Chapter 263 The Madman

To completely eliminate the Great Tribulation?

Even though Wei Yuan hadn't truly faced the Great Tribulation yet, he could still see from the sidelines that the Great Tribulation posed a significant threat to all living beings, whether in the Qing or Zhuo worlds. This threat was so immense that even a powerful being like the Great Swamp Thunder God was willing to abandon the foundation for enlightenment, stopping before the Dao Fruit and refusing to advance.

This was enough to show the terror of the Great Tribulation.

And to completely eliminate the Great Tribulation could almost be called a grand aspiration. How could he be a madman?

The Heavenly Emperor said calmly, "Perhaps you're curious as to why someone like that would be called a madman."

"But to call him a madman is not entirely accurate."

"He is very rational."

"He sees things more clearly and is more calm than most gods."

"What do you think it takes to quell the Great Tribulation?"

Wei Yuan said, "That depends on what kind of Great Tribulation it is. You keep saying Great Tribulation, Great Tribulation, but what exactly is it?" He frowned slightly and said, "Is it some ancient being reviving, or is it an exchange of heaven and earth's energy, a rapid flow of Qing and Zhuo energies, leading to an inversion of the positions of the two worlds, causing a great slaughter during the upheaval?"

The Heavenly Emperor gestured for Wei Yuan to sit down. In this room was a stone table, with a chessboard carved into it using sword energy. Before Wei Yuan woke up, the Heavenly Emperor seemed to have been playing against himself. Now, he picked up a polished jade chess piece, tapping it lightly on the stone table, producing a clear ringing sound.

He seemed to ponder for a moment, then said indifferently:

"What you said is the Great Tribulation, but it's not just the Great Tribulation."

"For ants, a falling stone is a cataclysmic disaster, but for humans, it's nothing."

"The breaching of rivers, lakes, and seas can almost be said to be a death tribulation for the people and living beings in that area, but for those gods who can move mountains and fill seas, it's just the aftermath of their divine powers. How can that be called a Great Tribulation?"

"Whether something is a good thing or a great disaster isn't fixed, is it?"

"Heaven and earth change drastically, spiritual energy riots, Qing and Zhuo energies are inverted, all things die, and even demons are born, wanting to turn everything upside down."

"Everything you guessed is just a part of the Great Tribulation."

The Heavenly Emperor's eyes were calm as he said, "The world is like a container. The total amount of its origin energy, its vast Qi dynamic, is said to be endless, but when the rate of consumption is faster than the rate at which this origin energy is born, when countless world-shaking battles have occurred over these millions of years, accumulating, the entire world will inevitably head towards destruction."

"Of course, it's not that simple, but that's roughly it. As long as the world cannot naturally return to its original state."

"It will slide towards death."

"Like the birth of a person, like the falling of a flower, like the fall of a country. But originally, after the flower falls, there can be new life, and after the country falls, a new kingdom will be built on the sand. This is natural, but the new flower is no longer the same one, and the new country is not the one from that year. Such a tribulation is useless to you and me."

"You and I have long transcended such tribulations."

"But for the living beings in this world, isn't this an irresistible and unyielding Great Tribulation?"

"This is a tribulation for humanity, and also a tribulation for all living beings."

Wei Yuan thought of the desolate scenes he had seen on the Hetu Luoshu (River Diagram and Luo River Scroll). That was a great tribulation, and the former him could only resist such a tribulation… The Hetu Luoshu also had its limits. In the eyes of the Hetu Luoshu, Wei Yuan's potential was only to rely on the characteristics of Kunlun, taking a path similar to the Lord of Guixu (the Ruins of Return) to barely reach the Dao Fruit.

And then protect the human world.

The Heavenly Emperor said calmly, "As for the world, the Qing and Zhuo energies flow, the living die, and the dead return to Guixu, the origin of the world. Between heaven and earth, new life is born again. This is originally a cycle, an endless cycle. Heaven and earth are ruthless, but there is also the constancy of the Great Dao, without emotion, without love, without worry, without fear."

"But who said that the principles of the operation of heaven and earth, the ceaseless Yin and Yang, are destined?"

"It's like if you delineate a piece of heaven and earth, it will naturally have mountains and rivers, Yin and Yang, and the myriad forms of living beings. If I set a day each year, using spiritual energy like honey, falling from the stars in the nine heavens, enlightening living beings, continuing for thousands of years, then over these thousands of years, there will naturally be wise men among the living beings who understand how to summarize this pattern. For them, this day each year, when the heaven and earth's spiritual energy gathers like honey, is a theorem."

"They will record it in books, depict it in murals, and even compile it into stories passed down by word of mouth."

"If this remains unchanged for thousands, ten thousand years, the living beings will think it is the supreme Great Dao."

"But this is only from their perspective."

"But looking down from your and my perspective, can this really be called a fixed and unchanging principle?"

The Heavenly Emperor looked at Wei Yuan and said again:

"Although there is no such thing as an individual 'I,' who can really be sure that the flow of Qing and Zhuo energies is constant?"

"What if one day, the transformation and rotation of Qing and Zhuo energies stops, with only destruction and no rebirth? What if one day, Yin and Yang no longer rotate and change? It's like a frisbee thrown out, spinning endlessly day after day, exchanging Yin and Yang, but the frisbee will stop one day, and the cessation of Yin and Yang's change represents living beings losing their order and all things losing their foundation."

"Can this be called a Great Tribulation?"

Faced with the Heavenly Emperor's understated question, even Wei Yuan felt a sense of heaviness.

No one can say that everything they are used to will continue unchanged for thousands of years.

And once it changes, it will bring about an absolute catastrophe.

So the Heavenly Emperor placed the second chess piece, saying, "This is the Heaven and Earth Tribulation."

"These two are still considered ordinary."

The Heavenly Emperor's words "still considered ordinary" made Wei Yuan's brow twitch wildly.

Could this also be considered ordinary?

Di Jun's tone was cold and indifferent as he glanced at Wei Yuan and said, "Haven't you already opened up the land of life and death reincarnation? If it is a tribulation for humanity, you and I can naturally overcome it; and if it is a tribulation for heaven and earth, if all living things fall and Yin and Yang lose their order and stop flowing, there may also be ways to break the situation, either adapt or change."

"As long as we know where the tribulation lies, you and I working together will always have some methods to overcome it."

"And the real Great Tribulation is the unknown."

Wei Yuan asked slowly, "The unknown?"

"Yes."

Even the Heavenly Emperor's expression became slightly grave as he said indifferently, "Not knowing its foundation, not knowing its origin, invisible, unknowable, immeasurable, yet able to be absolutely certain of the terror of this Great Tribulation; and even knowing that this Great Tribulation exists, yet completely unable to find its location."

Wei Yuan understood this feeling.

It was like a sword pointing at one's brow, feeling the cold killing intent and fear every moment.

Even in dreams, it was as if stepping into a bottomless abyss and then falling sharply.

But not knowing the origin and foundation of this Great Tribulation.

And the most terrifying thing was that the Heavenly Emperor's perception would never be wrong. This was what made Wei Yuan's expression change slightly.

Di Jun said indifferently, "And if you were here, what would you do to break this Great Tribulation?"

"It's nothing more than defeating the enemy, or protecting the living beings you want to protect, and stabilizing Yin and Yang, but [Fate] has different ideas, and it's the kind of idea and way of thinking that is absolutely impossible to reach a consensus with ordinary people, or even the Zhuo World. Only he himself can understand his methods."

"Why do people die? That's naturally because people are alive."

"Without survival, there is no death. The pain of destruction comes from everything that has been built, and the most painful thing is not loss or death, but having obtained it, having clearly perceived the beauty of these things, and then stripping them away. So, if there isn't a single living person in the world, then living beings will not have the pain of possessing beauty and then being stripped away."

"As long as there are no Qing and Zhuo worlds to begin with, then there will naturally be no cataclysmic changes brought about by the fundamental changes of the two worlds."

"And without such a huge change, there will naturally be no tribulations for living beings."

"Yin and Yang have the possibility of losing order. If there were originally no Yin and Yang, then there would naturally be no order."

The Heavenly Emperor put down the last chess piece. In the void, countless starlight and pure radiance flowed and changed, transforming into the scholar in the green shirt that Wei Yuan had once seen. But at this moment, he no longer looked as gentle and smiling as before, but his brows were unrestrained, as if he stood in heaven and earth, or rather, in all things. Heaven and earth surrounded him.

Spreading his arms, arrogant and disdainful, looking at the countless powerhouses around him, he laughed loudly:

"Am I wrong?! Am I wrong?! Hahahaha, ridiculous, ridiculous!"

"Reversal is the movement of the Dao, weakness is the function of the Dao." (From Lao Tzu's *Tao Te Ching*)

"All things in the world are born from existence, and existence is born from nothing."

"The birth of life is just an accident. I am just letting all living beings return to the beginning. Since there is no birth, there is naturally no death, so where does sorrow and suffering come from? Where would there be the devouring and slaughter of life, where would there be oppression? There would be no sadness and pain, no fear, and no greed. I am heaven and earth, and I am one with all things!"

"You say I am wrong, but I see that it is you who are deluded!"

"Why bother with the petty and opportunistic, flattering the strong and oppressing the weak?"

"Why bother toiling every day, just for a chance to advance?"

"Why not return to the Great Dao? Since you are stopping me from saving all living beings, then you are my enemies, the enemies of all living beings!"

"All of you, come at me together!"

The scholar in the green shirt was unrestrained and laughed loudly. With a single move, the secrets of heaven, fate, and cause and effect stirred the myriad phenomena, forcibly enveloping all the powerhouses in front of him, including H渾天 (H渾tian), the Heavenly Emperor, and Buzhou Mountain, into his attack range. Then, he took a step forward, and heaven and earth trembled, as if countless worlds had collapsed and returned to the beginning.

The scholar in the green shirt stepped on the long river of fate, surrounded by countless rays of light and auspicious colors, unpredictable and constantly intertwined.

He said loudly:

"To defy me is to defy the Dao!"

"Whoever defies my Dao is my enemy, and should be killed!"

His Qi dynamic was vast, and his expression was even more arrogant and conceited. He faced all the gods and powerhouses alone, showing an unspeakable aura that shook people's hearts. And this was clearly the memory of the Heavenly Emperor Di Jun. Being able to be remembered so firmly by such a powerhouse undoubtedly showed how deep an impression this scene had on the Heavenly Emperor.

Although it was a debate on the Great Dao, this idea of Fate was so self-centered and so arrogant.

To defy me is to defy the Dao.

Whoever defies my Dao is a heretic, and since it is a heretical path, it should be completely killed. And even if it was just a trace of the fighting spirit left over from that year, Wei Yuan could see that Fate was not lying. He really wanted to save all living things, but the things he did while harboring the grand aspiration of saving all living things were terrifying, like world-destroying horrors that frightened all living beings.

Harboring the compassion of a savior to do evil deeds is more terrifying than simply doing evil.

The Heavenly Emperor said indifferently, "So, you probably understand why he attracted so many encirclements and killings back then."

"I acknowledge his purity. Just the purity alone is not inferior to even Master Kong or Li Er." (Confucius and Lao Tzu)

"But I do not approve of his methods."

"So, I can also return that sentence to him."

"To defy me is to defy the Dao. He is an enemy."

Wei Yuan recalled, "However, he seems to be different from the person in your memory now. He is not as flamboyant, not as crazy, and not as heroic." Wei Yuan recalled the madman he had just seen, who was so arrogant that he declared war on countless gods and Buddhas and powerhouses at the same time.

He was almost unlike the Fate who had shown a style of scheming behind the scenes in his two previous interactions with him.

After listening to Wei Yuan's doubts, the Heavenly Emperor said indifferently, "That is what needs to be guarded against."

"Faced with death, you think that begging for survival is a disgrace, and that wanting to live, even using all kinds of means, is a disgrace."

"But Fate doesn't think so."

"He naturally has enough dignity. His self-esteem is so strong that he doesn't bother to hide his goals and openly rebukes the world."

"But he also believes that as long as he can survive, all unfinished ambitions will have a chance to succeed. So surviving is more important than anything else, more important than dignity, more important than a sense of shame. His state of mind allows him to abandon his dignity, even if you look down on him, to survive, survive, and then go to save the world and save all living beings in his own way."

"Although it sounds strange."

"But he does possess the tenacity to never give up on saving all living beings. Reincarnation is suffering, life and death are suffering, old age and sickness are suffering."

"He wants to completely save all living beings from this endless circle, with clear logic and firm will."

"But he never asked whether living beings were willing to be saved in this way."

The Heavenly Emperor shook his head and reminded, "Under no circumstances should you believe what Fate says."

He paused and said expressionlessly:

"If necessary, you can even trust Fu Xi."

"But never trust Fate."

The Heavenly Emperor swept his sleeves and stood up, saying, "However, I think you wouldn't believe them anyway."

"Your intuition is still reliable."

The corners of Wei Yuan's mouth twitched.

I would rather you praised my judgment or something.

Intuition… the intuition of a reckless man, a direct descendant of civil officials?

The Heavenly Emperor said, "The location of the Great Tribulation, the Human Tribulation, the Living Being Tribulation, the Heaven and Earth Tribulation, you should try to resolve them. These all erupt together, in the Qing and Zhuo worlds, adding to reincarnation, that is the truth of the Great Tribulation."

He paused and said indifferently, "There is not much time left. Go see your teacher."

Master…

Wei Yuan's expression became slightly serious.

But he still said, "Then, there is no need to worry about the tribulation of the ancient powerhouses reviving?"

Wei Yuan already knew that the changes in the Qing and Zhuo worlds should have happened more than once. There were always powerhouses who could survive the tribulations and continue to this day. If there were such powerhouses who existed, revived, and wreaked havoc in the human world, it would naturally be considered a tribulation. 138 Reading Website

And if they wanted to survive the new tribulation, they would naturally need more resources and need to plunder.

Wei Yuan understood.

This was perhaps what the Heavenly Emperor meant when he said that the Great Tribulation did not only represent one thing. When facing terrifying tribulations, those powerhouses, under the pressure of such panic and fear, would drastically change their natures for their own survival and begin to plunder and kill. This was also a tribulation based on the ultimate Great Tribulation.

"Ancient powerhouses…"

The Heavenly Emperor shook his head, stood up, and said indifferently, "No need."

Wei Yuan said, "Are there no ancient ones?"

The Heavenly Emperor answered concisely, "There used to be."

"Now, there are none."

Now, there are none…

These five words seemed to contain some extremely heavy past and oppression.

The powerhouses who survived the tribulations of the past…

How exactly did they disappear…

Wei Yuan could almost smell the bloody scent emanating from these words. The Heavenly Emperor disappeared, and Wei Yuan composed himself. He had learned many secrets of the past from Fate and Di Jun, which he really needed to analyze carefully. Of course, Wei Yuan's next thought was naturally to tell Qi and A-Liang all of these things and information.

Everyone has different talents.

You can't force it.

Wei Guan Zhu (Museum Director Wei) muttered to himself as a matter of course, wrote two letters, and then, with a flick of his hand, burned them with the power of cause and effect. The two letters disappeared and appeared in front of Qi and A-Liang. If Wei Yuan was willing, he could even make these words appear in A-Liang and Qi's minds, unforgettable.

Then, he sealed the fragment of the Dao Fruit of Fate's remnant with cause and effect and sword energy.

He was now hesitant about whether to use this thing as the foundation for the magic weapon for Nuwa.

Fate himself seemed to be the kind of guy who had no dignity as a powerhouse in order to survive, believing that living to practice his own Great Dao was more important than dying with dignity. And he did have a grand aspiration to save all living beings. Wei Yuan couldn't guarantee whether such a rational and ambitious madman would leave behind any contingencies.

It was better to simply use the concept of the Yanhuang mythology, which had an affinity with Nuwa that was almost a thousand percent.

It was effective and particularly powerful.

Most importantly, it would never backfire on Nuwa.

And it could never be subverted.

Wei Yuan made a decision in his heart. When he opened the door, he paused.

The sunlight was warm and gentle, falling on the ground. Under the old tree, an old man was intently reading a book.

That was not a physical body, but a spirit.

And this spirit was somewhat faint.

Master…

PS: First update today…