Invincible Young Master in the City

Zhuo Junwu said, "Ye Fan, this Divine Weapon is right in front of you. All you need to do is say whether you will take it or not. Even if you take this weapon, you can still do whatever you want to do; I won’t stop you. After all, the final path is for you to choose yourself."

The spear was still before Ye Fan. Ye Fan did not believe Zhuo Junwu’s words, but he had no other way now, unless he planned to never leave this place. The respect he held in his heart for Zhuo Junwu still existed.

"I never thought that from the very beginning, everything was a conspiracy and a scam. I actually lived inside such a lie." Ye Fan looked very disappointed as he said, "Then what about Zhao Jun entering the cultivation world? Was Xuanyue Palace also arranged by you?"

Zhuo Junwu replied, "That girl Zhao Jun entering the Pan Gu Secret Realm is indeed related to me, but the matter of Xuanyue Palace was not arranged by me. After you entered the Pan Gu Secret Realm, I merely followed the guidance and had your third senior brother take you to Tianxuan Sect. The road afterward was entirely walked by you yourself. I didn’t interfere in anything. Even the disappearance of your third senior brother and Bai He was beyond my control."

Ye Fan looked at Shen Biancheng, disappointment on his face, and said, "So in the end, you were all lying to me too."

Shen Biancheng said with some regret, "Little junior brother, I told you before, everything I did was for your own good. I never intended to harm you, and everything you’ve done was driven by Destiny. If I’d told you in advance, would you still have followed the path you’ve walked to this day? All I know now is that your cultivation has grown extremely high, to the point where you can change everything. Why are you still so stubborn? You can become the one who recreates the world, recreate humankind, reshape the order of cultivators—would that not be good? You want to protect the people around you, then just protect them. These people can safely enter the new order along with you."

After Shen Biancheng finished speaking, Ye Fan felt his heart stir a little, because Shen Biancheng’s words hit exactly what he had in mind. His own thoughts were also to protect the people around him, especially to keep them from being used by Pan Gu, Fu Xi, and the others.

Now it was essentially a choice between the ancient cultivators and Zhuo Junwu’s side. If he listened to Zhuo Junwu, then humanity would be destroyed, but the people he wanted to protect could remain safe and sound. Later, the new universe might even be created by his own hands—this would be a tremendous achievement.

If he helped those ancient cultivators, Ye Fan wasn’t sure whether he had that ability, and whether humanity could ultimately be preserved was also uncertain.

Ye Fan looked extremely hesitant. He didn’t know whether he should pick up the mighty-looking Divine Weapon in front of him. It seemed that once he picked up this weapon, it would mean the Heavenly Tribulation would occur, and he would no longer stop it. The final outcome would be a great slaughter, and the order of humanity would be changed from then on.

Ye Fan was still pondering, unsure of what choice he should make, when Pan Gu’s voice came: "If you listen to them, you will truly fall into a state of eternal damnation. By then, you will perish together with the Heavenly Tribulation."

As Pan Gu’s voice arrived, almost all the ancient cultivators came along with him.

They included Pan Gu, Fu Xi, Nuwa, Xuan Nu, Xi He, Shun, and others. Their appearance seemed to indicate that they also knew of Zhuo Junwu’s presence. Zhuo Junwu’s existence was already threatening their survival, especially since Zhuo Junwu had uncovered the secret hidden in Heavenly Peak Mountain, and even that Divine Weapon had appeared in front of Ye Fan.

Pan Gu, Fu Xi, and Nuwa landed at the very peak of Heavenly Peak Mountain, while Ye Fan did not look at the three of them, nor did he intend to directly claim this Divine Weapon for himself.

Pan Gu looked at Zhuo Junwu and said, "You look somewhat familiar. We should have met before."

Zhuo Junwu shook his head with a smile and said, "We never had the chance to meet, because I’m just a human cultivator; my lifespan is far shorter than yours. If you wanted to kill me, it would be as easy as lifting a hand. But whether you will kill me or not is another matter."

"What arrogance." Nuwa said angrily, "Who do you think you are? Even if your cultivation is high, killing you is still as easy as lifting a hand. I’ll kill you and let you know the outcome of offending us."

Just as Nuwa was about to strike, she was stopped by Pan Gu. Pan Gu sighed and said, "Nuwa, killing him would be pointless. Do you know what stands behind him? The Heavenly Tribulation. If you kill him, you will cause the Heavenly Tribulation to arrive ahead of time, and you might not even be able to kill him. The existence of the Lihuo Sect was originally an anomaly in the Pan Gu Secret Realm. Perhaps the meaning of their existence is precisely to find the one who can save the Heavenly Tribulation. Their goal is to destroy Ye Fan, to make him abandon his resolve to save the tribulation."

Zhuo Junwu laughed and said, "I don’t deny it; what you said is correct. Our goal is to let the Heavenly Tribulation unfold smoothly. Even when you created the Pan Gu Secret Realm, you had no choice but to be constrained by us."

"Your power is very strong, even stronger than all the powers in the world, because the source of your power does not come from the universe." Pan Gu looked at Ye Fan and said, "Ye Fan, I believe you can make the right choice. You have always sought to safeguard the safety of the entire realm of living beings. If, in order to protect those around you, you let the entire universe be destroyed, even the Earth itself destroyed, then what you do will make me look down on you and invite ridicule."

Shen Biancheng said, "Little junior brother, think this through. Everything you’ve done has actually been to protect the people around you. What does the life and death of the realm of living beings have to do with you? Besides, do you want to be used by Pan Gu? If you pick up this weapon, you can even kill Pan Gu outright; he won’t be able to pose any threat to you at all."

Nuwa seemed unconvinced and directly attacked the weapon in front of Ye Fan, saying as she did, "Since this weapon is so powerful, I want to see it for myself!"

Nuwa’s power had already reached the point of being able to destroy heaven and earth, but as she approached that weapon, her strength seemed to be drained away. It was only because she reacted in time, instantly pulling back her power and retreating behind Pan Gu, and with Fu Xi’s help as well, that she survived. If not for Fu Xi, Nuwa might have died on the spot.

"What’s going on?" Nuwa looked at what had just happened, unable to believe it.

Ye Fan said nothing, but Zhuo Junwu spoke: "You ancient cultivators really think that from the moment you were born, no one could restrain you? You don’t realize that from the very beginning of your creation, a treasure was set in place to limit your cultivation. This treasure also belongs to Ye Fan. As long as Ye Fan takes up this weapon, he can command you all—but he must serve the Heavenly Tribulation..."