In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone

#386 - ideal

In reality, that condition was just casually mentioned by Wang Ji Xuan.

He himself didn't have much control over this thing called Dao Heart, so he didn't expect the Ina civilization to help him restore his original state of mind.

Besides, wasn't he doing pretty well now?

Although he was a bit more aggressive;

He was also less likely to suffer losses.

Although he might sometimes see human lives as worthless;

He now clearly saw Blade Beasts as worthless.

Moreover, his thinking had become broader, and he had become more confident. In the past, he would have considered morality or avoiding harming the innocent, but now, these were no longer obstacles to him eliminating enemies.

Everything was for the ultimate victory!

However…

Wang Ji Xuan looked at the ancient remnant spirit before him, pondered for half a minute, and then slowly nodded.

He said solemnly, "It would be great if I could recover. I can't possibly ascend to the Immortal Realm with the Demon Lord's mark, that would be embarrassing for our founding master."

He Ru Li said with a smile, "As recorded, the Pioneer is indeed optimistic. In fact, you have already tried to break through the Immortal Ascension Tribulation twice, but both times you failed."

"Things don't happen more than three times. As long as I succeed later, the previous failures will only be tempering."

Wang Ji Xuan raised his hand to invite her.

He Ru Li didn't mind his behavior of turning the guest into the host. She turned around and led him towards the main hall where 'Three Realms浪浪子' had secluded himself for a long time.

Wang Ji Xuan said, "Can you tell me about this great Pioneer you mentioned?"

"Of course, to make it easier for you to understand, I will refer to you in those years as the third person."

He Ru Li sighed softly and said slowly:

"Actually, the era I lived in was separated from his active era by a certain amount of time.

"He stayed in our civilization for six thousand years, and then attacked the Immortal Ascension Tribulation. After failing, his remnant spirit began to become muddled, and he disappeared from public view.

"I took over the palace area as a middle-level manager of the opposition faction after that decisive battle.

"Then I learned that the great Pioneer had not left."

Wang Ji Xuan asked, "What exactly is going on with your opposition faction?"

"This is very difficult to explain."

He Ru Li sighed softly:

"You should understand that when a civilization exists for too long, some bad habits will always appear. And when a civilization masters a way to give individuals extremely long lifespans, individual corruption will occur.

"The spiritual energy technology you gave our civilization was a ladder for us to progress, but it also became a ladder for some nobles to fall.

"The opposition faction is not simply opposing you for the sake of opposing you.

"But opposing you is opposing the abuse of spiritual energy, it is opposing the noble class at that time.

"This became the most easily resonating political program at that time.

"The subsequent decisive battle was actually an internal duel between us, but our opposition faction shamefully invited the Ina civilization's nemesis. For this, we also paid a heavy price.

"Regarding the loss of civilization, I personally believe that our opposition faction can only bear 50% of the responsibility."

Wang Ji Xuan smiled noncommittally.

This was a version of the story of officials forcing the people to rebel.

However, Daoist Master was not interested in their old stories. He only cared about the later encounters of Three Realms浪浪子.

"Then what? You discovered that your great Pioneer's soul was still there, what did you do?"

"Pray, and yearn to receive his response."

He Ru Li's eyelids drooped:

"The process of civilization's loss was very painful, and I couldn't bear this pressure either. The pain of killing 95% of my civilization's people eroded me.

"In the late stage of civilization, our society was extremely distorted, and I am the best example.

"The core idea of the opposition faction is to oppose the abuse of spiritual energy and deny the great Pioneer's contribution to the Ina civilization. I outwardly shouted opposition, but in reality, I hoped day and night that you could give me a little response.

"This became my additional spiritual pillar.

"In this way, I gradually became the one who finally collapsed, reasonably becoming the last guardian of Cloud City. I shattered my physical body and let my soul sink into the Eternal Pool for a long sleep.

"I originally thought that I would disappear with you in the long river of time.

"Then they awakened me thousands of years ago."

Wang Ji Xuan nodded.

During the conversation, the two had already arrived at the central hall.

Wang Ji Xuan stared at the Dao character and asked again, "So, what exactly is the method you mentioned?"

"Stone of the Past."

He Ru Li gently raised her hand. In the corner of the hall, a puppet covered in silver-white bright armor slowly stood up from kneeling.

The silver puppet was much stronger than the bronze puppet. Wang Ji Xuan felt a terrifying spiritual energy fluctuation on it for his realm.

He almost exclaimed that this puppet was terrifying.

The puppet held an irregular stone in its palm. There were dozens of holes on it, and wisps of purple energy were lingering in these holes. A mysterious power of rules permeated from it.

He Ru Li said softly, "This is a treasure that our Ina civilization obtained in the process of exploring the stars. It contains inexplicable energy. Later, you came, and you comprehended many valuable powers of rules from it. Because this is a treasure of our Ina civilization, you shared the powers of rules you comprehended here with us… Only then did we know that there is the power of time inside."

Time?

Wang Ji Xuan's expression changed slightly.

He Ru Li seemed to know what he was thinking and explained:

"If you don't have relevant memories now, it will be very difficult to comprehend this treasure.

"In the end, you only guided out the power within.

"According to the relevant classics recording your daily words and deeds, you also said that this does not seem to be a product of the current world. It may come from a higher-level plane."

Hmm? An object from the Immortal Realm?

Wang Ji Xuan looked at this treasure, and his heart suddenly became more eager.

"Then what do you want to do by taking it out?"

"There should be some imprints left when you comprehended it back then."

He Ru Li said:

"This may help you regain your previous Dao Heart.

"If you don't gain anything, I can open the library here, and you can freely read all the crystallization of our civilization's wisdom.

"So… can we collect your reproductive cells in advance, so as to complete the reproduction of civilization as soon as possible?"

Her eyes were full of expectation.

Behind the expectation, there was even a hint of pleading.

Wang Ji Xuan slowly shook his head and said solemnly, "The trust between us has not reached this level. You have destroyed my previous state of mind."

"That was just to complete my purpose more directly."

"Yes, you said it, that's just your purpose."

Wang Ji Xuan's eyes became sharper:

"He Ru Li, has anyone ever told you that you are actually very arrogant?

"The Ina civilization is still a civilization that existed in this star field and has no superiority over the surface human civilization. The development of various technologies is only because you have more years of accumulation.

"But what about now?

"Your actions, the manipulation and control of other civilizations and individuals, and even you yourself said before that you gradually regained your sanity by devouring the souls of other intelligent beings.

"How can I believe that you will fulfill your promise?"

"I have already opened the planetary barrier," He Ru Li said with some incomprehension, "Didn't you, the great Pioneer, think that these intelligent beings are actually just wasting their time?"

Wang Ji Xuan shook his head: "So, we probably can't reach a tacit understanding."

He Ru Li sighed: "Our civilization once touched the gate of higher civilizations, and we really can't treat them equally… But, what about you? You regard Blade Beasts as pebbles and rapidly strengthen yourself by devouring their souls. Is this justice?"

"Of course," Wang Ji Xuan said, "I am not human-centric. Blade Beasts are indeed like grass and trees in my eyes. Killing them is killing them. This is because they themselves are unjust. They invaded here, wantonly destroyed and killed billions of innocent humans, and destroyed the ecology of this planet's surface. Don't they deserve to die?"

He Ru Li stared at Wang Ji Xuan and said slowly, "But if we pursue the equality of life, shouldn't all intelligent beings be treated equally?"

"I respect Blade Beasts, but this does not prevent me from eradicating Blade Beasts."

Wang Ji Xuan raised his head slightly:

"This is morality."

"Morality…"

He Ru Li pondered slightly, nodded gently, and said slowly:

"In that case, please allow me to first collect the stem cells of Leader Gao Hua Ting for cultivation. After your Dao Heart returns to normal, give me your reproductive cells, okay?"

Wang Ji Xuan blinked: "Why collect her stem cells and insist on collecting my reproductive cells?"

"She is perfect, isn't she? Except for some weak components in her personality and being too dependent on you."

He Ru Li did not hide her double standards at all:

"Collecting the reproductive cells of the reincarnated body of a leader who has made great contributions to our civilization, isn't that also an offense?"

Wang Ji Xuan: …

He gave He Ru Li the middle finger, turned around, and walked towards the Dao character.

Putting aside this double-standard old hag, there are really a lot of good things here. He had just studied a little bit of the bronze puppet, and now another [Stone of the Past] appeared.

'Could there be a trick?'

Daoist Wang was not blindly excited when he saw the treasure.

He sat down cross-legged in front of the cushion, wrapped the stone with mana, and made it float in front of him.

The silver puppet slowly retreated and went to the corner to kneel.

It had to stare at the stone to prevent Wang Ji Xuan from taking it away.

He Ru Li watched Wang Ji Xuan's back with a smile, her eyes changed slightly, and then she turned and left.

The main hall quickly quieted down.

A faint Dao rhythm appeared around Wang Jixuan. He seemed to have discovered something and quickly entered a meditative state.

… …

Antarctica, inside the secret base hidden beneath the ice cap.

Yezi changed into a black dress, sitting quietly in front of two fish tanks filled with deep-sea fish. Her subordinates couldn't read any emotion from her expression.

An old man ran over, kneeling somewhat staggeringly in the corner.

"Master, Master! They're back! Only Gale and the other eight returned. The rest are dead!"

Yezi nodded slowly.

She asked, "Are they seriously injured?"

"All of them are…"

"Good. Personally take the communication stone, leave the atmosphere, and report everything that happened here to the Committee."

The old man was stunned.

He looked up, glanced left and right, and said in a low voice, "You may all leave."

Yezi frowned slightly.

She hated her subordinates giving orders in front of her.

However, considering that this old man had been with her for thousands of years, Yezi wouldn't easily punish him.

The room quickly emptied.

The old man hurried forward, anxiously saying to Yezi, "Master! Have you forgotten what you've done?"

"What have I done?" Yezi asked with a smile.

"You… you took it upon yourself to come here, entered the ancient civilization's ruins, and even obtained the cultivation method…"

The old man frowned deeply:

"Although the Committee hasn't forbidden anyone from approaching this ancient civilization, it's clear that your actions have interrupted the Committee's communication with the guardians of that ancient civilization. We can hardly obtain any new technology from them now."

Yezi snorted softly, "In fact, except for the first and second exchanges where we obtained some key technologies, the subsequent exchanges were just perfunctory and dismissive."

"This…"

"My actions were authorized by the Chairman of the Committee. Otherwise, do you think I would be so reckless?"

Yezi slowly got up, walked to the fish tank, looked at the deep-sea fish inside, which looked a bit ordinary, and said softly:

"We are very close to our ideal.

"Cloud City is the perfect ideal country.

"As long as we seize the complete Cloud City, we can officially launch the New Era Plan. Blade Beasts are helping us create the perfect residents for the New Era.

"Now, the only thing missing is Big Brother."

The old man hesitated.

Yezi said softly, "Go ahead, don't hide anything from the Committee. The war in the entire star field is nearing its end, and this is one of the few remaining battlefields. There is no chance for a comeback, we must accelerate our plan."

"Alas, I hope the higher-ups won't make things difficult for you."

"Make things difficult?"

Yezi sneered, a swirling aura appeared in her palm, it was the projection of her Golden Core.

"They should be paying their respects to me.

"This is what Big Brother taught me, a replicable, near-perfect, universally applicable cultivation method. Even ordinary people can gain S-class combat power by swallowing the Golden Core.

"The Core Circuit is just a substitute that the Ina civilization came up with because they couldn't get Big Brother's teachings.

"We are the new era."

She sighed softly.

In the reflection of the fish tank, her beautiful face was filled with resentment.

"But why does Big Brother have to start over? Is becoming an immortal really that important? He's failed twice already, and he still wants to persist."

The old man said, "That's probably the ideal of a cultivator."

"Isn't that kind of Big Brother intoxicating?"

Yezi smiled happily.

Almost at the same moment.

The very center of the Cloud City in the Earth's core.

Wang Jixuan sat in front of that huge Dao character, his brows gradually furrowing.

Fuzzy fragments appeared in his mind, they were the 'sights and sounds' of this stone, and these scenes included some segments that TV stations wouldn't broadcast, mostly related to him.

A stream of spiritual power entered his body.

Wang Jixuan's attention was not on this spiritual power, but his own aura was slowly increasing.