What kind of world is this? I have no idea...
So much time has passed, and so much has been done, but all that remains in my mind is the chaotic darkness before my eyes.
But the changes seem to have happened before they were noticed, standing in a world dominated by absolute darkness.
For the first time, Xu Zhe felt as if he was standing on his feet. He was naked all over, just like a soul that had left the underworld.
The difference is that the underworld is not as scary as here...
"It seems like I have survived the most difficult days?" Looking around, there was still nothing, but Xu Zhe looked calm and composed, as if he had seen through everything.
"That's right. You survived the most vulnerable period of the human soul, defeated the darkness in your heart, and separated yourself from the absolute darkness." An old voice confirmed Xu Zhe's thoughts, as if it was God's reward to the victor.
"Another nagging old man. Why am I surrounded by such guys lately?" He glanced sideways helplessly, and his eyes "torn" the darkness, revealing a figure standing behind the darkness.
The naked appearance was also proof of his soul, and his long snow-white hair and old face were completely different from Xu Zhe.
"Are you the legendary father of gods—Ziya?" This was the only name Xu Zhe could think of.
"No, I have a name that is more easily understood. My name is 'Xu Zhe', and I am you..." The old man's voice was clear and powerful. Just by listening to it, Xu Zhe felt his soul shaken.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand. I don't really care who you are." He walked to the old man with real steps. No matter who he was or how great he was, Xu Zhe didn't think of him that way. "There's someone who said to me, 'You can teach me how to become stronger, so I came here. So, when are you going to start? I don't know how much time I have left. You know, there is a limit..."
"Haha, I never thought that after a reincarnation, my mind would become so childish and narrow-minded? I have forgotten even the most basic etiquette, and I use an imperative tone when asking people to do things." The old man smiled, and his smile was so kind, as if he was looking at his own ignorant child. "Every look, every tone of voice, only expressed hatred...
Do you really hate that much? Do you hate the God who plays tricks on you? Do you hate the people who deceive you? Do you really hate your own weakness? "
"Since you are me, shouldn't you know these things better than me?" Xu Zhe's tone was calm without any emotion. It would be unnecessary to explain anything to "himself".
"How can you become strong like this? You can never get rid of the classification as a human being. How can you defeat the 'Nine-Tailed Fox' that is beyond God?" The old man's eyes froze suddenly. If there was air, Xu Zhe believed that he would have suffocated by now.
"It feels like you want to tell me something I don't know?" After calming himself down again, Xu Zhe never knew that facing "himself" would be so stressful.
"Come with me, this is a section of the history of the Nine-Tailed Fox, whether you like it or not. As a shared soul, your future is destined to be inseparable from it..." Turning around, the old man walked towards an unknown direction.
Xu Zhe followed suit naturally. This was a decision made by the soul before the brain.
While walking, various large screens appeared in the air on both sides of the body, and the battle scenes they showed were extremely tragic.
Surprisingly, although it was the first time he saw it, Xu Zhe did not feel the slightest bit of strangeness in his heart.
"Another me, how much do you know about the Nine-Tailed Fox?" Zi Ya asked softly as he walked forward.
"Based on your Investiture of the Gods and the introduction in the book, it seems that it is a monster sent down to the mortal world by the Mother of Heaven to punish humans." Looking at the picture displayed on the screen, Xu Zhe had only an urge to come out.
"This is the history I wrote, including its death. It is for the sake of human beings to forget their fear and continue to develop. Deception is a common thing for human beings. The truth will never change because of lies. Even if no one understands it, the truth is the truth...
The Nine-Tailed Fox is not a creature on Earth, and its original form is not any kind of life, but the purest and most densely compressed spiritual power. "Ziya's words made Xu Zhe confused, because he couldn't understand, "This is a past that no one knows about. The Nine-Tailed Fox was originally a meteorite moving in space, with terrifying spiritual power that we can't imagine, but compared to the boundless 'travel', it is quite stable...
Until one day, as it slid across the sky of the earth, the outer layer of rock that wrapped around the Nine-Tailed Fox was peeled off by the high temperature, revealing its most essential spirit.
As if it was God's punishment on mankind, the Nine-Tailed Fox crashed into the body of a human man...
This is where the nightmare begins...
Not feeling anything unusual, the man continued his peaceful life.
He was in a country that could no longer be traced, near Country Z. The human world at that time was full of war, massacre, meanness, vanity, and fear.
All the emotions that the man endured became the "food" of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and the Nine-Tailed Fox's independent heartbeat gradually formed like a pregnant mother.
It is waiting for an opportunity to give birth... "
"Your metaphor... makes me sick." This is the only feeling Xu Zhe had.
“The person who gave birth to the Nine-Tailed Fox seems to be like you… Although the world is worse than one can imagine, and the harsh environment is not worth fighting for, it is in such a world that a man has the woman he loves.
A sincere love is enough to make people strong enough to face everything. Unfortunately, before Jiuwei fully learned this precious emotion, a more terrifying emotion became the final factor for its birth... hatred. "At this point, Ziya stopped and turned his head to look at a screen on the side.
Influenced by him, Xu Zhe also paid attention to it. But when he saw what was being interpreted, he regretted it in his heart...
This was a silent slaughter, a man covered in blood holding a long knife shuttled among the soldiers. The densely packed enemies like bees could not stop his pace of advancement...
The strange thing is that no matter how the enemies around him attacked him, he refused to change the direction of his advance, allowing his blood and the blood of his enemies to be spilled all over the land.
Just because there was a woman's body lying on the ground not far away, and a dozen naked soldiers were standing beside her with ugly lewd smiles on their faces.
Under a big tree on the side stood their child who was less than five years old. The child, who had forgotten how to cry, looked at his mother's body and didn't even know what expression to use to face it.
The man continued to kill until a spear pierced his chest.
The man fell down, but still refused to put down the knife of slaughter. His hatred turned into a curse on the world, cursing this world that hurt the people he loved.
As if the curse was fulfilled, the man's body was torn apart and the Nine-Tailed Fox was born on the earth.
The piercing laughter echoed in the sky dyed red by the flames of war, and the slaughterers who had been so powerful just now began to flee in panic. Unfortunately, no one escaped the man's curse that night. They were all devoured mercilessly, and a million enemies did not even have the strength to resist.
From then on, Nine-Tailed Fox began his "journey" that shocked the three realms. Wherever he went, he would exercise his killing nature in his own absolutely happy way.
Even after thousands of years, it won't change...
"Didn't everyone die under the man's curse that night?" Xu Zhe's inexplicable question made Zi Ya sink, "That child... he should have survived... and... the so-called Zi Ya is also the child of this man..."
"This is a past event that you should not have known. Even though you are me..." Ziya continued his previous steps and became more determined. "Just like all immature humans, 'you and I' at that time chose revenge, and the object of revenge was the monster that tore open my father's body.
In my childhood memory, it was not a human who killed my father, but this terrifying monster.
My cultivation of immortality also began with this impure pursuit of power...
It was probably more than three hundred years later that I became an immortal. However, compared to the natural Nine-Tailed Fox, I was so insignificant that I didn’t even have the ability to make it look me in the face.”
"That's not right, right? But historically, it was you who drove it out of Country Z?" Xu Zhe didn't understand.
"Just because by chance, I got 'it', so Nine-Tailed Fox also tasted the roar of revenge..." Ziya had already stopped while he was speaking.
Xu Zhe wanted to continue asking questions, but the things in front of him already gave all the answers.
It was like a towering tree, with no end when you looked up, and the broad, flat surface reflected the image of your soul. And that image was so ugly...
This was a sword, a sword that Xu Zhe had never seen before. Compared to it, he was so insignificant that he was not even a speck of dust.
It was a sword, and a sad sword. A huge, thick iron chain wrapped around the smooth blade, from the handle all the way to the ground. Counting carefully, there were 13 chains...
"This is the ultimate magic weapon Xuanyuan that the great Yellow Emperor used to kill Chi You. And just as you can see, it is buried in your soul and mine. It was it that became the source of my power, and even the Nine-Tailed Fox, which condensed the spirit of the universe, was frightened and had to flee." Looking at the long-lost old friend in front of him, Zi Ya was not as happy as he had imagined. All he felt was regret.
"So it's right here... inside my body?!" Xu Zhe couldn't help shaking, his drooping hands clenched into fists, "No wonder those bastards from God wanted to win me over after driving away the monster?! These bastards want to continue using this 'sword'?!"
"As you can see, this sword that everyone fears is attached to our souls. No matter how many times we reincarnate, it has become a part of our power." This is a "privilege" that no one can take away.
"The way to become stronger is to own it?" Xu Zhe has already equated the two.
"If you really want to become stronger and possess this sword that once belonged to the Yellow Emperor, you will lose something." With his forehead lowered, Zi Ya looked at his other self seriously.
"Do I have anything else to lose?" Xu Zhe didn't know.
"In fact, you have more than you think. In order to have it, the first thing you have to do is... forget the person for whom you became strong..." Ziya's words struck Xu Zhe's heart, which he thought had stopped.
"Forget Wu Qian?" Xu Zhe didn't understand what the connection was between her and power
“Xuanyuan is not a magic weapon that can be used by humans with rich emotions…” With his hands behind his back, Ziya’s tone did not allow for any doubt, “It can only be used by gods. No, it should be that only creatures that have surpassed all other creatures can fully grasp it.
The shackles on its blade are the seals that bind its power. A total of 13 shackles all originate from your "seven emotions and six desires".
As long as you feel guilty and emotional towards others, you are still a human being and you will never be able to fully exert the power of the sword.
Just like me back then, although I got the magic weapon that could kill the Nine-Tailed Fox, I could never forget what it did to my father. At that time, I broke free of twelve shackles in total, and it was precisely because I could not remove the last shackle of hatred that I watched the Nine-Tailed Fox flee from Country Z. This is a sin I owe to the world, and I will never let this regret happen to you again. "
"You mean, you want me to forget all my feelings? To become a god-like being?" This was all the information Xu Zhe could get.
"That's right. For you who have nothing, isn't the pursuit of power your goal? Then giving up feelings and abandoning humanity shouldn't be as difficult as imagined, right? In my opinion, it's easier for you to untie all the shackles of Xuanyuan and truly put an end to the evil of the Nine-Tailed Fox than for me." Standing in front of the legendary sword and facing the bewildered Xu Zhe, this is a test. "Well, tell me, what is your choice?"