Chapter 160 Order
"Now that we're here, I, a dignified Golden Immortal, the universe's only god, the highest leader of the Five Elements Palace..."
"What's wrong with me explaining some knowledge? Besides, Shizhong and the rules are inseparable. It's already good of me not to mention you stealing my Supreme Daoist method back then."
"Screw you, the rules are the rules, Shizhong is Shizhong; they're completely different things. You talk about your stuff, don't drag me into it."
"But if I don't explain, look at how stupid this kid is, how can he comprehend it? If he can't comprehend it, how will he return to the Lei Feng Realm?"
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu, standing on the side, were covered in black lines. These two Immortal Venerables were really going to great lengths for him to go home; they were almost fighting. It was too touching...
"You've never been so meticulous in teaching your own son; now you actually care so much about Wan Lei?"
"What's wrong with me caring? I'm doing it for the ultimate victory of the positive plane, for transcendence..."
"Stop talking, don't spoil it."
"Alright, alright, you explain the rest then, okay? You're in charge of your own Daoist method."
"Okay."
The two Immortal Venerables finally reached an agreement. The Earth Immortal Venerable, Wan Yi, would explain the origin and destruction of the universe.
"This is the initial state of a universe. In the beginning, there was only chaos here."
"This chaos has different names in different universes. Some call it One, some call it Origin, some call it Yuan, and some even call it Alpha."
"But the meaning is the same; they all represent the beginning."
"Observe carefully."
Wan Yi's words left Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu confused and clueless.
Wan Lei looked at the initial universe before him and gradually entered a state of comprehension.
Unknowingly, he unleashed his Yin-Yang Domain (Da Zhuang's Awesome Version). The Yin-Yang Twin Fish, which had never formed the initial state of chaos, finally formed chaos in this universe without any rules.
It became the strongest state of this Yin-Yang Domain.
Then, Wan Yi and Xia Dayu took them to travel through the endless universe again.
In fact, both Wan Yi and Xia Dayu could easily reach any place in the positive plane immediately, but they wanted Wan Lei to see the magnificence of the endless universe of the positive plane, so they slowed down a bit.
"This is the universe around the Origin Plane; the Lei Feng Realm is in this area."
"This is the area of the High Spiritual Plane."
"The further out you go, the lower the energy level becomes. This is the Middle Spiritual Plane."
"This is the Low Spiritual Plane area."
"This is the Spiritless Plane area; there are only mortals, without any high-level energy."
"This... is the Chaotic Plane area."
Finally, after flying past countless universes, they arrived at the Chaotic Plane area.
In the distant lower reaches, there was a boundless yellow ocean covering all the universes.
Truly boundless, you could only see the deathly still ochre, and you couldn't see any edge of it.
Countless universes were crammed here. Some universes were still in relatively good shape, some had riddled plane barriers, and even further away, some universes had collapsed for the most part and were slowly sinking towards the yellow ocean.
"This is the final destination of all universes; they are swallowed by the Sea of Bitterness and become a part of it. The other side of the Sea of Bitterness is the Negative Plane."
Wan Yi casually chose a collapsing universe and led everyone into it.
This universe was deathly still; everywhere was filled with the wreckage of destroyed galaxies. Further away, there were still undamaged galaxies, but they were deathly still, all frozen. Countless corpses and buildings had turned into ice sculptures. From the gaunt appearance of those people, it was not difficult to see the despair they had felt before their deaths.
They flew and watched all the way; there was nothing but death and despair.
Finally, they saw some planets that had not completely died out.
Humans were still living on this planet, but there were more monsters called zombies, and human survival was very difficult.
On some planets, humans were fighting against nature.
In other worlds, humans were fighting against all kinds of twisted and chaotic monsters. Wan Yi told them that these indestructible twisted things were called Memes.
"These humans will eventually embark on the path of destruction. There is no spiritual revival, no hero to save the world. The end is the end, and extinction is extinction. Any struggle is in vain. This is the fate of the universe, and their fate."
"The universe is on the verge of death, and various rules are in chaos, creating such a hellish scene. They will undoubtedly die, without any hope."
"Can't you save them?"
"Yes, we only need to modify the rules of this universe and move it to the central area."
"Then why..."
"But we can't fight against the laws of nature. We can certainly save them, but this is a necessary process in a universe's reincarnation from birth to death. If we save too many, there will be too many universes in the positive plane, but the space and energy in the positive plane are limited."
"This…"
"To give an example, what would happen to a person who only eats and doesn't excrete?"
"They would… die."
"The positive plane is the same. Even we cannot arbitrarily disrupt a normally functioning universe's rules, even if this universe is the positive plane that contains endless universes."
"I…"
Wan Lei suddenly smiled, with no more resentment or dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"I understand. Your answer... you showed me so much, asking me what is most important to the life of a universe."
"I think your answer is this: the most important thing should be absolutely fair rules that can be perfectly operated."
"Good and evil, right and wrong, are not important. What is important is that this system, these rules, can be maintained."
"One plus one equals two is a rule, planets revolving around stars is a rule, the conservation of energy is also a rule, and the law of the jungle is also a rule."
"Correct answer."
Xia Dayu smiled. He had put so much effort into doing so much, actually just wanting Wan Lei to comprehend this point, to comprehend his Dao of Rules.
"However, in my opinion, it's not like that..."
The smile on Xia Dayu's face disappeared again.
The light in Wan Lei's eyes shone brightly as he looked at the scene of the collapsing world and the breakdown of order before him.
"In my world, good and evil reside in the hearts of the people. I only control thunder, and the wicked will surely face heavenly punishment!"
"Rules are very important, but rules are dead, and people are alive. Any rule, when set, provides huge benefits to those who can bypass the rules."
"These people are the destroyers of the rules."
"Just like the laws of the human world, why are so many rules and regulations stipulated, stipulating what can and cannot be done?"
"Because there are people who bypass and destroy the rules. These people destroy the rules and can easily obtain huge benefits in a short time."
"At this time, enforcers are needed."
"Just like the Heavenly Punishment of the Lei Feng Realm, just like the role I play in the Moral Plane, they all punish evil and promote good."
"Thunder represents punishment for sins, represents the will of the rules, represents acting on behalf of Heaven. This is a Daoist method, and this is also a Daoist method."
"I call it... the Dao of Order..."