Chapter 937: Reasons for Humanitarian Allies

The ultimate goal of humanity is to ‘replace heaven with man’.

The so-called replacement of heaven with man means that the thing 'man' replaces everything and becomes the 'absolute entity'.

So, what is absolute ontology?

It refers to the ultimate nature of all reality.

The fundamental reason for the creation, existence, development and changes of all things in the world.

The reason why a red object is "red" is because we understand it as red. For creatures without red vision, it is not red.

So, what color is it?

Or, what is it? What is behind this object? What's behind the color red?

From this perspective, the devil is an obstacle. If you think about it carefully, as long as I think, no matter what I am thinking, "I" already exists first. Therefore, we cannot transcend the limitations of "I" to explore the real "noumenon" .

All the proofs you can come up with have inevitably gone through ‘my’ feelings. The real ontology does not seem to exist, at least it cannot be perceived.

This ‘I’ is an existence that all practitioners will inevitably perceive.

But if you accept it and sink into it, you are "into the devil". You no longer pursue the things behind it, but only pursue your own interpretation, and you will naturally enter the devil's path.

Therefore, this obstacle is called a 'demon obstacle', and the demonic path is therefore parasitic on all paths, sucking them into existence for nourishment.

But... the 'body' behind the demonic barrier should exist, right?

At least, humanity and witchcraft believe it exists.

Both humans and witches believe that there is an ultimate foundation for all things in the world. This ultimate essence transcends everything, becomes everything, and explains everything. It is what they consider to be the 'ultimate Tao'.

This ontology is called ‘nature’ by witchcraft and Taoism.

Humanity, however, wants to replace this thing. It no longer uses ‘nature’ as the ontology of everything, but ‘human’ as the ontology of everything.

This plan is called "Replacing Heaven with Man".

Li Qi listened silently to Zhang Zong's introduction.

"The goal of the Manifestation Sect is to 'substitute man for heaven'. However, it is not as the final goal, but as a springboard. When 'people' have completed the task of replacing heaven with man, then they can directly achieve it by breaking away from humanity.' Existing independently from all entities, this directly achieves the goal of "freedom".

Zhang Zong gave Li Qi another drink and said, "What do you think of this plan?"

"It's really... nonsense." Li Qi shook his head: "If humanity really becomes the absolute essence, then is there still a chance for Taoism to escape? Isn't it completely controlled by others?"

"Besides, even if humanity is willing to let go, but... if they can't escape when 'nature' is in control, can they escape when 'people' are in control? If they escape, where should they go? ?”

Zhang Zongze explained: "As far as the humane situation is concerned, there is no need to be afraid of breaking one's promise. Even in the worst case, even the humane state itself cannot let them escape, and will simply give up its jurisdiction over them and give them In fact, Xiaoyao will never interfere in the slightest, and he still has the credibility to speak humanely.”

While he continued to make tea in a beautiful and gorgeous way, the water flew like a waterfall, but not a drop was spilled. It was extremely gorgeous, and there were small rainbows flying in it.

But this method did not interfere with his normal speech. Zhang Zong said: "However, we also feel that even if it is only 'nominally controlled by others', it is not truly free, so the Hidden World Sect did not join it, but recent events There have been too many involved, and I can’t tell you exactly what was involved, but what I can tell you is that because of these involvements, I finally came.”

"Ah, I almost understand it, so the Manifestation Sect thinks that following the Human Way has a chance to achieve freedom... It's not incomprehensible, right? What about the Li Dao? Do you know the situation of the Li Dao?" Li Qi asked again.

"The situation of Li Dao is actually similar. Do you know the philosophy of Li Dao?" Zhang Zong began to explain.

Li Qi nodded.

Of course he knew the philosophy of Li Dao. He had been friends with Li Dao practitioners for a period of time, and even formed a club with them. He still remembered the other person's name, which was Wang Dun.

Li Dao does not seek to explain ‘why’, but simply describes, predicts, understands, and applies natural phenomena based on empirical evidence from observations and experiments.

Li Dao believes that there is no end to ‘why’.

Keep asking why, and keep asking until the end. Even if you really find the ultimate road, which is enough to explain all the whys, there will still be a final why that cannot be solved, hanging above your head.

That is: ‘Why is there the ultimate road? ’

The three words ‘why’ are inevitably unsolvable.

This is also what Li Dao says. There is no need to explore the so-called "Tao".

Exploring the essence of it all, what you get in the end is nothingness.

So, you just need to explore and then apply it, don't think about what is there or not, it is just a waste of time.

"It'll be easier if you know." Zhang Zong also nodded, and then started to collect the water. He had almost finished drinking the tea.

As he was cleaning up, he saw the tea bowl flying up automatically, and then said: "The reason for the truth is the same as the Taoism. If you can't find the 'ultimate answer', then wouldn't it be good to build one?"

This answer shocked Li Qi.

But it seems...I can't refute it.

Indeed.

If the ultimate avenue is unknowable, inexpressible, or even unsolvable, then...wouldn't it be enough to close the loop?

As long as we help humanity become the 'ultimate avenue', then the question 'why there is an ultimate avenue' will have an answer.

The answer is: "created by the Principle".

The ultimate avenue can explain all problems, but cannot explain itself.

So the Principle explains the ultimate avenue, and then the ultimate avenue explains everything else.

It's like the Penrose stairs, a staircase that climbs up and also goes down.

Another example is the self-circulating hand and pen.

Two hands sticking out of the picture, holding pens in each other's hands, want to draw another self.

The left hand draws the right hand, and the right hand also draws the left hand at the same time.

This picture is intuitively impossible.

Because if the left hand does not draw the right hand, the right hand cannot draw the left hand.

Similarly, if the right hand does not draw the left hand, the left hand cannot draw the right hand.

But if they succeed, then both hands exist at the same time, humanity becomes the ultimate answer to create the Principle, and the Principle also creates humanity, the ultimate answer, and both sides are the cause of each other and exist at the same time.

In this way, the biggest problem of the Way of Reason is solved, and this may even become a first-class opportunity.

In this case, it is not difficult to understand that nearly half of the living forces of the Way of Reason choose to support the Way of Humanity. It can even be said that it is easy to understand their choice.

"Then... what about the Way of Martial Arts?" Li Qi asked again.

Zhang Zong finished packing the tea set, and then said with his hands in his pockets: "There are also several factions within the Way of Martial Arts, such as the 'Zhi Ge Wei Wu' you have learned before, which emphasizes the use of force to protect something. You have had a fourth-class guardian warrior before, right? She is like that."

"There is also the 'Wu Wei Conquest' faction. So, for this faction, is there a more tempting goal than 'Heaven'?"

Li Qi nodded, and there was no doubt now.

For these warriors who want to conquer all things, conquering the sky is probably extremely tempting. Following the Way of Humanity is to challenge the ultimate nature of all things.

Following the Way of Witches or Buddhism, you will never find such a grand goal. The Way of Witches will even stop these warriors and become their enemies.

Then, follow the way of humanity and conquer all the way, how refreshing!

All living beings say that the will of heaven is high, so let's see if my fist is higher than the will of heaven?

"Then I almost understand." Li Qi sighed: "Alas, it's difficult."

Zhang Zong laughed, as if it was a pleasure to see Li Qi's face full of distress, but after laughing enough, he still changed the subject: "Okay, let's talk about something else that makes people relax, for example... Are you curious about what the 19 universes I have experienced are like?"

"Can you say it?" Li Qi was surprised, this may involve the foot?

"If you can listen, I can say it." Zhang Zong replied.

"Then I will be disrespectful, you know I like to hear these the most." Li Qi immediately made a "please" gesture.

So, the topic changed again and returned to the chat.

Zhang Zong's topic was indeed very interesting. He talked about the different types of universes he encountered.

For example, the universe that was reopened for the fourth time.

The strong force there is much weaker than the universe at this moment.

In this case, a large number of protons are far away from each other and it is difficult for them to merge. Therefore, to form a star, it is necessary to gather a large number of atoms.

In such a universe, the space appears to be extremely empty, and only contains a small number of large stars.

When the strong force is weak enough, it is enough to form such a universe-

In this universe, there is only one star, and this star contains all the matter in the universe.

This will be a highly concentrated star, but there is almost no interaction between matter, and the amount of radiation it emits may not be as strong as that of an ordinary sun.

This is a stable material soup, a star with a radius of 600,000 light years.

Because this star is a collection of all matter in the universe, the size of this universe is only 600,000 light years in radius.

After all, time and space still need basic units to define. No matter how big the space is, if it is absolutely empty, it is meaningless.

The situation of this universe opened Li Qi's mind.

Because he knew that the strong force between matter is exerted through mesons, and the strength of the force field depends on the number of mesons, and the number of mesons is adjustable for the third grade.

Once the number of mesons decreases or increases, that place becomes an "abnormal area" that can be used in the battle between the three grades, just like creating a parallel universe.

Similar conversations continue, different universes, different forms of existence.

Zhang Zong keeps recounting his adventures, many rich experiences and having reached the third grade, with a clearer mind, which enables Zhang Zong and Li Qi to better understand the universe itself rationally and emotionally.

From the constantly reopened universe, they now look at the universe, which seems to be less and less incredible.

Of course, the universe is beyond the third grade, and the third grade exists as the basic constituent material of the universe, so for the third grade, the universe itself is still full of incredible.

Zhang Zong and Li Qi have no doubt that the universe is "self-sufficient".

It is a system with no logical basis and no creator. Even if the Yipins continue to look back and reopen the universe, they can only go back to the 'beginning', which is the moment when the universe was created, and cannot go back to the longer past. .

Because, there is no longer past, before the birth of the universe, time and space itself did not exist, so naturally you cannot reach a place that does not exist.

For the First Graders, their starting point is the moment the universe was born. If they interfere at this moment, they can interfere with all the properties of the universe, but they cannot transcend the universe itself.

After all...the universe is not just an ordinary 'observable universe', but the beginning of everything.

The meaning of the universe is that all time and all space are everything, a function that contains all things, and a book that records all books.

Even the so-called 'multiverse' that ordinary people imagine is far from the vastness of this 'real universe'.

After all, the multiverse that everyone speculates on may not be as large as the observable universe that is expanding infinitely today.

The real universe itself is ‘True Infinity’.

Behind every moment of the universe is an infinite existence at work.

During the discussion, Li Qi and Zhang Zong continued to work hard to peer into every insignificant cosmic event, trying to discover the essential characteristics of the infinite existence behind it. This infinite existence does not have a real name, let's just call it 'Tao'.

But although they could peek, they found nothing.

Although in all events and every incident, one can detect a little bit of the 'Tao', but if one continues to trace back, one finds that one cannot find the end, as if the end is also 'infinite'.

There is no doubt that Zhang Zong and Li Qi are already at the third level, but when they begin to face the universe, they will also find that they are facing a terrifying existence, but precisely because of its infinity, they cannot impose any characteristics on it .

The universe contains everything, even the universe itself.

Therefore, the universe is infinite, not just the infinity of real numbers, but also higher-order uncountable infinity. The infinity of the continuum is a collection of infinity and infinity.

Discussing the reopening of the universe is like studying the properties of all rocky planets in the universe through a single stone.

Despite this, Li Qi and Zhang Zong still enjoyed it.

This is the fun of chasing each other.

This discussion lasted for twelve years.

Then, the two stopped in time.

It's almost time, it's time to go find Xiang Liu. (End of chapter)