594: The Root of Evil

Chu Ying frowned. Of course, he wanted to cleave this thing with a single sword.

But it even knew that the Biluo Huangquan Immortal Sword came from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, which made Chu Ying unable to make up his mind for a while.

Suddenly, Chu Ying remembered that this was only the eighth floor.

On the eighth floor, there was this strange box, sealing that eerie evil existence.

So what would be on the ninth floor?

Would there be a way to deal with this thing?

Thinking of this, Chu Ying got up and walked towards the ninth floor of the Demon Subduing Pagoda.

"Come back! Are you scared?"

"You know you can't kill me, you're scared, aren't you!"

"Chu Ying, you coward!"

The voice chirped, but Chu Ying ignored it.

Upon arriving at the ninth floor, Chu Ying found that it was like a... Scripture Repository.

When he entered, the dead silent books here seemed to light up, emitting golden rays of light.

Chu Ying saw a scroll suspended in the center, and the images on it seemed to be changing, playing like a movie.

Chu Ying stood before the scroll, observing.

The first image in the scroll was of a man, his body radiating mysterious and powerful golden light, seemingly full of righteous aura.

"The Ancestor of the Ye Family, the First Holy Body."

Chu Ying murmured to himself.

Perhaps not the First Holy Body in the Starry Sky of the Heavens, but certainly the First Holy Body of the Ye Family.

He continued to watch.

The Holy Body Ancestor of the Ye Family suppressed countless enemies, embarked on a path to protect the Human Race of the Heavens, and walked out of Origin Star.

From minor Holy Body attainment to major attainment, he eventually transformed the Holy Body into a Bloodline, implicitly shedding the Holy Body and integrating it into himself, thereby achieving the Dao and becoming an Emperor.

The last battle of the Ye Family's Ancestor's Holy Body was against an Emperor of darkness.

That Emperor from darkness was named 'Gu Xie Emperor'.

"Haha! Ye Lang, do you think your Holy Body lineage is truly the savior of this Human Race?"

"Wrong! You are going to destroy this Starry Sky!"

"When you became Emperor, the Origin of this Starry Sky had already been swallowed and depleted by you. You are the evil root..."

In the boundless Starry Sky, the Ye Family's Ancestor's Holy Body killed that Gu Emperor, truly worthy of being the First Generation invincible Holy Body.

And in that era, the Holy Body was indeed invincible.

However, things were not that simple.

The Ye Family's Ancestor's Holy Body killed the 'Gu Xie Emperor' of darkness, but it led to an indelible evil root seed.

It was accidentally brought back to Origin Star!

When the Ye Family's Ancestor discovered it, that evil root seed had taken root in Origin Star, absorbing the evil thoughts in the hearts of Origin Star's beings to grow.

There are no absolutely good beings; there are evil thoughts within goodness. Good and evil are inherently relative and coexistent.

Thus, even a strong figure like the Ye Family's Ancestor, who transformed the Holy Body into a Bloodline and defied the heavens to become an Emperor, could not erase that evil root.

Because once it was to be erased, it would mean the destruction of all life on Origin Star.

The Ye Family's Ancestor was a Holy Body, only capable of saving the world; he could not possibly commit such an act of destruction.

Ultimately, the Ye Family's Ancestor sealed that evil root within the Demon Subduing Pagoda.

Afterward, successive Holy Bodies of the Ye Family also entered the Demon Subduing Pagoda and saw that evil root.

When the second Holy Body after the Ye Family's Ancestor appeared, the evil root was still weak. Coupled with the Ancestor's admonition, the Holy Bodies of the Ye Family did not eliminate it, as that would undoubtedly kill all beings on Origin Star.

They merely suppressed it with Holy Body blood and Origin to limit its growth.

Until...

As the heavens and earth of Origin Star declined, the probability of a Holy Body appearing in the Ye Family became smaller and smaller. Without subsequent Holy Bodies to suppress it, that evil root gradually grew.

The growing and strengthening evil root, however, could not escape the Demon Subduing Pagoda; it still lacked sufficient energy, thus it remained dormant.

It was born from the evil thoughts in the hearts of countless beings on Origin Star.

As long as this star becomes stronger, as long as the beings in this world become stronger and their evil thoughts heavier, then it will also become stronger.

Human hearts are greedy; as strength increases, the hidden evil thoughts in one's heart will also expand more and more.

The evil root can then absorb more power of evil thoughts.

Finally, in this current era, as Origin Star moves towards recovery, this evil root has grown powerful enough to cause trouble within the Ye Family Ancestral Land and corrupt several Old Ancestors of the Ye Family.

When Ye Qingxian wanted to ask Ye Junfan, who was an Ancient Sacred Body, for help, it was not without her perhaps knowing some secrets, which is why she chose an Ancient Sacred Body.

After viewing these images.

Chu Ying's mood became exceptionally solemn.

Now it's no longer a matter of whether this evil root can be killed, but rather, once it is eliminated, the beings of Origin Star... will almost all perish!

This vast star, with billions upon billions of beings, would all turn to nothingness!

"Is there no way? If this evil root is allowed to continue growing... it's unimaginable."

Chu Ying clenched his fists. Now he understood why that voice was so confident.

Even if there was a power that could eliminate it, it probably wouldn't be used to eliminate it.

Unless the one taking action is not a being from Origin Star.

The Ye Family's Ancestor sealed it back then and did not spread any news, probably also due to this concern.

If someone from another world possessed the power to eliminate this evil root, after knowing its threat, they would probably choose to act.

But in doing so, they would drag all beings on Origin Star to their graves!

Origin Star would become a dead star...

"Whew..."

Chu Ying took a deep breath.

The content of that scroll ended here, but Chu Ying felt that there should be a way to solve that evil root hidden on this ninth floor!

To eliminate that evil root without destroying Origin Star.

Chu Ying walked through the ninth floor, which was filled with golden light like a Scripture Repository.

He saw various handwritten notes left by successive Holy Bodies of the Ye Family, including their views on this evil root and various methods of dealing with it, but they always ended inconclusively.

Because either they couldn't do it, or they failed.

Ultimately, Chu Ying still detected a clue in the few words left by the Ye Family's First Holy Body Ancestor.

It was an ancient scripture, and on it were written the thoughts of the Ye Family's Ancestor.

[The evil of all things cannot be removed.]

[The evil root born from the convergence of countless beings on Origin Star cannot be erased or eliminated.]

[It has left its mark in this Universe; it is immortal and indestructible.]

[Even if... billions of beings on Origin Star are killed, it can only be severely wounded, and likely not killed.]

[I heard... in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, there is a mysterious 'Primordial Land' that can resolve it back to its very beginning, truly dissolving it in another way, and the beings of Origin Star will not die...]

[But... the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the Starry Sky is unseen, the Nine Heavens do not appear, the Ten Earths are traceless...]

[Difficult... another method, or guide its growth?]

[But... how can an inherently evil thing be guided...]

...

"Primordial Land, huh..."

Chu Ying murmured to himself, his tightly furrowed brows relaxing slightly.

That Holy Body Ancestor of the Ye Family must have also searched for the 'Primordial Land', but simply didn't find it.

As for the second method, guidance?

It was simply nonsensical and impossible to achieve.