"Who doesn't want to become a god?
Who doesn't want to control their own destiny?
Only..." Gu Qingfeng spoke unhurriedly, "I know my own limitations. This lifetime, I likely have no hope of becoming a god. As for controlling my own destiny... heh, to be honest, I've never even thought about it. I don't dare to. I'll just leave it to Fate."
"What a joke!
You are the predestined True Lord of Original Sin, the one who will slaughter Fate itself, the future Wu Dao Zun Shang! And yet you speak of leaving things to Fate?
This is the biggest joke, the greatest irony!"
"Joke or irony, it doesn't matter. In short, I reckon you should pick someone else. Besides, I don't believe I am the so-called predestined True Lord of Original Sin."
"You!"
The other party was furious, angrily berating Gu Qingfeng as hopeless, worthless mud that couldn't be helped up a wall. After a moment, his tone softened considerably. "Young man, I know you have reservations, perhaps you don't believe me at all. But I tell you, you're overthinking it. I will not deceive you. If you fuse with me, you will gain power that can shatter heaven and destroy earth. Once you slaughter the Great Dao and erase Fate, you can open the Wu Dao Age and become a true god."
"That sounds rather appealing."
Here, Gu Qingfeng's physical body had long since twisted like smoke, as if immolated in a sea of fire. Yet despite this, his tone remained remarkably relaxed, as if chatting with an old friend, indescribably leisurely and carefree. "But...
if you possess such earth-shattering power, why don't you go erase Fate yourself? Why insist on fusing with me?"
"Hahahaha!"
The other party laughed heartily, scoffing mockingly. "If I weren't cursed by Fate, if I weren't now merely a wisp of Residual Consciousness, why would I need to place my hopes on a timid little whelp like you? Truly, you are a piece of rotten wood that cannot be carved!"
"You're just a wisp of Residual Consciousness?"
Gu Qingfeng was somewhat confused. He continued asking, "And a Residual Consciousness cursed by Fate?
What does that mean?"
"Hmph!
I was originally a consciousness birthed from Original Sin. Back in the Desolate Ancient Era, I slaughtered the Great Dao and opened the Wu Dao Age, all for the sake of erasing Fate!
A pity!
What a true pity!
Back then, I had just been born, inexperienced in worldly affairs, unaware of the treachery of the human heart. Moreover, I was too eager for success, and as a result, I fell into Fate's trap, suffering its curse. Now, only this wisp of Residual Consciousness remains."
Hearing these words, Gu Qingfeng's heart was greatly shaken. "You're saying...
it was you who slaughtered the Great Dao in the Desolate Ancient Era, causing the numerous Great Dao Ancestors to fall one after another? And it was you who opened the Wu Dao Age?
You birthed so many people of Original Sin?"
"Who else could it be!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath. He had heard Da Xing the Mad Monk say that in the Desolate Ancient Era, the Great Dao had fallen one after another, and countless Ancestors had perished. Not only that, but the Wu Dao Age had also been opened. It was said that the Original Sin Blood fused within him—the Avi Hell Asura and the one who traversed the highest heavens and deepest hells—had been obtained during the Wu Dao Age.
As for how the Great Dao fell in the Desolate Ancient Era and how the Wu Dao Age was opened, it remained a mystery to this day.
Now, this existence claiming to be the consciousness of Original Sin was saying it was him who slaughtered the Great Dao in the Desolate Ancient Era and opened the Wu Dao Age.
Was this for real?
Gu Qingfeng didn't know whether to believe it or not.
"If not for waiting for you, this wisp of Residual Consciousness would have long since turned to ashes. The reason I've persisted until now is solely to await your appearance."
Gu Qingfeng asked a question he had always wanted the answer to. "Why me?"
"You shouldn't ask me that question."
"Then who should I ask?"
"You should ask Fate."
"I don't understand. You chose me, yet you tell me to ask Fate?"
"You are mistaken!
It was not Original Sin that chose you, but Fate that chose you!"
Hearing this, Gu Qingfeng grew even more bewildered. "You want me to fuse with Original Sin to erase Fate, yet you say Fate chose me? What do you mean?
Fate chose me to have me erase Fate?
Don't you find that a bit strange?"
"Not strange!
Not strange at all. Fate chose you, hoping that after you become the True Lord of Original Sin, it can erase you, thereby completely eradicating Original Sin."
"Since you know this is Fate's scheme, why still want me to fuse with Original Sin?"
"Hahahaha!"
The other party laughed uproariously. "I've already fallen for Fate's trick once; I absolutely will not fall for it a second time. Fate thinks that as long as you become the True Lord of Original Sin, erasing you will completely erase Original Sin. Hahahaha!
How utterly presumptuous! The power of Original Sin is beyond their imagination. They dare not erase you, will not erase you, and moreover, cannot erase you!"
"And why is that?"
"Hahahaha!
Because you are the predestined True Lord of Original Sin! The Book of Fate has long recorded: when Original Sin finds its True Lord, the Great Dao will fall, the Present Era will end, Heaven and Earth will be reborn, and the Wu Dao Age will open..." "Hahahaha!
What is Fate? This is Fate!
No one can change it—you cannot, I cannot, even Fate itself cannot change it!
Hahahaha!"
The other party's words stirred up monstrous waves in Gu Qingfeng's heart. Ever since learning that the game of heaven and earth was a contest between Original Sin and Fate, he had always felt something was off, but he could never pinpoint what exactly. Upon hearing these words, he finally understood.
Yes.
The Book of Fate had long recorded that when Original Sin finds its True Lord, the Great Dao will fall, Heaven and Earth will be reborn, and the Wu Dao Age will open.
Since the Book of Fate recorded this, it must have also made arrangements long ago, hence the so-called predestined True Lord of Original Sin.
In other words,
if the Book of Fate's record is true, then the Present Era will definitely end, the Great Dao will definitely fall, Heaven and Earth will definitely be reborn, and the Wu Dao Age will definitely open.
Gu Qingfeng had always thought Original Sin was defying heaven and opposing Fate. Only now did he realize—Original Sin wasn't defying heaven or opposing Fate at all; it was complying with heaven and obeying Fate! Those trying to erase Original Sin were the ones defying heaven and opposing Fate.
How utterly absurd!
Gu Qingfeng was stunned for a long time, unable to recover. This news was truly explosive for him. It felt as if...
he had believed himself to be a man since childhood, lived most of his life as one, and only on the verge of death discovered he was actually a woman!
Gu Qingfeng understood, but he also grew more confused.
Since the Book of Fate had long recorded and arranged this, why would Fate still want to erase the True Lord of Original Sin?
Erasing the True Lord of Original Sin would mean opposing Fate.
Fate opposing itself?
That didn't make sense.