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

Lin Du looked down and realized that his hands were trembling badly.

She kept replaying the image in her mind, feeling as if her blood had been broken through a glacier, and all the blood vessels in her body seemed unable to move.

That usually proud, rational mind that could always think quickly and rationally, also stopped moving.

It's not that I can't move, it's that I don't want to move.

Lin Du didn't want to think about it.

Seeing Lin Du frozen in place, Chu Guan panicked and bit down hard, leaving a bloody mark on the hand of a mid-stage Qian Yuan Realm cultivator.

Lin Du took a deep breath, the pain jolting him awake.

Chu Guanmeng was even more excited than Lin Du, its fur bristling as it exclaimed, "I understand! I understand!"

"I really understand now. That's why the divine seal you retrieved from the ancient town's statue was damaged! The divine seal is fused into the god's soul. Only a divine seal with a soul is a complete godhood."

"If either of these two is lost, one cannot become a god. The divine seal you showed me clearly lacks a divine soul!"

"That fragment of the fallen god, or rather, the fragment of the Three Poisons, seeing that the divine seal was damaged, its first thought was to use that statue and temple to recall the scattered souls and rebuild its divine status. It just didn't expect that the true soul would actually enter the cycle of reincarnation!"

"Yin Huaitian once told me that the Three Poisons are human, but they harm gods."

Chu Guanmeng looked at Lin Tuan, "If it is... if she is the root of evil, then..."

"Yin Huaitian died because of her."

It looked at Lin Tuan, who was being held tightly in Lin Du's hand, unable to break free. It was getting anxious when it heard Lin Du calmly ask, "Was it really because of her that you died?"

"She is a true soul with a divine essence, not someone corrupted by the three poisons." Lin Du held Chu Guanmeng tightly. "Please listen to me one last time, okay?"

She thought quickly, "She's not the culprit behind all this; San Du is."

As Lin Du spoke, he suddenly remembered the piles of white bones he had seen that day.

She took a deep breath. "Do you remember that altar we saw?"

Mountains of white bones, behind which stands a divine altar.

If Lin Tuan is the previous incarnation of this fallen god, then it makes sense why she can't see Lin Tuan's previous incarnation in the Book of Life and Death.

The reincarnation of a god's true soul far surpasses the existence of the Insight Realm, so Lin Du naturally cannot see it.

"Everyone is subject to reincarnation, whether human or god, but the person being reincarnated is no longer the same person."

"If she and the Three Poisons Fragment were one, she would have merged with those poisonous mists long ago. Chu Guanmeng, I cannot deny the Fallen God's sins, but I also cannot deny Lin Tuan's existence."

"She is now Lin Tuan, the 98th generation chief disciple of the Supreme Sect, the sect leader of the Supreme Sect, and the number one in the Dongming Realm."

"She was born more than two thousand years ago. She is my senior master, the one who taught me. She is the one who let me seal the source of demonic energy when I wanted to. She did not stop us from doing anything."

"But before her reincarnation, she was the culprit who caused the emergence of demonic energy; that is her original sin." For the first time, Chu Guanmeng displayed the coldness befitting a spirit of heaven and earth. "You couldn't know better."

Lin Du stood frozen in place, raised his hand to rub his face, and said, "Yes, I couldn't be clearer."

She couldn't have known better.

The dialogue between Lin Tuan and Kai Yang has reached its final stage.

"I know how to put the Thirty-Three Heavens at ease. Kaiyang, as long as the true soul completely disappears, the source of demonic energy will completely lose its chance to fight back. Those three poisons will always be three poisons, just a stagnant pool. Even if they condense into fragments, they will never gather together."

Lin Tuan calmly said, "You're afraid I'll merge with all the sources of demonic energy, causing a great disaster. You think I won't die easily, so you want to seal off the Insightful Realm as well, to prevent me from entering reincarnation or ascending, right?"

Wei Zhi suddenly spoke, addressing him by his name, "Lou Lintuan."

"Don't take on blame that isn't yours."

No wonder Lin Du always suspected what the Fallen God Fragment was plotting against Lin Tuan.

That person was always excessively perceptive; when the Kingdom of Posuo was destroyed, only two members of the Lou royal family survived.

The True Dragon Inner Core on his body was deliberately lured by the Fallen God's Three Poisons Fragment disguised as a fragment of the Heavenly Dao, in an attempt to destroy his Buddha Bones.

Lin Tuan, the fallen god's fragment, plots to seize her soul.

The fragment of the fallen goddess was extremely perceptive and searched tirelessly throughout the entire Insightful Realm. However, Lin Tuan secluded herself from the world, preventing the fragment of the fallen goddess from finding her.

It wasn't until Lin Du meticulously unraveled the mystery and uncovered the mastermind hidden behind all the truths that Lin Tuan and the fragments of the Fallen God finally came into direct contact.

Wei Zhi transformed into human form. "So... so when I asked you back then what shackles still bound you, preventing you from ascending, you only asked me for wine..."

Lou Lintuan glanced back at him. Wei Zhi was still wearing an old-fashioned light-colored monk's robe, which looked out of place, but his eyes had regained the liveliness that Lintuan had when they first met.

Unlike her, I am not drowning in a closed jar, like a rotten fruit.

"Don't forget, you are Lou Lintuan, not the... Houtu he mentioned, not a fallen god."

Lin Tuan looked at Wei Zhi with a kind gaze, "You shouldn't have come again."

Wei Zhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the silver light trembled along with them. "So you drink alcohol not because you like it, but to disperse your spiritual energy and avoid it leaking out at any time because your cultivation is perfected."

"No, it's what I like." Lin Tuan laughed. "Silly child, no one drinks something they don't like forever."

"Lin Du drinks bitter medicine every day," Wei Zhi stated, "because he has no choice but to."

Lin Tuan remained silent for a moment, then changed the subject for the first time, "By the way, let that child come out. Stop eavesdropping. Even if the spirit of heaven and earth has the best ability to transform into spirit, the fluctuation at that moment is the fluctuation of three things."

The space rippled slightly, and two "things" appeared in front of them.

Lin Du clutched the ball of fur tightly, "Uncle-Master..."

Lin Tuan looked at Lin Du and said, "Silly child, I've told you before, don't meddle in adult matters."

Lin Du bit the inside of his lip to calm himself down. "When...did you find out?"

"Not too early," Lin Tuan said regretfully. "I only realized my previous life when I ascended to the Great Perfection of Taiqing."

Looking at Lin Du's red eyes, she suddenly laughed, "Why are you crying, silly child? I was the one who kept it from you and lied to you."

Lin Du shook his head, still stubbornly insisting, "I didn't."

"Come here, listen to me." Lin Tuan beckoned, successfully stopping Kai Yang from speaking.

Lin Du flew over, and Lin Tuan casually ruffled her stray hairs. "You know what? I've actually made a lot of mistakes. I'm not as good as you in many ways."

"If I were to ascend, the demonic energy of the Thirty-Three Heavens would be attracted by my soul and become active again. If I were guided to absorb that power, the Fallen God would be reborn. None of the gods in the Thirty-Three Heavens would want me to ascend, so I am living in the Realm of Insight."

"I knew the source of demonic energy existed, but I could only watch helplessly as Wei Zhi was destined to seal it away. Because if I were here, the source of demonic energy would also find me, and I don't know if I can resist its erosion."

"So all I can do is sit back and watch it all unfold."

"But you are the bravest child in the world. You will do what you know is impossible. Although you have talent and resources, you will try your best to use the knowledge you have learned to protect the people. You are the one who can truly go all the way to the end."

"I was actually a coward, but Wei Zhi, because you figured it out and were willing to take responsibility, sealed the source of the demonic energy."

"I shouldn't let all the efforts of those who are trying to live go to waste."

After hearing this, Lin Du had completely sorted things out.

In his previous life, Qianyu was manipulated by the fragments of the Fallen God to come to their Supreme Sect. Why didn't he steal things from the treasure pavilion and instead took a medicinal herb from the sect's inner treasury?

The one in the sect most skilled in sealing spells is Lin Tuan.

Most of the rare and precious materials stored in the inner treasury were sealed with Lin Tuan's magic seals.

The fragments of the Fallen God were there to confirm whether Lin Tuan was the true soul. After confirming it, he completely destroyed what Lin Tuan cared about, and then misled Hou Cang into believing that he was going to sacrifice himself to the Heavenly Dao. He set up a deception to take back the Fallen God's true soul and condense all the demonic energy.

Lin Du was still struggling, "But you clearly have no memories of your previous life, and you've already entered the cycle of reincarnation. You're just Lou Lin Tuan now. The source of demonic energy in the Dongming Realm has been sealed, and you haven't ascended. You can choose never to ascend and just remain a Celestial Venerable in the Dongming Realm. What's wrong with that?"

Lin Tuan laughed, "You can be prepared to die for the sake of all living beings, to save and help people, so why can't I?"

"You've already deduced that demonic energy has eroded the power of the rules of the Insightful Realm, and someone has to mend the Heavenly Dao."

"Do you remember what the seventh precept of the Supreme Sect is?"

Lin Du certainly remembered that she had used this very rule to rebuke Yan Ye when she first entered the sect: "The seventh rule of the Supreme Sect is that if our fellow Daoists are in danger, the disciples of the Supreme Sect should sacrifice their lives for righteousness and save the world."

She knew that, which is why she couldn't stop it.

Because of her, because of Wei Zhi, because of so many people, they have all bled, been injured, and even lost their lives under the coercion of demons and fragments of fallen gods.

"In my previous life, I was the Goddess of Earth, who divided all the worlds and lands. I could be considered... your mother?"

"A mother should sacrifice for her child."

Lin Du looked up, breaking free from Lin Tuan's caress. "No, no, a mother has no responsibility or obligation to sacrifice herself for her child."

"You gave us the land to live on, the source of our life, and are the foundation of our survival."

"That's enough, that's great enough."

"Is motherhood all about sacrifice? Must Mother Earth sacrifice herself without complaint?"

Lin Du gritted his teeth and said, "That's not how it is."

"You are a person first, and a mother second."

"You are Lou Lintuan... You are not a fallen god, nor are you the earth god. They killed your past life and sealed your body in the ground, in the ground that connects the Thirty-Three Heavens and the Dongming Realm, letting your past life rot. The three poisons accumulated in your body have brewed the source of demonic energy, but this was not caused by the current you."

Kaiyang finally had a chance to interject. He said solemnly, "I agree with what you said, but you must know that the earth carries all things and the heavens display their signs. We take materials from the earth and learn from the heavens. Thus, all living beings are close to the earth. The earth god originates from the wishes and incense of all living beings. Its original form is earth. Later, due to the flourishing of incense, living beings came into being. It originally had no true soul."

"Later, in order to attain enlightenment, the Earth Spirit worked hard to help everyone and set up..." He said this, then suddenly realized that he was being shielded by the Heavenly Dao.

Thunder rumbled in the distance, and Lin Du could only see Kaiyang's mouth opening and closing, but he could never hear him speak.

The main problem is that I couldn't understand it just by looking at the lip movements.

Kaiyang realized his foolishness and shut his mouth.

The earlier parts are still acceptable, but the later parts involve taboos, things that cannot be discussed even in the Thirty-Three Heavens.

He looked at Lin Du and said, "So, she came into being because of all living beings, and she made a mistake because she wanted to cultivate. The resentment of all living beings and the resentment of her own body are no longer distinguishable. We originally thought that she did not have a true soul, but we did not expect that the underworld, because it was under her rule, preserved her true soul and allowed her to be reincarnated here."

"This is indeed something we didn't expect. Now, we need to clean up everything we missed before."

Lin Du suddenly thought of something, and although he forced himself to calm down, his heart started beating rapidly again.

The underworld...

The highest deity in the underworld is Houtu.

Seeing that Lin Du's stubborn expression had softened somewhat, Lin Tuan felt a little relieved. "You can't touch the Dongming Realm. Let's each take a step back, so that I can at least die a worthy death."

"I will sacrifice myself to the Heavenly Dao, using all my spiritual power to complete the rules of the Heavenly Dao. The soul of the person who sacrifices himself to the Heavenly Dao will not return to the cycle of reincarnation. In this way, the Thirty-Three Heavens can rest assured, and everyone in the Dongming Realm can also rest assured."

Kaiyang nodded, "Okay, I'll leave after I've witnessed it with my own eyes."

As he spoke, he beckoned, summoning his other avatar and the attendant he had brought with him.

Lin Tuan glanced at Lin Du one last time, "Don't resent him, or you'll develop inner demons because of it. There's nothing he can do about it."

The power of a god is enough to destroy most of the universe and most of the worlds.

Those who live in the Thirty-Third Heaven should fear and prevent any possible opportunities from arising.

Lin Du looked at Kaiyang, "Then why couldn't you destroy the source of the demonic energy? Don't you know how to use formations?"

Kaiyang spread his hands, this time with unusual sincerity, "We can't do it. Theoretically speaking, the power of a god requires the full power of that god to suppress and wear down, but becoming a god through incense offerings is different. She has more than ordinary gods @#%……￥￥%……%#￥."

Lin Du: ?

Can you please let me off the hook for encrypted calls?

Kaiyang shut up again. It's really quite helpless for an immortal to come to this world.

"Anyway, it's not feasible for now, so we can only seal it. If you're so capable, then you go ahead and do it."

Lin Du looked at him suspiciously, "Why are you so much more lively than before?"

"...Because I am a spirit in human form, and he is a spirit of joy." Kaiyang waved his hand, then said seriously, "Your demonic origins are sealed, but our seal is almost completely loosened. If Houtu's true soul does not perish, their resentment will only grow stronger day by day. Have you ever heard the saying?"

"If the sky collapses, all your worlds will also crack."

"I see you're a man of strong emotions. Let me give you a piece of advice: don't let small things cause you to lose sight of the bigger picture. Insignificant people may lack a sense of the big picture, but those in positions of power will always consider more..."

Before he could finish speaking, another Kaiyang came up and said, "Too talkative."

Lin Du's face suddenly turned cold. "Being quiet doesn't mean you're smart. Also, if I can do it, I'll do it. Remember that."

Not far away, the Heavenly Tribulation of Ascension has reached the sixth of nine.

Lin Tuan looked up at the sky. Thick clouds rolled on one side, while the sky was still bright on the other. "Junior nephew, I'm leaving."

Lin Du clenched his fist and turned to look at Wei Zhi.

Wei Zhi couldn't quite put his finger on it, but in that instant, he didn't see despair in Lin Du's eyes, only an inexhaustible, almost wildfire-like rebellion and ambition.

Lin Du is a thorn that struggles to grow in the dense forest of the righteous path. Apart from its straight trunk, it grows wildly and crookedly, struggling and swirling. It does not conform to the normal and useful tree in the eyes of the world, but the shadow it casts on the ground is always upright.

The world can be saved, but people must also be saved.

In Lin Du's world, there are no two choices.