The hatred between good and evil goes far beyond your imagination. After the first divine war that lasted for eons, the second war between gods and demons has erupted. This time, both sides were even more bloodthirsty; half of the survivors from the first war were wiped out again. In the thousand years that followed, there were five successive great battles, each time killing off half of the remaining survivors.” Xin Mei’s face turned deathly pale. “Nowadays, the number of divine races in this heavenly realm can be counted on one’s fingers. Especially the lower divine races, some have been completely exterminated, while others, like me, have only one left.”
Yang Hao clearly understood what it felt like to have an entire race wiped out. Although Hun Yuanzi was no longer around, he had repeatedly recounted the pain of the Dan-Ding Dual Cultivation Sect being annihilated, the heart-wrenching agony of watching brothers and loved ones being murdered, the loneliness of drifting helplessly through the universe, and the unbearable solitude that had corroded him for a thousand years. Hun Yuanzi was gone, but Yang Hao had inherited all of it.
“Seven great wars, countless deaths, finally made both the gods and demons realize that if they continued fighting like this, the only outcome would be mutual destruction; there could never be a true victor. Thus, after a thousand years, both sides finally began negotiations. Through arduous talks, peace in the divine realm was achieved.” Xin Mei stared blankly at Yang Hao. “Do you understand how hard-earned this peace really is? Hundreds of races have been wiped out, tens of thousands of gods have been killed, blood flowed like floods. Any one of those divine races could destroy an entire planet, yet here, they were slaughtered like grass by the upper divine races with tens of thousands in battle power. Do you understand how bloody and cruel that was?”
Yang Hao remained silent; he had nothing to say.
“In order to preserve the remaining divine races in the heavenly realm, Elder Yun Shang repeatedly gave in to the Dragon Clan, letting them take all the benefits first, just so we lower divine races could barely survive. But you…+|
“Do you gods deserve to live while I don’t?” Yang Hao boldly patted Xin Mei’s butt. The goddess’s bottom was indeed top-notch, round and elastic.
“Ahh!” Xin Mei screamed. Only then did she realize that she had been lying on top of Yang Hao the whole time, a posture so utterly humiliating.
“You gods are selfish to the extreme!” Yang Hao seized the moment while Xin Mei was still dazed and hadn’t thought about revenge yet, immediately shifting the topic.
This tactic actually worked. Xin Mei quickly forgot the fact that Yang Hao had just touched her. “Say that again? How are we selfish?”
“You gods are the only ones who matter, the only ones who should coexist peacefully and survive. Someone like me can only be lured in to become breakfast for dragons?” Yang Hao said sarcastically, clearly gaining the upper hand.
“That… I can’t even respond. Your power is so weak, you’re a lower lifeform; sacrificing yourself for us is only natural. Don’t you care about the lives of a few ants?”
“Even if I’m at the bottom, I still have family and loved ones just like you.” Yang Hao grew angry. “I have people I love, brothers I’ve bled alongside, the Hao Sword Group to take care of, and my sect’s vengeance to repay.”
“Your master is already dead.”
“My master may be gone, but my sect remains.” It was better not to mention Hun Yuanzi, but now that she had brought him up, Yang Hao’s eyes were practically shooting flames. “My master’s vengeance is mine; there’s no difference.”
“So you can’t die?” Xin Mei crossed her arms and stared coldly at Yang Hao.
Yang Hao, however, fell silent, so silent that even the dragon roars outside the stone house became unbearably noticeable. Obviously, after Yun Shang went out, he failed to calm things down; instead, the three dragons became even more ferocious. Yang Hao could feel the house constantly vibrating, and the stone-constructed dwelling was on the verge of collapse. No matter how sturdy a house might be, it was truly fragile in the eyes of these upper divine beings.
“You’re wrong. I should go sacrifice myself.” Yang Hao suddenly burst into laughter. He looked mockingly at Xin Mei, his raised eyebrows as if telling the goddess that his thoughts were beyond anyone’s imagination. “I’m going out now, let those dragons do whatever they want to me.”
This sudden change was completely unimaginable to Xin Mei.
“What did you say?” Xin Mei stammered, “What did you just say?”
“I said I should go sacrifice myself. I’m going to meet those dragons right now.” True to his word, Yang Hao didn’t wait for the goddess beside him to react, and boldly strode toward the outside.
The dragons’ roars, accompanied by the howling wind from their flapping wings, grew increasingly intense outside the house, indicating that the situation was on the verge of exploding.
Xin Mei was almost fainting. If others were unaware of the consequences of Yang Hao going out now, Xin Mei certainly wasn’t. As a lower divine being, she had seen divine battles more than once and had even witnessed dragons slaughtering her own race.
In this world, divine races were divided into different ranks according to their innate abilities. Xin Mei and the Saint Bear belonged to the lower divine races, with maximum battle power not exceeding level fifty. Even strong humans could surpass them, so these races held a low status and were numerous throughout the universe.
For example, races like Garuda were recorded in myths on many planets, famous deities with names and titles, possessing battle power in the hundreds. Though classified as middle-tier divine races, they were worshipped by many followers and were formidable war gods.
But when it came to real powerhouses, only the Shansu and Dragon races could claim that title, as they represented the most incredible forces in the universe. Their battle power could reach tens of thousands. When enraged, they could kill lower divine races as easily as cutting grass.
The black dragon’s wings flapped, stirring up stars with raging winds, and a single breath of dragon fire could make the entire space tremble. During the seven divine and demonic wars, dragons ruled the skies, revealing their brutal nature by effortlessly slaughtering countless divine beings. Xin Mei’s clansmen didn’t even have a chance to resist.
Yang Hao’s current battle power was merely fifteen, which might make him a top human expert, but in the divine realm, he couldn’t even match Xin Mei. Previously, Yang Hao managed to severely wound Hei Man and subdue Xin Mei purely by luck. In a real fight, Yang Hao would be as insignificant as a mosquito in the sky; the dragons could kill him however they pleased.
Yang Hao’s calm departure was, in Xin Mei’s eyes, a completely noble act of self-sacrifice. Walking right in front of enraged dragons, he wouldn’t even be able to save himself, let alone with Yun Shang’s help; there was no way to save Yang Hao’s life.
“You… are going to sacrifice yourself!” Although Xin Mei always believed that she couldn’t endanger the peace of the divine race for Yang Hao’s sake, seeing him actually going to his death still left her feeling empty inside. “Don’t you fear death at all?”
“I do fear death, and I don’t want to die either.” Yang Hao’s voice came from outside the stone door. “But for an ordinary human like me to save you gods who look down from above, it’s just too satisfying, beyond words.”
Xin Mei couldn’t say anything anymore. Not only was she worried about Yang Hao’s fate, but what truly amazed her was that Yang Hao’s arrogant words were actually true. Now, the fate of so many divine races, including Xin Mei’s, rested in Yang Hao’s hands. By sacrificing himself, Yang Hao could restore peace to the divine race and stop the bloodshed here.
In fact, Xin Mei had no idea what was going on in Yang Hao’s mind.
As Yang Hao calmly walked out of the stone room, the first ray of sunlight hit his eyes, and he knew this was a one-way path. However, what prompted Yang Hao to do this wasn’t entirely his desire to see the divine race’s fearful smiles; it was more about a kind of fear.
Yes, it was indeed fear, deeply buried inside Yang Hao’s heart, something he hadn’t revealed even when facing dragons, Yun Shang, or Xin Mei.
In the past, Yang Hao was a timid and indecisive teenager. It wasn’t until he met Hun Yuanzi that his fate changed. He not only gained the power to control his own future but also a newfound confidence and courage to live. Yang Hao knew very well that all of this was given to him by Hun Yuanzi. Although that old man was sometimes ridiculous, he gave Yang Hao something spiritual, the first true care he had ever received in his life.
But now Hun Yuanzi was gone. Suddenly, Yang Hao found himself without direction. Although Hun Yuanzi had asked Yang Hao to live on, to shoulder his responsibilities, and to avenge his sect before dying, Yang Hao continued living without finding a path forward. He couldn’t even feel the strength inside his body to keep going.
Yang Hao didn’t want to die, but if his death could resolve the mess he had caused and save those high-and-mighty divine races, if he could become their savior as a mere human, Yang Hao wouldn’t object—he would embrace it willingly.
That was why he walked out the door, smiling brightly as he stood before Yun Shang and the others.
Even though he had mentally prepared himself, Yang Hao was still shocked by the scene before him. He had always thought that Xin Mei was exaggerating the dragons’ might to scare him, but now he realized that she had actually downplayed their terrifying power, barely scratching the surface of their true might.
Outside the stone room was a vast plain, the grass seemingly composed of some kind of plant, although every divine being had the power to reshape the world. But what truly sent chills down one’s spine was that this place had already become a battlefield, a war between the white representing justice and the black representing evil.
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