Devil's Bible

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Compared to pure morality, virtue is both a manifestation of morality and requires people to take concrete actions.

When virtue arises, people tend to overlook many human instincts and transcend worldly concerns.

To Xavier and his associates, this was unbelievable, naive, foolish, and ridiculous.

Do they think they are saints?

“It’s like a choice between two options.” Xavier’s inner discipline, however, was more deeply ingrained.

Humans, or most intelligent life forms, are limited by their bodies and have various primal desires.

These primal desires are not much different from those of wild beasts.

However, after the emergence of civilization, humans began to restrain some of their primal desires.

Then, under the influence of civilization, humans gradually developed some simple emotions that were different from those of animals.

Just like in this hunting ground of a thousand souls, the Han family's clan school once taught an article that left a deep impression on the discipline.

He who has no compassion is not human; he who has no sense of shame is not human; he who has no sense of deference is not human; he who has no sense of right and wrong is not human.

Compassion, shame, deference, right and wrong.

Would primal animal instincts say these things?

No, animals only care about satisfying their animalistic desires.

Even if they have the ability to think, all their thoughts are for their own benefit.

Once altruism emerged, 'humans' were distinguished from animals.

The virtues of this world originate from the four hearts, giving rise to the five virtues and various other virtues.

However, upon closer observation, it becomes clear that these virtues are essentially altruistic.

In the final moments of his life, Lin Rongyang did not choose revenge, but instead let go and established a new moral order to ensure the survival of his family.

Even his virtues benefited most families in the region.

This created a buffer zone between family feuds.

However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that this does not bring any benefit to Lin Rongyang himself.

Han Sheng was the same; he complied with the other party's virtues, which brought him some benefits, but also left him with hidden dangers.

Thirty years later, when the Han family faces a tribulation, a genius from the Lin family might emerge and kill him.

“But they all chose altruism,” the preceptor sighed.

In the real world, there are people who can make this choice, but not many.

It is also impossible for it to be widely promoted and become a law.

The four basic emotions are considered useless by many.

According to the observations of the God of Discipline, there are many among mankind who completely lack these four hearts.

They only care about their own interests and themselves.

"This has led to different choices of civilization!" After some calculations, the God of Discipline vaguely came to a conclusion.

If applied to a larger model, animalistic behavior can actually yield relatively stable returns.

Civilized choices are very likely to be trampled on by bestiality.

Civilization often goes against the basic human desires and instincts.

"But this choice may, to some extent, lead to some 'miracles' and create something that goes beyond the rules."

“Perhaps in this current end times, this choice will have some advantages…” The God of Discipline is not the kind of being who cannot think and whose mind is completely rigid.

Especially after his own failure, he will inevitably take it seriously and analyze the reasons from all aspects.

“But… the larger the scale, the more difficult it is to make changes!” The God of Discipline couldn’t help but think of the Discipline Church, which was undergoing reforms in other worlds.

The rigidity of the disciplined church has, to some extent, startled the God of discipline.

Even when the God of Discipline personally pushes for reform, there are still various overt and covert obstacles.

Although those 'believers' dared not openly oppose the God of Commandments, they 'accidentally' mishandled some of the reform's commands in various situations, and gradually, the entire reform seemed to have gone astray.

Although it seems to be continuing, the efficiency is very slow.

According to Qianbianhun, the ancestral laws cannot be changed.

Even if the ancestors themselves were to make changes, they would encounter great resistance.

The God of Discipline is not yet incapable of promoting reform.

But like Nemes, he only had three months.

He must reform the Discipline Churches in all possible worlds to a certain extent within these three months in order to ensure the fighting strength and faith stability of these churches.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been very confident that he could defeat the sun god.

"It might even be better not to change it at all!" This thought arose in the God of Discipline.

If the reforms are halted and the remaining three months are used to stabilize the church personnel, nobles, and believers using the previous methods, then the fighting strength will not experience unstable fluctuations.

"..." Then the God of Discipline fell silent.

If the timeframe is less than three months, but one month.

Faced with this situation, the God of Discipline might actually be forced to abdicate by these church members and nobles, and the reforms might be halted.

That's the most ironic part of the whole thing.

“I’m not targeting a group of ordinary people, but confronting the impact of my past.”

The God of Discipline sighed, pondered the events within the Thousand Transformations Soul, and the resilience of people under the influence of virtue, and then solidified his idea of ​​reform.

"Hmm?" Just then, the God of Discipline suddenly hummed in agreement, having noticed the unexpected situation.

There seem to be others in Thousand-Change Soul's hunting grounds...

With a thought, the God of Discipline Xavier stepped forward to investigate.

Not far away, several demons were carving something on the ground.

Chapter 842 The Demon of Rot

"How could a demon enter this hunting ground?" Xavier was greatly shocked.

If other humans discover the wonderful uses of virtue, that would be fine, but what about demons?

Demons are the most immoral 'creatures' in the world.

The essence of virtue is altruistic action, while the devil is almost incapable of altruism.

Furthermore, even if a demon appears to be altruistic, it is very likely that it is also satisfying its own needs.

A benevolent demon will only appear more twisted.

This is fundamentally different from true kindness.

"No, that's not right!"

“Ordinary demons will not enter this hunting ground. Only those extremely special demons with very high standards will enter here!” The God of Discipline pondered for a moment, but immediately realized the problem.

The reason why demons are so self-centered is largely because demons themselves are flawed, and at the same time, they are also affected by the environment of the abyss, which is comparable to a cesspool. Finally, the inheritance of the will of the abyss plays an extremely good guiding role.

These factors have created the demon race, a unique and exceptional race.

However, the crux of the problem lies in the gaps in the soul caused by the fragmentation.

This gap is the key to a demon becoming a higher demon, but it is also their weakness.

"But the existence of virtue can actually make up for all of this!"

"According to the Abyss's definition, if a demon acquires virtue, then the demon will directly become a different kind of demon!"

"And this alien demonic state will fill their gaps."

"This will allow the demons to escape the control of the abyss to some extent."

Demons are utterly immoral, and their compatibility with virtue is pitifully low.

But precisely because of this, virtue entering the soul is the 'right path' for demons.

Those demons with vision, upon learning of the existence of Virtue, would inevitably choose to enter the Thousand Transformations Soul Hunting Ground.

"And as time goes on, more and more demons will arrive."

"They'll turn this world into a complete mess!" Xavier even felt a little sorry for them.

The Thousand Transformations Hunting Grounds allowed him to see a different civilization choice and to see 'people' who were quite different from what they knew.

It even gave him a slight feeling that people who had transcended animalistic desires to a certain extent and possessed sufficient virtue were the true human beings.

Xavier narrowed his eyes upon seeing the arrangement of these demons, as if he had discovered something.

He paused for a moment, then left the Thousand Transformations Soul Hunting Ground.

Among the demons setting up the area, an ordinary-looking demon seemed to sense something and glanced in their direction.

However, after carefully sensing it, he seemed to perceive nothing and thus gave up his doubts.

"What's wrong, boss?" Demon Zaza Hui asked like a lackey.

"It's nothing, maybe it's just my imagination." The demon shook his head, attributing the incident to a mistake in his senses.

However, a few days later, after their established production site swallowed up a family and seized their ancestral soul's virtue, the demon left Thousand Transformations Soul with his subordinates, including Zaza Hui.

After selling information about the Thousand-Faced Soul to some demons at the gathering point, they withdrew from the hunting grounds.

The demon awoke in the abyss.

His expression remained unchanged after dealing with some matters in the abyss, when he happened to receive a summons from the material plane.

Upon being summoned, the demon, at the advanced demon stage, actually projected a shadow and descended into the material plane.

The place where they landed was a valley.

The valley was surrounded by various runic decrees.

It has grasped all the changes around it.

A young girl was sitting upright in the valley.

The demon's projection appeared here, and after sensing it for a moment, it turned its gaze to the girl.

"I never thought I would see you as a woman again."

The demon projection chuckled and joked.

Back then, the goddess of magic attracted the pursuit of many gods.

However, to stabilize his divine status, the opponent first transformed into a male, and then into a genderless giant.

"This makes no sense..."

“I never expected that you would be reincarnated as a demon,” said the girl Mystra. She was, of course, a manifestation of the will of the God of Discipline who had possessed another’s body.

“It makes sense. Maybe if you appeared in front of Nemus in this form, you wouldn’t lose,” the demon projection continued.

However, the demon then became serious and stopped joking, saying earnestly, "I told you before that the thing might exist in the abyss of the new world in order to cooperate with you."

"But it seems you can't do it now."

“Cooperation…” Mystra looked at the demon, speechless. “If you really wanted to cooperate, then you would never have been reborn as a demon.”

"No, no, no, these are just some little surprises in the course of our cooperation," the demon said. "If I didn't want to cooperate, I would have reported you to Nemus in the hunting grounds the moment you sent me the message."

"Instead of coming at the invitation."

"So, even in my current state, don't you still see me as having value for cooperation?" Mystra grasped the meaning behind the other party's words.

"Let's not waste time on these verbal exchanges."

"Since I dared to extend an invitation to you under these circumstances, I must be confident that we can continue to advance our cooperation!"

"Although Nemes is special, he is still too young."

As she spoke, Mystra opened her palms.

In the center of the palm, there is a clod of mud.