Told You I Can Turn Back Time

"Instead, if you ignore them, insult them, punish them, they will treat you with the utmost respect, cloaking all your actions and words in a mysterious glow, imagining you as an omnipotent being."

"There’s no need to consider the thoughts of such lowly creatures. Use them directly, as you would use the spiritual energy of immortals."

Tian Xuzi curiously asked, "Then why are you saying so much to me?"

"Because you are bound to ascend to the Immortal Court," the other responded matter-of-factly, "Moreover, the one conversing with you now is but a mere projection of myself. It hardly counts as anything significant."

"All right, the time has come to activate the great formation."

Tian Xuzi looked at the bustling city in the distance, hesitating as he asked, "Roughly how many people will die?"

The other answered casually, "In this small city, there are about forty or fifty thousand people? They should all die. As for the corresponding city in the other world, perhaps over five hundred thousand might die."

"Don’t fuss over the numbers. To summon the evil energy and pierce through two worlds, the death toll is already quite minimal."

Apparently sensing Tian Xuzi’s hesitation, the other grew impatient, "Do you really not want to return to your hometown anymore? Fretting over such a trivial number of deaths—I think you might as well stay put and farm for the rest of your life rather than ascending."

Tian Xuzi suddenly asked, "Do Immortals in the higher realm often kill as well?"

The voice laughed, "You mongrel, you see if what I just said wasn’t accurate?"

"It’s only after engaging with you lowly beings a bit more that you start deluding yourselves into thinking that you can negotiate with us, making unrealistic demands..."