The improved female villains regained their memories.

She was prepared to let Yang Pingsheng sacrifice himself, but the elixir in her body was already complete, so she could save Yang Pingsheng at the last moment.

Although sharing the inner core would shorten her lifespan, so what?

Su Murong had already made up her mind.

She will not allow the two tragedies that have already occurred in the Fourth World to reappear in the Main World.

"You can do it, Su Murong, you can do it."

She took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and her gaze was resolute.

"You can do it this time."

"Because you've already made up your mind!"

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Luo Benmo absorbed the last spiritual root.

She repeatedly inhaled and exhaled, and spiritual energy of different attributes entered her body with each breath, stirring everything upside down.

Ye Buxin, Wen Shihan, Heaven shows no mercy...

Powerful enemies haunted her heart like nightmares.

"I am not a gifted genius, but a monster who is ostracized," she heard her inner self say.

There are many geniuses in this world, but very few monsters.

True monsters are different from ordinary people; they have transcended the thinking and concepts of ordinary people and are more extreme than so-called extremes.

A genius is someone recognized by ordinary people, but a monster is someone recognized by geniuses.

For Luo Benmo, alliances, stratagems, destiny... those methods were too far removed from her. For her, there were only two things she could do.

Devour, and then become powerful.

"what......."

The spiritual root that contained all spiritual energy caused her to let out a painful roar.

This was a hundred times more painful than what happened in the Second World.

But she held back.

She hissed softly, using her own spiritual energy to forcefully suppress all the spiritual energy of different attributes, then forcibly fused and devoured it.

To deal with a monster like Ye Buxin, she herself would have to become a real monster.

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A pitch-black space.

Only Yang Pingsheng and Yu the Great were included.

Although Yu the Great did not reveal his true form, but instead transformed into a blurry blue figure, Yang Pingsheng still sensed it through the traces of the Great Dao that this was Yu the Great.

He could tell that the other party meant no harm, so he didn't rush to break free. Instead, he bowed and said, "Junior Yang Pingsheng greets senior."

Yu the Great waved his hand slightly and said, "There's no need for such formalities. As a person who came after me, I am already dead. Etiquette is like a withered bone to me. There's no need for such formalities. Perhaps we are the same kind of people."

He approached step by step, his scrutinizing gaze landing on Yang Pingsheng.

"Those who came after me, I have heard them mention your name."

"They gave you many titles; some praised you, some belittled you, some thought you were not up to the task, and some thought you shouldn't have been chosen at all."

"But no matter what, you represent humanity and are about to step onto the final stage."

“They said you were arranged by Wang Xu, one of the three chosen ones, and someone who walks the path of self-cultivation.”

"The sages of the past did not choose you, so logically I shouldn't have much to say to you, but you who came after me..."

"I was originally going to pursue the path of merging with the Dao, but the circumstances were unfavorable at the time, and I had no choice but to incorporate into the Sword Soul Heart, thus losing my qualification to merge with the Dao."

"It's clear that you were once the master of the Sword Soul Heart, but you seem different from me. You seem to have experienced far more events, emotions, and time than I have. Moreover, the shattering of the Sword Soul Heart in you has instead given you an empty heart."

"So, as a senior, and as someone who regrets not taking this path, I want to ask you a question."

The blurry figure stopped, one hand behind its back, the other hand slightly outstretched, fingertips pointing at Yang Pingsheng.

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"Yang Pingsheng, who came after you, are you ready to align yourself with the Dao?"

Chapter 745 Master, you lied to me

To unite oneself with the Dao.

The so-called "merging with the Dao" is, to put it nicely, called "integrating into the Great Dao" and becoming one with the Great Dao.

To put it bluntly, it means transforming oneself into a "living container of laws," using the soul as an anchor point to reconstruct a miniature "ordered universe" within the body, which in turn envelops and digests the chaos of the Great Void.

Those who are in harmony with the Dao will gradually lose their humanity, emotions, and memories, and eventually become an impersonal "cornerstone of the world," just as Zhuangzi said: "I gradually transform my left arm into a chicken, and I gradually transform my right arm into a slingshot."

That was neither death nor disappearance; the newly born world rested on the foundation upon which he was born, just as the earth rests upon all things.

Without a certain level of awareness, it's impossible to do this.

In the dark space, blue light surrounded Da Yu. Yang Pingsheng watched Da Yu's pose and breathed softly.

His breathing was slow, yet deep and heavy.

“There is no doubt about this,” Yang Pingsheng said. “There is nothing to prove either. This is the only way to put people’s minds at ease.”

He said nothing, but he had already answered Yu the Great.

“That’s not enough.” But Yu the Great shook his head.

"So, Senior was trying to test me." Yang Pingsheng saw through the essence of what Da Yu was saying. "But enlightenment doesn't need to be tested. If I really didn't want to, I wouldn't have made that choice."

If he truly didn't want to, he wouldn't be the one who survived when the tombstone was erected.

Although his past self was ruthless, he also gave him the right to choose.

“I understand, your true nature is clear to all,” Da Yu said. “You have the awareness of a person, but Yang Pingsheng, you are not a person now.”

He said, "To merge with the Dao is to become the cornerstone of the new world and inherit the chaos of the Great Void. After merging with the Dao, you will no longer be considered human. Moreover, no one else will remember you."

"In other words, in this new world, you are the bearer, not the enjoyer."

"No one will remember you anymore, no one will know you. Everything about you will vanish into thin air. Your feelings, your memories, everything about you will become nothingness."

"Yang Pingsheng, do you know what this means?"

Yang Pingsheng certainly knew.

He didn't know it at first, but after experiencing what happened to Yu the Great inside his body, he suddenly knew.

Yu the Great carried the spirit of the sword, for which he lost his wife and daughter... But at least people still remember him. He remains a hero of the human race, his name etched in history, and will live on forever.

And what Yang Pingsheng did...

Besides those things, he also lost his very existence as a human being.

All the feelings he cherished vanished, because in the new world, no one would remember the cornerstone.

“You really need to think this through, Yang Pingsheng. You’ve been through what I went through, and what you’re about to do is a thousand times more difficult than what I did. If you can barely bear the experience you just had, then it’s best to stop here. In any case, our human race at least has another option,” said Da Yu.

This statement was devoid of emotion, just as predicted, but to Yang Pingsheng it carried a chilling quality.

Was he scared?

No, to be honest, he doesn't feel any fear right now. In fact, he can accept the thought of such a future, which surprises even himself.

He heard Qi Feng say that he used to crave love... Yes, that's true, but he also felt that he was still yearning for something more important than love.

“This has nothing to do with the choices made by the human race,” Yang Pingsheng said. “This is the path I chose myself.”

Since you've made the choice, you can't regret it.

“But Yang Pingsheng, you also value emotions,” Da Yu said. “And the end of this path is precisely abandoning emotions. You said you were prepared for that…”

He turned slightly to the side, revealing the figure hidden in the blue light and shadow behind him: "Then, prove it to me."

A faint bitterness permeated the air.

The man raised his head, his eyes filled with sorrow.

It is Li Chumo.

She looked at Yang Pingsheng with those sorrowful eyes, and almost choked up as she said:

"Master..."

"...You're lying to me."

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The true traces of the Great Dao can indeed see through the essence.

Just like now, Yang Pingsheng was able to see through Da Yu's true nature because he wanted to test him, but he didn't expect that the other party would actually let Li Chumo hide next to the blue energy to eavesdrop.

That strange energy confused the true traces of the Great Dao, causing Yang Pingsheng to focus only on the energy itself and ignore its shadow.

Of course, most importantly, Li Chumo is also a master of spatial manipulation.

So that's what it means to be well-informed.

Yang Pingsheng sighed inwardly, looking at Li Chumo, whose eyes were filled with sorrow, as she approached him step by step.

"So... this is what it means to merge oneself with the Dao. Master, this is the plan you have in mind."

The fox-woman's face was wet with tears, and her ears stood up high in anger. She stood in front of Yang Pingsheng, her eyes filled with sorrow that turned into rage.

"Master, how could you do this? How could you even have such a thought?!"

The trembling voice and the broken tears falling were particularly striking in the dark space.

Li Chumo had always been obedient and well-behaved in front of Yang Pingsheng, whether in the Seventh World or the Main World, but at this moment, she was finally different.

"I understand, I understand everything."

"Your true idea is to unite with the Dao, to sacrifice yourself to solve the Taixu problem, and not just any ordinary sacrifice, but an intention to completely erase your own existence."

“Wen Shihan, Luo Benmo, Su Murong... No matter which one of us, we have all been misled by you.”