“The Emperor of Freedom…”
Xu Chong was stunned and felt it was ridiculous. "What happened to him?"
"I doubt……"
The Five Elements Emperor's tone became lower again, "He is the real mastermind behind the destruction of the Ring Sky."
"!!!"
Xu Chong was shocked.
He guessed that the Five Elements Emperor would tell him something about Daxu, about some secrets or conspiracies of ancient times.
But in any case, I never expected it to be the Emperor Zizai Tian.
You know, whether it was the conversation with Jiang Wang, the throbbing in his heart, or the birth of the Tianxuan Realm.
Everything, all indicates one thing.
Emperor Zizai Tiandi is also a time traveler.
With this as a premise, even the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor doubted Xu Chong's analysis of the "Broken Sky Ring", but he never doubted the Free Heavenly Emperor.
But now, he heard the exact opposite statement from the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor.
Who should I trust?
This doesn't seem to be a choice.
One of them created the Tianxuan Realm with his own hands, and he has the endorsement of his fellow villager Jiang Wang.
The other one had been dead for countless years, and although he was resurrected, it is very likely that something had been done to him after his death.
Thinking of this, Xu Chong's hands and feet suddenly became cold, and a chill ran through his heart.
Even the main body that was devouring Dark Ya below had to slow down slightly to be prepared for emergencies.
Naturally, this small change did not escape the eyes of the Five Elements Emperor.
"I knew you wouldn't believe me."
The Five Elements Emperor sighed, "But it's normal. After all, this is the first time we've met, and the relationship between us is not as close as yours."
"The Emperor of Heaven has misunderstood. I was just thinking..."
Xu Chongqiang smiled.
"No."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor raised his hand to interrupt, saying, "Under the current situation, it is right to be suspicious, but I hope that after you listen to me, you can also share some of this suspicion with the Free Heavenly Emperor, because this may very well affect the future of the entire Great Ruins."
“…”
Xu Chong's mind was still turbulent, but he relaxed a little because of these words. He said slowly: "Emperor, please speak."
"Um."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor nodded and looked at An Ya who was pinned down by him. "You should have heard from my descendants that Shan Wu advocated balance."
"But most of them are probably just their inferences, because there are many things that I did not leave records of."
"For example, in the beginning, the struggle between nothingness and reality was not as fierce as it could be."
"To put it nicely, we will never see each other again. To put it bluntly, although the Great Ruins was also barren at that time, it was not as barren as it is now. In addition, the Great Ruins is so vast that even if the Void does not erode the Heaven Ring Realm, it is still large enough for it to reproduce."
"And all this was changed quietly without anyone knowing."
"First, it's the environment of Daxu."
"Except for the Ring Sky and Ring World with space membranes, the vast and boundless Great Ruins was drained of most of its valuable substances in a very short period of time."
"Second, the light is lost."
"Those who hold the power of light are disappearing one after another, and the light of the Great Ruins is gradually fading."
"Except for spaces like the Heaven Ring Realm, which have their own rules of light, there is no light in the entire Great Ruins anymore."
"at last……"
"The Void discovered that its reproduction speed has increased a hundred times."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor said meaningfully: "You should know what this means."
One bombshell after another exploded in Xu Chong's mind.
After a long time, he spoke with great difficulty: "It means that if the Void wants to exert its reproduction speed that has been increased by a hundred times, it must attack the Reality..."
"That's right."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor nodded slightly, "So no matter how you look at it, this seems like a huge conspiracy against reality."
"But……"
Xu Chong moved his lips, "What does this have to do with the Emperor Zizai? He wasn't born yet at that time, right?"
"Because of something that happened later."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor's face showed a look of reminiscence. "After the loss of light, the contacts between reality and nothingness increased, and the conflicts intensified. Many brilliant and talented geniuses were assassinated by nothingness in the Great Ruins when traveling between different rings of heaven. One of them even included the wife of a Heavenly Emperor... Seeing that a large-scale war was about to break out, a master of nothingness stood up."
"Shanwu?"
Xu Chong instinctively thought of the Eternal Heavenly Emperor.
"Exactly."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor nodded. "His real name is too difficult to pronounce. Shanwu is what I called him. It became known later."
"In short, Shanwu relied on his status as the oldest and most powerful first-class person to forcibly stop Xuwu from continuing to persecute Zhen, and punished many of his descendants... The enemy of the Emperor of Heaven was among them."
“This move has greatly eased the relationship between reality and nothingness.”
"Then, led by Shanwu, the first-class and second-class persons of both parties will meet in Daxu to discuss."
"It was during this meeting that Shanwu proposed that only a balance could help Daxu escape its current situation. If either side becomes overwhelmingly powerful, Daxu will only become increasingly barren, and eventually lead to complete destruction."
"This theory was recognized by the vast majority of those who participated in the meeting."
The Five Elements Emperor paused and looked at Xu Chong deeply: "Whether it is the real side or the virtual side."
again.
Xu Chong's cognition was once again completely overturned.
You know, although the story of Shanwu was told from Shuiyunzi's mouth and was colored by strong personal feelings, there is nothing wrong with this coloring.
Shanwu's ideas and practices perfectly conform to the idea of ​​"kill the saint first in troubled times".
Xu Chong even felt that if he were born in the same era, he would become Shanwu's mortal enemy just like Emperor Zizai Tian.
It actually received overwhelming approval???
What the hell is this?
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor took Xu Chong's reaction into consideration and explained, "If you had participated in the original meeting, you would have been one of those who agreed."
"Why?"
Xu Chong didn't understand why the Five Elements Emperor was so sure.
"Because Shanwu analyzed the reason why Daxu suddenly became barren..."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor continued, "On the real side, a Heavenly Emperor died of old age, and on the void side, a new ruler was born."
"These two events occurred almost at the same time as the Daxu mutation."
"Before this, although I was the only first-class person on the real side, because the population far exceeded that of nothingness, it generally maintained a balance with nothingness."
"And this has basically been the situation for countless years."
"Shanwu believes that Daxu can maintain long-term stability precisely because of this long-term balance ."
"It is because this balance has been broken that the poverty of Daxu has suddenly increased."
“Only by finding a new balance can reality and nothingness develop together.”
"On the contrary, whether it is the truth that restrains the nothingness, or the nothingness that kills the truth, in the end it will only turn into fratricide, until the Great Ruins becomes extremely barren and faces complete destruction."
“Although it seems a bit far-fetched, this is the only argument that has sufficient support among all the pursuits of the source of poverty by both parties.”
“Even those who do not agree with the good nothingness are only questioning the binding force of the nothingness on each other, not questioning the theory of balance.”
"So, at the first meeting between the two parties, they reached a considerable degree of cooperation intention."
"The final solution is for the Void to temporarily give in and stop reproducing offspring, while the Sky Ring Realm will develop with all its strength until balance is restored."
“At this point, the few people who still had doubts about Shanwu’s purpose also let down their guard.”
"Shanwu even let one of his descendants be responsible for the safety of the trips between Huantian to prevent the Void from being unable to suppress its desires and secretly attacking the Reality."
"All in all, this meeting was extremely successful."
“Whether or not the theory proposed by Shanwu is really effective, at least the real side has gained stability for a long period of time.”
"We are about to reach a balance, and see whether the situation in Daxu can be changed. But at this moment..."
The Five Elements Emperor's eyes darkened for a moment. "It was still that Emperor. His legitimate son, a young human genius who had reached the third level, was killed outside his own heaven by Shanwu, who sent him to protect the descendants."
"How is this possible?!"
Xu Chong was shocked, "Can't Xuwu know the movements of his offspring at any time?"
"That's right."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor sighed, "It is because of this long-established law that the trust that the two parties had worked so hard to build collapsed in an instant."
"And the human emperor whose wife and children were all killed was known to be kind and benevolent. Countless real individuals have received his kindness. It is no exaggeration to say that he is highly respected."
"He didn't even need to do anything. The anger spread completely within thirty-three days."
“Even people who didn’t care about the matter at all joined the ranks of those who denounced Shanwu because they felt they had been deceived.”
"Although Shanwu executed his offspring in public, it only calmed down some of the anger."
"You should understand that once trust is broken, it is very difficult to repair it."
“Thus, the relationship between reality and illusion gradually returned to its previous state.”
"The Void no longer suppresses greed, and always wanders around the edge of the Ring of Heaven, devouring all individuals that leave the real space."
"And on the real side, the hatred for nothingness grows deeper and deeper."
"Not long after that, the war broke out."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor smiled bitterly, "Even if it's me, I'm powerless to change this trend of people's hearts."
"What happened to Shanwu's offspring?"
Xu Chong asked.
"have no idea."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor shook his head. "Shan Wu himself couldn't explain this, so he could only choose to give up his position and annihilate himself in front of both sides on the battlefield."
"Will this... work?"
Xu Chong was somewhat disapproving.
"It depends on what you think."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor continued, "If it is to ease the relationship between the two parties, then it is simply impossible. The hatred has deepened to the extreme in the conflict. But if it is to postpone the war, Shanwu's death is crucial."
"Because although the second-class status of Nothingness at that time was far greater than that of the Reality, there were only two first-class statuses. After Shanwu killed himself, the remaining one was afraid of being imprisoned by me and dared not show up again. As a result, the entire Nothingness had to curb its greed."
"From another perspective, Shanwu's death brought peace to Daxu for a long period of time."
"Oh."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor suddenly shook his head and laughed, "Thinking about it now, wasn't I also doubting him at that time ?"
"So what happened next?"
Xu Chong recalled the conversation with Shui Yunzi and others, "I only know that Shan Wu was saved by Yin Yang Emperor, and turned from virtual to real. After achieving the first-class status, he once again advocated the balance between virtual and real... Could it be that these are not the truth?"
"No, all the records I left behind are things that actually happened."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor said, "Shan Wu turned from a fantasy to a reality, was accepted as a direct descendant by the Yin Yang Heavenly Emperor, and later became the Heavenly Emperor, and once again worked for balance. These are all true. The only thing about the Free Heavenly Emperor is that I only guessed and have no evidence, so I didn't leave any records."
Xu Chong's expression became serious, knowing that the climax was about to begin.
What the Five Elements Emperor says next will become the basis for him to decide which side he believes in.
"The Emperor of Freedom, whose real name is Yousheng, was born in an ordinary immortal family in the Freedom Heaven."
"Born as a human immortal, ten years as a true immortal, a hundred years as a golden immortal, and ten thousand years as a jade immortal."
"Yousheng broke the record of the human race's cultivation speed time and time again, and was finally elected by all with the most ordinary background to take over the position of the Free Heavenly Emperor."
"In these ten thousand years, there is only one other human being who behaves in the same way as him, Shanwu."
"Of course, many people believe that Shanwu is not a pure human, and they are still wary of him."
"Because the Free Heaven and Yin Yang Heaven are adjacent, and the Void did not dare to invade at that time, the two realms had close exchanges."
"As both of them are peerless geniuses of the human race, they naturally knew each other a long time ago and established a deep friendship."
"only……"
The Five Elements Emperor narrowed his eyes. "After Shan Wu once again proposed the idea of ​​balance, the two who were once close friends suddenly turned against each other. Well, to be precise, it was You Sheng who took the initiative to turn against Shan Wu... This is very wrong."
"Something's wrong?"
Xu Chong was somewhat puzzled. "With what happened back then, it should be normal to reject the theory of virtual-real balance."
"No, quite the opposite is true."
The Five Elements Emperor shook his head and said, "First, hatred has gradually faded in the peace of ten thousand years. Secondly, although the virtual and real have never been balanced again, after the good has turned from virtual to real, the Great Ruins has not continued to be barren for ten thousand years... I don't know how it is now, but at that time, the third-level status did not need to carry supplies and could be self-sufficient in the Great Ruins."
"you mean……"
Xu Chong heard the deep meaning behind the words, and suddenly realized: "Shanwu's balance theory has been recognized again???"
"Except Yusei."
The Five Elements Emperor's eyes darkened. "He is the first person to stand up and openly oppose the balance. This is too unreasonable."
"You know, the old people who lived to that time in the battle between reality and illusion have believed in balance again over the past ten thousand years."
"And those who were born after the war between reality and illusion have always lived in peace. Even if they have doubts, they will not be so hostile to Shanwu that they are close to 'hate'."
"Except Yusei."
"Only he seems to be born against balance. He and Shanwu are close friends one moment, but the next moment he attacks Shanwu and vows to kill him."
"Do you think this is reasonable?"
The Five Elements Emperor looked at Xu Chong with a rational look without any personal emotion.