Supreme Swordsman of the Nine Heavens

Human Race and Foreign Races

Feng Haochen picked up a leaf and then threw it away, letting the wind take it into the darkness. “What I just did changed the future. If it lands on a fiend beast, waking it from its sweet dream, it might go attack other fiend beasts out of frustration. If its prey runs off, they might destroy pill herbs… Now you can see the domino effect of altering the future. I have no way of guaranteeing who will be affected as a result of me throwing away the life. Thus, I cannot control the future.”

“Does that mean I can’t even play with leaves anymore?” A-Dai queried.

“Bahahaha, yeah, so you better be careful, A-Dai. You can’t even step on ants now,” Xiaoshuai teased.

“Mm, okay. I won’t poke the beehives, either.”

Feng Haochen shook his head. “That’s why I chose to prioritise you over thwarting their plans and then investigating how the soul race slipped through my lock. Before that, I prepared things that wouldn’t interfere with your actions and leave you with backup, such as having A-Dai wait for you at Ancient Battlegrounds with Reflection Compass. I was confident you’d end up there at some point. Since you have Xiaoshuai with you, A-Dai and Xiaoshuai would be able to get in contact.”

“Yes, Master told A-Dai to wait for you, A-Mumu. A-Dai made up for his mistake.”

“How many years did A-Dai wait for?” Tian Ran questioned.

A-Dai counted of his fingers. “A-Dai waited for one year, two years, three years, four years, five y-”

“3921 years,” Feng Haochen answered. “That was my punishment for A-Dai after he destroyed First Heaven. Truthfully, I didn’t know what to do with him. I was worried nobody could take care of him if I brought him to Third Heaven. While he is kind, he’s a little dull and inexperienced, so small misunderstandings could lead to catastrophic consequences. It doesn’t matter now since you’re all taking care of him. Just make sure to keep an eye on him.”

“Does having A-Dai wait not interfere with the future?” inquired Mu Yu.

“The future I couldn’t interfere with refers to the window between meeting you in the past until the time you met me on Fiend Island. I had to make sure you’d meet me on the island for it was the normal timeline. If you didn’t, then it meant that our meeting at World Manifestation Samsara Cycle Mountain would only be a memory of mine, not something that took place in the timeline.

“As Third Heaven and Ancient Battleground are sealed worlds, what happens there won’t impact what happens here; not even A-Dai knew how to escape. After you left Fiend Island, I could start plucking some strings. To achieve my hope that Third Heaven is healthy, I needed to guide you. That was when Bai Jie also came in. I had to prepare to intervene because I wanted a better guardian for Third Heaven as opposed to leaving it in the hands of foreign races…

“Sometimes, haha, I think I’m still pretty astute and clever to be able to see so many possibilities. My cultivation played a role in whether or not the crisis could be averted. If you couldn’t find dark herb, I probably wouldn’t exist in this state right now. As I mentioned, I don’t know what will happen in the future or if my interventions will be for better or worse. I have no choice but to research how Divine Executioner infiltrated so that I can foil their plans. Third Heaven is a big world, and I dare not claim I can create a flawless seal.”

Feng Haochen took a cup of tea Tian Ran passed him to have a nip. “Demanding me to defend this world alone is an outlandish task. Like the phoenix that rises from the ashes, humans must face hurdles in order to learn to climb over and come out stronger. Challenges offer a chance to grow; growth does not come from sitting on your laurels. Some are handed a tougher hand than others, but it is what it is. I hope this ordeal has enlightened them to the fact that there is always someone better than them and to learn instead of living in their small world, exploiting others for personal gain and killing their own kind. Complacency might not make you weaker; however, those who aren’t complacent will keep growing until they outgrow the one formerly superior but now stagnant due to their own complacency. Having survived their brush with death, we can only hope they learn to cherish life.

“Time continues to flow, and this day may be but a legend to later generations. Legends eventually get brushed off as myths. Perhaps history will repeat itself again down the road. Perhaps some people will choose to be ungrateful and forget what others have given up for them. Tribulations will remind them of their folly when that day comes. There are some ordeals that humans must experience.

“I can now say that I wasn’t wrong. I sought one guardian but ended up finding many.” Feng Haochen turned to his disciples. “I don’t want to tell you how to treat the human race. You’re also humans. Your decisions are another possible route for the human race to take. Having said that, I would prefer humans to live according to their wills. As people at the apex of this world, erudite on the truth of many things and more, you have more responsibilities. The more you know, the greater your responsibilities.”

“What exactly is Divine Executioner?” Mu Yu questioned.

“Besides possessing tremendous potential, humans also have more emotions that other races don’t. Divine Executioner discovered that human emotions, be it agony, excitement, sorrow and more, can be used as an energy source for other races. Human bodies and souls are also premium refinement materials for them. What do we do with fiend beasts? We hunt them for their blood, bones, fur, cores and more for alchemy and cultivation. The foreign races are doing unto us what we do unto fiend beasts. Divine Executioner is the monarch of other races. He believes he’s god, which is why he calls himself Divine Executioner.

“Although humans are physically weak, they can match the other races once they cultivate; a human Golden Core Realm cultivator doesn’t pale in comparison to a Golden Core Realm cultivator from any other race. In other worlds, nevertheless, humans have cultivation restrictions placed on them. Divine Executioner forbids humans from cultivating so that he can continue using them as livestock. I migrated the human race here because they’ve been resisting since forever to no avail. I can’t watch over every human, so they must learn to cultivate to Apotheosis Realm if they want to leave.”

Xiaoshuai jumped onto Feng Haochen and tugged the latter’s beard. “Old White Beard, can’t you beat Divine Executioner.”

Feng Haochen smiled as he caressed Xiaoshuai’s head. “I fought him once, and we fought to a draw. The reason he didn’t personally invade Third Heaven is because he was hurt gravely. My failure to defeat him also cost you. You still don’t recall those memories, but you sure remembered your appetite.”

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