Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 907: Taiyi is Taiyi

The spiritual platform is originally a realm of true reality, and a small space can contain the nine heavens.

Don't ask where to find in the depths of the clouds, just look for the clear and bright spring of your heart.

The Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and the Xieyue Sanxing Cave are difficult for ordinary people to explore, but they are not difficult to find for Chu Tai.

When he arrived at the place, his spirit and soul were united in one, in harmony with the Great Dao, the gates of heaven opened and closed, he guarded the yang without the yin, his consciousness was empty and clear, and he understood everything.

In the chaos, Chu Tai was unaware of his own body, and was unaware of the world outside. He transcended appearances and his essence turned into a ray of spiritual light. His mind and will separated from it. One was a white horse, carrying the spiritual light forward, and the other was a monkey, holding the reins to prevent the white horse from running away.

After walking for a while, a small path appeared in the void, winding and leading to the entrance of a cave.

The cave was filled with mist and clouds, with the sun and moon shining brightly. There was a stele with the words "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain Xieyue Sanxing Cave" inscribed on it.

The monkey went forward and was about to knock on the door when suddenly a fairy light shone out from the cave. Wherever it shone, everything became as crystal clear as crystal and then gradually faded away.

The monkey disappeared, the white horse disappeared, and there was no trace of the cave.

Only the spiritual light transformed by Chu Tai was left standing in the empty void, with no where it came from, no where it was going, and no where to go.

Chu Tai slowly opened his eyes, looked around, and said with a smile: "We can be considered old friends, are you really not going to open the door?"

As he said this, the Taiyi Dao manifested itself as a divine wheel, hanging behind Chu Tai's head. The starting point and the end point were intertwined, allowing it to stand firmly in the void.

The void before his eyes has been shrouded by the light of Bodhi Patriarch's heart, and the Patriarch himself has entered the state of emptiness, neither empty nor existent. If nothing unexpected happens, the moment Chu Tai opens his eyes, he will fall from this state because of the thoughts he has and be expelled from Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

But the Taiyi Avenue confuses the beginning and the end, bringing the starting point and the end point together. Existence and non-existence, change all exist in a cycle. It seems to have nothing, but it also seems to give birth to all possibilities, making Chu Tai's thoughts in an overlapping state of rising and not rising.

"You guys, if you want to go through calamities, then go through calamities. Why are you here? I don't have what you want here. If you want to find the power left by Master Taiyi, go to the Heavenly Palace."

Bodhi Patriarch’s answer made Chu Tai a little unhappy.

"What is the meaning of going through tribulation or not? Others don't understand, but you don't understand? Besides, if I'm not sure that there is no problem here, how can I have the courage to go to the Heavenly Palace?"

Chu Tai said, looking around.

"How about you open the door and I'll go in and take a look. If everything is ok, I'll go to the Heavenly Palace to take a look."

"You can come in if you want, but you have to come in by yourself."

As Patriarch Bodhi finished speaking, ripples appeared under Chu Tai's feet and continued to spread. The originally empty void was like a mirror or the surface of water, reflecting a brand new Chu Tai.

When Chu Tai looked at him, the other party was also looking at Chu Tai.

The moment he saw the other person, Chu Tai felt a sense of emptiness in his mind, and circles of light appeared on his body, enough to illuminate the ten directions of the heaven and earth, hundreds of billions of countries, and contained the characteristics of indestructibility and eternity.

Under the shining of such light, the aura of "Chu Tai" below became gloomy and dark, exuding an unyielding temperament. Just one glance at it would make one feel a sense of negative emotions growing.

"Interesting. Normally we are all of one mind. Do you want me to have two minds and fight with each other? But I am Taiyi..."

In Chu Tai's eyes, the treasure wheel was turning and the mist was flowing. It was neither light nor dark, but a chaotic grayness that mixed the two. It was neither life nor death, but an eternal continuation of impermanent changes. It was neither existence nor non-existence, but one of the supreme beings embraced by duality.

The "Chu Tai" under the water surface became blurry. After changing its shape several times, it suddenly stabilized. He looked at Chu Tai and said faintly, "Are you Taiyi? Are you Tianyi, Diyi, or Taiyi who belongs to humans?"

"When heaven and man clash, are you heaven or man?"

"Isn't it all me?"

"If it's all you, then where does the choice that Taiyi Dao gives to all living beings come from? Isn't it all your arrangement?"

Looking at himself under the water, Chu Tai narrowed his eyes slightly.

The other party's question was very sharp, but after being tempered by two worlds, Chu Tai had found the core point and gradually improved his second-grade foundation.

He looked at "Chutai" and smiled, "If you have no choice, where do you come from?"

“I am neither an absolute dictator nor an omniscient and compassionate person. I cannot take away all hopes of sentient beings, nor can I give up my own power. But I am happy to share my power, just like now.”

"Aren't you me?"

At the same time Chu Tai spoke, the "Chu Tai" under the water also spoke: "Am I not you?"

The two sounds completely overlapped, occurring and coming out at the same time.

The "Chu Tai" under the water changed his expression slightly, and said in a cold voice: "You said you were lending power to all living beings, and you said you were sharing your own Dao fruit, but now you are not controlling me?"

"You are my second heart! You and I are originally one, how can you say that I have taken over you? It's just that our concepts have begun to overlap."

"The observation of the heaven and earth by all living things is also the process of the heaven and earth recognizing themselves. The conflict between heaven and man is also the unity of heaven and man. Why do you have to separate me from heaven? Any transformation you make to the heaven and earth is not the correction of the heaven and earth itself."

"What if I destroy this world and create the Dao Fruit of world destruction?"

"How can you be sure that your act of destruction is not derived from the desire of heaven and earth to seek a new life? If you were born from heaven and earth, how can your transcendence not be the transcendence of heaven and earth?"

Chu Tai smiled, looked at himself under the water, slowly squatted down, and gently stirred the water surface. Circles of ripples originating from the Taiyi Avenue emerged and gradually covered himself under the water.

The appearance of "Chu Tai" gradually became blurred, and the scene of a cave without Chu Tai gradually emerged under the water.

"Daoyou, are you going to open the door yourself, or should I go in directly?"

Looking at the Slanting Moon and Three Stars Cave reflected in the water, Chu Tai smiled brightly.

The ripples gathered, and the cave appeared in front of Chu Tai again, and the mountain gate opened wide.

Chu Tai laughed twice and walked in quickly.

The mountain gate was then closed.

When Chu Tai entered, he saw a layout that was completely different from the previous time period.

It was a simple hall without any decorations. Sitting on the platform at the top was Patriarch Bodhi.

When he saw Chu Tai, the master stretched out his hand and pointed, and a lotus appeared on the side.

"Please take a seat."

After sitting down, Chu Tai deliberately looked around and said, "Master, it's so lonely here. This doesn't seem like where my heart is."

"You bastard, you came here and caused a lot of noise. My disciples are all undecided. I don't know how much trouble we will cause if we meet you. Why bother meeting? It's better to open another day and communicate with you."

"Open it for another day. Grandmaster is very skillful. He can speak of such a great magical power so easily."

Upon hearing this, the ancestor said in a cold voice: "How difficult is this? It's just some illusions in the state of concentration and illusions in the void. With your level of cultivation, you can do it easily."

"But it's not as light as the master's."

Chu Tai kept complimenting him, but the master didn't care at all and just rolled his eyes at Chu Tai. "Come on, I cultivate the mind, and you cultivate the oneness. Although both can encompass everything, they still have their own emphasis when they fall into the acquired realm. When they manifest, they have their own specialties. If you can be more relaxed than me, then why should I cultivate the mind? I know what you mean, don't you just want to see other realms and worry about problems in this world? But I really can't tell you."

Chu Tai was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "What's wrong with saying this?"

"Hey!"

With a sigh, the master raised his hand, and a ball of light appeared in front of him. There was a nine-sided body in the light ball. Each side revealed a Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. There was a Bodhi master on each side. The only difference was that the disciples taught on each side were different. Most of them were the same, but a few had their own characteristics.

Seeing this scene, Chu Tai was stunned for a moment. He could see that those Lingtai Fangcun Mountains were real, and every ancestor was also real, but those disciples were uncertain and different.

Two identical disciples may have different levels of reality and weakness in different aspects.

Chu Tai narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in surprise, "Why is that?"

"And, fellow Daoist, this Lingtai Fangcun Mountain doesn't just have the Nine Heavens, right?"

"But only the Nine Heavens are real. The rest are just my wishful thinking."

The master's answer made Chu Tai raise an eyebrow: "Do you still have wishful thinking?"

"You have already met the National Master Wang Bodhisattva. You should know that transcendence is ultimately just an illusion. He can't let go of the little Prince Zhang, so how can I let go of all these disciples? But not every time the world reopens, they can survive like the little Prince Zhang. Every reopening is a waste. Except for the Ninth Heaven, the rest are nothing but my memories."

Chu Tai fell silent. He didn't know how to comfort the master, so he could only say dryly, "Since you still remember them, there is still a possibility that they can return."

"Although I still have infatuation, I am not really stupid. I know what is true and false, and I know whether they can come back."

The ancestor rolled his eyes at Chu Tai again and said, "You have seen the situation of my Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and you have already known what you wanted to know. Can we leave now?"

Looking at the master who looked like he was seeing off a guest, Chu Tai frowned slightly and said, "Am I so unwelcoming?"

"If you hadn't brought the bell into my dojo, I would have been willing to talk to you for a few more words, but now that you've brought it in, do you understand the pressure I'm under?"

The ancestor looked displeased: "It's fine if I can't sense your bell, but I know that I can't ignore it. If I can't ignore it, I will be affected by it, and you are not unaware of its power."

"I said before that you were making a lot of noise and I was worried that you might harm my disciples. I was referring to your distracting thoughts and the bell. If my disciples saw it and it shook their minds, I don't know how much trouble it would cause."

Chu Tai was slightly surprised when he heard this, but what the other party said made sense. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I have another question and would like to ask you a question. As long as I have an answer, I will leave immediately."

Patriarch Bodhi said helplessly: "You ask."

"Since the Grandmaster knows my bell, he must also know the purpose of this visit. May I ask where the Great Master Taiyi is?"

"In heaven. But if you look for him now, you probably won't be able to see him."

Chu Tai frowned and asked, "Why?"

"Do you know the number of heaven and earth?"

"I know that the number of days of heaven and earth is one Hui Yuan, which is one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years."

"Then do you know how many times our world has been reopened? How many worlds are there each time?"

“I really don’t know about this.”

The ancestor said: "If it is outside the heaven and earth, the number of times it will be reopened should be about 1,750 times, but if it is inside the heaven and earth, it will be 103,200 times. Regardless of whether it is inside or outside, the number of times the heaven and earth will reopen each time is 129,600 years."

Chu Tai frowned, even more confused: "It's always 129,600 years? Since there is a distinction between inside and outside, why is the number of heaven and earth always the same?"

This time the master did not answer, but asked: "Do you know where the heaven and earth and all things are born from and where they return to?"

“Born from existence, return to nothingness.”

"wrong!"

The ancestor pointed at Chu Tai and said, "It is born from one and returns to one."

"Everything starts from one, and everything ends from one."

"This is Taiyi, and also Taiyi!"

"If you want to find Master Taiyi, you have to find that one, and now that the heaven and earth are here, you naturally can't see him."

Chu Tairuo suddenly realized: "So, Master Taiyi can only be seen when the world is created and reopened?"

"Of course."

"how so?"

Seeing that Chu Tai wanted to continue asking questions, the ancestor asked, "What is your Taiyi Zhenjun Dao Fruit?"

"The universe is everything."

"Since it is the universe, it is bound to be full of changes. And what changes in the world can surpass the mystery of the Tao giving birth to one, one giving birth to two, two giving birth to three, and three giving birth to all things? Only in this ultimate evolution can it be called the universe."

"So, the power of Master Taiyi was used to open up this world?"

Chu Tai's eyes widened, and the ancestor laughed and said, "You are wrong again. He is the supporter of changes and all things, not the source of creation. The core of this world comes from Taishang Laojun. He is two, namely the two yin and yang. He is the one who divides yin and yang and sorts out the clear and turbid. Therefore, he is the ancestor of the creation of the world."

"If that's the case, why should I go to heaven? Can't I just find a place to practice in silence and wait for the world to reopen?"

"Then you really can't figure out why the Emperor of Heaven said that you were going through a tribulation."

The ancestor looked at Chu Tai, pointed at his chest and said: "Although you have understood some of the mysteries of heaven and man, and regard man as part of heaven, man's exploration is heaven's self-cognition, and heaven's perfection is the progress of the Great Dao. Therefore, Taiyi Great Dao continues to advance."

"But have you ever thought of another possibility? When someone has exhausted all the changes in the sky, the infinite becomes finite, the limitless becomes finite, and chaos is replaced by the established. At that time, can all things in the world be regarded as one?"

"At that time, were heaven and man united as one? At that time, was it man that contained heaven, or was it heaven that contained man?"

The words of the ancestor shocked Chu Tai's heart. He was about to say something when thousands of ripples appeared in the void around him. By the time he reacted, he had left Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and Xieyue Sanxing Cave.

Chu Tai sat upright in the void, looking at the empty space in front of him. He took a deep breath and planned to go in and ask again, but he could no longer sense the location of Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

"That's all."

After sighing, Chu Tai stood up and flew towards the heaven on the cloud.

At the same time, the Emperor of Heaven called Taibai Jinxing.

"Taiyi Riyao Emperor and Taiyi Qingtong Zhenjun are about to arrive at the South Heaven Gate. Please go and greet them on my behalf."

Upon hearing this, Taibai Jinxing was slightly pleased. After congratulating him twice, he asked, "Do you want to gather all the immortals and gods to welcome us together?"

"No need to do that. Emperor Taiyi Riyao doesn't want too many people to know about his arrival. Just bring him to me in a low profile."

(End of this chapter)