Myriad Paths

After reaching the second rank, Li Qi did another big thing.

The Karma Demon died, and the Prince of Demons was promoted to the second rank.

To be precise, the Karma Demon did not die, but the source of his power was taken away by the Prince of Demons, who took away the control of "karma" with a "deeper understanding".

This is a very surprising record, a third rank forced to eat the second rank, directly deprived the opponent of his path, combined with his own, condensed the foundation of the path and ascended to the second rank.

No one would believe it if he told it to others.

But he did it.

This is the Prince of Demons.

The Sky Demon and the Buddha, two monsters cultivated by the first rank, inherited the colorless world and had all the experience of the retribution of black karma.

It is difficult to say what this thing is, but no matter what, at least he is on Li Qi's side now.

The Prince of Demons has one advantage, that is, he is very "straight".

He never turns when walking, and he will not stop until he reaches his destination. His target was Li Qi, and Li Qi can be said to have suffered from this.

Now, the target of the Demon Prince is the Heavenly Demon.

Now it should be the Heavenly Demon's turn to have a headache, why did he make the Demon Prince like this.

And, the Demon Prince should have the Buddha's blessing behind him, right? After all, he has mastered the formless realm, and he may even become the future Buddha. Even if those Buddhists chose to retire because of the Buddha's death, they should not completely ignore it.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

As for Li Qi, this time, he once again confirmed that he was right.

Higher wisdom cannot stop thinking, so it will not stop singing. The beautiful songs brought by thinking will be sung forever.

This song is naturally emitted. Even if you see your own kind being destroyed in front of you, you will not mourn, be silent, or follow the dead.

Higher wisdom will sing loudly, as if to burn yourself, regardless of the past, regardless of what others are like, just like Li Qi, who has crossed the unspeakable difference between life and death, and thinking has always existed.

The thinking of all living beings is the same.

All things exist in parallel. There is no absolute self, nor does there exist any complete other, but at the same time there is no absolute uniqueness. This world is clearly divided and yet integrated.

Just like chaos, chaos is all that is satisfied, it is the gathering of all things, but there is no gathering without corresponding separation.

In chaos, everything is condensed into one, but if they have not been separated before, they will not condense in chaos, so it is like a tide. As long as the tide rises, there must be a receding tide.

Therefore, gathering depends on separation, the contraction of the heart depends on its relaxation, and the tide rises depending on the tide ebb.

The same is true for all living beings. All living beings are like the forms of Taiyi and Li Qi. They are both parts of each other and have their own parts.

The relationship between Taiyi and the four phases is like this, the relationship between the four phases and the twenty-eight constellations is like this, the relationship between the twenty-eight constellations and many other star officials is like this, and the star officials and the living beings in their bodies are still like this.

This universe is a harmonious whole, but behind the harmony there are different thoughts. This difference is the reason for the birth of higher wisdom.

Just as life itself is negative entropy, the birth of life is because of the absorption of order from the surrounding disorder, and higher wisdom is to create changes in the unchanging unified universe.

With change, there is the appearance of the ‘arrow’, or ‘axis’, and then there is everything else.

Thus, eternity is born.

Apart from the constant passage of time, what else can be called eternal?

Apart from the constantly changing time and space, apart from the continuous advancement across distance, can anything else be called infinite?

Only movement is infinite and eternal, and movement itself depends on the constantly changing others and self, just like what I just said, the gathering of all things, and the corresponding separation.

However, eternal infinity can only mean continuous travel, eternity is the boundless travel through time, and infinity is the boundless travel through space.

This is the end of the immortals, traveling in one direction without stopping, this is the inevitable fate.

Infinity has no end, it is a dead end, or it can be said that it is a bottomless pit.

However, the more so, the more important the process of travel is.

There is no end to the journey to the bottomless pit, so everything you encounter on the way is the only meaning.

Li Qi has realized this.

It is meaningless to pursue the ultimate Tao. The ultimate Tao does not exist, because Tao is in all things, all things have their own Tao, and eternity exists between them.

When all things are annihilated, everything will end.

But at this moment, the world is not like this.

All beings are passionately united, but at the same time they want to separate from each other.

These two things are contradictory, but they do not negate each other.

This is a double experience, which requires both the unspeakable separation and the stable connection, so a new form appears. This is an indescribable transcendence. The higher wisdom of all beings has become the current reality in a completely independent way.

Chaos forged higher wisdom, and higher wisdom separated chaos, so it became a separate individual flame, freed from chaos, and became a unique gem-like individual.

It is an incredible process that is both melted into one, and because of the strong friction between thoughts, a clear self is independent.

Out of this union, all things brilliant are born.

This is what Li Qi saw in Taiyi and in the cycle of reincarnation.

Higher wisdom proves the existence of the self, and everything synthesized by chaos proves the existence of the outside world. Now Li Qi has recognized the situation of the universe. His Tao heart is extremely stable, his Tao foundation is unshakable, and his purpose is clear and definite.

Everything that denies the existence of the outside world and the self has a "Tao dispute" with Li Qi, so purely mechanical cognition and magic are Li Qi's Tao enemies.

Li Qi is satisfied with the answer at this moment. There is no more quarrel about the self and the outside world, no more conflict about the ultimate and one-sided, everything is like this.

There is no fear of unstable Tao foundation, no insecurity as a chess piece. He is so satisfied and beautiful at this moment. The world is so in line with his concept. His Tao can easily interpret all known things. The reality is stable, and his own power is sufficient to verify all this.

It is simply...

indescribable.

How to say it, Li Qi has never had such a moment since his practice.

He sat next to Xuanjing Mountain with a cup of tea, looking into the distance, and felt that everything was so comfortable.

Is this what it feels like to walk off the chessboard? There are no flaws in the Dao heart, no threat of the inner world being broken at any time, and no external crisis approaching at any time.

Completely control everything you have, no long-term worries, no immediate worries, unprecedentedly high cultivation, and extremely peaceful Dao heart.

It's so damn cool.

What kind of life did they live in the past.

Li Qi finally knew what kind of life those high-level beings who had no enemies and no cultivation problems lived.

Do they usually eat so well? If he is used to this kind of life, how can he live when he goes back to face the demons again in the future?

Alas, thinking of this, Li Qi's wonderful mood declined again.

"What's wrong?" Shen Shuibi, who was sitting on a stone next to Li Qi and basking in the sun, suddenly asked.

She could see that Li Qi's mood had suddenly changed from happy to depressed.

This made Rabbit a little strange.

These years, Rabbit can be said to be in high spirits.

The hard days are finally over. She didn't lose her composure from beginning to end, which made her a little happy.

She is such a woman, who doesn't get much, but cherishes them, and stores all the important things in her memory. When the memory may support her, she will take them out of her memory, examine them one by one, cherish them well, and then she can persist in those difficulties.

Now she has no pressure. The war between humans and witches is over, Luofu Mountain has been rebuilt, and disciples have been recruited again. She has been busy for a while, and finally completed the task successfully.

Luofu Niangniang and Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron both survived the war, and Yang Ning was also alive and kicking.

On the other hand, Li Qi also returned safely, and huddled with her in Xuanjing Mountain, rarely going out, and living her most comfortable life. She didn't need to go out and run around, nor did she need to worry. She could do what she liked every day, just waiting for time to pass quietly.

Her daughter was also very good. Shitou seemed to be the only person in the world who could subdue Li Shiwei. Under the gentle oppression of Shitou, Li Shiwei also became much calmer.

Their story is also somewhat interesting, but it is like Li Shiwei grabbing a hard stone when she fell into the raging sea and was about to drown.

He is considerate, but never overdoes things. He can predict what troubles Li Shiwei will encounter in advance and pave the way for her. After all, Li Shiwei is young and naive and has not experienced much in the world.

He is not hypocritical at all. He is simple, honest, and pays attention to details at all times, which makes people feel relieved. You only need to understand this through a short contact. He will help anyone in an invisible place and be considerate.

Li Qi is even deeply grateful for this. This young man is so stable that he has solved all the troubles of Li Shiwei, so that Li Qi does not have to face the troubles caused by the little bastard himself.

For Li Shiwei, perhaps she will never know exactly how much she owes Shitou.

But Li Qi helped her remember that Li Qi almost treated Shitou as his own son, and even allowed him and Laqi to come to listen to his sermons together.

You know, Li Shiwei is not qualified to listen to it. The little bastard cannot be exposed to these things. She might explode after listening to them.

And Laqi, the apprentice, made Li Qi feel relieved for everything he did during Li Qi's recovery. He even began to pamper Laqi a little, so that Laqi finally lived a normal life instead of being left alone.

Laqi now has sufficient resources. He can get enough resources from his master for almost anything he wants. This makes his practice much smoother, so that his means of digging graves everywhere are loose.

Laqi used to be a little expert in digging graves, but now he doesn't dig graves anymore, which shows that he is still living too well.

The only one with problems is probably Yang Ning. Yang Ning has encountered a lot of troubles recently. It is said that a female real dragon named "Lan Yue" is harassing her, but she refuses to say the specific things and is hiding from disasters recently.

In short, everyone is thriving, which is gratifying.

Shen Shuibi even felt that the peace and tranquility these days was a bit too much, so she wanted to have a second child.

Li Qi felt that it was not the right time yet.

Although peace and tranquility had settled down now, there would still be trouble to deal with in the future regarding the extermination of demons, and it would be bad if there were more variables out of thin air.

And... to be honest, Li Qi was a little afraid of having a child now.

Children are much more difficult to deal with than apprentices.

Apprentices are carefully selected to suit one's own path. They are tailor-made and specially selected to inherit one's path.

Although children are related by blood, it is purely up to fate what they will look like. No matter how you raise them, accidents will definitely happen. You can't really use brainwashing.

It is not uncommon to give birth to a barbecued pork. To be honest, Li Qi is not particularly satisfied with Li Shiwei's path.

At this time, if you give birth to another child, you will definitely not be able to ignore it because of the blood connection. But if you care about it, you may give birth to a few flaws even if there are no flaws, which will be more difficult to deal with.

So, the matter of having a child was put on hold for the time being.

"Nothing." Li Qi smiled: "I just think that this kind of life is really good. When I think about the possibility of losing it in the future, I feel a little lost."

Shen Shuibi smiled: "Then we will talk about it when the time comes. Why worry about things that haven't happened yet?"

Li Qi nodded, looked at the rabbit, and touched the ends of her hair.

Now her long hair has grown again. Her hair is really long and very smooth. She always takes good care of it and will never give it to anyone else.

In addition to Li Qi, Li Qi would occasionally help her comb her hair. At that time, he could slide his fingers between the black hair. He unexpectedly had a strange feeling that was hard to describe.

"Indeed." Li Qi continued to sit on the recliner with his head raised, watching the sun greet him.

It was literal, not metaphorical.

The golden crow was indeed greeting Li Qi. As the only remaining offspring of Emperor Jun, he had been shouldering the important responsibility of "the sun of the world" for so many years.

This allowed him to stay away from all the disputes and live a stable life.

After greeting the sun, Li Qi looked at Shen Shuibi who was calculating the pill formula on the stone next to him and enjoying himself.

The couple did not deliberately stay together. There was no need. They had been together for so long that they could treat each other as air and do their own things, but they did not feel the slightest abruptness.

When doing your own things, occasionally look at each other, that's all.

Li Qi closed his eyes and rocked in the rocking chair.

However, at this moment——

In front of Li Qi, a door was torn open, and a black tiger walked out, and... the breath of the underworld emerged.

"Zhi Zhu, my master invites you." Mo Hu said so. (End of this chapter)