"You are the observer of the world, then what about the stone tablet? Why did the two of you exist? Is there really a god in this world?" Wu Liang continued his inquiry.

If a god truly exists, wouldn't the current actions of the Ghost Compendium be problematic?

According to its claims, the Supernatural Calamity is merely a means for human evolution, and even if it fails, the Fierce Ghost civilization would continue this evolutionary path.

Eventually, some being will reach the pinnacle of the world, just like the First Emperor of this realm.

He will attempt to break through the shackles and become a true god in the world.

If the meaning of creating the Ghost Compendium and the stone tablet was to produce an existence that could stand on equal footing with itself, wouldn't that be insane? Who would want to share everything with others?

"No, you guessed wrong on this point. There are no gods in the world, only me and the stone tablet." The Ghost Compendium turned to look at Wu Liang, with an expression full of a loneliness he couldn't understand.

"Just like when humans were born with various organs in their body, the stone tablet is one of the organs the world was born with, so every world has a stone tablet. But I am the product of genetic mutation, so there's only one of me."

"Human organs will deteriorate over time, eventually leading to death by aging, and the world is the same. The Supernatural Calamity is the outbreak of cancer after aging and frailty."

The Ghost Compendium couldn't help but laugh when making this analogy.

In its view, humans are indeed too fragile a species, not to mention cancer, even slight organ damage or a common cold can lead to death.

Yet it did not stop with the metaphor and continued: "But the difference between the world and the human body is, in the face of such cancer, the other cells in it, that is, you humans, will become stronger and stronger."

"When this cancer is completely overcome, the new world will be invincible!"

At this point, the Ghost Compendium's expression again turned somewhat melancholic.

Because it has crossed countless worlds, witnessing these innumerable worlds resist the cancer of Supernatural Calamity, yet never seen true success.

The result is always cancer prevailing, turning the world, a shell of devastation, into a petri dish for cancer cells, ultimately leading to extinction.

No matter how unconcerned about humans, the Ghost Compendium actually still wants to see what the world is supposed to be like, what the scenery at the end of the correct path looks like.

Therefore, after observing countless worlds,

It found the most suitable situation to be born into the world, presenting itself to humanity for the first time.

That was when Wu Liang, designed by the Pioneer, died, and Wu Xiaoyao in great grief let the stone tablet reveal the summoning conditions of the Ghost Compendium.

In fact, for the Ghost Compendium, it didn't matter if it was taken by the Pioneer or successfully obtained by the chosen one, Wu Xiaoyao.

It would always lead the one who obtained it to the correct path, to defeat the world's cancer — the Supernatural Calamity.

However, the world is full of unpredictable events, and at that time, no one expected the Ghost Compendium to eventually end up in the hands of Wu Liang, who was supposed to just be a catalyst and had actually become a corpse.

His state of being in overlapping life and death at the connection of two worlds, coincidentally became the best incubator for the Ghost Compendium.

Thus, after the world reset, Wu Liang was born with the current state of having the Ghost Compendium.

And precisely because of this coincidence, the Ghost Compendium astonishingly developed self-awareness.

This enables it to be displayed in a concrete form in front of Wu Liang.

"When the Fierce Ghosts are the main body of the world, the whole world is already a failed product. Those so-called Venerables are just stronger cancer cells; they can never bring the decaying, cancerous shell back to life." the Ghost Compendium said wistfully.

Wu Liang's interactions with the Magic Cube Dragon and even with the First Emperor were all watched by it.

Now it gave the other party a straightforward conclusion.

"What if I fail?" Wu Liang candidly asked, looking into the eyes of the Ghost Compendium.

The other party didn't care at all about this possibility, calmly stating: "Then I can only continue to search through endless worlds and timelines for the next coincidence, a coincidence that allows me to descend upon the world again, residing in the head of the next Wu Liang, Wu Ming, Wu-whatever, to complete the path you failed, just costing a bit more time."

These words, devoid of any human sentiment, also made Wu Liang more resolute in his thinking.

He once experienced an occasional god-like detachment, a way of thinking completely indifferent to life, influenced by the Ghost Compendium.

Now, Wu Liang and the Ghost Compendium are essentially one, influencing and altering each other.

Rumble—

The conversation between them was not yet finished when a violent rumbling rose from the bottom of Mount Tai.

Wu Liang vibrated his misty wings, flew into the air, and looked below, suddenly seeing a skeleton with a grimace climbing upward.

The skeleton's hands gripped two orbs as dazzling as the sun, each barehanded climb creating a significant dent in Mount Tai.

Behind it, several new moons were flashing continuously, with indistinct black dragon-shaped imprints seen on them.

Those Black Dragons seemed to be gnawing at the new moons to prevent their light from spreading to the earth.

Soon after Wu Liang felt that the air's humidity seemed to change abnormally again, when he looked toward the distance and saw an unbelievable scene—

Endless waves from the border of Great Qin rolled forward, as spectacular as a doomsday.

This scene even gave Wu Liang a sense of déjà vu of water submerging Jin Mountain, but this water was much greater than when it submerged Jin Mountain, capable of drowning an entire nation.

"Do you see? Even those three so-called Great Venerables, joining forces, can't deal with the First Emperor. Unless someone successfully steps onto that step, a Venerable is merely another form of prisoner, and the First Emperor... at best, is someone who has reluctantly taken off his prison garb, but the soul's prisoner imprint cannot be erased." The Ghost Compendium shrugged as it said.

It was then that Wu Liang barely recognized the skeleton as Da Yi, only its flesh and skin had been completely destroyed.

Yue Du and Poseidon were providing cover for Da Yi, letting him ascend to Taishan Peak.

It must have been in desperation that Da Yi finally revealed his findings to the other two Great Venerables.

Upon discovering that alone or even together they were unable to rival the First Emperor directly, they decided to use the entire Great Qin as a threat, letting Da Yi climb the mountain to find the abnormal source, uncovering what the First Emperor had been concealing from them!

"Since you represent the world's consciousness, it should be simple enough for you to eradicate them, right?" Wu Liang raised an eyebrow and looked at the Ghost Compendium.

He was not worried at all about his safety.

The First Emperor would protect him, let alone the Ghost Compendium, which could simply throw him back to the reality world to end any future troubles.

But the Ghost Compendium shook its head and said: "I can't guarantee your safety, you know. After all, if they want to kill you, it would be within the permissible range of the world. I can't modify reality to an unreasonable degree; that would have too great an impact on world development."

Saying this, it suddenly revealed a teasing expression.

Staring at Wu Liang's contemplative eyes, it asked again: "Come to think of it, do you know why the second Supernatural Calamity occurs earlier each time?"

This question was also one of Wu Liang's unsolved mysteries, so he looked at the Ghost Compendium with great interest, expecting an explanation.

However, the Ghost Compendium poked Wu Liang's chest with its hand, using a very familiar mischievous tone to say: "Because of you, you know."

"You don't really think that those far-reaching 'modifications of reality' just cost Spiritual Power, do you? That's because I'm the medium, so most of the cost is actually borne by the world."

"Conjuring water out of thin air or saving an insignificant person is no big deal, but every time you modify anything related to Yao Qingxue, the Pioneer, and yourself, the future of the world changes."

"It is precisely this change that has accelerated the world's cancer..."

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