Wandao long distance

The outlines of objects gradually appeared and filled with color.

A certain kind of power was growing around them until it turned into a song.

That's right, a song.

The steady and majestic music sounded all around, as if it was singing about everything, making Li Qiqing involuntarily close his eyes and indulge in it.

It is well known that Haotian likes music.

In the rituals of worshiping Haotian that the shamans still preserve, music is also an extremely important part. Even humanity has retained the position of "Grand Music Master".

In the music, when things changed from nothingness to a scene outlined by many simple and clear lines, Li Qi finally met Haotian.

Under normal circumstances, if Li Qi came to visit Haotian, the other party might not necessarily pay attention to him.

However, this time the trip was so smooth, and there was not even anyone outside to stop him. It can be seen that Haotian actually knew that Li Qi would come.

Yes, of course he knew it. After all, he personally stopped Li Qi from destroying the demon.

Facing Haotian in front of him, Li Qi took a deep breath and then said, "Emperor of Heaven."

Haotian looked at Li Qi quietly.

"You know, right? Yao Ji, Emperor Jun, and Emperor Hundun are planning to kill you and replace you. They want a Heavenly Emperor who is not as domineering as you."

Yes, Li used the word overbearing.

Haotian is gentle, there is no doubt about that, his tolerance is so broad that he is called 'Hao', and he can even tolerate the birth of other first-class people.

If it were Li Qi, when he became a first-rank official, would he be able to tolerate others being promoted to the first-rank official in front of him?

Not to mention the first grade.

Suppose there is only one Sanpin in this world, that is, there is only one real existence.

  So, when the second third-grade person is born, how many people will choose to give in instead of waving their hands and knocking the other party down?

To give in means to give up one's own authority and to transform from the supreme and only true God into an ordinary being.

Give up half of your own power, or even take the initiative to hand the knife that can kill you to the other party.

The opponent will truly have the ability to kill me, and will also have the qualifications to be on equal footing with me.

To accept this, one must have extraordinary magnanimity.

But at the same time, Haotian's tyranny is hidden under such gentleness.

You can become a first-class official, but you cannot disobey Haotian.

The Emperor of Heaven still retains the power to suppress the other emperors.

Even those as strong as humans still chose to lie dormant under the might of Haotian, unwilling to face the wrath of the Emperor of Heaven. They even maintained the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, which was presided over by the Ministry of Rites every once in a while.

No matter what, Haotian is still the only person who can maintain the exquisite structure of this real universe. Apart from Haotian, no one can take on this important task.

Haotian used this authority to stop the plans of countless people.

Huanglong... or Huangtian, Huangdi, the formerly Emperor Xuanyuan, after leaving the mortal world, tried to occupy the center of the sky. The war between him and Taiyi was also suppressed by Haotian.

Li Qi's plan to destroy demons, the humane plan of replacing heaven with man, the gods' attempt to exterminate mortals, and all these various big plans were suppressed by Haotian.

How many people had no choice but to bow their heads under Haotian's oppression.

Even though it is gentle, it cannot be disobeyed.

Li Qi was the one who was pressed on the head.

Facing Li Qi's question, Haotian gave his own answer: "Then let them do it, this is also a possibility, isn't it?"

"Don't you mind?" Li Qi asked.

"I never care about these little things. There are more wonderful things to maintain and create in this universe. Why bother with these? Besides, what they want to create is also a kind of beauty." Haotian replied calmly.

Li Qi listened to Haotian's answer and seemed to feel Haotian's attitude from it.

It wasn't obvious, but he noticed it anyway.

  Was this kind of resistance something Haotian expected?

Faced with Haotian's suppression, some people just sighed submissively and despaired about the future.

Others struggled for a while, then lost hope.

There are also some people, such as Li Qi, who is one of them, and the same is true for those brutal gods, they never give up.

Keep fighting, fighting, and fighting. No matter how much the next battle costs, no matter how much we will suffer, no matter how impossible victory is, we must fight and fight to the end. This is not a question of courage, but an innate ability to not give up.

Maybe it's just a stupid desire for life.

But in Haotian's eyes, this kind of stupidity seems to have a reason to exist.

"So, they won't succeed, right?" Li Qi confirmed, "They are so confident, are they ignorant? But Yao Ji is a part of you. If Yao Ji is so determined to participate in it, is it really that simple?"

"You are so worried, do you have any ideas? Or do you want to use this as a bargaining chip to exchange for the privilege of destroying demons?" Haotian asked back.

Li Qi didn't hesitate and nodded: "Perhaps I can help you with this matter, as long as you let me destroy the remaining insignificant magic."

The rest are all mortals, the highest of whom is no more than the fifth rank, and they can be killed with a snap of a finger. If it weren't for Haotian's blessing, they would not have survived until now.

“No need, Li Qi, you still don’t understand what this world is like. Perhaps... you should understand the whole picture before shaping this world, and you will have different gains.” Haotian said.

"Understand the whole picture? The whole picture of the devil? Or understand the whole picture of this world." Li Qi asked.

"Neither." Haotian shook his head: "You don't need to worry about these. The struggle between the gods has nothing to do with you. Go and do your own thing."

Li Qi frowned at Haotian's riddle man behavior, but Li Qi knew that many times the riddle was just because of his low level, so he was not angry, but said again: "Do my own thing? My thing has been stopped by you, and now I can't go to the next step, but I still don't choose to join those gods... Heavenly Emperor, you should know that."

"I know, but your decision has nothing to do with me, Li Qi, let's end this matter here." Haotian said and waved his hand gently.

With Haotian's wave of his hand, Li Qi was directly repelled. His body retreated uncontrollably, quickly left the heaven, and finally returned to the void.

Looking at the nothingness around him, Li Qi sighed.

Obviously, Haotian was not willing to accept Li Qi's "help". He was even too lazy to pay attention to the disobedience from within the Heavenly Gods and from his own remains.

Yao Ji is the "remnants" of Haotian, or in other words, the dandruff of Haotian, a part of the impurities that were excluded, and then became the daughter of Haotian.

So, how do we face the demon now... Wait?

Where did this idea come from? It came from——

The moment Li Qi reacted, another voice sounded from the bottom of his heart.

"Oh, you're so perceptive. I wanted to see how you were going to face me." A calm and peaceful voice appeared, and it was impossible to tell the gender.

In just a moment, Li Qi broke out in a cold sweat.

Fear began to attack his consciousness in an all-out manner, and Li Qi instinctively realized that something very wrong was happening.

Every part of his inner world collapsed in the way that best matched it.

A virus, gangrene, began to spread in Li Qi's inner world and thinking space.

Just for a moment——

Look, Li Qi defeated himself.

Fear was just an impression. He had no power or magical powers, but he defeated a second-grade warrior in an instant.

It's hard to put this into words.

Because fear, real fear, the fear that shakes someone to their core, the fear you feel when you're faced with the most terrifying thing about yourself, nestled in Li Qi's memory like a virus and took root.

This virus wants to rot everything, even the language used to talk about it.

Li Qi was defeated in an instant, even though he had never actually fought an opponent who defeated him.

However, he did not choose to give up, but immediately cheered up.

Clear away the evil thoughts, push away the heavy fear in your heart, and look into your heart.

Li Qi's inner world is extremely clear.

A black sphere hung in his inner world, with a very clear outline.

This black ball flashes dazzlingly and calmly. Although it is called a black ball, it seems a bit ridiculous to actually say that this sphere is black.

But no matter how hard I looked at it, I couldn't tell what color it was.

This sphere was hanging quietly in the sky, bathed in light. It was a dancing and swaying black color, stretching infinitely around Li Qi's inner world.

There were so many things around that Li Qi felt overwhelmed.

He felt that in this darkness, he saw the entire universe and everything.

The pain appeared silently at this time, quietly appeared in this magnificent and solemn environment, and began to spread throughout Li Qi's entire body.

Under this pressure, Li Qi couldn't help but merge his life with the life of the universe.

This is the only way.

At this moment, life becomes a small hole in this "infinity" that faces the outside world, the only small hole leading to the vast universe.

There is a wall between Yuzhou and Li Qi.

Li Qi's life is a small hole in the wall. Through this small hole, human self-consciousness can secretly see the appearance of the universe.

Therefore, Li Qi could only stare at the brief and narrow scenes that he could see. After all, this peephole was all he had!

But... the moment this thought appeared, Li Qi extinguished it.

To degrade life to a peephole, to isolate self-consciousness from the universe, to separate the self from the universe, and to regard the universe as an external landscape rather than an integral part of the self, this is the evil way.

If Li Qi really treated life as a small hole in order to suppress pain, then this is "being possessed by a demon".

Obviously, Li Qi, who is already at the second level, will not be destroyed so easily.

Even though he was trapped in a distressing circle by evil thoughts.

Imagine yourself at the center of a circle, trapped by geometry, struggling with a constant battle with fear, rage, madness, helplessness, and apathy, caught between opposites that are both eerie and exhausting.

There isn't even anything available to do, the powerful computing power and various magical powers of the second rank seem so useless here, just like a chess endgame with few pieces left for you to play.

The environment couldn't be simpler, and winning or losing isn't that complicated. It just brings you extreme hardship and makes you feel exhausted.

All this took two, maybe three seconds.

Three seconds later, Li Qi opened his eyes forcefully, and gave Tianmo the answer he deserved amidst his heavy breathing: "This little trick can't defeat me...Tianmo."

"Don't worry, I'm not going to defeat you. I still want to have a good chat with you. You have done a lot in recent years. To be honest, you have done a great job. You and Shang Fan are both worthy of being my direct creation. Those inferior demons can never be your opponents." Tianmo said so, with a hint of pride in his tone.

No matter whether it is Li Qi or the Demon Prince, they are tools created by the Heavenly Demon in order to fight against the Buddha Tathagata, the Human Emperor, and Wu Xian.

In a sense, the talents of Li Qi and the Demon Prince were both given by the Heavenly Demon.

but……

Li Qi, however, held a different view: "If the first-grade can create the second-grade at will, then why do others need to practice? Don't flatter yourself, Heavenly Demon. Our power has nothing to do with you."

If the first grade can really create the second grade at will, which has the potential to become the first grade, then the second grade itself has no meaning of existence, and even everything below it no longer has any need to exist.

Therefore, Li Qi did not think that everything the Demon Prince and he had was given by the Heavenly Demon.

The devil cannot give so much, he cannot show it, the devil is not omnipotent.

"It doesn't matter anymore. Let's get back to the present. Haotian rejected you, and you also rejected those gods. Now things are stuck here, and you can't proceed to the next step. What should you do?"

"These are my own affairs, so you don't need to worry about them. I'm just curious about another thing. When I was fighting against my inner demon, I felt the presence of an observer. I've always been curious about what that observer was. Was it you?"

"It's me. In fact, the whole place belongs to me." Tianmo did not hide but admitted it directly.

Maybe he had other purposes, maybe he only said half of it, but he did admit it.

Li Qi let out a long sigh and nodded.

In other words, the original world was an illusion of the Heavenly Demon. Although no one knew what it was, the Heavenly Demon did have such a real memory of it. The inner demon used this memory to target Li Qi and made Li Qi experience the strong emotions in this memory.

Now, many things make sense. (End of this chapter)