I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods

Chapter 740 - 31: Mom (4)

Actually, whether it was Yun You or Deng, both of them knew in their hearts that everything the Death God Organization did now was absolutely not what Tian Kui wanted to see.

Among the three sages, Tian Kui cared the most about the common people, the survival of ordinary lives. If he truly woke up, the first thing he would want to eliminate was the Death God Organization, which now massacred civilians under his banner.

But unfortunately, the current Tian Kui is clearly no longer in control of himself.

The cruel flames of war burned in the window pane, reflecting in Yun You’s eyes. She was silent for a long time before she slowly spoke...

"So, what exactly happened to Yun Tiankui?"

Yun You struggled to utter this name, this name intimately linked with her bloodline.

"He used to be at the Tier Seven Peak, the undefeatable presence in the real world, and the strongest, most resolute person among the three Death God sages. But why did he become like this?"

Deng also withdrew her gaze from the window; the purgatory-like scene didn’t seem to stir much in her heart. She had seen far too much.

She reclined back in her lounge chair, was silent for a moment, and then spoke softly, "To be honest, I don’t completely understand; his situation is very peculiar. However, after many years of deduction and combining the divergences between the three of us in the past, I can roughly guess the root issue."

As she spoke, she raised a finger, pointing into the void.

"The root, likely lies in the soul, and the conflict between the soul and the vessel. As mentioned before, the human body is essentially a weak and inefficient vessel. It simply cannot bear the complete, fully-developed power of the soul. This is the innate shackle confining us."

Deng’s gaze swept over Yun You.

"The Saint did not see this clearly, but he is someone who always avoids worldly conflicts, and his pursuit is guidance and coexistence, seeking the optimal solution within the existing framework. Thus, he does not love pursuing elusive power and never intended to forcefully push to Tier Eight from the start."

"As for me."

Deng pointed at herself, then pointed at the library surrounding them.

"I chose another path. Since the human vessel doesn’t work, then modify the vessel, or even abandon it, embrace the Death Domain, and explore an energized form of existence, attempting to circumvent the restrictions of the physical body and touch upon the soul’s mysteries from another dimension."

"As for Yun Tiankui... he chose the most direct and most domineering approach — to reinforce the physical vessel, forcefully carrying it."

There was a slight complexity in Deng’s tone.

"This guy believes that if he can refine his physical body to the utmost, he can break through the shackles, accommodate stronger soul power, and even ultimately reach Tier Eight. This method itself theoretically is not entirely unfeasible. At least in accommodating his constantly refined and enhanced soul power, it was effective."

"This is also why he could become the strongest among us three, even touching the pinnacle of Tier Seven."

"But the problem is..."

Deng shook her head, speaking softly, "He was too greedy, or perhaps he was blinded by his obsession with ’purifying the world.’

"Not only did he want to raise his soul power to the peak, but he also wanted to cleanse all the Apprentice Death Gods in the world, and his cleansing method was to forcibly absorb their Sequence Origin and soul power."

"And soon, those absorbed forcibly... originating from different individuals, carrying different imprints, and even conflicting soul origins and power of sequence started uncontrollable mutations."

"The quantitative change led to a qualitative change."

"His physical body was indeed sturdy, capable of withstanding the physical impact of this power. However... the one carrying the soul is not merely the physical body’s strength, but more importantly, the structure of the ’vessel’ itself."

"Yun Tiankui was ultimately still a human; his soul structure and thinking patterns were built upon the ’underlying code’ of the human species, and this ’vessel’s design specification was never intended to accommodate such massive... and those filled with conflicting foreign soul information."

Deng tapped her temple with her finger.

"So in the end, the result of this matter was ’overload,’ and a collapse at the consciousness level."

"On the outside, his physical body remained strong, even appearing more ’perfect’ due to absorbing excessive power, but internally... the consciousness belonging to ’Yun Tiankui,’ formed by human thinking logic, had been completely blown apart, fragmented by countless foreign chaotic soul fragments and streams of information."

"His cognitive logic became extremely chaotic, incomprehensible, unpredictable; past memories, present perceptions, future deductions — all timelines were stirred into a mess within his chaotic consciousness."

"He might remember the oath to protect civilians one second, and the next be driven by a killing desire from a lingering soul echo. He might not even recognize who he is, what he is doing, nor remember the source of his power."

"These are the issues afflicting him."

At this point, Deng’s tone lost its emotion, becoming somewhat cold.

"A human, forcibly transforming himself into a ’furnace’ attempting to accommodate all the world’s souls, the furnace is indeed sturdy, so it didn’t blow up, but the one inside responsible for controlling the heat level has gone insane. This situation is somewhat similar to the First Generation King, but the First Generation King’s body and soul were both blown apart, while Yun Tiankui’s soul shattered, but the physical body remained."

"That’s the end for that guy."