Published: March 2, 2025
Bai left, clean and swift, his departure elegant and natural. Wen Yu, however, remained seated, savoring the words Bai had just spoken, and after a long moment, let out a soft sigh.
Everything Bai said was likely true. Bai had no need to deceive him, and the essence of the matter was indeed as Bai had just stated.
Wen Yu had known for a long time that his rebirth was connected to the demon lord. He understood that there is no love without reason. Since the demon lord could use heaven-piercing techniques to pull him back before the apocalypse, he must have certain goals concerning Wen Yu. Theoretically, Wen Yu was indeed a pawn of the demon lord, and the relationship between the demonic clan and the earth's will was unnecessary to elaborate on… they were absolute mortal enemies.
In this light, it seemed the earth's will had ample reason to target him.
His home planet regarded him as an enemy… This had been destined from the moment of his rebirth. Wen Yu felt no despair, sadness, or collapse, only a complex mix of emotions—he hadn't thought deeply about this matter before, but Bai had just pointed out his current awkward position.
"As a human, you do not stand with the human race or even the earth's side. Even if you don’t think so, the earth's will certainly does. The demon lord pulled you back before the apocalypse, and will inevitably make you follow his will step by step, until he achieves his desired goals through you. Whether those goals are good or bad is temporarily irrelevant, but from the perspective of the earth's will, what the enemy wants to do can’t be good for you. In other words, in the eyes of the earth's will, you, Wen Yu, are considered an enemy."
"And for the sovereign, the demon lord is even more of an enemy. As a pawn of the demon lord, he doesn’t even need a reason to kill you."
"As for the demonic clan, this matter becomes complicated. You belong to the demon lord's side, but you do not think of yourself this way, so from your own perspective, you remain an enemy to the demonic clan. Moreover, ordinary demonic creatures are entirely unaware of this layer; in other words, they will also regard you as an enemy."
"From this perspective, Wen Yu, you actually have no faction. Do you understand what I’m saying? Due to your stance, everything you see is your opponent, your enemy. In this world, you are truly superfluous, you are the true variable. You may not have considered these things before, but the situation is different now. A year ago, the earth's will appeared and found me and the celestial god. I don’t know through what channels he obtained his information, but his malice towards you is obvious. And the key point is, he knows the secret of your rebirth. You can imagine that he wants to kill you. He doesn’t even need Tang Haofei to act; he just needs to inform the sovereign about you, and you’re done for."
"Then why hasn’t he told the sovereign about this?"
"I don’t know. I can’t fathom the earth's will’s thoughts. As I said earlier, your world’s will is quite strange; it feels… well, mutated. However, once Tang Haofei is unable to keep you in check, I think to eliminate you as a traitor, the earth's will will have no choice. In fact, telling the sovereign about your situation is both convenient and effective—it is undoubtedly the best way to deal with you."
"So this becomes another question. What you should consider most now is how to escape this tribulation from the sovereign."
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Everything from the Heavenly Palace journey remained vivid in his mind. At that time, the demon lord had exerted tremendous effort to keep him safe, allowing Wen Yu to escape a disaster. Wen Yu believed that the matter of his rebirth should come to a close—if the demon lord didn’t mention it, he didn’t mention it, and if Tang Haofei didn’t mention it, then no one else would know about his status as a reborn person.
The fact was, even if the sovereign knew Wen Yu was a reborn person, Wen Yu would still be powerless to respond. To put it harshly, if the sovereign wanted to deal with Wen Yu, it would just take a finger to do so. The reason Wen Yu hadn’t considered these issues might stem from an ostrich mentality of not being able to solve the problem…