Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1119 Heavenly Punishment Emperor

Dao Ling was stunned when he heard An Jing's words.

he……

What is he saying?
How come what he said was even more radical than those who considered themselves to be beyond reason?
His words just don't sound right, do they? No, no, no, is this really something a naturalist would say? To modify humanity like this, to say the same thing, is to completely transform humanity into another race…

Even though they had considered that to resist the Heavenly Demon, they first had to stop being human, they never thought they would stop being human so completely!

[If there were no desires, would a person still be human? Would human civilization still be human civilization?]

Dao Ling couldn't help but ask. It had never imagined that its last line of defense, 'human nature,' was so insignificant in the other's eyes, something that could be discarded at will: "Without flaws, there is no progress or sublimation; it is precisely because of imperfections that living beings pursue perfection."

It is precisely because of suffering that all beings seek liberation. While human desires are indeed the source of all suffering, they are also the ultimate driving force propelling civilization forward and enabling individuals to transcend themselves!

Without the yearning for a better life, where does creation come from? Without the fear of death, where does the path to immortality come from? Without envy and competitiveness, where does competition and innovation come from? Those perfect, self-sufficient beings you speak of may exist, but that is merely existence—a kind of eternal stillness.

Humanity, it is in this endless fire of desire that everything it has today has been forged. It is indeed a malevolent fire, but even malevolent fire can forge new steel and yield answers!

What Dao Ling said was indeed correct.

Almost all civilizations and the vast majority of people would not consider this wrong.

but.

All of this is perfectly natural.

And behind every seemingly self-evident obstacle to transcendence lies the shadow of depravity.

"What does that have to do with me?"

An Jing said indifferently, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever, as if listening to an ignorant child reciting some pointless fairy tale: "You old fogies can keep this nonsense to yourselves, but don't say such nonsensical things in front of me again..."

He took a step forward, and the blazing sun in his divine sea surged with immense power, as if the heavens were collapsing: "Do you think that this world has only one intelligent life form, only one way of thinking? Do you think that there is only one possibility of ascending to the highest realm, and that possibility can only be attained by humans—and only by humans who have not yet evolved, fully innovated, and become immortals and gods?"

"If immortals and gods cannot transcend this inherent flaw, then what makes them worthy of being called immortals and gods? Extreme methods are certainly wrong, but instead of striving in this direction, they talk about some nonsense that is universally correct in terms of civilization and ethics... Haha, what is the point of political correctness? Ethics and morality change because of the change in the way people exist, not the other way around!"

What he was looking at was not the Imperial Book, but the deepest part of the Imperial Book's Dao Spirit, the imprint of the Xuan Tian Sacrifice from the distant Emperor of thirty thousand years ago...

An Jing looked at the other person with an almost regretful gaze: "Treating one's own limitations as truth. Beautifying one's own flaws as motivation, the weak... the weakest point is that they refuse to admit their mistakes."

"To be honest, you don't really think I love people, do you? I'm sick and tired of this distorted farce of humans oppressing each other. If I didn't have superhuman powers, I would choose to accept it, but now..."

An Jing paused, then raised his hand as if to grasp the entire world before him.

"I will make the changes."

Accept suffering and submit to fate.

Accept your instincts, give in to your desires.

Accept your original self and conform to the natural order of civilization.

Accept the natural starting point and submit to the will of fate.

Everything invented before I was born is taken for granted; everything invented when I was young is destined to change the world; everything invented after I grew up is anti-human.

This nature is a form of depravity, because it transcends control and understanding, thus rejecting, vilifying, and denying the positive aspects behind that possibility.

But true change and hope are born from those uncontrollable and unpredictable transformations.

If all human instincts since birth, those desires and longings, those rising and falling dreams, are all "the will of Heaven," then...

"Then I will even defy this fate..."

now.

Dao Ling is unable to speak or think.

Because it saw it. It saw the 'Emperor'.

In that instant, An Jing's body began to swell and grow larger under the shimmering light of Tai Bai, rapidly shifting in the light and shadow, transforming into a majestic and imposing figure.

[Manifestation of Supernatural Powers - The Heavenly Emperor Descends to Impose Heavenly Punishments]

At this moment, endless Taibai golden energy converges towards the center, the five elements transform, and condense into five imperial figures.

To its east is fire, burning everything, shining like the sun, yet bringing new life; to its south is water, nourishing all things, bearing the foundation of all laws; to its west is earth, transforming into ten thousand mountains, suppressing ten thousand demons and stabilizing the center; and to its north is wood, nourishing the mysterious and profound, from nothingness to existence!
At the very center, the previously blurred image of the White Emperor has revealed a serene face, as bright and majestic as the midday sun, illuminating all directions, like a blade hanging high above all living beings!

Its power is light, it moves in the center of the Big Dipper, it commands the four directions, and it dominates all sides.

Its power extends to the four cardinal directions, governs the four elements, controls the four seasons, and pacifies the four wildernesses; it can regulate the four energies, punish the four evils, support the four pillars, and stabilize the four borders!

All directions, all seasons, all poles, the master of the four calamities and four punishments.

[The Heavenly Punishment Emperor Who Descends to Inflict Calamity]

The moment Dao Ling saw this deity, he felt relieved.

I see... You're not a nature master.

It finally understood, finally realized, and finally knew what it had done wrong.

Yeah yeah.

Everyone has made so many mistakes, there is so much suffering in the world, and there is so much regret, hatred, jealousy, and gloom in all things, dragging everyone, including oneself, into the mire... So, of course there will be people like An Jing, like this... [Seven Fiends Tribulation].

To destroy, to annihilate.

Then, go and make changes.

An Jing is someone who... was born to punish all living beings.

At this moment.

An indescribable ray of light emanated from An Jing, piercing through the sky and the void.

Tianyuan Realm, Xuanye City... no, not just Xuanye City, but the entire Tianyuan Realm, along with the boundless void beyond it.

A beam of light shone forth and rose up from each of them.

It was swifter and sharper than any sword, and more expansive and radiant than any flame. It pierced through the heavy evil clouds that had shrouded the Tianyuan Realm for tens of thousands of years, condensing all the stubborn evil energy in an instant, transforming it into a shower of golden stones.

In an instant, the entire world, the entire Tianyuan Realm, all the remaining demonic energy, whether hidden deep within the earth's veins or concealed in the Netherworld, was completely swept away.

And the five elements that were originally missing in the entire Tianyuan Realm were restored to their completeness once again because of An Jing's existence, with him as the seed.

The brilliance of the sun and moon, the flow of yin and yang, the rotation of the five elements, and the alternation of the four symbols.

Thunder and rain, a thousand winds and flowing clouds.

At this moment, the Tianyuan Realm was reborn!

And another realm.

Huaixu, the capital.

The Immortal Tree of Yingtian.

The divine tree, rooted deep within the Great Chen Dynasty and spanning the Three Realms, swayed gently without any wind.

And the ancient will that had been dormant within it for countless millennia also stirred slightly.

(End of this chapter)