Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
On Mount Everest.
Fourth year and first month of ShenYuan.
The cold wind was blowing in the snow-capped mountains, the rugged boulders were all covered with layers of white snow.
“They’re not here yet,” Vigilante A stood on an icy rock and looked into the distance.
Opposite Vigilante A stood a young man who smiled and replied, “Please be patient the Venerable One, they should be here soon.”
“Gods are way prideful and egoistic compared to humans,” the illusory image of an old man said.
“Mountain Lord, you ought to be careful when you speak. Not every God is as good-tempered as Bodhisattva and me,” urged the young man with a smiley face.
“Well, the others might be afraid of all of you but I don’t care,” the old man took a glance at the crowd and said coldly.
“Your precognitive divination might be impressive, but it can’t take into account all the future variables. You had better be cautious,” Bodhisattva reminded.
The old man was silent.
“Shang Qingshan’s still pretty fearless for speaking irreverently even in front of the Gods,” Fang Ning was astonished.
“Look at him and compare yourself to him. Our powers are stronger than him by ten times, but your guts are a hundred times smaller than him. I’m really unlucky to have seized you,” the System sighed.
“If he really had been that bold, he wouldn’t allow his feeble illusory double to attend every meeting. Everything’s just his disguise,” Fang Ning said angrily.
“You’ve got a point too,” the System agreed.
Just then, a white shadow and a black shadow suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain.
“The sky deities are here at last. The rules were mutually agreed before. I’ll repeat them to see if any of you have any objections,” Bodhisattva Spirit King looked across and slowly said.
“Alright,” Vigilante A nodded.
“Sure,” the other party did not refuse.
It seemed like Bodhisattva Spirit King was still well-respected.
“Firstly, humans and gods are to be separated. Gods will rule above humans. Humans need to worship the gods. They’re not allowed to insult the gods and worship the evil gods.”
“Secondly, Gods can never gratuitously slaughter the mortal beings, all divine punishments can never involve the innocents.”
“Thirdly, all the conflicts of humans and gods shall be ruled and decided by the council of humans and gods.”
The crowd remained silent. After a while, the figure in black suddenly said, “These are just the outlines of the pact between gods and humans, there are still some details that need to be discussed.”
“Oh, do you have any requests?” Bodhisattva said flatly.
“Since humans and gods are to be separated, the mortals shouldn’t live on Earth anymore. They should migrate to the outer world, and shouldn’t be allowed to enter unless summoned,” the figure in black spoke in a slow manner.
“That’s absurd! It’s just like a turtledove trying to take over the nest of a magpie, it’s illogical and unjustifiable,” Vigilante A said coldly.
The figure in black shook his head, “Hehe, I’m just adapting to the local customs and imitating the way humans did. Why are you so angry?”
“Richie, can I just beat him to death?” the System asked.
“We can’t afford to. He’s just a body double of the gods. If you killed him, billions of mortals will be buried along with him. The gods are really cunning. They’re using humans’ history against us, to deal with humans like how humans dealt with others in the past,” Fang Ning sighed.
“I understand now. He’s doing this based on the history of America colonization!” the System said angrily.
“You’re finally smart for once, this is the samsara of the Heavenly Axiom. Humans are forced to go through the sufferings they caused to the others,” Fang Ning was frustrated.
As strong as the System was, he had no way to deal with the God of Plague.
Things would be easier and they would not have to deal with him if the world was ending.
There were a lot of incurable infectious diseases on Earth, if the gods decided to aggravate it, the world would be ruined at any moment.
The demons were not so powerful back then and could still be restrained, but it was different for the gods.
They were better than the demons because they could quickly grasp the operation of the Heavenly Axiom. They understood the patterns and made use of them.
To simply put it, their learning ability and creativity were way beyond humans’ imagination.
At this moment, the goddess in white said, “Why not both parties compromise and meet each other half way. For the mortals who cultivated until Pond-level and who are capable of communicating with the heavens and the earth would be named as practitioners. They would be allowed to stay on Earth, that way the gods would have the people to issue their orders to.”
Vigilante A did not say a word.
The figure in black said, “Since the moon goddess has shown mercy, I agree to this rule.”
Spirit King Bodhisattva looked at River God of the Sky River, but he just smiled and said nothing.
So Spirit King Bodhisattva did not say anything as well.
It was apparent that both parties were competing in a game.
To most of the gods, mortals were indispensable, but earthlings were not…
Getting rid of the ancestors and creating new human beings were one of their greatest tricks.
It was not in the interest of the gods to retain the earthlings who knew about the history of the vitality era.
They were playing a game of chess, and executing their plans step by step. They would expel the earthlings first, and then create new humans. After that, they would replace the old humans with new humans.
Spirit King Bodhisattva suddenly understood the true intentions of his old peers.
Sure enough, there was still no space for compassion and kindness in their eyes.
Anyone like Spirit King Bodhisattva would be an outcast.
All the buddhas, bodhisattvas and arhats would never sympathize the human beings in this world.
They only needed believers who were simple-minded, obedient and those who worshipped them on time. They did not need people who were aggressive and persistent in exploring new discoveries.
The fate of earthlings was now determined by the words of one person…
Spirit King Bodhisattva and River God of the Sky River could not make the decision because they were outsiders.
Their foundations were too weak to stand up to the gods.
After some time, Vigilante A said flatly, “Although I do have a say in this, my words can’t fully represent all the human beings, it’s better to let them decide.”
“Oh, is that so? That’s simple. Mortals are cowards, small-minded beings and conformists. Since you’re letting their opinions decide, I’ll fulfill your request, “the figure in black smiled faintly and stretched out his hands to jump to the bottom of the mountains.
In the space of a few seconds, numerous cries of pain and anguish were transmitted through the void and heard.
“Leave or die, make your choice…”
“What have you done?” Vigilante A flew into a rage.
“Don’t worry. I just manipulated the bacteria that were already in their bodies to make them suffer for a while, only the ones above Pond-level are immune to it. Today’s the first time, and it would happen again every year at the same time until they leave this planet. I wouldn’t kill them and violate the pact between humans and gods. I just slightly changed the environment of the earth,” the figure in black said emotionlessly.
“This trick reminded me of the one that Yun Ze from the Upper Realm pulled in the past, but the impact was incomparable because the difference between their power level is huge,” Fang Ning was suddenly reminded of something.
“Yes. After all, he’s a god. Our powers might be stronger than some, but it’s impossible to guard against their endless dirty tricks,” the System was frustrated.
Fang Ning had nothing more to say. Although the gods were not as strong like before, they had already lived through countless centuries and were still cunning and capable of evil means. The System who had been training for only less than three years was of no match to them.
Negotiation was actually an ideal situation given their current circumstances.
He finally understood that the reality would sometimes be beyond one’s control, just like all things that took place in history. It would not change the way it was developing just because of a person’s will.
In fact, today’s situation was predetermined ever since the invasion of the Upper Realm. That was a constant.
The only variable was the chance for humans to live a few decades longer.
