Chapter 274: The War of Gods Ends; the Guardian of the God and Demon Cemetery
Looking at the silent Chen Changsheng, Nalan Xingde stood beside him, speaking softly.
“Why go through all this hardship.”
“Putting on such a show will make him hate you in the future.”
Facing Nalan Xingde’s words, Chen Changsheng looked in the direction Tianxuan had gone, speaking calmly.
“Let him hate me, let him resent me.”
“People need something to look forward to. Without any hope, life would be very painful.”
After saying this, Chen Changsheng turned and returned to his room.
Watching the door close again, Nalan Xingde understood Chen Changsheng’s actions.
Changsheng, from a certain perspective, was a kind of curse.
It was called a curse because Changsheng was destined to lose everything around him.
Thirteen, Tianxuan, and the Xiancha in front of him were all like that.
Thirteen’s path was nearing its end; once he died, everything would be over, and his suffering would soon end.
But Tianxuan was different; he still had many years to endure.
He had other missions waiting for him. Alone, he would have to bear the same pain as Changsheng.
If he harbored hatred, then he wouldn’t suffer so much.
…
Beyond the Great Wall.
Tianxuan slowly walked while holding Linglong’s hand.
“What’s wrong with you? In these final moments, why must you look so gloomy!”
“Cheer up, will you? You wouldn’t want me to d*e worrying about you, right?”
In response to Linglong’s complaints, Tianxuan immediately laughed, “As an old couple, don’t you know who I am?”
“How could I bear to let you leave with regrets?”
“That’s right.”
“Take me back to Cloud Mountain Temple, after all, it’s where I was raised.”
“If not for meeting you, I might have become the ruler of the Buddhist Nation.”
“After all, I used to be a Buddha’s daughter!”
“Hahaha!”
“That makes sense. Do you regret meeting me?”
“A little. I regret not meeting you sooner.”
“Then I could have stayed by your side longer.”
Hearing this, Tianxuan’s lips curled upward, and then he took Linglong flying toward the Northern Desert.
…
Ten days weren’t long or short. With Tianxuan’s current cultivation, he could reach Cloud Mountain Temple in just one day.
However, even though it was a journey that could be completed in one day, Tianxuan took ten days.
On the tenth day, Tianxuan brought Linglong, dressed in red, to Cloud Mountain Temple.
The two returned to the place where they first met.
Looking at the Buddha statue in front of them, Linglong weakly smiled.
“Go light a stick of incense, it will bless you.”
“If you took away the Buddha’s daughter, if I were the Buddha, I would punish you severely.”
Upon hearing this, Tianxuan forced a smile and said, “Everything depends on oneself. If these clay figures were truly divine, there wouldn’t be so much suffering in the world.”
“Moreover, the path of cultivation…”
“Whoosh!”
Before Tianxuan could finish his sentence, Linglong’s hand fell.
Feeling Linglong’s last spiritual sense dissipate, Tianxuan was too afraid to look down, unable to accept this reality.
“Thud!”
Tianxuan knelt down, kneeling before the clay figure.
During the years with Linglong, she often encouraged him to burn incense.
Every time Linglong encouraged him like this, he always responded with this argument.
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Neither seeking gods nor worshipping Buddhas, not believing in fate—this is the philosophy Tianxuan has always adhered to.
Because he believes that seeking gods and worshipping Buddhas are merely expressions of human impotence.
But now, Tianxuan inexplicably knelt down. At this moment, his heart was as clear as a mirror.
“Buddha!”
“I acknowledge my grave sins, so even if I fall into the Avici Hell, I have no complaints.”
“But she shouldn’t be like this.”
“She is your most devout believer, you should not abandon her.”
Tianxuan’s words echoed in the great hall, but the cold clay figures gave no response.
Facing this situation, Tianxuan’s mouth trembled, and tears streamed down his eyes.
Now he finally understood why Linglong continued to sincerely worship the Buddha even after marrying him.
Linglong did not pray for invincibility or immortality.
She prayed for the safety of the person in her heart.
Trees wither, human strength has limits, and ordinary people have times when they are powerless. Cultivators are also the same.
Even the invincible Heavenly Mandate is no exception.
People only turn to the vague gods and Buddhas when they are at their most helpless.
But when ordinary people are helpless, they can seek help from gods and Buddhas. Who can cultivators seek help from when they are helpless?
After some unknown amount of time, Tianxuan lifted his bloodshot eyes to look at the clay figures in the great hall.
“Since you couldn’t save her, you don’t need to exist anymore.”
With that, Tianxuan carried Linglong’s body and left.
…
The War of Gods ended.
After a full ten rounds of battle, all living beings in the alternate world were completely wiped out.
Three million members of the War of Gods Alliance also perished in this world.
It was during this round that Zhang Bairen, who had been in seclusion for a long time, emerged.
Chen Changsheng, Zhang Bairen, Nalan Xingde, along with eight Immortal Sovereign Realm experts, invaded the small world.
No one knew the details of that battle.
The world only knew that the battle caused the sky to collapse and the earth to crack, making the sun and moon dim. The originally vast world had disappeared by half.
After the war ended, Zhang Bairen officially took over the Heavenly Court and declared himself the acting Heavenly Emperor.
At the same time, Zhang Bairen dragged the alternate world back to the Heavenly Court and renamed it “God and Demon Cemetery.”
For this outcome, people outside also laid down their last bit of resentment.
Because their loved ones, elders, and friends had all been sent to their deaths by the acting Heavenly Court.
Although they knew his actions were correct, those who survived had no reason not to hate him.
However, no one noticed that the Heavenly Court had added a very small position, “Guardian.”
The Guardian’s responsibility was simple: to watch over the Heavenly Court’s main gate, and he lived at the entrance of the “God and Demon Cemetery.”
…
The War of Gods ended, and the entire world was filled with sorrow.
But although grief existed, life still had to continue.
The entire cultivation world suffered severe damage due to the War of Gods, but this also created many opportunities.
Those who remained as seeds developed rapidly.
Among them, the Demon Clan developed the fastest and even became the largest force under the Heavenly Court.
Apart from that, the Mountain River Academy also became a holy site for the entire cultivation world.
Because looking across the land, only the Mountain River Academy was not within the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court.
…
God and Demon Cemetery.
“Visited you guys again today, I brought pig’s head meat and hot pot.”
A man with a beard was talking to himself in front of a row of tombstones.
At this moment, a voice came from behind him.
“Tsk tsk!”
“Don’t you call me when you eat pig’s head meat?”
