Fellow Taoists, please respect yourself.

Chapter 388: Peak of Taiyi
Beyond the sky, there is a sea of ​​stars.

There was a bright light in Ziweiyuan, covering the entire sea of ​​stars.

Three hundred and sixty-five true stars, forty-eight thousand evil stars, and countless countless stars were all floating and sinking in that light.

The Tathagata Buddha sat cross-legged in the sea of ​​stars, with his eyes slightly closed, his hands clasped together, and silently chanted Buddhist scriptures.

All the stars were displaying undisguised hostility towards the Buddha, and the intensity of this hostility was almost transformed into substance.

The Tathagata Buddha responded calmly, not affected at all, just sitting cross-legged quietly and chanting scriptures.

And with the sound of Tathagata Buddha chanting, the terrifying hostility around was suppressed imperceptibly.

In a place where the stars cannot feel it, the hostility is slowly subsiding and easing bit by bit.

If Tathagata Buddha is given time and continues like this, after a period of time, the spirituality and wisdom within these stars will become completely peaceful. There will be no more greed, anger, or ignorance, only bliss in peace.

When it comes to cleansing the heart and calming evil thoughts, Buddhism is indeed professional.

"You are the loser, yet you are showing off in my territory."

The magnificent voice echoed in the ears of Tathagata Buddha and throughout the sea of ​​stars.

Just one sentence caused the peaceful atmosphere created by Tathagata Buddha to collapse, and the tangible hostility swept over again.

Emperor Ziwei walked slowly on the stars and came in front of Tathagata Buddha, looking down at the sitting Buddha.

"Long time no see, Sakyamuni."

The Tathagata Buddha opened his eyes, but did not stand up from his cross-legged sitting position. Instead, he put his hands together in greeting and said, "Namo, I greet the Emperor."

"I thought you would make a final effort in Lingshan."

Emperor Ziwei tilted his head and said, "I didn't expect you to come directly to the Sea of ​​Stars. What? Do you want to fight?"

The Tathagata Buddha was speechless and said, "Your Majesty, have you been with Da Ting Qingjia for too long? Has he been infected with some of his vulgarity? Why do you talk about fighting and killing as soon as you open your mouth?"

Emperor Ziwei said as a matter of course: "Because I don't think there is anything to talk to you about."

"Besides, I and Qingjia are two sides of the same coin, and we are somewhat similar. What's wrong with that?"

"Namo."

Buddha Tathagata shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Two sides to one body, it is very mysterious, the reason is beyond the reach of this old monk, but... does the Emperor really have an incarnation with two sides to one body?"

"It is natural that Daozu Taiqing can use such a mysterious and profound door of all wonders. It is not surprising that Dou Mu Yuanjun can also use it."

"But Your Majesty... in my impression, you are not capable of playing with such complicated things."

The Tathagata Buddha looked quietly at the Emperor Ziwei in front of him.

Even though this emperor is now cultivating himself and seems to be detached from the world, only the older generation of cultivators know that when the Heavenly Court was first established and the Three Realms were in chaos, the one who was the most murderous, the most brutal, and the most tyrannical was not Taibai Jinxing, not Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun, not the Gou Chen Emperor who was in charge of weapons, or the Changsheng Emperor who was in charge of all thunder, but the Ziwei Emperor before them!
"Who knows?"

Emperor Ziwei smiled and blinked, then asked, "What does it have to do with you?"

The Tathagata Buddha blinked helplessly, changed the subject, and said: "Now, the luck of our Buddhist sect has been cut, and the decline of Buddhism is foreseeable."

"I worked hard to plan the spread of Buddhist scriptures to the East, but in the end, it was all in vain..."

"Who can you blame?"

Emperor Ziwei interrupted without any hesitation and sneered, "You can only blame yourself for your insatiable greed and your desire for more."

"If you, the Buddhist sect, had not entertained thoughts about the demon race, how could there be such a disaster today?"

The Tathagata Buddha did not refute, but nodded and admitted it, saying: "The emperor is right, the disaster that the Buddhist sect is facing today is indeed our own fault."

"Since you know this, why did you come to my Purple Palace to waste your breath?"

Emperor Ziwei raised his eyebrows.

"There's just one thing I don't understand."

Tathagata Buddha finally stood up and stood opposite to Emperor Ziwei, and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Xuanying."

Emperor Ziwei's expression changed, and Tathagata Buddha continued, "This old monk has a divine eye that can see all living beings in the three realms and six paths, but he can't see the shadow of Jiang Xuanying."

"This person is a disciple of Ziwei Sect and a direct descendant of Fengdu Sect. It seems like he appeared out of nowhere."

“There is no past, no future, but it is so eye-catching in the present.”

"Don't you think his progress is too exaggerated? In the past, Zhang Tianshi ascended to heaven in thirty years and became Taiyi. Dousheng Buddha was conceived by the seven-colored stone. After he was born, he still practiced for seven years before he reached Taiyi."

"This kind of progress is already extremely terrifying. It would be amazing even in ancient times, but what about Jiang Xuanying?"

"From being an ordinary person to the current Taiyi realm, has it been three years?"

Tathagata Buddha said a lot, but Emperor Ziwei just blinked and said: "You also said that Zhang Daoling and Sun Wukong were just amazing enough in ancient times."

"Who knows, if my Xuan Ying were in ancient times, would he be an even more evil genius?"

"In ancient times, people born with the Taiyi trait were as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river. What's so surprising about that?"

The Tathagata Buddha frowned, too lazy to pay attention to the sophistry of Emperor Ziwei. Could the environment in ancient times be the same as it is now?

"Emperor, I have already been defeated. Can't I tell you the truth?"

"No."

Emperor Ziwei smiled and shook his head, saying: "Xuan Ying does have a secret, and many people know this secret, but no one will tell you."

The Tathagata Buddha's expression was gloomy for a moment, and he said: "Ksitigarbha was killed by him. He was able to ignore the terrifying gap in realm and completely kill a great supernatural being at a point other than the infinite kalpa. This kind of power is something that this old monk has never heard of."

"Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it's abnormal."

The Emperor of Ziwei smiled in a way that seemed a bit... annoying, like, that kind of expression that said, "I know this but I won't tell you."

Tathagata Buddha frowned and said, "Emperor, although there have always been disputes between Buddhism and Taoism, I am also a member of the Three Realms after all. I am not completely unaware of the whereabouts of the Great Heavenly Venerable. I am afraid that he did not leave due to a catastrophe, but did not disappear inexplicably, right?"

"The Three Realms have lost their pillar, yet such an unreasonable evil has appeared. The reason behind this is too much for this old monk to ponder."

"Please tell me, my Lord, what is the origin of Jiang Xuanying, and why he can control the destiny of the Dao Sect so thoroughly, and do what only the former Emperor Jun could do."

"Could it be that he is the reincarnation of a certain Taoist ancestor?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Ziwei laughed and said, "Tathagata, Tathagata, you are really bold in thinking. If he is really the reincarnation of the Taoist Patriarch, what virtue and ability do I have to dare to accept him as my disciple?"

The Tathagata Buddha was silent.

"As for the whereabouts of the Great Celestial Venerable, you can guess some of it, and I am not surprised, but I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. You just need to take care of your Buddhist sect and prevent any more troubles from happening to it, and there won't be any major chaos in the Three Realms."

Emperor Ziwei flicked his sleeves and said, "You keep calling me a member of the Three Realms. Ultimately, it's all for your own benefit. How disgusting."

The Tathagata Buddha was not annoyed when he heard such unabashed words, but simply replied: "The Emperor, the Heavenly Court, and the Dao Sect are all like this, aren't they? They just took advantage of the situation first."

"Yes, that's right. I never said that I have no selfish motives. Even the Great Heavenly Venerable has selfish motives."

"And then? How will you behave?"

Emperor Ziwei raised his palm, slowly clenched his fist, and said: "My Lord, the fists of Heaven and Daoism are bigger than yours, you should just endure it and live in peace, why, you don't accept it?"

The Tathagata Buddha said no more, but his figure slowly disappeared.

Emperor Ziwei did not move, but stood quietly in the same place for a long time, as if he was waiting for something.

After a long time, beyond the sky, in the boundless chaos, a crisp "da da" sound suddenly rang out.

An old man rode a green bull upside down and came from the outer world of heaven. After just a few steps, he arrived in front of Emperor Ziwei. "Greetings, Daozu."

Emperor Ziwei bowed and asked, "Leaving?"

The old man was no other than one of the Three Pure Ones, the Great Pure One.

Upon hearing this, Taoist Taiqing nodded slightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work in pretending to be nice."

"It's not hard, but I have to resist the urge to chop off the thing that defiles the True Buddha, and pretend I don't know. It's really hard."

"I also have to thank Daozu for the ban, otherwise, I'm afraid that this junior's thoughts will not be hidden from that ghost thing."

Emperor Ziwei spoke without restraint, and each of his sentences contained a huge amount of information.

Daozu obviously knew the inside story, and he just sighed and said, "If it weren't for this, why would I personally go down and do such a thing of bullying the weak."

"It's not about the big bullying the small, it's just about resolving the chaos."

Emperor Ziwei shook his head and said, "The Supreme One is outside, the Dao Ancestor is inside, and the younger generation assists them. This has been decided long ago."

Daozu looked up and asked, "How is the situation at the Jade Emperor's place?"

"It's still the same, neither good nor bad, but this is the best news."

Emperor Ziwei sighed and said, "It is already very good news that one person can suppress an entire world and maintain it."

Daozu also sighed and said, "I thought that the demons would be the first to be taken advantage of, but I never thought that we were fooled and were fooled."

"Yeah, who would have thought that it was actually Buddhism..."

Emperor Ziwei said helplessly: "Fortunately, the Eastern Pure Glazed World is still clean. Luojia Mountain should have been defiled, but Xuanying's sword in the Dragon Palace of the South China Sea saved Guanyin's life."

"The status of the Seven Buddhas' Master is still there, which is the only good news." (Originally, the Seven Buddhas' Master was Manjusri Bodhisattva, but in Journey to the West, Mr. Ru Zhong set the Seven Buddhas' Master to be Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.)
(In the Eagle Sorrow Gorge, Sun Wukong said: You, the teacher of the Seven Buddhas, the compassionate leader! How could you come up with a way to harm me!)
"It's just Randeng and Maitreya, I'm afraid..."

Emperor Ziwei seemed to want to speak but stopped himself.

Daozu closed his eyes with some sadness, and muttered to himself: "Only by eliminating greed, anger and ignorance can one realize the Vajra Will, but it is not that simple."

"Buddha is originally the Tao, Buddha is originally the Tao..."

Daozu murmured, tears actually falling down.

"One yin and one yang is called Tao. They depend on each other and help each other. This is the natural truth. What can I do? What can I do..."

Emperor Ziwei comforted him, "Even the way of heaven is imperfect, and the excess must be reduced to make up for the deficiency. Yin and Yang are no exception. Daozu, please don't be sad. Things have come to this point, and there are only two results."

Daozu sighed, "The Three Realms are not stable after all. Xuanying will have to work hard from now on. It will be hard for him. But he is the only one who can completely kill those foreign creatures."

"It doesn't matter. He told me that a long time ago."

Emperor Ziwei had his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent, but his tone was mixed with murderous intent.

"Be it him, you, me, or the Supreme, we have already gone crazy with killing."

"This catastrophe that spanned four epochs must eventually be explained and will end one day."

Daozu sighed again when he heard this.

"Everyone says it's hard, but the one who suffers the most is not the Taoist priest, not the Jade Emperor, and not you, but him..."

…………

"Is this what you call a chore?"

"What's so bitter about this?"

Ziweiyuan, in the Temple of Ten Thousand Stars.

Jiang Lin blinked his eyes, and sat down on a cushion in a somewhat exhausted state. The cushion contained the true meaning of wind and fire, and the ultimate principle of Xun and Li, which constantly soothed and relieved Jiang Lin's condition.

"Sit still. This cushion was borrowed from the Taoist master with great effort. Can you please show some respect to me?"

The old Taoist sat on the Ten Thousand Stars Throne belonging to Emperor Ziwei, with one foot on the edge and the other foot dangling, looking like Ge You lying on his back.

"Are you still qualified to say that to me?"

Jiang Lin muttered something, but still sat upright.

"The luck of Taoism is not so easy to bear. Although you look like a decent person now and have even gained great opportunities and benefits, your inner subtleties are ultimately tainted by luck."

The old Taoist said leisurely: "If you don't want to be completely in harmony with Tao in the future, you'd better sit for a while longer."

Jiang Lin nodded silently and began to cooperate with the wind and fire cushion to adjust his state.

After briefly carrying the Taoist luck, Jiang Lin gained great benefits from that strange state and made great progress in his understanding of his own Taoism, but the problem is that this state does not only have benefits.

Just as the old Taoist said, Jiang Lin's own Tao is too weak for the Taoist fortune. Although he can absorb a lot of nutrients from it, what will follow is that his own Tao will uncontrollably change in the direction of Taoist fortune.

Taoist practice emphasizes following the will of heaven and embodying the Tao, but it definitely does not mean completely merging oneself with the Tao.

Only the wind and fire cushion in the hands of the Taoist master could pull Jiang Lin back from the state of being on the verge of merging with the Tao, leaving him with only a brief period of benefits brought by the Taoist fortune.

"Old man, the task you just mentioned is what I will be doing next?"

In his spare time, Jiang Lin asked.

"That's right. It's really troublesome for ordinary people to deal with those weird things coming from outside the world. Only you can easily kill those ghosts."

The old Taoist picked his nose, and in the sight of Jiang Lin's painful expression, he wiped the dirt on the Ten Thousand Stars Throne.

Then he waved his hand and said, "Don't ask me why you can do it, and don't ask anything else. Just tell me whether you accept this hard job or not."

"What's so hard about this?"

Jiang Lin muttered and blinked, saying, "Since it is the order of the Emperor, I will obey it. Besides, the existence of those things is indeed a great threat to the Three Realms."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of the evil creature from outside the world that was killed in the South China Sea. If there was no interference, the entire South China Sea and even the entire Southern Continent would be affected by that thing.

Even Guanyin Bodhisattva can be said to be helpless and may even be affected in the opposite direction.

As for why Jiang Lin himself has a natural special attack against the evil creatures from outside the world, it is obvious that the old man and the Emperor know something.

But since the two elders didn't say anything, Jiang Lin wouldn't ask any more questions.

As for the Riddler, I've gotten used to it.

"By the way, what realm are you in now?"

The old Taoist blinked, looked at Jiang Lin, and said: "Under the influence of the Taoist destiny, even I, the old Taoist, can't see clearly what realm you are in now."

Jiang Lin heard this, thought about it, and released his own Qi.

Perfect and harmonious, one spirit and one flesh, with the unique characteristics of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

The old Taoist sucked his teeth secretly.

It is normal for Jiang Lin to be promoted to Taiyi Golden Immortal. This is something that can be seen.

But now this realm...

Why does it feel like, within the realm of Taiyi Jinxian, this disciple of mine has nowhere left to go?
Is Taoism so powerful?

The old Taoist reflected.

Is this really the kind of disciple I can teach?
(End of this chapter)