Chapter 10: The North and South are fighting, the paths are different, and in the end it’s Zhenwu fighting in the South Pole!



The wind blew over the trees and forests on the mountain. The Great Emperor of the South Pole Changsheng Heaven left the South Pole Changsheng Heaven for the first time in a thousand years. At this moment, he looked at the black-robed Zhenwu, still very cool and calm. He stretched out his hand and invited him from afar, saying loudly: "Daoyou Zhenwu, it's a beautiful day today. We meet. Why don't you come up and have a drink together?"

Qi Wuhuo walked forward calmly and entered the pavilion.

The pavilion has no backup plan or trap.

To people of their realm and level, the so-called traps and plots are no longer meaningful. No matter whether it is the Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole who puts vitality first and has endless vitality, or the Great Emperor Zhenwu who is unparalleled in killing and wipes out all demons, neither of them can immediately cause decisive damage to the other.

At this moment, the Southern Emperor of Immortality poured a glass of wine for Qi Wuhuo, placed the jade wine pot on the table, and held the wine cup himself, saying, "...It's incredible."

He said, “I’ve thought about it many times.”

"Think about who will stand in front of me in the end. The least likely one is Gou Chen, followed by Hou Tu, and the most likely one is Zi Wei. I have even thought about it with your teacher. Under the huge pressure of the final catastrophe, even the high and detached Three Pure Ones will try to stop me."

"But I never thought that the one who would stand in front of me in the end would be you, Qi Wuhuo."

"A young Taoist priest who was only a junior a thousand years ago."

“Although this is not the first time I have felt this way, the mystery of cause and effect in this world is so unpredictable that it makes people sigh and admire…” Qi Wuhuo looked at the clear wine in the wine cup, which reflected the sky and the sea of ​​clouds, and replied calmly: “It’s not me who is standing in your way.”

"It is your actions that have caused all living things to reincarnate in order to aid your own practice."

"You use all living things to build the foundation of your Tao."

"Everything in the world will stop you."

"Qi Wuhuo is just one of them."

The Great Emperor of Longevity in the South Pole laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, all living things are trying to stop me, and the Zhenwu **Demon is just one of them!"

"I asked you this question a thousand years ago, but I want to ask you again now. Among all living things, which is more important, the body in this world or the soul? Is this body me, or is the soul me? If you also believe that the true spirit is the only one, then after the true spirit reincarnates for thousands of years, is it the self that returns?"

The black-robed emperor said calmly: "If the true spirit awakens, the true spirit is the self."

"If the true spirit is not awakened, then what is shaped by the experiences of this life is also the self."

"It is me and not me, so how can we generalize?"

"Besides, everything is natural. All living things and spirits have their own spiritual awakening. That is a natural awakening. But what the Emperor wants to do is not this [natural awakening]. You want to control it by force, through life and death, through reincarnation, to force all living things to awaken in the direction you want."

"It's like the cattle and sheep in the pen. When they are born, they are selected, which ones are used for breeding, which ones are used for wool, and which ones are used for meat. All of this is in accordance with the expectations of the herders. Then how they grow, when they are castrated, when they are stabbed in the neck, and even the use of their meat and fur are all arranged."

"Emperor Changsheng, the direction you pointed out is very good, but there is one thing."

"I cannot agree with that."

Qi Wuhuo looked at the Great Emperor of Antarctica who still had a gentle smile on his face.

The Southern Pole Changsheng Emperor slightly opened his eyes, his eyes were gentle but clear, he played with the cup in his hand, letting the wine swirl in it, and said, "Oh? I'd like to hear more about it."

The Great Emperor Zhenwu looked at him and said:

"Your so-called practice, breakthrough, and reincarnation are all under your control."

"In the future you pointed out, all living beings are just your puppets. You don't consider what immortality is, what enlightenment is, and what these true spirits desire. You turn your own needs into their goals and force them on them."

Qi Wuhuo paused, and thought of the old friends he had met along the way.

Confucius, who brought peace to the world for all time, and the mighty king, who was so arrogant that he was willing to die of old age on earth.

Under the plum tree, an old friend with white hair;

After reincarnation, the Dragon King was able to make up for his regrets.

Return to the basics of lighting the lamp.

Jin Chanzi and Medicine Master Liuli who went through reincarnation to seek the Dharma.

There are also Chaofeng and Jiaotu who are standing on the top of Zhongzhou City, looking at the distant scenery.

Immortality is not the only goal. There are things in this world that are higher than life and death. Even if it is to seek immortality, everyone has his own choice. The end may be there, but everything you see on the way is completely different. Walk slowly, watch the sunrise and sunset, look at the beautiful scenery, and the world of mortals.

Only after knowing the spring breeze and winter snow, and seeing the best sunset in the world, can you understand the practice.

Instead of giving up immortality and having nothing else to gain, one is not the kind of person who is born just for the purpose of practicing. If one does not have the qualifications for practicing, one will continue to reproduce in this life to give birth to talented descendants. After losing this ability, one will directly die and reincarnate, waiting to continue practicing in the next life.

Not this kind of captive world.

Qi Wuhuo raised his head and drank the wine. He could finally answer the question that Taishang Xuanwei had not been able to answer for a thousand years. Emperor Zhenwu put the cup on the table, looked at Emperor Changsheng in front of him, and said calmly: "Your path is wrong!"

“Practice is to cultivate yourself and understand your true mind, not to practice for the sake of your immortality.”

“Why you do something is more important than the thing itself.”

"The Immortal Emperor said that all things are immortal, but it is just that all things are puppets who only seek immortality. Everything else is abandoned, just like ants in an ant colony. Everything they do is just for the sake of you, the Immortal Emperor."

"If you want to use the common people, you don't have to give them such a seemingly beautiful illusion. "

"And it conceals many of the cruelties involved."

The Great Emperor of Longevity in the South Pole was stunned. He had never thought that the younger generation back then could now refute his path with dignity. He could not help but shake his head and laugh, saying calmly: "If you can live forever, you can ignore many disasters, and naturally you will have countless peaceful days to live in the future."

"The pain we are experiencing now is just a necessary price to pay."

"Isn't it also said in the world that there is bitterness before sweetness?"

“The vision of immortality is that gods and immortals stand on the clouds, overlooking the vast world with ease and calmness. Mortals don’t understand it, and don’t you, Zhenwu, understand it either?” The South Pole Emperor of Immortality raised his hand to show, and the clouds flowed naturally, turning into a large piece of clouds. The clouds spread out, vast and majestic, and flowing with auspicious air.

Below were mountains and rivers rising from the land, and on the sea of ​​clouds stood immortal gods with handsome faces and flowing robes.

With a happy smile on his face and lively eyes, he overlooks the world. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and in this world one can vaguely see people kneeling and worshiping devoutly.

It was as if he was a real immortal, standing in the sea of ​​clouds, enjoying the beauty of eternal life.

The Great Master Zhenwu looked at the transformed world and said calmly, "It seems cool and carefree, but it is just a puppet of fellow Taoists. Compared with ordinary people, immortals are immortal, but facing the catastrophe, they are no different from ordinary people. I am afraid they cannot achieve the "immortality" in the eyes of the Great Emperor Changsheng."

"You are the one controlling everything. In that future, all living beings are just puppets and marionettes in your hands."

"Once you feel dissatisfied, once you feel that it is not enough, once you feel that these immortals can provide you with more help in the path to immortality, you will not hesitate to send them back to the mortal world, and their suffering will be meaningless."

With a sweep of his sleeves, the wind blew past, and the mountains and rivers in front of the two men became withered. The immortals above the sea of ​​clouds appeared withered, their hair was dry and yellow, their faces were old, and chains appeared on their bodies. Behind their necks there seemed to be thin and tough silk threads, which spread upwards and fell into the hands of the Antarctic Emperor Changsheng.

When the wind blew, the immortal thread broke, they cried out unwillingly, their faces full of pain, and then fell from the clouds, losing their carefree and ethereal aura, and fell into the mortal world of reincarnation. With a loud bang, they shattered into pieces, turned into wisps of air, and dissipated and disappeared.

The Great Emperor of Longevity in the South Pole said calmly: "...This is also reincarnation. They once walked into the pure realm of immortals and gods, but they could not live forever. The next time, whether they are reincarnated as livestock and beasts, or humans, it can be regarded as living up to this life. With the previous experience, they can awaken their true spirits in advance, which is of great benefit to their cultivation."

"One day, he will be able to return to this realm of immortals and gods."

As he spoke, the previous transformation technique changed again.

The falling energy dispersed, fell into the water and turned into swimming fish, and fell into the world and turned into human beings. All of them were because they were once immortals and gods, and they awakened their true spirits earlier, and then they started practicing early, and then they were thriving again.

The Southern Emperor of Immortality pointed at the picture of the world that was deduced from the changes. His voice was low and he was no longer calm. The smile on his face also disappeared, and he looked much more serious. He said: "If we continue step by step, even if there are twists and turns, we will move forward in the end. One day, we will reach the end, and all living things in this world can ascend to heaven right away. Isn't that possible?!"

"Really? Then why not continue the deduction?"

The Great Emperor Zhenwu swept his fingers together, and the sword energy swept across the front, causing these creatures to become immortals, and then collapsed again. This happened several times, and he finally went crazy. He looked at the Great Emperor of the South Pole Changsheng in front of him and said, "Ascend to heaven, become immortals, and become gods. Then, after reaching a certain realm, because of your path, because their upper limit is still not satisfied with [immortality], you will knock them down to the realm of immortals and gods again."

"Time and again, they will never be able to achieve true immortality."

"I will only be constantly defeated and fail before these illusory goals and wishes, and then be given the so-called chance to start over again..."

"Because even the goal of [cultivating for longevity] was set by you for them."

"If even the purpose of cultivation is to prepare wedding clothes for others, how can one truly understand the great way and freedom?"

The black-robed emperor scolded:

"Nanji, your talk of immortality is just a lie."

"Your goal is simply to make all living beings constantly try to achieve immortality before the [Final Tribulation] arrives, so as to complete your ritual and eventually make this concept powerful. In the end, you will be able to cross the Final Tribulation alone, allowing all things to perish, the heaven and earth to open up, the six tribulations to revolve, and you will remain immortal."

"You are walking on a path where you take what is not enough to give to others."

The Great Emperor Zhenwu finally revealed the truth about the so-called great wish of the Great Emperor Changsheng.

The smile on the latter's face completely disappeared.

The South Pole Emperor of Longevity raised his black hair slightly, opened his eyes, and scanned a certain future shown by the previous transformation technique. Suddenly, a crack appeared in the void, and many hard-working immortal gods who appeared screamed and fell into the boundless crack, turning into gas and dissipating.

The Southern Emperor of Immortality swept his sleeves, stood up, and said in a calm voice:

"The loss is not enough to support the surplus?"

"Wrong."

"The strong get stronger, and the weak get weaker. This is how it should be. The strong set the order and rules, and the weak just need to obey. I have at least given them a path to longevity and cultivation. What have you done? Are you bragging here?!"

Qi Wuhuo sat there quietly and replied:

"I left the Taoist scriptures that I had learned from my own practice, as well as the tree transformed from the Imperial Qi, in the human world."

"The world is one country, and there are hundreds of schools of thought."

"I pointed out the direction ahead and left the scriptures for cultivation. The rest of the road is their own journey, the path they should take. When to stop and where to go are their own choices. No one can interfere, and there should be no ups and downs."

When Qi Wuhuo talked about this, he suddenly understood what his teacher had taught him.

Understanding the old man's kindness and magnanimity, his expression became even gentler.

The Southern Emperor was speechless for a moment, and finally said, "So what?"

"I am still here, and they continue to reincarnate. In the next calamity era, I will reshape them."

The Great Emperor Zhenwu said, "But what revived at that time was their own true spirits; or was it just that the Great Emperor Changsheng used his infinite magical powers to reproduce them, like a flower in a mirror or a moon in water, and after that, did they continue to exist as part of your ritual?"

"Or, if there are these two people, no matter their bodies or spirits, they have become exactly the same with the supreme magical power, without any difference, are they the same individual? The Great Emperor Changsheng?"

The question that Qi Wuhuo had asked back then finally hit the mark between the eyebrows of the Southern Pole Changsheng Great Emperor thousands of years later through Qi Wuhuo's counter-question. The latter remained silent for a long time, staring at Qi Wuhuo, seemingly giving up on trying to persuade him, and simply said calmly:

"At least, I gave them a chance."

"An opportunity to transcend this final calamity is better than a Taoist like you who only knows how to talk big."

The Great Emperor Zhenwu said: "I also have my own path to overcome the final calamity..."

The Southern Emperor of Immortality shook his head and laughed, saying:

"Your path? Hahahaha, I only believe in my own choices!"

"Today is a perfect opportunity." He sighed, stood up, poured out all the wine in the cup in his hand, and stood with his hands behind his back.

"After this, the Northern Emperor returns and Queen Nuwa ascends the throne. If I want to succeed on my path, I only have this day left. I originally thought that you and I might understand each other, but it seems that we have different paths and cannot work together."

"You and I are just like we were thousands of years ago, we are not of the same kind!"

"If you are not my friend, then you are my enemy!"

On top of the Fangcun Mountain, blue-purple thunder was running and flowing, and the rumbling sound became more and more magnificent, as if the thunder from the entire world had gathered together, and endless purple light pressed down, and finally, with a roar, endless lightning gathered and turned into a spear, which fell down with a bang.

The Great Emperor of Longevity in the South Pole raised his hand and grabbed the spear, and his green shirt turned into a battle robe and armor.

His brows were sharp and the tip of his spear swept across. Thirty million bolts of lightning were running majestically and swept across the Taoist's brows.

"It just so happens that there is one last way for you and I to discuss the Dao."

The eyes of the Southern Emperor Changsheng were bright and sharp, and he said, "Only by war!"

"You are not my fellow man, then you are an outsider!"

"Today, we must slay the foreign demons—"

Endless lightning turned into a vast ocean, gathering on the tip of the spear, pointing directly at the black-robed emperor's brow. At this time, above the Nine Heavens Golden Palace, in the Zhenwu Palace, the sound of swords that had been silent for a thousand years rose up and soared into the sky!


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