Chapter 9: Legend of the Universe Chapter 29: The Fourth Level of the Eight Directions Diagram
The fourth space of the book.
Yuhuojun's light shone gently everywhere, and Xu Jingming listened devoutly.
"Emotions are the external manifestation of the soul. Desires are the inner part of the soul." Yu Huojun said, "All emotions are the extension of desires."
"Because of the strong desire to survive, we will strive to make progress and evolve. Evolution is to survive longer and better." Yuhuo Jun said, "Greed, desire for power, and other strong desires drive the progress of living beings."
"But uncontrollable desires can also lead living beings to despair."
"Any living being has desires." Yu Huojun looked at Xu Jingming, "If there are no desires, then it is not a living being, it is no different from a puppet."
Xu Jingming listened obediently.
"What is the source of desire?" Yu Huojun said, "If we must find the source of desire, it is... the body."
"The body is the foundation of life and the carrier of the soul." Yuhuo Jun said, "The bodies of high-dimensional life are of various kinds. Some are as huge as stars, some are just 'information flows' entrenched in the souls of other life forms, and some are a terrifying flame..."
“No matter what kind of body it is, it has one thing in common: it carries life, mind and consciousness.”
Xu Jingming nodded.
"Most bodies have ears, eyes, mouths, noses, skin, etc. So they like to hear beautiful sounds, see beautiful scenery, eat good food, smell good smells, and wear comfortable clothes..."
"If you were a stone, without eyes, ears, or nose, you would never need to eat or drink. You would have no appetite. You would never have eyes, and you would have no idea of beautiful scenery."
“So some desires are caused by the body itself.”
"The fourth level of the Eight Directions Map is to control the two most fundamental desires of all living beings - appetite and sexual desire."
"When living things come into the world, they must eat to survive! Whether it is low-dimensional life or high-dimensional life... In order to maintain life, they need to consume enough energy. Hence the appetite."
"Living things need to reproduce, so they naturally have sexual desire. This is how they can be passed down from generation to generation."
"You need to fully understand and control these two fundamental desires. Let them help you evolve, not hinder you."
Yu Huojun said, "The more fundamental the desire, the greater the threat once it becomes an obstacle."
"Appetite. For low-dimensional life, unbridled appetite... will damage the body and affect the survival of the species. For high-dimensional life, excessive pursuit of precious evolutionary resources will cause fierce competition and make it easier for high-dimensional life to die."
"Once reaching the Eternal Realm, the lifespan of high-dimensional life forms is theoretically infinite. But it's rare for them to live for 10 Abyssal Eras! A very small number of them died due to catastrophes, but the vast majority were killed due to fighting for resources."
"Control your desires and you will live longer."
Yuhuo Jun looked at Xu Jingming, "Living long is actually a kind of resource! Sometimes, you don't need precious treasures or precious inheritance. Even if you use some ordinary inheritance as a reference... you can become powerful by exploring over a long period of time."
"Once lust is indulged, it is extremely destructive. At the very least, it can wipe out a race or a country, and at the worst, it can cause a catastrophe."
Yu Huojun said, "Any desire, if controlled, will be an infinite motivation. Once out of control, it will be an infinite destructive force."
"Even if you have reached the 'heart realm' and completely mastered your emotions, do you dare to say that you have perfectly controlled the two most basic desires?" Yu Huojun smiled, "If you are confident, you can accept the fourth level of test."
"The test of food and sex." Yuhuo Jun smiled.
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Xu Jingming fell into a fantasy.
He became a refugee, walking with difficulty.
"I'm so hungry. So hungry." Xu Jingming felt hunger hitting his consciousness again and again. The trees in the distance were all eaten bare, and the people fleeing famine were eating everything they saw like termites.
The river has dried up and all the fish and shrimp are gone.
Xu Jingming suddenly saw two white buns appearing on the withered yellow weeds in front of him. At this moment, hunger suddenly erupted more violently, as if to drown Xu Jingming's consciousness.
"There are so many refugees around, but only two steamed buns." Xu Jingming was so thin that he forced himself to hold back. He watched helplessly as a group of refugees rushed over. For the two steamed buns, they fought like wild beasts, leaving behind several corpses. Those who ate the steamed buns were also seriously injured. He carefully looked around with a dagger in his hand. But he was seriously injured and was destined not to live long.
“Even if delicious food is right in front of you, even if you are going crazy with hunger, you have to stay calm. If you let your desires control you, you will become a beast and will not live long.” Xu Jingming walked step by step, enduring hunger, and the illusion in front of him suddenly dissipated.
Falling into a new illusion.
"All of you, eat as much as you can. Within an hour, the three people who eat the most can survive. The rest will die." A man in black said coldly. A group of men in black around them were holding weapons and looking at the civilians. Xu Jingming was one of them.
Xu Jingming lived in the second act environment for half a year before he passed the test.
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One illusion after another.
The power of appetite was brought to an incredible level. Xu Jingming fell under the eighth act of appetite's illusion before he even started the test of lust.
It is obviously very difficult to achieve perfect control over the two fundamental desires of 'appetite' and 'lust'.
What is perfect control?
Adapt to them, use them, and make them your own strengths.
At the same time, we must control them and not let them become obstacles to ourselves.
"Desire is a double-edged sword. It is difficult for high-dimensional life forms to only want benefits and not bear any backlash." Xu Jingming sighed, "I fell under the test of appetite, and have not yet carried out the test of lust."
"Does the test of lust also require its help?" Xu Jingming had a headache.
Resisting desire is easy, but to follow desire, to use it perfectly without being bitten by it... Xu Jingming thought it was too difficult.
"This is only the fourth level, but the Eight Directions Diagram has eight levels of tests. Even if all of them are completed, it only means that the hope of reaching the 'third level of high-dimensional life' is slightly greater." Xu Jingming felt more and more clearly how far he was from the third level of existence.
How many great beings stop at the half-step third realm in their entire lives.
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In practicing "Eight Direction Diagram", Xu Jingming was stuck at the fourth level.
"Appetite and lust are the two most fundamental desires of living beings. I haven't even passed the test of 'appetite', which I am more confident in, let alone 'lust'." After Xu Jingming was completely stuck in this aspect, the two secret techniques of "Fire of Red Lotus" and "Three Lines of Heart Realm" also came to a standstill.
Therefore, Xu Jingming devoted most of his energy to constructing higher-dimensional life forms.
"How should we construct a high-dimensional life form of the Heart Realm?"
Xu Jingming was very troubled.
After the analysis, he tried again and again, and seemed to have made some progress, but was still far from success.
"The body is the root of everything. It is the carrier of the mind and consciousness, and it is also the carrier of desires and emotions." Xu Jingming suddenly had an idea, "To put it another way, desires and emotions are an indispensable part of the body?"
"I don't have a deep understanding of desire, but in terms of emotions, I have already mastered the third level of the Eight Directions Diagram, the 'Heart Realm'. Emotions have no secrets in front of me."
"Emotional and physical?"
Xu Jingming pondered.
"I have already studied the emotions and bodies of low-dimensional life forms. As for high-dimensional life forms...all I have are some scales, blood, and so on. Dead high-dimensional life forms no longer have any emotional fluctuations." Xu Jingming frowned, "I now need to find a living high-dimensional life form to study the connection between emotions and high-dimensional bodies."
"Who can help me study a living high-dimensional life form?" Xu Jingming pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he thought of the best candidate, "Secretary-General Heitian!"
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The headquarters of Yuanchu Research Institute.
As the acting dean, Xu Jingming now has the highest , higher than Secretary-General Heitian.
"Is this the true identity of Secretary Heitian?" Xu Jingming looked at the huge black beast in front of him, lying there sleeping obediently. At this moment, it opened its eyes and looked at Xu Jingming in confusion: "Vice President Wu Ming, what are you doing here?"
The true identity of Secretary Heitian is imprisoned.
After all, the three supreme realms, including the newly-breakthrough Chi Meng, have all gone to the higher-dimensional space! If Secretary-General Heitian is not restrained at all, with his temperament, he could cause great damage.
The dean was very attentive in helping to prepare one carrier after another, so that Secretary Heitian could use the sub-consciousness carrier comfortably to travel around and not feel bored being imprisoned.
"Secretary Heitian." Xu Jingming said with a smile, "I want to trouble you with something."
"Oh?" Heitian opened his huge eyes and looked at Xu Jingming in confusion.
"I want to observe the basic structure of your life form." Xu Jingming said, "It may take a long time."
"I'll just give you a drop of blood ." Secretary-General Heitian didn't care.
"No."
Xu Jingming shook his head and said, "I hope to stay by your side forever so that I can observe your...claws for a long time."
"Long-term observation?" Secretary-General Heitian felt a little uncomfortable. "Can you tell me the reason?"
"I want to study the relationship between emotional fluctuations and higher-dimensional life forms." Xu Jingming said.
"Are you still looking for emotional fluctuations?" Secretary-General Heitian's huge eyes widened even further.
"Yes, joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, I will guide your emotions, Secretary Heitian." Xu Jingming said.
Secretary Heitian was annoyed: "I hate it most when others manipulate my emotions. Go away quickly and don't force me to get angry. Vice President Wu Ming, even if you are the acting president, you can't force me."
"It's not about manipulating your emotions." Xu Jingming smiled and said, "I can set up the illusion you want, so that you can wander in the illusion world. Then you will naturally show some emotions. The illusion I set up... is not comparable to the virtual world network, and it has an effect on higher-dimensional life."
"Can you create any illusion I want?" Secretary-General Heitian was tempted.
He lived a long life, and all he pursued was all kinds of fun.
There are fewer and fewer things that make him happy.
A strong person from the Heart Realm helps customize the illusion? It sounds interesting!
"It will be as you wish." Xu Jingming said, "I only need to observe your claws, which are strictly speaking the most basic unit of life structure."
"Okay." Secretary Heitian's eyes narrowed with a smile, "We can discuss the contents of the illusion first. I have to tell you in advance that you must let me immerse myself in it, otherwise I will chase you away."
"Please believe in my illusion." Xu Jingming said.
