Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 524 Reproduction
A sincere smile is always contagious.

When the Lord of Heaven smiled, Wang Luo couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Haha, hahaha."

The Lord of Heaven's smile then became even more enthusiastic: "Hahahahaha!"

The laughter of the two seemed to resonate in the strong wind layer, making the surrounding wind sounds like harmony, and the eyes in the distant crescent moon Guanghan Palace also flickered.

It was not until a long time later that the laughter gradually subsided.

Then Wang Luo asked a question: "When Shi Suying first came, you were the one who called out his name, right? You used my mouth to tell him his real name, and then you pulled him out from behind the door, and then you used the Record of the Exiled Immortal to capture him... So, when did it start? Since when did my thoughts become open to tampering?"

The Lord of Heaven said: "Strictly speaking, your mind was tampered with the moment you were born. Otherwise, how could you, a young man born in the new immortal calendar, have memories of the old immortal calendar?"

This answer made Wang Luo chuckle: "That's right, the weak are born to be insulted. Even my birth was carefully designed by someone, so why should I expect to have independent thinking?"

"Where does independent thinking come from in this world? Children are nagged by adults about the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, and family education. Which one of them is purely natural and independent thinking? I see the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, and it is clearly rotating around the earth. But someone told me that it is actually the earth that is moving, and I have to believe it. How is this better than brainwashing? Even the sincere Immortal Ancestor, a figure who created the world, borrowed the core of his immortal law from someone else's 'metaphysics', which is equivalent to living under that person's shadow all his life. Do you think this is independent thinking?"

Wang Luo smiled again: "I think the answer is obvious when you are so quibbling. So, when I completely inherit your legacy, will I still be me?"

The Lord of Heaven did not rush to give an answer, but asked a question in return: "Suppose you and I are not in this relationship now, and you are just a genius from the old world who has been sleeping for a thousand years and has just woken up. And I am a dying old man with no children, and I wish I could entrust all my inheritance to you. So imagine that when you inherit my inheritance and become the Lord of Heaven, will you still be the same as before?"

Wang Luo could not help but remain silent.

The other party asked a very classic question, and the answer is also self-evident.

Many times, even a promotion to a higher rank would make a small and servile person suddenly stand up straight, not to mention the entire heaven being thrown at him as an inheritance... At this time, saying that you have not forgotten your original intention and that you will not degenerate even if you fall... That would be too shameless.

Therefore, the question I just asked did not have much practical significance. However, even if the question did not have much practical significance, the other party did not give a direct answer, which was actually equivalent to an answer.

So after a moment, Wang Luo shook his head and asked another question.

"Does Senior Sister know that you are planning to ask me to inherit your estate?"

"You have more say than I do on this question. I haven't seen her for a long time, and hundreds of years have passed. Anyone would change. I can't use past experience to speculate on her present... Besides, you actually have a conclusion already, but you just want to ask me for confirmation. My answer is, you might as well trust your own judgment. If you think she knows, then she knows."

Wang Luo shook his head again and did not continue the topic.

Of course, he had his own judgment on this matter... Even when he left the Immortal Alliance and came to Xinheng alone to explore the way, he had already guessed that this trip was probably pushed by Lu Zhiyao behind the scenes. Otherwise, as a person with a highly sensitive identity, he would suddenly leave the country and go to the enemy-occupied area, and the resistance would be self-evident.

Now it seems that Lu Zhiyao has too many reasons to make this happen. And if we consider the worst, if Wang Luo's trip is not successful, or even dies in Xinheng, then...

"Oh, that's also good for the Immortal Alliance."

The Lord of Heaven naturally saw through Wang Luo's thoughts and said frankly: "That's right. If you die, although I won't die suddenly, it won't prolong my life either - the moment my uniqueness is destroyed, my death date is basically set. But if you die, I will definitely lose a reliable heir, and for the Immortal Alliance, at least for some people in the Immortal Alliance, the fewer heirs the Lord of Heaven has, the better... But this is definitely not what she thinks."

Wang Luo laughed: "You just said you wouldn't make assumptions about her."

The Lord of Heaven curled his lips and said, "Don't argue. Although I am not familiar with her, I at least have basic judgment. For example, I know that if you break up the couple in her book in front of her, she will definitely jump out of Jianmu and fight you to the death."

"Tsk, that's right, I'm just being hypocritical."

"Only those who are as disheartened as death will not be hypocritical. She and I have been mortal enemies for thousands of years, and we have used all kinds of cruel methods on each other during this period... It should be said that the time we have been enemies is much longer than the time we have been close as siblings. But after countless times of meditation in seclusion, I still recall the comfortable time on Lingshan Mountain in my mind. Sometimes when I encounter some frustrating things, I can't help but think about how my senior sister would deal with it if she were here. Haha, if metaphysics is the shadow or even hidden danger left by the predecessors in the Chicheng Immortal Law, then Lu Zhiyao is undoubtedly my inner demon."

After this heart-wrenching confession, the Lord of Heaven said, "So, you don't have to worry about the separation of your positions. When she let you out of the Immortal Alliance, she had already made her choice. And you, on the other hand, were the one who had no choice."

Wang Luo remained silent but knew in his heart that this truth was not wrong, it was just not so easy to accept.

So Wang Luo quickly changed the question.

"Come to think of it, what does your so-called inheritance include?"

The Lord of Heaven was startled and asked, "What do you really want to ask?"

Wang Luo said frankly: "Do you have concubines in the harem or something like that..."

"Good question, a good question worthy of ten romance novels." The Lord of Heaven said, "But it is meaningless, because there is no such thing as a harem. I knew that my death was approaching and it was necessary to entrust my inheritance to others. Why would I cause myself such trouble?"

Wang Luo asked: "What about the one below? She is not your concubine in the harem. Is she just your human toy?"

As he spoke, Wang Luo nodded downwards. On the Qianxing Tower in the Eastern Capital, Empress Dowager Yang Shijun of Xinheng was nestling in the arms of the late Emperor Gan Yinghua, her eyes as charming as silk, murmuring about her worries over the past decades.

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Heaven fell silent, with a complicated look on his face.

"Forget it, let's go down and talk."

The next moment, the two of them suddenly landed on the ground from the high sky gale layer.

It was still the Qianxingtai in the East Capital, and the time and space were still frozen. Even the great masters like Nan Yingying were as motionless as wax figures. Only Gan Yinghua and Yang Shijun's time was quietly flowing.

Wang Luo looked at his own solidified body not far away, and couldn't help but marvel at it... Although he knew that the conversation with the Lord of Heaven on the Gangfeng layer just now was just an exchange of spiritual consciousness. But the conversations, experiences, and even the details of the feelings during the conversation were almost the same as those of a flesh and blood entity. And this is clearly a magical power that can only be achieved at the peak of the fusion.

Of course, Wang Luo did not have the power of fusion cultivation, but the Lord of Heaven temporarily strengthened and condensed his consciousness for the convenience of dialogue. And the power of the Golden Immortal of Wonderful Law was incredible to the mortal practitioners.

At the same time, the Lord of Heaven walked over to Gan Yinghua and Yang Shijun and sighed.

"Initially, this was indeed just a game, and a very utilitarian one at that... I've said before that as early as hundreds of years ago, when my senior sister had just started to take over, I realized that my uniqueness was being shaken. At that time, in addition to back-hand plagiarism, I would naturally think of other ways to save my life. Among them, the most promising one seemed to be 'reproduction', bypassing the backlash of the way of heaven by blood inheritance. Specifically..."

But before the other party could elaborate, Wang Luo couldn't help but exclaimed: "I seem to have heard this idea somewhere. It's like this: before you die, you split the immortal law you hold into several parts, and infuse them into different mothers, and wait for them to give birth to offspring. The offspring will inherit part of the immortal law. Then, according to the aggregation principle of the immortal law, these offspring will start to kill each other, and the one who survives in the end will become the sacrifice for your resurrection. In this way, you are still you, but no longer the original you. It is equivalent to cheating death with death."

The Lord of Heaven was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Yes, that's the general idea..."

"This is the setting in my senior sister's novel. You are blatantly plagiarizing it."

The Lord of Heaven disagreed: "How can it be considered plagiarism to completely bring the imaginative settings in the novel to reality? This is undoubtedly a great innovation. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that the writers have taken up all the original works in the world just by opening their imaginations?"

Wang Luo commented: "The way to check for plagiarism is that the original creators only need to try their best to bring the good ideas in their heads into reality, while the plagiarists have to consider a lot more."

"Heh, didn't Lu Zhiyao's novels also copy other people's ideas? It's just that no one in this world has seen those novels, so Lu Zhiyao, the origin of all things, was created... Let's get back to the topic. In order to avoid Lu Zhiyao's replacement, I designed a plan for reproduction and survival. However, there were many technical difficulties and even more obstacles in practice. Even in Jingzhou Heaven, not everyone hoped that I could successfully extend my life. In short, when I was really ready and could implement the plan, hundreds of years had passed since the initial design was finalized. At this time, my mood changed a lot. I was not so enthusiastic about the plan of reproduction and survival. I just thought that hundreds of years of preparation must have a result, so I simply designed it according to the plan and selected a suitable mother body from the mortal world..."

Wang Luo couldn't help but ask: "Why do you have to choose from the mortal world?"

The Lord of Heaven sighed and said, "Because only in the mortal world can I hide my identity perfectly, act like an ordinary person, and then marry and have children like ordinary people without attracting any extra attention... Reproduction is a very fragile plan. Any overly powerful external force will bring uncontrollable risks."

Wang Luo asked again: "Since you don't want to attract extra attention, why don't you just find a village girl in the wilderness of Xinheng? Why do you have to pretend to be the emperor?"

The Lord of Heaven laughed at himself and said, "So this is a utilitarian game. The utilitarianism is that I went down to the mortal world in disguise for the purpose of reproduction. The game is that I play the role of the emperor for fun... The emperor of the mortal world is much more interesting than the Lord of Heaven. The saying that court officials are sent abroad and are free and easy is true! In addition, the stronger the descendants who inherit my immortal law grow, the higher the success rate of my resurrection. And there are few people in Xinheng who are more conducive to cultivation than those born in the royal family."

"So what happened next? Was the plan successful?"

"What do you think? You've been in Xinheng for a while. Haven't you heard about what kind of child Yang Shijun and I have?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Lord of Heaven changed his mind and dragged Wang Luo's consciousness from Dongdu to the Fancheng Palace.

In the hall, Emperor Gan Ai was sitting on the dragon throne, sitting upright, meticulous... If he wasn't so fat that he looked like a ball, he would have shown some of the majesty of an emperor. It was a pity that fatness could hide a hundred beauties, and he was not handsome to begin with, and his eyes showed a blank look. Overall, he was indeed in line with the evaluation of the emperor by modern people: a waste.

Moreover, even if we ignore these external glitz and glamour and only look at the plan of reproduction itself, there is not a single trace of immortal law in Emperor Gan Ai.

"So, the plan failed?"

The Lord of Heaven nodded: "Well, it's a complete failure."

"Considering that he didn't inherit anything from you, and even his facial features and body shape are completely different, have you ever considered another possibility..."

"Haha, that's a good idea, but unfortunately he is indeed my own flesh and blood. Even this sac-like appearance was almost designed by me. Therefore, if he was born taller and more handsome, we need to consider another possibility... The reason why he didn't inherit the Immortal Law is very simple. When the time came, I couldn't bear it."

"?" Wang Luo was a little confused, but gradually he understood.

"Yes, it's just as you guessed. Those who inherit my immortal law will basically inherit my fate. And speaking of fate, I can only say that the memories of your childhood in your mind are real and true."

"You mean the whole family is dead, the father and mother are dead?"

"Yes, although Senior Sister said that this is the destiny of being the protagonist, being the protagonist is fine, but being the protagonist's parent is still a heavy burden. It's fine for me to bear it alone, but if it's Yang Shijun...she can't bear it."

Wang Luo then asked out of genuine curiosity: "Are you really in love with her?"

"Haha, how is that possible?" The Lord of Heaven shook his head and laughed, "People who inherit the Immortal Law do not have the ability to love."

(End of this chapter)