Mortals get a golden finger for immortal cultivation every year

"So you actually hate your younger brother. You don't want him to exist either, but because of those older folks, you have to tolerate his existence. Only now have you chosen to help him, and only now have you acknowledged his identity. But you don't believe he can become a true savior, and you haven't placed your hopes on him. You should say that you've never placed your hopes on anyone from beginning to end."

Nalan Danqing, the talented scholar, spoke words that resonated with Zhao Shuang's innermost thoughts, leaving him in silence.

"You're right, you're absolutely right. What you've said is exactly what I've been thinking. But what I need to do now is fight for that sliver of hope myself. There are many things I can't tell you right now. Although I've already told you many things, there are still many things I can't tell you because your current cultivation level is too low. Your current cultivation level is simply too low. If you were a god, perhaps I could tell you, but not now. But after the upcoming Holy War of Merit, you won't need to suppress your cultivation level anymore. You can freely raise your cultivation level. As long as you can reach the required level, you can raise it without any hindrance. No one will stop you in the slightest, and I won't stop you either. The reason I'm leaving now is because the Kunlun Realm must win this Holy War of Merit no matter what, but the Guanghan Realm must also win. So what we need to do is see..." "Whether the Empress can slay a deity later on is crucial. If she can, then the Guanghan Realm will emerge victorious, and I will do my best to help them win the Battle of Merit Saints. This is the Guanghan Realm's only chance of survival. It's not that the Moon Goddess can't slay a deity, but rather that her strength hasn't fully recovered. If she does, slaying a deity wouldn't be difficult. I don't want her to slay a deity now, because it wouldn't benefit her at all. Although it might seem like it would allow the Guanghan Realm to survive this calamity like the Kunlun Realm, it would actually expose the Moon Goddess's true strength. The Moon Goddess's existence is quite unique. Therefore, I don't want her to reveal too much." Zhao Shuang's words once again plunged Nalan Danqing into silence, because she originally thought she knew enough.

But now it seems she still knows far too little. For example, she still doesn't know or understand anything Zhao Shuang said. Most importantly, Zhao Shuang didn't intend to tell her, and she doesn't know how to find out what Zhao Shuang was going to say later.

"Alright, you don't need to be too upset. This time, we'll see if the Empress can slay a god. Anyway, there are still some weak gods in the Underworld. Where there are strong, there are weak. The Empress is now considered strong among the gods, so there's no need to worry too much. Besides, I've already taught you so many Great Dao Divine Powers. With the Empress's abilities and those Great Dao Divine Powers, slaying one or two gods shouldn't be a problem. If it really doesn't work, I'll try to talk to those old guys in the Heavenly Court. That way, the Kunlun Realm will have a chance to survive. But I don't plan to use this step unless absolutely necessary. After all, it would waste the favors we've accumulated over time, which isn't a good thing. It's better not to use those favors if you don't have to."

Zhao Shuang's words eased Nalan Danqing's anxiety somewhat. She naturally knew Zhao Shuang's identity in her previous life, which was why she felt fear.

"Can't you really stay? If you stay, there will be absolutely no problems or accidents in the Kunlun Realm, and the Empress won't need to risk killing the gods of the Hell Realm this time."

Even at this moment, Nalan Danqing was still unwilling for Zhao Shuang to leave Kunlun Realm, because she knew very well that the hope of Kunlun Realm rested entirely on Zhao Shuang. If Zhao Shuang left Kunlun Realm, the hope of Kunlun Realm would be almost completely wiped out. The only hope was that the Empress could kill the god of Hell Realm, but this was too difficult. Killing a god was simply too difficult.

“I can’t stay. If I stay, the Guanghan Realm will have almost no hope. It’s impossible for my brother to save the entire Guanghan Realm on his own. Do you understand? The Guanghan Realm’s current state is inextricably linked to the Kunlun Realm. The Moon Goddess’s slumber and the Guanghan Realm’s decline are all related to the Kunlun Realm. I can’t just sit idly by, neither morally nor logically. So what I need to do now is to make amends for the Kunlun Realm and compensate the Guanghan Realm. That’s why I can’t stay. It’s the only thing I can do.”

"Danqing, I know what you're thinking. You also want me to stay in the Kunlun Realm, hoping I can save it, which would greatly reduce the Empress's pressure. But have you considered that if I stay, the pressure on the Kunlun Realm will only increase, not decrease? My identity dictates that I cannot stay; those old fogies will be extremely wary of my existence. Although I haven't regained my former strength yet, and I don't know if I'll ever fully recover, what I can and should do now is to help the Kunlun Realm become stronger as much as possible, and save the Guanghan Realm, thus repaying the favors I owed them."

"Therefore, I hope you will not stop me, because even if you do, you cannot change anything."

"I must go to the Guanghan Realm, because only if I go there will the Guanghan Realm have any hope or chance of survival. Although the Moon Goddess can slay gods, she cannot reveal too much right now. If she reveals too much, some gods will become wary, and then there will be even greater trouble. I can still handle the current trouble, but if the trouble is too great or too powerful, I will no longer be able to handle it. I hope you can understand and comprehend everything I am doing now. Everything I am doing now is for the entire Kunlun Realm, and I have no other intentions. Although I am not a being of the Kunlun Realm, everything I am doing now is indeed for the entire Kunlun Realm, whether you believe it or not."

Zhao Shuang's words plunged Nalan Danqing into silence once again. She certainly believed everything Zhao Shuang said, but belief was one thing; she still couldn't bear to see Zhao Shuang leave Kunlun Realm like this.
"Alright, I've told you everything I needed to say and everything I was going to do. You just need to stay in the Kunlun Realm and manage everything there according to my plan. I can guarantee that the future of the Kunlun Realm will have unlimited vitality and unlimited hope, but whether it can actually reach that point depends on your abilities. After all, I've already told you a lot of things, things I shouldn't have told you in the first place, but for the sake of the Kunlun Realm, I have no choice but to tell you in advance. I hope you won't let me down."

"Judging by the time, the Empress should be returning from the Heavenly Realm soon. Sigh, she should be back soon. In that case, I should also leave. You should also make your preparations."

"As long as the Empress can help Kunlun Realm overcome this crisis and officially join the Heavenly Court Realm, there is still hope for it to regain its former glory. I just don't know what the Heavenly Court Realm is like now. Please, no accidents should happen; if they do, the consequences will be unimaginable. Back then, those guys and I created this Heavenly Court Realm to protect countless lives and many worlds. Now, I don't know if that was the right thing to do. Kunlun Realm was once one of the top super-worlds; it's truly regrettable that it has fallen to such a state. Alright, that's all I have to say. Go and do your work. Remember to manage Kunlun Realm well. When the Empress returns, I will leave. I must leave Kunlun Realm as well. You don't need to say anything more." Just as Zhao Shuang finished speaking, a divine light descended from the sky, and this divine light belonged to none other than the Empress.

"I didn't expect you to come back so soon. It's really a surprise. Now that you're back so quickly, I can finally relax. So, what are your plans now? You're not planning to force me to stay, are you?"

Looking at the stunningly beautiful and unparalleled Empress before him, Zhao Shuang said with a smile, and the Empress nodded in agreement with what he said; she did indeed share this thought.

"You'd better not try to force me to stay, because I have to go to the Guanghan Realm. I need to help the Guanghan Realm overcome this crisis. Otherwise, the only way to overcome this crisis is for the Moon Goddess to kill a deity. If the Moon Goddess kills a deity, then the Kunlun Realm will have no hope, unless the Kunlun Realm can win first place in the Holy War. But given the current situation of the Kunlun Realm, winning first place in the Holy War is also a hopeless matter."

Zhao Shuang's explanation elicited only a faint response from the Empress.

"As long as you stay, Kunlun Realm will surely win first place in this Holy War, and I won't need to risk killing gods, right?"

The Empress's words left Zhao Shuang speechless; he never expected her to say such a thing.

"Your Majesty, you must understand that with your current strength, slaying a god is not an overly difficult task. Don't you understand? The only way you can save the Kunlun Realm now is not through me, but through yourself. You must place your hopes on yourself. What is the current situation of the Kunlun Realm? The Kunlun Realm's current situation depends on you, Your Majesty, for any hope."

"The fastest, best, simplest, and most direct way to save the Kunlun Realm is for you to slay a god from the Hell Realm during the Holy War of Merit. If you can kill even one god, the Kunlun Realm will undoubtedly win first place in the God War. With your current strength, achieving this shouldn't be difficult, although it's risky, it's achievable. And you should understand how vast the resources gained from slaying a god are, because gods themselves are a massive resource. Even a single drop of divine blood from a god can forge an unparalleled genius. That genius can become a saint, or even a saint king. And you should know very well how much blood a god possesses. With just one god, the Kunlun Realm..." This would allow for rapid development. You must understand that the corpse of a god—a complete, fresh corpse—is something few can compare to. You should know this better than I do, right? As a god, you should be well aware of this. The fastest and most direct way for the Kunlun Realm to develop rapidly is to slay gods. Use the bodies of gods to cultivate the cultivators of the Kunlun Realm. Furthermore, the Kunlun Realm possesses the most spatial treasures in the entire Heavenly Court Realm. These treasures, combined with the bodies of gods, are enough to allow the Kunlun Realm to grow and expand at an extremely rapid pace, enabling it to become a powerful world in the shortest possible time. Even if a second god cannot appear in the Kunlun Realm in the short term, it will still be enough to make the entire Kunlun Realm powerful.”

"It will be many times stronger than it is now. According to my estimate, it will be able to make the Kunlun Realm more than ten times stronger within at least ten years."

"What does this mean for the entire Kunlun Realm? Your Majesty, you should know better than I do. So, slaying gods is not only about saving the Kunlun Realm, but also about making it stronger. If possible, Your Majesty, you should slay as many gods as possible. With your current strength, slaying gods shouldn't be too difficult, I think."

"Using the great Dao divine abilities I've taught you, slaying one or two hellish gods should be a piece of cake, at least for you. Especially those false gods. Although they aren't true gods, they are still a kind of god and have some use. If possible, you should slay one true god and a few false gods. That way, with the many spacetime treasures of the Kunlun Realm, the Kunlun Realm can develop rapidly in a short time and become a powerful world. You can also use this achievement to..." This will temporarily deter other worlds from attacking Kunlun Realm, and even if they do, they will do so covertly. I will also utilize the connections Kunlun Realm has built within the Heavenly Court Realm, and use my own connections to assist them. Only in this way can Kunlun Realm have hope of rising again, becoming a powerful world within the Heavenly Court Realm once more, and restoring its former glory. Once my younger brother has fully matured, Kunlun Realm can regain its former power, becoming one of the top super-worlds within the Heavenly Court Realm. This is my plan. (End of Chapter)