PFC Chapter 523 The Heavenly Dao Has Gained Self-Awareness?!
Chapter 523 The Heavenly Dao Has Gained Self-Awareness?!
The blessed land is like a 'realm within a realm'. Although it has no sun or moon, its day and night are synchronized with the outside world.
However, the energy in the air is thin. If it weren't for the influx of external energy after it was turned on, it would probably be similar to the mortal world.
Shen Yun looked around and found that the place had been transformed into a village, making it a veritable paradise.
After everyone entered the blessed land, the crack at the entrance slowly closed, merging seamlessly with the surrounding world.
Fearing that Shen Yun might misunderstand, Kro explained, "Please forgive us, Demon Lord, but we fear that the heavens might overhear our conversation while we are out."
"The Way of Heaven?" Shen Yun murmured.
“Not bad!” Kro nodded solemnly.
"Demon Lord, I suggest you wait until you are strong enough before venturing out to train. The secrets of the heavens are currently chaotic; revealing yourself too early could be dangerous!"
Shen Yun wanted to say that he had been wandering around under the nose of Heaven for a long time, and even if the Heavenly King himself came, he could still beat him up.
However, the old man seemed to have more to say, so he listened quietly.
"Before we came out, the Myriad Races Continent underwent a Dao Ancestor Blood Ceremony. As an outsider cultivator, you should know about this, right?"
"I know." Shen Yun knew he was referring to the first time the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races opened.
There weren't so many races in the world back then.
Kro continued, "If I'm not mistaken, that was a trap set by the Heavenly Dao! Its purpose was to allow the blood of powerful beings to seep into the cracks in the laws, thereby activating the blessed land and forcing the essence of the Earth Mother to release us!"
"Release you?" Shen Yun pondered for a moment, then whispered:
"Is it because, as beings of the Myriad Races Continent, your potential is higher than that of cultivators in any other world?"
"The Demon Lord is clever!" Kro looked at him in surprise.
I never expected that this young man from outside the region would have access to such profound content!
This can be seen.
This person must be extremely powerful in all realms, at least a Dao Ancestor level expert!
"But if you grow stronger, how will Heaven respond? Will it destroy the world again?" Shen Yun frowned.
With past examples to follow, would Heaven still act erratically? The old man's deduction doesn't seem to hold water.
"This all begins with the monstrous talents of the three races," Kro sighed softly.
"It is said that the Heavenly Dao has no consciousness, but when the three races of prodigies were qualified to prove the Dao of Nothingness, the Heavenly Dao became abnormal and set up a grand scheme that led to the fall of the three races of prodigies."
"Based on the records left by the ancestors of the Demon and Witch races, there are two more credible theories!"
"One explanation is that the Heavenly Dao was worried that the three sages' attainment of the Dao of Nothingness would affect the rules designated by the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, He activated the cleansing mode and suppressed the three great demons."
"The self-protective instinct of Heaven..." Shen Yun silently considered this statement.
Although there are vulnerabilities, there is indeed a possibility that they exist!
The Way of Heaven is the entity that maintains the balance of all things. Once an entity that transcends the norm appears, unusual phenomena will occur.
This may sound a bit unrealistic, but just one point makes it clearer: cultivators are defying the heavens in their practice!
Those who defy the will of Heaven must endure divine punishment that is difficult for ordinary people to bear.
This is what is known as: divine retribution, tribulation by lightning!
Why do cultivators have to undergo tribulation by lightning, while mortals do not?
This is because cultivators are going against the rules of Heaven, and this is a tribulation they must endure.
Of course, there is no such thing as a whale who has cheated the system.
However, other cultivators need to endure tribulation lightning when they break through to a certain critical point.
Even if you survive, the future isn't necessarily bright, because there will be various tribulations to overcome when breaking through to higher realms.
If you can't withstand it, you'll die.
Therefore, based on this reasoning, it is plausible and logical that the Heavenly Dao initiated the "Purge Plan" due to the rise of the three monstrous talents.
Those seven chosen ones can be regarded as the 'tribulations' set up by the Heavenly Dao for the three of them.
As a result, the three demon lords couldn't withstand the attack and died.
"The second explanation is rather mysterious," Kro whispered, leaning closer with a mysterious air.
"The Heavenly Dao gave birth to sentience! It wanted to break free from the rules and become nothingness! But it had no physical form, so it needed a medium, and the three Demon Lords were the most likely to achieve nothingness back then. But the three of them did not want to become its symbiotic entities or merge with the Heavenly Dao, which ultimately led to that great war!"
"I think this explanation is more convincing than the previous one!" Kro said confidently.
In his view, the Way of Heaven must have developed 'emotions'!
A person with emotions is willing to watch someone surpass Him, take away His authority, or even His life.
Therefore, a shared prosperity system is most beneficial to the Way of Heaven!
But what normal person would willingly share their body with someone else? If they were possessed by the forces of nature, they would lose everything!
Therefore, the three races of demons refused, and thus suffered a tragic fate due to the machinations of Heaven.
"Of course, Heaven can choose its chosen one as the symbiotic entity." Kro smiled coldly.
"But He didn't do that! Clearly, the Chosen One is no match for the prodigies of the three races. It's simply impossible for such a person to forge their own path and attain the Dao of Nothingness!"
The so-called chosen ones have reached the pinnacle of the Chaos Realm; otherwise, the Heavenly Dao would have accomplished its goal long ago, and there would be no need to waste time and effort finding three monstrous geniuses.
At this point, the old man added:
"At least in the previous life, these chosen ones were not qualified. As for this life, I don't know."
"So, according to you, these Void Fragments are fake?" Shen Yun took out four Void Fragments.
"This is what I meant by the possible opportunity for the chosen one of this life to achieve enlightenment! But whether it's true or not is really hard to say..." Krom stroked his chin, carefully examining the fragments:
"Even if we take this literally, if someone were to obtain ten of these and become a Void Realm expert, wouldn't that be enough to annihilate the Heavenly Dao? If I were the Heavenly Dao, I would never casually give such a thing away to others; there must be a deeper meaning behind it!"
'A deeper meaning?' Shen Yun murmured to himself, looking at the fragment in his hand.
'Could it be that Heaven is exploiting the game mechanics...?'
This is also what puzzled him.
But after listening to the old man's explanation that the Way of Heaven "has emotions," he felt that this might not be impossible!
The emergence of VIPs has largely restricted the development of the Heavenly Dao.
This shows that games need balance!
This could involve rewards like "Void Shards," because even if someone obtains a Void Shard, a VIP's abilities can still counterbalance them.
'Perhaps, VIPs, like the Heavenly Dao, were born from nothingness?' Shen Yun suddenly had a whimsical thought.
Perhaps it was because the Void sensed the imbalance of the Heavenly Dao that it activated the balancing mode and unlocked the VIP ability?
This feeling is like the Heavenly Dao automatically activating a "cleanup mode," only the roles have been reversed.
'It's a bit complicated.' Shen Yun frowned. Why think about all this? Just push through and see what happens.
“That’s why,” Crowe suggested.
"From any perspective, Heaven does not want any existence to be beyond its control. The Demon Lord certainly intends to prove the Dao of Nothingness, so we must seek victory steadily and improve our strength. We must not let Heaven target us too early!"
"That makes sense." Shen Yun replied dismissively, not wanting to explain further.
"But I always need to know which forces might become stronger in the future, so I can be prepared."
“That’s true.” Crowe nodded, taking a yellowed booklet from his pocket:
"Demon Lord, this is a rough outline of the resources of various tribes in the Myriad Races Continent. The races marked with red lines are very likely to have survived the extinction process, just like us."