Casting the Nine Cauldrons, Delineating the Divine Land (2/3)

"So, you're planning to do something very dangerous."

"This matter is so dangerous that even if you are the current Witch King, you must find a successor for yourself in advance."

Having already foreseen this, Li Boyang, who had somehow produced the Heavenly Mandate Bone Plastron, asked in a deep voice.

"I've long heard that the Witch of the Huai River from a thousand years ago was a master of divination, and you, her successor, have surpassed her in skill—"

His gaze lingered briefly on the Heavenly Mandate Bone Plastron, and the "Witch King" seemed to seamlessly switch back to Wu Yi's state.

"What else did you figure out? Can you tell me?"

After a slight hesitation, Li Boyang finally decided to get straight to the point.

"Not long after the floods receded, I foresaw a great calamity, one that might be even more terrifying than the floods."

"I foresaw that the great calamity was related to the Great Xia, and it's even possible that you personally instigated it."

"The art of divination is actually quite simple: the more information you know, the more accurate your predictions will be."

"So initially, I wanted to wait for this great calamity to arrive and then do my best to remain unscathed."

Upon hearing this, Wu Yi understood Li Boyang's intentions.

"Well, with your abilities, it would indeed be very easy for you to remain unscathed."

"Then why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Li Boyang narrowed his eyes slightly, hesitated again, and then turned to look at Xiluo behind him.

Sometimes, keeping to oneself is not a perfect choice.

"In this life, after living so many years and experiencing so many things, there are always some things that are impossible to let go of."

"For this, what's a little risk?"

Having vaguely understood Li Boyang's meaning, Wu Yi glanced at Xiluo with a slightly surprised expression.

Unlike the slow-witted Xiluo, Wu Yi saw things much more clearly and spoke much more sharply.

"You did it for her—"

No, you did it for these Hundred Lands Mountain Range!

Upon hearing this, before Li Boyang could react, Xiluo stared wide-eyed in astonishment.

Even someone as slow-witted as her understood something after Wu Yi pointed out the key point.

Fortunately, before Xiluo could ask any further questions, Li Boyang had already taken the initiative to explain.

You're right.

"When Xiluo told me that she had also foreseen this catastrophe, I realized the seriousness of the situation."

"I was able to foresee this great calamity because my Primordial Spirit and the art of divination have reached a high level of mastery, allowing me to sense any major events that are about to occur."

"Especially when it comes to oneself, innate intuition is often incredibly accurate."

"But Xiluo's Primordial Spirit is far inferior to mine, and her divination skills are only at a rudimentary level. How could she have sensed this great calamity?"

There's only one answer: she's also caught in the crossfire.

At this point, Li Boyang couldn't help but recall the "Xiluo" he had seen back then.

That half-human, half-beast Primordial Spirit posture, and that serene smile identical to that of the Witch of the Huai River, were clearly some kind of deliberate reminder.

Even the outcome that Xiluo thought she had achieved could hardly be said to have been unaffected by that "Xiluo".

"I see!"

Nodding in understanding, Wu Yi finally understood why Li Boyang had changed his mind.

If it were him, facing the same situation, he might also have fought for the Great Xia.

So what do you plan to do?

"Are you planning to kill me here and end this catastrophe sooner?"

Although he was talking about his own life and death, Wu Yi's tone was unexpectedly calm and composed.

Of course, Wu Yi's statement was tantamount to an admission that he would inevitably unleash that great calamity in the future.

"I did have that thought before," but shortly after that thought, the future changed.

Li Boyang did not deny that he had indeed harbored murderous intent towards Wu Yi, but he could only sigh helplessly.

"The great calamity turned into a catastrophe, a catastrophe targeting all the gods, and I am one of the sources of it."

The future holds infinite possibilities, especially when it comes to such an inevitable catastrophe.

Li Boyang couldn't even be sure whether he had turned a major calamity into a catastrophe.

Was it that yet-to-be-born catastrophe that prompted him to want to kill Wu Yi?

"Has the future changed? A true catastrophe is brewing?"

Wu Yi's expression remained unchanged, but his voice suddenly became much more excited.

"Does this mean that my next plan is indeed feasible?"

Having overheard the conversation, Xiluo finally couldn't help but interrupt them.

What are you talking about? What's going on here?

Despite saying this, Xiluo's eyes were already filled with hostility as she looked at Wu Yi, and her entire body unconsciously transformed back into its red leopard form.

"Don't worry, I'll explain it to you slowly."

"After all, at least up to now, we haven't reached the point of being enemies, have we?"

Wu Yi glanced at Xiluo with unusual calmness, completely disregarding her threat.

"Just like I said before-"

"Successive Witch King have always been searching for a way to completely and permanently eliminate the threat posed by the gods."

"As long as the gods exist, the Great Xia will always be at risk of losing its kingdom."

"Only by eliminating those gods can Great Xia Great Xia belong to humanity, and only then will humanity have a new future."

"Therefore, each Witch King would gather the power of the entire Great Xia to forge a divine cauldron at the peak of their own power."

"By the time of my term, nine such divine cauldrons had been forged."

After a slight pause, Wu Yi couldn't help but chuckle.

"My original intention was to take advantage of the flood caused by Wuzhiqi to weaken the power of the gods within the Great Xia territory to the extreme."

"Then, with the power of these nine divine cauldrons, suppress the Nine Provinces and create a massive barrier that even the gods cannot traverse."

"Within this Divine Land Barrier, the gods will no longer be able to unleash natural disasters with impunity."

"Anyone who dares to defy the will of the Witch King will surely be judged by the Divine Land Barrier!"

Listening to Wu Yi's description, Li Boyang suddenly interrupted.

"And what about the Witch King?"

Without the checks and balances of the gods, who will judge the Witch King?

"I don't believe that with your intelligence, you are unaware of what absolute power truly brings."

"What you are doing is nothing more than artificially creating a Great Heavenly Deity," a Great Heavenly Deity possessing human will.

The accumulated wisdom and power of successive Witch King will inevitably give birth to a true Great Heavenly Deity in the future.

If this Great Heavenly Deity consistently upholds humanity's stance, all will be well; but what if it loses control?

Even if things don't get out of control, given Wu Yi's current behavior, Li Boyang finds it hard to believe he won't cleanse other creatures on the land.

"Human supremacy doesn't work in this world."

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