Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 857: New Period After the Journey to the West
"What are you going to do next, fellow Daoist?"

In response to the questions from the Immortal Lord of Morality, Chu Tai did not hide his next plans.

"I'll just take care of some trivial matters in the current time period and then head directly to the next time period."

"To the next time period?"

The Immortal Lord of Morality was a little surprised, and there was a hint of disbelief in his eyes when he looked at Chu Tai.

"You found a way to get there on your own?"

"My cultivation has made some breakthroughs, and I have a clearer grasp of some things. My understanding of the current three time periods has also improved. Isn't it normal to grasp the way forward?"

Chu Tai asked back, and then silently observed the void.

At this point, he had successfully broken through many of the thresholds of the second grade. He only needed to organize and summarize a little to be able to steadily step into the second grade realm.

Of course, organizing and summarizing here is not an easy task for ordinary people.

His [Taiyi] Dao Fruit involves all aspects, and the principles it contains are even more complicated.

Whether it is [one], [starting point], [choice], [whole], or [change], [order], [chaos], [two principles], etc., in essence, they all revolve around [heaven] and [man].

In other words, the objective laws of heaven and earth, as well as all sentient beings.

In the past, Chu Tai had thought about two directions for promotion.

The first is to start from people, take people as the basis, expand on people's subjective cognition, and attribute all changes to people's choices. People are the original one.

The second is [Heaven], that is, the universe itself. Based on the ontology of the universe, it is regarded as the original [one], and then [man] is allowed to create meaning through free will, that is, [man] is the [one] after being chosen by [Heaven].

Interestingly enough, Chu Tai’s breakthrough was actually the result of combining these two methods of promotion.

This can be seen from his previous two perspectives, the chaos of [man] and the order of [heaven].

Although in the end, Chu Tai preferred [Man] as the breakthrough point, it is undeniable that one of the core elements of constructing his [Taiyi] Dao Fruit now is [Heaven].

Especially Chu Tai's [Heaven] is quite extraordinary. Judging from Tai Qing Tian's previous performance, it is very likely that he borrowed the perspective of His Majesty the Immortal Manifesting the Dao and Transforming the Great Heaven.

Therefore, Chu Tai wanted to sort out his own Dao fruit clearly. He not only had to solve the issue of the priority between [man] and [heaven], but also had to purify the Dao of [heaven].

'Also, I cannot make this priority too clear. When I break through to the first level in the future, I should combine them again.'

Chu Tai felt the power of his own Dao Fruit, felt the power gathering from all around, and looked down into the underworld.

At this time, the Taiyi Miaoqi that Taiyi Zhenren could borrow had increased dozens of times. Part of it came from Chu Tai, and more of it was gathered from all over the heaven and earth after Chu Tai's Dao Fruit overlapped with the current time period.

This part of the gathered power is essentially the power that was refined again after Chu Tai's [Taiyi] Dao Fruit was integrated into the heaven and earth and in the operation of all things.

Feeling these powers, Chu Tai couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of the cultivation of the upper three levels.

In the past, when Chu Tai was communicating with Shou Dao Ren, he once mentioned that the paths of the three True Lords Qing Shi, Hun Yuan and Yu Li, when they were at the third rank, were respectively to penetrate the Divine Way, reconstruct the Divine Way and shatter the Divine Way. By gradually occupying the authority of the Divine Way, they gained power far beyond the fourth rank.

As for the path of Taiyi Zhenjun, when he reaches the third level, although he focuses on shaping his own Dao fruit and perfecting his immortal career, when he reaches the second level later, he will also use the Dao fruit of the immortal way to embrace the exquisiteness of the divine way.

Now, Chu Tai has broken through the threshold of the second grade and has a clearer understanding of the relationship between the upper three grades of immortals and gods.

I also understood why the upper three levels of immortality would be more or less related to the divine way.

'In the final analysis, after reaching the third level of the immortal path, the daily intake and output of vital energy is extremely terrifying. If it only takes in but not out, it will be a huge burden on the heaven and earth. The only way is to refer to the essence of the divine way and help the heaven and earth increase income and reduce expenditure.'

This point may not be obvious in the Great Heaven of Immortal Manifestation or the Great Heaven of Eastern Time, but it is very clear in the Three Pure Heavens constructed in these three time periods.

Because this world is relatively closed, the circulating Yuan Qi is also relatively limited, which is also the reason why many disasters occur in the current time period.

This is also the reason why the Immortal Yuanshi is willing to sacrifice himself to help the True Man Taiyi.

To put it bluntly, the current world does not have enough energy to supply another Immortal Lord.

But it is different now. Chu Tai's [Taiyi] Dao Fruit has gone a step further. During the operation process, it can transform back some of the power that was difficult to transform or had to be discarded in the past, reducing some of the losses in the operation of heaven and earth and freeing up some Yuan Qi.

The most important thing is that Chu Tai will not stay in this period of time, which means that this part of the vacant power can be directly used to fill the vacancy needed by Taiyi Zhenren, and then Yuanshi Immortal Venerable only needs to divide part of the power to maintain Taiyi Zhenren's status.

The benefits of this move to Chu Tai are also very obvious.

Chu Tai was very curious as to whether the three time periods of Sanqingtian were independent of each other or connected in some way.

Now he occupies part of the power of the [Taiyi] Dao Fruit, or he is the Taiyi Zhenren who has separated from his incarnation and is in charge of the past time period. He can serve as a perfect coordinate or control group, which is convenient for him to observe the changes in the next time period.

But before that, Chu Tai still needs to do something.

He stretched out his hand and found the stone left behind by Shiji after his death, and sent it to the East China Sea in the current time period, a place that is the ancestral vein of the ten continents and the origin of the three islands.

At the same time, he calmed down a little and came in front of the chubby Taiyi Zhenren.

At this time, the immortal had a very compassionate look on his face, with nine-colored rays of light surrounding him. There were streams of clear air rising from his body, and layers of illusory heaven and earth spread out in the auspicious clouds and auspicious air.

Countless illusory "souls" that "ascended" from the lower underworld entered it, enjoying the peace while also waiting silently.

When the circulation of vital energy becomes surplus, one will be able to be cleansed by the power of the "Three Rescue Sufferings" in the real world of Changle, completing the last step of transitioning to the human world.

The merits of comforting the "dead souls", repairing the underworld, and perfecting life and death have gradually condensed some of the Taoist auras of [purity], [eternal joy], [perfection], [light], [saving people], and [saving suffering] on the body of Taiyi Zhenren, who is immersed in an infinite and peaceful aura, making him even more holy, and even vaguely overlapping with the image of the "Three Saviors of Suffering".

But the moment he saw Chu Tai, he hurriedly stood up from the nine-colored lotus and greeted him.

Chu Tai returned the greeting and stated frankly the purpose of his visit. He needed a position and identity as a god.

"Daoyou already have a deity position in the Heavenly Palace, why do you come to me for another one?" Taiyi Zhenren was a little curious, and Chu Tai did not hide it, saying that he was about to go to the next time period, but before that he wanted to do some experiments to test the relationship between the three time periods.

"I see. Then I will entrust the thrones of Emperor Riyue and Lord Qingtong of the East Sea to you, my fellow Taoist."

As he spoke, Taiyi Zhenren took out two god tablets and handed them to Chu Tai. These two god tablets were rooted in the underworld and contained the way of the sun's flames. One landed in the East China Sea and contained the magic of the longevity of Jia and Yi wood. After falling into Chu Tai's hands, they immediately influenced each other, stirring up some changes in water, fire, life and death.

After Chu Tai put it away, he made some backup plans in the human world, passed down some Taoist methods, and collected a lot of information on magic weapons and skills. Then, he returned to the sky, gently shook the Donghuang Bell, and set off for the next time period.

"Ok?"

When Chu Tai crossed the barrier between the two time periods, he could feel that many causes and principles in the dark were being madly reorganized.

He could feel that before he even entered the world corresponding to that time period, many truths were converging towards him.

In particular, the two god positions he obtained from Taiyi Zhenren and the god position previously canonized by the Emperor of Heaven in Heaven had undergone obvious changes.

Among them, the divine position from the Heavenly Palace was not accepted by Chu Tai himself, and he only brought the part that was attracted by the Tao Fruit. Therefore, it quickly began to break under the pressure of many forces and gradually lost its mystery.

In comparison, the deity thrones of Sun Emperor and Green Child Lord presented by Taiyi Zhenren are not only complete, but also have the blessing of Taiyi Zhenren himself. Therefore, even though the deity thrones are far lower than those in the Heavenly Palace, they still stand firm under many pressures.

But according to Chu Tai's observation, due to the changes in the surrounding causes and conditions and the pressure, it would be difficult for these two deities to be completely preserved in the end.

He thought about it, snapped his fingers, and a ray of spiritual light fell on the Donghuang Bell. After a crisp sound, it shattered the throne of the Heavenly Palace and merged it into the thrones of Emperor Riyue and Lord Qingtong. With the three as the core, he rebuilt a spiritual fetus, and after it was enlightened by Ruyi, he sent Ruyi into it and threw it into the second time period.

In an instant, all the causes and conditions that were originally converging towards Chu Tai changed direction and converged towards the spiritual fetus.

"Ok?"

In the second period of time, among the thirty-three heavens, an immortal with a figure like a white crane raised his head and looked in the direction where the spirit fetus fell, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"How could an accident happen at a time like this? An ancient god who had fallen for a long time revived at this time. Interesting, very interesting. The spiritual charm between heaven and earth had long been exhausted. How did he come back to life? Could he be another Sun Wukong?"

The same situation also occurred in the Lingxiao Palace. The Emperor of Heaven, standing on the ninth level of the divine steps, turned his head and looked in the direction of the spiritual fetus.

"Another ancient god? We can't give birth to another Sun Wukong this time. Someone, come here..."

Thinking of this, the Emperor of Heaven called upon several gods and asked them to find the location of the spiritual fetus.

Similar to the Emperor of Heaven is the Tathagata Buddha on the Western Lingshan Mountain. Behind his head, infinite Buddha light is manifested, and as it rotates, it constantly absorbs and exhales the incense of all living beings, as well as the spiritual charm mixed in them.

The Buddha's light in his eyes was even hotter, like two huge suns, illuminating the ten directions of heaven and earth, trying to find the location of the spiritual fetus.

This move shocked the surrounding Bodhisattvas and Arhats. A Bodhisattva in white stepped forward and asked, "May I ask why, World Honored One, you suddenly use your Buddha's eyes to observe the heaven and earth while you are preaching? What kind of disaster is happening between heaven and earth?"

The Buddha's face looked peaceful, but his voice was like thunder, echoing all around.

"When I was giving a lecture earlier, I sensed a clear aura rising from the East China Sea. When an immortal is born, he will shine his Buddha's eyes on the three realms, six paths and ten directions, and then I discovered that it was an ancient god who returned."

"Although this great god has returned incompletely this time, he still holds the authority over the Sun Wheel of the Netherworld and the Longevity of the East Sea. Both are very important and should not be underestimated. I want to introduce him to Buddhism. I wonder if any of you venerables are willing to go?"

Upon hearing this, the Bodhisattvas and Arhats below looked at each other and remained silent.

Do they still remember that there was a ferocious god suppressed above the East China Sea?

Although everyone said that the evil spirit was dead, and even his spiritual charm was artificially forced into his eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, his physical body was still there. Who knew that when they went there, the guy would suddenly come back to life and beat themselves to death with two sticks.

Finally, the Bodhisattva in white said, "Since it is the East Sea, I will go there myself."

"Guanyin, since you are willing to go, that is great. However, the East China Sea is dangerous. I will give you a treasure to protect yourself, just in case."

As he spoke, Tathagata Buddha took out a green flag from his sleeve and handed it to Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"This treasure is called the Blue Lotus Treasure Flag. It was once the most precious treasure of our Lingshan lineage. It has the supreme power of protecting the law. Even if I want to break the power of this treasure, it will take a quarter of an hour. You can take it to protect yourself."

Guanyin Bodhisattva bowed, stretched out his hands to take it, and then rode on a auspicious cloud to the East China Sea.

On the way, when passing a Zen temple, he asked the monk Hui'an nearby: "How long has the black bear been away from the mountain?"

Upon hearing this, Hui An Xingzhe bowed and said, "About three hundred years."

"Three hundred years?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva counted with his fingers, and then looked at the sacred bird enshrined above the Zen temple. Looking at the incense and wishes surrounding it, as well as the spiritual charm, he sighed and said, "This fool is quite lucky. He didn't think of occupying the spiritual charm of the monkey head, but chose to enshrine it. This is a way out."

"To be praised by the Bodhisattva, that fool has lived a worthwhile life."

Upon hearing this, the traveler Hui'an opened his mouth to respond, but Guanyin Bodhisattva did not respond. Instead, he stood in mid-air, as if recalling something.

It was not until lightning appeared in the Heavenly Palace that the Bodhisattva frowned and hurried towards the direction of the spirit fetus with the traveler Hui'an.

However, next to the spiritual fetus cast by Chu Tai, there was already an old monkey standing there.

The monkey had an old face, and was wearing an expensive cassock. He held a nine-ring staff in his hand, and his eyes were filled with worry as he watched the spirit fetus whose spiritual charm was gradually fading away.

He tried several times to cover it with his cassock, but the moment he raised his hand, he had to put it down again.

After he felt the lightning in the sky and the Buddha's light approaching, he gritted his teeth and waved his long sleeves to try to take them away.

Unexpectedly, when the cassock fell, it immediately aroused a bit of precious light in the spiritual fetus, forcing the old monkey to retreat dozens of steps.

At this time, the lightning and Buddha's light were getting closer. The old monkey sighed, turned into a stream of light and disappeared.

(End of this chapter)