Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 1398 A War Spanning Eternity

"They are no longer under my control. Even if chaos is destroyed, they can survive. I understand why they don't want to come and die," the girl said. "We cannot judge them by your human moral standards."

Su Ping was speechless for a moment.

Is this moral blackmail?

In principle, that is indeed the case; they have no reason to fight for their hundreds of millions of people and risk their lives.

The idea that the strong should help the weak and the powerful is a human dogma, and humans themselves have failed to abide by it.

Those who are strong are admired by thousands, yet they show no pity for the weak.

Some weak people indulge in pleasure, and their weakness is their own fault.

Su Ping thought of the gods. Such an arrogant race perished under the Heavenly Dao. Was it worth it to avenge and fight for such a race?

That's probably the mindset of those two ancestral witches. In their eyes, billions of races are no different from rocks and rubble. Who would be sad or upset over trampling a blade of grass? Who would feel sorrow or anger over cracks in a rock?

However, in this war that gambles the lives of hundreds of millions of races, some people stand idly by, which Su Ping finds difficult to accept emotionally.

But Su Ping knew that he couldn't bind others with his emotions, nor did he have the ability to do so.

"They really have no reason to stand up for us..."

Su Ping said in a low voice, "But... are they willing to live under the rule of Heaven? Are they willing to be mere pawns, spending their entire lives evading Heaven?"

The girl gazed at Su Ping and said, "I've said those same things to them, but compared to their resentment, they wanted to live. Don't you humans also have a saying, 'to live a life of ignominy'?"

Su Ping looked at the system and said, "If everyone thinks like this, then do we still have any allies?"

"The Heavenly Dao Clan is attacking the Chaos Ancestral Land. Once the Ancestral Land is controlled by the Heavenly Dao, Chaos will reopen, and billions of universes will be destroyed. This is why we have no choice but to participate in the war. However, the Ancestral Witches can escape Chaos and are not bound by this. So, for them, the impact is just a matter of reluctance."

The girl sighed, "We are fighting for ourselves. It would be best if they could lend a helping hand, but if they can't, we can't blame them."

Su Ping looked at the system and asked, "If the Chaos Ancestral Land is controlled by the Heavenly Dao, will it affect you?"

"I was born in the primordial chaos land. If the primordial chaos land falls into the hands of the Heavenly Dao, I will also disappear," the girl said calmly.

Su Ping was slightly taken aback. When he saw her defending the two Ancestral Witches, he thought she was like them, believing that this war was just a war between all living beings and the Heavenly Dao, and that they were bystanders. He thought it was a favor if they were willing to intervene, and they couldn't be blamed if they weren't. He didn't expect that the system would be the most affected.

As the oldest form of life, it faces extinction.

"They were all born from you, and they know that, right?" Su Ping said.

"Are you saying that they should help me out of gratitude? They've already helped me twice, and I can understand why they don't want to fight now. If I really perish, I hope they can live on."

A serene smile appeared on the girl's face as she said, "A mother will never blame her own child, much less want to involve her child in her own battles."

Su Ping sensed her calm will and his heart also fell silent.

If this battle is lost, billions of races will perish. Not participating in the war is tantamount to standing idly by. Whether you call those two ancestral witches selfish or heartless, these are human moral standards that cannot be enforced on them.

Ultimately, they must fight their own battle.

"I see."

Su Ping said no more. He had no reason to blame others, nor would he complain.

"You previously said that the High Heaven Remnant Realm was an illusion, so what about the other cultivation grounds?"

"The other nurturing grounds are universes that were once born but destroyed in the first two wars..." the girl said softly. "So, the people you see in the nurturing grounds have actually perished. I have only captured and preserved their most glorious moments before their demise."

"Therefore, the employees brought out from the nurturing world cannot leave the store because they are like phantoms. Once they leave the store, they will consume more of my energy, otherwise they will dissipate."

Su Ping clenched his fists involuntarily.

Although he already knew the answer in his heart, hearing the system say it aloud still caused him a sharp, piercing pain.

He had encountered countless figures throughout the myriad realms, but Joanna was merely one of the closest among them.

"I see... No wonder Joanna said that the Primordial God Realm was once destroyed, but there is no such record in the Heavenly Dao Academy, so the timeline is wrong..."

"The Demigod's Fallen Land is a fragment of the Primordial God Realm that was shattered. The existence of the Demigod's Fallen Land proves that the Primordial God Realm once perished, and the Primordial God Realm I went to was what it looked like before its demise..."

"I should have realized it sooner, why did I overlook something so obvious?"

Su Ping muttered to himself.

"I did some subtle manipulation that influenced your thoughts," the girl said calmly. "There are some truths you don't need to know; they're too cruel and will affect your cultivation. I hope you can witness the darkness but not be assimilated by it."

Su Ping remained silent, stunned.

He suddenly remembered that he had seen a figure in the Federation's secret universe, with a pair of extremely familiar eyes.

When he saw Joanna, he felt that her eyes looked familiar.

So that was Joanna.

She was a female war god at the Demigod Fall Ground. The Demigod Fall Ground has long been destroyed, and she and the other four supreme beings, including Sif, have also perished.

Perhaps because their power was too weak, although they perished, they did not completely turn to ashes; their bodies, which had become walking corpses, remained.

"When I was comprehending the Dao of Emptiness, I merged into the Void Realm. At that time, an energy tide erupted in the Void Realm. One figure guided me to leave, and another figure blocked the energy tide for me. Who were they...?"

Su Ping looked at the girl.

"The figure that guided you away was Anna, and the other was a Supreme Being who perished in the Heavenly Dao War. They were too weak. On the outskirts of the war, the plague driven by the Heavenly Dao alone wiped them out. But you saw them in the nurturing world..." the girl said.

"But the timeline for cultivating this world is in the past, and when I meet them in reality, they shouldn't recognize me. Why would they help me?" Su Ping couldn't help but ask.

"The past, present, and future all exist in a chaotic world. I extract them from the past time projections of the chaotic world and form them into nurturing grounds. They are not illusions I have constructed, but rather existences similar to spacetime projections."

The girl said, "What you see is them in the past. When you see them, your image will also appear in their future consciousness and memories. The self-attractive power of life transcends time and space, so they all know you now, but... they have now perished."

"A portion of its consciousness remained, drifting in the void."

"When you were comprehending the Dao in the Void Realm, that energy tide was actually released by the Heavenly Dao deep within the Void Realm. The Heavenly Dao guarding that place detected the intruder."

The girl gazed at Su Ping and said, "But many former souls and heroes fought a great battle against the Heavenly Dao guarding that place in order to protect you. You were unaware of all this at the time. Anna, who was closest to you, came to guide you to leave, while the others fought against the Heavenly Dao in the depths of the Void Realm."

Su Ping was stunned.

Unbeknownst to him, the spirits of those who once knew him were actually fighting against the will of Heaven for him.

Su Ping's thoughts seemed to rewind to the moment when he was comprehending the Dao of the Void in the Void Realm. At that time, he was too weak, only at the Starry Sky Realm. It turned out that he was able to escape safely because countless figures were secretly helping him.

"And what about them...?"

"A portion of his soul was completely annihilated," the girl said, gazing at Su Ping.

Su Ping was deeply shocked. The Heavenly Dao that could suppress the Void Realm must be incredibly powerful.

"Why would they do this? Although I know many people in the cultivation area, they are all casual acquaintances. Even the elders of the Heavenly Dao Academy, their relationship with me shouldn't be so deep as to warrant sacrificing their lives for me, right?" Su Ping couldn't help but say.

"That's true for you, but for them...maybe they're just gambling on a chance."

The girl said softly, "When you appear in the nurturing grounds and meet them, those who are still alive will know that the person who suddenly appeared in their minds is the successor I am going to train. They have been wandering for countless years, and they probably want to contribute their last bit of strength."

Su Ping felt his blood tremble. He asked, "Is there any way to revive them?"

"Can."

The girl said, "I extracted them from the past for this battle, transferring them to the present. They are a very important force. However, if they perish this time, they will also disappear from the past."

"In the chaotic world, their past does not exist, and no one will remember them anymore."

"If I fail this time, I will have another chance to cultivate the next host and extract them from the future and place them in the present."

"If we fail again next time... then they will all cease to exist, and I will cease to exist as well."

The girl gazed at Su Ping and said, "The Heavenly Dao is attacking the Chaos Ancestral Land very quickly, and I have already used up all my resources. Once the Heavenly Dao takes control of the Chaos Ancestral Land, Chaos will reopen, and all life and all traces of the past, present, and future will perish. This place will once again return to the original state of Chaos."

Su Ping had anticipated the tragedy of this battle, but he hadn't expected it to be this tragic.

The war between all living beings and the Way of Heaven spans countless ages.

How many lives have been lost forever in this battle?

Su Ping looked at the girl in front of him. The real players in this war were the system in front of him and the supreme leader of the Heavenly Dao.

Both sides are the players, while all living beings are the pieces.

Su Ping is the commander-in-chief controlled by the system. He has already lost this game three times, and this is the fourth time!

It's also highly likely that this will be the last time!

Because of this failure, the system really doesn't have much capital left to make a comeback next time.

……

I thought it would only take a week, but I realized there's still quite a lot to explain. I'll also fill in any plot holes while I'm at it. Every plot hole has an answer when it's planted, I'm just afraid I'll forget to fill them in!

(End of this chapter)