Chapter 513

Chapter 513: The Tomorrow That Never Sets

Yun Ye and Ming Ri leaned against the wall, unable to help but fall into silence.

They understood the differences all too well.

The most important power for humans is their cultivation level, techniques, and knowledge.

Things like bloodlines are determined at birth and have no room for growth.

But demons are different; their inheritance relies solely on bloodlines, and knowledge is merely an add-on. Each lineage basically has only one source, and all their descendants evolve toward that source. After countless generations, they form an evolutionary system dominated by bloodlines.

Undead beings evolve into live zombies, live zombies evolve into spiritual zombies, spiritual zombies evolve into Flying Zombies, and finally, they become the king of the Manifest Realm, the Undying Zombie.

Even if there are forks in the evolution process, they cannot change the overall situation; to achieve the strongest form, they must evolve into the Undying Zombie.

This mechanism ensures that demons do not need any additional conditions; as long as they continuously meet the evolution requirements, they can grow stronger.

The rules of the World God clearly provide a perfect platform, allowing these demons to bypass the long wait of time and go directly to the final stage.

In contrast, humans get stuck by the barriers of their realms and cannot grow as unrestrictedly as demons, which creates a widening gap. The longer the time passes, the more terrifying this gap becomes. The demons, already stronger than humans, might only need a few ambitious tribes to turn the order of humanity upside down…

Did Yin Yue Kong choose to summon the World God of Slaughter to bring about the destruction of the world?

The World God of Slaughter is essentially the great benefactor of the demons, capable of bringing about a qualitative change in their strength. Even if humanity has its Monarchs, it is difficult to gain an advantage.

In this situation, even if a Monarch reaches enlightenment, would they not fall to the united attacks of demons before they even gathered any echoes?

“Of course, there is another possibility—that Yin Yue Kong merely mastered the great ritual of summoning the World God of Slaughter and had no other choice.”

“If that’s the case, then the problem is serious; if it continues to grow dim, the spirit veins will also wither…”

Yun Ye looked up, and all he could see was the eternal darkness of the sky polluted by the Monarch’s Fourth Heaven.

After more than a hundred years, the Fourth Heaven was far from the time of dissipation.

The Mark of the Reflecting Moon created by a certain Honored Position did not completely dissipate even after its fall a thousand years ago.

The Fourth Heaven of the Royal Path is much stronger than the Mark of the Reflecting Moon. Unless there is external interference, the time for it to dissipate will only increase.

As for what kind of external interference…

If a second Monarch reaches enlightenment, they can immediately erase the Fourth Heaven left by the previous Monarchs.

Based on Yun Ye’s current strength, he estimates that the Fourth Heaven will take at least another hundred thousand years to dissipate.

If an Honored Position creates their own Fourth Heaven, then this time would be reduced; roughly, an Honored Position creating a Fourth Heaven would shorten the time by several thousand years.

Just under a hundred Honored Positions creating their own Fourth Heavens could completely erase the Fourth Heaven of the Royal Path.

However, this is clearly impossible.

It’s already quite good to have a few Honored Positions capable of creating a Fourth Heaven over several thousand years; could dozens appear in a short time?

“We did not arrive too late; it has only been a little over a hundred years. The impact of the eternal darkness is still small. Before that, we can unify the Red Heaven and resolve the World God issue.”

Ming Ri said.

“It’s not that simple. By the time we gather our strongest forces, disaster may already have fallen. Why did the Monarch fall at the first moment after the World God’s physical descent? What was so special about him that he had to die?”

“It was the Taoist artifact!”

Yun Ye said.

“Do you mean that the World God wants to devour the Daoist artifacts?”

Ming Ri’s eyes shifted as she recalled her own sealing of the World God’s tentacles over the past hundred years.

“In simple terms, True Immortals are just the results of the power of Daoist artifacts being infused into them. Since the World God wants to devour True Immortals, it naturally also wishes to consume Daoist artifacts.”

“Unifying the Red Heaven is indeed possible, but accumulating echoes afterward will be very difficult. Before you advance to a higher form, you must possess the strength to counter the World God, only then can it be possible for you to become the strongest Daoist artifact and join forces to defeat the World God.”

“Is that even possible? The World God is a life form at the same level as a True Immortal. If this could be achieved, why have the top cultivators of all generations summoned the World God?”

Yun Ye said.

Even if the World God is weaker than a True Immortal, it is still at the same level. If mortals can contend with it, then confronting a True Immortal should be entirely feasible, marking an entry into becoming an Immortal.

“If there is no information we are unaware of, then the great ritual plan does not account for a contingency in case a Monarch fails,” Ming Ri frowned, realizing the severity; wasn’t this a death loop?

But soon, Ming Ri asked again, “If that’s the case, how did the Red Heaven achieve enlightenment? There should have been multiple World Gods during its era. How did it succeed in becoming a True Immortal under the watchful eyes of the World Gods?”

“Before the Red Heaven, there was no mention of Daoist artifacts. Humanity’s countless years had accumulated ‘echoes against the demons’. It attained enlightenment by positioning the human race as the eternal protagonist of the Great Dao, skipping the accumulation stage, while we cannot and must gather echoes bit by bit,” Yun Ye explained.

“The World Gods should only pay attention to high-level Daoist artifacts. It should also be possible to gather power at the last moment, while eliminating the Dao Domain with the Heavenly Dry Universe; the World Gods should not be able to penetrate the universe to notice us,” Ming Ri added.

Yun Ye shrugged, resting his hands behind his head, gazing at the deep, eternal darkness of the sky. “This is indeed feasible, but unifying the Red Heaven requires Daoist artifacts, such as… Divine Fate.”

“They have been collecting echoes for countless years. It’s not surprising they possess the highest Daoist artifacts. But how much such power exists in the Red Heaven realm? Without equal Daoist artifacts, will they allow me to become the final victor?”

“This is a chance for becoming a True Immortal, a struggle of all ages. As long as we can gather echoes in this era, there’s a fifty percent possibility of achieving immortality, rather than becoming a puppet of True Immortals and having to abandon the chance to become an immortal, inscribing new rules for the Red Heaven.”

“What about those celestial clans and immortal sects that exist somewhere unknown, possessing Dao Classics and countless resources…?”

“Would they willingly give this up?”

“Ah, I see.”

Ming Ri said, realizing that this hellish difficulty has always been the case. Even having the Power of Opening Heaven and Earth does not change that.

This is the tribulation that the path to becoming the strongest must face. If a hero does not create miracles, can they still be considered a hero?

Ming Ri smiled and said, “But we can only move forward, right? No matter how many possibilities there are, we must take a bold shot, mustn’t we? Again and again, that is the promise you made to yourself when you awakened your reincarnation power—to achieve it, nothing more!”

“Indeed, just to achieve it, nothing more. This world has always been shrouded in eternal darkness, and no matter how many heroes strive for it, it cannot change a bit…”

“Hahaha! Until my arrival! This era is truly the time for Opening Heaven and Earth!”

Yun Ye’s figure vanished.

Ming Ri transformed into flames and disappeared into the alley.

In the distant Desert of Wind State, a song rang out between the underworld and Tree City:

“Tomorrow never sets, even if eternal darkness conceals it, the sun remains there, unwavering, neither diminishing its light…”