Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 116: The Sutra of Guiding the Deceased to the Afterlife and String Theory

Li Mumu ultimately had no choice but to spend twenty US Dollars to purchase "The Sutra of Guiding the Deceased to the Afterlife."

This almost depleted half the bills in her wallet, plunging her instantly below the poverty line.

Of course, this was relative to her past living standards.

The good news was, although she had not been granted a system upon crossing over, Safo City was brimming with cheats.

The bad news was, despite the abundance of cheats, they were not necessarily reliable.

The temptation of the demon, it sounded unreliable.

The Priest’s notebook, flashy, and hard to discern between truth and fiction.

The Freud Family’s properties, each more abstract than the last.

Her own mother was in the late stages of mental illness beyond the help of medicine.

The only one who gave Li Mumu a sense of closeness and comfort was, ironically, the eerily painted Netherworld Angel Anhelica, the Bodhisattva who Guides the Dead.

This Bodhisattva was truly down-to-earth and capable of handling affairs.

Literally down-to-earth, with a direct line to the Netherworld.

Her main job was to ferry Lost Souls and judge sinners.

Firstly, forget whether the style is eerie or not, her intentions were certainly biased, seeing a foreigner oppress Chinese people, she really made sure they suffered. Moreover, after killing someone, she did not allow others to collect the body, instead letting it be exposed to the public, the head shown around the borders to deter villains.

Li Mumu particularly appreciated this temperament.

As for talents... she had already mixed up enough to become his Follower and had changed into his shape, so what was there to say about talent?

Although in her future memories, she had never heard of this Bodhisattva’s sacred name, Li Mumu felt through her intuition that the Guiding Bodhisattva would definitely not harm her.

She would protect every Huaxia traveler overseas from the attack of dark Evil Spirits.

After showering and changing into her pajamas, she lay in bed and opened "The Sutra of Guiding the Deceased to the Afterlife." The first sentence read, "Thus have I heard, heaven is profound, earth is yellow; the universe and all things are infinite and boundless. There is a creator, whose name is unknowable. Some call it the Heavenly Lord, some call it Buddha, some call it Taiyi, a thousand people calling by a thousand names, beings of a thousand forms, all ultimately return to one..."

[Relative to the Buddhist scriptures you remember, this could be considered straightforward vernacular.]

[You feel this stitches many elements together, but you can’t quite clarify them at the moment.]

High emotional intelligence interpretation: It amalgamates the strengths of many.

Low emotional intelligence interpretation: A hotchpotch!

According to the opening statements of "The Sutra of Guiding the Deceased to the Afterlife," there is a supreme creator in the universe, different civilizations and peoples have different names for this creator, but essentially, there is no difference.

Solely by this passage, it seems there is nothing particularly special.

But the descriptions of the worldview in the later text are rather intriguing.

The creator created three thousand great worlds, which together form twenty-eight ranks of the Genesis Lotus Platform. Flowers blossom and wither, worlds are born and perish, and an instant passes as eternity.

The creator sits on the Lotus Platform, manifesting three grand aspects, one being the past, the second being the present, the third being the future.

Past, present, future, a trinity, overseeing the great thousand worlds.

This description reminded Li Mumu of the prologue to "String Theory," where the Grand Sorceress Mephistopheles spoke of "having threefold answers."

In short, both sides believe there are three ways to explain the truth of this world.

However, when it comes to the details, the theories of the two are completely different.

According to "The Sutra of Guiding the Deceased to the Afterlife," there is only one creator in the universe, and the Real World exists simultaneously in three states: past, present, and future.

In the first Chapter of "String Theory" titled "Lilith and the Essence of Magic Power," the author argued that "Lilith" is synonymous with the source of magic power, a high-dimensional being, and one of the high-dimensional beings in the universe.

Ancient people, limited by their level of understanding, could not comprehend the essence of magical power and assumed it was a gift from some "mother source."

It’s like the so-called noble lineage, always tracing back, you would definitely find an ancient ancestor who became the first noble. For a witch, this ancient ancestor is "Lilith," and every witch is a descendant of Lilith.

However, with the rapid advancement of human civilization, many past assumptions have been disproven. The myths about "Lilith" also started showing flaws, and some even began to question the existence of Lilith.

As one of the founders of modern magic theory, Grand Sorceress Mephistopheles Planck proposed a bold hypothesis.

The essence of magical power is strings.

Regarding what strings are and the various hypotheses and deductive proofs derived from them, these articles are all compiled in the book "String Theory."

But if you’re not interested in theoretical research and just want a simple, understandable explanation, Mephistopheles provides a clearer answer in the first section.

The dimension of reality we live in is made up of high-dimensional strings.

High-dimensional strings are like the words of a writer, starting from the Arabic number "1," and then branching out into various fascinating stories.

Lilith is the string named "Magic Power" in this universe.

The magic power used by witches in casting spells is not a tangible material like air, water, or soil, but is more akin to the phenomenon of fire burning. The essence of a witch’s magic power is the resonance with the "Strings of Lilith."

The universe is composed of different strings, and the strings influence each other, like ripples intersecting when raindrops fall on the surface of water.

And the real world, including people, their bodies and thoughts, and everything in the world, are all products of overlapping strings.

That’s why it is said—everything is an illusion, everything is false.

However, "The Sutra of Guiding the Deceased to the Afterlife" describes the concept of the universe along a completely different path.

Whether it’s the Heavenly Lord, Buddha, or Taiyi, they all ultimately point to the sole creator.

This world has different power systems such as magic, Divine Arts, and the Martial Path due to different people based on their level of cognition and educational environment, leading to varying interpretations.

All immortals, demons, gods, and buddhas, and the Supernatural System share the same root and essence without any difference.

The difference lies in people.

In the past, present, and future of humanity.

The Western divine system once had a brief but glorious past, Assyrians, Canaanites, Egyptians, Persians...each ancient civilization had its own mythology and religious beliefs. But as history changed and time passed, the gods they worshiped gradually deteriorated into angels, demons in others’ religious scriptures, and then quietly vanished from history.

However, now, the strongly rising Eastern Empire, as the undisputed hegemon of this era, naturally has the power to set its own rules of the game.

The twelve paths of the Foundation Establishment Dharma Gate, leading to the twenty-eight ranks of the Pure Land’s Lotus Platform...

Too complicated!

Li Mumu found it dizzying and felt that one brain was not enough.

This wasn’t just a matter of crossing disciplines—all the writing in both books was like comparing apples to oranges, yet strangely, both seemed logical.

Relatively speaking, Li Mumu preferred the content of "The Sutra of Guiding the Deceased to the Afterlife."

It’s not that she thought "String Theory" was incorrect, but she felt her intelligence couldn’t keep up with the Grand Sorceress’s train of thought.

Li Ya was right, she didn’t have the talent of a witch.

So-called talent, she now realized, refers to a path that aligns with one’s own core beliefs.

When core beliefs don’t align, effort is doubled.