"After Pangu became a god, he held the Heaven Slaying Blade and the Pangu Axe in his hands. He could kill all the Heavenly People who had mutated. But in the end, he realized that he couldn't do that! The lack of the Way among all beings... could not be resolved through slaughter. So, he chose extinction, chose to leave all this to time... and to you to handle." The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller said, "Those rune life forms underestimated human will. So after merging with humans, although they gained a lot, they also lost much of their original nature."

"For example, almost all the members of the Heavenly People Clan are neither united, passionate, nor righteous. Yet these are the finest qualities originally possessed by the Human Clan." The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller said calmly, "They are also lazy, living aimlessly! If they were truly like humans, humanity would no longer exist in this world."

Chu Mo thought of the number of Heavenly People cultivators at the ancestral realm in the Four Great Heavens and nodded in agreement.

If those ancestral realm Heavenly People had acted together, slaughtering the Human Clan, the Human Clan would not have persisted until today and would have long since perished.

"Those top-tier lords of Heaven are also powerless in this situation. What they truly wish for is to return to their original world." The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller said, "But the world within the painting is hard to enter and even harder to leave! They can only have a chance to leave if they've truly mastered everything about this world."

"They've almost mastered it all, but there's still one thing they cannot reach." The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller looked at Chu Mo.

"Reincarnation?" Chu Mo asked.

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller nodded, "Yes, it's reincarnation!"

Chu Mo took a deep breath, "What would happen if they controlled reincarnation?"

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller said calmly, "They would halt reincarnation, or in other words, forbid reincarnation!"

"Hmm?" Chu Mo looked at him.

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller said very calmly, "Only by truly banning reincarnation will all living beings eventually die. Then, the whole world will become completely silent. Eventually... it will become a true land of the dead and then... collapse."

Chu Mo frowned and said softly, "Does the painting have to be destroyed before the beings in the painting can be freed?"

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller nodded, "People within the painting cannot destroy the painting themselves. But they can let the ink on the painting gradually fade, eventually turning into nothingness! Then the painting becomes a piece of worthless paper. At that time, whether it is torn or burned... depends on the mood of the owner of the painting."

Chu Mo said softly, "I think I understand now."

"The four lords of Heaven want to destroy this world and this painting so that they can be summoned by the original power and return to their own dimensional world again. Only then can they truly transcend everything." The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller said.

Chu Mo said, "But I heard before that in that high-dimensional world, humans seem to... also be the rulers?"

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller nodded, "That's right. That's why I say those Heavenly People are actually fools. What good is it for them to transcend this world? When they return to their original world, won't they still be dominated by humans?"

"Perhaps they want to burn the painting themselves, trying to burn the entire high-dimensional world." Chu Mo said calmly, "What do you think?"

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller was suddenly stunned and looked at Chu Mo blankly, muttering to himself, "Your understanding is truly terrifying. You're right, those lords might really have such plans."

"But we must stop this from happening and prevent them from destroying this world. Once reincarnation stops, the whole world will be in complete chaos. The supposed cycle of life and death would become a joke." Chu Mo said.

"In fact, although I can foretell a part of your fate, there remains great unpredictability. This is likely the true purpose of Pangu's bet with me in the past. He wanted to use my words to tell you everything. Then let you decide your future." The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller said, "Just like the lords of Namo Heaven and Carefree Heaven finally chose to withdraw from this matter. The future... might not be unchangeable."

"Did they all come to you for divination?" Chu Mo looked at the Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller with some amusement.

It's hard to imagine that the benevolent lord of Namo Heaven and the fate-making lord of Carefree Heaven came to the Elder for divination.

"Why shouldn't they come to me for divination?" The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller said calmly, "In fact, deep down, they still have half of their being... that belongs to humans, more or less, they definitely retain some humanity. They came to me for divination because they wanted to know if they could possibly leave this world."

"Would they believe what a human tells them?" Chu Mo was curious.

"That's because I, your elder, never lie." The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller looked at Chu Mo and said calmly, "For other things, I might deceive people or even harm them, but in the matter of divination, I never deceive anyone because it is the most serious matter in the world."

"You said earlier, defeating the few lords of Heaven isn't enough to truly solve the problem?" Chu Mo looked at the Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller.

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller nodded, "Of course, because what is truly terrifying in this world are those rune life forms that remain hidden. They are the ones who created the Heaven Lord's decree, then bewitched other rune life forms to merge with humans! They are the truly terrifying existences. Because to this day, you almost can't find their traces anymore."

"So you mean, even if we kill the four lords of Heaven and completely eliminate them, it still doesn't solve the problem?" Chu Mo looked at the Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller.

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller nodded and said to Chu Mo, "Actually, the four lords of Heaven... oh, now we should say two lords of Heaven, because the lords of Namo Heaven and Carefree Heaven have chosen to withdraw. They have resigned to their fate, willing to stay in this world forever. Although this is a very difficult choice for them. Imagine, if we have to live forever inside a painting, that would surely feel uncomfortable."

Chu Mo nodded.

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller continued, "The lords of Purple Gold Heaven and Immeasurable Heaven, however, remain unsatisfied. They still want to find that opportunity to gain control of reincarnation, then return to their original world. But actually, they are not the key. Even if it's just the two of them, there's no need to really get rid of them. On the contrary, by keeping them, the Four Great Heavens won't descend into great chaos. As long as there is no great chaos, those ancient rune life forms hidden in the dark have no opportunity to act."

"Your meaning is... to find those hidden rune life forms and eliminate them?" Chu Mo looked at the Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller.

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller shook his head, "No, you can't find them at all! The only thing you can do now is to wait."

"Wait?" Chu Mo frowned.

"Yes, wait for those ancient rune life forms to become unable to bear it and reveal themselves on their own. Or…" The Elder looked at Chu Mo, "wait until they believe they have completely controlled everything and think they've discovered the root and secret of reincarnation. Then they will naturally show themselves."

"Wouldn't that be too passive?" Chu Mo looked at the Elder, "You claim to be able to divine anything, so why can't you divine their existence?"

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller looked at Chu Mo, "Because I also have emotions."

"What do you mean by that?" Chu Mo asked.

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller smiled, "You'll understand in the future. Now go back, go back to your world. This continent is quite rich in resources. I have no use for them. Tell your people to come and take them. Build your Pangu World well. But there is one thing, consider it my advice and warning to you."

"What is it?" Chu Mo looked at the Elder.

The Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller said, "Don't rely too much on things that originally don't belong to you."

"What does that mean?" Chu Mo looked at the Elder, "I've come from the Mortal Realm and encountered many things that originally weren't ours."

"Think about it yourself." The Elder waved his hand, unwilling to say more.

Then he chatted with Chu Mo for a while about some backgrounds of Pangu and some ancient secrets of this world.

He told Chu Mo many things that he had never known or understood. Some he had never even heard of.

In the end, Chu Mo could only sigh: living for a long time is indeed beneficial. At least, one knows much more than others.

The Elder's warning puzzled Chu Mo. He vaguely had some guesses, but also felt they were unlikely. It's not that he was overly arrogant and felt that he was in control of everything. It was just that he thought if the original rune life forms could hide so deeply, even if he lost, he would be truly convinced.

Yes, it was Chu Hui!

The rune life form Chu Mo could think of with issues was Chu Hui.

But Chu Hui had many opportunities to really scheme against him, even kill him.

But over so many years, such a thing had never happened.

So, Chu Mo could only keep calculating the most likely people in his mind.

Including those that didn't originally belong to the Human Clan, yet they now relied on them.

One was the massive system Chu Hui established, and the other was the widely applied letter boards... which also existed in the Four Great Heavens.

In the end, Chu Mo still couldn't figure out a clue and had to temporarily put the matter aside.

Like the Elder said, maybe, one day, when those existences believe they can fully control the situation, they will reveal themselves.

Afterwards, Chu Mo bid farewell to the Elder of Divine Fortune-Teller and found Fan Wudi and the others.

Chu Mo also didn't stand on ceremony, directly letting Fan Wudi and others take a large amount of top-level cultivation resources from this continent.

On the way back, Chu Mo looked back, as if he saw the shadow of a little kid on that huge rock. But as soon as he blinked, there was nothing there.

"Was I seeing things?" Chu Mo mocked himself.

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