Chapter 186 Chaos
"It's not that bad."
Li Anran said, "There are forty-nine great ways, and you can escape from one of them. There is always a way to survive in this world."
Nezha curled his lips: "Everyone knows this truth, but the matter is..."
Suddenly, he noticed that Li Anran's expression did not seem to be comforting him, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Li Anran, have you thought of a solution?"
He suddenly turned his head to look at Yang Jian, observed Yang Jian's expression, and asked suspiciously: "Second brother, do you have a solution too?"
Seeing Yang Jian nod slightly, Nezha suddenly became a little annoyed and complained: "Since you have all thought of a solution, why don't you tell me! You just watch me worrying?"
Yang Jian was helpless: "Brother Nezha, don't be anxious, you have to think about this matter first."
Nezha said confidently: "You have more than eight hundred more minds than me. With you around, what else can I think of? Anyway, you won't harm me, so I will listen to you!"
Yang Jian: “…”
Li Anran: “…” This seems to make some sense!
Li Anran and Yang Jian looked at each other. Seeing Yang Jian's expression asking him to speak, Li Anran said, "Whether it is the way of heaven or the way of man that wins, people like us who have great magical powers and supernatural powers will not be able to escape the disaster."
"The first method is to prevent them from deciding the winner, and let the struggle between the Way of Heaven and the Way of Man continue forever."
"My second brother said that the struggle between the Way of Heaven and the Way of Man probably started when Pangu fell and all things came into being. Since it has lasted for so long, it should be able to continue."
Nezha opened his eyes wide. He had only heard of surviving a catastrophe, but had never heard of maintaining a catastrophe. However...
"That's a possible solution." Nezha muttered to himself, seeming to be thinking about something.
Yang Jian also nodded in agreement: "This is indeed a way to deal with the catastrophe, but it has a problem..."
“It’s a symptom-solver, not a cure.”
Li Anran took over the conversation and continued, "It's like walking on a tightrope... When a mortal walks on a tightrope, they have to maintain their balance at all times. If they make a wrong move, they will fall down and there will be no way back."
After a pause, he continued, "If you want to truly survive the catastrophe, there are only two ways: to blend in or to stand out from it."
Nezha asked: "What does it mean to be integrated into it? What does it mean to be detached from it?"
Li Anran said: "There are two situations for integrating into it. The first is that the Way of Heaven wins, then you give up yourself and convert to the Way of Heaven. The second is that the Way of Man wins, then you give up all your cultivation and fall into reincarnation."
“How can this be possible!”
Nezha shook his head like a rattle, his face full of disgust: "The first kind of you is to be a puppet without self, the second kind is to be a slave who forgets everything! You might as well just die! It will be more comfortable!"
Li Anran said: "If you don't want to do either of these two things, then the only option left is to be independent of them..."
Before he finished speaking, Nezha answered directly: "What you mean by transcendence is not to attain enlightenment and become a saint, right?"
Li Anran nodded.
A saint can go through countless calamities without being worn away, and is not stained by cause and effect. He is the existence of Tao itself, transcending time and space. Even if the destruction of the world were to happen again, it would not affect him in the slightest. Naturally, he would not be affected by the struggle between humanity and the way of heaven.
Nezha drooped his face and rolled his eyes: "What's the difference between your method and not saying anything!"
Li Anran: “…”
Nezha's words are of no problem to most people in the world.
The matter of achieving enlightenment and becoming a saint is too far-fetched and vague, even ancient great masters like Tathagata, Taiyi Tianzun, and Zhen Yuanzi can only say that they have done their best.
But for Li Anran, it’s different!
He has the Book of Punishing Evil, and the improvement of his cultivation is only affected by experience points, so there is no bottleneck.
As long as he could delay the time for the outcome of the battle between humanity and heaven as long as possible, he would be able to attain enlightenment and become a saint, and survive this calamity of the end of the Dharma!
Nezha trusts Yang Jian, so he unconditionally believes in Yang Jian's judgment.
Li Anran combined the memories from his previous life and confirmed that Yang Jian's judgment was correct.
The "result of humanity winning" among the two results mentioned by Yang Jian is exactly the dharma-ending catastrophe mentioned in the previous life!
The spiritual energy dissipated, gods and Buddhas no longer exist in the world, all great powers returned to nothingness, and the power of all living beings became the strongest power in the world!
The only thing that surprised Li Anran was that, according to Yang Jian, this catastrophe of the end of the law was not the last catastrophe along with the catastrophes of the dragon and phoenix, the lich, and the conferred gods.
What is more likely is that it is a disaster that includes all these disasters and runs through the entire prehistoric period!
However, if we remember that Journey to the West is not on par with The Witch and Conferred Gods, but is just a catastrophe that occurred in Xi Niu Hezhou, we can understand the above content.
After Nezha finished complaining about Li Anran, he turned to look at Yang Jian and said, "Brother, the method Li Anran said is not reliable! Do you have any better idea?"
Li Anran also looked at Yang Jian with some anticipation, wanting to hear what ideas Yang Jian had.
Unexpectedly, Yang Jian shook his head: "What Brother Li Anran thought of is the best solution. But..."
Just when Nezha showed a disappointed look, he changed the subject and actually denied what he said at the beginning: "What I said before was the worst outcome. Things should not develop to that point."
Nezha was puzzled: "What does this mean?"
Yang Jian explained: "Since ancient times, neither side has ever won a complete . The Way of Heaven and the Way of Man are both subordinate to the Great Way, and this should be no exception."
"The final result of this catastrophe is likely to be a tragic defeat for one side and a tragic victory for the other, or even a loss for both sides. Just like there are still dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, witch tribes, and the teachings of the Chan sect and the Jie sect, the Way of Heaven and the Way of Man will still exist after the catastrophe, but one will be strong and the other will be weak, and it will be difficult to restore the prosperous situation in the past."
Nezha felt a headache after hearing this, so he went straight to the point: "Second brother, just tell me, what should we do?"
Yang Jian: “…”
Yang Jian really wanted to persuade Nezha to change his temper, but he also knew that it is difficult to change one's nature. If Nezha was willing to listen to advice, he would have changed his appearance during the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods.
Yang Jian could only shake his head helplessly and gave his final conclusion: "If my inference is correct, we don't have to endure the tribulation. We can make arrangements in advance and hide among the weaker party. Even if we temporarily forget ourselves or no longer exist in the world, we can still seek to wake up and be reborn in the future ."
Nezha scratched his head and muttered, "Why is it still so complicated!"
Li Anran opened his eyes wide, shocked beyond words.
This...is this talking about the revival of spiritual energy?
Has Yang Jian already calculated this?
As soon as Nezha saw Li Anran's expression, he knew that Li Anran understood, so he decisively chose not to embarrass himself: "I really can't do this brain-consuming thing! I'll leave my 180 kilograms to you!"
Li Anran rolled his eyes.
With your small body, the total weight of lotus root and bones is probably only about thirty pounds!
Suddenly, Nezha thought of something: "Second brother, have you told my master about this?"
Yang Jian shook his head: "This is just my speculation, there is no evidence. My two brothers, please don't tell Uncle Taiyi about this for now. I will tell Uncle Taiyi in person after I find evidence."
Nezha hummed and didn't think much about it. He just thought that Yang Jian didn't tell Taiyi Tianzun out of caution.
Li Anran's heart moved, and he sensed a different meaning in the text.
Given Yang Jian's character, he would never tell others his guess unless he was absolutely sure.
Since he told him and Nezha about this, he should have confirmed everything, and there is no possibility of insufficient evidence!
This is obviously meant to fool them!
This is a bit contradictory!
If Yang Jian didn't want Taiyi Tianzun to know about this, he could have simply not told them, but he chose to tell them and then lied to them so that they wouldn't tell Taiyi Tianzun!
Li Anran thought again that Yang Jian wanted to modify the laws of heaven, rebuild the order of the three realms, and include all living beings.
Fundamentally speaking, this matter is also about implementing humanity and helping humanity defeat the laws of nature!
From this point of view, Yang Jian has actually been involved in the catastrophe, and the degree to which he intensified the catastrophe is no less than the catastrophe artificially caused by the powerful people in the Three Realms!
I want both!
This is really the character of the second brother!
Li Anran suddenly understood Yang Jian's thoughts.
If Yang Jian wants to modify the Heavenly Laws and rebuild the order of the Three Realms, he must break everything that is old!
Lingshan and Heaven are his enemies, and Xuanmen and Taiyi Tianzun are also his enemies!
No matter how proud and arrogant Yang Jian is, he won't be so arrogant as to think that he can fight against the entire three realms alone. He can only act with the help of catastrophe!
This is also the reason why he was unwilling to tell Taiyi Tianzun the truth about the catastrophe of heaven and earth!
This is the only slight advantage he has!
However, Yang Jian did not want to see him, Nezha, the Three Holy Mothers, Yao Ji and even the Meishan brother Xiaotian Dog perish in the catastrophe, and he was not sure that he could complete the plan for rebirth after the catastrophe by himself.
Only then did he risk being known by Taiyi Tianzun and tell them his speculation, hoping that they would be prepared in advance!
Suddenly, Li Anran felt a pair of eyes falling on him. He looked up and met Yang Jian's gaze.
Li Anran was stunned.
He saw a pleading look in Yang Jian's eyes.
Second brother, have you already thought that I would guess all this?
That’s right!
Only someone as carefree as Nezha would be fooled by such a simple excuse...
Li Anran put his thoughts aside for the moment, picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Yang Jian from a distance.
Yang Jian smiled and raised his glass.
"What about me?" Nezha had no idea what was going on and came forward with the wine glass.
The drinking session lasted from sunset to moonrise.
Among the three brothers, Nezha had the worst alcohol tolerance. He was already bleary-eyed when he was halfway through drinking, and his little face was as red as a ripe apple. He forced Li Anran and Yang Jian to compete in martial arts, and then he fell headfirst on the table and fell into a deep sleep.
Li Anran drank with Yang Jian for a long time before he asked, "Second brother, you've already said that no matter what the result of this catastrophe is, gods and Buddhas will no longer exist in the world, so why bother to come up with this new heavenly law?"
Yang Jian did not answer this question, but asked: "Brother Li Anran, do you know how long the Conferred God Catastrophe lasted?"
Li Anran hesitated for a moment and asked uncertainly, "Fifteen years?"
He was referring to the time from the time when King Zhou of Zhou died to the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, when Jiang Ziya was deified on the Fengshen Platform.
Yang Jian shook his head and said seriously: "You are only talking about the duration of the war between Shang and Zhou. Even if we count from the time when the three religions of Chan, Jie and Ren separated in Kunlun Mountain, this catastrophe of the Conferred Gods lasted for nearly one Yuan of time, or 129,600 years. The previous catastrophe of the witches and liches and the first catastrophe of the dragon and the phoenix lasted even longer."
“Even if this catastrophe is shorter than the Conferred God period, it will still last for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. The new heavenly rules may not mean much to the final outcome, but for every living being in the catastrophe, it is completely different.”
Li Anran looked at Yang Jian's determined gaze and raised his glass silently.
He didn't say anything else, just telling Yang Jian to tell him if he needed any help.
If Yang Jian wants to rebuild the order of the Three Realms, he will inevitably become an enemy of the world.
Given Yang Jian's character, he could only try to find a way to keep himself and Nezha out of the matter, but it was unlikely that he would pull them in.
At the same time, outside the sky, in the endless chaos.
Gusts of chaotic gale howled, and countless spatial cracks appeared and disappeared wherever they passed. It was pitch black inside and no one knew where it led to.
Countless chaotic divine thunders continued to fall, connecting into one, like an ocean, emitting a terrifying aura of destruction.
Even the Golden Immortal would not dare to set foot in such a harsh environment.
Danger is one thing, but more importantly, the chaos is boundless. Once you lose your way, you can never get out.
But today, there was a man and two women swiftly traveling through the chaos.
Above their heads, a sword was in mid-air, dropping thousands of sword energies, protecting them in the center.
No matter whether it is the strong wind or the divine thunder, once they get close, they will be shredded by the sword energy and will not be able to touch them at all.
"Brother, are we going the wrong way?" asked the gentle and graceful woman on the left who was wearing a light white gauze dress.
"That's right. According to the compass left by our master, we just need to walk another 37,000 miles and we will be there." The man standing in the middle was wearing a purple-black robe, holding a golden whip in his left hand and a compass in his right hand, and his tone was very affirmative.
If Yang Jian were here, he would definitely recognize that this man is Zhao Gongming, the outer sect disciple of Jiejiao!
The other two are Yunxiao, the eldest sister among the Three Goddesses, and the former Dou Mu Yuanjun Jin Ling Sheng Mu!
Yunxiao nodded and said nothing more. He just followed Zhao Gongming and continued to fly forward.
In the ancient times, a distance of thirty-seven thousand miles could be reached in a moment.
But this is outer chaos. In addition to the extremely harsh environment, various dangers are also endless.
Buzz!
The three of them had just flown forward a short distance when a black crack suddenly appeared on their side, and a monster that looked like both a tiger and a lion rushed out.
The monster's eyes were full of chaos, and it was obvious that it had no mind at all, but its cultivation was close to that of a Golden Immortal. When it slapped out with one claw, several chaotic divine thunders actually lingered on it.
when!
The Golden Spirit Mother did not hesitate at all and swung the sword in her hand, crushing the ferocious beast into pieces.
Zhao Gongming didn't even raise his head, he just stared at the compass in his hand. They had encountered situations like that countless times and had long been accustomed to it.
The three of them continued to move forward, not knowing how long they had been flying.
The compass in his hand suddenly shone brightly.
"We're here! This is it!" Zhao Gongming said happily.
