Chapter 1639: Like Killing A Chicken

Ye Guan genuinely felt his head throb. His father's debt still hadn't been paid off...

No wonder Little White had such a big reaction when it came to borrowing money.

Father, your reputation is absolute garbage! However, you started it, so don't blame me for being bad later!

Despite saying that, Little White still handed him a storage ring. Inside were some Ancestral Spirit Crystals, about a hundred thousand of them. This was actually a huge fortune, but to Little White, it wasn't even a drop in the ocean.

Watching as An Nanjing left with Erya and Little White, Ye Guan murmured, "The Origin Universe..."

He turned and looked at Ye Qingqing and Slaughter in the distance.

"Aunt Qingqing, Aunt Slaughter," he said, smiling.

Ye Qingqing walked up to him, looked him over, and patted his shoulder. "Give me half the money."

What the hell?

Ye Guan was stunned.

Ye Qingqing stared at him. "Hurry up."

Ye Guan said with a trembling voice, "Aunt Qingqing... I... life hasn't been easy for me! You..."

Slaughter suddenly smiled and said, "Qingqing, he's finally getting a few days of peace. Don't make it hard on him."

Ye Qingqing snorted, "So stingy."

Without waiting for Ye Guan to speak, she tossed him a storage ring and then soared away on her sword, disappearing into the edge of the starry sky.

She really left just like that!

Ye Guan shook his head and smiled. Aunt Qingqing was still as impatient as ever. Looking down at the storage ring in his hand, he felt a warmth in his heart. The ring contained a hundred thousand Ancestral Spirit Crystals.

Slaughter came up to Ye Guan, looked him over, and said, "The Origin Universe awaits you."

Ye Guan asked, "Aunt, is it a high-level playing field over there?"

Slaughter looked at him. "Perhaps... it is the endgame for everyone."

Ye Guan blinked. "Well, that's something to look forward to."

Slaughter laughed and lightly patted his head. "You little rascal."

With that, she turned and soared away on her sword, vanishing into the end of the starry sky.

Ye Guan turned to Mu Niannian nearby and smiled. "Aunt Niannian."

Mu Niannian said, "Something's not right."

Ye Guan nodded. "I know."

Mu Niannian smiled. "Smart little guy... but don't overthink it. Once we're in the Origin Universe, we're all going to face any problem together."

Ye Guan nodded. "Alright."

Mu Niannian whispered, "Your Aunt Qingqiu can no longer suppress the main body of the Great Daoist Brush Master anymore."

With that, she turned and soared into the sky, disappearing into the horizon.

Standing there, Ye Guan's eyes narrowed. At that moment, the puzzle pieces were finally falling into place. After a long while, Ye Guan shook off the thoughts and looked at Qingqiu beside him, hesitating to speak.

Qingqiu smiled. "Lady Sang Mei?"

Ye Guan nodded.

Qingqiu hesitated for a moment. She originally wanted to refuse, but when she saw the hope and pleading in Ye Guan's eyes, she smiled. "Let's give it a try."

Ye Guan was instantly delighted, but Qingqiu added, "Don't be happy yet."

Ye Guan looked confused.

"You'll understand in a moment," Qingqiu said. She took his hand and stepped forward. With just one step, their bodies began to fade.

The East Desolates Ruler saw that and frowned deeply.

As Qingqiu took Ye Guan through time reversal, a terrifying aura suddenly pervaded the heavens and the earth.

In an instant, all the East Desolates experts behind the East Desolates Ruler collapsed to the ground.

Everyone was terrified.

The East Desolates Ruler looked up into the depths of the sky with narrowed eyes.

Not far away, Sang Zhan also looked into the heavens with a solemn face.

In the midst of going against the Time River, Qingqiu sensed something. She looked up and pointed a finger. Ripples spread through the spacetime above, instantly cutting off the invisible aura outside the sky.

Ye Guan sensed that aura, too. He turned to Qingqiu. She smiled faintly. "It's fine."

She then took another step forward with him. Upon taking that step, they arrived at the moment when Sang Mei was suppressing the Great Daoist Brush Master.

Seeing Sang Mei again, Ye Guan was overwhelmed with emotions, and his fists were clenched tightly.

Sang Mei suddenly looked at him and smiled.

Ye Guan hadn't expected that she could see the future.

Without thinking, he called out, "Lady Sang! Come with me..."

Sang Mei shook her head and turned to walk away. The scene abruptly ended.

Ye Guan and Qingqiu returned to the present.

Ye Guan's face was blank. He soon turned to Qingqiu.

Qingqiu said, "It can't be changed."

"Aunt, I once met someone called the Multiverse Emperor. Back then, we..."

"It's different." Qingqiu shook her head. She looked up and asked, "Did you sense that aura just now?"

Ye Guan nodded. "What was it?"

Qingqiu looked at him. "It's the Heavenly Dao, also called the Supreme Will."

Ye Guan frowned.

He never had much reverence for the words "Heavenly Dao." Since taking over the family business, the so-called Heavenly Dao in his eyes was just a powerful being, and sometimes, they were not even that powerful.

Qingqiu read his thoughts and smiled. "The Supreme Will is no ordinary entity. Even the Great Daoist Brush Master is just its spokesperson."

Ye Guan was shocked.

Qingqiu looked up again. The aura had already dissipated.

Ye Guan had no idea how dangerous things would have been for him had Qingqiu not been around.

Qingqiu looked back at him. "I know you want to save Lady Sang, but you need to understand what she's doing. She's suppressing the Great Daoist Brush Master. The karma on her shoulders is absolutely massive. If you want to change her fate, you must bear her karma. You're not ready for that yet."

Ye Guan was silent.

"And it's not just her karma, there's also the karma of the Great Daoist Brush Master. If you save Sang Mei, you also take on his karma. Not just theirs, there's also the karma of that Supreme Will. I could bear it for you, but... everything would return to the starting point."

Ye Guan was puzzled. "Everything... would return to the starting point?"

Qingqiu nodded. "If I help her, her fate might change, but her Dao and Order, no one can change those but herself. In other words, her internal struggles still exist.

"And you? You would be reset. You'd go back to who you were before, your Sword Dao would revert to its previous state before your breakthrough."

Ye Guan froze.

Qingqiu knew that Ye Guan was confused, so she explained, "Reversing karma leads to two possible outcomes. Either the karma becomes even stronger, or everything resets. And even then, the karma remains, and countless new, unknown karmic ties will arise.

"For instance, if the Great Daoist Brush Master is no longer suppressed, you'll face his schemes again. Either way, you can't handle it right now. Back then, you avoided karma because of your Plain-Skirt Aunt's blessing.

"That protection meant all karma bypassed you. That's why you never felt how terrifying karma really is. But now..."

Ye Guan smiled bitterly. He finally realized that his plain-skirt aunt's destiny aura was a true blessing.

Qingqiu added, "Of course, there's a solution."

Ye Guan looked at her.

Qingqiu said, "Remove yourself from the web of karma."

Ye Guan nodded. "Aunt Qingqiu, I understand."

Qingqiu smiled. "You're smart, and you have your own way of thinking. I won't say much about your Order Dao, but I must remind you that any order, no matter how good its beginnings, will go astray without constraints.

"Sang Mei's 'illness' came from realizing the nature and eventual end of Order. The Great Daoist Brush Master joined forces with the East Desolates for two reasons. One of them... was to make her walk that path."

Ye Guan said, "Sacrifice all living beings?"

Qingqiu nodded. "If she sacrifices them, her strength will rise even further. But..."

Ye Guan softly said, "But then she and I would become enemies."

"She started with the same goal as you, to make the world better. But any order, once it grows, inevitably runs into problems. That's a law, a

Heavenly Dao.

It's like birth, aging, sickness, and death in the mundane world, no matter your power or wealth, you'll eventually grow old and die..."

"I get it," Ye Guan said, "The Great Daoist Brush Master wants Sang Mei to sacrifice everyone to destroy her Order. If she does that, it proves that the Order Dao is a dead end. He wants to say, 'Ye Guan, look. This is the inevitable end of your Order. You can't change anything. Your Order will die, and you'll one day choose to destroy your own Order.'"

"Yes." Qingqiu nodded slightly. "Lady Sang Mei understands that, too, but she still chose to stay true to herself."

Ye Guan looked at Qingqiu and asked, "Aunt Qingqiu, from an outsider's perspective, do you think this world needs an Order?"

"Of course!" Qingqiu smiled. She didn't hesitate at all.

Ye Guan asked, "Do you support me?"

Qingqiu chuckled and ruffled his hair. "Little rascal, the one standing before you once established Order and protected all living beings. Back then, even your Plain Skirt-Aunt wasn't born yet! Your uncle and grandfather weren't even born, too..."

Ye Guan hesitated for a moment and said, "Aunt Niannian said earlier that you can't suppress the Great Daoist Brush Master anymore..."

Qingqiu tapped his forehead. "You little rascal, trying to trick your aunt into spilling secrets?"

Ye Guan grinned.

Qingqiu said, "I really can't suppress him right now, but..."

Ye Guan waited quietly for her to continue.

"If I wanted to, I could kill him. It would be like killing a chicken," said Qingqiu with a faint smile.