Simultaneous travel: Starting from returning to the main god space.

Chapter 369 Black Myth (The End) (Please vote! Please subscribe!)
Outsiders...

Upon hearing this strange title, Wu Xian's eyes narrowed slightly, but he understood the implied meaning.

The other person knew that he was not from this world, and judging from his tone, he seemed quite familiar with him. Could it be that he had seen other similar people before?

With thoughts racing through his mind, Wu Xian quickly suppressed his complicated emotions and calmly asked, "Does Laozi know my origins?"

"That's natural; nothing in this world can escape my notice."

Laozi spoke calmly, as if recalling something, and sighed, "In the five hundred years since that mischievous monkey died, there have been many monkeys like you who have been given the title of 'Chosen Ones'. Most of them came from outside the world and possessed near-immortal abilities."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian's expression suddenly turned strange.

He knew that before him, there had been more than one other chosen one who had gone to find the Great Sage's potential, but they either gave up halfway and returned to Flower Fruit Mountain, or died on the way to find the potential.

At first, Wu Xian thought this was just the basic setting of the world, and that those chosen ones were just ordinary monkeys. But now it seems that this is not the case.

Immortal and indestructible? Are you a player of Black Monkey?

If that were the case, then this world should have been completed long ago. It's impossible for all the chosen ones to choose the ending of wearing the golden headband.

Or perhaps because the game was never truly finished, players were forced offline, causing the world to continuously cycle and restart, resulting in memory problems for everyone except for Laozi, the mastermind behind it all, who thus knows everything.

"What happened to those chosen ones? Where did they all go afterward?"

Wu Xian stopped his wild thoughts and asked directly, his gaze turning to the Bagua Furnace in front of him, his eyes gradually becoming strange.

"You're overthinking it. I don't have the ability to refine them into golden cores."

Lao Tzu suddenly smiled, his expression exceptionally kind.

"Ah!"

Wu Xian sneered, his voice tinged with anger.

He already knew from Yang Jian that the so-called Crane Immortal was an avatar of Laozi traveling outside, representing a part of his will, and held a very high position in the Heavenly Court, which was why he could command Wang Lingguan's actions at will.

In other words, if this world had truly reincarnated and restarted countless times, the Fourth Sister's Golden Elixir would probably have piled up into a small mountain by now.

"The whereabouts of those chosen ones... to be honest, I'm not very clear either. Most of them would go to the Pagoda of the Buddha to obtain Sun Wukong's essence from Yang Jian, and then go to Flower Fruit Mountain to fight the monkey's remains. In the end, they refused to wear the golden headband."

At this point, Laozi's expression became somewhat wistful.

"And then, that was it. They just vanished suddenly, as if they had never existed. The world would restart, returning to a roughly fixed point in time, and everyone's memories would return to their origins, with only a vague recollection of the many chosen ones who once existed."

"After experiencing this several times, I gradually became aware of this anomaly, and even mobilized the power of the Heavenly Court to arrest those chosen ones in an attempt to uncover their secrets."

"But... it's no use. Once I have such thoughts, the world restarts again, as if it were an inviolable iron law, making me an enemy of the entire world."

"After that, I made various attempts, such as overthrowing the Heavenly Court, destroying the Western Paradise, returning the spiritual essence to all living beings, and even trying to resurrect Sun Wukong... but all of them failed."

"It was from that time that I discovered something was wrong with the world, that it even felt a little unreal, and that my own existence seemed to be denied."

“I began to refuse to communicate with the outside world, declared that I was in seclusion, and never left the Tushita Palace again. I only separated a wisp of my divine consciousness and attached it to a crane to observe everything in the outside world, and actively participated in the Destiny Man Project, trying to find a way to break the cycle of reincarnation.”

"And so it went through millions of reincarnations..."

"Millions of times?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian's lips twitched involuntarily, and his gaze toward Laozi was filled with a hint of sympathy.

Millions of reincarnations... Assuming it takes each chosen one two or three years, or even longer, to complete one reincarnation.

Based on this calculation, Lao Tzu has been secluded in the Tushita Palace for tens of millions of years and has watched almost identical movies millions of times.

This is even scarier than the horror cruise ship! If it were him, he would probably have collapsed by now.

"How does it feel? Don't you feel hopeless?"

Laozi sighed again, a bitter smile appearing on his wrinkled old face: "The worst part is that I am the only one in the entire Three Realms who knows these things."

"The memories of other living beings, including the Jade Emperor and Buddha, were refreshed and reset along with the world. In mortal terms, this is like being the only one who is sober while everyone else is drunk, but isn't that a kind of tragedy?"

"To be honest, I was already numb and was prepared to seal my five senses, sleep for a whole eon, and then wake up to see if anything would change."

"And it was at this moment that I discovered you!"

"Me?" Wu Xian frowned, then tentatively asked, "Was it me who killed Wang Lingguan back in the Spider Cave?"

If he did something different from other players in his search for the Great Sage's potential, then killing Wang Lingguan in the Spider Cave map was a starting point. That was also his first meeting with the Crane Immortal, an avatar of Laozi.

"Yes."

Laozi nodded, looking at Wu Xian with some surprise. "Those chosen ones in the past were troublesome, but in terms of skill alone, they were nothing special. They only managed to reclaim that monkey's essence by constantly resurrecting himself."

"But you are different. You are too strong, and your strength is unreasonable. This made me realize your uniqueness and gave rise to the idea of ​​taking action to capture you."

"But guess what? This time, after I had this idea, the world didn't reboot like it did before!"

"The cycle of reincarnation... has been broken!"

"At that moment, I felt a rare feeling called joy, but I was afraid that it was just my imagination, so I did not act immediately, but continued to test and observe."

"It wasn't until you didn't obtain the monkey's essence from Yang Jian, yet still refused to wear the golden headband, that I was truly certain!"

Seeing that Laozi's face grew more and more excited as he spoke, Wu Xian gradually realized.

No wonder the local deity appeared ahead of schedule on Flaming Mountain and brought out magical treasures like the Purple Gold Red Gourd and the Vajra Bracelet, which weren't in the original script. It turns out this was all a test from Laozi.

"wrong!"

As if he had thought of something, Wu Xian looked puzzled: "Since you are certain that the world will not restart, then why didn't you stop me when I attacked the Heavenly Court, allowing me to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and only intervened once when I was about to kill the Jade Emperor?"

"Heh! Do you think I would still care about the so-called Heavenly Court back then?"

Lao Tzu stroked his beard and smiled, the joy in his eyes returning to its indifference.

"Ever since I realized there was something wrong with this world, I have no attachment to it. Now that I have the opportunity to break free from this cage, I naturally seek transcendence and have no interest in anything else."

"As for why I saved the Jade Emperor in the end... after all, he was a perfect creation that I had nurtured from scratch, so I inevitably had some feelings for him. That's why I stepped in to help him, but unfortunately, I still failed."

After hearing Laozi's explanation, Wu Xian was slightly taken aback, but quickly found another key point.

"Transcendence? You have the ability to transcend this world!"

"Not bad!"

Lao Tzu readily admitted it.

"After all, those millions of years were not wasted. Although my magic power and cultivation level would be constantly reset, my understanding of the Dao realm reached a completely new level. After breaking through the cycle of reincarnation, I made a complete breakthrough."

After three years of reflection, I finally felt confident enough to see you one last time before I left.

"Ah this..."

Wu Xian blinked and asked curiously, "What will happen after transcending the world? And you specifically brought me here to meet you, are you planning to leave me some treasure?"

"First of all, I have never transcended before, so how would I know what the world would be like after transcendence? Perhaps it would be a wider world, or perhaps I would merge into the Great Dao and coexist with the world."

"As for why I specifically wanted to meet with you, hehe..."

As he spoke, Laozi slowly rose up, and a delicate pagoda suddenly appeared above his head. He also had a flat cane in his hand, and the Yin-Yang Taiji diagram rotated behind him. His aura rose infinitely, far surpassing all the great supernatural beings Wu Xian had ever seen.

"After watching you monkeys fight for millions of years, this old man has been itching to get my hands dirty. Before I go, I'll vent my anger on you, and leave something for this world to remember me by."

Wu Xian was speechless upon hearing this, feeling that he had been made a scapegoat for the Black Monkey players, but at the same time, a fierce fighting spirit ignited in his heart.

Immediately afterwards, the Great Sage Reincarnation Set appeared on his body. At the same time, he raised his hand and touched his ear, and the Ruyi Jingu Bang, which he had upgraded several times using countless precious materials from the Heavenly Court, instantly appeared in his palm.

"Let's not beat around the bush. I've wanted to beat you up for a long time, old man, and also to vent my anger for the Bull Demon King's family!"

Having said that, Wu Xian fell silent, leaping into the air and raising his staff to strike the strongest being in the Black Monkey World…

Black Myth World - The End!
Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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