Chapter 239: Complete Heaven and Earth

"Then is this sort of thing good or bad?"

Li Heng asked with a smile.

The Great Elder spoke with profound meaning.

"Whether it is good or bad depends entirely on you, little friend Li."

"The current situation is turbulent, and Heaven and Earth can barely protect themselves; where would they find the spare time to investigate Anomalies and variables? If Heaven and Earth still possessed Reason, surely they would hope for these variables to save them, right?"

"What if I do not wish to save them?"

"Why must you test me, little friend?" The Great Elder shook his head.

"The fall of Heaven and Earth is already a foregone conclusion. For a foregone conclusion, variables are extremely detestable, especially to those who benefit from this conclusion; you should be aware of this, little friend."

Li Heng's expression was calm.

He was naturally aware of the subtext of this Great Elder of the Tianming Organization.

Heaven and Earth might not go out of its way to trouble a variable like him.

But the mastermind behind the Heaven and Earth Mutation that led to its fall might come to trouble a variable like him. Only by eliminating all variables can the fall of Heaven and Earth become a true, foregone conclusion.

Of course, this is assuming there really is a mastermind behind these mutations.

"They may not have noticed me."

This "they" referred to the mastermind whose existence was uncertain.

"Little friend, the stronger your strength, the heavier your presence in Heaven and Earth; you will be noticed by them sooner or later."

The Great Elder of the Tianming Organization shook his head.

He was not worried about the issue of Li Heng taking action.

Because as Heaven and Earth gradually undergoes mutation, and Li Heng is situated within Heaven and Earth, he will take action sooner or later and move toward the opposite side of these mutations.

Li Heng smiled upon hearing this and did not continue to answer.

The Great Elder's statement was both true and untrue. If he were to follow the path planned out before, he would naturally stand in opposition to the mutations, stopping them either directly or indirectly.

This is an unavoidable choice for a normal living being.

But if he changed his path, followed his heart, and considered his own life, then his Visualization Supernatural Ability could provide other choices at any time.

For instance, abandoning the light for the darkness; his Visualization Supernatural Ability could visualize the Great Sun, could visualize Darkness, and could even visualize this Heaven and Earth Mutation, which is indescribable.

Seng Daoke listened to the dialogue between the two, feeling confused. How did these two speak as if it were encrypted? Was this a conversation between riddle-mongers?

He suddenly spoke up.

"Great Elder, was it you who made me lose my memory?"

The Great Elder of the Tianming Organization nodded.

"You had to lose your memory; there was no other choice."

"Then what was the intuition that called me here?" Seng Daoke asked, somewhat lost.

"This is the reason I made you lose your memory. Haven't you noticed? As long as you recover your memories regarding the Tianming Organization, this kind of mysterious intuition will appear in your mind."

"Who do you think can release this kind of mysterious intuition?" The Great Elder of the Tianming Organization asked Seng Daoke in return.

Seng Daoke fell into silence.

Why did he believe in this intuition back then and subsequently leave alone? It was because this intuition felt like a sudden inspiration, a flash of insight, as if he had experienced a sudden enlightenment—it was incomparably natural.

It was not at all like some kind of suggestion or hypnosis.

The only thing that could make him feel this way was Heaven and Earth itself...

"It seems you have realized it; it is only 'Heaven'."

"In this time period, the version of me in this True Reality branch died, but I wounded Heaven in a near-miraculous way, causing the Tianming Ritual to shatter. Logically, this was impossible; I can only speculate that Heaven possessed a portion of its original Reason and intentionally held back."

"In the end, I sealed the distorted sub-will of Heaven that manifested in the world here. It cannot return to the Nine Heavens, cannot wreak havoc on the world, and can only lurk here, eyeing the Present World like a tiger."

"And it called you here because it wanted you to release it. You are the only surviving member of the Tianming Organization, and your Causality with this place is extremely deep. As long as you still possess memories related to the Tianming Organization, the Causality remains linked, and it will not let you go."

The Great Elder of the Tianming Organization stood with his hands behind his back.

For the weak, knowing too much is a sin.

Seng Daoke's complexion was pale, devoid of any blood.

He had not expected the truth to be like this.

"Actually, I originally intended for you to encounter that variable in the near future, and then, through a stroke of luck, have you recover your memories to guide that variable here to resolve this distorted will."

"I did not expect little friend Li to appear, and for you all to come ahead of schedule." The Great Elder of the Tianming Organization shook his head.

"We did not see that distorted will, but instead saw another possibility. It seems we did not formally step into its lurking ground?"

Li Heng spoke up.

The Great Elder of the Tianming Organization nodded.

"Correct. Little friend Li has eyes like torches. Just as I said before, what you saw just now was not a phantom of history, but another branch of the Light Flow, another possibility."

"The residual power after my death prevented you from stepping into its domain and brought you here, to the crevice between two branches of the Light Flow, belonging to the space between existence and non-existence."

"Precisely because of this, you were able to see this possibility. The Seng Daoke of this branch did not arrive late or slack off; he participated in the Tianming Ritual on time, and thus he mutated on the spot and died."

Li Heng nodded.

"How unlucky, what a Supernatural Ability."

The Great Elder of the Tianming Organization gave a wry smile upon hearing this.

"Little friend Li, I know you do not trust me, but I must still say that at this point in time, the Tianming Ritual has already occurred, so I am already dead. I can only say that the version of me at the node of the Tianming Ritual is still alive."

"Alive in the past?" Li Heng said.

"The version of me at the past Tianming Ritual node can no longer be considered alive; it is also gradually dying. Every time a branch is observed and I am killed by Heaven once, my power weakens by a fraction. In the end, my past will also be erased."

The Great Elder of the Tianming Organization explained.

"Is this the power of Heaven?" Li Heng said.

The Tianming Great Elder smiled upon hearing this.

"That is correct, this is the power of Heaven. Heaven has killed me countless times across countless branches of time, and has gradually realized that something is wrong. Sooner or later, it will notice that I, at that time Node of the Tianming Ritual, am observing the infinite future."

"The moment it knows, is the moment I truly perish."

Having clearly stated his own death, the old man's face remained calm, without a single ripple.

"Can the power of Heaven even transcend time?"

Li Heng was surprised.

"Whether Heaven can transcend time, I do not know, but it can certainly exert a partial influence, just like with me; it might be able to erase my Causality in the World entirely."

"Heaven and Earth, the essence of the World is space and time. A World of a single instant is not a World; a Heaven and Earth of a single instant is not Heaven and Earth. Only the sum of all space and time from the beginning of the creation of Heaven and Earth to the present is the complete Heaven and Earth."

"This is also a point I only understood after I died. It is precisely because I knew this after death, that I died."

As he spoke, he gave a bitter smile.

"Are you afraid now? In this complete Heaven and Earth as defined, Heaven, which possesses vast and mighty power, has now undergone an Anomaly; one can imagine just how Terror-inducing the truth behind this Anomaly is."

"Sometimes I am truly glad that I am already dead. At least I do not have to face the true Anomaly directly."

Li Heng shook his head and chuckled softly.

"You don't need to scare me; I have a clear judgment. Heaven and Earth, the World, perhaps they are indeed as you say, a collection of all space and time from ancient times to the present, which counts as complete."

"But scale is scale, and power is power."

"This Heaven absolutely cannot utilize the power of every time segment. As for this Anomaly, I will not make rash conclusions; perhaps this Anomaly is really progressing along the Time Axis, who knows."

The Tianming Elder nodded.

"It is good that you have such thoughts, little friend; I am relieved."

"If the Anomaly cannot be resolved by the Anomaly I predicted, perhaps the final hope must still be placed upon you, little friend."

He bowed to Li Heng.

Li Heng did not respond, remaining noncommittal. This old man clearly had many things he had not told him, and there were many suspicious points in his words just now; he did not need to open his heart to this old man or make any guarantees.

This Tianming Great Elder seemingly did not expect to receive a guarantee from Li Heng either, turning his head to look at Seng Daoke, and began to ask.

"Have you thought it through now?"

"I..." Seng Daoke was silent, wanting to speak but hesitating.

No one wants to lose their memories.

Especially the memories of the past few decades that formed their own personality.

"You must make a decision soon; you should be clear that the calling and the sense of induction in your mind have become increasingly intense. Even between two branches of time, Heaven can still sense you."

The Tianming Great Elder said calmly.

"I... I understand."

"After leaving, please, Great Elder, re-..."

"Wait!"

Li Heng suddenly reached out his hand and spoke. "There is no need to reseal your memories; I might be able to resolve this matter of the calling and induction."

The Tianming Great Elder was surprised upon hearing this.

"Little friend Li, I would like to hear the details."

To him, Li Heng was shrouded in mist, to the extent that he did not understand Li Heng's methods at all; perhaps there really was a way.

However, this is Heaven.

Does he really have a way to resolve it?

Li Heng did not answer immediately.

He extended a finger.

A huge Light Orb condensed on his finger, then the Light Orb was compressed to the extreme, turning into a Small Light Point. Then another Light Orb appeared, compressed again, and merged into that Small Light Point.

Thus it continued to Cycle, repeating and merging.

Until the tenth time.

"Nine is the limit of Heaven and Earth; the tenth time implies breaking the shackles of Heaven and Earth. A good method."

The Tianming Great Elder praised.

But immediately he shook his head, "It is a pity that I do not think this is useful; the power of the Great Sun is not yet enough to isolate the calling of Heaven."

He was very surprised in his heart.

This little friend Li was actually able to break the curse of that group of things and successfully embark on the path of the Great Sun. He is worthy of being an Anomaly. It is a pity that the Great Sun is no longer the original Great Sun; it has long since fallen from its status.

The status of the Great Sun is already insufficient to deal with the status of Heaven.

Li Heng smiled upon hearing this and did not answer, instead flicking the Small Light Point formed by the tenth compression and fusion into Seng Daoke's forehead.

The Great Sun of this World might be useless against the Heaven of this World, but the power of his Great Sun Dharma Image is not simply the power of the Great Sun of this World.

In an instant, Seng Daoke was stunned, his expression turning to joy.

"The calling and induction in my mind have actually disappeared!"

The Tianming Great Elder was dumbfounded upon hearing this.

Is it real? Did it actually work?

He sensed slightly and indeed discovered that the thread of Causality that had a faint connection with Seng Daoke, which even he could not cut, had disappeared. Immediately, monstrous waves surged in his heart.

At this moment, he hesitated.

He hesitated whether to give up on the Anomaly he had predicted and instead invest in this little friend Li. Originally, he did not want to invest, because this little friend Li was incomparably mysterious, and the investment risk was too great.

Once the investment failed.

There would be no final hope left.

But now this little friend Li had proven his strength. He could actually shield the power of Heaven so easily? Perhaps this little friend Li is the true Salvation?

Li Heng did not care what the Great Elder of Heaven's Mandate was thinking. He clapped his hands, his eyes flashing with light. He spoke, "Old man, how is the strength of that aberrant sub-will of Heaven?"

He had a bold idea!