Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 353: Chapter 235: Attitude_1

Snow God Mountain, Yuwen Shang.

By a misstep, he fell into the Demon Path and self-destructed along with his entire clan.

An all too cliché tale.

But clichés are cliché because they occur all too often.

But that is not the point, the point is…

“Thanks to Fellow Daoist’s power, the Blood Seed is divided in two, one sealed and one extinguished.”

Meng Fuyao looked at Xu Yang, “Fellow Daoist, what do you plan to do next?”

Xu Yang did not express agreement or disagreement, but instead asked, “What does Fellow Daoist think?”

“This…”

Seeing the ball kicked back to her court, Meng Fuyao felt helpless and could only continue to say, “Although the Blood Demon is a newly born demon, it is like the Ancient Heavenly Demons, both true seeds of the Demon Realm. Just now, in the life-and-death struggle with Fellow Daoist, it completely fell into the Demon Path, losing even that last bit of self-awareness.”

“True Seed of the Demon Realm, like a centipede that does not stiffen in death. Even the Immortals of ancient times could not utterly annihilate it, but could only seal it.”

“This Blood Demon is probably the same. Although Fellow Daoist has extinguished half of its blood seed, it is after all only half of its blood seed. Moreover, the metaphysical remains; even though the body dies, the path remains!”

“Thus, one day, the Blood Demon will likely return, bringing chaos to this world once more!”

Meng Fuyao sighed and spoke faintly, “This can also be considered a sort of peculiar immortality. No wonder Yuwen was so obsessed. Knowing there was a tiger in the mountain, he insisted on going to Tiger Mountain, ultimately falling into the Demon Path.”

Xu Yang heard this and also fell silent.

The metaphysical is called the Path.

The physical is called the vessel.

True Seed of the Demon Realm, descendants of Boxun, possessing a fraction of the “Path” nature, are a manifestation of the immense power of Boxun, the lord of the Desire Realm.

As long as the Demon Path is not extinguished and Boxun is not dead, supported by this root of the Path, the Demon Seed is extremely difficult to destroy. Even the Immortals of ancient times, existences of Divinity Transformation, Return to Void and even Integration, could only extinguish its bodily form, unable to cut its root source.”

To extinguish the Demon Seed, Boxun must be extinguished.

To extinguish Boxun, the Demon Path must be extinguished.

Only by striking at the root can both the symptoms and the cause be treated. Otherwise, it is like a centipede that does not stiffen in death.”

“The might of the Demon Path is overwhelming. There’s nothing we can do!”

Meng Fuyao shook her head, and said solemnly, “We can only resort to an expedient measure and treat the superficial symptoms first.”

Xu Yang nodded, “What strategy does Fellow Daoist have?”

“Heavenly Tribulation!”

Meng Fuyao uttered solemnly, “Despite the great power of the Demon Path, the world still has the Heavenly Mechanism. The Heavenly Dao of this era might not be a match for the root of the Demon Path, but extinguishing a single Demon Seed is more than within its power. As long as we extinguish the True Seed of the Blood Demon or render it senseless like ancient Demon Objects, we can ensure peace for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years.”

“In the span of ten thousand years, as the sea becomes mulberry fields, there may be a chance for salvation, a solution to this difficulty!”

Meng Fuyao looked to Xu Yang, “Therefore, we, the Four Sects, have decided that after sealing the Blood Demon, we will help Daoists from all directions achieve Corpse Resolution, then ascend through the power of the Nine Revisions of Corpse Resolution, first to destroy the Blood Seed with a thunder tribulation, and second to aid us in ascending to the Upper Realm to seek a method to break the Demon Path, resolving the calamity of this world!”

Having said this, she looked to Xu Yang, waiting for his response.

Such words, are they sincere or false, real or illusory?

They are both sincere and false, both real and illusory!

The intention to exterminate demons is, of course, true; otherwise, they wouldn’t have gone through such trouble and drawn out plans against the Corpse Blood Divine Monarch.

But whether this method can resolve the calamity, and whether ascending to the Upper Realm is to slay demons and save the world or to seek one’s own transcendence, is somewhat difficult to say.

Since ancient times, a group of Immortals has ascended.

At the very end of darkness, there has also been a Corpse Resolution that broke through the Realm.

Those who went to the Upper Realm are not few, but has anyone returned to slay demons?

No, it’s like a clay ox entering the sea, without any news, and to this day, not one person has returned.

Of course, there is nothing to say about this. The Immortal Path is inherently selfish, which is not reprehensible. The Immortals who stayed behind in ancient times to protect the world were indeed righteous, but that doesn’t mean those who ascended in search of life were shameless. Given the situation, should one be forcibly kept to await death?

Therefore, Meng Fuyao’s words are sincerely inviting him to cooperate in ascending. As for whether they can find a way to break through the Demon Path after ascending, and whether they can return to this world, she could give no guarantee.

Even so, this was currently the most hopeful and the only method capable of breaking the deadlock.

Not to ascend is to remain trapped in the Demon World, with only despair!

Just like Yuwen Shang in the past, a heaven’s pride, dazzling and brilliant, clearly capable of reaching a higher realm, but constrained by the limits of the heavens and the earth, trapped in this filthy world, squandering his lifespan and life essence fruitlessly, unable to see the path forward, find a turning point, and only able to turn to extremes, ultimately falling into the Demon Path.

It is pitiable and lamentable.

Not wanting such an outcome, the only choice is to ascend.

Therefore…

Facing Meng Fuyao’s expectant gaze, Xu Yang shook his head and said calmly, “I have no intention of ascending.”

“Is that so?”

Hearing this, Meng Fuyao was disappointed but not surprised and only asked, “Does Fellow Daoist have a method to resolve the calamity of this world?”

Xu Yang’s tone remained the same, deep and unfazed, “Not at the moment!”

“Not at the moment?”

Meng Fuyao looked him over from top to bottom and then said to herself, “After the great ancient wars, a group of ancient Immortals chose not to ascend and decided to stay to protect the mortal world, eventually dying and becoming one with the earth. Then came the Dark Chaos, and the Corpse Resolution Immortal Law emerged, and after thousands of years, still no turnaround. Fellow Daoist…”

Her words paused, then after a moment of silence, she asked, “How long can you wait?”

Xu Yang smiled and said calmly, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way. The road will unfold before the carriage; the bridge will straighten under the boat.”

“…”

These words left Meng Fuyao silent, not knowing what to say.

He had laid it all out.

From ancient times to the present, the Immortals of old, the Corpse Resolution Cultivators, for thousands of years, none had found a way to lift the curse of demons. How long could he alone wait?

If he did not seize this opportunity to catch the ascending breeze, when would another chance come again to gather nine Corpse Resolutions, complete the merit and ascend? Could he afford to wait that long?