Chapter 585 - 583: At Worst, Let It Happen Again
Chapter 585: Chapter 583: At Worst, Let It Happen Again
"This is fantastic! The Black Sea Race finally has a good place to call home."
A group of beings with incredibly smooth, moist skin seized a piece of land. Their strongest member then hollowed out a vast area, transforming it into an ocean.
"After wandering for a hundred years, we’ve finally found a continent."
"Black Race Leader, a group of people just arrived over there. They’re very weak."
"They dare establish a territory next to ours? They must have a death wish. It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten two-legged beasts like them. We can raise some for food later on."
"No problem, Black Race Leader. I’ll lead our race’s experts to capture them."
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For some races, arriving on this continent meant a storm of blood and gore.
They had no morals; they followed the law of the jungle, where the strong devour the weak.
They were utterly without scruples.
This savagery wasn’t limited to other races; they would turn on their own kind as well.
「One month later.」
On the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King, two leaves stood out as distinctly different. One was blood-red, and the other was a transparent, intangible leaf in a soul-like state.
The Tree King lowered these two enormous leaves.
Each leaf was over a hundred meters long.
"Master, this is the blood and souls I have absorbed from the continent over the past month."
"Oh?"
’What’s going on? They started killing and fighting the moment they got here?’
Su Qing was stunned. His intention was for them to come here and live in peace.
"Many of the races have no civilization."
"They have no morals, no etiquette, only slaughter and the humiliation of other living beings."
The Tree King sent via voice transmission, and Su Qing frowned.
Su Qing stopped channeling Growth.
He looked at the two leaves. ’Karma... a massive amount of karma!’
’It seems the Tree King has been tainted by a great deal of karma.’
"Tree King, from now on, you must determine for yourself which races are suitable to live on this continent."
"Do you have any idea how much karma you’ve been tainted with this month? When the time comes to repay it, you will understand how difficult it is."
Su Qing shook his head.
"Just because I’m not being tainted by this karma doesn’t mean you aren’t."
"You are now shouldering the karmic blood debt of nearly a million living beings."
"Although your share of this karma is small, it is still the karma of a million souls."
"Tree King, I will help you deal with this once. Next time, handle it yourself."
"Understood, Master." Although the Tree King didn’t understand why its master was so fixated on karma, ’he must have a very good reason.’
As Su Qing extended his senses, he could clearly perceive who had initiated the fighting on the continent.
After he finished his search, clusters of azure flames appeared all across the continent.
Then, many of the races vanished from their territories.
They were all incinerated by the azure flames.
Many races that had been at war watched as their enemies were incinerated by a sheet of fire.
The Flowing Light Tribe was a group that had always loved peace.
They had been fighting their enemies, only to find that their enemies had disappeared.
"Praise the great tree! May your wise gaze watch over this land forever."
This was the reaction of the Flowing Light Race.
And it was the same for the other races.
After Su Qing resolved this matter, he said to the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King, "Tell them this: No clan or race is to engage in conflict. If there is any sign of violence or unnatural death..."
"...the punishment is exile or death."
"Yes, Master."
"Thank you for your help, Master." The Tree King once again radiated a message, transmitting it to all living beings on the continent.
After the Tree King’s warning, such incidents never happened again. War was never the answer.
Unless they were off this continent, they had to abide by Su Qing’s Rule.
After resolving this troublesome matter, Su Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At least things had become much more peaceful.
Su Qing continued to cultivate the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King.
By now, it was at least twice the size of the Thirteenth Realm Star Sea Tree over there.
Once Su Qing’s Eternal Immortal Skill reached a Skill Level of 700,000, Su Qing stopped cultivating the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King.
’Alright, that’s enough for now.’
Su Qing sat amidst the Flower Sea.
He closed his eyes.
He used Quiet Step, absorbing everything he had obtained about methods for breaking through.
The complete method for breaking through to the Grand Thousand Realm.
Su Qing had been constantly absorbing and organizing the information.
Although only a few days had passed, because he now shouldered a Rule, Su Qing’s entire understanding was completely different.
He felt that many things were now simple and easy to understand; he had just been overcomplicating them before.
’I finally know how to repay my karmic debt.’
’But this method of repaying karma is a bit lengthy. Fortunately, I have the Flame of Space-Time and the eyes of the Cause of Annihilating Universe.’ Su Qing let out a breath.
The Eternal Immortal Skill’s breakthrough to the Grand Thousand Realm used reincarnation as the means to repay karma. One had to use their own life to pay for the lives of others, thus canceling out the debt.
Su Qing thought about the karmic debt he had previously accumulated, and the mere thought made his scalp tingle.
It was an incalculable amount of karma.
"Well, this is really something," Su Qing chuckled softly.
But he wouldn’t do it that way.
Because for the Grand Thousand Veins he was truly opening, if he were to use the Flame of Space-Time to annihilate all the entangled karma, it would mean that the space-time of his future Grand Thousand Veins would also be a place of annihilation.
After destruction, there would be no rebirth.
Su Qing’s previous thoughts on the matter had been too naive.
This matter required careful, long-term consideration.
’The Cause of Annihilating Universe should work, but it’ll require some finesse.’
"This is really a pain," Su Qing said with a wry smile.
He hadn’t expected the breakthrough to the Grand Thousand Realm to be so troublesome and restrictive.
One could only ever open a single Grand Thousand Veins.
So there was no such thing as a do-over.
’This is a problem.’
Su Qing’s brow furrowed.
He looked toward the distant Star Sea Tree.
’I should go and ask it.’
Su Qing had to be cautious.
Su Qing thought for a moment, then said, "Tree King, I’m heading out for a bit."
"Yes, Master."
"I’m just stepping out. So, if Qianyou comes out of her seclusion, please let me know."
"No problem."
After receiving the Tree King’s reply, Su Qing teleported away.
In the next instant, Su Qing arrived beneath the Star Sea Tree.
The Star Sea Tree’s trunk, branches, and leaves all emanated a faint, starlike glow.
"A being who has crossed realms."
"You’ve sought me out regarding the matter of your breakthrough, I presume?"
Su Qing nodded. "That’s right. It’s about repaying karmic debt."
"Repaying karmic debt?"
The Star Sea Tree trembled its entire trunk and paused for a long moment.
"I apologize. I received my inheritance from the main branch. Perhaps I cannot speak to you about repaying karmic debt."
"When the main branch achieved the Grand Thousand Realm, it did not owe any karmic debts that required a life to be paid."
"I cannot answer this for you," the Star Sea Tree transmitted with great sincerity.
Su Qing fell silent.
He believed what the Star Sea Tree said. The Star Sea Tree had never killed—of course, Su Qing’s entry into its main branch was another matter entirely.
Generally speaking, it seemed the Star Sea Tree truly did not kill.
In fact, it basically nourished all living things.
Even the current Star Sea Tree was like this.
"I understand," Su Qing nodded.
He returned once more to the continent of the Immortal Enlightenment Tree King.
After coming back, Su Qing could only rely on himself to find a solution.
Even the Star Sea Tree couldn’t help him.
Su Qing could only try to figure it out on his own.
There was no helping it. He had killed far too much in the past.
And he had even indirectly destroyed a world.
This left Su Qing with no choice but to think it over slowly.
’I wonder if a clone would work?’
’To repay the karmic debt with the life of a clone.’
Su Qing considered it. ’If it were really that simple, no one would ever fail.’
So, it was a flawed idea.
’It’s not just repaying the karma, I also have to fend off the Chaos Guards.’
’But both are simple. It’s just a matter of making a choice.’
As Su Qing pondered this, he decided to stop thinking about it. In any case, he had the ability to achieve the Grand Thousand Realm. At worst, he could just let a world be destroyed again.
What was the big deal?
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