Wandao long distance

Chapter 1032 Enlightenment

After watching the moment of the birth of the demon, Cangtian took Li Qi away.

but……

Li Qi has already joined the game.

How to say it, Li Qi had already appeared at the moment when Tianmo was born. In other words, when other people trace back to this place, they will also meet Li Qi.

If any dispute happens in this place, Li Qi will be met here.

At this time, can Li Qi stay out of it?

Obviously that is impossible.

Therefore, Li Qi has participated in this period of history and has become a part of this place. His real body is even next to the birthplace of the demon.

Whatever major events occur here in the future will definitely be related to Li Qi, and he will be forced to choose sides.

This is the consequence of being 'engaged in history'.

To explore secrets, you cannot do so by reading books or listening to people’s stories. That would certainly not be true for the Almighty, and it would be impossible to understand the full picture.

Only by going to the scene in person can you truly understand what happened.

However... when you appear on the scene, you become a part of history, a part of the secret. You naturally join in the development of this history and become one of the background boards here.

So, if something happens here in the future, you will definitely be involved.

The more you know, the more dangerous it is; the more you participate, the more crises you will face.

Therefore, many second-grade people are not willing to interfere too much, nor do they want to know so much. They have their own things to do and are not in the mood to waste a lot of time on curiosity.

This is also what makes the devil scary.

Because, theoretically speaking, the devil exists in all of history. He is literally "a stickler for everything", the ultimate troublemaker, and the only one designated to take the blame.

No matter what the historical secret is, the devil is most likely nearby, existing in the form of the evil thoughts of a witness.

But after all the trouble he has gone through, he is still alive and well, and no one can control him. This shows his value.

After Li Qi left here, he went to the next location.

The matter concerns the 'heavens', so it is naturally impossible that it involves only the demon family.

The next time, Li Qi appeared next to 'Haotian'.

Then, Li Qi could see that, under the protection of heaven, Haotian looked at him.

But Haotian didn't do anything. As always, he spent every second calmly, almost without interfering with the outside world. He just watched.

But Li Qi had already seen through it.

Haotian formed a period of time and space on his own. Haotian's "quietly watching" was really quiet, so quiet that he hardly caused any disturbance to the outside world.

Normally, even the gaze of a mortal would cause disturbances. After all, the so-called "disturbance" and "observation" are essentially the same.

When you look at something with your eyes, the photons have actually touched this object. If you want to perceive something, you have to touch this object. This contact is the disturbance itself.

But Haotian's observation was different. Li Qi didn't know how he did it, but he seemed to be observing "one-sidedly". He could see all living beings, but they would not be disturbed by it, and there would not even be any reflection of photons.

But this existence made Li Qi aware of another special power.

  Haotian, is it called "Heaven" because of its independence? Li Qi is not sure

But after he saw all this, Cang Tian took Li Qi away again and went into the past history.

This time, he came to the Buddhist 'Heaven'.

Here, you can see the giant wheel turning and many "heavens" operating here. Most of the Bodhisattvas in Buddhism have their own "heavens". There is a tradition of opening up the heavens within Buddhism, so there are especially many "heavens" here.

But Li Qi could see at a glance that these "heavens" were actually the same as his own Ten Thousand Heavens, or even far inferior.

These heavens are a poor imitation, and their essence is to be 'independent'.

It’s like Haotian’s independence.

Although these gods are still unable to completely get rid of the outside world, they all expressed the same attempt, which is to "escape from the red dust."

Is this the traditional practice of Buddhism, or is it... an attempt by the Buddha?

The formless realm seems to be the common goal of all these Buddhist heavens. It is an attempt to not be contaminated by the cause and effect of anything. The ultimate goal of these heavens is to develop from the form realm to the formless realm and stay as far away from the desire realm as possible.

The desire realm is almost completely opposite to the formless realm.

After reading all this, Cang Tian took Li Qi to the Taoist's "Daluotian".

In Daluotian, Li Qi saw similar things.

The heavens here include Xuwu Yueheng Heaven, Taiji Mengyi Heaven, Chiming Heyang Heaven, Xuanming Gonghua Heaven, Yaoming Zong Piaotian, Zhuluo Huangjia Heaven, Xumingtang Yaotian and Yuanzai Kong Shengtian.

These are also the heavens of Taoism, which are no different in nature from the heavens of Buddhism, but what they pursue is not the 'formless realm' but another kind of 'transcendence'.

It is freedom, it is to be completely detached from all worldly things, to be free to come and go freely in all things, to be completely free from all constraints, this is the purpose of the creation of these "heavens".

Cang Tian quickly took Li Qi away from Daluotian.

This time, instead of looking at anything else, he returned to where he was.

Even down there, the heavens were not idle.

He showed his own characteristics, and although it was not the Dharmakāya itself, it also contained some of his power.

He did not avoid it. After all, Li Qi was also a Taoist priest, so this could be considered a benefit.

Here, Li Qi can see the emptiness and the distance.

This is actually similar to Haotian. These days have a common characteristic, that is, the higher their grade, the further away they are from the world.

The sky itself is high above.

Then, the so-called "heaven" is actually the same as Li Qi's initial view, which is "independent time and space".

  So... that is to say, how independent are these time and space?

If there really is a "sky" that is completely independent and reaches a state of transcendence, becoming a place that cannot be observed, imagined, or even realized to exist, then...

Thinking about this, Li Qi asked, "It seems that there is still one missing, where is Xiantian?"

"Xiantian can't take you there for the time being. To be precise, the Xiantian you are familiar with is dead." Cangtian responded.

"Ah? Why?" Li Qi was stunned. "Aren't you involved in it? Why else? When you led Xiantian out, you destined his personality to be annihilated. Otherwise, do you think it would be so easy to get the Desire Realm in your hands?" Cangtian replied.

Li Qi was speechless and sighed.

I didn't kill Xiantian, but Xiantian died because of me.

However... there seemed to be no way out. Being watched by so many first-grade masters, he probably had his fate sealed. Xiantian's previous caution was all for his safety, but his identity had already doomed him to have no safety at all.

This was only a dozen minutes of "observation", but it was much clearer than what Li Qi could gain by working behind closed doors for billions of years.

Studying theories for 10,000 years and deducing the appearance of various microscopic particles is not as good as seeing with your own eyes what they really look like using a particle collider.

With the help of heaven, Li Qi came into contact with things he had never touched before.

So he began to summarize.

After the birth of the Heavenly Demon, this name is rarely used to refer to the Heavenly Demon, because the Heavenly Demon is not a god, but a demon, and the Heavenly Demon itself has a strong desire to interfere with the outside world.

Haotian's independence also shows a certain characteristic of "separation", and the lofty height of the sky makes this point even more obvious.

Cangtian and Haotian are both independent "sky".

The Buddhist gods all seem to be imitating the nature of Haotian and Cangtian. All this is an attempt to escape from the web of cause and effect.

Taoism also has the heavens.

In other words, there is the "emptiness" of Buddhism, the "freedom" pursued by Taoism, the "loftiness" of the sky, and the "independence" of Haotian.

"So... Tian is actually part of the attempt to seek transcendence? And the powerful being with the suffix 'Tian' is the embodiment of this attempt? The reason why Tianmo's name does not end with 'Tian' but 'Mo' is because he does not have the meaning of transcendence."

"So, do I have to open up all the heavens from this direction? Or do I not necessarily have to take this path?" Li Qi muttered to himself, while the myriad heavens he opened up appeared in his hand.

It turns out that this is how the heavens were born.

It is something new created to break away from existing rules.

  Then... is Haotian also one of them? Shouldn't Haotian be the first first-class person to appear independently in the real universe? Why is he also breaking away?

Wait a moment.

  Haotian is also like this, doesn’t that mean——!

Li Qi immediately looked up at the sky: "Is transcendence... the best option?"

Cang Tian was a little surprised, but he still answered: "It seems that you understand very quickly, but of course not. Transcendence or not is actually not that important. To be honest, no one wants the so-called 'transcendence'. After all, it is no different from death."

“What we want is not transcendence.”

"Heavenly beings, what you want is not transcendence, but everything you do is what transcendence wants to do. Then, what is this that I created by opening up the heavens and establishing?" Li Qi was a little puzzled.

He looked at the sky that belonged to him and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

  what exactly is it?

The sky is high above, seemingly detached from the real universe, and even exists alone. All the powerful beings named after it are like this, but the sky says that transcendence is not their goal.

  The 'emptiness' of Buddhism and the 'freedom' of Taoism, aren't they transcendence?

These two should not be fake, right?

So what is the object of the pursuit of the Heaven? The demon gave up the practice of transcendence, and thus lost the Heaven, causing the Desire Realm to separate from his body and become something similar to a relic. What did he get in return?

Li Qixiang didn't quite understand.

The heaven should know the answer, but the heaven cannot tell Li Qi the answer, because that would just create another heaven.

He can take Li Qi to see and experience things, and protect him from being harassed in dangerous places, but he cannot give answers on behalf of Li Qi.

So, the heaven left.

After Li Qi noticed Cangtian's departure, he also chose to leave, but did not return to Xuanjing Mountain.

He wouldn't be able to think properly once he returned to Xuanjing Mountain, so he decided to find a secluded place.

So, he almost randomly chose a planet outside the domain, and then appeared on a mountain on this planet.

This is a lifeless wandering planet, without its own sun and without any vitality. The mountain-building movement has almost stopped, the core has solidified, the geothermal heat has disappeared, the planet has stopped rotating, and the gravity is not enough to crush the planet into a black hole, but the planet itself is also not moving at all.

The surface temperature is close to the temperature of a vacuum, which is almost a little above absolute zero. Because its core is solidified, there is naturally no magnetic field, the ocean has evaporated, and the atmosphere is gone.

This is a dead planet, a big rock floating in the space, without any light at all. If nothing unexpected happens, it will keep floating like this until it disappears.

This is actually a state of "possibility convergence". If there is no external interference, it will continue without change for an unknown period of time.

It was at this place that Li Qi began to think.

On the dark planet, Li Qi began an endless retreat alone.

He began to hypothesize all kinds of scenarios.

Through his understanding of everything, he exhaustively goes through the consequences of every 'idea'.

This is a simple method, but it is very difficult to do.

Because trying to guess the thoughts and goals of the first-rank officials is simply nonsense. Li Qi actually has no ideas at all. He just uses this method to get as close as possible to the thoughts of the first-rank officials.

This thinking continues.

Time passes slowly.

A lot has happened to this planet.

It was captured by the gravity of a galaxy and then broke into a nebula. Its surface was blown by the solar wind and interstellar dust, and its surface was polished smooth over hundreds of millions of years, but it was eventually pushed back into space.

It was once landed on by some civilizations, but they found that there was nothing here. There were only some common minerals in the universe. There were no precious civilizations and organic matter, so it was quickly abandoned and not explored in depth.

It almost fell into a certain abyss, but in the end, due to luck, it was thrown around on the gravity line and finally accelerated to fly to other places.

The most thrilling one was during an interstellar war, when a gamma-ray burst was detonated by a certain civilization, turning into stellar sword energy that rushed towards the hostile civilization, ready to blow up the opponent's mothership.

This gamma-ray burst passed by the planet, with the distance at that time being less than eight light minutes, so it could be said that it passed right by it, but still did not hit it.

In this way, this planet just floats around, and like many pieces of cosmic garbage, it leads a journey that seems boring yet thrilling.

Until one day.

Earth-shattering things happened on this planet.

A huge shout came from this planet:

"I see!"