Looking at the ball of tenebrum energy on Long Yangjun's fingertips, Li Yao was deep in thought.
There was no distinction between good and evil energy, light and dark energy. The only difference was the frequency of vibration and the nature of energy. Many people had told Li Yao such a simple logic on his path of training.
Even he had considered the nature of energy many times himself, but he was not sure if there was really such a thing as' evil energy '.
However, the horror of the arrival of extraterrestrial devils and the drastic changes to one's mind after being corrupted by tenebrum energy were facts that he had seen and experienced in person many times.
For the former, there was the arrival of the extraterrestrial devils in the tenth space ring of the Flying Star Sector and the horror that almost all the troops of the Black Wind Fleet were transformed into devilized people when they assaulted the Federation.
As for the latter, 'Extraterrestrial Devil Mo Xuan' was the best example.
It was exactly because of the invasion of the extraterrestrial devils and the corruption of the tenebrum energy that Professor Mo Xuan, who used to be a righteous man, had been twisted and mentally deranged, turning into an extraterrestrial devil of the Spiritual Nexus that almost destroyed the Federation.
The Blood Stripe Virus was sort of an 'extraterrestrial devil' from a faraway land. Li Yao knew its formidability very well. When he was corrupted by it, all his negative feelings were magnified, and he almost turned into a devil that knew nothing but destruction and slaughter.
The tenebrum energy was entirely different from the spiritual energy. Or to be more exact, the tenebrum energy had a greater influence on the soul of a human being.
Pondering for a moment, Li Yao asked slowly, "What is tenebrum energy exactly?"
Long Yangjun smiled and asked back, "Have you ever considered the difference between the so-called 'prosperous worlds', the 'barren worlds', and even the 'desolate worlds'? There are obviously infinite space zones and galaxies in the vast sea of stars, and all the galaxies have stars. Among them, the stars are in the prime years of stability and can radiate light and heat incessantly. There are also too many galaxies that boast planets of moderate distances away from each other.
"However, of the billions of planets that human beings have explored, only the 'three thousand Sectors' boast spiritual energy and are suitable for the reproduction of intelligent lives. It is almost a drop in the ocean. Why?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. Frowning, he said, "Even the most cutting-edge cosmology forums of the Imperium of True Human Beings do not have a conclusion on the question. There are only countless hypotheses. For example, the 'big bang theory', which believes that the entire universe originated from an enormous, unimaginable primeval big bang, and the 'three thousand Sectors' happened to be the three thousand 'pieces' with the highest temperature and most intense waves that were thrown out by the big bang. Therefore, they boast features that regular galaxies do not have.
"There is also the theory of loopholes in the high-dimensional universe. It is believed that there are four-dimensional, five-dimensional, and even eleven-dimensional universes above the three-dimensional universe, and there are certain cracks or loopholes between the high-dimensional universes and the three-dimensional universe. The ordinary energy of the high-dimensional universes will pour into the three-dimensional universe through the cracks and turn into spiritual energy that can give birth to everything. Normal stellar systems do not have such 'high-dimensional loopholes'. However good the natural conditions are, it is impossible for spiritual energy and intelligent life to be born."
Long Yangjun nodded and said, "Yes. They are two of the three most mainstream 'spiritual energy hypotheses'. Then, you must be aware of the third hypothesis, which is the 'prehistoric wisdom theory', right?"
Without any hesitation, Li Yao replied quickly, "On a planet with living creatures, after billions of years of changes, under the effect of the geological movement and the high temperature and pressure, the bodies of the prehistoric creatures can produce all kinds of energy such as coal, oil, and so on. Although the efficiency of the energy is not high, it is still enough to support a relatively primitive civilization. However, it is barely possible for the civilization to break out of the stellar system with such energy.
"Then, if the bodies of the prehistoric creatures can be turned into energy under certain conditions, is it possible that the souls and will of the prehistoric intelligent lives can be turned into another type of energy?
"The universe is a vast place with infinite time. Our universe has existed for at least hundreds of billions of years. The civilization of mankind was preceded by the Pangu and the Nuwa civilizations. Then, how many civilizations were there before the Pangu and the Nuwa civilizations? Theoretically speaking, it is possible that there were ten thousand or even a million civilizations.
"If the individuals of the super civilizations billions of years ago were already a hundred times more powerful than the Divinity Transformation Stage of human beings, how powerful were their souls and will exactly? Would the souls and will of such unparalleled experts completely disperse after their death? Is it possible for them to be transformed into a brand-new form of pure energy under the effect of the cosmic radiation, space waves, and other conditions?
"The so-called 'prehistoric wisdom hypothesis' believes that the spiritual energy that we are using right now is the souls and will of the unparalleled experts of the advanced civilizations billions of years ago, except that it has been highly compressed, condensed, and transformed, making it impossible to tell its original appearance. It's like when you see a pile of crude oil, you cannot imagine that it used to be a dinosaur.
"But personally, I don't agree with such a hypothesis. If you think about it, you can think of two problems.
"Firstly, if the so-called 'spiritual energy' is the souls and will left by the super experts of the advanced civilizations in the past, there must've been a 'primitive civilization' billions of years ago, right? That was the first-generation civilization. Where did the experts of that civilization go to absorb spiritual energy for their training? Without spiritual energy, how could they break out of the mother planet and the stellar system and create their initial glory?
"Secondly, one of the most important approaches of training is to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. It is obvious that the stellar radiation is also a major source of spiritual energy. How do you explain that?"
"It's very simple," Long Yangjun said with a smile.
"The three hypotheses about the sources of spiritual energy are not necessarily independent of each other. They can complement each other or even overlap with each other.
"First of all, the Big Bang billions of years ago created the entire universe. In the process of the Big Bang, countless extremely hot and sharp 'fragments' were blown out, tearing thousands of cracks in the three-dimensional universe. These cracks could lead to the four-dimensional universe or even higher dimensions. From the higher-dimensional universe, a lot of energy that should not belong to the three-dimensional world leaked down, watering and creating 'fertile worlds' or 'Colossal Worlds'.
"Nurtured by the energy of the high-dimensional universe, the primitive civilizations gradually emerged in those Sectors. The experts of the primitive civilizations studied the energy from the high-dimensional universe nonstop. During their evolution, they gradually melted their feelings, will, and soul with the high-dimensional energy, which became the prototype of spiritual energy.
"In the billions of years of the universe, there were countless high-level intelligent lives. After the experts of those super civilizations perished, they were all melted into the 'ocean of energy' that pervades the entire universe in a certain form, turning into the spiritual energy that human beings use today. Therefore, you may consider the spiritual energy as a gift that the 'ancestral civilizations' of mankind left for their descendants!
"As for the fact that the stars can unleash spiritual energy, it's even simpler. You should know that not all the radiations of the stars are helpful for training. Most of the radiations of the stars are just the most fundamental light and heat.
"Therefore, is it possible that some super intelligent lives lived inside the stars in the first place, or that the stars themselves were super intelligent lives that had 'died' a long time ago?"
Li Yao was rather stunned. "Wait, wait, wait. What are you trying to say? What does it have to do with the tenebrum energy?"
"Of course it does," Long Yangjun said solemnly.
Long Yangjun said solemnly, "If spiritual energy originates from the feelings, wills, and souls of countless generations of intelligent lives over billions of years, do you not feel that it is too wasteful to use it purely as a form of energy? It's like excavating the best oil from the underground but only igniting it will not release its real power at all!
"What I'm saying is that the so-called spiritual energy is the feelings, will, and soul of the prehistoric intelligent lives, except that it gradually entered the hibernation state during the billions of years of changes in the universe, and ninety-nine percent of its power has been sealed.
"The civilization of mankind utilizes the spiritual energy in a very primitive way right now. Its real power has not been activated at all. You have a mountain of treasures, but you regard gold and crystals as rocks. That's the feeling.
"In short, the tenebrum energy is not the opposite of the spiritual energy but the advanced form of the spiritual energy. The tenebrum energy is the fully activated spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy is the tenebrum energy in the hibernation state!"
Li Yao found it hard to believe. "It does sound reasonable, but do you have any proof?"
"Of course, there is no direct proof. Otherwise, why would it be called a 'hypothesis'?"
Long Yangjun smiled and said, "However, isn't the fact that I can use the tenebrum energy at will the best proof? Not just me, you can do it too. Open your mind and let your soul travel through billions of years to feel the power in the deepest part of the spiritual energy and listen to the roars and regrets of countless civilizations when they perished in the wars to conquer the universe. You can also inherit the spirit and will of the prehistoric civilizations and unlock the 'seal' on the spiritual energy, transforming it into the tenebrum energy that is a hundred times more powerful! "
Li Yao blinked for a long time and said, "If the tenebrum energy is truly the advanced form of the spiritual energy, why did the 'arrival of extraterrestrial devils' happen? Why did the ordinary people and even the cultivators corrupted by the tenebrum energy all turn into devilized people and Demonic Cultivators?"
"Because the tenebrum energy is so powerful that normal people can't bear it at all! How can a three-year-old not fall and hurt himself when he is asked to ride a wild horse and wave a saber that weighs almost a hundred kilograms? How could a penniless pauper not be completely lost in his extravagance after suddenly inheriting hundreds of millions of wealth? "
"Think about it. For billions of years, the feelings, will, and even souls of the strongest experts of countless super civilizations flooded into the brain of an ordinary person. How can the ordinary person control themselves and not be lost?
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