I forsake righteousness

So guys I'm going to do like last time so if after I post this chapter he reaches 100 power stones after the power stone ranking is reset for this week I'll post another chapter today

And I also have a question, have you read any other reverend insanity fanfic based on my recommendations or did you read mine because of a recommendation in another fanfic?

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"What... what happened...?" Wang Mei asks, uncertainty and fear evident in her voice, worried that the anger might be directed at her.

"Ahh... nothing, just someone trying to do what I hate the most..." Chen Wei says while trying to calm his own rage caused by the actions of the toad.

Of course, what Chen Wei refers to when he talks about what he "hates the most" is not the act of killing. He himself has not only ordered the deaths of many people in the past but has also personally killed many in a cruel manner.

So, if it were necessary, he would be happy to exterminate the other two clans. As for the He An Clan, he would not be as pleased since it goes against his plans, but even so, he would be willing to do it if it were necessary to obtain an immortal gu.

Perhaps a mortal who had no notion of the value of an immortal gu could call him a heartless monster, but almost any immortal who had this opportunity would sacrifice the three clans with a smile on their face.

But here is the key word: "Necessary." As probably the greatest living specialist in the blood path, he can easily see that the deaths of the three He An clans are not necessary for the refinement. Even a layperson could see the lack of necessity for the deaths of the three mortal clans to refine an immortal gu.

And it's not as if Kuang Luo To is trying to deceive him about this, since the clans are listed as "materials" for the refinement. But he clearly isn't going to use them in the refinement, so it's obvious that he just wants Chen Wei to kill the three clans.

In other words, to Chen Wei, it feels like Kuang Luo To is trying to ruin his plans and also to dictate how he should live his life now, forcing him to join the demonic path, which enrages Chen Wei.

"What... what did Kuang Luo To do? Is this about the inheritance?" Wang Mei asks uncertainly, not knowing what is going through Chen Wei's mind.

"In a way, yes... I will have to talk to him to resolve this," Chen Wei says as he gets out of bed, leaving Wang Mei's embrace. She has a displeased look on her face but says nothing.

"Ahh, he's sitting in that armchair in his study room..." Wang Mei, despite wanting to spend time with Chen Wei who has finally woken up, knows that he must have very serious matters to discuss with Kuang Luo To, so she tells him where he has spent the last few days.

"Alright..." Chen Wei nods and starts making his way to where Kuang Luo To is.

"Blood Sacrifice Gu, truly worthy of its status as an immortal gu..." Chen Wei murmurs while analyzing the recipe for the immortal gu in his aperture, which is a world of difference in complexity compared to that of a mortal gu.

Every time he rereads this refinement recipe for an immortal gu, Chen Wei feels he is discovering new things, even though it is a Blood path immortal gu. Chen Wei estimates that it contains the depths of the Theft, Information, and Human paths as well.

"Or maybe it's just the effect of a high attainment in the blood path being able to replicate other paths," Chen Wei says while looking at another perspective that allows him to see that the Gu is "stealing" the essence of blood while using the "information" contained in the blood to transfer the "human" essence of the blood to it.

"...Even though I now have a higher attainment in the blood path than Kuang Luo To, he is still a much greater genius than I am when it comes to immortal cultivation." This is a truth that Chen Wei is seeing in practice now because, although he can not only see the numerous flaws but also correct the toad's methods in mortal blood path techniques, the same is not true for immortal methods.

This is due to Kuang Luo To's practical knowledge being infinitely greater than Chen Wei's when it comes to creating immortal gu, as well as making one path emulate the effects of others. Despite Chen Wei's theoretical knowledge allowing him to easily understand some of the concepts behind the immortal gu recipe, he lacks the practical experience.

"There you are... could you explain this immortal gu recipe in mt head?" Chen Wei enters Kuang Luo To's study, the place where they first met.

"Kekekeke, what could it be but the immortal gu I promised you as the final benefit!" Kuang Luo To, sitting in his armchair, speaks with a smile on his face.

The toad's appearance, even more disheveled than before, would not be the first image that comes to mind when thinking of a legendary immortal. But now, in front of Chen Wei's eyes, he knows that this is probably the strongest being he has ever encountered by far, so even in the midst of his anger, he tries to keep his emotions under control.

"And why are the three Clans of Longhua Mountain in the recipe as 'materials' for the refinement?" Chen Wei looks at the toad while waiting for his next actions.

"Kekekekeke, because I wanted it!!!" Kuang Luo To speaks emphatically, laughing heartily like a lunatic.

"You..." Chen Wei speaks, looking with a complex expression at Kuang Luo To.

"Don't act like a virtuous and righteous young man. You aren't even a centimeter of that," Kuang Luo To levitates out of his armchair, a smile on his face.

"Did you ever feel remorse for those you killed... or unhappiness for those you will have to kill?" Kuang Luo To speaks, his smile growing with every word.

"Tell me... I expect that an immortal gu specialist in the Information Path should know." Chen Wei's eyes follow the floating toad as he speaks with anger in his voice.

"No!" Kuang Luo To speaks directly and simply.

"Or maybe you would if you had to kill that scary little girl. I'm not sure," Kuang Luo To speaks fluidly and quickly.

"But I believe that if killing your clan didn't go against your plans, you would have come to me with a smile on your face..."

"You are quite incorrect. I am a paragon of merciful virtue," Chen Wei interrupts the toad amidst his words with a declaration full of irony.

"Are you developing a sense of humor now?... Anyway, we both know that your anger doesn't come from killing but from this ruining your plans, kekekeke!" Kuang Luo To speaks as if he can see through Chen Wei, who is standing in front of him.

And Chen Wei himself knows that the toad is correct, because his greatest anger and concern after discovering the toad's plan to massacre the three clans and devastate Longhua Mountain is how he could escape as a demonic gu master who would be hunted throughout the southern border.

The reason he would have to flee is obvious, as a massacre of this scale would not go unnoticed. Worse still, if some immortals could sense the aura of a refined immortal gu permeating his body, it would be certain death.

And he would have to take all this risk to help refine an immortal gu for Kuang Luo To, who he believes would probably disappear after obtaining the Gu, which also leaves Chen Wei in great doubt as to why he, as well as the other three girls, have received so many benefits from him.

"One joke for another... tell me the real reason why you want me to kill all the inhabitants of Longhua Mountain with my own hands, except for myself, Wang Mei, the baby in her belly, and those other two girls," Chen Wei asks, wanting a concrete answer from Kuang Luo To instead of "because I wanted to."

The fact that he might have to kill his own family is now something secondary in his eyes, as he sees it as a mortal threat to his life if, according to his agreement with Kuang Luo To, the toad simply vanishes after refining the immortal gu.

"Kekekeke, sometimes in life things are really disappointing when we don't have an answer... and if I tell you that even I don't know the reason," Kuang Luo To speaks with an honest expression that doesn't convince Chen Wei at all.

But this is one of the few times the immortal toad is being completely honest with Chen Wei, as he himself doesn't know why this gu recipe requires these aspects, since he wasn't its creator and doesn't have the ability to fully grasp its depth.

"Let's end this exchange of useless words that will lead nowhere!" Kuang Luo To speaks while raising three fingers of his right hand and pointing them at Chen Wei.

"I will give you three days to think about your choices: either go ahead with the refinement of the immortal gu according to the recipe I created... or give up, and I, as a benevolent immortal, will let you go without any problem," Kuang Luo To speaks in a way that makes him seem like a man of honor and principle who would really keep his word.

"Hahaha... ahhh, tell me, am I fated to have this gu?" Chen Wei speaks in a low tone after laughing angrily, leaving even Kuang Luo To with a strange expression.

"How could I know? Kekeke Besides, what was the reason for that laugh? Is this situation driving you insane?" Kuang Luo To speaks in a way that conveys honesty in his voice, but Chen Wei only feels irony.

"You know, fate is a decree from the heavens, but we apparently fulfill it by our own will," Chen Wei speaks, his expression now completely abandoning the anger he had before, replaced by a profound calm.

This comes from Chen Wei realizing for the first time in practice the influence of the fate gu on his life, because despite being able to try to avoid this immortal gu, everything leads him, either out of fear or greed, to make the opposite decision.

Of course, he doesn't really believe that Kuang Luo To would let him not refine the immortal gu and go away without problems, but he believes that the toad left this choice because he knows that Chen Wei won't make it anyway.

Chen Wei actually finds it almost laughable, as it reminded him of a moment in the past when he judged that he wouldn't be able to do the same thing Fang Yuan did in the Gu Yue Clan, but here he is, about to do the same.

And it's not as if he were like Fang Yuan, who had already become indifferent to his family. Although he feels no qualms about killing any of the clans, the same cannot be said about his family. Over more than a decade in this world, he has really grown to care for them.

But after his exchange of words with Kuang Luo To and his experiences of cultivation and life or death over the last few months, he has decided on a new conviction.

"Kekeke, only now do you realize that this is how Fate Gu operates? Kekekeke. Anyway, you have three—" Kuang Luo To is interrupted mid-sentence.

"Yes!" Chen Wei says resolutely, leaving Kuang Luo To surprised for a moment, as he listens to Chen Wei's declaration in sequence.

"In this realm of rich primeval essence,

Where one may wield the strength to shatter armies,

I refuse to linger in the abyss of mediocrity

For all my days.

Today, before all, yet only for myself,

I declare my unwavering conviction in this life!

Today, I am a sinner, as I am weak before others and the world,

Bowed by external wills.

Yet I shall press on without rest,

Following my path of cultivation,

Slaying whom I wish to slay,

Sparing whom I wish to spare,

My will alone guiding my deeds!

Thus, by Blood, I forsake righteousness,

By Blood, I embrace myself,

Charting my course by my own convictions and beliefs!

In the future, what I deem just shall be so,

What I deem demonic shall be so,

For in this world, above and beneath the heavens,

My will alone shall reign supreme!"

Kuang Luo To, witnessing Chen Wei's declaration firsthand, has a broad smile on his face because he knows that, for now, only the two of them have heard Chen Wei's poem, but he knows that in the future, this conviction of his will be known to the entire world.