Wandao long distance

The ultimate goal of humanity is to 'replace heaven with man'.

The so-called replacement of heaven with man means that the thing 'man' replaces everything and becomes the 'absolute entity'.

So, what is absolute ontology?

It refers to the ultimate nature of all reality.

The fundamental reason for the creation, existence, development and changes of all things in the world.

A red object is 'red' because we understand it as red. For creatures that do not have red vision, it is not red.

So, what color is it?

Or, what is it? What's behind this object? What's behind the color red?

From this perspective, the devil is an obstacle. If you think about it carefully, as long as I think, no matter what I am thinking, "I" already exists first. Therefore, we cannot transcend the limitations of "I" to explore the real "noumenon" .

All the proofs you can come up with inevitably go through 'my' feelings. The real ontology seems not to exist, at least it cannot be perceived.

This 'I' is an existence that all practitioners will inevitably perceive.

But if you accept it and sink into it, you will become a demon. You no longer pursue the things behind it, but only pursue your own interpretation, and you will naturally enter the devil's way.

"Besides, even if humanity is willing to let go, but... if they can't escape when 'nature' is in control, can they escape when 'people' are in control? If they escape, where should they go? ?”

Li Qi nodded.

The three words 'why' are inevitably unsolvable.

Humanity, however, wants to replace this thing. It no longer uses 'nature' as the ontology of everything, but 'human' as the ontology of everything.

As he was cleaning up, he saw the tea bowl flying up automatically, and then said: "The reason for the truth is the same as the Taoism. If you can't find the 'ultimate answer', then wouldn't it be good to build one?"

The hand on the left draws the hand on the right, and the hand on the right also draws the hand on the left.

Indeed.

This plan is called "Replacing Heaven with Man".

Both humans and witches believe that there is an ultimate foundation for all things in the world. This ultimate essence transcends everything, becomes everything, and explains everything. It is what they consider to be the 'ultimate Tao'.

So Li Dao explains the ultimate avenue, and then lets the ultimate avenue explain everything else.

"It'll be easier if you know." Zhang Zong also nodded, and then started to collect the water. The tea was almost finished.

"Ah, I almost understand it, so the Manifestation Sect thinks that following the Human Way has a chance to achieve freedom... It's not incomprehensible, right? What about the Li Dao? Do you know the situation of the Li Dao?" Li Qi asked again.

It's like the Penrose Stairs, a staircase that climbs up and down at the same time.

If the ultimate avenue cannot be recognized, explained, or even solved, then... wouldn't it be enough to close the loop?

This ontology is called 'nature' by witchcraft and Taoism.

Li Dao does not seek to explain 'why', but simply describes, predicts, understands, and applies natural phenomena based on empirical evidence from observations and experiments.

"It's really... nonsense." Li Qi shook his head: "If humanity really becomes the absolute essence, then is there still a chance for Taoism to escape? Isn't it completely controlled by others?"

"The goal of the Manifestation Sect is to 'replace heaven with man'. However, it is not as the final goal, but as a springboard. When 'people' complete the replacement of heaven with man, then they can directly achieve it if they leave the human realm.' Existing independently from all entities, this directly achieves the goal of "freedom".

This is also what Li Dao says. There is no need to explore the so-called 'Tao'.

The answer is: "Made by reason."

Exploring the essence of it all, what you get in the end is nothingness.

That is: 'Why is there an ultimate avenue? '

Keep asking why, and keep asking until the end. Even if you really find the ultimate road, which is enough to explain all the whys, there will still be a final why that cannot be solved, hanging above your head.

But this method did not interfere with his normal speech. Zhang Zong said: "However, we also feel that even if it is only 'nominally controlled by others', it is not truly free, so the Hidden World Sect did not join it, but recent events There have been too many involved, and I can’t tell you exactly what was involved, but what I can tell you is that because of these involvements, I finally came.”

Li Qi listened silently to Zhang Zong's introduction.

Li Dao believes that there is no end to 'why'.

"The situation of Li Dao is actually similar. Do you know the philosophy of Li Dao?" Zhang Zong began to explain.

As long as auxiliary humanity becomes the 'ultimate avenue', then the question 'why is there the ultimate avenue' will have an answer.

But... the 'body' behind the demonic barrier should exist, right?

At least, humanity and witchcraft believe it exists.

The ultimate avenue can explain all problems, but it cannot explain itself.

But it seems...I can't refute it.

Zhang Zongze explained: "As far as the situation of humanity is concerned, there is no need to be afraid of breaking one's promise. Even in the worst case, even humanity itself cannot let them escape, and will simply give up its jurisdiction over them and give them In fact, Xiaoyao will never interfere in the slightest, and he still has the credibility to speak humanely.”

Another example is the self-circulating hand and pen.

Zhang Zong gave Li Qi another drink and said, "What do you think of this plan?"

So, you just need to explore and then apply it, don't think about what is there or not, it is just a waste of time.

The two hands protruding from the painting are holding pens to each other, trying to draw another version of themselves.

This answer shocked Li Qi.

Of course he knew the philosophy of Li Dao. He had been friends with Li Dao practitioners for a period of time, and even formed a club with them. He still remembered the other person's name, which was Wang Dun.

Therefore, this obstacle is called a 'demon obstacle', and the demonic path is therefore parasitic on all paths, sucking them into existence for nourishment.

This picture is intuitively impossible.

While he continued to make tea in a beautiful and gorgeous way, the water flew like a waterfall, but not a drop was spilled. It was extremely gorgeous, and there were small rainbows flying in it.

Because if the left hand does not draw the right hand, the right hand cannot draw the left hand.

In the same way, if the right hand does not draw the left hand, the left hand cannot draw the right hand.

But if they succeed, then both hands will exist at the same time. Humanity becomes the ultimate answer and creates Reason, and Reason also creates Humanity, the ultimate answer. Both parties are the cause of each other and exist at the same time.

In this way, the biggest problem of Li Dao is solved, and this may even become a first-class opportunity.

In this case, it is not difficult to understand why nearly half of the people in the Way of Reason chose to support the Way of Humanity. It can even be said that it is easy to understand their choice. "Then...what about the Way of Martial Arts?" Li Qi asked again.

Zhang Zong finished packing the tea set, then folded his hands and said: "There are also several factions in martial arts, such as the 'stop fighting with force' that you have learned about before, which focuses on using force to protect something. You have had a fourth-level protector before. A warrior, right? That’s what she is.”

"There is also the 'Martial Conquest' faction. So, for this faction, is there any more tempting target than 'Heaven'?"

Li Qi nodded, now there was no doubt.

For these warriors who want to conquer all things, conquering the sky is probably extremely tempting. Following the path of humanity is to challenge the ultimate nature of all things.

If you follow the witchcraft or Buddhism, you will never find such a grand goal. The witchcraft will even stop these warriors and become their enemies in conquest.

Then, follow the way of humanity and conquer all the way, how fun it is!

All living beings say that God's will is high, so let's see if my fist is higher than God's will?

"Then I almost understand." Li Qi sighed: "Oh, it's difficult to handle."

Zhang Zong laughed, as if it was a pleasure to see Li Qi's face full of distress, but after laughing enough, he changed the subject: "Okay, let's talk about something else that makes people relax, for example... you I’m really curious about what the nineteen universes I experienced are like?”

"Can you tell?" Li Qi was surprised. This probably involves heeling, right?

"If you can listen, I can speak." Zhang Zong replied.

"Then I'll be disrespectful. You know I like hearing this the most." Li Qi immediately made a 'please' gesture.

So, the topic changed again and it was back to small talk.

Zhang Zong’s topic is indeed interesting. He talked about the different styles of universes he encountered.

For example, the universe that was reopened for the fourth time.

The strong force there is much weaker than in the universe at the moment.

In this case, a large number of protons are far away from each other and it is difficult to get close to fusion. Therefore, to form a star, an extremely large number of atoms must be gathered.

In such a universe, the universe would appear extremely empty, containing only a small but huge number of stars.

When the strong force is weak enough, it is enough to form such a universe——

There is only one star in this universe, and this star contains all the matter in the universe.

This will be a highly concentrated star, but there will be almost no interaction between matter, and the amount of radiation it emits may not be as strong as an ordinary solar radiation.

This is a stable soup of matter, a star with a radius of 600,000 light-years.

Because this star is the collection of all matter in the universe, the size of this universe is only 600,000 light-years in radius.

After all, time and space still need to be defined by basic units. No matter how big the space is, if it is absolutely empty, it is meaningless.

The situation in this universe opened up Li Qi's thinking.

Because he knows that the strong force between substances is exerted through mesons. The strength of the force field depends on the number of mesons, and the number of mesons is adjustable for the third grade.

Once the number of mesons decreases or increases, then that location becomes an abnormal area that can be used in third-level battles. It is like creating a parallel universe.

Similar conversations continue, different universes, different forms of existence.

Zhang Zong kept talking about his adventures, many rich experiences and having reached the third level. Having a clearer mind enabled Zhang Zong and Li Qi to better understand the universe itself with their rationality and sensibility.

From the constant reopening of the universe, they now look at the universe and it seems less and less incredible.

It is true that the universe is beyond the third level. The third level exists as the basic constituent material of the universe. Therefore, for the third level, the universe itself is still full of incredible things.

Zhang Zong and Li Qi have no doubt that the universe is 'self-sufficient'.

It is a system with no logical basis and no creator. Even if the Yipins continue to look back and reopen the universe, they can only go back to the 'beginning', which is the moment when the universe was created, and cannot go back to the longer past. .

Because, there is no longer past, before the birth of the universe, time and space itself did not exist, so naturally you cannot reach a place that does not exist.

For the First Graders, their starting point is the moment the universe was born. If they interfere at this moment, they can interfere with all the properties of the universe, but they cannot transcend the universe itself.

After all...the universe is not just an ordinary 'observable universe', but the beginning of everything.

The meaning of the universe is that all time and all space are everything, a function that contains all things, and a book that records all books.

Even the so-called 'multiverse' that ordinary people imagine is far from the vastness of this 'real universe'.

After all, the multiverse speculated by ordinary people may not be as large as the observable universe that is expanding infinitely today.

The real universe itself is 'True Infinity'.

Behind every moment of the universe is an infinite existence at work.

During the discussion, Li Qi and Zhang Zong continued to work hard to peer into every insignificant cosmic event, trying to discover the essential characteristics of the infinite existence behind it. This infinite existence does not have a real name, let's call it 'Tao'.

But although they could peek, they found nothing.

Although in all events and every incident, one can detect a little bit of the 'Tao', but if one continues to trace back, one finds that one cannot find the end, as if the end is also 'infinite'.

There is no doubt that Zhang Zong and Li Qi are already at the third level, but when they begin to face the universe, they will also find that they are facing a terrifying existence, but precisely because of its infinity, they cannot impose any characteristics on it .

The universe contains everything, even the universe itself.

Therefore, the universe is infinite, not just the infinity of real numbers, but also higher-order uncountable infinity. The infinity of the continuum is a collection of infinity and infinity.

Discussing the reopening of the universe is like studying the properties of all rocky planets in the universe through a single stone.

Despite this, Li Qi and Zhang Zong still enjoyed it.

This is the fun of chasing each other.

This discussion lasted for twelve years.

Then, the two stopped in time.

It's almost time, it's time to go find Xiang Liu. (End of chapter)