I, the Lord of the Fifth Heavenly Throne, flow out of all things!

But he needs accurate coordinates before he can set off, as there are so many stars (wishes) in the universe.

Duanmulian has too much past, and it is not easy to find the exact coordinates among them.

As long as he has the correct coordinates (desire), he can immediately overcome barriers and processes and reach his dream destination.

Duanmu Lian understood this, and because he understood this, he kept thinking about it.

“Buzz buzz buzz buzz——!!!”

Under a giant tree on an uninhabited island, Duanmulian sat cross-legged under the tree, with her hands crossed and thumbs facing each other in front of her lower abdomen, her eyes closed, letting her mind enter a state of meditation and forgetfulness.

Forget the body, forget the self, forget all living beings, forget the world... Let yourself achieve unity of inside and outside, unity of body and mind, unity of nature and man, and become one with the whole world.

His mind had already left his body and entered the four-dimensional universe, where he was meditating.

Godly and demonic thoughts like runes surrounded Duanmulian in a spiral shape, emerging from his body, floating and spreading towards the sky.

He forgot everything, and whether consciously or unconsciously, or subconsciously, he was immersed in the vast memories of past lives that had turned into experience, pursuing one thing.

What exactly are you longing for?

I think, therefore I am. I am this, I am that, and I use everything I have to express myself.

Find your own way of living, believe in it, and risk your life to carry it out.

Tai Chi.

In his memory, he has seen and experienced it countless times, and he has a very clear understanding of the Tai Chi possessed by others.

Use others as a mirror to reflect yourself.

The love of Eternal Moment for the beautiful Moment, the anger at the Moment that defiled the one she loved, and the anxiety that time always passed by on its own...

The golden beast's [love] for all things equally, [anger] for not being able to love with all his might, and [hunger] for the world not being able to satisfy his desires...

The mercury snake's [love] for dusk and the unknown, [anger] for being bound to the known, and [despair] for the fact that there is no longer anything unknown in the world...

Love and anger, and a desperate desire to change the status quo.

So Duanmulian, what are you loving, what are you angry about, and what are you eagerly and desperately trying to grasp?

Duanmulian's consciousness asked itself this question in the four-dimensional universe.

Fujii Ren lives in an unsatisfactory daily life where time passes by on its own and will not stop as he wishes.

And outsiders disturb and destroy the peaceful daily life he cherishes, so he is madly eager to return to his peaceful daily life and savor the beautiful and important moments to him over and over again.

Duanmulian was born into a fate destined to be unfortunate, but he tried to change it by his own strength.

With his heart empty, he couldn't find a purpose to live for, so he chose a path that went against God, looking for meaning in meaninglessness.

If it is the first and first few generations of Duanmulian, it should be like this.

But now Duanmulian is a brand new individual who has gone through a huge number of reincarnations.

Even if it is the same soul with the same past life experience, the personality, consciousness and thinking will become different because of the different experiences.

So...I am different from who I am.

[What do you think of your past, your past self, and your present self? ]

“It’s like me but not me, it’s confusing. Just like a person’s body is made up of countless particles, but it’s the brain, consciousness, and soul that control everything… Similarly, they are also the foundation of who I am now, and cannot be ignored…”

Duanmulian gave such an uncertain answer: it is me and not me.

They are definitely one's past, but just like the human body, the past self can only be like a cell, a part of oneself, and definitely not the whole of oneself.

And he is the absolute core like the brain and soul.

If Duanmulian is a collective life form, then he is the main brain now, and he should have such self-awareness.

But at the same time, this huge past has also made him who he is today, and it is impossible to separate it from what is closely related to him.

[Are you satisfied with the current situation? Or dissatisfied? If satisfied, how to maintain it? If dissatisfied, how to change it? ]

“Not satisfied...change...”

Regarding the current situation, Duanmu Lian said without hesitation that she was not satisfied.

But he was at a loss as to how to change.

It's like Fujii Ren is dissatisfied with the passage of time and indignant at the Black Round Table for disrupting his daily life, so he wants to change.

Thus, instant love is born.

The same is true for Reinhard. He is not satisfied with the known world and is unhappy that he cannot do his best, so he wants to change.

Thus, the love of destruction is born.

And what kind of change is he longing for in his heart?

Since you don't understand, then think, ponder, and search...

It won't work if you just want to defeat the Mercury Snake. That goal is an obsession, not a complete desire.

Brain, consciousness, soul...think selflessly and with all your strength!

Countless pseudo-wills began to search for answers in Duanmulian's mind.

"I want to...find myself, to prove who we were in the past..."

【Prove what?】

"The meaning of my existence in the eternal cycle of reincarnation, the meaning of my sacrifice..."

[But you are just carrying the burden for the past 'us', don't you have your own wishes? ]

"My wish..."

[Because in a sense, 'I' might be afraid. ]

"Fear?"

[I am afraid that I will reach the end with everything I have carried in the past, and lose the goal of struggle, the goal of survival, the meaning of existence, and fall into meaningless nothingness again...]

"So besides the determination to achieve your ambition, you also need a reason to keep moving forward?"

[If taking on our past makes you happy, then this can be considered a reason. Setsuna feels that living in a beautiful setsuna is happiness, and Huangjin feels that living in Shura Road is happiness. You will not be happy if you just carry everything from our past.]

"yes......"

Duanmu Lian couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was willing to fight for his past self, but to say that it was happiness and joy was a lie.

Even though he has an everlasting obsession, he still feels tired.

And it is true that I am 'afraid'.

He was afraid that after everything was over, he would fall into meaningless nothingness again.

Therefore, the reason for running towards the finish line cannot be just holding on to obsession and carrying the memories of the past, but also having to have a reason to cross the eternal calamity and return.

That reason will make him happy, what kind of person he wants to become, and what kind of state he wants to live in, such thoughts determine whether he is seeking the truth or being domineering.

For this reason, Duanmu Lian looked back at the memories since her birth, trying to find her own reasons from them.

Liu Zi... She said that if she died, that would be the day when her gears stopped turning.

He didn't want this puppet girl to go to the grave with him.

This can be considered a reason that must be successful.

Shu Ji...I promised my past self that I would take good care of her.

Duanmulian didn't want to hear the same crying sound as Darien when she was born.

They can all be the reasons why you must move forward and succeed.

But——it’s not enough!

It won't work if you only look at others but don't love yourself.

Fujii Ren loves the beautiful moment because in that situation, she feels happy and has self-love.

Reinhard loves destruction because only in such a situation can he feel that he is alive and has self-love.

Every desire for a god of truth and a god of dominance, whether it is for the outside world or for oneself, has more or less some self-love.

This part of the ego is also the foundation of every godhead.

For a moment, Duanmulian's memories froze, or it could be said that his personal experience had reached its limit.

At this moment, he was confused and couldn't find the answer, or there was no answer to find.

"I...I...I—hey! Hehehehehehehehahahahahahahahahah———!"

Duanmulian, who was obviously in deep thought with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them with bloodshot eyes, and laughed with a distorted, hideous and evil expression.

Then in the next second, the twisted laughter turned into a calm and indifferent expression with neither sadness nor joy.

At this moment, the whites of his blue eyes turned a blindingly pale white in his left eye, while his right eye turned a deep, dark color that swallowed up all the light.

The moment when Duanmulian's mind was in confusion because of her desire to dig.

The [gods and demons] in his [inner scene], which had already split into 102,400 divine thoughts and demonic thoughts, began to take the opportunity to riot.

When the number of divine thoughts and demonic thoughts has increased to one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred, it will enter the more dangerous third stage [No Thought].

His mind of no thoughts and no desires allowed him to have nothing to think about.

The evil thoughts of lust and delusion made him think wildly.

Two completely different ideas collided in her inner scene, causing Duanmulian's heart and soul to experience a tearing and intense phantom pain.

Moreover, some of them have gone astray.

As I said at the beginning, a thought among gods and demons is also a thought of life and death, and its extreme danger is no less than eternal destruction.

“Hahahaha…”

Duanmulian frowned, raised her hand to support her forehead, her expression was somewhat hideous and distorted, and she was gasping for breath.

The chaos in the [inner scene] at this moment, the conflict between extreme stillness and extreme movement, made his soul and even his spirit feel torn.

At this moment, not far behind Duanmulian, a ninja with a mysterious aura was approaching.

However, he thought he was very good at hiding his presence, and in front of Duanmulian it was like he was using a loud speaker to announce that he was coming.

"You damned bastard, come and die!!!"

Duanmulian seemed to be mentally torn. Half of her face looked ferocious and evil, while the other half was calm and indifferent. She looked contradictory and terrifying.

He raised his hand and before the Mantis on the tree could react, it felt a strong wind tearing it apart.

“GAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!”

A shrill and tragic howl resounded through the sky. A man dressed in a green mantis costume was seen on the tree. The flesh and blood below his neck seemed to have turned into countless noodles, and his flesh and blood were separated from his body skeleton by thousands of cuts.

In less than a second, everything below the neck turned into white bones without a trace of flesh and blood. Only the head of the Mantis was left hanging on the skeleton. It died with a distorted and hideous expression on its face.

It was an extremely cruel way to die, and it was not like Duanmulian would give people a painful style.

But it seems to be the style of the "Devil" in the "Interior Scene" who kills people and destroys their souls in a sinister and cruel way.

........

On the other side, Nanami and Ryuzu were also attacked by the Maniwa Butterflyfish and the Maniwa Bee.

However, these two ninjas were easily dealt with and knocked to the ground.

Because he had already read the complete sword language, Nanami had nothing to interrogate them. Instead, he stepped on Maniwa Butterfly's neck with some sighs and said:

"Hmm...time flies by fast. All the Tingting ninjas are here."

"Ahem...It's the Maniwa ninja!!"

Being killed instantly, Maniwa Butterfly, whose face turned red as she was stepped on by Nanami, retorted with a very unwilling expression.

On the other side, Maniwa Bee lay helplessly on the ground, with all four of her limbs cut off by the sickles extending from under Ryuuzu's skirt.

They originally came to capture Nanami, but as soon as they landed on the island, they met Nanami and Ryuzu who were collecting firewood to make a fire to cook.

As expected, the two ninjas were killed instantly.

"There is another one. Could it be that he ran to Lord Duanmu's place?"

Nanami didn't pay attention to the cries of the weeds under his feet, but remembered that there was another Mantis Mantis.

As soon as she finished speaking, a figure walked out from the woods.