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

"It looks like that bastard, that old turtle, is coming to find you. I just don't understand why he insists on getting rid of me. I just don't get it. What's the point of him doing this? I can solve a lot of problems by staying here, but he insists on taking me away. I just don't understand what he's thinking. What good does it do him to take me away? You could say it doesn't benefit him at all, not even a tiny bit. If taking me away is beneficial, it's only for himself, for everything he's arranged. He's always wanted to control your lives, to change your lives, to completely change your lives so he can easily control everything and get everything. These are what he wants, these are what he must get, these are what he dreams of. I can understand that, but I absolutely cannot allow him to do it, because if he does, the harm to you will be too great, and it will cause a lot of..." These tragedies are ones I don't want to see, ones I don't want to happen. You could say I came here to prevent them. It's precisely because of these potential tragedies that I came here; if it weren't for them, I wouldn't have come at all. But that bastard turtle insists on changing all of this. Isn't he a bastard turtle? Isn't he a bastard turtle? He's absolutely a bastard turtle, an unparalleled bastard turtle. I've never seen a bastard turtle like him. No, wait, he's just an old turtle now. He's a thoroughly old turtle, the oldest turtle ever. Ever since our protagonist led him onto this path of cultivation, he's become an old turtle, a thoroughly old turtle. But this turtle not only hasn't learned gratitude, doesn't know what it means to repay kindness, but he insists on changing his life. His life doesn't actually need changing; he just needs to… He doesn't think about changing other people's lives, so his own life can't be changed. Yet, he insists on changing others' lives because he wants immortality. He can only achieve true immortality by breaking through that final barrier, but I don't want him to break through that final barrier because only one person can break through it, and it absolutely cannot be him, because he is a person without emotions. A person like him, devoid of emotions, can sacrifice so much for his immortality; you could say he could sacrifice the entire universe for his immortality. You could say that all the choices he faces, all the choices he makes, are for himself; he never thinks of anyone else. Everything he does is for himself; he never considers anyone else. This is what makes him terrifying, this is his most terrifying aspect. Do you understand? If you don't understand, then I'll say it again: you absolutely cannot choose him. If you choose him, then everyone might die, everyone will die. Not just you, me, or him, but everyone, everything will be utterly destroyed because of him, will perish because of him. This is his terrifying aspect, this is the crucial reason to eliminate him, because he is a heartless being, a being who only thinks of himself. And precisely for this reason, he absolutely cannot live, absolutely cannot be allowed to continue living, because if he continues to live, then this world, this universe, will perish because of him, will perish because of him. He seems like a good person, frankly, he does seem like a good person, a truly good person, but in reality, he is not a good person, he is a bastard, he is an old tortoise, an old tortoise that has lived for countless millennia. It is precisely because he has lived for so many millennia that he does not want to end his life; he wants to live, he wants to continue living, he wants to live forever, he wants to achieve immortality, an eternal existence, but in reality, he is... It's achievable. In reality, his actions have only one consequence: the death of himself and everyone else. All living beings will perish because of his folly, all living beings will perish because of his folly, but he himself doesn't know this. He only believes he can achieve his goal, can achieve the immortality he desires, can achieve all of this—that's his purpose. But what is the reality? In reality, he's just an old tortoise, a complete and utter tortoise, so don't believe what he says. If you believe what he says, it will be a tremendous, eternal harm to the universe, to this world, and to those who will always be with you and love you. They don't know you betrayed them, they don't know you betrayed them. Don't say you didn't betray them; when you chose that old guy, you should have understood that you had already betrayed them. This is an unimaginable thing, yet it's something we must think about—there's no way not to imagine it, but we must. Imagine. To be honest, really, I really want to die with him, because his existence would destroy this universe, destroy everything, truly. But I dare not, because I'm afraid I can't do it. If I can't, then he will be the one to destroy this world, this universe, and I won't be able to stop it. The "him" you know can't stop it either; he can't. He has absolutely no ability or capacity. Only one person can possess this capacity, but that person doesn't exist. You could say that person has never existed. And I want to create such a person—just as he created someone to help him achieve his goals, I also want to create someone to stop him. Only by stopping him can we realize our own ideas, achieve our own goals, and achieve our own eternal life. Of course, I'm not doing this for eternal life. You could say that no one does this for eternal life; they only do it for eternal existence. Everyone, as long as they are still... Living, intelligent beings can remember them, remember everything they sacrificed, everything they gave. That's what they had to do, that's what they had to do. Do you understand? If you don't understand, then I really can't help you. The immortality they wanted was different from the immortality the old tortoise wanted: the old tortoise wanted a permanent existence, while those people wanted a different kind of permanent existence. They were different, forever different, so they were not from the same world, nor from the same level of will. The old tortoise's goal was more ambitious; that old tortoise was truly a terrifying being. He thought that even if the universe was destroyed, he must exist because he wanted to be the supreme god, he wanted to become the supreme god. But when he became a god, others became gods, which he couldn't allow, so he annihilated the other beings called gods. But gradually... He discovered he could no longer annihilate the other gods; his strength was insufficient to do so, for the other gods, though newly ascended, already possessed power no less than his. In this situation, he could only coexist with the other gods, but he still held a supreme position, simply because he was the first god. It was precisely because he was the first god that he desired to rule the entire universe, to rule all worlds, and to control all living beings. When he truly achieved this, he then desired immortality—like those ancient emperors who, when they held the power of life and death over billions of beings, desired to control their own life and death, to exist eternally, so that they could forever control the life and death of all, forever possessing supreme power and unparalleled strength, thus achieving true immortality. This was what those monarchs imagined and pursued.

"But soon he realized he couldn't do it, he simply couldn't, so he chose to take the lives of others, to seize the lives of others."

"In that way, he could live longer, and he felt that he could become the master of this universe, the master among the gods of this universe. In that way, he could achieve true immortality, but in reality, he couldn't do it because he found that he simply couldn't do it. He didn't have that ability, he had absolutely no ability, he simply couldn't do it."

"So he went mad, completely mad. He clearly thought he could do it, but he discovered he couldn't at all, so he truly went insane. He began to feign kindness towards all the gods, showing them a fatherly love, and that's why he was called the Ancestor of Humanity. But this hypocrisy was only temporary, only temporary. When he revealed his true colors, those gods already regretted it, already regretted it, but it was too late for regrets. So those gods only had one path left: death. There was absolutely no way out for them, and their lives belonged to him. Those gods naturally didn't want to die, but under those circumstances, staying alive was simply impossible; they only had one path left: death." There was absolutely no other choice but death, only certain death. His conspiracy remained undiscovered until it was finally revealed. Frankly, I didn't expect his plot to be discovered so quickly, so early. But even if it was discovered, what could he do? He had become a supreme being, an existence forever unmatched. Under such circumstances, who could defeat him? Moreover, he hadn't achieved true immortality, so he was constantly plotting and scheming. What was he plotting? He was plotting how to obtain true immortality. But in reality, this was impossible, utterly unattainable. Under such circumstances, how could he possibly achieve this goal? "Then the only option is to create something that surpasses yourself. But how can you create it? You need to find the one who changed your fate. That's the reason, that's the real reason. Sigh, to be honest, I'm having a headache too, I really am. I shouldn't be telling you this, but I have to. If I don't tell you, it's like I'm deceiving you. I don't want to deceive you, I really don't want to deceive you. Deceiving you doesn't do me any good, that's the truth—for me, deceiving you does no good at all, absolutely no good. That's why I'm telling you this, so you understand what kind of being is that looking for you. Don't trust that being, that being..." He's really not a good person. That guy will never be a good person; he's a complete scoundrel. In this situation, you shouldn't trust him. If you continue to trust him, you'll only hurt yourself and those around you. Everyone around you will suffer because of you. I believe you don't want to do that, right? Really, I don't want you to do that either. To be honest, if you do that, it will truly be a form of harm to you and those around you—an irreparable harm. I don't want those around you, or yourself, to suffer this kind of harm. This kind of harm will do you absolutely no good; not even the slightest bit. I hope you can believe that.”

"If you think I'm lying to you, you don't have to believe me, you can treat me like a machine that spouts nonsense, really. You can treat me like a machine that spouts nonsense, but I hope you can be careful not to completely trust him, and remain vigilant. Don't think I'm trying to sow discord between you two, to drive a wedge between your feelings. I don't have that much free time, I don't have that much energy to do such things. These things don't benefit me at all, so I don't want to do these pointless things. I just hope you can remain vigilant, remain sufficiently vigilant, then perhaps you still have a glimmer of hope, then perhaps this world, this universe, will have a tiny sliver of hope. Don't completely lose hope, really, hope really can't be lost. If it's lost, it won't benefit anyone in the slightest. This is the truth, this is the real story, and I hope you can believe it, don't disbelieve it." (End of Chapter)