"I say, Da Xing, you old bald donkey, aren't you being a bit of a conspiracy theorist? How the hell does every single thing that comes out of your mouth turn into someone's scheme? It's as if everything under heaven and earth has become part of someone else's grand design."
"What do you mean 'a bit of a conspiracy theorist'? Damn it! At this critical juncture, you actually doubt this old monk? If others doubted, that would be one thing, but you, kid, after experiencing so many things—which one of them wasn't someone else's scheme?"
Indeed.
Ever since Gu Qingfeng began cultivating in his youth, he had jumped into schemes laid out by others, one after another.
Perhaps it was truly as Da Xing the Mad Monk said: the collapse of Gui Xu was a scheme of the Ancient Clan; the preservation of the True Blood of Original Sin was also a scheme of the Ancient Clan; and perhaps there were still far, far too many unknown schemes.
It wasn't that Gu Qingfeng didn't believe what Da Xing the Mad Monk was saying, nor was he skeptical. On the contrary, he did believe in these schemes the mad monk described.
What he truly doubted was Da Xing the Mad Monk himself.
He always felt that this old bald donkey wasn't just saying these things to him for the sake of conversation. It seemed as if Da Xing the Mad Monk only spoke when the time was right, and each time he spoke, he was deadly serious, presenting his arguments systematically, with reason and evidence, making them impossible to refute.
Gu Qingfeng didn't know what medicine this old bald donkey Da Xing the Mad Monk was really selling. He couldn't be bothered to figure it out. Anyway, no matter what Da Xing the Mad Monk said, he wouldn't believe it.
In the past, he might have believed five or six parts out of ten.
Now, he didn't believe a single part, treating everything the old bald donkey said as pure nonsense.
Because ever since entering the Primordial Black Hole, Da Xing the Mad Monk had been by his side, constantly saying these things. Gu Qingfeng found that he had, to a greater or lesser extent, already begun to be influenced by this old bald donkey.
Even if he didn't want to admit it, he had to acknowledge that Da Xing the Mad Monk's brainwashing skills were truly formidable.
Naturally, as a matter of course, subtly and imperceptibly, he would wash your brain. And after washing it, you wouldn't even realize it. Not only that, you'd even feel that what he said made perfect sense.
Da Xing the Mad Monk wanted to say more, but Gu Qingfeng was already too lazy to continue listening.
Within the arena.
That Qiongqi Cauldron was like a vortex in the sea, devouring the omnipresent Original Sin aura.
The handsome youth with white hair and white robes still stood in the air above the Qiongqi Cauldron.
In the distance, Qingmu Old Immortal wore a solemn expression, frowning as if deep in thought.
Meanwhile, Huli Great Immortal kept shouting loudly, not arguing back and forth with that sinister, deep-voiced Mysterious Figure, but rather sarcastically insulting and cursing those so-called Great Dao Patriarchs of the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands.
"The patriarchs of the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands actually fused with True Blood, becoming Children of Original Sin... Ha ha ha!"
"Aren't you bastards supposed to be hailed as Great Dao Patriarchs? Aren't you supposed to uphold the Great Dao? Secretly cultivating Original Sin individuals, nurturing Original Sin bodies is one thing, but you actually, damn it, fused with the True Blood of Original Sin to become Children of Original Sin? Ha ha ha!"
"Is this the so-called Great Dao?"
Huli Great Immortal held no goodwill toward the Three Thousand Great Daos. To be precise, he hated them to the bone.
Because back in the day, after he first betrayed the Demonic Dao to join the Immortal Dao, then betrayed the Immortal Dao to join the Demonic Dao, he bore the stigma of being a triple traitor for a lifetime. In the Primordial Era, Huli Great Immortal was like a rat scurrying across the street, chased and beaten by everyone. Fortunately, his strength was sufficient and his luck was good; otherwise, he wouldn't have survived until today.
Now, upon learning that the patriarchs of the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands had fused with True Blood to become Children of Original Sin, scheming for the True Lord of Original Sin, Huli Great Immortal naturally seized this opportunity to humiliate them thoroughly.
While Huli Great Immortal was cursing over here, over there, the handsome youth asked, "Esteemed one, you mentioned that there are at least twenty or more known Children of Original Sin. May I ask how many Original Sin Anomalies you are aware of?"
"Heh heh heh heh..." The Mysterious Figure laughed again, his tone still sinister and deep. "Original Sin Anomalies are few... and they will become fewer and fewer."
Everyone knew there weren't many Original Sin Anomalies in the current era, but why would they become fewer and fewer? What was the reason for this?
The handsome youth was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Heh heh heh heh... because Original Sin Anomalies will ultimately fuse with the True Blood of Original Sin... becoming Children of Anomalies, heh heh heh heh... This is destined, merely a matter of time."
The handsome youth asked no more.
Because he understood the other's meaning.
For a Child of Original Sin to become an Original Sin Anomaly was difficult. No! Not just difficult—it was fundamentally impossible.
To become an Original Sin Anomaly was impossible in this lifetime. Only through reincarnation. But once reincarnated, the physical body that had previously fused with True Blood would be lost.
In other words, after reincarnation, one would inevitably lose the True Blood-infused body.
Thus, reincarnation would be meaningless.
Even if one first stored the True Blood of Original Sin and then reincarnated, it would be of no avail.
First.
Reincarnation involved too many uncertain factors and was uncontrollable. Even if one laid out schemes in advance, there would still be many unpredictable elements. For example, one might be utterly annihilated during reincarnation, or after reincarnation, one might be unable to determine one's fate, or after awakening, lose oneself, and so on.
Second.
Even if reincarnation succeeded, how could one guarantee that after reincarnation, one would be an Original Sin individual?
Taking a step back, even if one reincarnated as an Original Sin individual, how could one guarantee becoming an Original Sin Anomaly?
Original Sin itself was a flawed karmic outcome, and an Anomaly was a flawed karmic outcome within a flawed karmic outcome. Such flawed karma might require ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or even a million reincarnations to produce a single Original Sin Anomaly.
This meant that through normal reincarnation, it was fundamentally impossible to become an Original Sin Anomaly.
Therefore.
The hope of becoming an Original Sin Anomaly through reincarnation was almost zero.
Conversely, if an Original Sin Anomaly wanted to fuse with the True Blood of Original Sin, it was much easier.
This point, the handsome youth understood deeply, as did Gu Qingfeng. Perhaps it should be said that all Original Sin Anomalies understood it deeply.
Whether it was the handsome youth or Gu Qingfeng, both had a feeling that the True Blood of Original Sin was calling to them.
Just like back when a drop of True Blood of Original Sin emerged in the Great Northwest of the mortal world, Gu Qingfeng felt that drop calling to him. He didn't need to deliberately search for it, nor did he need to deliberately fuse with it. It was as if the True Blood of Original Sin originally belonged to the blood within his body, fusing with him naturally.
Gu Qingfeng was like this, and so was the handsome youth.
Unlike others, even if they obtained a drop of True Blood of Original Sin, trying to fuse it into themselves was extremely difficult. Because ordinary existences simply couldn't control the True Blood of Original Sin. Forcing fusion would backfire. After suffering backlash, they wouldn't even have a chance to regret it, directly losing themselves. In the end, they would only become a Child of Original Sin without self-awareness, just like those Original Sin Retribution Bodies in the void that had lost themselves.