Shen Qian fell into a daze and could not recover for a long time.
He explored and pursued hard for so long, and finally got the "answer" he wanted.
But who would have thought that this answer would be so disappointing?
The Demon King looked at Shen Qian's complicated expression and finally said after a long silence, "Are you desperate?"
Shen Qian opened his mouth, but finally just nodded.
Who can not despair!
This has nothing to do with the so-called state of mind. You must know that no matter how strong a person's "Tao heart" is, his belief is rooted in the "Martial Arts" itself.
When the "martial arts" itself is distorted, no matter how good your mentality is, it will only collapse overnight.
"...Why?" Shen Qian was confused in his heart. He wanted to open his mouth to ask something several times, but in the end he only asked three words awkwardly.
He couldn't figure it out and couldn't understand it.
"The first time I noticed it was when I just broke through the Great Emperor."
Maybe it was because it had been too long, but the Demon King seemed calm and relaxed. He flicked his sleeves again and brought the two of them back to the tea table. He just looked at the tea that was obviously the best in the world.
Shen Qian no longer had the slightest desire to talk, just waiting for the Demon King to explain the whole story.
"I was very high-spirited at that time. I should be the first person to reach the realm of the Great Emperor since Chaos. I just felt that the world is so big, what can't be done and where can't I go?"
The Demon King continued to recall, "But I still felt weird, because... after breaking through the Great Emperor, I progressed faster."
"You should know that martial arts is like sailing against the current. Once you reach the mountains and seas, it is more like going up a waterfall. It will only become more difficult to make progress as you go forward. How can you go faster and faster?"
Shen Qian had calmed down quite a bit and nodded after hearing this.
Princes have long lifespans. For example, King Zhou Yi lived for at least several thousand years. But Shen Qian was very sure that he was already a top prince probably thousands of years ago, which means that he has made no progress over the years.<
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But this is the norm.
Since the Great Emperor is superior to King Wu, it should be more difficult for him to make progress.
"But I felt at that time that I was still moving forward at a speed of thousands of miles. It only took me three to five years to go from becoming the emperor to the so-called peak of the emperor. The strangest thing is that I didn't
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it at all.”
The Demon King chuckled, "It wasn't until I started traveling across the universe in search of a higher realm, and wanted to see if there were other emperor-level beings alive, that I accidentally discovered the secret space in the 'Yuan Di'..." p>
"You know, Shen Qian, I didn't want to enter this secret space at that time. It was as if all the tissue and flesh in my body were resisting this place. It was as if this place was filled with some kind of danger that would completely destroy me!"
"I subconsciously want to escape, but at the critical moment, it is my will that has been bleeding for thousands of years that plays a key role. It may also be that I have lived long enough. If I can still find someone who threatens me, I just want to I was excited, so I stepped in here."
"Master, do you mean that these 'black blocks' are controlling your will?"
Shen Qian was horrified when he heard this. It was terrifying to think about how a great emperor could almost make a choice that went against his heart without knowing it.
"Yes, it wasn't until I entered here that these black spots in my body appeared without any warning, and I was like a person who had been sleepwalking for a long time, suddenly woke up and discovered all kinds of abnormalities in myself."
The Demon King sighed, "Later, I thought about it carefully. Aren't these dark spots that have eroded the depths of my soul the strong Taoist charm that I am proud of?"
"Until I reviewed everything, at first I didn't want to believe that there was something wrong with my understanding of the 'way of heaven'. I even wondered if there was a more powerful existence teasing me. Until I smelted this clone and searched the universe. Finally reached the so-called 'end'..."
"'The end'?"
Shen Qian, who heard this word for the first time, looked solemn, "Where is that place?"
"It is the place where the heaven and earth first opened, the beginning of the universe, the source of the 'Dao Sea', the end of all dimensions, and... the source of the long river of time."
The Demon King explained, "Actually, the earth, also known as the 'Yuan Di', was part of it at first. It was only separated from it after the chaos first emerged, barely leaving a 'seed'."
As for the second half of the Demon King's sentence, Shen Qian was a little confused, but he finally understood what the so-called "end" in the words of King Jiangling and Emperor Tian was.
"So that's where she exists?" Shen Qian said softly, "She is the incarnation of the 'Dao of Heaven'?"
"To clearly understand how she appeared, we have to start from the cause of it all."
The Demon King nodded and shook his head and said, "To be honest, I was also reckless. If I hadn't happened to encounter the backhand left by Nuwa, I'm afraid I would have been directly devoured by her, and I would never be able to restore the truth and inform the people who came after me."< /p>
"Nuwa?" Shen Qian said in surprise.
"Nuwa is not only the 'mother' who created the human race, she is also the ancestor of our demon race, so I guess that she may have put her hope of turning everything around at the beginning on the demon race, but later found that relying on the demon race can't No, we created the human race again."
The Demon King said meaningfully, "There is a little knowledge you may not know."
"What?" Shen Qian asked curiously.
"Among all the races in the universe, only the human race is a race that only appeared after ancient times. It can be said that it has no connection with the original chaos."
"Ah?"
"You will understand what I mean in a moment." The Demon King smiled calmly, "Let's start from the source of everything. The earliest chaos was the beginning, and countless primitive lives were born in that chaos, but first
Only two people give birth to self-awareness."
"Pangu and Nuwa?"
Shen Qian guessed something.
"Yes, Pangu created the world and Nuwa gave birth to life. It can be said that the emergence of heaven and earth and the growth of all things are inseparable from these two people."
The Demon King nodded, "All subsequent ethnic groups also worshiped these two as the supreme gods. Even the so-called Sanqing and other gods of your human race only appeared after the rules of heaven, earth and ten thousand ways were truly born."
"Do you know what level these two people are in?"
"Above the Great Emperor?" Shen Qian muttered.
"Yes, there is actually a realm above the Great Emperor. I named this realm the 'ancestral realm'. According to Nuwa's description, when you reach this realm, you can stand side by side with the rules, be on par with the way of heaven, and even
In a sense, it replaces part of the will of Heaven."
When the Demon King described it, his tone unconsciously contained some yearning, but soon turned into a deep sigh, "In the beginning, Nuwa and Pangu made an agreement not to interfere with any movement of heaven, but... Pangu violated it.
Agreement."
"Why?"
Shen Qian asked in confusion.
Among all historical legends, Pangu's character can be regarded as selfless. In order to promote the birth of all things in the world, he even turned his body into mountains and rivers. Could such a person have any selfish motives?
"According to Empress Nuwa's description, Pangu... was too jealous of evil."
The demon king said softly, "More and more races are appearing in heaven and earth. In order to survive and become stronger, countless killings and battles broke out in that ignorant era. Although Pangu incarnated in heaven and earth, his will did not
Indelible."
"He didn't want the world he created to contain so much darkness and filth. He was angry and unwilling, so he began to interfere more and more with the will of heaven... Just give me an example, for example, have you ever
Have you ever heard of the term 'Heavenly Tribulation'?"
"Of course." Shen Qian nodded blankly, "In fact, there are also disasters in martial arts. Although it may not necessarily be a five-thunder strike, there will be other forms."
"Then have you ever known that the so-called 'Heavenly Tribulation' is actually just some kind of lynching invented by Pangu himself?"
The Demon King smiled.
"What...what?" Shen Qian was stunned.
"The first heavenly catastrophe that targets the powerful true gods of all races is the thunder catastrophe."
The Demon King's expression was also a little dazed, which shows that he was probably shocked when he discovered the truth at that time. "But if you pay attention carefully, you will find that the more people are killed or the more evil-minded people are, the more likely they are to suffer thunder catastrophe."
The more terrifying it is, the more likely it is that there will be no life or death!"
"So in a certain period in ancient times, almost all the powerful true gods were moral models. To put it bluntly, they didn't even dare to fly in the air at will, for fear that the airflow they rolled up would accidentally injure other living beings..."
"Ah this..." Shen Qian blinked, "But it sounds pretty good. Wouldn't everyone be peace lovers?"
"Yes, but that's just on the surface."
The Demon King said calmly, "But if you look deeply into the essence, you will find that the existence of heavenly tribulation is inherently unfair."
"Whether it is a monk or a warrior, in order to reach a profound realm, who has not gone through countless hardships and crossed countless lives and deaths... When the time comes to break through, they should be rewarded, otherwise how can they deserve the ups and downs along the way?
As a result, it turns out that it takes an almost impossible catastrophe to achieve enlightenment."
"Is this really right?"
Facing the Demon King's soft question, Shen Qian was speechless for a moment.
Yes, existence is reasonable. Regardless of good or evil, they exist in harmony and unity. In philosophical terms, if there is no evil, how can we define good?
But in order to eliminate all "evil", Pangu forcibly set up the existence of heavenly tribulation, intending to use this method to make the world clear.
This is really twisted...
In fact, Shen Qian was still a little confused until this moment, because he never thought that the root of all this would come from Pangu, who opened up the world, and the other party seemed to be an extremely pure idealist?
This whole thing is ridiculous.
"What happened next?" Shen Qian asked, "Since Nuwa noticed it, didn't she try to stop Pangu?"
"Maybe it's because...she believes in Pangu too much."
The Demon King sighed, "While Pangu was secretly operating the way of heaven, there happened to be many flaws in the new world, and Nuwa was busy refining five-color sacred stones to repair those cracks... This is the so-called legend of 'Nuwa patching up the sky'.
You should have heard it."
"Even a three-year-old child knows this." Shen Qian nodded.
"By the time Nuwa Empress reacted, it was already too late."
The demon king looked strange, "She found that she could no longer talk to Pangu's will alone."
"What does 'unable to talk alone' mean?" Shen Qian was a little confused.
"Pangu's will has been unknowingly integrated with the 'Dao of Heaven'. It is difficult to say whether he eroded the Dao of Heaven or whether the Dao of Heaven assimilated him."
The Demon King thought for a while and said, "Didn't you human philosophers once have a theory about the 'abyss'? That's probably what happened."
"When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you... In the end, you can no longer tell who is the abyss."
Shen Qian murmured, having roughly understood everything, "So she...is a mixture of Tiandao and Pangu?"
"'Heaven's Way' is supposed to be without desires and ruthlessness. Only in this way can all things move naturally within the rules. When 'Heaven's Way' has emotions, self-awareness, and the desire to pursue perfection, she can no longer be called
'The Way of Heaven' should be called..."
The Demon King paused and said slowly, "A monster that is above all else."
Silence before silence.
"Nu Wa tried her best to reverse Pangu's actions, but in the face of the combination of Tiandao and Pangu, even Nuwa was powerless."
The Demon King continued, "Because she herself was born in chaos, how can she fight against the 'matrix'? This is true for all races. They may be ignorant, but their ancestors can actually trace back to various types of chaotic creatures.
..."
"As for those gods who were born according to the will of heaven and earth, let alone them. They were born with 'pollution' in their mouths."
"So this is why, Master, you said the human race is special?"
Shen Qian suddenly said, "Only the birth of the human race has nothing to do with chaos. It is a new life that Nuwa created from scratch using other materials."
"That's right." The Demon King affirmed, "Nuwa should have pinned all her hopes on the human race at that time, and she entered the source alone, trying her best to eliminate the negative will of the 'Dao of Heaven', and constantly delaying time
."
"Unfortunately, although Empress Nuwa has also changed many things, for example, the 'Heavenly Tribulation' has indeed been weakened, and she even erased the cause and effect of 'Yuan Di' and Chaos. This is also the reason why the coordinates of 'Yuan Di' cannot be located.
The reason, but in the end, she could not escape the end of complete destruction..."
Shen Qian digested this complicated series of information, and then asked puzzledly, "But why does the 'Tiandao' target the powerful emperor, but it seems that ordinary princes are fine?"
"This is probably similar to a subconscious mind that eliminates threats. You can imagine that the 'Dao of Heaven' has its own immune system, and we, the great emperors, are powerful viruses grown from countless inconspicuous bacteria."
The Demon King said calmly, "Because if the emperor goes further, there is a possibility of threatening the 'Tiandao', so once there is a being that breaks through the emperor, the 'Tiandao' will silently drop pollution until you are completely assimilated!"