chsdbacks Chapter 279 Enlightenment and the Other Shore
Chapter 279 Enlightenment and the Other Shore
Chapter 279 Enlightenment and the Other Shore
The thought speed of someone at the peak of the ninth tribulation is terrifyingly fast; Xu Qing can calculate billions of possible futures every second.
With such immense power, Xu Qing would not be afraid even if he were to fight against a high-level universe venerable.
With such intention and will, the power of the universe's origin resonated and accelerated once again, surging into Xu Qing's inner world.
In the blink of an eye, countless cosmic crystals almost filled Xu Qing's inner world, even reaching the ceiling of the sky.
1 cubic kilometers.
This is equivalent to 1 quadrillion universe coins.
In other words, this is equivalent to 10000 trillion Chaos Units of Cosmic Crystals.
However, this unit was only average for Xu Qing, and was no different from the number of cosmic crystals Xu Qing had given to the Qilin Ancient Emperor before.
But this might frighten some cosmic venerables.
Breaking through to the realm master level grants access to such immense wealth.
It should be understood that some poor, newly-breakthrough Cosmic Venerables, without any great treasures, would only accumulate assets of a few hundred billion Chaos Units over billions of years.
But none of this mattered to Xu Qing.
After all, it's just an extra.
Even if this is the first time the Primordial Universe Mother has nursed you after you break through to the World Lord level, as long as you have enough power, you can absorb as much as you want.
But someone who can resonate with the cosmic crystal in this way will definitely not lack money.
Xu Qing is currently experiencing the insights gained after breaking through nine tribulations.
The feeling of countless lifetimes suddenly flooding my mind, the terror of knowing that no matter how much I struggle for billions of years, I will eventually return to the world.
Because Xu Qing himself is a time traveler, he is better able to perceive the changes from an outsider's perspective.
The feeling was incredibly strange and wonderful. Everything that constituted my power, my physical body, my soul, and my mental strength, as well as all the memories of the past from which they originated, clearly surfaced in my mind.
Every particle, every neutron, and even every tiny bit of energy from the origin of his physical body, along with the entirety of his soul, appeared clearly in his mind.
Even including the memories of everything that constitutes the bodies and souls of this group before this.
Unlike the Yangshen Universe, which is destroyed every 129600 years, the Primordial Universe, this era of reincarnation, existed for two hundred trillion years before this.
The number of life forms in the universe is so vast that it is difficult to quantify.
Every transformation of energy and matter is so wondrous.
So when Xu Qing truly tried to comprehend it, a vast and complex flood of memories rushed into his mind.
Those were terrifying figures beyond measure, profound memories from that moment. If one had to make a calculation, the negative impact of those memories falling into an infinitely terrifying multiverse would probably overwhelm the mind of a Supreme Saint.
The amount of information is almost as vast as the stars in the sky.
Without the help of the Information God, Xu Qing would have found it difficult to bear such a massive amount of information.
In an instant, Xu Qing seemed to have touched upon some kind of great Dao.
This is the power of life, this is the power of the universe.
An unprecedented, direct experience of life and death entered Xu Qing's mind.
Using the Information God, Xu Qing could even see the end of his lifespan.
9999万9964年零3天21小时1分17秒。
That's the rest of his lifespan.
It is an extremely long time; ordinary people can hardly imagine how long such a lifespan actually is.
But for Xu Qing, this moment brought him a new understanding.
The realization that comes after seeing death and seeing one's own origin.
There are three ultimate questions to answer in a person's life.
who am I?
where am i from?
Where am I going?
For mortals, the only question they know is the last one.
That is death.
Is there anyone in the world who doesn't know they will die?
The only place mortals can go is the nothingness of death.
But for mortals, their lifespan is not fixed, and they do not know when they will die.
But this also lessened their fear of death and their anxiety about it.
Most ordinary people live in a state of escapism. Even if they know they will die, they will still feel immense fear when the day actually comes.
Even the most suicidal person, when faced with the reality of death, will experience this supreme fear of falling into nothingness.
Even for cultivators, although they know when their tracing of origins will end and when it will begin, they still harbor a fear of death.
All living beings are driven by a desire to escape, resist, and feel uneasy about death until their very last moment.
Ordinary people are trapped in ignorance and afflictions, as Buddhism says, the three poisons of greed, anger and delusion entangle their minds. Even though they know that death is the end, they always try to survive by escaping it.
They do not know that I am a temporary aggregate of the five aggregates, that my physical form is a shackle, nor do they know that I came from the aggregation of causes and conditions; they only regard the physical body as the true self.
Even those who cultivate themselves, though they can see through the predetermined lifespan, still fear the great calamity of death and, until the moment of their death, cannot escape the fear of falling into nothingness.
And this is a gift from the universe.
The universe gives life to all things, the universe gives life, the universe gives death.
Below the level of immortality, lifespans up to the planetary level are fixed; but beyond immortality, the lifespan of immortality is the time of the universe's existence.
The origin of all things and the end of all things both come from this.
Although he saw and felt the mystery of the impending end of everything, Xu Qing did not feel fear at this moment.
Because this is enlightenment, the enlightenment of knowing where you come from and where you are going.
Enlightened beings are eternally happy.
Xu Qing then discovered his origin.
It is the aggregation of tiny particles and the convergence of causes and conditions.
He witnessed his own end.
It is a return to the universe and to emptiness, like a Zen master who has attained sudden enlightenment and broken through attachment to self.
Taoism speaks of "sitting in oblivion and guarding one's true nature," while Buddhism speaks of "constancy, joy, self, and purity." Only now does Xu Qing truly understand these concepts.
The happiness of an enlightened person is not about seeking longevity or clinging to wealth, but about the ultimate peace that comes from knowing that life and death are one.
The universe is a canvas of cause and effect, and life is a journey of enlightenment.
Countless people never reach that level of enlightenment in their entire lives.
But Xu Qing truly grasped the meaning of enlightenment at this moment.
At that moment, Xu Qing finally understood what he truly wanted.
"I want—true infinity, eternity, forever," he murmured to himself, his eyes growing increasingly resolute.
"It is not the false immortal lifespan of Immortal Kings and True Immortals, which seem self-sufficient but still have an end, nor is it the false eternity bestowed by the universe and bound to the existence of the universe."
"What I want is true eternity, self-existent and eternal, infinite and boundless."
"Even if the universe perishes, the world is destroyed, and all things cease to exist, even if we fall into nothingness, even if concepts vanish, I can still exist eternally, creating something from nothing. My self" is eternity itself, is infinity, and this concept inherently exists.
"This is the greatest freedom, this is the greatest enlightenment."
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