I Am Loaded with Passive Skills-Chapter 3366 - 1680: To be born a daughter is to be without fault, how can one abandon being born without fault?
Chapter 3366 -1680: To be born a daughter is to be without fault, how can one abandon being born without fault?
The problem of the “Five Decays of Heaven and Man” is not without an answer.
But how could Ai Cangsheng respond?
Would he deny the will of the Five Great Holy Emperor Families?
Would he deny the thirty years of success achieved by the Red Coats?
Would he deny his own identity as a “Daoist Guardian,” deny the philosophy of sacrificing a few to save the many for the sake of the Great Path?
The Struggle for the Great Path requires no bloodshed.
If Ai Cangsheng were to give the answer that the Five Decays of Heaven and Man demanded, his own path would collapse!
“What do you want to say?”
For the first time, Ai Cangsheng did not give a direct response. Instead, he used the Eyes of the Great Path, staring intently at the man before him.
Yes!
He could see through all the Path Principles cultivated by the Five Decays of Heaven and Man over his lifetime, hidden behind that orange robe and the orange Yama mask—all of it!
Yet he could not see through the heart of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.
“Heh…”
“Heh heh heh…”
“Heh heh hahahaha, hahahahaha…”
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man let out a sorrowful laugh, his puppet-like head drooping and shaking relentlessly.
His laughter became sharper and more piercing.
Suddenly, it plunged into a deep abyss, as if restrained no longer, and devilish energy burst forth around him.
“Even you, heh heh heh…”
“Even the great Ai Cangsheng, dare not answer this question directly…?”
Disappointment!
Utter and complete disappointment!
Everyone before the Five Domains Preaching Mirror held their breath, witnessing the madness and unmistakable despair emanating from the Five Decays of Heaven and Man!
“This doesn’t look good…”
Someone suddenly recalled Zhong Yuanzi’s words.
And in this moment, everyone found Zhong Yuanzi to be right.
Time must not be given to the Five Decays of Heaven and Man. From the moment he appeared, he should have been shot down, killed on the spot.
The longer he lived, the more terrifying he became!
Yet, surprisingly, the Five Decays of Heaven and Man did not erupt, did not lose his mind.
He swiftly suppressed his laughter of despair, raised his head, and demanded forcefully:
“Ai Cangsheng, you pride yourself on being a ‘Daoist Guardian,’ protecting the five domains of the continent, possessing seven to eight-tenths of its power.”
“You know the world lacks absolute perfection. You practice relative justice, yet you await the emergence of a perfect ‘ten.’
“Do you not see the contradiction in yourself?”
“Who can become this so-called ‘ten’? The Saint Servants? Xu Xiaoshou? Bazhun’an? Or perhaps your entire Ten High Nobles?”
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man raised both hands, spreading his palms, his voice filled with anguish:
“No one.”
Ai Cangsheng’s expression remained calm, the rise and fall of his emotions imperceptible, utterly unmoved by these words meant to wound the heart.
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man continued:
“I traveled through the Sacred Mountain, originally thinking that Hallmaster Dao could not provide me an answer, as he had already acted so.”
“The world could not provide me an answer either, as it continues to operate in the same way.”
“But in passing by the Dao Imparting Mirror, I heard your proclamations to the continent—your frankness, your sincerity, your yearning for the ‘Path.'”
“They all say you are the ‘Arrow of Judgment,’ and I believed it, so I came to ask you this one question. And now you dare not answer?”
He paused, before the ruins of shattered mountains, before the high figure of Lord Cangsheng seated in a wheelchair, and roared with a thunderous intensity:
“I ask you again: for those born inherently flawed, should they even have been born?”
“Answer me, or kill me!”
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man puffed up his chest, his voice hoarse, pale, and shredded:
“I came up the Sacred Mountain, seeking only death!”
His voice was like thunder, shaking all souls present.
The spectators across the five domains felt a collective chill, as the image from the Dao Imparting Mirror showed Lord Cangsheng, who remained silent.
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man clenched his fists in fury, as though trying to grasp something only to find himself breaking apart, both collapsing and helpless:
“You dare not answer, yet you claim the authority to define?”
“One sentence from you defines ‘relative justice,’ paints ‘relative perfection’ as ‘absolute perfection.’ Have you ever considered the feelings of those who dwell in the gray areas?”
“Because they have no voice, they don’t merit consideration?”
“Because they are in the gray zone, visible to the Eyes of the Great Path but invisible to the world, they also don’t merit consideration?”
“Indeed…” the Five Decays of Heaven and Man’s voice weakened, trembling with grief:
“So many years have passed, and only I reached the level of a demi-saint.”
“It was merely an accident that brought me into your Bright World’s notice. Why bother considering any further?”
“Gray opinions, dark voices, these are merely noise to you, aren’t they…?”
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man looked around blankly, his gaze finally landing on Xu Xiaoshou. In his helpless eyes, there was a desperate thirst for knowledge:
“How, can one wake a man pretending to sleep?”
One cannot awaken someone pretending to sleep or playing deaf, unless by force… Xu Xiaoshou closed his eyes heavily, turning silently to look at Ai Cangsheng.
Ai Cangsheng opened his mouth, but still did not utter a word.
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man waited for a moment, only to laugh soundlessly once more, raising his hand respectfully toward the figure above:
“You sit high atop the Sacred Mountain, even now descending to the Eastern Region, residing above us all.”
“Your seat exudes the fragrance of osmanthus wood. Behind you lies the grandeur of the Saint Hall, or the boundless beauty of a peaceful world.”
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man shook his head, a bitter smile on his lips.
Devilish energy and ghostly energy erupted from his body, intertwining wildly as he bent forward and roared:
“I fail!”
“I am mired in suffering, reeking of decay and filth, committing uncontrollable and disastrous acts. Even my back! My own back!”
He paused.
The Dao Imparting Mirror panned outward.
At this moment, the scene behind the Five Decays of Heaven and Man was no different from when he climbed halfway up the Sacred Mountain.
Behind him, the vegetation withered, mists of gray shadow loomed, and a desolate landscape of decay and ruin stretched out—a lifeless sight.
“Behind me, there is no longer light…”
He drew in a deep breath, as if summoning the last of his courage to let out another roar.
He failed; all that remained was a sigh:
“Justice rests above your head, judgment lies upon your bow, and the Eyes of the Great Path irradiate the five domains at dawn, bringing forth infinite prosperity.”
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“But you cannot see me…”
“Backlit, I remain forever in the darkness.”
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man sighed deeply, as if something within him had finally been touched. He lifted his gaze one last time, with hope, and asked:
“Ai Cangsheng, I ask you one final time.”
“For those born inherently flawed, should they even ‘be born’?”
Complete silence engulfed the five domains.
The Dao Imparting Mirror seemed ready to crack under the strain of this heart-rending question. Even the image wavered, trembling slightly.
Feng Zhongzui’s hands shook, mirroring the unease gripping the five domains and Ai Cangsheng’s own Eyes of the Great Path.
Ai Cangsheng opened his mouth, then hesitated.
The answer seemed scalding, rolling within his throat, burning its way through, and finally escaped:
“There is no ‘should’ or ‘should not.'”
“The fault does not lie with those born as humans; the fault lies with the architects of all this.”
