My brother is so cunning

Chapter 1072 Non-human Creatures
Yun Zhongzi may not be a good person, because he is a deity, and after becoming an immortal, he no longer considers himself a human being.

But to be fair, he was a good deity. Even though he didn't consider himself human, he tried his best to listen to human words and do human things throughout his long immortal life.

The fact that he went to Chaoge alone to kill the fox demon, almost ruining the Chan Sect's plan to shift blame for the Investiture of the Gods and Nuwa's plan to destroy the Shang Dynasty, is the most powerful proof of this.

He was one of the few disciples of the Chan Sect who was able to uphold morality and remain upright and incorruptible.

If he were blindly superstitious, prejudiced, or harbored selfish motives, he would certainly not listen to Zhao Mingcheng's words.

But he was a good deity who believed that everything he did stemmed from a deep understanding of the rules of Heaven, and that he was doing the right and meaningful thing.

However, at this moment, his view of the immortal realm collapsed. It was as if a self-proclaimed righteous soldier discovered that he was actually serving the Japanese invaders. The so-called propaganda of the three realms' co-prosperity was actually a brutal killing and invasion.

If demons and monsters, creatures with fur and horns, and those born from eggs and moisture are also human, then his killing of tens of thousands of demons over the years is not upholding justice, but rather indiscriminate killing; he is simply a butcher.

No wonder the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect committed so many killings, which led to the Investiture of the Gods. When the group of fellow disciples were discussing this at the Jade Void Palace, they were still wondering why the Heavenly Dao would send down a calamity when the creatures they killed were clearly the "creatures with fur and horns, born from eggs and moisture."

Now Yun Zhongzi probably understands: everyone was killing people, or at least uneducated, uncivilized savages.

Once demons and monsters are educated and endowed with human philosophical, social, and human qualities, then in their basic concept, they should be human, regardless of their appearance.

People are divided into races, and there are black, white, red, and yellow races. Different races look different. You can't say that a certain race is not human, but an ape or a yellow-skinned monkey just because they look different or have different skin color.
Are the biological differences between the transformed demon race and the human race, and the differences between different races among humans, fundamentally different?

So, isn't the Tongtian Sect Leader's philosophy of teaching without discrimination and seeking a glimmer of hope for all beings, which transforms all intelligent beings into humans in a broad sense, a higher level of following the will of Heaven and responding to the needs of "human beings"?

This is the magnanimity a sage should possess, not the kind described in some so-called Taoist scriptures—that sages are ruthless and treat the people like straw dogs.

I have always opposed the Jie Sect and despised those Jie Sect cultivators who were "born from eggs and moisture" and refused to associate with these beasts. But I found out that the villain was actually myself!
Perhaps the immortals of the Jie Sect back then were indeed a mixed bag, with many of them being wicked and evil in disguise.

However, times are changing, and the Jie Sect is also progressing. Wen Rui's reformed methods of education have indeed reshaped the "human" personality of demons. After more than two hundred years of inheritance by several generations of demon alliance citizens, they have finally blossomed with the dawn of civilization.

The immortals and Buddhas of the Chan Sect and the Western Sect, who stand on the moral high ground, can no longer condemn nearly ten million civilized beings with a single blow, nor can they arbitrarily label the disciples of the Jie Sect as evil.

Yun Zhongzi looked dejected, as if the five signs of decay had arrived prematurely. He was completely dull and lifeless, as if his energy had been suddenly drained.

"Those new insect-girl girls, they really are transformed from demonic insects, aren't they?"

Yun Zhongzi said in a hoarse voice, "Wen Rui, I can't escape from you no matter what, and I don't want to escape anymore. Just let me die knowing why."

"Uncle-Master, you don't study hard enough, your cultural literacy is too low, and you always think about things so simply. I don't even know how to explain it to you." Wen Rui frowned and said, "Is what you mean by 'transformed demonic insects' like this—I set up some kind of reincarnation pool or some kind of supernatural magic, and the demonic insects go in, and come out with a 'poof' and become beautiful women?"

Yun Zhongzi shook his head, hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Isn't that right?"

"Of course not. Demonic insects have genetic defects, short lifespans, and incomplete souls. No amount of magic or supernatural power can transform them into intelligent life forms with independent personalities."

Wen Rui patiently explained, "Those new Zerg girls, to be precise, have certain fragments of the Demonic Zerg gene, but at the same time, they have also had many other species, even Celestials and Ancient Gods' genes, edited into their bloodlines."

"Compared to the 85% genetic similarity between purebred humans and pigs, the genetic similarity between the Demon Insect and the New Insect Girl is less than 10%. However, the genetic similarity between purebred humans and the New Insect Girl reaches more than 20%, and their high looks and good figures are largely due to human genes."

“From a purely biological perspective, the Demon Insects and the New Insect People are completely different species, not even subspecies.”

Yun Zhongzi tried hard to understand Wen Rui's words. It was true that one only realizes how little one knows when one needs to use it. He had thousands of years of cultivation, broad knowledge, and rich experience, but he had gone into seclusion when Wen Rui was spreading new knowledge of the Jie Sect, missing the critical period of the world's version upgrade. Now he seemed very dull and uncultured, and could not quite understand Wen Rui's explanation.

"Of course, if you insist that the new insectoids originated from the Blood Sea Demon Clan, I will not deny that claim."

"So, did you collude with Mosquito Taoist or not?"

"Another way of asking a question that simplifies a complex issue..."

Wen Rui shrugged and said, "After I defeated Mosquito Daoist, he was sincerely convinced and now works for me, having joined my Jie Sect. You call this 'collusion,' but I think it's what the Western religion calls 'conversion,' abandoning evil and turning to good, laying down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the spot. If monks can be converted, why can't I?"

"The key point to clarify is that before she led the insect swarm to invade the mortal realm, I was not familiar with her at all, and we had never spoken a word to each other. Doesn't that mean we were colluding?"

Wen Rui appeared open and honest, with nothing to hide from anyone. He answered whatever Yun Zhongzi asked, without any concern for revealing his secrets.

Yun Zhongzi did not question Wen Rui's answer, as if tacitly believing that he was telling the truth, but continued to press: "What exactly do you want to do all this for? Do you want to sit on the Jade Emperor's throne?"

A look of reminiscence appeared on Wen Rui's stiff face as he slowly said, "I have waited five hundred years for an opportunity. I want to prove myself, not to show off, but to tell everyone that I will take back what I have lost."

"My Jie Sect is clearly the sect with the most correct understanding of the omens of Heaven among the three sects, yet you have united to slander, suppress, besiege, and destroy it. I want to prove that you are wrong. It is not my Jie Sect that is defying Heaven, nor is it Wen Rui that is defying Heaven. It is you inhuman creatures who keep talking about obeying Heaven's mandate, obeying Heaven's will, and being ordained by Heaven!"

"Isn't the definition of a non-human being accurate enough for you? It's much more accurate than the definition you give to humans! Don't you pride yourselves on being on a higher level than humans? Then you're not human."

(End of this chapter)