Practice begins with using the Six Dings and Six Jias

“Since a passage that even the Heavenly Dao cannot control has appeared in the dragon’s lair, why are you here?”

"Instead of leaving this world directly through the passage?"

Xu Qing didn't think that Venerable Guangyin and the three demon ancestors had a change of heart and decided not to leave when the time came.

Besides, this place is really weird.

His "The Immortal Scroll of Three Religions Mixed into One, Cause and Effect, and Creation to Break Demons" is not an ordinary magic scroll, it is an immortal scroll!

The power of the immortal talisman alone cannot detect this place.

Venerable Guangyin and the three great demon ancestors only have the flag bestowed by Heaven, and even the magic talisman that has not yet advanced to the immortal talisman may not be able to compare to it.

With their own strength, they would definitely not be able to enter into the deep space of cause and effect.

Something must have happened to cause this situation.

When Venerable Guangyin heard Xu Qing's words, he pondered and said nothing.

It was not until a long while later that he finally spoke.

"I was skeptical at first, because this news came from the black tide caused by the precursor event. To some extent, it should be the work of the 'cause' that gave birth to the causal monster."

"But I caught a few ordinary monsters and threw them into the passage in the dragon's lair for testing. It turned out that the passage did lead to another world."

"So you took all the demons outside the pass through that passage to another world to escape this catastrophe." Jing Qing couldn't help asking.

"No." Venerable Guangyin shook his head. "How can such a thing be done so easily? It must be carefully considered."

"The news came from the black tide formed by the precursor event. The purpose of the 'cause' that gave rise to the causal monster is completely unknown."

"Perhaps they want to reduce the power of our world. We outside the pass also control the power to restrain causal monsters. Compared with others, we are more important."

"But what exactly is the world behind the passage? Is it a trap set by the 'cause' that gave birth to the causal monster? We need to consider it carefully."

"Did you finally choose to enter the passage?" Xu Qing asked.

"Yes." Venerable Guangyin answered without hesitation this time.

Because the facts are there.

If they hadn't chosen to enter, how could they have ended up in a place like this?

"It's a good thing to stay in this world even if we survive a narrow escape. We are just pawns in the game between the 'cause' that gave birth to the causal monsters and the way of heaven."

"When a chess piece dies, it dies. It doesn't matter."

"If the dragon vein was still there, there would still be some connections outside the pass, but now the dragon vein has been sacrificed to the Heavenly Dao in exchange for the power to restrain the causal monster."

"For those outside the pass, there is nothing to worry about."

Xu Qing nodded.

He could understand Venerable Guangyin’s thoughts.

Even if you know that escaping to another world may just be a temporary solution.

But is it better to die now or in the future?

Everyone knows how to choose.

Therefore, Xu Qing can understand and will not demand that others must stand on the side of this world to fight against the "cause" and the causal monsters that gave birth to the causal monsters.

He was so strong before and demanded that all forces work together.

Just because I know there is only one path for everyone.

There is no other way to go except this one.

Even if you want to escape, the laws of nature will allow you to escape.

All roads are blocked and we can only fight to the death.

Knowing this, Xu Qing would not let others waste time exploring whether other ways could be successful.

The only way ahead is to fight against the "cause" that gave birth to the causal monster.

Now that Venerable Guangyin has found a second way, and therefore wants to choose an easier path, Xu Qing did not find it difficult to accept.

"Then why did you come to this world? This is not another world."

"This is another world!" Venerable Guangyin and the three demon ancestors all looked at Xu Qing.

“We came into this world through that passage.”

"In the beginning, this world was not like this. It was indeed another world, a world with countless living beings."

Xu Qing glanced around.

In this deep space of cause and effect, there are only a series of causal lines.

Unless it is a causal monster, I am afraid no other living being can survive in this world.

How could a place like this be another world?

"I know that judging from the current situation, this is definitely not another world!" Venerable Guangyin looked solemn.

"But it was indeed an ordinary world in the beginning. I used the dragon vein to sacrifice to the Heavenly Dao in exchange for the flag and conducted an investigation. I confirmed that the cause and effect here are normal."

"It's just that... in just one year, this place has changed so much!"

"Wait, what did you say, one year?" Wei Haoran interrupted Venerable Guangyin.

"According to the time you returned to the outside of the pass, only one day has passed in the real world, but you have been here for a year?"

"One day?" Venerable Guangyin and the three major demon tribes all showed surprised expressions.

For the top humans in the seventh realm, this kind of shocked expression is truly rare.

Especially the four in front of them are all demons. They have a much longer lifespan than humans and have experienced quite a lot.

The upper limit of human lifespan is eight hundred years, which is a curse cast by the causal monster.

It was the last time that Xu Qing interfered in the battle between the Six Dings and Six Jias whose bodies had been taken away and the ancient dragon clan, which abruptly changed the situation of the battle. Later, the causal monster cast a curse against Xu Qing.

Of course, when Xu Qing left, the karma monster had not yet cast this curse.

"Hmm" Xu Qing suddenly uttered a soft exclamation.

"What's wrong, junior brother? What have you thought of?" Wei Haoran and Jing Qing looked over at the same time.

Taoist Qingxu, Venerable Guangyin and the three great demon ancestors are no exception.

Xu Qing shook his head. "I thought of something else."

He just remembered that the upper limit of the human lifespan in this world is 800 years, which is a curse placed on humans by the monster of cause and effect.

But how did they do it.

This is not just about shortening the lifespan of one or two practitioners, it is about the entire world.

Moreover, all practitioners in this world, regardless of the past, present or future, must abide by this rule.

How exactly did the causal monster cast this curse?

Xu Qing guessed two points. One was that the human characters during the Xuanyuan Human Emperor period were eroded by the power of the "cause" that gave birth to the causal monster.

Since the birth of human writing, it has actually become more than just words.

The human language is interconnected and bound to the entire human race and the human destiny.

If we start from this aspect, there is a high possibility that it will affect all human beings in this world.

The second point is...the way of heaven!

This matter might be related to the Way of Heaven, otherwise it would not be easy to set such a rule, and it would not be something that could be done with a simple curse. But why did the Way of Heaven do this? This was something Xu Qing could not understand.

The "cause" that gave birth to the causal monsters and the causal monsters are not in a hostile state with the laws of nature in this world.

Why should they join forces to block the upper limit of the lifespan of human practitioners in this world?

There is absolutely no answer to this question at the moment.

Xu Qing collected his thoughts and said slowly:
"Are you sure you've been here for a year?"

"Sure!" Venerable Guangyin and the three demon ancestors nodded solemnly.

"The passage of time is different." Xu Qing frowned slightly, "I didn't actually go to another world, but came to a place with deeper cause and effect."

Xu Qing fell into deep thought and no one dared to disturb him.

Venerable Guangyin and the three great demon ancestors realized as early as when the world began to change that they might have fallen into some trap.

But even if they knew this, it would be of no use to them.

Even the flag that they exchanged with Tiandao for the dragon vein did not reveal the situation here, so they had no other means at all.

We can only wait for changes to happen in anxiety.

I didn’t expect that the change was caused by Taoist Master Jingdu and others.

"When you came to this world through the passage in the dragon's lair, did you bring all the demons from outside the pass with you?"

Venerable Guangyin and the three great demon ancestors all shook their heads.

How can this be?

How could they cause such a big fuss by running away from the battlefield?

Moreover, even if Venerable Guangyin wanted to build a demon dynasty, he did not actually treat all the demons outside the pass as his subjects.

In their view, most of the demons outside the Great Wall are just slaves that can be killed at will.

It is impossible to bring all the demons outside the Great Wall to this world. Only a small number of elite ones can be brought.

"All the demons outside the pass have disappeared." Xu Qing looked at Venerable Guangyin, "In addition, the black tide caused by the precursor event covered the entire outside the pass, but it only covered the surface and did not swallow up other causes and effects outside the pass."

The pupils of Venerable Guangyin and the three great demon ancestors trembled.

"How is that possible? When we left our original world, we had already dealt with the black tide caused by the precursor event."

“Why do precursor events still occur?”

"And all the demons in Guangwai disappeared. Where did they go?"

Xu Qing shook his head.

"I have no idea where they went. Their karma disappeared completely, and I can't even trace them with my magic talisman."

"At first I thought I followed you to another world, but it seems that is not the case."

"Then the question is, first you came to this place, not another world, but a place at a deeper level of cause and effect."

"Then all the demons in Guangwai disappeared, and the precursor event broke out again, but it did not devour the surrounding cause and effect according to natural conditions. Instead, it turned into a curtain covering the entire Guanwai, blocking other people's sight."

"What does this look like to you?"

Xu Qing's question rang in everyone's mind.

Everyone realized the difficulty involved.

"Like what kind of junior brother?" Wei Haoran did not waste time guessing and asked directly.

"Does it look like the magic tricks in folk art?"

When Taoist Qingxu heard this, he frowned.

"What do you mean?"

In front of his master, Xu Qing naturally didn't dare to put on airs.

He slowed down and said, "Could this be a covert operation?"

Secretly attack Chencang?

There was no time left for everyone to think freely.

Xu Qing continued:
"Taking advantage of the thoughts of Venerable Guangyin and the three great demon ancestors who wanted to leave this world to avoid the catastrophe, I arranged a passage in this dragon cave that leads to another world."

"After Venerable Guangyin and his men enter, we will attack the demons outside the pass."

"Because they were afraid of the Heavenly Dao's attention, they used the black tide to create a curtain to obscure people's vision."

"So the one behind all these things is really eyeing the countless monsters outside the Great Wall."

“As for Venerable Guangyin, they did not actually leave this world and go to another world, but came to a deep space of cause and effect, perhaps to avoid the attention of the Heavenly Dao.”

"The Way of Heaven is the embodiment of the world. If there really is a passage leading to another world, it would be like drilling a hole in a person's body. It would be very difficult to completely avoid the attention of the Way of Heaven."

"But what if we don't make a hole, but let the tiny things on the skin enter the body? This way, the possibility of people discovering it will be lower."

"This is a sideshow that is played secretly. Heaven is the audience, the one whose vision is blurred."

"And Venerable Guangyin and his men are just props in this sideshow. Their real purpose is to steal the money from the audience's pockets."

When Venerable Guangyin and the three demon ancestors heard Xu Qing's words, their faces gradually turned pale.

They realized that the truth of the matter was most likely what Xu Qing said.

Venerable Guangyin could not help but ask:

"But what use does this mastermind have for the thousands of demons outside the pass?"

Xu Qing shook his head.

How could he know this? Most of the key points are unknown and everything is in the fog.

What he just said was also a guess about the current situation after careful consideration.

It is unknown whether this speculation is true or not.

This guess can barely explain what is happening now.

"Is the mastermind the 'cause' that gave birth to the causal monster?"

"It should be." Xu Qing nodded. "Except for it, I don't know who else can make such an arrangement that can even hide it from the Heavenly Dao. Moreover, my magic scrolls cannot reveal all the situations here."

"No ordinary causal monster can have such ability, only the 'cause' that gave birth to the causal monster."

Everyone heard this and agreed with it.

Such a method is incredible and it is definitely not something that an ordinary person can do.

"Also, I have another question." Xu Qing looked at Venerable Guangyin again, "You four can't be the only ones who came to this world, right? Where are the others?"

Upon hearing this question, Venerable Guangyin and the three great demon ancestors all looked a little ugly.

"They disappeared. They just disappeared in the past few days for no reason."

"That kind of disappearance is not just dying or disappearing, but the disappearance of the entire existence."

"When some of them disappeared at the beginning, the other demons didn't notice it at all, because in the eyes of these demons, those disappeared demons didn't exist at all. Only the four of us still remember those disappeared demons."

"Eradicated from the cause and effect?" Xu Qing was stunned. This method would only appear when the cause and effect were erased.

If the entire chain of cause and effect no longer exists, then naturally nothing in the past will exist.

"No, maybe there is another possibility, maybe it has been integrated into this world?" (End of this chapter)