What Do You Plan to Do?

Everything had been sorted out. The whole chain of cause and effect had been clearly explained when he met Ling Zhi.

Put bluntly, it was all a matter of life and death centered around the Heavenly Tribulation. The people of Heaven Beyond Heaven did not want to die, so they were willing to try every possible method.

"So the Heavenly Tribulation has no solution, right?"

After listening for most of the day, Lin Jun finally voiced a crucial question.

The source of everything was the Heavenly Tribulation. Without it, none of this mess would have happened. Everyone could have lived quietly, and all would have been well.

"Mm. After all, how can humans contend against heaven and earth? If heaven wants me dead, then all I can do is die."

Ling Zhi sighed, carrying the air of someone who had exhausted every possible strategy.

From what she had said before, it was clear that she had been the first to find that stone stele, the first to understand the Heavenly Tribulation, and even the first to seek a way to evade it.

Yet she had still found no practical method. Even turning herself into a Sea Demon had merely been an act of helplessness.

After all, in Heaven Beyond Heaven, staying alive mattered more than anything. Before life itself, they could cast aside everything, even freedom.

"What use is there in lying to me?"

Lin Jun spoke bluntly. He placed the Demon-Slaying Sword before Ling Zhi and smiled.

"Would someone capable of creating this really meekly accept annihilation?"

Every strategy exhausted? Clearly, she had come up with one viable path.

Ling Zhi fell silent as she watched the corner of Lin Jun's mouth, still able to curve into a smile.

Then Ling Zhi took the Demon-Slaying Sword and smiled as