In this gradually withering shadow empire, Yhwach roared.
This anger had existed thousands of years ago, and after thousands of years of fermentation, it finally exploded.
The Soul King is still alive, but a million years of silence have long since reduced him to a background figure with a name but no real presence. Although Yhwach calls himself the son of the Soul King, deep down, he has little love for the Soul King and instead has a lot of resentment towards him.
This roar also distracted Mo Yu from the thoughts of optimizing his output method. He stared at the angry Yhwach, but did not respond immediately. Instead, he moved the mouse to the progress bar and slowly dragged it forward.
Under the observation of Yhwach who opened the Eye of All-Knowing and All-Powerful, at this moment, the world was distorted, and the unstoppable torrent of time turned into a roaring wave that rolled in, engulfing it and completely swallowing it.
Yhwach once again sat back on the throne in his original posture!
The broken palace was restored to its original state, and the Quincies that were devoured by the Holy Separation appeared again. The all-seeing and all-powerful eyes that Youhabach had reopened also returned to their closed state. At this time, the sacred voice from the sky descended:
"It seems that the fist-to-heart method is indeed useful. You are gradually opening up your heart. Now we can have a good chat..."
"Spirit King, so you used to chat with others in this way? That's crazy! No wonder those nobles betrayed you!"
Yhwach's face was extremely ugly, but he did not choose to be holy again. After experiencing two times of time reversal, he felt like he was covered by a more advanced omniscient and omnipotent eye. All the endings that Mo Yu did not want to happen would be reset again and again, and then completely reshaped and changed until the ending that Mo Yu wanted appeared.
A feeling of powerlessness that he could not resist no matter what he did filled his heart. In the past, Yhwach had made his enemies feel this emotion with the help of his omniscient eyes, but he did not expect that he felt it now as well.
"There are not many people in this world who are qualified to let me reverse time and communicate with them repeatedly. Those nobles do not have such qualifications, but it is not important. Let's put aside the boring temptations and greetings and get straight to the point. Youhabach, your ultimate goal is to destroy the three realms and return them to the era of chaos, right?"
Mo Yu asked directly. Youhabach was silent for a moment, then replied, "Yes!"
Then Mo Yu asked again: "Although I know some information, I would like to hear it from you in person. What is your purpose in doing this?"
Aizen's ambition stems from his arrogance and conceit in his heart. The Soul King is just a suppressed puppet, and the corrupt nobles use the name of the Soul King to bully others. Aizen sneers at such a ruling system from the bottom of his heart, so he chooses the path of conquering the three realms. And Yhwach's idea of destroying the three realms must have its logic and meaning.
After hearing Mo Yu's question, Youhabach fell silent again, but it was not because he didn't want to speak, but because this question brought back some long-forgotten memories.
Thousands of years ago, when Captain-General Yamamoto had not yet swept across Soul Society and established the Gotei 13, the guarding monk Soul King Miyabi had descended to the mortal world and, as the mediator between the three realms of Soul Society, the human world, and Hueco Mundo, proposed an initiative to Yhwach.
The God of Death and the Quincy signed a non-aggression treaty, and then the world was handed over to the God of Death to rule. In exchange, the Monk could sit back and watch Yhwach continue to unify all the Quincy and forge the Empire of Light.
This was a ridiculous proposal, but Yhwach didn't talk much about it. He just asked the monk two questions:
"There was only one world before. Who was it that drew the line between life and death in the eternal bliss?"
"It's Lord Spirit King!"
“Who brought the fear of death to the people?”
"It's also Lord Spirit King!"
This conversation contained a lot of profound meaning, but it was not important, because Yhwach was not interested in playing witty words with the monk, but instead expressed his thoughts without reservation:
"I know all the painful cries of the souls who came back to me, and the complaints and sighs of the people who fear death and cling to their short lives. There is no peace in the Three Realms like this..."
When Yhwach was in his "infancy", giving and taking were just instinctive behaviors, but when he gained intelligence, his behavior gradually changed.
The person to whom it is bestowed will make up for his or her own defects and gain health and strength. Although it is inevitable that it will be taken back, Youhabach can extend the duration until the moment the recipient dies.
This is a kind of goodwill, but also an act of helplessness.
All souls granted by it will bring everything from their life and death, whether good or bad, to Youhabach.
Day after day, year after year, countless souls whispered in Youhabach's heart.
Even the naturally noble son of the Spirit King could no longer bear it and gradually felt tired of it.
To make matters worse, when the times entered a turbulent period, everything those returning souls carried with them gradually turned negative!
It is hard to describe how brutal those nobles were. To give a simple example, even after Captain-General Yamamoto founded the Gotei 13, Soul Society entered an era of peace and prosperity. However, the only peaceful time was in the Shireitei. Outside of the Shireitei, Rukongai, where civilians lived, was a place where bandits and sword-killing demons were rampant, food and drinking water containing spirit particles were in short supply, and every now and then there were death gods who came to massacre in order to balance the number of souls in the three realms.
This was still an era of peace and prosperity, but there is no need to say what the chaotic era was like when nobles attacked each other.
All the returning souls, carrying with them the pain of being killed, the suffering of not getting what they want, and all kinds of extremely negative desires, returned to the soul of Youhabach!
From exhaustion to pain, Yhwach finally became overwhelmed.
This is also the reason why Uncle Zangetsu in Kurosaki Ichigo's heart cares so much about Kurosaki Ichigo's heart. As the projection of the King of the Quincies a thousand years ago, he never wants to hear the sound of the soul full of wailing and pain again.
Under the endless burden, an idea sprouted from the heart of Yhwach. In order to realize this idea, he needs to unify the Quincies, defeat the Shinigami and the Hollows, and then blow open the gate of the Soul King Palace, completely control everything, let the three realms return to chaos, and return to the era of ambiguity. And his purpose is only one:
"I want to create a world without sacrifice, without death, and without pain!"
After a brief recollection, Yhwach told Mo Yu his truest thoughts.
Mo Yu's comment on this is: "It's a very interesting and interesting idea, but I have to say that you really don't know anything."
Hearing this, Yhwach's pupils froze, because the Eye Monk a thousand years ago, after hearing his inner narration, also teased him that he knew nothing, and then stretched out his hand, and used the left hand of the Soul King hidden inside to seal Yhwach's omniscient eye, and then left casually.
Although the Soul King's left hand eventually joined Yhwach's camp, it also led to Yhwach being hacked to death by Captain-General Yamamoto.
Therefore, Youhabach was quite confused by this sentence, and asked:
"What do I not know, in your opinion?"
Mo Yu smiled and said, "Many, many things, such as the three great disasters that the Chaos Realm once faced, and the significance of the existence of the Death God, the Quincy, and the Hollow in today's world. But these are not important, and this is not what I want to talk to you about. What if I say that I support you in destroying the three realms and returning the world to the Chaos Realm?"
Mo Yu has always disagreed with the current world structure. The safety and survival of the Three Realms all depend on the ritual of pounding the living stake in which the strongest person actively or passively sacrifices himself. Once something goes wrong with the human stake, the whole world may be buried with it. This is a ridiculous model in itself. Therefore, Mo Yu plans to use the Three Realms Ark plan to completely transform the entire world.
Upon hearing this, Youhabach couldn't help but be cheered up. He didn't expect that the Soul King actually supported his ideas!
"However, although I support you, I think you are a bit amateurish when it comes to the question of how to destroy the world. As a world-destroying villain, your intelligence acquisition is not sufficient. There are too many missing information about the secrets of the Three Realms. Your field investigation is not sufficient. You have not been able to see through the fundamental contradictions of the world. Your grassroots research work is not good enough. You have not been able to fully reflect the voice of the masses. Your strategic vision and decision-making are also lacking. You have missed some fundamental problems that can bring you down in one day even if your ideas are realized..."
Mo Yu's eloquent talk immediately made Yhwach confused. The main reason was that he had never thought that in this day and age, there are so many considerations to becoming a world-destroying villain. After he came to his senses, he couldn't help but wonder, the Soul King has been suppressed in the Soul King Palace for millions of years. Could it be that he has been studying how to destroy the world when he has nothing to do?
Or maybe, the one who appeared before him was not the real Spirit King, but the Spirit King's complete collapse after a long period of suppression, and the mad will that was born afterwards?
What Mo Yu said was not just a repetitive talk. In the end, he also pointed out the direction for Youhabach with his own wisdom:
"To sum up the above, in my opinion, if you really want to destroy the Three Realms and return to chaos, then the first thing you need to solve is the problem of Hell. If this problem is not solved, your philosophy is just a castle in the air and has no value in practice. Even if you put it into practice, it will be destroyed!"
46. The villains reached a consensus on how to better develop and utilize Ishida Uryu (two chapters in one)
Mo Yu did not comment on Yhwach's idea of creating a new world without sacrifice, pain, and death, as well as his reasons and motivations for doing so, but simply felt that it was unprofessional.
Nowadays, there are all kinds of villains in major film and television works and novels!
There are countless villains who can destroy the world, and among these villains, the means of achieving world destruction and the reasons for their destruction are all bizarre. Mo Yu is no longer surprised by it, and as an online writer, he always can't help but wonder if these villain templates can be borrowed into novels, and then what are their ideas for destroying the world, what is so wonderful about them, what are the flaws, and how to make up for them.
If we use gaming terms to describe it, Mo Yu's profession is [Online Writer], and in his professional skill column, there should also be a writing skill called LV5 [Villain Destruction Science].
In a sense, there is a reason why Mo Yu's online literary career has been so unsuccessful. After all, other authors are studying routines and stimuli, and which author would spend all day thinking about how to destroy a world?
But a person's fate is hard to explain. Look, strange skills that are useless in reality come in handy in the world bubble of the Silver Sea.
Destroying the world is a very difficult thing. Not only will there be various protagonists and supporting characters, shouting words like passion, friendship, and bond, and then rushing up madly to beat people up, but there are also many other details to deal with. Strength alone is not enough, it also requires excellent vision and wisdom, as well as good luck.
You know, in the history of two-dimensional anime, there are only a handful of villains who have truly succeeded in destroying the world.
As the final villain in the world of Death, Humbugha has enough power, but in other aspects, he can only be described as mediocre. As the son of the Spirit King and one of the strongest people in the world, he knows nothing about the deepest secrets of the Three Realms. No wonder he is treated as an ignorant brat by the Monk with Eyes.
According to the famous line of the chatterbox Aizen, the weak question why the world works this way, while the strong explain how the world should work.
To achieve this, it is necessary to understand how the world works and its laws. Knowledge is the basis for change. Otherwise, it is just the self-righteous ramblings of fools.
Not to mention anything else, the huge hell is there, even the god of death has some exploration and understanding of hell, but Yhwach probably has never tried to understand it at all, and his eyes are just circling around his own territory.
As long as he explores a little, with his omniscient eyes, it will not be difficult to find that hell has been slowly eroding the three realms. Then he will understand what is wrong with his ideals.
The three realms will be destroyed, merged into one, and return to the chaotic era where all things are ambiguous and there is no life or death. Maybe at the beginning, Youhabach can still enjoy the so-called paradise era without sacrifice, pain, and death. Then, after hell completely swallows up the chaotic world, all Youhabach can enjoy is the hell era filled with eternal sacrifice, endless pain and death.
Yhwach's ideal is impossible to achieve. Not only the strong ones in the three realms, but even the world will try to stop him. Even if he succeeds, it will only be the beginning of greater despair.
But as I said before, it is very difficult to predict a person's fate. Look, Yhwach, who is not very smart, met Mo Yu, who has a lot of experience in destroying the world. It can be said that when a golden fragrance and a jade dew meet, they are in cahoots with each other. During this period, the wheel of fate not only started to turn, but even gathered its full power, preparing for a fierce racing at Akina Mountain to compete for the title of driving god.
Mo Yu used straightforward and clear words to describe these primordial secrets to Youhabach, analyzed in detail what was wrong with his ideas, and clearly pointed out that the Three Realms were not his enemies, and Hell was the fundamental contradiction that prevented him from practicing his ideas. Then Youhabach's expression changed drastically, first in shock and disbelief, and then gradually distorted, performing a rather abstract facial expression.
Obviously, Yhwach finally understood why the Monk Eye said that he knew nothing and understood nothing.
Seeing the little brat shouting some meaningless, childish declarations, and then speeding down towards his death as if he had a brain seizure, as an adult, giving him a little punishment is already a loving caress!
Yes, when the Monk of Eyes sealed Yhwach's all-seeing and all-powerful Eye, it was not out of malice, but out of kindness and love. Of course, the Monk of Eyes' kindness was not so pure. For him, the more candidates who were qualified to become the new generation of Soul King, the better. Therefore, he did not really want Yhwach to die of brain damage, but gave Yhwach some warnings in his own way.
However, Yhwach didn't think it through back then, and he carried the seal and led his army to attack Soul Society, but was chopped down by the murderous captain Yamamoto.
It was not until a thousand years later, when I met Mo Yu, that I finally understood everything.
"I will not laugh at any ideal that is put into practice, even if it seems stupid, because sometimes the world is driven by such stupidity, and then moves forward or backward. Although your ideas have some problems, as long as you correct the mistakes and find the right direction, you can also change the world, especially in this era of disasters where the old disaster has not yet gone and the new disaster is coming. You are the cannon fodder, oh no, heroes who stand up and illuminate the world and make some contributions to correcting the chaos in the world."
After hearing Mo Yu's comfort and enlightenment, and after performing various facial expressions in succession, Yhwach fell into deep silence. His mentality was very complicated now, he felt a little embarrassed, a little lost, ashamed and angry, but at the same time, he was deeply grateful and fortunate, and even had an indescribable emotion.
Yhwach's life has been incomplete since he was born. He is regarded as a king, a father, and a god by everyone. He has always been the one who gives gifts. But now, he feels the warmth he has never felt before from Mo Yu's tireless, profound and sincere teachings.
Perhaps, this is what others call fatherly love!
Yhwach thought so, and then spoke:
"Spirit King, you don't need to comfort me. The eternal paradise without death and pain is the path I must embark on. But before that, as you said, I need to think for a while. Putting all this aside, you followed Ishida Uryu to the Shadow Empire, surely not just to give me guidance, right?"
Youhabach’s philosophy is not only an ideal, but also an inevitable self-salvation.
A thousand years ago, although he felt tired and in pain, his intellect could still barely maintain generosity and grace, and he was a qualified king. But a thousand years later, the souls of countless Quincies slaughtered by the God of Death kept returning, and his intellect had irreversibly tilted towards paranoia, coldness, and cruelty.
He was degenerating, and not only himself, but all the Quincies were degenerating. The once glorious Empire of Light had now completely degenerated into an Empire of Shadows, no longer having its former glory. Yhwach was deeply aware of this, and he despised and hated it.
Then he couldn't help but think, what would become of him and the Quincies under his command in the next thousand years?
A madman who has been tortured by pain and death to the point of collapse, with a chaotic mind and twisted intellect, leads a group of paranoid and crazy rats who have lost all their glory but have constant fantasies all day long, hiding in a place called an empire but is actually a sewer, clamoring incessantly, and dreaming of an eternal and constantly twisted dream?
What a tragic ending it was for the former king and god, the people of God who were once clothed in glory!
If that fate were to happen, Yhwach felt that he and all the Quincies would be as good as dead even if they were still alive.
Therefore, Youhabach will never stop pursuing the road to paradise without sacrifice, pain, and death, not only for the believers who worship him as king, but also for himself.
But Yhwach was unwilling to say more about these words, and just brought the topic back to the beginning.
"My purpose, as I have said before, is to seek an opportunity for cooperation. The three great disasters of the past have not yet been completely eliminated, and the world is facing a new disaster of being swallowed by the void. For this reason, I need to refine the three realms into an ark, cross the void, and go to the new world. For this reason, I hope to unite all the forces that can be united..."
Mo Yu introduced the relevant information about the Tribulation of Nothingness and some ideas about the Three Realms Ark Project. After listening to it, Yhwach looked solemn.
There is one good thing about villains, that is, they are generally very ambitious. There are very few villains who just want to be an ordinary person. And ambition, if you want to achieve it, you need something tangible to rely on. When it comes to the world returning to nothingness, villains are sometimes more concerned and more proactive than heroes.
The same is true for Youhabach. His road to paradise without sacrifice, pain, or death is essentially still the pursuit of a better existence. He also needs the world to carry his intellect, and it is not in his interest for the world to return to nothingness.
After Mo Yu introduced some of the contents of the Three Realms Plan, Yhwach did not respond immediately. His eyes fell on Ishida Uryuu, who was still lying dead and had been forgotten for a long time, and then said:
"He is your pawn to implement the Three Realms Plan?"
The main purpose of Mo Yu sending Ishida Uryu to Soul Society was to lure out Yhwach and the Shadow Empire. Now that the goal has been successfully achieved, Mo Yu does not intend to let Ishida Uryu leave, so he introduced him:
"He is not my pawn. Instead, he is a full-time employee of Heavenly Kingdom Media who passed my interview and was promoted to a regular employee in advance for his outstanding performance. He is currently starring in the second episode of Legend of the Strongest Security Guard. Don't look at how miserable he is now, but he still has a lot of scenes to play in the future. In the Three Realms Ark Project, he also plays an extremely important role. However, he currently needs some help from you. For example, I think he is qualified to become the next King of the Quincy..."
Hearing this, Yhwach looked at Ishida Uryu again.
Even though the body and soul are extremely close to death, the fire of fighting spirit that has never been extinguished continues to beat death, and continues to live stubbornly and unyieldingly.
A hint of admiration emerged in Yhwach's sinister eyes.
Ishida Uryu caused a big fuss in Soul Society, so Yhwach was naturally concerned. After Ishida Uryu was rescued by Shihouin Yoruichi, Yhwach immediately sent people to look for him without much investigation or thinking.
This urgency did not come from appetite as Mo Yu had guessed, but from appreciation.
Ishida Uryu's performance reminded Yhwach of the Quincies a thousand years ago who were still clad in glory and in high spirits.
Only such an army of Quincies could support Yhwach, who had his all-seeing and all-powerful eyes sealed and whose strength had dropped to a lower level a thousand years ago, and who brazenly launched an operation to conquer Soul Society.
Thousands of years ago, in the history that has been completely erased by the nobles, there are records of the Quincies triumphantly marching with iron steps, beating the aristocratic warlords of Soul Society along the way one by one.
Under the guidance of the Banner of Glory, the Quincies once overwhelmed the entire Soul Society and made all the nobles tremble with fear. Otherwise, why did the nobles who had been attacking each other suddenly have the opportunity to unite and compromise, laying the foundation for the establishment of the Seireitei in the future? Of course, after the death of Yhwach, the Quincies were massacred and hunted down by the Soul Society unanimously because of this too.
But those were only the past. The Quincies of today have forgotten the banner of glory. The carefully selected high-end forces like the Stern Cross Knights may still be able to maintain some appearance, but other than those Quincies, Yhwach does not want to mention them anymore.
What supports the glory is spirit and belief, and Ishida Uryu's power may not be strong enough, but Yhwach does not care about this. He just thinks that the inextinguishable belief and spirit in Ishida Uryu may be able to restore the immortal glory to the gradually corrupted Quincies.
Even if Ishida Uryuu could not restore glory to the Quincy clan, as long as Ishida Uryuu was around for a little longer, it would be enough to make Yhwach's gloomy mood much better.
The passage of time is ruthless. Captain Yamamoto and Yhwach, as the protagonist and villain who determined the direction of the previous era, were once in their prime and full of vigor and courage, but now they are gradually old and their personalities have become completely different. However, they have one thing in common, that is, when people get old, they can't help but recall the past.
But even though he admired her, since he already knew that Ishida Uryuishi was a member of the Moyu Three Realms Ark Project, Yhwach did not make a decision immediately, but asked in depth:
"He is indeed qualified to become the next King of the Quincy, but what is your purpose in doing this?"
Mo Yu did not hide it: "Struggle is like this. The first point is to recognize the enemy and ourselves. There are forces that can be united, and there are naturally enemies that cannot be united. They can only be divided and purged, such as the God of Death. To achieve this, we cannot avoid the Zero Squad, so I plan to lure the Zero Squad out in advance. As the next heir to the Shadow Empire, Ishida Uryu, who is persecuted by the God of Death, and you who stand behind him, are a good weight..."
In Mo Yu's opinion, Aizen and Yhwach are both parties with non-core conflicting interests and are objects that can be united. As for the Three Realms Ark plan, as long as communication is good, out of their own ambitions and out of fear of Mo Yu, they will express a certain degree of support and cooperation. However, the situation on the side of the God of Death is more subtle.
The survival of the Three Realms depends on the Spirit King, and the nobles treat the Spirit King as a puppet and rule the Three Realms in his name. This is not only a legal principle, but also the ultimate trump card of the nobles, especially the five nobles who betrayed the Spirit King, to ignore the changes of the times and remain strong.
This trump card is not difficult to guess. The former founding nobles betrayed the Spirit King, dismembered and suppressed him, and then used the power of the Spirit King to open up chaos and divide the three realms.
Considering how the five great nobles of the past used various methods to "preserve" the Spirit King's legacy, and how they continued to divide up the Spirit King's body later on, do you think there are some guys with ulterior motives among them who still have methods, props, or backdoors to "borrow" the Spirit King's power again at the critical moment, and then secretly pass it down from generation to generation within their own family as the ultimate killer weapon?
The possibility is self-evidently extremely high.
