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"I will naturally remember your kindness from the past, but I don't need you to help me remove the seal within me. Although it's difficult for me to remove the seal now, I can do it little by little. So I don't need your help in this regard, and I also know very well what you want: to obtain my true form."

The words of the Flower Fairy made Zhao Shuang's face show a little embarrassment, but she quickly recovered and smiled.

"What you say is indeed true. I do want your true form, after all, your origins are even more mysterious than mine in some ways. That's why I want to obtain you, because only in this way can I advance further. Of course, I might not be able to advance, it all depends on whether you're willing or not. It seems you're not very willing now. I don't know what that guy—no, I should say that fisherman—said to you. Anyway, there's something I had with him back then that I still need to resolve. What you need to do now is cultivate as quickly as possible and become a god. Only in this way can you gradually remove the seal I placed within you. Otherwise, with your current strength, removing it is simply a pipe dream. Don't even think you can do it on your own. You can only do it after you become a god. And if you want to become a god quickly, you need me to help remove a portion of the seal, of course, only a tiny portion. But this enormous amount of power will be enough for you to become a god. That's my purpose."

"I also hope you understand that I don't have any ill intentions towards you, nor do I want to. Because it wouldn't benefit me at all. I hope you understand that as long as you become stronger and better, it's also a good thing for me, so I would never hurt you. As for what that fisherman said to you, I don't think it was anything good, but I also hope you understand that I have no ill intentions towards you."

Zhao Shuang's words silenced the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers, but she did not choose to believe them.

"I know this is actually our first meeting, and I know you won't believe what I'm saying. But I also hope you won't believe that fisherman. That fisherman is also up to no good, because his identity is extremely mysterious. What is his identity? I can't tell you right now, but in short, his identity is extremely mysterious. You can't know it now, and you shouldn't know it, otherwise it will definitely bring you endless trouble. I don't want to cause you trouble. I hope you can become stronger, so that you will be more useful to me in the future, and this will also be of great benefit to your future. I also hope you can understand my good intentions. This is a cultivation technique, a great divine power that I have preserved. As long as you successfully cultivate this great divine power, I can guarantee that your strength can break through to the realm of gods in a relatively short time. This will be of great benefit to you, to me, to your master, and to the entire universe. The future universe needs you to grow to the level of the heavens; only in this way can you help the universe overcome a crisis." This crisis has affected all living beings in the entire universe. Otherwise, all living beings in the universe would become sacrifices, nourishment for one person. At that time, not only you, but even I couldn't stop him. What he wants is for all living beings in the universe to become nourishment for his immortality. Only in this way can he achieve immortality. He has existed since the primordial era, and he has survived to this day by devouring the life force of other living beings. This is his purpose. Whether it's our ancestor or other celestial beings and deities, they all try to stop him, even though they don't know he exists. They still try to stop him because he is too powerful. And why do I reincarnate? Every reincarnation is to become stronger, even stronger, so that I can stop him in the future. Unfortunately, my future was severed by a sword. I cannot enter the future, nor do I know what the future holds. Similarly, it is difficult for me to step into the past, because I myself severed the past. I know very well that if I don't sever the past, then that guy might very well transcend... Time marched on, eradicating all those who posed a threat to him, including gods and spirits, such as the Holy Monk. He was one of them, one of the few who could pose even a slight threat to that guy. Because he didn't want to become a god, even though he had already surpassed gods, he could only be called a human. He also hoped others would call him a human, not a god, because he once vowed not to become a god until hell was empty. It was for this reason that he was always called the Holy Monk, not the Divine Monk. In fact, no god in the past 100,000 years had surpassed him. His strength could even be called a Celestial Venerable, but he gave up this title and gave up competing with others for it, because he had no interest in it at all. He simply thought that as long as the underworld was resolved, the future crisis would naturally be averted. However, he didn't know who the true culprit of that future crisis was, or who had set up that dark curtain. The first target of that dark curtain was me, and I was one of the candidates to break through it. Secondly, there was my younger brother, who was also one of the candidates. Originally, there was also the Holy Monk, and us... "That ancestor of our family. But both of them failed, as did that master among masters in our Kunlun Realm. He was one of them. His strength was simply too weak. He originally thought he was very strong, but in reality, he was far too weak. The ancestor of swordsmanship was the same; he failed. It can be said that all the humans, gods, celestial beings, and heavens before him failed. The cataclysm ten thousand years ago was also because of him. He needed trillions upon trillions of living beings to prolong his life, to help him extend his lifespan and make him stronger. That kind of thing only happened ten thousand years ago, but at that time you hadn't successfully transformed, so you didn't know what happened back then. I also hope you can understand that whether it's you, me, my brother, or the others, we were all chosen to uncover and destroy the veil of darkness. To destroy that veil of darkness, it's not just you and me who need the help of others. I also hope you can understand that my feelings for you are truly sincere, without any malice. I admit I want you, firstly because you are too important to me, and secondly because you are very beautiful. That's the real reason."

"I am an ancient being, a mad being, and someone who desires to be a savior. Each time I try, I'm forced into reincarnation, for only then can I gain a sliver of hope. I shouldn't be telling you this, but I sense your hostility, so I must. Whether you believe me or not is up to you; I believe I've done my utmost. Whether you choose to believe or not is entirely up to you. I've done and said everything I should. Believe or not, it's all up to you."

"What I need to do next is to recover my strength as soon as possible, regain my former power, and even surpass my former self. Only in this way can I tear apart, shatter, and destroy the dark curtain that shrouds the entire universe. Only by finding out the guy who laid the curtain can we resolve this calamity."

"Of course, you can also think that I want to achieve immortality. Yes, I do want to achieve immortality. Although I can enter the cycle of reincarnation infinitely, it is not true immortality. Only by becoming a true immortal being can one be considered to have entered immortality and be able to live forever. Right now, I can only enter the cycle of reincarnation."

"Entering the cycle of reincarnation without restriction would also be very harmful to me. If something unexpected happens, I might lose this opportunity completely."

"Therefore, even if I am incredibly powerful now, it doesn't mean I can expose this conspiracy. On the contrary, I don't have that strength yet. I need to be at least ten times stronger before I can possess that power and accomplish this. Whether you believe it or not is up to you; I've said what I needed to say. There's one more thing I need to tell you: you are also connected to the conspiracy, and your existence is due to it. It appeared in ancient times, proving it's even older than you. Under these circumstances, you might have been born because of it, or it helped you to be born. Of course, these are just my speculations; I don't know for sure whether it's true or not." "But when I found you in ancient times, you did indeed retain his aura. Therefore, I suspect you are also a pawn he has placed in his game, and I don't know who this pawn is targeting. In short, I want you to become strong, precisely because I believe you are the key to my victory. You don't want to be a pawn, and there's nothing I can do about it; I don't want to be a pawn either. But now, we both have to be. We don't yet have the ability to control our destiny; we can only gradually become stronger to control our own fate. So, do you understand what I'm saying?" This series of words left the Hundred Flower Fairy speechless, unsure whether to believe him, yet she felt that Zhao Shuang's words were also credible.

"Shouldn't the 'behind-the-scenes maneuver' you're referring to be the Heavenly Realm? The Heavenly Realm has always been targeting the Kunlun Realm, trying to completely seize control of it and obtain everything from it."

The Flower Fairy asked a rather foolish question.

"The Heavenly Realm are merely pawns in that dark machinations, perhaps even unaware of it themselves. It should be said that the majority of the gods in the Heavenly Realm do indeed aim to destroy the Kunlun Realm and seize everything it once possessed, because only in this way can they become the true supreme rulers of the universe. But they are foolish, utterly foolish. They have no idea what they are facing. If all life in the universe is wiped out, do they think their Heavenly Realm can still exist? Therefore, I say everything they have done is utterly absurd and laughable. I once advised those ancient gods of the Heavenly Realm; they also knew of the existence of the dark machinations, but they believed that as long as they could become the supreme rulers of the universe, the most..." A powerful world would ensure that even the Dark Side would deem their Heavenly Realm valuable enough to refrain from attacking it, thus allowing them to survive and avoid destruction like other worlds. After all, if the Dark Side truly wanted to destroy all worlds, it would have wiped them all out long ago, leaving behind so many civilizations and worlds. Therefore, they believed that as long as they demonstrated sufficient value, they could survive against the Dark Side. In other words, they had already allied themselves with the Dark Side, believing it to be more reliable and powerful, as my repeated failures had eroded their confidence in me. Therefore, they chose... They chose to side with the Dark Curtain because the Dark Curtain wanted them to destroy the Kunlun Realm, and they would do everything in their power to do so. Only in this way could they survive under the Dark Curtain's control and gain sufficient benefits. They completely failed to understand the Dark Curtain's ultimate goal. Even after I explained it to them, they still chose not to believe me, still thinking I was protecting the Kunlun Realm, and still believing that the Holy Monk had thought the same way. They wanted to make the Kunlun Realm the most powerful world in the universe, thus making it a valuable world, because only in this way could they escape from the Dark Curtain's clutches, or at least survive. They believed this too, so they ultimately chose to seize control of the Kunlun Realm. They don't realize how foolish their ideas are, utterly foolish. They're ridiculous beyond belief, and you're somewhat ridiculous now. I've told you all this, and you still think the Dark Curtain is Heaven. What is Heaven? I could destroy it if I wanted to, but I can't. Although their entire world seems incredibly foolish, desperate to escape from the Dark Curtain and gain as much benefit as possible, they still have some value. If we could turn them against us, it would be extremely beneficial to the entire universe. But the price is too high, so I'm still considering whether to do it. (End of Chapter)