"So the Sage attacked the Gods to stop the Dragon Clan?" Youyou asked.
"What are dragons anyway? Why would Xuanling bother targeting them?" Hades shook his head and continued, "She didn't come for such trivial matters. Xuanling's purpose in descending to earth was to save the world!"
"Salvation?!" The group was startled, realizing that the Mysterious Spirit mentioned by Hades was the Sage. But what did "saving the world" mean? Was the final cataclysmic calamity caused by the failure of the salvation effort?
"After Xuanling arrived in the mortal realm, she established a sect composed entirely of female cultivators and began to protect women throughout the world, openly opposing all other sects! In this way, she preserved the last glimmer of hope in the world. This was her original plan, to gradually reverse the unhealthy trend of the world constantly harming women."
Hades seemed to remember something and said in a deep voice, "The first time I met Xuanling was when she single-handedly destroyed the number one sect in the mortal world at that time and rescued hundreds of newborn girls who were about to be refined into pills."
"..." Hundreds? Baby girls! How utterly depraved is this?
"Damn it!" Even Feng Rong couldn't help but curse, and Yuan Qi frowned even more.
Such a thing is utterly unimaginable today. Even the most heinous evil cultivators wouldn't so blatantly attack a newborn girl. But back then, this was the most prestigious and righteous sect. This is simply inhuman, far more heinous than anything the demons could do!
“Back then, not a single disciple of that sect, Xuanling, was spared. Blood flowed like rivers within three thousand miles. I was almost overwhelmed with collecting their souls!” Hades clicked his tongue twice, but there was no trace of sympathy in his eyes. “After that, the mortal realm was peaceful for a while.”
"And then?" Youyou couldn't help but ask.
"And then?" Hades sneered. "Xuanling has blocked so many people's path, so naturally some people will be dissatisfied. But she came to save the world, and although she is a mortal, she is born with extraordinary abilities. How can ordinary people be her match? If things continue like this, and the female cultivators in her sect grow up and can stand on their own, the world will not be beyond saving. Unfortunately... even the strongest abilities can stop those who are courting death, such as... the Dragon Clan."
A chill ran through the group, realizing that what followed was the reason for the gods' annihilation: "What did they do?"
"It's nothing..." Hades shrugged. "It's just that while Xuanling was away, the Dragon Clan, under the pretext of revenge, launched a full-scale attack on the sect that Xuanling had worked so hard to build, slaughtered all the disciples, and extinguished the last glimmer of hope in the world!"
The three of them: "..."
groove!
So, did the sages invade the realm of gods and slaughter all the gods? In that light, they really did not die unjustly.
"The gods slaughtered her entire family, and Xuanling exterminated their entire clan—it's fair!" Hades continued, then added after a moment's thought, "Although the dragon clan spearheaded this, the other gods' inaction and blatant disregard are their original sins." The other gods clearly knew what the dragon clan had done, yet they never stepped forward to stop them, not even to offer any advice. They had entered the mortal realm, yet they ignored worldly affairs; every god who remained indifferent was an accomplice.
"..." The three fell silent, with Feng Rong and Yuan Qi lowering their heads.
As the saying goes, no snowflake is innocent in an avalanche. Youyou suddenly understood why Xuanling had wiped out the God Realm back then, because they were indeed unworthy of being gods!
"At that time, the world was beyond saving, and the only option was to destroy the world and be reborn." Hades sighed and continued, "Unfortunately, although Xuanling chased them to the realm of gods, they actually chose to become demons in order to escape. The key is that the Demon God, that bastard who fears nothing more than a peaceful world, actually let it go. Even the words of the Heavenly Dao were useless, and in the end, a part of the gods still escaped into the Demon Realm."
"Demon God?" You You was taken aback.
Hades then recounted in detail what happened next.
They then realized that although the world was divided into six realms, it was actually composed of three parts, each with a main god. The King of the Underworld was in charge of the underworld and the cycle of life and death; the Heavenly Dao was in charge of the four realms of humans, gods, immortals, and demons, representing world order and rules; and the Demon God was in charge of the demon realm, representing chaos and darkness.
The dragon race was abandoned by the Heavenly Dao, and apart from entering the cycle of reincarnation after death, they could only fall into demonic possession and enter the demon realm. From then on, there were no more gods in the world, only the bone dragon race of the demon realm.
However, the dragons' ambitions go beyond that. They have always remembered the hatred of Xuanling for annihilating and driving them out, and are determined to lead the demon realm to invade the three realms and turn the world into a demonic domain once again.
Xuanling then set up a seal to suppress the bone dragon, preventing it from ever entering the Three Realms again.
"That Demon God is the most difficult to deal with. He's treacherous, cunning, and has a terrible temper. He's always been at odds with the Heavenly Dao, and he even went after Little Xuanling." Hades said with disdain, glancing at You You. "If he hadn't been so bored as to interfere, Xuanling wouldn't have needed any seals. He could have just entered the Demon Realm and wiped out those bone dragons cleanly, wouldn't you say?"
"..." So the seal on Tian Sheng Mountain really was set up by Xuan Ling.
"Afterwards, Xuanling and I cleansed the world together, and only then was this world able to be reborn." The King of the Underworld's tone grew increasingly resentful as he spoke, glaring angrily at You You. "That involved taking all the souls of the entire Three Realms, including the God Realm, back to the Underworld. I almost died from exhaustion during that time! I worked overtime for nearly ten thousand years before I recovered. Tell me, after all that hard work, is it a problem for me to rest for a while? And you wake me up over such a trivial matter? Are you out of your minds?!"
Youyou's lips twitched. How much do you not want to go to work!
"So, is the reason why there are so few women in the world now also a punishment from Heaven?" Youyou couldn't help but ask.
Although the destruction of the world was initiated by the dragons, all living beings are not innocent, including humans, who were the true culprits in harming women. The gods have already paid the price, so it is only right that humans be punished as well.
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