consequences of killing me, and those consequences are ones you can't bear. Since you can't bear them, then don't even think about bearing them. Am I right? Isn't that the logic? Since you can't bear the consequences, then don't even think about bearing them. That's better for you, better for me, better for everyone. So, it's not me who should leave, but you. You shouldn't be here. You should go where you should be. You shouldn't be here. If you come here, it's not a good thing for me, for you, for everyone. You should leave quickly, you should die quickly, instead of coming here. Coming here won't benefit any of us. Coming here will only make you die faster. I know you don't believe what I'm saying, but what I'm saying is a fact. Coming here will only make you die faster, will only make your death more miserable and tragic. Actually, you shouldn't have come to see me now, or rather, you should have come later." "Come see me at this time, then we can still discuss things. But why did you come so quickly? Because you're afraid. You're afraid I'll change too much, afraid I'll affect your plans, your arrangements, your plan to become the ruler of this universe. But will you really become the ruler of this universe? I don't think you want to become the ruler of this universe just because you don't have the ability. No, it's completely impossible for you to achieve that with your current arrangements. You just need to know what you need to do: maintain your current position, instead of coming to cause me trouble. Causing me trouble will not benefit you at all; it will only bring you greater trouble. To be honest, I'm really surprised by your arrival. I'm extremely surprised, truly astonished. I didn't expect you to come to me so eagerly. This proves what? It proves just how much of a threat I pose to you."

"Since I pose such a great threat to you, why shouldn't I make good use of it? Why shouldn't I use such a huge threat to influence what you should be doing? Don't be angry, don't be angry yet. Let me finish speaking, then you can get angry slowly. You can even take action directly, there's no problem at all. If you feel that I shouldn't have said these things and that they've affected your arrangements and plans, then you can slowly make arrangements and plans, and you can change everything you've made now. There's absolutely no problem with that. There's not a single problem. To be honest, there's absolutely no problem with that. If you think there's anything wrong with what I said, you can point it out, and I won't have any objections. You can point it out as you please."

"Why do you insist that I am ill-intentioned and a despicable bastard?"

Although he was reluctant to utter the last three words, the old man had no choice but to say them, because these were Fang Yu's assessments of him. Naturally, he was somewhat angry about these assessments, but his anger was only momentary, fleeting, barely even a second.

As Fang Yu said, he had lost all humanity, and anger was difficult for him to maintain. Anger, being one of the seven emotions and six desires, was therefore difficult to contain. However, he absolutely could not allow himself to fail, because he had already arranged everything; how could he allow himself to fail? If he failed, wouldn't everything he had planned be wasted? This was something he simply could not tolerate, utterly intolerable.

That's why he rushed over. He knew that if he didn't get there soon, he would lose everything. It was highly likely that Fang Yu would change everything, something he couldn't bear, something he simply couldn't handle.
Faced with this situation, he had absolutely no choice; there was no point in him having any choice at all.

"Alright, alright, because that's who you are, not what I said. I'm not trying to be mysterious by giving you an evaluation; it's just that everything you've done is exactly what I've said. If you think there's anything wrong with what I've said, you can point it out, you can correct it—that's perfectly fine. I won't have any objections. As long as you have the ability, then there's definitely no problem. As long as you can do it, then I definitely won't have any issues with it."

"But I don't think you can do it at all. You simply can't do what I'm saying, otherwise you wouldn't have come. The reason you came is that you hope I can leave, stop changing his fate, stop changing his future. That way, your chances of winning will be greater. Only then can you have a chance of winning, and only then can you get what you want without being controlled by me. You're afraid because my existence will cause you to lose everything I've said. You're afraid, you're really afraid, you're panicked, you're extremely panicked."

"If you weren't so terrified, you wouldn't have come at all. If you weren't so nervous, you still wouldn't have come. It's all because you're too nervous, too afraid. You're afraid you can't bear it. You're afraid I'll take everything from you, take away everything you have, take away everything you possess now. What do you have now? You have a supreme position, but even so, you can't be the only one. As long as you can't be the only one, then you might be defeated by someone else, and that person is the most likely to defeat you, and your life, your destiny..." It was his arrangement, so naturally you don't want him to continue existing under these circumstances. But you dare not kill him, because you are terrified—terrified that he, from the future or from another timeline, will erase you completely. At that point, you would be powerless to resist or fight back, because you simply cannot do that. You would be completely unable to do so; you could only watch helplessly as you were erased. This is an unavoidable situation, something you cannot change, something you must face alone. Therefore, you dare not erase him, because... You're afraid that the moment you act, he'll be erased from your future self in time and space. It's a closed loop, a closed loop that's very difficult to change. That's why you're afraid. You're not just afraid of me, but also of him; you're not just afraid of his future self, but also of me now. You're afraid that his future self will become even stronger. That I, in my present self, will change his future self, making him even stronger—that's what you're afraid of. Alas, to be honest, all of this has already formed a closed loop in time and space. Changing it is almost impossible, and that's the biggest problem, because the future can no longer be changed. Even if you plan perfectly, even if you do it flawlessly, you can't change your future self. No matter how you change it, you'll only make it stronger, and I will make it incredibly strong. Once both your future self and his future self are changed, then you will definitely lose in the future. This is an undeniable fact, something no one can change. There's nothing we can do; that's just how it is. No one can change it, not even me, not even you. Therefore, don't despair that you can change all of this. It's all unchangeable, there's no way to change it. (End of Chapter)