Beyond the sea, beside the ancient tree, there was so much green that it seemed to connect to the sky.
The waves shone brilliantly. The sea of clouds was vast. Where was the end of the world …
The ancient tree grew old, and the shadows of people grew old. Who was before the passage of time?
Perhaps there was someone. It was the young man under the tree. With a warm smile, he stared at Su Ming walking towards him.
Perhaps it was Su Ming who was watching the person under the tree. Once he got closer, he felt as if he was walking over from the ancient aeon. With each step he took, he moved through countless aeons and returned to the past, to the vast universe of the past … It was as if the sky had stopped moving, and everything in the world had stopped. All of this … was because Su Ming and the person under the tree were destined to meet.
It was just like night and day. They could not see each other. Only during dusk and dawn could they see each other's figures, but they were indistinct, just like how night could not see the noon sky, and just like how day could not see the darkness in the depths of midnight.
But perhaps there would come a day when night and day would meet, and at that moment, the young man under the tree would be like Su Ming.
Soon, there were two people under the tree. The sky in the sea in the distance might not have moved, but the setting sun was there. It swayed as if it was about to set. The last rays of light scattered through the sea and turned into Su Ming and the young man's figures. They appeared on the surface of the sea, and their shadows were stretched out … very, very long …
Su Ming stared at the young man, and the young man stared back at him. At the instant their gazes met, Su Ming saw an endless ancient and profound look, as well as a hint of fatigue that would not disappear from the depths of his gaze.
That fatigue seemed to be the natural exhaustion of a person who had lived for far too long. This person did not want to hide it, and neither did he know how to hide it. His entire life was contained in his gaze. If someone understood it, then they would understand the world, but if they did not … then they would not be able to see him.
It was just like Yu Xuan at that moment. She could not see the young man under the tree. Elder Mo Sang might have looked as calm as ever, but his heart was trembling furiously at that instant. He could not see the young man's body, but he could see two long shadows under the reflection of the tree on the surface of the sea.
The two shadows swayed with the light from the waves. They would occasionally shatter, and at other times, they would be complete. It was as if the rise and fall of the galaxy, the rise and fall of all the people in the world, and the Dao of Life were contained within them.
It was as if life was actually very simple. It was just a reflection on the surface of the sea, a shadow that swayed along with the waves. At a glance, it was just a shadow, but at a closer look, the ripples of the shadow represented a lifetime.
It was more like the moment when night and day met. They were like fire and water, but strangely, they could tolerate each other. It was a kind of collapse and completeness formed by an invisible collision.
"Understood?" After a long time, the smile on the young man's face did not fade. He spoke gently, and his voice was not harsh at all. It was as gentle as a friend, as a relative, as an elder.
This was a question. Perhaps at that moment, some people would answer that they did not understand, and perhaps others would answer that they understood. However, the moment these two types of answers were spoken, they would fall into a lower position. In fact, if the young man under the tree's question was compared to a divine ability, then at that moment, he had already revealed it.
If you answered that you didn't understand, you would be controlled by the will of the youth under the tree. If you answered that you understood, you would also unknowingly become one with the will of the youth under the tree.
With just one sentence and one divine ability, killing intent would never appear, and no one would notice it. Only that gentle smile was in truth the most unfathomable thought in all of Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos.
"What about you?" Su Ming was silent. After some time, a smile appeared on his face as well, and he asked faintly. There was no respect in his voice, neither was there the gentleness of a senior, and neither was there any unnecessary respect from a junior. It was just a tone used between equals. It was very faint, but it was also real.
It was a rhetorical question. He did not answer whether Su Ming understood or not, but this answer made praise appear in the eyes of the young man under the tree for the first time. He admired Su Ming for not running away but answering his question without being controlled by his will. Instead, he asked a rhetorical question.
It was a simple rhetorical question. Perhaps the others would not be able to see much of the underlying meaning behind it, but in the eyes of the young man under the tree, this sort of rhetorical question was perhaps something that only Su Ming could ask in his current condition.
It might seem normal, but it was definitely extraordinary! It might seem as if many people could do it … but in this sort of situation, perhaps they would only be led away from the initiative by the words of others without realizing it. This was also what the young man under the tree had intentionally done.
"You don't understand." The smile on the young man's face remained. He stared at Su Ming, and when he did so, he shook his head.
Su Ming stared at the young man under the tree. He did not speak, but watched the setting sun in the distance gradually grow weaker, as if it was about to be devoured by the sea. This scene was like a picture that would cause all those who saw it to be moved by it, and they would definitely focus their gazes on it.
"When the sun sets, everything in the world will turn black. You don't understand the darkness of night, and you don't understand why all lives will close their eyes in the dark.
"You also don't understand why all lives will open their eyes when the sun rises.
That's why you don't understand the brilliance of the calamity. That's why you … are afraid. But the more afraid you are, the more you want to see with your own eyes … your family, your friends, everything around you … never to open their eyes again in the darkness. " The young man under the tree spoke gently. If it was anyone else, perhaps they would not be able to understand him, but Su Ming, who knew his identity, could understand him.
"Everything is destined, as if it was destined that I would come here and see you." The young man under the tree cast Su Ming a deep glance. As his voice echoed in the air, when he looked over from the setting sun in the distance, he found that most of it had already sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Su Ming smiled. He looked at the young man before him, and his smile was as calm as water.
"Perhaps we are destined to meet here, and it is also destined that our meeting this time will be the setting sun … If I chase after the setting sun, then tell me … will the setting sun fall in my eyes, or will it never fall?" When Su Ming said these words, the young man's eyes focused again.
"If it falls, is it because I'm not fast enough, or is it because this setting sun is destined to fall? "If it doesn't fall, then once I chase after it for a certain amount of time … do you think this setting sun will be the setting sun we see, or … will it be the rising sun that will appear tomorrow?
"Or do you think that as I chase after it, will the sky be black or white?" Su Ming asked four questions in a row, and at the instant he said them, the young man's eyes focused four times.
Their conversation was filled with wisdom. There was no killing intent, but it was a battle of wills that was similar to Dao Seeking.
"That's why it's not that I don't understand, but that you … don't understand … At the moment I saw this tree, I knew that when you think you are you, you … are not you.
"When you think you are not you, only then will you be you," Su Ming said languidly while looking at the young man under the tree.
The young man under the tree fell silent. After a long while, he sighed softly.
"Your appearance has indeed exceeded my expectations. I've been asleep for too long, so much so that I've forgotten many things … Are you certain that you want to work together with it and … Possess me?" The young man looked at Su Ming. His voice was as gentle as ever, but the smile on his face had already disappeared.
Su Ming fell silent.
"The path you want to walk is different from mine …" he said softly.
"There is no such thing as the same path, but as long as there is a path, then all paths will eventually fuse together and become … Dao," the young man said faintly.
"The universe is heartless, and a disaster will descend on all lives. If that's the case, then it is only right that the world be destroyed. If you were me, you would do the same." The young man under the tree swung his arm, and the sky of the capital planet of the Emperor of Abyss' True World immediately darkened. Everything became still, and a vortex that only Su Ming and the young man could see appeared in the sky. No one else could notice it.
The vortex spun without a sound. There were lightning bolts swimming in it. They intersected with each other and collided with each other. Each time they formed a spark, it would seem as if the law of the universe was contained within it. As the sparks rose and fell, it was as if a huge, flourishing flower had bloomed in the vortex in the sky.
Su Ming lifted his head and stared at each of the sparks in the vortex. When his gaze focused on one of them, he saw the rise and fall of an aeon, the deaths of all lives, their unwillingness to admit defeat, and their resentment and anger towards the world. Each spark was clearly an aeon!
"What you see is the despair before the disaster of each aeon. No matter which aeon it is, it is the same despair. This is the heartless world. Only when it is completely destroyed will there be no more disasters!" The young man under the tree did not speak with any excitement. From the start until the end, his voice was calm and gentle. Even if there was a sharp tone in his words, they were still gentle, and no one would dislike him in the slightest. Instead, they would listen to him carefully and understand the true meaning behind his words.
"I will walk down this path alone. I cannot be alone for long. Are you … willing to walk down this path with me and Possess the world? From then on, we will make sure that the disasters will no longer happen and that all lives will no longer be destroyed by the universe. Instead, we will control our own fates. This is the oath I swore on the tree in the past. This is the will I Possess Harmonious Morus Alba and turn this Expanse Cosmos into Arid Triad!
"I am Arid Triad! I am the master of this Expanse Cosmos and the ancestor of all wills. If you … follow my footsteps, then even if the disaster descends, I will make sure that True Morning Dao World will not be destroyed! " The young man under the tree looked at Su Ming. When he spoke slowly, he lifted his head. An indescribable mighty pressure instantly spread out from his body. It was as if he was the master of the entire universe. It was as if with a flip of his hand, the sky would turn dark, and when he swung his arm, the galaxy would retreat with the force of shattering.
Su Ming's pupils shrank. The young man under the tree's final words caused him to lift his head and stare at Arid Triad's descending body for a long, long time.
"The update is late. I've been away for the past few days, but I'll make sure that the update is complete. In truth, it came out on the first. Look, it hasn't stopped for six days, right?
"I'm writing the second chapter right now, so don't be anxious.
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