Yefutidaolu

Chapter 409 Repetitive Talk
Just as Gao Jian was gathering his martial arts divine will, his will, tempered by life and death, honed by a rusty blade, and refined by the "Heart Lamp Illuminating Shadow Scripture," was rising once more, preparing to launch a counterattack against that enormous conceptual monster—

His divine will blossomed without reservation at this moment.

The divine will of the superior is not simply the will to fight, but rather "enlightenment".

The so-called 'enlightenment' is the clarity that comes after seeing through illusion; it is 'salvation,' the unwavering commitment to life itself even after traversing hell; it is 'illuminating all things' after merging with the Buddha's light, the fundamental characteristic of the lamp of the heart to dispel darkness and bring awareness. This divine will, due to his past experiences, has unintentionally incorporated a trace of the vastness and compassion of the Buddhist 'immeasurable light,' which, though not intentionally cultivated, has quietly become the underlying tone of his divine will.

This divine will, which combines the qualities of "enlightenment," "redemption," "heart's lamp," and "immeasurable light," suddenly spread out!
Om-!
The entire consciousness space, which was originally filled with chaos, darkness, despair, and distorted scenes and was composed of the concept of birth and death, suddenly underwent a dramatic change!

It was as if an unprecedented super star had suddenly been lit up in the absolute darkness of the deep universe!
The light did not violently dispel the darkness, but rather, with a vast and calm demeanor, it instantly permeated every inch of space.

Darkness did not disappear, but it lost its dominant position and became a backdrop coexisting with the light. Countless shattered world remnants, broken threads of law, wailing remnants of all living beings... all these elements that constituted the despair of this place were presented for the first time so clearly and objectively under the illumination of this sudden "light".

The scene became incredibly grand, yet incredibly cold.

Light and darkness intertwine to form a vast, slowly rotating vortex nebula, within which countless tombstones of civilizations and the dust of time rise and fall. Destruction is no longer a venting of rage, but a cold, grand, and inevitable process based on some unknown cosmic law.

The cycle of birth and death is abstracted and scaled up at this moment, presenting a cosmic landscape that is both awe-inspiring and suffocating, with stark black and white contrasts.

Against this grand backdrop, redefined by the light of "enlightenment," the existence of the monster composed of pure destructive will appears increasingly abrupt and... "unnatural."

Gao Jian stopped. He didn't know what had happened. He had only revealed his divine will, but the changes around him seemed quite significant.

And at this time.

The monster stopped too.

The monster suddenly spoke!
The enormous body, composed of countless resentful heads, had one of its largest, cracked heads that, instead of roaring from its gaping maw, emitted a strange, gurgling sound, like countless old bellows simultaneously drawing air, or the churning of the internal organs of some enormous creature.

But the message carried by that grumbling was clear, filled with overwhelming resentment and despair, and it struck Gao Jian directly into his mind:
"You—can't save anything, you can't save anyone—you can't save us—!"

The insightful divine will seemed to have touched some kind of instinct in the other party.

Gao Jian felt a chill run down his spine, his first reaction being one of astonishment. This monster could actually speak?
But his mind raced, and he instantly understood.

This monster is not a real living being; it is the embodiment of despair after "birth and death," the sum of the desperate wills of countless destroyed worlds that failed to find redemption and ultimately succumbed to despair.

At this moment, it was directly stimulated by the divine will of Takami, which had strong characteristics of "redemption" and "illumination". Its core and most fundamental "despair" was touched, so it stopped the purely physical attack and instead issued a denial and questioning of the possibility of "salvation"!
This kind of questioning is itself a more dangerous battle!
It is a head-on collision of two wills and two opposing answers. If his superior opinion is refuted here and his belief is shaken, then his divine will will collapse immediately, and his fate will be even more miserable than being directly devoured. He may very well be completely integrated into this despair and become part of the monster.

In comparison, Gao Jian could clearly perceive that if it were a pure contest of "strength," under the illumination of the Heart Lamp and the blessing of divine will, he had already stabilized his position and was even gradually gaining the upper hand.

Although the monster's power is vast and complex, it is being continuously purified and weakened by the highly concentrated and characteristic-restrained light of the Heart Lamp. If the battle continues, he will surely win.

However, upon hearing the question emanating from the ultimate despair of countless worlds, Gao Jian's divine will paused slightly, and he stopped.

Unexpectedly, the monster also stopped its agitation, and simply stared at Gao Jian with its countless pairs of venomous eyes, waiting for his "answer".

Gao Jian could sense that the other party lacked mind and cunning; all its actions were manifestations of instinct. The current dialogue was a clash of two wills.

The monster has no heart, and the answer he gives is for whom we don't know, but no matter who it's for... Gao Jian will give the answer.

He stopped fighting.

Instead of using violence to destroy the monster, they actually began to communicate with it.

"I can save them."

Gao Jian gazed at the enormous monster, his voice transmitted through divine will, calm yet carrying an undeniable firmness, like the light of a lamp in his heart, not blazing, yet piercing through the darkness.

The countless heads on the monster's body twisted simultaneously, emitting even sharper, guttural roars that coalesced into a torrent of information: "Everything will be destroyed... that's what your aura says! You know that!"

It pointed to the demonic energy swirling around Gao Jian.

Those demonic energies seemed intent on destroying everything; all things within them would be annihilated.

"So you want to destroy things that were once like you?" Gao Jian asked rhetorically, his gaze sharp enough to see the contradiction in his actions.

"No one is coming to save us!" The monster's roar was filled with boundless rage, the cry of countless lives as the end of the world approached.

“So I came,” Takami replied calmly, as if stating a simple fact.

"Your blade can only kill! It can't save me!" The monster swung its giant claw that tore through space, pointing at the mark of the rusty blade in Gao Jian's consciousness.

“Kill all those things that bring destruction, and you will survive.” Gao Jian’s answer carried the directness and decisiveness of a martial artist.

"What's destroying us... is natural disaster! Can you kill it?!" the monster demanded.

"Where human power cannot reach, there is natural disaster." The divine light of Gao Jian flashed.

As long as human effort is sufficient, there will be no natural disasters!
"All talk and no action! You are weak! You are so weak! For you, human power itself is a natural disaster!" The monster roared, pointing out the cruelest truth—compared to the immense power behind the monster that had destroyed countless worlds, Gao Jian was indeed too weak at this moment.

Even two officials from hell could drive him to the brink of despair.

"That's why I need to become stronger." Takami's answer was still simple, direct, and without any frills.

This is not just a slogan.

The monster seemed utterly enraged by this unyielding attitude, or rather, its insightful response failed to truly address the despair of utter powerlessness deeply embedded in countless destructions.

Empty resolutions and slogans of becoming stronger cannot appease the souls of those who have been completely annihilated.

“Meaningless…meaningless!” The destructive aura emanating from the monster surged once more, and the grand scene of black and white began to shake violently, as if darkness was about to devour the light again.

It seemed too lazy to continue this useless conversation. Pure, violent destructive will once again overwhelmed everything. Its massive body, carrying the power to crush everything, pounced on Takami!

Dialogue failed to appease, and shared ideologies proved incompatible. It seemed that only war remained!

The monster, carrying a despairing force capable of crushing everything, pounced once more, its thousands of heads howling, its giant claws tearing through the vast space interwoven with black and white, determined to completely annihilate that stubborn glimmer of "light".

However, Gao Jian did not take any action.

"I will bear your despair." Gao Jian made an unexpected move in the face of this earth-shattering impact. He slowly stretched out a hand, not in a fist to meet the attack, but with his palm facing outward, as if to accept the endless darkness with his bare hands.

"You can't handle this!!" The monster's roar was deafening, filled with contempt and utter rejection.

The destructive torrent instantly swallowed up the small, insignificant figure!
Saying more is indeed useless.

Gao Jian understood that trying to resolve this ultimate despair, accumulated over countless eons and the destruction of countless worlds, with words was nothing short of a fool's dream.

In fact, although Gao Jian was unaware of it, Xiao Ba had already devised the most "correct" and "efficient" method according to Xiao Ba's arrangement: to use the power of the "Heart Lamp Illuminating Shadow Sutra" to completely purify and destroy this monster, and to transform and absorb the vast and dangerous life-and-death divine essence it contained, thereby helping Gao Jian enhance his power.

That's what Xiaoba thought, which is why he made those arrangements.

but--

Gao Jian did not do that.

The monsters have already died once and experienced destruction; he will not kill them a second time in the name of "saving" them.

In the instant he was swallowed by that pure torrent of destruction, Gao Jian gave up all resistance, letting the endless despair, resentment, fear, and unwillingness... surge into his consciousness like billions of cold, poisonous thorns, assaulting his mind!
At that very moment, he clasped his hands together in front of his chest, and his mind sank into a state of absolute tranquility.

A long-buried memory, a figure, a divine power imbued with supreme compassion and resolute determination—emerged from the depths of my heart.

That was the former capital city of Yangjing, where the celestial being Fei Xiang displayed great compassion and a grand vow in the face of countless tormented and twisted vengeful spirits and slaves! (See Chapter 258 for details)

At that time, he did not want to chant the divine incantation and make a great vow, but instead used himself as a vessel to bear all the pain, curses and resentment on his own body!
Its incantation and vow, grand and solemn, resounded throughout heaven and earth:

A mantra was spoken, consisting of six syllables: "Om, Bha, Ji, Tuo, Na, Mo!"

The great flame of wisdom shines brightly, extinguishing all sins and defilements.

May all sentient beings' minds be used for the highest benefit.

The minds of all sentient beings are purified by understanding the realm of reality.
The minds of all sentient beings are equal and without difference.
All sentient beings' minds rejoice and generate love and happiness.
At this moment, it is not something to be taken lightly!
Gao Jian clasped his hands together and shouted in a resounding voice, "I will suffer this pain for all the vengeful spirits. You are no longer bound by any restraint!"

"From this point on, all beings will no longer suffer the pain of sorrow, the pain of being with those they hate, the pain of being separated from those they love, or the pain of death!"

"When the beings of Jambudvipa suffer from all kinds of evil, they attain the stage of Stream-entry, and then they give alms to be free from all suffering, so that suffering beings may be liberated and fear may be dispelled!"

At this moment, it is not something to be taken lightly!
He may not have desired that particular form of Buddhist teaching, but at this moment, the power of the divine incantation he uttered was the same!

"I will suffer this pain for you all!" Gao Jian's divine will resounded like a great bell in the space of consciousness filled with destruction!

He didn't chant any complicated incantations; he simply shouted out this simplest of resolves and most direct commitments with all his divine will!

next moment--

The destructive torrent that was originally raging and threatening to tear him to pieces suddenly stopped!
As if he had found an unprecedented outlet, endless thoughts of despair, wails of despair, and fear of ending no longer tried to destroy him, but instead rushed into his open consciousness frantically and eagerly!
"Well--!!!"

Gao Jian's consciousness instantly felt an extreme pain that was indescribable!

That was not the destruction of one world, but the sum of all the negative emotions of countless worlds and billions of living beings at the final moment!

His mind felt as if he had been thrown into a meat grinder, every inch of his thoughts being torn apart, crushed, and corroded!

The light of his heart lamp dimmed rapidly, almost extinguished by the terrifying darkness. His consciousness began to blur, as if he might disintegrate and be assimilated into this ocean of pain at any moment.

But even in this extreme pain, his clasped hands never loosened, and his determination to emulate Fei Xiang and bear everything never wavered!

A wonderful change began to happen.

The torrent of despair that surged into his body did not immediately destroy him. It rampaged through his consciousness, but it was also bound and contained by his will to "bear" it.

Although the light of the heart lamp is dim like a candle flickering in the wind, it has never been extinguished, stubbornly illuminating this inner, boundless sea of ​​suffering.

All beings are suffering.

Gradually, in that extreme pain, Gao Jian seemed to "understand" the stories behind these despairs, feel the fear and resentment of countless living beings when the end of the world came, and also feel the lament of the world itself collapsing... They were no longer abstract destructive energy, but tragic songs carrying specific "experiences".

And he is experiencing and bearing all of this personally with his own consciousness.

The monster's enormous body began to become unstable, and the dark energy that constituted it surged uncontrollably toward Gao Jian like rivers flowing into the sea.

In its roar, besides anger, there seemed to be a hint of... bewilderment? And a very faint hint of... relief, which even it couldn't understand?
Destruction requires bearing the consequences.

Despair needs to be listened to.

We welcome insightful opinions and listen to insightful opinions.

When Gao Jian chose not to destroy, but to bear the consequences, the very foundation of this monster, composed of pure destructive will, began to crumble.

Gao Jian's figure was almost completely swallowed up by the dense darkness, with only a faint light from his heart lamp shining persistently amidst the boundless torment of pain.

He is pursuing a path that is far more difficult and dangerous than violent purification.

And no one knows where this road ends.

(End of this chapter)