Good and evil coexist or counteract each other?
This was a trial that involved the future of all living beings in Xuanzheng Chau.
The power of heaven and earth gathered in the sky above the Underworld. Purple Qi and green light covered the sky, and the Jade of Heavenly Melody shook the Underworld. The vast Haotian seemed to be looking forward to the end of this trial.
"This is going to be difficult." Qing Hong frowned. He saw that the leader of Daode Buddhism and the others had similar expressions. They could see that this trial of Conti was not just to vent their anger, but also a typical case.
Conti had a lot of merit. Over the years of governing the country, coupled with the blessing of the Dragon Qi, he could use his merit to offset his negative karma. Even if he offended the gods, even if he destroyed the temples, his merit could offset his negative karma.
If they wanted to put Conti on trial, it would mean that they would not be allowed to offset good and evil in the future. It was not just Conti. The immortals of the immortal sects and the gods of the two worlds could not offset good and evil. And the ones who would be more affected were the ordinary people.
After all, everyone made mistakes. If all merit was negated because of one mistake, then many good people would not be able to reincarnate peacefully. They would probably go to hell.
At first, the gods had wanted to take revenge on Conti, wanting to see him suffer the consequences he deserved. But after seeing the Underworld make a big deal out of this, they had to calm down and think.
Even if it was for the sake of others, they could not just think about revenge on Conti.
The four former emperors saw the immortals and gods in deep thought and laughed in their hearts.
They had guessed that this was not a simple matter. Putting Conti on trial? Think about the Underworld's trial process first!
The values of the Underworld, the immortal dao, the divine dao, and the mortal dao were completely different. What was good and what was evil? Everyone probably had different ideas. Not to mention the demonic sects' different ideas. How could the trial of Conti go smoothly with them stirring shit?
Emperor Zhuang thought, There are too many loopholes in the Underworld's trial system. They should have been alone in the Underworld, out of the reach of the immortals and demons. But they insisted on doing this, insisting on showing their power in front of the immortals and demons. Since that's the case, I'll let the trial come to an end today. I'll make your Underworld lose face! "
He gave a look to a litigation master beside him. The litigation master stepped forward and bowed to the immortals, "May I ask immortals, what do you think is good and what is evil?"
The master of the Taiyuan Temple took a deep look at the litigation master. His deep gaze seemed to be able to see through a person's heart. The litigation master hurriedly lowered his head, only to hear the palace master say indifferently, "The Immortal Dao explores the heavens, and the most important thing is to obey and rebel. Obeying Heaven is good, defying Heaven is evil. "
"Something's not right." The Master of Daode Buddhism immediately retorted, "Outside of the Heavenly Heart, there are also those who obey the Dao. Those who benefit from it are good, and those who harm it are evil."
"Fellow Daoist, it's as you say. Is it good to kill ten thousand people to save one person? "The Master of the Taiyuan Temple clapped his hands and laughed aloud," Nothing is absolute, there is no boundary between good and evil. Your so-called good and evil morals are nothing but a joke in front of the Heavenly Dao. "
Not to mention immortals and demons, the concept of good and evil within the Immortal Dao and the ideas they involved were different. As the Taiyuan Temple and Daode Buddhism diverged, a certain immortal beside the Master of the Taiyuan Temple sneered, "Fellow Daoist, is your theory of good and evil the idea of the entire Daode Buddhism or the idea of the Virtue Sect?"
"This …" The Sect Master was speechless. That's right, even within Daode Buddhism, there was still a struggle of ideas!
Seeing his good friend's encounter, the Taiqing Sect Master immediately changed the topic, "Good karma, good karma. Evil karma, evil retribution. This is the right path. How can good and evil be divided into two and mixed up? In my opinion, good should be rewarded, and evil should be punished. As a human king, Kangdi had great merit. In the future, he would either reincarnate and enjoy ten lifetimes of wealth or enjoy bliss in the Netherworld. However, the evil karma he sowed in his life must be repaid by the gods. After repaying the evil karma, he can reincarnate and enjoy happiness. "
He brought the matter back to Kangdi, clearly not prepared to continue entangling the so-called good and evil distinction. How many years had this disagreement lasted in the Mystic Sect? To be honest, even he and his good friend had disagreements!
However, the people of the Dragon Court would naturally not let go of the conflict within the Celestial Dao, and the Demon Sect would not miss this good opportunity. Thus, the Cult Master of the Southern Demon Sect laughed and said, "We Transcendents don't care about the good and evil of the human world. The competition of all things, this is the Heavenly Dao. Everyone in the Celestial Dao, isn't it too funny to be obsessed with the good and evil of mortals? "
The Southern Sect Master favored the balance of good and evil, and it was best if the Heavenly Merit could offset the sins of mortals. Killing millions of people and following the Heavenly Dao, who could say no?
The various great sovereigns' faces were dark as they quietly sat at the top and listened to the arguments of the orthodoxies below.
The Heavenly Merit could offset the sins of mortals? The Demon Sect probably wanted to kill all the humans! After all, to the world, the human race was just a race, it was not irreplaceable.
"Indeed." A few gods on the side of the Divine Dao nodded. The Southern Sect Master was delighted at first, but then he was provoked by these gods.
One god said, "It's difficult to deal with problems from the perspective of a bystander if you're obsessed with the good and evil of mortals. However, from a transcendent point of view, for the continuation of mortals, a universal moral concept is necessary. Daode Buddhism is not wrong on this point. The Celestial Dao is stronger than the Evil Dao. "
"Hmph!" The Southern Sect Master glared at the gods, and this protector who was revered by the mortals also looked back. Those calm eyes seemed to contain the starry sky world, there was not a single ripple in them.
To put it bluntly, what the gods valued was not just the benefits of the "human" as an individual, but the continuation of the entire race.
How could they adjust so that the human race could last for a long time? How could they adjust so that they could avoid the fate of destruction?
Bearing the sacrifices of mortals, they indeed had the obligation to protect mortals. However, all of this was based on the basis of the "agreement between humans and gods". The agreement with the gods was made by the entire human race, not a single human.
Throughout the thousands of years of human dao's prosperity, many talented people had the support of the gods. Through these people, the gods slowly improved and guided ceramics, textiles, food, and other industries, guiding the humans of the Desolate Continent towards civilization. This was the gods' repayment for the sacrifices of the mortals.
"The eyes of mortals only look at the day and night, but the eyes of the gods look at thousands of years."
"For the continuation of humans, order and morality must exist." Whether it was changed or changed, it changed with the times, but order must exist.
This was the human race.
"So, Shenjun believes that it is good to follow the human race and maintain it?" Emperor Zhuang immediately found a loophole in You An's words.
Qing Hong knew that this was not good. If he admitted that maintaining the human race was good, then wouldn't the Human King, who was the symbol of the human race, be the ultimate good? No! He could not let the Kangdi get away with his crimes, otherwise, how would the order of the Underworld exist?
Following Emperor Zhuang's words, the people of the Dragon Court looked at the crowd with a smug expression.
The expressions of the Celestials and gods changed, and they immediately thought of a countermeasure.
"Ahem …" Qing Hong coughed lightly. "The Dao of humans is the Dao of all things. All sentient beings in the world are part of the human race. Fur, feathers, scales, all were no exception. The so-called Human King is just one of the many manifestations of the common people. After careful classification, it is still within the binary of good and evil. "
Qing Hong's words naturally avoided the topic of "Human King represents the human race" and returned to the theory of good and evil.
Dao Master Chongxu instantly understood his thoughts and said, "I advocate the balance of good and evil. However, heavenly merit and human virtue must be divided into two. Heavenly merit can offset the karma of the Heavenly Dao, and human virtue can offset the karma of human sin. How about this? "
Another immortal immediately retorted, "Hmph! If one can atone for one's sins and use merit to offset karma, then wouldn't murderers be the ones who cultivate the Dao of Merit the most? I'm afraid that all the murderers in the world would want to seek merit, right? "
A litigation master from the Dragon Court immediately said, "If a person does good because he has done evil, it will increase the number of good things in the world. Isn't it the right way to abandon evil and do good?"
"Ignorant child, haven't you heard of 'doing good with the intention is not good'?"
"Immortal Master, are you referring to 'doing good with the intention is not rewarded, doing evil without the intention is not punished'? However, how can this show the difference between good and evil? "The litigation master was impassioned," Human King established a law in the human world. Anyone who picks up gold can get thirty percent of the reward. Before this law, there were many people who picked up gold and hid it. However, ever since this law was established, people often returned the items they found to the owner. Does Immortal Master think that people who do good voluntarily should not be rewarded? "
Qing Hong inexplicably thought of the story of "Zi Gong redeeming people" in his previous life.
According to the law of the country of Lu, one can get a reward for saving people. Zi Gong redeemed people but was not rewarded, and was blamed by Confucius. Confucius said, "If you give, you lose! The actions of a saint can change customs, and his teachings can be applied to the people, but it is not only for himself. Today, there are few rich people in the country of Lu, and there are many poor people. Taking the gold will not hurt your actions, but if you don't take the gold, you will not be able to redeem people. "
"What the litigation master is referring to is enlightenment, right?"
The people of the world are often stupid. They cannot reach the level of a saint, so naturally, they cannot follow the standards of a saint. They need to be guided step by step. Tell them that doing good and accumulating virtue can get rid of their sins, and maybe it can change the atmosphere of the world.
The King of Chakra nodded silently. In the past, the ten great lords of the Underworld established the trial system to guide the people to do good.
"It is impossible for a mortal to not make mistakes in their life. If they continue to do good because they fear the punishment of the Underworld, it will actually be of great help to the enlightenment of the world. "Another deity was moved. Compared to the fight between Shinto and Kangdi, it was more important to further the development of humanity. For this, he was willing to temporarily put aside his personal grudges.
"So you are also inclined to cancel out good and evil?"
"More or less."
Five Poisons Shen Jun looked around, and many deities showed similar expressions, so he said, "Speaking of which, before I came to the Underworld, I saw something interesting."
Shen Jun cleared his throat, "Before I came, I saw a group of people grabbing a killer and wanted to smash him to death. It is said that this person killed a great philanthropist, so the people who were helped by the philanthropist wanted to avenge their benefactor. "
One of the former emperors frowned, "It is a good thing to know how to repay a favor."
Shen Jun, "But when I asked about it, I found out that there is a hidden story." At this point, Shen Jun kept everyone in suspense and glanced at the many earth realm masters present, "Everyone, can you guess what the hidden story is?"
Yu Luocha pondered. Her Majesty the Queen smiled sweetly, "Could it be that someone who hated the philanthropist couldn't stand him doing good, so he made an enemy?"
"Not exactly, but not far."
Qing Hong was slightly moved, and he smiled, "Could it be that the philanthropist was a fake philanthropist? He became enemies with the family of the assassin, took his family's property, and killed his family. He used the assassin's family's money to do good in the second half of his life, so he was avenged by the assassin? "
"Fellow Daoist, you are indeed smart. The philanthropist was a bandit in the first half of his life, because he killed hundreds of merchants and travelers in the mountains, took their money, and abused his power. The assassin was the son of one of the merchants. Later, the bandit felt guilty, so he took out his money to do good, and helped the people. The people were very grateful to him, and some even set up a longevity tablet for him, offering incense to him day and night. If there were no accidents, a hundred years later, he would be on the same path as us, standing on the altar together. Unfortunately, he was killed by the assassin, and his soul returned to the netherworld. Everyone, do you think this assassin should be blamed, and how should this so-called bandit and philanthropist be dealt with? "
After hearing this, the Mountain Yin Goddess quietly asked the Four-Faced King. The Four-Faced King looked at the Gates of Hell and nodded silently. Indeed, there was such a "philanthropist" at the entrance of the Gates of Hell. He had a confused expression, and was walking toward the Ghost Capital with his golden light of virtue and murderous aura.
The Taiqing Sect Master pondered, "This kind of person … if we use good and evil to offset, I'm afraid it will be unfair to the assassin's family and the other innocent people who died. But if we don't use good and evil to offset, how will his merits be calculated? After all, the merits of the latter half of his life are not fake. "
When the masters present heard this case, they could not help but feel troubled.
At this moment, Qing Hong stood up and said to the immortals, "My cultivation is shallow, I can listen to everyone's opinions. It's just the difference between Heaven and Man, good and evil. Since that's the case, why not look at it from a different perspective? " He held up the golden crown on his head, and dense Qi transformed into auspicious clouds, holding up the twenty-four precious pearls, and wisps of black and yellow Qi shone down.
"Our so-called merit comes from both the Heaven and Man Dao. The Heavenly Dao's merit, to put it more bluntly, is the favor of the laws of heaven and earth to us. As we follow the laws of heaven and earth, we will faintly conform to the laws of the universe, and thus obtain providence. "
Under the black and yellow Qi, a purplish-green Qi instantly appeared, condensing into a heavenly pillar of Ground Fairies. Qing Hong established the twenty-four solar terms to cater to the general trend of the circulation of the water essence of heaven and earth, so he enjoyed the providence of heaven and earth, and the density of his providence was not inferior to that of senior Ground Fairies.
When the immortals heard this, they all nodded in agreement.
"This kind of providence comes with the heavens, but killing anyone who has providence is inauspicious." At this point, the immortals silently looked at the sect masters of the Demon Dao beside them. Wasn't the reason why these big shots of the Demon Dao were able to survive because the Heavenly Dao's providence was endless, so the Immortal Dao could not easily kill them?
Back then, in order to kill a Toad Palace Ground Fairies, Pavilion Master Fang of Yunxiao Pavilion prepared to slowly exhaust his providence for three thousand years before he finally succeeded. After all, True Earth Immortals were in harmony with heaven and earth, so it was difficult to kill them easily.
The sect masters stared back at him with cold smiles on their faces.
"And the people's merit is similar to the power of faith of the Divine Dao. If you save someone and receive their gratitude, you will be rewarded. "Qing Hong pointed with his finger." Everyone, please take a look. " As he pointed, a strand of golden light that was as thin as a spider's silk fell into the sea of fire, and landed in front of a certain evil spirit.
When the evil spirit saw the golden thread, he immediately reached out to grab it, trying to escape from the sea of fire. However, halfway through his escape, the golden spider silk immediately broke off, causing him to fall back into the sea of fire.
"Condensing the power of faith of the people into ropes is indeed a path to liberation, but it is not suitable for everyone."
Qing Hong's words made the eyes of the Yin Ming School master flicker, and he became vigilant. 'This Qing Hong Taoist is indeed a genius of the Mystic Sect. It seems that if I want to suppress the trend of Yunxiao Pavilion, I can only start with Ji Feichen.' The sect master immediately thought of giving Ji Feichen more leverage.
Why did Ji Feichen split himself into two bodies? One of the main reasons was that he wanted to take both sides. With the rise of the Immortal Dao body, the Demon Dao would proactively promote the improvement of the Demon Dao body in order to restrain the Immortal Dao body. And if the Demon Dao body surpassed the Immortal Dao body, it could use the power of the Mystic Sect to nurture the Immortal Dao body. The two competed and fought, toying with the Immortal Dao and Demon Dao in the palm of their hands.
The Yin Ming School master thought, 'It seems that I have to help Qing Hong plan for the twenty-year promise. It would be best to send him to meet his grandmaster during the killing tribulation! '
At this moment, Qing Hong returned to his seat. "This is my humble opinion. I hope it can help you all gain something."
The Lords of the Netherworld heard Qing Hong's words and started discussing among themselves. After a while, a boy from the Supreme Paradise brought Daojun's decree. The lords discussed it and sat back down.
The Four-Faced King took a deep breath, stood up, and said solemnly, "There is no good or evil in the path of the Netherworld. From now on, it all depends on the living beings themselves."
As soon as he said this, the heavens shook, and the path of the Netherworld immediately changed.
The original intention of the establishment of the Netherworld was to determine the path of good and evil, to punish evil and promote good. However, the current Netherworld was more moderate. It had nothing to do with good or evil, and everything depended on the living beings themselves.
The Demon Dao's sect masters were delighted. As long as the Netherworld no longer judged good and evil, and the living beings in the world did not fear revenge after death, then the Demon Dao's prosperity was just around the corner!
If doing good or not was not recorded by the Netherworld, then who in the world would still do it? If those who did good and those who did evil were treated the same, then it would be as easy as flipping one's hand to lure all living beings into depravity!
All the demons were overjoyed. Soon after, the Yin Mountain Goddess stood up and said, "The world of mortals is a sea of bitterness, and all living beings shall enter hell. As long as the spirits of those who have died in the mortal world enter the netherworld, they will have to go to hell. "
Everyone, regardless of good or evil, had to go to Hell!
After the Yin Mountain Goddess finished speaking, the Rakshasa King continued, "Heaven's heart is the most merciful, it doesn't cut off the path of all living beings. With the blessing of heaven and earth, one could fly out of hell on the Rainbow Bridge. If you're fated, you can enter the Supreme Pure Land. "
Dark Sun Ghostly King: "If you are blessed with the will of the people, you can use it as a rope to escape from the sea of suffering."
The Wheel of Reincarnation King said, "Anyone who leaves the domain and has no negative karmic debts can enter the Wheel of Reincarnation."
Hearing the Ghost Kings' words, Qing Hong's lips curled into a smile.
To put it bluntly, the Ghost Kings' intention was to cut it in half. No matter how much karma you have in the human world, you have to go to hell first. As for how to leave hell, it all depended on the "good karma" accumulated during your lifetime.
If you had done something obedient in the human world, such as managing the wasteland, greening the desert, etc., after entering hell, the luck of your lifetime would turn into a rainbow bridge and send you out of hell. And if you had done kindness to tens of thousands of people and accumulated the will of tens of thousands of people, it would be a golden rope to pull you out of hell. Some people had done evil all their lives. Even if they only did one good deed in their lifetime, they could still get a golden thread as thin as spider silk as a way to escape from reincarnation. But the premise was that they could leave the Sea of Sin formed by their karma during their lifetime.
The gratitude of one person plus the resentment of tens of thousands of people, it was self-evident whether they could escape from hell with the help of a life-saving rope as thin as spider silk.
"However, Netherworld will not cut off people's way. Even those who have committed countless evil deeds can obtain the path of transcendence and salvation. "
Although the new system formulated by Netherworld could not satisfy everyone. But it had already taken care of most people.
As long as you had accumulated enough good karma during your lifetime and made others grateful or favored by the Tao of Heaven, you could get out of the Sea of Sin after death.
As the five Ghost Kings jointly revised the system of Netherworld, the purple air outside the hall rushed into the dark sky. His Majesty's blue clouds condensed into a sapphire slate and slowly fell on the Mirror Hall. It set the new trial rules of Netherworld.
What the five Ghost Kings said was just the initial basic idea. But there were hundreds of supplementary rules to ensure that there were no loopholes in the new trial system.
The law was established. Endless Black Water suddenly sprayed above Netherworld and turned into the Sea of Sin, covering the Underworld.
"Conti, you are the Human King and the representative of humanity. Then please be the first to enjoy this Sea of Sin!" Dark Sun Ghost King reached out and pushed Conti into the Sea of Sin.
A lot of dark red evil spirits rose from the Sea of Sin and turned into forty-eight resentful spirits attacking and biting Conti in the Sea of Sin. But at the same time, the golden light of merit also rose from his body and turned into a thick golden rope, dragging him out of the Sea of Sin slowly.
Turning Wheel King looked at the gods around him and kindly reminded them, "Only when the cause and effect are settled can you go to Nirvana."
The deities immediately understood. They all transformed their Dharma Form. All kinds of demons appeared in the Sea of Sin. These demons dragged Conti down and didn't let him leave the hell.
The golden rope shook and Conti almost fell back into the Sea of Sin several times.
"The time in the Sea of Sin is different from the outside world. With the inspiration of the gods, a hundred years can pass in a flash. Therefore, Conti's punishment has a total of three hundred years. "
Conti struggled in the Sea of Sin for "three hundred years" before he barely escaped from the Sea of Sin.
Seeing his pale face and dim divine light, Zhuang Emperor sighed and sent someone to take care of him. This time, his foundation was damaged by the gods. I'm afraid that he can't arrange the Tactical Array of the Thirty-three Heavens at all. The candidates of the 33 Ground Fairies of the Ancestor God still need to be discussed.
But this is still the balance of good and evil, right? The mighty figures of Demonic Gate looked carefully and thought, "In this way, if we go to hell after death, we don't have to worry about anything. After all, we can save some Karma points. "
At this time, Devil King pointed to the sapphire stone tablet beside him. Among the hundreds of densely packed clauses, it was clearly written that "Heaven's Merit is not allowed to offset human Karma".
There were hundreds of clauses densely packed, almost blocking all kinds of loopholes. And the birth of a new hell of the Sea of Sin also meant that there would be at least one Ground Fairies or even a strong person at the level of Fairy Immortal in the future. This Sea of Sin was the foundation of the Underworld's strength.
Just when everyone was distracted by the re-order of the Underworld, Qing Hong secretly sent a thought of Yang Spirit to the Dragon Court of Gu Qi.
"Brother, the time has come. It's time for you to reincarnate."
Tushan then turned into a breeze and came over. He smiled and said, "Good, good. While the attention of Chakra King is not here, you should quickly reincarnate. When the time comes, everything will be perfect. "
The two worked together to help Gu Qi and the Underworld enter the reincarnation at the moment when the Sea of Sin was born, which happened to avoid other people's perception. In this way, they could carry out the plan that Qing Hong and Tushan had prepared earlier.
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