A row of unsettlingly pearly white teeth appeared as the figure's smile enlarged, "Correct!"
"You're certainly the most interesting person I have ever met in person, though I guess being the 3rd doesn't leave me much to compare with."
"So the other two have met you," that subtle detail failed to escape Fang Yuan's attention.
"Yea," the Personification of the Heavenly Dao lay back, "They weren't very interesting, although that muscle-brained oaf certainly surprised me."
Naturally, he was referring to Primordial Origin and Reckless Savage.
"Primordial is too obsessed with Humanity's place in the world, always asserting Human superiority as a virtue, and Human suffering as a sin." the Heavenly Dao filed his fingernails with his thumb as he spoke, "Whereas Reckless Savage is…well…Reckless…none of them can live up to what I truly desire…"
Fang Yuan cut in, "Someone to take over and manage the Gu World correct?"
For the second time since eternity, the Heavenly Dao's pearly white teeth were revealed, "Bingo!"
The Heavenly Dao stood up and walked past Fang Yuan, his back turned toward him,
"Do you know what it's like to have a thousand voices screaming in your head?" he asked.
Fang Yuan shook his head, "I can't imagine. But it sounds like hell."
"Oh, you don't know the half of it," The Heavenly Dao let out a small forced chuckle, in a futile attempt to hide the pain, "And it's not just shouting but making demands after demands, and never failing to see the bigger picture behind things and-!"
The Heavenly Dao stopped mid-sentence, his fists clenched where a normal person would have hair.
Inhaling a deep breath the Heavenly Dao's voice returned to calm from its agitated state, "To cut things short I've been looking for a candidate that will take the edge off, someone who could run things in my place, or at least well enough to make the voices quieten down."
He then turned to Fang Yuan,
"In 3 Billion Years, you are the brightest ray of hope I have ever witnessed," he smirked to himself, "If I knew you otherworlders would be so full of potential I would have stopped eliminating all the otherworldly demons the moment they entered far earlier!"
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This was shocking news even for Fang Yuan, "You let the otherworlders in?"
"Not quite," The Heavenly Dao explained, "See to expand and provide all the energy and resources in the world, I take Chaos, turn it into Order, and then split it apart for the entire Gu World."
Fang Yuan knew that it was the current focus of his research.
"But to let Chaos in, I have to weaken the World Boundary to a point where it's breachable, and that's where you otherworlders come in."
The Heavenly Dao held his hands behind his back, "In the process of me absorbing Chaos, you wandering souls get sucked in and redistributed the 5 Regions, ending up in various bodies and being well 'reborn' in a sense."
"Of course, as the overseer of the Gu World, I would notice these anomalies the second they enter into the world, I don't have to wait for them to be born and get strong to take them out, that would be ridiculous." The Heavenly Dao scoffed.
"For the first 2 Billion Years I actively cut them out, thinking they were nothing but cancerous cells, but after some thought, I realized that they may be the key that I'm lacking, so I started nurturing them."
"And lo and behold, not even a Billion Years have passed and I produced both Thieveing Heaven and you! The Heavenly Refining Demon Venerable!"
The crazed look in Heavenly Dao's eyes would be disturbing if he had eyes.
"I doubt you've gone so insane that you would hand over the accumulation of your parent's works to a complete outsider."
"Naturally," The Heavenly Dao smirked, "I am not giving you the 5 Regions, rather I have a proposition for you."
His face turned serious, "Become my harbinger."
"You would gain the eternal life you seek, not a single one of your enemies would ever be able to touch you ever again, and you would even be able to bring back those you love and have them spend eternity with you!"
The offer was a good one, too good.
"Hmph!" Fang Yuan snorted, "Yea and be an eternal servant of yours, I can see right through your facade, if I accept this power I'll forever be at your beck and call."
The air turned still, and though he had no facial features, apart from a mouth, Fang Yuan could tell he was pissed.
"You dare defy me?" the words were spoken with great authority, power was surging, so intensely that even a Rank 8 might have died from the aura alone.
But Fang Yuan just sneered, "If you could strike us down you would have done it eons ago the moment Primordial or Reckless took a Dao. But you can't can you."
In an instant the power dissipated, "It is as you say, though I am omnipotent within the Gu World I am bound by certain rules."
"But I thought you would be wiser than that," The Heavenly Dao smirked once again, "I'm sure you know this but those two are waiting for the very moment we end this conversation, and the moment you become a Dao Emperor you'll be torn to shreds by them."
The Heavenly Dao showed the ambush that was being prepared for Fang Yuan.
"I am aware." Fang Yuan nodded his head, "But I seek true eternity, not something that binds me."
The Heavenly Dao snorted, "Hmph! It has been a waste of time knowing you, at least with your death, the future will be clear once again and this uneasy doubt of the future will be gone."
"Oh?" Fang Yuan smirked, "Don't be so sure of that."
The Heavenly Dao chuckled, "You don't possibly believe that you can survive those 2 monsters?"
Fang Yuan's smirk extended to his eyes, "It's time you experienced what it's like to be a mortal full of doubt, worry and unease because my life is my own and it will not end here!"
At that moment Fang Yuan's eyes were beginning to open, leaving the Heavenly Dao alone in the void.
The Heavenly Dao looked at his hands, a fuzzy uncomfortable feeling crawled its way up his entire body, "What is this sensation? Is this…fear? Unease? Me?"
He turned furious!
"He dares threaten me! Fine then. I can't interfere but I can cause massive trouble in his plan."
Back in the 5 Regions,
Above the skies of the Western Desert,
Dark Thunder Clouds were beginning to form,
"Oh? That isn't part of the plan." Wu Shuai looked above sensing the danger that was about to commence.
Every person on the planet could feel the tremendous aura hidden within those clouds, but only 11 people knew exactly what this power and aura meant.
"Chaotic Tribulation!"
Sorry for the 1 week absence there's a flu bug going around and I unfortunately caught it, but I wasn't allowed any MCs from the army so I had to bear with it throughout.