"Kid Gu!
If...
I'm saying if, if you really are the fated True Lord of Original Sin, then this matter is far too complicated. There's a ninety percent chance some unspeakable conspiracy lies behind it all. It might even be that woman Genggu Wuming who dug this pit for you, kid! No!
Not dug for you, but for the True Lord of Original Sin. Her goal is to make you become the True Lord, then erase you, thereby wiping out Original Sin from its very root."
"Da Xing."
Gu Qingfeng looked at Da Xing the Mad Monk in this space, speaking very seriously: "You, my friend, are starting to look more and more like a charlatan. You've got a whole set of spiels ready to go."
"What charlatan!"
Da Xing the Mad Monk glared angrily, shouting: "You think I'm trying to scare you?
Let me tell you, kid!
I don't have the leisure to scare you right now! At a time like this, who has the mood to spout nonsense with you!"
To be honest.
Gu Qingfeng didn't know whether Da Xing the Mad Monk was bluffing and trying to scare him.
Nor did he know what little schemes this old bald donkey had in mind by saying all this.
However.
If Da Xing the Mad Monk's words were truly meant to bluff and scare Gu Qingfeng, then he had succeeded. Gu Qingfeng really had been bluffed, and he really had been scared.
Though he didn't want to, he had to admit that what Da Xing said was fact. If he, the greatest Anomaly, was indeed the fated True Lord of Original Sin, then this matter was huge. There must be some earth-shattering conspiracy behind it. Perhaps Da Xing the Mad Monk had hit the nail on the head—all of this was a pit Genggu Wuming dug for the True Lord of Original Sin, aiming to completely erase Original Sin, and Gu Qingfeng just happened to be the fated one.
"Kid Gu, can you seriously tell me, why exactly do you want to become the True Lord of Original Sin?"
"I've said it eight hundred times already. I have no interest whatsoever in that blasted True Lord of Original Sin. I just want to seek the Dao of Original Sin."
"Fine!
Then tell me, why do you want to seek the Dao of Original Sin?"
"What do you mean why?
Does that need a reason?
I've muddled through most of my life carrying the title of 'Original Sin Anomaly'. Not only have I gained no benefits from it, but because of this so-called great Original Sin and great Anomaly, I've suffered plenty. No matter what, I have to figure out what this thing actually is, right?
I can't go my whole life carrying the title of Original Sin Anomaly without even knowing what Original Sin is, can I?"
"What you say makes sense, but the problem is, what lies before you now might be a huge pit. By the time you figure it out, you might be completely finished..."
"So you mean...
tell me not to seek the Dao of Original Sin?"
"That's not what I mean! I'm telling you to be sharp, kid. Play it by ear. Don't stubbornly charge down a single path. Take one step at a time."
"I'd like to take one step at a time, but often, I have no choice."
Gu Qingfeng did want to seek the Dao of Original Sin, but he also knew this path was full of pitfalls. Moreover, the Primordial Black Hole was extremely chaotic. He had no idea what the current situation was. Ever since entering the Primordial Black Hole, he had been scurrying around like a headless fly. He was thinking of first understanding the situation before making a decision.
Alas.
After entering the Primordial Black Hole, he first inexplicably fused with an Omen Object, then was forced to devour the Taotie.
The Taotie, like the Asura and Yellow Spring, were all Primordial Sin True Children who had fused with Primordial Sin True Blood. As for that Omen Object, though Gu Qingfeng still didn't know its origins, he faintly sensed this thing was probably also related to Original Sin. Even if it wasn't a Primordial Sin True Child that had fused with Primordial Sin True Blood, it couldn't be far off.
Add to that the drop of Original Sin Blood he fused with back then, which now seemed eighty percent likely to also be Primordial Sin True Blood. Whether Gu Qingfeng admitted it or not, he was already walking further and further down the path of Original Sin, sinking deeper and deeper into the Original Sin Black Hole.
Suddenly.
Gu Qingfeng thought of the three Primordial Sin True Children: Taotie, Asura, and Yellow Spring.
If he really was the fated True Lord of Original Sin.
If this fate was truly a conspiracy to completely erase Original Sin.
Then wouldn't the fusion of these three Primordial Sin True Children—Taotie, Asura, and Yellow Spring—with him be seeking their own deaths?
Could it be they didn't know this was a conspiracy?
No!
That's unlikely.
These three existences all possessed independent consciousness and were terrifying beings. If this truly was a conspiracy, they couldn't possibly be unaware, right?
Since they knew, why would they fuse with him?
What was their goal?
Did they want to gamble against causality?
Bet against fate?
Or something else?
Or perhaps this fate wasn't a conspiracy at all, and everything was just wild speculation.
He didn't know.
These questions were too complex. Gu Qingfeng's head felt like it was about to explode from thinking about them, yet he couldn't come to any conclusion.
"Kid Gu, right now, almost every existence in heaven and earth is watching you. I think you should be careful, kid. Keeping your life safe is the priority. After all, only by living is there hope. Even if you want to seek the Dao of Original Sin, what's the rush?
So, the first thing you need to consider next is your own life. How to survive, how to proceed."
"What you say is nonsense, but it's also the truth. However...
there's one thing I must figure out as soon as possible."
"What thing?"
"Everything you just said has one premise: that I am the fated True Lord of Original Sin."
"What?
Don't tell me you still don't want to believe you're the fated True Lord of Original Sin?
Kid, you're covering your ears to steal the bell—deceiving yourself, you know?
If you weren't the fated True Lord of Original Sin, why would all those existences in heaven and earth be watching you?
You think they have nothing better to do?
And the Asura of Avici Endless Suffering and the Yellow Spring that descends from the highest heavens to the deepest hells within you, plus that Heaven-Devouring, Earth-Swallowing Blood Taotie you devoured—they're all Primordial Sin True Children who fused with Primordial Sin True Blood! If you weren't the fated True Lord of Original Sin, would they fuse with you?"
"Nothing in this world is absolute. You've lived so many years, old bald donkey. Haven't you heard the saying 'what you see may not be the truth'?"
"And have you, kid, heard 'those closely involved cannot see as clearly as those outside'?
All signs now indicate you are the fated True Lord of Original Sin. You just can't accept it. You're inside the game, while I, outside, see it clearly."
Gu Qingfeng gave a faint smile and said nothing.
As Da Xing the Mad Monk said, all signs indicated Gu Qingfeng was the fated True Lord of Original Sin. Though Gu Qingfeng was inside the game, he wasn't confused. Precisely because he was inside, he understood these signs better than anyone. It wasn't that he didn't believe, nor that he couldn't accept this fact.
He just had doubts.
The reason for his doubt was simple.
Only two words.
Feeling.