Chapter 2286: Chapter 2253: Finally Became All Alone

The Sword Immortal’s voice echoed in the palace, gentle yet carrying the indifference of the Heavenly Dao.

This wasn’t an emphasis, but a statement of certain natural laws existing in heaven and earth, only those who obey natural laws and reshape the world can exist long-term.

Any existence that violates natural laws is bound to perish quickly.

"These,"

"But these, I already know..."

"The fairness of heaven and earth that you speak of..."

Yuan’s voice involuntarily choked up, rare for a Quasi-Emperor to lose control of emotions, his voice carried infinite sorrow: "But, this is not the Xianmen Sect and the citizens."

"The Xianmen Sect values interest, but it’s not entirely about interest, we’re not together purely because of interest!"

"Equally important beyond interest are emotions and ideals!"

Yuan looked at the green-clothed youth before him, his eyes tinged with red: "Jiang Ding!"

"You and I are beings of the same era!"

"I am at most just over ten thousand years older than you, from the perspective of our current lifespan, we’re almost like childhood friends, from a mortal’s perspective it would be like only a few months apart in age."

"Now, in this era, only you are left as my peer, Lu, Cheng Zhen, and other Xianmen Sect elites and geniuses are excellent, but they are not our peers, there’s a deep chasm between us, brought by time, no one can overcome it, the years I experienced they have never lived through."

"I think, you should be the same kind of person as me."

"No matter the experiences, the strength, the path, our cores are the same, we’re people who have journeyed through kindergarten, primary school, middle school, high school, and university, we are the same kind of people."

Yuan forcibly suppressed his suddenly erupting emotions, gradually calming himself down as he spoke.

"But at this moment, I seem to see something different, a difference in the core, the essence, like two strangers."

In this era, Sun Destruction Venerable, Bone Forest Venerable, Divine Strategy Venerable, Venerable Wanji, and other old generation Immortal Sect Venerables have successively exhausted their Life Energy.

They were merely Six Tribulations Venerables, with lifespans of hundreds of thousands of years, even if consciousness could be put to sleep to slow the passage of time, they have long perished.

Even their bones, have dissipated in the public cemetery of the Mother Star, buried with old friends who died in battle many years ago.

While these two people in the palace, now unknowingly over twenty million years old, are approaching the three million-year lifespan limit of the Eight Tribulation Venerable.

They are the only two people left from that era of the Xianmen Sect.

Time passes, loneliness like a tide wants to drown people, but ultimately it doesn’t drown you, leaving behind a small isolated island, this small isolated island is the two people who know each other.

But at this moment, Yuan realized, this small isolated island seems to have long vanished.

"Interest...and emotion,"

"Equally important."

Jiang Ding heard Yuan’s familiar words, words etched in the depth of his Sword Soul, and remained silent for a long time.

Accompanying each other for so many years, he understood Yuan’s meaning.

Yuan’s meaning is, despite countless difficulties, even if the next moment the Xianmen Sect and the Supreme Great Sun Sword Fairy were to perish entirely, it’s no big deal, they can face it together.

But you, you can’t force difficulty without any difficulty, causing tens of billions of Immortal Sect citizens to die in battle.

You can treat outside cultivators like this, but you can’t treat citizens like this, even if citizens are relatively weak, even if there are more objective reasons...it cannot be done.

Between citizens and citizens, they are their own people!

One must talk about emotions!

And this emotion is very important and cannot be ignored, you cannot emphasize interests extremely.

At this moment, Jiang Ding knew he had indeed changed as Yuan said.

"Senior,"

"This battle is necessary, whether for the Taoist Court cultivators or the citizens."

Jiang Ding sighed deeply: "The final battle is imminent, the Immortal Sect Fleet must endure a bloody battle to temper itself, this is highly beneficial, even if it might lead to complete annihilation."

"To become an immortal in one lifetime currently seems like a paradox."

"In the future, I will enter the slumber of history like successive Human Emperors, waiting for the arrival of the Golden Era."

"I will disappear, yet the Xianmen Sect must continue to exist in the present timeline, continue to exist facing endless starry sky’s challenges, traps, and risks, even if billions of years later citizens have completely forgotten us, lost history, I hope they continue to exist."

The Supreme Great Sun Sword Fairy’s slightly wavering Sword Heart gradually calmed, like an ancient well with no ripples.

This was his perspective.

This was the choice most beneficial for the Xianmen Sect, transient emotions can be ignored.

Such a perspective will not change.

I do this for the good of the Xianmen Sect, the Xianmen Sect must accept!

Because this complies with the cold natural laws, only things in accordance with cold natural laws can sustain through the ages.

"No need to say any more,"

"I have understood."

Yuan felt somewhat desolate, waved his hand, and said no more, leaving on his own.

...

The Supreme Great Sun Heavenly Palace returned to an eternal silence.

Jiang Ding stood with his hands behind his back.

"Heh, lonely..."

He quietly observed the grand blue dream-like butterfly before him, observing the Six Paths of Reincarnation Ancient Scroll, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Around him, Gong Caiyu and the Fusang Empress accompanied him.

Scattered throughout the palace, members of the Tu Shan Maiden Corps composed of peerless elites from the Ten Thousand Races and Human Race were ready to execute any of his orders.

Numerous, bustling with activity.

But at this moment, an indescribable loneliness struck like a giant wave, shattering the last isolated island in his heart, completely drowning it.

Loneliness like a tide has drowned him, omnipresent like air, inescapable.

This is the Destined Fate.

From today, he truly is utterly alone.

"Your Majesty,"

"Where has the Reincarnation True Immortal gone?"

The Fusang Empress, feeling a bit heartache, gently shifted the topic.

Such a Sovereign, gradually transformed into a complete form of the Sovereign, eternally alone, but this isn’t anything worthy of praise, many things were thus lost.

"He..."

"He only has the essence of a True Immortal left, with an extremely fast moving speed, he should be approaching the True Immortal Wanfa, being guided by the Great Dao’s marker of the True Immortal Wanfa."

Jiang Ding said faintly.

"I did it intentionally."

"It seems True Immortal Wanfa cannot kill me now, even more so with the Reincarnation True Immortal, so I give them the opportunity to collaborate, to let them ignite their sparks of wisdom, let them build an illustrious Immortal Dao Civilization, ideally a composite Immortal Dao mixing Destiny, Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Divine Dao."

"Such collaboration among multiple races, pathways, and multiple True Immortals is extremely rare in history."

"Can such collaboration create a miracle?"

"I hope, they can succeed."