494: Chapter 494 Giving You an Attitude, A Scheme

Hearing this, Qin Wushang lowered his eyes, Sacred Power flowing through his body.

After a long while, he slowly raised his eyes, his gaze clear yet burning.

"Guilt? Why would there be any?"

"I naturally won't let her bear the so-called tribulations alone, nor carry the baseless Karma by herself."

"If the Heavenly Dao is unfair and destiny is biased, why should her myriad fortunes and woes be tied to me, yet I cannot protect her in the slightest?"

"So what if it's a one-way bond? So what if it's irreversible?"

He took a step forward, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Mu Bingyun, meeting the Immortal Lord's indifferent gaze with a firm and awe-inspiring tone.

"If she suffers tribulations because of me, then I shall go Heaven-Defying to block them."

"If her Dao is damaged because of me, I shall use my own body to mend it."

"If she is forced to be interfered with and entangled in Karma, I will exhaust everything to share that eternal Karma for her."

"If her immortal path grows dim, I will trample the All Heavens and Myriad Realms and slaughter a path toward the Eternal Immortal Dao for her."

"If destiny is unfair, I shall defy this mandate of heaven."

"If the great dao of heaven and earth is biased, I shall change this Qiankun."

"If she is willing to be my bond, then I shall be her backer for all eternity."

"There is no need to sever the Dao, no need to recultivate, and no need to abandon me."

Qin Wushang looked at Mu Bingyun, the tenderness in his eyes beyond words.

"From now on, her disasters shall be my fatal tribulations."

"Her life and death shall be my Dao Heart."

"If the Heavenly Dao forbids it, I shall slaughter the heavens."

"If destiny is unfair, I shall trample this bullshit destiny to pieces."

"I, Qin Wushang, have never owed anyone anything."

"But if I owe her, I will repay it with all eternity."

Dead silence filled the mountain peak.

The churning sea of clouds froze, and the immortal mountain breeze suddenly stilled.

The Immortal Lord stared blankly at the young man before her, a visible ripple appearing for the first time in her cold and indifferent immortal eyes.

She had cultivated for eons, seeing through the Karma of the heavens and observing all living beings in the world.

She had seen prodigies who abandoned love for the great dao of heaven and earth and severed bonds for eternity.

She had seen cold-blooded, self-centered mighty experts, but never someone as utterly mad as this.

It was clearly a one-way destiny.

Clearly, the rules of the Heavenly Dao dictated that he would not be affected by Mu Bingyun in the slightest.

He could have stood by and watched coldly, enjoying her sacrifice, her bond, and her devotion with a clear conscience.

But he refused.

The Immortal Lord's voice was low as she said slowly, "Do you know what these words of yours mean?"

"You were originally someone protected by the Heavenly Dao; someone deliberately sealed your Karma so that you wouldn't be bound or burdened by anyone."

"This was an eternal, supreme gift from the great dao of heaven and earth."

"By forcibly changing it and taking on her Karma, you are destroying the protection the Heavenly Dao gave you."

"By making this choice, from this moment on, a two-way Karma will form, and everything of hers will truly fall upon you."

The Immortal Lord's words were empowered by the Dao; she was questioning his heart!

Qin Wushang's Dao was roaring.

His aura shook, a rebellious look curving his lips as his long hair danced wildly in the wind, and the Dao Palace World within him thundered.

"I know."

"And yet you still insist on doing this?"

The Immortal Lord's gaze was sharp, staring straight at him.

"What if I do?"

As his words fell...

"Boom!"

The sky above the mountain peak suddenly exploded with sound as pitch-black thunderclouds condensed out of air, and the immortal clouds filling the sky were torn apart by violent Devilish Qi.

In the unseen, the invisible rules of the Heavenly Dao trembled violently, as if someone were defying an eternal, unchangeable fate.

A faint, blood-colored thread of Karma extended from Mu Bingyun's snowy-white wrist.

The chain that was originally a one-way Karma was now being forcibly pulled by the power of the Dao surging from within Qin Wushang.

The blood-colored thread coiled in reverse, tightly binding the young man's wrist.

One-way destiny, forcibly reversed.

An unfair bond, manually made mutual.

Mu Bingyun trembled all over, her beautiful eyes turning red as she stared blankly at the young man beside her.

Qin Wushang turned his head and gave her a faint smile, one that was both arrogant and tender.

"Your Revered Master said that someone laid out a grand plan to protect me, Li Wuyou."

"Then today, I shall personally tear this protection to shreds."

The Immortal Lord stood in silence, speechless for a long time.

The wind blew her plain white immortal robe, and a faint sigh appeared for the first time on her eternally cold face.

"Fools... truly a pair of fools."

"I wonder if two fools will end up giving birth to a bunch of little fools."

She looked toward the churning Heavenly Tribulation thunderclouds, her gaze piercing through the layers of mist to the ethereal depths of the great dao of heaven and earth.

There, it seemed as if some unknown existence was quietly watching this place.

The one who had laid out the plan in the shadows seemed to have noticed that someone had dared to tamper with the destiny he had set.

An indifferent, superior sense of being watched enveloped the entire mountain peak.

The Immortal Lord whispered to herself, "Do you know that with this move, you have alerted the Mastermind who has been planning for eons?"

Qin Wushang raised his head, looking directly at the rolling heavenly thunder, Chaos swirling deep within his dark eyes as he looked down upon the heavens.

"So what if I've alerted them?"

"I can defy the Heavenly Dao, and I can slay the Mastermind."

"From now on, Mu Bingyun and I share a common Karma; we live and die together."

"Whoever wants to touch her must first step over my, Qin Wushang's, corpse."

The heavenly thunder exploded, and a blood-colored lightning pillar struck directly at the mountain peak.

Not a single person retreated.

The young man put his arm around the woman's waist, his blood energy soaring as he forcibly bore this Heavenly Punishment meant to change fate.

Beneath the sea of clouds, the ages were in turmoil.

"I naturally believe you; there was no need for this."

Mu Bingyun looked at him and couldn't help but say a word.

"When there is a girl who has refined her own Dao into my likeness, saying a few words to coax her is nothing."

Qin Wushang spoke bluntly.

These words were meant for Mu Bingyun's ears, but also for the Immortal Lord's.

To keep this woman from causing trouble!

"This seat will not interfere in your romantic affairs."

"Whether I approve or not, or whether you are worthy or not, means nothing in my eyes."

The Immortal Lord spoke with great disdain.

She was who she was; naturally, she knew Qin Wushang's thoughts with a single thought.

To her, it didn't matter what kind of Dao Companion her Disciple found, given her background.

If she wanted, she could prop up even a piece of rotten mud.

The mention of her severing her Dao was merely a suggestion.

"I naturally know that Senior is not that kind of person."

"This was simply to show Senior my stance."

"After all, all I can show Senior right now is my stance."

As he spoke, ripples appeared in the Void Realm, and Qin Wushang's figure vanished.

He had been teleported away.

"Bingyun, have you made up your mind?"

The Immortal Lord asked.

"It's nothing."

Mu Bingyun nodded, indicating she didn't care.

"Of all the younger generation, I favor you the most; you are more likely to obtain the Mandate of Heaven than that Lin Ziyao."

"You could have taken second or even first place this time, but you were influenced by Qin Wushang. In this way... you will always be suppressed by him."

The Immortal Lord explained slowly.

Without Qin Wushang and the incident at the Burial Immortal Platform, Mu Bingyun could have definitely vied for first place.

"Revered Master, have you considered that without the battle at the Burial Immortal Platform, he would have killed even more Immortal Demons?"

Mu Bingyun said.

Some things cannot be explained away in just a sentence or two.

"No!"

"That was his tribulation! It was inevitable for him! But you could have avoided it! It's different!"

The Immortal Lord disagreed.

"In the Lower Realm, there is a Chu Yuehua, a ruler of a nation; her Luck and talent are also extremely terrifying."

"She is no weaker than I was during that period, yet she doesn't even have the qualification to fight for the Mandate of Heaven."

"It's because she was influenced by Qin Wushang, entering the Realm prematurely and willingly making way for him."

She added.

She had seen both Chu Yuehua and Di Qingli...

Both were extremely terrifying women, peerless in their elegance, yet both had already stepped aside.

"Revered Master, you were scheming against him just now, weren't you?"

Mu Bingyun thought for a moment and spoke coldly.

This made the Immortal Lord raise an eyebrow.

"You girl... you even have killing intent toward your Revered Master; you're truly siding with an outsider."

"Indeed, your Revered Master did scheme against him."

"The Origin Dao of heaven and earth is intentionally biased toward him, wanting him to gain the Mandate of Heaven, and you truly have to make way. How could I not have a backup plan!"

"His attitude determines your future path."

"If you can't become an Eternal Immortal, then following him to achieve eternity counts as a safeguard."

The Immortal Lord's explanation calmed Mu Bingyun's aura.

If a new era begins, the Immortal Realm will inevitably be in turmoil; how could she not prepare a backup plan?

"Then Revered Master... what is it that you are plotting? Sending a Clone out to travel—is it for his Luck, or his Opportunity?"

"Or is it just to practice the Immortal Emperor Theory you proposed, to walk the path you suggested and fully complete it?"

Thinking of Mo Qianrao, Mu Bingyun couldn't help but ask.

"All of the above."

The Immortal Lord answered as such.