What is the Nature of Heaven?
It refers to the attributes bestowed by Heaven.
The so-called 'bestowed by Heaven' is more or less equivalent to fate.
To put it bluntly,
your birth is the result of karma, and also the arrangement of fate.
Returning to your innate nature and finding your original self is equivalent to accepting the arrangement of fate.
If you haven't found your original self and are still in your 'ego' state, you might still be able to defy fate a little. But once you find your original self, perhaps even the qualification to defy fate is stripped away, and you lose even the chance to defy fate.
Under such circumstances, how can one transcend the original self and find the true self?
Furthermore,
finding the original self is like falling into a deeper sea of suffering; the shackles of fate on your body become heavier. Who dares guarantee that after finding the true self, you won't fall into an even deeper sea of suffering, and the shackles of fate won't become even more burdensome?
'Transcend the true self, break free from understanding.'
Perhaps this phrase was a conspiracy from the very beginning.
This is the pain in the heart of the Great Immortal Hu Li.
It is also the predicament he currently faces.
Precisely because of this, he has always wanted to scheme for the position of the Original Sin True Lord.
No!
Not scheming.
Great Immortal Hu Li also knows that given his identity, his hope of ascending to become the Original Sin True Lord is almost zero. Therefore, as long as the Dao-less era can be opened, no matter who becomes the Original Sin True Lord, it would be a cause for joy for Great Immortal Hu Li.
"Hehehehe!
Those Children of Original Sin who have merged with True Blood, each one hides deeper than the last. They haven't shown themselves, firstly because the time isn't right yet. When the time comes, they will naturally appear. But that's not important. What's important is, they don't dare show themselves now!"
"Compared to them, you, Great Immortal Hu Li, are absolutely open and aboveboard, standing tall between heaven and earth. Even though you betrayed the Monster Path, the Immortal Path, and the Demonic Path back then, you never concealed anything. Betrayal is betrayal, and for that, this seat admires you greatly."
"Unlike those old fellows from the Thirty-Six Grotto Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands, who shout about protecting the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth with their mouths, but in secret not only cultivate Original Sin individuals but also gestate Original Sin bodies. Some have even merged with Original Sin True Blood to become Children of Original Sin!
Hehehehe!"
"This is the so-called 'righteous gentleman,' this is the so-called 'Three Thousand Great Daos,' this is the so-called 'protectors of Heaven and Earth,' hehehehe!"
Everyone present could tell that this sinister, deep voice was mocking and satirizing the Thirty-Six Grotto Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands.
Moreover, the implication of his words seemed to be that most of the more than twenty Children of Original Sin he mentioned were Ancestral Patriarchs from the Thirty-Six Grotto Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands.
Could this be true?
That the Thirty-Six Grotto Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands cultivate Original Sin individuals was already an open secret.
That some Ancestral Patriarchs gestate Original Sin bodies was also something everyone had heard rumors about.
But to say that Ancestral Patriarchs from the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands have merged with Original Sin True Blood to become Children of Original Sin—this was the first time anyone had heard of such a thing.
Whether this matter was true or false, no one knew.
If it was false, then so be it.
If it was true, then it was truly terrifying.
You must understand, whether the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands cultivate Original Sin individuals or gestate Original Sin bodies, it can be considered a two-handed preparation born of helplessness.
After all,
none of them could guarantee whether the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth could be protected.
If it couldn't be protected, and the Three Thousand Great Daos were truly slaughtered, everyone could only accept their fate. To ensure their continued legacy, the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands could only adapt to the Dao-less era. Cultivating Children of Original Sin and gestating Original Sin bodies was also to ensure better survival in the Dao-less era.
But if some Ancestral Patriarchs of the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands have merged with Original Sin True Blood to become Children of Original Sin, then it is no longer an act of helplessness, nor a two-handed preparation, but a thorough and complete scheme for the position of the Original Sin True Lord.
Judging from the current situation, protecting the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was already extremely difficult.
If even the Ancestral Patriarchs of the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands were scheming for the Original Sin True Lord, then the hope of preserving the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth this time would only become even more slim.
Of course,
one could not deny that this might be a pit deliberately dug by the mysterious figure through lies, aiming to confuse the issue and make the already chaotic situation even more chaotic.
"Sir!"
The handsome youth spoke up: "If what you say is true, and some Ancestral Patriarchs of the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands have already become Children of Original Sin, then where did their Original Sin True Blood come from?"
"Although I have not walked the world, I still know a fair bit about the situation of Heaven and Earth. After the Desolate Ancient era, although several drops of Original Sin True Blood appeared, those drops were all preserved from back then. Moreover, those drops of Original Sin True Blood were all eventually merged with, but none belonged to the Thirty-Six Grotto Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands."
"If one Ancestral Patriarch from a Grotto Heaven or Blessed Land obtained Original Sin True Blood, I might not know. But if most Ancestral Patriarchs from the Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands have merged with Original Sin True Blood, I think this certainly wouldn't be a small probability event, and it's impossible that I wouldn't know, right?"
"Hehehehe, an excellent question!
An extremely excellent question!
Hehehehe!"
That sinister, deep voice began to laugh again, laughing just as maniacally as before. After his laughter subsided, he said: "The Original Sin True Blood merged by the Ancestral Patriarchs of the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands wasn't snatched!
But rather..." "Hehehehe...
But rather inherited!
Hehehehe!"
As he spoke to this point, the mysterious man's laughter grew even more maniacal.
"Inherited?
Inherited from where?"
The handsome youth's expression stiffened slightly, as if he had realized something. He exclaimed: "You mean to say...
Back when the Dao-less era was opened, those contending for the Original Sin True Blood weren't just those scheming for the Original Sin True Lord. Those Great Dao Ancestral Patriarchs were also contending for the Original Sin True Blood?"
"If not, where do you think the Original Sin True Blood of the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands came from?"
Good heavens!
The revelations from this mysterious person were each more explosive than the last.
And Da Xing the Mad Monk, who had been hiding in the shadows all along, was stimulated by these successive explosive revelations until he seemed to have lost his soul.
To tell the truth,
when the mysterious person said there were at least more than twenty Children of Original Sin in Heaven and Earth, Da Xing the Mad Monk didn't quite believe it.
Especially when the mysterious person also said that most of these more than twenty Children of Original Sin were Ancestral Patriarchs from the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands, Da Xing felt this fellow must be deliberately spouting nonsense to create chaos.
Because ever since the Primordial Era began, Da Xing the Mad Monk had traveled across the Myriad Realms of the Heavens.
From the highest heavens to the deepest netherworld, from the giants like the Thirty-Six Grotto Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands, down to the various immortal realms of the Great Desolation, and even the various sects in the mortal worlds—there was nothing he didn't know about.
Exaggerated?
Not at all.
There was one secret Da Xing the Mad Monk had never told anyone: his incarnations were spread throughout the Myriad Realms of the Heavens.
Yes!
Incarnations spread throughout the Myriad Realms of the Heavens.
If not for this,
how could Da Xing the Mad Monk be called the Living Buddha of the World?
It is no exaggeration to say that even the Thirty-Six Grotto Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands have incarnations of Da Xing the Mad Monk.
Therefore,
after the Primordial Era began, all the major and minor events that occurred in the Myriad Realms of the Heavens, Da Xing the Mad Monk knew about them. Moreover, he had participated in many of these events.