roccoschili Chapter 287 - 286: Meng Tianxuan: If We Join Forces, Your Heaven-Blasting Gang Can Be the Local Emperor! My Venerable Alliance Is Willing to Submit
Chapter 287 - 286: Meng Tianxuan: If We Join Forces, Your Heaven-Blasting Gang Can Be the Local Emperor! My Venerable Alliance Is Willing to Submit
"The moment the black holes fully open will be the day the Exotic Realm invades!"
"Cultivators like you and me, at the Venerable Realm, will be as insignificant as ants before Them. We won’t even have the slightest ability to fight back. We’ll be lambs to the slaughter, no different from cattle or dogs..."
"We will die. There’s no doubt about it..."
Meng Tianxuan spoke in a heavy voice, explaining everything in detail. His voice trembled slightly, as if fear was spreading through the depths of his heart.
You have to understand.
This part of history is considered a top secret in the records of the Human Race.
Even within the Venerable Alliance, the other members only know parts of it. They don’t have the full picture of the cause and effect.
To say nothing of revealing it all to Qin Yang himself!
As Meng Tianxuan recounted every last detail, his expression was complex and haggard, but at the same time, it felt as if a great weight had finally been lifted from his chest.
「For several hundred years.」
As the Alliance Leader, he had kept these secrets buried in his heart.
Now, he could finally reveal everything.
It was as if a great stone had finally been set down.
"..."
Hearing this, Qin Yang didn’t respond. Instead, he fell into deep thought, processing the information he had just received.
The revelations were simply too shocking!
’I never expected this.’
’This so-called Blood Spirit Array...’
’...is actually connected to the Otherworld?’
’I didn’t think it would be this troublesome...’
Qin Yang’s thoughts raced. The more he mulled it over, the more difficult the situation seemed.
’What a headache.’
’If I go by the system’s prompts...’
’...in five hundred years, Meng Tianxuan is supposed to break through to the Divine Venerable Realm, shattering the cultivation ceiling and forging his place as a supreme expert.’
’But the problem is!’
This inevitably made Qin Yang consider another point of doubt.
’If the system is right, Meng Tianxuan ascends to the Divine Venerable Realm in five hundred years.’
’So how does he manage to break through?’
’Working backward from that...’
’...doesn’t that mean it’s precisely because the black holes open that Meng Tianxuan is able to shatter the shackles of the Celestial Venerable Realm and successfully advance?!’
’So, this is already set in stone?’
As this occurred to Qin Yang, his thoughts spun, and he quickly understood.
In the five-hundred-year gap between now and then, some sort of massive change must occur that enables Meng Tianxuan’s breakthrough.
But he knew too little right now.
’What does the near future actually look like?’
’And if I want to change this fate...’
’...what price will I have to pay?’
At this thought, Qin Yang’s brow furrowed. He gazed at the nine black holes in the sky, then glanced at Meng Tianxuan beside him, finally understanding his position.
The so-called Venerable Alliance was just a stabilizing fuse.
The ancestors of the Human Race created this Venerable Alliance to stabilize the world’s source of Star Force.
It gathered the Venerables of the righteous path. They could neither allow the Blood Spirit Array to be shut down, which would cut off the source of the Power of Stars, nor could they let it be fully activated, which would allow those experts from the Exotic Realm to descend upon the world.
That was how today’s situation came to be.
But no matter how you looked at it, this Blood Spirit Array was ultimately just a ’ball’.
The Venerable Alliance had been balancing it on their heads for millennia, maintaining a stable situation. Only they knew the true agony and bitterness involved.
’No one has it easy...’
Thinking of this, Qin Yang sighed deeply and looked at Meng Tianxuan. "I never imagined your Venerable Alliance was hiding such a huge secret."
"Hm? Young Master, you..."
Hearing this, Meng Tianxuan paused, surprised by Qin Yang’s response. He slowly paced closer. "Does this mean... you now understand my difficult position? Faced with such a dilemma, what would you choose? Would you sever the Blood Spirit Array and destroy the foundation of our Star Force legacy that has been passed down for a thousand years?"
He took another step forward and asked in a cold voice, "Or would you, like me, the Alliance Leader, do everything in your power to maintain this Blood Spirit Array? Even if it’s all just a fleeting illusion, even if you’re cursed and condemned by the world, would you still defend this hard-won source of power?!"
With this rapid-fire series of questions, Meng Tianxuan’s voice grew louder, the timidity in his heart dissipating like mist. The secret he had guarded for so many years felt like a massive boulder pressing down on his soul.
Every night, when all was deep and still, he suffered alone.
No one knew that the pressure had long since crushed him.
"..."
Qin Yang frowned in silence, ignoring him. He was still thinking about the system’s timeline. If he calculated based on the normal sequence of events, the probability of the black holes opening was extremely high, and it should happen in the near future!
’Time is short!’
’I have to prepare for a rainy day!’
"So what does your Venerable Alliance plan to do?"
Qin Yang stood up from the large rock, dusted off his hands, and asked, "You can’t just let the Beast God Sect do as they please, right?"
"Heh, there are always ways,"
Meng Tianxuan nodded. "The Beast God Sect is just a bunch of Demons. I have a deep understanding of them. The ultimate checkmate, however, will have to rely on you!"
"Rely on me?"
Qin Yang froze for a moment, then his eyes narrowed in displeasure. "What do you mean? Are you trying to use our Heaven-Blasting Gang as your pawns? Before, you were planning to sacrifice all of Jianghai City to the Blood Spirit Array..."
"Heh heh, don’t be hasty, Young Master."
At this, Meng Tianxuan chuckled lowly. "The Venerable Alliance was indeed in the wrong before... Although this Beast Tide is ferocious, sacrificing one Jianghai City in exchange for the peace of the entire Blue Star is still worth it.
And these casualties in the Beast Tide are simply a matter of ’timing’ and ’fate’... Why should you or I try to stop it?"
"I have envisioned the future. Your Heaven-Blasting Gang has many Venerables, and our Venerable Alliance is also a prestigious and righteous faction. If we join forces and wipe out the Beast God Sect, we can then have Blue Star all to ourselves..."
"Cooperate with you? Have Blue Star to ourselves?"
Hearing this, Qin Yang’s brow twitched. "I have no intention of being a local tyrant."
After all, to be blunt, he just wanted to slack off every day, live a normal, leisurely life, and maybe raise his Cultivation by a billion points or so.
Only with the power to protect himself could he slack off in peace!
As for being the local tyrant of Earth Star?
’Too small a temple for so many squabbles! It’s too much trouble!’
’Whoever wants the job can have it!’
"Yes, yes... Your Heaven-Blasting Gang is of noble character and prefers to live in seclusion. I can understand that."
Seeing this, Meng Tianxuan didn’t get angry. He just nodded and changed his tune, "You’re used to a life of leisure. It’s basically impossible to change that immediately. Since you don’t want to be the rulers, then let our Venerable Alliance take responsibility."
"Once the Beast God Sect is eliminated, your Heaven-Blasting Gang can cultivate in the shadows and achieve spiritual enlightenment. Meanwhile, we, the Venerable Alliance, will govern the mortal world in the open, shouldering the world’s countless karmic ties. We’ll even send you cultivation opportunities every year... Whatever you ask for, our Venerable Alliance will grant it! What do you think of these terms?"
As his voice fell.
"Tsk..."
At the sight, Qin Yang’s brow twitched slightly.
He found himself actually tempted.
But more than those benefits...
...he was far more curious about the world beyond the black holes...
’What kind of place would that be?’
’While slacking off every day, I’d read about the black holes in ancient books and records. They’ve been praised with beautiful names throughout history: "Celestial Heaven," "Penglai Island in the Cloud Sea," "Luotian Cave"—all sorts of glorious titles.’
’Strange and bizarre rumors abound, but to be blunt, seeing it once is better than hearing about it a hundred times.’
The black holes restrained Earth Star, locking its upper limit for cultivation Realms.
But what made Qin Yang curious was...
’What comes after the Divine Venerable Realm?’
’Is there an even higher Realm?’
’If there’s a Heaven-Reaching Road to walk...’
’...who would still care about the riff-raff of the mortal world?’
"Meng Tianxuan, you should just give up! Stop trying to string me along with empty promises."
Qin Yang shook his head and pointed at the black holes in the sky. "I don’t need your paltry benefits. And I can also tell you, in all seriousness... our Heaven-Blasting Gang doesn’t care about them either."
As his voice fell.
BOOM!
An aura of magnificent and sincere heroism erupted from him, stunning Meng Tianxuan where he stood!
"You don’t care?!"