Fellow Taoists, please respect yourself.

Chapter 412 A wake-up call
"came back?"

Daozu looked at Jiang Lin who suddenly appeared in front of him with a smile. Before Jiang Lin appeared, even he had no sense of it at all.

It was as if an invisible paintbrush used this quiet room as canvas to depict Jiang Lin's appearance.

And to the paintbrush, Daozu himself was just a figure on the canvas.

Jiang Lin slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

He raised his head and looked at Daozu, nodded slightly, but said nothing.

He was still immersed in the conversation with the Great Heavenly Venerable.

Although the Great Lord that he saw was a little bit out of place, and even a large part of their time was spent on applying sunscreen to bikini beauties.

But the amount of information contained in it is no less.

The mere fact that the Great Celestial Venerable can appear in this world reveals a huge amount of information.

First of all, according to the Great Venerable, the present world was created by Jiang Lin, but the Great Venerable can enter and leave the present world freely. Does this mean that the Great Venerable and Jiang Lin once reached some cooperation, or that the two of them were like-minded friends?
Second, the existence of the present world is independent of the three realms of Yin and Yang, and the Great Heavenly Venerable should have been in a difficult confrontation with the Yin Heavenly Venerable, but he can be so leisurely in the present world.

Jiang Lin asked whether the Great Celestial Master who appeared in the world was the real and complete Great Celestial Master who was confronting Yin Celestial Master.

The Great Heavenly Venerable tacitly agreed to this.

This means that even in the difficult confrontation with Yin Tianzun, compared to the Three Realms, the present world is a safer haven for the Great Tianzun, where he can temporarily avoid the suppression from Yin Tianzun.

In other words, even if Yin Tianzun transformed the entire Yang Three Realms into his own power, he would be unable to do anything to the Great Tianzun who was squatting in the world.

The value of this world can be seen from this.

In addition, it can be seen that the dilemma faced by the Great Heavenly Venerable is indeed very severe, severe to the extreme.

Otherwise, with the arrogance of the Great Celestial Venerable, how could he do such a thing as temporarily escaping in order to recover his strength?

The Great Celestial Master in the present world seems to be unrestrained, but in fact it is an extremely helpless compromise, because the Great Celestial Master has used up his last retreat.

But this retreat cannot be used forever.

This is like drinking poison to quench thirst.

Because the ultimate goal of Yin Tianzun is not to defeat Da Tianzun, but to move the stone of Da Tianzun and then make the Yin Three Realms his own.

This is something that the Great Heavenly Venerable cannot accept.

And every time the Great Tianzun dodged, it meant that the unobstructed Yin Tianzun could move one step closer to the original Yin Three Realms and now the Pure Yang Three Realms.

Sooner or later, the Great Celestial Master will face an inevitable day.

It's frustrating, but there's no better way.

These pieces of information, which had little to do with the truth, made Jiang Lin feel as if a huge stone was pressing on his heart.

Although the three realms have now achieved peace and stability.

The demon clan was destroyed, and Buddhism was destroyed. The former has no possibility of recovery. Although Guanyin is working hard on the latter, it will not see results in a short time.

Without the demon clan and Buddhism, the Three Realms did achieve stability in a macro sense, but this stability was extreme and distorted.

The complete dominance of Taoism and Heaven is of course beneficial to maintaining stability.

But don’t forget that whether it’s Taoism or Heaven, the people are never united internally.

It can be predicted that if the current situation in the Three Realms continues, Taoism and Heaven will inevitably face corruption and infighting.

There is no doubt about this.

The temporarily stable but extremely flawed Three Realms, the Yin Tianzun who is eyeing the entire Three Realms with eagerness and wants to devour them, and the Great Tianzun who is already in a precarious situation and can only delay time by drinking poison to quench his thirst...

Drinking poison to quench thirst...

Yes, it’s not just the Great Celestial Venerable, the three realms are also drinking poison to quench their thirst.

Even Daozu is doing this.

Everyone is drinking poison to quench thirst.

As long as Yin Tianzun still exists, he will have to keep drinking this poison and then face his final death.

Seeing that Jiang Lin didn't respond, Daozu didn't mind. He just waited silently for Jiang Lin to come out of his thoughts.

After a long time, Jiang Lin's eyes finally focused. He looked at Daozu and asked directly: "May I ask Daozu, can you three help me..."

What Jiang Lin was talking about was naturally the three supreme beings, the Three Pure Ones. Although he knew very well that if the Three Pure Ones could take direct action, they would have done it long ago, and it would not be Jiang Lin's turn to ask.

But what if?
Jiang Lin held on to a one in ten thousand hope, but saw Daozu shaking his head slightly.

"Do you know what the Three Treasures are?"

Hearing this, Jiang Lin subconsciously said, "Three treasures are the Tao, the scriptures, and the teacher."

This is knowledge that cannot be more basic.

The Taoist master sighed and said, "We are the Three Pure Ones. The Jade Pure Yuanshi Tianzun is the source of Taoism, the Upper Pure Lingbao Tianzun is the ancestor of the Taoist scriptures, and I am the teacher of Taoism. We call them the Three Treasures of the Taoist Scripture Masters."

"But these are not the three treasures that are exclusive to the Taoist sect. Our Taoist sect may be more appropriately called the Xuan Sect."

"Because the word Tao is what I force myself to say."

"To put it bluntly, whether it's Taoism or Buddhism, the three thousand main ways and eight hundred side ways, they are all pursuits and interpretations of the Tao, they just have different walking speeds, different postures, and different routes."

"Compared to other sects, our Dao Sect only has a more appropriate walking speed, a more comfortable posture, and a relatively smooth route. That's why we shamelessly call ourselves Dao Sect."

It seemed that Daozu said a lot of nonsense, but Jiang Lin understood his meaning and his eyes dimmed.

The Three Pure Ones cannot take action because they are the embodiment of Tao and part of the laws of nature, although what Yin Tianzun did will indeed lead to the destruction of all living beings in the Three Realms.

But in a sense, this is also part of natural evolution.

Yang is born from the cathode and Yin is born from the anode. This is the natural law.

The three realms of Yin and Yang are like two mirrors. What you have, I also have, and what I have, you also have.

There are the Three Pure Ones in the Three Yin Realms, so are there also the Three Pure Ones in the Three Yang Realms?
If so, why didn't the Three Pure Ones of the Yang Three Realms stop Yin Tianzun's actions?
After realizing this, Jiang Lin lowered his head helplessly.

"Then may I ask Daozu, do you know where the Great Emperor Changsheng and the Great Emperor Gouchen have gone?"

Jiang Lin asked again.

This is also a doubt, but it is also the fastest way for Jiang Lin to increase his own combat power.

If the two top masters of great magical powers, two of the Four Imperial Gods, could return, apart from other things, at least they could delay the confrontation with Yin Tianzun for a while...

Something is better than nothing.

Daozu was silent for a while, and then said: "When the Great Lord was forced to rest, it was these two who held on."

After this sentence, Jiang Lin fell silent again.

This is no longer just a desperate fight, but a complete disregard for one's life.

I thought that these two were going to do something as a backup plan arranged by the Great Celestial Lord, but I didn't expect that the truth would be so cruel and direct.

There was no back-up plan or arrangement, only the most direct and bloody result.

Even the top masters with great supernatural powers would definitely not be a match for Yin Tianzun. Perhaps only by risking their lives could they delay the situation for a moment.

This question not only did not yield any results, but instead gave Jiang Lin a greater sense of urgency.

Jiang Lin stood up suddenly.

Then, he asked Daozu: "Daozu, if I succeed in recovering everything, can I stop Yin Tianzun?"

Daozu remained silent and did not make any movement.

The silence lasted for a long time before Daozu slowly said, "I don't know. No one knows."

As he spoke, there was a hint of confusion in Daozu's eyes.

Yin Tianzun, who devoured the entire Three Realms, had never happened before, even in the chaotic time, in the changes of the natural truth called Tao.

If chaotic time is regarded as a circle, then the countless causal cycles are small circles within this big circle.

The size and scope of the cause and effect of "Yin Tianzun who was born from devouring the three realms" is comparable to the entire big circle.

Once it happens, either a variable called "successful prevention" is added like other causes and effects to achieve a more perfect cycle. Or...

Break the whole circle.

From then on, there was no more so-called chaotic time, no more cause and effect cycle, and the natural truth returned to the most ignorant state. In the entire chaos, there was no so-called world or living beings. There was only one Heavenly Lord who controlled everything and destroyed everything.

No one except Yin Tianzun wants to see this result.

What Jiang Lin has to do now is to work with the Great Tianzun to increase the weight of the variable of "successful prevention" as much as possible, in order to put this result into the cause and effect cycle of Yin Tianzun.

otherwise……

Jiang Lin had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but also a sense of funny irony.

The destruction of not only the Three Realms but the entire chaos actually rested on the shoulders of a tiny Taiyi Golden Immortal like himself.

"It's not surprising to have such thoughts until you get everything you once had back."

Daozu seemed to see through Jiang Lin's thoughts and said softly: "But when you get everything back, you will know..."

Daozu did not say what he knew.

Jiang Lin didn't ask, but just bowed and said goodbye silently.

With heavy thoughts in mind, Jiang Lin walked out of the Tushita Palace.

He stroked the reception token in his hand and hesitated a little.

According to the Great Heavenly Venerable, his past wisdom and some more important things are left behind in the reincarnations, which the Great Heavenly Venerable calls nodes.

If you want to get back everything you once had, you have to find these nodes. If you want to go one step further and become a great master, you also need to find the nodes you once had.

Each node represents a beauty that Jiang Lin had once come into contact with and with whom he had a deep karmic relationship.

The Great Heavenly Venerable did not say how to do it specifically, but his meaning was obvious, and he also gave many hints.

For example, the eldest son-in-law or something...

It was obvious that he was telling Jiang Lin that it didn't matter which node he retrieved first, for my sake, could you please go find my eldest daughter first...

The one who is close to the water gets the ginger first.

This is also where Jiang Lin was hesitating.

Every node is crucial, so who should we look for first?

Moreover, if he really did this, Jiang Lin would always feel guilty, as if he was contacting them not because of feelings, but for other purposes.

Although Jiang Lin himself knew very well that this was just going with the flow, the feeling of guilt still existed.

After a long while, Jiang Lin made up his mind, took out the guide token, and headed straight for...

The sky beyond the sky, the sea of ​​stars, the Purple Palace.

Inside the Ten Thousand Stars Palace, Emperor Ziwei was not there. Instead, there was an old man slumped on the Ten Thousand Stars throne in a strange manner, acting like a bully.

"Old man, I've got a problem."

Jiang Lin sat down in front of the old man, supporting his chin with his hands.

That's right, his first stop was to see the old man.

Perhaps even Jiang Lin himself did not know that when he was confused and at a loss, the first person he thought of was always the seemingly out-of-touch old man in his family.

Only in front of the old man would Jiang Lin speak out all his concerns without any shame.

'Snapped! '

The crisp sound of a slap on the back of the head echoed throughout the Ten Thousand Stars Temple.

Jiang Lin fell forward after being hit, and the old man appeared behind Jiang Lin without knowing when. He retracted his palm and roared in pain: "Shame on you! You little bastard, you are such a disgrace!"

"I have worked very hard and never slacked off for a moment. I have raised you with all my heart for so many years. How could I have raised you to be such a shameless person?"

Jiang Lin straightened up and shook his head. The old man's hand was a little too strong and he felt a little dizzy. As soon as he woke up, he heard the old man's roar of grief.

But I always feel like something is wrong?
"Come here, boy, let me ask you a question."

The old man looked down at his shameful child, counting the names on his fingers one by one, saying, "The people from Mount Li, Mount Tu, Heaven, West Kunlun, the old Tan family, the old Huang family, and that guy, do they all like you?"

Jiang Lin rubbed his brows and was about to nod subconsciously, but suddenly felt something was wrong and said, "Old man, why did you add Miao Qing in? And who is that so-and-so?"

"Ahem, slip of the tongue."

The old man was embarrassed, which was rare for him. Then he said angrily, "Excluding the last two, what about the rest?"

"right."

Jiang Lin scratched his nose and nodded awkwardly.

The old man's question was so direct and embarrassing that Jiang Lin felt a little embarrassed.

"So do you like them?"

The old man said, "Don't mention any names, I'm asking about all of them."

Jiang Lin was embarrassed now. He nodded hesitantly and said, "Maybe I like it..."

"Then what nonsense are you talking about!"

The old man kicked Jiang Lin on the buttocks, and angrily said, "Why do you think so much? The man is in love with the concubine, and no one can stop you from having three wives and four concubines, not to mention that you only have five."

"As for the exploitation and guilt, that's all bullshit."

"Think about it carefully, kid."

The old man's tone softened, and he said, "You are improving too fast, so fast that they can't keep up with you at all. You are now a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Even Yang Jian and that monkey can only be equal to you at most."

"But what about them? Even the girl from the Great Heavenly Venerable's family who had survived nine lifetimes of tribulations and had just found her wisdom and regained everything, is now only at the Golden Immortal level, barely touching the threshold of the Taiyi Golden Immortal."

"Even though Tan Ruo is the Queen of Heaven, she can't help you at all, let alone the others."

"So they won't come back to bother you, even though they know where you are. Even though they rely on their background, they can come over even if you are in the High Heaven Palace, but none of them do that."

"Because they know very well that even if they stand in front of you, what can they do? How can they help you?"

"The gap in personal strength is the most despairing gap, kid, do you know that?"

The old man said in a deep voice: "Feelings are just feelings, they are pure and sacred in themselves. What you are worried about are just the benefits that come with feelings."

"Without an emotional foundation, you don't have the opportunity to worry about these things."

"I can understand why you think this way. You may feel that if you rush to do something right now, it would be disrespectful to them. But boy, this idea itself puts you in a superior position."

"But feelings are relative. There is no hierarchy in feelings."

"Believe it or not, even if you tell them everything, they won't think the same way as you do. Instead, they will be happy that they can help you."

The old man said a lot in one breath. Although he has always been a talkative person, this is the first time in Jiang Lin's memory that he has given such a serious and long speech.

After he finished speaking, seeing that Jiang Lin was still in a daze, the old man got furious and kicked him again, saying, "The mink fur is already burnt in the fire, and you are still hesitating."

"Not hesitant."

Jiang Lin patted his butt and stood up, muttering, "I just feel that the Great Lord and the two emperors are fighting hard in the front, while I'm picking up girls in the back. Isn't it a bit..."

Although he didn't know what it meant to pick up girls, the old man understood it immediately and said, "You picking up girls now is the biggest help to them."

As he spoke, the old man became serious and said, "Boy, I don't know much, but I did hide some things from you before. But I can assure you that the relationship between you and me as a master and disciple is not mixed with anything else."

"If you are going to die, I will definitely die before you."

"To die behind a disciple, or to die in battle with a disciple, is the greatest shame for a master."

Jiang Lin smiled and said, "But for me, being able to die with you at the last moment is the greatest honor for a disciple."

The old man glared at him and asked, "Have you decided?"

"It's decided."

Jiang Lin nodded, bid farewell to the old man, and walked towards his first stop.

(End of this chapter)