Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 371 Fellow Daoists, Please Help Me Create the Heavens! [Begging for subscriptions, monthly tickets, and recommendation votes]

Meng Fan's face darkened as he looked at the incomplete inner world and snorted coldly, "Decisive enough, straightforward enough!"

Hongjun's self-destruction caused the entire inner world to tremble and crack like shattered glass. This noise finally awakened the true world consciousness of the Under One Person world!

He felt a squeezing sensation coming from all directions, trying to push him out of his inner world, like sand being rubbed by a clam.

Meng Fan frowned, and the rules and symbols of Dao appeared in his eyes as he looked around the inner world, only to catch a glimpse of a consciousness awakening in the darkness.

The inner world is constantly collapsing.

"Are you finally awake?"

Meng Fan's gaze was stern. He had long anticipated that after dealing with Hongjun, the representative of the Heavenly Dao, he would inevitably have to confront the world consciousness of the Under One Person world.

Little did they expect that the entire inner world was transformed from its original form.

The next moment, Meng Fan immediately flashed out of his inner world and watched as the invisible threads descended, connecting all living beings within his inner world, which began to shrink continuously.

It's like pulling tentacles away from all living things, and in the instant these tentacles are pulled away, they also take away a large amount of primordial energy, which is then fed back into the inner world.

Finally, it coalesced into a golden sphere of light.

Supreme, grand, indifferent, cold... and furious!
Meng Fan coldly watched all of this. Under the Great Luo Cave, he surveyed the scenes around the world, watching those uncivilized people who had been infected with the T virus but had not yet turned into zombies being drained of their innate Qi by the inner world, their life essence drying up and dying.

He knew that the world consciousness of Under One Person was trying its best to preserve its strength, and on the one hand, it could also repair the damage caused by Hongjun's self-destruction.

If it waits for those billions of living beings to die, its world consciousness will inevitably decline. Rather than letting these living beings turn into zombies, it is better to support them.

Aren't these creatures nurtured by the very consciousness of this world?

Just as a ruler commands his subject to die, and a father commands his son to perish, so too must all living things that Heaven nurtures die. How can they not die?
All things are created to nourish man, and man has nothing to repay to heaven.

Now, with a formidable enemy at hand, it is time for these humans to repay it!

However, when these tentacles tried to reach into the land of China, they were firmly blocked by the barrier of the Nine Cauldrons and Five Venerables. The barrier emitted a tooth-grinding sound. Even with the will of all living beings as its backing, it could not last long under the great power of the world consciousness.

"Buzz!"

The world consciousness of Under One Person immediately emitted a wave of anger, furious that the ants it had nurtured dared to disobey it.

Just as the world consciousness was about to make another move, Meng Fan stood in front of it and protected Shenzhou.

Meng Fan coldly said, "As expected, like master, like servant. Hongjun uses all living beings as pawns to satisfy his own desires, while you use all living beings as insects to control, plunder, and parasitize them."

"Heaven and earth are born from one primordial energy; human beings grow from the primordial energy; when the energy dissipates and the spirit dissipates, they return to heaven and earth!"

"The so-called sentient beings are nothing more than cattle and horses for you to nurture your innate Qi and restore your own origin. I was wondering before, in theory, sentient beings are born with innate Qi, and should all be born like dragons, so how come some people can cultivate Qi while others do not have that aptitude?"

"Now it seems that all the innate Qi that dissipated during human growth has been swallowed up by your world consciousness. You treat the world as a vegetable garden and all living beings as leeks, harvesting them one crop after another, endlessly!"

“Now, those who can cultivate Qi are all handpicked, like fish that slipped through the net. Their own aptitude is too high, and the barriers you set through your inner vision are too low to eliminate them.”

"Or perhaps, you deliberately left such a small group of people behind in order to develop and perfect your own rules of heaven and earth, like a glimmer of hope left by heaven and earth."

At this point, Meng Fan suddenly smiled and said, "Of course, even if there really were an era where everyone was like a dragon, you wouldn't be able to afford to support them. In ancient times, extraordinary people cultivated by absorbing the Qi of heaven and earth into their own bodies, stealing the life force of heaven and earth, and living as long as heaven and earth. They could be called sage thieves."

"When immortals flourish, the world declines!"

"When heaven and earth decline, there is a danger of the world collapsing!"

"Therefore, you appointed Hongjun, which sparked the Investiture of the Gods war, eliminated Qi cultivators, and severed the lineage of immortals."

"After that, it became known that extraordinary people could only cultivate their own innate Qi to strengthen their own origin, which would then fill their inner world after death and become a part of them."

"The Supreme Celestial Venerable of the Great Purity used a counter-strategy, leaving behind the forbidden legacy, so that those sages would willingly merge their bodies with the Dao when they were about to die."

"Besides reducing Hongjun's control over the heavens and earth, it is probably also to use his own will to disrupt you and put you into a deep sleep."

"Hongjun probably intended to put your world consciousness to sleep, so he chose to let it go. If you don't sleep, how will he have the opportunity to become the master of the world?"

The scheming and intrigue involved, the conflicts between Hongjun and the consciousness of the Under One Person world, are beyond the comprehension of outsiders!

In any case, the world consciousness of Under One Person is extremely angry now. It originally wanted to find a "gardener" to help it cultivate the rules of heaven and earth and deal with things using the Heavenly Dao Treasure.

After a thousand years of trial use, the world consciousness was extremely satisfied, and considering Hongjun's diligence, it simply granted him some of the power of heaven and earth, allowing him to govern people as a "human".

But unexpectedly, this ant harbored rebellious intentions.

In order to expand its authority over the world, which symbolizes "humanity," it not only allowed humankind to develop unchecked but also encroached on the living space of other living beings.

Subsequently, he also suppressed the "Shenzhou" region, which he had always valued, and the places where "delicious provisions" were selected.

(What does a land beyond the realm of civilization know about cultivation? In terms of the essence of wisdom, can it compare to the divine land it has carefully nurtured? When the Hundred Schools of Thought were contending, the so-called Son of Jehovah had not yet been born, not to mention the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period. The four books alone, the Three Tombs, the Five Canons, the Eight Cords, and the Nine Hills, are enough to illustrate the brilliance of its thought and civilization.)
Hongjun intended to support the rise, development, and power of other nations, even to the point that, during certain historical periods of several hundred years, they surpassed Shenzhou several times, nearly leading to its demise.

Human hearts are unfathomable, truly unfathomable!

Hongjun is not to be trusted.

Now, the people of China are openly refusing to "support" themselves.

They deserve to die, they all deserve to die!

Faced with the extreme rage of the Under One Person world consciousness, Meng Fan merely sneered.

In his palm, the Tiger Soul Blade and the Xuanyuan Sword, formed from the domineering and imperial rules, reappeared once more. With these two heavenly weapons in hand, he pointed them at the golden sphere and declared loudly, "Come and fight!"

"Boom!!!"

The golden sphere of light was enveloped in a web of rules and order. At this moment, the entire world below the level of one person trembled. The primordial energy of heaven and earth contracted to its extreme, returning to the golden sphere of light. The earth's surface cracked, the ocean collided with the underground magma, volcanoes erupted, and acid rain fell from the sky, as if returning to the ancient era. Gray mist covered the entire world.

The golden sphere, having mustered enough strength to fight Meng Fan, was determined to fight to the death; it was a do-or-die situation!
This is a battle for survival!

Furthermore, it has become utterly disillusioned with humanity. At worst, it will repeat the cycle of nature, exterminating all living beings, just as it did tens of millions of years ago when it wiped out those dinosaurs with no potential, and then choose another species to be the protagonist of the world.

Only the land of Shenzhou remained, struggling to hold on within the barrier of the Nine Cauldrons and Five Venerables.

The powers of heaven and earth that had been scattered to various places due to Hongjun's self-destruction, under the blessing of the will of the beings in the inner realm, some of them merged into those creatures that had already turned into zombies.

Their bodies began to undergo unpredictable changes, becoming like gods and demons, exuding a strange Daoist aura. Their flesh turned gray and decayed, becoming monster-like figures, just like characters from myths and legends around the world.

Some have wings on their backs, bodies like bird-men, yet wield swords formed from flames, with the radiance of the sun emanating from their backs; some transform into ferocious, jet-black dragons, their wings adorned with skulls, taking flight with a flap of their wings; some have snake-like hair on their heads, human bodies with snake bodies, and wherever their eyes pass, everything turns to stone…

These scattered powers of heaven and earth, along with the will of all living beings, merged to form something akin to a divine entity. Combined with the unique evolutionary nature of the T-virus, this led to the birth of monsters resembling "gods" in this world.

These changes gave the golden sphere a glimmer of hope for the world's advancement. Since these powers of heaven and earth could not be taken back in the short term, it was best to let them disperse for the time being.

We'll make further plans after we've fought our formidable enemy.

The golden sphere of light suddenly collapsed into a singularity, then expanded in a fraction of a second into a sky-covering vortex of rules. Countless dark yellow chains shot out from the void, their blades inscribed with Daoist talismans, aiming directly at Meng Fan.

Meng Fan's pupils burst forth with crimson and gold light. The Xuanyuan Sword cleaved through the long river of humanity, and scenes of civilization such as Suiren's discovery of fire, Yu the Great's flood control, and the contention of a hundred schools of thought flowed across the sword's edge, forcefully shattering the Xuanhuang Chains into countless fragments of rules.

The Tiger Soul Blade slashed down, and 108,000 blood-red lightning bolts transformed into the gaping maw of a gluttonous beast, striking the surface barrier of the golden sphere and creating a deep crack.

From within the crack, a scarlet vertical pupil suddenly appeared in the golden sphere, reflecting the scene of the Void. The devoured primordial energy transformed into a colorful black tide.

All living beings possess pure Yang will, but where there is Yang, there is also Yin.

To put it bluntly, the will of all living beings is actually the lingering spiritual thoughts of all living things. The inner world is actually a kind of existence similar to the illusory god realm in the perfect world. In essence, they are all illusory, but they are connected and related to all living beings.

As we all know, the thoughts of all living beings are complex, containing the seven emotions and six desires, as well as "poisons" such as greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt. It is impossible for a thought to appear as pure yang from the very beginning.

The inner world, unknown to outsiders, is actually filled with these miscellaneous thoughts; it is a place where the poison of all beings' thoughts converges.

It could also be described as... the Paranirmitavasavartin!

Desire runs rampant, like a realm of fallen demons!
These black tides are the poison of desires accumulated by living beings over millions of years, as well as negative emotions such as disappointment, despair, and resentment, with humans accounting for the largest proportion.

The moment these black tides spread across the world, the monstrous "gods" seemed to have found some great tonic and began to absorb the toxins.

One by one, their figures began to swell, becoming even more ferocious and terrifying, like fallen evil gods and demons, emanating a strange aura, with thousands of corpses following behind them, like believers.

Meng Fan kept the poison of these living beings' wills at bay, and seeing the monsters who benefited from it, he felt a wave of dizziness.

No one could have imagined that things would develop to this point. Even after defeating the world consciousness of the Under One Person world, they would still have to go through a lot of trouble to eliminate these monsters.

Alternatively, one could use the methods of Buddhism and Taoism to convert these monsters into Dharma protectors!
Just as Meng Fan was facing the black tides and about to deliver another blow to the golden sphere, an aged yet resolute voice came from deep within the golden sphere.

"We have come here specifically to help!"

Immediately afterwards, countless dazzling lights and shadows erupted from within the world's consciousness; those were... the ancient sages who had merged with the Dao!

They were once devoured by the world's consciousness, becoming nourishment for the operation of the Heavenly Dao, but their spirit was never truly extinguished.

At this critical moment, as Meng Fan battled against the Heavenly Dao, the remaining wills of these sages, combined with the fragments of rules contained within the golden sphere itself, transformed into an invisible cage, imprisoning the world's consciousness in reverse.

The golden sphere trembled, and the world's consciousness struggled frantically, but in an instant, it was pierced through from the inside by countless dazzling lights!

Zhuang Zhou's figure was ethereal, like a dream, with butterflies fluttering behind him, causing the rules of heaven and earth to fall into a brief chaos. He laughed as if he were being liberated, "Zhuang Zhou dreamed of a butterfly, and the butterfly dreamed of Zhuang Zhou. Time flies, and it's all just a big dream."

Zhang Daoling, the Celestial Master, fluttered his Taoist robes, exuding righteousness and majesty. Lightning crackled in his palms, transforming into chains of talismans that bound the core of the world's consciousness: "With the righteous energy, I will cleanse the world of demons and evil!"

Ge Hong's alchemical cauldron floated in the air, its flames roaring, and it even spontaneously combusted itself, burning the very essence of the Heavenly Dao: "External alchemy refines medicine, internal alchemy refines the body, today we refine the Heaven!"

Confucius's illusory figure stands tall, his righteous spirit like a rainbow piercing the sun, his words transformed into golden seal script, imprinted in the void, his words becoming law: "Heaven sees as my people see, Heaven hears as my people hear; you are unrighteous, you shall be punished!"

Mencius, with the aura of a dragon, glared fiercely, ready to sacrifice his life for righteousness: "The people are the most important, the state is next, and the ruler is the least important! Heaven's way is unjust; we must overthrow Heaven's mandate!"

The brilliance of Wang Yangming's philosophy shines forth, creating a boundary with a single thought, and briefly isolating the world consciousness from interference with reality: "There is nothing outside the mind, and Heaven is also in the mind; how can you act recklessly?"

Bodhidharma, in his golden Arhat form, pressed down with one palm, and the Pure Land of Buddha manifested, suppressing the world's consciousness riot: "Seeing one's true nature is merit, equality is virtue, today, great merit has been achieved!"

The Sixth Patriarch Huineng's Zen wisdom was as vast as the sea, and his words as sharp as a blade: "Dust rises everywhere, so how can the mirror stand be empty? The Way of Heaven must be crossed!"

Mozi's doctrine of non-aggression became a barrier to resist the backlash from the world's consciousness: "Universal love and non-aggression, if Heaven is unjust, I will surely punish it!"

Guiguzi's art of diplomacy transforms into an invisible net, binding the world's consciousness and actions: "The common people are in turmoil, the world is in chaos, and the world can be transformed in the blink of an eye!"

Sun Tzu's military strategy, imbued with a spirit of warfare, pierces the weaknesses of the world's consciousness: "In all war, one engages with the orthodox and wins with the unorthodox; one attacks where the enemy is unprepared and strikes where the enemy is not expecting it!"

…………

Then, the wills of countless sages converged, using their souls as fire and their thoughts as blades, transforming into a sword of humanity that spans the ages, which landed in front of Meng Fan and spoke in unison.

"Slay the Heavenly Dao!"

Meng Fan decisively drew his sword and slashed through the air.

"Fellow Daoists, please help me to create the heavens!"

With the blessing of Meng Fan's Heavenly Dao Rules, the sword light, which gathered the will of all the sages, fell down, the world's consciousness collapsed, the golden sphere of light exploded, and endless fragments of rules fell like golden starlight. The phantoms of the sages smiled in the light, bowed to Meng Fan, and gradually faded away.

Perhaps, a thousand years of planning has been for this very moment!
And finally, they were freed!
(End of this chapter)