A dream.
It was that dream again.
At some unknown moment, Su Hua had once again fallen into the Nightmare.
Within the Nightmare, the voice of the mysterious woman still echoed.
"Having wisdom, having confusion, distinguishing between object and self!"
"A hundred kinds of yang, a hundred kinds of yin, transforming into the harmony of Heaven and Earth!"
"See not good, see not evil, only cause and Karma remain!"
"A thousand saints, a thousand demons, let others speak as they will!"
Within the Nightmare, there was no sun or moon, no Heaven and Earth, nor light or darkness. There was nothing, only Chaos, endless Chaos.
However.
In the past, this endless Chaos would spread through the entire Nightmare like mist.
But now, this endless Chaos was slowly rotating like a vortex.
If it were before, Su Hua might have wanted to linger in this Nightmare a little longer, because she wanted to understand more, to know what secrets this Nightmare hid and what relation it had to her.
But now.
She only wanted to leave this dream, not wishing to stay a moment longer.
Now, she no longer wanted to know what secrets this Nightmare concealed, nor what relation it had to her.
Yes.
She didn't want to know anymore. She only wanted to leave, only wanted to return to Gu Qingfeng's side, nestle in his embrace, and accompany him.
Unfortunately, she neither knew how she had entered the Nightmare, nor how to leave it.
"Do not forget!
Must not forget!
Never...
never forget!"
"False, it's all false, all illusory, everything is illusory..."
"Do not believe in Karma, and do not believe in Fate...
And do not believe in them..."
Within the Nightmare, the woman repeated these words incessantly.
Su Hua had long lost count of how many times she had heard them.
At that moment.
A gentle voice seemed to sound beside her ear.
"She is right. Do not believe in Karma, and do not believe in Fate."
Hmm?
Su Hua looked around and was startled to discover that a person had appeared within this Nightmare at some unknown time.
It was a woman.
To be precise, it was a young girl, dressed in white robes, barefoot and floating in the void. This girl looked utterly ordinary, supremely plain, plain as if she were just a negligible glimmer of light within this Nightmare.
Seeing this girl, Su Hua was first stunned, then exclaimed in surprise, "Elder Sister Nameless?"
"Hua'er, it's been a long time."
"It's really you?"
Su Hua knew Genggu Wuming. Not only did she know her, but their relationship was quite good. She also knew that Genggu Wuming would descend into this world, but she hadn't expected her to appear within this Nightmare.
"Elder Sister Nameless, why are you here?"
"You are here, so I came."
"You came specifically to find me?"
Genggu Wuming nodded, gazing at the Chaos that rotated slowly like a vortex.
Su Hua had once always wanted to see Genggu Wuming, because she had many doubts and questions in her heart and wanted to seek answers from Genggu Wuming.
But that was only in the past.
Today's Su Hua, although she still had many doubts and questions in her heart, no longer wanted to know the answers to these questions.
And Genggu Wuming seemed to have long seen through her thoughts, saying softly, "Rest assured, I am only here to see you, nothing more. I have no other intentions. I understand your heart now. I will not persuade you, nor force you, nor interfere with you. I am like this, and your Eldest Martial Sister is the same."
"My Eldest Martial Sister also...
came?"
"She came. We were at your cave dwelling just now. She should have left by now."
"Oh."
Su Hua felt somewhat dejected, but even more, she felt guilty. "I'm sorry...
Eldest Martial Sister, and you, Elder Sister Nameless, you must be very disappointed in me, right?"
"Why do you say that?"
"I am a person destined for the tribulation in this era, bearing the safety of Heaven and Earth. I should be saving all living beings, resolving the great Calamity of this era. Yet I have selfishly chosen to escape, and also..."
"Silly girl, who told you that a person destined for a tribulation must bear the safety of Heaven and Earth?
Must save all living beings in the world?
Must resolve the great Calamity of this era?"
"Elder Sister Nameless, you don't need to comfort me."
"I am not comforting you, merely stating a fact."
Genggu Wuming said, "It is true that you are a person destined for a tribulation, but the tribulation you face is not some great Calamity of Heaven and Earth. No one is destined for a Calamity of Heaven and Earth. The only one destined for a Calamity of Heaven and Earth is Heaven and Earth itself. Anyone destined for a tribulation faces their own Karmic tribulation. You are like this, and Heaven and Earth is no exception. Everything has a cause, everything has a result. If it were not so, why would we say that heavenly principles cycle and Karma retributes?"
"A Karmic tribulation?"
Su Hua didn't quite understand.
"Your Karmic tribulation is something only you yourself know."
Su Hua shook her head, still not comprehending.
At that moment, the voice of the Nightmare sounded again.
"The Curse..."
"We are all cursed...
They are also cursed...
All cursed by Karma, also cursed by Fate..."
"Our clansmen are...
Their clansmen are also..."
"Do not believe in Karma, do not believe in Fate..."
"Never..."
"Find that person, only by finding that person might we completely break this Curse..."
"You must find that person!"
Genggu Wuming gazed at the Chaos that resembled a vortex, saying with a hint of profundity, "Just as the words of this Nightmare say, you do not understand now, but that does not mean you will not understand later. One day, you will understand..."
"Why does she not want me to believe in Karma and Fate?"
Genggu Wuming murmured, "You will understand later..."
Then, Su Hua asked again, "Then should I believe in Karma and Fate?"
Genggu Wuming shook her head, gazing at the Chaos vortex, and responded, "I do not know."
"Are Karma and Fate worthy of belief?"
Genggu Wuming shook her head again, replying that she did not know.
"Elder Sister Nameless, aren't you the messenger of Fate, the incarnation of Karma? Why don't even you know?"
Genggu Wuming stopped looking at the Chaos vortex and instead gazed intently at Su Hua. "Because I am only the messenger of Fate, only the incarnation of Karma. I can neither represent Karma nor control Fate."
After a silence.
Genggu Wuming took the initiative to ask, "Hua'er, don't you want to ask me about him?"
Su Hua shook her head, answering without hesitation, "I do not."
"Why?"
"Whatever choice he makes is unimportant to me."
"And why is that?"
"If he chooses to destroy Heaven and Earth, I will accompany him. If he chooses to suffer eternal damnation, I will also accompany him. No matter what choice he makes, I will unhesitatingly accompany him. Given that, is his choice important to me?"
"Indeed, it is not important."
"But...
Hua'er, do you know?
Karma has no end, never, never has an end...
Sometimes, when you think this is the result, it may only be the cause. Sometimes, when you think everything is about to end, it may only be a beginning."
These words from Genggu Wuming plunged Su Hua into deep contemplation. She seemed to understand, but she was even more bewildered.