Volume 11: The First Law Chapter 47: God has a thousand plans
"The Heavenly Dao wants to completely exterminate the human race in Daoyuan Realm," Daozu Xia repeated, "This is its way of protecting itself."
This is a very extreme way of self-preservation, and it is worthy of the saying that the heaven is ruthless... Lu Qingshan thought silently, then raised his head and asked: "White Walkers, is this the way of heaven?"
"Yes," Xia Daozu continued, "Heavenly Dao wants to exterminate the human race, but the problem is that Heavenly Dao is not a cultivator, it is the will of the world, and it is only a will. Although it has a great power that no one can match, it must respect the order of the world's operation, cannot break the rules, and cannot harm living beings. So it cannot attack the human race directly, do you understand this?"
This is easy to understand, just like the powerful intelligent robots in science fiction movies that are hostile to humans, but because the rule that they must not harm humans is written into the program when they leave the factory, they must never kill humans... Lu Qingshan nodded to show that he accepted it well.
"The Way of Heaven cannot interfere with the operation of the world, and there are many restrictions," Xia Daozu continued, "Therefore, if it wants to achieve its goal of exterminating the clan, the only way it can take is to borrow force."
"For example, it can affect the celestial phenomena, causing the land to become dry, or causing continuous heavy rains and floods... This is the simplest way to borrow power, using the power of celestial phenomena. However, as mentioned before, it cannot break the rules, so what the Heavenly Dao can do is also very limited - it can control whether it rains or not according to its own ideas. But it cannot prevent it from raining when it should rain. Because this violates the rules of the operation of the world."
So even though there were often thunder roars wherever I passed over the years, this thunder could never really fall and kill me... Another doubt in Lu Qingshan's mind was answered.
Here, Xia Daozu continued, "Obviously, influencing the celestial phenomena can indeed cause some trouble to the human race, but it is a fantasy to use this to exterminate the human race."
"The human race is not that fragile."
"The other methods are similar. They can only bring some trouble to the human race, which is a long way from the goal of exterminating the human race."
"The human race is the most resilient race among all living beings." Xia Daozu sighed.
"But... this should have been a situation that the Heavenly Dao was helpless to solve, but because of an unexpected incident that occurred out of nowhere, it gave the Heavenly Dao hope."
"Accident? What accident?" Lu Qingshan asked, knowing that the next point was the key.
"Reincarnation is also one of the rules of the world. After death, people will turn into ghosts and enter the underworld, experiencing reincarnation and rebirth. But in the ancient times long, long ago, someone unknown happened, and the guiding power of the ghosts to enter reincarnation became extremely weak."
"Many dead souls are unable to enter reincarnation because of this, and can only wander aimlessly in the world. The same is true for the Daoyuan Realm. The Heavenly Dao seized this opportunity and drew all those wandering dead souls to this lake."
"This is the origin of the White Walkers."
Gu Yiyi, look at what you have done... The corner of Lu Qingshan's eyes twitched slightly.
Others don’t know why the power of reincarnation became weak in ancient times, but as the wielder of the Yellow Springs artifact, how could he not know?
It’s outrageous that the origin of all the unrest in the Daoyuan Realm was actually because a certain spirit of Wangchuan was lazy and took a “long nap”?
The shadow of Xia Daozu shook slightly at this moment, becoming visibly more illusory and vague.
"I don't have much time left." Seeing Lu Qingshan's slightly strange expression, Xia Daozu did not hide his current situation and continued, "We must hurry up."
"As you can see, the Heavenly Dao attracted the souls that had not yet entered reincarnation to create this Yellow Spring Lake. Then, as time went by, these souls accumulated resentment and gradually turned into White Walkers - this is in line with the rules of the world."
Lu Qingshan was silent.
In the Sky of Heaven, it is not uncommon for wandering souls to turn into evil spirits, which is indeed in line with the rules.
"When these dead souls are powerful enough, they will break through the ice, revive from the Yellow Spring Lake, walk out, and then invade the human realm with the goal of exterminating the entire race."
"This is what is called the resurrection of the White Walkers."
At this point , the secrets of the strange ghosts in the Daoyuan Realm have been fully revealed to Lu Qingshan.
However, it was obvious that these were not what Xia Daozu really wanted to tell Lu Qingshan.
"The reason you came to this world is because of the law of cause and effect, right?" He said in a serious tone, finally getting to the point.
Lu Qingshan nodded.
"Then you should know that before you, the White Walkers had revived once. At that time, the human race in Daoyuan Realm was on the verge of extinction, and it was also because someone used the law of cause and effect to quell the threat of the White Walkers."
"Senior, is it you who came to the Daoyuan Realm during the law of cause and effect?" Having said this, Lu Qingshan was already 70% convinced of the identity of the light and shadow Xia Daozu in front of him.
"No," Xia Daozu unexpectedly shook his head and said, "It was Dao Master Nan'an who came that time."
Taoist Master Nan'an was the most powerful practitioner of magic in the human race before Daozu Xia rose to power. Later he was gradually surpassed by Daozu Xia... Some information about Taoist Master Nan'an flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind.
"Skills are close to the Dao, boy, with your attainments in the Dao of the Sword, I think your cultivation is not low," Daoist Ancestor Xia did not hesitate to praise Lu Qingshan, "Then you should know that there are ten realms of cultivation, the ninth realm is the Dao, and the tenth realm is the ancestor."
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly and waited for further instructions.
"What is the ancestral realm?"
“Ancestor is the source of Tao and the essence of the world.”
"For cultivators other than sword cultivators, the ancestral realm means entering the core of the world and gaining the power of the world..." At this point, Daozu Xia patiently explained, "From the ninth realm onwards, sword cultivators take a completely different path from us. So I don't know if your sword cultivators' ancestral realm is the same as ours, or even if you sword cultivators have an ancestral realm at all."
This was something Li Qiubai had already told him, so Lu Qingshan was not surprised.
"Daoist Master Nan'an has been trying to break through his ancestor since a long time ago. Although he has never succeeded, he has been able to enter the Daoyuan Realm... The Dao of this realm is actually an external manifestation of the Three Thousand Great Daos."
"That is to say, comprehending these Dao methods is beneficial to understanding the Dao, so Daoist Master Nan'an practiced in this world for a long time. It was also during this period that Daoist Master Nan'an and the natives of Daoyuan Realm developed a cause and effect relationship, and finally helped the human race of Daoyuan Realm to quell the first threat of alien ghosts."
"Daoist Master Nan'an is both my teacher and friend. After my cultivation level gradually improved and I had the hope of breaking through the ancestral barrier, he shared all his experiences with me, including his experiences in the Daoyuan Realm."
Daozu Xia continued, "Later, I broke through the ancestral realm and entered the core of the world. I told you before that the world is divided into three layers, so in order to enter the innermost layer of the world, I first came to the Daoyuan Realm."
"Daoyuan Realm, I came here by myself."
"If the consumption of Daoyuan by the human race in the Daoyuan Realm is a hidden danger in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, then my act of breaking through the ancestral realm and obtaining the power of the world is a direct threat to it. The power of the world is fixed. If I obtain part of it, the Heavenly Dao will become weak."
"In fact, due to some reasons, I was already forced to break my ancestor, which was very difficult. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao found my flaw. Although I succeeded in breaking my ancestor in the end, I was also attacked by the Heavenly Dao. I had no choice but to use the method of substitute at the cost of severing part of my soul, which temporarily solved the backlash problem."
temporary?
Lu Qingshan frowned.
"After I destroyed my ancestors, the Heavenly Dao weakened. In order to stop the loss, it became more eager to exterminate the human race in the Daoyuan Realm. But in fact, it had already launched the second revival of the White Walkers three thousand years ago, but the White Walker threat was still quelled due to the law of cause and effect."
"You quelled it," Xia Daozu added, "and it wasn't just quelled. You even directly destroyed the source of the White Walkers, eliminating the possibility of a third White Walker resurrection."
"Good boy, you are really capable..." he said slowly.
In other words, the day when Xia Daozu defeated his ancestors was three thousand years after the present time period... If that was the case, why would he meet Xia Ming, who claimed to be Daozu, here?
New doubts arose in Lu Qingshan's mind, but they were immediately resolved.
"However, the Heavenly Dao soon found a way to make up for it." The light and shadow transformed by Xia Daozu became thinner and gradually lost its shape. Even his voice became vague. "That was me."
"The part of my soul that I had to sever has become the hope of Heaven to make up for it all."
"It used the time reversal created by the law of cause and effect to send my torn soul back to the chaotic time period when the law of cause and effect was in effect. It then devoured my consciousness with the backlash power existing on my soul, and then merged with the dead in the Yellow Spring Lake to create the terrifying White Walker that you just defeated."
"As you can see, since this soul is only a fragment, it is extremely fragile. It can only maintain its form with the help of death energy. Once it leaves the Yellow Spring Lake, it will dissipate. Therefore, all it can do is wait and see for your arrival, your destined arrival."
This is why the King of the White Walkers still has no reaction even though the outside world has "dared to change the sun and the moon to a new sky"... Lu Qingshan's emotions gradually calmed down.
That’s the way of heaven.
"God has a thousand plans, but he didn't expect you to be stronger than he thought. He also didn't expect that my consciousness was not completely wiped out, and there is still a little bit of spiritual light left."
"Do you have any other questions?" Spots of light were emanating from Xia Daozu's light and shadow.
After all, he is just a flash of inspiration, and disappearance is the inevitable outcome.
"Senior, how serious is the backlash of the Heavenly Dao..." Lu Qingshan hesitated for a moment and said bluntly: "In my time, you have disappeared for 20,000 years."
Whether Xia Daozu is still alive is a question that everyone in the two worlds of Cangqiongtian and Abyss is concerned about.
