Seize the bounty of heaven and earth, plunder the mysteries of sun and moon
"Fallacy!"
"The 'heretical' Outer Dao you speak of seek survival, and my initial intention in promoting the methods of cultivation was also survival."
Without mincing words, Li Boyang refuted Suirenshi's claims, and his voice echoed throughout the Three Realms through the heavens.
"The original Mountain Folk lacked food and clothing..."
"To solve these problems, breeding, animal taming, Dao of Alchemy, and weapon crafting arose."
"It's because the overall environment is getting better and better that people's goals have gradually shifted from simply surviving to living a quality life, and ultimately to pursuing immortality."
"If this world were still ruled by gods, in an era of blood sacrifice for all living beings..."
"Immortality is not only meaningless, but also utterly unrealistic. In fact, the longer one lives, the more painful it becomes, until one eventually falls into depravity or madness." Without immediately refuting Li Boyang's statement, Suirenshi simply took a deep breath before calmly smiling. "So, this is the biggest difference between you and me."
"You can explain profound truths in the simplest language, allowing everyone to understand your ideas..."
"We also have enough time and patience to gradually guide people onto the right path."
"Even gods cannot achieve immortality, yet you greedily desire to grant immortality to all living beings, and have even managed to convince everyone that it is achievable." "To put it simply, what is the Refining Essence into Qi?"
"Refining Essence into Qi qi is to seize the creation of heaven and earth and invade the mysteries of the sun and moon; it is an extremely selfish path of cultivation."
Having vaguely understood the meaning behind Suirenshi's words, Li Boyang asked in return with great interest.
"You think this is wrong?"
Suirenshi was clearly taken aback when Li Boyang interrupted him like that.
"It's not a matter of right or wrong, but a matter of perspective, mindset, and understanding."
"Refining Essence into Qi, Refining Qi into Spirit Transformation, Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness, until finally Refining Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao..."
"Every step of cultivation you advocate prioritizes self over others, first plundering the universe to strengthen oneself, and then offering feedback." "Let alone the difficulty of making everyone understand these cultivation methods..."
"What if some extreme practitioners only take in and never give out, following a purely plundering path with no follow-up feedback?" "In that case, when the world can no longer support so many practitioners, heaven and earth will naturally cease to exist."
Suirenshi was not named.
However, the Heaven-Eroding Lord of the Nine Hua Palace suddenly turned pale.
As one of the earliest cultivators in the world, Heaven-Eroding Lord had already embarked on the path of cultivation even before Li Boyang had perfected his cultivation philosophy.
The idea of plundering all things in heaven and earth to strengthen oneself perfectly describes the philosophy of the Heaven-Eroding Lord: "When heaven and earth are destroyed, I will remain independent."
What if it only takes in and doesn't give out?
"When all things perish, I alone survive; when heaven and earth collapse, I alone live—this is the instinct of life!"
Heaven-Eroding Lord finished speaking through gritted teeth, a golden bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky.
Boom!
A flash of lightning illuminated the Heaven-Eroding Lord, whose body was charred black, trembling with an expression of utter misery.
That wasn't fear, it was anger, and even more so, helplessness.
"So what exactly do you see in me? I'll change it, okay?"
Turning his head to look at the temple behind him, Heaven-Eroding Lord gazed at the Houtu, Sovereign Earth Deity and sighed.
"Why is it that Wu Yao of this era is completely indifferent to me, but you are entirely different?"
Whether it was Heaven-Eroding Lord's imagination or not, he seemed to see the corners of the Houtu, Sovereign Earth Deity's mouth slightly upturned, and her eyes becoming more lively. "When poor, cultivate your own virtue; when prosperous, benefit all under heaven."
"The extreme cultivators you speak of are ultimately a minority, and their potential is destined to be limited."
"After all, if an individual's strength is one, who would mind adding another one after that one, or even a string of zeros?"
"Only by reshaping Yin and Yang, and recreating the universe, making the entire environment more suitable for cultivation, can cultivators make further progress and maintain their peak performance."
As if he were witnessing the fate of the Heaven-Eroding Lord in the Nine Splendors Palace, Li Boyang couldn't help but chuckle.
"You're right, that's your greatest strength."
"To seize the creation of heaven and earth, and to invade the mysteries of the sun and moon, is a path even more domineering than that of the gods."
"Without the subsequent steps of reshaping Yin and Yang and recreating the universe, this is destined to be a path of self-destruction, taking the world with it."
"This world is never short of intelligent people, but you are the only one who can be intelligent, open-minded, visionary, magnanimous, and also win the trust of all."
Looking at Li Boyang with an inscrutable expression, Suirenshi sighed with immense envy.
"I call the path I've taken an ' Outer Dao ' because I also endorse the spiritual practices you advocate."
"However, the reality is that while I agree with your ideas, I cannot follow your path."
"Because from the moment I was born, someone has already sacrificed for me."
"Every step I took in my life after that was paved with the blood of my family, clansmen, and comrades."
"Putting oneself before others? Or only caring for oneself?"
"In my day, I didn't have the right to put myself before others and only care about my own well-being."
As Suirenshi expressed his feelings, the scene in the sky changed accordingly.
It was as if we had traveled back three thousand years, and the entire life of Suirenshi, from birth to death, began to appear in the sky.
Suirenshi's mother died in childbirth shortly after his birth.
It was the tribe's shaman who forcibly prolonged Suirenshi's life with his own blood.
When he was about one year old, the tribe suffered a calamity caused by the gods. A small number of tribesmen risked their lives to carry him to safety, and he was then taken in by other tribes.
When he was about three years old, a deity discovered his talent and wanted to abduct him and sacrifice him.
The Ancestor God of another tribe manifested and risked his life to repel the invading god, but he himself perished in the process.
Having lost the protection of their Ancestor God, the new tribe began to decline.
At this very moment, Suirenshi demonstrated his ability to "Listening to the Voices of All Things," helping the tribe find a new habitat. In the decades that followed, Suirenshi faced countless challenges, and the people around him changed time and again. There was no rest, no recuperation, and not even much time for reflection...
Suirenshi's life was like a tightly wound spring, constantly spinning at high speed.
Let alone contemplating the essence of cultivation like Li Boyang.
Even if Suirenshi paused for the slightest moment, sacrifices would follow, forcibly pushing him to continue forward.
"To survive, and to reduce the number of deaths among those around me."
"I must rely on every available resource; this is the path I have taken."
"I don't seek wisdom, I don't seek immortality, I don't seek transcendence, I don't seek to change the world; all I do is try to survive."
"No matter how pathetic or humble your posture, as long as you can survive, as long as you can minimize the sacrifices, you have succeeded."
As Suirenshi narrated with a touch of melancholy, the scene in the sky changed once more.
This time, what appeared in the sky was Suirenshi praying to the gods, kneeling before the evil god, and sacrificing himself to an unknown being. His hair began to turn white...
His limbs began to become incomplete...
The number of scars on his body was staggering...
But in contrast, Suirenshi's smile grew ever brighter, and the number of people around him gradually decreased, no longer changing. "This is the essence of the Outer Dao, a path that uses external things by any means necessary."
"I cannot explain the profound truths in the simplest words, nor can I teach all beings in the most common language."
"I can't even get the people around me to fully understand and trust me."
"So all I can do is keep them close to me and live with me."
"Don't seek deep understanding or thorough knowledge; just make use of everything around you and strive to survive."
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