Chapter 120 : Chapter 120

Chapter 120: Cultivation Deviation! A Blessing in Disguise — Breaking Through to Integration Realm Great Perfection!

【Year Fifteen!】

【You found Zi You in the Eastern Region and told her about your plan.】

【After hearing it, Zi You found it difficult to accept for a while.】

【She had never expected that you would take things this far, leaving the Human Race with no path of retreat at all.】

【You explained to Zi You that this was a choice forced upon you. If you wanted to resolve the problem of the Bizarre insect race, sacrifices had to be made.】

【After hesitating for a long time, Zi You agreed to your plan. Even so, she still hoped that you could preserve a small portion of the secret realms as the final spark of survival.】

【In the end, you agreed to Zi You’s request. But even if she had not brought it up, you had already calculated it yourself. With less than ten years remaining, and with Qin Yang consuming one secret realm per year for cultivation, it would be entirely enough.】

【The reason you had sought Zi You out to ask about the whereabouts of other secret realms was because you were worried that once Su Wanqing and Qin Yang began using them together in the future, the amount of time each secret realm could be used would be drastically reduced.】

【After obtaining the locations of the secret realms, you passed the information on to your external incarnation, then set off alone for Xuanzhou.】

【Half a year later!】

【You arrived once more at Watermoon Sect in Xuanzhou!】

【After entering Watermoon Sect and meeting Bai He, you got straight to the point and stated that you wanted to take Su Wanqing away.】

【When Bai He saw that you wanted to take Su Wanqing, she instinctively assumed that you still intended to kill her, and she flatly refused your request.】

【When you saw Bai He refuse, you knew she had misunderstood you.】

【You explained to Bai He that you wanted to take Su Wanqing away so that she could cultivate.】

【Hearing this, Bai He looked at you in confusion.】

【“Didn’t you say before that if Wanqing kept cultivating, she would corrupt the secret realms and cut off the future of the Human Race?”】

【Although Bai He did not want Su Wanqing to be killed, she also did not want Su Wanqing to continue cultivating.】

【You told Bai He that this era was the Human Race’s final hope. If the Bizarre insects were not overthrown, then even if the Human Race still possessed secret realms, it would have no future to speak of—only a slow death.】

【Bai He asked you why your thinking had changed so drastically in such a short time, and whether it was because of what happened at the Purple Firmament Holy Land a few years ago.】

【When you heard Bai He mention the matter of the tribulation at the Purple Firmament Holy Land, you froze slightly.】

【“It’s not because that man died during tribulation, but because I met Qin Yang in the Central Continent!”】

【Immediately afterward, you told Bai He that Qin Yang was also a Son of Destiny, and that he had already cultivated to Late Integration Realm.】

【You went on to explain that you had always been worried before that once a Son of Destiny cultivated to a high realm, he would be possessed by the Bizarre insects. But after seeing Qin Yang’s condition, your thinking had changed.】

【Yet after finishing your explanation, you discovered that Bai He was looking at you with a deep frown.】

【“Is there a problem, Sect Master Bai?”】

【“A problem? The problem is enormous!”】

【Bai He looked at you sternly as she spoke.】

【“You say that man from the Purple Firmament Holy Land died during tribulation? What I saw clearly was that he succeeded in his tribulation, only to be dragged into the black hole by an arm that reached out from within it, vanishing from the Canglan Realm.”】

【After hearing Bai He’s words, you suddenly remembered something.】

【You recalled how, back then, both you and Zhuge Qing had felt that you had forgotten something important, yet no matter what, you could not remember it.】

【If Bai He was telling the truth, then what you had forgotten was the true cause of death of that black-robed man from the Purple Firmament Holy Land.】

【You described to Bai He what you and Zhuge Qing had experienced at the time.】

【After hearing it, Bai He revealed an expression of sudden realization.】

【Bai He told you that after she saw the black-robed man dragged into the black hole, a power of laws had descended upon her, but she had successfully neutralized it.】

【“Now that I think about it, that force must have been altering the memories of everyone who saw the truth.”】

【After hearing Bai He’s account, your expression grew even more grave.】

【The truth Bai He had revealed was of immense importance to you.】

【Now, the Canglan Realm not only had to face the great calamity of heaven and earth years from now, it also had to face the Bizarre great hand that appeared during tribulation.】

【And if you wanted to forge the Immortal-Demon Body, then the Tribulation Stage was the most crucial step of all!】

【When you thought back to that scene of the great calamity of heaven and earth that you had seen in the earlier simulation, a deep sense of powerlessness rose within you.】

【Faced with such a powerful existence behind the scenes, even if you broke through to Mahayana, you would still be helpless.】

【Gradually, you began to feel a trace of numb despair.】

【“Little friend! Wake up at once!”】

【Suddenly, Wuji Heavenly Venerable’s voice rang throughout your mind.】

【Your body shuddered, and you instantly snapped awake.】

【At that moment, you realized that Bai He’s voice had been calling out continuously by your ear.】

【Bai He asked what had happened to you and why you had suddenly collapsed to the ground.】

【Faced with Bai He’s question, you had no idea what had happened either.】

【Remembering that it was Wuji Heavenly Venerable who had just awakened you, you hurriedly asked him in your heart what exactly had happened.】

【Upon hearing that, Wuji Heavenly Venerable let out a long sigh.】

【“Sigh!”】

【“Little friend, you almost suffered cultivation deviation just now and nearly let the Bizarre insects seize the chance to possess you!”】

【“Fortunately, at the critical moment, I noticed something was wrong and woke you up. Only then was tragedy avoided.”】

【After hearing Wuji Heavenly Venerable’s explanation, a chill of cold sweat instantly broke out across your back.】

【Just now, after hearing the truth about the death of the black-robed man from the Purple Firmament Holy Land, your Dao heart had nearly shattered.】

【After doing your best to steady your emotions, your gaze became even firmer.】

【You told yourself that even if you would be devoured during tribulation, so what?】

【Even if there was a great calamity of heaven and earth, so what?】

【You thought of how difficult your journey had been every step of the way. Now that you had already broken through to the Integration Realm, nothing could stop you from continuing forward.】

【If the immortals wanted you dead, then you would slay the immortals. If the demons wanted you dead, then you would exterminate the demons!】

【As your state of mind broke through, you discovered that your cultivation had unexpectedly advanced to Integration Realm Great Perfection!】

【“A blessing in disguise! You truly are the one spoken of in the prophecy!”】

【Wuji Heavenly Venerable’s gratified voice sounded by your ear.】

【“Little friend, trust in yourself. If you continue onward, you will surely succeed. When the time comes, this worthless old life of mine can still give off a little of its remaining heat!”】

【After hearing Wuji Heavenly Venerable’s reassurance, your heart became even more steadfast.】

【You rose to your feet, looked at Bai He, and told her that you were fine. Then you once more made your request to take Su Wanqing away.】

【Bai He told you that her agreement alone was useless. The key lay in Su Wanqing’s own decision.】

【You nodded to show that you understood.】

【A long while later, Bai He brought Su Wanqing into the main hall.】

【After only a few short years apart, you discovered that Su Wanqing was now completely different from the spirited, confident girl you had first met.】

【You could tell that there was no hope left in Su Wanqing’s eyes now.】

【Although her cultivation had already reached Nascent Soul Great Perfection, because of Bai He’s restrictions, she had been unable to continue breaking through into Deity Transformation.】

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