Chapter 177: Chapter 105: Extreme Ascension to Immortality

The carriage stopped at Cyan Mountain, and Su Chen walked into the pavilion, sitting down opposite the empty white robe.

Before him was the Celestial Will of this Human World.

Su Chen had come to slay it.

He had thought this would be a battle to the death.

He never expected the Celestial Will to try and stop him, to persuade him to turn back from his misguided path.

"In all of history, only the Wind Snow Sword Immortal has been granted the honor of making the heavens themselves pay a personal visit..."

The Heavenly Secret Pavilion Master knew the inside story. He led his subordinates as they watched from a distance, his heart surging with emotion. He felt that no matter the outcome, he was about to witness history.

Nearby,

Chen Xuan sat with the carriage, completely baffled.

He couldn’t understand who this white-robed figure was, why it was empty yet could speak, or why it made the Wind Snow Sword Immortal treat it with such gravity.

"Who is that?"

Chen Xuan drove the carriage closer and asked the man who was clearly the leader, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion Master.

"That is the Sovereign of heaven and earth, the will of the firmament, the magnificent Heavenly Dao God of the Human World..."

The Heavenly Secret Pavilion Master spoke the truth.

"Keep spouting your nonsense."

However,

Chen Xuan scoffed.

He felt like he’d just run into the leader of some crazy Cult.

Inside the pavilion,

there happened to be a stone table with a chessboard, with black and white stones to the sides. Su Chen and the white-robed Celestial Dao sat opposite each other without speaking.

「After a long silence.」

It was the Heavenly Dao White Robe that first broke the silence.

"Are you aware of how much effort I have expended to sustain this Human World, which was formed from the fall of a Great Immortal?"

"Without my regulation—causing Dynasties to crumble so Human Spiritual Qi could return to the world and stabilize the Human World—this World in the Palm would have long since shattered..."

"Why must you involve yourself with those traitors who are not creatures of this world?"

The Heavenly Dao White Robe was questioning him.

As it spoke,

it placed a stone on the board.

As the stone was placed,

the world grew clear.

Within a three-hundred-li radius of the pavilion, the wind and snow vanished completely, and the ice and snow melted away. But there was no Rebirth of All Things—only desolation and Deathly Silence.

A terrifying Daoist Power radiated from the Celestial Dao, surging toward Su Chen within the pavilion.

A common expert of the Innate Realm would have had their soul obliterated and their body destroyed by the pressure from that single move.

But Su Chen was unharmed.

"Without you, this Human World would still exist. It would simply be Merging with the true Human World. No creature would perish; only you would die."

"For your own selfish desire to continue existing, you have subjected the people to endless misery and suffering. That is all."

Su Chen also placed a stone.

At that moment,

a sword hummed to life, its cry piercing heaven and earth, shaking the highest heavens.

The wind and snow for three hundred li had vanished, but the hum of the sword now echoed across the thirty-thousand-li expanse of Daqian’s lands.

The hum of the sword negated the terrifying pressure from the Celestial Dao, forming into One Sword that slashed toward it, shattering the empty white robe.

But the Celestial Dao remained.

"Stop here. Go no further."

"I promise that Daqian will stand for three more years."

"I will allow the Immortal Gate to open!"

"Let these so-called rebels who yearn to reach the summit, along with the remnants from the true Human World, leave. How does that sound?"

"Then, you can leave with them after you complete your ceremony. And I will continue to Master this Human World..."

The Heavenly Dao White Robe pondered, as if wary of Su Chen’s Extreme Dao, or perhaps fearing his terrifying third sword. It was actually making a concession.

The mighty Celestial Dao, which had crushed the Heavenly Dao Will of the Great Yu Immortal Ancestor, was actually backing down before a mere Extreme Realm First Grade cultivator. If word got out, the world would be in an uproar.

But Su Chen had earned that right.

In response,

Su Chen didn’t answer. He simply shook his head, having lost all interest in talking with this Celestial Dao.

The Celestial Dao was nothing special after all.

Having gained consciousness, it had developed selfish desires, just like a human.

"And what about the people of the world?"

"Will you continue to let them suffer?!"

Su Chen stood up, no longer looking at the Heavenly Dao White Robe as he posed his question.

"The people?"

"A swarm of ant-like creatures."

"Why should you care about them?"

"Once you complete your First-Grade Ceremony and the Wish of All Living Beings, you can simply leave for the true Human World. Why continue to care whether they live or die?"

The Heavenly Dao White Robe was perplexed.

It had come personally as a show of sincerity and had made a huge concession.

A group of ants... let them suffer. Let the Human Spirit Energy of these millions continue to return to the world and stabilize the Human World.

That way, no one has to die. Isn’t that perfect?

All it required was for the ant-like masses to suffer a little longer.

"You think I’m doing this for the First-Grade Ceremony and the Wish of All Living Beings?"

Su Chen looked at the Heavenly Dao White Robe.

"Are you not?"

Now it was the Heavenly Dao White Robe’s turn to be confused.

It was a solution that benefited both parties.

Why was the other party still not satisfied?

"Then there’s nothing more to say."

Su Chen stood up and walked toward the carriage.

At this,

the Celestial Will grew furious.

Cyan Mountain began to rise slowly before crashing down, attempting to bring its Suppression down upon Su Chen. The Nujiang River reversed its flow, churning as it surged toward him. A terrifying heavenly wrath sought to wipe this dust-like human from the face of the earth.

"I have so sincerely tried to avoid conflict with you."

"Yet you dare to push your luck?"

"You are just like him."

"That Half-Step Foundation Establishment Qi Cultivation Immortal from years ago was just the same—simply impossible to reason with!"

The Celestial Will was enraged.

Cyan Mountain was collapsing.

The river was reversing its flow.

However,

a brilliant flash of sword light illuminated the world.

Cyan Mountain shattered into pieces.

The river, too, was broken into a thousand fragments, unable to advance another inch.

The Dust-Washing Sword appeared in Su Chen’s hand. He raised his hand, drew the sword, and slashed, obliterating the empty white robe.

There was nothing more to say.

It was, after all, the Celestial Will.

It was not human. It did not understand the suffering of the people, nor did it understand why the Great Yu Immortal Ancestor would choose certain death just to fight for a sliver of peace for the Human Race.

"Across these lands, for a thousand years, tens of millions of people have lived. The vast majority of them never even step onto the path of cultivation."

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