Though he didn't directly answer Chu Mo's question, he was telling Chu Mo something. Chu Mo listened attentively with a solemn expression. He understood. That path was probably referring to the path to heaven that all Grand Supreme Realm beings wanted to find!
"All living beings suffer. If you want to escape suffering and find happiness, you need great perseverance, patience, and sacrifice. All living beings have desires, and desire is the root of all exploration, the instinct of all. Godhood is a manifestation of desire. Every living being has a godhood. It may be in the light or in the dark, but they all exist. "
A look of shock appeared on Chu Mo's face. He hadn't expected that the Buddha … or more accurately, the being that he suspected to be the Buddha would actually give such an answer.
First, he said that all living beings suffer, and then he said that all living beings have desires. This desire … is godhood?
In the light or in the dark? What does that mean? Is it the godhood of the cultivators on the Investiture of the Gods? In the dark … does it refer to every living being that cultivates in the world?
"The Investiture of the Gods isn't naturally formed. Instead, a great expert discovered the mystery of reincarnation and wanted to change the situation. He created a great number of Investiture of the Gods and Investiture Medallions. Through human means, he wanted a great number of living beings to condense a bright godhood to resist the heavenly dao. He tried to escape the mysteries of heaven. "
The giant blue eagle was bewildered.
Qi Xiaoyu and Shui Yiyi listened attentively.
Chu Mo listened intently as well.
"What kind of world is the passage? All the wise sages and seniors have pondered. Perhaps someone has gone through it, but never returned. So, although there are many speculations about what kind of world it is, no one has an accurate answer. The destruction of the Chu Clan wasn't the will of heaven, but the ancients in the passage. "
Chu Mo clenched his fists. He really didn't expect that the Buddha would actually answer his question.
Qi Xiaoyu and Shui Yiyi's hearts were in their throats. Didn't that mean that Chu Mo's enemy was all the ancients in the passage?
When Chu Mo sensed that the merciful aura of the universe was extremely dense, he finally asked, "Is there really a … great ancestor above the Grand Supreme?"
"Never." The Buddha gave an affirmative answer!
This caused Chu Mo to be very shocked. Whether it was Guo Chang, the other disciples of the Ancient Clans, or even supreme existences like Esteemed Spirit Connection, all of them had clearly stated that there was such an unparalleled existence.
The Conferred God Decree, Conferred God Tokens, and godheads … all of these things originated from there.
But now, this theory was directly denied by the Buddha! Who should he believe?
Subconsciously, Chu Mo felt that he should believe in Buddha. But at the same time, he felt that it was inconceivable.
"Why?" He couldn't help but ask.
"The predecessor who created the Godly Investiture Board and Godly Investiture Token has already suffered a calamity." The grand voice that was filled with benevolence carried a trace of a faint sigh as if it was recalling the past.
Chu Mo was speechless for a long time. After a long silence, he finally opened his mouth and asked, "Then … everything that happened today, including the destruction of the Chu royal clan back then, all came from the ancient clan in the passageway?"
"Yes."
Chu Mo took a deep breath. "Then what about the repeated cycles of reincarnation? Every time before reincarnation, all of one's cultivation disappears. What's going on?"
"This is … all living things are suffering. When the body dies, the dao disappears. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Isn't that normal? "The grand voice even had a hint of rhetorical tone.
Chu Mo stood there in a daze, frowning. His mind was filled with the Buddha's words: When the body dies, the dao disappears. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Isn't that normal?
If there really wasn't an existence known as the Great Ancestor, then all of this … seemed to be normal? But the problem was … according to Esteemed Spirit Connection, as long as he stepped into the Grand Supreme realm, all of his cultivation would immediately collapse!
"When the body dies, where does the dao disappear to?" Chu Mo asked.
This time, the Buddha was silent for a long time. Then, he faintly said, "Heaven."
Chu Mo's brows were tightly furrowed. His heart wasn't calm, and he couldn't calm down either. Suddenly, he had a stroke of inspiration and asked, "When the dao returns to heaven, geniuses will not collapse, right?"
"Yes."
Chu Mo let out a long breath.
He finally understood a little. No matter what realm a powerful being cultivated to, even if they were at the Grand Supreme realm, there would come a day when their bodies and dao would disappear. At that moment, all of their cultivation would return to heaven. They thought that all of their cultivation came from heaven!
That was why it was called ashes to ashes, dust to dust. That was the true balance of this world.
In this place, there were no undying beings, and no eternal existences.
For some reason, after learning all of this, Chu Mo suddenly felt a sense of relief. At least, his enemy was no longer an unknown existence. Actually, the unknown … was always the most terrifying. It would always be.
Even though his enemy was the Ancients of the entire passage, he wasn't that afraid.
The Buddha had made it very clear that the sage of the past wanted to deceive the heavens and created a heaven-defying item like the Investiture of the Gods to distribute to the Ancients of the passage. He used the Investiture of the Gods to summon the powerful cultivators of the various universes. Then, he used the God Investiture of the Gods to control them.
On one hand, this item could forever control the powerful beings of the universes outside the passage.
That was because if one wanted to leave those universes, unless they were at the Grand Supreme realm, they could only go through the ancient battlefield. Therefore, as long as one controlled the Investiture of the Gods and the God Investiture of the Gods, it was equivalent to controlling all the living beings in those universes.
Then, if there was really a heaven-defying existence among these living beings who broke through to the Grand Supreme realm, they would immediately be crushed by the Heavenly Dao. That was because the God Essence could not contain the Dao of the Grand Supreme realm! It would make the Heavenly Dao mistakenly believe that the living being had reached the end of its life!
What a deep scheme! What a terrifying scheme!
In Chu Mo's opinion, only a Great Ancestor who had surpassed the Grand Supreme realm could create something like the Investiture of the Gods.
Thinking about it this way, Esteemed Spirit Connection was really heaven-defying. After learning about many things, he simply let his realm enter a mysterious state. In theory, he had long reached the Grand Supreme realm, but he had deceived his God Essence and made it mistakenly believe that he was still at the Ancestor realm!
Therefore, his God Essence did not have such a powerful Dao!
Therefore, he had been able to live to this day unscathed!
Chu Mo finally understood, but he could not help but sigh inwardly.
He could not help but ask, "Then, can I sever the God Essence of those living beings as I please?" Chu Mo asked again.
This time, the Buddha gave a positive answer. "This is a great kindness. Yes, but it will put you in endless danger. "
Chu Mo knew very well what endless danger meant. If he really severed the God Essence of those living beings as he pleased, he would definitely anger the ancient clans. This was equivalent to touching the fundamental interests of the ancient clans. No ancient clan could tolerate such an action.
Therefore, he had to be careful. Just like Luo Feihong and Gu Bingbing had said before, only by controlling the Investiture of the Gods and the God Investiture of the Gods could he sever the corresponding God Essence of those living beings!
There was no such thing as a Great Ancestor in this world. The existence that had created the Investiture of the Gods in the past had already met with a calamity. This existence had simply brought endless disasters to the living beings in the universe! Although he was certainly a particularly powerful existence, Chu Mo's resentment towards him was extremely strong.
"Who created something as heaven-defying as the Investiture of the Gods? Who left behind endless disasters for future generations? "
The merciful aura emanating from the Buddha's body had reached an extreme level. He suddenly chuckled. "This is karma. The karma of the predecessors must be repaid by the descendants. Therefore, this is your responsibility. Do you understand? "
Do you understand?
Of course not!
What did the Buddha mean?
On the way back, Chu Mo asked Qi Xiaoyu and Shui Yiyi, "What does he mean? What predecessors? My predecessors? Did the Chu Royal Ancestor do this? How is that possible? "
The Buddha had vanished after saying that. Chu Mo did not even try to find him. This was because he knew that the fundamental reason why he could see the Buddha was because he had cultivated the Six-Syllable Sanskrit Mantra. He could be considered the Buddha's disciple. Otherwise, the Buddha wouldn't have met him or pointed him in the right direction!
Chu Mo was a bit regretful that he hadn't had time to ask about the three spiritual and seven physical souls and why they had appeared in different corresponding universes. It seemed that he could only pin his hopes on the monkey.
However, the gains from this trip had already exceeded Chu Mo's expectations. He had gained too much! The twists and turns he had gone through along the way hadn't been in vain. He had spent twenty years doing this. He had truly gained a lot.
At the very least, Chu Mo now understood one thing — something that even Master Ling Tong couldn't be certain of.
There was no Great Ancestor!
There was no existence beyond the venerated one!
Finding that path might allow one to escape from suffering and gain happiness, but if one couldn't escape … all living beings would still suffer!
Therefore, Chu Mo had analyzed a few things from the Buddha's words. It seemed that there was a way to lead more people out of this world, or to change it completely!
Great perseverance, great patience, great sacrifice!
What did that mean? Perhaps he would understand in the future.
Even the Buddha didn't dare say what kind of world the passage led to. Perhaps the Buddha had his own guesses.
Chu Mo even guessed that the Buddha had seen that path, and so had the venerated one guarding the east! But none of them had left. With great perseverance, great patience, and great sacrifice, they had remained in the passage, in this world that was about to dry up!
For the sake of all living beings!
This was true benevolence. Chu Mo admired it very much, but he couldn't do it now.
Because right now, he was still surrounded by danger on all sides and enemies.
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