Chapter 1237 - 811_4
Chapter 1237 - 811_4
In this great war, countless cultivators took to the battlefield one after another, mountains crumbled, rivers and seas overturned, all of which seemed to have become routine.
With the escalating intensity of the war, countless ordinary people were displaced, uncertain of their lives, as the aftermath of the war spread, grain production plummeted, plagues spread, and order collapsed... the death toll of humanity soared.
"This is the Great War of Righteous and Demonic."
A young-looking cultivator gazed at the massive city below, almost entirely deserted, seeing countless shattered bodies sacrificed in blood rituals, a trace of deep hatred flickered in his eyes.
His name was Jun Xuanze, one of the True Disciples of the Wanfa Sect, known for his intense hatred of evil, and dedicated to suppressing the Demon Path.
As the war unfolded, Jun Xuanze charged fearlessly to the frontline, slaughtering demon cultivators wherever he went.
Each time he saw towns slaughtered by demon cultivators, his hatred for the Demon Path grew stronger by the day.
And this time, his intent to kill, his hatred, was unprecedented.
"Qi Mengyun!"
Looking at the woman who caused Senior Brother Ling Feng to become a cripple, Jun Xuanze’s killing intent surged continuously.
Jun Xuanze pointed at the city below and said, "Did you kill all these people?"
Qi Mengyun touched her belly and casually said, "They are free from the constraints of their flesh, now they are with me."
Jun Xuanze said coldly, "You ate them all?"
Qi Mengyun replied indifferently, "It wasn’t eating, it was saving."
"Without my intervention, they would have sooner or later died from the aftermath of your war."
"I saved them, allowing them to share in immortality with me."
"You lofty Ten Thousand Laws Disciples, have you ever truly cared about the common folk of the world?"
"Those you cannot save, I will save them..."
Hearing no more, Jun Xuanze swung his sword, shouting angrily, "Die!"
As the two clashed, in an instant a thousand miles of mountains and rivers turned to scorched earth, seas, rivers, and lakes evaporated completely amidst their battle.
As the battle continued, the killing intent, anger, and contradictions continued to accumulate, just like the entire War of Righteous and Demonic, constantly drawing in more power, causing greater chaos.
"Senior Brother! I’ll help you!"
Another cultivator rushed over to fight alongside Jun Xuanze, determined to kill Qi Mengyun, this Traitor of Ten Thousand Laws, together.
At the same time, another demon cultivator also arrived, saying, "Junior Sister, I’ll hold them off, you go save people first."
Qi Mengyun nodded slightly, and in the next moment opened her mouth to inhale, turning the villagers of a mountain village into hundreds of streams of blood light, which she swallowed into her belly in one gulp.
Seeing this scene, Jun Xuanze’s eyes nearly popped out of his head, the Sword Qi within his body surged ever more furiously.
But as the number of reinforcements on both sides continued to increase, Jun Xuanze ultimately couldn’t kill the other, and only fought while retreating, eventually moving to another battlefield.
As the great war continued, familiar figures gradually vanished from Jun Xuanze’s sight.
"Junior Brother Ye, Master Wang, and Junior Sister Chu, Senior Brother Ling Feng..."
One by one, the disciples of the Wanfa Sect ventured into this war to uphold righteousness, protect the common people, and fight against the Demon Path, and ultimately, like firewood, they were consumed by this war, vanishing between heaven and earth.
But Jun Xuanze knew that neither they nor he himself would regret this matter.
"Righteous and demonic cannot coexist..."
Whether it was the teachings of the sect, or the actions of the Demon Path itself, or the entangled grievances of both sides... all made Jun Xuanze vow to slay demons and uphold the path, to eradicate all demon cultivators in the world.
Thus, again and again, he fought fearlessly; again and again, he watched the number of his companions dwindle; again and again, he faced the threat of death, yet none of it made Jun Xuanze retreat an inch.
Even if the Wanfa Sect perished to the last person, Jun Xuanze would fight the demon path to the end.
But the demonic flame surged fiercely, with immense numbers and various quick-fix cultivation techniques, the number of demon cultivators swiftly expanded, rapidly growing, and soon gained the upper hand in the war.
Though numerous righteous cultivators fought to their death in resistance, they still couldn’t prevent the steady retreat of the front line.
Yet Jun Xuanze still didn’t flinch, even if he fought and died, he would battle against the demon path to the last moment.
However, when he saw mortals actively embracing the Demon Sect, watched them willingly abandon their flesh, scrambling to enter the Heavenly Demon Banner, Jun Xuanze suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness.
"Why?"
"We risk our lives in resistance, sacrificed so much to protect mortals."
"Yet in the end, they... they actively choose the Demon Path? Join the Demon Sect?"
Facing Jun Xuanze’s bewilderment, Yingxin Heaven said, "Don’t blame them, everything in this world is shaped by the strong, mortals have no choices. They are too weak, without capability, without energy, without time... to understand the various truths in this world, unable to gather enough information to make informed judgments.
"All choices mortals make are merely influenced and swept up by the righteous and demonic paths."
"More and more mortals are willing to join the Demon Sect, simply because as the righteous path, we are still too weak, only blame us for failing to defeat the Demon Path, failing to protect these mortals."
Looking at the tall back of Yingxin Heaven before him, Jun Xuanze sensed a touch of weariness from it.
"Senior Brother." Jun Xuanze affirmed, "Regardless of the outcome, I will fight the Demon Sect to the last moment."
But half a year later, when Yingxin Heaven appeared before Jun Xuanze once more, Jun Xuanze asked angrily, "Yingxin Heaven, what does ’Demon Path is righteous’ mean?"
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