"What do you mean?" Zuan's brain was really overloaded at this moment. Yesterday, today, tomorrow, past, future, watch, clock and a series of other words appeared in his mind. Shouldn't the continuity of time be taken for granted?

Mi Li hesitated for a moment before explaining, "The concept of time is just a natural idea formed by ordinary living beings, but for some transcendent beings, time actually has no meaning. They can simultaneously observe every point in time, past, present, and future, at the same instant."

Zuan nodded secretly; this was also how humans imagined some gods.

"For those beings, the past can become the future and the future can become the past if they want to. So don't worry too much about whether you can change history. As long as you follow reasonable rules, it's not a big deal even if you do change it."

Zuan's heart stirred. Back when he saw the phantom of Yumen Beiqing in the sealed land, was the cryptic talk the other party made similar to what Mi Li had said?

"But if that's the case, wouldn't history really become a little girl who can be dressed up however you want? Anyone can change it, wouldn't all the heavens and myriad worlds be in chaos?" Zu An felt an itch on his scalp, as if he was about to grow a brain.

“What you said is inaccurate. History is indeed a little girl who can be dressed up as one pleases, but not everyone has the right to change it. Those who can dress up history are also the figures who can influence history,” Mi Li corrected.

"Furthermore, to avoid the kind of chaos you mentioned, I don't know if it's a private agreement reached by those transcendent beings or a law that originally existed in the universe, but some important historical events are fixed. Once fixed, the history of that time and space cannot be changed, and can only be slightly modified within the principle I mentioned to you before."

Zuan nodded as if he understood, but Mi Li stopped him, saying, "This concept is too advanced for you right now. It's not something you should be concerned with. Going too deep into it will only lead you into a complete confusion about time."

Zuan felt a chill run down his spine. It seemed that the other party had also used calming and restorative spells, and his mind was indeed much clearer.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He used to complain that Mi Li was a riddle person, but today the other party was not riddles, and he realized that he was the one who was confused.

It seems that what the other party said is true; the time is not right, and knowing is useless and will only bring danger.

"It's not easy for me to wake up. Is there anything else you want to ask, except for anything related to time?" Seeing that he understood her good intentions, Mi Li nodded with satisfaction.

Zaun pondered for a moment, then remembered something else: "By the way, when Morgad fought me before, he mentioned the fate of annihilation and the Taotie divine beast. This isn't the first time I've heard of Taotie from other people. It shouldn't be the kind of monster I saw in the Yin Ruins Secret Realm before, right?"

"Huh, how did he know this?" Mi Li's expression turned somewhat serious.

Zuan's heart skipped a beat: "He shouldn't know this?"

“His current strength is not enough to be qualified to know these things, but there are too many variables in the universe, and every living being has its own adventures, so it is not impossible for him to know this.” Mi Li murmured to herself, “Since you have already naturally learned about this from others, it should not have any impact if I tell you again.”

Zuan blinked, waiting for her to continue.

"These two are actually a question." Mi Li thought for a moment but didn't answer directly. Instead, she asked, "What is your view of God?"

"Gods?" Zu'an never expected the other party to ask such a question. "Gods should be people in a stage where human civilization is not advanced enough. They cannot explain some natural phenomena, so they imagine that those are the work of gods."

"Various civilizations and beliefs continued to develop, and gradually perfected their own mythological theories, creating all sorts of gods..."

Mi Li smiled and said, "Now that you've been through so much, do you still think that gods are just superstition?"

Zuan took a deep breath: "That's right. Originally it was indeed superstition, but now it seems that it may be some exceptionally powerful beings who have been regarded as gods by ordinary beings."

He couldn't help but think of what he had seen in the secret realm of the demon royal tomb, where there was not only the goddess of Wushan, but also the concept of the Heavenly Court.

“Yes and no,” Mi Li said in a deep voice. “Many gods were indeed just powerful beings at the beginning, but the faith of ordinary beings is not just superstition. It can indeed provide the corresponding gods with the power of faith, allowing them to break through to a higher realm.”

Zu An wasn't surprised; he'd read so many online novels in his previous life and had often seen similar concepts.

“Of course, they have received the benefits of faith, but they also have corresponding constraints, namely, they cannot deviate from the faith of believers,” Mi Li paused and added, “You can understand it as what the god in the minds of ordinary beings should do and what he should not do, then the behavior of the god who enjoys the faith will be constrained accordingly. Although it is not completely consistent, it cannot deviate too much from the faith.”

"For example, if a benevolent deity who upholds the righteous order does evil things every day, or an evil deity does good things every day, it will cause them to have big problems."

Zuan nodded; that explanation made it easier to understand.

Mi Li continued, "And destiny can be simply understood as a kind of belief."

Zaun's heart stirred slightly: "Then the path of annihilation that Mogard mentioned is the path of annihilation?"

Mi Li did not answer him directly, but instead spoke slowly in a mysterious tone:

"There are countless beliefs in the world. Some civilizations are monotheistic, while others are polytheistic. How many gods do you think there should be in the world?"

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