Chapter 542 The Ultimate Variable
Gu Qingyuan stood in the endless void. In front of him was a huge painting that contained the heaven and the earth. Inside, there were brocaded mountains and rivers, dotted with rivers. Indistinctly, one could see little people still moving among the mountains and rivers. All kinds of life were contained in this two-dimensional painting.

He raised his hand, and the map of mountains, rivers, and the country slipped into his sleeve. Although Gu Qingyuan bestowed the power of change on all living beings, he also gathered all living beings and the entire world into the painting, making it a treasure.

With a thought, the figure disappeared and entered the painting. There was no change in the world in the painting, even the hole in the ceiling, the group of immortals below, and Wang Yansheng and the other two were all there. Except that the whole world was moved to a new place, there was nothing unusual. Time was still flowing and the story continued.

"The rest will be left to you."

Gu Qingyuan patted Wang Yansheng and Zhang Wuji, who were still in a daze, one in each hand.

Me? Fight the Immortal?
Not only Wang Yansheng was a little dazed, even Zhang Wuji felt helpless. The scene of the fight was still vivid in his mind. Even though they were just some defeated soldiers, with the cultivation level of the two of them, they could only drag a few immortals into the water even if they risked their lives.

"Yes, it is you. Not only do you have to deal with this group of immortals, but you also have to deal with the celestial beings who are about to fall from the sky and the immortals who are about to descend."

Gu Qingyuan nodded, looked at the two people who were dumbfounded, and smiled with satisfaction: "Don't worry, don't you still have me? I will help you cheat."

After that, he took out a gold seal and a jade seal and said, "Here is the Jade Emperor's legacy. I can divide it into two parts. One is his path of cultivation, and the other is his heavenly system. If you get one of them, you can ascend to heaven in one step. You two can choose one to inherit."

To seek emptiness through reduction, of course one cannot have anything. One has to choose an heir and give him treasures and cultivation. Gu Qingyuan, in line with the principle of keeping things within the family, naturally lets the two well-behaved students come first and considerately divides the wealth into two. As for the bet with the Jade Emperor to choose one of the two as the successor, the Jade Emperor is dead, so it is still Gu Qingyuan who has the final say on how to choose.

He chooses, he wants them all!

"This……"

Zhang Wuji looked at Wang Yansheng and took something from him: "Leave the cultivation fruit to Yansheng. I want this Heavenly Court system. I can modify it and make it suitable for my neurotic insects."

Seeing that the result was achieved, Wang Yansheng stopped arguing and took the remaining gold seal. As soon as he got it, the gold seal was integrated into Wang Yansheng's body. His aura instantly surged. He was covered with a bright yellow dragon robe and a nine-pearl crown, which gave him a bit of imperial demeanor.

Zhang Wuji took the jade seal and instantly divided out countless immortal positions. As the number of immortal positions increased, his Taoism level also increased rapidly with the support of the immortals.

"Go ahead, there's nothing like a fight to get used to Bai De's power!"

Gu Qingyuan gently lifted them up and sent the two men into the battlefield. The immortals in the battlefield still found it hard to believe that the Jade Emperor had passed away. Seeing Wang Yansheng and Zhang Wuji entering the battlefield, they knew it was not right to fight or not to fight.

If we beat them, the two are followed by their head, who just dealt with his immediate superior. If we don't beat them, it will be even harder, seeing those two beasts, like tiger cubs, increasing their skills in a more beastly way. If we are not careful, we will get hit by them, and at least be injured if not killed.

Except for the old man Li Changsheng who didn't care and used all his killing moves, the other immortals were all afraid to act. However, the great monk Baoguang Buddha had a gloomy face, because his connection with the Western Paradise was cut off, as if there was a thick barrier that was impossible to cross.

"Hit them, hit them hard. If they don't die, you will die instead!"

Gu Qingyuan said in a cold voice, his white teeth were chilling to the bone, the immortals dared not show off, they had to fight with bitter faces. Looking at the battle situation, Gu Qingyuan raised his head slightly, the mountains and rivers, the country, and the world were all taken away by him, only the Western Paradise was missing, because the Buddha opened up the Buddhist world, not in this world, but independent of the world, and the Buddhist world was created by the Buddha's thoughts, gathering the Buddha believers from all the worlds, how could Gu Qingyuan take it away.

"I guess this Buddha must be a person with great supernatural powers, otherwise I would have to have an additional Leiyin Temple in my picture."

He thought to himself that the Buddha of this world might not be a person with great supernatural powers, but this Buddha very likely was. His escape to the West meant that he did not want to get involved in this matter, so Gu Qingyuan let him leave.

"I will return possibilities to all living beings. They will no longer blindly believe and follow others as before. No wonder the Buddha left. If the Buddhist scriptures were to be passed down for a hundred years, countless strange interpretations would have emerged in the mortal world, specious and misleading. Each of them is a son of Mara, who takes it as his responsibility to destroy the monks' conduct and disrupt the Buddha's original intention."

Gu Qingyuan knew the power of so-called academic schools. Letting a hundred flowers bloom was one thing, but distorting the original meaning and passing on the teachings outside the Tao were not friendly to the great monks who followed the path of the Buddha. It was possible that a heretical Buddha would be born and spread the devil's scriptures to the people.

The battle on the battlefield was in full swing. Although Zhang Wuji and his companions were talented, the enemy they faced was too powerful. Even with Gu Qingyuan's help, they could hardly hold on and could only squander their free strength.

While closing his eyes in deep thought, at a certain moment, Gu Qingyuan suddenly opened his eyes and smiled slightly: "Finally found you!"

In the hearts of Zhang Wuji and the other man, a soft sound echoed in their hearts, and then an extremely indifferent, ruthless consciousness slowly awakened in their bodies.

Those who are destined by heaven are favored by heaven, avoided by immortals and Buddhas, and have difficulty with ghosts and gods. On the one hand, they have good luck in their hands, can turn misfortune into good fortune, and all calamities can be as light as a feather. On the other hand, they are watched by heaven and are chess pieces of heaven. Anyone who stands in the way of the child of destiny will be manipulated by heaven and turned into dust and ashes.

The calamity that is about to happen in this world is a calamity predestined by Heaven. A Son of Destiny is born into the world, and after the calamity is over, Heaven will gather together the infinite variables and take control of the world to a higher level. It will also become more difficult for all living beings to break through the bondage of Heaven's cause and effect, all for Heaven to send down a free and easy immortal. Once the calamity comes, there is no escape.

However, they never expected that unexpected changes would come from the sky, leading Gu Qingyuan into the world. As soon as he arrived, he turned the tables and invited the human way in. The two ways of heaven and man counteracted each other, and the basic foundation of the mortal world was smashed to pieces. All kinds of inexplicable magic and infinite variables turned the world of immortals into a complete mess.

The law of cause and effect is broken, the way of heaven is getting weaker and the way of man is getting stronger. One can only avoid the sharp edge temporarily, hide without a trace, and wait for the opportunity. Gu Qingyuan has refined the world into mountains, rivers, and society, and it is also to turn the heaven and earth into a cage to trap the slippery way of heaven.

According to his estimation, the only places that the Heavenly Dao could reside were those few, and the most likely one was Tianmingzi. After the Jade Emperor passed away and the Heavenly Dao disappeared, he was even more certain of it, so he designed a plan to make the Heavenly Dao appear.

The Heavenly Dao was unable to take care of itself. After losing its protection, its luck was taken away by the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and States. Even Zhang Wuji and Wang Yansheng were in danger of life and death. If the two died, the Heavenly Dao would never have a chance to turn the tables.

Sure enough, the two of them gradually couldn't hold on under the siege of the immortals, and Tiandao finally couldn't hold back and showed his true colors.

Zhang Wuji and Wang Yansheng were trembling, an inexplicable feeling filled their bodies, a powerful force surrounded them, constantly pulling and pushing them, trying to make them merge.

Finally, after a burst of intense flashes of light, the two figures disappeared, leaving behind only the moon-white and scarlet red lotus.

(End of this chapter)