"Why do you do this?" Li Xiu looked at the scene that seemed like hell on earth, and still couldn't understand why they did this.

Even if one person dies and the other lives, they can just wait for the old one to die naturally and then give birth to a new baby. There's no need to actively seek death, right?

The voice said faintly, "Because the world is collapsing, it is no longer suitable for most life forms to survive. Not only humans, but also various animals and plants have become extinct. Only those mutant demons and mutant demon plants can survive in the wilderness. Humans have no food to eat, and most humans die of hunger. Only a few humans survive in special cities. But without land, the food produced in the city alone cannot support so many people. Humans need to survive, need fresh blood, and need enough labor to survive in this collapsing world. Therefore, those elderly people over the age of sixty who have almost no labor will go on a hunger strike for the continuation of humanity, and eventually go to the wilderness and end their lives."

“Sixty years old, isn’t that the prime time for a trial-taker…” Li Xiu realized something after he said this.

He did not see any trial takers in the city, nor did he see any trial gates in the wilderness.

"It seems that you have already thought of it. There are no more trial takers in this world, and there is no more trial gate. Humans can no longer continue to practice. Fortunately, there are still magic armor masters, otherwise humans would have become extinct long ago." said the voice.

"What you mean is that I killed that man and saved the world, but also made the world become what it is now?" Li Xiu understood the meaning of the voice and said in silence.

"Yes, you won that battle, but the world has become what it is now," the voice sighed.

Li Xiu remained silent. He didn’t know whether the theater of life would really become his future.

"It's almost time, you should get on the bus." As the voice ended, the scene in the theater of life also disappeared, and Li Xiu returned to the platform.

The little train blew its whistle, urging the passengers to get on board.

Li Xiu boarded the train, but heard the voice outside the window saying, "I can't accompany you for the rest of the journey, because I don't exist in the future anymore."

Li Xiu wanted to ask something, but the train had already started moving towards the endless tunnel.

Li Xiu shouted a few times, but got no response. The voice disappeared completely.

"Who is she? She said that she no longer exists in the future. Does that mean that after the drama of life, she also died?" Li Xiu frowned and thought.

The little train kept moving forward in this tunnel that kept repeating as if it would never end. It would stop for a while at each station, but Li Xiu never got off.

Along the way, Li Xiu was thinking about what he had seen and heard in the theater of life. According to his own cognition and understanding, the future in the time tunnel should not be the real future, but a future deduction based on reality.

In other words, if the current real-world process continues, it is very likely that the scene he saw will really happen.

But this deduction is not unchangeable, so the first stop the train arrives at is the crossroads of fate. Only if he makes a certain choice will that scene in the drama of life become a future reality.

If he had made a different choice at the crossroads of fate, I believe the future would not necessarily be what he saw.

"That voice said that the world became like this because I defeated a person and saved the world. If I really have such a choice at that time, how should I choose?" Li Xiu kept thinking about various possibilities.

Unfortunately, there was too little information available, and he could not analyze much.

The train passed one station after another, and no one knew how much time had passed. Finally, a strange voice on the train announced: "This train will arrive at the final station. Passengers, please prepare to get off..."

Li Xiu saw a platform appear outside the window and the train was slowly slowing down. When the train stopped completely, Li Xiu got off the train. The scene he saw made him stare up.

On the other side of the platform, an ancient black stone door stood like a gate to heaven, almost blending into the dark void.

Li Xiu looked up at the gate that seemed like the void, which made him feel his own insignificance. In front of this stone gate, he was not even an ant.

Unlike the trial gate he had seen before, this stone mountain seemed to be naturally formed. There were no traces of artificial carving, no patterns, and not even any cracks or grooves on it.

Li Xiu was very sure that this was definitely not the trial gate, and there was no place on it to inlay gems.

What puzzled him was that there was no keyhole on it. So how could the key that Li Boyang mentioned be used to open this stone door?

"It seems that the key that Li Boyang mentioned is just a metaphor, not a real key." Li Xiu walked to the empty stone door and reached out to touch it.

But as soon as his fingertips touched the stone door, an irresistible force directly bounced his body out.

With Li Xiu's current strength, he was completely unable to resist that force. His body flew backwards like a projectile, and the scenery around him flew by like flowing light.

Bang!

Li Xiu fell heavily to the ground. When he calmed down, he found himself in front of the stone tablet in the green field.

"Puff!" Li Xiu opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. Just touching the stone door had caused him serious injuries.

Li Xiu could feel that the power erupting from the stone gate was completely different from the power in this world.

It’s not that its power is different from Li Xiu’s, but that its power is different from the entire world’s power system.

"Guan Jinghao might be right. That door is the gate to the outside world." Li Xiu thought to himself, "There is no place to inlay the stone door, nor is there a keyhole. Li Boyang wants to use me as the key. Does that mean that the way to open the stone door is to offer a sacrifice?"

Li Xiu sat there and thought deeply for a long time before he stood up and left.

He had already made up his mind, so he pulled himself together, returned to the City of Light, and then went straight to Changshengtian.

Yes, Li Xiu is going to Changshengtian. Li Boyang will definitely not kill him now anyway, so why not use the resources of Changshengtian to improve his own strength?

Of course, the strength that Li Xiu wants to improve does not refer to himself.

It is only a matter of time before he is promoted to the peerless level. The longer he can delay, the better. What he really wants to improve is the strength of his demon spirits.

"Sister, do you want to be promoted to a god?" Li Xiu came to Wan Chao's house, and the first words he said when he saw Wan Chaochun made Wan Chaochun's eyes light up.

"I've been waiting for you to say this." Wan Chaochun said with a smile.

"Leave the matter of the divine jewel to me. Sister, please help me ask if there is anyone else in Changsheng City who wants the divine jewel." Li Xiu said.

"What are you planning to do? Are you planning to cheat people again?" Wan Chaochun said with a frown.

Li Xiu has cheated someone once, and now the major families are on high alert against Li Xiu, so it won't be so easy to cheat them again.

"I don't have the time to cheat them. I really want to sell the divine gem." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"There are many people who want to be promoted to the position of god. Where do you get so many god-position gems to sell to them? Can't you give birth yourself?" Wan Chaochun said with a roll of his eyes.

"Of course I can't give birth, and I don't have any now. I plan to go to the trial land to hunt down the gods and demons, and then I will naturally have the gods' gems." With Li Xiu's current strength, hunting down the gods and demons is a piece of cake.

"Do you know how long it takes to kill a divine demon? Even if you have the intelligence and the ability, you still have to take risks. What's more, the drop rate of divine gems is so low, you..." Wan Chaochun hadn't finished his words before he widened his eyes and stared at Li Xiu in disbelief.

Light energy rose from Li Xiu's body, and the intensity of that light energy had reached a level that even Wan Chaochun could hardly guess.

"Killing the devil spirits at the divine level is as easy as pie for me." Li Xiu said calmly.

Wan Chaochun did not refute, because the terrifying light energy on Li Xiu's body was much more powerful than any god or demon she had ever seen.

"Are you still a god?" Wan Chaochun even suspected whether Li Xiu had broken through the godhood and reached another level, although she herself did not know what that level was.

"Not yet, but it will be soon." Li Xiu continued, "I am only responsible for killing the demons and getting the divine gems. Sister, please help me contact the buyers. I only want gems, the top-grade gems, especially rubies."

"That's not a problem, but are you sure you really want to do this? I think you should discuss it with the president first." Wan Chaochun pondered.

"Don't worry, sister. He won't have any objections." Li Xiu didn't explain too much.

Although Wan Chaochun was confused and didn't know why Li Xiu was so sure, he didn't ask any more questions and agreed to let Li Xiu help him sell the divine gem.

Li Xiu went back to Courtyard No. 7 and met with Jing Li, Lao Qian and others. He gave them some advice and resources, and then set off for Tianmen.

There should be quite a few gods and demons near Tianmen. The key is to be able to visit Lao Dao on the way. Before the final battle, he wants to see the person he wants to see.

In the past, Tianmen was mysterious in Li Xiu's eyes, but now, for Li Xiu, it is no longer a dangerous place.

Any demon spirits that appeared along the way were killed by Li Xiu, and the magic cores he obtained were directly fed to the demigod Setsuna and the Jedi Knights.

He wanted to feed the demigod Setsuna and the Jedi Knights to the peak of godhood as quickly as possible.

Because these two creatures eat everything and digest food very quickly, they are relatively easy to feed. However, it is too troublesome and takes too long to feed the other monsters.

Of course, Li Xiu planned to exchange those top-level gems and also planned to cultivate other magical spirits.

The bride-to-be and the dragon vein spirit are also Li Xiu's key training targets. As for the others, it may be difficult for them to be promoted to a very high level.

Unless Li Xiu can get some evil and make those demons become the same as Jedi Knights and demigod Setsuna, it will be possible to cultivate them to the level of gods in a short period of time.

"Boy, you're back alive?" Lao Dao was extremely happy when he saw Li Xiu.

Li Xiu pinched his muscles and smiled, "He should not be dead yet."

"It's good to come back alive." Lao Dao looked relieved.

"The person is back, but the matter is not over." Li Xiu said.

"What's going on?" Lao Dao asked hurriedly.

Li Xiu did not hide anything and told the story of himself and Li Boyang. Lao Dao's face changed slightly after hearing what he said.

After a long while, Lao Dao sighed and said, "I have almost repaid the president's kindness. I am old and my life is almost over. If you want this life, I will give it to you."

"Lao Dao, you can keep your life without any worries. If I am not dead, I will fight with you until we are drunk." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Okay." Lao Dao said with a wry smile.

"Lao Dao, you have been in Changshengtian for so many years. Did you know that there was a person named Tang Tianzhen in Changshengtian?" Li Xiu asked.

When he heard Bellona talking about the bald human, he thought of Tang Tianzhen.

But if Tang Tianzhen was really such a powerful person, how could he have been trapped in that room by his sister for so many years?

So Li Xiu thought it shouldn’t be Tang Tianzhen, but he still wanted to find out about Tang Tianzhen’s origins.

"Tang Tianzhen... I've never heard of him..." Lao Dao thought for a long time before shaking his head.

"That's strange. I heard him say that he used to be a member of Changshengtian and liked a woman, but that woman left him later." Li Xiu repeated what he had heard from Tang Tianzhen.

"Wait, you said that Tang Tianzhen is a bald head, and looks very handsome and holy, like a god who cannot be desecrated?" Lao Dao suddenly interrupted Li Xiu, staring at him and asked.

"Yes, a bald guy, very handsome, but his temperament is very special, making people feel that he is like a statue on the altar, which makes people feel that he cannot be desecrated." Li Xiu nodded.

"Now that you mention it, I remember that there was indeed such a person in Changshengtian, but I only heard of such a person and didn't know his name. In fact, I originally thought that it was just a story." Lao Dao said with a strange expression.

"What's going on?" Li Xiu asked hurriedly.

"That's a story I heard from the elders of the previous generation..." Lao Dao told a story while recalling.

At the beginning of Changshengtian’s establishment, a brilliant and beautiful woman joined. She was extremely intelligent and in that era when many great masters emerged, she also occupied a place in Changshengtian.

Not only the masters of various sects who joined Changshengtian were very caring towards that woman, but even the president was fond of her.

It is said that many people wanted to pursue that woman at that time, but she was devoted to seeking the truth and did not consider matters between men and women at all.

Even for a man like the president who is well-versed in the world, the woman only respects his knowledge and does not involve any romantic feelings between men and women.

The key point is that even so, the bigwigs and presidents of various schools have always been very fond of her and have not had any other thoughts because of her refusal.

Originally everyone thought that this woman was a fairy from heaven who had descended to earth, and that no man in the world was worthy of her. Perhaps seeking the truth throughout her life was her destiny.

But until a bald man appeared, the fairy-like girl actually fell in love with the mortal world.

"Is that bald man Tang Tianzhen?" Li Xiu didn't expect that Tang Tianzhen actually had such a history.

"I don't know if he is Tang Tianzhen. When the elder told me this story, he didn't mention the man's name. He just said that he was very strange. He was born like a god, but was slightly tainted by the filth of the world..."

Lao Dao paused and continued, "Moreover, this person's status in Changshengtian is very special. He clearly entered Changshengtian, but the president did not give him any position. A person without a position can go anywhere in Changshengtian, even the City Lord's Mansion, and even live in the president's home. Rather than saying that he joined Changshengtian, it would be more appropriate to say that he came here for tourism."

The more Li Xiu listened, the more strange it seemed to him. He originally thought that Tang Tianzhen might be an older member of the Changshengtian sect, but from what Lao Dao said, this person looked and behaved very much like Tang Tianzhen.

If it is really him, then he is the old man who was first established at the beginning of Changshengtian and has survived for thousands of years.

In addition, in the story he doesn't seem to be the president's subordinate, but more like a friend of equal status.

If the person in the story was really Tang Tianzhen, Li Xiu would have to doubt whether Tang Tianzhen was the one who left a drop of blood on the Soul-Suppressing Stone.

"What happened next?" Li Xiu asked Lao Dao.

"Later they broke up. I heard that the man was no good, so they separated not long after being together." Lao Dao chuckled, "When the elder told me about this, he was actually teasing us young people. He also said that no matter how good a man is outside, it's useless. If he's not good in that aspect, he can't keep a woman no matter how good he is."

Li Xiu was somewhat speechless: "So is this story true or not?"

"I really don't know. The elder was just telling the story for fun at the time. He made it sound like it made sense. Now there's no way to ask him. How about you wait a little longer? I will go down and ask him a hundred years later and then tell you in your dreams." Lao Dao said with a smile.

"Okay, then I won't bother you. If you really go down, just stay there honestly and don't come up and scare people." Li Xiu smiled helplessly.

Although this story sounds a bit fantasy, the bald man in the story is indeed very similar to Tang Tianzhen in all aspects, except that his temperament is like that of a holy god. Li Xiu has never seen another human being with such temperament.

Considering that Tang Tianzhen said his girlfriend broke up with him because of his appearance, Li Xiu felt that the person in the story was most likely Tang Tianzhen.

Originally, Li Xiu was thinking about hunting down the gods and demons here, but now that he had received this news, he wanted to go to Good Luck Slope immediately to find out whether Tang Tianzhen was the person in the story, and also to find out whether he had any connection with the drop of blood on the Soul-Suppressing Stone.