Chapter 644: Thousands of Appearances, Determination
In response to the question from the man in black armor, Jiang Changsheng just made up a name. The Jiang clan was so large that it was impossible for the man in black armor to know every member of the Jiang clan, so he didn't ask any more questions.
The presence of the Eye of the Dao is enough to prove Jiang Changsheng's identity. The reason he asked was simply out of curiosity.
Jiang Changsheng's image does not seem to belong to this era. His aura is also very peaceful, and he has not been eroded by dark forces. Such an existence is very rare.
"You said you don't know how you got here, so I guess you must have had help from a powerful person. But now the Taiyi Immortal Realm has already fallen, and all the powerful people have died. Who else can help you?" The man in black armor frowned and muttered to himself.
Jiang Changsheng asked: "Who were you fighting before? Can the so-called dark forces still fight you?"
The man in black armor frowned and said, "That's natural. The dark force was originally a kind of great power that spread throughout the universe. But later, a group of dark evil spirits were born. They have no intelligence and only know how to kill. The world outside is surrounded by dark evil spirits. I wanted to get out and find a way for people to survive, but I almost got myself into trouble..."
As he spoke, he looked into the distance, as if looking for something.
Jiang Changsheng said, "You are looking for Jiang Qi, right? He has been buried."
Hearing this, the man in black armor trembled all over, but he did not lose control of his emotions. He just clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down.
Jiang Changsheng calculated the cause and effect between him and Jiang Qi, Jiang Qi is his seventh brother...
"Are you and I the only ones left in the Jiang clan?" Jiang Changsheng asked, also trying to divert the black-armored man's attention.
The black-armored man came back to his senses and nodded, "At least that's the case in this world."
Jiang Changsheng asked: "So what are your plans next?"
The black-armored man snorted, "After you recover from your injuries, come and try again. Jiang clan men will only die in battle, and will never linger on!"
Jiang Changsheng was thinking that if he went beyond the sky and was attacked by dark evil spirits, his will would return to reality.
But if he just left like this, then what was the point of his being here?
Moreover, he couldn't bear to see the Jiang clan in such a miserable state. If the man in black armor was really the last descendant of the Jiang clan, he would surely die if he was left to face it alone.
"Could it be that every time I overcome a tribulation, my will travels to the future, and the future me uses the past me to guide my descendants because he is unable to do anything?"
Jiang Changsheng suddenly thought of this possibility, and he looked at the man in black armor.
"Tell me about your battle against the dark forces."
After Jiang Changsheng finished speaking, he walked aside and sat on a big rock.
The man in black armor frowned and hesitated for a moment, but decided to sit down. While practicing his internal energy to heal his wounds, he talked about the battle process.
The dark evil spirits cannot be detected, but they do exist. Only when they are attacked can the men in black armor sense their existence. Moreover, in the process of fighting with the dark evil spirits, they will gradually forget the pain of their flesh, their Tao heart will gradually become crazy, and they will tend to be possessed by demons.
As for the dark power, it does not appear as darkness. In fact, the dark power is invisible and intangible. Only when you are entangled by it can you feel its existence.
As Jiang Changsheng listened, he discovered the problem.
Why does the power of darkness seem so much like a backlash of cause and effect?
Could it be that the dark evil spirit is also the product of the backlash of cause and effect?
What kind of huge cause and effect would lead to the destruction of the world?
Jiang Changsheng frowned. There were many sects in the world that understood the law of cause and effect, and Zhou Gua was one of them.
In addition, his theory of cause and effect was by no means the strongest, so he was not sure whether the problem lay with the immortal path or with other sects.
"Do you feel that the power of darkness is very similar to the power of cause and effect? Indeed, the key is that such a great cause and effect cannot be resolved, which is why it is called the power of darkness. I once witnessed a Daluo being devoured by the power of darkness. His Dao Fruit was annihilated in a very short time. The whole person withered like a flower, and then turned into ashes. The whole process took less than seven breaths. He was completely helpless. If we encounter the power of darkness, we are really dead. If we encounter the dark evil spirit, there is still a glimmer of hope..."
At this point, the man in black armor showed a look of horror. The tragic condition of Daluo at that time still makes him shudder when he thinks about it.
Jiang Changsheng asked: "Can Daluo descend to Taiyi Immortal Realm?"
The black-armored man glanced at him and sighed, "It was indeed impossible before, but after the Dark Ages, the barrier between the Great Dao Void and the Great Thousand Worlds disappeared. That Daluo also fled to the Taiyi Immortal Realm, but he could not escape the pursuit of the dark forces."
Jiang Changsheng is well aware of Daluo's abilities. He can jump through time and space at will and is very difficult to catch up with. This further proves that the power of darkness is the backlash of cause and effect.
This is how karma backlash works. There is no way to avoid it. When he moved a piece of heaven and earth from the ancient immortal way, he encountered karma backlash. He had to give up a piece of bone to get rid of it.
That piece of Taoist bone has become a legend and has been buried underground for a long time, but even now there are still living beings trying to find it.
"Karma backfires..."
Jiang Changsheng fell into deep thought.
Now that it is confirmed that the dark force is the force of causal backlash, how should we solve it?
The first thing that came to his mind was the Great Sky-stealing Technique, but the Great Sky-stealing Technique itself would also trigger causal backlash.
Can the Great Heaven-Stealing Art reverse the causal backlash and create a new and different causal backlash?
Jiang Changsheng suddenly felt that it might not be impossible. This idea sounded absurd. In fact, we only needed to make sure of one thing: the dark power had given birth to the dark evil spirit, which meant that it had evolved from the power of cause and effect to another level. After the Great Heaven-Stealing Technique reversed it, it would only bring pure cause and effect backlash, rather than the evolved dark power.
But the dark power covers the whole world, how to reverse it?
No, if the power of darkness has really completely covered the universe, wouldn't the Taiyi Immortal Realm have ceased to exist long ago? How could it have remained deadlocked until today? Even if the Jiang Clan performed a blood sacrifice, it would be impossible for a blood sacrifice to produce the power to shake the universe.
This shows that there may be a group of powerful beings in the universe who truly resist the forces of darkness and allow the Great Dao Void to survive.
In this case, the Great Sky-Stealing Technique only needs to transform the dark evil spirits outside the sky!
Save the Taiyi Immortal Realm first, and then take one step at a time. At least we have taken a step forward.
Jiang Changsheng looked at the man in black armor and said slowly: "Jiang Jiu, there are three thousand great ways, and there is a glimmer of hope. In the way of heaven, nine is the extreme number. Perhaps, in the dark, you are carrying a mission. Now that the Jiang clan is left with only you, are you willing to risk your own life to save the Taiyi Immortal Realm?"
The man in black armor frowned and subconsciously wanted to ask, "Aren't you a member of the Jiang tribe?"
"How do you know my name?" The man in black armor had a stern expression and his eyes were full of vigilance.
Even if they are from the same tribe, he still has to be on guard. In case the other party is bewitched by the dark evil spirit, he cannot be careless.
Jiang Changsheng said calmly: "I can tell just by looking at you."
As he spoke, he opened his Eye of the Dao again, and a powerful force burst out. Jiang Jiu was uncontrollable, and the Eye of the Dao on his forehead opened as well, and the blood color in his eyes quickly faded away.
Jiang Jiu was trembling all over and looked at Jiang Changsheng in disbelief.
“How is it possible… This is the power of the Ancestral Eye… But wasn’t the Ancestral Eye born from the blood sacrifice of the Jiang Clan destroyed in the war ten thousand years ago…”
Jiang Jiu gritted his teeth and asked, "Who are you?"
Jiang Changsheng straightened his back slightly, raised his right hand, pointed his index finger at him, and said, "I am indeed a member of the Jiang clan, but you can't figure out my generation. Let's put it this way, Emperor Jiang Lu is my descendant!"
Jiang Jiu's pupils shrank, and before he could speak, a ray of golden light shot out along Jiang Changsheng's index finger and hit his Eye of the Dao. He froze and his eyes lost their luster.
Jiang Changsheng was going to forcefully teach Jiang Jiu the Heaven-stealing Technique.
He could feel that the power from outside the sky was impacting this world. Jiang Jiu did not have long years to listen to his teachings and practice slowly. He had to take risks and learn as soon as possible.
Not to mention whether Jiang Jiu can master the Great Heaven-stealing Art, even if he does, it may not be able to solve the current desperate situation.
But this was the only solution Jiang Changsheng could think of.
In Jiang Jiu's consciousness, he was preaching to Jiang Changsheng. Jiang Changsheng's figure was everywhere, constantly explaining the law of cause and effect. It was so noisy that his Taoism almost collapsed, but he had no way to escape this situation and could only accept it passively.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
Jiang Jiu slowly opened his eyes. It was dusk in the sky and there was no sign of Jiang Changsheng.
"This is……"
Jiang Jiu woke up suddenly, stood up immediately, looked up, and soon locked onto the figure of Jiang Changsheng. He was standing on the edge of a cliff halfway up the mountain, looking up at the sky. The cold wind blew his Taoist robe. He seemed like he would ascend to heaven and disappear at any time, which made Jiang Jiu feel unreal.
He quickly dodged and came behind Jiang Changsheng, knelt on his knees, and gritted his teeth and said: "I am here to see the ancestor. May I ask the ancestor's name?"
Jiang Changsheng turned his back to him and said, "I have many bodies and forms, but you don't need to know my name. I came from a place you can't imagine, and what I do is also something you can't predict."
Thousands of bodies and forms...
Jiang Jiu felt as if he had heard this word somewhere, but he couldn't remember where exactly he had heard it, or which powerful ancestor it was describing.
Jiang Changsheng turned around, looked at him sideways, and said, "This technique is called the Great Heaven Stealing Technique. You should already know how powerful it is and the consequences of using it. Are you willing to bear the price?"
Jiang Jiu immediately stood up, his face determined, and said: "You are the only one left in the Jiang clan... I am the only one left. I don't want to live alone, so why would I be afraid? Even if I am swallowed by karma and forgotten by future generations, and no one remembers me, as long as I can succeed, I am willing!"
After inheriting the Great Heaven-Stealing Technique, his heart was filled with unprecedented confidence.
Such a magical skill would surely be able to launch a counterattack against the dark evil spirits, and might even reverse the desperate situation of Taiyi Fairyland!
Jiang Changsheng looked at Jiang Jiu's long hair that had turned white because of inheriting the Great Stealing Art , and he felt relieved. No matter how far into the future, there would always be someone among his descendants who would have this kind of indomitable determination and sense of responsibility.
He opened up the path to immortality, which benefited the Jiang clan the most. Therefore, the Jiang clan should shoulder more responsibility for the path to immortality than other clans.
