I am submissive in Journey to the West, I strike hard at the gods

Chapter 203: Emperor's Test

When the reversal of cause and effect becomes a reality, even if Heaven is the ultimate, it is impossible for Him to harm another ultimate.

So if this is the case, can it also be true if we put it another way?
That is, from Fang Yun's perspective, Huang Tian is the ultimate mastermind behind the scenes. He has been secretly preventing Fang Yun in this timeline from becoming a saint since the beginning of the World-Destroying Dragon.

But if from Huangtian's perspective, Fang Yun has become the ultimate, because he has put the cart before the horse, he is extremely powerful, forcing Huangtian to not dare to confront Fang Yun head-on. He can only deal with Fang Yun in the same way of putting the cart before the horse, and try to delay the time for Fang Yun to become a saint.

If successful, even if Fang Yun becomes the ultimate for just a moment, Huangtian might have a chance to kill Fang Yun and reverse the inevitable death.

If this is true, then the most powerful existence in this world, whether it is Puhua Tianzun or Zhao Gongming, must be reconsidered.

Puhua Tianzun sighed and said, "Brother, the matter here is over. I plan to return to the prehistoric world with Brother Zhao to practice for a while. In addition, we may have to compare the differences between the laws of the two worlds. If we can control the avenue here, but it has no effect in the prehistoric world, then we may have to stay in this world permanently in the future."

At this point, Puhua Tianzun reminded Jiang Wang again, "Brother, if we return to the prehistoric world, you must be careful of Huangtian if you stay here. It is true that his true body may not be able to move, but he is definitely not an ordinary person. We speculate that he has added luck to Guxu and may have discovered our existence. In addition, this existence similar to the Heavenly Dao you mentioned should have laid out the plan in the ancient wilderness period. Now we may have accidentally entered this trap."

Puhua Tianzun and Zhao Gongming didn't care about falling into Huangtian's trap.

They have been pursuing the great path and have achieved certain results.

After all, this world is different from the ancient times. They are loners, and there are not so many seekers of truth to compete with them.

It was precisely because of these achievements that, after they became aware of Gu Xu's existence, they felt very sorry that the person they had originally thought of as someone with great luck was now burdened with infinite karma.

But when Jiang Wang suggested that Huangtian might be the way of heaven in this world, the two immortals immediately realized the specialness of this place.

That is, Gu Xu is most likely a person of great luck created by God.

But these two immortals still don’t quite understand.

Even if this Emperor wanted to find a spokesperson, he should look for the ancestor gods or saints, not a mere Demon King.

The Demon King has not even touched the Dao principles, so achieving enlightenment is a long way off.

Putting such a huge amount of luck on Guxu is more like a gamble, betting that Guxu, who has such great luck, can crush all creatures or races that have an impact on Huangtian's rule.

Why wouldn't He bestow such good fortune on an ancestor god or saint?
With such luck, the ancestor gods or saints may be able to touch the laws of Tao. Once they touch the laws of Tao, they may be able to truly touch the "ultimate".

Once they touch the ultimate, the two beings who touch the ultimate can almost suppress this world.

It is impossible for any living being in this life to transcend the two ultimates!
That is equivalent to a person in the ancient times challenging the Taoist ancestor and then challenging the way of heaven at the same time.

How is this possible?
Let’s not talk about the Dao Zu, which is almost the ultimate existence pursued by all creatures in the prehistoric world and the collection of all Dao rules. Let’s just talk about the Dao of Heaven…

The Way of Heaven transcends the principles that all living beings in the ancient world can reach, and His existence is more vast than that of the Taoist Ancestor.

The creatures in the ancient world may have the intention to touch the Dao Ancestor, but it is impossible for them to want to touch the Heavenly Dao.

The Way of Heaven is high and above all living things. Even if the chaos destroys the Way of Heaven, it will not be destroyed!

To the Heavenly Dao, the ancient world is just a world.

He can rule over the ancient world, and he can also rule over any newly opened world.

If Pangu God opened up another world, it would not be a primitive world, and the so-called Heavenly Dao would still exist. The Heavenly Dao is just the name given to Him by all living beings. He is Himself. When a world is born in chaos, He will appear and take control of the authority of the Heavenly Dao again.

Of course, it is not clear whether the new world will have a new name for Him.

The Emperor of Heaven pays so much attention to Guxu and helps him with great luck, which shows that He has great confidence in Guxu.

Or maybe, this Demon King Guxu was simply a "gift" thrown by God to the two great gods of prehistoric times.

If a person with such great luck were an ordinary demon fairy or evil god, they might not care so much and would directly take him as a disciple, and then deprive him of everything in the future to supplement themselves.

Perhaps in the eyes of this Emperor, this tiny bit of gain is enough to make the gods of thunder give up their resistance to him?

After all, at this point in time, the Department of Thunder has been active in this world for a long time, and has also interfered in many things.

Many events with established facts have undergone drastic changes due to the emergence of the Thunder Department.

For example, the Moon Tree Divine Punishment that spans the two worlds.

For example, the human world is now unified, and the semi-saint has become Fang Yun’s "helper".

and many more.

In this situation, Huang Tian remained calm and did not make any expression. He was either observing or he did not care about the gods of thunder at all.

not give a damn about?
impossible.

Perhaps the other party really doesn’t care about a Xuanxian like Jiang Wang.

Because Xuanxian has not yet touched the golden meaning, he is not worthy of eternity.

Huangtian is the ultimate that touches eternity, and should be a Daluo Jinxian.

Then He would not care, and it is impossible for Him not to care about the sudden appearance of the other two ultimates.

That is, Puhua Tianzun and Zhao Gongming.

If these two are able, they can create a small world and act as an existence similar to the Emperor of Heaven.

Puhua Tianzun suspected that the Emperor of Heaven was observing him and Zhao Gongming.

As for what to observe?
Maybe to observe strength? Or where they came from?
Anyway, Puhua Tianzun and Zhao Gongming don’t care.

But after observing for a while, it is clear that God cares about them very much.

joke.

If he really doesn't care, why is the luck of the Demon King Guxu so abnormal at this time?
Even in Shengyuan Continent, they should be able to feel such abnormal good fortune.

Gu Xu's great fortune should be a phenomenon that only appeared when the three of them came to the demon world.

If I'm not mistaken, this phenomenon is something that the Heaven has bestowed on Gu Xu. It's a small test on Zhao Gongming and Puhua Tianzun.

But these two are gods of thunder.

The gods of the Thunder Department hate demons and evil spirits the most. For example, when Puhua Tianzun was experiencing the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods as a mortal, he hated demons and evil spirits very much.

That is disgust from the bottom of his heart, so if the Emperor's temptation was really to show goodwill, then it was like flirting with a blind man.

The reason why Puhua Tianzun and Zhao Gongming did not kill the Demon King Guxu immediately was not because Huangtian was standing behind him, but because the time was not right. If they killed Guxu, who knows whether their junior brother's disciple would die because of a small ripple in the closed-loop river of time.

If my junior brother's disciple died because of them.
Puhua Tianzun and Zhao Gongming did not want to see such a scene.

The main reason is that Jiang Wang's disciple died. Jiang Wang would definitely be furious. Once this junior brother gets furious, the commotion involved would be too huge. At least two-thirds of the immortals and gods in the prehistoric world would be in turmoil because of the death of his disciple.

There's no way, this person's status is too high.

He is the third-generation disciple of the Human Religion, and his eldest disciple also went through the motions with Saint Taiqing. Although Saint Taiqing did not explicitly say that his foreign star god disciple was the fourth-generation disciple of the Human Religion, it has already been a formality. What difference does it make whether he said it or not?
The eldest disciple is considered to be the fourth generation disciple of the Human Religion, so the other disciples are probably not much worse.

But speaking of it, Junior Brother Jiang Wang's way of accepting disciples is really weird, and he doesn't follow the traditional teachings at all!

As a disciple of the Human Religion, he did not accept humans as his disciples, but instead accepted an alien star god and an alien dragon. This is quite strange.

Of course, Puhua Tianzun and Zhao Gongming had completely wronged Jiang Wang.

Jiang Wang didn't favor other creatures from other lands. He had a second disciple, Wang Teng, who was a genuine human! And he had good talent.

When disciples of the Human Religion are in trouble, the immortals and gods who have ascended from the human race will definitely respond to the call of the Human Religion.

In a sense, the human race’s ascension to immortality is basically thanks to the grace of the human religion founded by the Saint Taiqing.

The saint of the orthodox teaching, Yuanshi Tianzun, and the Great Tianzun of the Heavenly Court were also very concerned about Jiang Wang.

The two gods of the Thunder Department realized this when they heard that Jiang Wang joined the Thunder Department by the Southern Emperor of Longevity who personally sent a message to the Universal God of Transformation, and the Great God of the Lingxiao Palace immediately approved it.

Jiang Wang was quite surprised by the guesses of the two gods.

The Huangtian who, in Qin Wuxu's words, always turned his back on all living beings and hardly appeared in Fang Yun's growth path, only appeared briefly in the eyes of the saints and ancestors until Fang Yun ascended to heaven and became another ultimate, actually took the initiative to show goodwill to his two cheap senior brothers?
The Demon King Guxu is the "tool" to show goodwill.

Accepting the Demon King Guxu as a disciple means that the Thunder Department and the Emperor of Heaven have established a certain connection, and the two sides can share what they have and not interfere with each other.

Although most of Puhua Tianzun's ideas are guesswork, given that he currently occupies a great avenue alone and is very likely to be able to kill corpses, he has almost reached the point where what he thinks is true, and even if it is not true, it is not much different from the truth.

His guess is most likely what Huang Tian is thinking at this moment.

Not to mention that there was Zhao Gongming standing by to assist in verification.

Both of them have gained great benefits now, and each of them has monopolized a whole road!
If he were to return to the prehistoric world, I wonder how many immortals and gods who have wasted their time on the path to Daluo would be shocked and envious to death.

"Thank you for the reminder, brothers." Jiang Wang glanced at Gu Xu who was healing his wounds and said, "Brothers, can you identify the existence of Huang Tian from this monster?"

Qin Wuxu said that Huangtian is the heaven of this world! It is the ultimate! If you can't reach the ultimate, you can't cause any harm to Huangtian.

Even ordinary ancestral gods, ancestral emperors and saints cannot see the figure of Emperor Heaven at all!
Only by transcending everything and becoming the ultimate can you see another ultimate.

But Jiang Wang doesn't think so.

The laws of this world are very special. No matter whether they are humans or monsters, all the strong ones are fighting for the holy way. However, the holy way they are fighting for does not feel like they are fighting for a certain great way. Instead, it feels like something derived from the great way and cannot directly point to the root.

Let’s start with the holy path of the human race.

The human race has a saint, Confucius, and later there were several sub-saints, and below the sub-saints were all semi-saints.

It seems that there are many beings related to saints, and these saints are engaged in a "holy way battle".

What is the so-called holy way? It is the philosophy of each school.

For example, the Gongyang family’s theory of great revenge.

For example, the Mohist doctrine of non-aggression.

For example, the patriarch's Lian Man resisted the demon. These so-called holy ways are completely different from the great ways understood by the immortals and gods of the prehistoric world.

Because these holy ways are not the great ways at all!

How to compare with the Tao?

Of course, Jiang Wang is not saying that it is not good for humans to practice these things. Every world has its own way of practice, and we should not deny the practice methods of others. Any practice method that is practiced to the extreme can touch the Tao.

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The so-called holy path pursued by the strong men of the human race is actually, in essence, a derivative of a pair of great ways.

These avenues include "education", "writing", "faith" and so on.

Of course, these great ways have no names, and the so-called great way titles are also forcibly added by practitioners like Jiang Wang.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, the various holy paths of the human race have gone astray. If we want to pursue the power of the holy path, we should pursue something more fundamental.

For example, "characters", rather than the "poems and songs" evolved from "characters".

The human race’s holy path has gone astray.

The holy path they pursue is not the Great Way at all. How can they go further and touch the Great Way?

We were already on the wrong path, there's no way we could get back on the right track!
Speaking of the first saint of the human race, Confucius, in Jiang Wang's opinion, is the one with the most outstanding talent and genius.

Because he not only pursued his own holy path, but was also the first to fully come into contact with the fundamental existence of the two great ways of "writing" and "education". This is why although Confucius became a saint in the shortest time, his fighting power was unparalleled, and he could be ranked in the top five among all the saints and ancestors in this world.

As for the sub-sages and half-sages after Confucius, they all fell into the vicious circle brought by Confucius. They always lived in the vicious circle and could not jump out of it, resulting in no more saints appearing in the human race.

The situation is similar over there with the monsters.

Whether it is the Ancient Demon Emperor or the Demon God, they are actually trapped at the peak and unable to take the last step.

If you have taken the wrong path, you will naturally not be able to touch the true path.

Perhaps this is also one of the means of God.

His methods of suppressing all living beings in the world should not be underestimated.

Starting from the Primordial World-Destroying Dragon, the Imperial Clan tried their best to destroy the Primordial World-Destroying Dragon and passed on the writing and civilization.

Then there was the unrivaled ancestor of the dragon clan, the rise of ancient demons, and the rebellion of the demons. During this process, it seemed that something was concealed, making everything seem logical, until the human race discovered the magical effect of literary energy during the reign of King Wen of Zhou and fought against the demons.

It makes sense, yet it's incredibly strange.

But generally speaking, the Emperor of Heaven is not that bad. It's just that as the ultimate being, He does not want others to transcend Him, which is indeed a bit unkind.

Jiang Wang felt that he could still talk to God. At least He was not the kind of ruthless boss who would destroy all living beings in order to prevent them from transcending.

He always gave dignity to the human race and the demons. If he had taken action personally, even as a clone, before King Wen of Zhou was born, all the human race together might not have been able to cause any harm to the other side.

Even though King Wen of Zhou had already acquired the literary energy and became the second-best sage, when he met the incarnation of the Emperor of Heaven, he could only end up in regret.

Now that the Emperor has taken the initiative to show goodwill, we can actually have a frank talk!

I believe that as the "Heaven" of this world, Emperor God should also want to make progress.

If you want to make progress, why not discuss it together!
Look at how good the atmosphere is in Honghuang. When you meet a fellow Taoist, no matter what, as long as you are not the kind of real enemy who has to fight with knives when you meet, you can sit down and discuss Taoism.

It has to be the kind of true theory that has the three flowers gathered together and is flooded with golden light.

If you don't show some sincerity and use some special effects, no one will want to play with you.

Even when Jiang Wang was still a heavenly soldier, he occasionally discussed Taoism with his colleagues.

However, he did not discuss the Dao very often. Ever since he had accumulated enough spirit stones and his minor Heavenly Immortal Art had been deduced from the fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation and became a major Heavenly Immortal Art, he had never discussed the Dao again.

Because his colleagues, the heavenly soldiers, could not help him at all.

"What do you mean, Junior Brother?" Hearing Jiang Wang's question, Zhao Gongming smiled and said, "Junior Brother, you wouldn't think of following this destiny to meet that fellow Daoist Huangtian, would you?"

Although Huangtian is not a human being and likes to suppress all living beings, His realm is there, and Huangtian also follows the principle of no end in the ancient times.

The so-called "no-step-down rule" means that the powerful people in the ancient times often do not walk on the stage themselves, but let their disciples or subordinates do the work.

It is just like the Conferred Gods Tribulation, which was originally a dispute between the ideologies of the Jade Purity Sage and the Upper Purity Sage, but it was exaggerated by the Conferred God List and finally turned into a dispute between the Chan and Jie sects.

Since he adhered to his own principle of not taking action and did not directly attack the human race, Zhao Gongming did not mind calling the other party a fellow Taoist.

"Brother, you are right. I really want to meet this fellow Daoist Huangtian."

"Since He is the ultimate of this world, why not meet Him and have a chat? If I can resolve the confusion in His heart, perhaps I can also liberate the wisdom of the creatures in this world. From then on, the creatures in this world will be able to flourish and be full of vitality."

Jiang Wang did not have any grand ambitions, such as liberating all living beings in this world and transcending from then on.

He doesn't have that ability.

I don’t have that intention.

Everything in the prehistoric world is a mess, and it's completely confusing. Up to now, he hasn't figured out which immortals and gods are truly on his side, and which immortals and gods are indifferent to him and want to rely on their own efforts to change the future development situation!

Where would he have the time to stir up trouble in the Confucian and Taoist world where Fang Yun was?

He wanted to see the Emperor, which actually meant only one thing.

Fellow Daoist, we will meet each other sooner or later, so if it is really impossible, don't make trouble. Let Fang Yun go to the ancient times without any danger, let the long river of time close again, and let Ao Yuwei not be in danger of being affected, then everything will be over. You can do whatever you want afterwards, except don't kill Fang Yun and let the human race perish, you can do whatever you want, the Thunder Department will not stop you at all.

The Lei Department’s goal here is to train the younger generation, and other things have little to do with them.

At most, I can help look after the human race.

After listening to Jiang Wang's explanation, Zhao Gongming and Puhua Tianzun looked at each other and unexpectedly felt that what Jiang Wang said made sense.

Yes.

Now that you've shown your willingness, let's talk openly.

Why hide it?

In a sense, they have come to this world for an outing. As the host, isn't it a bit impolite to refuse to come out to meet them?
"Brother, why don't we try together?"

Zhao Gongming looked at Puhua Tianzun. It was actually a bit difficult to track down an ultimate being like Daluo Jinxian by starting from his luck.

Because the methods of cultivation in each world are different, the final realm and abilities achieved are also different.

But there is one thing that the strong people in all worlds have in common, that is, every strong person is unique.

No matter how he may change, his origin is absolutely unique and there will be no problems.

In addition, if it was in the ancient times, using the changes in luck to pursue a powerful person would actually be a fantasy.

The change in luck will hardly leave any trace of the powerful person who took action.

There are no traces, and it is impossible to find the owner behind it.

It is true that confusing cause and effect is a method used by the Golden Immortal, but if there is no effect and no cause, can a chain of cause and effect be created out of thin air?
But it’s different in this world.

Because there is only one ultimate in this world.

There is only one ultimate, and even if there is only a slight trace, it is easy to find the other party's trace.

No matter how hard the other party hides, in this world, you are the only ultimate being. No matter how small your trace is, it is as dazzling as the sun.

So, with the joint efforts of Zhao Gongming and Puhua Tianzun, they really found the trace of Huangtian.

"Junior brother, this fellow Daoist Huang Tian may think differently than we do."

Puhua Tianzun and Zhao Gongming looked strange after finding this Taoist friend Huangtian.

Jiang Wang was curious: "How is it different? Can you ask Him to come out and see us? We have been here for a long time. As visitors from outside the domain, He, as the host, should at least meet us."

"No, He can't come out to see me."

"Why? Could it be that, as we suspected, he is trapped and unable to walk in his true form?"

Zhao Gongming shook his head and said with a strange smile: "Junior brother, this fellow Taoist's body is a little special. Therefore, even though he has consciousness and has reached a realm comparable to that of a Daluo Jinxian, he still has no entity. He currently still exists in this world in an abstract form. Junior brother, didn't you say that the demonic ancestors and great saints are all chasing after this fellow Taoist, but can't see his figure clearly? Because he has no entity, his body is in harmony with the heaven and earth, which is why those ancestors and great saints can't see his image clearly."

"What is Daoist Huangtian's true form?"

"The true nature of this Taoist friend is a collection of the sufferings of all living beings and the shackles of their self-cognition." Puhua Tianzun then explained.

Jiang Wang understood the meaning of every word that Puhua Tianzun said, but when they were put together, he was a little confused.

The collection of sufferings of all souls?
A collection of shackles on all souls’ self-perception?

After thinking about it carefully, Jiang Wang understood what Puhua Tianzun meant.

The Emperor of Heaven was not created through the practice of humans, monsters, or any other physical creature.

He was born from the collection of sufferings of all souls, and from the collection of shackles of cognition of all souls.

In the symbolic abstract concepts of two large collections, the Emperor of Heaven was born.

No wonder.

Now it’s all explained.

No wonder all races in this world are struggling between prosperity and decline.

(End of this chapter)