Chapter 1291: The Story of the Mastermind

Xirong Manor.

The Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate came to Ning Zheng again to preach, his eyes carrying a trace of smile,

“Did you see it? The common people are so ugly, we cannot change them, nor can we escape them.”

Ning Zheng simply rolled his dead fish eyes, silently watching him act up, boasting and discussing widely.

Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate: “This world is a cage, destroying civilization and annihilating beings was never my wish, yet you all have reached this point.”

His voice was extremely methodical, with a certain persuasive quality, “I discovered long ago that only by transcending this universe, reaching a realm above Immortal Venerate, could there be a chance…”

“Otherwise, the protagonist of an era born at the tide of the era will inevitably die as the protagonist of the previous era at the tide of the next era.”

Ning Zheng’s heart tightened, his voice became somewhat hoarse: “Of course I can understand you, even if I were in your position, I might do the same as you, but perhaps not as well as you.”

This was not a lie, but the truth.

Having personally witnessed those deceitful beings of the era, Ning Zheng suddenly felt they were not pitiful anymore.

The common people are always dull-witted.

They indeed need the might of heaven, and nature to provide retribution!

Like the earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes in the primitive era’s nature bringing enough destruction to humanity, to maintain the ecological chain’s operation.

Humans cannot grow without limit.

Humans need a natural enemy.

And this natural enemy is nature.

Afterwards, the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate continuously recounted the discoveries over the years, Ning Zheng would occasionally agree with a few words.

The viewpoints of the two individuals were surprisingly largely similar.

Leaving aside positions.

This prehistoric manipulator indeed was someone easy to converse with.

As for himself, he always believed the world pushed him to this step, calculating each Immortal Venerate, possessing them step by step… it was forced self-preservation.

Heaven and earth seemed to have will.

It was as if there was an unseen hand of heaven and earth, making him the unseen Creator God, steering the sandbox of an era.

The two talked all afternoon, an endless stream of topics.

Discussing fortunes, various possibilities at the era’s pinnacle, even later they believed: when the era’s tide comes, even a pig can fly.

When the interest peaked, he began telling the story of his birth,

“At first, I was merely a youth on a sickbed, until that day, I picked up a river.” His eyes revealed a hint of reminiscence.

“A river?”

The elderly man showed nostalgia,

“Yes, right at the doorstep, suddenly appeared a powerful alien civilization relic, then only to realize it was a legacy of the Half Celestial Phenomenon Civilization, it was a river, they called it: Mother and Child River, their civilization used it for breeding people.”

“Curious, I used this river water to cultivate fish and various microorganisms, and the microorganisms in the river gradually grew into a civilization.”

He said, he kept adding substances, energy, various sand and stones into the river water, nurturing the civilization’s growth within.

The river water was expanding.

And he circulated the water, its flow, and even maintained a mountain region and a fish pond as cover.

And he himself was also continually getting stronger, as the Creator God, creating civilizations one after another, cultivating the cultivation techniques developed within the river’s civilization, expanding the riverbed, and eventually encompassing the entire planet, incessantly expanding.

In the end, his creek turned into a true star river.

He also grew step by step, eventually surpassing the original Half Celestial Phenomenon Civilization, then became the first Life Immortal Venerate.

The Half Celestial Phenomenon Civilization that never took that step back then, he took it, he succeeded!

But fear followed.

“Fear?” Ning Zheng curiously asked: “Shouldn’t you be happy?”

“Yes, fear.”

Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate said: “Actually, I’ve considered long ago, who I am isn’t significant, how I grew up isn’t significant, those are petty details of an era, the first Immortal Venerate could be me, could be someone else.”

“However, when the first Immortal Venerate emerged, he would inevitably be afraid, fearing the emergence of others as strong as himself, precisely because he knows how powerful he is, hence the fear.”

How terrifying as the celestial phenomenon of heaven and earth?

Immortal, undying, eternally enduring, the ubiquitous ultimate of the Great Tao.

He feared the unknown, thus decided to strangle the unknown.

He utilized the Life Immortal Venerate’s authority, parasitized the beings, turning them into his dependents, nurturing them to attest their path…

The moment they attested the path, he possessed them, seizing their authority.

And the Space Immortal Venerate was the first to be parasitized to attest the path…

“Back then, my river civilization had already expanded greatly, equivalent to the level of today’s All-Heaven Civilization. At first glance, I was captivated by the Space Immortal Venerate, believing he possessed great talent.”

“Thus, I acted on him, continually watching him, at the moment he attested the path, I possessed him, substituted, controlled.”

“Then I replaced him in attaining the path… obtained the authority, and then lent it back to him, allowing him to become the apparent Space Immortal Venerate. He never noticed any issue, believing himself the Space Immortal Venerate.”

“After all, whoever becomes Immortal Venerate for the first time couldn’t understand what happens after becoming celestial phenomenon, it’s quite normal.”

“Later, even the Space Immortal Venerate planned to imitate me, starting to act on the next Immortal Venerate… but I used some tricks, making him unsuccessful, so he could only abandon the idea.”

“As the Holy Spirit Race, every person of the Holy Spirit Race is a celestial phenomenon; they can disperse and unite… we are a collective consciousness, so we can simultaneously choose many venerable positions.”

When the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate recounted old stories, Ning Zheng simply listened quietly.

Actually, these origins and genesis were not that significant anymore.

Because his existence was already known to the people.

Ning Zheng vaguely felt his sentiment, he merely wanted to find a tree hole to speak of countless years of loneliness.

He won, the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate would annihilate the world, nobody would know his origin.

He lost, then counted as leaving behind the last trace in this world.

After the first Space Immortal Venerate was controlled by him, he couldn’t stop, one after another… he even secretly took disciples, letting a genius attest the Life Immortal Venerate.

Then pretended that the genius succeeded in attesting the path, lent his life authority to the other, and the other thus became the Life Immortal Venerate.

Under his covert advancement, the River of Time was improved by the three Immortal Venerates, conceptualized, elevated in dimensions, eventually becoming the entirety of the world, the universe’s framework.

“Actually, many times I was confused.”

The Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate also poured himself a cup of wine, raised it slightly and took a sip.

“High and cold?” Ning Zheng said.

“No, everything in heaven and earth has a destiny, no matter who becomes the first Immortal Venerate will become me, attempting to control other Immortal Venerates…”

The Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate said: “All my life, I’ve pursued strength, stealing Immortal Venerate authorities, but was it really just to become the strongest powerhouse?”

“No, if it was just to become a powerhouse, I should’ve already been enjoying the fun of being strong, instead of living poor and serene all along.”

“I just feel, I am bound by fate, bound by heaven and earth, I am just like an insect living in the earth… I’m merely longing for freedom.”

Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate said, the stronger one gets, the more reverent they become.

He felt a kind of invisible powerful oppression in these heavens and earth, this universe is a dead thing, but even he couldn’t escape it.

“Your statement is too idealistic.” Ning Zheng said, though he understood his meaning, becoming celestial phenomenon also binds one to these heavens and earth.