On the Avenue.

Chapter 768 Raising Living Beings
The Aquarius Heaven floats silently in the starry sky, and the ever-growing heretics reveal an ominous sign.

This place is sparsely populated. Occasionally, a passing deity will see the Aquarius Heaven and be tempted to explore its treasures. They intend to enter the Aquarius Heaven, but before they can get close, they are corrupted by heretics and either turn into monsters or become corpses.

A few lucky immortals escaped and avoided this dangerous place.

Some people also leave the word "danger" in the starry sky to warn those passing by.

A few days later, the starry sky gradually brightened, and after a while, a sun came from afar and passed by this place.

The sun illuminated the nearby starry sky, and when it passed through the Aquarius Heaven, it suddenly stopped. As the sun's light gradually stabilized and subsided, a Buddha could be seen in front of the sun.

The Buddha had a square face, thin eyebrows, long eyes, large drooping ears, and a golden crown on his head. He wore a robe that revealed half of his shoulder, and had no other clothing on his body besides this robe.

The Buddha is called Mahavairocana Buddha, also known as Vairocana Buddha. That great sun is his Great Luo Heaven, also known as Mahavairocana Treasure Illumination Heaven.

The Great Sun Tathagata surveyed the Vase Heaven and walked over. He saw that the heretics extending outward from the mouth of the vase seemed to fear his sunlight, and as they were illuminated by the sunlight, they kept retreating.

The Great Sun Buddha entered the Vase Heaven, looked around, and frowned slightly.

This Great Luo Heaven has been defiled by heretics, becoming a filthy place. What moved the Great Sun Tathagata was that there were not just one kind of heretics, but as many as hundreds or thousands of them!
The Western Paradise also studied non-Buddhist teachings, especially those of past Buddhas like him, who had extraordinary attainments in non-Buddhist teachings.

However, it is already extremely difficult to master one heretical doctrine, let alone hundreds or thousands.
Who possesses such wisdom?

The sun shone brightly behind him, forcing back the nearby heretics. He went deep into the Aquarius Heaven and after a long time, he came to a humanoid figure sitting cross-legged.

This object was covered with many strange things from the inside out: strange fungi spewing out spores like smoke, bizarre vines with eyes growing on them, hairy green moss that wriggled like living things, and an unpleasant slime with an unknown smell.

The Buddha shone brightly from behind his head, forcing back the heretics on the humanoid figure and gradually revealing the suffering face of the Bodhisattva of the Lotus Grove.

The Bodhisattva of the Lotus Grove struggled to maintain his seated posture, his face contorted, his facial muscles twitching. He barely opened his eyes, saw the Great Sun Tathagata, and said in a hoarse voice, "Vairocana Buddha... save me—"

His body trembled, as if he wanted to get up, but the external forces within him had already taken root and sprouted, making him unable to move.

The Great Sun Tathagata said, "Fellow Daoist, were you injured by Master Chen? His Daoist methods are quite peculiar, mainly based on external paths. No wonder he was able to create such an amazing Yuanfu."

The Bodhisattva of the Lotus Grove said, "Save me..."

The Great Sun Tathagata ignored him and went straight into the Bodhisattva's sea of ​​consciousness. He saw that the Bodhisattva's sea of ​​consciousness was also full of heretics. The heretics interfered with and distorted the Bodhisattva's thoughts and consciousness, making it difficult for him to maintain his rationality.

The Great Sun Tathagata forced back the heretics, extracted the memories of the Bodhisattva of the Lotus Grove, examined the battle between the Bodhisattva of the Lotus Grove and Little Duan, and carefully examined the situation of the Demon Blood Treasure Tree polluting the Treasure Vase Heaven.

He watched very carefully, pondering the power of Chen Shi's magical treasure, the Demon Blood Tree, and analyzing the effects of different elemental runes.

Behind his head, the sun silently rotated, and beyond its surface, one could discover that its interior was hollow, a vast and boundless world.

This is the Great Luo Heaven Realm of the Great Sun Tathagata, the Great Sun Treasure Illumination Heaven.

Because it is located inside the sun, this world is infinitely bright, with eternal day and no night, and is also known as the Great Realm of Light.

Countless ordinary people also live and thrive in the Great Sunrise Temple.

On the Lotus Lion Peak, the Vairocana Temple stands majestically, its palaces layered upon each other, countless and resplendent in gold. At this moment, countless monks in the temple look up at the sky.

These monks possessed profound Taoist skills and were highly proficient in Buddhist teachings. Among them were many highly accomplished individuals who had attained the levels of Vajra, Arhat, Asura, and Venerable One.

To cultivators, these Vajra Arhats are already immortals who can ascend to the Earthly Immortal Realm, but to the people here, they are disciples of Buddha, and it doesn't matter whether they ascend or not.

Moreover, even if one ascends to the Earthly Immortal Realm, life may not be as comfortable as that of the Great Sun Treasure Illuminating the Heavens.

Suddenly someone exclaimed excitedly, "They're here!"

In the sky, a huge talisman, shimmering with golden light, descended from the heavens and arrived at Pilu Temple.

The monks rushed forward and surrounded the talisman.

Monks also brought various classic texts and profound Taoist principles, attempting to decipher the Yuanfu (元符).

They were highly learned, each a scholar, and even those who studied heterodox doctrines achieved remarkable accomplishments.

They are monks who serve Vairocana Buddha. Vairocana Buddha can entrust them with any difficult deciphering problems or to break through the magic and supernatural powers of his opponents.

They will solve the problem immediately and devise a solution using Taoist magic and supernatural powers.

At the same time, one after another, Yuanfu (magic symbols) slowly descended from the sky, landing in different locations on the Great Sun Treasure Illumination Heaven. The places where these Yuanfu landed were temples similar to the Pilu Temple, and countless monks in the temples were also looking up, waiting for the Yuanfu to fall.

Pilu Temple has 30,000 monks, and these temples have no fewer monks than Pilu Temple.

At this moment, countless learned monks wholeheartedly assisted Vairocana Buddha in deciphering the contents of the primordial symbol.

Meanwhile, the Great Sun Tathagata remained calm and composed as he perused the memories of the Bodhisattva of the Lotus Forest, extracting the original symbol that the Bodhisattva of the Lotus Forest had seen.

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

He knew very little about Chen Shi and Fairy Xiao Duan, but through the memories of Bodhisattva Fahualin, he was already absolutely certain that he could keep the two of them.

After a long while, he stepped out of the Bodhisattva's sea of ​​consciousness, flew out from between the Bodhisattva's eyebrows, and walked straight towards the outer Vase Heaven.

The Bodhisattva of the Lotus Grove cried out hoarsely behind him, "Save me..."

"Fellow Taoist, please be patient."

Without turning his head, the Buddha of Great Sun spoke from afar, his tone steady and unwavering: “I am on the orders of the Buddha of Dipankara to invite Master Chen to the Western Paradise as a guest. It is inconvenient for me to take you with me on this journey. I will rescue you when I return.”

Despair filled the eyes of the Bodhisattva of the Lotus Forest as he was gradually covered and buried by the heretics.

The Great Sun Tathagata stepped out of the Vase Heaven and muttered to himself, "Master Chen's precious tree is already a rare treasure in the world, comparable to the Great Luo Heaven. The Bodhisattvas of the Lotus Forest were arrogant, and they were taken into their own Vase Heaven, where Master Chen successfully ambushed them."

Master Chen suppressed the Treasure Vase Heaven with the Treasure Tree, thus polluting the Great Dao that constituted the Treasure Vase Heaven with external paths, causing the Great Luo Heaven of the Dharma Flower Forest to become unusable, which was equivalent to losing half of his cultivation.

Fa Hualin's defeat was to be expected; otherwise, in a direct confrontation, he would have directly unleashed the Treasure Vase Heaven technique, and how could Master Chen have been a match for him? To deal with Master Chen, using honorable means would have been far more effective.

Behind his head, in the midst of the great sun, the wisdom of all living beings flowed into his mind like a gentle stream, transforming into various kinds of knowledge about the Yuanfu.

If Chen Yin were here, he would surely be full of praise upon seeing this scene. He had connected to the brain of the Creator Little Five, abandoned humanity, and discarded sagehood and wisdom, but he still needed to mobilize his own wisdom to solve various problems.

The countless monks in the Radiant Heaven of Vairocana Buddha are like his external brain, helping him to think and solve various problems.

Of course, Chen Yin considered himself exceptionally intelligent, and even all these monks combined could not match him, so he could only admire them and would never envy them.

The Great Sun Tathagata turned around, noted the location of the Bodhisattva of the Lotus Flower Forest, and then went straight to the Eastern Heaven.

Xuanhuang Sea, the sacred land of Xuanhuang Twin Lotuses.

In the Great Heavenly Palace, within the Nine Jade Palaces of the Female Palace, the Earth Goddess Houtu looked at Fairy Xiaoduan as if she were her own daughter-in-law, growing more and more fond of her with each glance, and asked with a smile, "Does the Crown Princess have any children?"

Fairy Xiao Duan said, "Your Majesty, my Daoist arts are not yet complete, so I dare not disturb the Yin Qi, lest the Great Dao be flawed." Empress Houtu disagreed, "That's all an excuse. You are blessed with extraordinary abilities, able to stimulate the Dao power in your bloodline, and you can also consume the Jade Purity Dao Spring to comprehend various Daoist arts. Moreover, His Highness has passed on the Yuan Fu to you, and you have already cultivated to the Great Luo realm. Even if you disturb the Yin Qi, there will be no deficiency. Even if there is a deficiency, your husband can help you make up for it."

Fairy Xiao Duan hesitated for a moment, then looked at Chen Shi.

Houtu Huangdi said, "Why are you looking at him? If you want to have children, just take his primordial yang energy. Why ask him? He is just a tool to provide primordial yang energy. If you have more children, your Shang royal family will have heirs."

Little Dumpling Fairy suppressed a laugh and nodded in agreement.

Houtu Huangdizhi laughed and said, "You don't need to worry about not being able to raise the child. Your godmother governs countless worlds here, and can send the child to other worlds to be entrusted to good families. Even if you and your husband rebel and are beheaded by the Great Heavenly Venerable, the Great Heavenly Venerable will not be able to eliminate the root of the problem."

Fairy Xiao Duan quickly said, "Godmother, Xiao Shi and I have no intention of rebelling!"

“Of course I know you have no intention of rebelling.”

Houtu Huangdiqi casually replied to her, then said to Chen Shi, "Your wife is still trying to hide things from me! The Crown Prince is here to pass on a new Yuanfu to me? Didn't you just pass it on not long ago? Why change it so soon?"

Chen Shi laughed and said, "Godmother, didn't I use the Heavenly Dao Brain to cultivate a few days ago? That brain is a hundred times more intelligent than me, so my understanding of Yuan Talismans has reached a new level. I was worried that the Yuan Talismans I passed on to you before were not perfect, so I rushed over."

Houtu Huangdi said, "I thought the Yuanfu you passed on to me had a loophole."

Chen Shi's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged. He asked in surprise, "Why do you say that, Godmother?"

Houtu Huangdizhi laughed and said, "Many people say so. Fuxi, one of the Three Sovereigns, and Yandi, one of the Five Elders, both said that Master Chen's transmission of the Yuanfu was probably not well-intentioned and that there might be a flaw hidden in the Yuanfu. They dared not cultivate it, so they came to ask me. I said that my Crown Prince is broad-minded and would not scheme against you old codgers."

Chen Shi laughed and said, "Of course there are no loopholes, godmother, you can put their minds at ease."

Houtu Huangdi said, "Your personal visit may put you in great danger. There are quite a few people eyeing you now, all wanting to kidnap you and have you teach them the true Yuanfu!"

Chen Shi resolutely said, "What I am transmitting is the true Yuanfu. My heart is as clear as the bright moon, and Heaven can bear witness to it."

Houtu Huangdizhi glanced at him and said with a smile, "I didn't say that what you spread was fake. You and your husband are not ambitious people, so why would you spread a fake Yuanfu?"

Chen Shi and Fairy Xiao Duan were filled with unease.

Chen Shi passed the revised Xuanhuang Yuanfu to Houtu Huangdiqi. The goddess studied it carefully and indeed found that it was slightly different from the previous version, and seemed to be more perfect.

"Your situation is becoming increasingly dangerous."

Empress Houtu temporarily set aside the matter of the Yuanfu and said, "The immortals and gods are still fighting each other. The Yuanfu has not yet been passed down to the lower levels. It will probably take a hundred years or so for it to be passed down to the lower levels. After that, the fighting will probably be between the high and mighty beings. In the past, these things were none of your concern, but now, you are also one of the high and mighty beings."

Chen Shi was stunned upon hearing this: "Me?"

Houtu Huangdizhi nodded: "You are now the Dao Ancestor who has been personally appointed by the Great Heavenly Venerable, the Supreme Sage Teacher, and your incense offerings are becoming more and more prosperous. Your Penglai West is also a major force now, and it is hard to ignore. In the future, you will face more and more dangers."

She gently raised her hand, and a lotus petal fell from the lotus throne beneath her, floating towards Chen Shi. She said, "This is a divine cultivation technique I created after I became a Dao God, called the Xuanhuang Dao Collection. Take it; it might be useful."

One of Chen Shi's purposes in coming here was to obtain her divine cultivation techniques. Unexpectedly, before he could even speak, Empress Houtu imparted the entire technique to him!

Chen Shi was moved and examined the lotus petals. He saw that they contained a method for refining extraordinary power into Xuanhuang Dao power, which was even more exquisite and mysterious than Li Tianwang's Tongtian Baozhao Scripture.

Chen Shi put away the lotus petals and said, "At the beginning of the war between immortals and gods, my godmother taught me how to deal with the Great Celestial Venerable's provocations. Now, is there anything else my godmother can teach me?"

Houtu Huangdi looked at him intently and said, "If I were you, I would abandon Penglai West, fake my death to escape, and wait for the future."

Chen Shi fell silent.

Penglai West is a sacred place that he painstakingly built up, and it was only with great difficulty that it has reached its current scale and become the fifth largest power in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

How could he bear to abandon Penglai West?

"Godmother, are there any other roads?" Chen Shi asked.

Houtu Huangdi shook her head and said, "There is no other way. You are now the leader of the fifth power in the world, the patriarch of the Yuanfu lineage. The longer this continues, the more stable your position will become. Yet you are still only a Golden Immortal, too weak. Who in the world wouldn't want to control you? To control you is to become the rightful leader of the world in the future!"
If I can't control you, then destroying you is also extremely easy.

Even if you entrust your life to the Great Celestial Venerable, he has no reason to protect you. Your wife is a remnant of the previous dynasty; perhaps cutting off her head and offering it to the Great Celestial Venerable might earn him a sliver of trust. But getting the Great Celestial Venerable to protect you with all his might is still impossible.

As for the Celestial Court, that won't work either. If you spread the Yuan Talisman, even the Celestial Emperor's prestige is less than yours. He would never tolerate you, let alone protect you.
The Three Pure Realms and your Golden Turtle Island are sworn enemies, blood feuds, and neither will tolerate you. As for the Western Paradise, given the chance, they would love to devour you completely.

She sighed and said, "I can protect you for a while, but not for long. Abandon Penglai West and return to the Celestial Realm to await the future. If one day you cultivate to become a Great Luo Golden Immortal, then return to the Earthly Immortal Realm."

Chen Shi was in a state of turmoil, but the Earth Goddess Houtu did not force him and allowed him and his wife to go to the East Palace to rest.

Fairy Xiao Duan said, "Husband, don't worry. At worst, we can go back to Xiniu New Continent. That's where we came from. It's not shameful to go back there."

Chen Shi said, "As a teacher of this generation, how can I abandon the teachings of the teacher?"

Fairy Xiao Duan said, "Didn't the previous generation's master give it up? He was willing to give it up, but you are not? If you lose your life and fortune, you will have nothing left! If you retreat now, there is still Xiniu New Continent, and you can make a comeback in the future."

Chen Shi did not answer, but said, "I will first study the techniques taught by the Empress."

Xiao Duan didn't disturb them and went outside.

Chen Shi took out the lotus petal to study, but his mind was in turmoil, and he couldn't calm himself down for a moment, so he couldn't concentrate.

All sorts of worries welled up inside him; he was filled with anxiety and inner demons.

Just as he was trying to rid himself of these inner demons and nourish his physical body, which was tainted by defilement, an incomparably intense and pure extraordinary power surged forth from the darkness, continuous, pure, and profound.

Chen Shi was slightly taken aback. He examined the source of these extraordinary powers and found that some of them came from the Three Pure Realms, some from the Western Paradise, some from the Heavenly Court, and some from the Celestial Court.

However, the source of the incense offerings is not the giants of the Three Pure Realms, the Western Heaven, the Heavenly Court, or the Immortal Court, but their Great Luo Heaven, or some other Dao Realm!
Within their Great Luo Heaven or Dao Realm, there are countless lower-level immortals who rely on their protection. They depend on these giants of the Earth Immortal Realm to make a living.

The powerful figures of the Earthly Immortal Realm obtained the Yuan Talisman and gave it to these lower-level immortals for research. They made progress in their research, cultivated themselves, and replaced their own Dao patterns.

Unbeknownst to them, they had already come to regard Chen Shi as their patriarch.

This is the source of Chen Shi's extraordinary power!
Chen Shi was stunned.

Gradually, a smile appeared on his face, and the smile grew wider and wider, eventually turning into laughter. He laughed loudly, his voice resounding throughout the Houde Guangda Palace.

"I'm not leaving!"

"I want to stay!"

"I will stay here, stand firm, and I will become the Dao Ancestor!"

"With the help of immortals and gods, I ascend to the heavens! I am now a Golden Immortal, but I will surely be more than just a Golden Immortal in the future!"

—I've been practicing the Six Healing Sounds and the Twelve Movements for the past two days, and I feel much better. Preparing to cultivate immortality.

(End of this chapter)