In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 523 Treating the Nascent Soul cultivators like Snickers bars!
"impossible!"

Upon hearing Wan Chenxin's proposed choice, Chen Nuoyi resolutely refused.

Like a mother dragon protecting her cubs, she used her body to block Wan Chenxin's gaze from peeping at Su Yuan, her beautiful golden eyes flashing with ferocity.

"You're Xiaolong's successor, aren't you? You have the same stubborn personality as him."

Wan Chenxin smiled gently at Chen Nuoyi:
"I heard that you are Su Yuan's Daoist partner. Don't worry, I will never hurt you, because only if you are well can Su Yuan make the right choice."

Chen Nuoyi said coldly:

“Su Yuan will not choose to commit suicide. If he dares to do so, I will die right in front of him to strengthen his resolve to fight you to the end.”

Wan Chenxin was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Chen Nuoyi to be so fierce.

She thought for a moment and said sincerely:

"I asked Su Yuan to die, not for his own good, but also for the good of the entire cultivation world."

"Since none of you are willing to hand over Su Yuan because of the enemy's strength, then I have no choice but to convince you with the truth."

Chen Nuoyi remained vigilant, showing no sign of letting her guard down.

Wan Chenxin continued:

"The secret of the cultivation world that I am about to tell you is something that the Boundless Tribulation Venerable absolutely does not want to reveal to outsiders. Once someone learns of this information, they will be hunted down by the other party."

"Are you sure you want to know? If you don't want to know, you can leave now."

After hearing this heartfelt reminder, none of the cultivators guarding Su Yuan wavered.

Instead, Qi Anong, who was guarding the door, took the initiative to come in, wanting to hear what Wan Chenxin was up to.

The radiant, maternal fairy sighed softly, then slowly spoke:
"The resources in the universe are finite, which should be self-evident."

Star River Heavenly Lord, Wu Luo True Lord, and the others nodded subconsciously.

As high-level cultivators, they are more aware than ordinary people that the total amount of spiritual energy is limited.

"Ordinary people may not feel the limitations of resources, but the Ten Heavenly Kings of your Blue Star should have already realized the severity of the situation."

"In the past three hundred years, the Ten Heavenly Kings must have absorbed the spiritual energy of many large and small worlds in order to cultivate and replenish their own energy, right?"

Wan Chenxin asked in a deep voice.

Qi Anong nodded slightly:
"Indeed, since I achieved the Nascent Soul stage, I have personally drained thirteen small worlds and four medium-sized worlds."

"However, I did not harm the local residents; I transferred them all to the peaceful world that I managed."

Wan Chenxin smiled and shook his head, saying:

"You're just deceiving yourself. You're unwilling to harm the world you govern, so you choose to drain other worlds and relocate their inhabitants... But even with all that effort, isn't the spiritual energy in your world being consumed even faster?"

Qi Anong pursed her lips and defended herself:
"That's why I keep striving to conquer new worlds and bring the resources of Earth's civilization to a balance."

"The balance will eventually be broken."

Wan Chenxin calmly said:

"If you don't die in the process of conquering the world, you will definitely become stronger and stronger, and your consumption of the spiritual energy and resources of heaven and earth will become greater and greater."

"Until one day, you realize that your speed of conquering the world can't keep up with the speed of your resource consumption, you will only have two choices."

"First, limit yourself and stop becoming stronger; second, take over the worlds you've conquered in the past, exploit their resources, reduce the basic needs of ordinary people, and become parasites that eat away at civilizations."

Qi Anong's expression changed, and she frowned, as if she wanted to say something.

But Wan Chenxin interrupted her first:
“I know you’re thinking that this kind of thing is too far away for you to think about right now.”

“But what if I told you that this future is not far away, and that such a thing actually happened in the last era?” As she spoke, she turned her gaze to Zhu Qingqing, who came from the end of the last era.

Zhu Qingqing paused for a moment, then said cautiously:

"Well... when I was about to die, resources in the cultivation world did become scarcer than before, making cultivators even poorer, and causing many wars to break out among the major sects in the cultivation world."

"However, I am a demonic cultivator, so I don't consume much of the resources of ordinary cultivators. I only need talent, so I don't know much about the specifics."

Wan Chenxin nodded: "Thank you for providing the example."

She continued, "The scarcity of resources in the last era was not due to anything else, but because the thirty-six Nascent Soul cultivators of the human race and the fourteen Nascent Soul cultivators of the demon race consumed too many resources."

"They have almost drained the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, causing medicinal herbs to cease production and mineral veins to turn into soil and rocks... If this continues, even if the celestial calamity does not occur, the previous era will perish in despair."

"In order to prevent the cultivation world from entering a hopeless and Dharma-ending Age, it is necessary to set a standard for the number of people and to launch immortal tribulations regularly."

"Under the celestial tribulation, all beings are equal."

"Once everything restarts, the cultivation world will give birth to new vitality and new prosperity, and this cycle will continue forever."

"I support the Boundless Calamity Venerable because I love all living beings. I cannot bear to harm any living being, but I must set an example when the Celestial Calamity descends and destroy the civilization I created at the first moment."

Towards the end, Wan Chenxin's tone took on a sense of nobility.

It was as if she were the savior, the guardian of the world.

But after hearing the other party's so-called secrets, Su Yuan was speechless.

No, sis... you're going a bit too far.

Reactivating all civilizations in the universe because of insufficient cosmic resources—what kind of Thanos-like behavior is this?
Thanos wiped out half the population of the universe, but you and Wuliang Jiezun did the opposite, killing them all.

You guys are even more awesome than Thanos!
"Senior Wan, what you say sounds quite noble and righteous, but how do you explain the actions of the Immeasurable Calamity Venerable?"

"He recruited surrendered Nascent Soul cultivators, wantonly bullied and exploited ordinary people, and did all sorts of despicable things. Is this really for the sake of the cultivation civilization?"

Su Yuan asked coldly.

Wan Chenxin's reverent expression stiffened slightly, and his eyes became somewhat unfocused.

"The Boundless Kalpa Venerable... did some truly beastly things, but there were reasons for it."

"That guy has destroyed too many cultivation civilizations and has long gone mad. He wants to start over whenever things don't go his way. For example, he's not very satisfied with the development of this era."

"Therefore, he will show no mercy to the cultivators of this era and will kill them whenever he wants."

Su Yuan's lips twitched.

He's such a beast that even his closest friends couldn't put in a good word for him. No wonder he's the same old scoundrel I know.

Wan Chenxin coughed lightly and then said:
"As for his recruitment of Nascent Soul cultivators, it wasn't out of any perverse sense of humor or any other reason; he simply used them as backup energy sources."

"The Boundless Calamity Venerable is too powerful. If he were to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it would hasten the end of the cultivation era."

"In order not to affect the development of civilization, he had to store some Nascent Soul cultivators and consume them to restore their condition when he was in poor condition. He also developed some special ways to consume them for certain Nascent Soul cultivators."

"For example, there was a fairy named Lingyao, who was eaten piece by piece by him."

Su Yuan: "..."

Alright, alright, so you're treating Nascent Soul cultivators like Snickers bars and sashimi, aren't you? Purely born.

Wan Chenxin: "And this is still the result of Wuliang Jiezun restraining himself as much as possible."

"He suppressed his cultivation a long time ago and stopped trying to break through. As far as I know, his cultivation level is still only at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage..."

(End of this chapter)