No hope for eternal life

Chapter 450: Three People Left Behind

Yang Wuque and Taoist Master were reluctant to leave. Mu Changsheng was about to say something else when he was suddenly startled. The connection between him and his original body was finally restored.

In an unknown place, among the ruins, Mu Changsheng suddenly regained consciousness. Most of the golden light used to seal his body had been removed, but there was still a lot of golden light remaining, still sealing his cultivation, probably to prevent him from committing suicide.

"You must be curious about where this place is?" The Black Demon's voice came from behind Mu Changsheng, full of teasing.

Mu Changsheng was too lazy to turn around, let alone speak, because he knew that anything more he said at this time would be in vain.

Mu Changsheng didn't turn around, so the Black Demon continued, "This is the Skyfire Realm. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, there were no nine realms, only this one world. In theory, the Skyfire Realm is the ancestral land of all cultivators. Bringing you here is like recognizing your ancestors and returning to your roots."

"However, after people discovered the new world, they immediately became disgusted with the barren land of the Skyfire Realm and had long forgotten what their ancestral land was. This story tells us that it is common to get tired of the old and love the new, just like when people read history books, they may occasionally sigh at the names in the history books, but they will eventually forget them. After all, how can the past compare to the present?"

The Black Demon suddenly changed the subject and asked, "How do you think the history books of the Nine Realms will record you after you die?"

Mu Changsheng remained silent, but he clearly understood that the Black Demon said these things just to arouse his desire to survive and he definitely had no good intentions.

The Black Demon continued to talk to himself: "I think one sentence is enough: In a certain year, Mu Changsheng died at the hands of the evil Black Demon. He was less than fifty years old. It is a pity that such a talent is envied by heaven. After all, you are a Divine Sea Realm, and it is not worth it for the history books to write more about you."

"Speaking of which, we are quite predestined. I noticed you as early as when we were in Qingliu Town, but I didn't expect you to grow up so fast at that time. I regret not killing you earlier. Now I have to expose my identity to catch you."

"It's not too late to kill now." Mu Changsheng spoke hoarsely. Falling into the hands of the Black Demon, death would be a relief, because he had guessed that the Black Demon did not kill him immediately, and must have wanted to study his lifeless personality. But who would want to be taken for research experiments?

"Don't be impatient, don't be impatient." The Black Demon smiled faintly and said, "You are still young, why do you want to die? People in the world have misunderstood me a lot. They always think that I am cruel by nature and like to kill people. They also call me a demon and put me on the same level as the Great Emperor Changsheng. But in fact, the Great Emperor Changsheng controls all the living beings in the Heavenly Saint Realm with the Great Array of Covering the Sky. Although I live in the Heavenly Fire Realm, I have never restricted the freedom of the cultivators in the Heavenly Fire Realm. It can be seen that I am different from the Great Emperor Changsheng, and I don't like killing people either."

"If you hadn't suspected me and followed me, why would I have attacked you? I was really forced to do so."

"You are helpless." Mu Changsheng sneered. His disgust for the Black Demon had reached its peak. He was clearly doing the acts of a devil, but he still claimed that he did not like killing people. In comparison, Emperor Changsheng at least dared to do and take responsibility for his actions.

Seeing that Mu Changsheng still refused to listen to his advice after all he had said, Hei Mo lost some patience and said bluntly: "I can let you go without killing you or hurting you at all. You can continue to be the heir of Lingshan Sect."

"In order to prevent Xiao Niansheng from getting suspicious of you, I will extort several million top-grade spirit stones from her before I let you go. You just need to tell her that I just used you for research. In this way, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

Mu Changsheng had a blank expression on his face. Regardless of whether the Black Demon's plan could deceive everyone, he only knew that if he wanted the Black Demon to let him go, he would have to pay a very heavy price.

As expected, the Black Demon then stated his request: "Of course, the premise of all this is that you need to swear a great oath to obey me forever."

"Just kill me!" Mu Changsheng said directly. For him, it would be better to die than to make such a fierce oath and live like a slave.

"You have the supreme destiny, how can I bear to kill you." The Black Demon sneered: "Speaking of which, I am really curious about your destiny. How can there be such a thing as destiny in this world? Could it be that the kings, princes, generals and ministers are already predetermined? Isn't it too unfair for us cultivators who have worked hard to cultivate?"

The Black Demon suddenly grabbed Mu Changsheng's shoulder and brought him to a stone tablet at high speed. He said with emotion: "Look, this is the Eternal Tablet of the Skyfire Realm. Compared with the Eternal Tablets of other realms, this one is particularly wonderful."

Mu Changsheng looked at the huge Eternal Monument in front of him as he was told, but he had long heard about the uniqueness of the Eternal Monument of the Sky Fire Realm. In addition to the names of the powerful people of all generations, there were three more inscriptions on the Eternal Monument of the Sky Fire Realm, which were left by Sky Fire Emperor, Yang Wuji, and Mo Xuansheng.

Among the three, Emperor Tianhuo had the highest seniority, so he naturally carved the words first. He carved: "Who is the master of the endless void? I will write the eternal history."

Next is Yang Wuji's second line: "When luck comes, heaven and earth are on your side; when luck is gone, heroes are helpless."

The last sentence left by Mo Xuansheng consisted of only four words: "The Tao dies and the devil lives!"

"Do you know what's so wonderful about these three sentences?" Black Demon asked casually, and then answered himself: "The wonderful thing is that although the three sentences were left by different people, the artistic conception is progressive, as if describing the life of most cultivators. When people are young, they are like Emperor Tianhuo, always thinking that there is nothing impossible in the world, but they don't know that there are people better than you. Emperor Tianhuo achieved great success in just over a hundred years, but his end was extremely tragic. His death was probably related to the unfortunate Emperor Lin Li; when they are middle-aged, they are like Yang Wuji, who already knows the fate, but is unwilling to accept it, burning his life, killing Emperor Tianshui and three people, and earning a holy name, but the person is still gone; when they are old, they are like Mo Xuansheng, who suddenly realizes before his death and leaves a sentence of death and life, but it is too late, and he can only sigh in vain."

“If I could live in this world like the two predecessors, Emperor Tianhuo and Yang Wuji, my life would not be in vain.” Mu Changsheng responded indifferently, not agreeing with the Black Demon’s point of view at all.

"You are really stubborn!" The Black Demon suddenly kicked Mu Changsheng to the ground, stepped on Mu Changsheng's face and looked down at him and said: "Back then, Yang Wuji and Mo Xuansheng both discussed the Dao with me here. Now they are all dead, and I am still alive. Do you think you are more special than Yang Wuji and Mo Xuansheng?"

Mu Changsheng's cultivation was sealed, so he was naturally unable to resist. However, he was hoping that the Black Demon would get angry and kill him directly.

But the Black Demon did not attack again as Mu Changsheng wished, but continued: "It seems that I can't persuade you. But it doesn't matter. I have seen many guys like you who are not afraid of death. I have seen so many of them that I know how to deal with them."

The Black Demon pointed his finger and sealed Mu Changsheng again. At this time, Mu Changsheng could only move his mouth, nothing else could move.

The Black Demon used his fingertips as a knife and easily cut open Mu Changsheng's body. Although Mu Changsheng could not move, he could clearly feel the pain. The Black Demon was not simply cutting his body, but his soul as well.

The Black Demon's attack was extremely precise. Even if he touched Mu Changsheng's soul, he only injured him but did not destroy him. It was obvious that he did not want Mu Changsheng to die easily.

As the Black Demon attacked, he explained: "I will first cut your body and soul into eight pieces. Fortunately, with your vitality, you are not afraid of this. Then I will study you piece by piece. After I finish studying you, if you still don't change your mind, then I can only kill you quickly."