Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 943 Persuading Rong Taiyi Again

"You've always been unwilling to interfere in the choices of all living beings, so why are you starting to interfere with these changes now? Has your Taiyi Dao undergone a new transformation?"

Faced with Taiyi Zhenjun's question, Chu Tai from the Journey to the West timeline was also somewhat bewildered. He could sense that the Taiyi Dao, which originally flowed through all things in the world, had indeed undergone changes.

In his perception, the countless manifestations of the Taiyi Dao between heaven and earth were represented by treasure rings of varying sizes, constantly changing between heaven and earth.

These precious rings intertwine, forming numerous ripples that expand, contract, move, restrict, open, and converge in countless realms. Countless illusory and real changes appear along with these ripples in various realms.

Amidst the various fluctuations, shocks, extensions, fusions, separations, and reorganizations, countless forces that were originally related, unrelated, converging, overlapping, and connected became intertwined and mutually exclusive, yet also fragmented and disjointed…

This change was beyond Chu Tai's expectations. You must know that when his true self comprehended the first-grade path of the Taiyi Dao, he already understood that the Taiyi Dao inherently contained the changes of the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man, and that the Taiyi of Heaven and the Taiyi of Man did not need to be reunited.

All changes are merely natural changes of the Taiyi as a whole, a process of spreading from the finite to the infinite.

If we must categorize them, then the Taiyi of Heaven encompasses and anchors all phenomena; the Taiyi of Earth carries and records all phenomena; and the Taiyi of Man independently encompasses and recreates all phenomena.

All the spirituality of acquired beings belongs to the Supreme One, but Chu Tai can rely on the Way of the Three Ones to become the vital force that drives all things to transform into sentient beings, the original driving force for the birth of the spirituality of all things, and even the cultivator of the original spirituality of all things.

Therefore, in the past, the changes in the Way of Taiyi have been numerous and hidden in the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth, never as obvious or as dynamic as they are now.

He silently sensed his true self and received a message that surprised him greatly.

"He is using the Heavenly Demon's method of transformation to perfect his own method of transformation."

When Chu Tai responded to Taiyi Zhenjun in this way, a bright light appeared in the Zhenjun's eyes, illuminating the ten directions of heaven and earth and the boundless universe. He discovered very subtle changes. In the places where the Taiyi Dao operates most obviously, there are usually also faint manifestations of the power of the Heavenly Demon.

The Taiyi Dao, which now encompasses many changes in the Three Pure Ones realm, is essentially changing along with the power of the Heavenly Demons.

It is believed that this allows all beings to see a better future, thereby guiding them towards a better direction.

Of course, Chu Tai still did not help people make any decisions. If someone insisted on choosing a bad future, Chu Tai would not interfere.

Similarly, Chu Tai would not interfere with the choices of other beings to create a better future, thus preventing their choices from failing.

After all, the beings in the Three Pure Realms are currently under the protection of the Heavenly Emperor, and the general trend is towards good and virtuous. Some beings are deeply influenced by the Heavenly Demon and cannot be freed. Unless their choices do not affect or harm others, they will inevitably be influenced by the choices of others when they make bad choices, and ultimately meet with failure.

And the trends and directions of the world will inevitably move in a better direction and future through these changes.

"His attainment of enlightenment is becoming increasingly wondrous."

Taiyi Zhenjun sighed, a hint of amazement in his eyes. When he looked at Chu Tai, he said in a low voice, "Compared to your original self, who has mastered many transformations, your progress is rather shallow."

Chu Tai, from the Journey to the West timeline, laughed and said, "His path is not my choice. What direction I take in the future is part of his wishes. Besides, I specialize in this, isn't that a kind of change?"

"Unfortunately, his transformation is still somewhat superficial. If he could add the myriad phenomena of the universe as a foundation, he could not only advance further, but even absorb the Heavenly Demon's [Transformation] Dao Fruit, allowing him to achieve great success in the first-grade realm."

Upon hearing this, Chu Tai's expression changed slightly, sensing that there was something more to Taiyi Zhenjun's words.

He cautiously said, "While the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth are good, they are not a necessary choice for the path of Taiyi. As I continue my cultivation step by step, I will gradually improve this foundation. If I force myself to seek help from a higher level, it may be counterproductive and detrimental to my subsequent cultivation."

But time doesn't wait for anyone.

Taiyi Zhenjun spoke slowly, and Chu Tai asked with some surprise, "Now that Tianhe and Tianmo have been suppressed, are there any other problems? We have enough time to deal with these issues slowly."

“You said it yourself, they have been suppressed, and we can deal with it slowly. But do you think those two will let us handle all the problems step by step? Just like when the Heavenly Emperor and I were suppressed by them, we did not give up any opportunity.”

Taiyi Zhenjun looked into the void, as if trying to see the Eastern Pole Chenguang Great Heaven through the Three Pure Heavens.

"You must understand that the suppression of Heaven and Heavenly Demon is only the simplest part. How the two great Heavens will get along in the future is also a big problem. If no one can suppress the True Monarchs and the Later Saint Emperors, do you think the Demonic Path will allow the Later Saint Emperors to slowly return to normal?"

Chu Tai fell silent. He dared not say anything else, but the Heavenly Demon Lord of the Eastern Celestial Heaven would certainly not let go of the power of the Later Saint Emperor, or rather, the Heavenly Demon power hidden in the Later Saint Emperor.

At the same time, the Demon Lord might not let go of the power of Heaven. If his Dao Fruit system absorbs a portion of the power of Heaven, it will surely make great progress. In addition, the power of several post-saint emperors with imperial titles will also be of great help to the Demon Lord.

As for the Buddha-Demon Lord, needless to say, if given the opportunity to devour a portion of the Buddha's power, he would certainly not refuse.

Looking at it this way, it seems that only the Blood Demon Lord might be somewhat docile, but if he knew about the existence of the Creation Mother, it's hard to say.

"It seems you understand what I'm worried about."

Taiyi Zhenjun sighed softly and said, "Aside from a few demonic Zhenjuns, the immortal Zhenjuns may not be willing to let go of the Three Pure Ones Heaven either."

"The three True Lords probably wouldn't do that, would they?"

"If it were just them, perhaps it wouldn't be so, but they have stayed at the First Grade realm for too long, and the immortal destiny of the Eastern Pole Starlight Great Heaven is unlikely to support another First Grade True Monarch. If we can introduce some of the destiny of the Three Pure Ones Heaven into the Eastern Pole Starlight Great Heaven, we can produce one or two more True Monarchs for the immortal path. If we can absorb some of the concepts of the divine path, we can produce about one more."

At this point, Taiyi Zhenjun paused, staring at Chu Tai and said, "There's also the demon race system that you've gradually repaired. If I remember correctly, among the Dao Fruit systems created by your true self, there's a demon immortal system that stops at the second rank, right?"

"If we integrate it into the immortal path and monopolize the demon race system, although we cannot be certain that we can support a True Lord, with the help of the previous immortal destiny, we should be able to ensure that we can ultimately support three True Lords."

"Do you think the three of them can refuse this?"

Taiyi Zhenjun's question made Chu Tai fall silent: "Yuli Zhenjun should be fine, as for the other two..." Chu Tai fell silent. He wasn't very clear about the personalities of the three Zhenjuns, but judging from their Dao Qi, Yuli Zhenjun should be the type who didn't care about other people's thoughts, but it was hard to say whether Hunyuan Zhenjun and Qingshi Zhenjun would be unaffected by external forces.

Taiyi Zhenjun laughed and said, "Yu Li might indeed not care, since he didn't even pass on much of his Daoist lineage."

"But it's hard to say about Qing Shi and Hun Yuan, not to mention the problems of the successors of the Holy Kings in the Eastern Pole Chenguang Great Heaven, which you will need to solve in the future. Do you have any good ideas?"

Chu Tai fell silent again. Taiyi Zhenjun sighed and said, "Therefore, it is the best choice for you to inherit part of my Dao Qi and enter the first rank ahead of time. At least at the first rank, you will be able to confront the Heavenly Emperor with the Eastern Emperor Bell and suppress all dissent."

"To defy the Heavenly Emperor?"

Chu Tai was dumbfounded, then looked down at the Land of Reincarnation.

Taiyi Zhenjun said frankly, "Don't worry about it. He knows what I'm talking about, and he has also seen that possibility."

"Among the many possibilities of the orderly restoration of the Pure and Blessed Great Heaven, there are quite a few possibilities that the Eastern Pole Chenguang Great Heaven absorbed part of the origin of the Pure and Blessed Great Heaven, while also sharing some of the residual influence of the Heavenly Demon, and then the Heavenly Emperor returned to his position, and the two-day war began."

"Among them, the future where the Heavenly Demon Lord is influenced by the Heavenly Demon accounts for about one-tenth; the future where the three True Monarchs absorb the Three Pure Ones, causing the imbalance of heaven and earth, accounts for about one-fifth; the future where the Buddha Demon Lord is assimilated by the Tathagata Buddha accounts for one-tenth; and the future where the Blood Demon discovers that the power of the Creation Mother is affected accounts for about one-twentieth..."

He spoke of many things about the future in a scattered manner, which made Chu Tai tremble with fear.

Taiyi Zhenjun sighed and said, "Do you still think we have enough time?"

"But you shouldn't have been the one to come..."

Before Chu Tai could finish speaking, Taiyi Zhenjun raised his hand to stop him and said in a low voice, "I know what you mean, that you feel I have sacrificed enough, but can you find a way to make progress even faster?"

"Originally, I only thought that you could absorb a portion of my Dao Qi, and even my Dao Fruit, to achieve the First Rank and suppress many problems. But now it's different. Tian and the Heavenly Demon have been suppressed. You only need to devour a small amount of my Dao Qi and tear apart a portion of the Heavenly Demon's Dao Fruit to step into the First Rank, and even go quite a distance in it. Why not?"

“At that time, I will maintain my first rank, and you will advance to the first rank. The two of us will persuade Fellow Daoist Yu Li to stabilize the Eastern Polar Chenguang Great Heaven, and we will also be able to persuade the Heavenly Emperor to give up a small portion of the power of the Pure and Eternal Blessing Great Heaven in exchange for the balance between the two heavens. After all, in recent years, the Eastern Polar Chenguang Great Heaven has indeed borne a lot of the influence of the Heavenly Demon power for the Pure and Eternal Blessing Great Heaven, buying the Heavenly Emperor a lot of time. There is no problem in exchanging this for a portion of the Great Heaven’s origin.”

Taiyi Zhenjun described a future that would be very favorable to Chu Tai.

"At that time, you not only saved Qingjing Yongfu Great Heaven, but also helped Dongji Chenguang Great Heaven advance further, which can be described as a win-win situation. Under such circumstances, we can easily deal with both the demonic path and the waste left behind by the Holy King. This is the best choice."

Taiyi Zhenjun reiterated the benefits of this choice, but Chu Tai still shook his head.

"In that case, is it still the Way of Taiyi?"

Faced with Chu Tai's question, Taiyi Zhenjun wanted to say something, but then he saw the Triple Treasure Wheel appear, with countless treasure rings appearing in it, layer upon layer, interfering with and influencing each other, while many others did not interfere with each other and operated in parallel. Whether interactive or independent, each treasure ring produced ripples as it moved.

Countless states, including endless interference, independence, overlap, parallelism, intersection, separation, entanglement, dispersion, fusion, differentiation, neutralization, and division, constantly arise and disappear, encompassing all aspects of the universe.

However, these changes are merely simple changes; there is not much spiritual manifestation involved, nor are there any new developments.

"The myriad phenomena of heaven and earth are merely one manifestation of the operation of Taiyi. If we take the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth as the foundation, then where does spirituality reside?"

"No matter how magnificent the scene, no matter how wondrous the change, if no one sees it, no one exclaims in amazement, what is its meaning? Where will Taiyi be manifested? What difference will there be between Taiyi and the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth at that time?"

As he spoke, the three treasure wheels around Chu Tai continued to expand, and as the changes progressed, a faint sign of life and a faint sign of spirituality manifested.

At the same time, eight illusory figures appeared behind Chu Tai, each holding an illusory Dao Fruit.

These Dao fruits each encompass a certain aspect of the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth, and at the same time, they derive their own variations from their respective perspectives.

With the blessing of the Eightfold Dao Fruit, the future of the Taiyi Dao is not in any problem even without the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth.

"But there wasn't enough time."

Taiyi Zhenjun once again brought up the issue of time.

"Does time really matter to us?"

Chu Tai countered by saying that the power of the various Dao fruits under the Xiangjun and Xiangfuren system constructed an illusory long river, which turned in mid-air and transformed into a shape resembling an 8 lying horizontally in the air, creating an infinite cycle.

"If you are worried, I can easily distort the movement of the cosmic light to buy more time."

"That kind of time is useless. How could a first-grade true path be achieved by shutting oneself away in distorted cosmic light?"

"If you want to go further, unless you are in an environment similar to the Three Pure Ones, you can only enter the Great Heaven or ascend to the Great Luo Heaven. Otherwise, the moment you try to prove your Dao, your distorted cosmic light will inevitably return to normal, and your understanding in the distorted cosmic light will also be distorted. At best, you will fail to prove your Dao; at worst, you will die and your Dao will be destroyed."

"By the way, even if you attain enlightenment in the Three Pure Ones Heaven, with the power you currently possess, the cosmic light of the Three Pure Ones Heaven and the two great heavens outside will inevitably reconnect and return to normal. That kind of distortion and correction is enough to allow the heavens and the heavenly demons to break free from their constraints."

Hearing this, Chu Tai was not surprised; instead, he felt a sense of "I knew it."

Then Chu Tai looked at the other worlds and whispered, "Let's try to talk about it after you've completely returned to your original state. We can ask the patriarch for his thoughts then. Or, by then I'll have completed the second-grade cultivation and can try to break through to the first-grade true path?"

"You think being a first-class official is that simple?"

Chu Tai laughed and said, "It's not simple, but there's nothing we can do about it! Or, why don't you go and have a chat with me?"

(End of this chapter)