665 The “Cleansing” That Happens Once Every 5.6 Billion Years, If The Heavens Have Feelings… Heaven’s will?
When Tian Qing heard Cui Heng’s question, an extremely unreal feeling surged in his heart again.
Such an expert who had surpassed the Half-step Grand Primordium realm and was suspected to be an Ancient King actually did not know what the will of the heavens was. Or did he actually mean something else by his question?
“Or perhaps he’s actually testing if I’ve come into contact with a certain existence?” For a moment, many thoughts appeared in Tian Qing’s heart, making him feel a little uneasy.
Cui Heng saw through Tian Qing’s thoughts, and his expression softened slightly. He smiled and said, “There’s no need to worry too much. Just tell me the truth, and everything you know about Heaven’s Will.”
After obtaining Cui Heng’s promise, Tian Qing finally relaxed a little. He nodded and said respectfully, “Immortal Venerable, the will of the heavens is the consciousness of the universe.
If the universe is compared to something, the will of the heavens is actually the universe’s consciousness. It understands its own essence and possesses self-awareness, similar to other beings gaining enlightenment and forming a spirit.”
The universe had developed self-awareness, emotions, and formed a spirit?
How powerful would that be?
If Heaven’s Will could mobilize the power of the entire universe, it would probably be comparable to a Peak Soul Formation cultivator.
Even an Early or Mid-stage Return to Void cultivator might not be able to do anything to such an existence.
Cui Heng was extremely surprised when he heard this, but his expression remained calm as he said in a low voice, “If the will of the heavens is really the self-awareness born from the universe, why would it allow so many martial artists to exist?”
The cultivation of a martial artist was essentially to invade the mysteries of the universe. It was to absorb the various energies and laws of the universe to strengthen themselves.
They were actually equivalent to parasites attached to the universe.
If the will of the heavens was really a consciousness born from the universe, then the matter and laws of the universe were its body.
There should not be so many “parasites” allowed to exist.
Moreover, the mysterious consciousness had also said that he was originally an Immortal King. Because he had made a huge mistake, he was banished here. No matter how one looked at it, he did not look like a consciousness born from the universe.
Just as Cui Heng was guessing if it was because Tian Qing’s cultivation was not high enough and his understanding of the Heaven’s Will was limited, he heard Tian Qing say, “Immortal Venerable is right. Heaven’s Will does not allow too many martial artists to exist.
Therefore, every once in a while, Heaven’s Will will clean up the high-level martial artists in the universe. All the martial artists above the Dao Realm will be wiped out by Heaven’s Will.
This happens once every 5.6 billion years. Before the cleansing comes, Heaven’s Will will send down incarnations to walk the world, interact with all living beings, and carefully investigate the situation in the universe.
During this process, the incarnation of Heaven’s Will will choose some people he likes and take them under Heaven’s Will. These people will be spared from the cleansing.
The incarnations of Heaven’s Will will also choose the people they dislike. Even if these people didn’t reach the Dao Realm, they will still be cleansed by Heaven’s Will.”
“…” Cui Heng fell silent.
He did not expect such an outcome, but he still felt that something was wrong. He continued to ask, “In what form was the cleansing carried out? Does Heaven’s Will directly appear and attack, or does it unleash power from thin air?”
“Neither.” Tian Qing shook his head and said, “I once heard from the Lord of the Immortal Domains that when the Purge descends, there won’t be any observable phenomena.
Those who have been purged will disappear without warning, as if they have been erased from this universe. There was no way to detect their death, let alone resist.
Only by stepping into the Grand Primordium realm and becoming a Grand Primordium Ancient King can one obtain the qualifications to directly speak to Heaven’s Will and be spared from the Purge and protect themselves.”
“Grand Primordium Ancient Kings won’t be purged?” Cui Heng raised his eyebrows slightly. He looked at the sky intentionally or unintentionally and chuckled. “Is there a possibility that the purging power of the Heaven’s Will can no longer do anything to Grand Primordium Ancient Kings?”
Logically speaking, it was impossible for Heaven’s Will to be soft-hearted just because the Grand Primordium Ancient Kings had a high cultivation realm.
After all, the so-called dialogue and negotiations were mostly established when they could not do anything to each other.
However, if that was the case, the power of Heaven’s Will seemed to be too weak.
It couldn’t even do anything against the Ancient Kings?
This was far from the power of the mysterious consciousness he had seen earlier.
“Immortal Venerable, in the last 5.6 billion years, there was an Ancient King who thought so and resisted,” Tian Qing said with a dejected expression. “It was the owner of the Nine-layered Divine Light Pagoda. You should know the outcome.”
He did not say it clearly, but the Nine-layered Divine Light Pagoda was still around, but it had already changed owners. The outcome of its previous owner was obvious.
There was no doubt that he had failed.
“Alright.” Cui Heng nodded, not surprised by this outcome.
He had long seen the power of the Ancient Kings through the Nine-layered Divine Light Pagoda. They should be equivalent to a Peak Soul Formation cultivator with 480 million fake selves.
Although such power was strong, it was still insignificant when compared against the might of the entire universe.
But in that case, why would the will of the heavens show mercy to the Ancient Kings?
Was this necessary?
At this moment, Tian Qing said with some emotion, “In the face of such heavenly will, those of us who have already surpassed the Dao Realm but haven’t become Ancient Kings can only do our best to become stronger. Only then will we have a chance to live.
“Moreover, in order to avoid being noticed by the incarnation of Heaven’s Will, I’ve been hiding my strength since ancient times and rarely go out. I’ve been lying low until now just for a chance to reach the Grand Primordium realm…”
At this point, he shut his mouth and did not continue.
The reason was very simple. The person who caused him to lose this “opportunity” was Cui Heng.
He did not dare to continue.
Cui Heng didn’t seem to care. He chuckled and said, “When you pretended to be the incarnation of Heaven’s Will to deceive Prince Lie, weren’t you afraid of being noticed by the incarnation of Heaven’s Will?”
