Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

The will of the world... the way of heaven; in He Li's view, the way of heaven is not particularly vengeful.

The reason I think this way is...

That's because He Li clearly understands that the Heavenly Dao's proactive invasion of the Middle and Upper Realms is not merely for revenge; the Heavenly Dao's main purpose is to gain power for itself.

Or, to put it another way, it enables itself to "grow" and at the same time brings enough resources to its own world.

Growth and plunder are the goals.

Revenge was just a side effect.

It is precisely because of this that Heaven will not let traitors who reside in the Middle and Upper Realms go unpunished.

However, Heaven will not actively hunt down and retaliate against those who have chosen to leave the Middle and Upper Realms, unless hunting them down will yield sufficient benefits.

Therefore, Heaven holds grudges.

But they don't hold grudges. If you don't fight to the death with the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao won't keep bothering you.

Of course, most beings in the upper and middle realms of later generations had no way to leave and could only choose to fight to the death with the Heavenly Dao of the lower realm. So the Heavenly Dao of the lower realm deserved to take revenge on them.

Cause and effect, karma, that's just how it is.

However, not many people understand the ways of Heaven.

He Li knew these things because he had come into contact with the Heavenly Dao and even comprehended the Dao of Body Transformation.

This is a power that is almost like the Way of Heaven. To some extent, He Li can resonate with the Way of Heaven and can perceive and guess some of the Way of Heaven's thoughts.

That's precisely why...

It is clear that the main purpose of the Heavenly Dao is to devour the upper and middle realms, which is why He Licai can be certain...

War is unavoidable.

Whether the upper and middle realms choose to back down or choose to fight to the end, the outcome will remain unchanged. Although Mu Lan was unaware of the Heavenly Dao's situation, she listened to He Li's words...

She already knew that this war was unavoidable, and she felt somewhat helpless about it.

After all, she certainly didn't want war to break out.

But she couldn't change it.

"Don't overthink it. Besides, this war isn't actually as brutal as you imagine," He Li said, noticing Mu Lan's expression.

Mu Lan looked up upon hearing this: "What do you mean?"

It wasn't as terrible as I imagined? At first, Mu Lan didn't quite believe He Li's statement.

After all, it's war, no matter what.

What war isn't brutal?

Moreover, this war involves billions of lives from different worlds, and the vast majority of these lives possess supernatural powers.

In Mu Lan’s view, a war under such circumstances would be even more devastating than a war fought with firearms.

Because their individual combat capabilities are too strong.

When two opposing forces clash, it's common for the stronger to charge into the crowd and commit indiscriminate slaughter.

Perhaps after a battle...

There are no survivors.

Even under the attack of powerful supernatural forces, the corpses of the dead on the battlefield could not be found intact. Mu Lan couldn't imagine how such a war could not be tragic.

Until He Li responded to her doubts...

"In the end, this war is mainly a confrontation between top individuals."

"Once one side's top combat force loses its power..."

"Then the war is mostly over."

"Because other living beings simply cannot withstand those supreme combat powers comparable to conceptual gods. As for the rest... that is the retribution of Heaven."

After a slight pause, He Li continued, "When our side gains the advantage..."

"We will not slaughter beings from other worlds."

"The Way of Heaven will not do the same."

"But Heaven will still intervene. Heaven will use the more intense power of the rules of birth, aging, sickness and death to make those defeated traitors die silently and gradually."

"This period of time will not be short, but it will definitely be more than 70% or 80% shorter than the lifespan of ordinary living beings."

"However, even if it's 70% or 80%..."

"That would take at least a few years."

"Over the course of several years, the retribution from Heaven gradually brought those traitors to their deaths 'peacefully,' which is hardly considered tragic for most wars."

"At least most people still have time to live; they won't suddenly die a violent death in the wilderness without even leaving a complete corpse!"

Mu Lan fell silent upon hearing this.

Because she had to admit that He Li seemed to be right in saying the war wasn't that brutal.

After all, a being like the Heavenly Dao... even if it wanted revenge, it couldn't possibly kill all living beings directly. The Heavenly Dao's methods would definitely be "soft".

If that's the case...

So this war seems acceptable.

Since it's already unavoidable, the best outcome is one that isn't too tragic.

As she thought this, He Li's power had already been activated, leading everyone to the Netherworld to pick up Yu Qingge, while simultaneously using conceptual power along the way to arouse the awe of all living beings.

Only by having a sense of awe in one's heart...

They believe that there are gods watching over them and that bad deeds will inevitably be punished.

In this way, when sentient beings have evil thoughts again, they will generate more inner fire to suppress them, thus preventing the birth of evil beings to a greater extent.

However, what power does He Li possess...?

Its impact on this world is very limited.

After all, evil creatures have been eliminated, and with the implementation of rituals, evil thoughts have been suppressed to the greatest extent. Without evil thoughts, their power is much less effective.

For the people of this era...

The purpose of holding sacrificial rites and worship is no longer so simple; nowadays, it's more about expelling other evil spirits and protecting oneself.

However, such power is of limited use in today's world where gods are constantly at war, so naturally He Li's power cannot affect too many things.

However, it doesn't matter what the reason is.

He doesn't care about any of that anyway.

Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to the changes brought about by his power; he only focused on doing what he was supposed to do, and after receiving Yu Qingge and finding Li Shang later...

He stopped resisting the pulling force and simply took Yu Ji and the others into his Purple Mansion space...

Then we begin to wait for the return.

However, to He Li's surprise, as he and Jiang Hongxian gave up resisting the pulling force, that force did not directly take them back to the future era.

That pulling force simply separated their souls and consciousness from the bodies of the indigenous people.

And for a period of time after being stripped away...

He Li and Jiang Hongxian have also completely lost the last trace of influence they had on this era.

No one could even see them.

Ordinary living beings won't work!

Immortals won't work, and neither will gods!

However, he and Jiang Hongxian were able to observe the events that followed this era as bystanders, although the time was short and they didn't see a lot.

However, during this time, He Li still saw the native who had originally possessed his body...

Finally, it was found by the fish-like creature.

At the same time, Yu Fu also discovered that the indigenous people who had lost He Li's possession were no longer supreme gods, but merely mortals who vaguely retained some divine power and possessed relatively high combat strength.

In light of this, Yu Fu recruited him and established the position of High Priest in the Shu Kingdom, appointing him to the post.

This was somewhat unexpected.

But upon closer reflection, it makes perfect sense.

After all, being possessed by "Jiu" and becoming powerful due to his influence allows one to directly communicate with the gods and perceive the heavens and earth, which perfectly matches the situation of the priests in legends.

So, according to the established history...

The rules took effect, making Jiu, who possessed all the power of a priest, the high priest of Shu...

That's perfectly reasonable!

However, aside from Jiu's good ending, Li, who was possessed by Jiang Hongxian, did not have such a good ending, because the other Great Sun Golden Crows of this era had their eyes on "Li"!

The reason they targeted her was because she possessed powerful flame energy due to Jiang Hongxian's influence.

That power is what the Golden Crow needs.

Although the Heavenly Emperor of the Demon Court in this era did not seem to have any intention of taking action against Li.

But his offspring were different...

The Heavenly Emperor of the Demon Court made no attempt to stop it.

This directly led to Li's precarious situation, making it impossible for him to return to the settlement and forcing him to flee everywhere. Although He Li and Jiang Hongxian did not see what happened afterward.

However, upon reaching this point, He Li and Jiang Hongxian had already roughly guessed Li's fate...

After all, according to legend, Emperor Wangdi's wife, "Li," was a peculiar being born from a well.

Now that we know the name "Li" signifies inheritance...

Based on the experiences of this generation...

Could we infer that the next generation's success was due to the various misfortunes the current generation encountered during their escape, ultimately finding refuge in a well to evade capture...?

What about the benefits of giving birth to the next generation?

Although it is still uncertain whether the benefits of the next generation are derived from the benefits of this generation and other people, or from special life forms directly formed under the influence of certain forces...

But Emperor Wang's wife was probably born in this way and was found later.

At the same time, history has left this message...

It was eventually known to later generations!

While He Li and Jiang Hongxian were speculating about these matters based on the known information, their souls were also drawn back to the future by the rules and the pull of time...