Di Jiu smiled awkwardly and did not know how he should answer this old man.
Luckily, this old man didn’t care either, and didn’t ask any more questions after just one question, saying to himself, “There is actually only one river in the Heavenly Witch Realm, and that river is the Heavenly Witch River. Anyone who wants to survive must be next to the Heavenly Witch River, or else they will definitely die ……”
“Wait, you said that you must survive next to the Heavenly Witch River, why is it okay for you guys to live in Stone City?” Di Jiu asked in confusion.
The old man was dumbfounded again when he heard Di Jiu’s words, and then he remembered what Di Jiu had said before, never having seen the Heavenly Witch River.
He also didn’t know if there were people who lived in the Heavenly Witch Realm without seeing the Heavenly Witch River, but he was clear that among the people he knew, no one dared to leave the Heavenly Witch River and survive.
“Stone City is right next to the Heavenly Witch River, so how could you not see it?” The old man frowned, as if he was thinking about the truth of Di Jiu’s words.
There was the Heavenly Witch River next to Stone City? Di Jiu was completely dumbfounded. He had seen nothing but wilderness and gobi next to Stone City, where was there any Heavenly Witch River? He didn’t even see a drop of water.
Cao Xie on the other side suddenly said, “What he said is true, the Heavenly Witch River is indeed next to Stone City, you just didn’t see it.”
“Right, right ……” Hearing Cao Xi’s words, the old man said several right words one after another.
Di Jiu said to the old man awkwardly, “I am somewhat colour blind, so I can’t see, don’t tell anyone.”
The old man didn’t understand what colour blindness was at all, but after he was now convinced that Di Jiu couldn’t see the Heavenly Witch River, his face turned a little pale, then he lowered his head and hurriedly walked a few steps away around Di Jiu.
Di Jiu didn’t care, turned his head to look at Cao Xi and asked, “Do you understand?”
Cao Xie nodded and organized his thoughts before saying, “There is never perfection in the Great Dao of the world. Even if it is Du Bu or me, or even the Daoist I am talking about, there is no perfect Dao. I don’t know how Wat Bu was victimized by Wat Mor, but I can guess that the reason Wat Bu was a*sa*sinated was not because Wat Mor was so strong, but because Wat Bu wanted to pursue perfection, and that’s why he fell into the path of Wat Mor.”
“What do you mean? Is it wrong to pursue perfection?” Di Jiu asked in confusion.
Cao Xie said with a straight face, “You’re right, it’s wrong to pursue perfection. If your Dao is overly obsessed with the pursuit of perfection, your Dao is bound to shatter and will collapse completely. Whether it is the universe, or itself, or the Dao, there is no such thing as perfection. So the pursuit of perfection is, in itself, an illusion. And the Dao exists; if you cultivate the Dao that exists and go after the illusion that does not exist, will it not collapse and shatter?”
Di Jiu fell silent as he thought of his own past. Cao Xi’s words were like a mirror, whether before or after his cultivation, it seemed that there was no perfect existence.
“Cao Xie, how wasn’t Nadu pursuing perfection?” Di Jiu asked.
Cao Xi replied, “Back then, when the Five Elemental Universe was first divided, the nine divine Dao Laws were obtained by him alone, eight of them, and he wasn’t satisfied, he wanted this one divine Dao Law from me, and even needed me to commit myself to him.”
“Could this be the reason why he was a*sa*sinated by Du Strange?” Di Jiu wondered.
Cao Xie shook his head, “No, the real reason he was a*sa*sinated by Du Strange should be the excessive pursuit of that vanished one.”
“What does that mean?” Di Jiu felt that Cao Xie’s words were a bit mysterious, the vanished one?
Cao Xi sighed, “When the Five Elemental Universe opened up, the nine Daoist Daoist Laws fell on the Five Elemental Universe, but the Five Elemental Universe did not only give rise to the nine Daoist Laws ……”
“Are you saying that the Five Elemental Universe derived the tenth Dao of Honour?” Di Jiu asked in surprise.
“That’s right.” Cao Xie replied affirmatively, “The Five Elements Universe did indeed derive the tenth Dao of Hong Meng, but there is no such thing as perfection in all the great dao of the world, including the great dao of the universe. Therefore, the tenth Dao of Hong Meng was vanish the moment it was derived, and it was the one that vanish.”
Di Jiu, who had heard of the one that vanished, had never thought that there was such an explanation here in Cao Xi.
Cao Xi continued, “It’s likely that Du Bu knew that I had half of the Dao of Hong Meng in me, and even knew that I would be reborn, so his main focus was on finding that one Dao of Hong Meng that had vanished. For me, oh, perhaps it was already in his calculations. The reason why he was a*sa*sinated by Du Strange, I suspect that he was a*sa*sinated because he had surmised the location of the tenth Dao of Greatness, so he was in a state of agitation.”
Di Jiu interjected, “In that case, this Du Stranger is even more terrifying. If this is really the case, he must know what Du Bu is doing and when Du Bu is at his weakest.”
Cao Xie responded, “Right, Du Bu took out nine parts of his heart and soul to search for the tenth Dao of Hong Meng in the vast universe, even beyond the universe. It was unknown how many years he had searched for it, or it had long since consumed his energy. Coupled with the fact that when he had just discovered the tenth Dao of Hongmeng, it was not uncommon for him to be a*sa*sinated by Du Bu in collaboration with others under his unstable mind.”
Speaking here, Cao Xie took a breath, his tone even more worried, “Du Bu being a*sa*sinated by Du Mor, this is not the end. Because Du Bu definitely can’t die, once Du Bu is reborn over and finds that vanished one again, I’m afraid that no one in the Five Elements Universe will be his match anymore. Even if many strong people join hands, I am afraid that they are still under his crushing power.”
However, Di Jiu waved his hand, “Cao Xi, I think you are overthinking. Back then, when Du Bu was a*sa*sinated, his Hong Meng Dao was divided up long ago. I heard that Du Bu brought the Dao Laws of Hong Meng to the Chaotic Inner Realm and tried to fuse them, only to have the Heaven Opening Axe tear apart the Chaotic Inner Realm. The Dao Laws of Hong Meng spilled out and were snatched away by eight people. After Watanabe was reborn and got that vanished one, he was also unable to gather the rest of the divine Dao Laws.”
Cao Xie looked at Di Jiu and said in a gruff tone, “You don’t understand, the Dao Laws of Hong Meng initially belonged to Du Bu, who had long since understood the Heaven Opening Dao Rhyme of the Dao Laws of Hong Meng. Moreover, once Du Bu was reborn, he would not even need to snatch the Dao of Hong Meng if he wanted it, he could recall it from several universes away. To Du Bu, what matters most is not the few Dao Laws of Hong Meng that he took out, but the one that he never got to vanish.”
Di Jiu was once again silent, he had known that he was relatively far from Du Bu, because he simply did not believe in fate, which was why he had kept up his fighting spirit. But Cao Xi had struck him again and again, if it was really like what Cao Xi said, as long as Du Bu was reborn and found that vanished one, then he would have no chance to deal with Du Bu at all.
“Then you said before that I could fight against Du Bu ……” Di Jiu didn’t care much about Du Bu’s quest for perfection, what he cared about was how to deal with Du Bu.
Cao Xi said, “I am not saying that you can deal with Du Bu, but that you have a chance to deal with Du Bu.”
“How?” Di Jiu asked eagerly, what was most important to him now was not fusing his rule dao anymore.
Even if he built as many basic laws as he could, built his own universe rules, or even built his own universe world. So what? He could defeat the powerhouses of the entire universe, and as long as one Watanabe came out, what would be the point of defeating the rest of the powerhouses? In the end, he would still die under Du Bu’s hands.
Cao Xi looked at Di Jiu, his tone slowed down and he said word by word, “That is to find the one that has disappeared one step ahead of Du Bu and take control of that one cosmic dao itself. In that case, Du Bu will no longer be able to see through you, and will no longer be able to crush you ……”
Seeing Di Jiu’s surprise, Cao Xie explained, “If I’m not wrong, your dao should gradually go beyond the five elemental universes. Start building your own universe rules, as soon as you cross into the third step, you will build your own universe world, right?”
Di Jiu nodded and didn’t say anything. It was normal for a character like Cao Xie to see the direction of his Dao. However, Cao Xi had likewise underestimated him, he could already construct rules with his consciousness, something that Cao Xi could not even have thought of.
Cao Xie said calmly, “The truth is that even if you did and succeeded, that would only crush others. Against Du Bu, it’s not even close. I can even see that your Dao is also derived from the Dao of Hongmeng, and then you build your own Dao. On the surface, you appear to have surpa*sed the Five Elements Universe, but in reality you are still based on the Dao of the Five Elements Universe. That Duan is not naturally even more visible.”
“Then how do I find the one that has vanished.” Di Jiu was very dry, and he immediately knew that what Cao Xi said was true.