Foundation Establishment Means Death Sentence? Did My Simulator Glitch?

Chapter 89: Chu Wudi’s Death, and the Importance of the Heavenly Secrets Art!

【After hearing Wuji’s voice, you forcibly swallowed the words that had already reached your lips.】

【“No, I have not. I only heard of him by chance.”】

【When Zhuge Qing heard that, he let out a self-mocking laugh as well.】

【“That makes sense!”】

【“After all, Wuji Heavenly Venerable was a figure from the Remote Ancient Era. After so many years, he has probably long since fallen. How could he possibly still be alive in this world?”】

【When you heard Zhuge Qing say that, the corner of your mouth twitched slightly.】

【Seeing that Wuji Heavenly Venerable gave no reaction, you had no idea what he was thinking at the moment.】

【Seeing the trace of disappointment on Zhuge Qing’s face, you asked him why he was so fixated on the Heavenly Secrets Art.】

【Zhuge Qing told you that if one could not cultivate the Heavenly Secrets Art to its utmost limit, then there would be no way to save the Canglan Realm.】

【“Why?”】

【You looked at Zhuge Qing in confusion. You did not understand why he viewed the Heavenly Secrets Art as being so important.】

【Zhuge Qing did not answer you directly. Instead, he asked you a question.】

【“How do you think the Canglan Realm can be saved from suffering?”】

【When you heard that, you clearly had not expected Zhuge Qing to throw the question back at you like that.】

【After thinking for a moment, you gave your own answer.】

【“Kill all the Bizarre Insects that exist right now, then reclaim the Canglan Realm.”】

【After hearing that, Zhuge Qing shook his head at you.】

【“And after that?”】

【“As long as the human race continues cultivating, the Bizarre Insects will never go extinct. The Canglan Realm will still fall back under the Bizarre Insects’ control.”】

【“Then we will forbid all humans from cultivating. As long as no one cultivates, the Bizarre Insects will not exist.”】

【Zhuge Qing looked at you and shook his head again.】

【“You underestimate the human race’s thirst for cultivation and their pursuit of the immortal path!”】

【“Everyone wants to become immortal. You cannot stop that!”】

【“What is more, if they do not cultivate, then the Canglan Realm will be ruled by the Demon Race!”】

【“So right now, the only way is to cultivate the Heavenly Secrets Art to its utmost limit, so that the truth behind the corruption of the Canglan Realm can be deduced.”】

【After hearing Zhuge Qing’s words, you immediately understood where the problem lay. Killing the Bizarre Insects could only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.】

【Zhuge Qing then raised his head and looked up into the void.】

【“I assume you can sense it as well. There is something wrong with the Heavenly Dao of the Canglan Realm. As for what the truth really is, even I do not know!”】

【Just as you subconsciously began to think Zhuge Qing would not stand on Chu Wudi’s side, a trace of madness appeared on his face in the next moment.】

【“If I cannot obtain the Heavenly Secrets Art, then I can only place all my hopes on this so-called immortal opportunity!”】

【As soon as those words fell, you saw Zhuge Qing expressionlessly turn his gaze toward the battle between Chu Wudi and Zi You.】

【“An immortal opportunity?”】

【You let out a cold laugh, a look of disdain appearing on your face.】

【You truly had not expected Zhuge Qing to be such an extreme person, even if his goal was for the sake of the Canglan Realm.】

【Yet now, he was actually choosing to stand on the same side as Chu Wudi, a traitor to the human race.】

【“I never thought someone like you would believe in an immortal opportunity too.”】

【“What if I told you that this so-called immortal opportunity is nothing but a complete and utter scam?”】

【Zhuge Qing froze slightly, then directly ignored you.】

【In his view, your words carried no credibility at all. The secret of the Taixu Immortal Sword had been passed down to this day. How could it possibly be a scam? There was no point in such a claim.】

【When you saw that Zhuge Qing remained unmoved, you knew it would be difficult to persuade him. So you simply began mocking him without restraint.】

【“Zhuge Qing! Do you really think your Heavenly Secrets Art is that impressive?”】

【“Do you really believe that in the current Canglan Realm, if there is something you cannot deduce, then no one else can deduce it either?”】

【“How laughable! A man who wants with all his heart to save the Canglan Realm will, in the end, be possessed by the Bizarre Insect Ancestor that he himself releases from the Taixu Sword!”】

【“Just thinking about it is laughable! You do not want to save the Canglan Realm. You want to destroy it!”】

【After hearing your words, the expressionless Zhuge Qing beside you frowned slightly.】

【Although in Zhuge Qing’s eyes, what you said was completely impossible.】

【Still, when he thought that you might be the person from the prophecy left behind by the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, he suddenly did not know whether he should believe you or not.】

【With this sort of thing, it was better to believe it might exist than to dismiss it outright.】

【Zhuge Qing was now hesitating between trusting his own instincts and helping Chu Wudi seize the immortal opportunity, or trusting the prophecy from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion back then.】

【On you, Zhuge Qing had seen traces of the Heavenly Evolution Art and immortal energy. After deducing your fate, he had also found your future to be a mass of chaos.】

【In the end, Zhuge Qing chose to believe you and stopped dwelling on the matter of the immortal opportunity.】

【Although Zhuge Qing chose not to help Chu Wudi, he also did not choose to help Zi You.】

【Several days later, you saw the great battle between Zi You and Chu Wudi finally come to an end.】

【Zi You successfully killed Chu Wudi, and the matter of the Taixu Sword was temporarily brought to a close.】

【At that moment, seeing that Zhuge Qing was preparing to leave, you spoke up to persuade him to stay.】

【Zhuge Qing directly refused your attempt to keep him. He told you that he would continue searching for the Heavenly Secrets Art and for the old site of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.】

【You told Zhuge Qing that you were searching for the old site of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion as well, and that more than ten years later, you had also prepared a plan.】

【You then told Zhuge Qing about your plan for more than ten years in the future.】

【After hearing it, shock appeared on Zhuge Qing’s face once again.】

【“How is that possible?”】

【“You are saying that more than ten years from now, the Canglan Realm will face a great calamity, and that all cultivators above Mahayana will die?”】

【You nodded and looked at Zhuge Qing, telling him that if he did not believe you, he could deduce it himself. However, the karma tied to this matter was immense, and attempting to deduce it carried the risk of falling.】

【Zhuge Qing looked at you in disbelief. He could not understand how, given that the karma was so enormous, you, a Void Refinement cultivator, had managed to deduce a heaven-and-earth calamity!】

【You explained to Zhuge Qing that you were the person from the prophecy. Not only could you cultivate a fragmentary Heavenly Secrets Art, but the karma you bore from deduction was also very small.】

【Seeing that Zhuge Qing had been half-convinced and half-deceived by your words, you continued painting an even grander picture for him.】

【“Over the next ten-odd years, I will do my best to find the old site of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. Once I do, I will have the confidence to win over the Demon Race and have them help us fight the Bizarre Insects!”】

【After a long silence, Zhuge Qing agreed to stay and search for the old site of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion together with you.】

【Once you saw that Zhuge Qing had agreed, you directly arranged for him to stay within the Sword Pavilion.】

【After settling Zhuge Qing properly, you went to find Zi You.】

【You told Zi You about Jiang Yang’s current situation and said that you needed her to go to the Endless Sea Region and bring Jiang Yang back.】

【After hearing that, Zi You was somewhat surprised that Jiang Yang, who had disappeared for so many years, had actually been trapped in the Endless Sea Region.】

【Seven days later, Zi You bid farewell to all of you and set out for the Endless Sea Region to rescue Jiang Yang.】

【No sooner had Zi You left than Lin Tian’s panicked voice rang out.】

【“Little Junior Brother, this is bad!”】

【“Something happened to Senior Zhuge!”】

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