Destiny is ashes

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Yes and no

The Ancestral Dragon's gentle voice responded to An Jing's words: "[The Eternal War, indeed, is true, but not all the immortals and gods of the past are in Huai Xu... They have gone to other, more important regions.]"

[In essence, the war of the Dao is indifferent to the world. My main battlefield is Huai Xu, but the battlefield of Subduing Evil is in many worlds. With each fragment obtained, the essence of Subduing Evil will become more complete.]

As for those immortals and gods below the Dao Integration stage, they need further growth. On the 'front line,' they don't stay in a fixed world, but instead use the power of the 'Endless Heaven' to travel back and forth and save every crisis.

The Tao is limitless; it can accomplish both what is desired and what is desired.

As he spoke, He looked at Fu Xie, the infinitely fractal sword light reflected in His dragon eyes, and said with a hint of weariness in His voice: "Of course, this isn't entirely a good thing either."

[Because within the infinite possibilities of subduing evil, there also exist those who are defeated, whose origins are corrupted by the Heavenly Demon—wanting both, regardless of good or bad.]

[Eroded by these disordered timelines, even those who have attained the 'Return to Emptiness and Oneness' stage will 'transform into a dormant Dao'... Subduing Evil is such a Dao soldier, and I am such a Dao Venerable.]

And now

The First Emperor and An Jing looked at each other, and the Emperor smiled calmly: "You have awakened us."

"I think," An Jing said, stroking his chin with a somewhat strange expression, "I'm not that strong, am I?"

[Regardless of strength, awakening only requires certain conditions]

The voice of the Ancestral Dragon echoed throughout the endless realm of light: "I am entangled by the lingering resentment of the Supreme Heavenly Demon; He coexists with me. Among the imprints of past Heavenly Venerables, there are contingency plans left by the Heavenly Demon. Those Heavenly Venerables who once cooperated with the Heavenly Demon and embraced a portion of its ideals—their very existence can awaken the Supreme Heavenly Demon."

Conversely, it can awaken me.

[Throughout the infinite timelines, those who can enter the Scale Realm mostly fall into several factions—those who want to awaken me, the Heavenly Pride of the Heavenly Sect; those who want to awaken the Supreme Heavenly Demon, the Heavenly Demons and the Demonic Path; those who want to maintain the status quo; those who want to banish this corrupted scale of mine to the Great Wilderness Realm; and many others with ulterior motives.]

Lowering his head, Zu Long's eyes saw only An Jing: "But none of them are like you—not as good as you—not as good as you want to see me."

Because you wanted to see me.

This is a wish, a cause, and a problem.

【so】

Wishes will be answered, causes will produce effects, and questions will be resolved.

Therefore, I will awaken.

These are the conditions.

An Jing remained silent for a while, processing this information, then raised his hand and looked at the Fu Xie in his hand.

"Then, Fu Xie, you..."

“Collecting the fragments is the condition for me to awaken.” Fu Xie’s voice was clear and bright at this moment, with a sense of enlightenment as if he had just woken up from a dream: “But under certain circumstances, for example, in this Zhaolin Realm, the Ancestral Dragon can act as a mirror and reflect my entire self, so I can also awaken a part of myself.”

【Yes】

Zulong and Fuxie exchanged a glance, seemingly only for a moment, yet a radiance flowed between them.

After exchanging information, Fu Xie's will and Zu Long's focused on An Jing: "[You are the most crucial. I have never awakened so early, and I have suppressed the Supreme Heavenly Demon... This is incredible.]"

You should know that in many worlds, our side's victories are rare, and my current situation places me among the best.

"Is this the best?" An Jing asked, his brow furrowed slightly. "I thought something was missing. If it's all like this, then I really don't want to think about the worst." [Bad is failure, but good has many forms.]

The Dragon God shook his head slightly and frankly said, "Winning is good, but in reality, we lost in the vast majority of our duels."

"What?" An Jing was genuinely surprised this time: "The vast majority lost? What's going on with Huai Xu now?"

—Oh, it was already bad enough, so it's not surprising.

[Haha, for us and for Huai Xu, whether we win three or seven times out of ten, or once or nine times, it makes no difference. It's all infinite. Anyway, Huai Xu can't get any worse, and no matter how good he is, he's always entangled by the Heavenly Demon, and he can't break free.]

Zu Long said with a touch of humor, that He didn't care about such a simple comparison of numbers, as it was meaningless to the Dao of Returning to Emptiness: "Whether the Supreme Heavenly Demon is a little stronger or weaker than me, it doesn't matter; whether he wins more or less than me, it doesn't matter either. To us, it's all equal."

However, without a doubt, if the Heavenly Demon wins more often, the Supreme Heavenly Demon might gain the 'possibility' to obtain power surpassing that of a normal Returning to the Void Dao, comparable to that of a complete Embracing Void, and thus completely devour the entire Embracing Void.

Therefore, if possible, we must win. The more we win, the more likely we are to obtain 'possibilities beyond possibilities'.

His gaze fell on An Jing once again.

That is, you.

Zu Long said gently, "You are such a possibility."

"Me? What's so special about me?" An Jing wasn't boasting; he was indeed confident, but not arrogant. He genuinely wanted to know the answer to this question.

Only someone as unique as you would have the thought, "What's so special about me?" Those who aren't unique would only have the thought, "Why am I not unique?"

The First Emperor's voice carried a hint of amusement: "It is precisely because you are so powerful that you are engaging in this conversation with me. This is a choice that transcends time and space; by choosing this future, you have chosen this history."

And I am honored.

The dragon bowed slightly, seemingly in respect to An Jing: [You can choose me.]

[I can talk to you]

"Chosen by me...?" An Jing looked up and met Zu Long's gaze, then couldn't help but laugh: "Then I am honored."

Although he was still somewhat puzzled, An Jing was able to understand it a little better.

Because he was the master of the four seasons, An Jing could vaguely understand this cause and effect that transcended normal time and space, and could understand the emotion of gratitude in the words of the First Emperor.

“I originally came here for small businesses.”

Composing himself, An Jing slowly spoke, opening his inner world and taking out the little Qilin that was curiously examining the Ancestral Dragon: "I thought it was the third generation of creation from nothingness, very important for the future of the world. But now it seems..."

He paused for a moment, then came to a conclusion.

"The important one is actually me."

"It is indeed you," Zu Long said, looking at Xiao Qi with gentle eyes. "Xiao Qi, in this world, you have given Him this name."

An invisible force lifted the small enterprise up, and then endless light and shadow flashed by.

It can be seen that small businesses have been very important in many peaceful historical periods.

It even made An Jing another kind of creation out of nothing, merging the power of the two great destinies, and achieving what the Great Chen Dynasty originally wanted to do but failed to do even after spending 30,000 years.

(End of this chapter)