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

Lin Du landed inside the main peak hall. Xia Tianwu, who was extremely excited after staying up for seven days and seven nights, was talking inside the hall. When Feng Chao saw Lin Du arrive, he smiled and said, "We were just saying that now that the method has been developed, we should go find those artificial demons, capture them all, and then hold a ceremony for them."

"Okay." Lin Du nodded. "Sweep around the area, destroy his hideout, and deal with him together after we catch him. We'll also announce this incident to give everyone an explanation."

Feng Chao was very satisfied. The more he looked at Lin Du, the more he felt that this kid was reliable, extremely reliable.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you..."

Before Feng Chao could finish speaking, Lin Du interrupted, "This isn't impossible, but it depends on how you do it. My master is waiting for me to hand in my assignment."

She glanced at Xia Tianwu and said, "I think my eldest nephew is more experienced in running a temple. Let him handle these things. I'm still just a child."

After Lin Du finished speaking, he stood up. "I was just cornered by my master at the library. I was just checking on things. Now that I've completely figured out the solution, I'll go back and be punished. See you later."

She came in a hurry and ran faster than others.

Feng Chao watched helplessly as Lin Du ran off into the distance, then turned to Xia Tianwu, saying, "I told you she's still just a child; she runs away as soon as you mention chores."

Xia Tian laughed, "Junior Martial Aunt is too tired, it's not entirely her fault."

Meanwhile, Lin Du ran into the Jun Ding Mansion, asking, "What's your escape route? Where's your clone?"

Wenfu was somewhat surprised. "I thought you wouldn't ask this question."

He definitely won't tell.

The dungeon was deathly still, surrounded by dusty bricks and stones. Although it looked clean and tidy, it was desolate and silent.

Lin Du casually found a place to sit down, leaning against the wall. "Don't you understand?"

"You, you've all been deceived."

"You have spent your entire life pursuing the art of balancing the heavens, attempting to perpetuate the Realm of Insight, but it was wrong from the very beginning."

"Your theory is superficial; you've never truly looked at the evolution of this land. Is the decline of the world of rhyming really caused by the collapse of the world?"

"Think about why again." Lin Du calmly put down a chessboard. "Since ancient times, the chance of ascension has not been high. Only one or two people have achieved it in thousands of years. Other powerful beings, if they cannot succeed in comprehending the Dao, will disintegrate in their life tribulation and return to the cycle of reincarnation. Their spiritual energy will return. Theoretically speaking, for every person who is born, there is someone who dies. It should be self-balancing no matter how you look at it."

"But the truth is that the decline of the Heavenly Way is accompanied by the evolution of the demonic tide. So when it declines, some people will voluntarily transform into the Heavenly Way and prove the Way with their own bodies."

"But I just discovered that perhaps the decline of the Heavenly Dao has another secret, which is related to the source of demonic energy, namely the Upper Realm."

Lin Du's words didn't stop her from playing chess with herself. The chess pieces landed on the board with a click-clack sound, each word and move like a tap on one's heart.

"Is it simply because you believe the rules of Heaven are beginning to decline, that Heaven is beginning to collapse, and that no one is willing to dedicate themselves to Heaven?"

"I've thought about this for a long time: why are you so obsessed with being balanced by the laws of nature?"

"Until I remembered how you bribed the elder in charge of the secret realm during the Central Plains Grand Competition back then."

"Even if one prolongs their lifespan, it cannot delay the arrival of their calamity, yet he abruptly delayed it."

Wenfu's face gradually showed deep thought, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but be amazed by Lin Du's ability to grasp even the smallest details.

"I searched through all the ancient books of Zhongzhou, but I couldn't find a way to delay my fate. However," Lin Du laughed, "there is a secret technique I took from your city lord's mansion back then."

"It is clearly yourselves who have deviated from the Way of Heaven!"

Lin Du suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze sharp and clear. "You have abused the methods that deviate from the Heavenly Dao, delaying your calamity. No one has undergone physical liberation, no one has returned, and no one is willing to enter the cycle of reincarnation to balance the spiritual energy circulation. That is why the power of the Heavenly Dao has weakened and is unable to maintain the world. It can only begin to collapse on its own according to the rules."

"The real culprits are you greedy high-level cultivators! Not the common people! Not all living beings!"

"Yet you still believe you're right, that the ones who deserve to die aren't you powerful beings, but those wicked and useless people! You think they're the culprits who waste spiritual energy and prevent you from maintaining the world's balance and achieving further ascension!"

"Think again, are you still Wenfu? You've merged with all the memories of others, are you really not affected?" Lin Du stared directly at the man who was already sweating profusely. "Disciples of the Supreme Sect may not believe in Heaven or fate, and may be single-minded in their pursuit of excellence, but they should not treat human life as worthless."

"Are you truly acting for the sake of all living beings, or for this damned world that you think belongs to someone as high and mighty as yourself?"

Lin Du's words pierced the heart, penetrating into a part of Wen Fu's soul that belonged to another person.

His face contorted with rage.

"Why were you locked in the study back then? Was it really to hinder their plans?"

Lin Du suddenly slowed his breath, lowered his eyes and placed another piece, calmly watching as his white pieces surrounded the black pieces, leaving no trace of them.

"Because you are a sinner..."

She spoke these words lightly, even with a hint of deliberate, comical pity.

It was as if, in a trivial way, he was nailed back to that pillar of shame.

"Now, Eighth Senior Brother, it's your turn to choose. Tell me, where are those people who were transformed into demons, and where was your actual experimental site?"

"And where is your clone?"

Lin Du smiled slightly, "I said that to the senior brother who once told me to run away, not to the complete you now."

"Senior brother, you don't want me to die either, right?" Her tone was sincere, concealing a barely perceptible probing. "You've done so much, isn't it because you don't want us all to fall into that worst possible situation?"

Wen Fu's face was contorted and shifting, with veins bulging on his forehead and stiff, protruding facial muscles, as if he were struggling desperately.

"In...in...Fusifang."

"They're all in Fusifang."

Lin Du suddenly stood up, without taking the chessboard, turned around and left, heading straight for the place where Hu You was imprisoned.

"Fox Spirit, let's go! Let's hit the road!"

The door creaked open, and Fox You jumped out of bed in fright, her fur standing on end.

"What... setting off? You're setting off already? Aren't you going to ask me anything? My lord, I'm innocent! I haven't done many bad things in my life! Please, I can do chores, I can even do bricklaying and paint repairs."

Lin Du: ...

She crossed her arms. "Back to Fusifang, the main altar. Are you going or not? If not, I'll find someone else to help."

"Huh? Huh??!! Let's go, let's go!" Fox Yu's eyes lit up.