"Even so, I couldn't escape the fate of becoming a slave. And my enslaver wasn't from the Nether God Race, but a human evil cultivator. With my utter lack of ability, he treated me like a rat to be bullied at will. He severed my tendons, gouged out my eyes, and subjected me to endless torment, again and again."
"Under the cruel and inhumane abuse of that evil cultivator, I spent fifty excruciating years in this world. By then, I was already old and weak, having given up all hope of survival."
"It was also then that the desire for power and the yearning for strength began to grow within me. If only I could cultivate, I wouldn't have to be subjected to the humiliation of others."
Xuan Qi recounted his past with a flat tone.
These painful experiences were spoken of so lightly by him.
Mu Qingqing looked at him with complex emotions, unsure of what to say for a moment.
If what Xuan Qi said was true, compared to his experiences, her own less than fifty years were truly fortunate.
Xuan Qi continued to narrate his past with the same placid demeanor.
"Later, other human cultivators rescued me from that evil cultivator. I naively believed they were genuinely helping me, but unfortunately, they only saw me as a waste of their time."
"When the Nether God demons attacked, these hypocritical human cultivators mercilessly abandoned me, kicking me into the horde of demons. In that moment, I was in despair."
"However, the Nether God demons did not kill me immediately. Instead, they merged demonic souls into my body, intending to forge me into a demon-human weapon."
"Fortunately, in the final stages of being forged into a demon-human weapon, I managed to escape. It was also thanks to the Nether God Race refining my body into a demonic form that I was able to cultivate."
"Using this power, I joined the Eternal Allied Army and once fought against the Nether God Race for the sake of the myriad beings of the Eternal Continent."
"But when I revealed my demonic soul power and defeated a vanguard of the Nether God Race, saving the populace of a certain country, what I received was not their gratitude, but thousands of angry stones thrown by the populace, filled with hatred and contempt."
"The very people I protected with all my might treated me this way. Simply because my power originated from the Nether God Race, my friends, who once fought alongside me and with whom I had formed deep bonds, betrayed me at this moment. They revealed my existence to the Eternal Allied Army, and labeled a demon, I was imprisoned in a dungeon for a full two hundred years. Daily, I endured brutal torture, and at times, I was forced to wear a humiliating dog chain, paraded through the streets, pelted with all sorts of rotten eggs and vegetables by countless citizens."
"I understood the pain the Nether God Race had inflicted upon them. These people, unable to take revenge, vented their hatred upon me, this demon."
"Afterward, that country still fell, but I once again fell into the clutches of the Nether God Race. This time, I met the Nether God King, who left a trace of evil energy within me, allowing him to control me, and he deliberately let me go."
"At that time, I was unaware of the situation. Returning to the human race, I adopted a new identity and chose to continue fighting to protect others. But betrayal, abandonment, false accusations, insults, and rumors turned me into a rat in the Eternal Continent."
"I don't understand. I've always tried my best to protect them, fighting the Nether God Race with all my might, yet this is how they treat me!"
As he spoke, Xuan Qi's expression suddenly turned grim, his eyes sharp, and a chilling aura emanated from him.
Xuan Qi's painful experiences did stir some emotion in Mu Qingqing, but she was not moved by him.
No matter how compelling Xuan Qi's words were, Mu Qingqing would not forget that the man before her was currently the enemy of all beings on the Eternal Continent.
Thus, Mu Qingqing sneered, "So, you intend to take the suffering you once endured and exact revenge upon the innocent beings of the entire Eternal Continent?"
Hearing this, Xuan Qi did not get angry, but merely smiled faintly, "This is not revenge, but purification."
"Purification?"
"These sixty thousand years of experience, I have witnessed countless sunrises and sunsets, vast changes in the land. Of course, what I have seen the most is the unfathomable nature of the human heart."
"Regardless of the era, there are always weak and humble individuals like myself who were once oppressed. I have also understood through tens of thousands of years of change that I was merely forced into the dark side of the world. You living in the light cannot comprehend our yearning for sunlight. Even if you offer us help, because we are mired in darkness, your acts of rescue are often nothing more than hypocrisy and falsity."
"This world needs a cleansing, to wash away these utterly hypocritical false people!"
"This is your true objective?" Mu Qingqing's gaze intensified, her eyes fixed on Xuan Qi, and she said coldly.
Xuan Qi smiled, not denying it, and said calmly, "That's right."
"Therefore, I chose to cooperate with the Nether God King, using his power to complete my grand purification plan."
"A grand purification plan? Are you some chuunibyou teenager?" Mu Qingqing scoffed dismissively.
Xuan Qi merely smiled slightly and said, "Chuunibyou teenager? It's been a long time since I've heard that phrase. You must be from Blue Star as well. However, I have no intention of returning."
"Although I come from the same world as you, our paths diverge, and we cannot cooperate. Whether you wish to stay or not, I intend to help Xin Ci complete the original plot's mission. Your so-called purification plan, Xin Ci and I are determined to stop you."
Mu Qingqing's resolute words sounded like a joke to Xuan Qi. He shook his head and sneered, "Mu Qingqing, Mu Qingqing, do you really think the Eternal Plane will unfold according to the original plot as you say?"
"What do you mean? Even with two transmigrators like us intervening, the plot's direction will not deviate. Xin Ci will absolutely break through to the Eternal Realm at the Eternal Divine Hall, defeat the Nether God King, and shatter your purification plan!"
"Mu Qingqing, you are truly laughably naive. Precisely because we are transmigrators, only we are not bound by the original plot. With a little manipulation, the original plot's direction can be altered."
"So, you've been attempting to disrupt the original plot's development since the Eastern Continent."
Mu Qingqing's sharp gaze fixed on Xuan Qi, enunciating each word.
Ever since Xuan Qi had snatched the top spot in the Eastern Continent Grand Competition, which originally belonged to Xin Ci, Mu Qingqing had harbored suspicions.
It turned out that Xuan Qi had been the one disrupting the original plot's progression and hindering the male lead Xin Ci's growth all along.
"Are you also here in the Eternal Divine Hall to impede Xin Ci's path to eternity?"
"No, I'm not. As I said, this is merely a wisp of my divine consciousness. It cannot have any impact on Xin Ci, let alone sabotage the original plot of Xin Ci achieving eternity in the Eternal Divine Hall."
Xuan Qi said this, but Mu Qingqing absolutely refused to believe him.
She had a vague, ominous premonition.
Xuan Qi looked into her eyes and chuckled, "However, you are correct about one thing. Someone will indeed obstruct Xin Ci's breakthrough to the Eternal Realm."
"But that person is not me, it's you, Mu Qingqing!"