"If he refuses to accept fate, yet isn't indifferent either, but has remained unmoved since entering the Primordial Black Hole... then there's only one explanation...
Just like you, me, and many other beings in this heaven and earth, facing this chaotic and disorderly situation, he too doesn't know what to do, doesn't know what should be done..."
"No."
Genggu Wuming responded, "You're wrong."
"I'm wrong?"
Cang Yan felt greatly puzzled and asked, "Where am I wrong?"
"He knows what he should do."
"If he knows what he should do, why has he remained unmoved until now?"
"He's waiting!"
"What is he waiting for?"
"He's waiting for us, waiting for all beings in this heaven and earth, waiting for the Three Thousand Great Daos, waiting for this Original Sin, and also waiting for this Karma and Fate."
Cang Yan was somewhat confused by this.
"Facing the mysterious and unknown Primordial Black Hole, we have all lost our direction. We don't know who the True Lord of Original Sin will be, we don't know if the Three Thousand Great Daos will fall, we don't know if Heaven and Earth will be reborn, and we know even less what the future Fate will be like."
Genggu Wuming murmured to herself, "But he is different."
"Why different?"
"He simply doesn't care who the True Lord of Original Sin is. He doesn't care if the Three Thousand Great Daos will fall, if Heaven and Earth will be reborn, or what the future Fate will be like. He doesn't care about any of that. He doesn't even care what his own Karma is, so why would he care about these things? He only cares about what he cares about...
That was true before, it's true now, and it will be even more true in the future."
Genggu Wuming's figure was like mist and fog, more like a reflection in water, swaying with the various chaotic currents. She said, "Do you remember when we last saw him in the mortal world?
At that time, Xiao Jinr asked him four questions."
"Xiao Jinr's first question was: if this Great Dao and Heaven and Earth could not tolerate Gu Qingfeng, would he destroy this Heaven and Earth?"
"He replied: as long as Xiao Jinr remained in this Heaven and Earth for a single day, he would not destroy it for a single day."
"Xiao Jinr's second question was: if this Great Dao and Heaven and Earth could not tolerate Xiao Jinr, would he destroy this Heaven and Earth?"
"He replied: if this Great Dao could not tolerate Xiao Jinr, he would slaughter this Great Dao; if Heaven and Earth could not tolerate Xiao Jinr, he would destroy this Heaven and Earth."
"Xiao Jinr's third question was: if Fate destined that only one could live between him and Xiao Jinr, what choice would he make?"
"He replied: he did not believe in Fate. If Fate truly destined it thus, he would spare no effort to defy Heaven and alter Fate!"
After Genggu Wuming finished speaking, Cang Yan fell into deep thought. After a moment, she opened her mouth to ask, "Do you believe it?"
"I believe."
"Would he actually do it?"
"He would."
"Could he accomplish it?"
This question Cang Yan did not know, and neither did Genggu Wuming. If they knew, they wouldn't be as lost and hesitant as they were now.
Silence.
Cang Yan looked up and asked again, "You just said Xiao Jinr asked four questions, but you only mentioned three. What was Xiao Jinr's fourth question?"
"Xiao Jinr's fourth question consisted of only two words: 'If...'"
"'If'? If what?"
"Only the two words 'If'."
"Then how did he answer?"
"He replied: as long as he is here, there is no 'if'."
"This...
Alright!"
Cang Yan closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and only after a very long time did she slowly exhale.
She understood.
She understood the meaning behind Genggu Wuming's words.
Gu Qingfeng might not know *how* to do it, but he knows *what* to do.
He just hasn't done it yet.
What he will do does not depend on what he *wants* to do, but on what this Great Dao and Heaven and Earth, this Karma and Fate, including this Original Sin, do to the people he cares about.
Just as Genggu Wuming said.
Gu Qingfeng simply doesn't care if this Great Dao falls, doesn't care if Heaven and Earth are reborn, and cares even less who the True Lord of Original Sin is or what the future Karma and Fate will be. He only cares about what he cares about.
Just as Gu Qingfeng promised Xiao Jinr.
If the Great Dao cannot tolerate it, he will slaughter the Three Thousand Great Daos. If Heaven and Earth cannot tolerate it, he will destroy this Ancient and Present Heaven and Earth. If Fate cannot tolerate it, he will alter this Karma and Fate!
'If'?
Sorry, he said, as long as he is here, there is no 'if'.
That is what Gu Qingfeng said.
And whether it is Cang Yan or Genggu Wuming, they both believe he will definitely do it.
As for whether Gu Qingfeng can actually slaughter this Great Dao and Heaven and Earth, or whether he can truly defy Heaven and alter Fate, no one knows. Not even Genggu Wuming knows.
Precisely because they do not know, they are lost, bewildered, and hesitant.
Suddenly.
Genggu Wuming inexplicably turned around, gazing off in another direction. Her originally calm eyes now contained a trace of astonishment and doubt.
Cang Yan, not yet knowing what was happening, was just about to ask when she too seemed to detect something unusual. She similarly turned around and looked over, her peerlessly beautiful face also wearing a grave expression, her eyes revealing a look of shock.
*Clank... Clank... Clank...*
A series of strange sounds came.
It was the sound of chains, as if someone were dragging chains along the ground as they walked. The sound was bizarre, shaking the soul, intimidating the heart, and utterly terrifying.
*Clank... Clank... Clank...*
The sound of the chains was heavy and drawn-out. As it came, the various chaotic currents were violently affected.
Closer.
Closer and closer.
A shadow gradually emerged, resembling a person.
Perhaps it was a person, appearing to be a massive nine meters tall. This person had disheveled hair, wore tattered robes, and his entire body was entwined with black-and-white chains. His neck, shoulders, hands, feet, and waist were all tightly bound by chains.
The chains were covered in profound and mysterious runes, like black-and-white intertwined flames burning upon them.
Strangest of all, this person was also carrying a huge stone coffin on his shoulder. The stone coffin was similarly covered in mysterious runes, and the entire coffin was also wrapped in chains.
He walked like this, head bowed, hair disheveled, one arm holding the stone coffin on his shoulder, his entire body wrapped in chains, dragging his legs as he slowly advanced. Rolling black smoke emanated from his whole being. He had no vitality whatsoever, only an aura of death, endless lifeless silence.
Like a demon god returned from hell, extremely terrifying. Each step he took was like the judgment of the god of death.
Across from him, Genggu Wuming stared at him with a very strange look in her eyes. Cang Yan's brows were deeply furrowed, her eyes filled with astonishment.
The man walked forward, stopping beside the pavilion.
But he did not raise his head.
He didn't even glance at them.
He just stood there.
Not saying a word.
At this moment, time seemed to stand still. The surrounding chaotic currents had also, at some unknown time, dissipated. The sky was filled with deathly black smoke, truly like hell.
An unknown amount of time passed.
The man moved.
He turned and left.
He took nine steps, then stopped again.
"Tell them...
I...
have returned..."