In fact, when Xuan Weizi first heard about the Kingdom of Astra, he planned to go here in person. Regardless of whether he had any relationship with the half-giant and Astra, even if it was for the purpose of studying the similarities and differences between alchemy practice and psychic powers.
, he also wanted to find out.
It's just that with Xuan Weizi's current level of cultivation, there is no way for young people to make a pilgrimage. In fact, the Kingdom of Eszhuo is by no means a good place. Starting from the eastern border province of the empire, there is still a long way to go.
Thousands of miles to the east, across large areas of arid wilderness and plateau mountains without human habitation.
The big and round ogres attack wild animals with their clubs; the thin and cruel harpies build nests in groups on the cliffs; the enchanting and beautiful gorgons occupy the architectural remains of ancient civilizations; the ferocious and martial harpies
The orcs built a simple longhouse camp and enslaved the weak goblins.
This kind of place is not suitable for human habitation, with barren land, bitter water, arid climate, and various monsters entrenched here. Only a handful of adventurers will enter this wilderness outside of the civilized world.
But the civilized world is just human beings' wishful thinking and narrow cognition, and local monsters have also developed their own forms of civilization. Xuan Weizi traveled along the way, not straight through the wilderness, but quietly observing the monsters inhabiting and reproducing.
environment of.
He discovered that stupid and clumsy ogres would also comb the hair on their heads and braid various simple braids to show their orderly status. Orcs preferred to brand various scars on their skin to show themselves
How many enemies have been killed? The Gorgon is even better at using its petrification rays to create various stone sculptures. It can also renovate and repair ancient stone buildings. Its craftsmanship is comparable to that of advanced human craftsmen.
Even the weakest goblins will worship various sculptures at various civilization ruins and develop unique beliefs and religions.
It is conceivable that a long time ago, the wilderness outside the Kingdom of Astra should have been a vibrant, prosperous and dazzling civilized highland, with magnificent palaces and temples, solemn tombs of kings, and towering sculptures carved into the mountains.
It is not a civilizational achievement that requires a huge expenditure of manpower and material resources.
And being able to use a large amount of manpower means that there is at least enough food to supply a large number of laborers inside and outside the Kingdom of Estra. It is by no means the barren plateau and arid wilderness it is today. And the Kingdom of Estra is by no means the kind of city-state with only a few cities.
the primitive country.
Xuan Weizi went all the way deep into the Kingdom of Eszhuo, the spiritual platform transformed with the opening and closing of spiritual thoughts, and the time and space scenery seemed to gradually reverse and reappear with the footsteps.
He saw a gorgeous chariot drawn by four white zebus on the wide and smooth road. The tall half-giant had a solemn expression and held a scepter in his hand. On both sides of the road were subjects and slaves of various races bowing their heads. No one dared to
look up.
He saw, in a towering canyon, large boulders spliced together under the control of spiritual energy, slowly building a bridge across the canyon. In the distance, there were fields that were neatly arranged horizontally and vertically, with human slaves bending over them.
farming.
He saw that the gorgeous buildings were gradually taking shape under the work of countless slaves in the alternation of day and night. Complex floral decorations and carvings, exaggerated hollow cornices, and stacked tall towers and dangerous buildings were rapidly emerging on the earth. No one could doubt that they were
A great civilization.
He saw that when the first dragon appeared with the sunset, the slaves of all races on the earth were frightened by the dragon's power and fled one after another. And from the eastern horizon, a ray of light shot through, like a sharp blade slicing the dragon's back.
, a large area of dragon's blood is splashed like rain.
He saw the dragons soaring in the sky, the rolling flames scorching the earth, the vast frost freezing the vitality, the war between the giants and the dragons, turning the once flourishing civilized city-state into a charcoal purgatory.
He saw a vague figure standing on the corpse of a red dragon, facing a group of half-giants, and was preaching something loudly. That figure almost did not exist in the world, and the traces of the past were erased by huge power.
, making it difficult to trace.
He saw an extremely huge psychic barrier rising slowly... not only rising, but also penetrating underground, completely protecting the Kingdom of Astra. From then on, the half-giants and their slave race could no longer
Then take part in the war outside.
He saw a tower rising to the sky in a country called the "Eternal Utopia" by the half-giants. Slaves of all races participated in the construction of the tower, but no one knew the purpose of the tower.
He saw that the half-giants were gradually regarded as gods by various races in the closed country, and the power of faith was gathered into the tower, making the half-giants' psychic abilities more powerful and even causing unprecedented mutations.
He saw that when the tower was finally built, its first activation tore open the barrier of the plane, and countless worlds appeared in an orderly manner in the sky. The incredible power was like a rope, connecting many worlds together.
Together.
He saw a scene like the sky collapsing. Gods were torn off their eternal thrones, immortal existences were deprived of their constant peace, countless lives were involved in disasters, and many worlds were destroyed and ruined.
He saw the remains of countless fallen planes being gathered and reshaped to form a star, which was lifted deep into the night sky by an invisible and powerful force and turned into the moon. The power to kill the dragon clan also followed the first touch.
The moonlight shines on the earth.
He saw an ascending staircase leading to an unfathomable and far-reaching world. The twisting light and shadow, and the collapsing space, gathered together magical power that could annihilate everything and create all things. The souls and bodies of ancient giants were assembled into this staircase.
, the operation of many worlds supports this ladder.
He saw the half-giants marching towards that unfathomable and far-reaching world. They were so complacent, confident, and proud. At this moment, the whole world was completely exposed to them, and they would become the kings of the new world!
However, someone is going to be the King of Kings.
That vague figure monopolized the ascending ladder, and he tried to leave the opportunity of ascending to himself. The authority of all masters could not be shared with others. He wanted to become the only god, using his compatriots as stepping stones to move to higher places.
The half-giants were angry. This was an intolerable betrayal. As they ascended the stairs, they fought and became entangled. The destructive force caused the deflection of the earth's crust, breaking through the plane barrier, causing the seawater of another world to pour out.
Next, a world-destroying flood swept through the Kingdom of Esdra, devouring countless lives and destroying the psychic barrier.
The tall towers that reached the sky collapsed in the flood, and the ascending stairs disappeared. The gods walking halfway were not allowed to live in the world. Their bodies annihilated each other and dissolved each other in the spiritual confrontation.
…
When Xuanweizi came back to his senses, he was already standing among the ruins with no end in sight. The sandstorms and tornadoes that had roared all day long actually calmed down as Xuanweizi's spiritual platform was empty and his consciousness was quiet.
The scorching sun shone on the ruins, leaving only a dead silence.
Nowadays, the magical power of Xuanweizi's original body is no longer comparable to that of the past. After going through a sea of hardships and reincarnating into one, Xuanweizi's magical power continues to improve. The years of stormy sand and dust lingering in the ruins of the Kingdom of Eszhuo, and the crazy and uncertain
The psychic effect was actually eliminated by Xuan Weizi with great magic power, directly causing the natural climate here to completely reverse.
It is wrong to say that it is a reversal. Xuanweizi only restored the past situation of the Kingdom of Eszhuo. Unfortunately, the kingdom on the earth had long been destroyed. No matter how powerful Xuanweizi was, he could not revive it.
But along the way, Xuan Weizi has witnessed the ups and downs of the Kingdom of Eszhuo. Even if he passed by in a hurry and did not seriously understand many key details, for Xuan Weizi, it was enough to fit the needs of the family.
Deduced guesses from the past.
The plan of "Ascending the Ladder" is not only to allow the half-giants to collectively become gods, but also to give them the power to dominate the world and everything. And it is not just the main material plane, but also other planes, big and small worlds.
"I have to say that Eszhuo does have great ambitions." Xuan Weizi leaned over and picked up a broken brick, as if talking to himself or talking to someone.
"Listening to what you said, it seems that there are still some shortcomings in Astra's approach?"
At this time, a woman with curly hair appeared next to Xuan Weizi without any warning. She shook the bottle and asked.
Xuan Weizi did not seem surprised by the appearance of Esmedo. Instead, he looked up at the sky and the earth and said calmly: "If there is a god who can dominate everything, it means that everything dominated by him will be wiped out.
The subjective will and even the self are subsumed under the dominion of the gods. And if it is possible for the person being dominated to be subsumed into the gods, then the dominating nature of the gods will also disappear accordingly."
"How do you say this?" Esmedo asked in a daze, as if she was a little drunk.
"If there are no unpredictable, uncontrollable and undominated accidental changes, the concept of 'dominance' itself will collapse."
This calamity of self-dissolution and subject shaken..."
Esmedo seemed to have regained consciousness: "You mean, even if Estrel succeeded and got rid of the other half-giants, he would not succeed?"
"It depends on how you define 'success'." Xuan Weizi said with a smile: "If you think that becoming a god means having unshakable authority to dominate and control everything, then it is success, then I can only
Say, he will not succeed. I even suspect that when that moment comes, Estrel will return to the Creation Titan."
Esmedo opened her eyes wide, as if she had sobered up for the most part: "Astra has no plans to return to the Creation Titan!"
"Knowing where you came from and where you are going, where you came from, and where you came from, go together, for the purpose of cultivation." Xuan Weizi spoke with mysterious thoughts: "Returning to one's roots, thinking that one can dominate everything, this is indeed the most boundless delusion. Of course.
, this can no longer be measured by delusion, but by trying to cover the entire world and dominate all existence with self-will. So I say that Astra is ambitious, but it is limited to ambition."
Esmedo was silent for a long time and asked: "If it were you, what would you choose to do?"
"Without this if, I am not Eszhuo, and at this moment I understand that it is indeed not the case." Xuan Weizi said: "Aszhuo is like the most fundamental self of the Creation Titan, with subjective initiative, or in other words
——The Yuan Shen. He can observe external objects without distinction, so he must be the king of half-giants. But similarly, his Yuan Shen, the creation titan, naturally possesses the instinct to dominate external objects, because his active true self
It is to be manifested by dominating external objects that are not myself.”
Xuan Weizi spoke witty words and explained various mysterious meanings of Yuanshen. Let alone those who have reached the realm of Dacheng, those who are below the level of Earth Immortal will feel shocked when they stand in front of Xuan Weizi and listen to the lecture.
But Esmedo kept her face as usual, poured herself a sip of wine, and asked: "As the active true self, is it really impossible to try to bring external objects into the category of one's own control?"
Xuan Weizi looked at Esmedo and said bluntly: "Unexpected chance is the real object. Anything that can be included in the category of dominance is not the real object."
"Can you give an example?" Esmedo asked.
Xuan Weizi raised his hand and pointed at himself.
"How are you sure that you are not under Astra's control?" Esmedo asked again.
"What I just said is just like the realization in my heart." Xuan Weizi said: "Being born without being born, doing without relying on it, growing without being killed is called Xuande. If Eszhuo is my master, then
The moment I gained inner self-dominance, Astra's absolute dominance either collapsed and dissolved, or he let go of his absolute dominance. What's more, he never really had absolute dominance from the beginning."
Esmedo was silent after hearing this, and Xuan Weizi said again: "You just asked me what I would do if I were Estroll, then I can only say - anyone, any creature, as long as they have self-awareness, will inevitably
I have the desire to control the uncontrollable, and even I am no exception.
But at this moment, I understand that the greatest mastery is not to have strong and solid control, nor to pursue external things to appear according to one's own will, but to be willing to keep open to infinite possibilities and all accidents.
The openness and exposure. In the final analysis, this is the way that follows nature."
"What you say doesn't sound like someone living in reality." Esmedo said.
"The conversation between you and me right now has nothing to do with people living in reality." What Xuan Weizi said was already in the realm of immortals, but he changed the subject: "But I can also let ordinary people understand the same connotation -
-A person's destiny must of course depend on self-struggle, but the process of history must also be taken into consideration. If one can unite knowledge and action, he will be a living holy king."
"Hahahaha!" Esmedo laughed loudly after hearing this: "If I hadn't seen your tender face, I would have thought you were an elder with rich life experience!"
"Is it so funny?" Xuan Weizi shook his head.
After he finished speaking, a burst of magic wave came from high in the sky behind him. Esmedo also sensed it. Looking back, he saw Nazarui and Hesseken slowly walking out of the portal.
"It's finally here." Xuan Weizi sighed softly: "After waiting for you for several years, you still have to come to the Kingdom of Astra in person before you dare to take action."