Chapter 2679

The unfamiliar voice made Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi pause slightly.

"Who is this person?" Zhu Yanyi truly did not know who it was.

Yan Aohan also shook his head. "I am not sure, but I can confirm that neither of us knows him."

"That is Wu Xie." The Evil Buddha watched everything unfold, a bitter smile on his face.

"He is Wu Xie," Yan Aohan murmured thoughtfully.

"She said she is waiting in the Divine Realm, which means she is a god. But have you heard of this god?" Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan said calmly, "I have not seen him, but that does not mean I have not heard of him. The Divine Realm is newly opened. The Emperor is the highest cultivation level, followed by God Emperor, God Venerable, God King, True God, God, and Immortal. These stages were established when Wu Shang Black Emperor achieved the status of Emperor. He also standardized the gods of the Divine Realm. Therefore, I may not know every god in the Divine Realm, but it does not mean I have not heard of him. To confirm his identity, we must meet the Black Emperor."

Yan Aohan was now curious about who this person really was. Since the other party said they would meet in the Divine Realm, it was obvious that this person was from the Divine Realm. Regardless, Yan Aohan was very curious about Wu Xie's true identity.

"Although I have not heard this voice before, now that it has appeared, I will remember it. When we go to the Divine Realm, we can investigate," Yan Aohan said slowly.

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Then let's put this person out of our minds for now."

The Evil Buddha had never heard such a casual answer. After a long while, he said, "You are really willful. Do you think being so willful is good?"

"There is nothing wrong with it," Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly. "We cultivators seek freedom above all else. We want to be the masters of our own destiny. I do not know what you thought in the past. If you were not so inferior, you might have felt the same as I do today. Then you would not have ended up like this."

The words were somewhat awkward, but undeniably, they conveyed a sense of inexplicable frustration.

The Evil Buddha realized at that moment that he had indeed taken the wrong path.

Zhu Yanyi merely raised an eyebrow at the Evil Buddha's thoughts. Some things must be understood by oneself.

The Evil Buddha suddenly smiled. The smile was still kind, but Zhu Yanyi saw the difference. This kindness had more sincerity and less pretense.

"It seems my obsession led to this result. But no matter the outcome, I will bear it myself," the Evil Buddha said with a calm smile. "I know Xingzhi is yours now. So, bringing him here at least confirms one thing: he is more fortunate than I am."

Zhu Yanyi glanced at Xingzhi, then looked at the Evil Buddha. "I thought if you knew, you would not let her go. I thought you would not tolerate betrayal."

"I indeed do not tolerate betrayal. But I also know that at this point, even if I did not let him go, what would it matter? I have no future myself." The Evil Buddha looked at the sky, then said slowly, "No matter what, you are happier than I am. That is enough."

Zhu Yanyi heard a sense of death in the Evil Buddha's tone. She frowned slightly, looking at her.

The Evil Buddha seemed not to notice Zhu Yanyi watching her. She placed a chess piece, then said, "This ending cannot be changed."

Zhu Yanyi looked at the chessboard. In the game, Zhu Yanyi had won. In reality, Zhu Yanyi also knew she would not lose.

The Evil Buddha put down the chess piece. "Losing is losing. I do not mind." She then said to Zhu Yanyi, "I once thought that entering the Evil Buddha Realm would give me a different future. But now I know that from the beginning, I chose the wrong path. However, a mistake is a mistake. I will not deny it."

"So you have prepared to die," Yan Aohan saw through the Evil Buddha's plan.

The Evil Buddha smiled slightly, then nodded. "At this stage, if I do not die, what else can I do? Regardless of whether you act or not, I have no future."

The Evil Buddha extended her left hand. At this moment, Zhu Yanyi noticed that the Evil Buddha had been using her right hand to play chess all along. Her left hand was now like skin and bones, particularly terrifying. Compared to the right hand, the left hand did not look like it belonged to the same person.

"After practicing evil arts, I cannot turn back. Because I cannot break through, there is only backlash. This condition is the backlash. Soon, it will spread all over my body. Slowly, I will have nothing left. They say life is fleeting, bringing nothing at birth and taking nothing at death. I truly cannot take anything with me when I die. If there is a next life, I hope I do not become a human. Being human is really hard."

The Evil Buddha laughed at himself again. "But looking at my appearance, I probably will not have a next life. That is good too."

With no ties to this life, everything ends.

The Evil Buddha looked at Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan. "If you go to the Divine Realm and find that Wu Xie, please ask her for me: why did she choose me back then?"

"Any other last words?" Yan Aohan asked.

"None," the Evil Buddha smiled lightly. "This question is not really a last word. If you can ask, that is best. If not, it does not matter. I do not mind."

The Evil Buddha had let go and seemed relaxed. Then, real smoke began to rise from his whole body. This smoke seemed to evaporate the fat in his body.

At a visible speed, the Evil Buddha's whole body changed from plump to skin and bones. Gradually, even the bones and skin disappeared, turning into a wisp of smoke.

Yan Aohan waved his hand, capturing the wisp of smoke into the Earth Book.

"She has no soul left. Why do you still capture her?" Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan said, "A person's three souls and six spirits are very important. He burned his three souls and five spirits. I left one spirit. For the next nine lives, he cannot be human. He can only be other creatures, possibly insects or plants. Each life will allow him to generate one soul or one spirit. After nine lives, he can reassemble his three souls and six spirits and be reborn as a human. This is also a way to fulfill what he did in the mortal world."

Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly after hearing this. "Soul scattering and spirit dissipation. Actually, if it were not for our judgment, I feel that some people's soul scattering and spirit dissipation is very inappropriate."

Yan Aohan nodded. "After we finish things here, we will go to the Underworld. Then we will properly change this rule."