Shadow World existed from the beginning of creation. Was it created by the Creator to maintain the balance of yin and yang?
Li Xiuchang was thinking quickly in his mind and immediately thought of many unreasonable things.
"How to balance this? As far as humans are concerned, the body and the shadow are highly similar, and there seems to be no complementarity."
Thinking about it in Li Xiuchang, if we really want to complement yin and yang and maintain balance, then the body and shadow should be opposite.
If the main body is male, the shadow should be female; if the main body is alive, the shadow should be in a ghost state; if the main body is basking in the sun, the shadow should be basking in the moon...
Only in this way can the balance of yin and yang be maintained.
Confucian Sage nodded slightly. "You have a good idea, but it is a pity that the people who created the world do not have that kind of patience, and it is easy to say, but to do it, this is an unimaginably complicated task.
"Once we pursue a one-to-one complete balance, there are too many things to control. Both the body and the shadow may be affected by the environment at any time and destroy the balance. Do we still need to restrict everyone's actions?"
Li Xiuchang understands what Confucian Sage means. This is indeed difficult to achieve.
Because both the body and the shadow have their own thinking and consciousness, and they will do things according to their own ideas.
When the main body is basking in the sun, is it necessary to force the shadow to bask in the moon?
And there are many things that affect the ratio of yin and yang, such as dual cultivation, the process of yin and yang harmony, and after the end, will affect the ratio of yin and yang.
You can't start dual cultivation on the main body and force the shadow to follow the dual cultivation, right?
Therefore, unless the actions of the shadow and the body are completely controlled, one-to-one balance control of yin and yang cannot be achieved.
Confucian Sage added, "And if yin and yang are to be controlled one by one, then not only people, but all things in the world must correspond. From the sun and the moon to as small as a grain of dust, yin and yang must be balanced, otherwise the world will be full of loopholes."
"Then how to achieve the balance of yin and yang in the end? "Li Xiuchang asked curiously.
Confucian Sage smiled and said, "The person who created the world thought of a lazy but very useful method. He regarded the entire world as a whole. Everything in this world, all living things, heaven, earth, lakes and seas, are all connected together.
"Every creature born in this world is branded and has an invisible but strong connection with the world. Therefore, just by adjusting Shadow World according to the yin and yang of the entire world, the yin and yang of the two worlds can be balanced."
Li Xiuchang thought for a while and said, "So the world of cultivating immortals we live in seems to be two worlds from Shadow World, but in fact it is still one world, just like the front and back of a piece of paper.
"And we are on the front of the paper, and Shadow World is on the back. However, the positive and negative sides are regarded as a whole. According to the proportion of yin and yang on the positive side, the proportion of yin and yang on the negative side is adjusted to ensure that when the positive and negative sides are added, the yin and yang are still in a balanced state."
Confucian Sage nodded, agreeing with Li Xiuchang's understanding.
According to this, the negative side of Shadow World does exist to serve the positive side.
If Yang is strong on the positive side and Yin is weak, add more "Yin" to the negative side;
If the yin on the positive side is strong and the yang is declining, add more "yang" to the negative side.
In this way, the positive and negative sums are always balanced, ensuring that everything in the positive world operates in the expected order.
But for Shadow World, there is no need to worry about whether they are alive or dead. Anyway, there are correction methods, and the dead can be resurrected.
In this way, it is equivalent to only carrying out macro-control without having to worry about detailed changes, which saves a lot of things.
The idea is good, and it sounds fine, but if everything was really perfect, it wouldn't be the situation it is today.
"Senior Confucian Sage, are there any loopholes in this method of operation? "Li Xiuchang asked.
Confucian Sage shook his head. "Apart from the poor life of the shadows, there are actually no loopholes. Moreover, the person who created the world did not intend for Shadow World to be dark all year round. However, the positive side is obviously prosperous and the negative side is declining, so the negative side can only bear more 'yin', so Shadow World will be dark."
Li Xiuchang suddenly realized that the darkness of Shadow World was taking the blame for the world of cultivating immortals.
In the positive world, there are countless creatures and countless strong people. The days are long and the nights are short. The yin and yang are extremely unbalanced. There is always extreme yang prosperity and yin decline.
Therefore, Shadow World must remain dark all year round to contribute more "yin".
In this way, you only need to pay attention to the balance of yin and yang in the entire world, and do not need to worry about the balance of yin and yang in individuals. The individuals are all calculated together as a whole.
Li Xiuchang frowned and said, "Since there is no loophole, why is it the current situation where the main body and the shadow are fighting endlessly?"
Confucian Sage was silent for a moment and then said, "This system of dividing yin and yang is indeed tricky and a bit rough, but it works. However, if you want to maintain it, the most important thing is to cut off the front and back channels. As long as the shadow and the body never know the other's existence, there will be no problems."
Li Xiuchang thought about Confucian Sage's words. The reason why the shadow wants to replace the main body is that it is not willing to have its destiny deeply tied by the main body, and it is not willing to live in an environment like Shadow World.
But if the shadows didn't know the existence of the real body and the opposite world, they wouldn't have developed into the current situation.
They will only think that the world is like this, that people will be resurrected after death, or die suddenly without warning...
Naturally, there will be no sense of resistance.
So although it sounds a bit cruel, as long as the shadows continue to be frogs in the well and don't know the outside world, then they will stay at the bottom of the well safely.
And as long as the front and back are not connected, yin and yang cannot interact, and it will be easier to maintain the balance of yin and yang in the world.
The problem is that now the front and back channels have been opened, and a large number of shadows and bodies have come to the other party's world.
So, who got through it?
Confucian Sage continued, "This system has been operating stably for countless years, from the beginning of the creation to the emergence of Immortal Shadow. In fact, even now, although many bodies and shadows have completed the exchange, the balance of yin and yang in the two worlds is still stably maintained, which is why the world you see is still stable.
"But it's hard to say how long the stability can be maintained. As the Immortal Shadow continues to expand, it will become more difficult to maintain the balance of Yin and Yang."
Li Xiuchang asked, "Then how did this fairy shade appear? Can it be turned off?"
Confucian Sage shook his head and smiled helplessly, "Xianyin is another hidden danger created by someone in order to solve a huge hidden danger."
Li Xiuchang was confused and asked, "Has that huge hidden danger been solved?"
"No, so now there is not only the big hidden danger of Immortal Yin, but there is actually an even bigger hidden danger hanging over our heads."
"What's the hidden danger?"
Confucian Sage did not answer, but said, "It is painful to know too many problems but be unable to solve them."
Li Xiuchang thought thoughtfully, it seems that this is a hidden danger that Confucian Sage is unable to solve, and the "supreme" realm that Confucian Sage has been pursuing may become "supreme", and he will have the ability to solve problems.
Confucian Sage didn't want to say more, and Li Xiuchang couldn't ask more, so he could only settle for the next best thing and continue to ask about the method of closing Immortal Shadow.
As a result, Confucian Sage said that he didn't know.
Li Xiuchang thought Confucian Sage knew everything.
"The emergence of Xian Yin is an accident. There is no precedent before, so you need to try to find a suitable method, but every attempt is also accompanied by risks, and those who are currently capable of trying are not thinking about it." Confucian Sage explained.
People who are capable don't have the heart to try, but Li Xiuchang and the others are eager to find a way to close Xianyin.
If the Immortal Shadow is not closed for one day, the battle between the main body and the shadow will not end.
Li Xiuchang wanted to ask again, but Shi Tian had already walked in with a large table of dishes.
Confucian Sage said, "Let's eat first. Don't talk about those heavy topics while eating."
Li Xiuchang knew that Confucian Sage was a bit dissatisfied that he talked too much.
Last time I asked too many questions, Confucian Sage was not willing to talk, so this time I brought Cao Wu over, and Confucian Sage gave me a little more face.
After Shi Tian put down the dishes, he was driven away by Confucian Sage again. This time he was still not left to eat.
"Eat fish." Confucian Sage gave Yang Hao and Cao Wu a large piece of fish meat each. Yang Hao didn't take the initiative to lift it this time. He took the initiative to kill a koi carp.
No one picks food for Li Xiuchang, but he himself will not treat himself badly. He will pick food into his bowl without any courtesy. I have to say that Shi Tian's cooking skills are indeed good. Among the people Li Xiuchang knows, he can rank second, second only to Senior Brother Lu Yang.
But Li Xiuchang actually still had a lot of questions that he wanted to ask Confucian Sage. He couldn't ask, so he sent a message to remind Yang Hao to ask.
"Grandpa." Yang Hao scratched his head and said, "Can you tell me how Xianyin came to be?"
This is of course what Li Xiuchang wants to know.
If you want to close Fairy Shadow, you must at least understand the specific formation process of Fairy Shadow.
Confucian Sage glanced at Li Xiuchang and saw that he was immersed in cooking, but he didn't expose it and said:
"All of this was originally because of Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree. It is not only a tree, but also a thread connecting the entire world. You should know that the hundreds of worlds today were a whole in the past. Later, they were scattered into hundreds of pieces because of the withering of Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree."
Li Xiuchang continued to work hard, but his heart was not at peace.
Finally figured out the reason why the world of cultivating immortals was broken!
It turns out that it is Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree that firmly holds such a huge world together. The roots of Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree are the veins of the entire world, connecting the entire world.
After Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree disappeared, the world naturally fell apart.
As for why Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree withered, Confucian Sage did not elaborate, but continued:
"Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree is gone, and many people want to rebuild a Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree tree, but no matter how they try, they fail, so someone comes up with the idea of the Shadow World tree, Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree, and wants to transfer the Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree tree from Shadow World to support the whole world again.
"This had to open up both sides, but it failed in the end. Not only was Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree not transferred, but a fairy shadow was left connected to Shadow World."
What Confucian Sage said was very general and many details were not explained, but it also gave Li Xiuchang a general understanding of what happened.
To put it bluntly, someone opened a channel to Shadow World at the site of Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree in order to convert Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree of Shadow World to the Immortal Shade Realm. However, it failed in the end. Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree was not transferred, and the channel could not be closed, and even gradually expanded.
This is completely the practice of demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall. The people who decided to do this have no regard for the life and death of Shadow World. After losing Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree, Shadow World will inevitably fall apart.
But Shadow World originally serves the existence of the world of cultivating immortals, so no one cares.
Li Xiuchang speculates that the person who did this may have directly replaced the area where Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree grew, which is equivalent to cutting out the center of a piece of paper and changing the surface.
In this way, the positive side becomes the negative side, and the negative side becomes the positive side.
Then Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree, which originally grew on the reverse side, should naturally be flipped directly to the front side.
But in the end, Sky-Piercing Immortal Tree did not turn over, but turned everything around, including the ground under its feet and the surrounding space, forming a fairy shadow that was dark all year round.
Li Xiuchang couldn't help but want to complain about the people who did this back then. They demolished the east wall to repair the west wall. As a result, a hole was demolished in the east wall and the west wall has not been repaired. It is really more troublesome and more troublesome.
Who can do this? It's too unreliable!
Li Xiuchang After much thought, I felt that it was probably one of the three Daoist ancestors.
Or maybe all three were involved!
Li Xiuchang wanted to ask for more details, but Confucian Sage was no longer willing to answer and kept serving food to Yang Hao and the other two.
One road doesn't work, so Li Xiuchang inevitably wants to try other roads. Confucian Sage is not the only one in Seventh Layer World's prison. He is wondering if he can talk to other big guys to learn more about the secrets of the past.
It is currently known that in addition to Confucian Sage, Seventh Layer World also has the shadow of Buddha Ancestor.
But it was a shadow after all, and the other party had previously invited Li Xiuchang to join Buddhism and Daoism, but Li Xiuchang refused. It is estimated that the other party would not give him a good look.
I just don't know if the three Daoist ancestors live here Seventh Layer World. If they are, you can definitely visit them.
He and the three Daoist Ancestors have some kind of friendship, after all, they have contributed a lot just by offering incense, and Yang Hao has always been liked by Heart Questioning Dao Ancestor.
"Senior Confucian Sage, I wonder who other seniors live in this Seventh Layer World? Are the three Dao Ancestors in this world?" This is not a secret, Li Xiuchang asked directly.
Confucian Sage heard Li Xiuchang's question and said with a faint smile, "Heaven Observing Dao Ancestor is indeed in this world, but he probably has no time to meet you."
It's really... Li Xiuchang is surprised, I didn't expect that Heaven Observing Dao Ancestor is really here Seventh Layer World.
Although there has been endless debate in the lower world as to which of the three Daoist ancestors is the real founder of the Daoist Sect, in all the legends about the three Daoist ancestors, it is said that Heaven Observing Dao Ancestor is the leader of Three Great Dao Ancestors.
Confucian Sage Having said that, Li Xiuchang figured that there would be no good results if he visited Heaven Observing Dao Ancestor rashly, so he had to give up visiting Heaven Observing Dao Ancestor for the time being.
However, this trip to bring Yang Hao and two people up for a meal was a fruitful experience and they clarified many secrets.
After drinking and eating, Li Xiuchang took Yang Hao and they left, said goodbye to Confucian Sage, and returned to the lower world.
At the same time, over at Shadow World, Senior Brother Gui, who had been locked in the coffin, suddenly made movement again.