Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao

Chapter 1586 - 108: Facing Oneself

Zhou Yan did not stop Di Yan from leaving.

Di Yan did not pose a threat to him.

Di Yan would no longer threaten Zhou Yan.

He was just a humble existence.

On the scene, only Zhou Yan and Jiang Xing remained.

Jiang Xing had not spoken.

Zhou Yan didn’t speak either.

When there was no conversation, this world appeared more tranquil.

It was akin to the solitude of Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb, seemingly eternally filled with loneliness and isolation.

"Holy Spirit Evil Venerate."

Jiang Xing suddenly addressed.

Zhou Yan’s heart stirred slightly, and he looked at Jiang Xing, saying, "Do you still address me that way now? I’m just a clone."

"You’ve lost yourself, but you are still you. No matter your identity, what masters your will is you, and that’s enough."

Jiang Xing’s words seemed profound.

But it didn’t prevent Zhou Yan from understanding.

Zhou Yan sighed, his gaze turning to the human skin in the lonely grave.

That was the skin of the original, which had always existed and still does.

Just like the skeleton of Lee Suni on the Ancestor Dragon Warship, which also continues to exist.

"Lost? I no longer know who I really am. Cultivating to this step, isn’t it somewhat pathetic?"

Zhou Yan said with self-mocking laughter.

"The order of the new world is still being established, and the altered world has altered rules. Destruction and rebirth are always intertwined."

"From the plan of the Evil Emperor’s perspective, there is nothing wrong. From the inheritance of Ten Thousand Immortals and Ten Thousand Buddhas, there is also nothing wrong."

Jiang Xing said.

Zhou Yan asked, "Then, who is wrong, and who is ultimately correct? Or is there even such a thing as right or wrong in this world?"

Jiang Xing remained silent once again.

It seemed it wasn’t that he couldn’t answer the question but that he shouldn’t.

It seemed to touch upon the last layer of secrets, like the last strip of modesty on a woman’s body, which cannot be revealed.

"Perhaps, I still have to discover it myself eventually. Actually, you made one good point; as long as the will of the Sovereign exists in this world, whether it is the original or a clone doesn’t matter.

If my original died, and the clone was but a carved test piece for someone’s self|consolation, it still doesn’t matter.

In truth, only Zhou Yan’s life was splendid and brilliant, whereas the Lei Yan King and Lee Sha were somewhat like the True Void Heavenly Prohibition."

Zhou Yan said.

Jiang Xing continued in silence.

"If I decide to do something, you cannot stop me."

"Peeling away layers of truth will eventually reveal everything. Though my innermost thought urges me not to do it. But, won’t you give me any explanation?"

"At the very least, I’m the Holy Spirit Evil Venerate now, the Sovereign of the Emperor Soul Clan, aren’t I?"

Zhou Yan said playfully.

Looking at Jiang Xing, his gaze became particularly intense.

For an instant, Zhou Yan felt he had completely awakened.

Jiang Xing lifted his head, his bright, deep yet aged gaze quietly meeting Zhou Yan’s.

At this moment, Zhou Yan knew Jiang Xing had a lot of decisions that had begun to unfold.

Zhou Yan waited quietly.

"Ancestor Dragon Warship, Golden Armor Battleship, or ’Noah’s Ark,’ don’t you find it very familiar, very strange? There’s a statue of Zhou Wangchen, your mother’s bones on it."

Jiang Xing suddenly spoke.

Zhou Yan felt a chill in his heart, his eyes suddenly becoming extremely bright, and he said, "What do you mean by that?"

"What do I mean? You should already understand, why need me be so direct?"

"This world, so-called parallel spaces? They merely are illusions that cannot exist. At least with your ability, can you create parallel Cosmic Space and undertake the same action twice and have different outcomes?"

"That is merely a theory, a theory to validate theoretical feasibility."

"The Soul Burying Starfield indeed is a testing ground, verifying all this, only that the results are not as you see."

"Memory replication, going through a complete life; that is true."

"You could say Zhou Yan’s experiences in the first life were real, and precisely because they were real, when the Purple Flame Void appeared, changes occurred to the unstable world."

"Yanyan is one of ours, so his presence impacted the plan since the experiment shows that emotions can be nurtured."

"Zhou Yan, himself, was created by the Mechanical Emperor; this fact you know. But the object created was actually yourself."

"You can understand it similar to Lee Suni’s situation, although it is more complex."

"Moreover, whether it’s Great Domain rivalry or Domain wars, those also were real but have become the past. The Word Spirit Race has long been destroyed, and the surviving Word Spirit was saved by you in the past.

Hence, when you witnessed worlds resembling illusions that felt terrifyingly real, they were indeed real."

"The Emperor Soul Clan’s greatest secret is that the structure has changed, now only waiting for the final result."

"After the result appears, Nirvana will arise."

"It will be the Nirvana of all Eternals."

"After Nirvana, you will resurrect, or there might be a chance of disappearing, as this outcome is unpredictable."

"So, you don’t need to restrain your obsession, because it’s more qualified than you to be yourself."

"After Nirvana, if you are alive, do you know where you will appear?"

"There are only two possible places."

"First, in the Blood Crystal Coffin of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb."

"Second, in the depths of the Void of the Outer Realm Battlefield’s Ancestor Dragon Warship."

"The first place is where your true body is buried."

"The second place is where you have died."

...

Jiang Xing sighed, nearly revealing all situations.

At this moment, Zhou Yan was completely stunned.

His current disposition absolutely would not make him a stunned existence.

Yet in fact, he was truly stunned.

Because many things, through Jiang Xing’s words, were completely explained.

"How can I believe you?"

Zhou Yan asked.

"You don’t need to believe me, you just need to believe your own heart. Additionally, the Evil Emperor should have sent you a big gift, do you know its significance? Because he hopes that at the final moment of the plan, you can achieve Nirvana! Although strictly speaking, you are not his real son, throughout this journey, he already treats you as his own son."

Jiang Xing said, then looked towards the distance, saying, "Lee Lianqing, come out."

As Jiang Xing finished speaking, endless singularities appeared from the depths of the Void, each singularity showing extremely gorgeous transformations, like little bubbles, beautiful and dreamlike.

Within the bubbles, a space gate glowing with halos and emanating radiance emerged.

Lee Lianqing walked out from the space gate.

Everything here, for her, seemed to have no difficulty, she could come and go freely.

Lee Lianqing indeed appeared.

After appearing, her gaze didn’t directly confront Zhou Yan, but rather avoided his gaze.

Zhou Yan understood that most of Jiang Xing’s words were true. Because now, in this situation, hiding them is useless.

Therefore, he couldn’t help but ask, "How much time is left?"

Jiang Xing said, "The Evil Emperor is already working on the final plan, so unsettled Holy Spirits will arise with doubtful hearts at this moment, just like you, just like Zhou Lingyao."

"Of course, early on, a batch of Transcenders among the Holy Spirits departed from that state, for instance, Zhou Ying. For instance... Bai Ying and other Holy Spirits."

"However, the earliest one should be your brother, Lee Ran."

"His biggest mistake was letting his brother live within you, which is also a complicated matter. When you understand, you will naturally comprehend. For now, there’s no need to force."

"Moreover, one point is undeniable, which is... the scene you went through in the Holy Spirit Land, much of what you told Zhou Lingyao is true, it’s genuinely developing, unfolding in the flow of time."

"That is indeed the scene of the new world."

"As for how long Nirvana will take, Nirvana will lead to a rebirth into a brand-new world, maybe not too long."

Zhou Yan said, "Besides me, what changes will the other... Holy Spirits undergo?"

Jiang Xing said, "With the soul as the body, forming a complete whole with Three Souls and Seven Spirits, growing again, during this process, it should comply with the changes of the great trend, will not perish, because that equates to the last transformation after the Evil Spirit Dominator, transforming to adapt to the new world."

They will naturally survive, like rebirth, and retain the cultivation memories and realm prior to Supreme status."

"The reason there’s no eternal life, is because in the new world, eternal life no longer exists."

Upon hearing these words, Zhou Yan linked everything together, and soon understood completely.

Only through such changes can true salvation be achieved.

Causing all Holy Spirits to lose their Holy Spirit power completely, twisting the rules comprehensively with this power, altering the rules, creating a new world.

Breaking the form of the Life Magic Cube and recalibrating Chaos.

Isn’t this Ten Thousand Immortals and Ten Thousand Buddhas inheritance’s goal? Isn’t this also the ultimate goal Zhou Yan once pursued for the future of the Human Clan?

Zhou Yan always thought he would personally accomplish this, yet unexpectedly, this matter has been ongoing all along.

The Evil Spirit Dominator, devouring Holy Spirits themselves, is for creating a new world.

Merely, if the plan is so, the extinction of Ten Thousand Immortals and Ten Thousand Buddhas is definitely necessary.

Because Ten Thousand Immortals and Ten Thousand Buddhas naturally possess Three Souls and Seven Spirits, this itself is a terrifying rebirth.

However, on this basis, Ten Thousand Immortals and Ten Thousand Buddhas slaying the Three Corpses into Holy Spirit method is too defiant, thus a change is mandatory.

...

The truth always presents itself inadvertently, and hides inadvertently.

So, does the existence of Zhou Yan hold meaning, or not?

"I’ll look around."

Zhou Yan sighed and said.

His emotional obsession almost grew crazily amidst the exchange with Jiang Xing, so that when recalling the past, a trend of fusion was already emerging.

However, this time, Zhou Yan didn’t resist this trend.

Jiang Xing was right on one point, whether it’s the struggling emotional obsession Zhou Yan, or today’s unfeeling Holy Spirit Evil Venerate Zhou Yan, both are Zhou Yan.

Both are oneself.

What can one not face about oneself?