hotmtlnovel Chapter 71 Domain Expansion, Infinite New Future
Chapter 71 Domain Expansion, Infinite New Future
Chapter 71 Domain Expansion, Infinite New Future
"A real person! How dare you appear in my country?!"
Just as Lu Ping was talking to Gojo Satoru.
A voice filled with piercing hatred came from the sky above the Pure Land of Heaven, omnipresent, towards Lu Ping.
The Shrine Maiden Tengen.
This being created the "Pure World Heaven," loves all humanity, and wants everyone to become an eternal being integrated into her soul. Her hatred for the real person has reached its peak.
In order to hunt down the real person, she even went so far as to use the positive energy she had accumulated over thousands of years to send all the people of the Heavenly Kingdom to hunt down the Holy Sorcerer.
The True Man is the embodiment of human evil, an evil being that hinders human immortality, and must be eliminated!
Without a real person, her plan would never have gone wrong.
Even if thousands or tens of thousands of years pass, even if her physical body in this world dies, her barrier will exist forever, continuing to maintain that beautiful dream of "immortality".
"Do you think you're so strong, so invincible, and that with Gojo Satoru's help, I can't do anything to you?"
""
You're wrong.
Tianyuan's voice became distorted, carrying a hint of madness as he shouted.
"I can't do anything to you, but someone else can."
"Immortality is my greatest trump card!"
"Now, the saints under your command still believe in you, but what about ten years from now, or a hundred years from now?"
"When their lives come to an end, besides the Pure Land of Heaven, who else can grant them eternal life?"
"At that time, this great era of sorcery you have cultivated will become nourishment for my Pure World Heaven, and the most powerful Grandmasters within it will all become my apostles!"
"Even Gojo Satoru was the same. His ancestor firmly rejected immortality, but when death approached, no one could be so resolute!"
Tianyuan's voice echoed in every corner of the Pure World Kingdom, representing her final thoughts.
Yes.
Even at the very end, she still had her last trump card to play, and her ultimate means to outlast the real person.
That is the chance for "immortality".
The Great Age of Spells was, in fact, a double-edged sword.
At this stage, those saints are still devoutly devoted to the true man and have unwavering faith in him.
But who can guarantee that things will stay this way a hundred years from now?
At that time, I'm afraid most people will be unable to resist the temptation of immortality.
Tianyuan only needs to take in those with top-tier combat power into the Pure World Heaven Kingdom to continuously strengthen its own combat power.
With this shift in power, Lu Ping will be defeated by him sooner or later.
However, doing so would force Tianyuan to abandon most of the weaker immortal souls in order to ensure a sufficient reserve of positive energy.
For Tianyuan, who deeply loves all of humanity, this was a choice made out of necessity. He would not have done this unless he was truly driven to the brink of despair.
"Tianyuan, what do you think immortality is?"
however.
Faced with Tianyuan's hateful words, Lu Ping did not react at all. Instead, he looked at her gently and asked a strange question.
"To live, to live forever, is that even a question?"
Tianyuan was taken aback by Lu Ping's sudden question, but at this stage, as long as she could buy time, she didn't care about saying anything pointless to Lu Ping.
She is already urgently recalling the Cleansers scattered throughout Japan as quickly as possible.
Currently, she has four top-tier combatants left, plus dozens of first-tier mages with special mechanisms and spells. If they try together, they might have a chance to kill the real person.
Is living without a future really living?
Lu Ping looked at Tian Yuan and said calmly.
After obtaining the Demon Void and touching the fragments of Tianyuan's soul, he already knew the truth about the [Undying] technique.
The essence of immortality is "solidification".
It is the ability to solidify life, wisdom, soul, all possibilities and futures in the moment of attaining immortality, thus achieving eternity.
This explains why, even after a thousand years, the immortals of the Pure World Kingdom have not grown in strength at all, and everyone remains at their original level.
It's all because their futures have been fixed.
After entering the Pure Land, the techniques and knowledge will become fixed.
In the end, even the mind and soul will be solidified, turning into a stone, a river, a mountain range, or a sea.
This is the truth behind what the original work says about Tengen evolving into a "higher-dimensional being".
It will eventually evolve into a world.
In that world, everything is eternal, everything is fixed, forever and ever.
"So what? Isn't this what they've always been pursuing? Why do we need a future? Isn't living itself the greatest meaning?"
Tianyuan, his mind stirred by Lu Ping's words, replied somewhat anxiously.
What does a mere cursed spirit know about humans?
Those sorcerers, those daimyo, those emperors, they only wanted to live, indulging in their decadent lifestyle day after day, and had no desire for any "future"!
They even fear and loathe the future.
They loathed anything that might disrupt the status quo—firearms, technology, inventions—and only wanted to return to the way things were originally.
This is human nature, isn't it?
"I have no intention of arguing with you; I just want to tell you something."
Lu Ping shook his head, his eyes filled with pity and love as he looked at Tian Yuan. He reached out his hand and said softly.
"It's time for you to step into the future."
boom!!!
The instant Lu Ping finished speaking, hundreds of sorcerers appeared behind Tian Yuan, each radiating powerful sorcery energy, with even the weakest being above the first-level sorcerer.
The strongest among them possesses exceptional strength.
"Haha, who wants to argue with you? My reinforcements have arrived, real man, let's fight!"
The priestess Tengen's voice became much more invigorated, and as she looked at the group of powerful figures gradually gathering in the Pure World Kingdom, her confidence grew stronger.
She's not the kind of person who can be persuaded by empty words.
If you want to prove whose ideology is correct, let your fists speak for themselves.
"Master, be careful, the Cleansers are unkillable."
Upon seeing the sudden appearance of a group of powerful enemies, Gojo Satoru couldn't help but perk up, his face serious as he formed a hand seal, ready to strike at any moment.
But Lu Ping didn't care at all. He just stood there, staring at the sorcerers, while the Dharma wheel behind him began to spin.
"Domain Expansion: Billions of Thunderbolts"
A top-tier mage with the power of thunder summoned millions of lightning bolts, intending to completely crush Lu Ping with the purest destructive force.
"Domain Expansion: Soul Graveyard"
A master sorcerer with profound knowledge of soul magic unleashed millions of ghostly hands towards Lu Ping. If they could pull his soul into the graveyard, it would be a certain death.
"Domain expansion, domain expansion, domain expansion————"
Among the sorcerers present, there were at least three thousand who possessed domains, each with a guaranteed hit effect, and the mechanism was particularly troublesome and unique.
Even Gojo Satoru would find it difficult to face so many top-tier and first-tier combatants at the same time.
The combined strength of a thousand years of powerful individuals is ten times greater than the "Alliance of Sorcerers" that besieged Sukuna during the Heian period.
however.
Under the relentless barrage of magical attacks, even Gojo Satoru broke out in a cold sweat, and just as he was about to help Lu Ping relieve some of the pressure...
He only made a light move.
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
The wheels behind him spun like a windmill, and the light emanating from him grew even brighter.
That's outrageous.
Before the spellcasters' attacks could even reach Lu Ping, they were all dealt with using unimaginable methods.
Lightning transformed into electrical charge, a giant soul hand plunged into the earth, fire spells melted like ice and snow, and ice spells spontaneously combusted like fire—
As the shrine maiden Tengen watched all that was happening before her, the fear and shock in her heart continued to rise.
What exactly happened?
For over a thousand years, she had experienced so many eras and seen so many powerful figures, but she had never seen anyone like Lu Ping.
Is he really a god?
There is no other way to explain his current state except through God.
That's enough.
Seeing that the last special-grade mage he had defeated was instantly killed by Lu Ping, and his soul was also extracted and sent to a world that even Tian Yuan could not perceive.
She finally realized that all her attacks were in vain.
Lu Ping has entered a higher level of understanding, and the gap between them is no longer something that can be bridged by sheer numbers.
"Your strength has exceeded my expectations."
"But I won't give up."
Tianyuan gritted his teeth and said with resentment.
"I won't listen to any of your grand theories. I'll keep going until I run out of energy."
"Let's see if my millennia-old foundation is deeper, or if you are stronger. A hundred years from now, we'll see who the final victor is!"
How could a thousand-year-old obsession be resolved by Lu Ping's few words?
Whether it's "love" or "hate" in Tianyuan's heart, that twisted and insane obsession can never be easily resolved.
unless----
"I never intended to convince you with words."
"I just want you, Gojo Satoru, Otokotsu, Itadori, and everyone else—to step into an infinite future."
Lu Ping reached out his hand.
Hands form a mudra.
Since his birth, he has experienced many things, acquired many techniques, and his strength has risen to a terrifying level, but he has never been able to develop the "domain" that the real person in the original work possessed.
It's not that he can't do it, but that Lu Ping doesn't want to.
The field he desires is definitely not something like the overgrown child that is "self-absorbed and naive."
Instead, it is a brand new, open power called "Domain Expansion," capable of presenting the world he envisions.
"An Infinite New Future!"
paradise.
The ?th ?th layer.
Guan Yuandao opened his eyes and stared at everything that appeared before him, completely stunned.
The streets and alleys of the Heian period were still arranged just like in the movie "Pure World Heaven".
But the person who appeared before them was completely different from the immortals in the Pure Land.
"Holy Light Guild is recruiting! We need a transformation-type scout and a reinforcement-type warrior. Let's get ready to raid the new dungeon."
"After this event, there are so many new dungeons. Sure enough, Lord Holy Spirit is just accumulating materials for updates."
"This kind of thing doesn't need the Holy Spirit to do it personally. Look, do you see that thing with four wings on its head? From now on, he will handle all the affairs of Paradise."
Listening to the chaotic noises around him, Sugawara Michizane stood there, bewildered and filled with doubt.
Who is he?
Where is he?
Why is he here?
He clearly remembered that he had died more than ten times in his previous battle with Gojo Satoru, and his soul had become very closely integrated with Tengen's soul fragments, making his mind extremely chaotic.
But now.
Why does he possess such clear thinking? Could it be that Lord Tianyuan's soul fragments have already—
Thinking of this, Guan Yuandao hurriedly examined the depths of his soul and was surprised to find...
"The fragments of Lord Tianyuan's soul have disappeared."
Yes.
The fragment of Tianyuan's soul, which he had integrated into for over a thousand years and which had almost become a part of his body, has now disappeared.
Instead, he possessed an incomparably pure, authentic soul, just as he had a thousand years ago—no, when he was forty—clear and bright.
"Welcome to [Paradise], my NPC, the God of Learning, Sugawara no Michizane."
Just when Sugawara Michizane was completely baffled...
A transparent, ethereal figure slowly appeared beside him.
It's a real person.
Upon seeing the real person before him, Guan Yuan Daozhen did not show any panic. In fact, he had already guessed that no one but the real person could have accomplished such a miracle.
"So, Holy Spirit, could you explain the current situation to me?"
Sugawara no Michizane gave a wry smile. Even the god of learning would find it difficult to deduce any clues after seeing such a bizarre and grotesque scene.
"Simply put, I moved your 'Pure Land' to my 'Paradise' and gave you a new place to live."
Lu Ping smiled slightly and explained.
"No, no, no, you know what I'm asking: Why did Tianyuan's soul disappear, and why am I still alive?"
Sugawara Michizane sighed softly and asked what he truly wanted to know.
While the idea of moving the Pure Land to Paradise is indeed astonishing, there are at least some clues to it. The Holy Spirit himself possesses such power, and it's not impossible for him to go further.
But the power of immortality belongs to only Tengen.
How could he survive after stripping her soul away?
"To be precise, the person living now is not you at a thousand years old in the Pure Land of Heaven," but rather you at forty years old in the Heian period.
"I molded your soul into the shape you were at forty years old, and instilled in you common sense and memories about the Tengen."
"Think carefully, do you still remember what happened in the past thousand years?"
Upon hearing Lu Ping's words, Sugawara Michizane hurriedly checked his memories, and soon, he showed a surprised expression.
Because he discovered that none of his memories from the thousand years he had spent in the Pure Land had remained.
"Why did you do this?"
Sugawara Michizane looked at Lu Ping with a complicated expression. He didn't understand why a real person with godlike authority would do such a thing for their enemies.
Because he is the Holy Mother?
No.
There must be a deeper reason.
"There's no particular reason, but if I had to say, the amusement park is really short of NPCs right now, and you just happen to be a good fit. What do you say?"
Lu Ping stroked his chin, revealing an expression of deep thought. After thinking for a long time, he finally gave a very casual answer.
"this----"
"Relax, don't overthink it. Look to the future."
Lu Ping chuckled, his figure gradually fading away, and said.
"Oh, right."
"You no longer have the ability to be immortal. As time goes by, your soul will eventually age and die."
"However, you now have unlimited possibilities. After completing your mission as an NPC, you can adventure and explore the various dungeon worlds of the park, and through that guy, exchange for the ability to potentially achieve true immortality."
Lu Ping pointed to the glowing head with four wings above his head.
"The Supreme God."
Since the unfolding of the Realm of Infinite New Future, tens of thousands of sorcerers in the Pure World Kingdom, the sixty million cursed spirits within the body of the sorcerer, the ancient sorcerers, all the cursed spirits in the present world, and so on.
Everything, everything, has been moved to [Paradise].
Furthermore, the paradise is no longer a dream space, but has merged with the realm of "non-action transformation," becoming a real world where souls can directly enter.
Those cursed spirits and ancient sorcerers have all become instances within [Paradise].
Heian period.
The Warring States period.
Kamakura period.
The Taisho era.
The final battle in Shinjuku.
The Shibuya Incident.
And so on and so forth.
Lu Ping even created dungeons of many famous scenes from the original work based on his own memories. Each dungeon is no longer a one-time challenge, but a "real world" that can be explored, changed, and has an infinite future.
Gazing at the miraculous scenes unfolding before her, the shrine maiden Tengen showed no reaction. Instead, her eyes gradually dimmed, eventually becoming empty and lifeless, as if she were dead.
Her Pure Land of Heaven —
The people she loves —
In an instant, everyone, all the sorcerers, left her.
She became that lonely, desperate person again, someone who had no value other than "immortality".
"Kill me."
Tianyuan looked at Luping, his face devoid of any emotion, and said in a deathly voice.
"I admit that you are stronger than me, my plan has failed, and now, the moment of victory belongs to the victor."
"Kill me, and embrace the new future you all desire."
however.
Faced with Tianyuan's words, Lu Ping shook his head, patted her head with compassion, and said.
"What you want is never immortality, nor is it loving humanity or a pure heaven."
"But this."
With a wave of his hand, Lu Ping opened a door, revealing a brand new world to Tian Yuan.
Nara period.
The imperial court, the shogunate, sorcerers, and dojos.
In an instant, Tianyuan's eyes widened as a bone-deep fear gripped him.
In particular, when she saw a sorcerer dressed in black robes slowly walking out of the dojo, she was so frightened that she could barely stand and collapsed to the ground, her body convulsing.
Even if the body dies, the soul cannot forget.
Her memories of being tormented by sorcerers and nobles for the first hundred years are filled with vivid images.
"Please, kill me, I don't want to, I don't want to—"
Seeing Tianyuan reacting as if on edge, Lu Ping simply shook his head firmly, nudged her back with his right hand, handed her a knife, and gestured for her to move forward.
"Go."
"Go and take revenge."
The thought is, "Kill them a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times."
"Once you've truly moved on from the past, let's step together into an infinite new future."