Lingzhang

Chapter 871 Dao Fruits Separate Immortal Saints and True Immortals

Looking at the sudden surge of ambition that Su Yuan displayed at this moment.

Yue Hanzhang couldn't help but sigh, all things under heaven often cycle like yin and yang. Heaven and earth are born and die, and even a person's circumstances can change abruptly from extreme decline to extreme prosperity.

Yue Hanzhang's appearance shattered the covetousness of Su Garden and the various Lotus Mansion members towards this extraordinary world.

However, when the obsession with the conspiracy of the past hundreds and thousands of years had to collapse, Yue Hanzhang also, in effect, removed a heavy shackle from the Su Garden and the people of the Zhuse Lotus Mansion, which had been burdened by the massive sunk costs of the past years.

This allows Su Garden to start afresh with a lighter burden.

Without the first-mover advantage brought by the various schemes of the past hundreds and thousands of years, they can return to the Dao Lotus World, re-establish themselves, and even glimpse the higher realm of immortals.

For Su Yuan, all of this is perhaps much easier than struggling with the current extraordinary life.

He was even confident that he could break free from the shackles of the Dao after transcending the first life.

He needs to start from scratch, but the long road ahead, after experiencing the trials and tribulations of this extraordinary life spanning hundreds and thousands of years, may be completely smooth.

Yue Hanzhang also breathed a sigh of relief, completely letting down his guard against Su Garden at this moment.

One has a plan, one has a "hometown," and one can still become invigorated even amidst such a depressed mood, when he envisions the future.

This is a person with "roots".

His "roots" will also become the shackles that prevent him from falling into chaos and madness, and from choosing a fight to the death.

In this way, a burden is lifted from one's heart.

Yue Hanzhang's attention then turned to another pass.

"The Great Dao Laws? The Primordial Celestial Venerable?"

"If I remember correctly, when you mentioned the Hundred Flowers Immortal Lord just now, you said that his biological father was the Lingfu Daluo True Immortal and Hunyuan Heavenly Venerable who had lived in the world for a long time, and that his mother was the first sect leader of the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect, Qinghe Hunyuan Heavenly Venerable."

"Is there anyone who can teach me the path beyond the Inner Realm Dao Lord?"

As he spoke, Yue Hanzhang's eyes shone brightly, as if filled with pure curiosity about the path ahead.

But in an instant.

Su Yuan's heart suddenly jumped.

He inexplicably felt a kind of throbbing, a throbbing he had never felt before, not even when Yue Hanzhang revealed the Great Dao of "Destruction" or when he heard him explain all the secrets of the past hundreds and thousands of years!
really.

Compared to past karmic entanglements and grudges, compared to the mysteries and truths hidden behind ancient history.

Yue Hanzhang was more concerned with the path ahead, the achievements in cultivation, and the fruits of his practice.

And such thoughts welled up in my mind.

Soon, Su Yuan's high spirits vanished, replaced by a somewhat melancholic and wistful expression.

In fact, compared to the secrets just mentioned, Su Yuan also showed extraordinary concern and emotional intensity when discussing Taoist practices.

"I never imagined that one day cultivators from your Human Dao Alliance would have such a discussion about the path of immortal cultivation..."

“Circumstances, oh circumstances…”

"That's all——"

"You are also the essence of the geniuses and prodigies of the human race in this world, accumulated over hundreds and thousands of years."

"This extraordinary path of cultivation, although it led us astray in the past, has only secretly destroyed the remaining essence that resonates with your innate nature."

"At the same time, what is truly integrated into your Daoist inheritance is the vast Daoist foundation of my Dao Lotus World in its heyday!"

"To be honest, the subtlety of the myriad paths and methods here far surpasses the primitive and crude framework of the path you are trying to develop on your own."

"and."

"Over hundreds and thousands of years, living beings and the world have been influencing each other. Generation after generation of geniuses and prodigies have been striding forward on this path, step by step, the Dragon Chart True Scripture has resonated with the world and nature, reflecting the boundless starry sea."

"The entire Extraordinary World, because it is gradually being reborn, has already been under such subtle influence, and its natural laws and origins are gradually approaching the meaning of the myriad laws and principles of the Dao Lotus World in the Dao Path."

"If you do not go to the mountain, the mountain will come to you."

"The innate spirituality that was lacking in ancient times has largely returned to you through this transformation."

"At least, there will be no more discord in this field."

"Therefore, if you ask me about the path ahead, I can guarantee that the foundation of the Daoist lineage that leads to an extraordinary life is at the level of the Daoist traditions of the Great Thousand Worlds!"

"It's a thoroughfare!"

"What truly binds you is the calamity itself, which is two sides of creation within the variables of this extraordinary life, the shackles on the path brought about by those radiant rays."

"It's not just you; even I, an old man, am facing the same cage as I climb the path forward in this realm."

"but."

"As long as you break through this cage, as long as you resolve the other influences that this cage itself brings to your foundation of Taoist magic."

"The path to enlightenment itself is a thoroughfare within the framework!"

"As for the path beyond the Inner Realm Dao Lord..."

"You are also a master of all the myriad laws and methods, a true grandmaster. Even without my direct explanation of the path ahead, you should already know it."

"The Foundation Establishment Realm is the planting of the seeds of Daoist principles within one's physical form and spirit. The Nine Seals Golden Core Realm is the process of these seeds taking root and sprouting, laying the foundation for the connection between physical form and spirit and Daoist principles."

"The first realm of the Dragon Diagram Exterior is a technique that approaches the Dao, transforming the ancient Daoist methods into the Dragon Diagram scriptures, reflecting them in the natural world, allowing the power of the natural world to 'nurture and refine' the origin of the Daoist methods for you!"

"Ultimately, the original essence of these cultivated techniques will return to the Inner Realm Dao Lord realm, perfectly merging with the physical form and spirit."

"From its inception to its rise, from the outside to the inside."

"This is the magnificent essence of my Dao Lotus World, a foundation of Dao techniques at the level of a thousand!"

"When the cultivation of the Dao has reached the point of moving from the outside in, and reaching the point of refining the body and spirit and uniting with the Dao, then..."

"You should also know that the path of immortal cultivation has come to an end in terms of 'cultivation' itself."

"Spiritual practice is not the result, but the process."

"And its ultimate goal is to cultivate a supreme Dao fruit, and with this supreme Dao fruit, entrust its form, spirit, and Dao essence for longevity and freedom!"

"thus--"

"There is only one step left on the road to the next level of the Inner Realm Dao Lord."

"Proving the Dao!"

"Or rather, once one reaches the Inner Realm Dao Lord stage, attaining the Dao Fruit in an instant is a natural and inevitable process."

"But there are subtle aspects to this step of enlightenment!"

"It is the overall manifestation of your spiritual progress!"

"And everyone in the world is different. Even on the same path, different people will have different experiences and different gains, and the final result will naturally be of different levels."

At this point, Su Yuan's gaze became vacant; his eyes were no longer fixed on Yue Hanzhang.

In his empty eyes, an unprecedented expression of reverence appeared between his brows.

Then, as Su Yuan flipped his hand, crimson spiritual light condensed in his palm and shone forth. Within the illusory crimson light, a seemingly simple and ancient silk scroll materialized.

On the silk scroll, ancient and mysterious seal script lines were imprinted one after another.

That was not one of the many scripts that Yue Hanzhang had ever seen.

However, this seal script itself contains the same power as the divinely bestowed names of Yue Hanzhang's various Dragon Diagram Sutras. Just by glancing at it, Yue Hanzhang was able to clearly grasp the true meaning of each seal script in his mind.

Then, Yue Hanzhang carefully gazed at the silk scroll that Su Yuan had revealed.

Those exquisite words are like a record of a grand and magnificent Buddhist ceremony.

At first, the names of various immortals appeared on it, such as so-and-so Yuan Immortal, so-and-so Ling Immortal, so-and-so Yin-Yang Immortal, stepping out from the crowd to ask the Heavenly Venerable about a certain Great Dao.

Then, a certain Great Immortal or a certain Primordial Celestial Venerable, seated cross-legged on a lotus platform, responded with verses, expounding on the profound and wondrous Dao.

After that, each time a Great Luo True Immortal and Hunyuan Heavenly Venerable responded, there were beings named so-and-so Immortal Lord, so-and-so Primordial Lord, so-and-so Spirit Lord who would break down and elaborate on the verses containing those precious words, explaining them in more accessible language.

Even today, Yue Hanzhang, whether he sees these verses or the extended interpretations of the immortal sayings, can gain a deeper or more concise understanding of the natural laws they expound.

However, Yue Hanzhang also felt it was a pity that this was merely a general explanation of the principles of heaven, earth, nature, and all things, without any mention of the barriers to cultivation.

Of course, there might be some, but those are definitely hidden behind the words through coded language and secret codes.

In conclusion, this is a silk manuscript scripture with a completely different style from the "Dragon Illustrations and Scriptures".

It is a true and pure Daoist canon produced by the Dao Lotus World.

On this silk manuscript, Yue Hanzhang clearly saw the distinct order: the Great Immortal and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable sat high above, expounding the essence of the Dao through verses, which was most transcendent.

Secondly, there are the various immortal lords, primordial lords, and spiritual lords, who are able to understand some of the profound truths expounded by the Great Luo True Immortals and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and can make some elaborations about their own path from them.

Only the Zhuyuan Immortal, Ling Immortal, and Yin-Yang Immortal, who appeared initially, were left with nothing but confusion and questions.

"This is not a forgery by later generations, a false scripture attributed to the myriad immortals in order to expound their own ideas about Taoism."

"In fact, it was a record personally made by the immortals of our realm who participated in this grand Dharma assembly when the Dao Lotus World was still the Great Thousand World in the past, and then transmitted it back to the lower realm as a supreme scripture."

"It is precisely for this reason that all the immortals, those who can be called sovereigns, and the specific names of the Great Luo True Immortals and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, if they do not have the orthodox immortal lineage of the Great Thousand Worlds, and have not reached the realm of having attained enlightenment."

"Then their names are clearly written on the silk scrolls and scriptures, but you will see them but not see them, hear them but not hear them."

"This is sufficient proof of the authenticity of this sutra!"

"And because it fully elucidates the principles of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, the Eight Trigrams, the Nine Palaces, and other cyclical processes."

"But it does not involve specific methods of practice."

"Therefore, this is the scripture for enlightenment of the Dao that has been widely spread throughout my Dao Lotus World ever since!"

"Today I will reveal this sutra to you, which will resolve your specific confusion about the level of attainment in the path."

"The fruits of enlightenment that living beings in the world can attain can be divided into three categories according to their level."

"The lowest is called Immortal, the next is called Saint, and the highest is called True!"

"The so-called immortal is one who encompasses the Dao within his own path, cultivates this Dao to its ultimate and supreme level, and whose practice is complete and perfect. His form and spirit are in harmony with the Dao, and he can transcend it."

"Those who bear this Dao in one day, and whose final appearance after completing their merits, may be called Xuanxian, Yuanxian, Lingxian, or Yin-Yang Xian, all of whom belong to this group."

"Those who attain this Dao fruit may be free and unfettered, but if they entrust their longevity to this Dao, they may gain longevity, but not permanence."

"After all, all things in the universe are in a cycle of life and death. This particular thing may be complete in the natural world today, but it may not be so in the future."

"Therefore, these immortals need to constantly adjust their own Dao fruits in accordance with the natural evolution of heaven and earth."

"But there is a limit to how much one can change. When one can no longer change, and then makes the slightest change, one's current Dao fruit will no longer be the Dao fruit one attained in the past. In this case, the immortals will have to undergo tribulation to be reshaped by the tempering of the tribulation energy of heaven and earth."

"Approximately every ten thousand years, there will be a calamity."

“If a cultivator of this era has sufficient foundation and uses the unique True Seal Dao to destroy the other Dao Scene Worlds and devour their origins, then in an instant, this Immortal Dao Fruit can be born amidst the storm of birth and death of the Dao Scene Worlds.”

"The so-called sages use the complete way to interpret the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth. Once this way exists, all the immeasurable changes are in the process of mastering and evolving their own Dao fruition, changing with the times and the world."

"Or, by embodying the wonders of form and spirit, one can encompass the entire realm of all things, stand beyond the vastness, and respond to all changes with constancy."

"They can be called Immortal Lord, Dao Lord, Spirit Lord, Primordial Lord..."

"Why is the final realm we've planned for you called 'Inner Realm Dao Lord'? It's because our Dao Lotus World's vast Daoist lineage, if successfully cultivated to its end, will allow us to attain the Saintly Dao Fruit!"

"The path of cultivation, from external scenery to internal scenery, encompasses everything, whether it is using the principle of completeness to interpret the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth, or using the wonder of form and spirit to contain the complete realm of all phenomena."

"To be detached from the world is to live a carefree and independent life; to be engaged in the world is to adapt to endless changes."

"One can attain great freedom by attaining this state, but everything has a beginning and an end. Heaven and earth are in a state of birth and death, and all things are also in a state of birth and death. Therefore, for a sage, ten thousand years of eons are easy to pass, but countless eons in the chaotic sea are hard to escape!"

"What is true is unbreakable and constant; this is what is true!"

"The method of attaining the Great Luo True Immortal is no longer verifiable. It is said to be related to the supreme, ethereal immortal realm that is supported by the three thousand great worlds in the current Chaos Sea. It is said that there are only three thousand Great Luo True Immortals, with no increase or decrease. They are all supreme beings who stood in the most ancient three thousand great worlds in the past!"

"The biological father of the Hundred Flowers Immortal Lord was such an existence, hence he was respectfully called the Great Luo True Immortal, also known as the Primordial Heavenly Venerable."

"His birth mother did not have the great achievement of establishing a rule over the world, so she was only honored as Qinghe Hunyuan Tianzun."

"But their attainments are equal, and there is no longer any distinction between them in terms of rank or status."

"The method of enlightenment of the Primordial Celestial Venerable is similar to that of the Sages, but also different!"

"A sage must use the Way of the Whole to interpret all things in the universe, and thus bring all things to the whole world."

"But the Primordial Celestial Venerable is still above that! The complete Dao is no longer enough! Instead, one must further sublimate the complete Dao through the cultivation of one's own form, spirit, and Dao techniques, transforming it into the supreme Dao! Sublimating it into the Great Dao Law!"

"Then, using this supreme law, we created heaven and earth! We established the universe! We formed the cosmos!"

"It is not about using one principle to interpret all phenomena, but rather about using one ultimate principle to create the world and then using this world to encompass all principles and laws! It encompasses all principles that arise from heaven and earth and nature, rather than using one principle to interpret all phenomena."

"That is... a seed of heaven and earth of the Great Thousand Rank!"

"Through the immeasurable cycle of birth and death in this world, we can verify the constant cycle of our own Daoist practice."

"As soon as this world was established, its immeasurable changes were already witnessed by the beings in the Chaos Sea, and countless eons passed in an instant."

"Therefore, in the process of birth and death of every great world, those cultivators who emerge from the era of the end of the Dharma, reforge the earth, fire, water, and wind, and stand as the pillars of the new life of the great world, will inevitably attain the position of Primordial Celestial Venerable!"

"Those who can refine their physical and spiritual worlds internally and use the laws of the Dao to create the universe, while also attaining the status of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, will naturally become the 'variable' itself that causes one of the Great Thousand Worlds to fall from the Great Thousand level in the future."

"Of course, it doesn't mean that one has to wait until their own world truly becomes one of the three thousand before they can ascend to the position of Heavenly Venerable."

"The process of the Celestial Venerable attaining enlightenment emphasizes that once proven, it is eternally proven; once true, it is eternally true."

"Everything was already proven the moment you condensed your Dao Fruit."

"This world has the potential to reach the level of a great thousand, which means that no matter how many years have passed, this world is destined to become one of the three thousand great thousand worlds. The connection between cause and effect has been established at this moment, spanning the years."

"Moreover, this realm is merely a product of the process of proving one's path, so it's alright not to try and seize those three thousand."

"Even if it becomes the Great Thousand World, it doesn't matter if it falls down again in the future. In the eyes of the Heavenly Venerable, birth and death, existence and non-existence, are just one of the immeasurable changes."

"Thus, there are three thousand Great Luo True Immortals and countless Primordial Heavenly Venerables in the world!"

(End of this chapter)