My Hair Can Create a Demon Country-Chapter 454 - 440: No One Lives Forever

"What kind of cooperation?" Fu Qingjun asked, pretending to be curious.

"Join me in moving towards the next future." He cut to the chase, smiling, "You must have realized by now, my intention in showing you this is to demonstrate my sincerity."

Fu Qingjun looked at him,

He smiled and continued, "If you want to officially go to war with me, from my point of view, I still have a 90% chance of winning. I hold the power of trust, and breaking through what seems like your stable alliances would be a breeze."

"Even if I take a step back and you still have some hidden means to reverse the miracle, some possibility to win again... you may defeat me once more, but I would lose, yet not die."

He wasn't wrong,

He might be defeated, but his trump cards and means were too many; he might lose, but he would never die!

Why?

He had already revealed his trump card,

He could escape to the white palace outside this universe.

The people of the universe couldn't reach here, at the very least, without understanding the principle of this palace, they couldn't kill him.

This was the result of four Cosmic Era's worth of research, principles that no one could understand.

He had a 90% chance of winning; even if he won, they couldn't kill him; it would be in vain...

Fu Qingjun weighed the information,

And, the other party showed enough sincerity,

Fu Qingjun said, "Allow me to consider it."

"Sure." He said, with an indifferent attitude.

Fu Qingjun stood up, ready to leave.

After all, the volume of information today was too great; the truth of the entire universe was so terrifying!

So shocking!

However, as if he had thought of something, Fu Qingjun suddenly said, "This Cosmic Era, is it really like an individual's birth, aging, illness, and death, where we can only change the trajectory of its life, yet can't change the true life law of 'birth, aging, illness, death'?"

"Of course."

Wen Ce, holding a cup of tea, glanced at Fu Qingjun and said, "The growth, destruction, and transformation of an era cannot be altered; I have already tried."

He explained,

That this growth pattern of the universe followed a linear trajectory

The birth of the universe — The growth of the universe's beings — Reaching the seventh stage — Breaking through beyond the universe — Extracting rules — Beginning to rebuild the universe...

This is an irreversible process, and it is a historical inevitability.

It is like the fermented dough, where the yeast reaches a certain point of growth and inevitably contributes to the fermentation of the dough,

Fu Qingjun, listening to the explanation, thought, "So humans are like yeast? Indeed, like fungi, they are humble, but this growth is a normal state of human development, a rule of the development of living civilizations."

"Have you attempted to obstruct the Saint's Rules of the universe?" Fu Qingjun asked,

Since the civilization of beings continually grows in the universe, and extracting rules is inevitable, then forcibly using his prehistoric powerful force to interfere with the historical process of the universe, preventing the beings of this era from using rules to build a new universe, isn't that simple?

"Yes, I have the power to stop them from perfecting the universe and rebuilding it," Wen Ce spread his hands, "But what would be the point of keeping a Cosmic Era from developing indefinitely?"

"I would die as well."

"Everyone, even the Celestial Venerable, would die."

"You didn't think I wouldn't grow old and die living through several eras, did you? I just used various means to extend my life, surviving four eras, and perhaps I won't make it to the fifth."

He looked at the remnants of past universes and sneered, "If these decaying crossed-era existences wouldn't die, there would be a heap of people by now in thirty eras."

He pointed to the vast hazy void, at those remnants, and loudly said, "Do you see them? Those are their tombstones, their graves."

He sat back down, grasping the teacup in his hand, playing with it slowly, and then spoke again in a light tone:

"So, since death is inevitable, why should I pause the growth of a Cosmic Era? If I die of old age, the universe will naturally grow again. I can't stop this era's growth for all time, but rather than stopping it, I should utilize my limited life to witness more future young Cosmic Eras, and with those young Celestial Venerables, secretly leverage their knowledge and talent to open paths and find hope, for only then there is a slim chance of survival."

"I see." Fu Qingjun heard and his thoughts became clear,

In that case, indeed the rules of the universe are irreversible,

Fu Qingjun turned to leave but suddenly said one last thing, "Then, from a certain perspective, can I explain your decay? Celestial Venerables fear old age, and you're no exception. Strong as you are, living through countless eras, you're just an exaggerated seventh-stage Celestial Venerable..."

"You want to achieve true immortality."

"You wish for eternal life, stronger power, to leap into a nonexistent eighth stage, in every era's decay? Seeking the possibility of true immortality? To transcend the cage?"

Wen Ce, sitting at the table, with the tea in his hand, seemed visibly stunned for a moment.

Hahaha!

He suddenly burst into laughter, "Perhaps, perhaps I do want immortality! Because I truly feel my aging, my decay, I am already an old man barely keeping it together."

"Perhaps everything else is an excuse, perhaps what I truly desire in the depths of my heart is the ultimate dream in the eyes of the powerful: Man conquers the heavens, eternal life and indestructibility!"

"Both, nothing more."

He held the tea and began to chant softly, looking at the distance at the universe and at his past remnants.

Those remnants of universes were like the tails of shooting stars, seemingly never tiresome even after watching for tens of billions of years.

"Yes, nothing more!" Hearing his words, Fu Qingjun's lips curled up slightly, he cupped his fists and bowed, disappearing from the spot, "Fellow Daoist, then farewell, the next time we meet I'll give you my answer, whether as friends or foes."

Swoosh.

Fu Qingjun's figure vanished into the air.

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Can man conquer the heavens?

Eternal life and indestructibility?

Fu Qingjun felt a sense of exhilaration from within, stirring some fighting spirit.

This is indeed the ultimate dream pursued by all the powerful, all beings, including this prehistoric master hand, across countless Cosmic Eras... The essence of humanity is simply to pursue the renewal of civilization, their own strengthening, from the first to the seventh stage it has always been so.

And conquering the heavens and eternal life, these two are essentially the same goal,

To defeat, to transcend that incredible dead thing!

To truly conquer nature! But how easy is it to talk about?

"The heavens may be dead things, but they hold hidden rules, the heavens demand one's death and there is no escaping it."

Fu Qingjun opened his eyes, pushed open the window, looked at the crowded street, hands behind his back, suddenly laughed and said:

"Even though I hold the rules of three lives, benefiting from the Vortex Country's advantages as I grow experiencing fortuitous encounters, I can only enjoy immortality within this Cosmic Era, immortally living within this era but not truly undying."

"Even if I do my utmost, escaping to the next era to strive for life extension, it's merely a prolongation of life." Fu Qingjun smiled slightly, even as a laidback person, he suddenly felt interest.

This universe is truly vast, truly wonderful, truly fascinating.

It is of infinite mystery, even that existence decayed over several eras has only glimpsed the tip of the iceberg!

"I suddenly, want to continue living, to decay once more, and to explore this Cosmic Era's future." Fu Qingjun felt a will stirring within him, it seems he indeed had a knack for this.