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766: Chapter 10: When Heaven Destroys Man, It First Sows Chaos 766: Chapter 10: When Heaven Destroys Man, It First Sows Chaos Why did it come to this?

Amidst the rapid breaths, Mo Mo struggled to take another breath, yet with the action of breathing, the pierced lung instantly brought unbearable pain, making him feel like he might faint from the agony.

Compared to the severe injuries on his body now, the clothes soaked with sweat seemed insignificant.

The scattered bangs fell before Mo Mo’s eyes, but they didn’t obscure the enemy before him—calling them enemies, yet some of these individuals had warmly called him “Dao Xiong” just days ago.

But now…

facing life and death.

When he descended the mountain, his master warned him that the world was far from peaceful as it appeared.

He didn’t scoff but heeded the advice, taking every step cautiously.

However, the scenes at the seaside Lv Village showed him the evil of human nature.

He became even more cautious, every step like treading on thin ice, fearing a single mistake would lead to utter ruin, losing his true self.

In his view, the path of immortality is elusive; without a heart that remains steadfast in adversity, how can one touch the realm of freedom beyond the mortal world?

Prove the Tao with power?

Subdue all with strength?

If my cultivation is profound, even the heavens can be shattered?

If you do not defy the heavens, how can you become immortal?

In Mo Mo’s eyes, such arguments are merely the fantasies of cultivators of ancient times who fell into madness.

Though the law of survival of the fittest aligns with nature, it remains charged with ferocity, lacking any hint of immortality.

Not to mention the ordinary people of the secular world, driven by impatience and fantasy, who only understand the so-called thrill, yet it’s merely self-deception in their short lives, forgetting their true selves in the end.

This can’t be called pitiful; at most, they are just mortals.

A mortal, is ordinary; ordinary, with various flaws, that’s all.

Yet he constantly forgot that even those who cultivate beyond the ordinary started as mortals.

Since the roots are planted in the mortal soil, shedding this mortal nature becomes incredibly difficult.

Perhaps only someone as pure as Zhan is most suitable for the path of Tao, otherwise, it wouldn’t have been Zhan who obtained the opportunity disrupting the entire Mount Tai Penglai Gathering—because, in terms of strength, Zhan isn’t even qualified to show up among the Taoists at Mount Tai or the Divine Land Monster Race.

Mo Mo glanced at Zhan, who lay on his back and had been unconscious for several days… ever since touching that White Jade Decree in the mysterious underground palace.

Initially, Mo Mo didn’t know what this White Jade Decree was.

When an anomaly suddenly appeared in Song Li Mountain, almost every Taoist and demon who was present went to inquire.

Mo Mo was no exception.

Regarding Zhan, Mo Mo was worried about danger, so he didn’t bring him at first.

If something happened to Zhan, he couldn’t face Master Yang Taizi again.

Master Yang Taizi asked him to bring Zhan to the Mount Tai Penglai Gathering, saying it was for gaining experience.

As Mo Mo had agreed, he naturally ensured Zhan’s safety.

Yet Zhan, with his youthful nature, later followed alone.

When Mo Mo discovered it, he was both amused and exasperated but eventually couldn’t refuse and took Zhan along.

On the third day of the anomaly, all gathered Taoists and demons obtained nothing.

Even the Clothed Daoist’s heir, who claimed to know everything under heaven, calculated nothing.

Yet such a puzzle that left everyone clueless was broken through because of a reckless act by Zhan.

A week ago, Mo Mo’s search team was conducting yet another repetitive search.

Bored along the way, Zhan spotted a cricket and wanted to capture it to play.

Somehow, he stumbled into a Secret Realm that had never appeared!

Later, after some seniors and the Clothed Daoist’s heir researched, they found that this Secret Realm always existed, only hidden by a powerful Illusion Technique array.

The entrance for the Illusion Technique array constantly moved, leaving no trace, with very short periods of rest.

But the entrance, despite its mysterious mobility, was discovered due to Zhan’s playful act.

Their search team even entered a mysterious palace.

The palace was filled with danger, every step perilous, but only Zhan confusedly obtained a White Jade Decree.

The White Jade Decree was extraordinarily unique; no method could damage it in the slightest and ultimately transformed into an Imperial Edict, directly printing onto Zhan’s back.

Since then, Zhan has been in a coma, unable to awaken.

After the search team came out, Mo Mo immediately brought several seniors who had good relations with the Taoist Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain to examine Zhan’s condition and instructed to watch the entrance while other Taoists and demon seniors entered to examine.

After all this research, they received shocking news!

This place was an Imperial Palace built by Dongyue the Great Emperor, and the Edict was related to entering the abode of this God who governs Yin Spirits.

The group speculated that inside the abode, they might find the reason why the netherworld has not opened recently and perhaps even obtain the Great Emperor’s inheritance.

Such a heaven-shaking opportunity is like serving a gourmet feast before the starving Divine Land Shenzhou Dao Realm and demons!

On the first day, everyone seemed able to endure.

But after a day, the place where Zhan was suffered thirteen attacks!

Someone, or some demon race, wanted to seize Zhan and control this heaven-shaking opportunity.

Initially, Mo Mo could still defend with the Taoists who were friendly to him.

But three days later, Mo Mo angrily found that those who were initially on his side even turned against him!

Fortunately, he realized it in time and escaped with Zhan in a hurry, though he himself was severely injured, fleeing to this dangerous place.

Atop a peak on Mount Tai’s summit, Mo Mo stood before two summoned Golden Thunder Lions already fallen and lackluster, seemingly ready to disappear anytime.

He himself was supporting his body with a Thousand-Year Peach Wood Sword.

Zhan was still asleep, bound with cloth to his back, carried away from their encampment, luckily unharmed… but they had reached a dead end!

“Mo Mo Dao friend, it’s time to end this.” A man in a dark gray Taoist robe, around forty years old, sighed, “Hand him over, let us explore the secrets of the Edict together, find that Great Emperor’s abode, and later take whatever fortune we might find.

If you want to monopolize it, aren’t you being too greedy?”

Mo Mo snorted coldly; rumors about him wanting to monopolize the Edict had already spread throughout Mount Tai.

He didn’t know who started them, but now it didn’t matter.

Whether he could overcome this crisis was uncertain.

“The heir of the Clothed Daoist already said, this Edict is linked to Zhan’s Divine Soul.

It’s the Edict that chose Zhan, so it’s his opportunity.

Since it’s someone else’s, it doesn’t belong to you, taking it is useless!”

“Absurd!

Treasures belong to the capable!

This ignorant child, I think, even lacks intelligence, how can the Great Emperor’s inheritance be so wasted!

I have cultivated for seventy-three years since age five, deeply rooted in the Tao!

Such divine item naturally belongs to me!” A Taoist stepped forward.

Mo Mo gritted his teeth; though he despised the Taoist’s words, this Taoist was the strongest in mana among the group and was of the same generation as his unreliable master.

Before this happened, Mo Mo respectfully called him uncle several times.

“I have said, this Edict is Zhan’s, its disposal awaits his awakening!

We shall not use any coercive means; everything must be chosen by him!” Mo Mo clenched his teeth.

So tired… losing too much blood, even for a Taoist like him with a mana-strengthened body, it’s challenging to sustain.

So tired… why continue clinging on?

Mo Mo felt the stabbing pain coming from his lungs, his mind filled with countless thoughts, urging him to give up, perhaps even to agree to these guys’ suggestions, and everyone would gain insights together from the Imperial Edict, find the grotto, and obtain a world-shocking opportunity.

Wouldn’t that be better?

Now, he is besieged from all sides, facing almost the entirety of the crazed Shenzhou Dao Realm and the monsters, he absolutely does not have the power to overturn heaven and earth alone.

“Humph!

Sounds nice!

This kid was personally brought to Mount Tai by you, his feelings for you are deep.

No matter the choice, he would choose you!

Mo Mo, I think your Taoist Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain wants to swallow it alone!” A youth about Mo Mo’s age, wearing a white Tang suit, coldly walked out at this time: “All seniors, fellow Dao Xiongs, at this moment he is already at the end of his rope, we need not say more with him!

Since ancient times, treasures go to those destined for them, this great treasure, though obtained by that ignorant child, has been brought before us, isn’t it also our chance?”

“Hahaha!

Exactly!!

Mo Mo is already at the end of his strength!

What is there to fear!”

“Charge!

The Great Emperor’s inheritance is right before our eyes!”

The heroes surged, yet Mo Mo laughed at that moment, laughing so hard his lungs tumbled, coughing violently.

He spat a mouthful of thick blood but coldly eyed those rushing forward all around, or lying in ambush waiting for opportunity, muttering: “Colder than anything else is the human heart, colder than anything else.”

“Mo Mo!

Surrender gracefully!”

Accompanied by a loud shout, a gust of strong wind swirled, filling the space around Mo Mo, attempting to trap him within.

Mo Mo then spat another mouthful of fresh blood, splashing onto the peachwood sword in his hand!

The Thousand-Year Peach Wood Sword now exploded with dazzling golden light, Mo Mo roared: “Zhan and that Imperial Edict are symbiotically linked, if you wish to take it, it’s equivalent to taking his life!

Such conduct is nothing but banditry!

If I abandon Zhan, how could I keep the face to pay respects to Master Yang Taizi in the future!

You Taoists all speak of gentlemanly words, portray yourselves as being free of desires, but in the end, you all deceive yourselves, each one fearing death!

Wanting immortality, yet unwilling to part with the offerings of mundane mortals, truly sad!

Why did the Great Emperor choose not to take you?

Fearful that even if you obtained it, you would gain nothing, ultimately it’s a dream of flowers in the mirror, moon in the water!

Look at yourselves now, worse than any Devil!!”

Faced with Mo Mo’s taunts, the Taoists refused to hear any of it, snorting coldly, though seeing the golden flashing Peach Wood Sword in Mo Mo’s hand, they grew wary!

“Careful, this guy intends to fight desperately!”

Feeling the vibrations coming from Mo Mo’s Peach Wood Sword, those with weaker strength felt a heaviness in their hearts!

But unexpectedly, Mo Mo laughed again, the Peach Wood Sword in his hand suddenly drawing a large circle in front of him!

A three-meter diameter ice mirror suddenly appeared in front of Mo Mo, blocking everyone!

The crowd was bewildered, but Mo Mo planted his Peach Wood Sword in the ground, loudly saying: “I, Mo Mo, will be buried here, and will never abandon the initial promise!

This is my Tao!

This sword, this mirror shall stand here, and Heaven and Earth bear witness!”

With that, Mo Mo gritted his teeth, and together with Zhan, leaped into the ten-thousand-foot abyss behind him!

Zhan, oh Zhan, I cannot see through…

Today I owe you a life, and should there be a next life, I, Mo Mo, will surely return it!

No one could expect Mo Mo’s fierceness, watching him jump off the cliff, the Taoists were extremely astonished, feeling a surge of turbid qi in their chests, unbearably uncomfortable!

“Look at the mirror…”

A voice suddenly spoke.

The mirror now diffused with radiance, reflecting the visages of the Taoists.

Their expressions were ferocious, akin to Devils, so unbearable…

Exactly what Mo Mo said as his last words: Worse than any Devil!

“Damn!!”

Someone punched the ice mirror, breaking it instantly, fuming: “Let’s search the valley below!

Alive, we want to see the person, dead, we want to see the corpse!!”

…

As the Taoists hurried down the mountain to find Mo Mo immediately, a figure quietly arrived at the pinnacle.

Dressed in white, she appeared untainted, a woman with a serene demeanor.

The woman calmly observed the Peach Wood Sword stabbed there, reaching out to grasp it, but her palm bounced back by the sword.

The woman sighed: “Such pure will.

Dragon Tiger Mountain has produced a remarkable successor in this generation.

What a pity, this era…”

She shook her head, calmly saying: “When Heaven wants to destroy someone, it will cause chaos.”

After glancing at the ten-thousand-foot abyss, the woman stepped forth, gently descending into it.

…

…

Caroline did not intend to use her entire lifespan as payment.

Of course, she considered her Soul far more important—even though the other party said the Soul would only be taken when her lifespan expired, she still felt the Soul was more crucial.

Among numerous choices, such as emotions and memories of various kinds, Caroline was unwilling to relinquish.

Eventually, Caroline made the choice she felt most appropriate, planning to sign a contract with Luo Qiu.

Purchase service: Resolve this matter safely for her.

Payment: Her reproductive ability as a woman.

The goatskin contract had already unfolded before Caroline, yet Boss Luo suddenly spoke: “Ms.

Caroline, are you really intending to pay with your reproductive ability?”

“What?

Is that not enough?” Caroline frowned, fearing he might raise the price now.

Luo Qiu shook his head: “No, no, I only think that a woman’s ability to bear children is a truly great ability.

Its value exceeds that of your other…

such as emotional memories.”

“Great?” Caroline shook her head, calmly saying: “Have you never heard of surrogacy?

In this day and age, even the womb can be sold, what greatness can be spoken?”

Luo Qiu fell silent for a while, then calmly said: “Given that what you are willing to pay exceeds the value of what you need, I plan to add some small compensation for the excess.”

“What compensation?” Caroline suddenly looked somewhat expectant, “if it can be converted to cash, that would be best.”

“Of course, it can also be converted into cash.

However, I suggest Ms.

Caroline exchange it for something else.

For instance, your liver isn’t very healthy due to long-term staying up late, it would be better to improve it, for example.”

“I want money!”

“Alright then…” Boss Luo nodded: “As you wish.”