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

"Why are you unwilling to return to your world? Although your world isn't a perfect one, and although I haven't been there, I think you should go back. You should return to your world instead of staying in our world to change the tragedies you speak of. Why can't those tragedies happen? Like those tragedies you mentioned, they shouldn't have happened, but I think they had to happen for him to truly grow. If he doesn't experience the joys and sorrows of life, how can his heart become strong? If his heart isn't strong enough, how can he overcome those calamities in the future, how can he save this world, or even save this universe? This is his responsibility. You don't have to say it's not his responsibility. I admit there are other options, but I think he's the most suitable candidate. Otherwise, I wouldn't have given him the Time-Space Divine Martial Mark."

"Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! You old bald monk, you old bald monk, you old bald monk, can you please stop being so shameless? You are truly shameless, you know that? You are utterly shameless, you know that? I have never seen such a shameless old bald monk. You need to understand one thing, okay? This Time-Space Divine Martial Mark originally didn't belong to you, but to my younger brother. My younger brother gave this Time-Space Divine Martial Mark to the Ancestor of Humanity, and then it was passed down generation after generation until it reached you. Although your previous trash weren't very famous, they were still somewhat well-known, although now almost no one remembers them, only the Ancestor of Humanity and you. But none of that matters, absolutely none of that matters. The important thing is that you stop being so shameless. You are truly shameless, you know that? You are utterly shameless, truly shameless. Completely..." "That's shameless. This belongs to my brother, not you, and you can't just give it to whomever you want. It must be returned to my brother, not given to you. Do you understand the difference? If you don't understand, then go find your teachers from when you were little and have them explain it to you again. Don't make me explain it to you, because I don't have that much free time to explain these things to you. I don't have that much free time for these things. And you old bald monk, what am I supposed to do? Whether I go back to my world or not is my own business, and it has nothing to do with you. Whether I change those tragedies or not is also my business, and it has nothing to do with you either. If I want to change, I will; if I don't want to change, I won't. You don't need to come here and lecture me, saying that those tragedies should have happened. Whether those tragedies should have happened or not is not for you to decide."

"I want to change those tragedies, and that's my freedom. It has absolutely nothing to do with you, not even the slightest bit. You don't need to ask. If you insist on creating those tragedies to affect my mood, I will definitely stop you and prevent it. I won't say a single unnecessary word. You should be very clear about this. You should understand this perfectly well. Please stop wasting your breath here, okay?"

"If you keep rambling on, then I can only tell you one thing: you've really lost your mind. Stop bothering me."

“You should know what I mean. Don’t spout nonsense here. I know everything you know. That’s why I hope you can leave this world and stop staying here. There’s no benefit in staying here. Why do you insist on staying here?”

"Because I want to, you old bald monk, you know? Because I want to, I'm very happy to stay in this world. Precisely because I'm very happy, so don't bother me here. If I'm not happy, you can bother me, but if I want to, then don't bother me. This way, it's only good for you and everyone else, without the slightest harm. If there were even the slightest harm, then there would be no need to say all this. You have your sunny path, I have my narrow bridge, and we can both leave each other alone. Wouldn't that be a win-win situation? Why do you insist on causing me trouble, finding fault with me? I shouldn't be the one you're looking for trouble with. You should go find the person you should be looking for, not me. If you insist on coming to me, then I can only say that you've got your brain squeezed by a door. It's that simple. If you haven't got your brain squeezed by a door, then don't come looking for me. How about that? Am I right?"

"This old monk hopes that you can leave this world."

"Old bald monk, haven't I explained myself clearly? If you want me to leave, it's actually very simple: just kill me. It's incredibly easy, extremely easy. Kill me, and you'll do what you want to do—make me cease to exist in this world. That's the only way; there's no other way. But I'm certain you don't dare. You don't have the guts because you're afraid—afraid that I'll awaken the power of my past life. Then you'll all die, and die a horrible death. So you don't dare gamble, you don't dare gamble on how powerful I am, you don't dare gamble on just how formidable I truly am." Sigh, so you're all a bunch of cowards, a bunch of wimps. You plotted everything, and what did you get in the end? You could only gamble on whether I, your brother, could lead you to defeat the darkness, defeat the darkness you speak of, and then usher in a bright future, to save the world. But you yourselves didn't dare. You say you're not cowards, but what are cowards? Really, you really are cowards, utterly cowards. So, stop bluffing in front of me; it's useless, absolutely useless. If you were even slightly useful, you wouldn't be so nervous, so focused on getting me to leave, so focused on... I know I should get out of here, I understand all of this, and I can comprehend it, but none of that matters. I hope you understand this. Don't think you're so great. It's meaningless, utterly meaningless, absolutely meaningless. Honestly, I'm not lying; this is the truth. Go do what you're supposed to do. Don't think you can do anything to me. You don't have the ability, the capacity, absolutely none. If you want my life, act quickly; if you don't want mine, shut up. Don't even think about what you can do to me. You don't have the ability. I just want to change what I care about... "These are things that will make me very uncomfortable if I don't change, but now I really want to change, and I hope you'll stop bothering me, okay? If you insist on bothering me, then I can only say you've got your heads squeezed by a door. You really have your heads squeezed by a door, absolutely, completely, utterly. I'm not laughing at you, but telling you a fact: you absolutely mustn't let your heads continue to get squeezed by a door. If you continue to let your heads get squeezed by a door, it won't do you the slightest bit of good. Not even the tiniest bit. Not even the slightest bit of good, truly not the tiniest bit of good."

"Alright, everything that needs to be said has been made very clear. So stop wasting your breath here and stop causing me trouble. There's no need for you to keep bothering me. There's absolutely no need, not even the slightest need. If there were even the slightest need, you wouldn't be nagging me like this."

"Can't you really leave this world?"

The old bald monk's face was incredibly dark, so dark it was almost unimaginable.

"Yes, absolutely. As long as you kill me, I can leave this world, and you can rest easy. That way, this threat will be completely eliminated. It's the fastest, the simplest, and the most direct and effective way. Really, it's a very direct and effective way. As long as you kill me, you can get everything you want. Why wouldn't you do it? But why don't you have the guts?"

"We don't want to hurt you, you should know that very well. It's not that we lack the courage, but we don't want to hurt you, and we hope you understand that. We never intended to harm you from the beginning; we just hoped you could leave this world on your own, rather than having to kill you. We truly don't want to kill you. I think you understand that very well. And we hope you understand that too. So it's not that we're afraid to act, nor are we cowards; we just hope to coexist peacefully, without the need for fighting and killing."

"Old bald monk, old bald monk, do you think it's appropriate for you to say such things? Do you think you have the nerve to say such things? I remember you used to be a veritable god of slaughter. How many people did you kill, whether in Heaven or Hell? Let me think, I can't remember, because there are just too many. It's a number that's completely indescribable. I really can't imagine how to describe the number of living and dead you've killed. Mountains of corpses and seas of blood are not enough to describe it, they can't be described. They must be mountains upon mountains, these mountains must be counted in tens of thousands. And seas, those are oceans of an entire world, and they still can't describe it."

"So you say you have some kind of compassion? Do you think that's believable? Don't you think it's ridiculous? Utterly ridiculous. I admit you did become more compassionate later on, but what about before? All the things you did before were mistakes, one after another. You should know very well how much the world has suffered because of you. You are absolutely responsible for the world's current state. You are also responsible for the world's current crisis. In fact, we, the Zhang family, are responsible for it all. All of this is due to the actions of our Zhang family. You should know this very well, I don't need to say more, you know it, I know it, everyone knows it. So why can't you use your brain a little and say such stupid things? If you had even a little bit of a brain, you wouldn't say such stupid things. I just don't understand. I hope you can use your brain a little and stop saying such stupid things. That way, it will make our Zhang family seem a little more intelligent, not completely brainless. Don't you think so? Really, we should use our brains, we absolutely should use our brains, we must use our brains. Without brains, it's a real headache."

"I thought you'd gotten smarter, but you're still so brainless. It's really a pity, a very regrettable thing, truly a very regrettable thing. I don't want to say this, but there's nothing I can do, you're just so brainless. Sigh, it's really a pity."

"There's something I need to make clear to you. This is very important, and I hope you can understand. Whether you ultimately understand or not is your own business and has nothing to do with me. Anyway, I've said what I needed to say, and I have to tell you according to my own thoughts. If I didn't tell you these things, I would feel guilty. I hope you can understand a little bit. If you don't want to listen, you can plug your ears now. Really, you can completely plug your ears now. Don't care what questions I ask. Just plug your ears and ignore everything else."

"I just want to know if you have someone you love or someone you like. If you do, then you should just get lost, okay? Go find the person you love or like, and stop bothering me. If you don't, then just disappear completely and stop causing me trouble. That way, it'll be good for both of us. Don't you think that makes sense? Don't you think what I said is right? Isn't that the logic? If you think it's wrong, then feel free to correct me. If you think it's right, then do as I say. That way, we'll both benefit, and there won't be any harm. I don't want to argue with you anymore, and I don't want to waste any more words on you, but please stop bothering me, okay? That way, you're good, I'm good, everyone's good—it's a good thing. Why are you unwilling to do it? Aren't you supposed to be a compassionate and holy monk?" (End of Chapter)