Myriad Paths

Facing the three patrolling angels, Jing Wuzhen glanced down.

Li Qi was tricked during the investigation and now fell into a state of control. This must be the evil thoughts entering his brain and starting to cause chaos in his inner world.

This is the devil's method, and it is certainly not the only method. It is to limit himself, Li Qi, and one of the two Buddhist disciples.

Moreover, if the two Buddhist disciples take action to suppress the sentient beings below, they will definitely need to use fourth-level methods. This will directly attract the patrol angels, and they will have to deal with it themselves. If not, they may not be able to deal with it.

So, the only one who can take action now is Shariputra.

The demon kings really made a good plan.

However, there is a problem.

The patrol angels have arrived, how can the demon kings take action themselves? The patrol angels will not talk so much with you. They only need to prohibit everything that is not allowed by heaven and earth from happening, and it has nothing to do with their own personal stance.

Although the patrol angels are all drawn from various Taoist traditions, they still have this basic ethics.

In other words... only those who are not emotionally involved will be selected to become patrol angels.

You know, there are many benefits to being a patrol angel.

The biggest advantage is that they can directly inherit the will of the world's 'way of heaven'.

That's right, it's the way of heaven in the world, not Haotian.

The two are completely different.

If Haotian insists, his scope covers the entire universe, not just the world, so the world is rarely watched by Haotian.

Although the world is powerful, it is still too small. The real vastness is outside the territory, and to Haotian, every life is the same.

"The devil guides all living beings to become demons, and we are suppressing the devil's thoughts." Jing Wuzhen said: "Although the fourth level is involved, there will be no additional consequences."

"Well... there won't be battles above level four, right?" said a patrolling angel.

Hearing this, Jing Wuzhen glanced at the three patrol angels in front of him.

An old man, who looked like a Taoist, an orthodox human being in the world, was smiling and didn't look hostile.

Another monster, it seems to be a bird demon, is it... a roc? He looked like he was speaking righteously, and it was he who was asking the question.

And a real dragon with a bored look on his face, as if he was dragged here by his duties.

"I can't guarantee it. We are encircling and suppressing the Demon Lord. This is also one of the Demon Lord's methods." Jing Wuzhen said: "Strictly speaking, this is already a battle of wits."

"I don't care how you fight, whether it's using the people's hearts below, or how to cleanse each other's demonic thoughts, even if all the people below are dead, it doesn't involve a front-on battle with the fourth grade. Can you do it?" Pengniao said.

"We can't guarantee it, but we will try our best," Jing Wuzhen said.

"I don't want to try my best, I want to be certain. If we can't do it, we will intervene. Every fourth-level battle is harmful to the world. You should understand this truth." The roc bird said seriously.

He seemed rude, but what he said was hard to refute.

Fourth-level battles are harmful to the world. For example, the battle between Li Qi and Qiu Zhi killed all the earth spirits in the two thousand miles of Baiyue.

This is going to be punished by heaven. If it weren't for the strong suppression of the world's heaven by humanity, Qiu Zhi should have been arrested.

"Four-level battles are harmful to the world, but aren't they the same to the sentient beings below?" Jing Wuzhen asked.

"No." The bird replied.

Then, he continued: "Mortals are born and destroyed, and life and death are nothing more than the ups and downs of the sea. To harm the world itself for their sake is simply to abandon the fundamental and pursue the inferior."

How should I put it? Jing Wuzhen actually knew this truth.

Just like plankton in the sea.

Every minute, a large number of plankton are born, die, or are sucked into the water by a certain whale, and trillions of them are eaten at once.

But as long as the sea itself is okay, the plankton will soon reappear.

However, harming the world itself is similar to harming the sea itself. A fourth-level battle is like a crude oil spill, enough to kill everything in the surrounding area and turn this area into a dead sea.

Compared with the sea, the survival of plankton is really irrelevant.

"They are not plankton." Jing Wuzhen said at this time, and then looked down: "If I have to say it, they are... hope, the future, and unborn babies."

Jing Wuzhen couldn't help but think back to many years ago, when she was only at the ninth level.

At that time, she had an adventure——

She once met the gods!

That is a real god, not a mortal being claiming to be a god.

She was born in a third-level world, which was a colonial world under heaven. The indigenous people had been annihilated by humanity, and the world lord of that world was also killed.

Of course, that was many, many years ago. When Jing Wuzhen was actually born, humanity was already there.

She was born as a member of humanity and received humane education since she was a child. When she was a child, she was also a noble and serious young man.

Of course, she looks very serious now.

However, during a process of 'pacifying chaos' in the outside world, humanity was blocked by the gods.

Jing Wuzhen died in battle because of this.

However, she did not really die. After the war, the 'god' 'resurrected' everyone.

All beings, including those who died humanely, are resurrected without leaving anything behind.

Jing Wuzhen wondered why, so she mustered up the courage to ask the god herself.

This really... took a lot of courage. A ninth-grade mortal, under pressure, asked a god who was at least a third-grade god.

However, the god answered Jing Wuzhen's question carefully.

Jing Wuzhen had a new question because of this. She asked: "Senior, why do you want to answer me? Am I a special existence?"

The god replied that actually she was not special, it was just that the god treated all life equally, including humanity and the world occupied by humanity.

That's why he took action to stop all this, but he brought everyone back to life afterwards.

Jing Wuzhen couldn't understand this approach, but she also had doubts about her own survival.

She suggested that she wanted to follow the other person and follow him to see his answer.

The god refused.

But at that time, Jing Wuzhen was humane, and people would not succumb to difficulties. They were always full of confidence to challenge nature.

So, she took the initiative to conduct a ‘chasing’.

In the process, she began to gradually understand why the gods did what they did.

Because...the gods are getting closer to ‘Haotian’.

And Jing Wuzhen also gradually became aware of 'Haotian', and was deeply shocked by the other party's tenderness.

She still remembers that when she realized what Haotian had done, she cried loudly in shock and sorrow. The serious heroine in the past seemed to have turned into a child.

But this is also true.

To Haotian, everything in this universe is the same child.

Haotian is selfless, and it is precisely because of his existence that the universe becomes what it is now.

In fact, Haotian may be the first first-grade in the universe and the first born first-grade. He is almost as old as the universe.

In other words...if Haotian doesn't nod, no life will be born in this universe.

However, Haotian not only gave birth to the universe, but also personally raised the first batch of 'gods' who appeared after him.

Yipin can manipulate time. If Haotian wants, he can make all the gods behind them become what he wants, but in fact he doesn't.

He just looked at them tenderly.

The first batch of ‘gods’ created many things, and these things gave birth to various races and life.

As for these beings born the day after tomorrow, Haotian does not show any favoritism. He still treats everything equally, even things other than life.

A stone, a person, a river, an animal, all of these seem to be equal in Haotian's eyes.

Then, the method of practicing, pursuing the path, and even ascending to the first level was born.

All of this was under the watchful eye of Haotian, who watched all of this happen gently without stopping him.

It can be said that if Haotian didn't nod, then in ancient times, no practitioner in the world would be able to reach the first level.

As the only first-class person at that time, Haotian had absolute power and suppressed everyone except himself. Only he could become a first-class person.

In this way, he can gain eternal hegemony and permanently occupy this world.

But he didn't do that and happily accepted the second product.

Then the third, the fourth, and so on.

Hao means vast and boundless. The so-called Haotian Wangji refers to the endlessness of Haotian.

What a vast measure this is.

Even when faced with other people breaking through to the first level, he did not take any action. It was completely acceptable to allow other first level people to appear and deprive him of his authority.

You know, even if the other first-class people don't have that idea, as long as the second first-class one appears, Haotian's control over reality will change from 'absolute' to 'relative'.

As a result, the second level of this universe, ‘Taiyi’, also appeared.

'Tai Yi' is not the original god, he is the 'Lord of Star Officials', that is, the god born the day after tomorrow. After Haotian led the original gods to build the entire universe, he took the lead. As the god of the future, he first To the original gods, they finally became the first class.

With the emergence of Taiyi, Shinto also reached its peak.

Next is the Four Phases. Although the Four Phases themselves are not the first level, when the four phases are combined, they can reach the level of the First Level.

Then there is the righteousness of the five elements.

Wood is in charge of Jumang, Fire is in Zhurong, Metal is in charge, Water is in Xuanming, Earth is in back-earth, and they are almost at the same level as the four.

With the four phases and the righteousness of the five elements as raw materials, the Qi of the five elements as the basis, and the movement of the four phases as the rules, the 'real universe' began to gradually take shape.

Later, under the leadership of Hou Tu, the "underworld" that was almost identical to the real universe was born.

Each major lineage later also established forces in the underworld, and now we can see the ‘underworld’, ‘six paths of reincarnation’ and ‘hell’.

The universe gradually developed into what it is now.

It can be said that the reason why today's world is prosperous and full of struggles is inseparable from Haotian's gentleness.

Even for Haotian, this is something that is completely harmful to himself, and it is also meaningless.

After Haotian was born, the world itself became false.

Because, at that period, in the entire universe, only Haotian had reality. As a born first-class man, only he was real. All other existences were false and could be easily erased by Haotian.

But Haotian never erases anything. He regards all illusions as reality and watches them grow. In the end, different flowers bloom among the illusions.

Even if Haotian is no longer special because of this, he still watches everything.

To this day, I am afraid that in Haotian's eyes, there is no difference between those high-ranking first-class people and the vain beings below.

Among the gods, those who follow Haotian mostly have this attitude.

After understanding a lot, Jing Wuzhen finally left the human realm. Although she was still considered a 'human' according to the classification of the human realm, she was no longer a fellow Taoist. However, she did not go to the Shinto way, but chose 'martial arts'.

The influence of humanity still exists, and it is difficult for her to accept that the gods completely treat everyone equally.

In the end, limited by her own sense of morality, her martial arts divine will turned into two swords of 'control' and 'discipline', in order to maintain the situation between illusion and reality, and also to maintain the living environment that mortals should have.

Just like what Haotian did.

So does she.

That's why she targets the demonic path, and in fact, she also takes action against the real dragons, because the demonic path and the real dragons are the two orthodoxy that care least about mortal life.

As she recalled it, unconsciously, the martial arts spirit behind her had unfolded.

"Oh... these words, and your performance, are you trying to force a fight? Are you really in such a hurry? For the sake of mortals, one versus three, and didn't you say that the enemy also has the Demon Lord? This is not just one versus three. Three, you have to fight a lot of people." The bird spread its wings and let out a threatening cry.

"There are no mortals in this world. You and I are all part of this world. Your and my lives are actually the same weight as the lives of so-called mortals." Jing Wuzhen said, holding the two swords.

"Since we can't agree on this, is there any other choice left? There is a dispute between you and me."

Jing Wuzhen said this.

"Yeah, you're right. Then, please ask Heaven to isolate this place to avoid additional damage." The roc said to the sky.

As expected, the surrounding area was isolated, and Tiandao responded. This was the authority of the patrolling angels.

"By the way, do you have any last words?" Pengniao asked.

"Last words? Well, by the way, if you have a chance to walk out alive, tell Li Qi that he has a dead look on his face every day, which is annoying. It's better to think more about happy things. This road-by-road road , although it is full of thorns, it is actually quite interesting." (End of this chapter)