Chapter 2038 - Calamity for All Lives

The astral river grew longer and wider. The gigantic body of the Godking of the Western Paradise waded in it, wanting to step out from it. His strides were extremely large, the distance he could travel with a single step was immensely vast yet he had no way to exit the astral river Qin Wentian created. The spacetime within seemed to be chaotic, even if Qin Wentian had no way to kill the godking, he wanted to seal him inside the astral river forever.

“How did you create a new stretch of the heavens?” The godking roared in anger. He lifted his hands, wanting to destroy the constellations in this astral river but Qin Wentian seemed unconcerned. Qin Wentian’s expression was resolute and cold to the extreme, Youhuang sacrificed her life for her dao to grant her strength to him. All these were for them to obtain a trace of hope. He would definitely not disappoint Youhuang. When he looked at the nine astral rivers in the nine heavenly layers, it was like he could see her face.

The heavenly daos are heartless, he wanted to change the heavens. Back then, Godking Xi once wanted to control the heavens, using his divine sense to envelop the nine heavenly layers while his body became the Heaven Vault. What power was this? He walked in the same direction as Godking Xi but his path was a little different. Youhuang transformed into the dao, using her soul to fuse with the nine heavenly layers. His path also contained his own method. In addition, he fused the advantages of Godking Xi’s method and Youhuang’s method together and comprehended the nine heavens. After that, he transformed the boundless starry space in the astral gate inside his sea of consciousness into a brand new world with nine heavenly layers, a new stretch of the heavens.

This was exceedingly dangerous, he would die if there was the slightest misstep. Even his soul would be dispersed. If he didn’t succeed, death was the only thing remaining for him. But fortunately, he did succeed and created another world with nine heavenly layers. This world was a true heavenly dao world. His will was the heaven’s will. Naturally, this only referred to the world he created and not the original heavenly dao of the world they existed in with the nine heavenly layers.

Hence, he hasn’t transcended yet. It was too difficult to achieve true transcendence. Godking Xi and the other five godkings didn’t manage to do so as well. Although Qin Wentian had gained insights, he still had no way to transcend with a single step. If he had truly transcended, it would only take a single thought from him to sever the connection the Godking of the Western Paradise had with the multitude of lives in the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms.

But even if he didn’t transcend, by just being able to create a new set of nine heavenly layers was something that has never been done before in the past. The heavenly daos are heartless, he wanted to change the heavens. Such spirit, how many people could compare to it? He created an astral river of spacetime, wanting to seal the godking for eternity within, making it so that the godking no longer has a way to harm the multitude of lives.

However, what sort of character was the Godking of the Western Paradise? He cultivated countless years and fused the powers of five great godkings into his body, and even obtained the daos of the Imperishable Heaven Lord and the Grim Reaper. He alone was equal to the existence of seven godkings. Even if he was trapped inside the astral river, it was impossible for him to be defeated easily. The spacetime in there was chaotic but they couldn’t destroy his will to fight. He participated in this war to gain transcendence. He wouldn’t give up. He then began to take large strides, as he continued to destroy the constellations around him inside the astral river. He wanted to destroy this set of nine heavenly layers Qin Wentian created.

Even if this needed a very long time, he wasn’t bothered. In addition, he also had other methods at his disposal. He wanted to see if Qin Wentian would be able to handle all his techniques.

Lifting his head, the godking could no longer see Qin Wentian’s figure. He was trapped inside chaotic spacetime but so what of it? His strength and will could connect with the original nine heavenly layers. With a single thought, he could influence the heavens.

“You say that I’m an evil devil. But are you not the same? Your actions would cause the deaths of countless, how many people died for you already and how many people would die because of your stubbornness? You are the one creating the calamity and bringing it upon everyone.” The voice of the godking rang out, reverberating throughout the world. On the stacked nine heavenly layers of the two worlds, boundless astral light cascaded down, enveloping the astral river. Within the astral river, many scenes appeared.

Qin Wentian stared over. He could see all the scenes that had appeared. On one street, a young woman knelt on the ground crying with an ice-cold corpse beside. Her sobs were heart-rending. Not long ago, the man she loved was suddenly enveloped by a beam of fate light. He seemed to be under the control of someone. Not long after, an immense power of destruction bore down on the man she loved, directly killing him.

In another scene, in a residence, the sounds of sobbing rang out. There were two cold corpses on the ground, belonging to a young couple. There was a little kid beside them, and an old woman. Both were crying bitterly, not daring to believe that such a calamity would happen to their family. The old woman roared in rage and pointed to the heavens. Why would the heavens do this to her descendants? If bad karma existed in this world, why would it target the innocents? Why didn’t the heavens direct the bad karma to her instead?

In fact, there was even a young teenager who just entered the cultivation world but died all of a sudden. His parents were cursing the heavens. Why are the heavens so cruel? Not deigning to spare a kid who just started on cultivation.

All these scenes of sorrow appeared, projected through all locations in the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms. Many people actually died due to the immense sorrow. These people all died because of the battle between Qin Wentian and the godking. They were innocent but fate dragged them into this.

“Vile beast!” Qin Wentian roared in rage. His eyes flared red. These people were all innocent yet they were embroiled into this battle via the Godking of the Western Paradise’s dao of fate.

“Hahaha, what about you? Do you know who was the one who killed them?” The Godking of the Western Paradise coldly spoke. After that, another scene appeared. Beiming Youhuang’s figure was there. She stood there and smiled at Qin Wentian. Qin Wentian felt incomparable pain in his heart as he stared at her. He mumbled, “Youhuang?”

“For whose sake did she die for?” The voice of the godking rang out once more. In the air, the light from countless constellations and the sorrow of all lives down below seemed to merge together into an invisible energy that flowed towards Qin Wentian. This energy was unfathomable and formless. Qin Wentian’s tears flowed down his face as he stared at Beiming Youhuang’s figure. He had a feeling that his heart had died. That’s right, who did Youhuang die for?

He glanced down at the multitude of lives below. These families were all broken up. They were the same as him and had people they cherished. But why did they have to die when they were innocent?

“You said that your actions are for the masses and you want to seal me inside the spacetime astral river forever. But can you really do so? In addition, countless lives would perish from you doing this. Look…” The godking spoke again. He grabbed out with his hands, holding the fates of countless people in his palm as he clenched his hand abruptly. In the next instant, it was unknown how many people died. All the scenes of their deaths entered Qin Wentian’s vision, their families all broke apart as they died senselessly.

“You said that I’m the evil devil, everything happened because of me. But what about you? Can’t you see that if I achieved my dao and unified the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms with the masses submitting to me, allowing me to use their gathered faith, I would definitely treat them kindly? How could I bear to kill them? But now, because of your own selfish desires, you caused a calamity to all lives. This calamity was brought about by your selfish desires. You are not afraid of death, everything you have done is for your loved ones around you. However, only you have a family? How many families have you broken up? They all lost their loved ones, what sort of emotions have you forced them to endure?”

The voice of the godking was like the heavenly daos, they merged with the sorrow of the masses and flowed towards Qin Wentian. His voice permeated everywhere, even causing Jun Mengchen and Qin Yuanfeng to be affected. They stared at the scenes as tears flowed unceasingly down their faces. Was their decision to fight against the Godking of the Western Paradise wrong?

Were they the ones who were bringing calamity to the multitude of lives?

“Since the two worlds are stacked, you can continue to trap me here. For every constellation I destroy, I shall destroy the fates connected to it. Let me see your mercy and your kindness.” The godking spoke as countless people died again. The fates of these people turned into illusory figures, appearing in the starry space before Qin Wentian.

He saw a pair of brother and sister, depending on each other to live. The brother was killed. The younger sister carried the corpse, wanting to find immortals to beg them to save her brother. This scene was truly tear-inducing. He thought back to his younger sister Qin Kexin, Luoshen Lei, Bai Qing. If he was killed, they would definitely be as heartbroken as well.

He saw countless scenes of calamity and countless people wallowing in sorrow and pain. He closed his eyes in agony. The strongest heart devil in the world was that you clearly knew that it was a heart devil but you had no way to escape it. You could only endure.

Numerous voices continued to ring out in his mind, along with the calamity boring down on countless lives.

At this moment Qin Wentian, who was in the air, was suddenly enveloped by the light of fate. Numerous beams of fate light cascaded down, attacking him. Qin Wentian lifted his palms and destroyed them but he discovered that they were actually the fates from cultivators connected to the constellations. The scenes of their deaths then replayed out in his mind. All these scenes were striking his state of heart and spirit.

“WHY?” Qin Wentian bellowed. The heavenly daos were heartless, he had changed the heavens but was this still not enough? Why must he endure such cruelty? He only wanted to kill the evil devil and protect his loved ones, yet the fates of all lives were taken as hostages. He had no way to resist.

He initially thought that he could seal away the godking forever and would be able to save the lives of the masses. But he was clearly wrong. Even if the godking had to kill every single innocent, he wanted Qin Wentian to die.

After a few continuous cycles, Qin Wentian’s body trembled. Finally, another beam of fate light descended. Qin Wentian lifted his hand and wanted to destroy it, but he eventually placed his hand down, allowing the light to strike his soul.

After that, even more beams of fate light shot over, blasting into him. Qin Wentian’s figure turned increasingly illusory. He still had his head inclined and was staring at the heavens, feeling intense reluctance in his heart. But what could he do? Should he continue to kill the masses? He truly couldn’t endure watching the scenes of their deaths replaying out in his mind.

When the lives of the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms saw this scene, all of them were incomparably enraged. The Godking of the Western Paradise didn’t mind the deaths of all innocent people as long as he could kill Qin Wentian.

Right now, Qin Wentian clearly possessed the advantage and could fight and might even win against the Godking of the Western Paradise. He should be counter-attacking but he was afraid that his retaliation would be the cause of calamity instead.

For the sake of all lives, did he really have to give up?

Who was the buddha? What was the buddha?

Buddha said that kindness would be repaid with virtue. But where was the repayment?

Buddha said that karma comes in a cycle. But why when such an evil character took the lives and fates of everyone as hostages, nothing happened to him?

All lives in the world felt sorrow for Qin Wentian. Could it be that they ultimately couldn’t escape their fates?