Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1116 Defeat 30,000 Years Ago (45)

"I don't know..." Dao Ling actually wanted to laugh when he said this.

Although An Jing refined it, only its authority was refined. Based on its information and memory database, it could quickly reconstruct its internal thought patterns and return to its previous, unrefined state.

At this moment, it was quite satisfied, because the most sensitive and core details about the final plan of the Xuan Tian Sacrifice had been completely deleted and erased by the main body when it was cut off twenty years ago.

In this way, no one will ever know the true purpose of the Xuan Tian Sacrifice.

But it was wrong.

Before it could even finish saying "I don't know," An Jing suddenly realized, "So that's how it is, I understand—I understand everything now, you, you all... Daqun, so that's how it is, is this Xuan Tianji's idea?"

"It's really similar to my own experience."

【What? 】

At this moment, Dao Ling was completely dumbfounded: [You understand?]

What do you understand?

"How is that possible?! I don't understand it myself, how do you understand it?!"
Its database contains absolutely no direct information on this matter, and it is completely unable to deduce what the final law set up by Xuan Tianji was!
And it is a collection of the thought patterns and memory banks of countless outstanding figures throughout the history of the Great Chen Dynasty, including Xuan Tianji himself! Theoretically speaking, it should be able to understand everything that anyone can understand!
But that takes time, calculation, and deduction.

And Anjing... in just a few breaths, only a few breaths before it finished speaking.

Then I understood everything.

An Jing slowly turned his head to look at the Dao Ling who was in a daze, and smiled with satisfaction: "Da Chen's 'Da Qun'... Xuan Tianji, that guy, really did understand the most crucial point, just like me."

"That is, all the Heavenly Demons have begun to become increasingly inclined to 'specialize in humans'."

"Whether in Huaixu or Tianyuan, the Heavenly Demons behaved far too 'humanized.' They exploited human weaknesses, stirred up human desires, imitated human social structures, and even their fighting style was full of human characteristics. Compared to the indescribable 'demons,' they were more like a 'natural enemy' that existed specifically to target the 'human' species, completely lacking the original inconceivable nature of the Heavenly Demons."

"Perhaps this is also part of the plan of the Great Immortal Huaixu. Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. The entire 'Dao Court Heavens,' this bridgehead that has entered the Realm of Symbolic Representation, has only ever been inhabited by humans, and even only by the 'Dao Court' branch of humans... Back on ancient Earth, after listening to the explanations from the distant heavens, there were several great divine courts that were no less powerful than the Central Divine Court, the predecessor of the Dao Court. But in this Dao Court Heavens, there is only one kind of human, one culture, and one way of thinking and tendency."

"Faced with such a singular goal, even the Heavenly Demon... fell."

Because the Heavenly Demon's goal is not to win.

The Demon King's goal is to lose together.

The Heavenly Demon is depravity.

However, if there was only one ideology to begin with, then after falling into depravity, the Heavenly Demon could not continue to grow and was thus sealed off.

To break through this blockade, the method of 'victory' is much simpler than in the vast universe where the Dao Court originally resided.

This method had already been suggested. "So..."

An Jing said softly, "Then you shouldn't be a human being."

"Xuantianji has fused his own thoughts and the will of the entire imperial court into a 'swarm' like you, transforming it into a pattern similar to an insect swarm or a beehive. Its most fundamental purpose is probably to completely eliminate himself from being human and prevent himself from being corrupted by the Heavenly Demon."

"Although we don't know the final outcome, the fact that the Great Chen Dynasty has been able to coexist with the Heavenly Demons for tens of thousands of years without collapsing or being exposed, and that it can even control a portion of the Heavenly Demons now, suggests that it has indeed achieved considerable success."

An Jing never denies anyone, not even the tangible results achieved by those he dislikes. But he still shook his head and spoke the truth that even Dao Ling didn't know, but which he had seen through: "And your ultimate law, the only way to eliminate the demonic invasion, is probably to gradually assimilate all humans into this 'mass' model."

"When everyone becomes the offspring of a semi-independent will and becomes part of the 'Great Chen Imperial Court,' the concept of 'human' is effectively eliminated."

"At that time, the Heavenly Demons of Huaixu Realm will lose their most suitable and perfect prey... and thus, in a short period of time, they may be completely defeated and driven out!"

"This is the principle of 'transcendence'!"

The Mysterious Light and Dark Spirit Mysterious Chapter is a 'law' that rises through restriction and transcends through rules.

The Great Chen Dynasty uses countless methods to restrict its people. The Heavenly Officials and the Imperial Court shroud everyone in their own Heavenly Supervision Laws. Their purpose is to prepare the entire nation to be, in a sense, 'one'.

By restricting people, society, and all living beings with these laws, people can be constantly distorted and alienated. In this way, people can "transcend humanity" and reach a completely new realm, a completely new "species".

Without a doubt, this is the fundamental Daoist concept of the 'Mysterious Light and Dark Spirit Mysterious Chapter'. However, the Black Emperor's Method teaches self-discipline and self-elevation, while the Mysterious Heaven Sacrifice... reverses the Great Star.

He used this method to refine his people.

[...You actually saw through it.]

Dao Ling murmured, trembling. Its form, composed of countless points of light, became disordered as a result. As soon as An Jing spoke, it understood that this was probably its original form, the scheme of Xuan Tianji back then.

Faster than it, faster than 'Xuantianji' itself... Is that really possible? Back then, Xuantianji probably spent countless years figuring these things out, but how could this young martial artist understand the key to everything so quickly?

It murmured almost with a sigh: "[You didn't even guess that Xuan Tianji simply wanted immortality.]"

"Actually, he is now, but I'm too lazy to look at the current reality because it's already predetermined and can be seen through at a glance."

An Jing raised his hand and clenched it in mid-air. The misty Dao spirit was then bound and suppressed by an invisible force, eventually transforming back into its original leaf-shaped treasure book.

An Jing calmly said, "I look back because the past contains more clues and is the truth... Only by grasping the past can we understand the present and create the future."

“I can even guess that Xuan Tianji must have seen some kind of future, so in order to avoid that future, he tried his best to change it, even changing himself—but he was wrong. By changing himself, the future changed as a result.”

"He was defeated 30,000 years ago."

(End of this chapter)