Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 908 When to Influence

Taibai Jinxing, who received the order from the Emperor of Heaven, came to the South Gate of Heaven on the cloud. Before he could stand firmly, he realized something was wrong.

After looking up and down, he was surprised to find a man standing under the South Gate of Heaven, looking at the magic mirror standing above the Gate of Heaven.

Taibai Jinxing hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Greetings to Emperor Riyue. May I ask what is the problem with this magic mirror?"

"No, I'm just a little curious, can this mirror reveal the problem with me? I always feel that when I was in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain before, the words that Bodhi Patriarch said to me were suggestive, and that there was something wrong with me."

Taibai Jinxing was shocked when he heard this. He was also a well-informed person and knew about the existence of Patriarch Bodhi. However, he remained calm and said, "The Emperor is going through a tribulation right now. Perhaps the Patriarch wants to enlighten you about something."

"I thought so too, so I wanted to see if this magic mirror could reveal something."

"If that ancestor gave me a warning, it's very likely that the problem is caused by my mind, and the magic mirror can't reveal it."

"Oh? Why is that?"

Chu Tai looked back at Taibai Jinxing with some surprise. The Star Lord smiled and said, "The essence of this magic mirror is to reveal the true self of the mind. As the saying goes, appearance is determined by the mind. If a person has problems in his heart, no matter how bright his appearance is, he cannot hide it under this mirror. But the Emperor has practiced hard for thousands of years and has long integrated knowledge and action to control his mind and body. If you yourself are not aware of it, how can this magic mirror reveal the problem?"

"Compared to this, Your Majesty, it would be better for you to follow me inside and ask the Emperor of Heaven to take a look. Your Majesty has experienced countless calamities and should be able to see something."

Chu Tai did not refute this. He followed Taibai Jinxing into the Heavenly Palace and entered the Lingxiao Palace.

The Emperor of Heaven sat on the ninth heaven and said to Taibai Jinxing, "You go out now."

Taibai bowed and stepped back, Chu Tai stepped forward and asked, "Why do you all want me to come here?"

"You asked Taibai at Nantianmen before whether there was something wrong with you. I can only tell you the answer here."

Chu Tai frowned, a little confused: "Why is this?"

"Because only here can we isolate ourselves from the sky's perception."

"Heaven's perception?"

Chu Tai was stunned for a moment. The Emperor of Heaven did not speak, but lightly tapped the void. An all-encompassing precious light rose up and slowly fell down, arousing Chu Tai's [Taiyi] Avenue. Halos of all sizes, layer upon layer, rose up one after another, constantly rotating, and many changes emerged.

The all-encompassing precious light fell into it and was continuously circled by the halos, and then part of it became the halo while containing the halo.

Seen from afar, the all-encompassing precious light, while being circled and analyzed by halos of varying sizes, itself became the largest halo, enveloping those halos of varying sizes.

And those halos of different sizes are constantly analyzing the all-encompassing precious light. As they expand, they also drive the expansion of the aperture transformed by the precious light.

This is exactly one of Chu Tai’s cultivation concepts. Individual cultivation is also the understanding of oneself by heaven and earth.

Those halos of different sizes are independent individuals, while the all-encompassing light of the Emperor of Heaven is like the heaven and earth itself.

In the process of understanding and practicing, individuals will inevitably have a certain impact on the heaven and earth. This impact is not only an improvement for themselves, but also an improvement for the heaven and earth.

This is a complementary relationship, and also a relationship that includes each other while maintaining independence.

Everything was very beautiful, but as the halo continued to rotate, black spots gradually emerged in the all-encompassing precious light on the outermost layer. At first, they were just scattered stars, but they expanded rapidly, covering the sky like dark clouds, brewing and accumulating some kind of destructive power.

"What is this thing?"

Chu Tai widened his eyes. He had never thought that there would be such a thing in his [Taiyi] Avenue.

Just as he was about to say something, a heavy, solemn, oppressive, and suffocating atmosphere descended.

In an instant, surging negative emotions such as frenzy, excitement, trembling, and malice emerged in Chu Tai's heart, as if a ball of turbid pus was trying to pollute the Taiyi Avenue.

The negative emotions and turbidity and filth were quickly purified by the Taiyi Avenue and the all-encompassing precious light.

But the remaining suffocating breath is very troublesome. This breath seems to be a part of the Taiyi Avenue and is an independent existence that is difficult to separate.

"How could this be?"

A trace of doubt arose in Chu Tai's heart, and this doubt instantly spread, turning into more negative emotions and becoming part of the power of the large and small halos. Although these forces were quickly crushed and assimilated, Chu Tai still couldn't stop doubting.

"Wake up!"

The Emperor of Heaven opened his mouth, and the precious light on his body turned, from its original all-encompassing state to one that was vast and clear, tranquil and cold, and pure and spotless. Under the illumination of this light, Chu Tai's emotions gradually calmed down, and he returned to a state of clarity of mind.

The negative forces on the large and small halos gradually faded away. Chu Tai looked at the Emperor and asked, "What is this?"

"This is your problem, and it is also a problem that the Emperor of Heaven needs to face."

"The problem that the Emperor of Heaven needs to face? Aren't you the Emperor of Heaven?"

Chu Tai's question made the Emperor of Heaven smile and said, "I am the Emperor of this world, but I am not the Emperor of Heaven you are looking for. The essence of the one you are looking for is down below!"

As he spoke, the Emperor stretched out his hand and pointed. Chu Tai looked in the direction he pointed, through the nine heavens, across the four continents, and fell into the deepest part of the underworld.

An emperor was imprisoned there, and the prayers of all living beings were like invisible chains that bound him firmly under the earth. Endless spiritual light flowed from his chest like a vast river, flowing into the void and then flowing back to him from the void.

In this cycle, the outgoing spiritual light is clear, but the returning spiritual light is turbid.

And with just one glance at those turbid spiritual lights, Chu Tai seemed to see all living beings.

Officials, generals, merchants, peasants, fishmongers, peddlers, scholars, talented people, wealthy men, beggars and other living beings of all kinds, countless figures and hearts, constantly rising and falling. These consciousnesses continue to converge, just like drops of water converge into streams, streams converge into rivers, and finally the rivers converge into the sea of ​​​​red dust.

Every drop of water in this vast ocean is the gathering of one person's consciousness and memory. Each one may not be insignificant, but the overlapping consciousness and memories of billions of sentient beings eventually form an ocean of mortals that is large enough to drown countless immortals and Buddhas. The torrents stirred up in it are also a vast impact that ordinary immortals and gods cannot stop.

But Chu Tai had a feeling that if the emperor wanted, he could leave the shackles of this mortal world and regain his freedom at any time.

He expressed his doubts, and the Emperor of Heaven beside him heard it and smiled, "You are right, if he wants, he can leave. Although the torrent of the mortal world is terrible, and the countless sentient beings are terrifying, the power of all sentient beings is rooted in him, just like your [Taiyi] Avenue. When sentient beings make a choice, it will affect you in turn, but when you really don't care about the blessings of sentient beings, you can also make your own choice."

"He is the same, he just doesn't want to."

"He felt that those sentient beings had fallen into such a fate because of his battle with the heavens and the demons. He hoped that those people would have a good ending. At least not an ending where they were transformed into demons, alienated, and would never be able to escape."

Hearing this, Chu Tai thought of something and said with wide eyes, "Wait, you mean, the spiritual light below is not just the living beings in the world in this time period, or the living beings in the world in three time periods?"

"In addition to the millions of sentient beings in the Three Pure Ones and the three time periods that constructed the heaven and earth, all the sentient beings in the Pure and Eternal Bliss Heaven who fell into an irreversible situation after the Emperor of Heaven fell asleep, as well as the souls of some irreversible sentient beings in the Eastern Heaven of Time, were all brought here by him."

"As the spiritual light in his chest flows, and as the infinite spiritual rhythm surges within the three realms, these dead souls are constantly being repaired, redeemed, and restored."

The Emperor's voice was somewhat ethereal, and seemed to contain some emotion.

Chu Tai's eyes widened as he asked, "How is this possible? If I remember correctly, there are countless subordinate worlds and countless lives in the Great Heaven of Immortal Manifestation. How can there be three worlds in just the Three Pure Ones, three time periods, and three levels of heaven and earth..."

Before Chu Tai finished speaking, the Emperor of Heaven pointed his finger, and the three realms of the Three Pure Ones spread out.

The voice of the Emperor of Heaven came faintly: "Tao gave birth to one, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to all things. Who told you that the Three Pure Ones and the Three Heavens and Earths are just three heavens and earths?"

Along with the voice of the Emperor of Heaven, the three realms of the Three Pure Ones in front of Chu Tai seemed like three large trees with luxuriant branches and leaves. With the three realms as the foundation, countless branches were differentiated. On these branches there were even smaller and tiny branches, and each branch could be regarded as a small world.

Most of these worlds are illusory and uncertain, but within the illusory world, there are also some real wills of living beings. Under the protection of spiritual charm, their wills have a better life.

"Didn't Bodhi tell you? If it is outside the heaven and earth, it will be reopened 1,750 times, and if it is inside the heaven and earth, it will be reopened 103,200 times."

Hearing this, Chu Tai couldn't help but say, "One hundred and three thousand two hundred times? What a joke, there are more than one hundred and three thousand two hundred branches in any of your three heavens, how could it be possible that it was only reopened one hundred and three thousand two hundred times?"

"The so-called reopening refers to restarting the trunk, not restarting all the branches. Otherwise, how can we exhaust all possibilities?"

The Emperor's answer stunned Chu Tai. He whispered, "Why are you doing this?"

"I said, to fight against the heavens and the demons."

The Emperor of Heaven waved his hand lightly at the three large trees with lush branches and leaves. Heavy shadows appeared under the branches, and countless filth emerged from the roots of the trees.

"Heaven is the collection of all heavenly meanings, and Heavenly Demon is the collection of all demonic concepts."

"The former encompasses the whole sky, while the latter is the ultimate change that turns the impossible into the possible."

"When the Emperor of Heaven had cultivated to the extreme and was about to cross the boundary between the innate and the acquired, these two appeared at the same time. The former took over part of his position as the Emperor of Heaven when he came with the help of humanity to seek opportunities, causing all the gods to fall asleep and billions of lives to fall into despair. The latter alienated the Dao fruits of all gods, immortals, and Buddhas, and reawakened them, turning them, the maintainers, into the greatest source of danger."

"In order to suppress them, the Emperor of Heaven split himself up and, with the power of the Three Pure Heavens, suppressed the Heaven and the Heavenly Demon within these three worlds. With the help of nearly endless changes, he completely covered them and prevented them from continuing to influence the outside world."

"And the shadow he left behind turned into the Unspeakable, blocking all living beings from exploring this information. At the same time, it also blocked the influence of the Heaven and Heavenly Demons on the outside world."

"Its remaining power has created the so-called Post-Saint Emperor in the current Xianxian Daohua Great Heaven, trying to maintain the stability of the Great Heaven as much as possible and buy more time."

Hearing this, Chu Tai suddenly thought of something and asked, "So, the problem that occurred to Master Taiyi back then was also caused by helping the Emperor of Heaven?"

"The overlap between his power and that of the Emperor of Heaven is very high. At first, the Emperor of Heaven thought of pulling Heaven and Heavenly Demon together to fight in the Three Pure Ones, and Taiyi Zhenjun would become the new Emperor of Heaven to sort out all things. But the power of Heaven and Heavenly Demon exceeded the Emperor of Heaven's prediction, and he could not stop them. He could only pull Taiyi Zhenjun in to suppress the influence of Heaven and Heavenly Demon together."

At this point, the current Emperor of Heaven smiled bitterly and said, "You have seen the result. Even if the two of them work together, they can only barely suppress the influence of Heaven and Heavenly Demon, and are unable to rescue the changes in the outside world. Even..."

Chu Tai pressed, "Even what?"

The Emperor of Heaven did not answer immediately, but asked: "Do you remember when you were influenced by the Heaven and the Demon?"

"When?"

Chu Tai was stunned for a moment, and the Emperor asked again: "Can you still recall some abnormal things during your practice?"

Chu Tai continued to think about the Emperor's question, and suddenly he remembered something.

"When I first entered Taoism..."

"It seems that you have remembered. From the moment you first entered the Dao and sensed the Great Clear Sky, whether it was the Emperor of Heaven, the Heaven, or the Heavenly Demon, they all noticed you."

"That's why Tai Qingtian at that time could say the word Dong Huang, and that's why you were able to mobilize Wang Lingguan's divine power in Dongji Chenguang Datian."

"It's just that the Heaven and the Demon were blocked by the Heavenly Emperor at that time, and they couldn't influence you. But after the last collision between the two worlds, Bu Ke Dao lost control and wanted to go to the Eastern Heaven of Chen Guang, forcing the Heavenly Emperor to speak. That's when they seized the opportunity and exerted their first influence on you."

"Of course, that impact was not serious for you who were protected by the Donghuang Bell. It could even be said to be negligible. So when you entered the Pure and Eternal Bliss Heaven again, the second impact came. Guess who it was?"

"Great Freedom? But he is not related to the Mother of Creation..."

Before Chu Tai finished speaking, the Emperor of Heaven said dimly, "The two are not in conflict, but their influence is very weak at this time, so there is a third time."

(End of this chapter)