Chapter 541 Heaven and Earth Enter My Picture

The Jade Emperor raised his head suddenly, but before he could move, he was frozen. Gu Qingyuan stepped forward with a smile and said, “Is the taste of my immobilization technique, one of the 72 Earthly Fiends, worthy of its reputation?”

Just as he was about to break free, the Jade Emperor felt an inexplicable force coming from all directions, and there was a trace of power in it that was very familiar.

Unable to break free, he sighed: “I never thought that fellow Daoist’s cultivation was so advanced that he could even control the power of time.”

The Jade Emperor was locked in time, but he was not worried. He could also briefly wander in the long river of time and was very familiar with this power. However, he did not move and stared blankly at Gu Qingyuan.

He saw the veins behind Gu Qingyuan, each of which extended very far, and these things had never been seen a moment ago. Jade Emperor knew what they were, and they were what he had been pursuing.

“Possibility is a possibility that exists outside of the constant, an opportunity to break free from the shackles, and also a chance to escape.”

He murmured in his heart, everything the Jade Emperor did, whether it was transcendence or the fruit of the Tao, was just because he was unwilling. He was unwilling to be at the mercy of others, unwilling to be locked in by his fate, and even more unwilling to let everything in the past be a foregone conclusion.

What he was looking for was just that glimmer of possibility beyond the fixed number that he had not obtained after his ego reflected the universe and projected all realms. Even if he lived to grow old, get sick and die as a mortal, the Jade Emperor would be willing to accept it, because that life was not affected by his ego.

The Jade Emperor is proud, even if he says it in a teasing tone, he knows in his heart that everything he has now, even if it is the result of his own hard work, is actually still due to the power of his own ego. As the Lord of Heaven, how can he accept this result?

And now, the thing he had dreamed of was right in front of him, clearly displayed. He even forgot what to do for a moment and only wanted to comprehend that slight possibility.

“The only law in the world is that it is easy and not easy to change. This is the essence of this poor Taoist. It is an anomaly that is born from the extreme changes and does not follow the fixed numbers.”

Gu Qingyuan showed his own path: “I was born in the midst of change, and I also draw strength from change. Since entering the world, everything I have done has been to seek change. Now that the world has changed, my path should also be fulfilled.”

He bowed and said: “I was reserved when discussing the Dao before. It’s not that I didn’t want to, but that I couldn’t. The Dao of change is in the mind. Once the Dao is revealed, it will be restrained. And the changes that are restrained can no longer be called changes.”

Gu Qingyuan gently raised his hand: “The sun rises and sets, and the stars rotate. This is the common sense of heaven and earth, and it is also the destiny of heaven and earth.”

“Life and death, disaster and fortune, the reincarnation of all souls are also a constant. Another constant is that all things in the world go from order to chaos, and from chaos to order. This cycle repeats itself, and only then can all living beings and things shine.”

He sighed softly, “In this world, there is the law of cause and effect set up by the heavens, trying to lock the fate of all living beings and eliminate change. In the universe, there are even those with great magical powers who manipulate the timeline, trying to make everything move according to the will of one person.”

A ball of white light slowly emerged. The light was dim and even the color was constantly changing, as if it was a ball of uncertain chaos. This ball of light illuminated the world, as if all things and possibilities in the world were contained in it.

But, it is only in this world.

“I must achieve enlightenment in this world, and I can only achieve enlightenment in this world, because I will not exist in other timelines.”

Gu Qingyuan said slowly: “When I achieve enlightenment, I will gather the variables and transform them into Dao Fruit. This is the collection of variables in this world and the cause of the changes in this world.”

“I was able to build this Dao Fruit because of the great benefit this world has left behind, so…”

He held the ball of light tightly, crushing it bit by bit, and the ball of light exploded and turned into strands of light, rushing towards the world and towards all living beings. “So I will give this power to this world and to every living being.”

Gu Qingyuan handed a stream of light in his hand to the Jade Emperor: “And all living things, naturally including you.”

Lights are flying, and the shackles that bind all living beings are opened. Even if they do not feel anything unusual, the possibilities that should have belonged to all living beings have returned to them and are brewing endless changes.

At the very least, this world will no longer be a world where things remain the same for thousands of years and are as dull as stagnant water. Technology will not stagnate under the suppression of practitioners, and people’s livelihood will not go back to the starting point.

The people of this world will develop their own unique technology tree, perhaps immortal technology, mechanical science, or insect flesh and blood technology. They have more choices and endless possibilities, and these will no longer be restricted.

“Call this power change, call it possibility, call it easier, and this is also my way!”

Gu Qingyuan said with a slight smile: “I can already see the splendor brought about by the collision of infinite sparks of wisdom thousands of years later, and the chaotic order of infinite possibilities mixed together. This is what I want.”

“Seeking change, seeking ease, I will become stronger in the change, and eventually find the ultimate variable that exhausts all changes and contains all changes. I call it Taiyi!”

He turned around and put the stunned Jade Emperor behind him: “The search for the ultimate variable is too difficult and too long. Even if I manipulate time, I will have to wait for a very long time, so long that it is out of reach.”

“Only by transcending time, using time for your own benefit, and concentrating it, can you cross the long process and reap the final fruit. And I have decided to do something to speed up this process for this goal.”

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With a slight sound, Gu Qingyuan withdrew his hand. Jade Emperor looked at the big hole in his chest, his vitality slowly draining away, and a voice rang in his ears.

“It is your way to reduce everything to nothingness. I will not interfere. But as a fellow Taoist, I am willing to lend you a hand. Let’s start with your death. I think with your talent, we will meet soon.”

Gu Qingyuan anchored one of the myriad variables and incorporated it into the present world, destroying the Jade Emperor’s vitality.

To reduce to nothingness is to give up everything, and the best way is to die. Death will be forgotten and disappear in the eyes of all living beings. But for the Jade Emperor, death is not the end, and what just happened was not the real death. His path of reducing to nothingness has just begun. He is reborn towards death, lives a new life, and wakes up in the long river of time. If the Jade Emperor cannot do it, Gu Qingyuan will feel disappointed.

Watching the Jade Emperor’s body slowly dissipate and turn into the main star in the sky, Gu Qingyuan held the blank map and murmured, “It’s time for you to be born.”

The painting unfolded, as if ink was dripping, and first a person appeared with a red gourd on his waist. It was Lu Ya, followed by Luo Xuan, Yun Xiao…

As each figure appeared, the space within the painting stretched, and the human figures became the size of rice grains. A star map that encompassed the heavens and the earth was distributed in the painting.

Gu Qingyuan unfolded the scroll, and the picture fluttered in the wind, transforming into boundless heaven and earth, an infinite plane, enveloping the entire mortal world.

“The heaven and earth enter the map, the universe enters the painting, the map of mountains, rivers and the country, let it appear in the world!”

(End of this chapter)