220: Heaven's Thoughts

“No, you’re trying to trick me!”

“Quickly surrender and let yourself be captured. You have already received the Earth God’s blessing. If you return with me to see Emperor Xuanhuang now, there is still a glimmer of hope.”

“Otherwise… hmph!”

“Otherwise what?”

The Rat Demon said nothing, instead revealing a profound expression.

You were a bit puzzled.

However, considering that nothing unexpected happened when you received the Fire God’s blessing in your last simulation, you naturally had no intention of returning to the Heavenly Court with him.

After all, it’s better to have your destiny in your own hands.

“Kid, I’m helping you here.”

“If you don’t come back with me, you’ll probably end up dead in the wilderness before long.”

Hearing this, you immediately became interested.

“But I also received the Fire God’s blessing before, and nothing happened?”

“What? The Fire God?!”

“Where did you find Lord Fire God?!”

You made a move as if to leave, and the Rat Demon quickly stepped forward, following behind you.

You first used Celestial Travel to teleport back and forth, letting him know that you had the ability to leave at any time.

Then you proposed a condition: you would tell him about the Fire God, but the Rat Demon had to tell you more things.

Hearing this, the Rat Demon hesitated for a while, and only after a long time did he speak.

“Sigh, since you want to know so much, then I’ll tell you.”

“However, my status in the Heavenly Court isn’t high, so what I know is limited.”

The Rat Demon told you many things.

It turned out that the eight so-called gods were Dao Transformation Realm Cultivators.

A very, very long time had passed since their era.

Even in the entire Myriad Realms, those who knew about them were already few and far between.

And the reason the Heavenly Court wanted to revive them was simple: they needed their power.

The Lord of the Heavenly Court, Emperor Xuanhuang, had received a premonition in the depths of his consciousness.

In over a hundred thousand years, the entire Myriad Realms would inevitably suffer an unimaginable blow.

At that time, all living beings would be wiped out.

And with the current strength of Cultivators in the Myriad Realms, it was impossible to resist that catastrophe!

That’s why Emperor Xuanhuang delved into ancient secrets and found information about these eight “gods.”

However, in many records, their deeds were inconsistent.

Some records said they created the entire Myriad Realms, while others claimed they caused the downfall of all races.

There were even some records where the title they were given was not “gods” at all, but—demons!

Under the erosion of history, no one could clearly explain what had transpired.

But after much deliberation, Emperor Xuanhuang still decided to believe the statement that they were “gods.”

And he resolutely decided to help them see the light of day again, to secure a glimmer of hope for the entire Myriad Realms.

However, most Cultivators in the Heavenly Court did not understand Emperor Xuanhuang’s actions.

Because, in their view, Emperor Xuanhuang’s statements were merely one-sided and lacked any basis.

Even several Grand Cultivators skilled in divination had evolved the future and found no anomalies.

The entire Myriad Realms continued to operate in an orderly fashion.

Let alone over a hundred thousand years, even hundreds of thousands or millions of years, no destructive blow had appeared.

Thus, both sides began to argue based on different theories.

Some people, led by Emperor Xuanhuang, believed that they should trust Emperor Xuanhuang’s premonition and release these eight individuals to secure a glimmer of hope for the Myriad Realms.

However, the other two Emperors and most Cultivators in the Heavenly Court believed they should not be released.

After all, not all records proved that they would be benevolent towards the beings of the Myriad Realms.

And even if they were once benevolent, what then?

Countless years had passed, and they were bound to change.

If they harbored ill intentions, it would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to the entire Myriad Realms.

Therefore, there was no need to release them for a vague, ethereal disaster.

Ultimately, the views of the other two Emperors gained the approval of most Cultivators.

Helpless, Emperor Xuanhuang could only outwardly give up, letting his direct subordinate Cultivators secretly handle the matter.

After hearing the Rat Demon’s account, you couldn’t help but nod secretly.

To be honest, the actions of both Emperor Xuanhuang and the other two Emperors of the Heavenly Court were very reasonable.

In fact, the arguments of those two Emperors were even more defensible.

If you didn’t have a God’s-eye view and hadn’t witnessed the Myriad Realms facing a catastrophe, you would most likely have sided with the two Emperors.

However, you now knew… Emperor Xuanhuang was right.

The Myriad Realms would indeed face a catastrophe in over a hundred thousand years.

In the last simulation, if you hadn’t used a Fatal Strike to break the world barrier at the last moment, the Myriad Realms would have been completely destroyed.

And…

Since the person behind the world barrier pushed it, this matter naturally couldn’t be changed by simply breaking the world barrier.

The Cultivators hiding in the Primordial Sacred Domain would probably still be unable to escape death in the end.

“It seems that to break this situation under normal circumstances, we really need to rely on the power of those gods.”

You murmured to yourself.

After all, you had personally glimpsed the world beyond the world barrier.

Although the Spiritual Qi there was extremely thin, the attack that ultimately killed you in the last simulation had to be from at least an Emperor-level existence.

And the Cultivator behind the scenes pushing the world barrier was naturally even more powerful, probably at least a Dao Transformation Realm existence, or even more than one!

As for the eight gods…

You couldn’t say for sure.

But since the Fire God had no ill will and even left you a demonic flame, it indicated that he was mostly benevolent towards the Cultivators in the Myriad Realms.

You pondered thoughtfully.

Meanwhile, the Rat Demon became anxious.

“Kid, I’ve told you everything I know, now quickly tell me about the Fire God!”

“The Fire God’s whereabouts? Actually… I am the Fire God!”

You gently raised your hand, and the demonic flame surged forth.

The terrifying temperature instantly ignited the surrounding Void Realm.

“What?! You, you, you, you, you…”

The Rat Demon was speechless for a moment.

No matter how he thought, he couldn’t connect you with the Fire God.

But the flames before him could not be faked.

He had never seen such an all-consuming, all-destroying sensation in any other flame.

“We’ll meet again next time.”

You chuckled softly.

Then you activated Celestial Travel, and your figure vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving only the Rat Demon in disarray where he stood.