Wandao long distance

Chapter 1015: Semi-Forced

"So, you have got the Desire Realm?" The Demon Prince said to Li Qi.

"Yes, it's here." Li Qi stretched out his hand and showed the Desire Realm.

It is the gathering place of all desires, the reflection of all beings' thoughts, the gathering place of all things' "thoughts", and the echoes of all thoughts reverberate here.

The Demon Prince nodded with satisfaction.

This is the Desire Realm, it is so beautiful. The thoughts brewing in it are really hard to describe, but they are indeed magnificent.

Li Qi looked around and said, "So, why are we meeting here?"

All around, there are things like "Scripture Repository".

This is a pagoda, which is transparent from top to bottom and has an unknown number of floors. Inside, there are three hundred million trillion statues of the Tathagata, where offerings are made, venerated, respected, praised, and the immeasurable Buddhist teachings are widely spread.

The ground is made of lapis lazuli, and there are rows of precious trees. Ropes made of gold mark the sides of the road, and scattered with precious flowers. The whole place is pure and there is infinite light. There are also innumerable audiences of the voice-hearers, and there is no demonic activity. Each level is more than thirty feet high, and looks like a mobile palace, decorated with seven treasures, and hung with silk banners and canopies. There are statues standing in the chariots, and there are celestial attendants, all carved from gold and silver, hanging in the air, beating big drums, blowing conch shells, and striking bronze cymbals.

There are countless books and Buddhist scriptures on each floor. Behind each statue of the Tathagata in different forms there are different scriptures. Depending on the posture of the Buddha statue, the things recorded are also different.

Looking at the number of floors, there are quite a lot.

"I am reading the Great Tripitaka here, and later I plan to take a look at the Taisho Tripitaka of humanitarian construction. Perhaps I can compare some things. However... these are all the words of the Buddha, so they should be more orthodox, right?" The Demon Prince looked up at the pagoda.

This is where the 'Great Tripitaka' is stored. This pagoda is a collection of all the Buddha's speeches, which were sorted out by two Buddhist disciples, Ananda and Upali, based on their memory. Eventually, this vast amount of information was verified and confirmed by Kasyapa sentence by sentence, and then compiled into a book, classified according to different categories, and stored in this pagoda.

In the entire pagoda, there are only Li Qi and the Demon Prince, and many other monks here, but there are only two or three cats and kittens.

"You seem to be quite interested in Buddhism." Li Qi put away the Desire Realm: "So should I wait for you to finish studying all these Buddhist teachings? Or should I start now?"

"Wait for me. I think I will be more confident after I finish reading these. Besides, there is no need to rush. You should prepare more. This is your style, right?" The Demon Prince continued to bury his head and continue reading.

Li Qi nodded: "Okay, then come find me when you get better."

After saying this, he stood up and walked out of the pagoda.

After walking out of the pagoda, you can see that the outside is an ordinary world, and the pagoda is just an ordinary seven-story pagoda, not as exaggerated as it looks inside.

This is a primitive world. The feudal era has not yet arrived, and it is still in the peaceful primitive tribal period. The pagoda was built here as some kind of "miracle" here.

The natives all believe in the miracles here, and it is impossible for Buddhism to drive them away.

In fact, the natives were latecomers. At first, these Buddhist remnants just found a newly born planet to live on, but now they have stayed there for too long, and intelligent creatures have evolved on this planet.

Although still in the primitive and ignorant period, these natives already had a preliminary understanding of Buddhism, and they were inevitably influenced.

Buddhism did not reject them and accepted them as disciples, and they just lived quietly on this planet.

After Li Qi walked out of the pagoda, he greeted Jiaye and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Venerable."

Jiaye bowed to Li Qi and said, "These are all things I should do, and so should the great witch. However, I would like to add that Maudgalyayana has died to destroy the demons, and you two should also consider this carefully."

"When the Buddha was alive, did he allow the evil ways to run rampant?" Li Qi asked back.

Kasyapa shook his head.

"So, what we are doing is just this. Venerable Kashyapa and Venerable Ananda are better at passing on the Buddhist teachings, and leave the matter of exterminating demons to me." Li Qi said with a smile.

Just as Li Qi and Jiaye were talking, a little novice monk walked in.

Seeing Li Qi inside, the young monk hurriedly saluted and then retreated.

Just by going in and out like this, Li Qi had already seen the clues.

He turned his gaze to Kasyapa: "At this time, is there anyone who wants to target you?"

The second-rank official could easily see into the little monk’s heart, so when the other party came in, Li Qi already knew all the causes and consequences.

"After all, the Tripitaka is still very valuable. Many high-level civilizations want to take a look at it. It's okay to just take a look, but some want to take it away. That's not okay. But let me handle it." Kasyapa lowered his head slightly, then stood up and wanted to deal with it.

"Leave it to me. I'll solve this problem once and for all." Li Qi held down Jiaye.

The Taoist lineage controlled by Kasyapa today cannot even find a second-grade cultivator. Kasyapa already has the highest level of cultivation. Although the third-grade cultivators have already established a foothold in the universe, it is still difficult to maintain complete stability.

After all, there are still many third-grade and even second-grade civilizations in this universe.

Jiaye watched Li Qi leave.

Perhaps it would be a good thing to let Li Qi express his stance.

After all, the current situation is indeed not very good.

As for Li Qi, he appeared outside the atmosphere of the planet.

Outside the atmosphere, Li Qi could see a fleet.

The devil's eye on his forehead opened and took a glance.

This is a third-grade civilization, which is already very powerful. However, they do not have an individual third-grade strongman, but their civilization itself has reached the third grade.

With just a glance, Li Qi could confirm that this was a noble race with character.

They speak softly and behave elegantly.

Their actions are quiet, reserved, confident, and most importantly, extremely rational.

Li Qi can read their minds and determine the logic of their actions, so this is an advanced civilization that can basically be described as peaceful and friendly.

  Then why does this kind of civilization dislike war?

Li Qi then continued reading.

Then it dawned on him.

It turned out to be the case.

The technology of this civilization allows them to travel through time and space, allowing them to have incomplete reality when they do not have the third-grade characteristics. They have a technology called "Eternal Time and Space" that allows them to peek into the past and the future, and a group of "Eternal Technicians" are responsible for operating this complex control method.

Through their own unique algorithms, they control reality and timelines for eternity.

Therefore, the 'Eternal Technician' is the actual ruler of their civilization, and his authority is even higher than that of the 'leaders' in different time and space.

However, Li Qi could see the pain of those 'Eternal Technicians' here.

He discovered that these Eternal Technicians would select their successors in different world lines, and then train them to become an 'Eternal Technician'.

This process is extremely painful. Generally speaking, the selected novices will completely leave their own world line and their families.

It will take them many, many years to slowly come into contact with the truth.

Gradually, as they carry out missions again and again, they will discover that they are completely different from ordinary members of civilization.

Newbies will have different reactions, but generally not good.

Many novices will find it impossible to eat. Like injured little animals, they gather together to seek spiritual comfort, make feeble jokes based on time and space ethics, and pretend to be happy.

But they all know that they have changed completely, and they may not even have their parents anymore.

Because, if they return to the original timeline, they will see that their parents have a new son, and as for who they are, they don't know, anyway, their parents don't know them, society has no record of them, and they don't exist at all.

  Who gave birth to me?

How was I born?

They pondered these horrible questions again, and then laughed feebly at each other's jokes, as if that would make them stronger.

These lonely young people find that they have nothing but eternity.

There is no way they can go back to the past. There is no law preventing them from going home. It is just that they have recognized the terrible and cruel truth.

Home no longer exists, or rather, it has never existed. They have even erased that reality with their own hands.

Many years later, they will become excellent eternal technicians, able to calmly face their constantly reshaped past and future, but they will probably never forget that experience.

This is the eternal law of this third-grade civilization. They do not have individual strong third-grade people, but through the sacrifice and inheritance of such individuals, they have also built their own eternal time and space.

However, this is also the flaw in their "path".

The method of becoming eternal beings planted a flaw in their Dao hearts. Even if they became skilled and excellent eternal technicians in the future, these thoughts still lingered in their hearts.

This flaw makes them particularly vulnerable when facing evil thoughts, and evil is their natural nemesis.

"So, that's why they are seeking help from Buddhism? However, they don't trust these monks, so they choose to take it themselves." Li Qi said to himself, then stood in front of the fleet.

Countless fleets, spanning dozens of light years.

The fleet includes motherships the size of stars as well as single-person flying boats, and all the fleets combined form a huge array that can affect the existence of the third rank.

It would be more appropriate to call it a formation rather than a fleet.

Li Qi stood at the edge of the formation.

He waved his hand gently, and could see a faint light flashing outside countless portholes. That was the beginning of all things and the end of chaos.

These time ships were forced to move forward, and the atmosphere gradually became thicker. Water, fire, and earth were swept by the sweeping wind and impacted the surface of the spacecraft. Cracks gradually appeared on the thick portholes. The spacecraft lost control and kept shaking and swaying in the hot mud.

But the next moment, one second before Li Qi made his move, the spaceship launched an attack.

They attacked before Li Qi attacked, thus interrupting Li Qi's actions, and everything Li Qi did afterwards would be canceled.

This is how it should be.

After all, for them, creating reality from history is an act of pursuing their own ideals from infinite possibilities, that is, the work of constantly shaving off infinite figures to ultimately form a finite and unique outline.

However, Li Qi is different from them.

In Li Qi's view, all history exists simultaneously, and there is no conflict between all world lines. There is never an option to "erase reality". You just choose history, not erase it.

Therefore, attacking Li Qi and interrupting Li Qi's actions cannot cancel the consequences caused by Li Qi.

This is the suppression of the third grade by the second grade. In the reality that Li Qi perceives, the reality that the third grade believes in is no longer valid. They think they can interrupt Li Qi's actions in the past and cancel Li Qi's future. However, they don't know that in Li Qi's path, the future he created has nothing to do with Li Qi.

The self-existence of things.

The future depends on itself. It does not mean that Li Qi created the future, so if Li Qi is killed, the future will no longer exist.

So, Li Qi was interrupted, but the future was not interrupted.

As a result, this civilization's fleet in this timeline was destroyed.

The Eternal Technicians were still there. They were panicked and immediately realized that the person in front of them was not someone they could defeat.

However, Li Qi waved again.

Because reality exists simultaneously, no matter whether it is alive or dead, the existence of this fleet is vague and it is impossible to judge life or death before the possibility is reduced to zero.

So, under Li Qi's magical powers, the fleet returned again.

They still retained their memories, so they immediately looked at their bodies in horror.

Then, they used all their observation abilities to look at Li Qi over there.

Li Qi waved to them.

The civilization immediately understood what was happening, and then they quietly retreated.

Li Qi frowned.

He quickly chased after him, shouting, "Stop! Don't go!"

He just wanted to persuade the other party not to use force. If you want to come and listen to the teachings and learn Buddhism, you can discuss it! Those monks are easy to talk to! If you say you want to see the Tripitaka, they will definitely not refuse!

In the end, Li Qi caught up with the other party.

Until the very end, these people were full of vigilance and disbelief, and even felt that they were forced to study the Tripitaka.

  However, when they actually got the entry permit from the Great Tripitaka, they felt...had they done something wrong?

Jiaye was also confused by Li Qi's attitude...

If it were Kasyapa, he would probably let the other party make his own choice instead of using this semi-forced method.

But anyway...

Li Qidu is sending a signal to the outside world.

The Great Tripitaka, all the records of the Buddha's words during his lifetime -

Now, it’s free and open.

Anyone can come and see it.

(End of this chapter)