"So the scene that caused me to despair in the past is just a joke once I obtained the power of a World Paragon!" Su Ming laughed loudly, but there was a strong hint of derision in his laughter. He was not mocking anyone else, but the world and himself.
There was no joy in his heart, no joy of someone who had taken their revenge. There was only derision.
The people who had sacrificed themselves for this disaster, the deaths that Su Ming had been unable to change even after he had risked everything in the past, and the experiences of choosing to submit in the end were just a joke when he looked at them now. At that instant, Su Ming gained an incredibly strong understanding of the strong and the weak.
It was just like how the existence in Yin Death Vortex had said 'yes' to him in the past.
Just a single word from the mouth of a powerful warrior could make the disaster crumble. It was just like Su Ming right then. As long as he wanted to kill, then all of Dao Yuan's Dao Slaves would be like ants in his eyes. What sort of mockery was this, and what sort of grief would cause others to feel for him?
'Become stronger. I don't want to be a weakling anymore. I want to become a powerful warrior. I want to control my own life. I don't want the people by my side to die to protect me. I don't want all the people by my side to disappear … and I will only be a pitiful and lonely person in this vast world.
'I don't want to! ' Su Ming had never had such a deep understanding of the strong and the weak. Even when the will in Yin Death Vortex had attacked him, he had only been shocked and bitter. That person's great power had made his heart tremble, and at the same time, a strong desire had been born in his heart.
This desire had driven him mad, and it had made him want to become stronger. Now, with the power of the stone monument, he had returned to the past. He had taken his revenge at that point in his memories. He had obtained the power he had desired in the past, but … he was not happy.
Because at that moment, he was not strong enough. At that moment, he could not be considered a powerful warrior. Perhaps he could kill Dao Yuan and all his Dao Slaves, but even if he could take his revenge now, a long time had passed since then.
And if he ran into an enemy that even he could not fight against, then the same thing would happen again. For example, he had stepped into the foreign land because he had been chased down by someone who could not be stopped.
He didn't want it to be because his cultivation base wasn't high enough that he could only look back on the past one day after the passage of time. He wanted to laugh, cry, and feel the irony of fate.
He wanted to walk in front of fate, to guide his own fate on how to walk, and not be led by fate like a puppet. He wanted to become stronger!
'The strong and the weak. It's such a simple logic. I, Su Ming, finally understand it today.' Su Ming lifted his head and smiled. More tears fell from his eyes. He looked at the blood-red sky, at the bright red hue on the ground and in the seawater. This was the color of autumn.
His tears covered his eyes, causing the world to become hazy. In this haze, he could not see the sky or the sea. All he could see was endless red.
The will of autumn appeared in Su Ming's mind without his knowledge. At the instant it appeared, Su Ming circulated his cultivation base with a bang while standing in midair.
Winter, autumn, summer, spring!
This was Su Ming's Life Matrix. It was the path he had come to understand that he would take in the future. It was as if he was moving from death to life. When he was in Yin Death Region, Su Ming's Life Matrix was midwinter, which was the stillness of death. When he was in Eastern Wastelands Tower, he came to understand the color of autumn and longed to see the world turn red. The red of autumn would make him feel the passing of death in midwinter.
'What is autumn..? Autumn is the moment between life and death!
'Because autumn is the change between cold and warmth. Because autumn is the transition between midwinter and summer. Because autumn … is the path where all manner of life moves from a lush state to a withered state.
'Autumn has always been crimson red. It is to change everyone's life and death in the endless slaughter to complete my epiphany. This is Autumn's Slaughter!'
The circulation of Su Ming's cultivation base became faster. As he gained his epiphany, as the world before him turned into a hazy shade of red, and as Su Ming laughed in a self-deprecating manner, his cultivation base roared like thunder.
'My Life Matrix is winter, autumn, summer, and spring. What I lack in my Life is not a soul or a physical body, but my life. I lack life, because I am the baby who died in my mother's arms all those years ago!
'I possess consciousness, and this is because of the uniqueness of the Abyss Builders. My physical body can grow in the Immortals' world because who said that dead people can't continue growing?!
'Life and death, the strong and the weak, it's so simple, so simple!' Su Ming laughed maniacally. His level of cultivation was at the initial stage of Life Privation Realm, which was also Earth Cultivation Realm.
Yet at that instant, as his cultivation base circulated in his body and he gained an epiphany towards what he lacked in life, his cultivation base erupted forth with a bang. The weather changed, the heavens roared, and as the air around him trembled, Su Ming's level of cultivation rose from the initial stage of Life Privation Realm to the middle stage of Life Privation Realm.
"I want to become a powerful warrior! I want to become … the strongest person in the world!" Su Ming threw his head back and roared. This was the first time he let out this sort of voice. In the past, he had only wanted to become stronger, but he had never had a specific goal. Yet now, at that instant, Su Ming's roar shook the sky and earth. It symbolized the desire in his heart, and it also symbolized his powerful determination at that instant.
He wanted to be the strongest person in the world, in and out of the universe!
"I want all those who have humiliated me, forced me, tried to kill me, and controlled me to return to dust. I want all those who have helped me, helped me, and protected me to become eternal existences in the universe, even if they have committed heinous crimes! No one will dare to harm even a single hair of them!
"I want to be the strongest! The strongest!" When Su Ming's voice echoed in the world, all the red in the area shuddered and charged towards him. The dead Dao Slaves and the blood-red will of autumn all surged into Su Ming's body. Once they surged into his pores, Su Ming threw his head back and roared.
His gray hair danced in the air, and his level of cultivation rose once again with a bang. He moved from the middle stage of Life Privation Realm to the later stage of Life Privation Realm. With just one more step, he would reach completion. Once he reached completion, he would reach Life Palace, and in other words, he would become a cultivator in Heaven Cultivation Realm!
When Su Ming's level of cultivation reached the peak of Earth Cultivation Realm and he was only one step away from Heaven Cultivation Realm, the space around him turned into a gigantic vortex. As it rotated with loud rumbles, a gigantic eye appeared in it.
At the same time, Su Ming's body became indistinct and gradually disappeared. At the instant he did so, he turned his head around. There was no longer any madness in his eyes, only reluctance to part.
He had long since sensed that the power that sealed his emotions and pain had disappeared in the dimension of the stone monument. It was as if that power had been naturally suppressed in this place.
He looked at the people of the ninth summit around him. They were familiar faces, people who would remain in Su Ming's memories for eternity. They might have already died, but in Su Ming's heart, they were still alive.
"I will … revive all of you. One of these days …" Su Ming mumbled. He remembered the Abyss Builders' divine abilities the Duke of Crimson Flame had mentioned, and his body gradually disappeared until he scattered into the world.
…..
Four Great True Worlds.
True Morning Dao World. Osmanthus Planet.
It was given this name because the planet was filled with osmanthus flowers. A light fragrance filled the air and drifted in the wind. In the southeastern region of the planet was a mountain range. There were countless exquisite towers, and there were plenty of cultivators living there.
There was a song from a Chinese zither coming from one of the towers. It echoed in the area and did not disappear even after a long time had passed. There was a woman in white sitting cross-legged in the tower. She had long hair that spilled over her shoulders, and she was incredibly beautiful. If Su Ming could see her, he would be able to recognize her. She was the woman who had appeared in the illusory projection of one of the three souls in his body when he was in Yin Death Region. She was … Bai Su's real body.
"What a strange feeling … I have a vague feeling that this song is like a dream." The woman in white had a dazed expression on her face. As she mumbled, the sounds of the Chinese zither echoed in the air. That song seemed to contain Su Ming's mocking laughter as well as his grief as tears fell from his eyes.
There was also a cave abode in an ordinary cultivation planet in True Morning Dao World. There was a cultivator sitting cross-legged in it. His appearance was ordinary, and in fact, he had shifty eyes, but at that moment, as he sat there, tears fell from his eyes. After a long while, he opened his eyes, and nostalgia appeared in them.
"I can't forget the Berserkers. I can't forget the ninth summit. I can't forget the happiness I had in the land of Berserkers … and Su Ming." The cultivator's level of cultivation was not high. As he mumbled, he closed his eyes again.
In the Immortals' territory in True Morning Dao World was Yin Death Vortex … In the land of Berserkers was a man who looked like a flower standing at the top of the ninth summit in Su Ming's memories. He was dressed in white, and when the sea breeze blew past, it fluttered his robes and his long hair danced in the air, revealing a gentle and beautiful face.
He no longer had sunlight shine on the side of his face, and he no longer had a gentle smile on his face. His smile had not appeared for a long time. He stood quietly and looked ahead.
"Youngest junior brother, I dreamed of you … I dreamed that you killed Dao Yuan and all the Dao Slaves. I dreamed that you … became a powerful warrior. Is this a dream..?" second senior brother mumbled softly.
In the cave abode behind him, Hu Zi opened his eyes with tears falling from his eyes. His face was covered in stubble, and he did not want to shave it off. He looked unkempt, and he picked up the pot of wine by his side and drank in big mouthfuls.
Wine flowed down the corners of his mouth. It was not tears, but as Hu Zi drank, he could not stop his tears from falling down. He cried quietly.
"Youngest junior brother, I dreamed of you again. I miss you …"
The ninth summit was located at the bottom of the mountain in the sea. Eldest senior brother was in the isolation grounds. He did not have a head, but there was a crazed air about him. He was training. He was continuously training. Only by doing so could he no longer feel pain and no longer blame himself.
"Youngest junior brother … eldest senior brother, I'm sorry. If it wasn't for saving me …"
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