The situation took a sharp turn for the worse, leaving Zheng Ya with no choice.
If Zheng Ya does not yield, he will kill countless people who support him, and blood will flow like a river.
Besides, those who swore to protect their predecessor Zheng Ya had worked so hard and sacrificed so many lives, yet they still ended up with a terrible death. Zheng Ya couldn't accept that.
As for resisting and rescuing people, with more than 500 people trapped in the Ten Directions Killing Formation, it was simply unrealistic for Zheng Ya to imagine rescuing everyone.
The Emperor Emeritus, Empress Yin, and Empress Wu Zetian pressed on relentlessly, giving Zheng Ya no more time to make his choice: "Zheng Ya, you have ten breaths to make your choice. If you miss it, you will be executed. You know that my word is law..."
"Alright, I agree to enter into an equal contract with your people, but please allow me to ask Wu Wei a few questions?" Zheng Ya said, annoyed.
The Emperor Emeritus opened his mouth in anger, but Empress Yin spoke first: "Very well, I will grant you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to exchange ideas. Please?"
"Empress Yin, you..." The Emperor Emeritus turned to Empress Yin angrily and rebuked her, but Empress Yin raised her willow-leaf eyebrows and shouted to stop him: "Enough, I will not allow you to dictate."
Don't forget, the creation of the seal wouldn't have been possible without the help of those who transcended realms.
"You, you are very good. I do not wish for a next time!" The Emperor Emeritus roared angrily, and Empress Yin tacitly agreed without comment.
Who are we playing the good cop/bad cop role for?
Zheng Ya ignored everything else and stared at Wu Wei in mid-air, transmitting his voice: "Are you planning to sacrifice yourself to defeat me and drag me down with you? What's the point?"
"Hmph, if you were willing to cooperate with me and work together to plunder the treasures and resources of this world, you wouldn't have forced me to resort to this desperate measure!"
"This is all thanks to you, you'll have to suffer the consequences!" Wu Wei replied viciously via telepathy, secretly overjoyed.
"Despicable and shameless, you will eventually suffer the consequences and die a horrible death..." The benevolent spirit cursed her with a heart full of despair for being shameless and vile, for using her, a benevolent spirit, to enter into an equal contract with someone, playing with fire, playing with fire.
However, apart from their two souls, one good and one evil, no third party knew the inside story.
Even female worshippers who have entered into an equal pact with benevolent spirits are unable to perceive the existence of their dual souls as one.
The Equal Contract is a secret technique used by cultivators to restrain demonic beasts. It can also be used on humans, mostly to enslave their targets.
However, there are three types of contracts: equal, master-servant, and life-or-death contracts. Regardless of which method is used to form a contract with the target, it will cause damage to the soul.
In particular, the life-and-death contract restricts the lives of both parties to the contract, meaning they are bound together in life and death; if one party dies, the other party will also die.
However, the advantage of the life-and-death contract is that talents are shared, shortcomings are made up, and resources are exchanged!
An equal contract has no life or death restrictions, nor does it grant the right to probe the other party's memories. It is merely a contractual force for cooperation and mutual benefit, without betraying the other party's senses, and a form of mutual surveillance.
The master-servant contract is self-explanatory; it's a contract used to enslave a target, a contract that controls life and death with a single thought.
What Zheng Ya couldn't understand was that Wu Wei and the concubine had entered into an equal contract, becoming subject to the Emperor Emeritus and the Empress Dowager, which was tantamount to ruining their promising future. What was the point? "Are you crazy...?"
"You're the one who's crazy! This is all your fault."
"Since you won't let me have an easy time, I'll cut off your future first, and make you kneel down and beg me to show you a way out..." Wu Wei gave an ambiguous reply, giving Zheng Ya a glimmer of hope and guiding him to form a contract with someone.
It is obvious that if Zheng Ya enters into an equal contract with someone, and that person is determined to die and is willing to sacrifice themselves for the Emperor Emeritus and the Empress Dowager, they will possess the secret technique of soul-burning explosion to form the contract and drag Zheng Ya down with them.
At the very least, it could severely damage Zheng Ya's soul and ruin his future.
At that time, only Wu Wei, the only complete transmigrator left in the world, will remain as the ultimate victor.
Don't forget, Wu Wei had already refined Sheng Xiang into an avatar.
With Xie Ming back on the Qian Yuan Continent, Wu Wei only needs to guide Zheng Ya to form a contract with someone to achieve all the desired results.
Good Soul Wu Wei felt like he was going crazy: "Are you trying to use the soul power of the contract to destroy me, this good soul, or have you made the worst plan, ultimately sacrificing this body to free yourself from the entanglement of me, this good soul, and be reborn in Sheng Xiang's body?"
"Guess?" The evil spirit Wu Wei teased wickedly, not letting the benevolent spirit know her true intentions. This was a soul-shielding technique she had recently cultivated.
In fact, when the evil spirit Wu Wei was refining Sheng Xiang, he intended to break free from the entanglement of the benevolent spirit.
From that moment on, the seeds of Wu Wei's decision today were sown, along with the destructive formula she devised against Zheng Ya.
Of course, the cost is hard to predict. As the benevolent Wu Wei clearly stated, the malevolent Wu Wei has no ability to control attacks from the self-immolating souls of the other party in the contract.
The cost could be very high.
However, it cannot be denied that the evil spirit Wu Wei is determined to get rid of the entanglement of the good spirit Wu Wei. The way he achieves this is a desperate gamble, a multi-pronged strategy, and a determination to be reborn from the ashes.
The benevolent spirit Wu Wei was driven almost mad by the evil spirit Wu Wei's unwavering determination to die, but he was powerless to do anything about it and couldn't find a way to break through it.
The key point is that the benevolent Wu Wei passed on the insane schemes of the evil Wu Wei to the female worshippers who had formed a contract with him, replying with: "Come on, let's die together, who's afraid of who?" He went berserk.
Clearly, the female worshippers were the Empress's most loyal followers, willing to die alongside Wu Wei, thus blocking any way for the benevolent Wu Wei to save himself.
Aside from forming contracts to contact female worshippers, the benevolent soul Wu Wei's only other option was to imprison himself with the evil soul and indulge in self-destructive madness. He was completely unable to break free from the evil soul's confinement and seek help from anyone outside, driving him to the brink of madness.
Zheng Ya was completely unaware of all this and was still utterly bewildered by Wu Wei's madness: "You crazy woman, what are you trying to gain by scheming against me like this?"
"I'm willing to bow down and submit to you. After we return to the Qian Yuan Continent, you will be my greatest help. Isn't that enough?" Wu Wei replied smugly, not worried that the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Yin would suspect her of playing tricks.
Because the female worshippers could not sense Wu Wei's hostility, the message conveyed to the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Yin was conveyed with peace of mind, so Wu Wei had no worries.
After all, the evil spirit Wu Wei had made a pact with the benevolent spirit and the female worshipper, and then used a secret soul technique to shield himself from hostility. He had no worries about the female worshipper seeing through his schemes and plotting against everyone.
Zheng Ya went berserk: "You've already developed technological products that can block and monitor my science network. You already have the final say, waiting for the right to seize all my achievements. Why are you betraying me...?"
"Shut up! I've told you so many times, I want you to submit to me, do you understand?" Wu Wei reprimanded him in a pretentious voice transmission.
Zheng Ya couldn't find any flaws in her defenses, so he reluctantly conceded: "Fine, you win."
I hope you can find a way to break free from the constraints of this world's contracts, and not let us be played to death by others..."
"Haha, do you think I'm stupid?"
"I'll let the natives control life and death, forfeiting the future of immortality? Is that even possible?" Wu Wei sneered disdainfully, but inwardly he was laughing wildly. "You're the one who'll be restricted and die, you big fool! Hurry up and make a pact with someone and lose everything, hehehe..."
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