"Whether it's becoming an immortal or a god, isn't it all for the purpose of proving the Dao and achieving immortality!"
"Isn't this the purpose of your cultivation?"
"As long as you are willing to become a disciple of my Shu Mountain sect, I guarantee that not only will your lifespan be greatly increased, but I will also help you obtain a supreme divine position in the realm of gods!"
The old man in purple robes patiently and kindly explained.
"But I just killed many people from Mount Shu."
Li Yao shrugged.
"So what? The dead are gone. Only the living have value. As a cultivator, one should be able to take everything lightly!"
The old man in purple said calmly.
"What a fine way to take everything lightly!"
"I never expected you to be so open-minded; it's truly admirable!"
Li Yao's words were half true and half false; he neither admired nor disliked him.
He didn't admire him because the old man in purple was even more indifferent and ruthless than him.
Despite the fact that he had killed so many people from the Shu Mountain Sect, the purple-robed elder remained so calm and even invited him to join the Shu Mountain Sect.
I admire him because the old man in purple was very honest.
"Hundreds of years ago, a master guided Dao Yin Zhenren of the Qionghua Sect to use the full strength of the Qionghua Sect to forge the Xihe and Wangshu swords to bind the Illusionary Darkness Realm!"
"That expert, you must be one of them!"
Li Yao suddenly spoke up.
"Oh, you actually knew about this!"
The old man in purple was slightly surprised.
His words were tantamount to admitting that he was the mysterious man in purple.
"You disguised yourself as a mysterious man in purple and gave pointers to the Qionghua Sect. I'm afraid it wasn't to help the Qionghua Sect, but to destroy it!"
Li Yao guessed.
"good!"
The man in purple nodded and said without any hesitation, "The Qionghua Sect is powerful and has many ambitious people. With just a little encouragement, we can push them into the abyss of death."
"At that time, the Qionghua Sect was the largest cultivation sect in the world, yet it was unwilling to be governed by Fuxi!"
"So, you joined forces with Fuxi and put on a great show."
"You instructed the Qionghua Sect to bind the Illusionary Dream Realm and slaughter the Dream Eater Clan!"
"Fuxi will then have a reason to punish the Qionghua Sect and wipe it out in one fell swoop!"
"From then on, your Shushan Sect became the largest cultivation sect in the world."
Li Yao slowly speculated.
Chapter 591 The True Identity of the Man in Purple
"You're very clever; your guess was spot on. I'm glad I valued you!"
The old man in purple robes stroked his long, silvery-white beard and spoke in a mature and sophisticated manner.
"Let's talk about the Evil Sword Immortal again."
Li Yao thought for a moment and then said.
"Oh, what do you know about the Evil Sword Immortal?"
The old man in purple narrowed his eyes, and an indescribable smile appeared on his face.
"The Evil Sword Immortal is the manifestation of the evil thoughts of the Five Elders of Mount Shu!"
"However, at the beginning, the Evil Sword Immortal's power was very ordinary and could be destroyed at any time. Instead of destroying the Evil Sword Immortal, the Five Elders of Shu Mountain imprisoned him in the Demon Locking Tower."
"As everyone knows, the Evil Sword Immortal lives by devouring living beings with his evil thoughts."
"By imprisoning the Evil Sword Immortal in the Demon Locking Tower, we are essentially giving him an opportunity to devour the evil thoughts of the demons and monsters within the tower and grow stronger over time."
"I don't understand why the Five Elders of Mount Shu would do this?"
"Afterwards, the Demon-Sealing Tower was broken by Chonglou, and the Evil Sword Immortal was able to escape."
"Even at this moment, with the strength of the Five Elders of Mount Shu, subduing the Evil Sword Immortal is still not a difficult task!"
"However, the Five Elders of Mount Shu allowed the Evil Sword Immortal to escape."
"I still don't understand this."
"It wasn't until a major event happened later that I understood why the Five Elders of Shushan allowed the Evil Sword Immortal to grow stronger little by little and did nothing about it."
In the TV series, the Evil Sword Immortal perished, and the Five Elders of Shushan also perished.
However, this setting is not present in the original game.
Therefore, the destruction of the Evil Sword Immortal by the Five Elders of Shushan will not have any impact on them.
However, the Five Elders of Shushan did not do this, which is quite puzzling.
"Oh, what major event happened later?"
The old man in purple asked curiously.
"The Evil Sword Immortal transformed into Qingwei, the leader of the Shushan Immortal Sword Sect, and massacred the Penglai Sect."
"Only then did I realize that the Five Elders of Shushan wanted to use the Evil Sword Immortal to eliminate other major cultivation sects so that the Shushan Sect could become the only cultivation sect in the world."
Li Yao said with a disdainful look.
"But how do you explain the fact that the Evil Sword Immortal later bewitched Xu Changqing and went to Mount Shu together, attempting to control Mount Shu?"
"Could it be that the Five Elders of Mount Shu are planning to use the Evil Sword Immortal to destroy Mount Shu?"
The old man in purple remained unmoved and instead asked a question in return.
"On this point, I must say, the cunning of your Shu Mountain sect is truly remarkable."
"Or rather, all of this was something you had secretly planned all along!"
Li Yao stared at the old man in purple and said.
"Oh, what did I plot? To destroy Mount Shu? Don't you think that's ridiculous?"
The old man in purple remained calm and composed.
"I can conclude that everything the Five Elders of Shu Mountain did was instigated by you behind the scenes."
"You allowed the Evil Sword Immortal to grow stronger little by little, becoming a great demon who plagues the world, even at the cost of sacrificing part of the Shu Mountain's foundation and many disciples, all for one purpose: to suppress the Nuwa lineage!"
Li Yao's gaze was sharp, and his tone was icy.
"I'm increasingly confused by what you're saying. Why did you suddenly bring up the Nuwa lineage?"
The old man in purple pretended to be confused.
"As you probably know, the descendants of Nuwa have a mission: to protect all living beings at the cost of their lives!"
"As a descendant of Nuwa, Zixuan was arguably the strongest person in the human realm at that time!"
"Zi Xuan's power frightens you and makes you feel threatened!"
"Thus, under your deliberate guidance, the increasingly powerful Evil Sword Immortal finally became a great demon who threatened all living beings and attempted to dominate the six realms."
"The Evil Sword Immortal has committed evil deeds everywhere, poisoning the common people, and even attempted to destroy the Shu Mountain Sect."
"In order to save the world, Zi Xuan had no choice but to join forces with Jing Tian, Xu Changqing and others to kill the Evil Sword Immortal."
"Afterwards, Zixuan prevented the demons and monsters in the Demon Locking Tower from escaping and harming the human world."
"She sacrificed herself to repair the Five Elements Formation of the Demon Locking Tower."
"And this is exactly the ending you wanted to see!"
At this point, Li Yao snorted coldly.
Actually, it wasn't just Zixuan.
The deaths of Lin Qing'er and Zhao Ling'er in the original storyline are also related to Mount Shu.
In the original game, the Shushan Sect couldn't possibly be unaware of the calamity posed by the Water Demon Beast, and Xu Changqing was even less likely to be unaware of it.
However, Xu Changqing did not appear to help Lin Qing'er, which led to Lin Qing'er's death alone, turning into a stone statue.
It's understandable that Shushan didn't intervene, but it's hard to explain why Xu Changqing didn't.
You must know, Lin Qing'er was the biological daughter of Lin Yeping and Zi Xuan in his previous life!
There is probably only one reason for this: someone is preventing Xu Changqing from rescuing Lin Qing'er.
The person who stopped Xu Changqing was probably the old man in purple robes standing before them.
Let's talk about Zhao Ling'er!
As a descendant of Nuwa, Zhao Ling'er was captured by Dugu Yuyun and taken to the Demon Locking Tower. Even if Dugu Yuyun was unaware of her identity beforehand, he must have discovered it afterward.
However, in the original game, Dugu Yuyun kept Zhao Ling'er imprisoned in the Demon Locking Tower until Li Xiaoyao appeared and rescued her.
Subsequently, Zhao Ling'er died while sealing the Water Demon Beast. Ironically, after Zhao Ling'er's death, Li Xiaoyao became the leader of the Shu Mountain Sect.
This made Li Yao suspect that Li Xiaoyao was the Shushan Sect's pre-selected successor as sect leader.
This can be seen from the fact that Li Xiaoyao was taken in as a disciple by the Drunken Sword Immortal.
Zhao Ling'er's death was more or less related to Li Xiaoyao.
Li Xiaoyao was merely a pawn used by the Shu Mountain sect, or rather, by the old man in purple.
Therefore, the existence of Mount Shu was largely for the purpose of suppressing the Nuwa clan.
"You've said so much, but you've overlooked an important question: Why do I want to suppress the Nuwa lineage?"
The old man in purple remained calm.