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Chapter 1013
chapter 0423 part 1
**Chapter 416**
At that time, the Great Empire was still in its heyday. After the pirates who plundered the world had grown fat from their spoils, they sought to clean up their image and legitimize themselves, branding themselves as civilized people. The entire British nobility pursued the so-called gentlemanly demeanor...
This is probably the reason why people deliberately flaunt what they lack.
Influenced by the prevailing atmosphere at the time, the layout and decoration of this Living Room also carried some of the style of that era.
Tang Song didn't really like this retro style. Although it was just a temporary stopping point, Tang Song still had people make some changes to the Living Room! He placed several Rosewood Long Tables and replaced the Coffee Tables with some Chinese-style ones.
Tang Song waved his hand. His Subordinate Bodyguards stepped forward and removed the Decanter and Wine Glasses containing Red Wine. Tang Song took out a Small Red Clay Stove from within his Small World, a box of Silver Frost Charcoal, a Purple Clay Teapot, and several Tea Cups. Tang Song threw a few pieces of Silver Frost Charcoal into the stove, and smokeless charcoal fire slowly rose within the Small Red Clay Stove.
Just as Tang Song was about to brew tea for his guests... he heard MODOK call his name. Tang Song glanced over and noticed this Big Head with Golden Armor covering his head.
With just one look, Tang Song's eyes immediately narrowed, and a strange light flickered in his eyes. It wasn't because of MODOK's bizarre appearance, but because of the countless Karma Threads entwined around his body... The sheer number of dense Karma Threads was so great that it almost amounted to one-thousandth of the Karma Threads entwined around Tang Song!
But don't underestimate this one percent.
One must know that ever since he arrived in the Marvel Universe, he created the Tang Group, causing Earth Civilization to explore the Interstellar Age a century ahead of schedule. It can be said that the entire Earth Civilization has become entangled with him in Karma...
He saved the originally doomed Asgard and became the uncrowned King of the Nine Realms...
He killed Mephisto, occupied over a dozen Hell Abysses, killed God Jehovah, and occupied Heaven...
He thwarted Thanos' world-ending crisis! Indirectly saving half the Universe!
If it weren't for the fact that this World had no concept of Merit, with the achievements he's made, he would surely have a golden Golden Wheel of Merit hanging behind his head.
It can be said that Tang Song alone changed the entire Marvel Universe...
Moreover, his influence is not limited to this Universe. By scheming against the Avengers in the adjacent Universe, he has extended his influence to other Universes...
In the DC Multiverse, he not only has his own Agents but has even become involved with several Multiversal Level Existences...
Looking at it this way, one-thousandth of the Karma entangled around Tang Song is already enough to cause terror.
What is called Karma is a very broad concept...
In modern terms, it is the result produced by the subsequent influence of something you have done.
In modern Human Civilization, Karma is a philosophical and theological issue.
Immortals/Deities fear the cause, Mortals fear the result! The cause is the motive and beginning of an event, the result is the end and retribution of an event.
The suffering one currently endures is retribution. Ordinary people are deluded and only realize it when they suffer, which is called fearing the result. Even fearing it is useless.
The sins committed previously are the cause. Bodhisattvas are wise and see the beginning to know the end, which is called fearing the cause. Fearing it can stop the creation (of more karma).
Simply put, the perspective of the People of the World is not as far-sighted as that of Immortals/Deities. Often, they only notice and fear things after they have happened.
However, Immortals/Deities who have achieved success in Cultivation master the Art of Heavenly Secret Divination, possess the ability of a Prophet, and can see through Heavenly Secrets! They can see the result of a matter before it happens and deduce its influence on themselves.
It's like playing Go. Ordinary People only notice and regret after their pieces are captured!
But those Go Experts can see through several moves, dozens of moves in advance. Even the entire board is perfectly clear to them, visible at a glance.
For Mortals, Karma, this seemingly ethereal thing like The Void, is like the air that can be found everywhere. If you believe, it exists; if you don't, it doesn't.
But for Great Experts who have cultivated the Immortal Path to a certain height, it is something to be avoided at all costs.
Mortal Karma is a very troublesome matter for those Cultivators who are determined to transcend.
What is called Karma, on Earth, there is a theory called the Six Degrees of Space Theory, also known as the Six Degrees of Separation Theory.
It means that the number of people separating you from any stranger will not exceed six. In other words, you can get to know any stranger through at most six people.
In the Cultivation World, the most troublesome matter is like this. For example, you are a Cultivator who has finally achieved success in Cultivation, you just took on a disciple. He went down the mountain for experience and casually eliminated a Disciple of Hesan Dao Sect who was Refining Skeleton Demons.
As a result, Karma became entangled. This Disciple of Hesan Dao Sect with shallow Cultivation had a master, fellow disciples, and friends. Of course, for you, who have achieved success in Cultivation, these are just small fry. If they come looking for you, they will just be casually turned to ash by you.
But similarly, these people you killed also have fellow disciples, Masters/Seniors, and friends...
Wave after wave come looking for revenge against you. This is Karma.
When Karma accumulates, it's like a ball of yarn that gets bigger and more tangled, and it might completely erupt one day...
An enemy who has achieved success in Cultivation might pop out from some corner to seek revenge against you...
In Daoist terms, this is a Human Tribulation!
Of course, there are methods to solve it, and there are many methods.
The simplest method is One Force Overcomes Ten Skills. If your strength is sufficient, no matter how many people come, it's just like the Calabash Brothers trying to save their grandpa (a futile effort).
Or directly solve the problem at the source.
Of course, most people who are Cultivating, after achieving success in Cultivation, generally stay away from the muddy pit of the Mortal World, isolating themselves in a small building.
Closing their cave entrance tightly, quietly reciting a few scrolls of Huang Ting!
Planting fewer causes makes it difficult to bear bad consequences. This is also the reason why many Cultivation experts rarely take disciples, or are extremely strict when taking disciples.
Of course, if the speed of your strength increase exceeds the speed at which you provoke trouble, that's another matter...
Take Tang Song himself for example. The rapid expansion of the Tang Group has taken away the 'cake' (profits) of countless Interest Groups...
**Chapter 416**
At that time, the Great Empire was still in its heyday. After the pirates who plundered the world had grown fat from their spoils, they sought to clean up their image and legitimize themselves, branding themselves as civilized people. The entire British nobility pursued the so-called gentlemanly demeanor...
This is probably the reason why people deliberately flaunt what they lack.
Influenced by the prevailing atmosphere at the time, the layout and decoration of this Living Room also carried some of the style of that era.
Tang Song didn't really like this retro style. Although it was just a temporary stopping point, Tang Song still had people make some changes to the Living Room! He placed several Rosewood Long Tables and replaced the Coffee Tables with some Chinese-style ones.
Tang Song waved his hand. His Subordinate Bodyguards stepped forward and removed the Decanter and Wine Glasses containing Red Wine. Tang Song took out a Small Red Clay Stove from within his Small World, a box of Silver Frost Charcoal, a Purple Clay Teapot, and several Tea Cups. Tang Song threw a few pieces of Silver Frost Charcoal into the stove, and smokeless charcoal fire slowly rose within the Small Red Clay Stove.
Just as Tang Song was about to brew tea for his guests... he heard MODOK call his name. Tang Song glanced over and noticed this Big Head with Golden Armor covering his head.
With just one look, Tang Song's eyes immediately narrowed, and a strange light flickered in his eyes. It wasn't because of MODOK's bizarre appearance, but because of the countless Karma Threads entwined around his body... The sheer number of dense Karma Threads was so great that it almost amounted to one-thousandth of the Karma Threads entwined around Tang Song!
But don't underestimate this one percent.
One must know that ever since he arrived in the Marvel Universe, he created the Tang Group, causing Earth Civilization to explore the Interstellar Age a century ahead of schedule. It can be said that the entire Earth Civilization has become entangled with him in Karma...
He saved the originally doomed Asgard and became the uncrowned King of the Nine Realms...
He killed Mephisto, occupied over a dozen Hell Abysses, killed God Jehovah, and occupied Heaven...
He thwarted Thanos' world-ending crisis! Indirectly saving half the Universe!
If it weren't for the fact that this World had no concept of Merit, with the achievements he's made, he would surely have a golden Golden Wheel of Merit hanging behind his head.
It can be said that Tang Song alone changed the entire Marvel Universe...
Moreover, his influence is not limited to this Universe. By scheming against the Avengers in the adjacent Universe, he has extended his influence to other Universes...
In the DC Multiverse, he not only has his own Agents but has even become involved with several Multiversal Level Existences...
Looking at it this way, one-thousandth of the Karma entangled around Tang Song is already enough to cause terror.
What is called Karma is a very broad concept...
In modern terms, it is the result produced by the subsequent influence of something you have done.
In modern Human Civilization, Karma is a philosophical and theological issue.
Immortals/Deities fear the cause, Mortals fear the result! The cause is the motive and beginning of an event, the result is the end and retribution of an event.
The suffering one currently endures is retribution. Ordinary people are deluded and only realize it when they suffer, which is called fearing the result. Even fearing it is useless.
The sins committed previously are the cause. Bodhisattvas are wise and see the beginning to know the end, which is called fearing the cause. Fearing it can stop the creation (of more karma).
Simply put, the perspective of the People of the World is not as far-sighted as that of Immortals/Deities. Often, they only notice and fear things after they have happened.
However, Immortals/Deities who have achieved success in Cultivation master the Art of Heavenly Secret Divination, possess the ability of a Prophet, and can see through Heavenly Secrets! They can see the result of a matter before it happens and deduce its influence on themselves.
It's like playing Go. Ordinary People only notice and regret after their pieces are captured!
But those Go Experts can see through several moves, dozens of moves in advance. Even the entire board is perfectly clear to them, visible at a glance.
For Mortals, Karma, this seemingly ethereal thing like The Void, is like the air that can be found everywhere. If you believe, it exists; if you don't, it doesn't.
But for Great Experts who have cultivated the Immortal Path to a certain height, it is something to be avoided at all costs.
Mortal Karma is a very troublesome matter for those Cultivators who are determined to transcend.
What is called Karma, on Earth, there is a theory called the Six Degrees of Space Theory, also known as the Six Degrees of Separation Theory.
It means that the number of people separating you from any stranger will not exceed six. In other words, you can get to know any stranger through at most six people.
In the Cultivation World, the most troublesome matter is like this. For example, you are a Cultivator who has finally achieved success in Cultivation, you just took on a disciple. He went down the mountain for experience and casually eliminated a Disciple of Hesan Dao Sect who was Refining Skeleton Demons.
As a result, Karma became entangled. This Disciple of Hesan Dao Sect with shallow Cultivation had a master, fellow disciples, and friends. Of course, for you, who have achieved success in Cultivation, these are just small fry. If they come looking for you, they will just be casually turned to ash by you.
But similarly, these people you killed also have fellow disciples, Masters/Seniors, and friends...
Wave after wave come looking for revenge against you. This is Karma.
When Karma accumulates, it's like a ball of yarn that gets bigger and more tangled, and it might completely erupt one day...
An enemy who has achieved success in Cultivation might pop out from some corner to seek revenge against you...
In Daoist terms, this is a Human Tribulation!
Of course, there are methods to solve it, and there are many methods.
The simplest method is One Force Overcomes Ten Skills. If your strength is sufficient, no matter how many people come, it's just like the Calabash Brothers trying to save their grandpa (a futile effort).
Or directly solve the problem at the source.
Of course, most people who are Cultivating, after achieving success in Cultivation, generally stay away from the muddy pit of the Mortal World, isolating themselves in a small building.
Closing their cave entrance tightly, quietly reciting a few scrolls of Huang Ting!
Planting fewer causes makes it difficult to bear bad consequences. This is also the reason why many Cultivation experts rarely take disciples, or are extremely strict when taking disciples.
Of course, if the speed of your strength increase exceeds the speed at which you provoke trouble, that's another matter...
Take Tang Song himself for example. The rapid expansion of the Tang Group has taken away the 'cake' (profits) of countless Interest Groups...
