Chapter 1449: Chapter 1449
1449: Chapter 1445 Xiu Yi 1449: Chapter 1445 Xiu Yi “You want to know the essence of my power?”
“Lord Xiuyi, I am willing to exchange equivalent information.
I don’t need the specific methods, primarily I desire to understand the philosophy, as a reference against the consciousness of the Abyssal Insect Swarm…”
When the Quasi-God Xiuyi easily agreed to Lu Ping’an’s request, he found himself somewhat surprised.
Originally, he had thought that it would cost him a lot… after all, if you want to target and kill a being, you must at least understand their form of existence.
Lu Ping’an thought Xiuyi would hesitate, at least needing an exchange of information, but the latter agreed so casually.
“Heh, when you reach my level, you will know that truth is simple.
Where to go cannot be concealed nor is there a need to conceal it, how to go there is the key.”
As he spoke, the owl’s claw produced a crystal.
Lu Ping’an focused his eyes and was momentarily stunned.
It wasn’t any “USB stick”…
inside the crystal, there was a tiny castle.
A lake, city walls, the castle, and even bustling farmers and woodland, while in a corner of the castle, under the eaves of a small cabin, an old woman was smiling, lifting a teacup towards him.
Lu Ping’an suddenly realized, and then what he saw was just the ordinary surface of the crystal.
He took a deep breath, adjusted his state, and once again fully activated the Eye of Truth, as well as releasing all his Spiritual Power…
“Indeed, with those eyes of yours, you can see it.”
Suddenly, a gentle voice sounded behind Lu Ping’an’s head; he turned around sharply, only to see the lakeside cabin and the still gently smiling old woman.
“This is Lord Xiuyi’s domain, probably located somewhere in Europe.”
And beside Lu Ping’an, a woman dressed as a nun reappeared.
This time, she was not manipulating a puppet… in a sense, she existed here, yet not solely here.
Lu Ping’an himself was also surprised; he had not seen this “complete form” of Chris for a long time…
Clearly, it was not her power that allowed her to appear in this manner.
“When you observe her, a connection naturally forms between the two of you, and she quite naturally pulls you into her world…
Do you feel you can leave at any time?”
“Yes, it’s like being in a dream where you think ‘I want to wake up,’ and you can leave the dream.”
While surprised, Lu Ping’an also understood why when he first met her, Chris said, “Lord Xiuyi will not Ascend, it would be an insult to him”…
is she a being above ordinary Deities?”
Lu Ping’an vaguely realized that the other party was not in some small world or courtyard but was actually vacationing in a manor somewhere in Eastern Europe.
At that moment, Lu Ping’an remembered “Firebird,” beneath whose wings lay infinite worlds, or to put it another way, her body itself was embedded with countless worlds, both coexisting yet seemingly in different dimensions.
Similarly, there was “Ten Thousand Spirits,” whose existence is infinitely fusing and infinitely dividing, one is all, and all is one.
“One is all, and all is one?
Is that your understanding?
“Uh, did I say that out loud?
Or was it mind reading?”
“Neither, on the level of consciousness…
We’re too close; your superficial thoughts are transparent to me.
Young man, you need to learn to conceal your little thoughts.”
Lu Ping’an was stunned, but the next moment, the old woman laughed again.
“Good, you’ve already retracted them, a barrier of Spiritual Power?
Solid foundational work…”
Although it was a compliment, Lu Ping’an’s expression was rather complex, as he had quite a few little secrets; luckily, the other party gave him a reminder.
Lu Ping’an did not hesitate, responding to the elder’s kindness, and he too smiled while sitting outside the small cabin.
Even without explicitly stating it, he knew that this “elder” didn’t care if outsiders knew her little secrets…
“In fact, quite the opposite.
Our kind of beings desire to be recognized and understood by more of our peers.
That is also our anchor point,” the old woman remarked as she served Lu Ping’an a cup of fragrant tea, discussing with interest.
“We exist here, yet not merely here.
Our ‘true self’ is not on the material plane.
To be precise, what you’re seeing now, whether it’s me still on Earth or my split entity on Mercury 42, they are all just one of my cells, or perhaps, information carriers…”
Lord Xiuyi, ninth-order Quasi-Divine, or any being above eighth-tier that is not a Deity, is a ninth-order Quasi-Divine.
But unlike most Quasi-Divines who lack a proper opportunity for Ascension and cannot become gods, she disdains and is unable to ascend.
A deity, or a Orderly Divine Kingdom centered around a certain will, is more grounded in the material plane.
“Words fail to clarify the state of my existence, but those eyes of yours should understand.”
“Indeed, I have had the honor of seeing the form of a Firebird…”
“Oh, that is truly astounding.”
A Deity uses “Order (Rule)” to forcibly construct a domain exclusive to themself, forming a kingdom made of rules.
The Xiuyi before him…is itself a “Rule,” a whole that transcends dimensional properties.
Since she is a Rule, a purer high-dimensional being consisting of countless individual cells, she can naturally disperse her physical form everywhere.
She is like a “Giant” of high-dimensional existence; you cannot comprehend her entirety simply because you and her cells are of the same order.
Lu Ping’an shook his head, feeling helpless about his prior “arrogance.” He had no means to kill such a being.
“Deities are not the only direction for evolution.
My ‘total mass’ may not compare to the Deities.
If They truly decided to go against the old lady, I could only hide…”
Though the old woman spoke modestly, Lu Ping’an didn’t think she feared any Deity.
Lu Ping’an closed his eyes; a trace of blood appeared in his vision.
Although the “being” before him was quite friendly, forcing himself to perceive its entirety would likely only bring him displeasure.
Lu Ping’an didn’t need to know “everything”; he just needed to know how to deal with that Abyssal Collective Will…
“If it were the Abyssal Will, I’d advise you to give up.
It’s a being far beyond mine and is impossible to kill.
But if it’s just the collective consciousness of the Abyssal Worm Swarm…that’s merely a collection of life forms from an Abyss plane.”
During the conversation, Lu Ping’an was inexplicably drawn to the old woman’s “eyes.”
They were a pair of black pupils.
Unwittingly, Lu Ping’an’s gaze penetrated them, and he seemed to see again…
“That is my largest part of being.”
The old woman responded with a smile; to her, Lu Ping’an had more potential than expected.
He had found something she usually concealed, as he was “too close.”
Perhaps Deities would not be his ultimate endpoint…
Lu Ping’an wiped the blood from the corner of his eye, not staring any further…
At that moment, he had also seen a woman, a “young girl” much younger than the “grandmother” before him.
Which one is the main entity?
Is it as she said, where each part is the main entity?
Lu Ping’an didn’t think it wise to delve deeper.
Curiosity killed the cat and he wanted to live a few more years.
Now, what he needed was a response from the being before him…
“The collective consciousness of the Abyssal Insect Race is not a Deity either, but a ‘Deity’ is originally just a form of existence.
It is not weaker than a regular Deity…”
In the eyes of some, this information is invaluable, yet in the “old woman’s” eyes, it’s mostly ramblings of an old woman that in most cases, no one could understand.
But the teenager’s occasionally “far-looking” gaze indicated not only that he understood, but he had also “seen”.
“Impressive, the youth are to be feared…”
In the old woman’s eyes, there were not two people, Chris and Lu Ping’an.
Focused on the same point, her left eye reflected the figure of the teenager, while in her right, reflected was the shy smile of the woman enjoying tea and chatting.
Two consciousnesses, conversing with Xiuyi, yet seemingly individuals of parallel space-times.