Primordial Era: Exceptional Comprehension, Destroying Buzhou Mountain at the Start

Chapter 268 Sealing the True Thoughts, Seeking Only the Overlord to Sever His Obsessions, The Overlord's Swan Song, A Do-or-Die Stance

"Of course, it's also because there are many promising individuals like you among the human race. That's why Fire Cloud Cave only offers these kinds of preferential treatment. If you want more preferential treatment, then show your potential."

"While demonstrating potential may bring preferential treatment, the path to growth ultimately requires you to forge your own path. The Fire Cloud Cave will not protect you, so if you perish on your path to growth, then you truly perish. After all, humanity does not want to cultivate hothouse flowers, but rather to nurture truly strong individuals."

Humanity is now a vast race and a powerful force. Within its countless inhabitants, there are undoubtedly many individuals with great potential. However, not every person with potential will be discovered, and not every promising talent will rise to prominence.

Fire Cloud Cave will offer preferential treatment to any promising talents they discover, but Fire Cloud Cave is not a babysitter. They want to see a true human powerhouse, a strongman who has emerged from the crucible of war.

Di Xiao could understand and even approved of Huoyun Cave's actions.

Di Xiao pondered for a moment, then countered with a question: "Senior Han Xin, according to you, the strongest humans have gathered at Fire Cloud Cave. Doesn't that mean you're all alive? But if you're alive, why did your dynasties collapse?"

"All good things must come to an end. Although we are subjects of the Han Dynasty, we are also members of the human race. Among the human race, anyone who cultivates to the Great Luo realm will be registered in the Fire Cloud Cave. And these registered Great Luo humans are all restricted from participating in the struggles within the human race."

"And since they are members of the dynasty and have cultivated to the Great Luo realm, they are only obligated to serve the dynasty for a thousand years after reaching the Great Luo realm. Therefore, they must go to the Fire Cloud Cave to sever their ties with their respective dynasties."

"Even the emperors of various dynasties are the same. Once they cultivate to the Great Luo realm, they must all be named after the Fire Cloud Cave. Moreover, they are limited to reigning for three thousand years. After three thousand years, they must pass on the throne to the next generation and then go to the Fire Cloud Cave. After that, they have nothing to do with the dynasty. Even if their own dynasty is destroyed, they cannot stand up."

"If we disobey this decision, we will be captured by the true powerhouses within Fire Cloud Cave and taken back to Fire Cloud Cave."

Well, it seems there are such restrictions even within the human dynasty, and such rules within the Fire Cloud Cave. No wonder the Han Dynasty, with so many powerful figures, was still destroyed.

It seems the reason is because of the Fire Cloud Cave. It appears the Fire Cloud Cave is using the changing dynasties to cultivate powerful human warriors. Secondly, it hopes that the human dynasties will continue to evolve, producing more geniuses and creating more civilizations, rather than remaining stagnant.

Knowing this, Di Xiao became even more excited, feeling that becoming a human in the Journey to the West would be extremely interesting.

War God City, the place where Xiang Yu was sealed.

From Han Xin's account, Di Xiao learned many secrets of the human race. Although these secrets could be known by any human who had cultivated to a certain level, they still represented a significant improvement in Di Xiao's understanding.

Di Xiao thought to himself that the humans in Journey to the West were quite interesting, but at that moment, the person beside him, dressed in a scholar's robe and holding a beautiful longsword, spoke up: "Alright, you two stop chatting. Xiang Yu is about to come out."

"Xiang Yu?" Di Xiao was startled and looked into the distance. The war was still raging, but he could not see any trace of Xiang Yu.

Now that Xiang Yu's main army has been wiped out, the remaining remnants number only tens of thousands. They will likely be completely annihilated soon.

But Xiang Yu still didn't appear. Just as they were wondering what was going on, Han Xin gave Di Xiao an explanation: "Young Di Xiao, the Xiang Yu sealed here is not the one who sealed his subordinates. The soldiers of Chu now are all manifestations of Xiang Yu's remnant soul and obsession."

"After his defeat, Xiang Yu was unwilling to accept defeat. Thus, his obsession with fighting spirit evolved into his army, which was determined to continue fighting on the battlefield and to continue conquering the world."

"Now that the army that Xiang Yu had created has been annihilated, the true form of Xiang Yu's remnant soul has been revealed. At the same time as its revelation, it also means that Xiang Yu's obsession has been weakened, and Xiang Yu's remnant soul has also been weakened."

"Speaking of which, including this time, Xiang Yu has been defeated ninety-eight times now."

"Yes, ninety-eight times. Just one more time and that would be the last hope, Xiang Yu's last chance at survival." The scholar in the Confucian robe sighed, his voice filled with regret, a sense of heaviness, and a deep pity.

Upon hearing this, Di Xiao had some guesses, but remained mostly puzzled. He looked at Han Xin and continued to ask, "Seniors, what is the significance of these ninety-eight times?"

"Little fellow, you're quite curious!" The man in the scholar's robe, a gentleman of refined elegance, said with a hint of amusement, "This concerns a secret of the human race. Are you sure you want to know? If you do, things could get very complicated in the future..."

His playful tone and amused smile seemed to be teasing Di Xiao. Especially his gaze, carrying an expression that seemed to await Di Xiao's answer.

Di Xiao remained calm and unafraid of danger: "If knowing the secrets of the human race would endanger my safety, then I will simply ignore it."

"Zhang Liang, you're still as unreliable as ever. Di Xiao has the potential to become a war god of the human race, and he's a promising junior of mine. Don't scare him." Han Xin said with a laugh, then patted Di Xiao's shoulder.

He then glared at Zhang Liang before explaining to Di Xiao, "Di Xiao, you should know that although Xiang Yu was an enemy of the Han Dynasty, he was still a human. As a member of the human race, Xiang Yu was an outstanding individual in terms of both talent and cultivation. Therefore, for the entire human race, a living Xiang Yu was more useful than a dead one."

"In that battle, our heroes of the Han Dynasty could have annihilated Xiang Yu, leaving him utterly destroyed. However, the sage within the Fire Cloud Cave couldn't bear to see such a powerful human fall. So he guided us to create this great formation. While sealing away the enemy, it also served to train future generations of humanity. But the core reason was to extinguish Xiang Yu's obsession and ultimately resurrect him!"

"Therefore, we defeated Xiang Yu time and time again within the seal. This was to make Xiang Yu accept defeat, accept the demise of the Great Chu, and then sever his obsession. In this way, our human race will have one more powerful being who has severed all three corpses. And also one more powerful being who cultivates the Great Dao of Hegemony."

"Unfortunately, even encountering a remnant soul is not eternal. After being defeated ninety-eight times, Xiang Yu has reached his limit. If Xiang Yu cannot use this defeat to sever his obsession, then after the ninety-ninth defeat, Xiang Yu will only have two choices: one is to take the opportunity to sever all his obsession, and the other is to be completely annihilated."

"Hiss..." Di Xiao gasped, looking at the gradually dissipating battle spirit, and felt an aura of unparalleled dominance and overwhelming pressure emerge. That aura seemed familiar to Di Xiao, and he knew that this was the Overlord Xiang Yu.

(End of this chapter)