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Chapter 553 Lord of the Heavenly Realm? Heavenly Emperor!
Looking at the entire river of time, Mara is perhaps one of the very rare enlightened beings.

Because His Heavenly Demonic Path was indeed perfected, and He successfully left His mark in the "present" when the Dao Ancestor manifested, rewriting His own origin.

Under normal circumstances, Mara is an inevitable being to be born in the countless possibilities that lie ahead.

This means that He no longer needs to worry about not being able to occupy the mainstream of the river of time in the future.

What Mara will do next is to travel back in time.

Go to those established historical periods, leave your mark there, and step by step walk towards the beginning of creation.

Unfortunately, all of the above are things that would happen under normal circumstances.

The fact is that although Mara has attained the Path of the Heavenly Demon, he also possesses the strength of the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness level.

However, due to the change of rulers of Paranirmitavasavartin, Mara was no longer able to trace back to Paranirmitavasavartin and leave a mark on the past.

In other words, even if Mara were to continue evolving Paranirmitavasavartin upstream in the river of time, he would be doing the work for the true master of Paranirmitavasavartin.

More importantly, Mara today can no longer interfere across time and space; He can only catch a glimpse of the earth once every eighteen years.

From the perspective of all living beings, Mara is indeed still alive, and may even be a calamity star that appears once every eighteen years.

However, from the perspective of a Daoist, Mara's ending is even more terrifying than failing to attain enlightenment.

If I fail to attain enlightenment on another timeline in the future, I can simply try again on a different timeline.

However, if the "source of time" where the Dao Lord manifests is sealed, it is equivalent to completely locking down the origin of Mara.

In the future, with countless possibilities and countless timelines...

Whether Rahu exists or perishes, it cannot change the fact that Mara was forcibly appointed as the "Black Fiend Star God".

—Born in the Great Freedom Heaven, the Heavenly Demon was bestowed the title of "Black Fiend Star God" by Yue Yu Wang Shu.

—From this point on, Rahu returned to its rightful place, and the calamity of the Nine Luminaries took shape.

This has become established history, officially entering the upstream of the river of time.

In countless future timelines, this will be the origin of Mara, the experience of His birth.

In other words, Mara, who can no longer interfere with the past and future, has entered a stage of slow death.

Unless Mara manages to escape his predicament in some future timeline, it will be impossible for him to travel back in time again and rewrite his origins.

However, let's set aside how slim the possibility of such an escape is.

With the overall trend already set, the difficulty for Mara to rewrite his origins is already beyond what ordinary enlightenment can achieve.

For a specific understanding of the difficulty, one can refer to the Heavenly Emperor Haojun, who is still struggling in the "long river of history".

That is upstream in the river of time, the "forty-nine" of the forty-nine of the Heavenly Evolution.

Compared to the infinite possibilities in the lower reaches of the river of time, the overall trend in the upper reaches of the river of time has already been locked in, and even if Li Boyang wanted to change it, it would not be an easy thing.

"So... the Dao Ancestor allowed me to regain control of the Great Freedom Heaven?"

The enormous Kunpeng roamed freely in the Six Desire Realms, gazing at the demons and Buddhas with a curious look.

These demons and Buddhas were forcibly assigned to different realms of the Six Desire Realms according to their different attributes and abilities.

For example, most of the demon kings were assigned to the second heaven—the Trayastrimsa Heaven.

The Buddhas were assigned to the third heaven—the Yama Heaven.

Among these, the Trayastrimsa Heaven, where the Demon King resides, is the most unique, with as many as thirty-three layers.

The thirty-three heavens symbolize the thirty-three different desires of all living beings, and the thirty-three different types of demon kings derived from them.

Devas, Nagas, Yakshas, ​​Gandharvas, Garudas, Kinnaras, Asuras, Mahoragas...

All of these different types of demon kings are manifestations of the desires of sentient beings.

In the future, any practitioner who does not wish to reincarnate will be reborn as one of these demon kings, until their desires subside and they re-enter the cycle of reincarnation.

"To be precise, it means that I am temporarily acting as the Lord of the Paranirmitavasavartin Heaven, managing these demon kings and Buddhas."

Sitting cross-legged under the moonlight with a detached expression, Wang Shu said calmly, "Of course, if you are willing to give up your 'Great Freedom Path,' I wouldn't mind if you became the true master of the Otherworldly Freedom Heaven."

Without hesitation, Zhuang Zhou shook his head decisively and quickly denied it.

"No, no, no, I'm just curious why you chose me?"

After giving Zhuang Zhou a deep look, Wang Shu spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

"In terms of legitimacy, the Six Desire Realms evolved from your Great Freedom Realm, and you are the original master of this place."

"In terms of ability, you have already cultivated back to the realm of Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness. Even if you have not succeeded in attaining enlightenment, you are more than capable of managing these demon kings and Buddhas."

"As for the only personality flaw?"

"Although you are naturally easygoing and dislike being restrained, you are still better than me, aren't you?"

Wang Shu had a very clear understanding of her own personality flaws.

She never considered herself a qualified manager—not now, and not in the future.

"I accept your reasons..."

A sly glint flashed in Zhuang Zhou's eyes as he continued to ask.

"But I still don't quite understand why the Dao Ancestor wanted someone to manage these demon kings and Buddhas?"

With just a gentle flap of its wings, Zhuang Zhou's enormous body stirred up a massive storm.

The demon king and the Buddhas all looked at him with puzzled expressions, but did not do anything aggressive.

This is certainly not because these demon kings and Buddhas have good tempers.

Rather, their desires had already been temporarily satisfied, and they were too lazy to argue with Zhuang Zhou.

"Human desires are never satisfied..."

"Moreover, the Dao Ancestor never intended to confine these demon kings and Buddhas to the Six Desire Heavens."

After glancing at those demon kings and Buddhas, Wang Shu's mind had clearly matured considerably, and the angle and depth of her perspective on issues were now incomparable to what they had been before.

"This is not a prison, but the Heavenly Realm, one of the Three Realms."

"In the future, more practitioners will come here. They are simply unwilling to enter the cycle of reincarnation after death, but it is not an unforgivable sin."

"Since that's the case, let's just let them use their remaining strength!"

"There are many places where their power can be used before they are willing to reincarnate."

Sensing the ill intent in Wang Shu's words, Zhuang Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

“You’re right. Cultivators who can escape reincarnation have at least cultivated a primordial spirit…”

“Give them a little freedom and they can do a lot of things.”

"At that time, these cultivators who are unwilling to enter the cycle of reincarnation will also contribute their own strength to the stability of the Three Realms."

"At least, the Netherworld will no longer have a shortage of manpower."

“The gods of this world will also be subject to a new force to restrain and balance them.”

At this point, Zhuang Zhou paused slightly.

"I accept your invitation!"

"After all, creating a complete Three Realms system by your own hands sounds like a very interesting thing."

"However, I have one condition: I cannot manage future cultivators in my current capacity."

"I will be the ruler of the heavens, and the emperor of this era!"

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(End of this chapter)