Chapter 456 Heavenly Dao and Will
Taoism and Buddha!
In Lao Shi's words, these two are gods of eternal level.
However, Bai Jinye now said that these two were the first to reach the realm of gods as living beings and they were extremely talented.
There is some discrepancy between what the two said.
If someone among them was lying, Lin Ye would rather believe Bai Jinye.
Bai Jinye made the transaction with himself according to the pawnshop's rules, and it was impossible for him to violate the pawnshop's rules and lie to himself.
So, it was Lao Shi who lied.
But what is the purpose of Lao Shi lying?
"I have a friend who told me that Taoism and Buddha are eternal gods, beings that transcend ordinary gods, and their Taoist and Buddhist sects exist in many worlds."
Lin Ye told Bai Jinye about the situations of Taoist Patriarch and Buddha Patriarch as described by Lao Shi.
What Lin Ye didn't expect was that Bai Jinye actually nodded.
"Yes, Daozu and Buddha are indeed eternal beings."
"What do you mean?" Lin Ye frowned. Didn't Lao Shi lie to him?
“Before the Daoist Ancestor and the Buddha, the gods didn’t believe that any living being could cultivate to the divine realm. The appearance of the Daoist Ancestor and the Buddha broke the gods’ cognition.”
"The most important thing is that Daozu and Buddha did not stop at the divine realm, but continued to strive for higher realms, and finally reached a realm that even the gods looked up to."
As agreed, Bai Jinye did not hide anything from Lin Ye and told him the stories of Taoist and Buddha again.
When Taoism and Buddha broke through the limits of living beings and stepped into the realm of gods, they caused fear among many other gods, and these gods began to suppress Taoism and Buddha.
Taoism and Buddha had just become gods at that time, so how could they possibly be a match for so many gods? They were able to survive because someone came to their aid.
And that person is the Lord of the Underworld.
Because of the help of the Lord of the Underworld, Daozu and Buddha escaped the pursuit of the gods. The way the Lord of the Underworld helped them was to use the underworld to allow them to reincarnate.
The gods could not sense the breath of the reincarnated Taoist and Buddha. Relying on this method, every time these two cultivated to the realm of gods, they would be reincarnated once.
Until... their power surpassed that of the gods.
When Taoism and Buddha appeared in front of the gods again, they revealed a power that the gods could not believe. Even if the gods joined together, they were no match for these two.
But although Taoism and Buddha are powerful, they cannot kill these gods, because these gods are transformed by the will of heaven and earth. If they are killed, then the world will be in chaos.
The power of the laws possessed by these gods is indispensable to every world.
Like the rain god, he controls the laws of rain. If he is gone, there will be no rain in all the worlds.
In the end, Taoism and Buddha reached an agreement with these gods. In the real world, which is where Lin Ye is now, the gods delegated their power of laws to the creatures of that world.
Therefore, the real world is also the only world without gods.
The gods of this world, those mountain gods and the many gods and Buddhas of the sacred mountains in heaven, are the gods that the followers of Taoism and Buddha have cultivated to the realm of gods, and they control the power of laws left behind by the gods of the world's will.
However, the power of this law can only be used in the real world.
The real world is because of Taoism and Buddha, and the underworld is because of the Lord of the Underworld. These two worlds are extremely special in the world of heavens.
In order to express their gratitude to the Lord of the Underworld for his help, Taoism and Buddha chose to help the Lord of the Underworld improve the underworld.
The underworld was able to enter the real world, and the Taoist and Buddhist ancestors established the underworld in the underworld.
"This is the background of the world of the heavens that you want to know, as well as the origins of the Lord of the Underworld and those gods." Bai Jinye looked at Lin Ye and said.
"Thank you, Brother Bai, for clearing up my doubts. Where are the Taoist Ancestor and the Buddha now?" Lin Ye thought of the person in Wuliang Mountain who claimed to be the Taoist Ancestor.
“It’s gone.”
"Disappeared?" Lin Ye thought of a possibility: "Is it exploring a higher level world?"
In novels, Lin Ye remembered that many authors wrote it this way: when the protagonist broke through to an unbreakable realm, they would have to switch to a larger map.
First there were the myriad heavens and hundreds of worlds, then three thousand small worlds, and then three thousand large worlds...
"I don't know." Bai Jinye answered directly: "The Taoist and the Buddha disappeared overnight . No one knows where they went. If you want to know, you will have the answer after you cultivate to that level."
Lin Ye was silent. In so many worlds, only Taoism and Buddha had cultivated to that level. He didn't think he had such talent and opportunity.
"What happened in the underworld later? What happened?"
"Heaven's law backfires!" Bai Jinye replied indifferently.
Heaven's backlash?
"I told you before that Heaven's Way is also a part of Heaven's Will, and it is the most powerful part. Even the gods who are also the incarnations of Heaven's Will sometimes have to abide by the rules of Heaven's Way."
"The existence of the underworld is something that the Heavenly Dao does not want to see. In the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, the living beings formed by the fragments of will should eventually slowly return to the heaven and earth, rather than preserving the state of living beings forever."
Lin Ye frowned and asked, "Is Heaven on the side of those gods?"
"No, the goal of Heaven's Path is to completely reorganize the will of Heaven and Earth, including those gods. If the will of the world is compared to a computer, all of us living beings, including those gods, are programs on the computer, and the will of Heaven and Earth is equivalent to the system. The goal of Heaven's Path is to restore the system and return it to its original state."
"Why does Tiandao do this?"
"This is another question that no one can tell you the answer to. The Heavenly Dao has no consciousness, just like a computer system. If it had consciousness, it could actively restore the system with one click. After all, all programs, even the underworld, are established under the rules of the system."
Bai Jinye spread his hands. Lin Ye digested this information and said, "You have a very thorough understanding of some of the knowledge in our modern world."
"Don't forget, I have watched this world develop step by step. And since I want to trade with people, I have to understand the needs of modern people. This is called keeping up with the times, so as not to be eliminated by the times."
Lin Ye's mouth twitched. He could even say that he was eliminated by the times. This Bai Jinye really had a good understanding of the behaviors of modern human society.
"The next question is, where did all those gods go? According to what you said, those gods transformed by the will of heaven and earth cannot descend to this world because of the Daoist ancestors and the Buddha. Then what about those people who became gods in this world? Where did they go?"
All the gods in this world have disappeared. Where did they go?
“Dead!”
Bai Jinye answered straightforwardly, not caring at all about Lin Ye's pupils that had dilated due to shock.
"Dead? Who killed them, God?"
"You can put it this way. Some of them were killed by the Heavenly Dao, some chose to join the Heavenly Dao, and some... well... hid." Bai Jinye still answered lightly.
"Can the laws of nature in this world be controlled?"
"The Way of Heaven exists in every world. No one can stop it unless this world is completely destroyed. As I said before, the will of Heaven is the system, and the Way of Heaven is the underlying structure of the system. Without the Way of Heaven, the programs created with the system will not be able to run."
Lin Ye's expression was uncertain, and he thought of the Book of Virtual Gods.
"Does the Void God Book have anything to do with the Heavenly Dao? And those gods whose bodies I saw you collecting, were they killed by the Heavenly Dao?"
"The Book of Virtual Gods is not a masterpiece of heaven, but was created by the gods who were transformed from the will of heaven and earth. As long as you choose to become a virtual god, you can use the power of their laws, but it is equivalent to choosing to be loyal to them, and your life and death will no longer be in your own control."
"As for the bodies of the gods that died in battle that you saw, some of them rebelled against the way of heaven, while others died in battles with the gods of will."
"How do you resist the laws of nature?" Lin Ye continued to ask.
"When you enter the realm of the gods, you can sense the existence of the Heavenly Dao, and then you will naturally know how to resist it." Bai Jinye added, "I won't tell you the exact answer because I can't sense the existence of the Heavenly Dao, so I don't know how they resisted it, and I don't know how the Heavenly Dao attacked them."
"I understand." Lin Ye believed that Bai Jinye did not deliberately hide the truth from him. So much information had already been revealed, and there was no point in Bai Jinye hiding these details any further.
"Where did those gods who took refuge in the Heavenly Dao go? Since they took refuge in the Heavenly Dao, they naturally did not want to die. Why haven't we found their existence in this world?"
Asking this question is Lin Ye's consideration for his own safety.
In the modern world where there are no traces of gods, he dare not say that he is invincible, but at least he has the strength to protect himself. Even a strong man in the realm of virtual god cannot kill him.
But if those gods who surrendered to the Heavenly Dao still existed, then he had to be careful.
"It was sealed by the Heavenly Dao. Maybe it will appear one day in the future. When the Heavenly Dao feels threatened..." Bai Jinye answered meaningfully: "Like Fuxi."
Fuxi?
Lin Ye's eyes narrowed suddenly: "Isn't Fuxi the ancestor of Taoism? With the strength of the ancestor of Taoism, does he still need to be afraid of the Heavenly Dao?"
“Who told you that Fuxi is the ancestor of Taoism?” Bai Jinye looked at Lin Ye in surprise and said, “You know quite a lot. Fuxi is the ancestor of Taoism, but he is not the ancestor of Taoism. Fuxi is just one of the many reincarnations of the ancestor of Taoism.”
"The Taoist ancestor Fuxi in that life attracted the attention of the Heavenly Dao. That was also the first time that the Heavenly Dao took action. This made the gods transformed by the will of heaven and earth and the masters of the underworld know that there is another Heavenly Dao besides them in the world."
"In that life, Fuxi managed to escape from the clutches of Heaven and fled to another world. Since you know Fuxi, you should know that the Wuliang Palace founded by Fuxi was completely destroyed. That was Heaven's masterpiece."
Bai Jinye saw Lin Ye's shocked expression, smiled, and said, "Let me tell you another secret. The reason why your world and the Yin world can maintain a certain balance is that the gods transformed by the will of heaven and earth have not taken action against these two worlds after the departure of Daozu and Buddha, because they are afraid of the existence of the Heavenly Dao."
"In a sense, the Heavenly Dao is also their enemy, because they are also part of the ones that the Heavenly Dao wants to eliminate."
Lin Ye fell into deep silence. The news given by Bai Jinye shocked him too much. That is to say, the greatest enemy between heaven and earth might not be those enemies transformed by will, but the way of heaven.
"Heaven and earth are merciless and treat all things as straw dogs. In the eyes of Heaven, all living beings, including gods, are the same. After knowing the goal of Heaven, those gods who are transformed by will did not force the underworld too much, because the existence of the underworld also diverted the attention of Heaven."
Bai Jinye didn't care whether Lin Ye had digested the information or not and continued talking.
"Any other questions?"
He even urged Lin Ye.
Obviously, Bai Jinye could not escape a common human problem. He could keep his mouth shut when it came to keeping a secret, but once he chose to speak it out, it would be like a flood and he couldn't stop it.
"Wait for me to think about it..."
There was too much information, so Lin Ye decided to sort it out first.
One minute...
Two minutes...
It took Lin Ye three full minutes to finish thinking. It wasn't because what Bai Jinye said was difficult to understand, but he wanted to combine all his experiences over the years and conduct a systematic review, which would also make it easier for the next questions to get to the point.
“Is the underworld still intact now?”
"It's incomplete. The Heavenly Dao destroyed most of the underworld, and some gods who were transformed by their will also got involved. The underworld is now in ruins."
There was a gleam in Lin Ye's eyes. It seemed that Bai Jinye didn't know about the recent appearance of the Lord of the Underworld. It made sense. Although the Third Pawn Shop had existed for a long time, it was impossible for it to know what happened in different worlds instantly.
"If the underworld is incomplete, can the souls of people today still go to the underworld after they die?"
"Of course they can. Although the underworld is in ruins, it can still accommodate ghosts. It's just that it will be difficult for ghosts to reincarnate. It's not like what folk legends say, that as long as they pass the review of the King of Hell and have not done evil in their lifetime, they can be reincarnated as a human again."
"Another question, where did those escaped gods go?"
"Escaped to the underworld." Bai Jinye explained: "The underworld was created by the Lord of Reincarnation. It has nothing to do with the will of heaven and earth. It is also a place that the Heavenly Dao cannot touch. This is also the real reason why the Heavenly Dao wants to destroy the underworld."
"If you are a system administrator, would you allow a program to run on your computer system that you cannot view and manage?"
Lin Ye was silent. If you put yourself in his shoes, he would definitely not be willing to do that.
"One last question, what is my origin?"
