Is it reasonable?
Of course that's unreasonable.
Looking at it from a third party's perspective, everyone would think that Emperor Zizai Tian must have some ulterior motives and was deliberately creating a balance between reality and illusion... just like Shanwu's offspring, full of conspiracy.
But Xu Chong always felt something was wrong.
What Shui Yunzi and others said seemed to be very different from that of the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor, but in the final analysis, there was only one thing that was different.
The balance theory of good and nothingness.
According to Shui Yunzi and others, no matter Shanwu was the master of nothingness or the real Emperor of Heaven, this theory was never accepted by both parties from beginning to end.
Nothingness repels him, and reality repels him too.
In the version of the Five Elements Emperor, Shanwu was widely recognized twice in different identities.
The two versions are only a hair's breadth apart, yet they are a world of difference.
In comparison, the words of the Five Elements Emperor, who seemed to be an eyewitness, were more trustworthy.
But don't forget, there is another crucial factor.
A factor that only Xu Chong knew.
——Time traveler.
The free emperor of heaven, Jiang Wang, and Xu Chong himself.
The three of them have the same identity as time travelers.
Moreover, according to the information inherited by Jiang Wang's remnant soul from Emperor Zizai Tian, ​​the reason why the three of them traveled through time was because the true will of Daxu asked for help from the true will of the universe, and they were eventually selected and sent to Daxu to prevent nothingness from eroding reality.
This statement is also tenable, but it is in great conflict with the speculation of the Five Elements Emperor.
Xu Chong thought for a moment and asked calmly, "What happened next? Since most people agree with the balance, what did the Emperor Zizai do?"
"This all started with Yousheng's failed sneak attack on Shanwu."
The Five Elements Emperor sighed, "Everyone at that time thought that Yousheng was stronger than Shanwu, because Yousheng had successfully escaped from the hands of the first-level Fruit of Nothingness and was unscathed."
"In contrast, the goodness of nothingness, which yearns for balance or peace, has never fought against nothingness."
"So much so that even Yousheng himself felt that he must be much stronger than Shanwuliang."
"However, that sneak attack..."
"Yusei almost died."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor sneered, "He was almost killed by Shanwu's instinctive defense."
"!!!"
Xu Chong's face turned pale with horror. "How is this possible?"
"Because Shanwu had already been promoted to the first level at that time."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor was amazed, "Besides me, the only one of the first-class status."
“…”
Xu Chong was dumbfounded for a while, and asked after a long while: "Is he hiding his strength?"
"Let alone Yousheng, no one in the entire Huantian Huanjie, including Changshengtian and his disciples and friends, knows that he has broken through to the first level."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor continued, "But he certainly had his reasons for doing this."
"If you want to pursue balance, you must grasp the real-time situation of both the virtual and the real, so Shanwu often travels in Daxu with the authority of space."
"Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps it was destined, but just before he was about to be promoted to the first-class position, he encountered the birth of a fruit of illusion and reality."
"This means that the gap between reality and illusion is widening again, and it will inevitably lead to the illusion's desire for reality."
"So Shanwu plans to use the opponent's trick against him, suppress the movement of his own breakthrough, pretend that there is still only one first-class person, and attack Xuwu unexpectedly, so as to achieve a balance between the two sides."
"The plan is good and theoretically has a high chance of success."
"pity……"
"Yousheng attacked Shanwu and seriously injured him, but Shanwu did not blame Yousheng. Instead, he apologized and wanted to heal Yousheng's wounds."
"In response, Yu Sheng directly refused and dragged his seriously injured body around to tell his story. Not only did he expose the news that Yu Sheng had already broken through to the first level, he even ignored Yu Sheng's plan to attack the void and attributed everything to a conspiracy."
"As for what the conspiracy is, I don't need to say much, you can guess it."
After saying that, the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor looked at Xu Chong and asked the previous question again: "Do you think this is reasonable?"
“…”
Xu Chong was completely silent.
He had to start doubting Yousheng's true purpose.
Suppose, suppose Yousheng really doesn't believe in Shanwu's balance theory... after all, it has never been verified.
But even so, we shouldn't oppose it so directly.
You know, when the reality as a whole lags behind nothingness, achieving balance is also a great improvement.
Even if Yousheng pursues reality and tramples nothingness under his feet, the best approach should be to first use Shanwu to achieve a balance between reality and illusion, and then continue to suppress nothingness until reality monopolizes Daxu.
To some extent, isn't destroying Yousheng's plan also a way of preventing him from becoming truly powerful?
Xu Chong was a little confused.
The Five Elements Emperor waited for a while but received no reply. His eyes dimmed slightly, and then he continued, "After that, not only did more than half of the people who originally supported Shanwu turn to Yousheng, but Xuwu also stopped advancing into Huantian... There are so many types of power in Daxu, there must be a way to monitor Huantian's movements."
"Shan Wu was disheartened and issued a strict order prohibiting all beings in Zizai Heaven from entering Changsheng Heaven, including Yousheng, the Zizai Heaven Emperor."
"In addition, even at this point, he still did not give up the pursuit of balance."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor smiled, not hiding his admiration for Shan Wu: "Even I admire such a character."
Xu Chong did not comment, and said: "But this time, it seems that the direction of his efforts is wrong."
"You mean to educate the Seed of Nothingness?"
The Five Elements Emperor raised his eyebrows slightly.
Xu Chong nodded, "It is said that the destruction of the Huantian Ring Realm was caused by this."
"Indeed, but it has nothing to do with Shanwu."
The Five Elements Emperor's expression became serious. "Not only is it irrelevant, his achievements even shocked the entire Daxu."
"Um?"
Xu Chong was shocked. "Isn't it just the improvement of wisdom? Is there anything else?"
"have."
The Five Elements Emperor replied seriously, "In addition to wisdom, that Void Seed already has some real characteristics... For example, it grows and develops like a real race."
"???"
Xu Chong's eyes suddenly widened.
He could understand growth, but development???
You know, nothingness is forced to have entity in real space.
This entity only exists temporarily. Once it returns to the ruins, it will immediately turn into a form of nothingness. So theoretically, it cannot be considered a flesh and blood body at all, but just a ball of highly compressed gray mist.
How to develop?
In which direction is it developing?
"The most obvious one is gender."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor said in a deep voice, "That Void Seed has developed female characteristics, but there is no other male Void Seed with the same condition, so it is still unknown whether it can reproduce like the combination of yin and yang... I remember Shanwu gave her a name, I think it was called Youjue."
Xu Chong was shocked.
"I originally left a record of this incident, but when I was dying, considering that the truth was about to perish, I completely erased it."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor continued, "In short, although Shanwu's attempt proved that the virtual and the real can coexist peacefully, and even proved that the virtual can become a member of the real, but... this is really not a good thing."
Xu Chong nodded in agreement, "Indeed, the higher the wisdom, the more bizarre ideas one has. Regardless of the purpose, there will definitely be many people who will follow suit and raise evil spirits."
"Not only that, you also missed out on Void's attitude towards this matter."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor sighed, "The fundamental way of survival has been changed. This is something that no race can tolerate, not to mention the Void that has always coveted the real thing... To a certain extent, this matter is equivalent to pushing all the Voids completely to the opposite side of the real thing, regardless of whether there are individuals who believe in balance among them."
"Too."
Xu Chong seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly something occurred to him, so he asked, "Could it be that the secret accumulation of evil spirits that led to the breach of the ring realm is also related to Yousheng?"
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I didn't find any evidence."
You mean you're suspicious?
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows and took a deep breath. "I have two more questions. The conclusion you guessed and why you told me this."
"You really look a lot like Shanwu."
A trace of relief flashed in the eyes of the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor, and then after a moment of deliberation, he said, "Shan Wuwei has spent tens of thousands of years trying to achieve balance. He has tried three times, and except for the third time which had the opposite effect, each time it was suddenly destroyed when it was close to success."
"So, I guess there must be something in the dark that is preventing the virtual and the real from achieving a balance."
"This existence is most likely not a non-existent individual, nor a real individual, but something higher than the distinction between reality and illusion."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Chong's heart was already in turmoil, and four words came out of his mouth involuntarily.
"True Will?!"
"Well……"
The Five Elements Emperor looked at Xu Chong in confusion, "I can understand your doubts about the Will of Nothingness, but the Will of Reality... destroying the plans of Good Nothingness several times will not do any good to the Real Will."
Xu Chong said nothing, his expression slightly stiff.
"But to be honest, when I doubted the will of nothingness, I also doubted the true will."
The Five Elements Emperor did not seem to notice Xu Chong's abnormality, and continued, "But according to my own several encounters with the true will, and what I learned from a fruit of nothingness, whether it is the true will or the void will, although they have their own consciousness, they do not have any emotions or desires."
"As long as they can continue, it makes no difference to them whether they are strong or weak, or balanced."
"So, I think there should be a third will."
The Five Elements Emperor narrowed his eyes, "This will is either on par with the real and void will, but hidden in the dark, or it is higher than both... The imbalance between the real and the void is of great benefit to it."
“…”
Xu Chong could no longer describe his feelings.
The 'true will' that he just asked about in shock was not referring to the true will of Daxu, but the true will of the universe...
'On par with the true will of nothingness', after much thought, it can only be the true will of the universe.
Although Xu Chong didn't want to doubt the will of his hometown, what if?
What if the real purpose of the True Will sending them through time was not to save reality, but to keep the imbalance between reality and illusion in Daxu?
Don't forget, the statement 'Nothingness has monopolized the Great Ruins, and will set its next target on the universe' came from Jiang Wang, who obtained it from the Emperor Zizai, also known as Yousheng.
Both You Sheng and Jiang Wang may have problems here, but no matter who has the problem, there will be a huge conflict.
If You Sheng clearly knew that the purpose of his time travel was to maintain the imbalance of Daxu, but he lied that he wanted to save the truth, then it cannot explain why he told Jiang Wang, and let Jiang Wang tell the later generations, to revive the truth .
And if Jiang Wang tampered with the information left by You Sheng, changing "maintaining imbalance" to "saving reality", it would be impossible to explain Jiang Wang's identity as a time traveler.
Xu Chong's analysis was forced to stop here. After much thought, the only suspect left was the Five Elements Emperor.
But at the same time, he also retained his doubts about the true will of the universe.
After all, I had never heard or seen any empty statements in my previous life.
Perhaps the true will over there has already swallowed up the nothingness and the will to nothingness, giving rise to emotions and desires.
"Why do I feel like I'm back in the Profound Heaven Realm again? I'm so exhausted..."
Xu Chong secretly complained, looked at the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor, and asked seriously: "What do you want me to do?"
"It's not a wish, it's a request."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor smiled and said, "If possible, I would like to ask you not to rush to exterminate nothingness when you have the ability, but to try to balance the virtual and the real first."
"Extinction of Nothingness..."
Xu Chong was stunned, and said, "Your expectations of me are too high."
"You forgot the authority I hold..."
The Five Elements Emperor looked at Xu Chong meaningfully, "There is more than just the Five Elements rotation."
"!!!"
Xu Chong was suddenly shocked.
Yes, there is also the authority of time, and there is also the prophecy.
Could it be that the Five Elements Emperor has already seen the direction of the future and realized that he will illuminate the Great Ruins with his light and authority?
In that case...
Xu Chong suddenly had a bold idea.
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor seemed to have noticed something and quickly waved his hand: "Don't take it too seriously. The images seen by the Time Authority are extremely brief and one-sided. There will also be different directions at the same time. If you think you can achieve supremacy without doing anything, then you are completely deceiving yourself."
"Uh...yes."
Xu Chong nodded, suppressing the thought of giving up that had just emerged in his mind.
"There's one more thing."
The Five Elements Emperor's voice deepened, "Balancing reality and illusion will bring you certain dangers."
"If there is something secretly preventing the balance as I speculate, it will definitely not sit idly by."
"And you, at that time, would not be as strong as it."
"So this is just a request, not a demand."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor looked calm, "Just follow your heart and don't feel guilty or indebted."
"The Emperor of Heaven is too kind."
Xu Chong suddenly laughed, "Don't worry, if I can really be that powerful one day, I will definitely try it."
Not for reality, not for the universe, and certainly not for the Five Elements Emperor.
But to solve the final mystery.