Chapter 269: Heaven's Will (Two in One)
Gu Fangchen felt that he had prepared himself mentally and had overestimated his mother. However, when Xiao Zhenwu said this, if he was drinking water, he would have spit it out.
And he had to flash in front of Xiao Zhenwu and spray him in the face.
He twitched his lips and looked across at Lao Deng, carefully observing his expression to make sure he wasn't kidding him.
"call……"
Gu Fangchen let out a long sigh and asked:
"Why does 'Heaven's Way' have will?"
This question may seem like nonsense, but it is actually very crucial.
Because according to the information Gu Fangchen currently knows, the "Way of Heaven" in this world should not actually have will.
The Tao is invisible and gives birth to heaven and earth.
The Tao is ruthless, moving the sun and the moon.
The Tao is nameless, nourishing all things.
"The Way of Heaven" should be just a set of orderly rules that accommodates everything and allows it to develop naturally, and it should not have its own will.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be the sentence that Ning Caiyong had previously transmitted to Gu Fangchen's memory -
"Within the universe, the stars are spread out; the furnace of heaven and earth is without the Way. Those who have attained the Way are now serving as dowries for flies and insects."
"There is no Tao in the universe" means that the Tao between heaven and earth, those rules, are not something that can be easily intercepted and mastered by humans.
The "Tao" given to humans are actually certain external wills that cover themselves with these "Tao" as a disguise in an attempt to devour the world.
Then, "Heaven's Way" itself should not have will, but is just a rule that operates invisibly, ruthlessly, and namelessly.
It can be seen that even she herself recognizes this.
This is contrary to what Xiao Zhenwu said at the moment.
Xiao Zhenwu shook his head:
"I'm talking about the Way of Heaven, not the Great Way that governs this world."
Gu Fangchen was stunned and realized that the emphasis of his pronunciation was completely different, and the meaning of the whole sentence was also completely different.
He reacted, his pupils constricted:
"You are talking about the Way of Heaven..."
Xiao Zhenwu nodded, stood up, looked at the sky outside the hall, and said in a deep voice:
"This is the third path that was born at the beginning of the world. It is the foundation for the birth of the world."
At this moment, Gu Fangchen felt as if he had suddenly realized something.
His thinking has not yet completely changed. There is one rule that is the biggest difference between the rules of this world and the world he lived in in his "previous life".
It is the sky of this world.
He knew long ago that the structure of this world was completely different from what he knew.
This piece of sky revolves around the earth, and the earth is a plane with front and back.
The long river of time flows eternally, and the stars in the sky rotate endlessly.
Someone disguised it as the sky, turning it into a curtain that covers the entire world, and it flows day and night.
But before that, the sky remained the same and did not change.
Therefore, this is also a real "Tao", that is, the "Tao" that shapes the world into what it is today.
This is the way of heaven!
Gu Fangchen's eyes flashed, and he said firmly:
"So... she was the one who cut off the history of the 'Honglu' and transformed it into the Starry Sky Curtain."
The "Tao" in Xiao Zhenwu's hand is "Heng Chang", and he indeed does not have such ability.
So Ning Caiyong was his ally and the person who discussed Taoism with him. Moreover, during that discussion, the two of them made all the subsequent plans. Therefore, she would say that it was [Master Hengchang] who chose Gu Fangchen.
The person who is chosen should be the one who breaks the deadlock.
However, Ning Caiyong's condition does not seem to be that of an ordinary "enlightened person". Not to mention in the present world, even in the "Honglu Great World", she has rarely appeared.
Otherwise, Li Kan, the "Military Genius", wouldn't have said he had never seen her...
This may be related to her "amnesia".
Xiao Zhenwu nodded in affirmation and continued:
"I know you must have a lot of questions, but we can still talk for a long time before the Dao Fire burns out."
"So, let me start from the beginning."
He walked down the stairs and came to Gu Fangchen's side. He glanced at the white plastic stool under his buttocks and said with a smile:
"There's still a lot of time. Can't you give me a place to sit?"
Gu Fangchen twitched his lips and snapped his fingers again.
A white plastic stool, a folding table, a plate of barbecue, and an upright freezer appeared in front of me.
The once magnificent palace hall was instantly transformed into a barbecue stall.
These things were out of place and even the style of painting was wrong, but Xiao Zhenwu took a look at them and sat down naturally.
Gu Fangchen opened a bottle of ice cola, took a sip, and Xiao Zhenwu began to speak.
"This world is very small, as small as a stove with the lid covered. That's why people call it 'Honglu'."
"People didn't believe it was only as big as what they could touch, so they explored it hard, trying to find an exit."
"But everything is sealed off tightly on all sides, which makes them feel even more unwilling."
"However, one day, a hole was finally drilled through this seal, and a seed was thrown in from the outside."
"But in reality, this is just the bait. The invisible fishing line is tied to it and is tightening little by little."
"The fish don't know they've fallen into a trap, and they scramble to take the hook. As they tear at it, the hole gets bigger and bigger, and more and more seeds are put in."
“The world began to fall apart.”
Gu Fangchen understood that this was the scene he had seen with countless gazes falling from the sky. He went straight to the core issue and said:
"Who's fishing?"
Xiao Zhenwu shook his head and said:
"I have no idea."
"You don't know anything?"
Xiao Zhenwu let out a long sigh. Although he had no expression on his face at the moment, he actually looked a little lonely:
"Yeah, do you think it's funny? I don't even know what I'm fighting against."
"I have never seen the true faces of those countless 'Tao's', and perhaps it is merely their gazes that are eroding the entire world right now."
"But I know one thing clearly—they all want to take this world for themselves."
"And the Way of Heaven is the barrier that can keep them out, and it is also the last line of defense."
"So, the first thing thrown in was the 'Dao Seed' of the 'Heavenly' Dao."
"Their idea seems simple. Breaking through this barrier from the outside is too difficult, so they decided to break it from the inside."
"As long as people are tempted and gradually intercept the 'Tao' they disguise as, then this world will collapse on its own."
Gu Fangchen's expression changed:
"So, Ning Caiyong is the first 'enlightened one'?"
Xiao Zhenwu nodded:
"She is the holder of the 'Heaven' Dao, and she was the first one to realize something was wrong and stop practicing."
"But, the Way of Heaven is too special—"
Xiao Zhenwu stretched out his finger and pointed upwards:
"It is everywhere. As I said, it is the foundation of the world. Ning Caiyong, as the carrier of the Tao, is in constant contact with the Tao. Even if I consciously stop, it will be useless."
"Those who hold the 'Sword' Path can break their swords, those who hold the 'Dream' Path cannot sleep, and those who hold the 'Life' Path can choose death."
"What can the holder of the 'Heaven' Dao do? This sky, which encompasses everything, is unavoidable."
"Besides, she is so talented."
"Just by coming into contact with the 'Heaven' Dao, there is no stopping the growth of her cultivation. Once she reaches that unspeakable realm, this world will be doomed."
"So, she made a decision."
Xiao Zhenwu said in a deep voice:
"Disperse your cultivation, seal your consciousness, and throw yourself into the cycle of reincarnation."
"But even so, the Heavenly Dao within her body continues to grow. And after each reincarnation, the Heavenly Dao grows faster and faster, and her consciousness returns faster and faster."
"Furthermore, over such a long period of time, the Way of Heaven has almost become one with her. It can be said that she has become the will of the Way of Heaven."
"The last time, it was already the limit."
"You should already know that her awakening occurred during the internal turmoil in Jiange. Even though she tried her best to suppress it, her consciousness returned at the age of 15. If she were to reincarnate again, I'm afraid she wouldn't be herself anymore."
"However, this time, I finally found that opportunity."
Xiao Zhenwu looked at Gu Fangchen:
"To give birth to you."
"As long as you succeed, this world will survive. Therefore, she sealed her self-awareness again until she was forced to return to the 'Honglu' to save you. Using this frozen history, she continued to suppress herself."
"You can't find her because she is the sky right now. She is watching you all the time."
He suddenly laughed and said leisurely:
"In fact, if there really is a so-called 'Heaven's will' in this world, then... it should be you."
"The third path born at the beginning of the world is the path of Heaven."
"The first and second paths that were born simultaneously were 'Truth' and 'Falsehood'. Now, they are in your hands."
Gu Fangchen took a deep breath and saw his own eyes in the reflection of the Coke can. He turned to look at Xiao Zhenwu and asked his own question:
"But the Tao should not be controlled by humans..."
Xiao Zhenwu said:
"I know what you're wondering. Do you remember what I said you were?"
Gu Fangchen thought for a moment:
"I am the offspring you created using the causal magic."
Xiao Zhenwu laughed and said:
"My 'Tao' is 'Heng Chang', which means balance, equality, and immutability. I am not supposed to have any offspring."
"For a person who does not exist in the world at all, your existence is the infinite void."
"Using infinite space to store the Tao is, from the perspective of cause and effect, just like moving them to a new place."
"Those outside eyes can't see you, so they can't pollute you."
"The 'Tao' in you is the most authentic and original 'Tao', and you are its safest container."
Gu Fangchen finally understood how Xiao Zhenwu created him.
But there is still a problem.
"And then? Now that I exist and have attained the Tao, what should I do to bring this world to a burning end?"
Gu Fangchen looked at Xiao Zhenwu steadily.
Xiao Zhenwu did not answer immediately, but sighed with some nostalgia:
"When I first discovered that 'attaining the Tao' was a scam, I was naive and thought that using the 'Tao' I had mastered would be enough to save the world from disaster."
Gu Fangchen believed that he did have such thoughts.
In the memories that Ning Caiyong gave him, the [Ancient Human Emperor] made such a great wish, and then divided the Yin and Yang worlds and opened up the reincarnation.
Before that, the people living in the "Honglu World" were dead and even their souls no longer existed. They might have been swallowed up by the eyes outside.
And Xiao Zhenwu allowed people's souls to be preserved and continue to exist in this world in the form of reincarnation.
But he didn't expect that everything in his hands, the power he thought had changed the world, was actually just a fire that burned the world.
Such a thing is indeed hard to accept.
“So, I try to pursue ‘constancy.’”
"I transformed myself into the founding emperor and the last emperor of every dynasty, trying to control the entire trajectory of history."
"I don't expect to eliminate all 'Tao', but rather I hope that the 'Tao' that fills this world can maintain a fixed amount, constant at a safe bottleneck, and never change again."
“In fact, at one point I thought I was almost there.”
Xiao Zhenwu laughed:
"Dawei was supposed to be the final testing ground for this method."
Gu Fangchen thought, so that’s how it is.
This is why there are fewer and fewer first-class associations.
Moreover, from the information revealed by Xiao Zhenwu at this moment, he also understood that the realm of "True Immortal" was probably the "eternal" understood by practitioners, which means transcending time and space.
Xiao Zhenwu and Ning Caiyong both exist in this sealed history and in the ever-evolving present world at the same time.
Here, they remain almost unchanged, whereas in the present world, they intervene in everything as time progresses.
A real high-dimensional creature.
but……
Gu Fangchen thought a little strangely that it seemed that he himself was now a standard high-dimensional creature.
He can exist in both the past and future timelines at the same time, and he can also exist in both the previous life and the present life at the same time.
Xiao Zhenwu said:
"In my imagination, as long as Xie Qian dies and the last first-grade master disappears, my plan will succeed."
"But later, I found out that this plan was not feasible."
Gu Fangchen had already reacted during his narration, sighed, and said:
“It really doesn’t work.”
"Because, what you rely on is also a false and parasitic 'Tao'."
"Even if that world lacks the First Rank, the Dao of Hengchang still governs everything, so the Dao is still increasing. It's simply not possible to achieve the goal you mentioned."
Xiao Zhenwu looked at him with a serious look:
"So I lost this discussion."
"We need a completely new world that can block out all paths."
He reached out, opened a can of Coke, poured himself a glass, and then shook it:
“I’ve seen this world.”
This is the real [Mirror in the Dust], which will reflect all truth and falsehood, and in turn accommodate the world, becoming a new unbreakable barrier.
(End of this chapter)
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