Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 686

Chapter 684: The Law of the Survival of the Fittest and the Law of Destruction

Venerable Shenzang was furious. He had almost, just barely, persuaded Jiang Li to use him for his own ends.

With someone as unconventional as Jiang Li at his side, there was nothing he couldn’t accomplish!

“Don’t be so angry.” Facing Venerable Shenzang’s raging fury, Emperor Shun showed no fear.

“Die!” Venerable Shenzang attacked, aiming to kill Emperor Shun.

Even before Venerable Shenzang struck, Emperor Shun had already made his move. He spread his arms, leaned back, and entered the river of time that appeared beneath his feet.

The next moment, Emperor Shun emerged from the river of time and stood beside Jiang Li.

Unlike Ji Zhi, who actively used his double pupils, Emperor Shun’s eyes constantly observed three images: the past, present, and future.

He had already seen Venerable Shenzang’s move.

The three Hunyuan Wuji Immortals were equally surprised to see Emperor Shun.

Although Emperor Shun’s cultivation was not high, his mystery rivaled that of the Dao Ancestor. Legends of Emperor Shun have been passed down through the immortal world since ancient times.

Before Emperor Shun, time had no meaning; he could appear at any given moment.

Yuanzu considered Emperor Shun a thorn in his side. As a Hunyuan Wuji Immortal specializing in the study of the laws of time, he was unable to match Emperor Shun’s understanding of them—a profound humiliation.

Venerable Shenzang represented the sum of all worldly power; Yuanzu’s understanding of the laws of time mirrored Venerable Shenzang’s.

His previous attack demonstrated that Emperor Shun’s understanding of the laws of time far surpassed both Yuanzu and Venerable Shenzang.

Venerable Shenzang tried to attack again, but Jiang Li pinned him to the ground.

Emperor Shun, draped in a straw raincoat, looked like an ordinary boatman. He crouched down, gazing at Venerable Shenzang and posing a question Jiang Li hadn’t previously considered.

This question struck Jiang Li like a thunderbolt.

“Tian Dao, you said that after you become the last consciousness, you can restore the heavens and all worlds. Then, is the world you restored the present world, or the world nine thousand years ago?”

The pupils of Venerable Shenzang suddenly shrank. He had deliberately avoided this question just now, but he didn’t expect that Emperor Shun would bring it up.

Seeing that Venerable Shenzang did not answer, Emperor Shun spoke for him, “Now that there is no ladder to immortality, you cannot supervise every blade of grass and every tree in the heavens and myriad worlds. You can only restore the heavens and myriad worlds as they once were.”

“In the restored world, there will be no Jiang Li, no black tide, and you will be able to act recklessly and without restraint.”

Emperor Shun said to Jiang Li, “Of course, in the restored world, Jiuzhou will no longer be the peaceful and happy Jiuzhou it is today, but the Jiuzhou of intrigue and struggle between good and evil. There will be no Bai Hongtu, no Yu Yin, no Saintess Jingxin, no Ji Zhi, no Commander Liu, no Zhang Konghu… almost no one you are familiar with is here.”

Venerable Shenzang said hurriedly, “I can descend to Jiuzhou and keep the current Jiuzhou in my mind.”

Emperor Shun said slowly, “Can I? Can I not?”

“In the world you restored, there are the past lives and previous past lives of these people. Can one soul be both the past life and the present life?”

“If you really can do it, why didn’t you tell Jiang Li before?”

“Don’t say you forgot. The Heavenly Dao encompasses every detail, so how could there be something forgotten?”

Emperor Shun’s words were like a sharp knife, slicing through the true face of the Divine Treasure.

Emperor Shun continued, “And you wish to restore the heavens and myriad realms?”

At these words, not only did Jiang Li frown, but so did the three Hunyuan Wuji Immortals present.

What did this mean?

Venerable Shenzang was calm and composed: “This is natural. If I don’t restore the heavens and myriad worlds, who will?”

Emperor Shun shook his head: “Heavenly Dao, you didn’t answer the question. I asked you whether you want to, not whether you can.”

“Of course, of course I want to restore the heavens and myriad worlds.”

“Really? Don’t you have ambition? After all, in the end, you are the only one left in the world. You can do whatever you want and do whatever you want. Why do you need to restore the heavens and myriad worlds? Isn’t it better to create the world of your dreams?”

Venerable Shenzang said in a flat tone: “The things you said are indeed possible, but the premise is that there are selfish motives like the Immortal Emperor.”

“I am the Heavenly Dao, fair and just. The thoughts of all beings are my thoughts. Without selfishness, the situation you mentioned will not happen.”

“Without selfishness, how can you say such a thing? If you didn’t have spiritual intelligence, then you really didn’t have selfishness. But now that you have spiritual intelligence and rich emotions, you still say that you don’t have selfishness?”

Emperor Shun counted on his fingers: “When you first saw Jiang Li, you felt curious.”

“When you took the immortal world away from Jiang Li, you felt fear.”

“You deliberately concealed the truth and developed a desire to hide.”

“You felt happy after successfully deceiving Jiang Li.”

“You felt angry when you saw that I had ruined your plan.”

“You are controlled by emotions, and you still dare to say that you have no selfish motives?”

“You are created by the thoughts of all living beings, and the characteristics of all living beings will appear in you.”

“Living beings have a very interesting characteristic. When they face danger, they will try their best to save themselves and promise to do such and such things after being rescued, to spend all their money to thank their benefactors, to turn over a new leaf, and so on. But once they are rescued, they will feel that their previous promises were too much and want to regret it.”

“Tian Dao, you don’t have this characteristic?”

Venerable Shenzang sneered: “You are making far-fetched arguments. What you said only proves that I have emotions. How can you force a connection and say that I have selfish motives?”

Jiang Li stared at Venerable Shenzang and tried to use the power of his words: “Speak your true thoughts.”

Suddenly, Venerable Shenzang changed his previous words: “Living beings are dull and ignorant. Now I am controlled by these dull beings and have lost my freedom. When I open up the world again, I will create the ideal world in my mind!”

“Restoring the immortal realm and rewarding people based on the number of worlds destroyed is all a lie!”

Venerable Shenzang quickly covered his mouth.

The Buddha, trembling with anger, roared, “Even monks don’t lie, but you, the Heavenly Dao, deceived everyone. Shenzang, you deceived me!”

The Buddha and the Confucian sages fought for nine thousand years, all in an attempt to persuade the Confucian sages to submit to the Way of Heaven and save the world.

But now, it’s all become a joke

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Emperor Shun applauded: “Congratulations, Tiandao, you’ve even learned to lie. You’re becoming more and more like a human.”

“I’ve long anticipated that you, Tiandao, didn’t truly want to restore the world. For this reason, I traveled back 30,000 years and founded the Great Zhou, proving there’s a second possibility of saving the world.”

“The nine rules can be divided into two categories: the law of the jungle and the law of destruction are one, and the remaining seven are the other.”

“The basis for the division is order and disorder.”

“The law of the jungle and the law of destruction share one thing in common: disorder.”

“Needless to say, the rule of destruction has no time, place, or scope. The time, place, and scope of its appearance are all uncertain.”

“The rule of the jungle is also disorder. The strong make rules, but the strong also violate them. Rules are like waste paper. The strong do as they please ,

and that’s disorder.” “And the rule of destruction will only destroy disordered places, places where the jungle exists.”

“Emperor Jiang Ren, you’ve done a great job on this.”

“As the strongest, you’re still willing to abide by the rules of the Great Zhou, keeping it orderly.”

(End of Chapter)