"Throwing oneself into the sea of light can grant one eternal life, but one can never leave the sea of light for the rest of one's life. Once one leaves the sea of light, one will immediately turn into ashes. I don't like this kind of longevity. "
Lin Feng looked at the eyeless fish in front of him and listened to his explanation. He sighed softly.
Life or freedom, which was more important? It was the same choice that had been talked about so many times. But when people really faced this problem, how many people could make a decisive choice and never regret it?
Lin Feng asked, "Do you have a name?"
The eyeless fish was silent for a moment, then nodded his big head down. "It calls me Pupil-less."
This "it" was referring to the golden ball of light in the sea of light below.
Lin Feng and Shi Zhongtian couldn't help but understand. Although the golden ball of light was still an embryo of a magic treasure of creation, it had already developed its own spiritual consciousness. However, this kind of spiritual consciousness was vague and grand, and it wouldn't appear often. It was like the self-consciousness of a world.
Although it was not mature yet, it already contained the aura of creation and could trigger the Void Thunder Tribulation. It was its existence that allowed the black fish named Pupil-less to pass the Thunder Tribulation and form a Demon Infant.
That was why Pupil-less continued to cultivate and finally formed an Immortal Demon Soul.
The spiritual consciousness of a magic treasure of creation like this would not appear easily. For example, if Lin Feng and Shi Zhongtian caught a small number of black fish or went deep into the pool in the Heaven Mystic Realm, the golden ball of light wouldn't pay any attention to them.
But if Lin Feng and the others completely cut off the process of the black fish entering the sea of light, interfere with the golden ball of light's self-maturation, or completely destroy the Heaven Mystic Realm, the golden ball of light would definitely react.
Only such a major event would the golden ball of light react.
Pupil-less was more special. He was the first golden-eyed black fish to doubt, reject, and finally resist his own instinct and fate.
He spontaneously broke away from the orbit of fate and left the special balance of Spiritual Qi and the ecosystem that had been formed in the Heaven Mystic Realm for a long time to nurture the golden ball of light.
This behavior attracted the attention of the golden ball of light. However, the golden ball of light was not angry at this child for going against its will. On the contrary, it helped Wu Tong because he wanted to walk his own path.
Perhaps it was just out of interest, or perhaps it was out of generosity. To it, it was a simple matter, but it had helped Pupil-less a lot.
In the Cloudforest World, more than ten Cloudforest Trees contained vast amounts of essence energy. Their foundations were so robust that they were not inferior to Essence Spirit powerhouses. But because there was no Void Thunder Tribulation in the Cloudforest World, these ten over Cloudforest Trees had grown for countless years but were unable to form a Demon Nascent Soul all along.
Pupil-less eyes made a "look" gesture towards the sea of light down below. At this moment, he had already formed the Undying Demon Soul. Although he didn't have eyes, his Soul Consciousness could naturally determine the direction.
"Looking" at the golden ball of light, Pupil-less had mixed feelings.
After attaining the Indestructible Demon Soul, as long as he wanted to, he could reconstruct his eyes at any time, but he did not do so in the end.
Lin Feng asked, "Is there anyone else like you among your kind?"
"Yes, in my memory, after such a long time had passed, there would always be someone like me every once in a while, who would develop a higher level of intelligence." Pupil-less answered, "Most of them would still dive down to the sea of light after reaching adulthood. Only a few were like me."
Speaking up to this point, Pupil-less's mood was a little gloomy. "But in the end, these companions all died. Their lifespans came to an end, and in the end, they died and disappeared."
"I taught them everything I knew, but until now, I'm still the only one."
Lin Feng and Shi Zhongtian looked as usual. Wasn't it the same for the human world?
Although this was a world where cultivators lived, those who could cultivate successfully, even if they were only Qi Refinement Stage cultivators, were still very few compared to the population of the entire world.
Most people in the world couldn't cultivate Qi Refinement. They lived a plain and busy life, and after a few decades, they died of old age and turned into a cup of soil.
It was the same for Qi Refinement Stage cultivators and Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. Their lifespans were no more than a hundred years.
Golden Elixir cultivators could live for a thousand years. Compared to mortals, they were undoubtedly immortal. But in the grand timeline of the entire world, it was just a small fragment.
Yuanying cultivators had a lifespan of 3,600 years, but in the long river of time, they couldn't do much.
Those Golden-eyed Black Carps that chose to dive into the sea of light changed their life forms and became a part of the sea of light. As long as they left the sea of light, they would turn into ashes. But if they didn't leave the sea of light, they could actually move freely within the range of the sea of light.
Retaining self-awareness and retaining their previous memories was actually no different from being alive. Under the protection of the golden ball of light, they could even live for a long time.
If the golden ball of light became a treasure of creation and could truly withstand the world's extinction, then under its protection, these golden carps could even live until the next era. It was really close to immortality.
They didn't need to cultivate hard, undergo tribulations, or increase their realm. Silently staying in the sea of light was enough.
Compared to them, Pupil-less seemed to be very stupid. She gave up such an easy and happy eternal life just to maintain her most complete self without any restrictions.
"Without the protection of the sea of light, there are many dangers and many restrictions. How can it be called freedom?" Pupil-less murmured, "But I feel that this is my own choice, not the fate of my race. This is the freedom I yearn for."
"Some companions like me, after trying hard, ultimately chose to give up."
"But without eyes and their own strength, they couldn't merge into the sea of light. As soon as they got close, they would be burned by the sea of light and even vaporized."
"So some of my companions started to curse me. In the midst of cursing, they gradually grew old and died."
Pupil-less was a little confused. "In the face of these companions, I had no choice but to swallow them into my belly before they died and use my own strength to nourish them. This could slow down their aging, but as time passed, everyone gradually died of old age."
"In the past, I went to tell everyone that there is another path in our lives, but now I don't dare to go, because I can't guarantee that they will all be like me. In that case, perhaps throwing oneself into the sea of light and obtaining immortality is also a good choice?"
Lin Feng opened his palm, revealing a small all-heavens world made of purple qi. Inside the small world, Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao, Yang Qing and Tuntun were all silent.
During the process of diving, under the control of Lin Feng's divine sense, they could see everything that was happening outside. The communication with Pupil-less' divine sense was also transferred by Lin Feng to everyone, so that they could all understand the content.
Follow the destiny of the race, give up the possibility of one's own growth, and live forever in an environment of limited freedom?
Or break free from the shackles of fate, fight for oneself in the wind and waves, fight for that one in a million chance to obtain great power, rely on one's own strength to obtain immortality, and defeat death?
In a sense, Pupil-less was fighting against his own instinct, which was the most basic and strongest instinct of almost all sentient beings.
The instinct to survive.
Zhu Yi and the others fell into deep thought. Because of the existence of the golden ball of light, the fate of the Golden-eyed Black Fish race, and the struggle with Pupil-less and a few others were not the same as the cultivation of the Human Race.
If the Human Race did not cultivate, their lifespan would be limited, and they would undoubtedly die when the time came. Painstakingly cultivating and fighting against the heavens was also the embodiment of the instinct to survive.
But the Golden-eyed Black Fish race did not need to painstakingly cultivate, and they could also obtain immortality with limited conditions. Pupil-less broke free from this fate, but instead sent himself to a cliff full of thorns, where he could fall at any time and be crushed to pieces.
The great terror between life and death was never a joke.
"The reason I present these things to you is not to ask you to overcome the instinct to survive like Pupil-less and pursue the freedom in your hearts." Lin Feng's voice sounded in everyone's ears, "But I want you to be able to understand more of the mysteries within, to distinguish your true heart, and to strengthen your Dao Heart."
"Life, freedom, and the principles of heaven and earth all exist in one heart. They may be opposed, but they may also be unified. The subtleties within are what we cultivators need to grasp."
Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao, and Yang Qing all took a deep breath and bowed to Lin Feng, "Your disciples have learned."
Although Xiao Yan and the others were not present, Lin Feng would make up for this lesson in the future.
"Pupil-less, I am Lin Feng, the Master of the Xuanmen Sect. I am not from this Medium-class World, but from the Divine Land of the Boundless World. My disciple, Xuanmen Tianzong, is the first person to set foot in this Medium-class World. In the future, I and my disciples will also occupy this world for cultivation."
Lin Feng looked at the giant black fish without eyes in front of him, "I will not interfere with the survival of you and your people, but in the future, I will take it."
As he said this, Lin Feng pointed to the golden ball below and continued, "Taking this thing will not affect the natural reproduction of your race. Life, death, and old age are normal in the world."
"What are your plans next?"
Pupil-less transmitted her thoughts, "I will not interfere with what you want to do. It does not belong to me, and this world does not belong to me."
"Plans? I have no plans. I don't know where I should go. The freedom I seek is not the freedom of the body, so I have been staying in the pool all these years. "
Pupil-less said, "I may walk around and see the world outside the pool."
When Lin Feng and Shi Zhongtian heard Pupil-less's somewhat childish words, they couldn't help but feel a little speechless.
Although he was firm and pure, he was also quite naive. This was related to his experience growing up. In the pool, there were only him and the other Golden-eyed Black Fish. As he continued to grow, apart from the big guy below, there was nothing that could threaten him at all. There was not even an existence that showed hostility towards him.
Pupil-less's experience to be able to form an Indestructible Demon Soul and reach the realm of being one with the heavens and the earth was truly an anomaly. It was similar to the golden ball of light in the Xuantian Realm, which was almost impossible to replicate. It was no wonder that no other Golden-eyed Black Fish could truly achieve anything besides him.
If he left the pool in his current state and left the Xuantian Realm, it would be fine if he didn't run into a Primordial Spirit Realm expert. Otherwise, if he ran into someone with evil intentions, he would be directly killed and turned into a great tonic.
In fact, if a Nascent Soul expert like Marquis Jinghuanhou had made proper preparations and a thorough plan, it wasn't impossible for him to create a miracle of slaying a Great Sage.
This Pupil-less Great Saint could be called the most unreliable Great Saint of the demon race in the history of the Great Heaven Primordial World.
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