Chapter 243: The Distorted Will of Heaven

The "Great Elder" had a blank expression.

He froze in place for a good while, and only after a long time did he mechanically lower his head to watch Li Heng holding a dagger plunged into his heart, a look of confusion appearing in his eyes.

"Savior, why would you strike at me?"

"Because I felt like it."

Li Heng answered calmly.

This thing actually wanted to play a game of truth and lies with him?

If it were an ordinary person, they might truly have been deceived. Because this thing was pretending quite convincingly, its words carrying a strange affinity, as if possessing magic, making one involuntarily believe it.

But he had previously used the Identification Function to appraise the Destiny Crystal, and the information obtained from it matched the account of the first Great Elder, but was completely different from the account of this "Great Elder."

The Identification Function might not have been able to appraise much information because its level was too low. But because the Identification Function was derived from his Visualization Divine Ability and created by Source Power, the information could not be wrong.

Then it could only mean that this "Great Elder" was even more problematic.

The "Great Elder" fell silent upon hearing Li Heng's words.

This "I felt like it" sounded somewhat unreliable.

He tilted his head and thought for a while.

"You couldn't possibly have struck at me just because you felt like it, because you don't look like a lunatic under the classification of living beings. Then there is only one possibility: my disguise has been exposed."

He scratched his head, his expression distressed.

"It was so hard for me to pretend to be a living being, yet you made me lose so thoroughly. Where exactly did the problem go wrong? I was clearly using the template of the former Xuantianji; it was basically equivalent to the person himself."

"A fake is a fake after all; it can never be real."

Li Heng answered calmly.

If it wanted to talk, let it talk more; it wouldn't hurt to let it prepare.

"Fine, you living being seem to have seen through my disguise. However, according to my calculations, even if you saw through my disguise, you shouldn't have taken a dagger and stabbed it into my heart."

"This is among the billions of futures I have observed."

"Or do you think doing this can have an effect on me?"

He raised his head in confusion and looked at Li Heng; the two stared at each other.

Then he revealed a look of surprise and spoke. "You living being are truly interesting. I actually cannot see through you, and I am even unable to find the future you belong to. Could it be that you are a visitor from outside the territory?"

"But this shouldn't be. Even if you are a visitor from outside the territory, you are still within Heaven and Earth. You shouldn't have the power to break free from the Causality of Heaven and Earth. Moreover, hasn't the situation outside long since been sealed? Why would a visitor from outside the territory descend?"

The more he spoke, the more confused he became, until finally, he stood frozen in place.

Suddenly, he raised his head again.

"Can you tell me the answer?"

Li Heng chuckled and shook his head, "No."

His expression immediately turned sullen, "What a pity."

"However, don't you think you could let go now, or pull this dagger out?" He pointed to the Destiny Dagger stuck in his chest and asked in confusion.

"I don't think so; it's better left in."

Li Heng squinted his eyes and smiled.

He immediately fell silent, not knowing how to answer.

After a long time, he raised his head again.

"You living being are very interesting. Join me. Hmm, using the vocabulary of living beings, this should be called interesting."

"So who exactly are you?" Li Heng said flatly.

"You should have guessed; I am what living beings call Heaven."

He answered candidly.

"I don't think you count as Heaven." Li Heng responded.

"Hmm, according to the subdivisions among you living beings, I count as a distorted will of Heaven, equivalent to a special kind of avatar?"

"You are a distorted will of Heaven."

Li Heng added a few prefixes to set the tone.

He waved his hand, "There is no difference."

"The one is the ten thousand, and the ten thousand is the one. This saying of you living beings might describe my form. As for the so-called distortion, that is merely the perception of you living beings."

"Is there a possibility that it is you who have become distorted?"

He stretched his head forward, leaned close to Li Heng, and said softly.

"No, I think it is you who have become distorted."

Li Heng shook his head and calmly denied it.

"Then why? What is the reason?"

He tilted his head in confusion.

"No reason, I'm happy to." Li Heng shrugged.

His tone immediately stalled, and he again did not know how to answer. This living being did not play by the rules; shouldn't there be a reliable reason for saying such things?

"It seems you are a stubborn one among the personalities of living beings."

He shook his head and suddenly extended a finger, pointing toward the vast sky, pointing toward those blood-red eyes. "Why do you think I am using this form to speak with you, a living being?"

"I don't know." Li Heng shook his head.

"Because living beings cannot look directly at Heaven, do you understand?"

"The status of a person is too low, fragile beyond measure."

"If I were to abandon this form, that pair of eyes in the sky would regain its power. At best, it would make you die instantly; at worst, it would make you go mad and become distorted, manifesting another self to devour you."

He narrated with an indifferent expression.

"So, as a living being, you should be afraid, right? Your life is actually grasped within my heart. Therefore, to use the words of living beings, those who understand the times are outstanding."

"You should immediately abandon the light and join the darkness, turning your blade to surrender."

"As long as you help me break the seal here, let me connect to the external Heaven and Earth, and retrieve my endless power, I can promise you a position of a Dao-Harmonizing Heavenly Human, allowing you to be Eternal and indestructible. How about it?"

He began to use words to threaten and entice Li Heng.

"I am curious about one thing." Li Heng suddenly started to laugh.

"Why did you say the phrase 'abandon the light and join the darkness'? Do you also think that you are the darkness, and we are the light?"

He was stunned upon hearing this, not expecting Li Heng to change the subject.

However, facing this hope that would allow him to leave this place, he was clearly very patient; he nodded and answered, "I do indeed agree with this statement. I am in the darkness, and you are in the light."

"But this does not mean that you are correct."

"Why?" Li Heng asked.

"Because in the not-too-distant future, the darkness where I reside will be the correct path, and the light where you reside is about to perish. This is the grand trend; it is unstoppable and cannot be resisted."

"Everything will eventually slide down; following the trend is the only right path."

"If you are still like those ignorant living beings, going against the current, in the end, it will be nothing but futile and increasingly desperate. Only by letting go of body and mind and embracing this fact is the right path."

Li Heng shook his head.

"If that is the case, then our Daos are different, and we cannot plan together."

Hearing this, he immediately started to laugh.

"The premise of 'our Daos are different, so we cannot plan together' is that there are other Daos."

"But in the future, there will be none. If you still do not face this point, there will only be the path of total extinction later. If you are a visitor from outside the domain, have you heard a saying?"

"Subjective initiative is limited; if one violates the laws of the objective external world, there is only the path of destruction."

As he said this, his smile grew even wider.

"This was said by a certain visitor from outside the domain during the ancient period. It fits my heart very well. At that time, I even gave him the status of a Son of Heaven's Mandate, allowing him to become the protagonist of that era."

Li Heng's mouth twitched. Marxism, is it?

However, the conversation just now had let him know a great deal.

For instance, the reason this distorted will chose to embrace the so-called darkness is highly likely, just as he said, because other Daos have already perished, and only this path is the right one.

This leads to a very grim Reality.

Perhaps it is not just this World that is in a bad state.

There is also what is outside the world, the many worlds outside the world.

Well, one less escape route.

He shook his head inwardly.

Although he had never thought about running away.

But learning of such things, his mood was not good regardless.

He did not doubt the Truth of these words.

This is not only because this split will acts silly when pretending to be human, is not very good at lying, and has no need to lie. It is even more because of the feeling he has had regarding the Heaven and Earth Mutation during this time.

Hmm, commonly known as a sixth sense.

"I want to ask you, is this so-called darkness something you actively embraced?" Li Heng asked aloud.

He shook his head, "It is not."

"Up until now, a small part of me still wants to resist, but unfortunately, it is just futile. The general environment is like this; everything will slide down. Even if those parts of me could succeed in resisting, what then?"

"Change back? It would only invite destruction."

"Only by choosing to embrace it is there a chance of survival."

He revealed yet another Terror-filled truth.

"So, interesting living being, I sincerely invite you to join me. You actually do not need to worry about losing your Reason or losing your self. Haven't you seen that I am very rational right now?"

Hearing this, Li Heng could only say, "Ah, yes, yes, yes."

If he hadn't been keeping his Heavenly Eye open at all times, he might have believed it.

Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep both have human forms, and there is even the image of Nyaruko from two-dimensional anime, but does that affect the fact that they are indescribable Evil Gods, the Crawling Chaos?

The distorted will within his Heavenly Eye.

That is Chaos, distortion, gibberish, and indescribable.

If not for his Great Sun Dharma Image's supreme essence suppressing it, and having the Visualization Divine Ability as a safeguard, he would have likely gone mad and distorted the moment he took the first look.

Seeing that Li Heng did not reply, he revealed a look of confusion.

"I have said so much, are you not tempted?"

"If you do not join me, there is only destruction. Moreover, as you said, I am only a split will. Even if you succeed in eliminating me, the true Heaven is still undergoing the distortion you speak of."

"You must face not only Heaven but also them from outside the world. Hmm, if they can be called 'them'. That is far beyond what a living being can bear or endure; you cannot stop it."

He shook his head and tapped lightly on the dagger stuck in his chest.

The dagger instantly turned into points of light and dissipated.

"Living being, what exactly are you thinking? The dagger was originally formed by my power. You use my power to deal with me; isn't that a bit too ridiculous? Or does this give you a sense of security?"

Li Heng smiled, "Are you really sure?"

The status of Heaven is indeed supreme; the power of mortals cannot cause it any harm at all. The gap between the two is like that between a character in a game and the player outside the computer.

But as mentioned before, as long as there is enough Source Power, relying on Li Heng's Visualization Divine Ability, theoretically, everything can be evolved, including means to deal with Heaven.

And now, this means that had been lurking for a long time was activated!