Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect

Chapter 1287 - 626: Hesitation

Chen Xuantian was momentarily confused.

"Wait, wait, how, but, wasn’t he always protecting Xuan..."

"Don’t be naive, Lingxu raising Xuan Du was only for his own consumption."

Baobao,

"Now, aren’t you also capable of Nether Spring Path? Haven’t you realized? Whether it’s Xuan Du or Tie Dan, Lingxu will devour them sooner or later.

He hasn’t consumed them yet because the time isn’t right; you haven’t evolved to the ultimate state, you’re just fry, the benefits you can provide are limited.

He was severely injured by Thunder Ancestor before, his path was cut off, he had to guard against the company’s attempts to control him, necessitating Reincarnation and Reincarnation to hide and bide his time, so he fed the meat to Xuan Du to store it.

Now Xuan Du has reached Refining God and Returning Void, finally becoming fully mature, and he has achieved great success in Divine Skill, the time has arrived; once he breaks free, he will of course devour and evolve, ascending to the Void."

Chen Xuantian was a bit disbelieving,

"But, but I truly think he..."

"Having a bit of reluctance, is it?"

Baobao,

"The bonds between master and student, between brothers, between close comrades. There should still be a little bit of those, right? After all, initially, he also evolved from a human.

But he’s not the type to be trapped by the past; he’s not the kind to look back; he’s the kind to charge down a path stubbornly, never regretful.

He’ll act whenever it helps him fulfill his path, against anyone, be it master, disciple, or even his Three Corpses.

Anyone can be killed, anyone can be cut, anyone can be devoured, this is a Chimera."

"No, no way, you’re lying..."

Chen Xuantian couldn’t believe it momentarily,

"He offended you! You have issues with him! You have personal grudges!"

Baobao,

"Correct, I have issues with him because you’ve never seen it, you simply don’t know what a Chimera is.

It’s no longer a monkey; it’s not a species that can live in groups.

It’s a tiger, a dragon, the highest predator, an existence that must be a solitary king.

As long as there is anything challenging its authority, it must kill. As long as there are prey it can eat, it must eat.

Their nature is to kill, to hunt— they have no heart that can be called human, pure beasts.

And what we’re ultimately fighting against now is such a creature!

And it’s grown to the extreme, consuming the apocalypse, consuming the cosmos, devouring everything, the supreme beast of solo existence!

Compared to that beast, Lingxu’s little tricks aren’t much, but if left unchecked.

He will definitely evolve into an existence that devours everything! The enemy of all possibilities!"

Chen Xuantian remained silent for a while.

Baobao said,

"Why, did you think I hadn’t tried to save him? Of course, I tried. But this guy is such a damn bastard.

Selfish, petty, suspicious—running away the moment things go wrong would just be typical, but it’s his power that’s especially strong!

Smart enough to refuse advice, eloquent enough to cover up wrongs! He can always find a way to sabotage your efforts! No matter how bastard his actions are, he can always justify them!

That’s why you can’t trust him, because he truly has the ability to ruin things! And at every critical moment, he will always put his own interests first!

Because that’s just how he is, that’s how the company has raised him to be! Hopeless!"

Chen Xuantian was silent for a while,

"What about me then."

Kun looked at him, speechless for a moment.

Chen Xuantian said,

"Don’t I resemble him? Isn’t he me? So am I also that kind of hopeless person?

So you’ve been hiding things from me all this time, so you never really trusted me?

Because you know, I will eventually betray you all?"

Baobao said,

"Honestly, I don’t know. Because I’ve truly been screwed over by him too many times.

Plus, this is the first time I’ve tried this string you’re on, I honestly don’t know what will happen afterward.

However..."

Chen Xuantian frowned.

Kun indicated to speak frankly without making it into riddles.

Baobao had no choice, mumbling,

"Every Taoist Ancestor has their own Tao Domain, within their domain exists its own laws, mutually interfering and influencing.

These domains overlap on the membrane like all kinds of black holes, twisting and interfering with the strings of time.

In my own Tao Domain, I can naturally reverse time and reshape causality.

And without interference from other domains, I could also pluck the strings, slightly manipulate them.

But Lingxu is really beyond saving! Literally unsavable!

Because he fell before I was born! And was consumed by the ultimate beast!

Do you know what devouring means? It means his cause-and-effect loop is closed! He has been embraced by the ultimate beast!

So in some sense, he’s both dead and not dead! He’s truly achieved Harmonization!

He is the beast! The beast is him! Already fused with the end of the Dao, becoming one!

But just before being devoured, he even received the Netherworld Spring Path! And lived damn too long! His Tao Domain fully and completely covering all the most crucial divergence points!

All causality converges on this point! Altering the strings before this divergence point is of little use! And beyond this divergence point is the damn battlefield of the apocalypse!

So do you understand?! I’m damn stuck at a dead end too!

If you don’t open that door, sending baobao here is already the limit!

And Xuan Nu, Thunder Ancestor, Huangfu Yi, Tie Dan, all the helpers I summoned have failed!