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Chapter 525 - 138: Great Wisdom Appears Foolish (7K words, asking for monthly tickets)

Chapter 525: Chapter 138: Great Wisdom Appears Foolish (7K words, asking for monthly tickets)

Xu Shu’s eyes lit up, a tickling curiosity invigorating his spirit.

Could it be that "that one" who killed Althias, as this fellow mentioned, was talking about "Ksitigarbha"?

Xu Shu had learned from legends about history that Ksitigarbha had always been hunted by Althias, hence he hid within a temple to evade capture.

But after meeting Xu Shu, Ksitigarbha seemed to have an epiphany, believing that it was ’fate, inescapable’. So, he no longer concealed himself, deciding to confront Althias head-on. He flew away into the distance, and a fierce battle between them was inevitable.

Oh, that’s right. He also took with him another part of the spirit within Xu Shu’s (Arthur’s) Purple Authority Scepter, belonging to his keeper, Christina’s spirit.

Because of this, Xu Shu had earned the achievement of carelessly losing a mother, even to this day, the memory remains fresh.

In the end, neither gained the upper hand, and it was suspected that both perished. Their remnants fused together, giving rise to a new entity—the Evil Buddha, Tailed Ksitigarbha.

—All of the above were conclusions Xu Shu drew from his encounter with Tailed Ksitigarbha, based on the information acquired from his legendary world.

Now, according to Mu Xifeng’s statement, in the real course of history, it seemed that Ksitigarbha ultimately won, killing Althias, the once Death God?

Could it be that Mu Xifeng’s information was inaccurate or was it a deliberate lie?

Or is it that Tailed Ksitigarbha, based on my legend, represents a separate entity, an extra party, not entirely equivalent to the "Ksitigarbha" or "Althias" in the real world, leading to my misjudgment?

There’s too little information; I still can’t draw any conclusion...

In this world, those "ancient ruins" still hold many secrets beyond my reach...

Moreover, the mad Death God Pope also puzzled Xu Shu.

What did the Death God Pope signify? In history, although rumors of Death reappeared often, there had never been talk of a church that worshipped the Death God alone.

Could it be the cult that summoned Althias?

Yet, from the glimpse of history I saw in the legends, they looked disorganized and low-tier, hardly fitting the grand title of the Death God Church...

And what about the true nature of the gods’ disappearance?

Why haven’t I heard of the gods disappearing?

According to the education I received since childhood, those beings that called themselves divine were evil and terrifying entities that descended upon our world, brought about the ’Great Catastrophe’ and destroyed the pre-civilization of humankind.

And to this day, these monstrous Evil Gods are still lurking, burning with a deep animosity, seemingly unrelenting in their quest to annihilate humanity.

So, why say "the gods disappeared"?

To my knowledge, they haven’t disappeared; I even eliminated a Demon Chosen One this morning, created through sacrifices to Evil Gods—they have always been around...

Truly baffling...

Momentarily, one puzzling question after another arose in Xu Shu’s mind.

Although he had learned much from the other’s words, he suddenly felt as though he knew even less.

An intense desire to know urged him to directly question the other party to uncover more secrets.

However, he could not.

He was no longer Xu Shu or Gu Lishi, but the highly esteemed "Tai Chu"!

He couldn’t act ignorant of these matters that the other could freely discuss in the comments section.

It appeared to be essential knowledge for elite individuals.

If he wanted to know more, he would have to wait for someone else to ask.

But by now, the comment section had become the domain of "Tai Chu" and "Mu Xifeng".

Even Melanie had stopped commenting, probably just lurking and watching.

As for others, they would not dare to butt in and disrupt the current dialogue.

And even if they asked, it was unlikely Mu Xifeng would provide an answer right there and then.

This certainly didn’t stump Xu Shu, who had once been a seasoned netizen.

He checked outside the platform and sure enough, found a few posts on the world channel with titles clearly related to him.

[Transcendent Power Rankings Update! The Death God Church added, with a high probability of being Fifth Rank, not inferior to Female Void Palace, Undying Mountain, Salvation Army, and other top organizations~]

[Shocking! Lord of Calamity from the Heavenly List speaks out about the secrets of Ancient Gods!]

[History possibly falsified? The gods may not be myths; perhaps they truly existed but ultimately disappeared...]

Titles like these, but the authors were essentially first and second-tier Transcendents, with third-tier being extremely rare.

"Heh heh, just as I thought. In any world, as long as there’s an ’internet’, there will never be a shortage of so-called ’Uncle Parties’ when leaks emerge!"

Xu Shu chuckled and clicked in one by one to take a look, but unfortunately, he didn’t find any particularly explosive answers.

The posts were filled with people’s shock and wild speculation; not a single authoritative figure stepped in to explain.

Xu Shu realized that the lack of knowledge wasn’t his alone; perhaps any Transcendent without sufficient power, unless backed by a substantial history, wouldn’t have access to such matters.

There was no need for him to belittle himself.

Perhaps, the content inadvertently revealed by Mu Xifeng today might be enough for these newbies to ponder over for a long time, a topic of heated discussion.

Actually, asking as ’Tai Chu’, Mu Xifeng might well have provided a direct answer.