The True Martial Ancestor

Chapter 903 Understanding Cause and Effect

Meeting the gaze of the white-clad fairy, Zhou Yuan suppressed the shock in his heart and then spoke in a calm tone:
"Your Excellency has graced this realm with your presence. May I ask what your purpose is? Is there anything I, Zhou, can do to serve you?"

Mu Zi gazed calmly at Zhou Yuan, her eyes deep and unfathomable. After a moment, she said:
"We came for a cause and effect."

Upon hearing this, the two people and the beast couldn't help but feel a slight chill, realizing that their previous worries had come true.

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment, then sighed and looked at Mu Zi opposite him, saying:
“I am aware of this matter. Back then, the Holy Race took the offspring of the gods and fled to distant lands, causing countless atrocities in this world. I do bear some responsibility for this.”

After a slight pause, Zhou Yuan looked at the unfathomable Mu Zi, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

"What is the cause and effect between that other realm and that holy race?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Zixian pointed her finger, as if a series of images were appearing before her eyes.

In that scene, one could vaguely see the ancient war in the Great Thousand Worlds, where the Holy Race, now transformed into an extraterrestrial evil race, waged a war of invasion against heaven and earth under the leadership of the Heavenly Evil God, a catastrophe.

Mu Zi's voice seemed to come from ancient history: "The evil races from beyond the realm have plagued our world for tens of thousands of years, unleashing boundless slaughter and causing immense suffering to all living beings. Have you seen the cause and effect of this?"

Looking at the scene of calamity presented on the screen, Zhou Yuan and Yao Yao couldn't help but tremble slightly. The actions of the Holy Clan in the outer realms were even worse than those in the Tianyuan Realm back then. They never imagined that the Holy Clan's devastation of that realm would reach such a level.
Neither of them doubted the authenticity of what they were seeing. The scenes before them were not simply illusions formed by divine power, but rather they exuded an aura of time, like reflections taken from ancient history, clearly presented before their eyes.

After a long silence, Zhou Yuan's gaze flickered as he looked at Mu Zi and said with some difficulty, "I never imagined that a single wrong decision back then would lead to such a disaster."

"If Your Excellency wishes to settle this matter of cause and effect, I am willing to bear it all."

Zhou Yuan was deeply saddened at this moment, and it was no exaggeration. The future he had seen back then only showed the prosperity of the Great Thousand World and the end of the Holy God's Son, and he was unaware of the hidden secrets behind it.

If Zhou Yuan had known all this from the beginning, he would have preferred to exhaust his own resources before obliterating the Holy God, and would certainly not have given that Holy Race even the slightest chance.

As Zhou Yuan finished speaking, Yao Yao, whose eyes were like stars, rippled with emotion. Before Mu Zi could respond, she spoke first, saying:
"Zhou Yuan stayed in Tianyuan Realm back then to save me. If there is any cause and effect, it all stems from me."

Yao Yao gazed at Mu Zi's figure, a resolute look flashing in her eyes. Back then, in order to win her back, Zhou Yuan directly extracted his own divine bone, almost causing his cultivation level to plummet. For a hundred years, he hovered between life and death.

If Zhou Yuan bears even a trace of responsibility for the Holy Race's actions in the outer realms, then Yao Yao believes that the root of everything is inextricably linked to her.

"Please do not harm Zhou Yuan. I will repay all the consequences!"

Yao Yao's eyes were filled with a determination to die. How could she watch Zhou Yuan get hurt? If possible, she was willing to take the blame for him, even if the consequences meant paying with her life!

"Ouch!!!"

Sensing Yao Yao's determination, Tun Tun couldn't help but struggle to break free from her grasp, his low growl filled with urgency.

Zhou Yuan, standing to the side, was also moved. He surged with divine power, protecting Yao Yao behind him. Then, he looked calmly at Mu Zi without saying a word, as if he was ready to die.

Seeing the scene before her, Mu Zi remained silent for a long time. Then, she looked at the two people and one beast in front of her, her tone carrying a strange undertone. "When did I say I would take your lives?"

The atmosphere became heavy and sorrowful, as if the two had misunderstood something.

"Ok?"

Upon learning that things had taken a turn for the better, Zhou Yuan and Yao Yao both showed expressions of surprise. At that moment, Mu Zi's calm voice sounded like heavenly music to their ears.

Across from her, Mu Zi's eyes flickered as she looked at the man and woman before her. She calmly spoke, explaining the reason for the matter.

"All the evils committed by the Holy Race were not of your own volition. This cause and effect does not require you two to pay for it with your lives."

Although Mu Zi possesses absolute power, she is not someone who acts indiscriminately. She would not simply eliminate Zhou Yuan because of his unintentional act back then.

Ultimately, for Zhou Yuan, what happened back then could at most be considered inaction. The Holy Race was an enemy of the Heavenly Origin Realm under Yuan Zun's control; the two were not birds of a feather. The grievances had their perpetrators and the debtors their debtors, and Zhou Yuan and the others did not need to bear the consequences.

Moreover, if Mu Zi wanted to take the former's life, why would she cross over to him like this and make such a "visit"?
Even though Zhou Yuan and Yao Yao have both reached the Supreme God Realm, in front of Mu Zi, they are no different from the Heavenly Evil God in essence, except that they are slightly less vulnerable.

The gap is so huge that if Mu Zi harbored murderous intent, the two people from Tianyuan Realm probably wouldn't have even seen her. Now that she has come to settle this matter for the Great Thousand Worlds.

Seeing that Mu Zi had no intention of making a move, Zhou Yuan and Yao Yao breathed a sigh of relief. Even though they had already come to their senses, it might have been a better outcome if they could avoid directly facing the might of that supreme expert.

After all, although they did not know the white-clad woman's exact strength, the insurmountable gap between them was obvious. If she was indeed going to make a move, they probably wouldn't have much confidence to resist.

Suppressing his thoughts, Zhou Yuan gazed at the figure not far away, his expression profound, and said:
"In your opinion, how should this cause and effect be resolved?"

Mu Zi's gaze swept past the two of them and reached the outside of the small world, reflecting this world in her eyes.

"The Holy Race was born in this world, so the cause and effect naturally fall into it."

"From now on, powerful beings from all over the world will travel to this realm to exchange their knowledge and skills. No one in this realm may obstruct them from gaining anything during this time."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan's gaze became slightly profound, realizing that this situation was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

In the interaction between beings from the two realms, all initiative is in the hands of the other party, and it takes place in the Tianyuan Realm.

The way of heaven and earth in the Tianyuan Realm is closely related to fortune. Here, fortune is not an ethereal thing, but is integrated into the extraordinary system of all living beings.

Some beings are favored by heaven and earth, born with auspicious fortune that can significantly assist them on their path of cultivation.

Zhou Yuan himself once possessed the destiny of a sacred dragon, which is why he was qualified to cultivate the supreme technique of the Heavenly Origin Realm—the Ancestral Dragon Scripture.

(End of this chapter)