The sudden turn of events startled Chen Jiuyang.
Chen Jiuyang said solemnly, "Who are you? Why should I believe you?"
Chen Jiuyang in the coffin said in a panic, "We've had this conversation before. I am you, and you are me. If you want to break free and survive, you must absolutely not agree to be buried in the coffin. You must go to the Ghost Village and eliminate the Chen Jiuyang of the Ghost Village!"
"I have no more chances at this point. You must live on for us!"
"Hurry, the ones from the Ghost Village are coming!"
"Rumble!!!"
Chen Jiuyang's face changed drastically. He felt a terrifying anomaly descending from the Dead Village, a presence he could not contend with.
Chen Jiuyang said solemnly, "Why would the Ghost Village and the Dead Village come to kill me?"
Chen Jiuyang in the coffin said urgently, "The Living Village and the Dead Village must not interact. If the rules are broken and someone enters by mistake, it will alert the Ghost Village. The Living Village is active during the day, and the Dead Village at night."
"You are from the Living Village and can be active during the day. At night, if you don't lie in the coffin, you will naturally attract anomalies to kill you."
"Hurry..."
Chen Jiuyang's brow furrowed, more and more unanswerable questions arising.
He quickly closed the coffin lid.
Chen Jiuyang drew his saber and slashed, then quickly fled towards the Living Village.
Behind him, the 'anomalous' Chen Jiuyang was chasing him, but did not attack immediately. Instead, he spoke, "You should have been buried. You shouldn't have appeared in the Living Village, let alone come to the Dead Village!"
"If you continue like this, you will lose the chance for transcendence!"
"You can talk?" Chen Jiuyang's heart stirred. As he ran, he asked, "Why do you say that?"
The 'anomalous' Chen Jiuyang said, "Restrictions! The restrictions between life and death! If you want to enter the game, you must first understand the connection between the villages and what this Great Dao origin truly is. Only then can you observe the game!"
"I too have wasted a lot of time in this place before, but it was too late, and I stopped here."
Chen Jiuyang was once again filled with incomprehensible questions. He frowned and said solemnly, "Then why did you try to kill me last night?"
"Your death is transcendence, but regarding last night's event, I also experienced it. With the 'Village Chief' interfering, I couldn't kill you."
"Remember, you have a chance to transcend, but if you want to observe and break the game, you must first deal with the Village Chief. Only you can deal with the Village Chief."
"Killing you is not breaking the balance; it is part of the transcendence plan."
These words made Chen Jiuyang more and more confused.
"The chance for transcendence is too slim, but even so, we must try."
"Remember, remember, you need to first comprehend what this Great Dao origin is, and then you can start to enter the game and observe it..."
"The Living Village is the biggest trap. Do not believe a single word anyone inside says, or you will stop here."
Immediately after.
Chen Jiuyang fled back to the Living Village.
The scene of peaceful years, everyone striving for their own goals, appeared before him – peace.
But Chen Jiuyang did not let down his guard. Instead, his vigilance grew more intense.
Having gone out just now, there was a Chen Jiuyang in the Dead Village and another Chen Jiuyang in the Ghost Village.
They claimed to be him.
The various parties held different opinions, seemingly pointing a path for Chen Jiuyang, but in reality, they left Chen Jiuyang unable to distinguish truth from falsehood.
If the Chen Jiuyang of the Dead Village and the Ghost Village were truly him, then the Village Chief of the Living Village telling him to be buried would make him the Chen Jiuyang of the Dead Village.
Thus, he would enter the game.
However, after entering the game, how could he observe it?
The anomalous Chen Jiuyang claimed he was observing the game after entering it.
Did this mean that if he didn't get buried and went directly to the Ghost Village?
The Living and Dead Villages could not interact, so who would be the intermediary? The Ghost Village.
Something is wrong, something is wrong...
Chen Jiuyang narrowed his eyes.
On the first level, for safety, he had to enter the coffin at night to avoid the conflict between the Dead Village and the Ghost Village. If he were buried and entered the Dead Village, he would be entering the game and stopping.
If he didn't get buried and went directly to the Ghost Village.
Chen Jiuyang felt a chill in his heart. It was all lies, a deception!
They were all lying!
The origin Great Dao of Immortal Emperor 'Zhuang Wu' could replicate him... but it couldn't replicate the Yan Sheng Saber...
There was only one Yan Sheng Saber, and it was in his hand.
Thinking about it, the Chen Jiuyang of the Dead Village asked him to kill the Chen Jiuyang of the Ghost Village.
What benefit would the Chen Jiuyang of the Dead Village gain?
The Chen Jiuyang of the Ghost Village asked him to kill the Village Chief.
What benefit would the Chen Jiuyang of the Ghost Village gain? Why didn't he kill the Village Chief himself? Or was he unable to kill the Village Chief of the Living Village?
Wait... was this information deliberately leaked to him? Were they genuinely trying to help him, or mislead him?
The situation had suddenly become complicated.
But one thing was certain: the Village Chief of the Living Village, the Dead Village, and the Ghost Village were all untrustworthy.
"Boom!!!"
Suddenly.
Chen Jiuyang seemed to have understood something.
What was the name of this origin Great Dao?
Village Chief Chen Jiuyang said, "Us."
Dead Village Chen Jiuyang said, "Us."
Ghost Village Chen Jiuyang said, "Us."
And as Chen Jiuyang looked around, all the people he saw were himself.
Could the origin Great Dao of Immortal Emperor 'Zhuang Wu's' Dao Fruit be "I," "Me," "Him"?
Suddenly, Chen Jiuyang seemed to have found a direction.
But why would this origin Great Dao manifest into three villages?
Something was wrong. Chen Jiuyang felt he was overlooking some detail.
The Chen Jiuyang of the Ghost Village alone had the strength to kill him.
If the Dao Fruit of Immortal Emperor 'Zhuang Wu' intended to kill him, why go to such great lengths?
Therefore...
Chen Jiuyang must have overlooked some detail himself.
"Rumble!"
Chen Jiuyang's body trembled abruptly.
How did he enter this place?
He entered the courtyard of Immortal Emperor 'Zhuang Wu's' Dao Fruit and played chess with him.
Then...
His white piece was stained black by the Dao Fruit's black pieces, and the chessboard was covered in dense black pieces.
If the white piece was himself, then these black pieces represented the Dao Fruit's power.
Black staining white.
So, what he needed to do was white staining black.
White within black, which is why he appeared in this village.
Suddenly, Chen Jiuyang seemed to have found the key to entering the game.
"I!"
"The name of this origin Great Dao is 'I'!"
"It could also be 'Me'!"
Then, the next step was to find the Village Chief of the Living Village to clarify the relationship between the three villages.
Immediately, Chen Jiuyang arrived at the Village Chief's house and saw a coffin placed inside.
Chen Jiuyang looked at the Village Chief, the middle-aged 'Chen Jiuyang,' and asked, "Who are you?"
The Village Chief, the middle-aged 'Chen Jiuyang,' said, "I am the Village Chief..."
A guess arose in Chen Jiuyang's heart, and he said, "No, you are me..."
"Rumble!!!"
The next moment, the Village Chief, the middle-aged 'Chen Jiuyang,' his face began to twist and become terrifying.
Chen Jiuyang did not hesitate. He directly opened the coffin lid, threw the Village Chief, the middle-aged 'Chen Jiuyang,' inside, and then closed the lid.
"Whoosh!"
Chen Jiuyang's vision blurred.
He found himself in a grand mansion in a ghost city. Before him was the elegant Dao Fruit of Immortal Emperor 'Zhuang Wu,' and the two were seated before a chessboard.
On the chessboard, there was one white piece and one black piece.
"It's your turn to make a move."