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

Although most people in the Supreme Sect never doubted Lin Du's intelligence, no one present, except for the Wenfu spirit, could keep up with Lin Du's thinking.

For the first time, Cang Li looked slightly confused. "No, do you understand what Junior Sister is saying?"

Ju Yuan scratched his head. "I understand each word individually, but I can't understand them at all when they're put together. But senior brother, I can understand you, you shouldn't be unable to understand."

Cang Li said calmly, "If you don't understand, then so be it. Why do you have to try to understand it? It only adds to your troubles."

"But we're her senior brothers, this makes us look really awkward." Ju Yuan stood beside them, "Be careful, your junior sister might dislike you and stop playing with you."

"She may not like playing with you, but that doesn't mean we can't get along. Most of the magical artifacts she has now were personally crafted by me," Cang Li stated calmly. "Do you even understand the value of a Heavenly-grade artifact refiner?!"

Ju Yuan: ...

He turned to look at Feng Yi, "Junior Sister."

Feng Yi stood there, giving him a brief, indifferent glance. Her posture was tall and elegant, her eyes conveying a single, unspoken message: "What is it?"

Ju Yuan gave up and stood silently to the side, knowing that being ostracized was his fate.

Over there, Lin Du was having a conversation that no one but himself and Wen Fu could understand.

"Ever since the Tomb of the Gods, I have wanted to find the power of rules in order to fulfill my ambitions."

"The power of rules, when used well, can enhance many things."

"I want to walk a path that no one has ever walked before."

"People generally believe that only those with strong bodies and high cultivation can glimpse a corner of the power of the rules. Even high-level cultivators must strive to cultivate themselves and try to gain the favor of the Heavenly Dao rules in order to have the opportunity to advance further."

"But why is it that only the rules can choose people, and people can't choose the rules?"

Why should the weak be left to sit and wait for death? Why should a thousand-year-old legacy only end in the collapse of a great building? Why should the changing times have to sacrifice those who should not die? Why should we be bound and used by the rules of Heaven?

"Back then, I was young and arrogant, thinking I could scheme against everything and be the first person to not be chosen but to take advantage of the rules."

"But I think I'm wrong."

"I was really wrong."

Lin Du held the Soul-Nourishing Wood and listened to Wen Fu's spirit's story. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "It's not your concept that's wrong."

Feng Yi crossed her arms and, upon hearing Lin Du's words, raised her hand to press her temples. She began to consider whether she should destroy Wen Fu's spirit first, as it sounded like a traitor trying to corrupt the already somewhat unstable child.

"Don't worry, Lin Du is just like her master." Cang Li saw things very clearly, standing in front of Feng Yi, "No matter what others say, they can't change her mind. Don't be fooled by her current agreement; it's not because of Wen Fu's influence, it's just her own opinion."

"So you really found the fragment of the Heavenly Dao?" Lin Du asked.

"Yes, I searched through many folk tales and used the magical artifacts I found in the ancient god's tomb to find the fragment of the Heavenly Dao in the Sky-Gazing Tower of the Posuo Kingdom. This fragment of the Heavenly Dao looks very weak for some reason, but it led me to the secret realm of the Lanju Realm."

Wenfu slowly recounted the beginning of the story.

The fragment of the Heavenly Dao was contained within a massive Heaven-Mending Stone, and could not communicate or speak. Wen Fu attempted to utilize the power of the rules, but was unable to find a way to use it.

Until he gradually discovered that this fragment of the Heavenly Dao could easily sense all rare and precious materials and innate spiritual objects.

Guided by the fragments of the Heavenly Dao, he found the Secret Realm of Lanju.

Secret realms are a good thing for all cultivators; anyone who finds a new secret realm will be overjoyed.

But no one expected that what they opened was a tiny eye of sin.

"I admit that I am not that talented, and I like to study unorthodox methods. I have always been inferior to my second and fourth senior brothers, but I really want to save the world."

"I've made up my mind. As long as I nourish the fragments of the Heavenly Dao properly, I and the fragments together will definitely be able to save the world."

"In the beginning of the ancient chaos, the rules were unstable, and people took the form of ancient gods. But in the end, these ancient gods were just vessels. When the rules were perfected, they all perished. Do you think they were willing to accept that?"

"Junior Sister, if it were you, would you be willing to suffer the same fate as the ancient gods?"

"You survived even after losing your talents and continued to cultivate. We didn't kill you. I want you to live. I really want you to live."

"I really want to...save you."

Lin Du lowered his eyes, listened, and then laughed, "You know it's wrong, but you still did it. You thought it was a brave act of cutting your losses, but..."

"You still didn't stop even when I came to your door."

"Tens of thousands of lives! Wenfu! We ourselves are not worth the loss, but are tens of thousands of civilians truly evil people?"

"Are people like Fox You, who live in the gray area, really destined to be scattered and unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation? You are an avatar, a spirit, not the main body's obsessive distortion. You regretted it, but you still did it."

"Why, Wenfu? Even if you are truly remorseful and heartbroken, you still haven't truly realized your mistake."

"You still think that it was just that the fragments of the Heavenly Dao were too powerful, and you didn't have the ability to control them, which is why you failed, isn't it?"

Lin Du pressed on relentlessly, but Wen Fu didn't answer directly. Instead, he began to recount the journey he had taken.

Because of the connection with the fragments of the Heavenly Dao, Wen Fu entered the Lanju Realm, lost his physical body, and entered the body of the demon willow along with the city lord of Lans City. Afterwards, he tried to devour the city lord of Lans City.

It can devour or merge. Wen Fu discovered signs of fusion during the devouring process, so he made a decisive decision to cut and melt the essence, so that at least the part that was separated would not be affected by the city lord.

Wen Fu was unwilling to possess other people's bodies. When he was looking for secret methods to improve his body, he met Quan Jiangren. The two of them entered many ancient tombs together to collect secret methods and successfully created many puppet clones.

Wenfu sensed that there were other fragments of the Heavenly Dao remaining in the world, so he parted ways with Quan Jiangren. His main body went to Fanqian City, while his clones infiltrated Fusifang and other places to search for other fragments of the rules.

It wasn't until he truly became a capable assistant to the sect leader that he witnessed firsthand the fall of someone on the list, and a portion of the power of the Tree of Origin's rules grew stronger. He began to suspect that the geniuses on the Azure Cloud Ranking might be prey of the Heavenly Dao.

He didn't want his fellow disciples to appear on the Azure Cloud Ranking and become targets of public criticism. He didn't want them to be nothing more than vessels of the rules, with only death as their final destination, to be swallowed up again by the precarious Heavenly Dao.

Wen Fu made up his mind. Since Heaven was hunting and he couldn't stop it, he would take the initiative ahead of Heaven and seize the geniuses' innate spiritual treasures.

They only take away their talents, but leave them alive so they can continue their cultivation.

The fragments of the Heavenly Dao devour the innate spiritual beings that have not yet matured, and then use rare and precious materials to replenish them, thus nourishing the fragments of the Heavenly Dao that have fallen off. At the same time, they weaken the population of the Spirit Realm and reduce the number of reincarnations, preparing two methods to mend the heavens.

Hearing this, Lin Du finally interrupted him, "You...didn't you consider that that fragment of the Heavenly Dao is not a fragment of the Heavenly Dao of the Realm of Insight? It cannot represent the will of the Heavenly Dao of this Realm at all?"

Wenfu's spirit was clearly stunned for a moment. "This is impossible! That person only said... only said that there was a big problem in Fusifang. But if it's from outside, Dongming Realm is already a great world. No matter if it's another great world or the rules of the lower realms, they can't pass through the Heavenly Dao of this world. They're not strong enough."

Lin Du laughed, "But you've forgotten, the Thirty-Three Heavens."

Beyond the three thousand great and small worlds, one ascends to the thirty-three heavens.

Wen Fu frowned. "But that's impossible. Due to the protection of the Three Thousand Worlds, the Thirty-Three Heavens have extremely strong binding force, so it's impossible for any fragments to fall."

Lin Du shook his head. "Theoretically it's impossible, but you forgot something."

"The source of demonic energy—have you never considered how that thing came to be, or what its end is? Did it truly spring from the earth's core, commanded by the Heavenly Dao of this realm?"

"I've never doubted that if demons are driven by the Heavenly Dao, then why are evil cultivators and ferocious beasts still bound by the Heavenly Dao, while demons are not bound by it, have no rules, and only experience periodic demonic tides caused by surging demonic energy?"

"Would you believe me if I told you the answer lies in the eyes of sin?"

Lin Du spoke calmly, but each word felt like a rope binding one's throat, slowly tightening.

This left Wenfu suffocating endlessly.

So what exactly is he raising?