[Host, this countdown cannot be stopped.]
'Even if I kill Wang Yao?' Ye Tian Yun asked.
[Previous Host Wang Yao's life and death are now not related to the System. The shutdown command was not only for you but also for him.]
'Previous Host?' This part was the most confusing for Ye Tian Yun.
How can Wang Yao be the Previous Host of the System?
However, all these doubts were not the priority right now.
'Is there really no way?'
[No.]
Ye Tian Yun let out a sigh.
Everything happened so fast and unexpected that he had no way to even react to it.
Looking at the countdown, which was in its last minute, Ye Tian Yun closed his eyes and shook his head.
'System, after you shut down, where will you be transferred?'
There was no response.
Ye Tian Yun glanced at the unconscious Wang Yao and had a strong urge to kill the guy. Alas there were still many answered questions and unknown sides of this situation.
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'The future will be… unexpected.'
He understood the fact that once his System was gone, things would be much harder and unpredictable.
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'I am helpless.'
There was nothing that Ye Tian Yun could do in this situation.
Even the powerful System didn't have any solution.
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[System Full Shutdown Sequence Begins]
[System wishes the Host good luck in future endeavors.]
[System Transfer Sequence Begins]
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[System Successfully Transferred]
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[New Host: ]
[beep-beep]
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Ye Tian Yun suddenly felt weak and relaxed.
*plop*
He fell on his one knee and let out a sigh.
'System?'
There was no response.
'System?'
Ye Tian Yun couldn't feel its presence.
'Looks like it's gone.'
Taking a deep breath, he stared at the unconscious Wang Yao.
*zik!*
Ye Tian Yun instantly jumped and appeared near WangYao.
Turning him over with a kick, Ye Tian Yun frowned at him.
He was feeling conflicted as to what to do right now.
Not that he was having any ideas of sparing Wang Yao; instead, he wanted to know answers first.
After a moment of thought, he took out a sword from his spatial ring and slashed it on Wang Yao.
*siu!*
*siu!*
*siu!*
Intense pain overwhelmed Wang Yao and forced him to wake up.
"AHHHHH!!!!"
Wang Yao wailed in pain.
Ye Tian Yun stared at him with an emotionless expression.
He had cut all limbs of Wang Yao.
Taking out a pill from his spatial ring, Ye Tian Yun threw it in Wang Yao's might.
"Ugh!"
The pill melted in Wang Yao's mouth as soon as it touched his tongue.
The intense pain slowly disappeared within a few moments as if nothing had happened; even the blood stopped gushing out of the wounds.
"This…" Ye Tian Yun's actions confused Wang Yao.
He raised his head towards him and asked, "How long was I unconscious?"
Ye Tian Yun was surprised by this question, "I thought you would like to know why I gave you the pill."
Wang Yao's face suddenly relaxed, "You aren't in panic… Did the countdown end?"
Suddenly, he frowned, and a confused expression morphed on his face.
"Wait… even I can't sense it.." Wang Yao almost cried out.
Ye Tian Yun got confused, "What?"
Wang Yao gritted his teeth and asked, "Who is the new host!?"
Ye Tian Yun smirked, "Why should I tell you?"
Wang Yao got angered, "Bastard, tell me who is the new host!"
Ye Tian Yun shrugged, "Why should I?"
Wang Yao snarled, "Fuck you, Ye Tian Yun! Do you even know what you have done!?"
Ye Tian Yun squinted his eyes, "Shout once again, and you will lose your tongue next."
Wang Yao gulped and said as his breathing quickened, "Do you even have the slightest idea how hard it was to track you down!? Now I will have to look for the new host, fuck!"
Ye Tian Yun frowned, "Well, I do know the name of the new host, and I am even willing to tell you."
Wang Yao stared at him, "What's the catch?"
Ye Tian Yun smiled, "Answer my questions, and then I will tell you the name of the next host."
Wang Yao took a deep breath, and after a long silence, he said, "Alright, ask."
Ye Tian Yun pursed his lips, and sitting on his heels; he asked Wang Yao, "I will start with the first question that bugged me, "Why are you here? And why is your cultivation so low?"
Wang Yao shrugged, "I was, of course, here for the Emblem System. It chose the wrong host and forced me to temper with the timeline to correct things."
Ye Tian frowned, "Why do you need the system?"
Wang Yao shrugged, "Well, the answer to this is a bit complicated, but in simpler words, I needed the system to change the future."
"The future?" Ye Tian Yun frowned, "You became the Heavenly Emperor… why do you want to change it?"
Wang Yao laughed and shook his head, "That is your future and my present. My future is what happened after I became the Heavenly Emperor."
"Oh?" Ye Tian Yun was intrigued, "What happened after you became the Heavenly Emperor?"
Wang Yao replied, "A lot of things came to light. Ye Tian Yun, would you believe me if I said that we all are just pawns in a grand scheme by the Heavens itself?"
"Pawns?" Ye Tian Yun frowned.
Wang Yao nodded his head.
Staring at the white sky, he said, "Do you remember why all the cultivators strive to become the Heavenly Emperor?"
"Because the Heavenly Emperor rules everything under the Heavens and is also a big figure in the Upper Heavens,'' he added.
"Everything under the heavens…" Wang Yao then gave a self-mocking laugh, "This is simply a reminder of the fact that the Heavenly Emperor is below the Heavens."
Ye Tian Yun frowned, "What are you trying to say?"
Wang Yao smiled as he looked at him and said, "Ye Tian Yun, the Heavenly Emperor is chained to the constraints of the Heavens. He is nothing but a slave of fate."