"When the situation gradually became clear, even if I guessed everything, all I could do was go with the flow."
This was yet another realization about life for Chen Zhixing.
It was neither good nor bad.
He was not the sole center of the world. Everyone in this world has their own unique will. In the face of these individual consciousnesses, even Sos, powerful as he is with Divine Techniques, could only guide the general trend to develop in the direction he hoped for.
Sometimes, Chen Zhixing even pondered a question.
If back then, when the newly awakened Terminal Death God Sos first encountered the living being of the Cosmic Realm, instead of seeking help from him, it had shown him malice, what would the result have been?
Chen Zhixing thought about this question for a long time but could not come up with an answer.
In the end, he chose to leave this question to Sos himself, to let him answer it.
"Why do you ask this?" Sos’s response to Chen Zhixing’s inquiry was a puzzled expression: "My friend, the past cannot be changed, even if I am a god."
"I know, I just purely want to know the answer to this question, to know what you would do." Chen Zhixing smiled apologetically at him, insisting on hoping to get an answer from Sos.
"I see." Sos pondered for a moment before lifting his head: "Then perhaps you would not see the current me, just as you once said, human strength has its limits, even if I am a god, I cannot fight against the whole world. If we infer from the answer you provided, I would stir up an apocalyptic catastrophe at the end of ancient times, eventually forcing many powerful races to try to awaken those dead gods to fight against me. As for the final result, naturally, I would fall before them."
"But what about your mission then? If you were dead, who would bring about the end of the world?"
"Who knows, perhaps another me would be born, or maybe the world would directly perish during my battle with the many gods." At this point, Sos couldn’t help but smile: "Of course, these are things that never happened, but my friend, if you really want to touch the Dao of Cause and Effect, perhaps consider that since I appeared in this world, the first life I met must have been someone who harbors goodwill towards me as a starting point, that might be more helpful to you."
Chen Zhixing was shocked upon hearing these words: "How can it be!"
"Why not?" Sos curiously looked at him: "In a world full of gods, death gods, Heavenly Dao, and legends, isn’t it a very normal thing for a newly born death god like I was, to have the path to walk after birth arranged by someone?"
"But... How is this possible?"
A huge sense of absurdity surged into Chen Zhixing’s mind at that moment, to the extent that he didn’t want to respond at all.
"My friend, in the endless Star Sea, becoming a god is just the beginning for us. There are more great beings in the Star Sea, but even those beings cannot guarantee their own omniscience and omnipotence. How dare we, who have just set foot on this path, feel complacent because of our authority?"
"No, it’s not right, Sos... Have you ever thought, if according to your words, your birth and experiences are inevitable, then who made such a plan for you, or to go deeper, what did the many ancient gods in the Cosmic Realm before you believe, for them to choose to sever their homelands, thus leading to the downfall of the ancient times?"
"It’s the Stone Race People, but it doesn’t matter, even if we know everything, what then? I would only make decisions that align with my wishes, rather than rushed to an unnamed distant place to seek revenge on Stone Race People hiding there, wouldn’t I, my friend?"
"Stone Race People!"
Members of his disciple Shi Hao’s race!
Right!
In the plot of his memory, if the Cosmic Realm developed this way, it would make sense!
Shi Hao was able to rise in the Cosmic Realm because he met his clan in the Cosmic Realm and received help from his powerful kin, which led to his later return to the Celestial Profound Realm, sweeping through the Human and Spirit Realms!
"Yes, it’s a powerful clan from the other side of the Starry Sky, they call themselves Stone Race People, but they didn’t really do anything vicious to the Cosmic Realm, they just stirred the greed of the Ancient Gods. Ultimately, it was the Ancient Gods from the Cosmic World that caused all this, it was the Ancient Gods themselves who destroyed their own homeland." Sos said matter-of-factly.
"So, Sos, are there still Stone Race People in the current Cosmic Realm? I mean, any still alive?" Chen Zhixing asked nervously, already having a foreboding feeling in his heart.
"There are none, my friend, in fact, the Stone Race People of the Cosmic Realm were extinct six thousand years ago. Of course, maybe I had a hand in this, but you should also understand that even if I didn’t do it this way, they would have no way to survive being antagonized by nearly the entire Cosmic Realm after the Watchers exposed their ancestors’ deeds. If it weren’t for my protection, they wouldn’t have existed until that time." Sos said softly.
"Then why did you protect them?"
"Well, because there was a very interesting person among the Stone Race, yes, he was intriguing and provided quite a bit of help to me and the current situation of the Cosmic Realm, so as a reward, I protected his clan and allowed them to live in the Realm."