"I need to think about it," Su Ming said slowly after some time. His expression was incredibly solemn.
"You should have thought about this carefully. Oh well, I will give you a time limit … of one hundred years. If you think about it carefully, you will naturally be able to sense my existence.
"During those one hundred years, you cannot Possess any other True World, or else … I will seal you! "And the price of sealing you will be that the disaster will be brought forward by another few hundred years.
"If you don't choose the answer I want … then I will still seal you. I will only wait for one hundred years." The young man smiled faintly and cast Su Ming a profound glance. When he turned around, he walked into the air. His body drifted elegantly, and when he took his first step, his flesh and blood instantly disappeared, turning into bones. When he took his second step, the other half of his body also turned into a skeleton, but it still retained a certain amount of life force. When he took his third step, the will that had gathered on the body finally left. The skeleton turned into dust and disappeared with the wind.
Su Ming watched Arid Triad leave. He stared at the body of a cultivator he had clearly chosen casually on the cultivation planet. Since Arid Triad had sent his will to descend on the planet, he had stimulated all the potential of life in the body so that it could bear a hint of Arid Triad's will. When Arid Triad left, the body instantly withered and turned into ashes.
When Su Ming saw this, he fell silent. When Arid Triad left, the entire planet returned to normal. Su Ming's expression was calm, but a barely noticeable, sharp glare shone in his eyes. When he lowered his head, he cast a deep glance at the ancient tree in front of him. After a long while … he cast another glance at the ancient tree. This time, Su Ming stared at it for a long time until he closed his eyes. A hint of resolution and resolution appeared in his covered pupils.
His conversation with Arid Triad up to the point where Arid Triad said his choice might have seemed normal, but only those who had reached Su Ming's Realm could sense the murderous intent contained within.
Each of Arid Triad's words contained a sharp intent. If Su Ming had been careless, then he would not have been able to choose, but would have brought forward the battle of wills between him and Arid Triad.
Su Ming's reply, the analogy between night and day, and the search for the direction where the setting sun would fall contained his will. His conversation with Arid Triad did not show any signs of his will being affected, which was why Arid Triad did not attack.
After all, Su Ming already possessed the right to Possess Arid Triad, which was why it would not be easy for Arid Triad to destroy him. He needed a turning point and an opening. Only then would he not affect his plan to Possess Harmonious Morus Alba when the disaster descended five hundred years later. If his plan was affected because of Su Ming, to Arid Triad, the gains would not make up for the losses.
That was why he had said that he wanted to make a choice, but in truth, that choice was not even a choice. It was a blatant threat, but if Su Ming truly treated it as a threat, then he was bound to be sealed. Even if he chose to work together with Arid Triad … Arid Triad would definitely not agree to it and would instead seal him.
Because this choice was a seed. It was a seed that Arid Triad had planted in Su Ming's heart. It was just like how Su Ming's words were planted in Arid Triad's heart to serve him.
. His choice was a seed, a seed planted in Su Ming's heart by Arid Triad. It was just like how Su Ming's words during the day and night were also a seed planted in Arid Triad to serve him.
Su Ming opened his eyes, turned around, and walked towards Yu Xuan. At that moment, he walked towards Elder Mo Sang, who had a worried look on his face.
"Who … is he?" The elder hesitated for a moment, then a hint of understanding appeared on his face. The answer contained within that understanding and hesitation had already appeared in the elder's heart.
"Arid Triad." Su Ming smiled faintly and did not say anything else. He stared at his elder, who had clearly become much older. Su Ming knew that his elder had many secrets, and they were related to his past self as well as Great Berserker Tribe …
"Let's … go home," Su Ming said softly. With Yu Xuan and his elder, the three of them turned into long arcs and left the cultivation planet. They entered the galaxy and disappeared from the Emperor of Abyss' True World.
The excited bald crane and the satisfied Abyss Dragon also disappeared. One of them … had taken away all the crystals in the Expanse Cosmos, and the other had fulfilled the wish it had had when it was young. The Abyss Dragon did not mention this wish at all, but based on the expression on its face as it often reminisced about it, there seemed to be a hint of lust in it …
…..
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, three years passed. Su Ming, who had returned to Ninth Summit, did not venture out during those three years. He stayed with his senior brothers, and by his side were Yu Xuan, Cang Lan, and Xu Hui.
The elder returned to the Berserkers' tribe and built a house at the foot of Dark Mountain in the land of Berserkers. Like a real old man in the mortal world, he watched the sun rise and set in a very calm manner.
He had many stories, and perhaps they spanned through the four eras of this aeon, but Su Ming did not ask about them. Instead, he often came to the place and sat beside the elder. They watched the sky together, and every single time he did so, Su Ming would remember Dark Mountain in his memories, Xiao Hong, and the people who had now become strangers to him.
He might not have asked about the elder's secret, but with Su Ming's level of cultivation, he could already tell some of the truth. There were signs of multiple cycles of life and death on the elder's body. During those cycles of life and death, the Elder of Great Berserker Tribe had used this method to preserve the elder's soul, and during those cycles of life and death, perhaps he had been searching for the scene that no one else could see when he predicted the Berserkers' Day.
It was a butterfly, a butterfly that could give Great Berserker Tribe a future …
The elder lifted his head and stared at Su Ming, who had spent another day with him and was now leaving into the distance. Under the moonlight, he mumbled under his breath, "This butterfly is not Harmonious Morus Alba …"
"This butterfly is your … my La Su." As he mumbled, a light of expectation appeared in the elder's eyes. He would never forget the scene he saw when he predicted the Berserkers' Day … He had gone through countless cycles of life and death just to wait for Su Ming, to protect this child, to let him come into contact with the Berserkers, to make him acknowledge them …
During those three years, with his great talent and bold vision, second senior brother finally expanded Ninth Summit's influence to all of True Morning Dao World after Su Ming intimidated Dark Dawn and Saint Defier, causing Ninth Summit to live up to its name and become the only sect in True Morning Dao World.
Eldest senior brother's level of cultivation also increased with each passing day. As for Hu Zi, his personality made it impossible for him to stay in one place for long, which was why he often went out and swept through the world to show off his might to the other True Worlds.
Due to Su Ming's existence and the Sovereign of Dawn Yan Pei's fear towards him, wherever Ninth Summit went, the cultivators from Dark Dawn and Saint Defier would be forced to retreat. This was also the reason why Hu Zi's existence would usually cause a battle that was clearly disadvantageous to the other True Worlds to be unable to continue.
Most of the time, when Hu Zi saw both sides fighting against each other, he would immediately roar.
"Ninth Summit has beautiful mountains and clear waters. When the disciples from Dark Dawn and Saint Defier see it, they will have to make a detour. The strongest youngest junior brother in all of Arid Triad is in Ninth Summit. If you want to join Ninth Summit, immediately shout! I'd like to see which brat from Dark Dawn and Saint Defier will dare to attack."
That was the truth. As long as Hu Zi was in the battlefield and someone shouted that they wanted to join Ninth Summit, even if the cultivators from Dark Dawn and Saint Defier closed in on them with their killing moves, they would immediately ignore the backlash and not dare to attack.
They could only endure this aggrieved feeling, because the Sovereign of Dawn Yan Pei had already clearly told all the cultivators … that Ninth Summit was not to be provoked. If it was just the Sovereign of Dawn Yan Pei acting this way, it would have been fine, but … this death order came from the three Sovereigns of Dawn from Dark Dawn and the three Saints from Saint Defier.
In fact, every single time a new cultivator from Dark Dawn and Saint Defier descended in True Morning Dao World, they would be the first to bow to Ninth Summit before they could leave.
During the three years, Su Ming's name had shaken all of Arid Triad, and because of it, Ninth Summit's influence became stronger. In just three years, the number of cultivators who were once cultivators from other True Worlds had increased by leaps and bounds. No matter what their goal was, they chose to become disciples of Ninth Summit.
A branch sect of Ninth Summit was set up in the Emperor of Abyss' True World, and a branch sect of Ninth Summit also appeared in True Sacred Yin World. Eldest senior brother and Hu Zi were stationed in these two branches to intimidate the world.
As time passed, another three years went by. Some major events happened, such as Su Xuan Yi and Lei Chen disappearing from the Emperor of Abyss' True World. The Emperor of Abyss' True World submitted to Dark Dawn, and the Sublime Paragon of that True World, the cultivator who had avoided the disaster of death before Su Ming, chose to become a disciple of Ninth Summit.
True Sacred Yin World lasted for five years before its World Protection Rune crumbled. On the sixth year, it was occupied by Dark Dawn and Saint Defier. The living beings in it were plunged into misery and suffering, and a devastating number of people died …
Su Ming did not bother about it. He was not a saint. He was only gentle to those he cared about. As for the others … to him, who was the strongest will in this True World besides Arid Triad, they were all part of the rise and fall of life.
It did not matter whether it was Dark Dawn or Saint Defier, Su Ming had long since seen through the true reason behind them starting the war. It was an offering …
When the third three years arrived and ended, a change occurred in the war that Su Ming did not pay attention to. This change had already been within Su Ming's expectations, because an offering … required both sides, not just one, or else it would be a massacre, not an offering.
This change came from the Fourth True World. The Antecedental Spirits who had been suppressed in the Fourth True World during the four aeons of that aeon seemed to have their seals released overnight. Once they came out, a fierce war erupted against Dark Dawn and Saint Defier.
The war even affected Ninth Summit. The madness and arrogance of the released Antecedental Spirits caused the four True Worlds in Arid Triad to descend into chaos. At that moment, Su Ming lifted his right hand and put down the chess piece he was using to play against his elder. He lifted his head and looked in the direction of the Fourth True World.
"I'll have to … teach these Antecedental Spirits a lesson. This True World can be in chaos, but even if it is chaos, it must be chaos in an orderly fashion, not like this," Su Ming said faintly. His elder smiled amiably. He did not speak, but lowered his head to look at the chessboard.
Let me tell you a piece of good news. I just extorted a bottle of thirty-year-old wine from Wind Chimes. When we gather as book friends, I'll bring it out and treat all of you to a drink. Haha!
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