sovbooks Chapter 25 The Shepherd from Above!
Chapter 25 The Shepherd from Above!
"Who...who are you?!"
Although the man in black robes was unable to move his body, he was still conscious. He looked at Zhu Zaiyi with his eyes filled with horror.
Freezing spell.
Moreover, it was a spell that could immobilize him, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, leaving him utterly powerless to resist.
This is a technique that only cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or higher can possess!
How could there possibly be a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in this mortal realm?!
"Answer my question." Zhu Zai Rui ignored his shock and repeated himself.
"Hmph! You think you can get the alliance's secrets out of me? Dream on!" A resolute glint flashed in the black-robed man's eyes. "The Xuan Tian Holy Land will endure forever! You mortal ants will eventually become our provisions!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the spiritual energy within his body began to flow in a violent reverse direction!
He actually wanted to detonate his golden core!
"If you want to die in front of me, you need my permission."
A hint of disdain flashed in Zhu Zaiyi's eyes.
He extended his finger and gently touched the black-robed man's brow.
An even more domineering force instantly surged into the black-robed man's body, forcibly suppressing his golden core that was about to explode, and brutally tearing open his sea of consciousness.
Soul search!
"ah--!!!"
The screams, ten times more piercing than Lin Baifeng's previous one, echoed throughout the entire cave.
This time, Zhu Zaiyi showed no mercy.
A massive flow of information flooded into his mind.
A grander, and more brutal, world unfolded slowly before him.
The Alliance that seizes destiny.
This is not a tightly organized group, but a loose alliance.
Its members are all disciples from various sects in the "upper realm".
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The so-called "Upper Realm" is a higher plane with abundant spiritual energy, numerous sects, and a cultivation civilization far more advanced than that of the mortal world.
To cultivators in the upper realms, the mortal world is like a series of "pastures" that have been enclosed and raised.
The dynasties in the mortal world, and the "national fortune" and "dragon energy" they accumulate, are the most fertile "fodder" in the pasture.
Every few hundred years, when dynasties in the mortal realm change and the dragon energy dissipates, various sects in the upper realm will send their disciples down to the mortal realm to harvest this dissipated dragon energy and national fortune by supporting proxies, creating wars, and establishing altars.
They call this process "shepherding".
These disciples from the lower realms called themselves the "Fortune-Seizing Alliance".
This man in black robes is named Zhao Wuji. He is an outer disciple of a sect in the upper realm called "Xuantian Holy Land".
He has been in the mortal realm for over thirty years, lying dormant in the Ming Dynasty, responsible for "nurturing" the "dragon" of the Ming Dynasty for his sect.
Yan Song, the White Lotus Rebellion, Altan Khan, Japanese pirates...
Everything was just a pawn in his game.
His mission was to continuously create chaos and disasters to weaken the Ming Dynasty's national fortune. When the Jiajing Emperor died, the world was in chaos, and the old and new dynasties were in transition, that would be the best time for him to activate the altar and reap the dragon's energy.
But no matter how much he planned, he never expected this.
In this "ranch," an unexpected "variable" such as Zhu Zaiyi emerged.
A native of the area, yet a "monster" who has cultivated top-tier techniques and whose strength is comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator!
"Pasture... hay... shepherd..."
After processing this information, Zhu Zaiyi slowly withdrew his finger.
His face was eerily calm.
It turned out to be the case.
It turns out that on this land, there is a group of high-ranking "gods" who treat their fate like livestock.
The so-called dynastic changes, the so-called chaos in the world, the so-called people's suffering...
It is very likely that these were all elaborate dramas carefully orchestrated by these "shepherds" to facilitate their "harvest."
How tragic.
How ridiculous.
After being searched by him, Zhao Wuji had completely turned into a mentally unstable madman, incoherently shouting "Holy Land... Alliance Leader... Spare me...", bleeding from his seven orifices, his golden core covered with cracks, and he was only one step away from complete collapse.
Zhu Zaiyi looked at him without a trace of pity in his eyes.
He raised his hand, and a ball of Samadhi Fire burned the so-called "shepherd," along with his filthy soul, into nothingness.
After doing all this, he turned and walked out of the cave.
On the island outside, the Japanese pirates and White Lotus sect members were still lying on the ground, trembling.
Zhu Zaiyi didn't even bother to glance at them.
He walked back to the ship and glanced back at the island, a place steeped in sin and bloodshed.
He pulled out another "Explosion Talisman".
No, one isn't enough.
He took out all the remaining talismans, about seven or eight in total.
Then, he scattered these talismans across the island like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.
"boom!"
"Boom boom boom boom boom—!"
A series of earth-shattering explosions rang out one after another.
The entire Black Wind Island was blasted into pieces and shattered before this terrifying force capable of moving mountains and filling seas.
The violent explosion even triggered an underwater volcano.
Magma erupted from the ground, completely engulfing the entire island, along with all the people and things on it.
Zhu Zaiyi stood at the bow of the ship, coldly watching the island slowly sink into the sea amidst the interplay of lava and seawater, to be completely erased from this world.
He knew this was just the beginning.
Killing Zhao Wuji and destroying Black Wind Island won't solve the problem at all.
As long as those "shepherds" in the upper realm still exist, as long as they still regard the mortal world as their pasture.
So, if Zhao Wuji is ruined today, Li Wuji and Wang Wuji will appear tomorrow.
Today we destroy the White Lotus Cult, tomorrow there will be the Red Lotus Cult and the Black Lotus Cult.
This only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause.
There is only one way to truly solve this problem.
That is, to make this "pasture" no longer a pasture.
Let the sheep in the "pasture" have fangs that can kill the "shepherd"!
"Humanity's destiny..."
Zhu Zaiyi raised his head and looked north, towards the capital.
His gaze was more resolute than ever before.
The "Human Emperor's World-Suppressing Scripture" cultivates the way of humanity.
What we are protecting is also humanity.
In the past, he cultivated immortality in order to achieve longevity and transcendence.
But now, he understands.
If the nation ceases to exist, where can humanity reside?
His immortality and his path have become completely intertwined with this country, this land, and these hundreds of millions of people.
One glory and one glory.
"Let's go home."
The Fujian-style ship beneath his feet turned around, braving the wind and waves, and sped towards the mainland.
He wants to go back.
He wants to transform this country into an unprecedented, powerful, and indestructible "paradise on earth"!
He wanted to show those high and mighty "shepherds" what was going on.
Dragons will not be slaughtered at will.