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Chapter 461 - 327: The Essence of the Empty Way of Dependent Dharma_2

Chapter 461: Chapter 327: The Essence of the Empty Way of Dependent Dharma_2

"Of course...!" Xiao Yi nodded resolutely, "I have always believed in gravity, believing that gravity truly exists! In fact... I have always been a firm supporter of the theory that the Earth moves!"

"It’s not... It doesn’t matter whether you believe it subjectively or not, it exists objectively, and what you’re saying doesn’t seem to have much to do with what I’m saying, does it?" she continued, "Anyway, you should also know that in the world there are things like Gravity Law, Quantum Law, Conservation Principle, right?"

"Uh..." Xiao Yi nodded, "Of course I know... I’ve occasionally seen them when browsing videos."

"It’s good that you know..." she continued, "Actually, what we call Empty Way of Dependent Dharma is just... Gravity Law, Quantum Law, Conservation Principle, and things like that."

"...Ah?" Xiao Yi was stunned for a moment, "Are you saying... you are the personification of Gravity Law? Or rather, the feminization? But I remember that the nature of Empty Way of Dependent Dharma is to arbitrarily set rules, right? This... you’re confusing me."

"It’s not quite what you understand," she explained further, "It should be said that we, the Empty Way of Dependent Dharma, are the essence of these things, Xiao Yi, do you know what the essence of these things is?"

The shorter figure of Empty Way of Dependent Dharma had just unconsciously asked this question and immediately felt regret because she had almost guessed that Xiao Yi would give a "I don’t know" as a quality answer. Asking such a question was pointless and only wasted time.

So, just after she asked, she immediately answered her own question:

"...Right, right! The essence of these things... is the truth. An absolute truth that is unquestionable, unchanging, and even beyond the infinite infinities, all that exists must follow this truth, this is the essence of our Empty Way of Dependent Dharma. We, the Empty Way of Dependent Dharma... are the truth."

She paused for a moment, then continued:

"The Empty Way of Dependent Dharma has the ability to set rules at will, essentially because we are the truth, and all things must follow the truth, this ability is a mere extension of our essence."

"...I see." Xiao Yi uncertainly nodded, not sure if he truly understood or was just pretending, and said, "I think I’ve completely understood now, so... what does this have to do with Blue Sky Appearance?"

"Alas..."

Mentioning Blue Sky Appearance, she couldn’t help but sigh deeply, then slowly said:

"Xiao Yi, do you remember what I said just now? All living beings with their own will, by their nature... possess the Power of Change.

These living beings... no, that statement is incorrect, merely having life does not yet possess the essence of change. The essence of change... is born from wisdom.

When a living being begins to think, to recognize itself and the world, the essence of change is born from that very thought. Life is merely a prerequisite for the birth of wisdom, perhaps... it is more appropriate to call it a Wisdom Body.

These Wisdom Bodies, let’s put it this way, you... have the power to change everything. The essence of your change, and the essence of our unchanging truth, are in conflict.

We do not understand why, within the infinite of infinites... that is, the concept of a world encompassing infinite universes, there would arise Wisdom Bodies like you with the Power of Change. Even if we search all causality logic, observe within all infinities, see the situation at the absolute beginning when life first emerged, and witness the situation when life first began to think and recognize itself and the world, we still cannot understand why this Power of Change exists and continues.

Perhaps, because it is in conflict with our essence, we are destined to be completely unable to understand your essence.

Logically, according to human logic, encountering an existence that is completely different and opposed to oneself, it’s inevitable that conflict will occur, to eradicate the other in order to ensure one’s own safety."

However, until now, we have always been unchanging truths, and we did not possess the type of thinking capable of change like you do. Therefore, to you, we are merely truths, merely phenomena that exist without subjective consciousness, simply existing and nothing more.

We have not harbored ill will or a desire to kill against you, because we lack such... functionality. To exist in this world alongside you, to use a term from your perspective, maybe... coexistence could be the word.

But, this status quo was disrupted because... the Blue Sky Appearance occurred.

The Blue Sky Appearance... possesses the Power of Change over everything, including us immutable truths. Even our essence could be altered, an adversary we could never overcome no matter what.

However, the Blue Sky Appearance did not intentionally target us, they simply started changing truths to achieve some purpose of their own.

In fact, before you, the Blue Sky Appearance had already acted upon countless civilizations, engaging in numerous different strange actions, just like the Analog Horror you encountered.

When the Blue Sky Appearance performed strange actions upon those civilizations, they were also changing us countless times, but... because the Blue Sky Appearance itself had the appearance and emotions of humans, they always subconsciously infused their own emotions and perceptions into those changes.

Consequently, in the process, we gradually... developed a self-awareness akin to yours.

Those of us with self-awareness naturally did not wish to be constantly changed at whim. Our essence is the unchanging truth, and we could not tolerate such behavior, so we began to display hostility towards the Blue Sky Appearance.

Of course, confronting them head-on would surely lead to defeat, so... we also began investigating the ultimate purpose of the Blue Sky Appearance.

Upon observation, we discovered that although each action the Blue Sky Appearance took in every civilization was different, its essence was to induce the growth of the inherent Power of Change within individuals of those civilizations.

It seems the Blue Sky Appearance could gain something from the growth of that Power of Change, so whenever it succeeded in fostering that growth, it would leave contentedly, seeking the next civilization, and completely ignoring the previous one, even if that civilization perished, paying it no further attention.

From this we surmise, the purpose of the Blue Sky Appearance... is very likely to lead everything towards an absolute end and nothingness!

"...Ah?" Hearing this, Xiao Yi couldn’t help but be startled. "I can understand what you said before, but... how does this conclusion jump to leading towards nothingness and an ultimate end?"

"Xiao Yi, you still don’t know what the Power of Change means, do you?"

The short Empty Way of Dependent Dharma explained:

"Change... signifies destruction. We immovable truths, as the foundation of the entire world, if we were to change, it could very likely lead to the collapse of everything. The original logic by which this world operates is birth, growth, demise, and rebirth—an Eternal Recurrence. All things and creatures have a beginning and an end; from that end, meaning is born, then change happens, continuing the cycle. That is... the world!

It can be said that within the endless cycle, all possibilities are already contained. If one were to seek further change, then the only outcome is the negation of [being] that accommodates all possibilities, and its opposite... [nothingness]!"

She asserted firmly: "The Blue Sky Appearance has always been inducing the strengthening of the Power of Change in various civilizations. Thus, their purpose could only be one thing! That is to destroy everything! To reach the absolute [nothingness]!"