C1689 Probability of return
C1689 Probability of return
This might not benefit the great demon king at all. And some things don't make sense. Patriarch Subhuti, however, shook his head. Qin Shaojie's guess was, of course, able to explain why the wooden box would appear in the hands of nine deficiency but it was simply without any starting point, without even the slightest motivation!
All of this seemed somewhat abrupt and unbelievable!
As for the matter regarding the great demon king, the Old Ancestor might not know about it yet. Initially, I promised that I wouldn't speak of this to anyone. However, it seems that the situation is slightly worse than what I imagined. After a moment of thought, Qin Shaojie also spoke up.
Regardless of whether it was his nine deficiency, or Empty or Patriarch Subhuti, all of them held a very high opinion of the Great Devil King. After all, the Great Devil King back then was not one of those evil individuals who had appeared in the Three Gates. He had pursued a martial path his whole life, and at the most critical moment, he received the approval of the will of heaven and earth and protected the entire Tian Yuan Continent. It would not even be an exaggeration to describe him as a guardian deity.
However, all of this was the disguise of the great demon king. What he truly cared about was the heart of the continent! This was a treasure that countless experts yearned for.
As the most powerful existence in the Tian Yuan Continent at that time, as well as the only person in the entire continent who had stepped into the Supreme Realm, how could he not know the heart of the continent? Furthermore, before becoming a Venerable One, he had already obtained the acknowledgement of the will of the world. It was a pity that he failed at the last step. He didn't gain the acknowledgement of the continent's hearts and lost the best opportunity. Even though he was a Venerable One, a Venerable One without a heart of the continent was definitely not what he wanted.
Therefore, at that moment, the great demon king was in a berserk state. He even wanted to forcefully take away the heart of the continent. "This is precisely the reason why the agreement with the will of heaven and earth was broken, which caused the heart of the continent to be enraged. In the end, the heart of the continent was even forced to expend a lot of energy in order to eliminate the Great Devil King!
This matter was quite secretive. Not even Patriarch Subhuti was aware of it. As far as Patriarch Subhuti was concerned, all of this was due to the fact that the Fiendgod King had broken through to the Supreme Realm, which caused the continent to be unable to take on any more risks. Thus, an extremely berserk Celestial Tribulation had descended. It had even once shattered the body of the great demon king, causing him to nearly lose his soul. In the end, the Great Demon King had no choice but to head towards the The Endless Universe again. Unfortunately, after his disappearance that time, the world no longer had any news related to the Great Demon King!
Everything had been recorded hundreds of thousands of years ago, and there were very few records of its existence.
However, the words that Qin Shaojie had said caused Patriarch Subhuti to be shocked. It was obvious that everything was as Qin Shaojie had said. Patriarch Subhuti truly had no idea what was going on.
And the reason why he had unintentionally hoped that Qin Shaojie would not spread this information was because this could cause the entire demon race's faith to instantly collapse. To be able to sacrifice their own hero for the sake of the Tian Yuan Continent, who would have thought that all their actions would actually be for their own personal gain?
Even so, what does this have to do with your guess?
After calming his emotions, Patriarch Subhuti once again carried a trace of doubt, because Qin Shaojie's words were completely unable to explain anything. Moreover, although what Qin Shaojie had said shocked Patriarch Subhuti, it was not too exaggerated. This was because he had vaguely sensed that something was amiss. But there was no evidence. The news of Qin Shaojie had only further confirmed his guess.
After all, no matter how powerful the great demon king was, there were always clues.
Perhaps he didn't want to hand over this wooden box to the demons, because he didn't want another existence that could compare to him to appear in the demons once again. Even if the whole demon race was in danger of destruction, he didn't care. With his eyes shrunk into a crack, Qin Shaojie revealed the bold guess he had in his mind.
If another Venerable One appeared in Tian Yuan Continent, it would definitely cause the Great Demon King to lose his former absolute position and influence. If Qin Shaojie was not mistaken, this wooden box was perhaps related to the demons in the first place, or perhaps the humans had this wooden box, but were unable to truly comprehend the intricacies within. That was why he deliberately handed it over to nine deficiency. He even specifically warned the wooden box about the differences and even the peculiarities.
This was because the real purpose of the Great Demon King was not for them to use the wooden box to level up, but to let them keep the wooden box!
At that time, the demons were so powerful that if the demons wanted something, they would never get it. The great demon king had also predicted that the human race would become the ruling power in the future. Therefore, giving the wooden box to the human race was a logical decision, and it was also the greatest protection that the wooden box could offer to the human race!
So he had set his eyes on nine deficiency, and made everything fall into place naturally. And reality proved that all of this was exactly like that!
Even so, what was his purpose in doing so? He still needed a motive! Patriarch Subhuti was still frowning. What he wanted to know was, what exactly was the secret behind all of this?
If it was just because he didn't want anyone to borrow this wooden box to surpass him, then he would just directly destroy the wooden box. After all, this thing was not invincible. As long as this wooden box was completely destroyed, all his worries would be unnecessary.
It was impossible for the great demon king to not know of such a simple method.
That's why I said it was a bold guess, because he left behind this wooden box to let the humans keep it. I think there are two possibilities. Qin Shaojie's eyes flickered with some light as he spoke indifferently.
The first was that this wooden box was related to the heart of the continent. I may not know what the relationship is. However, the Great Demon King should be a smart person. He had already made the entire Demon race lose the trust of heaven and earth, so the next could only be humans.
Qin Shaojie's words were not baseless, because he had unintentionally transformed into a human! Furthermore, the ones that could be acknowledged by the will of heaven and earth must be the most powerful existences. The great demon king clearly knew that in the future, only humans would stand out.
Of course, Qin Shaojie still did not know the relationship between this wooden box and the heart of the continent. After all, this was just a guess. It was also possible that this wooden box could hold the heart of the continent.
Given this possibility, Patriarch Subhuti didn't say anything. It was clear that in his opinion, this was still somewhat unlikely, because there were too many flaws to be found in this possibility. Even if this wooden box was related to the heart of the continent, wouldn't it make the heart of the continent that the Great Demon King yearned for become a treasure if placed with humans? It did not seem like the way the Great Demon King did things for others.
There was another possibility. The preservation of the wooden box was the chance for the Great Demon King to return to Tian Yuan Continent!
When the second possibility was revealed, even Qin Shaojie himself was filled with uncertainty. Even this possibility filled his heart with worry.
One had to know that the great devil king from hundreds of thousands of years ago was already in the Supreme Realm. It was hard to imagine just how much time had passed since then.
An ordinary cultivator would not have such a long lifespan even if they had reached the peak of the Saint level. However, this did not mean that the Supreme Realm cultivators could not reach this level. It was rumored that the supreme expert had already broken free from the restraints of the heaven and earth, and his lifespan had been infinitely extended. Just how terrifying and terrifying was this place?
An unintentional existence was left behind by the Great Demon King to fight for the heart of the continent. Unfortunately, in the end, an unintentional did not obtain the approval of the will of the world.
Then this wooden box was naturally the Great Devil King's preparation for his return.
After all, the reason the Great Demon King was able to let his remnant soul exist for tens of thousands of years and also continuously instruct Qin Shaojie was because Qin Shaojie sensed that there was something wrong. If it was before, Qin Shaojie was extremely respectful to the Great Demon King, because the Great Demon King's image in Qin Shaojie's heart was incomparably tall and revered. However, as Qin Shaojie understood more and more about the Great Demon King, he realized that the Great Demon King had his own motives for everything.
He didn't have any reason to be concerned about her, so he was afraid that she might have some ulterior motive. And he just so happened to be a pawn of the great demon king!
As a result, he didn't dare to let his guard down.
No one knew whether the demon king was alive or dead. This was because there were no longer any traces of the great demon king.
But Qin Shaojie had a feeling that the Great Demon King would come back again. This was not an groundless rumor, but because he knew that the heart of the continent was too important to the Great Demon King and he had no reason to give up. Whether it was the remnant soul that remained behind or his unintentional existence, to a certain extent, it meant that the Great Demon King had not given up on the Tian Yuan Continent's mainland!
Since he hadn't given up, he would make his move as long as he had the chance.
Furthermore, the appearance of the wooden box today could perfectly nurture the spirit. This seemed to be a sign and a possibility for the Great Demon King to return.
This was Qin Shaojie's so-called wild guesses and the so-called greatest possibility!
Qin Shaojie's words caused Patriarch Subhuti to sink into deep thought. Clearly, he knew very well that this possibility existed. He had originally thought about this possibility. Although the Great Demon King had left the Tian Yuan Continent, it did not mean that he would not return.
Everyone only knew that he was heading to the The Endless Universe to find a stronger power, but they didn't know that he was forced to leave there to recuperate. It was a pity that hundreds of thousands of years had passed since his last departure. Under such circumstances, no one knew whether the Great Demon King would be able to survive in The Endless Universe. Even more so, he didn't know whether he would come back or not.
As time passed, many people had forgotten how powerful the Great Demon King was back then. They no longer believed he was still alive.
However, Patriarch Subhuti had always had the feeling that he was still alive, and might even choose to return.
Patriarch Subhuti knew many things about the past, but in the end, he couldn't predict the future.
Some things always come back.
Finally, Patriarch Subhuti let out a soft sigh of relief, then began to speak in a serious tone as well. He knew very well that at the level of the Great Demon King, he would definitely be able to foresee some things in the future. As for whether or not this was the Great Demon King's deliberate plan, he had no way of knowing. However, if Qin Shaojie's guess today was true, then the future of Tian Yuan Continent might be even more complicated than he imagined.
All of this revolved around the heart of the continent.
In the past, the Four Great Godly Beasts had sent countless foreign experts to the Tian Yuan Continent for the heart of the continent.
It was a pity that no one had truly obtained the heart of the continent. They had never even seen one before.
But who would have thought that countless years later, due to the relationship between the heart of the continent and Tian Yuan Continent, the Tian Yuan Continent would once again fall into an endless struggle.
He did not know what the outcome would be, but when he looked at Qin Shaojie once again, ripples appeared in the depths of his eyes, he knew that Qin Shaojie was probably the best choice!