Chapter 2290 - 2288: [Protect All Living Beings?]

Chapter 2290: Chapter 2288: [Protect All Living Beings?]

A whole year!

The world has changed!

The entire Martial Arts World has been transformed, and Earth too has undergone earth-shaking changes, just as Qin Kongdao said. Some of the changes now are things Ye Tianchen had never considered, things beyond his imagination. And when true cruelty and bloodshed descend upon this Martial Arts World, all living beings go through the great calamity like ants, the calamity slaughtering the strong, the strong slaughtering the weak. Then what has become of Ye Tianchen’s family? What about his friends? Are they still alive? How many are still alive?

"Senior, when you tell me to climb to the Peak, do you mean the Martial Arts Peak?" Ye Tianchen couldn’t help staring at Qin Kongdao’s back as he asked.

"Not just the Martial Arts Peak... but a Peak that surpasses everything!" Qin Kongdao said, his tone carrying deeper meaning.

Ye Tianchen was stunned, his heart jolted. He suddenly couldn’t make sense of it. What was Senior Qin Kongdao’s true intent in having him reach the Peak? Beyond the Martial Arts Peak, what other Peak could there be?

"A Peak that surpasses everything?" Ye Tianchen asked doubtfully.

Qin Kongdao turned to look at Ye Tianchen, then sat down in front of him, smiling faintly as he said, "I have a story. I don’t know if you want to hear it."

"Senior, of course I want to hear it. I ask that Senior enlighten me!" Ye Tianchen nodded earnestly.

"So you’re not anxious anymore? Not worried about your family and friends?" Qin Kongdao deliberately asked in that way.

"I’m worried, tormented with anxiety. But a whole year has already passed—if I were to rush out now, what could I possibly do? In this heavily injured state, I simply have no way to protect my kin and friends!" Ye Tianchen looked at Qin Kongdao and spoke honestly.

"Mm, not bad. To remain this calm and composed in such a situation—indeed, I did not misjudge you. You are an anomaly, and you truly might be someone capable of saving the Martial Arts World!" Qin Kongdao nodded with satisfaction.

"Climb to the Peak? Save the Martial Arts World? Senior, I honestly don’t quite understand what you mean!" Ye Tianchen couldn’t help knitting his brows.

"Very well, I’ll start telling you this story now." Qin Kongdao thought for a moment and said.

So that’s how it is!

Major changes in the Magic Law of the Martial Arts World have not appeared for the first time. Over the evolution of billions of years, several upheavals have already occurred. Every time the Magic Law of the Martial Arts World changes drastically, it heralds a great calamity. That calamity drives all living beings into a struggle for supremacy, into slaughter. Countless living beings will have their bodies and souls annihilated in this calamity. Whether powerful or weak, none can escape; only a scant few survive. It can be said that at the end of each calamity, the Martial Arts World becomes a realm soaked in blood, littered with corpses, with only a handful of living beings left!

And when the great chaos of the Martial Arts World descends, the first omen is the change in Magic Law, exposing all life under the Martial Arts World’s heavens—no living being can transcend or escape; all must join this calamity. Second, when the Magic Law of the Martial Arts World changes, enormous amounts of Cultivation Resources appear, along with incomparably powerful Treasures; there are even rumors that the Immortal Path will open. Whoever can walk this Immortal Path will become an Immortal, an Immortal with Eternal Life. In such circumstances, who wouldn’t want to become Immortal? Who wouldn’t desire Eternal Life? Who wouldn’t want to obtain even greater power?

To obtain ultimate power, to become an Immortal with Eternal Life—this is the goal of every Cultivator and living being. Otherwise, why suffer all those hardships, why face nine deaths for one life and still persist in Cultivation? This is the dream of all Cultivator beings! ℯℯ𝘭.

It’s easy to imagine: when vast Cultivation Resources are laid bare, when countless powerful Treasures emerge, when the true Immortal Path opens—what sort of scene will that be? Cultivation Resources are limited after all, powerful Treasures are certainly few, and can the road to Eternal Life and becoming Immortal really be so easy to walk? It will likely be extremely narrow, only allowing a single person to pass. Under such circumstances, the entire Martial Arts World will probably be blasted apart, everyone will launch campaigns of conquest. This is a once-in-an-era opportunity: miss the Immortal Path and you may never have such a chance again. Even if it means staking one’s life, one must fight for that slightest chance of survival. Bloodshed and slaughter will inevitably saturate the whole world!

Slaughter for Cultivation Resources, slaughter to seize powerful Treasures, slaughter for the chance to set foot first on the Immortal Path—at the moment when the Magic Law of the Martial Arts World changes, the world becomes a living hell, a Human World Purgatory. Besides slaughter, there is nothing. Everyone has to live amid slaughter. Only by constantly growing stronger, only the truly powerful, can survive; otherwise, there is only death!

Of course, there are also those living beings who are naturally belligerent and already possess great power. They have been awaiting this moment. They have lain dormant for a long time, waiting precisely for the Magic Law of the Martial Arts World to change, because in their eyes, the Martial Arts World is cruel and bloody; every living being seeks the road to Eternal Life and becoming Immortal, every living being strives to obtain greater power. Yet Eternal Life and becoming Immortal has no proven precedent: in the billions of years of the Martial Arts World’s evolution, there has not been a single genuine case of Eternal Life and becoming Immortal. Even if there are legends of certain heaven-defying powerhouses, Supreme Emperors, stepping into the Immortal Domain, those are nothing more than rumors!

So many fearsome beings began to hibernate, began to wait for the moment when the Martial Arts World falls into great chaos. Because with each great chaos, unprecedented Cultivation Resources manifest; Treasures appear that can shake the entire Heavenly Vault; the road to Eternal Life and becoming Immortal may even open. At that moment, the strong naturally can obtain more, even directly step onto the Immortal Path. Thus they will of course wait and lie in ambush—and will also slaughter all living beings that obstruct them, Sha Wusheng, never showing mercy!

"I didn’t expect that the change in the Magic Law of the Martial Arts World would usher in such an era, when true bloodshed and cruelty descend!" Ye Tianchen sighed.

"But we cannot deny that, for powerful beings, this truly is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For you, I believe that in this life it is also an opportunity." Qin Kongdao looked at Ye Tianchen as he spoke.

"Senior, I will certainly go to war. Waiting passively for death is not in my nature. It’s just... I don’t understand what you mean..." Ye Tianchen looked at Qin Kongdao and asked.

"The Martial Arts World is cruel and bloody, but in the three chaotic eras recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian of this world, there appeared in each era a heaven-defying powerhouse who slaughtered all the way, stepped onto the Martial Arts Peak, became a Supreme Emperor, and suppressed that bloody chaos." Qin Kongdao’s gaze was deep as he looked at Ye Tianchen.

"This... someone like that truly appeared? Suppressed the Magic Law upheaval of the Martial Arts World? Just how strong must such a person be? I’m afraid that without being a Supreme figure of the Emperor Realm, it would be impossible, right?" Ye Tianchen asked in astonishment.

Qin Kongdao glanced at Ye Tianchen, then tore off a leg from the wild rabbit roasting over the Fire, handed it to Ye Tianchen, and said, "To suppress the Magic Law turmoil of the Martial Arts World is tantamount to making enemies of all the strong, cutting off their path of unrestrained slaughter, forbidding them to rampage in indiscriminate carnage. But in doing so, one will face the attacks and killings of countless powerful beings. Even a Supreme figure of the Emperor Realm may not be able to withstand it..."

"Even a Supreme figure of the Emperor Realm may not be able to withstand it..." Ye Tianchen couldn’t help muttering to himself.

In fact, Senior Qin Kongdao’s words contained no exaggeration at all, and Ye Tianchen understood this. The great turmoil of the Magic Law of the Martial Arts World is a bloody calamity for all living beings of the Martial Arts World. At any unknown moment, the outcome may be annihilation of body and soul, the scattering of spirit and soul. Yet for those ambitious and ruthless beings who care nothing for the life or death of others and only seek to strengthen themselves—who are determined to seize Cultivation Resources, to obtain powerful Treasures, to step onto the road of Eternal Life and becoming Immortal—this is a moment they look forward to, a moment of excitement. For it they will kill more beings to achieve their aims. And there are countless such fierce beings. Can a single person’s strength block their slaughter? Can it withstand their frenzied attacks?

Just as Qin Kongdao said: to make enemies of so many powerful beings all at once— even a person of the Emperor Realm may not be able to accomplish it, because among these fierce beings there are naturally those whose battle strength rivals the Emperor Realm. To block these unrestrained butchers, if one does not possess overwhelming power oneself, it is impossible; courage alone is far from enough!

"But I believe you have that kind of potential!" Qin Kongdao smiled and said to Ye Tianchen.

"This... Senior, I haven’t even considered such a thing. Besides, I may not be the kind of person who sacrifices himself for the world!" Ye Tianchen also couldn’t help laughing as he spoke.

Qin Kongdao looked at Ye Tianchen, tore off another leg from the roasted wild rabbit, took a bite, and said, "In truth, who is really a person who sacrifices himself for the world? I’m not either. Sometimes we simply act according to our nature. I believe your nature will lead you to act in that way. I have great expectations of you."

"Hehe, Senior, in this chaotic era I might not even survive for long myself. I just want to protect my family and friends, to hope they can make it through this calamity." Ye Tianchen laughed and said.

"Mm. In the grand struggle of this great era, I too am one of its participants. I know you want to protect your kin and friends, but first you must heal your injuries, restore yourself to health, and raise your Cultivation Realm and combat strength. Only then should you go in search of your kin and friends." Qin Kongdao nodded and said.

"Thank you, Senior!" Ye Tianchen looked earnestly at Qin Kongdao.

"I must be going. I hope that when we meet again, you will be stronger." Qin Kongdao smiled faintly, rose to his feet, and walked toward the mouth of the cave!