Too much fruit

Chapter 1132 The closed loop of cause and effect

Xihuang finally approached 30,000 years ago.

He imitated Jiang Li's aura, and with the guidance of the Three Pure Ones, he ran directly across the length of the river for 30,000 years and arrived at his destination.

The surrounding environment...let's call it environment.

What you see is an extremely wide river, as if you are in a huge lake. Below the "water surface" is the universe, and above the "water surface" is a strange sight that you can't tell whether it exists or not.

In perception, it was darkness and nothingness, illuminated by the light emanating from the heaven and earth.

The world and time change with the observer's cognition. As Xi Huang's cognition turned into a river, and combined with the thoughts of others, it became what it is now.

Old, middle-aged and young, the Three Pure Ones appear in three time periods of life, sitting cross-legged on the "water surface", with their hanging sleeves and hems constantly being washed by the "river water", representing that they have not yet completely separated from heaven and earth, and are still connected to the world, or even bound.

Behind the Three Pure Ones, a huge mirror-like cavity presents a scene of surging pure air, with Buddha's light rising and hexagrams evolving inside.

The scene of the Three Purities Heaven 30,000 years ago appeared behind them. Obviously, that was the gap that the Three Purities had broken.

Although the gap is not located on the "water surface" but is suspended in mid-air, which seems quite strange, but for a scene based on cognition, everything is possible.

But just one, it should have been impossible.

Not far in front of the Three Pure Ones, between Xihuang and the Three Pure Ones, a figure stood with his hands behind his back, competing with the Three Pure Ones who were crossing the long river.

“Jiang... Li!”

Xi Huang suddenly felt his throat a little dry, and even the words he uttered sounded hoarse and heavy.

Jiang Li, he actually appeared here and arrived earlier than himself.

"Long time no see, Emperor Xi." Jiang Li turned around and looked at Emperor Xi, smiling leisurely.

He was still wearing the same clothes he wore when he fought against Emperor Xi, and even his hairstyle had not changed, but it brought an indescribable heaviness to Emperor Xi.

Jiang Li now seems to have changed a lot from before.

Emperor Xi looked solemn as he looked at Jiang Li and said in a deep voice, "From the way I see you, it seems like you came here after the battle with Sakyamuni Tathagata. It can't be said that we haven't been together for a long time."

He was trying to find out when Jiang Li had set out and how much time had passed since the battle.

With Jiang Li's Taiyi Dao, the longer time passes, the stronger he will become.

"Emperor Xi has a keen eye."

Jiang Li said leisurely: "I did set out after I dealt with Sakyamuni Tathagata. But unlike you, I did not get here by breaking through the heaven and earth, but by going against the flow of time. For you, that battle didn't last long, but for me..."

"That was thirty thousand years ago."

He still looks the same as before, even his temperament and state of mind have not changed. Time has not left any trace on Jiang Li's body and state of mind, but his past experiences and insights are real.

Unlike Emperor Xi, Jiang Li walked step by step from thirty thousand years later to the present. He has spent as much time as the time he traveled through.

What kind of changes in Jiang Li’s strength will 30,000 years bring?

Even for a Heavenly Venerate-level being, strength is no longer the determining factor, but it is still one of the most important factors in determining victory or defeat.

After thirty thousand years, even though Jiang Li was just a bystander, his strength had improved significantly.

Xihuang’s heart became heavier.

When Jiang Li's departure time was revealed, new problems also arose.

It’s not the change in strength, but why did he do this?
Why did he start traveling through time after defeating Sakyamuni? Doesn't he need time to figure out a solution?
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"From the very beginning, you planned to go against the current and come to this era on your own." Emperor Xi looked at Jiang Li deeply.

From the very beginning, Jiang Li had his own plan, so he never thought of going back to the past in the same way as Emperor Xi.

Therefore, Emperor Xi's precautions were in vain.

His departure, on the contrary, freed Jiang Li from the last shackles.

"That's right." Jiang Li admitted frankly.

"So, you let me leave?"

"You overestimate me," Jiang Li chuckled and said, "I was indeed one step behind and failed to stop Emperor Xi. In my opinion, it would be the best if we could defeat Emperor Xi directly. Emperor Xi, you have indeed defeated me."

It would be best if we could capture Emperor Xi, as this would avoid variables. Jiang Li hated variables the most.

Therefore, he really tried his best at that time, and the only thing left was to try to retrieve the Three Pure Ones' Taoist instruments to carry the Three Pure Ones' Taoism.

Just looking at Emperor Xi's appearance, he didn't seem happy about this victory.

After all, this victory led to a very bad result.

At this time, the old man among the three Taoists on the other side suddenly spoke up and said slowly: "Daoyou Jiang will definitely be able to come here and meet us."

"Because we have already arranged in advance for Brother Jiang Daoist to come here." The middle-aged Taoist said lightly.

"And whether it's for the sake of protecting the world or for the sake of the Dao, Daoist Brother Jiang will return to the past."

The young Taoist looked at Jiang Li meaningfully, "His innate five-element Dao can only be perfected after he has personally witnessed the scene of the creation of heaven and earth, and there is obviously no such environment in the future."

Jiang Li's innate five elements were created entirely based on the Three Tombs and his own research on heaven and earth. Although it absorbed the wisdom of Emperor Xi and humanity, without seeing the real innate five elements with one's own eyes, it was ultimately less perfect.

Therefore, he would definitely go back to the past. Emperor Xi actually knew this, but unfortunately, he misjudged the way Jiang Li would go back to the past.

But from now on, it seems that the Three Pure Ones are involved.

"The cause of all results, the result of all causes, the basis of all things..."

Jiang Li turned his gaze to the three Taoists, "Is that so?"

"That's right," the old Taoist nodded, "After the Three Pure Ones become one, our intention is destiny. The future is uncertain, and even the Heavenly Venerable can only see the infinite changes in the future. We should take advantage of the situation. However, if we combine the power of the Three Pure Ones, we can lock in the variables of the future and make them unique."

“That’s why we can lead the ‘Dharma Ending Age’ into the future…” Jiang Li’s thoughts turned, and he understood everything at once.

The future is full of uncertainties, including the possibility that Jiang Li fails to achieve the realm of Heavenly Venerable. If that were the case, there would be no way to guide the "Ending Dharma".

Therefore, the Three Pure Ones joined forces to lock in the future in advance.

"It's not just that," Xi Huang interrupted coldly, "In order to cut off the future, you also attacked the other Heavenly Lords, trying to wipe out all the Heavenly Lords other than the Three Pure Ones."

"If there are other Heavenly Lords alive, we will not be able to lock onto that future."

The middle-aged Taoist said calmly: "Moreover, the 'End of Dharma' itself can only appear in the world after destruction."

If many great and powerful Heavenly Lords were still alive, it would never be the turn for other Heavenly Lord-level beings to appear.

The cake of this world has long been divided up, and there is no room for anyone else at the top.

So, a whole new world is needed.

The world after the Dharma Ending Age is very new, and even because of the Five Turbidities and Evil Times, no strong people above the second level can be born.

Even someone as powerful as the Great Celestial Venerable can only enter the world through reincarnation, and even so, he dare not be promoted to the second rank. He must wait until the Five Turbidities and Evil World weakens before he can return to his original state.

Everything in the past thirty thousand years seemed to be under the control of the Three Pure Ones.

"It sounds like the three of you really have grasped the will of heaven."

Jiang Li couldn't help but applaud and cheer for the methods of these three people.

But judging from his tone, it seemed mostly sarcasm.

"I have always believed in one principle, that is, if you can speak with strength, you should never say too much nonsense. People should be good at playing to their strengths, rather than beating around the bush when they have the upper hand."

Jiang Li clapped his hands and said, "In other words, only when you have no advantage will you resort to other means. Just like now, using words to confuse people."

“In your arrangement, Jiang Li should be like me, who left the heaven and earth and was led here by you.” Emperor Xi continued.

Even when faced with a scene completely different from what he expected, this person did not lose his mind. Instead, he continued Jiang Li's words and pointed out the loopholes in Sanqing's words.

If the Three Pure Ones could really control everything, then the current mistakes would not have occurred.

Jiang Li, who was swimming upstream, had such terrifying strength that Emperor Xi couldn’t see it now, and the Three Purities might not be able to see it either.

In terms of strength, Emperor Xi is not as good as the Three Pure Ones, but in terms of grasp of variables and attainments in the Book of Changes, Emperor Xi can definitely compete with the Three Pure Ones.

Hearing these words, the Three Pure Ones fell silent.

Then, the young Taoist chuckled, "It is indeed as you said, we also made mistakes. We led the future 'End of Dharma', and then used him to transcend, and then used him to bring down the End of Dharma and clean up the world. Then, after 30,000 years, the 'End of Dharma' will appear again and become a Taoist. Then we can cut off the last trace of cause and effect."

In this way, a closed loop of cause and effect is completed.

"Unfortunately, 'The End of the Law' is not someone we can manipulate," the old man continued. "When he defeated the Three Pure Ones, he seized part of the Origin of the Way and combined it with himself. We didn't want to deepen the cause and effect relationship with the heaven and earth, so we used him to bring down the End of the Law. As a result, the Three Pure Ones became connected to him, so that the Three Pure Ones could only be succeeded by him."

The two people on the opposite side were not stupid. At this point, they also saw the truth, so Sanqing did not hide anything to avoid losing face.

The old Taoist's words also confirmed the deductions of Jiang Li and Xi Huang.

The Three Pure Ones did not want to dirty their hands, so they even had to ask others to do the cleaning of heaven and earth, in order to avoid deepening the cause and effect relationship.

As a result, he was counter-attacked by the "End of Dharma", and part of the original way was taken away from him, and integrated into himself by relying on the compatibility of the innate five elements and the Three Pure Ones.

Don't want to dirty your hands? I'll make you dirty.

The Dharma Ending, which had been polluting for 30,000 years, finally reached its peak. The Dharma Ending pushed the Three Pure Ones back to the beginning, and the Three Pure Ones also fell later. However, the Three Pure Ones were unable to sever the connection, and could only be considered semi-transcendent.

Moreover, originally he only needed to abandon the Three Pure Ones and run away, but now not only did he have to abandon the Three Pure Ones, but Jiang Li had to take over.

In other words, only by letting Jiang Li take over can the Three Pure Ones' Dao be abandoned, because the part of the Yuanshi Dao that was taken away is in Jiang Li.

The conditions of the causal closed loop have changed. Even though Jiang Li achieved the realm of Heavenly Venerate 30,000 years later, the Three Pure Ones were unable to transcend.

"It turns out that the source of the Dao chasing people is still in me." Jiang Li couldn't help but think secretly.

I thought it was because I was too popular that the Three Pure Ones were chasing me like a dog, but I didn't expect that I was the one who bit a piece of meat from the dog first.

In addition, Jiang Li never thought that he had such an inspirational side.

The part of the original way that was taken away combined with the cause and effect of the Dharma Ending Age, and eventually became a collection of cause and effect, and returned to Jiang Li.

In other words, there is still a possibility that Jiang Li can become a Heavenly Venerable without the help of the golden finger.

This time, everything I have today is really all thanks to me.

(End of this chapter)