Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 638: Life and Death
Ancient history is like a painting, with heaven and earth as the curtain and all spirits as ink. Although the picture scroll on the long river of time has become different from before.

In the end, it will still be reshaped by cause and effect and return to its original river channel.

The ending will not change because of some changes that occur in the process.

The long river of time creates countless waves, and each wave has the potential to evolve into a completely new picture of ancient history.

However, even if those waves can cause floods, they will eventually return to the river channel and eventually merge into the empty ocean of time.

The long river of time is like the rivers on the earth, rushing endlessly, carrying away countless sceneries along the coast, but after finally flowing into the sea, it will disappear without a trace.

Darkness, nothingness, silence, this is the final destination of the long river of time.

There is no river of time that flows forever.

The heavens are silent, all things return to the abyss, the great way disappears, and the long river of time will also disappear.

Only when the heavens reappear, the great way returns, and all spirits are nurtured, will the rushing river of time become meaningful again.

Even if a stone has gone through billions of years, it will still be a stone if there is no external erosion.

This kind of eternity is meaningless in the long river of time.

From this perspective, unchanging immortality is also meaningless.

When a living being strives to obtain the eternal fruit of the Tao, that is the day when he becomes meaningless.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why Li Zhi’s luck has not been restored.

Time has no meaning to him now.

Perhaps you can also use some trivial things to prove your existence.

But what's the point?

Emperor Huang Tian, ​​Emperor Ye Tian, ​​and Chu Feng, they all ended their missions in the glorious eternity.

In the end, it left the most brilliant chapter in ancient history.

But Li Zhi was different. At the moment when he should have been shining, he, like the ancestor of Huafen Road, had become extinguished.

When he should have been engaged in a bloody battle, he, like the ruthless emperor, had not accumulated enough skills.

We can only rely on the ruthless emperor to reshape a completely new ancient history.

There is a wise saying in the mortal world: "If you grow old but do not die, you are a thief."

In fact, this sentence is also suitable for Li Zhi.

He is reluctant to admit that his own highlight moments have been lost in the depths of time, and he wants to reopen ancient history to recreate his original impulse.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he no longer had the vigor he had back then.

Just like the sick man, he has resurrected his friends and relatives who died in battle countless times.

But after being resurrected so many times, even he himself felt that those relatives and friends were no longer the original relatives and friends, but digital people copied and pasted.

There is no longer that shock that comes from the soul.

Perhaps, this is the truth.

Perhaps this is the reason why the patient is sick.

Although he can do everything, he can no longer feel the joy of sports.

Whether it is the fluctuation of emotions, the fluctuation of life, or even the fluctuation of the Tao.

After becoming the only, unshakable supreme being, perhaps he is no different from a stone.

Even lonelier than a stone.

At least ordinary stones can be eroded by wind and rain, but he could not find any external force that could cause any changes in himself.

Getting sick on his own might be a way for him to prove that he is not a dead object but a living person.

In the end, he developed ten diseases, ten diseases that could not be cured by themselves, and only then did he find true relief.

It turns out that he is not a cold stone, but a living being that still experiences birth, age, sickness and death.

This is also the real reason why he specially carved urns, refined three-generation bronze coffins, and even prepared a tomb to bury himself on the plateau.

After the death of an ordinary strong man, it is very difficult to leave behind a body, and the physical body will often turn into Tao.

But he was like a mortal man. He cremated himself after his death and even collected his ashes and buried them under the ground on the plateau.

All signs indicate that he takes death seriously and that it is something that makes him feel extremely happy.

"Perhaps, I should also prepare a grave for myself."

Thinking of the patient's actions in the past, Li Zhi suddenly felt that instead of doing that useless work, it would be better to enjoy the last moments of his life and arrange his affairs before and after death.

As for how to die?

Will he be burned like a sick person, then put into an urn, and finally buried in a coffin?
Or, find an alternative way to turn yourself into a stone and become one with the earth forever.

Or, he could hold a grand funeral ceremony and bury himself with the same rituals as those for the Emperor of Heaven.

Perhaps, it would be better to be straightforward, just like how he died before coming to this world.

The collapsed tomb buried them forever and then disappeared without a trace.

These methods seem to be appropriate, but not quite appropriate.

Li Zhi left the earth and wandered among the heavens and all realms.

Especially those places with top-quality burial tombs are his main focus.

"Li Zhi is choosing a tomb for himself?" In a secluded place, the three Heavenly Emperors communicated through divine thoughts.

"I am familiar with this matter. When I was old and frail, I also traveled around the world looking for a suitable burial site." Ye Fan said with a smile.

"At our level, we have already become immortal. Isn't it redundant to select a burial site in such a formal way?" Chu Feng asked doubtfully.

"No, he has understood his fate. Death is the real relief for him." However, Emperor Huang Tian has a different opinion on this.

Since learning some of the patient's true past, he also realized the value of life.

Family love, love, any kind of love is only temporary.

If family ties remain unchanged and love does not fade, that would be a truly dangerous thing.

Change means the movement of life, and the stillness of life means the arrival of death.

The death here is not death in the ordinary sense.

It is the death of the soul, just like a sick person, when the soul dies the body dies.

In the end, no traces of the past were left in the world.

It seems that he really has no feelings towards all living things and the heavens.

"Will that day come for us?" Emperor Huang Tian's words made Chu Feng and Ye Fan fall into deep thought.

Originally they didn't think death would be a problem.

Because they are surrounded by many beauties, have groups of children and grandchildren, and even have all kinds of exciting grudges and entanglements.

But now it seems that these things will become boring one day.

Because the world changes, people's hearts also change, and this is the true meaning of Tao.

Death is never an end to oneself for outsiders.

True death always comes from within, from the living being's indifference to life.

After witnessing Li Zhi searching for burial sites among all the heavens and worlds, and even personally building astonishing tombs in those burial sites, they had a vague understanding of the situation.

But soon, they were attracted by the joyful scene.

"Damn it, that bastard is building an empty tomb. There's no burial objects in it. I'm really pissed off."

Duan De, or Cao Yusheng, seemed to have smelled something and finally came out of seclusion to dig ancient tombs in various burial sites.

Especially those high-standard tombs built by Li Zhi.

Many of them are tombs at the level of Immortal Emperors, which makes Duan De extremely excited.

"Woof, woof, you fat guy, are you capable of this? Have you discovered who built these empty tombs?" And next to him, there was a big black dog with a smooth skin.

"These tombs were definitely not built by ordinary creatures. They must be hiding the great secrets of the heavens." Duan De said confidently.

"The great secret of the universe? Just go back and ask Chu Feng and you'll find out. Is it necessary to dig it yourself with so much effort?" Big Black Dog said dissatisfiedly. "What do you know? This is an archaeological method, a practice of finding the truth of history. I'm sure that these tombs will definitely allow us to make amazing discoveries." Duan De waved the whisk in his hand and commented like a hermit.

"Come on. I don't know you. You are just greedy for money. You want to find the treasure of the Immortal Emperor." The big black dog said dissatisfiedly.

"What do you, a dog, know? Let me tell you, the heavens and myriad worlds are the trial fields for the three Heavenly Emperors who returned. Did they leave behind indelible traces? Did they leave behind some secrets that they cannot tell outsiders? I, the Taoist priest, want to find those secrets." Duan De said.

"Why didn't you say that it was your old lover who left you a message." The big black dog looked at Duan De with contempt.

"Don't talk nonsense. I am a monk. How can I have any old lover? Gouzi, you should be careful in what you say and do, so that you can live a long life. I don't want to eat dog meat one day." Duan De said.

"Woof woof," the big black dog suddenly pounced on Duan De and bit his thigh, causing Duan De to scream in pain.

"Let go, let go." Duan De kept hitting the dog's head with his whisk, but still couldn't get rid of the dog's bite.

Finally, they started fighting and disappeared into the vast sea of ​​chaos.

Time flies, and Li Zhi once again came to the outside world of the heavens that was blocked by black barriers.

The battle between the three Heavenly Emperors has come to an end.

This fight ended with Chu Feng winning.

Compared with Emperor Huang Tian and Emperor Ye Tian, ​​Chu Feng's talent in creating the method of evolution is obviously stronger.

It was precisely relying on a brand-new evolutionary system that allowed the ancestor under his control to win.

However, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

After the ancestor under Chu Feng's control won the victory, he did not enjoy the fruits of victory, and was overthrown by the forces represented by the "Emperor".

The great way has an end, life has an end, and destiny has a limit.

This is the fundamental way of all the heavens and worlds in this world.

It is different from the easy way to obtain immortality in all realms.

In this world, all living things will die, and even the great way will disappear.

Because all living things, regardless of their strength, will die, a wide variety of burial studies have emerged.

Li Zhi traveled through various worlds and experienced various death rituals, but he finally realized the truth that "one person's wisdom is limited, while all living beings are wiser."

No matter how smart a person is, his thinking has limits.

All spirits do not need to be very smart, as long as someone occasionally has a flash of inspiration, the added inspiration will be endless.

This made Li Zhi even more interested in building the tomb.

Even every time a tomb was built, something would be left inside.

Somehow, this action seemed to be favored by fate.

It increased his luck a lot.

However, Li Zhi, whose cognition has been elevated, no longer cares whether he can continue to stay in this ancient history.

Ultimately, there is a problem with the foundation.

No matter how much alterations are made to a painting based on someone else's work, it is difficult to conceal the charm of the original work.

Instead of doing this, it is better to recognize your mission.

Death is not an unacceptable thing.

It is said that death is the beginning of reincarnation and the beginning of a new life.

Then burying yourself in this world painting that you have drawn yourself is also a kind of romance.

Finally, Li Zhi ended his journey on an ordinary life star in the world of the heavens.

He also dug a hole, ready to lie down in it and fall asleep when his fate was over.

However, fate will never evolve towards the result a person wants just because of his thoughts.

Li Zhi's act of building empty tombs everywhere angered Duan De.

With a wave of his hand, Duan De summoned countless disciples and began large-scale archaeological discoveries.

Eventually it was discovered that the source of those ancient tombs pointed to another world separated by darkness.

The black barrier is like a thick wall, completely separating the two worlds.

Do not let each other's principles and cosmic rules affect each other.

"Master, we have reached the edge of the dark universe. Should we continue to move forward?" A disciple standing in front of the black barrier asked Duan De.

Ye Yishui, the Emperor of Heaven, once said that the dark universe is another kind of world. Immortal Emperors who enter it will experience birth, old age, sickness and death. It is a universe in constant reincarnation. Outsiders should not set foot in it easily, otherwise they will bear the consequences.

Countless people entered the black barrier passage when it first appeared.

But soon, the soul lamps they left outside went out.

Only then did everyone realize that the warning from heaven was true.

Now, facing the universe behind the black barrier, they have no confidence to break into it.

"You stay outside, and the Dog King and I will go inside."

Duan De also knew that the world behind the black barrier was a world specially created by Li Zhi, with completely different laws of heaven and earth from those of the outside world.

"I also want to see why everyone is so afraid of the world transformed by Taoist Li." The big black dog also said.

Then, they went through the dark passage together and entered the black barrier universe.

Feeling the strong breath of reincarnation, Duan De's eyes lit up immediately.

Then they realized that no life in this world could be immortal.

Even the Immortal Emperor will grow old, die and be reincarnated.

Then they saw one unusually gorgeous tomb after another.

"Why do I feel that this world is even more bizarre than the burial ground?" The big black dog, feeling that his lifespan was slipping away, felt uncomfortable all over.

"You're right. This kind of world is the true paradise for undertakers." Duan De said.

"There is death, there is life, and in the cycle of life and death, one constantly evolves, and eventually transcends, becoming an existence that is not bound by any great way."

Duan De was no stranger to death. He had died nine times in the world of Shrouding the Sky. He did not think that death was something unacceptable.

"Gouzi, go back. If you stay here any longer, you will die of old age." Duan De said.

"Aren't you leaving?" asked the big black dog.

"The environment here is so beautiful, why should I leave?" Duan De has made up his mind to reincarnate ninety-nine times in this world so as to improve his cultivation to a level comparable to the three Heavenly Emperors.

Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for his brothers to have all transcended while he was still lingering in the realm of the Immortal Emperor.

"Fatty, you'd better be careful." The big black dog didn't want to stay in this world for a moment, so he turned into a black light and rushed out of the black barrier passage.

However, Duan De seemed to be enjoying the rule of death in this world.

Soon the life was over.

Then he would be resurrected in the ancient tomb and start his next life anew.

Li Zhi also discovered Duan De's whereabouts, but he did not go up to say hello.

After all, Duan De is also a person who cares about his reputation.

I was a close friend of Emperor Huang Tian back then, but now I couldn't help him.

Later, he became friends with Ye Tiandi, but in the end he was of no help.

Later, he and Chu Feng had a love-hate relationship, but in the end he was of no help.

This made him feel inferior deep down in his heart as to why he couldn't be as strong as them.

Now is a good opportunity for him to make up for his lack of Taoism.

The Nine Reincarnation Seals can enable him to attain immortality from this mortal world.

Then, now that he has ninety-nine reincarnation seals, can he become a sacrificial Daoist?

Li Zhi also secretly gave some of the ancient tombs he excavated to Duan De as a chance encounter.

(End of this chapter)