The Golden Elixir Road

Chapter 194 Breaking the Void and Returning to the Void

Refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, refining emptiness into the Tao, no matter what method is used in Taoist practice, one will generally go through these processes.

Wang Zizai has now reached the threshold of returning to emptiness. What does it mean to return to emptiness? It means empty and more empty, empty and more empty. The nature is like the void, but it is not attached to the form of emptiness. This is called true emptiness. Breaking through the void and becoming one with the void is the skill of refining the spirit and returning to emptiness.

At this point in the practice, the five energies will naturally converge and the three flowers will gather at the top of the head. You will be able to silently comprehend the roots of your previous life and predict the good and bad fortune of the future.

Bodhidharma faced the wall for nine years just for this purpose. Although it is Buddhism, the essence is the same. Buddhism says: If you want to realize the body of emptiness, you must be shown the law of emptiness. When you realize emptiness, there is no right or wrong.

After returning to the Immortal Mountain, Wang Zizai did not enter the thatched cottage after explaining everything. Instead, he entered a specially designed cave and sat facing the cave wall.

Facing the wall of the cave, there are two meanings. One is that the mind is as firm as a wall; the other is to rely on the earth color of the wall to prevent oneself from falling into the stubborn void.

Once you enter the state of returning to emptiness, there are no more tangible natural tribulations, but you cannot avoid the tribulations in your heart. Especially once you fall into the state of stubborn emptiness, your body will often be like wood or stone, without any consciousness. If you are not careful, you will pass away and no longer have any feelings of life.

Wang Zizai lowered his eyelids, and a hint of earthiness came into his sight. He entered into a state of great vacuum and concentration. Time lost its effect, and he didn't know how much time had passed, and the whole person seemed to have turned into nothingness.

At the beginning, there were some various scenes emerging, but Wang Zizai ignored them. Gradually, there was a bright light, but without any color. The yin energy around his body gradually disappeared, and even his soul turned into pure yang.

Of course, this is only relative. The pure yang at this time is relative to the past. Within the pure yang, there is true yin and yang. At this time, the primordial spirit can be called the yang spirit.

However, what Wang Zizai was practicing was ultimately the unity of body and spirit, not relying solely on the Yang Spirit to ascend. Therefore, Wang Zizai did not call it the Yang Spirit, and still called it the Yuan Spirit.

At this moment, the light in the void gradually faded, and an extremely empty feeling appeared, until even the void did not exist. His consciousness began to disappear, and he was about to fall into the void. There was no wavering in Wang Zizai's heart, not even his soul. He had to pass this hurdle, there was no other way, even if he fell into the void, his soul would remain indifferent.

A hint of khaki color emerged from nothing and turned into pure yellow in an instant. Suddenly, yellow buds were everywhere on the ground. The void seemed to shatter into pieces and turned into white snow all over the sky. The innate essence of the body suddenly became like gas and mist, forming a lead flower, which was the essence flower, and rushed to the top of the head.

The innate vital energy throughout the body is gathered, taking on a Ruyi shape, which rushes to the top of the head and turns into qi flowers. The divine spiritual lights throughout the body rush out one after another and converge at the top of the head to become divine flowers. With a bang, the sky gate above the head opens and three flowers rush out, floating and sinking continuously. This is the three flowers gathering at the top of the head.

The true meaning of the five internal organs is divided into five elements, and the light becomes five colors, and also rushes out of the sky gate. The five-colored air comes out, and the Yin ghosts, external demons, three corpses and seven spirits, the last bit of Yin existence in the body, all pretend to be images, and appear one after another to disturb the innocence of nature. In an instant, the ears are filled with reeds, and the eyes are filled with the fragrance of flowers. The tongue has a sweet taste, and the nose smells a strange fragrance. The mood is relaxed, and the spirit is high. The six desire demons appear, and the king is free and has no thoughts.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Zizai was outside the Immortal Mountain. The breeze was blowing and the sun was long. In the blink of an eye, there was a heavy rain and thunder. In the buildings in the mountain, there were loud music and singing. Suddenly, there was crying and sadness. The seven emotions demon came to disturb him. Wang Zizai was like seeing nothingness and didn't think about it at all. The seven emotions demon was still transforming. The wealth demon came to attack. There were all kinds of rich and noble scenes. Wang Zizai seemed to be in a jade building and a room full of orchids. Pearl curtains and green curtains, steep buildings and carved walls. Pearls and treasures were everywhere, and the room was full of gold and jade. Wang Zizai just kept his mind on the Tao and was calm. Wealth and honor were like floating clouds to me.

Before the demon of wealth retreated, the demon of nobility came again. Wang Zizai found himself a general and a prime minister, with great power in all directions. He had a magnificent carriage and clothes, and envoys with banners. His family was full of wealth and nobility. Before the demon of wealth retreated, Wang Zizai found himself full of children and grandchildren. In the blink of an eye, his children became sick, his parents died, his brothers were separated, his wife was separated. His flesh and blood suffered, his family was destroyed, and the demon of love and affection played tricks on him. In a blink of an eye, his body had turned into a mortal, fell into the sea of ​​fire, and fell from the top of the mountain.

After finally saving his life, he was tied to the execution ground and executed, and the demon of disaster befell him again. The demons of swords, weapons, saints, prostitutes, and women appeared one after another, but Wang Zizai just kept his mind and did not move at all. No matter how the demons tempted him, he did not even think about exorcising the demons.

In fact, these demons are transformed from the last bit of their own negative sense of existence and the spirit of heaven and earth, and are not external things. If they are tempted in the slightest and indulge in it, they will fall into stubborn emptiness, their consciousness will be destroyed and transformed into material things, and only their immortal bodies will remain in the world.

At this moment, the five colored light energy combined together and turned into gold. In an instant, a golden light shot up into the sky. This was the Five Qis Converging to the Origin. Wherever the golden light passed, it penetrated the whole body. The Yin gods and demons in the body were illuminated by the golden light and instantly turned into guardian generals of the Yuan spirit.

The place inside the Purple Mansion is very different now. The image of the Yuanshen has also changed greatly. His body has transformed into that of a real Taoist, wearing a map of mountains and rivers and the country, with chaotic green lotus under his feet and rolling auspicious clouds above his head. Golden lotuses are emerging, and three flowers in the middle are floating up and down. In the auspicious clouds, there are Tai Chi Yin and Yang, Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, and other interpretations of the birth and death of the world. There are also Dinghai Divine Pearl, Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Furnace, and Immortal Phoenix Seal floating up and down in it. The Dragon Smoke Gun and Blue Bird Sword have transformed into a dragon and a phoenix and are wandering around.

When the golden light appeared, the primordial spirit appeared on the top of the head, bathed in golden light. Countless guardian gods transformed from demon spirits surrounded it. The five elements spirits of heaven and earth appeared in front, behind, left and right of the primordial spirit. The earth spirit transformed into yellow turban warriors; the fire and wood spirits transformed into six Dings and six Jias; the metal spirit transformed into a golden boy; and the water spirit transformed into a jade girl, all of whom were served and driven by the primordial spirit.

The golden light gradually faded, and the soul returned to the Purple Palace. At this time, the soul was no longer the only one in the Purple Palace. The guardian gods, the Six Dings and Six Jias, the Golden Boy and Jade Girl, and the Yellow Turban Warrior each performed their duties and stood around the soul.

Wang Zizai and his primordial spirit merged into one, and he understood in an instant that these were all inner gods. Once the inner gods appeared, they would naturally conform to the spirit and laws of heaven and earth. The Yellow Turban Warrior was originally formed by the spirit of earth, and the laws of earth were his instincts. Gravity manipulation was one of the laws of earth. If one could manipulate gravity freely, there would be nothing that could not be lifted. No wonder the Yellow Turban Warrior was said to have infinite strength in the legend, and could summon any god, as if there were many of them.

However, the practice of returning to the void has not yet ended. Wang Zizai focused his mind, and in an instant his soul gradually became ethereal. Finally, his soul completely disappeared. This was not disappearance, but it became completely the same nature as Taixu. This was the true meaning of returning to the void. After practicing to this point, simple material and energy attacks could no longer hurt him in the slightest. Anyone who could damage Taixu would make their attack on Wang Zizai's soul fall into vain.

The primordial spirit is of the same nature as the void, and cannot be perceived by divine thoughts. Then, Wang Zi's entire body gradually disappeared from the space. When he reappeared, there was a smile on his face, and his body also underwent qualitative changes.

In the process of returning to emptiness, there was still a slight hindrance. Wang Zizai continued to deepen his concentration. His whole body was transparent, just like the void. A kind of enlightenment appeared in his mind, but there was neither joy nor sorrow in his heart. The vacuum is not only a concept of space, but also a unity of space and time, and there is also time.

Although Wang Zizai could enter the long river of time and space and peek into the past and the future in the past, that was just a manifestation of his supernatural power. Looking back into the past was only for this life. But now he can trace back through the reincarnations life by life. The past, present and even the future become one at this moment.

(End of this chapter)