Chapter 733: Discussing the Dao


    Reverend Seer''s words left everyone stunned.


    Even Tang Jie was dumbfounded.


    <em>''I''m already a demon''?</em>


    <em>Didn''t I just pick a choice on the Dao of Fate? How the hell did that make me a demon?</em>


    Tang Jie was utterly confused and had no idea how to respond to Reverend Seer.


    A deathly silence followed.


    Nobody said a thing, everyone staring at Tang Jie.


    At this moment, wildughter rang out.


    "Hahahaha, what an absolute pile of nonsensical dogshit!"


    "Who''s there?" Everyone looked around, but they were unable to identify the source, the wildughtering from all around.


    Only Tang Jie noticed that this was the voice of that woman who had spoken in his mind.


    It was that demon!


    The demon continued, "What is this bullshit? You be a demon because you go against the Great Dao? You think that your Dao is the proper one, so you consider all other paths wrong, even considering those who follow them to be demons? I''ve never heard anything more ridiculous! The Great Dao is limitless, and everyone can walk their own path. Who said that your Dao is the right and only Dao?"


    These resounding words roused Tang Jie from his stupor, and heughed and said, "Right, everyone walks their own path, so why is yours the correct path while the other paths are demonic? In my view, this attitude of everyone not on your path being the enemy is the real demonic Dao, the real heresy and evil! In the end, this sort ofck of tolerance orpassion is just ply and prosper, or defy and die'', pretending to act in the name of the Heavenly Dao while doing the work of a demon, trying to establish dominance over all!"


    Reverend Seer was infuriated. "Absolute nonsense! In the Great Chiliocosm, the Heavenly Dao is supreme, the only correct Dao. I act in ord with the Heavenly Dao, obeying the will of the heavens, so I walk the supreme and correct path! With your constant denials of the Heavenly Dao and your rebellious acts, if you are not a demon, who can be considered a demon?"


    He stomped his feet and pounded his chest as he spoke, filled with rage, as if that demon and Tang Jie had profaned the most sacred existence in his heart. For some reason, this felt rather familiar to Tang Jie.


    While he wondered where this familiarity came from, that demonughed and said, "What sort of bullshit seer are you? Although there are Twelve Great Daos and countless smaller Daos, there has never existed a Heavenly Dao!"


    Earthshaking news!


    There was no Heavenly Dao?


    Everyone looked at the Chaos Tower in shock.


    Reverend Seer was trembling in rage. pping his leg, he roared, "For spheming the Heavenly Dao, you deserve ten thousand deaths!"


    That enchanting woman shouted back, "Ignorant lowlife, presumptuously speaking of the supreme. This is nothing more than the inferiority of humans, always seeking a master to prostrate to. By worshiping that nonexistent supreme, you gain for yourself an ethereal sliver of safety and unearned hope, but in the end, this is nothing more than the absurd fantasies of a pack of fools."


    Whoever this demon was, she had a very sharp tongue, words like des. Reverend Seer threw up a mouthful of blood, and while he cried out "Nonsense", it seemed like he had nothing else to say.


    Tang Jie frowned and said, "This ipetent junior once saw the Heavenly Dao Law Wheel while at Mortal Shedding. Can this junior ask: if there is no Heavenly Dao, why is there the Heavenly Dao Law Wheel? And where does a Heavenly Dao Oathe from?"


    "So what is the Heavenly Dao Law Wheel?" the demon asked.


    Tang Jie had no response.


    To be honest, he had no idea what the Heavenly Dao Law Wheel was.


    The demon exined, "''The Heavenly Dao Law Wheel'' is just a name. If you say that what you saw is the Heavenly Dao Law Wheel, then it''s called the Heavenly Dao Law Wheel, and if you say it''s called the Carriage Wheel, then it''s the Carriage Wheel. What does it have to do with the Heavenly Dao? As for the Heavenly Dao Oath, that''s even more ridiculous. Oaths belong to the Heart, which is under Truth, and it has the function of ''my words bew'', and what does that have to do with the Heavenly Dao? Does that mean if we go ahead and call your Celestial Eye of Insight ''the Heavenly Ears'', it''ll be so?"


    Tang Jie''s jaw dropped, but he couldn''t say anything.


    He felt like this demon''s words were somewhat forced, but he also couldn''t call her argumentspletely unreasonable.


    That demon seemed to guess at what Tang Jie was thinking. Laughing, she said, "Regardless, that you were able to see that bullshit Heavenly Dao Law Wheel means that you''re quite the talented individual. Without such talent, it would have been impossible for you to break precedent by being able to fight Violet Pces while not being at that realm. But in some things, the world has influenced you too much, and you cannot break free of it to get a different perspective of the world. There is one simple thing that proves all of it. If there really is a Heavenly Dao in the universe, why has no oneprehended the Heavenly Dao?"


    Reverend Seer finally had the chance to retort,ughing, "Nonsense! The Heavenly Dao is supreme, so how can anyone recklesslyprehend it?"


    The demon casually responded, "What does it mean toprehend the Dao? To study the mysteries of the Great Dao and understand the wonders of the world. If the Heavenly Dao existed, no matter how supreme it was, nothing would be stopping us fromprehending it. It is like the clouds in the sky. While mortals cannot reach them, nothing is stopping them from observing, analyzing, orprehending the clouds. Thus, being unable toprehend the Heavenly Dao has nothing to do with its supreme nature. So long as it exists, it should be able to beprehended and understood. The Primordial Fog Domain serves as a perfect example. The Primordial Fog is the opposite of the Ster Chiliocosm, supposedly intolerable to the Heavenly Dao, so why can the demons of Primordial Fogprehend the Twelve Great Daos? But while the demons of Primordial Fog canprehend the Twelve Great Daos, not a single person in the Chiliocosm hasprehended the Heavenly Dao. Is that notughable? If you can''t even understand it haha, then how can you receive the will of the heavens?"


    There was a fit of giggling.


    Everyone was silent. It was true. If the Heavenly Dao could not beprehended or understood, where did the will of the heavense from?


    Reverend Seer replied, "Through the Dao of Fate. The Dao of Fate is the representative of the Heavenly Dao and is first among the Twelve Great Daos. I have entered the Dao of Fate for many years, and when acting for the will of the heavens, I have never made a mistake."


    The demon heartilyughed. "Hahahaha! As expected, the argument about Fate serving as the representative for the supreme Heavenly Dao. I thought that you might be something different, but it turns out that you''re just like the Azure Dragon, already a ve to Fate, truly a tragedy All of you are nothing more than pitiful insects being controlled by Fate!"


    Tang Jie creased his brow again. "Senior, your words are a little extreme. The Twelve Great Daos are the utmost principles of the world, so why do you say they are being controlled? As for the Heavenly Dao, to say that the Heavenly Dao doesn''t exist because nobody has been able toprehend it is a little forced. Perhaps the Heavenly Dao is just too profound? This one has yet to reach Violet Pce, but I can''t say that the Violet Pce Realm doesn''t exist just because of that."


    "Excellent words!" Reverend Seer couldn''t help but shout in support. He had already been rendered speechless by that demon and been looking for a retort, so he had momentarily lost himself in excitement. Upon realizing that it was Tang Jie who had spoken, he felt a little embarrassed.


    The demon coldly chuckled. "You''re quite the amusing child. I''m speaking up for you, but you argue against me."


    Tang Jie earnestly replied, "There are no sides to the truth. This junior only seeks the truth, to know and understand. If one hears the Dao in the morning, one can die content in the evening."


    These words moved the humans, and even Feng Wuxiang praised, "He truly is a young hero. No wonder he was able to make so much progress."


    Although he had been heavily injured by Tang Jie, he felt no hatred toward him. After all, he was the one who had been disloyal first. He wanted to use this chance to see if Reverend Seer was right or not.


    The demon replied, "At your cultivation realm, I cannot exin to you what I mean by being controlled, as that is liable to bring cmity on your head. As for what you said after that, that''s a very interesting thought. You say that you have yet to reach Violet Pce but cannot im that there is no Violet Pce Realm because of it, so let me ask you: if there were no Violet Pce cultivators in the Great Ster Chiliocosm, could you say that the Violet Pce Realm existed?"


    Tang Jie froze.


    Yes, if the highest level in the Great Ster Chiliocosm were peak Soul Transformation, then how could you know if the Violet Pce Realm existed or not?


    The demon then said, "Then let me ask you: do you know of the divisions of the Immortal tform Realm?"


    Tang Jie replied, "How could I not? There are four tiers in total: Earth Immortal, True Immortal, Gold Immortal, and Saint Immortal."


    The demon then asked, "Then why does the cultivation world speak of the Five Realms and Fourteen Tiers?"


    Tang Jie immediately replied, "Before High Antiquity, Immortal tform had only two tiers, Earth Immortal and True Immortal, so the Five Great Realms had only fourteen tiers. Later on, Titans began to break these shackles and reach even higher tiers, resulting in Gold Immortal and Saint Immortal, so there have actually been sixteen tiers for some time. But too few people manage to reach thest two tiers, making them the stuff of legends, and since everyone was already used to the Five Realms and Fourteen Tiers, the usage has remained until the present day."


    Tang Jie suddenly shuddered. "Fourteen tiers sixteen tiers"


    "You understand?" The demon chuckled. "There originally were no Gold Immortals or Saint Immortals. These tiers only came into existence when people reached them. Thus, it doesn''t matter if the Heavenly Dao exists or not. What does matter is if anyone has actually reached it. So long as one person hasprehended the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao exists. But if nobody hasprehended it, then it essentially doesn''t exist. The same is true for the ''supreme''. It exists rtive to the ordinary. If no one ordinary can sense the existence of the supreme, then why is it supreme? Thus, the Heavenly Dao does not exist, nor does the supreme!"


    Nobody had a response to these words.


    Tang Jie pondered these words for a long while, and then he bowed to the Chaos Tower. "Senior, thank you for guiding this junior through the darkness of ignorance!"


    As he spoke, his body emitted a brilliant light.


    This light rippled out like water from his body, radiating warmth. It was like Tang Jie was being baptized in holy light, almost making one want to prostrate to him.


    Reverend Seer staggered backwards in shock, shouting, "Truth! You''veprehended the Dao of Truth!"


    The crowd erupted in shock and awe.