Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone

"I'm waiting for someone with a destined fate."

"Hei Yao?" Wang Jixuan asked softly.

"Yes, but in the beginning, I had no choice and could only pass some information about the ancient civilization to the Spirit Cultivators passing by the ruins, and then quietly wait for time to ferment."

The old man laughed:

"It's like fishing, casting a wide net, and eventually, there will be a fish worth using.

"Hei Yao is that fish.

"He was lost, confused, disheartened, so I gave him guidance from the ancient civilization to help him regain his strength. I needed him to bring me fresh souls, to restore some of my power.

"Therefore, when Hei Yao first arrived on Earth, I gave him a lot of benefits.

"On one hand, these benefits could help Hei Yao grow stronger, enabling him to gather more souls for me.

"On the other hand, I discovered Hei Yao's hatred towards the Spirit Cultivation Civilization and his indescribable loathing for those corrupt and degenerate Spirit Cultivators.

"The technology I gave him allowed him to win over people's hearts and establish forces, and he would take revenge on the Spirit Cultivation Civilization, thus achieving my second goal."

"Revenge on the Spirit Cultivation Civilization?" Wang Jixuan was somewhat confused.

The old man sighed: "Although I don't have much sense of belonging to the Yina Civilization, this was a place where I once roamed freely, and the people here were friendly to me... Do you know how the Yina Civilization ultimately fell?"

"How?"

"This matter is divided into three stages."

The old man counted on his fingers:

"The first stage was after I failed the Tribulation, I brewed for a thousand years, and the opposition united with foreign enemies and erupted into a great war with the main body of the Yina Civilization in Cloud City.

"The war you saw in Gao Huating's mind stemmed from this.

"The result of this war was the elimination of the opposition, a severe loss of Primordial Energy for the Yina Civilization, and significant losses for the major civilizations besieging the Yina Civilization."

"In the second stage, the Yina Civilization sent out a large number of Spirit Cultivators...

"I know you might ask, this is different from the Spirit Cultivation history you know.

"Obviously, the first batch of Spirit Cultivators altered this part of history.

"In reality, Spirit Cultivators were experimental products sent to the battlefield. Several of my spiritual servants were responsible for producing batches of core circuits, allowing resonance between the core circuits and humans, thus creating new weapons of war.

"The task of the Spirit Cultivator troops was to eliminate those ancient civilizations besieging the Yina Civilization, which they almost effortlessly accomplished. Then, this troop betrayed...

"And this is the third stage.

"After a brutal war, Cloud City was forced to move from the surface underground, sealing the transmission entrances. The remaining tens of thousands of people here spent their extremely tragic, remorseful lives guarding my residual soul.

"They even couldn't reproduce because a few Spirit Cultivators used the core circuit to curse them, and my spiritual servants also perished in the war."

The old man sighed:

"Thus, I want to destroy the Spirit Cultivation Civilization.

"The method is to cultivate Hei Yao's hatred towards the Spirit Cultivators while providing him with sufficient technology to destroy the Spirit Cultivation Civilization.

"If the Spirit Cultivation Civilization were at its peak, with the ruthlessness and decisiveness of the first batch of Spirit Cultivators, Hei Yao couldn't possibly succeed, but this civilization has already become corrupt."

Wang Jixuan asked: "Though I might sound a bit hypocritical, given I've also killed many, but... have you considered those countless billions of intelligent lives on the affected planets?"

"I have considered."

The old man nodded:

"I do not deny my own sin.

"Therefore, I severed all connections with my third life, allowing it to begin anew from scratch.

"Hence, you can righteously scold me as a murder demon here.

"But consider it from another angle, I merely accelerated their destruction, and the painful period of destruction inevitably involves massive losses of living creatures, the difference only lies in whether it's sooner or later."

Wang Jixuan: "Compared to my current state of demonization, you seem more like the one entering demonhood... Do you remember what chivalry means?"

The old man remained silent.

Wang Jixuan asked again: "Do you remember, what the Righteous Path means?"

"Do you remember?"

"I remember," Wang Jixuan's Adam's apple quivered, "I burned my Mahayana Residual Soul instead of hiding, with the only thought that I could let these billions live... even if it's just for half a year, a year, or decades more!"

The old man smiled knowingly: "You remember, then that's good? I'm merely a self-exiled past belonging to Wang Jixuan, this Cultivator, although you share responsibility for what I did, it won't overly affect your Dao Heart. After all, we survived, didn't we?"

Wang Jixuan:...

The old man sighed softly: "You haven't heard me out, Ye Zi is indeed unexpected to me, I really didn't expect her to become infatuated with her so-called 'big brother' to such an extent, her mental state isn't quite normal."

Wang Jixuan asked: "Why did you give him the Outer Golden Core Path?"

"To ensure you would arrive at Cloud City at a certain moment."

The old man gazed at Wang Jixuan:

"Gao Huating is a pawn, Ye Zi is also a pawn, Hei Yao is a pawn as well.

"My plan doesn't have steps, just a single phrase — take advantage of the situation.

"What I need to do is to quietly wait for my third life to become famous, to emerge, and then I only need to use a dozen of my pre-buried pawns to pique your curiosity.

"Gao Huating is indeed the residual soul of the Yina Civilization's leader, but she also happened to be revived within the Stone of the Past, a rather marvelous coincidence.

"Initially, I thought... because your memory inherited the first Tribulation failure, I subconsciously felt you would choose to roam like me, so I groomed her into a perfect companion.

"Unfortunately, you didn't wander, and instead, remained as conservative as before, immersing yourself once you chose Lingtong.

"This is also quite good.

"This way, there would be fewer causes and effects, and fewer attachments when facing the Heavenly Tribulation."

Wang Jixuan lightly sighed with closed eyes: "Enough, as I am what I am, the wrongs done by the Three Realms Wanderer's second self will be slowly remedied by the Black Storm on its own."

"In fact, there's nothing that should be remedied, you owe this world nothing."

The old man shrugged:

"Ultimately, the wrongs I did are just two things.

"One is the transaction with Hei Yao, I devoured nearly twenty thousand intelligent beings' soul power to restore strength.

"The other is to facilitate the layout, passing down the Outer Elixir to Po Suoye, aiding the wicked, giving her the strength to bully the weak... although before this, she was already a Spirit Cultivator.

"Besides this, what else did I do? Deceiving you... Well, deceiving you is like deceiving myself, self-deception, isn't it?

Wang Jixuan:...

The old man shrugged with a relaxed smile: "My past is now bygone, I will become a part of Wang Jixuan the Cultivator's history, and although you too must bear responsibility for what I've done, it won't excessively affect your Dao Heart. After all, we survived, didn't we?"

Wang Jixuan laughed ironically: "My second self was quite the master of sophistry."

"Yes, anyway, destroy the Blade Beast, deal with anyone who wants to kill me.

"Master said that cultivation is the cultivation of the Tao.

"I cannot become a part of you."

The old man smiled serenely: "The second self is already in the past, I'll become just a part of the past, what I've done although you have to bear the responsibility, it won't affect the Dao Heart too much. After all, we're still alive, aren't we?"

Wang Jixuan:...

The old man sighed softly: "In the end, it's fine, my poverty-stricken path is my path, and the wrongs done by the Three Realms Wanderer will be unraveled by the Black Storm one by one."

"Hmm, regardless, I will destroy the Blade Beast, and eliminate anyone who wants to kill me."

"My master once said, cultivation is about cultivating the Tao."

"I can never be part of you."

The old man nodded with a calm smile: "The second self is already the past. I will become the past of Wang Jixuan, the cultivator. Although you must also bear responsibility for what I did, it won't affect the Dao Heart too much. After all, we have survived, right?"

Wang Jixuan slightly focused his gaze.

What's happening?

The Nine-layered Heavenly Tribulation, one level of Heavenly Punishment, plus a One Level of Heavenly Punishment, they saw that world, I had crossed the Nine-layered Heavenly Tribulation and one level of Heavenly Punishment.