Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 397 The Power of Protection

"Polar Ice Soul Shadow Beast!" Qiongqi shouted coldly, and an ice sculpture that looked exactly like it but was twice its size appeared in the air. However, this time the ice sculpture did not passively take the damage, but roared to the sky and flapped its wings to rush towards Qin Xiaochuan. During its charge, the air in its path turned into white ice mist.

"Xuanyuan Sword Second Form - Rainbow Piercing the Sun!" Qin Xiaochuan roared again, and golden light shot straight out from the Xuanyuan Sword, turning into a two-meter-thick beam of light that instantly shattered the ice sculpture of Qiongqi into dust. Then it continued to shoot towards Qiongqi's main body, but Qiongqi still easily dodged it.

Qiongqi launched five more attacks on Qin Xiaochuan, all of which were easily deflected by Qin Xiaochuan, who even launched counterattacks. With the Xuanyuan Sword, Qin Xiaochuan seemed to possess limitless spiritual power. Even though Qiongqi was fierce, it gradually realized that it would be difficult for it to win this battle.

"The demon army will eventually crush Crescent Moon City," Qiongqi said slowly, ceasing its attack. "The time has come for us to return to Huaxu Village. No one can stop us. Why bother with these futile efforts?"

Qin Xiaochuan snorted coldly and said, "I don't think the demon race has a chance to return to Huaxu, at least not through me." He had no choice but to stop his attack. Although he now possessed powerful attack capabilities, Qiongqi had an incredible spatial displacement skill, which made his attacks ineffective.

"You can't do anything to me," Qiongqi said arrogantly. "Although the Xuanyuan Sword is indeed powerful, you are not strong enough to fully control it. And I'm curious, from what standpoint are you preventing me from entering Huaxu?"

"Of course, I'm standing on the side of humanity. I'll stop you no matter what. Do you expect me to associate with you beasts?" Qin Xiaochuan said coldly.

"I thought you wouldn't just think from the perspective of the human race, but clearly, I overestimated you. You're just like those old guys, a stubborn and selfish fellow."

"You think you can sway my mind with your fallacies and rumors?"

Upon hearing Qin Xiaochuan's words, Qiongqi not only did not become angry, but patiently asked, "Young man, why don't you allow the demon race to return to Huaxu?"

"Is there even a question? The demon race is bloodthirsty by nature. If the demon race were to return to Huaxu, it would surely be a disaster for Huaxu."

"Oh, is that so? What you call a bloodthirsty nature is nothing more than the law of the jungle in my view. The strong survive and the weak are eliminated. This is the law of nature, and what's wrong with us following it?"

"That's precisely your problem. The law of the jungle is a symbol of backwardness and ignorance. Your so-called natural laws dictate that there will never be progress. Even thousands of years from now, it will still be a world of slaughter. What's the point of such a world existing for thousands of years?"

"But don't forget, we demons were the original inhabitants of Huaxu. We demons are the true natives of Huaxu. After you humans appeared, you hunted us relentlessly. Not only that, you drove us to Buzhou Realm. Isn't that the law of the jungle? Now that we demons have returned to Huaxu, returned to our homeland, what's wrong with that?" Qiongqi's voice was filled with endless resentment. By the end, it was almost hoarse. "Your so-called justice is nothing more than protecting your human interests. You never care about the survival of other races. In the end, you are nothing but greedy and hypocritical humans."

Upon hearing Qiongqi's words, Qin Xiaochuan was momentarily stunned. For some reason, the indignant face of Xiaoyi from Minggang Mountain suddenly appeared in his mind, and the flock of eagles circling helplessly in the sky circled in his mind once again.

"Losing my Minggang Mountain makes my soul restless; losing my Jade Green Plate makes me unhappy." That mournful chanting rang in his ears again.

Qin Xiaochuan didn't answer Qiongqi's question, but Qiongqi, still consumed by its anger, continued to roar, "You say the law of the jungle is a symbol of backwardness and ignorance? Isn't your human world like that? Isn't it the case that the strong are high above and the weak suffer endless humiliation? In your self-righteous civilization, war has never ceased, and evil has never been eradicated. Your greed is boundless, and you've even destroyed the environment you depend on for survival. After all this development, what's left of this world?"

Qiongqi paused briefly, overcome with emotion, before continuing his condemnation: "The only difference between you humans and us demons is that humans are better at disguising ourselves. In reality, we are all demons in human skin, yet we deceive ourselves, thinking ourselves so noble. What a hypocritical and despicable race! Why should a race like you rule the beautiful world of Huaxu?"

Hearing Qiongqi's indignant condemnation, Qin Xiaochuan suddenly fell silent. He couldn't help but recall the ridicule he had suffered at school, the circling eagles, the bullied Yang Yutong, the fake media, and the idle monks. Just as Qiongqi had said, malice in this world has never disappeared. Everyone lives in their own world. In this materialistic reality, everyone has become a sophisticated egoist, seemingly glamorous, but once the disguise is removed, they are all blinded by greed and utterly ugly.

He suddenly realized that even after thousands of years of development, humanity had not made any progress whatsoever.

Human nature can be truly disappointing at times.

Thinking of this, a surge of resentment welled up in his heart. He felt that everyone in the world was beyond redemption. He used to read novels where villains, after suffering endless humiliation, would think of destroying the world. He thought these villains were too selfish. Revenge was understandable, but why involve innocent people? Now he felt that there were no innocent people in the world. Everyone was worthy of being killed. Perhaps this world had no reason to exist. It would be better to let it be destroyed and end it all.

Just as Qin Xiaochuan was immersed in his painful thoughts, he did not notice that the golden light on the Xuanyuan Sword was gradually dimming, while a strange light flashed in the eyes of the Qiongqi in the distance, and the dark blue ice marrow quietly formed under its tiger claws.

"This world has always been like this: the strong bully the weak, and only the strong can define justice. The justice you think you are pursuing is nothing more than a tool for those who have already benefited to maintain their own interests. In the past, they used power to conquer others and shackles to enslave them. Now they use their minds to bind you and their interests to drive you. This world has never changed in thousands of years. Isn't that a very sad thing?"