Bitter Realm: Have the Four Realms been united today?

Chapter 13: The Method to Defeat the Abandoned Emperor

Before anyone could ask a question, Xiao Hengyi began to recount his experience.

"During that retrospection, my radical actions caused the Abandoned Emperor to arrive ahead of schedule."

"Therefore, the time when I found the God of Time was also brought forward."

"This gave me the opportunity to tell Him what I had done before the time came."

"He told me that the descent of the Forsaken Emperor was humanity's choice."

"Since it happened before the backtracking, I only have a one in ten thousand chance of changing it during the backtracking."

Sen Yang, noticing something amiss, quickly interrupted, saying:

"Wait a minute, why do you say it's humanity's choice? Haven't humans been trying their best to stop it?"

"Yes, I was also full of doubts at the time. In order to make me understand, the God of Time used his divine power to demonstrate the game between the Sun God and the Abandoned Emperor."

"Let me think about how to explain this to you."

Xiao Hengyi pondered for a moment, then continued:

"As I said before, the Abandoned Emperor and the Sun God used the world as a chessboard, humans as chess pieces, and destiny to guide the pieces to decide the outcome."

"This is their way of playing the game."

"Specifically, the Abandoned Emperor uses his own demonic power as the source of his strength."

"Using the worst aspects of human nature as a test, and setting up a devilish trial using objects as a medium."

"Once a human cannot resist temptation, he will fall into the demonic path, accept the will of the demon god, and take that as his goal."

"Before the Demon God's goal is achieved, the vessel is protected by the Demon God's power and cannot be destroyed by anyone of equal strength."

"At the same time, the sun god formed a destiny against the demonic test in the same way."

"As long as someone can pass the test of the demon and is willing to accept the mandate of heaven, they can use the divine power carried by the mandate to destroy the demonic vessel."

"Okay, I understand!"

Upon hearing this, Xuanming immediately understood the reason:

"The gods merely provide the options; the outcome is ultimately a choice made by humanity itself."

"Knowing how things are going can only protect you from one person, but it cannot protect you from the trials of evil."

"No one knows who among millions of people will be the next to inherit the will of the demon god."

"The only way to stop it is to use a divinely ordained object to destroy the vessel of the demonic thought."

"However, going back in time, some people fell into the demonic path, but no one was able to inherit the mandate of heaven, which led to the successful descent of the Abandoned Emperor."

"So, if the same conditions were applied again, humanity would still make the same choice."

"That's why no matter how hard you try, you can't stop it."

After a moment's hesitation, Xuanming continued:

"Excuse me, Xiao Hengyi, could you please answer a question I may ask?"

"It's okay, you can ask me any questions you have, don't hold back."

"I want to know, are you also unable to pass the demonic test and become the one who inherits the destiny?"

Xiao Hengyi didn't think Xuanming's question was excessive, and he said gently:

"Xuanming, although I can pass the demonic test, we don't have a destiny star."

"Even if I pass the test, I will not be able to use the power carried by the Destiny Vessel."

"Okay, I understand. Please continue!"

"After I understood the struggle between destiny and the demonic test, I knew that my previous plan was almost impossible to succeed."

"So during the fourth time travel, I decided to gather everyone's strength to fight the Abandoned Emperor to the death."

"We will win as long as we can destroy the Holy Demon Embryo."

"But the reality is despairing. Even with all our strength, we still cannot stop the advance of the Abandoned Emperor."

"The plan ultimately failed."

As if recalling the power of the Abandoned Emperor, Xiao Hengyi fell silent.

Sensing the increasingly tense atmosphere, Sen Yang quickly changed the subject, asking, "So, what are you planning to do for the fifth time?"

Seeing Sen Yang ask a question, Xiao Hengyi pulled himself together and continued, "After the fourth failure, I was filled with despair, yet extremely unwilling to accept it."

"Later, I remembered that the bet stipulated that gods and demons could not interfere for six days, and the rules of the Bitter Realm therefore excluded gods from descending to the mortal world."

"Although the power of rules cannot truly stop the true form of a god, it is enough to expel a god who only possesses a primordial spirit and a small portion of power."

"Therefore, the only way for the Abandoned Emperor to descend to the mortal realm is to destroy the two pillars and weaken the rules of the world."

"I remember in the TV series, the damaged divine pillars could be repaired."

"So in the fifth regression, I planned to repair the pillars after the Abandoned Emperor descended to earth."

"Use the rules of the world to return it to the heavens."

"This plan sounds pretty promising!" Sen Yang immediately followed up with, "Then why did you fail again?"

Xiao Hengyi sighed and said, "Alas! After the time travel was activated, I found that I couldn't find any materials to repair the pillars at all."

"I speculate that it's because the world before the time travel was ultimately destroyed, rather than because humanity defeated the Abandoned Emperor as depicted in the TV series."

"Therefore, since the destiny to repair pillars has never arisen in this world, there is no way to find repair materials."

"And this time? What's your plan?"

Fei Yu asked anxiously, "Also, it seems like we're not from the same world."

"Has something unexpected happened to me?"

Xiao Hengyi denied it:

"No surprises occurred."

"It's not just you; Senyang and Xuanming are also in two different worlds."

"After the last time-travel, I found that the plan could not be implemented, so I followed the method of the third time-travel and caused the Abandoned Emperor to descend to earth ahead of schedule."

"This will create an opportunity to communicate with the god of time once again."

"He confirmed that my guess was correct."

"But I still had hope for the plan, so I asked Him if there was a way to repair the pillars."

"He told me that in addition to the world of suffering, there are other worlds in the universe created by other gods."

"Creating the world requires not only the power of rules and divine authority, but also the materials for creation."

"He knew that some creation materials had the same properties as the pillars and could replace them."

"So, you mean we need to find those materials in our respective worlds?" Xuanming asked.

"It's not that simple," Xiao Hengyi said solemnly.

"These materials have already been used by God and transformed into the world you live in now."

"Therefore, I need your help to integrate these worlds into the realm of suffering, as a substitute for the pillars."

"In fact, all these worlds have been destroyed in the war between gods and demons. Only by stopping the Abandoned Emperor can this outcome be changed."

"I'm afraid we'll find it difficult to do," Fei Yu said, expressing his concerns.

"Humans in this universe are capable of wielding various powerful forces."

"We don't have the ability to fight them, and it's extremely difficult for us to even keep our lives in our own worlds right now."

"Besides, something like merging worlds is probably only something that the god you speak of could accomplish!"

Sen Yang disagreed, saying:

"Since he has decided to adopt this plan, he should have a solution to these problems. Don't be so pessimistic."