Qiu Fu's eyes as she looked at Xia Li were filled with both admiration and worry.She had witnessed the birth of a true genius,a being that perfectly matched the ancient definition of one.He stood right before her.And yet she was also deeply afraid of how the current age would treat him.Xia Li still needed ti to grow.To reveal that kind of brilliance now was far too early."No. You absolutely must not make a move! I'll crush that fire talisman and buy ti for you. Run! Run as far as you can!"Qiu Fu wanted Xia Li to act only once he possessed the strength to overturn everything.This world could tolerate geniuses, yes.But what it could not tolerate was a genius who wanted to remake heaven and earth.That kind of genius would die the mont his head rose above the crowd.He would be hunted endlessly by higher-realm cultivators."Have you considered one thing? This is also a form of suppressing the heart. No matter how exceptional soone is, hide long enough and they'll eventually fade into the crowd.""How many geniuses do you think there are in this world right now, all hiding and not daring to show themselves?"This was a great era.There were absolutely no shortage of geniuses.But no one dared to et the blade head-on.So in this darkness, a spark had to appear.Soone had to break the rule of the Heaven Alliance, even if only by tearing open a tiny crack."But the one who sticks his head out shouldn't be you. I believe soone else will show themselves later too. Then at that point you can...""I've already transmitted the Dao to the world. Between them and , it's life or death already. What difference does it make whether I show myself or not? What you're thinking right now is exactly what they want to see.""I..."For a while, Qiu Fu could not answer.Xia Li was right.She had long since lost her own spirit.That was why she instinctively chose to flee, gradually developing the mindset that the world had nothing to do with her, that looking after herself was enough.She had even grown to think that the more extraordinary soone was, the more they ought to hide, ruining the golden years in which things might actually still have been accomplished.If every young person in the world with the ability to change the age thought that way..."Actually, I've never thought of myself as so kind of genius or chosen prodigy. My talent is terrible. It's just that the path I inherit doesn't care much about talent.""And though I still don't have much experience, and I still can't clearly explain what the real difference is between a genius and an ordinary man, the leftover fire in my heart has never gone out...""I don't even understand why I insist on helping people who have nothing to do with . But I just can't stand it. I just can't let it go!""Why not resist? Why not stand up?"It was precisely because he was a passerby that he could see more clearly from the outside.He had gradually begun to realize one thing:Earth and the Profound World would one day intersect as well.And he did not want to see endless conquest and slaughter when that happened.So whether on Earth or in the Profound World, the future needed to be led by younger people who were already sick of oppression and bloodshed.Less calculating greed.More naive, stubborn peace.Let the human progress index keep rising.Let the human extinction index keep falling.Let humanity carry just a little more rcy with it when it stepped into the stars.If one obeyed the instincts of slaughter and assud that everything not of one's own kind was an enemy, then how could one ever speak of overcoming genes, of overcoming evolution itself?Life was born from savagery.It was ant, eventually, to enter civilization."So watch closely. If I really do count as a genius...""Then let this age see what a true genius really is!"Xia Li strode toward the exit of the Blackstone Ancient Hall.Qiu Fu silently followed behind him, the fire in her own heart reignited by Xia Li's words.Yes.What was a true genius?Not just her.Perhaps in all these years, there had never truly been one.So had perished halfway.So had bowed their proud heads.So had even strayed into crooked and twisted paths.Xia Li walked to the entrance of the Blackstone Ancient Hall.At that mont, the final wave of fla outside subsided.
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In the reddened sky,above the still-burning clouds...a hundred thousand demon soldiers and human troops looked down in fury at the Xia Li standing below.At this mont, Xia Li was very small.Yet he felt not the slightest pressure.So people had grown used to bluffing.So so-called geniuses had grown used to avoiding direct confrontation.But he was not about to yield to these people.Defying one of the greatest taboos under heaven was also a way of breaking chains.And today, he would be the one to break the rotten iron hoop that had been fastened over countless heads."Xia Li, how will you escape this ti?""You spread demonic arts to bring disaster upon the world. We have already confird that the cultivation thod you spread is an evil demonic art. In these past three days alone, we have executed 158,000 practitioners, and all of them were hard because of you!"The xiao demon and Mo Ye stood before the army.During these three days, both demonkind and humankind had carried out major internal purges.The cultivation thod Xia Li had spread was a good one.But only they were allowed to cultivate it.If they said it was demonic, then it was demonic.Now the whole world was condemning Xia Li by voice and word. The relatives and friends of the dead all hated him to the bone.Had Xia Li not transmitted the Dao, how would they have lost their loved ones?As for those humans and demons with background and backing, they surely would not dare keep spreading it further.As long as the chain of transmission was cut off, Xia Li would beco nothing more than a joke."Down with the demon!""Please kill the demon!""Demon, give back my father!""Find his kin and exterminate nine generations!""Kill everyone connected to him!""Kill! Kill! Kill!"Above Sunscorch Valley, the humans and demons who had lost their loved ones had been brought here by the xiao demon and Mo Ye so that, using the mouths of the masses, they could invert black and white yet again."Raise the banners!"Mo Ye roared.Hundreds of blood-soaked banners rose into the air, and lashed to each flagpole were the corpses of many fox demons.Among them was one small white fox, still youthful in size, with stitching marks across its fur.It was little Hu Ling.The little fox Xia Li had worked so hard to save."Damned...""Damneddamneddamneddamned!"Qiu Fu's voice turned hoarse.Murderous energy poured from her whole body.Xia Li let out a quiet sigh.He had even brought back a prosthetic suited for Hu Ling.Too bad she had not lived long enough to use it.It was the sa again.Just like the Liu family.In fact, the fox tribe had done even less. They had only hosted him briefly and cautiously. The fox chieftain had been extrely careful, showing him no open favor at all, and yet Mo Ye and the xiao demon had still wiped them out and turned them into an example.They wanted him isolated against the world, a true solitary enemy whom everyone would fear being associated with.The blood-soaked scene he had once witnessed at the Liu family flashed again through Xia Li's mind.He thought of Second Uncle Liu, whose full na he still never knew, and of the old patriarch of the Liu family.Everyone had only wanted to live.They had only done everything they could to live a little better.And yet disaster still fell from nowhere, again and again, reminding the world of the price of refusing to kneel."Criminal, kneel!""Kneel and accept death at once!"The xiao demon and Mo Ye had gathered up the will of those who knew no truth, making everyone present stand united in hatred, as though even heaven itself wished to stand against Xia Li.Only now did Xia Li truly understand the terror of the Heaven Alliance.He turned his head to look at Qiu Fu.Her eyes were blood-red, her fangs bared past her lips.She could no longer even maintain human form, and she had already taken out the fire talisman."I'm sorry.""But I'll take responsibility."Xia Li lifted his head,then stepped into empty air and walked out of the Blackstone Ancient Hall.With each step he took, the surrounding temperature climbed.The ancient hall still floated atop the lava lake, and the lake, which had only just begun cooling, beca violent once more.
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