Chapter 306: Heavenly Officials Descend to the Earth, Dashun Taizu

[After two lifetimes and a hundred years, you finally got what you wanted and became a true god! ]

[From now on, you will be immortal, and time will have no meaning to you. You can easily live for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years... Your life span is unlimited, and your strength has reached an invincible level among humans.]

[You are no longer a mortal student with only one subject. The body of a true god transformed from a Dharma image is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people... At this moment, you are the reincarnation of a myth. Shattering the stars with one finger and severing the nine states with one sword are all real and feasible adjectives for you.]

[You stand at the pinnacle of the human world, and at the same time, you also stand at the pinnacle of the divine way. There is no realm above you, so your power is not worse than that of the Emperor of Heaven, nor is it weaker than those human emperors who ascended to heaven.]

[Theoretically, you are now qualified to challenge the Emperor of Heaven! ]

[Of course, this is just in theory.]

[If you really want to destroy the entire heaven by yourself, you will probably be beaten up so badly that you can't even get up...]

[So you decided to play it safe and wait until the monkey and the other six flag masters all became true gods.]

[So in the following days, you used the power of the true god to transform all places again, making them favorable and pleasant... Even the northern continent of Julu, which was known for its bitter cold, became a prosperous place in the south, and its population and economy continued to grow.]

[The increasing population brought more and more incense, and the Monkey and the other seven people's cultivation speed became faster and faster...]

[And just when everything was thriving, an uninvited guest suddenly came to visit! ]

[He came from the heavens, carrying an imperial edict from the Emperor of Heaven to recruit you, and what surprised you even more was that his identity was actually...]

……

In the Shogun's mansion, two white-haired old men were sitting opposite each other. One had a look of astonishment and vigilance in his eyes, while the other had a smile on his face:

"The Shogun is indeed powerful! Not only did he cut off the source of incense for our heaven, but he also drove my unworthy descendants off the throne and out of the palace... and made everyone in the world shout [The general's kindness is not over yet!]..."

"..."

Being teased in front of others like this, even Lin Liu felt a little embarrassed. He coughed and asked cautiously:

"Are you really the founding emperor of the Dashun Dynasty?"

"I am Li Ziliang, absolutely."

Li Ziliang was the founder of the Shun Dynasty, which lasted for 300 years!
Lin Liu looked at the old man who called himself Li Ziliang with suspicion in his eyes:

The founding emperor of Dashun was a peasant rebel. He started out as a mortal who became a god and emperor by chance through the method of visualization. He was not a wild god like a rat.

He is a ruthless person who has come from a serious killing background!
But the old man in front of him who called himself Li Ziliang looked so kind and benevolent, not at all like that ruthless Taizu...

"Why? You think I don't look like him?"

"Um……"

Li Ziliang smiled upon hearing this and said:
"Back then, I was indeed a ruthless person, so the Emperor of Heaven named me the Taibai Star Lord, referring to my murderous nature."

"It's been three hundred years. I've been in the peaceful and tranquil heaven for a full three hundred years. I've been free and easy with my colleagues every day. My anger has long been gone..."

After he said a lot, Lin Liu reluctantly believed his identity, but then he turned to ask curiously:
"The heavens are peaceful and tranquil? Really?"

"of course it's true!"

Li Ziliang smiled and took out a mysterious edict:
"This is the imperial edict from the Emperor of Heaven. Read it for yourself."

Lin Liu took it with doubt.

The general meaning of the edict is:

Since you have become a true god, then come to heaven. I will grant you an official title and a noble title. From now on, you will be free and easy in heaven, and you don’t have to waste time in the mortal world anymore…

Really?

After watching it, Lin Liu still felt like he was dreaming. He couldn't believe it and said:
"I have cut off all your incense offerings on earth... and you're not going to punish me for this? You're also going to give me an official position?"

This heaven is made of cotton, right?!
"What's the use of offerings in the human world? Who among the true gods cares about that stuff?"

Li Ziliang said unhappily:
"You are judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart!"

This……

Lin Liu still didn't believe it and frowned:

"What about you? I demolished your ancestral temple, and I drove your descendants off the throne. Dashun has also perished..."

"not give a damn about!"

Li Ziliang rolled his eyes:

"I am a true god, why should I care about ants? Even if they are my descendants, they are still ants. They can abdicate if they want, and destroy their country if they want. It has nothing to do with me..."

what? !

His miraculous speech shocked Lin Liu:
Are the descendants of your bloodline also ants? Do you not care about the kingdom you have worked so hard to build?
Is this the true God's three views that transcend mortals...

"I still have questions."

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and then continued to ask the question that had puzzled him for many years:
"Didn't you say that you wanted to change the old situation of the Heavenly Court not seeking benefits for the human world? Why did you end up colluding with them?"

"This..."

Li Ziliang curled his lips:

"These were just childish remarks back then. I changed them when I became more mature... Besides, what else do you want from me? I've been working myself to death for 120 years, serving the people of the world like a beast of burden for 120 years... I'm not a masochist, I've already repaid you for what you've done!"

This... Lin Liu was stunned. He had never thought of answering like this.

But he still asked the next question in confusion:
"Then... why is the Heaven Court so corrupt? It could have made life better for the people, but it did nothing... And the underworld, which was supposed to be a place for cultivators to reincarnate, has also had its Yin Gods removed from it, so that no one can be reincarnated after death..."

Li Ziliang smiled and said:

"Why do you think that these are the tasks that the Heavenly Court should do?"

Lin Liu was stunned and said subconsciously:

"Because the human world is contributing incense to the heaven, in exchange, the heaven should serve the people..."

Li Ziliang shook his head:

"The Heavenly Court didn't ask people to offer incense to them. It was all the people who wishfully thought that the Heavenly Court should help them serve... Think about it carefully, is this reasonable?"

"We didn't take the initiative to collect taxes. Their wishful thinking is simply a forced sale!"

"Of course the Heavenly Court has the right not to do such a forced sale."

Lin Liu was stunned again. He had never thought of answering like this... He instinctively wanted to refute, but he couldn't say the words of rebuttal.

Because it seems to be true:
The true gods in heaven never said that they would help the people, and the true gods no longer needed any incense or offerings.

The so-called tribute is all simple wishful thinking. The people unilaterally believe that the Heavenly Court taking their incense is equivalent to receiving their benefits, so they have to do things for them.

Some people also understand the Heavenly Court as a high-level government that manages the human world, but in fact, the Heavenly Court should only be a self-governing organization of the true gods, not a high-level government, and is not responsible to any mortals...

"We never asked for any incense, and we never imposed taxes on them. They forced us to buy and sell... Why should we control the world?"

Looking at the dazed Lin Liu, Li Ziliang said slowly:

"There are always mortals who think they are very valuable and believe that they can be blessed by paying tribute to the Heavenly Court...but they never thought that the Heavenly Court does not care about these so-called benefits at all. Mortals think too highly of themselves!"

"So after you destroyed the incense and faith in the Heavenly Palace, we didn't feel angry at all, because we didn't lose anything valuable..."

"Now, do you understand?"

After Li Ziliang finished speaking, he pointed at himself:

"I knew that serving the people was meaningless, but I still worked hard as a slave for 120 years... I am worthy of my oath!"

"Throughout the dynasties, no great ancestor has ever oppressed me for a hundred and twenty years like I have. Never!"

He raised his head proudly, all the kindness had been repaid long ago, he owed nothing to anyone!
"True Gods never need mortals, but mortals always need true Gods..."

Lin Liu muttered to himself. The question that had troubled him for many years was finally solved, but the answer was unexpectedly simple...

Why doesn’t God serve man?
This question should actually be asked the other way around:
Why does God want to serve people?
There is no obligation between a person and a god...

Li Ziliang said leisurely:

"As for why the underworld was abandoned... the same reason, because it is unnecessary. The monks' deaths were not caused by us, so why should we help them reincarnate?"

"We were able to maintain it back then, which was already a favor to them... Heaven doesn't want to do it anymore, that's all."

Lin Liu remained silent...

After a long time, he said:

"Must I accept this imperial edict?"

Ok?
Li Ziliang frowned:
"Don't you want to ascend to heaven and be knighted?"

Lin Liu nodded slowly:

"I don't want to go, is that okay?"

"Of course!"

Li Ziliang smiled cheerfully:
"The Emperor of Heaven is not a tyrant, and Heaven will not force you to go. It is up to you whether to go or not, and Heaven will not have any objection."

"But if you don't accept the imperial edict, you can't follow me to the heavens. You can only linger in the mortal world and hang out with ants... Are you really willing?"

Li Ziliang didn't believe that he would be so unwise, because people always yearn to interact with their own kind, and the true God's values ​​are no longer those of ordinary people. They are two different species.

Why would anyone give up the freedom of being with their own kind and choose to hang out with a bunch of other species who are born and die in a day?
Why is it necessary? What are the benefits?
He doesn't understand.

Lin Liu was also silent after listening to him, because what he said actually made sense. People of the same kind should naturally be together, and mortals and true gods had already parted ways.

So he gradually became confused on this issue:
Should I go or not?
If you go, you can live forever with the true gods of the same kind. If you don't go, you can only be with mortals...

[Ding! You are doubtful about the imperial edict from Taibai Star Lord Li Ziliang, and you don't know whether you should accept it and go to heaven.]

[Of course you want to play with them, but considering the hard-earned building of the mortal world, if you leave, when the monkeys become gods and go to heaven, the future of the mortal world will probably go back to the past...]

[This is something you cannot accept. We finally deposed the Dashun Emperor, but once you leave, won't a new emperor appear? The promise you made back then will be completely violated! Serving the people will become an empty talk without a beginning or an end...]

[At this dilemma, you choose: (?)]

[A: Go to heaven. After fighting for a lifetime, can't you enjoy yourself? Take this opportunity to see all the beautiful legends in heaven. If a true god doesn't go to the divine realm, wouldn't it be like training for nothing for so many years? B: Don't go to heaven. Stay in the mortal world and continue to be an ox or a horse. After all, the innate ox or horse holy body will be wasted if it is not used! ]

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(End of this chapter)