Indestructible Body Of Vajra Of The Village Leader

”Brother Jiang’s presence... has disappeared for nearly half a day... seems like still unable to tackle those four Leaders of the Strange People...”

Within the gray Sky, layers of dark mist tumbled and jostled, a dignified figure was sitting on a stone chair, with a deep gaze, then looking again at the shadowy figures gathering on the mountain path below, where some even began to push and scold each other, yet showed extreme respect for him sitting at the mountaintop.

This is a group of cowards.

They are the weakest in the Sky.

The cowards have not completely lost their courage.

On the contrary, when they face weaker existences, their courage swells immensely, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, just like the group of cowards below hitting and scolding others who are weaker.

Yet, they collectively show absolute respect to the strong, surviviving by clinging to them, flattering and fawning, coming together in worship.

Zhu Wushi gazed indifferently at the cowards below, who showed him reverence yet bullied the weaker ones, finding the Sky quite interesting indeed.

In this Sky, those who survive have twisted psyches, with various dark aspects of human nature magnified.

Like the Lost Souls, they lose their innocence and willingly degrade, resenting all beautiful things, even scheming to drag normal people into their ranks, degenerating together, becoming filthy maggots in dark gutters.

Like the cowards in front of him, aren’t they just like the corrupt officials in Ming Country, utterly reverent and not daring to offend him, appearing harmless, yet turning around and showing contemptuous and detestable attitudes to the weaker commoners and minor officials.

”Rather than calling this the most sinful place on earth, the greatest prison, it’s more apt to say this is where all truths are brutally exposed, the most realistic and truest place...”

Here, all those who have fallen, display the vices of human nature without reservation; compared to hidden malice, such unreserved exposure is actually safer and more interesting...”

Zhu Wushi looked down at the group of cowards below, developing various insights, all formed from observing various creatures in the Sky over time.

He likes observing the phenomena of things, extending into reflections on life and the world, and then integrating them into his Martial Arts.

In the past, by observing the most fundamental physical states of things, grasping things to gain knowledge, he discovered the various commonalities of all things before; almost everything, even hard metals, could be devoured and absorbed, constructing a furnace of suction power with his Power, refining them into a state of Energy, coexisting with himself, gradually making the Absorption Skill supreme, capable of not only further absorbing Spirits but also devouring and absorbing all things under the sky.

Now, through observing the phenomena within the Sky, observing Heaven and Earth’s Intent, observing human nature, he generates numerous reflections on the Will of Heaven and Earth as well as human nature, seeking opportunities to integrate them into his own Martial Arts.

”The fallen Heaven and Earth’s Intent is actually like human nature, releasing the deep-rooted wickedness of the Heaven and Earth Will, but these roots, because the Heaven and Earth Will have no emotions, therefore, do not have as many negative emotions as human nature’s wickedness like greed, lust, arrogance, rage, cowardice, etc. The fallen Heaven and Earth’s Intent has only one root—pure evil!”

”This pure evil can uniquely ignite the deep wickedness within each person’s heart, ultimately leading people to fall; according to the predominance of different roots, the fallen may become Overlords, Lost Souls, Cowards, Temperamentals, Lustfuls... Among them, those with firm wills, struggling between falling and not falling, will gradually transform into the Twisted.”

Zhu Wushi’s expression became gradually grave, with one eye glowing intensely with Earth Intent, casting a blue hue, while the other eye faintly glowed with Heavenly Will, casting a white hue.

He has actually simultaneously devoured and absorbed both Heaven and Earth’s Intent, with the sole purpose of further studying the Heaven and Earth Will, taking the risk upon himself.

”So... just by controlling the seven emotions and six desires in human nature’s roots, one can devour the fallen Heaven and Earth’s Intent with minimal cost; even though pure evil resides within the spirit, without the kindling of the seven emotions and six desires, one will not completely fall and distort, but rather, gradually assimilate... unify with Heaven and Earth, shine alongside the sun and moon.”

This could be a direct path to immortality, but the cost is abandoning the seven emotions and six desires; even if one can still control and restore the seven emotions and six desires in the early stages, the further down this path, the harder it is to return.

Therefore, he ultimately hesitated in his heart.

In the past, he could contend for the Imperial Throne for Suxin, or retreat from the Martial World for her; now, is he supposed to abandon Suxin to pursue a lonely immortality alone?

But if he could fully understand this Heaven-reaching road, maybe not only himself, but he could also help Suxin and friends around him to achieve immortality together, otherwise, with Suxin’s lifespan as an ordinary person, now over fifty years, how many more years can she accompany him?

”There’s another method, which is to balance and counteract the extreme evil will formed between the Heaven and Earth’s Intent, allowing my consciousness to maintain a period of rational calm... but this method is also like walking a tightrope over a cliff, with the slightest misstep leading to an abyss.”

”Alas...”

A faint sigh gently wafts through the mountain top.