Self-struggle starting from Douluo

"Cultivation is a path. Over tens of thousands of years, there are always people who can reach the end of the long road of cultivation, or reach the other side, or become immortal. At that time, they will return to the embrace of Haotian."

"Does returning to Haotian's embrace mean death or eternal life? No one can answer this question. Over the countless years, even the Buddha who had reached that step and the Taoist predecessors who had ascended to immortality could not answer it. This is the greatest temptation and greatest fear of practicing Taoism."

"So the practitioners began to think about what Haotian is. As their practice progressed, their understanding of the world deepened. This kind of thinking would eventually turn into doubt, and then into conflict."

“At first we didn’t know whether Haotian had life, form, or where he was… but Junior Brother used his own death to confirm whether Haotian had a will or not!”

The Master said the above words while taking Ning Que and Sang Sang around the world.

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At the same time, in Qingjing Temple, Lu Chenjia simply moved all government affairs to Qingjing Temple and worked busy right under Qinghuan's nose.

Lu Chenjia knew very well how many people wanted her dead. Only with Qinghuan could she feel safe enough.

Qing Huan was also talking to Lu Chen Jia about a similar topic:
"Back then, I secretly broke through to the realm of knowing destiny. Perhaps it was because my comprehension was really strong. At the moment of the breakthrough, through the aura of heaven and earth, I felt a kind of... how should I put it? Attention?
In the dark, there is a certain will "paying attention" to me. It is a feeling of overlooking the world, lofty and indifferent. Those practitioners who seem to be able to call the wind and rain can only exist like ants in front of this will.

It doesn't show any sympathy or attention to ants at all. The reason it "pays attention to" me is just because it thinks I, an ant, am interesting and worth a look.

Of course, I later learned that if an ant dared to look up at it, or even tried to fly up to the sky to challenge it, it would crush it to death without mercy...

If there really is such a thing as Heaven's Way, then it is not scary that Heaven's Way is ruthless, because Heaven's Way is supposed to be ruthless...On the contrary, if Heaven's Way has feelings, that would be the greatest horror!
So I was so scared that I fell back to the state of "no confusion" and for a long time I didn't dare to make any breakthroughs. "

Lu Chenjia took a break from his busy schedule to ask, "Why is it that the Heavenly Dao has feelings, which is so scary?"

Qing Huan was silent for a moment, then pointed to the documents piled on the table in front of her and said, "Just like the new laws of Yuelun Country that you are compiling, if everyone can abide by the laws and act within the rules of the laws, will the country develop well?"

Lu Chenjia said naturally: "It is good to have laws to follow."

Qing Huan said, "But if someone suddenly overrides the law... or someone interprets the law according to their own will, for example, if a murderer is killed, but the one who dies can be a pig, a dog, or someone else, not necessarily the murderer, is such a law scary?"

Lu Chenjia thought about it, nodded heavily, and said: "It's really terrible!"

Qing Huan continued, "The law is cold and ruthless, and citizens only need to obey it. However, once the enforcers enforce the law according to their own will, the law loses its justice.

The world is the same, the rules are ruthless, but if the operation of the rules has a will, that is the most terrifying thing in the world."

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"The Way of Heaven is the law. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. A triangle is more stable than a square. Light travels the fastest. Water always flows downwards. Combustion requires air. The rules of these worlds are the Way of Heaven."

The Master tried to use simple language to explain the existence of Heaven's Way to Ning Que and Sang Sang.

"Everything in the world is within the laws of nature and tries to maintain its existence as much as possible. For example, a stone wants to maintain its shape, and the means is to be hard. If you want to destroy a stone, you need to overcome its hardness!
The Way of Heaven is a rule, a purely objective existence. If the Way of Heaven once has will, such as Haotian, then it itself is within the rules of the Way of Heaven and will definitely maintain its own existence as much as possible!

The means by which a stone maintains itself is its hardness, so what is the means by which Haotian maintains his existence?"...

“Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps… Even your favorite flowers can only bloom more brightly if they have enough nutrients.

This is necessary to maintain existence! I heard that you once used human corpses to feed camellias?"

Lu Chenjia didn't mind at all that his past was revealed, and said calmly: "At that time, I only had flowers in my eyes, not people... Human corpses are the best nutrients for camellia."

Qing Huan said indifferently: "Then what is the best nutrition for Hao Tian? Rules!"

“The original rules exist objectively, but practitioners are meant to break the rules. For example, a stone cannot fly, but with the intervention of a practitioner, the stone can fly, which breaks the rules, but at the same time forms new rules that belong to the practitioners.

If the heaven is ruthless, the rules will be broken if they are broken, but Haotian is affectionate and wants to maintain its own existence and keep the rules. What should it do? Eat!

It eats the practitioners and integrates the new rules formed by the practitioners into itself. The rules of the practitioners are also within the rules of Haotian. In this way, the new rules will not be broken and Haotian can continue to exist.

By repeating this cycle over and over again and harvesting, Haotian will be able to maintain its existence.

Of course, when big fish eat small fish, the small fish will escape. When small fish eat shrimp, the shrimp will also escape... For practitioners, anything above the fifth realm is a means of escape.

But little do people know that above the fifth realm, Haotian's rules have already been broken to a large extent. How could the compassionate Haotian just sit there and do nothing?
One chasing and one fleeing, after tens of thousands of years, where have all those strong men above the fifth realm gone?"

Lu Chenjia's hands trembled and he couldn't write anymore.

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The Master also said to Ning Que: "Sheep eat grass, wolves eat sheep, and there is a certain energy in the progressive food chain. In other words, everyone is actually eating the same energy, but it needs to be constantly transitioned.

Sheep cannot eat soil and sunlight directly, so they eat grass. Wolves cannot eat grass directly, so they eat sheep. Haotian naturally needs an intermediate transition, which is the vitality of heaven and earth. "

“Of course, Haotian is much more picky about food than the wolves in the wilderness. After all, it is the top-level set of rules in our world. In its eyes, ordinary practitioners are just sheep that are tasteless to eat.

Those practitioners who surpassed the fifth realm began to have their own world, create their own rules, and purify the natural energy of heaven and earth into their own unique essence. At this point, they became a delicacy in Haotian's eyes. "

"But just like the relationship between lions and buffaloes, if some buffaloes are too strong, or the buffalo herd is too strong, lions will also feel threatened."

"Practicing is indeed a very difficult thing, but considering the large number of humans, it is actually not too difficult. There are always some people who can practice, and there are always some people who can transcend the five realms of the human world."

"No matter how rare it is for practitioners to surpass the fifth realm, if you add up the number over countless tens of thousands of years, I think it is a very large number. Birth, aging, sickness and death are very unusual things for people above the fifth realm, but where are all these people now?"

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The Master looked at Ning Que, and Qing Huan looked at Lu Chen Jia. Although they were thousands of miles apart, they both said in unison:
"They were all eaten by Haotian!" (End of this chapter)