Chapter 2136: The Bitter Journey

"Among all those present, there are some of the world's most intelligent people. In just over two short years, you were able to take a suspicion without evidence and pin it on me, a person with a terrible history. You managed to uncover my name, Meng Tianhai, and retrieve my authority. And you all continued to play the game, setting up such a ruthless scheme to use me to open the Blood Lotus Sacred Realm, and then forcibly seize it..."

Meng Tianhai sighed with admiration, "Truly a group of good chess players who suck the marrow! An ancient man who has lived fifty-five thousand years is also being manipulated and squeezed dry by you all."

"But the only thing you miscalculated is - I have already been squeezed."

Meng Tianhai's smile didn't quite reach his eyes. "You all have great wisdom, but you still think the various saints are too simple. Just like I did back then! You all keep saying you must surpass the past, but in my opinion, this current era still hasn't escaped the designs of the various saints."

"Why do I say this?"

He stretched out a finger and pointed at the Blood Lotus covered by the sea of knowledge words. "Dare you believe? The design of the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm has never stopped!"

"You all think I restarted this plan? You all think you are preserving the fruits of the various saints? Hahahaha... We are equally ridiculous!"

"The era of the various saints ended, and the fate of the various saints all transformed. But the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm, which the various saints had been focused on, simply found a more hidden way forward."

"The disaster waters always surge, the lotus fruit never withers. All activities within the Lotus Seed World, including the natural evolution of the Lotus World's beings, including the invasion of the disaster waters into the Lotus World, including the exploration of cultivators within it, all push the evolution of the Lotus Seed World. The formation of the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm does not lie in the birth and death of a certain Lotus Seed World, birth and death all contribute."

"The various saints built the framework of the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm, then set it aside, declared failure, and announced it was an unsuccessful design. In reality, they handed over the driving force to open up this great world to time and the disaster waters themselves. And... to so-called intelligent people like me, who possessed enough ability and wanted to scheme for the inheritance of the various saints!"

"The arrangements of the era of the various saints, their success was not needed in the time of the various saints." Meng Tianhai let out a long sigh. "I have to admit their greatness, but as a participant in the game, I also cannot help but hate."

The entire Near Ancient Era totaled one hundred thirty thousand years, the era of the various saints approximately thirty-seven thousand years. That is to say, if calculated from the end of the era of the various saints, after the transformation of the fate of the various saints, the arrangement of the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm has already continued for nearly seventy thousand years!

This is indeed greatness that spans time.

At this moment, Wu Bing was silently recovering his breath, with Ruan Qu holding the star river for protection.

Chen Pu was controlling the direction of the Blood Lotus Sacred Realm's growth, Song Putid stood with her hands behind her back on the golden bridge, maintaining restraint.

Si Yu An held his sword and looked at Meng Tianhai. "Fine, say your hate. I like to listen."

Meng Tianhai 'tsk'ed. "I indeed don't have a good heart, I indeed devoured countless people, I indeed committed heinous crimes. But I truly didn't need fifty-four thousand years to walk the path of transcendence!"

He smiled, seemingly not smiling. "As early as the end of the Mythology Era, I once approached transcendence. Later, I made one wrong move, so I had to find a new path. Si Yu An, for you to treat me as a failure who endured fifty thousand years with no progress, isn't that a bit disrespectful to the facts, and also disrespectful to me?"

Si Yu An only asked, "Then are you transcending now?"

Meng Tianhai was momentarily choked, but not angry, he shrugged his shoulders and narrated, "Back then in the Mythology Era, I saw the great dawn light, but I lost in the struggle of the new era. A loss is just a loss, nothing more to say. I could find a first path, I can also find a second path."

"At that time, I wanted to establish an era greater than that of the various saints, one that could surpass those ideals that I had lost - the word 'ideals' is too pretentious, let's say power. I wanted to possess more powerful power, to surpass my past imagination."

"I thought I needed to borrow the wisdom of my predecessors. So I erased my name, hiding in the shadow of the long river of history. Then I pretended to be a derived dao strong one with great ideals, established the Blood River Sect, worked hard, and finally transformed into the Blood River, suppressing the disaster waters, leaving behind a legend."

"You were not born in the Mythology Era, you didn't feel the afterglow of the era of the various saints, so you cannot know what kind of people they were. Your understanding from history is fragmented and far from sufficient to describe their power and madness. So you probably don't understand what kind of expectations I held for their inheritance."

"After the Blood River Sect truly gained recognition from various sides of the present world, and obtained the right to govern the disaster waters, I immediately began to try and invade the Lotus Seed World. At that time, I was already the third generation Blood River Sect Master, and in order to gain this trust from the various sides of the world, I had already lived the life of the second generation Blood River Sect Master. Sometimes I also feel - I am that person who devoted himself to death and then contributed a lifetime to the human race. That is indeed also me, isn't it?"

"My invasion of the Lotus Seed World was done with the utmost caution, the entire process was extremely hidden, undetected by anyone. But alas..."

Meng Tianhai grinned. "When I invaded the one hundred eighth Lotus Seed World, I discovered that it was actually my Blood River being invaded!"

"My painstaking schemes, my carefulness, in the end were like a silkworm spinning a cocoon around itself."

His gaze swept across the sea of knowledge and landed on Chen Pu. "Oh, I forgot to mention, the one hundred eighth Lotus Seed World that I first invaded was the Five Virtues World that these young friends behind you intruded upon, the dao field of the Yin Yang True Saint Zou Hui Ming. Full of ambition, I stepped into the Heaven Derive Bureau, and then was trapped for fifty thousand years!"

"How does that saying go? When sick, you throw the doctor, when burning, you burn incense to Yan Luo."

"Man's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. I, a single person, cannot calculate beyond so many ancient things."

Meng Tianhai sighed again, recalling with some reluctance. "I and my Blood River became the nutrient for that yet-to-be-formed Lotus Flower Sacred Realm... So over the years, I have worked hard to govern the disaster waters, continuously cleansed the evil view, desperately strengthened the Blood River. Because if I didn't, I would quickly be sucked dry. I was like a donkey with a black cloth over my eyes. I worked tirelessly, walked forward ceaselessly, but in the end, I was just going in circles in the same place!"

"Sounds quite effortful indeed." Si Yu An stroked his chin, somewhat unable to hide his schadenfreude.

Ning Shuang Rong from the True Source Fire Realm spoke at this time. "So you used the remains of Official Chang Qing as a clue to guide us to the Five Virtues World? Was that also a layout you did for free?"

Meng Tianhai didn't dislike her weakness, nor did he ignore her, he seriously explained, "This was just an idle move. I didn't expect you all, I was counting on your teacher to be able to follow in, disrupt the Heaven Derive Bureau, and create an opportunity for me to escape - but you were all quite clever, you escaped very quickly."

Ning Shuang Rong involuntarily looked towards Jiang Wang and Dou Zhao. At that time, it was these two who crossed the boundary without a word. At that time, she still couldn't understand, but now it seems they are indeed the two youngest True Persons in the current world.

Dou Zhao's expression was unmoved. "Too obvious."

Jiang Wang, however, fell into thought.

If we consider Meng Tianhai's move, then Xu Xi Ming's appearance in the Five Virtues World was probably not just to kill himself like he killed Kou Xue Jiao, but he had his own chess to play.

Did he want to help Meng Tianhai, or stop Meng Tianhai?

Thinking from another angle -

The power of the Yin Yang True Saint seemed to appear at that time, stopping Xu Xi Ming, and even enraging Xu Xi Ming. The Yin Yang True Saint, as one of the various saints and the creator of the Heaven Derive Bureau that trapped Meng Tianhai, his lingering power was definitely to maintain the Heaven Derive Bureau and continue controlling Meng Tianhai.

Then did Xu Xi Ming want to help Meng Tianhai?

From the appearance of the Blood River incarnation Fu Lan Ting and his dialogue with Xu Xi Ming, it doesn't seem like it.

Then did Xu Xi Ming want to control the Heaven Derive Bureau and become the one who controls Meng Tianhai?

The sea of knowledge was boundless, concealing Jiang Wang's thoughts.

Chen Pu stood in front of the sea of knowledge, blocking the growing Blood Lotus Sacred Realm and these young people behind him. He asked Meng Tianhai, "You are saying that you became a prisoner of the various saints, doing hard labor for the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm. Mister Meng, I want to know, what supported you to be a donkey for fifty thousand years? I admit I have malice towards you, but this question is purely out of curiosity."

Meng Tianhai looked at him and said calmly, "The answer is very simple, I don't want to die, I want to live. I want to live well, live until I break free from trouble, open a new path, and prove eternal indestructible transcendence. My body is in prison, my heart is free."

"Many people don't want to die, but in the end, they all die. I am more curious about how you lived for fifty-four thousand years." Wu Bing had already opened his mouth to ask.

He had already taken care of his broken arm wound at this time, and his breath had actually fully recovered, but his combat power was questionable. A broken derive dao arm is not something that can be healed immediately, and unlike Chen Pu, he didn't swallow the sea of knowledge, he could only wait until he returned to the Three Punishment Palace.

Meng Tianhai countered, "Do you all know what the arrangement of the various saints in the disaster waters is like?"

He answered himself, "Like a spider web. Like me, driven by greed, caught, just like a flying insect falling onto a spider web. And the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm is that spider that doesn't move, doesn't speak, and passively eats. The spider web sucks the flying insects dry and supplies the spider. Over the long years, I was not the only one who was self-smart, and I was not the only one who thought they had found the answer to history. Before me, after me, there were people who had ideas about the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm, but without exception, they were all captured by this spider web, and without exception, they all became the nutrient of the Blood Lotus Sacred Realm."

Wu Bing had already said, "You are the only exception."

"I was trapped by the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm like those dead flying insects, becoming a prisoner of the various saints, only able to quietly wait for the day to be sucked dry. But I was unwilling. How could I, Meng Tianhai, be willing? Even the arrangements of the various saints cannot make me stretch out my neck and wait to be slaughtered!"

"So I... refined myself into the Blood River!"

Meng Tianhai looked towards the Cloud Dream Boat still suspended above the Blood River and smiled. "Do you all think the Blood River is a cave heaven treasure of my caliber?"

The Blood River suddenly rose in towering waves, for a time sweeping the dream, engulfing the cloud gas, and heavily slapping down the cave heaven treasure Cloud Dream Boat, rolling it into the river bottom!

Only then did he say calmly, "No, it is me."

Song Putid stood on the golden bridge, manipulating the Cloud Dream Boat with absolute peak power, in the bottom of the Blood River, struggling as waves surged around it, remaining silent for a time.

And Meng Tianhai was relaxed and continued, "I and my Blood River are the suppliers of the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm, but conversely, we also became part of the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm. Why have fifty thousand years passed and I am still alive? Because the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm is still there, its design has never broken, its future is being realized. But you all should understand - the time when the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm is truly completed is the time when I completely disappear."

He lifted his pupils. "I must work hard to supply the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm, otherwise the Blood River will dry up. But the harder I work, the closer I am to eternal extinction. Do you all know this feeling? Can you all imagine this feeling? I have chewed on this feeling for fifty thousand years. Every day is very long."

Ruan Qu stood on the star river and sighed. "From willpower alone, you, Meng Tianhai, can be called immortal."

"Thank you." Meng Tianhai said, "But what I seek is eternal life, the immortality of body and soul, your words do not count as praise."

He, as a prisoner of the various saints, was forced to open up the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm. For fifty-four thousand years, he never gave up, until today he finally seized the opportunity and broke free with one move.

Fifty thousand years of great changes, fifty thousand years of changing eras, fifty thousand years of turning heaven and earth, and he has been fighting against the schemes of the various saints for fifty thousand years.

If one puts aside the evil he committed in this process, this experience can almost be called legendary.

And before this experience, he had already approached legendary status once - he once contended with an Immortal Emperor.

Chen Pu exhaled a long breath. "So you set up such a scheme. You made us think that you had already taken the Blood Flower Sacred Realm as your own, made us rack our brains to cut off your link with the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm, and snatch it out from the Blood River, thereby helping you to escape... So you needed powerful opponents, you were afraid we wouldn't succeed. Truly a good calculation."

"Over these fifty thousand years, I have tried countless times. The ten thousand kinds of source flows in the world, the ten thousand sects and ten thousand laws, I have tried them all, and all failed. There are infinite changes within the Heaven Derive Bureau, but my future never appeared. The seals of the various saints' legacy tell me that the future is a dead end. I am alone, playing chess with the various saints, playing one-sided chess. I don't feel lonely, I don't feel bored, or pained. I just try, always try. Until I no longer breathe, no longer have consciousness."

Meng Tianhai spread his hands, as if embracing the past. "To grasp success at the time closest to failure, this feeling is truly wonderful ah... It's a pity that in this era, the various saints are all gone. Now that I have won a small game, I cannot share the joy with them."

He turned his head and smiled. "I plan to exterminate the dao lineage of a hundred families, to return this report, what do you all think?"

Chen Pu only said, "The Lotus Flower Sacred Realm is about to be completed."

After stripping away the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm, Meng Tianhai did set up a scheme to gain freedom, but at the same time, he also lost his connection with the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm.

So Chen Pu's sentence was asking - how much longer can you live?

Why were they willing to listen to Meng Tianhai's story here? Because no matter what, the Lotus Flower Sacred Realm was in their hands, the opening up of this great world had nothing to do with Meng Tianhai. Time was on their side here.

At this moment, Meng Tianhai only looked at Song Putid who was manipulating the dream boat, with a smile on his face. "Use this Cloud Dream Boat as Chu Country's compensation gift. Do you think it's suitable?"

Song Putid said, "I will not recognize it, and Chu Country will not recognize it."

Her golden splendid robe fluttered, and she lifted a finger and pointed at the red dust gate surrounding the Blood River. "Don't say you haven't transcended yet, even if you do transcend, if you come out this gate, we will beat you to death."

See, the power of the grassland king suppresses divine power.

See, the Mythology Era has already withered!

The confidence of the hegemonic country, in Song Putid's one word!

September first day, seeking a base.