Early on, taskbearers from various schools received the orders, the disciples of the sects, and the walking ghosts of the world followed the orders to suppress evil spirits.
The living people for the suppression, golden armor for sword-wielding, all Tai Sui in various places, are deemed as evil demons and slain!
...
...
The present Hu Ma has already drifted far from the human world.
Originally, he had the chance to step out of the human world, but it wasn't enough to reach Tai Sui, yet he was sent a journey, and another journey by the Reincarnator, eventually finding himself deeper in this dark void, approaching Tai Sui closer.
He did not know how deep he had ventured, only knowing the deeper he went, the slower time became, how long had passed in the human world, how was his physical body.
But this was always a path of no return, so he didn't think back to the human world, only carrying in his heart those faces that brought hope to this world, unwavering, marching forward in great strides, and finally arrived at the end of this boundless darkness.
Here he was, feeling like he had passed through a hazy barrier, feeling like he finally stood on the ground, feeling like he saw a different world, unsure if he was truly seeing it.
At this time, his self was only a trace of spirituality, anything contaminating this spiritual power could let him see various illusions, he could only construct everything he understood from his own cognition.
So in his eyes, he felt as if he had arrived at a mountain, the mountain was endlessly high, underfoot was all flesh.
Squirming, dormant, seeming to have endless vitality, yet showing no sign of life.
If forced to describe it, he felt like he was standing atop a meat mountain and had arrived at an unimaginably vast blood food mine.
"Is this the Tai Sui?"
"Is this the source?"
His heart stirred, every step was a surprise, compared to endless void and darkness, coming here was already a victory.
But this wasn't enough, he needed to get even closer, attempting to comprehend a deeper source.
And then he suddenly heard a voice: "What took you so long?"
"Damned?"
Even now as a trace of spirituality, Hu Ma felt a shiver across his whole body.
Now he was far too distant from the human world, to an indescribable extent, even those reincarnators who had sent him on a journey, seemed to have long ago, left him last.
He had almost adapted to the boundless darkness and solitude, yet unexpectedly, at the end of this road, at the place closest to the source of Tai Sui, he could still hear a familiar voice...
Turning his head, he saw a man in white robes, standing quietly upon the flesh.
His knees were sunken into the meat mountain, yet the robe remained pure white, his hair cascading down, a pair of eyes still clear.
"Monkey Wine brother?"
Hu Ma was about to split apart.
This step, he had traveled too far out, to take this step he had summoned endless courage.
Not knowing how much help from reincarnators had allowed him to come here.
How could it be, still someone faster than him?
"You approached Tai Sui as an equal, following the bridge straight to this point."
Monkey Wine seemed to know what Hu Ma was questioning, directly explaining: "As for me, that's different, I found the roots of Tai Sui in the human world, coming here in the identity of returning to the original form, that's why I'm faster than you."
"Taking this shortcut was only to come early for a look at what Tai Sui really is, watching it while waiting for your arrival, in fact... I've been waiting here for you for twenty years."
"Twenty years..."
Hu Madou was momentarily at a loss for words to describe the horror in his heart, feeling that this guy was utterly insane...
Tieguanyin and others were willing to help him, prepared for the possibility of early obliteration, trying to escape the eternal sentence.
But this guy, directly returning to Tai Sui?
He hesitated for a moment before urgently asking: "Aren't you afraid of being completely devoured, even… enduring eternal retribution?"
"The soul enduring eternal retribution is also a form of existence."
Monkey Wine slowly opened his mouth, saying: "Thought is existence, human thought does not fear torment, only fears bewilderment."
"...I don't quite understand!"
Hu Ma only felt increasingly stunned: "But brother, the words you say always sound reasonable."
"To put it simply, I am prepared for enduring eternal punishment."
Monkey Wine slowly said: "Even if enduring eternal retribution, I want to see what it truly is, and of course, I also considered beforehand that since the human world could once invite our souls to descend and be deified, it also shows that we possess a certain power to resist Tai Sui."
"So I believe I can hold on for a while, during which it will be enough for me to see clearly what it looks like."
"Perhaps, even find its weakness..."
"..."
He paused before sighing, looking at his legs submerged by Tai Sui, and said, "However, I am ultimately still limited by the body of a Reincarnator."
"I once broke free from it, returning in the form of returning to my true self, so its influence on me grows stronger by the day. I know I can't defeat it, but fortunately, I knew you would come and have been waiting here for you."
"So..."
Hu Ma heard his words and finally couldn't help but ask the question: "Can we win?"
As he took that step, Hu Ma didn't know the answer.
Even when embarking on the journey with all the Reincarnators, he still didn't know the answer.
Although everyone agreed on many things, whether they can win remains unanswered in everyone's heart...
After all, it's the unspeakable force that could even bury a civilization from the other world...
Originally planning to face the problem alone, he saw Monkey Wine who arrived here twenty years earlier than him, so Hu Ma believed that in those twenty years, he must have learned a lot, which led him to directly question him.
There was a moment of fear, worrying that Monkey Wine might give a despairing answer.
But instead, Monkey Wine heard the question, smiled slightly, and asked in return: "Why can't we?"
Hu Ma looked towards him.
Monkey Wine started to laugh; half of him had been devoured by Tai Sui, yet his smile remained as pure as it was in the human world.
In his eyes, there was no sign of defeat, only an abundance of anticipation: "At first, I also didn't think we could win because our world far surpasses this one in terms of technology, culture, cognition, and philosophy, yet we lost completely."
"Given that we have no means to resist, it's difficult to place all hope on this world..."
"Until I discovered..."
He paused and suddenly laughed: "We haven't actually lost."
This unexpected answer brought a bit of surprise to Hu Ma, but also hesitation: "What about what they said..."
"Our home was stolen, right?"
Monkey Wine chuckled softly, saying: "Our world indeed no longer exists!"
He slowly raised a finger, and on this meat mountain, there was pervasive Purple Qi everywhere, and even the meat mountain seemed to be an illusion of Purple Qi. With just a slight gesture, the endless starry sky manifested before Hu Ma.
Hu Ma saw a desolate land, where remnants and ruins were scattered all around, with no sign of life anywhere.
He knew where this was—the past lives the Reincarnators longed for.
This desolation further confirmed the answers given by Big Red Robe and Tieguanyin at the time, yet Monkey Wine spoke again:
"But our war hasn't been lost!"
"As long as our consciousness still exists and hasn't entirely vanished, this war continues."
"..."
He slowly lifted his gaze to Hu Ma, his voice exceedingly rational, yet stirring: "Because we are far from Tai Sui, we embarked on a path seeking knowledge of the truth."
"And Tai Sui, belonging to the spiritual realm, is the shadow of the soul, so when Tai Sui descended, we were caught off guard and had no time to construct understanding before being fundamentally destroyed by this incomprehensible existence."
"But never having seen it doesn't mean we lack sufficient will."
"Tai Sui devoured our civilization, but our will persists, transforming into a heart demon, waging war against it."
"In some way, Douyi summoning Tai Sui to the human world was a good deed."
"..."
Monkey Wine couldn't help but laugh when he said this, as if finding this discovery very amusing: "As we continue to wage this war with Tai Sui, Tai Sui descends to the human world."
"This is actually when it's most vulnerable."
"..."
Listening to his analysis, Hu Ma felt moved, growing more hopeful: "So, is this the best time to slay Tai Sui?"
"Why slay?"
Monkey Wine gave an unexpected answer, laughing: "Why do people want to kill lightning?"
