Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1160 The Cause and Effect of Creation (46)

"Oh I got it."

Xuan Mingyu finally understood, and his astonished expression slowly returned.

He wanted to laugh, and he did laugh, with a hint of pure curiosity and a suppressed glee: "Grand Tutor, why do you say that?"

"Your Majesty." Grand Tutor Hong also laughed: "The late emperor died suddenly, the imperial court declined, and Prince Jing, who supported you, also died at our hands because of the inaction and instigation of us officials, the princes of the towns and the noble families. The only possibility for the imperial court to be revived has gone with the departure of Princess Mingjing."

"Although you are the emperor, in reality you are our puppet."

Wen Zhi stood on the throne, meeting the gaze of the emperor on the throne. He did not show contempt; on the contrary, he was as serious as ever: "I do not wish for this, but the great forces of heaven and earth are pushing forward. Perhaps the cause and effect were established from the moment the Holy Ancestor erected the Tree of Immortality, only to have it repeatedly fail... Destruction will eventually come, and the bloodline of the Xuan Clan of Zhenwu Mountain will become part of the cycle of cause and effect."

At this point, Grand Tutor Hong said matter-of-factly, "What else could the Mandate of Heaven correspond to, 'Creation from Nothing' and 'Master of Nature'?"

“We can all see that you intend to use Anjing, the Master of Nature, to open up a new path, to fight against the Holy Ancestor who usurped the power of creation from nothing, to destroy the court, and to usher in a new era.”

“You have no interest in this throne, and you even had the ability to leave from the beginning, but you did not leave. You must have been waiting for this moment.”

"But now, tell me, what exactly is your plan!"

He said this with a resolute voice: "Although since the beginning of the Huai Xu Realm, none of those whom Huang Tian has wanted to destroy have been able to escape unscathed."

"But as a Heavenly Sect, the Great Chen Dynasty can definitely take away more than one [Seven Fiends Tribulation]!"

"You've got it wrong."

Xuan Mingyu smiled, raised a finger and shook it, looking at the earnest Grand Tutor Hong with a strange expression that was hard to tell whether it was pity or sympathy, mockery or sigh, and said just as earnestly, "To be honest, you've got it wrong."

“I never really cared about the throne from the beginning, because I knew it was all so boring and I was tired of it.”

“But I don’t want to deliberately destroy anything. Rather, I just want to take a new path from beginning to end.”

"Regarding all of this, aside from inviting An Jing to the capital, I did nothing. And just because I didn't invite him doesn't mean An Jing wouldn't come. On the contrary, he definitely would have come, because, as you said, perhaps since the Holy Ancestor established the Immortal Tree 30,000 years ago, yet repeatedly attempted to seize control of it..."

"The cause and effect have been established, and everything will proceed naturally, like dominoes falling, like mountains collapsing, like the sky..."

A red light appeared on the horizon.

The light was initially just a sliver, but in an instant it painted the entire sky. The ever-brighter light illuminated Xuan Mingyu's eyes, reflecting a blood-red shadow in the emperor's pupils.

He smiled and said, "Qing."

at the same time.

"This is the last chance."

On the execution platform, beside the flames.

Under the light, in the darkness.

Yin Gujin lowered his gaze, staring at the black jade-like ground: "Although I know you definitely won't turn back, as is customary, I'll ask one last time, where is Tianwu?"

Where else could it be?

Unexpectedly, Gu Yunzhi answered the question with ease: "It's in Shenjing."

"Shenjing? Where is that?"

Yin Gujin was startled, but then nodded, seemingly not entirely surprised by the answer: "The most dangerous place is actually the least likely to be discovered? With Prince Jing's research on the Heavenly Sea Earth Vein Array, he certainly could... Is it the abandoned Prince Jing's mansion, or...?" "Neither." Gu Yunzhi smiled, looking at Yin Gujin with a light and humorous tone: "It's that later, my granddaughter will bring Tianwu here and smash it against the Heavenly Sea Array in the capital!"

"Sigh." Yin Gujin was tricked, but he wasn't angry. He just sighed and said, "To be honest, if it weren't for your granddaughter and bloodline, I really wouldn't want to kill you. How many spirit jades would it cost to keep you in the Heavenly Prison?"

"In fact, just as the Prince of De said, killing you is neither law nor virtue, but rather an exposure of the evil of Da Chen."

"Since you already know, there's no point in me saying anything, right?"

"I just don't understand."

Yin Gujin calmly said, "We all know the goal of Prince Jing and the late Emperor: to revitalize the Great Chen Dynasty. Then they ran into the Holy Ancestor, which awakened us and made us realize the corruption and incorrigibility of the Imperial Court. Therefore, we must thoroughly reform it."

"So you decisively created the Great Sea Demon Catastrophe." Gu Yunzhi said calmly, "The demon catastrophe could have been suppressed, but you forcibly allowed the North to devastate."

“The Imperial Court must be weakened, and we must gain power under the guise of disaster relief. This is a necessary sacrifice to replace the Imperial Court.” Yin Gujin did not hesitate at all: “Otherwise, if the Imperial Court is corrupted by the Heavenly Demon in the future, the situation will inevitably be ten or a hundred times more tragic than it is now.”

"So, what exactly is your purpose?"

At this point, Yin Gujin frowned, looking puzzled: "We may indeed be selfish, but at least we have a seemingly noble purpose, I don't deny that, but what exactly are you planning to do? I really don't understand."

"But whatever it is, honestly, give up. It wasn't us who killed Prince Jing, but the Imperial Court and the Holy Ancestor, the Heavenly Demon that the Holy Ancestor once controlled, the Dao Spirit He left behind, and the Imperial Dynasty protected by the Four Great Families. If you really want to avenge Prince Jing, then help us defeat these people."

"If you don't win, they win."

Yin Gujin slowly raised her head, her gaze passing over Gu Yunzhi and landing ahead: "Look at the faces of these people..."

Gu Yunzhi followed his gaze, raised his head, and looked ahead.

Gu Yunzhi looked at the faces of the four great families beneath the throne and the imperial seat.

Yuan Chengjun, Song Anshi, Yao Mingguang, Guang Daoquan... every single one of them wore the same expression.

Indifference, lack of concern, contempt, mockery.

They considered themselves the victors.

"If you don't win, you'll let them win."

Yin Gujin calmly said, "We are clearly not your enemies."

"Are you going to let them win so that we don't win?"

"Haha."

Gu Yunzhi was silent for a moment, then laughed: "You all always thought that Prince Jing's goal was only to revive the Great Chen Dynasty?"

He laughed heartily, and the old man's hearty laughter echoed throughout the entire Execution Platform: "Do you think that the enemies King Jing imagines are just those elements that weaken the Great Chen Dynasty?"

"You've all got it wrong!"

His words were forceful, like metal striking rock: "These targets are too small! Too small! Too small!"

"It's just the rise and fall of a dynasty, the rise and fall of an era. Even without the Holy Ancestor's conspiracy, an organization will naturally reach its limit in the end."

(End of this chapter)