Myriad Paths

"Bastard! Rotten person! Heartless man!"

"Don't come here! Go and die!"

"The kids don't even recognize you anymore, and you still have the nerve to come back!"

Shen Shuibi grabbed the things around her and threw them forward with a cry in her eyes.

"Okay, okay, there will really be no more twists and turns this time, believe me!" Li Qi ran away with his head in his arms, but there was a smile that couldn't be concealed at the corner of his mouth.

"This time it's been so long that I can't believe it. How can you let people believe you?" Zhu Fengdan said from the side.

Li Qize walked to Zhu Fengdan's side despite the firepower.

Shen Shuibi stopped what she was holding. She still knew the etiquette and would not be too presumptuous in front of her teachers.

Li Qi bowed respectfully to Zhu Fengdan: "Teacher, I have verified the reality of this world, and I have walked out of your path. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Zhu Fengdan smiled: "What can I be dissatisfied about? It's enough to know that my path extends forward and can be extended to this far. Then I should move forward on my own."

This apprentice, following his own path, created a new path.

He recognized the reality of this world and confirmed it beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Since Li Qi, the world has been recognized.

The demonic path has truly lost the meaning of its existence. Even if there are still practitioners of the demonic path, just like Buddhism after the death of the Buddha, it has become out of date.

The structure of the world was completely changed by Li Qi.

But speaking of change, other things have changed even more.

For example...the Tang Dynasty perished.

The rapid deaths of three consecutive Human Emperors have completely exhausted humanity.

The first is the fall of the Human Emperor caused by the demon.

Then there is the human emperor who died in the battle between human witches.

Finally, there was the Human Emperor who was killed by Haotian in Li Qi's battle to exterminate demons.

The rapid fall of the Human Emperor in three companies directly wiped out the last trace of life in the Tang Kingdom. Even humanity could not withstand such a heavy blow.

Then, humanity fell into unparalleled civil strife.

After the destruction of the Tang Dynasty, no one could unify, so the entire Central Plains of the world entered a period of great chaos.

In the Central Plains, there are many vassal towns. Various separatist forces are fighting endlessly. Dynasties and countries are constantly changing. The political situation is extremely unstable. Social production has basically come to a standstill. Fathers, sons, and brothers are killing each other, creating chaos.

During this period, both the Witch Dao and the True Dragons made frequent moves. The Witch Dao even gnawed out the entire Southwest from the mouth of the Human Dao. Now the Baiyue area is considered to be within the Witch Dao.

In the coastal area, the water gods and true dragons have become the de facto leaders. The human races along the coast must worship the dragon king when they go to sea, instead of sailing directly as before. No dragon dares to mess with them.

Humanity entered into a de facto Great Schism that lasted...a very, very, very long time.

However, fortunately, Li Qi also disappeared for a very long time.

After all, that era can now be called ‘Middle Ages’.

Later, humanity finally completed its self-integration, gained stability at the cost of a significant reduction in territory, and established a brand new dynasty.

In today's human world, there is a name that makes Li Qi unable to hold his nerves.

‘Song’.

Moreover, in the Song Dynasty, the humane policy of "replacing heaven with man" was questioned internally.

A practitioner of humane Confucianism put forward the idea of ​​"preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires." ’ I believe that you should not do things that violate the natural rules of heaven and earth. Natural principles are objective laws after all, while human desires are reckless actions that ignore the laws and are inappropriate.

It is simply a lie that overthrows the foundation of humanity.

It was like being scared of being beaten.

I believe that the devil will not be able to hold back after hearing this, and will deeply doubt the authenticity of this world and suspect that this world is a dream.

Not to mention the devil, even Li Qi just heard it and was a little bit nervous, almost giving birth to demonic thoughts.

Sometimes, he would also feel that it’s really not the devil’s fault that he thinks too much, he really has no choice but to think too much.

It's a pity that the devil can't hear it, his path has collapsed, and Li Qi has proven that subjective will exists in plural.

After completing this, Li Qicai finally returned.

There was another story in the middle that I don't know how to describe. He spent a lot of effort to come back from another independent projection time and space.

As for the death of the demon, Haotian did not react this time.

"By the way, after this time, you will leave the witchcraft, right?" Zhu Fengdan suddenly asked.

"Yes, the way of witchcraft is ultimately inconsistent with my way. Now, I am preparing to serve as a star official to maintain the reality of all things. Since I myself have reality and all things exist in my body, then... starting from me, I will prohibit all actions that devalue all sentient beings as nothingness," Li Qi said.

Yes, this is what Li Qi confirmed, his own path.

As a witch, you cannot do this.

He wants to serve as the new ‘One’ to maintain the reality of all things.

If he has reality, then everything is a part of his body and naturally has reality.

Li Qi will use his own answer to admit that all things are the same as him.

From now on, all nothingness will be denied by Li Qi, unless another super devil comes forward and comes up with an answer that proves Li Qi is wrong.

This answer was extended from Zhu Fengdan's answer, and even eventually made Li Qi a 'god'.

So Zhu Fengdan was very satisfied with this.

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore. If you have time, you can take a look at what the world is like recently. Oh, there is one more thing, Shang Fan has passed away." Zhu Fengdan was about to pack up and leave, but he still said this sentence afterwards.

"Huh?" Li Qi stared.

"He said that Pratyekabuddhas live in a world without Buddhas, so he wanted to see what the world would be like when Buddhas appeared, so that he could really let go, so he transformed his body and reincarnated." Zhu Fengdan finished speaking, and as usual, he ran away without waiting for Li Qi to reply.

Li Qi had to shake his head.

Then, he looked at Laqi behind him.

Laqi is now a third-grade.

He has walked his own path, and it is a continuation of Li Qi's previous path.

Just like Li Qi and Zhu Fengdan.

"Laqi, I didn't take care of you much. You have worked hard to grow up to this point."

Laqi immediately bowed: "Master, what are you talking about? You have helped me so much. You have always cared for me, but it has harmed me. Now that Master has achieved the first grade, I will benefit more in the future. This is not something that can be obtained through hard work."

Li Qi smiled.

That's true.

For Laqi, the current state is: through the hard work of the mentor, I finally became an academician's disciple!

Laqi was very tactful, and then immediately said: "There will be plenty of time to reminisce about the past, so I will take my leave first."

After speaking, Laqi also left this place.

Finally, only Li Qi and Shen Shuibi were left here.

Li Qi looked down.

Niu Huang was dead. He had never been able to break through the fifth grade, and eventually died of heart failure because he lived too long.

Even if the body has been immortal, the heart will always experience the torment of subjective time.

Now the mountain god of Xuanjing Mountain has turned into a bird, which Li Qi has never seen.

However, I heard that Niu Huang's great-great-great-grandson is now practicing in Wushen Mountain and is now a fifth-grade cultivator. Shen Shuibi once protected him, which can be regarded as a kind of comfort.

As for Shen Shuibi, she acted irritable before, but when there were really only two people left, she seemed to be depressed.

She just leaned on Li Qi weakly and said softly: "This time... you didn't lie to me, did you?"

"Don't worry." Li Qi smiled and said: "I'm already a first-grade cultivator. Do you know what a first-grade cultivator is?"

"It's just like the fifth-grade cultivator versus the ninth-grade cultivator?" Shen Shuibi asked with her head tilted.

"Well, that's about it." Li Qi nodded and expressed his approval.

There should be no accidents in the future, right?

It should be...

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After leaving Xuanjing Mountain, Li Qi returned to the void of the universe.

After these universes were reopened, new rules have been born. Now, there are two kinds of vitality in this world. The two kinds of vitality have derived two kinds of chaos, and the two kinds of chaos have transformed into two different five-element qi, that is, a total of ten kinds.

Everything has doubled.

In the current universe, everything has two parts, a universe with upper and lower layers. All the diversity is divided into two layers at this stage, just like a projection in the quadrant.

The demon still left some legacy, although all this was what Haotian was happy to see.

Walking in this universe, Li Qi felt a faint chill running through his body, with a cool and peaceful feeling of awakening in the morning.

This world is real.

The demon's world is also real.

The two are not in conflict, and even... the demon's world actually exists in this world.

Yes, no one expected that the world that the demon was chasing was actually under his nose. It was just a world of dust that was not of the highest quality. It was just because of the demon that it could not be found, and the demon himself did not seem to notice it.

Or... the demon's heart could not notice itself.

This small world and the infinite world of the world are actually mutually inclusive, just like a snake swallowing itself.

This world exists in the world.

And the world exists in the thoughts of everyone in this world.

The two are mutually dependent, exist independently of each other, and... do not even affect the existence of their own entities.

Surprising, incomprehensible, but they exist.

This world is so wonderful.

I guess Yipin is not the end.

Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

No more hesitation and wandering.

This is a lively and painful feeling, mixed with farewell and departure, as if a storm unconsciously set off in the depths of his heart, which shook him strongly, but also pushed him to move forward.

Every beginning has its own charm.

In the universe, Li Qi felt the inner peace, until his mind was clear, sinking into the state of meditation, allowing this life and this moment to integrate into the universal cosmic image that transcends the individual.

After a while, he left the cosmic void and returned to the East China Sea.

On the East China Sea, a being named Li Qi sat on a small boat.

On the boat, he threw out a fishing rod, and the fishing line fell into the East China Sea, floating quietly.

His hands touched the sea water, and the feeling was so clear.

His feet stepped on the deck, and it was so real.

Looking around, everything was blooming its own history in its own way.

Every heart has its own reality, more or less.

The magic path has been rejected.

From then on, nothing can trample on the reality of sentient beings.

Sentient beings will still fight, there will still be suffering, and there will still be various obstacles.

However, from now on, everything they do is "meaningful".

Love is meaningful, hate is meaningful, everything they think and do is meaningful.

It's great.

However, on the East China Sea, a middle-aged man in a blue dress waved a fishing rod and threw the fishing line into the water.

Wild gulls were flying, imprisoned by the wind and moon, shining on the waves as if entering the Peach Blossom Cave, and only the fisherman was missing.

There are so many romantic things in the world, flowers blooming and falling, and the mundane things are like fire refining cinnabar, which really can't be more real.

It is just:

"I admire Huang Ting all the way, disturbing the lotus in the sea."

"The green bamboo pole in my hand seeks the way, not the fish."

(The long way, the whole book is finished.)

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(Finally, I would like to ask for a monthly ticket.)

(There are also closing remarks and some plot analysis at the end, you can read it if you want) (This chapter is over)