Chapter 280

Chapter 280: Ye Tianming’s Dao Heart!

Ding Guniang said nothing more, and flicked her sleeve.

Boom!

Suddenly, the space-time before them shattered, and Ye Tianming and Ding Guniang entered a vast river of time.

Ye Tianming looked around in a daze.

Soon, he noticed that the river of time was flowing in reverse.

Ye Tianming was still confused.

Before long, Ding Guniang had actually brought him against the current of time, back to the days at Guanxuan Academy in the Central Divine Continent.

And on the luminous screen of time, he saw Mu Guanchen and his senior sister Fuzang.

Ye Tianming froze, turning to look at Ding Guniang in bewilderment.

Ding Guniang looked at Ye Tianming, “Do you know what your teacher Mu Guanchen’s future held?”

Ye Tianming shook his head, still full of confusion.

Ding Guniang’s face was expressionless, utterly cold, “Do you think the Zhongsheng Law was his endpoint? It wasn’t. That was only his starting point. His future was to complete the Zhongsheng Law all the way to the ninth law. Not only that, by the time he completed the third law, he had already surpassed the Huaquan realm and reached a level you cannot even imagine……”

As she spoke, she lightly tapped her finger, and the luminous screen before her began to play rapidly.

Within the screen was the rest of teacher Mu Guanchen’s life. The teacher who had not died lived a second half of life that was nothing short of spectacular. Not only did he complete the Zhongsheng Law to the ninth law, but in the end, his Great Dao actually surpassed the Great Dao Rankings, achieving a true state beyond the Dao.

And that was still not the limit for teacher Mu Guanchen. In the end, he actually created an entirely new kind of law, one that transcended the Zhongsheng Law.

Ding Guniang said softly, “If he had not died, the brilliance of his life would have been beyond your imagination. But now, he is dead.”

She turned to look at Ye Tianming, “He died because of you.”

Ye Tianming stared blankly at the luminous screen.

Ding Guniang continued, “And then there is Fuzang Guniang…….”

With that, she flicked her sleeve, and the screen shifted to Fuzang.

Ding Guniang looked at the screen, “She was the most extraordinarily gifted genius the Tianlong clan had seen in a thousand years. Had she not died, she would have become the clan leader of the Tianlong clan……Look at her future. Her future was also incredibly brilliant. But she too died because of you.”

Ye Tianming looked at Fuzang on the screen and murmured, “Senior sister…….”

Ding Guniang continued, “And then there are your brothers Ye Zong and Ye Nan…….”

She flicked her sleeve, and the screen shifted to the lives of Ye Nan and Ye Zong.

Ding Guniang’s face was expressionless, “Ye Zong was originally the reincarnation of Zongwu. Had it not been for your affairs, he could have reached another peak. But because he became entangled in your karma, his life came to an abrupt end. And Ye Nan, his future could have been extraordinarily brilliant as well, truly inheriting old Yang’s mantle and reviving the Shendao Sect. But it too came to an abrupt end because of you…….And furthermore!”

As she spoke, Ye Zong and Ye Nan on the screen were replaced by sister-in-law Li E.

Ding Guniang turned to look at Ye Tianming, “You probably don’t know yet that your sister-in-law was actually pregnant when she died, do you?”

Pregnant?

Ye Tianming felt as though he had been struck by lightning.

Ding Guniang’s face remained expressionless, “She could have lived a happy life, but because of you, her life came to an abrupt end, including the child she was carrying……”

She flicked her sleeve, and the screen showed Li E’s future. In the days ahead, Li E and Ye Nan would have had two sons and a daughter together, living a life of happiness and fulfillment.

“And furthermore!”

Ding Guniang flicked her sleeve, and the screen shifted to Ao Qianqian.

Ding Guniang looked at Ao Qianqian on the screen and said softly, “Qianqian Guniang could also have had a much better life. But she died. She died protecting you.”

Ye Tianming stared at the screen, his hands trembling, “Sister-in-law, Sister Qianqian…….”

Ding Guniang said, “Perhaps you want to say that all of this was because of the injustice Guanxuan Academy dealt you. But……”

She turned to look at Ye Tianming, “This world has always been full of injustice. Just as you implemented your new policies, do you think there was no injustice in that either?”

She flicked her sleeve, and in an instant, the screen began playing rapidly, showing one tragic event after another.

Ding Guniang looked at the screen, “In the past half month, since you implemented your new policies, the total number of cases of injustice caused by those policies across the entire Guanxuan universe has reached 3,600,000, still increasing by tens of thousands every day. Among these, the number of people who have already died is in the hundreds of thousands……”

She looked at Ye Tianming, “I am not here to deny your new policies. I only want to tell you that there is no absolute justice in this world, no absolute fairness. You questioned the Yang family, yet look, even with you, Ye Tianming, implementing your new policies, tragedies still occur, injustice still occurs. And those who have suffered from that injustice hate you to the bone just the same, and want to wipe out your entire family.”

Ye Tianming stared blankly at the tragedies unfolding on the screen.

Ding Guniang continued, “In truth, your life could have changed much earlier. For instance, after you passed through the Guanxuan Path, if you had accepted the Xiao family’s terms, even though the Xiao family was quite ruthless, had you accepted their conditions and then developed slowly, biding your time, none of the people who came after would have died. And with your talent, rising to prominence in the future would have been a simple matter. But……”

She shook her head slightly, “You insisted on choosing the most confrontational approach to resolve things. Yet you never once considered whether you had the strength for it. You did not have the strength to go head-to-head with the Xiao family. And later, you chose to go head-to-head with Yang Jia. Did you ever think about what gave you the right to confront Yang Jia? Behind Yang Jia stood all of Guanxuan Academy, the entire Yang family. You openly chose to confront Yang Jia……Did you have the strength for that?”

Ye Tianming continued to stare blankly at the screen.

Ding Guniang said further, “You can go head-to-head with the entire world, but the prerequisite is that you must have the strength for it. Unfortunately, you did not. And when you choose to confront others without the strength to back it up, the result is that the people around you die one by one because of you.”

Ye Tianming murmured, “Is it my fault?”

Ding Guniang looked at him, “This world does not operate on right and wrong alone. Throughout history, how many times has the victor been crowned king and the loser branded a villain? Do people debate their right and wrong? They only debate their victory and defeat. And the one who wins is the one who is right, because right and wrong are defined by the victor. That is reality, and that is fact.”

Ye Tianming slowly closed his eyes.

Ding Guniang continued, “When you had no strength, you chose to confront everything head-on. Then you must bear the consequences of that confrontation. Don’t talk about grand principles. To put it plainly, if the Yang family had no desire to reason with you, you would not even have had the chance to speak. That too is reality.”

Ye Tianming remained silent.

Ding Guniang said again, “You once said you had a clear conscience. Then let me ask you, toward those who died because of you, do you truly have a clear conscience?”

Ye Tianming’s face turned pale as paper.

Ding Guniang looked straight at him, “They all had their own brilliant lives ahead of them, but all of those lives ended early because of you. Have you ever regretted it?”

Have you ever regretted it?

Ye Tianming clenched his hands tightly. Of course he had……regretted it.

If not for him, his teacher, his senior sister Fuzang, and Ye Zong would never have died.

Ding Guniang said again, “If you had not chosen to confront the Xiao family back then, if you had not chosen to confront Yang Jia……..then none of them would have died.”

Ye Tianming murmured, “Is it all my fault?”

Ding Guniang looked at him, “I know you still want to bring up the issue of Guanxuan Academy. Then let me ask you two questions. You implemented your new policies, but what wrong did those who suffered injustice because of those policies commit? Are you willing to give your life for each of theirs? If you cannot do that, then what right do you have to condemn Yang Jia? After all, Yang Jia’s original intention was the same as yours from the very beginning, to do good for the people below.”

Ye Tianming clenched his hands tightly, his face pale.

Ding Guniang continued, “You acknowledge it in your own heart, and that is this: no matter how good a policy is, once it is put into practice, it will inevitably produce negative consequences. Just like giving money freely to the people below, can all of it truly reach the common people’s hands? Those who implement it below will skim a little off the top, and the moment the common people resist, tragedy will inevitably follow…….”

She shook her head slightly, “Just like your new policies, they are certainly excellent, but they will also produce negative consequences. You understand all of this. But there is one more truth that you understand yet refuse to acknowledge……”

At this, her gaze fell on Ye Tianming once more, “That truth is this: you are weak. You simply do not have the ability to contend with the Yang family. Yet you insisted on standing in opposition to them. What gave you the right? Furthermore, since you chose to stand against the Yang family, why should the Yang family not be able to target you?”

Ye Tianming fell silent.

Ding Guniang continued, “You can say that since the Yang family established the order, they should act accordingly……But you must also understand that you yourself cannot achieve perfection, so what right do you have to demand perfection from the Yang family? Moreover, the Yang family has already been quite reasonable. If you had encountered another force, like the Shenlin Territory from before, if you had not had the Sword Ancestor in hand, if the Yang family had not had someone step forward in the end, tell me, what would you have used to fight them? And did they reason with you?”

Ye Tianming still said nothing.

Ding Guniang said again, “The fundamental nature of this world is not about reasoning. Even when reasoning is possible, it requires that you have the strength to back it up. That is the true nature of this world. The fact that you are alive and able to point fingers at the Yang family is because the Yang family hopes this world is one where reason prevails. Otherwise, you would not even have had the chance to open your mouth.”

At this, she suddenly flicked her sleeve, and the scene on the screen shifted abruptly. The screen showed a scene of ruins. In a corner of those ruins, an extremely plain-looking woman was curled up, clutching a piece of moldy food in her hands, gnawing at it desperately.