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Chapter 1064 The Daoist Master's Addition

If I could become the other shore.

Generally speaking, if someone makes such a grand vow in front of so many forces and so many people, it's probably because the group's public display of power has activated its effect and it's been applied to Meng Qi.

But this sentence abruptly ends, and the classic line following "After reaching the other shore"—"In the world, no matter how difficult the situation, there is always a glimmer of hope"—is never heard.

Meng Qi's figure vanished from the chaotic darkness. Reality and illusion were reversed, and all things reflected in the river of time, strange phenomena and phantoms, were no longer distinguishable from reality.

One chaotic universe after another was opened up, and the ancient, surging river of time and destiny seemed to burst forth from the source of chaos because of the birth of the world.

The beings on the other side have the power to rewind the past and possess the future, but this is not their true nature. Their true nature is to escape the entanglement of time and the sinking into the sea of ​​suffering.

Countless illusory future tributaries that never existed before have come into existence under the influence of some great force. From these possibilities, ethereal figures fly out, all of them being Meng Qi, and possessing the qualities of not being entangled by time or sinking into the sea of ​​suffering!
They include Taoists who have mastered the ultimate, Taoist priests riding oxen, and swordsmen who symbolize the end.

If I could become the other shore.

"I am here on the other side, fellow Daoist, I have come to help you!"

From the past to the future, countless figures flew out and fell into a crystal-clear teardrop-shaped gemstone.

When absorption reaches its limit, the eternal nothingness erupts completely.

That was the Great Explosion that created the world, a primordial reappearance that only occurs when one reaches the other shore!
"How is this possible?!" The Demon Buddha suddenly stood up, staring incredulously at the seemingly nonexistent world, his mouth agape.

"How can it be"

If Su Meng is to perform the subtraction to emptiness in a special way, then he should never have restored his otherworldly body at this point in time, just like the Primordial Being or Spiritual Treasure who have reached the most crucial step in performing the subtraction to emptiness.

They almost all cannot appear in the world, nor can they take action, otherwise it will cause karmic consequences and affect their transcendence.

He painstakingly went to the other end of time, cutting himself out of the past and resurrecting himself from the brand, all to complete the final step of shedding that enormous and inescapable cause and effect. Shouldn't there be huge limitations?

The Demon Buddha was puzzled, feeling as if he had put a lot of effort into his arrangements, but the other party was acting like a lunatic with no logic whatsoever.
Not only him, but even Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Buddha, those on the other shore, may have some understanding in their eyes, as if they guessed something through deduction and the changes in the future tributaries, but their doubts are deep and they appear even more confused.

"If I become the other shore."

The strange phenomena of the Three Pure Ones disappeared, as if returning to the cycle of time, and a new world was created in the void and chaos.

From that deep and hazy beginning of time.

With three illusory Dao Fruits hanging behind his head—"Limitless," "Opening Heaven," and "Ending"—Meng Qi held up the slightly trembling "Tears of the Immortal King," which seemed to have been pushed to its limit, and walked out of the River of Time step by step.

His eyebrows drooped, and he sighed:

"I never thought even such a hypothetical scenario could be created. So, being reborn or having precognition isn't as satisfying as just having a cheat code."

"Originally, within the forced creation of multiple worlds, I should have been a pseudo-other shore. However, during the last debate, I experienced the illusory Dao Fruit, and the insights I retained have made my current state more real."

"Giving my brother something this expensive... I'm afraid the only way to repay this favor is to kill the Jade Emperor, whom I have no grudge against, and then use the Time Blade to deliver it to him."

Meng Qi looked at the people in the real world, as well as the group of powerful beings from the other side who had been dragged in and awakened prematurely, his eyes gradually becoming deep and dark.

Although he did ask Iwamori to create momentum for him when necessary, the situation has escalated to the point that it is not the outcome he desired.

The only thing one can say is that life is like a game of chess, and the universe is unpredictable.

Since it was my own initiative to host a banquet for relatives and friends, there is absolutely no possibility that other friends in the group would bear unexpected risks or be involved in a deeper power struggle.

Even setting aside Su Lin, whose connection with Buddha was already ambiguous, whether the current developments are coincidences or something else, I'll have to find the answer myself.

Now that I have obtained the Immortal King's Tear from Su Lin, I will first prove the legend, and then combine it with the Primordial Demon Body from the Marvel Legends series to elevate the level I can reach.

Regardless of whether the answer is found in the end, at least we will have the strength to fight and attract the attention of many prying eyes.

But now that it's come to this...
"Even a hypothetical otherworldly body should be able to touch upon some of the truth and restore the true nature of some events." Meng Qi slowly grasped the teardrop-shaped crystal.

There was a certain Taoist aura within it, as if it wanted to transform everything before its eyes into 'me'.

The tangible is 'I', and everything intangible is 'I', therefore everything is also 'empty', even the world in my eyes can change according to my will.

"If 'I' were Emperor Su Meng."

If you won't see me, then I'll go see you and see what's going on!

Time and space seemed to have been completely frozen.

Or perhaps Meng Qi's true nature and spirit broke away from the real world and the heavens, flying to infinite heights and arriving in the void where concepts and matter do not exist.

His form changed once again, and a small, emerald-green tree flew out from his body. It was crystal clear and shimmering with a soft light, but it had no branches or leaves.

Threads of cause and effect, piercing through layers of void, the depths of the underworld, and the boundless universe, surge toward the causes of the various effects held in one's hands. They then weave and outline, transforming into 19 lines in each direction, forming 361 intersections.
Each cell condenses layers of causal worlds from the heavens.

The numbers six for heaven and five for earth are the constants; they are governed by the heavens and woven with the ten directions.

Heaven and earth become a chessboard, and cause and effect are the threads of all realms.
"this?!"

"This is a situation that will ultimately lead to nothing."

A familiar, calm, and even male voice rang out.

As if sensing the source of the sound, Meng Qi turned around and was met with a pair of indifferent and dignified eyes.

Both he and the other man saw the same man with graying temples, handsome and dashing, almost identical.

Emperor Su Meng
Meng Qi frowned, only to find that the other party's figure was illusory and unreal, but he held a black and white causal lamp in his hand.

"You've arrived," Emperor Yuan sighed softly.

"I'm here." Meng Qi said expressionlessly.

"You shouldn't have come," Emperor Yuan sighed softly, "at least not now."

“I’m already here.” Meng Qi’s eyes twitched.

"Has he arrived?" The Emperor Yuan's lips curled into a smile: "Tathagata."

You haven't been led astray by that goofy older brother and turned into one of those crazy, eccentric people, have you?

Meng Qi fell silent, suddenly feeling the darkness of his future life, and had an impulse to simply pick up a knife and slit his throat to protect his reputation and public image.

"Eternity vanishes?" Meng Qi glanced at the "chessboard" where each square emitted a strange light and said, "With my reputation as a cheater who likes to cheat when playing chess, aren't you afraid of not being able to take back your moves after setting up such a large scheme?!"

"Once a move is made, there's no going back." The Emperor Yuan maintained the same expression throughout.

"Are you in such a hurry to reduce to emptiness, wanting to transcend?"

Meng Qi's tone was cold and stern, revealing distrust, and deep in his eyes gradually emerged a complex mix of disappointment, doubt, and confusion.

With his other hand, he reached out, and the Overlord Blade, awakened to the level of the Other Shore, tore through the void, ignoring cause and effect, time and space, and the logic of sequence, and fell into his hand.

Surrounded by thunder and lightning.

Meng Qi didn't believe he could change, but he also didn't believe that the Yuan Emperor in front of him was himself. Even if the other party was Su Meng in the past, since you have the idea of ​​scheming against my friend, then I'll give you some personality correction methods.

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"It's about subtracting to find emptiness, but not about subtracting to find emptiness for me." Emperor Yuan shook his head.

"For Xiao Sang?" Meng Qi frowned. "Or the Demon Emperor? The Azure Emperor? Amitabha?"

He guessed according to the order in his mind.

"All of them." Emperor Yuan nodded. "Not only that, there's also the Demon Saint, Yang Jian, Zhang Bairen, Bodhi Buddha, the otherworldly figures you know, the innate gods and demons who have been reincarnated and rebuilt, and those born in the future from the otherworld."

Zhang Bairen. This is probably the name the Jade Emperor gave himself in the new era, which fits his various forms of forbearance, enduring until the end of the era before taking action, and finally breaking free from the destiny of the Heavenly Emperor.

But compared to this trivial matter, other words made Meng Qi's hair stand on end, and he felt waves of horror in his heart.

"Since there's a new era, would it kill you to just wait in line?!" Meng Qi said coldly.

"Perhaps." The Emperor Yuan maintained his indifferent and calm expression, his voice devoid of emotion.

But seeing His appearance, Meng Qi felt even more disgusted and almost couldn't help but take action: "So you're really waiting for Su Lin and Feng Xiaoxin to come to the real world and make them the product of subtraction and emptiness?!"

Although there was no harm in it, and he might even gain something from it, this behavior made Meng Qi feel like he had a lump of greasy fat in his mouth, making him feel uncomfortable both physically and mentally.

If you truly belong to a certain organization, why can't you speak openly and honestly?!
If you are truly from a certain family, you should be honest with your friends and brothers. Whether they come or not is up to them!

When Meng Qi saw that his almost dismissed guess had become a fact, he was already furious.

"Being a being that originates from the same mythological source but is not derived from the projection of the real world's self, it is indeed suitable for subtraction to seek emptiness." The Emperor's eyes were calm.

Seeing this, Meng Qi gritted his teeth, and the light of his blade suddenly expanded, about to break free from the illusion and fiercely attack the Yuan Emperor and the "chess game" with a bit of true meaning.

"How could it be with Su Lin?" Yuan Huang's voice carried a hint of doubt.

Swah——

Meng Qi sheathed his longsword, which had just unleashed a burst of power spanning fifty light-years, and paused, stunned: "No?"

"..." Yuanhuang looked at Meng Qi, his expression did not change, but he paused and continued, "Su Lin came to the real world. Haotian is dead and the Heavenly Emperor does not exist. Who can use him as a product of reducing emptiness?"

Aren't you afraid that instead of achieving emptiness through reduction, you'll end up with inescapable moral and ethical dilemmas?

Forehead.
Meng Qi felt that what the other person said made a lot of sense, and for a moment he couldn't even find a rebuttal: "What about Feng Xiaoxiao and Huai Shi?"

"It has nothing to do with them." Emperor Yuan shook his head and pointed at Meng Qi, saying, "You are the product of subtraction to find emptiness."

"What?"

Meng Qi was completely bewildered. After a while, he frowned and said, "If it is the method of severing the three corpses, then it is understandable that you regard me as a product of subtraction to seek emptiness."

"It is not the Three Corpses, but it is indeed the self that completes its subtraction and seeks emptiness within you."

The Emperor said, "And you all from the other side entered the game voluntarily; these pieces are not beings of heaven and earth."

"Otherwise, how could I, on my own, reverse the birth and end of an era?"

"How can we bear this immense torment of time?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Qi suddenly understood.

No wonder the new era has been born, but the timeline has been pushed forward. He and Gu Xiaosang had wondered how this was done and how it was kept secret from the other ancient beings.
If they participated together, that would make sense; it turns out these people from the other side are all in cahoots.

"The Demon Buddha is also one?"

"No."

Meng Qi tilted his head back and pinched himself with his fingernails.

Hold it in, don't laugh.

Think about unhappy things; there's always a glimmer of hope in everything, maybe even the Demon Buddha can seize it.
He took a deep breath and said:

"It's not that I don't believe you, but this kind of thing is too unrealistic. How can I be the product of all the other shores doing subtraction and seeking emptiness?"

Mastering all the mysteries and wonders of the myriad realms is a prerequisite for condensing the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit.

After condensing the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit, one grasps a certain aspect of the true, indescribable Dao. Generally, the products of subtraction and emptiness are mostly produced by oneself, but by borrowing other people's things, one can avoid certain causes and effects.

Just like Sun Wukong, he was originally a five-colored stone left behind by the Demon Emperor. It was first stolen by Bodhi Buddha and then passed on to Yuanshi.

The reason for choosing this monkey is that he was one of the key figures in the calamity at that time, just like Meng Qi now.

Using other beings on the other side to bear the consequences of one's own reduction and emptiness is the best choice, but this approach definitely has its limits.

Otherwise, it would be as simple as in those Hong Kong gangster movies where they choose a leader—just draw lots and pick someone willing to take the blame.

Or perhaps the others will transcend first, and then remove their belts first and then remove their belts later.
The Three Pure Ones are a special case, and it is necessary to choose the same one. But even if the original Three Pure Ones were to come, they would not be able to do this. Just the cause-and-effect logic of the imprint and the time level would lead even the other shore astray.

Meng Qi found the Emperor Yuan's statement somewhat absurd.

"That's why the Daoist Master is such a genius!" Emperor Yuan sighed.

"Tao Zun?"

The first transcendent being in the real world, the true form of the legend of 'Hongjun'.

Since the Three Pure Ones, being the only ones born to reach the Other Shore, could not find a way forward, they revealed the method to ascend to the Other Shore, hoping to create more Other Shores and work together to find a way.

The Dao Venerable, who came later, quietly found the path of seeking emptiness through reduction. It wasn't until Huang Laojun perished and Donghuang Taiyi was born that the other Dao Venerables in Zixiao Palace had already reached the final step.

Later, by looking back through time and observing the path of the Daoist master, he finally grasped the art of seeking emptiness through reduction.

"In fact, at the beginning, Dao Zun, like the others on the other shore, also tried to continue to add to it, to achieve a qualitative change through quantitative change."

Emperor Yuan said, "When the future era ends, the Heavenly Dao monsters will be blocked outside the Doomsday Ship by me and perish in the void."

Then, I ushered in a new era and became the oldest being. Because I am the foundation of existence in the Real World, I have mastered all the secrets of the past and present.

The Heavenly Monster has fallen, and the traces left by the Dao Venerable are no longer concealed.

The Emperor pointed to the myriad worlds constructed by the intertwining of cause and effect.

Some different things were reflected in Meng Qi's eyes. The causes and effects in the universe, although they converged around the causes of the effects, ran parallel to each other and never connected.

Upon closer inspection, those intersections resembling the placement of stones on a Go board all bear the projection of the "Yuanshi Daoren" (Primordial Taoist).

"In the physics of Earth, there is a concept called the light cone."

The Emperor Yuan said, "This is a term used to describe the structure of spacetime. Events outside the light cone cannot have a causal relationship with events at the origin in a physical sense. That's why there's a line in a science fiction novel..."

"Destiny lies within the cone of light; beyond it lies nothingness."

Even after reaching the other shore, he still studies physics? When did I become so fond of reading?
Seeing that Meng Qi couldn't understand the effect of the light cone on subtracting emptiness, Yuan Huang spoke again:
"The birth of a new thing, such as the birth of each of us, is a collection of countless causes and consequences in the past, but before this phenomenon is formed, various causes and effects have existed for countless years."

Just like a cone that keeps getting smaller and smaller until it comes together to form a point in the present, but time will continue to develop. The present self is the final collection of countless causes and consequences in the past.

We can use our own originating universe as a basis for observation and division, tracing back to the beginning, so that every moment and every second of ourselves within the future light cone remains continuous yet independent.

"This is the Daoist Master's initial addition."

"But He cannot take the real world as its origin, observe itself from another perspective, divide it, and maintain continuity."

Because the foundation for their existence is the Heavenly Venerable of Morality, and this foundation has flaws, even if the Heavenly Venerable of Morality uses it, the Three Pure Ones cannot transcend together.
“Using infinitely accumulated light cone slices as anchor points, yet remaining independent, I merge with the real world to subtract and empty them?” Meng Qi felt a sense of déjà vu.

“That’s right.” Emperor Yuan nodded.

"It feels a bit like the Celestial Emperor Technique."

"Is there?"

(End of this chapter)