Chapter 253: The So-Called Gospel

It seemed to be confirming that Li Heng also possessed this kind of aura.

At this moment, Ye Xiaoer had completely accepted Li Heng as one of his own, and he did not guard against him at all. "This passage leads to a marvelous place, where many of our fellow Daoists also reside."

Seeing that Li Heng had not yet set off, Ye Xiaoer explained.

Li Heng nodded, and his Divine Sense slipped into the passage.

Ye Xiaoer looked around, discovered that there was nothing unusual, and immediately sent out his Divine Sense to enter the passage as well.

This passage...

Sensing it slightly, Li Heng fell into deep thought.

This feeling was very familiar, just like when he went to attend that gathering of the so-called Sunset Organization back then. Could it be that the place the passage led to was also a hidden location within the Void?

Perhaps it was because there was a dedicated passage.

Before Li Heng could think too much, he discovered light coming from ahead, clearly indicating that he was about to reach his destination. Soon, his figure submerged into the light, and in an instant, the Heaven and Earth changed.

This place is...

He looked around.

Suddenly, Ye Xiaoer's Divine Sense slipped out.

"Fellow Daoist, welcome to the Promised Land."

He smiled and introduced it to Li Heng.

"Ye Xiaoer, is this that new fellow Daoist?"

Suddenly, many Divine Senses appeared within Li Heng's field of vision.

One of the humanoid Divine Senses spoke slowly.

"That's right, this fellow Daoist has also awakened just like us, and is qualified to join our gathering, participate in our great cause, and push for the arrival of the true Promised Land!"

Ye Xiaoer's Divine Sense took on a form and opened his arms.

"Fellow Daoist, you must be very confused right now. That doesn't matter; I will explain it to you now. If you have any questions you want to ask, just ask. From now on, you are our fellow Daoist and companion."

He looked at Li Heng and said with a smile.

"What is this Promised Land about?"

Li Heng asked.

"This is just our gathering place; the true Promised Land has not yet arrived. And our cause is to make the Promised Land arrive and save the myriad living beings between Heaven and Earth."

Ye Xiaoer said with extreme sacredness.

Li Heng fell into deep thought.

So what on earth is this Promised Land?

Playing the riddle-maker, are we?

A land flowing with milk and honey?

However, Li Heng also knew that he could not ask too much now; asking too much would easily reveal his flaws and be detected by these Divine Senses, so he remained silent.

Hearing that Li Heng did not speak, Ye Xiaoer continued.

"Fellow Daoist, we are not the rotten Dharma Aspects of the old era. When we advanced to the Dharma Aspect Realm, we had already received True Enlightenment, our true selves had already awakened, and we ought to shoulder this heavy responsibility."

He patted the shoulder of Li Heng's Divine Sense, speaking with earnest advice.

Li Heng nodded.

"I understand. Then what should I do?"

Ye Xiaoer smiled upon hearing this.

"We don't need to tell you what to do. No matter how high our individual strength is, we are all fellow Daoists in an equal relationship; there is no such thing as one person commanding another or assigning tasks. We only need to listen to the True Gospel and let the Promised Land gradually arrive."

He said with extreme piety.

Seeing this, Li Heng felt a chill in his heart.

Is this a small-scale brainwashing session for a cult?

However, from these words, Li Heng could also roughly infer the truth. The so-called True Enlightenment should be that they have been polluted by the indescribable things within the World Truth.

But to be polluted and yet not go mad or mutate—could it be related to this awakening of the true self? But is this so-called awakening a possession, a replacement, or a personality modification?

He did not hesitate to speculate with the greatest malice.

Is the so-called Promised Land a place, a force, or perhaps a concept?

The fact that these polluted people could spontaneously form an organization is enough to prove that the trap of advancing to the Dharma Aspect Realm and witnessing the World Truth is very purposeful. Could it be that there really is a mastermind behind the scenes?

A pure Disaster shouldn't be this purposeful.

But Li Heng always felt it wouldn't be that simple.

At the very least, it wouldn't be as simple as just a mastermind.

Was the Disaster created by humans? Or was the Disaster artificially driven? Or perhaps, is all of this just a derivative of this Disaster?

"Since that is the case, this place shouldn't exist, right?"

Suddenly, Li Heng said something shocking, causing the crowd of Divine Senses to be taken aback.

"We who have awakened only need to act by listening to the True Gospel; why bother creating this kind of gathering place? Do you not trust the True Gospel?" Li Heng said very seriously.

Regardless of whether there is a personality behind this True Gospel.

But it seems these Divine Senses all worship the so-called True Reality. Although in Li Heng's view, this True Gospel might just be a task-issuing device, to these people, it might be an omnipotent Lord.

That is why he asked such a question.

"The fellow Daoist has only just awakened and does not know the truth."

Ye Xiaoer shook his head, not getting angry.

"Although we have awakened, have been enlightened by the True Reality, and have the qualification to listen to the True Gospel, this Gospel is not always present; it does not guide our direction at every moment."

"That is why we must build this place to share information with each other, exchange intelligence, and better, faster, and more efficiently push for the arrival of the Promised Land and complete our great cause."

Hearing this, Li Heng felt even more grave.

A mad cultist is not scary.

But a mad cultist who still possesses reason is not something that can be described as merely scary. Especially since the people represented behind these Divine Senses are all in the Dharma Aspect Realm; they are not only mad, but also possess reason and strength.

After thinking for a moment, he changed the subject and spoke.

"Then to what extent has the great cause progressed now?"

Ye Xiaoer shook his head upon hearing this.

"We do not know either."

Li Heng was surprised to hear this, "Why?"

"Fellow Daoist, you do not know. Although we have received True Enlightenment and have already awakened, that is a gift from True Reality; we are merely fortunate to have received such grace."

"True Reality never demands that we do anything. The descent of the Promised Land is merely a vague intuition within us, not a precise goal."

"We are those who pursue True Reality, and at the same time, we are poor wretches who thirst for the descent of the Promised Land. We are undertaking a great cause that has no predecessor and no successor; no one knows how this cause will succeed."

Ye Xiaoer said with a solemn expression.

Li Heng fell into deep thought again, commenting in his heart.

This is still a cult with ideals?

He originally wanted to court death and say, "The Promised Land might not even exist." But just as he was about to speak, the spiritual sense in his head pulsed wildly, warning him not to do so.

Clearly, this meant that if he said this, his cover would be blown.

Does that also mean the Promised Land exists?

Truly as these polluted cultists say.

They have a vague intuition regarding the Promised Land?

"Then what do you usually do? Perhaps we could summarize and categorize these things; that would count as having a reference."

After thinking, Li Heng suggested.

Ye Xiaoer shook his head.

"Fellow Daoist, we have tried the method you mentioned before. But we later discovered that the True Enlightenment each of us heard was vastly different, poles apart, and simply impossible to categorize."

Li Heng immediately became interested.

If one were to compare this gathering to a cult.

Then the so-called True Gospel would be the will of a god.

Isn't the will of a cult's god supposed to be about causing trouble?

For example, killing people, setting fires, or destruction.

Wouldn't summarizing these just lead to the destruction of the existing order?

How could it result in something impossible to categorize?

"What exactly is the enlightenment? How could it be so vastly different?"

Li Heng continued to ask out of curiosity.

"Take me for example; the True Gospel I heard was to make Beijun better, so that everyone loves one another."

Ye Xiaoer replied.

Li Heng was shocked the moment he heard this; what was going on?

Beijun becoming better, everyone loving one another?

What kind of "good-natured" cult is this?

"So how did you do it?"

Li Heng pressed.

"Human hearts have barriers, so in order to let them love one another and merge into one, I let them listen to True Reality and accept True Reality. Unfortunately, they were not as blessed as I am and failed to become awakened people like me." Ye Xiaoer shook his head in disappointment.

"Then what did they turn into?"

Ye Xiaoer waved his hand, and an image appeared.

It was a massive carpet of flesh and blood, covering a radius of a hundred miles, its flesh constantly churning and twisting. A normal person would feel their reason plummet and feel extreme disgust just by looking at it.

"They became failures."

Ye Xiaoer's voice was wooden and very dejected.

Li Heng sighed in his heart; it was truly as he had expected.

"Then what did the others do?"

He continued to ask.

At this moment, another humanoid Divine Sense stood out.

"New fellow Daoist, take me for example. The Gospel I heard was to kill; the more I kill, the better. My former relatives, parents, and the entire county where I lived were all killed by me."

This humanoid Divine Sense said with a smile.

"You see, there is such a massive difference."

The other Divine Senses also nodded, fully agreeing.

Killing people and making people live better...

These two things are indeed poles apart.

But the results caused are almost all the same.

Li Heng immediately realized that this so-called True Gospel might vary from person to person, but the final result it leads to is actually the same: it remains the destruction of the old order.

Summarized and categorized, it is what these people call the pursuit of True Reality.

But they themselves do not know how to pursue True Reality.

That is why such an impossible-to-categorize result appears.

If categorized by the alignment grid, these fellows are chaotic evil, at most only refraining from killing their own?

"Mm, I understand."

"However, I have discovered that we truly have many fellow Daoists; to think there are so many fellow travelers and companions."

Li Heng laughed.

"That is only natural. Although the difficulty of advancing to the Dharma Aspect has increased greatly since True Reality descended a hundred years ago, the various dynasties have too many people and too many geniuses. There are always some who can become the lucky ones, successfully awaken to break through to the Dharma Aspect, and become our fellow travelers."

A Divine Sense said with a laugh.

"Actually, this is very few. Looking at so many people, in reality, it has gathered almost everyone from the various dynasties."

"Hmph, it is all the fault of some dynasties for actually issuing orders prohibiting breakthroughs to the Dharma Aspect! The Zhuzhu Dynasty is simply rotten to the core and foolish beyond compare! Otherwise, there would only be more people becoming our fellow Daoists and companions."

Another Divine Sense said angrily.

"So they are geniuses of the Zhuzhu Dynasty."

Li Heng said in surprise.

"Haha, fellow Daoist, do not be so surprised. We are all companions now; this is an existence of equality. It does not exist that whoever is stronger is superior, or whoever is gifted and intelligent can look down upon others."

Li Heng nodded.

"However, I also wish to get to know you all."

"I wonder what the Reality identities of you fellow Daoists are? I am called Xuan Dao, and I am the Division Chief of the Demon Suppression Division in Jinhua City."

Li Heng laughed, directly selling out Xuan Dao.

Just as Li Heng had guessed, once these people considered him a fellow traveler and companion, they would not be on guard or harbor any suspicions. Very quickly, he learned their Reality identities from their own mouths.

And, he grasped the aura coordinates corresponding to them!