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Chapter 871 - Chapter 871 Chapter 565 The Law Follows the Utterance

Chapter 871: Chapter 565: The Law Follows the Utterance Chapter 871: Chapter 565: The Law Follows the Utterance The lifelike colossal head floated like this in the desolate universe that stretches on without end, cold and lonely, not knowing for how many years it had drifted here.

The closed eyes on that head seemed as if, once opened, this universe would turn to ashes in an instant.

Close eyes for darkness, open eyes for light.

Jiang Hui was somewhat shocked, at a loss for words for a long time.

He was startled to see that the face on the head was identical to his own.

Was that his own head?

Such a question couldn’t help but arise in Jiang Hui’s mind.

Because too many strange things existed within him.

His appearance in this world might have had a great deal to do with the Red-Haired Monster, but the steps he took to reach where he was today had absolutely nothing to do with the former.

There was another unimaginable force guiding him, helping him change his original destiny.

And this force had never appeared in the original text; it was related to him and gradually awakened with his arrival.

However, at the very least for now, this unknown mysterious force did not seem to bring any harm to him.

If not for this.

He would have probably become a puppet of that Red-Haired Monster by now, becoming the flesh body for the other to break free.

Despite the fact that up to now, he still did not understand why, out of the billions of living beings, the other chose him.

This point alone was sufficient.

Too much, too deep, Jiang Hui did not want to ponder, nor could he fathom it.

As Jiang Hui silently contemplated these origins in his heart, the colossal head floating in the cold universe suddenly stirred.

The next moment.

“Hum…” went a sound.

The head directly opened its eyes.

In an instant, an unimaginably immense power surged from those opened eyes, rippling with an unknown and terrifying might.

Under this vast and grand power, Jiang Hui felt as insignificant as an ant, even if he were to truly step into the Immortal Emperor, he might still feel the same!

Too powerful!

There was no need to do anything.

Merely by opening the eyes.

In the midst of the Blue Sea, there was no power that could compare.

Ultimately, that gaze from the eyes settled on Jiang Hui.

Clang!

A surge of sounds of warhorses and iron horses suddenly emerged in Jiang Hui’s mind, and before he could react further, an unprecedented crisis washed over his entire body like a tide, with every pore and every cell trembling uncontrollably.

Under this trembling, Jiang Hui felt his scalp go numb, sensing a chill rushing straight for his Heavenly Crown.

His body shivering, his heart pounding like a drumbeat, he felt an indescribable dread.

The colossal head, with a face just like his, did not give him any sense of closeness at this moment. What he felt was merely the ultimate cold indifference and repression that was indifferent to all beings.

Fortunately, the trembling came abruptly and faded just as suddenly.

Almost immediately, all the anomalies disappeared.

But the sound of warhorses and iron horses did not fade away.

And it grew more and more intense.

Eventually, it seemed to form an invisible storm, sweeping through Jiang Hui’s mind, washing over all his cells.

Pain.

Pain that reached deep into the marrow!

Pain that gnawed at the heart and corroded the bones!

Pain that was incessant at all times!

At this moment.

He was like an ordinary person, bound and subjected to a slow and painful execution, from face to feet, from back to chest, from flesh to internal organs, made to endure three thousand cuts before being allowed to die and be released.

And this was not the end, only the beginning.

After being allowed to die, he would be revived countless times, to “enjoy” an unimaginable “feast” over and over again, life after life, forever unceasing.

It was a language that simply could not be expressed; it didn’t belong to any known kind, more like a highest-level Rule and order.

It could be any language, and beings of the Ten Thousand Species could all understand clearly, but it could also belong to none at all, able only to feel and listen to the vastness and mystery, without knowing what exactly was being said.

That was how Jiang Hui felt as well.

But he had another feeling.

There was a force in the unknown, gathering together that cluttered cacophony of sounds, reorganizing them into a message he could understand.

“Heaven and Earth are not kind; they treat all things as stray dogs…”

Jiang Hui furrowed his brows.

Naturally, he was aware of this phrase.

As for the meaning behind this phrase, he had also looked into it.

Heaven and Earth are not kind; they have no emotions, no regards for kindness or right and wrong. They are like cold, emotionless machines, operating on set principles, treating all things with the same indifference, whether you are human, or poultry, whether you are utterly wicked, a criminal, or a person of virtuous deeds through ten lifetimes, they will not favor anyone, leaving all living beings to live or perish on their own.

This line comes from Laozi’s “Dao De Jing”.

A summary by a Saint of later ages, why would it appear here?

Could it possibly have something to do with Laozi?

But obviously, that’s impossible.

Looking at the trajectory of this vast world, even if Laozi was famous, he was just a person from Earth in the era of Spring and Autumn Warring States.

And Jiang Hui was the one who initiated and propelled the birth of Earth.

He was the progenitor of Earth’s living beings.

But soon.

He figured it out.

It was not related to Laozi, but rather that unknown force had summarized that complex and intricate noise into words he could understand.

And Laozi’s line about the indifference of Heaven and Earth perfectly explained the meaning contained within.

He felt his form infinitely expanding, his true form flying out from within his spiritual consciousness, a vast Willow Tree blooming with lustrous green branches stretched across the universe, obscuring the daylight.