I Am Loaded with Passive Skills

Chapter 4284: Chapter 2001: Please Sever

Can you stop having thoughts!

In that instant, when he saw the figure resembling the Way of the Heavens’ energy movement, with looks and physique of seven classifications, walking beside Shi Ming Nuo, Xu Xiaoshou broke out in a cold sweat.

The amount of information suddenly exploded!

Were there really four people?

Shi Ming Nuo’s path has never been a triangle but a four-cornered one. It’s just that one corner was unseen at the time due to my insufficient strength?

"I’m overwhelmed..."

Not only did the appearing Dao Ancestor resembling Way of the Heavens spark fear.

The information revealed in his words also shocked people, for a familiar name was mentioned.

"Jin Ren?"

"Xi He, Kong Yuhen, I know them all."

"This Jin Ren, a million percent, is referring to the Name Ancestor, isn’t it? The Name Ancestor is called Jin Ren too?"

Xu Xiaoshou pondered deeply but really couldn’t recall where he had heard the Name Ancestor’s real name.

It seems like, from beginning to end, matters concerning the Name Ancestor’s true name have been deliberately avoided by some mysterious force, never mentioned by anyone.

"Saint Xin, Gu Mu, Divine Farmer Hundred Grass, Wu..."

The Ancestral God met multiple times either directly or indirectly, and their true names were exposed early on.

Only the Name Ancestor, despite prolonged contact, was always called evasively, whether from Nuozu’s or Time Ancestor’s mouth, or during confrontations with Medicine Ancestor and Demon Ancestor.

Is it a coincidence?

Xu Xiaoshou never felt that an Ancestral God’s true name could involve so many unnerving things.

But if it’s not a coincidence.

Then the Name Ancestor Jin Ren and the second true body, Jin Ren, would they be related?

"Did the influence of the Name Ancestor’s remnants lead me to subconsciously name the second true body Jin Ren?"

"Or is it because I named the second true body Jin Ren, that on the Name Ancestor’s side there’s a true name, and thus they’re called Jin Ren?"

This second guess sounds absurd.

In fact, considering Time Ancestor’s lost state, the nine segments of time river, and chaotic timing, it’s not necessarily unachievable.

After all, the Sword Ancestor from the end times could traverse to after the Holy Ancestor...

And the sequence of events slightly implies the relationship of primary and secondary, complex and perhaps not entirely explainable to others, but Xu Xiaoshou understood at a glance.

"If it’s the former, no wonder the second true body has its own consciousness, not just a pure manifestation of power."

"And if there truly exists a situation of ’deliberate avoidance’, who did this name avoidance?"

"The Name Ancestor?"

"Or did Nuozu create the wheel?"

This prompts deeper contemplation.

Setting aside others, thinking empathetically, Zhou Tianshen has now sealed a divine title and become an ancestor, but is trapped in reincarnation due to an accident.

Xu Xiaoshou created a wheel with hopes of supporting Zhao Tianli’s rise, but if given the chance...

Should Zhou Tianshen live?

Or should Zhao Tianli absorb Zhou Tianshen’s power, return to zero, and be titled ancestor?

At this point, someone might want to interject, ask about Zhao Tianli’s identity.

Indeed!

Who exactly is Zhao Tianli?

To Xu Xiaoshou, he is also a character conjured from thin air.

But Xu Xiaoshou to Nuozu, isn’t he similarly Zhao Tianli to Xu Xiaoshou?

Yet Zhou Tianshen is Nuozu’s Name Ancestor!

If Zhou Tianshen isn’t weighty enough, what about Master Siren?

Should Master Siren awaken, or should Zhao Tianli seize Master Siren’s path and live?

"It seems, I might overly trust the mad Nuozu?"

When this thought popped into his mind, Xu Xiaoshou realized something was amiss.

After all, his current achievements owe much to Nuozu, and he hadn’t doubted Nuozu’s motives before. If Nuozu wanted him dead, there would have already been an attempt; raising him like a pig wouldn’t be necessary given Nuozu’s power.

And now, because an Dao Ancestor resembling Way of the Heavens spoke a sentence, his resolve wavered.

That Dao Ancestor Yi Ji is obviously a schemer.

What should be done?

Shelving this upheaval, Xu Xiaoshou turned to the second guess.

"Is Jin Ren mine first, and then the Name Ancestor’s Jin Ren later?"

No matter what’s said, however absurd it sounds, strangely a sliver of coherence appears:

"Jin Ren has self-awareness..."

"During my weaker period, Jin Ren was already regarded as a real person, redirecting powers intended for Way of the Heavens, Bei Huai, etc..."

"Jin Ren severed connections too many times..."

"Jin Ren had individual interactions with Dao Pei Pei before..."

"Each time Jin Ren was rebirthed after death, he inherited my latest pinnacle power, the only difference being the absence of external influences..."

The more Xu Xiaoshou thought, the more he shivered.

But even with an answer in mind, analyzing the problem reveals that even if coincidence, hints of calculation remain apparent.

This is profoundly incorrect!

What should be done?

"Maybe, I should skip the process, and directly trace the outcome?"

In numerous torments, Way of the Heavens once taught Xu Xiaoshou a principle to analyze the ultimate beneficiary.

Thus, in this ’farce’, what did the Dao Ancestor’s appearance beside Shi Ming Nuo bring?

Xu Xiaoshou, calm as a Divine Puppet, quickly figured it out:

"It makes me wary of the passive system..."

"It makes me start to be cautious of Nuozu..."

"It makes me alert to Jin Ren..."

This Dao Ancestor, is he benevolent or concealed with malice?

Regarding this point, one must consider carefully.