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Chapter 1240 - 812: All Men Are Devils

Despite the strength of our Little Junior Uncle, it was impossible for him to hold on alone. As others were either killed or suppressed one by one, encircled by the rolling black clouds, he resembled a diminishing firefly glow.

Watching Little Junior Uncle, who was the last standing before him and whose aura was gravely weakened under the relentless assault from all sides, Jun Xuanze felt despair.

"We lost."

At that moment, Jun Xuanze seemed to fall into an abyss of despair.

"It was an unprecedentedly fierce battle, where countless individuals with righteous ideals and spirit perished."

"After this defeat, there will be no more Righteous Path in the world."

"Once the reforms of the Demon Path prevail... the future will be one where everyone turns to demons, and by then, people will be mere food, everyone a devil, with hell prevailing both on earth and in heaven."

Engulfed by endless despair, everything before him sank into darkness.

Gazing at this infinite darkness, Zhang Yu seemed to faintly sense the despair and loss that once filled Jun Xuanze’s heart.

Fu Ji said, "And then? Does it end here? Shouldn’t there be captions and bonus scenes?"

As the darkness faded, rows of text appeared above the ancestor’s corpse.

Zhang Yu recognized the information left by Yingxin Heaven.

"Since the start of the reforms by the Demon Path, Junior Brother Jun has always felt regret."

"Watching Kunxu’s ever-changing transformations, his remorse deepened."

"I regret supporting the reforms of the Demon Path."

"I also regret participating in the battle to besiege Little Junior Uncle."

"When I met him, he had lost all will to live."

Reacting to these statements, Zhang Yu paused slightly while Fu Ji commented, "This dream memory of Jun Xuanze is overly beautified, implying that he was actually a supporter of the reforms at that time?"

"So, the depictions of Yingxin Heaven and Fa Yuanzi in the dream might have been distorted? Jun Xuanze subconsciously attributed his reasons for supporting the Demon Path reforms to others."

Zhan Xian remarked, "Maybe one’s inability to accept one’s own choices led to blame being shifted onto others within the dream memories."

Zhang Yu kept silent, continuing to read the text left by Yingxin Heaven, focusing on the dialogue when Yingxin Heaven met Jun Xuanze.

"Senior Brother..." Jun Xuanze sighed, "Seeing the mortals divide the Outer Disciples to use as medicinal leads, I felt... the mortals were beyond saving."

Yingxin Heaven: "Then why did you initially stand with Little Junior Uncle against the reforms?"

Jun Xuanze replied indifferently, "I initially believed... Little Junior Uncle could win; I thought he could stop the Demon Path reforms."

"But as the situation rapidly deteriorated, watching more people learn the Demon Path techniques and support its reforms... I was swept along."

"I began to think the reforms of the Demon Path might not be without reason."

"I started to wonder if Little Junior Uncle was too stubborn?"

"So, in the end... I betrayed him."

Observing the dialogue, Fu Ji commented, "Dreams are, after all, dreams; they always differ from reality. In Jun Xuanze’s reminiscence, the version of himself he imagines might be far more resolute and courageous than in reality."

Zhan Xian added, "The portrayal of the final battle at Thundercloud Gorge seems broadly romanticized; it’s likely not Little Junior Uncle shielding Jun Xuanze from attacks, but rather Jun Xuanze joining others to attack Little Junior Uncle."

The text continued to materialize, detailing further dialogue between Yingxin Heaven and Jun Xuanze.

Jun Xuanze said with a face full of pain, "Senior Brother! We’re all sinners! Our descendants have become demons among demons, our sect members are exploiting and flaying the living... I deeply regret!"

Yingxin Heaven looked at him and said indifferently, "In the Thundercloud Gorge battle, do you want to know what Little Junior Uncle said to the Sect Leader and the masters in the end?"

Jun Xuanze murmured, "What did they say?"

Yingxin Heaven: "During that battle... at the very end, both sides could no longer hold back. To prevent further casualties, the Sect Leader, before wielding the Supreme Immortal Artifact, still attempted to persuade Little Junior Uncle..."

...

The Sect Leader said, "Junior Brother, righteousness can only survive to have a future. If we are obliterated by the Demon Path, then any choice is meaningless."

Little Junior Uncle coldly looked at him, saying, "Survive using the filthy means of the Demon Path? Such righteousness isn’t worth passing down."

The Sect Leader solemnly responded, "In times of crisis, only responsibility remains. As the Sect Leader of Wanfa Sect, I must pass down the ideals of righteousness. And the foremost condition to achieve this is survival."

Little Junior Uncle shouted, "Righteousness and Demonic Paths cannot coexist! If we also force mortals to the point of suicide into the Heavenly Demon Banner, drive them to kill their kin, make sects cannibalize themselves, and turn the entire world to demons, then how are we different from the Demon Path? You betrayed our predecessors!"

"Transforming Wanfa Sect into the Demon Path only adds another demonic sect to the world, what meaning does it have?"

The Sect Leader said, "If every sect becomes like today’s Demon Path, the world is done. Reforming Wanfa Sect, advancing the reforms of the Demon Path, even if it’s just leaving one thread of righteous thought, is better than losing the Great War of Righteous and Demonic, facing total annihilation!"

"Why don’t you understand? Once lost, there’s nothing left! Descendants won’t listen to losers. If we lose, today’s Demon Path will become tomorrow’s Righteous Path, today’s Righteous Path will be tomorrow’s Demon Path, and henceforth, Demon Path will be unrestrained, universally respected, where everyone freely practices the Demon Path—that would be the greatest loss!"