Chapter 406: The Dao spreads across the universe, shocking the heavens
Chapter 406: The Dao spreads across the universe, shocking the heavens
Xu Qing took a step out from the depths of Fengdu Imperial Palace. The moment his figure disappeared, the newly born chaotic life and death fruit in his body, which was a universe in itself, with the cycle of life and death and indelible, its supreme Tao rhyme and the imprint of laws were like a stone thrown into calm water. Its ripples transcended the boundaries of time and space, and were imprinted in the origin of the laws of the heavens and all worlds, the past and the future.
In an instant, the vast and boundless universe, no matter where it is, no matter what dimension it is in, wherever the Tao flows and living beings exist, reflects the magnificent vision that shakes the ages and demonstrates the supreme Tao fruit with incomparable clarity.
A brilliant sun with chaotic colors and the breath of life and death flowing around its edges appeared out of nowhere in the myriad worlds!
It is not scorching hot, but rather exudes a radiance that is all-embracing, warm, yet supreme.
In the sun, one can vaguely see the five elements rotating to create the world, and the yin and yang energies giving rise to all living things, but at the core they all return to a deep and silent Taiyi chaos.
This great sun of chaos hangs high in the sky above all the heavens and worlds. Its light does not dispel the darkness, but makes all existence - stars, planes, and even the laws themselves - seem to be bathed in an absolute glory that "existence is understood, embraced, and defined."
The sudden appearance of the sun did not cause any trouble to the creatures in the world. On the contrary, some monks who practiced the way of the sun greedily absorbed the light of the sun as if they had obtained a treasure. At the same time, their cultivation also improved by leaps and bounds.
For the monks who practice the Way of the Great Sun, this is an adventure that is rarely seen in a thousand years.
The big day lasted for a cup of tea.
Immediately afterwards, the sun disappeared.
A cold and lonely fairy moon, which seemed to have frozen time for eternity, began to illuminate the sky.
It is not a bright silver plate, but a clear blue, exuding the chill of absolute death and finality. The moonlight is scattered, the void is condensed, time is stagnant, and all things are withering.
However, deep in this extreme silence and coldness, there is strangely a tiny but extremely tenacious sprout of life, like a seed waiting for spring thunder under the frozen soil.
This immortal moon shines on the side of the chaotic sun, forming a perfect cycle of life and death, symbolizing the "end" power in the Tao fruit that integrates the end of the four absolutes and is enough to make the Tao return to the abyss, as well as the mystery of life hidden in death.
At this time, some monks who were on the verge of exhaustion, and even some immortals who were in the five stages of decay, suddenly discovered that their own power of decay and exhausted life essence had entered a state of stagnation at this moment.
Death is only one step away from them, but they seem to be frozen forever in this step.
Some immortals who were already extremely talented took this opportunity to overcome the five signs of decay in one fell swoop. There were also a very small number of top monks who were on the verge of death, who broke through the bottleneck, entered a new realm, and extended their lifespans.
The fairy moon only appeared for a cup of tea. After a cup of tea, the cultivators and immortals who had not made a breakthrough were beaten back to their original form and quickly turned into ashes.
After the fairy moon disappeared, a majestic blue dragon roared in the void, reflecting the heavens. Its body was no longer entangled with Yimu's vitality, but with the Dao pattern of extinction. The dragon claws tore through time and space, causing all spirits to annihilate.
Then the White Tiger roared, and the murderous aura of Gengjin turned into a real storm of destruction. Wherever it passed, the laws collapsed and all things disappeared.
Amidst the loud bang, there was also a long cry of the Vermilion Bird. The Nanming Lihuo that was innate to the Vermilion Bird was no longer the fire of Nirvana, but the fire of annihilation that burned all concepts and restored all things to the original "nothingness".
Finally, Xuanwu murmured, the Xuanming True Water not only froze material energy, but also froze cause and effect, fate, and existence itself.
The shadows of the four sacred beasts are huge and boundless, galloping and roaring around the heavens. They are no longer the guardians of auspiciousness, but rather the announcers of the world’s destruction.
Every time of galloping and biting, it was accompanied by the terrifying phantom of countless stars extinguishing and planes collapsing.
This is the most intuitive manifestation of Xu Qing's "ultimate death intention" in the Taixu universe after he integrated the four ultimate true meanings of innate killing, innate destruction, innate freezing, and innate annihilation!
After the vision of the four symbols destroying the world disappeared.
In the sky of all realms, above the nine heavens, the supreme majestic shadow of the Divine Sky Jade Palace emerged.
The projection of Taoist Master Shenxiao, who once symbolized the supreme power of thunder and destruction, now lowered His noble head.
The innate destructive purple thunder that was wrapped around his body and was enough to reduce people's cultivation, destroy the law and the soul, now turned into stairs like a docile minister, spread out in the void, pointing to the direction of Xu Qing in the void.
Next, the phantoms of countless immortal palaces, pavilions, and blessed lands rose and fell in the strange vision.
There are graceful golden immortals riding cranes on clouds, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas with majestic appearances, ancient saints with demonic aura rising to the sky, and peerless giants with raging demonic flames… These are merely virtual shadows, but they represent all beings who have achieved immortality and touched the great way in the past, present, and future of the heavens and myriad worlds.
No matter where they were, no matter how earth-shattering the events they were doing, they all involuntarily stopped all actions at this moment, facing the core of the chaotic sun and the cycle of life and death, and bowed.
Ten thousand immortals pay homage, ten thousand saints bow their heads! This is the Great Dao's recognition of the realm of "indestructible by ten thousand calamities", and it is the instinctive induction and awe of the giants in the heavens for the birth of such a person who has attained the Tao.
Finally, the grandest and most profound visions of the kind emerged.
Countless mysterious runes containing the principles of life and death, the cycle of life and death, and the chaos of the universe, burst out from the depths of the void like golden tadpoles or flowing stars.
They ignore spatial distance, time barriers, and dimensional barriers, and like invisible tides, they instantly sweep across every corner of the heavens and the world.
Mountains, rivers, plants, insects, fish, ordinary people, monks...all spiritual beings, in an instant, heard the silent "sound of Tao" that pointed directly to the origin.
This voice does not teach specific techniques, but explains the supreme truths of "the cycle of birth and death", "inclusiveness of nirvana", "transcendence of life and death", and "the universe in itself".
Although it is not an epiphany, it is enough to give countless monks who are stuck in a bottleneck a sudden enlightenment and help confused souls find their direction.
This is the Great Dao announcing the birth of a new "Taoist Seed" who can influence the eternal pattern, and whose Tao rhyme is enough to educate the world.
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Such an astonishing and shocking vision of the great way ignited the entire heavens and worlds!
The ruins of heaven, beside the Milky Way.
The ancient immortal who exclaimed, his hair and beard all white, his Taoist robe torn, his eyes filled with incredible shock and ecstasy: "Indestructible! It really is indestructible! And... this strange phenomenon... the Great Sun of Chaos, the Death Moon of Guanghan, the Four Symbols Destroying the World, the Divine Sky Worshipping the Tao, the Ten Thousand Immortals Making a Pilgrimage, and the Tao Spreading to the Universe... six phenomena appeared at the same time.
This is truly unprecedented.
It was even more magnificent and profound than the image of 'the emptiness of hell and the omnipresence of Buddha's light' that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had when he attained enlightenment. This... this new Taoist friend, his foundation of Taoism is so strong and his potential is so terrifying, it's simply... simply..." He was so excited that he couldn't speak, and tears flashed in his turbid old eyes, "Although the heaven is broken, the great way is not cut off. There are successors to the heaven, there are successors!"
He has deeply felt that behind these great visions lies the supreme authority that points directly to the cycle of life and death, which will bring the authority of the "Emperor of Heaven" back to the world.
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Deep in the void, there is the Lingshan Taoist Temple.
The solemn Buddhist chanting paused for a moment.
On the lotus platform, the shadows of dignified Buddhas and Bodhisattvas emerged one after another, as if they had walked out of the past. The wisdom halos behind the heads of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were slightly pulsating, becoming more and more real.
Under the central Buddha seat, a Bodhisattva with a compassionate face and endless depth slowly opened his eyes. His gaze seemed to penetrate the pure land of Lingshan Mountain and directly reach the core of the vision, the meaning of the cycle of life and death. He sighed softly, and his voice echoed in the silent Buddhist temple: "Nirvana is not emptiness, it is too easy to contain... The cycle of life and death is a universe in itself... This path has actually touched the edge of the true meaning of my Buddha's nirvana... Good, good. However, this path... is hard to predict good or bad."
There was a hint of admiration, a hint of solemnity, and an indescribable subtlety in his tone.
Buddhism has the most profound understanding of "Nirvana". Xu Qing achieved immortality with "Nirvana" as one of the cornerstones. The essence of his Tao fruit is enough to attract the attention and deep thought of the most core existence in Lingshan. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were shocked, but the Great Buddha remained silent.
Lingshan soon fell into silence again and turned into ruins.
At this moment, an extremely deep sword mark actually split Lingshan into two.
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Deep in the cold and silent ocean, in a magnificent palace built of ancient ice and star bones.
A pair of giant eyes that seemed to contain scenes of endless star field destruction suddenly opened. The gaze greedily and blazingly penetrated through the layers of void, staring fixedly at the vision of the chaotic sun and the four symbols destroying the world.
"Eternal calamity... Great! A great Chaos Birth and Death. It can actually fuse the power of the Four Symbols' Ending. The origin of this Dao Fruit will be of immeasurable use to me in comprehending Chaos and completing the River Map and Luoshu. This is a unique opportunity for me to take a step further."
The palace master's voice was filled with burning greed.
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The remaining projection of the Taoist ancestral temple outside the thirty-three heavens.
From the shadows of the few remaining ancient Taoist temples maintained by the supreme Taoist rhyme, long sighs and fierce clashes of divine thoughts were heard.
"Chaos is the foundation, governing life and death, and escaping extinction... This boy's Taoism has already begun to take shape as the 'Wuji'! It is a blessing for our orthodox Taoism."
"Hmph! Orthodoxy? The power of destruction, freezing, and annihilation contained in the Dao fruit is so fierce. There is also a strange phenomenon of Shenxiao worshipping the Dao, which shows that it is forcibly suppressing or even swallowing up some of the innate power of destruction. Such a domineering and plundering path is not the way of tranquility and inaction? It may be a disaster."
"There are three thousand great ways, but they all lead to the same destination. Its easy and tolerant nature is in line with the true meaning of the Taoist ancestor of 'doing nothing but achieving everything'. Its achievements will last for eternity, and are favored by the great way. We should congratulate it!"
"If my disciple Yang Jian were still alive, our Yuxu lineage would also have such a successor."
In the shadow of the ancient Taoist temple, other ancient Taoists remained silent.
Yang Jian broke out and cut off the past. Not only was he no longer a member of Yuxu Sect, he was no longer a member of Taoism.
But who can blame it?
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From the depths of the endless sea of blood, a roar of rage and fear that was barely perceptible rang out: "Eternal? This aura... is from the direction of that damn Fengdu Imperial Palace. Who is it? Who has taken away the Dao embryo of the Book of Life and Death? This Dao rhythm of the cycle of life and death... can actually subtly restrain my immortal Dao of the sea of blood. And that frozen death intent... is even more pure and terrifying than that of the Taiyin slave back then. It seems that the heavens are going to be in chaos again. Could this be the ancestor's chance?"
The Lord of the Sea of Blood felt an unprecedented threat, and the ultimate death intention made even the Blood God Son, who was so proud of him, feel a chill. At the same time, He deeply realized that the opportunity to prove the Great Dao of Primordial Chaos, which might not come in an era, had come again.
This time, He will definitely not give up the opportunity.
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Visions of the Great Dao appeared one after another, until the Dao was spread throughout the universe.
In the heavens and mortal worlds, in addition to the cultivators of the corresponding avenues, other cultivators also have amazing opportunities.
At this moment, countless monks, regardless of their level of cultivation, stopped what they were doing early and looked up at the sky. Their minds were attracted by the vision of the great road that was everywhere and reached straight into their souls.
The low-level cultivators were at a loss, they only felt that the great path of heaven and earth seemed to become clearer and more profound and unfathomable; the Jindan Yuanying cultivators seemed to have realized something, and the bottleneck that was stuck in their way was slightly loosening; and some of the top immortals and earthly immortals had expressions of ecstasy or horror on their faces.
“The Great Dao is manifesting its holiness! This is the Great Dao manifesting its holiness!”
"Such a strange phenomenon... is unheard of. Is it that some ancient great being has resurrected? Or... has someone taken that step?!"
"Quick! Gain understanding quickly! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
"The Tao spreads across the universe... This voice... seems to be telling the truth about the birth and death of the world..."
Whether one is a true practitioner of the Tao or a casual practitioner, it is like a blessing from heaven.
This final vision of "the Tao spreading throughout the universe" treats every living being equally.
A scene in which all creatures in the frosty sky compete for freedom slowly unfolds across the heavens and myriad worlds.
But only a very few beings understand that the emergence of Daochuan Universe means that the battle for the Dao Ancestor in the new era has entered its most intense stage.
There are also ancient inheritors who understand that the emergence of a new Taoist ancestor will inevitably usher in a new era, and the end of this era will soon come.
"Hmph, don't think that with the existence of a new Taoist ancestor, everything in the world will get better in the new era. It's nothing more than a new group of people continuing to be high and mighty." Someone sneered.
Inequality has existed since the birth of this world.
Disputes and killings all arise from this.
All Dao Ancestors try to resolve disputes in the heavens and all realms.
From the very beginning of the origin universe, we constantly look for solutions, so that Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all worlds.
This is also where the multiverse comes from.
But instead of resolving the dispute and killing, they became more and more intense.
The universe broke down one after another, eras were destroyed again and again, and each time was more intense than the previous one.
In the end, the Taoist ancestors discovered that the real root of the disaster was themselves.
As the original ancestors of Taoism, Sanqing cut off their own great Dao and tried to return everything to "nothingness".
This is also a key step for the Three Pure Ones to transcend the multiverse.
No one knows whether they succeeded or not.
But from then on, the Three Pure Ones were no longer a real existence, but a title of a state of mind.
(End of this chapter)