Chapter 227: The world has no future!

Not at the foot of the mountain.

After being angry, Xue Xuan once again sat cross-legged on the ground in silence, while Jin Bing beside him looked at him worriedly:
"Are you OK?"

Xue Xuan looked up upon hearing this, looking confusedly at this face that he had not seen for thousands of years. All the things he had encountered in the starry sky in the previous branch seemed like just a dream...

Yet he knew clearly that they were all true:
Minghe was willing to let go, but only him.

Ziying took the initiative to create the aftermath and pushed him back to the node, obviously not going to let him leave.

Even though he hadn't planned to leave alone...

"I'm fine..."

Xue Xuan sighed, and Jin Bing saw him like this, and naturally understood that he actually had something very heavy on his mind, but since he was unwilling to talk about it, Jin Bing tactfully stopped talking about it and only asked:

"You said earlier that you wanted to go to the starry sky. Is there something in the sky?"

"……No."

Xue Xuan hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to conceal it:
Facing a hopeless future, being blind is actually a blessing. Besides, what good would it be even if you knew? Can you still expect the mortals and monks in the world to cause effective harm to the saint?

Knowing too much will only make everyone panic.

It's better to conceal it, so that everyone can die more easily...

At this moment, the plan from "another self" emerged in Xue Xuan's mind. After reading it, he felt bitter:

In the desperate situation, even He, whose perspective transcends the ancient world, has no good ideas.

"Live to the future and witness the end..."

This is the solution given by "another self"... What kind of solution is this? !

"It's just waiting to die."

Xue Xuan lowered his head helplessly...

[You are powerless to resist fate. There is only one way left for you, and that is to wait for death.]

[It just so happens that you have never witnessed the end of the world. You didn’t have the opportunity and didn’t want to before. Now you finally have the opportunity, so just take a look. ]

[Living to witness the end is also the simplest way to solve the puzzle...]

[So from this day on, you began to hand over the power of the Heavenly Court to Jin Bing, because you once promised him that after unifying the wild world, you would make him the only real Heavenly Emperor, with power equal to or even surpassing that of the original Golden Heavenly Emperor! ]

[Now that the wild world has been unified, and the world will sooner or later be destroyed, the time to transfer power is ripe, and it is almost ripe... If I don't hand over power, I am afraid that the oath I made in the past will never be fulfilled. ]

【The process starts! 】

[In the 43rd year of the human calendar, the Emperor Xuantian, who holds the real power in the heaven, officially issued an edict: I came from humble beginnings, and never dreamed of ascending to the throne when I was young. It was not until I had a chance and solved the mystery in my womb that I realized my identity as the reincarnation of the ancient emperor Xuandu.]

[At that time, the Heaven Palace collapsed, the immortals disappeared, the world was in chaos, the immortals ate people's souls, the government of the mortal world was out of order, and the five realms were like purgatory! ]

[So, I was determined to restore the old business and re-establish the heavenly order, and I re-established the Heavenly Court. It has been more than 40 Yuanhui so far. Fortunately, the people of the Heavenly Court were united, and I was finally able to conquer the five regions, restore the heavenly business, and return to the old capital! ]

[During this time, I happened to meet the late emperor again. I couldn't help but recall the peaceful and prosperous times of the late emperor, so I often had the thought of restoring the late emperor to his throne...]

[Now that the great cause has been accomplished, the merits and virtues have been fulfilled, and finally there is a perfect opportunity... Therefore, we will revise the system of "two emperors honored together" and restore the system of "Qian Gang's sole decision-making" to return the power to the late emperor! ]

[As soon as the edict was issued, the government and the people were shocked. No one understood why you wanted to return power to the emperor, but since you had already issued the edict of abdication, everyone had no choice but to obey...]

【It is fate. Emperor Xuantian, who led the heaven to restore order, officially abdicated. All politics are under the control of Emperor Jintian. Everything seems to have reappeared in the Jin era of the myth.】

[The Emperor Jin Tian has been restored to his throne. In gratitude for your kindness, he follows the old rules and demotes you to Tanggu in the East China Sea, with great honors...]

【Emperor Jun: I have no objection.】

【From then on, the world was full of prosperity. 】

……

East China Sea, Tanggu.

Living on this former private island of Emperor Jun, away from all the hustle and bustle of the world, Xue Xuan was finally able to live out his days in peace and quiet.

In fact, he has never been very interested in government affairs and power. If it were not for stopping the immortals from cannibalizing people, he would not even want to establish the Heavenly Palace.

He was finally forced to unify the five realms of heaven and earth and cut off the cannibalistic path of cultivating immortals, so of course he would not be attached to power. It would be great if he could live quietly in a quiet place!

But he was at ease, but his old subordinates who had followed him for most of their lives were obviously not so comfortable...

"Damn it! Why should the power be returned to me?"

Taoist Jingxin squatted on the edge of the sea cliff, looking at the rolling tide. He felt very uneasy and started to curse:
"What era is that old antique named Jin from? What does the current Heaven have to do with him? It was clearly the foundation that Your Majesty conquered, but he just gave it to him like that..."

The old Taoist priest in yellow sitting next to him also sighed. He was one of the earliest veterans who followed the Emperor to start a business. Once the Emperor abdicated, he naturally had no reason not to abdicate. But every time he thought of these things, he felt sorry for the Emperor:
"I, Zhang Bi'an, have followed the Emperor of Heaven for dozens of epochs and assisted him in starting his business, but I never thought that there would be such a day..."

"Not worth it, not worth it..."

A group of veteran celestial officials who followed Emperor Xuantian in resigning sat in front of the cliff. Some of them regretted that their foundation had been handed over to others, some were confused about the future, and some simply went crazy and cursed, calling Jin Bing and the celestial officials who came from the Blood Sea "traitors" and using the most offensive language possible...

Suddenly, a messenger boy ran over weakly and stammered to the people who were complaining:

"Mirror...Mirror heart, seal yourself, Zhang...Zhang Bi'an..."

"His Majesty...His Majesty wants you to come over!" As soon as the words fell, the three people whose names were called hurriedly stood up and followed the boy who delivered the message to meet the Emperor of Heaven.

The celestial officials who were not called began to discuss with envy and jealousy:

"Why didn't you call me? I also want to continue to serve the Emperor of Heaven..."

"Humph! Han Ziming is really lucky. When he was captured, he had just entered Zhongzhou Dongtian to become a disciple. He had never committed any sin... Unexpectedly, he was chosen by the Emperor of Heaven and became a messenger!"

"Damn it! Why can't we ever get any good things..."

……

"Your Majesty! Please give the order. With just one word from you, we will immediately overthrow the fake Jin emperor!"

As soon as they met, Jing Xin, who was always outspoken, patted his chest passionately and expressed his pure loyalty to the Emperor of Heaven!

Seeing this flatterer taking the lead in charging, the old Heavenly Master Zhang Bi'an and the Taoist Fengji who joined later also quickly followed suit and requested the Emperor of Heaven to restore his throne!

But the abdicated Emperor Xuantian remained calm and said:
"Since I have said that I will return the throne to you, I will definitely not think of doing that again. You followed me to Tanggu, which is enough to show your loyalty. There is no need to say such words to restore my throne."

"His Majesty……"

The three of them gritted their teeth unwillingly, but finally sighed helplessly, "We are ready to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first..."

Seeing that they had barely calmed down, Xue Xuan said seriously:

"I called you here to ask you to always pay attention to any anomalies in the East China Sea..."

What is abnormality?

The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment, but still followed orders and reported the unusual events in the East China Sea to the Emperor of Heaven on a daily basis.

After the three men left, Xue Xuan took out a letter from Jin Bing from his arms with a worried look on his face.

The content of the letter is simple:
He wants to violate Xue Xuan's system and restart the mining of spirit stones!
only because:
"The final moment is approaching..."

[Faced with the dissatisfaction of your subjects, you don't have the energy to care, because in the matter of the collapse of the prehistoric world, any mundane affairs are meaningless. ]

[The moment of destruction has quietly arrived...]

[This is not your random guess, but the result of your speculation based on what you have seen and heard along the way from the East Desert to the East Sea! ]

[Wherever you pass, the world becomes extremely weak... In the past, the world became weak only because of the depletion of spiritual energy. At that time, although the prehistoric world had entered the Dharma Ending Age, which was no longer suitable for cultivators to survive, it at least had little impact on mortals, so they lived their lives as usual.]

[But since the Heavenly Court unified the five realms, the environment of heaven and earth has become increasingly harsh! ]

[Not only are natural disasters frequent in various places, but they also highlight a vulnerability... The ground is often broken and collapsed, causing earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides, resulting in a large number of mortal casualties. Under the overly frequent disasters, the heavenly officials in various places are in a panic. ]

[In order to quell the disaster, the heavenly officials had to use a large amount of magic, but this consumed more spiritual energy, causing the already scarce heavenly reserves to become even more strained! ]

[In order to protect the country and the people, officials from all over the Heavenly Court could only petition to restart the mining of spiritual stones to resolve the crisis.]

[Jin Bing had no way to deal with this. As he had just gained power, he could not sit idly by and watch his people die or get injured in natural disasters, so he took out the decision of the Emperor of Heaven: he must enable the mining of spiritual stones! ]

[Without sufficient spiritual energy supply, governing the country and ensuring the people's safety will only be empty talk, so Jin Bing wrote a letter to you about this matter: he is not begging for your consent, but informing you that he has already done so! ]

[After dozens of epochs, he said the same words to you again.]

[“The dead should give way to the living! Even if they are not truly dead, they must give way and sacrifice!”]

[Jin Bing's silver hook and iron painting clearly put the truth in your face: Do you want a living person or a dead soul? ]

[At this point, you can no longer stick to your ideals, because reality and ideals are in conflict...]

[Of course you can destroy the immortals for the sake of mortals to stop them from cannibalizing humans to cultivate immortality. Jin Bing is not too opposed to this because the immortals at that time were purely useless parasites. It doesn't matter if you destroy them! ]

[But now it is different from the past. The immortals have changed from being parasites to being life-saving straws. If there were no immortals to rescue and save people, the casualties among mortals would be extremely high! ]

【And most importantly...】

[“Heaven and earth, there is no future anymore.”]

[You closed your eyes with great effort...]

[The danger of world destruction is imminent. The dead will not have a chance to be resurrected, and your perfect dream will be shattered. ]

[Future? There is no future, only the present! ]

【…】

[In the 43rd year of the human calendar, Emperor Xuan Tian issued an edict to abdicate, and Emperor Jin Tian took over the power of state affairs. After countless years since the myth, the Jin family has restored the throne! ]

[Second Luck, in order to cope with the increasingly severe and frequent natural disasters, Emperor Jin Tian issued an edict: Restart the Blood Sea Spirit Stone Industry! ]

[So, a large amount of spiritual stones were distributed as salaries, allowing the heavenly officials to free their hands to protect the country and the people, and the disaster was alleviated. ]

[But the trend of the collapse of heaven and earth has intensified, and all the means are just pasting. ]

[In this hopeless world, there is no future...]

……

(End of this chapter)