Chapter 954: Each Other's Chess Pieces

Wu Xian was beside Li Qi, and while he was concentrating on confronting other first-class cultivators, he was explaining the current situation to Li Qi.

While they were talking, Li Qi's cultivation was also climbing steadily.

This was not a good thing, as it showed that the Desire Realm was growing vigorously and would soon break through Li Qi's control.

Fortunately, Li Qi could still control it for the time being.

His magic turned into mist, covering the expanding Desire Realm. Looking at his inner world from this angle, it was like seeing some eternal and unchanging vast ice fields, with white mist on the ice fields constantly flowing, like a rolling ocean.

From time to time, a group of gloomy mist surged up, sweeping around like waves and drowning Wu Xian.

Wu Xian was suspended in the air, and he looked ordinary, but whenever the mist pressed down on him, a colorful and faint halo would appear around him, emitting a peaceful light.

Li Qi's evil thoughts were also rolling. Sometimes these evil thoughts appeared as giant beasts and strange people walking on the ice field, and sometimes they seemed to be black boulders with strange peaks appearing from time to time on the endless ice field.

With these, under the reflection of Wu Xian's colorful brilliance, this expanding and boring wasteland added a weird texture.

Wu Xian didn't care about these, but continued to say to Li Qi: "This time, the human wants to release the demon."

"Release the demon?" Li Qi was a little puzzled: "Isn't the demon always there?"

"For you, it is always there, but it is different for us. The demon is indeed sealed by the colorless world, but occasionally he can extend some tentacles." Wu Xian explained: "For you, as long as the demon comes out once, it is equivalent to not being sealed."

When he said this, Li Qi immediately understood the reason.

Obviously, the demon's ability to travel through time and space is so terrible that as long as he escapes for even a second, he can appear in all the places in all the history he wants to appear in this second.

If the demon wants to, and no one else stops him, the demon can even appear in all the time nodes of everyone at the same time.

He can come and go freely in all realities, whether in the past or now.

In fact, these can be regarded as Dharma bodies. The demon projects his Dharma body into all history. He can do this as long as he escapes from the trap.

"However, we can do what he does, so he can't interfere much. He just appears for a while, and the scope of influence is limited after all." Wu Xian said.

Li Qi nodded, which is also easy to understand.

The demon can project, but other first-grade can't?

Of course it can, so if the demon wants to interfere, it must not be able to make too many moves, and it is impossible to play a big role in the first-grade game.

Then, at this time, the so-called interference of the demon is actually just a pawn of other first-grades. Other first-grades use the hands of the demon to complete what they want to accomplish.

After realizing this, Li Qi suddenly looked at Wu Xian.

"Yes, you have thought of it, right? That time, the Humanitarian Rebellion was actually the result of our cooperation with the Heavenly Demon. For us, the Heavenly Demon is not an object of deep hatred. On the contrary... the Heavenly Demon suppressed by the Formless Realm is a natural and excellent material, isn't it?" Wu Xian easily said a secret.

Li Qi was speechless. He opened his mouth to say something, but finally shut up.

The Demon Prince once told Li Qi that if Li Qi had any problems, he could just throw it to the Heavenly Demon and throw all the pots to the Heavenly Demon. (For details, see Chapter 814)

"If you want to find the culprit... then go find the Heavenly Demon. You and I both know that if there is a problem, just throw it to the Heavenly Demon." This is what the Demon Prince said. At that time, Li Qi thought that the other party was laughing at him.

But think about it carefully, the Demon Prince rarely laughs at people actively. He thinks it is meaningless. He is seriously giving Li Qi suggestions.

If something happens, just blame the demon. The demon is the scapegoat anyway, and... he is happy to be the scapegoat, and even actively participates in it.

"So, does that mean that the demon has not actively planned many things? Is he not that hateful?" Li Qi asked Wu Xian.

"It's hard to say. It depends on how you define it. It's true that the demon can't bypass us to do many things, but at the same time, he can also seduce us. The Taoism dispute is getting more and more intense now. Do you dare to say that there is no instigation from the demon behind the scenes? It's just mutual use." Wu Xian laughed.

Li Qi sighed.

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

"So, the human way released the demon this time, just to completely mess up the situation? Let all the black pots have nowhere to hide, let the demon completely turn the Taoism dispute into a chaotic battle? What does that have to do with me? Is it because the desire world is here with me? Or is it because of the relationship between me and the demon?" Li Qi asked again.

Wu Xian said: "Both. The demon cares about you so much that he has to control you. Because the demon cares about you, you are bound to be involved in many things and become a node that must be mastered when playing games with the demon. That's why the war is against you. However, I didn't expect that humanity would make such a big fuss."

"So, humanity is preparing to attack the formless world and release the demon. What will happen next? Should we stop it?" Li Qi asked.

"I will try my best, but the focus is not on the demon, but on you. If your history is known, the Desire Realm will fall into the hands of others, and the Demon Dao will cooperate with anyone for the Desire Realm." Wu Xian said.

"I understand, then leave it to me." Li Qi nodded, he already understood the current situation.

"Don't worry, I know you have made a great determination, so you broke away from the timeline war and chose to use the Desire Realm to force the Human Dao to fight head-on." Wu Xian stretched out his hand and patted Li Qi's Dharma body on the shoulder.

Li Qi bowed his head and said nothing.

It was indeed... a great determination.

He shattered his own foundation and replaced it with the Desire Realm, all of which was to recognize the truth of all things.

Li Qi was willing and eager to recognize the truth of all things, because all things not only included many mortals, but also all possibilities including Shen Shuibi, Li Shiwei, Laqi, Lao Ma, and Sixth Uncle.

Li Qi was unwilling to admit that they were illusions derived from the 'Ultimate Dao', Li Qi was willing to believe... they were part of the Ultimate Dao.

So he made such a decision. If he failed... he would probably die, but fortunately, it would not affect Wu Xian's big plan.

Wu Xian had predicted this. Whether Li Qi died or not would not affect his continued control of the Desire Realm.

However, Wu Xian did not want Li Qi to die.

So, he said: "Come on, I will put more strength on the positive side and buy you enough time."

"Okay." Li Qi began his retreat.

This will be a painful expedition.

And he has already embarked on the journey.

Wu Shen sat next to him, personally protecting him and monitoring possible progress outside.

So... time moved forward again.

On the 'main timeline', that is, in the reality that everyone agrees and recognizes, time began to move forward.

A hundred years have passed, and most of the Buddha Kingdom has been conquered, but the sentient beings in the Buddha Kingdom have not succumbed to humanity, but have been dealing with humanity and the devil.

Humanity seems to have invaded the Buddha Kingdom with overwhelming force, but in fact it has no control over the situation in the Buddha Kingdom. They just drove away some mortals and built a fortress belonging to humanity on the land.

This shows that the battle line of the three grades seems to have some problems.

On the other hand, the war of human beings to destroy Buddhism has really affected the Buddhist heavens.

Mahadeva, Sakyamuni, Trayastrimsa, Yama, Mahabrahma, Lesser Light, Infinite Light, Light Sound, and other heavens fell one after another, and the Bodhisattvas among them fled, and countless Arhats were killed and injured.

The battlefield was not on the battlefield of the mortal world, but in the heavens.

The heavenly beings are the direction that the human beings want to attack.

From this perspective, those high heavenly beings, those heavenly beings who left the five paths and were reborn in the heavenly interest because of practicing the ten virtues of the upper grade, and who can "enjoy all the blessings", can no longer enjoy them at this moment.

Not to mention the heavenly beings, even the Dharma protectors Arhats are the same.

When the human army broke through those heavens, the monks fled collectively. As they ran, everyone found that the Dharma protectors and Arhats with great magical powers were also running with everyone.

A monk asked, "How come the Dharma protectors are so powerful? Why are they running away?"

Many Dharma protectors sighed, "The karma has come to this point. What can I do? Let's run together."

For a while, these jokes spread everywhere, and the world seemed to have noticed that the Buddha Kingdom... seemed to have been corrupted.

After the human beings really started to attack, they felt this deeply.

Although the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas at the top level still have boundless magical powers, the monks at the grassroots level, those Dharma protectors, are filthy, scheming, and will collapse at the first touch.

What are the heavens, heavenly beings, and the Eight Divisions of Heaven and Dragon? They look bright and beautiful, but under the human army, they are just chickens and pottery dogs.

There are too many monks like Monk Chanzhi.

And these monks may have some skills if they are pulled out alone, and they may be able to fight against individual humans, but if they are assembled into an army, they will pull each other and drag their feet. As a whole, they are simply mowed in front of the human army.

The mortal battlefield of Buddhism is nothing but grass, and it is completely unable to compete with humanity head-on.

The reason is naturally not difficult to guess.

The corruption of the demons for countless years has long destroyed the grassroots of Buddhism.

When the school of "Buddha and Demon Cultivation" can walk openly in the Western Paradise, it seems that all this is doomed.

History continues to advance, and soon it came to 1,500 years.

1,500 years, this is quite a long time. I don’t know how many struggles must have been experienced behind the scenes to compromise for such a long time.

The defeat in the mortal battlefield also led to many third-grade and fourth-grade being besieged by low-level practitioners, resulting in damage to high-grade combat power.

Many Bodhisattvas were destroyed.

Among them, Baichen Fox King Bodhisattva seemed to have been targeted by humanity for a long time, and the execution that should have been completed in the ancient times was completed by the human master, and the possibility was zero.

Venerable Bojadeva, Bodhisattva Wuqueguang, Venerable Fudamiduo, Venerable Funayashya, King Jue, Bodhisattva Ganluguang, etc. were defeated, and some died and some were injured.

At this juncture, Nagarjuna Bodhisattva was severely injured because he tried to spread Buddhism and destroy demons, and his whereabouts are unknown.

The plan that the demons had been planning for many years was detonated at this moment.

The Buddhas were blocked by the first-grade human beings, and with the covetous eyes of all parties, it was already a good situation to maintain the current situation, but the third-grade battlefield was obviously somewhat collapsed.

The power of the dead demon was beyond imagination, and the impact brought by the full participation of the demons was so drastic.

Moreover, in addition to the battle between Buddha and demons, the intensity of the battle between humans and witches was also increasing.

Regarding Li Qi's direction, Li Qi's life was temporarily stopped because Li Qi broke his own foundation and actively expanded the desire realm. When Li Qi used the desire realm as the inner world, the human world did not seem to want to damage the desire realm. After all, they seemed to be helping the dead demons to attack the Buddha Kingdom.

And the witches were even more so. Wu Xian was also ready to use the desire realm as a breakthrough point.

No matter whether it was the human or the witch, they did not want to damage the desire realm. With Wu Xian's active protection, Li Qi achieved a temporary balance in this delicate balance.

Almost all of Li Qi's energy was put into dealing with the collapse of the inner world. He should have died. If Li Qi in this state was besieged by the human world, he would be hopeless.

But Wu Xian helped Li Qi hold on.

Li Qi was very grateful for this.

However, he knew very well that this would not last long, and his life or death would not affect the Desire Realm itself.

Even if he died, as long as the Desire Realm was not damaged, it would not affect the overall situation.

Li Qi's current status is like the palm seal holding the Heshi Bi, ready to smash it at any time. No one should touch him, otherwise he will smash the Desire Realm and no one will play.

However, the reason why everyone tolerates Li Qi is because he is about to die.

He wants to suppress the Desire Realm when his foundation is broken. Maybe the three-rank people of the human world are celebrating and preparing to open champagne to celebrate Li Qi's death.

Li Qi also felt a kind of indifference unique to adults.

It's like a social animal who goes to work and finds that everyone has their own things to do.

Even Wu Xian didn't care about him that much. Wu Xian looked gentle and kind, probably just because of his personality. He wouldn't give Li Qi too many special treatments, even if this third-rank person was a little special and would attract the devil.

But... even if it was the real demon, Wu Xian could still use him. Li Qi was really not that special.

But Li Qi also accepted this calmly. For him, the most urgent task now was to reshape the inner world as much as possible, which required him to reconcile the inner world's Dao disputes.

However, at this critical moment.

Wu Xian suddenly contacted Li Qi again: "Next, I will leave for a while."

Li Qi's heart sank.

Wu Xian was going to give up on himself. (End of this chapter)