Cultivation Online novel Chapter 2245

Chapter 2245: Karma

Yuan wore a dumbfounded look on his face after hearing about the Celestial Overlords’ situation from Senior Bai. He was, without a shadow of doubt, confident that he was responsible for their karma’s decline.

After all, he’d recently killed thousands of soldiers from Heaven’s Mandate, servants of the Celestial Emperor, and such an act was definitely considered defying the heavens, a crime worse than killing innocent people.

Naturally, he never had such intentions. In fact, he didn’t even consider how his actions could have such tremendous effects on the faction. Unfortunately, it was too late, and there was nothing he could really do about their karma. Unless he killed every individual within the Primordial Realm, since exiles granted a lot of karma, it would likely take millions of years of hard work for them to return to fix their karma.

"So, what are the members doing about this?" Yuan asked.

"For starters, we’re investigating the cause of this phenomenon," Senior Bai replied.

"Honestly, many of us believe it’s some kind of mistake, given how unprecedented this situation is. As I mentioned earlier, even the massacre of an entire city of innocents wouldn’t result in such a drastic loss of karma. And since there’s been no report of any major incident, we suspect it may simply be an error."

Since word of Heaven’s Mandate’s defeat had yet to spread at this moment in time, no one was aware of what had truly happened.

After a brief silence, Yuan spoke. "Forgive me for being blunt, but does a faction’s karma really matter that much? Isn’t it just a measure of how righteous they appear to be?"

"If you look at it that way, then no, it doesn’t seem that important," Senior Bai explained. "However, most factions treat their karma as a reflection of their reputation, and some even see it as part of their strength. To possess high karma is to have Heaven’s approval, and the more you have, the more trustworthy and revered you become."

"How long would it take to recover the karma that was lost?" Yuan then asked out of curiosity.

"That’s..." Senior Bai had to ponder his question for several minutes before responding, "If we consider how much karma we gain every decade on average for the last ten thousand years, it’ll take at least seven million years to regain what we lost."

Yuan swallowed nervously when he learned that he’d erased seven million years of the Celestial Overlords’ hard work in less than half an hour.

"Sorry..." Yuan subconsciously apologized.

"Hm? Why are you apologizing? It’s not like you’re responsible... right?" Senior Bai looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"I just felt like apologizing..." Yuan said with a stiff smile.

Despite his close relationship with Senior Bai, Yuan couldn’t bring himself to reveal the truth. It wasn’t a matter of trust—he simply didn’t want to drag the old man into his troubles. Yuan knew that even if Senior Bai learned the truth, he wouldn’t place any blame on him.

Senior Bai sighed, "Anyway, that’s our current situation. Let’s switch topics."

He then said, "The Sword Emperor Qualification concluded a few years after you earned your title. We had planned to hold the celebration soon after, but since you weren’t available—and the Heavenly Son insisted he’d only attend if you were present—we decided to postpone it until your return."

"Now that you’ve returned, what do you think about participating?"

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