What was obsession?
It was very simple.
Any stubborn thought was a stubborn thought.
If you had a thought and encountered difficulties, you would shrink back and give up. This is not called obsession.
Once a true obsession was born in one's heart, it would take root and germinate. It would not give up because of any difficulties, even if it was life and death.
Don't underestimate an obsession.
Since ancient times, countless masters of the Great Dao had died because of an obsession.
This thing was like an inner demon. Once it was born, it would expand bit by bit. It couldn't be driven away, nor could it be dispersed. It couldn't be suppressed, nor could it be seen through. It couldn't be broken.
If it could be seen through, an obsession would not be an obsession.
Love was a kind of obsession.
Desire was also a kind of obsession.
Different personalities would lead to different obsessions.
If it was a person with great ambition, he would often have this kind of obsession.
If it was a person with deep affection, he would often have this kind of obsession.
For example, Emperor Bliss was like this. His obsession was the threads of love.
Over the years, in order to cut off the threads of love, he had reincarnated again and again. However, the threads of love became more and more chaotic, and his obsession became deeper and deeper.
Not only had he not cut off the threads of love, but a new obsession had appeared, and there was more than one new obsession.
The threads of love were his old obsession, and they had been deeply rooted.
He had reincarnated again and again to cut off the obsession. In a sense, this was also a kind of obsession.
That's right.
Cutting off the obsession itself was a kind of obsession.
In addition, Emperor Bliss had been searching for karma.
Because he wanted to figure out how his deep-rooted obsession had appeared. Was it when he was the self, when he was the self, when he was the self, when he was the true self, when he was the true self, when he couldn't cut off the threads of love.
Searching for karma, searching for the true self.
This was yet another obsession.
Up until now, Emperor Bliss had been completely hesitant. He didn't know what to do to completely cut off the obsession.
He felt that from the moment he began to cut off the obsession, he seemed to have fallen into a vicious cycle. It was as if he had fallen into a sea of karma. He wanted to go ashore, but he fell deeper and deeper.
Worse, he couldn't see any light in front of him, and there was no way back. Even if he wanted to stop and cut off the obsession, he couldn't. Because he had cut off the obsession, he had cut himself into a predestined fate.
Emperor Peafowl hadn't severed the threads of love, but his situation wasn't much different from Monarch Bliss'. He'd reincarnated again and again in an attempt to sever his obsession, but he hadn't been able to do so. Instead, he'd given birth to a new obsession. He'd felt like he'd fallen into a vicious cycle of karma, and he'd also severed himself into a predestined fate.
"Are you sure you don't want to take a gamble?"
Emperor Peafowl, Emperor Bliss.
The Floating Life Emperor glanced at him and replied casually, "Why don't you bet?"
"I want to!"
"That's all." "Who doesn't want to?" The Floating Life Emperor's expression remained calm. His eyes and words were calm as he asked.
Yes.
Who didn't want to take a gamble?
Emperor Fleeting Life also wanted to take a gamble, but the problem was that he couldn't. After severing his obsession for so many years and reincarnating again and again, he carried too many heavy things on his shoulders. There was family, love, affection, friendship, and too much hope. He was no longer in control of his own destiny.
He didn't want to lose. He couldn't lose. He couldn't afford to lose.
Monarch Bliss was no exception, and Emperor Peafowl was no exception.
Even though he kept asking Monarch Bliss if he wanted to bet, he was actually asking himself instead of Monarch Bliss.
He had reincarnated again and again in order to cut off the obsession. He carried too many heavy things on his shoulders. Maybe it wasn't family or love, but there was still too much hope. Right now, he was no longer in control of himself. He wanted to take a gamble, but he didn't dare. He didn't want to lose, couldn't lose, and couldn't afford to lose.
"What if … I tell you that Ancient Nameless is also taking a gamble?"
Emperor Peafowl said.
Emperor Bliss asked, "What are you betting on?"
"I don't know what she's betting on, but I'm sure that she's betting on something other than the great dao of heaven and earth."
Hearing this.
Emperor Bliss fell silent.
"Hehe!"
Emperor Peafowl laughed, but it was a very self-deprecating laugh. He shook his head slightly and said, "Even Ancient Nameless, the embodiment of karma, dares to take a gamble. You and I don't."
Emperor Peafowl looked up at the chaotic space and sighed. "If we can't afford to lose, then I'm sure Ancient Nameless is even more of a sore loser than we are. But … she's willing to take a gamble, but we're not."
"Hehe!"
Emperor Peafowl's smile grew wider and wider. The self-deprecation in his smile grew stronger and stronger. "It looks like fate has us in its grasp."
"Hehe!"
Emperor Peafowl's laughter grew more and more self-deprecating.
"We are indeed destined to face the calamity."
Silence.
Emperor Bliss fell silent, and so did Emperor Peafowl.
After an unknown period of time, Emperor Peafowl turned around and looked at Emperor Bliss. "Have you ever thought of a question?"
"What question?"
"If you don't take the gamble, but still lose in the end, what will you do?"
Emperor Bliss replied calmly without thinking, "If you lose, you lose. Nothing will happen."
Emperor Peafowl asked with a half-smile, "If you take the gamble, you can't afford to lose. But if you don't, can you afford to lose?"
"If I take the gamble and win, then I will feel guilty," Emperor Bliss said softly. "If I don't take the gamble and lose, then I will have a clear conscience."
"Ha!"
Emperor Peafowl laughed again. "That's why you're destined to face calamity."
Emperor Bliss said, "Isn't it difficult for you?"
"Me too." Emperor Peafowl shrugged. "That's why I say that we're destined to face calamity. Neither you nor I can overcome the obstacle in our hearts."
Emperor Peafowl took in a deep breath and slowly exhaled. He smiled and said, "Cultivation, cultivation. What we cultivate is the heart. What we walk is the dao. The heart is in front, and the dao is behind. If the heart is the soul, then the dao is the body."
"I'm more and more impressed by Emperor You's state of mind. He can pretend that he doesn't see the eyes of everyone in the heavens and the earth. He can pretend that he doesn't see the eyes of everyone in the heavens and the earth. He can pretend that he doesn't see the eyes of everyone in the heavens and the earth. Even when all signs point to him being the True Lord of Original Sin recorded in the Book of Destiny, he can pretend that nothing has happened."
"He can ignore the consciousnesses and demonic intents of the three Sons of Original Sin in his body. He can even ignore the consciousnesses and demonic intents outside of the great dao."
"No matter how chaotic karma is, he has never sought it out."
"Even when he knows that it's a game of karma, he still jumps into it."
"He never thinks about winning or losing because he doesn't care about winning or losing."
"What does it mean to do as one pleases? This is doing as one pleases."
"What does it mean to let nature take its course? This is doing as one pleases."
"At first glance, doing as one pleases and letting nature take its course is like resigning oneself to fate. However, when one's state of mind reaches the point where one can do as one pleases and let nature take its course, then perhaps one is the heavens and one's fate."
。 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
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