Chapter 71 Faster Than an Instant

Faster than an instant, faster than a moment, faster than a lifetime's beginning and end.

Countless thoughts gave rise to countless Mr. Gus.

The thoughts that came to this shore were all assimilated and devoured by Mr. Gu, who had already seen the path leading to the other shore.

"Zhaoming! Zhaoming! Zhaoming!"

The Mr. Gus seemed to be holding some grand ritual, constantly chanting Zhaoming's name, surging towards the Zhaoming world, wanting to devour it whole!

Zhaoming immediately cut off all of his thoughts, withdrawing the remaining ones back to the other shore.

But the price was that all the Green Histories of this world were scattered, left outside the torrent of time, and no one in Confucianism could ever change them again.

"Run? Can you escape?"

Mr. Gu had already grasped the thoughts of the other shore. Even if they were severed, it didn't matter. He could develop new futures from these severed thoughts, and travel to the other shore through these unformed notions.

As long as the "path" ahead was illuminated by an existence like Mr. Gu, then, unless one hid in another place, there was nothing that could stop him in the world as it stood.

The Green Histories were indeed unshakeable.

But all that was needed was to shake the people who could modify them.

"In the end, he's just a historian. Abandoning the Green Histories, he's powerless to contend with Mr. Gu. Now that the gates of the Zhaoming world are wide open, his defeat is certain."

Christ's eyes reflected this shocking change, believing that the Zhaoming world had lost all its foundations in this world.

Even the Green Histories had been abandoned, so what else was there to say?

But Yuan Huang frowned, realizing that things weren't so simple.

He was in the past and found that the past was twisting and changing.

In that more distant era, during the Han Dynasty, which was heavily controlled by Confucianism, something was being reflected.

"The historical records are just one of Confucianism's unparalleled methods."

"Just one!"

Yuan Huang's words came true.

Although the gates of the Zhaoming world were wide open, and Mr. Gu had transformed into countless thoughts, using this supreme method of assimilation and devouring to incorporate the Zhaoming world into his own existence, writing the Green Histories was only one of Confucianism's methods...

Clang—!

Ding, ding, ding...

The sound of chimes rang out from within the Zhaoming world. The music was rhythmic, originating from the most ancient source of Confucianism.

"Gong, shang, jue, zhi, yu! Play the Yellow Bell, sing the Great Lü, dance the Cloud Gate, to worship the heavenly gods!"

"It's here! It's 'Rites and Music'!"

Rites and Music were the foundation of Confucianism, constantly passed down since the Zhou Dynasty. Later generations would make some changes to cater to the rulers, but overall, it was something that went hand in hand with laws and gradually evolved into the foundation of human morality.

Yuan Huang looked towards the gates of the Zhaoming world. At the same time, five immortal coffins rose from the world. Yuan Huang reacted quickly, trying to grab two of the immortal coffins and drag them into the past, but those two immortal coffins burst forth with vast light, closely connected to the Zhaoming world. At this moment, a torrent of Confucian thought from the Han Dynasty swept Yuan Huang, who was hidden in the past, into its depths!

The Han Dynasty, shrouded in historical mist, was controlled by the Immortal Dao and Confucianism. Ordinary Heavenly Heart experts found it difficult to reflect upon it, but it was still a dynasty of the past. Times had changed, and all things had become ancient. Nothing could possibly remain, and even less should an existence that could influence the future emerge from history.

Because if such a powerful figure existed, the Han Dynasty would never have fallen. They would have had no need to leave the Divine Platform to future generations.

Yuan Huang released the two immortal coffins, and the torrent of the Han Dynasty swiftly retreated back into the past. Those two immortal coffins flew into the Zhaoming world. Yuan Huang returned from the past and said to Christ, "Why didn't you stop them? Those are the carriers of the Five Emperors!"

Christ looked at him and shook his head, "There is only one God."

"Are you talking about yourself?" Yuan Huang's expression was slightly strange.

Christ pointed to the depths of the Zhaoming world:

"No, I am the Lord of Monotheism. My ultimate goal is for there to be only one God in the world, only I can be called Lord, who is all-knowing, all-powerful, and omnipotent."

"But it has not yet been realized, so the Five Emperors are not true Gods. They are like me now, they have not yet reached their ultimate goal. I do not need them."

"Their strength is based on the Zhaoming world."

Within the Zhaoming world, a sky had already descended. It was vast, solemn, dignified, and extremely majestic. Its color was bright and upright, impossible to describe with worldly words, seemingly empty, yet all-encompassing.

"Huangtian Shangdi (Heavenly God)."

The return of the Five Emperors was the prelude to the revival of Huangtian Shangdi. As the five immortal coffins collapsed, the five colors within transformed into pillars of light, supporting the gates of the Zhaoming world, blocking Mr. Gu's thoughts from entering.

"The thoughts of this moment are different from the thoughts of that moment."

Zhaoming looked at those "Mr. Gus" who were being blocked.

With the appearance of the Five Emperors, all thoughts were reshaped. Even if he abandoned the Green Histories, he still had Confucianism's most powerful method, which was Rites and Music.

Rites and Music were the rules of the world, the absolute rules defined by Confucianism. It didn't necessarily require everyone to fully comply, but everyone living in the world, even those fierce villains and evil ghosts, had a consciousness, which was to realize that "doing certain things is against social morality." But they believed they were fearless, they believed they were lawless, but once they thought so, they had already recognized that Rites and Music were the standards of the world.

Precisely because it was the standard of the world.

That's why they felt that they were violating it, which was a great act of bravery and arrogance, making them complacent.

This was recognition and knowledge.

This was the cornerstone of the establishment of everything in the world.

"The Green Histories run through all worlds, all phenomena, and record everything."

"Rites and Music lay the foundation for all worlds, all phenomena, and shape everything."

The five tones and twelve semitones.

Rang out in the Zhaoming world.

And at this moment, Mr. Gu saw that Zhaoming had gained a blessing, an indescribable greatness and divinity, something that was recognized by all worlds, all living beings, and even the thousands of immortals within the Li Mountains and Rivers, and remained in the Green Histories.

The sacrifices to the heavenly gods used Confucian Rites and Music.

The morality of the world originated from Confucian Rites and Music.

The change of dynasties required Confucian Rites and Music.

The stability of society must have Confucian Rites and Music.

Even everything in the world, from a certain moment in the Zhou Dynasty, when Rites and Music began to influence the changes in the Green Histories, laying the foundation for all the dynasties in the human world for thousands of years to come, and beginning to flourish from the Han Dynasty, all came from Confucianism.

It was one of the cornerstones of the world, stepped on by all living beings, extremely solid, even surpassing the Green Histories. If there was a way to forcibly eliminate and destroy it, then all kinds of worldly phenomena, all order, would disappear, and all living beings would disappear as well.

Because from the Zhou Dynasty to the flourishing of the Han Dynasty, everything within it was built on Confucian Rites and Music!

Mr. Gu watched the Five Emperors take shape, giving birth to new thoughts, changing the order of the Zhaoming world, as if changing the lock on the door.

His gaze shifted from the Five Emperors, up to that Huangtian (Heavenly Sky).

"You still can't come in, because you can't fight against all worlds. Even if I am on the other shore, without going to this shore, I can still influence everything in the world on this shore, it's just that I can't write the Green Histories. But you also have no way to write them."

The Zhaoming world's confrontation with Mr. Gu showed Mr. Gu that Confucianism had many great methods, and being the head of the Three Teachings was no empty claim.

However, Mr. Gu looked at Zhaoming, staring for a while.

The reflections of Mr. Gu in those thoughts all disappeared.

The Zhaoming world smiled.

The overall situation was set.

Unbeknownst to him, a large face of Mr. Gu appeared above Huangtian. That face opened its mouth, and the mouth gradually occupied the entire face. The entire Huangtian writhed downward, as if it had come alive.

Zhaoming suddenly raised his head, but by this time half of his face was Mr. Gu. He was shocked, but faster than a lifetime's beginning and end, he was swallowed by that blood basin mouth that covered the heavens and the earth.

"Huangtian Shangdi? Acting clever!"

"When I came here, all futures disappeared. These dreams of the corpses of immortals were already full of me."

He had resurrected the Five Emperors himself, but were the resurrected ones really the Five Emperors?

Those were clearly five Mr. Gus.

"Let someone else take the seat of the head of the Three Teachings!"

Mr. Gu revealed a terrifying smile, then looked at the Huangtian that he had already occupied. He surged with time, transforming into a fist, using the most direct method to bring an end to this Confucian source that had not yet been revived.

Heaven and earth were re-opened, and chaos evolved, with a trace of True Unity power extracted from it by Mr. Gu.

A roaring sound rang out in all worlds, in the hearts of all Confucian cultivators.

That was the sound of Huangtian being shattered!

At this point, it was completely severed from all Confucian sources, and could no longer be revived.

Yuan Huang and Christ witnessed this shocking scene. Huangtian was shattered before it could be revived, severing Confucianism's path to the past, and Zhaoming was eaten by Mr. Gu, signifying a change in the source of Confucianism.

Black-Clothed Ji Xiang was greatly frightened. What exactly had he summoned back?

When Mr. Gu's gaze touched Black-Clothed Ji Xiang, Black-Clothed Ji Xiang also explained very cooperatively:

"I really don't know where that guy went!"

"I am the One of Dao. When I say I don't know, I really don't know, at least not after 'One'!"