Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 732

Chapter 730: Do I have to pay for food?

“How much do you remember about your past life?”

“I remember standing in court, being framed, with all the evidence pointing to me. Then, I traveled to Kyushu.”

“It seems we’re the same, perhaps even Xianren Jiang Li.”

The First Emperor wasn’t surprised that Jiang Li knew Xianren.

Xianren had told him that first, Human Emperor Jiang Li, came into his dream and beat him up, and then he, the First Emperor Jiang Li, also came into his dream and beat him up.

Whenever the First Emperor dreamed of Jiang Li, he’d often run into Xianren, and he’d exchange battle tips with him—in real combat, of course. Perhaps

Xianren had been idle for too long, and even though the First Emperor trained him, he couldn’t regain his former talent quickly, still accustomed to the various fancy abilities the system gave him.

“We’re here, right here.”

The two arrived at the gate. Above it, the words “Mental Hospital” teetered precariously.

“Mental Hospital?”

Upon arriving here, memories hidden deep within his mind awoke, and the First Emperor gradually remembered how he died.

“So everyone thinks energy is conserved, but I’m the only one who thinks it’s not?” Like Jiang Li, the First Emperor needed some time to process.

After living for five hundred years, becoming a being more powerful than the Heavenly Dao, he finally discovered he was actually a psychopath.

That wasn’t the biggest problem; the biggest issue was that energy truly was not conserved.

After breaking through to the Mahayana stage, the First Emperor created all the spiritual energy he used for cultivation.

“So, I was once driven mad by reality,” the First Emperor muttered to himself, never having imagined such a past.

“I hope the injustices I’ve experienced won’t happen to others, while you hope you’ll be the one to inflict them,” Jiang Li said.

The First Emperor snorted coldly, believing he was the one with the normal mindset, while Jiang Li was the outlier.

Jiang Li patted the First Emperor on the shoulder: “Come on, as the strongest being in this world, you should show me around the Nine Provinces, the world you rule.”

Upon learning of his mental illness, the First Emperor didn’t dwell on it. If this level of self-doubt could cause him to doubt himself, his inner demonic tribulation would have restored his memories long ago.

“Let’s go.” The First Emperor was very satisfied with the current situation in Jiuzhou.

He wanted to prove to Jiang Li that even though his strength was inferior to Jiang Li’s, his philosophy was correct, and Jiuzhou under his rule was better than Jiang Li’s.

On the way back to Jiuzhou, Jiang Li recounted his experiences after defeating the Heavenly Dao.

“So this world has rules.” The First Emperor had never heard of this.

“You haven’t been to the underworld?” Jiang Li was surprised. He first learned about the eight rules from Hou Tu Huangzhi.

The First Emperor was even more puzzled: “Why go to the underworld?”

Jiang Li took the Tianyang Evil Poison Pill rewarded by the system and went to the underworld. However, the system rewarded the pill not for going to the underworld, but for Jiang Li five hundred years ago, so that he could poison a cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage as part of the quest to find the fragments of the Ladder to Immortality.

Jiang Li uninstalled the system before encountering this quest.

“I thought your personality would have you ruling the Underworld.”

The First Emperor shook his head. “I govern life, and the Underworld governs death. If I govern death, wouldn’t it be like people are born and die again, and then resurrect from the dead, blurring the line between life and death, and death would no longer be terrifying?”

Although the First Emperor was arrogant, he had a clear understanding of himself.

He wasn’t suited to ruling the Underworld.

Seeing this, Jiang Li had to start from the beginning: “In the Underworld, I met Empress Hou Tu. She told me that the laws governing the world are based on eight principles.”

“Later, in the Observer World, I learned of a possible convergence point beyond the River of Time. I also encountered a strange phenomenon: a black tide that could devour the world. At that time, I didn’t know the black tide was actually the ninth principle.”

“The Observer World?”

The First Emperor didn’t know about the Observer World either.

Jiang Li was able to go to the Observer World because he used a tortoise shell to divine the location of the immortal realm a thousand years ago. The First Emperor didn’t choose to use the tortoise shell to divine this question. Instead, he asked, “Am I the most powerful in the world?”

The tortoise shell divination gave a “yes,” and the First Emperor, satisfied, put away the tortoise shell.

“Later, after I defeated the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao revealed why it chose to destroy the world…”

“Taichu created the world and also created nine laws, and the ninth law is the Law of Destruction…”

“The manifestation of the Law of Destruction is the Black Tide, which will inevitably sweep across the world…”

“There are two ways to save the world: one is to become the world’s sole consciousness, and the other is to establish order to counter the chaotic Law of Destruction.”

“Although you don’t know the Law of Destruction, the order you established in Jiuzhou is just enough to resist it.”

Upon hearing Jiang Li’s words, the First Emperor raised his chin slightly. Although it was an accident, it also proved that he was right.

“In that case, I need to increase my efforts to explore the heavens and myriad worlds and protect them.”

The First Emperor quickly realized his next move. As the master of the heavens and myriad worlds, protecting the world is his duty.

This is also Jiang Li’s purpose in coming to this parallel world.

The Immortal Realm is unimportant. In the face of the current First Emperor, it cannot make a ripple. The most important thing is to protect the First Emperor’s world from the erosion of the Black Tide.

On this point, Jiang Li and the First Emperor agreed.

Rather than becoming the last consciousness, it is better to cherish the present.

As the two recounted their experiences, they returned to Jiuzhou and arrived at the Great Zhou Dynasty, now known as the Great Zhou Territory.

The First Emperor arrived openly, only to be pulled back by Jiang Li. “Are you just showing me around in your true form?”

The First Emperor replied arrogantly, “I’m honest and aboveboard. Why should I be so secretive?”

Jiang Li replied, “…”

He felt the First Emperor wasn’t taking him for a stroll, but rather on an inspection tour.

“You haven’t done this many times, have you?” Jiang Li looked strange.

“Of course.”

“…Just listen to me, change your face.” Jiang Li was an expert in this area and had a lot of experience.

The First Emperor readily followed Jiang Li’s advice.

After the two changed their appearances, they came to the Great Zhou Domain.

Seeing a vendor carrying candied haws, the First Emperor played the role of a host and waved, saying, “Give me two strings of candied haws.”

The vendor gave each of the First Emperor and Jiang Li a string, waiting eagerly for the First Emperor to pay.

“I eat your food to give you face, and you dare to ask for money…”

The First Emperor referred to himself as “I” to Jiang Li, and “I” to others.

Jiang Li pushed the First Emperor away, gave the vendor the money, and explained, “I’m sorry, my brother’s brain is not very good, how can you eat without paying?”

The vendor nodded and kindly reminded him, “Then tell your brother to be careful and not to call himself ‘I’, it will cost you your head.”

“Of course.”

The First Emperor snorted coldly.

(End of this chapter)