The entire sect is obsessed with love, but I'm the only one who's truly insane.

Wenfu thought about it carefully and realized that perhaps Lin Du never intended to run away in the first place.

Given Lin Du's intelligence, it's impossible that he couldn't see that it was a trap specifically set for her, and that the people he sent only wanted to capture her alive rather than kill her. Given her choices, she would definitely prefer to deal with his people.

Those two evil cultivators were cowardly and afraid of death. After the bounty was issued, so many demons came out of their caves, so naturally they wouldn't rush forward to snatch it. They would only choose to surround and block Lin Du when he was trying to escape.

Under these circumstances, it was obvious where Lin Du would choose to run.

He guessed wrong about the corpse and the demon, and why Hou Cang suddenly appeared.

Lin Du is shrouded in mystery. He glanced back at the stone door that Lin Du had sealed off, and said, "You think you can kill me today?"

"This is my territory," he reminded him politely.

Lin Du nodded, his tone perfunctory, "Oh, right, right, it's your territory, you're in charge. I'm here to die, so what?"

Hou Cang silently flicked his longsword behind her; this junior sister really dared to speak her mind.

Wenfu shook his head helplessly, "Is the truth more important than life?"

Lin Du shook his head dismissively, "Isn't that true for you?"

Wenfu met her eyes, his voice heavy and calm, "Okay, I'll tell you."

"What Qianyu seeks is to rule the entire Dongming Realm." Wen Fu stood there calmly, his tone carrying a light, disdainful tone. "Do you think there's such a thing as talent in this world?"

"Talent is bestowed by Heaven, and what he needs to do is to reclaim what Heaven has given him."

Lin Du's mind raced, listing things like, "Spiritual bones, strange fire, dragon energy? What is Jin Xuan?"

"Can't you guess?"

"The fortune surrounding her is the greatest in thousands of years."

Lin Du nodded and chuckled, "No wonder."

No wonder Qianyu's target is Jinxuan, not someone else.

"There are a hundred people on the Azure Cloud Ranking, and you hate the Supreme Sect so much that you're targeting a few geniuses who haven't even reached their full potential?"

Lin Du's voice suddenly turned cold, "You really are the type to target acquaintances."

"You're wrong. It's not that I just happened to target someone I knew." Wen Fu looked at Lin Du, his eyes filled with complex emotions. "It's because they were all vessels."

"Once the contents have fully grown, do you think the container still serves any purpose?"

Lin Du laughed, "But what kind of vessel am I, the number one in talent? Everything I have is due to my brain."

"What, does Heaven want to devour my brain?"

If Heaven truly intended to use them as vessels, it shouldn't have prevented itself from opening the gate to the Great Dao in the first place.

Throughout the world's many upheavals, there have always been cultivators who have turned the tide.

Lin Du was suddenly startled when he thought of this.

This generation has produced many geniuses, and there are more than just a few of them who are different from the crowd. They are like a group of stars that have emerged at the end of a prosperous era that is about to fall into chaos.

According to Wen Fu's idea, all these gifted individuals cultivate rules within their bodies that arise from the instability and fragmentation of the Heavenly Dao.

If Jin Xuan represents the condensation of the Heavenly Dao's fortune, and Yuan Ye represents the dynastic changes in the mortal realm within the Dongming Realm, once they have fully grown and the rules have become powerful again, will they be sacrificed together to return to the Heavenly Dao?

Lin Du's eyes flickered slightly, which is why Wen Fu's attitude was so ambiguous.

They were given a glimmer of hope, yet they also wanted to completely sever those talents before they could grow up, thus directly thwarting the Heavenly Dao's plan.

Perhaps at first one could think that he was jealous of geniuses and therefore killed her, but clearly she was the most talented. Wen Fu never made a move because she didn't have any special rules related to talent.

"Do you believe that the unstable state of the rules during the ancient chaotic period will reappear, and that Mo Lin and the others are vessels for the unstable rules that split off from the Heavenly Dao?"

Lin Du frowned, puzzled, and asked, "But don't you think it's absurd?"

"If the Heavenly Dao truly chooses to do this, why are there still individual fragments of the Heavenly Dao appearing? Won't they also be reincarnated?"

Wenfu calmly watched as Lin Du guessed most of his thoughts over the years, and his resolve to not let Lin Du go hard solidified.

Looking at Wen Fu's "I'm the only one sober in a world of drunks" expression, Lin Du suddenly realized, "You think the appearance of the Heavenly Dao fragments proves that the Heavenly Dao rules are unstable, and that different rules descended as talents, choosing them as vessels?"

"So when you went to the ruins of the Kingdom of Vaisravana, did you really take away a fragment of the Heavenly Dao?"

"The fragments of the Heavenly Dao within Qianyu's body, were they offered by you?"

What role did Wei Zhi's Three Poison Seals play in all of this? Did he really only find out later?

Lin Du's brain was working at lightning speed, with questions popping up one after another. Hou Cang was completely confused. What strange things were these two saying?

I can't understand it at all.

Wenfu clapped his hands and laughed, "You really are... amazing."

"I didn't expect you to even know about my trip to the ruins of the Kingdom of Bodhi and the fact that I took the fragments of the Heavenly Dao."

He sincerely praised, "When I was your age, I simply couldn't have made such a deduction."

"Yes, I chose Qianyu."

Lin Du finally understood. "You want to seize all the talents in advance, so that those talented people won't become vessels. So you first used the people of Lanju Realm to set up a scheme to take away the talent spirit objects of Mo Lintianwu and others. On the other hand, you also used Qian Yu, using his power and methods, to collect the spirit objects of heaven and earth, balance the number of spiritual energy and spiritual cultivators, fully nurture this fragment of the Heavenly Dao, and then successfully mend the heavens and extend the lifespan of Dongming Realm?"

She looked at Wen Fu, "Qian Yu really believed that? You tricked him into believing that by nurturing the fragments of the Heavenly Dao and then fusing them, he could rule the Dongming Realm?"

Wen Fu nodded. "Yes, he thought that being powerful was enough to suppress all those who disagreed. For demons, constantly devouring power is the way to become powerful. I didn't lie to him; he discovered it himself."

"He even found a way to integrate the fragments of the Heavenly Dao into his body."

Lin Du clicked his tongue upon hearing this. What do you mean by "discovering it slowly on his own"? It must have been Wen Fu who found a way to leak the hints, but his methods were too sophisticated, and Qian Yu actually believed it.

A person is more likely to believe what they discover and deduce themselves, rather than what others tell them directly.

As for merging into the body, that was an accident, and we should thank Master Wei for his good deed.

She finally understood; Wenfu genuinely believed he was doing a good deed.

But in his past life, the good deeds he did caused these people to die, get injured, or not be able to reincarnate.

A life without hope and direction is like a melon seed with the kernel removed; even if you use it to burn, you won't see much ash. Can such a life still be called a life?

Lin Du looked at the still proud man in front of him and was momentarily at a loss for how to react.

"Do you really think you're right?" she asked.

Wenfu turned to look at Lin Du, "Do you have a better solution?"

Lin Du asked, "What about that mountain of flesh? What about those you transformed into demons?"

"They were not innocent. Killing them is fine. Heaven will inevitably have to cleanse a large portion of spiritual cultivators for the sake of a future golden age in the spirit world." Wen Fu didn't care. "A chaotic era is coming. I just want to shorten the time of chaos. Those people are just wasting spiritual energy if they are alive."

"Do you think you're the Heavenly Dao? Or a judge in the King of Hell's palace? Do you have the right to decide life and death?" Lin Du gritted his teeth. "What gives you the right?"

"Shouldn't the King of Hell thank you for reducing his workload?"

As she spoke, she gave a mocking smile and pressed forward step by step, her gray eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Wenfu, who do you think you are? You've walked this path alone, scheming against the Lanju Realm, the Dongming Realm, and the Demon Lord. You've schemed against so many people, and so many lives are on your hands. Is it really right for you to go your own way?"

"And what makes you think I'm wrong!" Wen Fu clearly didn't take Lin Du's questioning seriously. "I know that in your eyes, one should follow the will of Heaven, bless the people, conform to destiny, and achieve one's own success."

"Of course I know that the righteous path and the way of heaven that you have been learning all along are hypocritical and self-serving. You only feel that your worldview has been shattered and rebuilt, and you can't accept it. That's why you are so stubborn and regard me as a sinner and an outsider."

"But if we don't sacrifice a small portion, where will future generations come from, where will our legacy endure for generations to come!"

Wen Fu approached Lin Du, but was stopped halfway by a gleaming spirit sword. Hou Cang said coldly, "Don't get close to her. I'm afraid she'll catch your madness."

After listening for a long time, he only had one comment: "What a load of nonsense! Why is my junior sister going crazy with this lunatic?"