The laughter boomed through the sky, leaving Rāhu Xiaoming absolutely fuming, but it also filled him with a faint sense of warmth.
He had possessed countless women in the past, all the most beautiful women of the Asura realm. He had also possessed countless subordinates too, all the strongest warriors of the Asura realm. The Asura realm had always been renowned for these two aspects.
Laying with beauties while asleep and controlling the world while awake was a mere trifle within arm’s reach to him, as right from birth, he was a god.
However, he never had a friend.
To him, a reliable, admirable friend who could assist him and treat him as an equal was far rarer than a beauty or a warrier, so he basically gave up on that thought.
Yet now, he had a friend like that, who happened to be the man right in front of him that laughed away like a fool. He was not particularly clever, but he could fight to his death beside him.
“I don’t know how to get to Ruin’s End either, but don’t you know already?”
Li Qingshan stopped laughing and stroked his chin. “And I had thought you had some other ideas.”
The Heaven Climbing Vine was obviously a shortcut to other worlds, but it was not all-powerful. It could not connect with all the worlds.
However, as the god of a world, he could clearly sense the existence of the six realms of sa?sāra. That was an extremely wondrous feeling, as the six realms of sa?sāra was not a place like the Demon domain that required a demon cavern to link two worlds together. Instead, it coincided with the entire world as a great cycle, present everywhere.
That was the exact reason why everyone would immediately enter the six realms of sa?sāra and join this great cycle regardless of the size of the world, regardless of whether they ascended or died. Something like a Heaven Climbing Vine or a demon cavern was completely unnecessary.
From a certain perspective, it was like the relationship between Navy Li’l Fatty and the World of the Five Continents. They seemed to be several billion kilometres apart, but they were actually one entity.
That was why the Heaven Climbing Vine could connect the two. Now, it could only connect with the six realms of sa?sāra, which did not include Ruin’s End.
However, since he wanted to enter Ruin’s End, there would definitely be a way.
“So I still have to enter the six realms of sa?sāra after all! Though, at least we can freely choose with the Heaven Climbing Vine. We don’t have to worry about ascending to different places.”
“Actually, there are only three realms available to us. The Hell realm and the Hungry Ghost realm are both worlds of death. They will kill the Heaven Climbing Vine.”
“Understandable.” Li Qingshan nodded. The Heaven Climbing Vine only possessed mass. It was not a daemon yet, so it would definitely face the restraints of the laws of the world. On top of that, as a qilin, he could not make the Heaven Climbing Vine do something like that, so he asked curiously, “What’s the other one?”
Rāhu Xiaoming sneered. “The Heaven realm obviously!”
The hatred between the asura and the deva would always be so unadulterated. After all, the other name to the Asura realm was Not-heaven.
As the greatest realm of the six realms of sa?sāra, deva were free from pain and hardships and enjoyed a lengthy lifespan, allowed to live their entire life in joy. Apart from celestial decay, there was nothing they had to worry about. It was basically the treasured land that all living creatures yearned for. Even asura were filled with envy, pouring their heart and souls into taking down the thirty-three heavens so that they could occupy this treasured land for themselves.
It was truly the beacon of the living creatures, the hope of the universe.
However, it was also quite clear how severe of a situation with stowaways they had.
Deva hated asura the most. After that, it was stowaways. One was bandits. The other was thieves.
The Heaven realm was filled with order as well, nowhere near as chaotic as the other realms. Who knew how many people had tried to use something like a Heaven Climbing Vine to sneak in there, so they had developed a complete defence system a long time ago.
Once the Heaven Climbing Vine reached into the Heaven realm, it would basically be detected immediately, and the Heaven Climbing Vine would be killed. An even worse situation would be the deva waiting for the thieves to ascend, or directly killing their way down the Heaven Climbing Vine to viciously punish these stowaways that were getting too ahead of themselves.
“Then the remaining are the Asura realm, the Human realm, and the Daemonic Beast realm. We can eliminate the Asura realm as well. Your mother is nowhere near as well-behaved as Qiongqi.” Li Qingshan blinked his eyes mischievously.
Rāhu Xiaoming smiled. “And I can guarantee you that she’s far more difficult to deal with than Qiongqi. She’ll never play a game like this with you.”
Li Qingshan struggled. With the battle prowess of an asura god, she probably did not have a lot of opponents throughout the entirety of the six realms of sa?sāra.
“Then that leaves us with two choices. For the sake of fairness, let’s vote! Those who choose the Daemonic Beast realm, raise your right hand. Those who choose the Human realm, raise your left hand.”
Li Qingshan raised his right hand without any hesitation. He had already caught a whiff of the wild aura from the Daemonic Beast realm, wholeheartedly choosing the path of birds and beasts.
He looked at Rāhu Xiaoming and put on a fake smile. He had pulled a trick here. Rāhu Xiaoming did not possess any daemon bloodline after all, so he would probably choose the Human realm. However, Gu Yanying who pursued freedom and also possessed the legacy of the kunpeng would definitely make the same choice as him. Xiao An went even more without saying. She would definitely follow him.
His rigged attempt at democracy was not just to shut up Rāhu Xiaoming but also to harass him openly. It was definitely done out of malicious intentions.
“Are you a kid?” Rāhu Xiaoming raised his left hand in exasperation. “I choose the Human realm!”
Li Qingshan laughed complacently. “I knew it.”
Gu Yanying smiled and also raised her left hand. “I choose the Human realm as well.”
Li Qingshan was astounded. “Why?”
“Because I’m not certain whether I’ll turn into prey or not.”
The Daemonic Beast realm possessed freedom, but it also followed the law of nature. There was a brutal side to it.
Li Qingshan tried to persuade her. “Don’t be so cowardly. With your speed, just who can catch you?”
“Better to avoid that possibility altogether!” Gu Yanying said gracefully. She clearly was not a woman who could be persuaded easily.
“Alright, you win, alright? But that doesn’t matter. It’s just a draw.” Li Qingshan believed that he would still get what he wanted in the end.
“Who said it’s a draw?” Rāhu Xiaoming glanced at Xiao An as his lips curled into a smile.
Li Qingshan said seriously, “Xiao An, you’ve raised the wrong hand.”
Xiao An also looked at her jade-white left hand seriously. “It’s right!”
Li Qingshan was dumbfounded. He opened his mouth and roared away at the sky. His voice reached thousands of kilometres away. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Countless cultivators gazed over from afar. They had no idea what was going on.
The three others looked at each other and simply smiled quietly.
Li Qingshan pointed at them in disbelief. “Y- you’re working together to bully me. Even you, Xiao An…”
Rāhu Xiaoming repeated what he said with a smile. “For the sake of fairness…”
Gu Yanying patted his shoulder. “Alright. You’ve just been drawn towards the Daemonic Beast realm because of the wild aura. Whether it’s to accelerate your cultivation or to find the path to Ruin’s End, we all require help and guidance. The Human realm is the optimal choice.”
“I’ll cultivate even faster in the Daemonic Beast realm.” Li Qingshan persisted. He could deeply sense that the Daemonic Beast realm was calling for him. If you come here, you will definitely become chosen by the heavens! I can protect you and watch over you.
Xiao An said softly, “Qingshan, that’s exactly the problem. When you become chosen by the heavens, your human side will be restrained or even snuffed out. If you take a long-term perspective, that’s not necessarily beneficial to your cultivation.”
Rāhu Xiaoming said, “That’s correct. The great advantage to the Human realm is that it adheres to humanity. There has never been any chosen children of the heavens. Do you really wish for a voice over your head, telling you what you should do and what you shouldn’t do?” After a pause, he continued, “And we might even be able to inherit a great deal of things from Si Long!”
