Chapter 1294: Ascending the Devil Mountain
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
Qin Wentian's heart trembled. This time, the scenes shook his mind again.
The young man from the immortal sect and that young man from the devil sect. Who was the immortal, who was the devil?
He didn't know. Right now, Qin Wentian was at a loss. During this time where he was in a daze, another two paths appeared before him, one immortal, one devil.
He was struggling in his heart. The struggle this time was even more intense than the previous time.
However at this moment, Qin Wentian suddenly thought of Qing`er and Qingcheng. Both of them were immortal cultivators and were in the immortal realms.
Also, he had many family and close friends who were all immortals. From young, he grew up in the immortal realms and stepped upon the cultivation path of an immortal.
This time around, he continued to follow his original heart and walked towards the immortal path.
An incomparably heavy pressure descended suddenly, wanting him to collapse. He was knocked down to the ground and rolled down from the stairs, but he quickly steadied himself and climbed up with great difficulty. The stairway was still there, so was the Devil Mountain. It seemed that he had been here forever.
"Am I back here again? If I chose the devil path, would I directly have reached the Devil Mountain?" Qin Wentian had a bitter smile on his face. Most probably, things wouldn't be so simple. He continued to follow his heart and advance up the stairway.
The Myriad Devil Sovereign was a totem of faith of the entire Myriad Devil Islands, a supremely high up existence. It's rumored that this stairway was formed from his will. In that case, those who could climb up and ascend the mountain should be because of their destiny.
There wasn't just him alone on the stairway, there were countless other devil experts attempting the same thing as him as well. These devil experts clearly would have a different trial for them, catered to each individual. From the instant he stepped upon the stairway, he would already be scanned by the will of the Myriad Devil Sovereign. It seemed like he had to choose for himself, to take the path of an immortal, or that of a devil.
Qin Wentian continued climbing, the flight of stairs seemed without end. He exhausted all his energy but still gritted his teeth and continued on. He has already began his attempt to ascend the Devil Mountain. Since this is the case, he can only advance, there was no retreat.
He didn't know how long he has walked. Right now, he basically didn't even have any energy at all. He could only depend on his powerful will to continue walking forward.
In fact, even his consciousness started to blur. It didn't feel like he was ascending the Devil Mountain but rather was in a dream instead. In that dream, he continued to cultivate assiduously, becoming extremely powerful. There were many transformations to the immortal realms and the Myriad Devil Islands, but things still remained the same with immortal cultivators cultivating the immortal path and devil cultivators cultivating the devil path.
Until one day, the immortal realms was invaded by the Myriad Devil Islands. There was a major power who conducted a cruel massacre. He witnessed an entire sect being annihilated, the devil experts were all cruel and tyrannical, slaughtering wildly without a care. Qin Wentian was incomparably enraged. He wanted nothing more than to kill every single one of them, leaving none behind.
This group of devil experts had no fear at all, tyrannically sweeping through everything in their path, killing everyone who blocked them. Qin Wentian was filled with so much hatred that he even want to slaughter the entire Myriad Devil Islands with his strength alone.
Finally, the massacres conducted ignited the fire of anger from the immortal realms. Major powers all gathered, pooling their strengths and started to attack the Myriad Devil Islands. They fought all the way in and a great war occured. This was an extremely brutal war. The Myriad Devil Island's forces were defeated again and again and they had no choice but to retreat to their last stronghold, the Devil Mountain.
A war of unprecedented intensity between immortals and devils. The immortals won in the end, destroying each and every island of the Myriad Devil Islands.
Qin Wentian's will transformed to the heavens and earth, he was able to see every corner of the Myriad Devil Islands. He saw immortal cultivators starting to plunder resources, slaughtering everyone or taking slaves on the devil islands. They acted the exact same way the devils did, in the name of justice, wanting to eradicate darkness completely.
In that scene, Qin Wentian saw many low-level cultivators being killed off effortlessly. He saw an ordinary family who were living in peace, yet was suddenly wrapped up in all of this and was subsequently destroyed. He saw all the cruelty and horrors of war, he even saw his friends, the Blackstone Devil King and his daughter, the third princess, Yan Yuruo.
The Blackstone Devil King gave his all, but was killed in a domineering manner. Yan Yuruo managed to survive due to her beauty, yet she was taken away under the name of justice. Qin Wentian turned pale, his heart pounded rapidly and he wished that this war would cease.
When he saw the devil experts killing people of the immortal realms, he wanted nothing more than to destroy them all. That was because he felt anger against a common enemy. However now when he saw the opposite, his heart started to doubt. When he saw the Blackstone Devil King and Yan Yuruo, the impact shaking his heart reached the peak because those two were his friends. Only when the war implicated those around him would he feel the most intense of impacts.
The deaths of those innocent people who cultivated the devil path, those ordinary families who were caught up in the war, did they deserve death? What was the difference between the group who invaded the Myriad Devil Islands when compared to the group of devils who invaded the immortal realms back then?
The scene continued, the Myriad Devil Islands were on the brink of destruction, with countless casualties. The ground was dyed in blood and the immortals started to occupy the Myriad Devil Islands. After which, those victors eventually began to fight, starting yet another war for more authority and power.
But this time around, no devils were involved, it was an internal warfare among immortal cultivators. Destruction was everywhere, new powers rose one after another. This was like an eternal cycle, with history repeating itself. The only things left behind were the bodies of the dead.
Qin Wentian was in a daze as he sighed. Right now, he was doubting the path of immortals, the path of devils and even doubting himself.
However at this moment, he realized that everything was just a dream. Time reversed and he returned back to the start, before the invasion of the devil experts began. Right now, he had unparalleled might and was able to control and direct the situation. The experts of the immortal realms invited him to join them in this war of justice, to eradicate the Myriad Devil Islands.
If it was before, he would join them with no hesitation. But now, he actually hesitated.
Should he participate? Eradicating every spark of life on the Myriad Devil Islands alongside the immortal army?
Eventually, he chose to enter the Myriad Devil Islands alone, killing those devil experts who first invaded the immortal realms. After which, he ignored all the requests made to him by the immortals. He fortified the devil wall leading to the Myriad Devil Islands, making the defense even stronger.
After that, he turned and simply departed.
Everything seemed to have returned to the past again.
He, Qin Wentian, was now the Myriad Devil Sovereign. He did the same thing and sealed the entire Myriad Devil Islands.
The scene dispersed, just like a dream. Qin Wentian stood beneath the sky, as he stared at the clouds. Right now above him, a faint illusory silhouette could be seen. That silhouette quietly stared at Qin Wentian and asked, "What did you see?"
"I've seen the 'base' of those who cultivates. I've seen that wars are forever unending, and there would always be kindness and evil. As long as one lives in the cultivation world, they can never escape that, let alone destroy that." Qin Wentian replied.
"Did you see the paths of immortal and devil?" That silhouette asked.
"In this world, are there even immortals and devils?" Qin Wentian sighed.
The scene vanished completely and Qin Wentian's consciousness gradually returned. He was still on the stairway but right now, there was no more pressure and his energy was slowly returning.
Inclining his head, he could see the light.
This stairway was no longer an unending one…
"This, is this place the Devil Mountain?" Qin Wentian stared at the top of the stairs. He wasn't in a hurry to go there and instead, he chose to sit down to cultivate, slowly regaining his strength.
He discovered that three years have already passed. He used an entire three years to climb to this point and he discovered that his cultivation base seemed to have deepened and his state of heart was no longer the same, having improved vastly.
His strength gradually returned. Qin Wentian finally stood up and walked to the top of the stairs. Very swiftly, he appeared at the peak of the Devil Mountain.
In an instant, countless gazes turned to Qin Wentian. Those people were currently looking at the stairway and were the guards here. However, with just a single glance at them, Qin Wentian could feel a transcendent aura from them all. In fact, he couldn't see through some of the cultivation bases of these people.
Such experts were actually willing to guard this stairway, and there were even a few sweeping the ground near it. It was simply unbelievable but the truth of the matter was right before his eyes.
As these people saw Qin Wentian, some of their eyes gleamed with sharpness.
"Who are you, where did you come from?" A devil king coldly asked.
"Qin Wentian, from the immortal realms." Qin Wentian slowly spoke, he didn't hide his identity. As the sound of his voice faded, a terrifying aura blasted into him instantly, cold to the extreme.
"Someone from the immortal realms actually dares to climb the Devil Mountain? You must be courting death." An expert stepped out, exuding a fearsome aura. Qin Wentian's eyes flashed but at this moment, a voice echoed in the air, "How dare you!"
The gazes of everyone froze. After that, they stood where they were and didn't move.
"Don't forget your status. You guys only had the qualifications to ascend the mountain, yet you are not worthy enough to become disciples of any of the devil halls. All of you naturally don't have the right to act against anyone who could ascend the mountain." That voice spoke in cold tyranny.
"However, he is from the immortal realms." An expert unwillingly stated.
"Since he could ascend here, it means that he passed the test of the Myriad Devil Sovereign. It was the sovereign who guided him all the way here, and he naturally has logic of his own. When has it even become your turn to act so impudently?" The cold voice continued speaking. After which, a middle-aged man came out from a devil sect, icily staring at these experts.
"You can come with me." That person spoke to Qin Wentian. Qin Wentian nodded and followed after him, entering the devil sect. He inclined his head and stared further up the mountains. Numerous majestic devil halls could be seen there.
"There's a devil hall named the Myriad Devil Hall on the top of the mountain." That middle-aged man pointed upwards as he spoke to Qin Wentian.
"You might have passed the test of the Myriad Devil Sovereign but it doesn't mean that people on the mountain would acknowledge you. You still have to depend on yourself with regards to which devil hall you join. Let's hope your luck won't be too bad." That expert continued.
Qin Wentian could only bitterly smile and shook his head. He might have passed the test of the Myriad Devil Sovereign and successfully ascended the mountain. But this doesn't mean that people on the mountain wouldn't view him with hatred, the same hatred they use to view immortal realm cultivators!