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Chapter 481 Reversing the Three Corpses, Seeing the True Self

Within the dreamlike Papacy.

Xuanqing's long eyelashes trembled slightly, like butterfly wings.

He yawned softly, waking up slowly from that deep yet vivid dream.

"How are you? How do you feel?" Meng Wuyou looked over.

Xuanqing slowly opened his eyes.

There was no trace of the confusion one feels when just waking up in those deep eyes; instead, they were as clear and bright as the night sky after a rain.

It was as if, in that brief dream, he had experienced a complete cycle of reincarnation.

Xuan Qing gently handed the scroll of "Dream Book," which still radiated a soft glow, back to Meng Wuyou, who had been anxiously waiting beside him.

"Worry-free, this scripture of yours leads directly to the gate of the Great Way."

"Just now in my dream, I took the opportunity to sort out and revise a few of the slightly obscure Dao principles for you."

"Now, you can take it and go into seclusion."

"If nothing unexpected happens, we only need to choose an auspicious day to complete our merits and attain the fruit of the Dream Path."

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Wuyou's bright almond-shaped eyes instantly shone with an irrepressible light of surprise.

The smile on her face was as radiant as a blooming rose.

The Styx Ancestor, who was standing to the side, then came over.

His aggressive eyes scrutinized Xuan Qing, who had just woken up, as if trying to discern some unusual change in him.

Driven by intense curiosity, he asked:
"Fellow Daoist Xuanqing, what kind of dream did you just have?"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Qing thought for a moment, then replied in a rather amused tone:

"A rather unusual dream."

"What kind of special dream?"

Meng Wuyou was immediately intrigued and leaned closer, blinking her big eyes as she pressed for an answer.

Xuan Qing's face showed an extremely serious expression.

He said, "I dreamt that I was hit and killed on the spot by the 'Car Accident Immortal' driving an out-of-control car."

Upon hearing this, Styx was taken aback.

His dignified face was instantly filled with astonishment.

Then, he couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter.

Styx laughed so hard he bent over backwards, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Hahahaha...that...that's really...quite special!"

He said, laughing and panting.

"No wonder the entire dream world experienced a very slight fluctuation just now."

"So it was you, the Pope, who 'died' in your own dream!"

He wiped away the tears of laughter and continued to tease:

"I thought that with your level of cultivation, you would at least dream of fighting Pangu, the Great God, for three hundred rounds in the chaos, hacking and slashing at each other!"

Meng Wuyou couldn't help but cover her mouth with her sleeve and chuckle.

"If he really had such a dream, then the two of us would probably be 'corrected' on the spot by the supreme will of the Great God Pangu!"

An ordinary Great Immortal can, in a single thought, overturn dreams and turn illusion into reality.

Not to mention a supreme sect leader like Xuan Qing, who has already reached the Taiyi realm.

If he wants it, his dream will come true!
If he truly imagined a scene of fighting against the god Pangu in his dream.

Then, the terrifying will of creation might indeed descend upon the Holy See through the connection of dreams.

"correct."

Xuan Qing simply smiled indifferently at their teasing.

He gently pushed up the Jade Purity Taoist Crown on his head, which symbolized the primordial Taoist lineage.

"Inspired by your book, 'The Book of Dreams,' I have also come to a small understanding."

"Perhaps you can take this into consideration."

As his words fell.

Above his head, a vast expanse of auspicious clouds, about an acre in size, slowly unfolded.

Above the auspicious clouds, ten thousand golden lamps and dangling pearl necklaces exude an eternal and undying Daoist charm.

Immediately afterwards, a deity whose appearance was exactly the same as Xuan Qing's, but whose temperament was completely different, slowly walked out from the auspicious clouds, holding an ancient oil-paper umbrella.

His eyes held a hint of worldly compassion and tranquility, as if he were an old friend emerging from a long, rainy alley.

The moment Meng Wuyou saw this deity, the smile on her face froze, replaced by an incredulous astonishment.

"This...this is...the Dream Dao Fruit?"

Seriously? You just took a nap here?!
Did you attain a completely new Dao fruit simply by sleeping?

Do you want to be so exaggerated?

After seeing through the true nature of that deity, Styx said, "This is... the obsession of the Three Corpses!"

Upon hearing this, the deity holding the oil-paper umbrella smiled gently and nodded slightly to the two of them.

"Both are correct."

His voice was as gentle and melodious as the misty rain of Jiangnan.

“I am the ‘Self Corpse’ among the three corpses that I reversed through the Great Path of Dreams.”

"Reversing the Three Corpses?"

Upon hearing this, Styx and Wuyou exchanged bewildered glances.

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Earlier, in all the heavens and myriad worlds.

After deciding on the general strategy of "creating a true world and counterattacking the primordial world," the Chaos Gods began their actions.

Through direct or indirect means, they created worlds of demons and gods across various timelines, cultivating new-era demons and gods with the true seeds of demons and gods.

To prevent the Primordial True Realm from discovering this in advance, the Heavenly Dao Spirit, together with several demon gods who had already attained enlightenment, and with the power of the Destiny Artifact—the [Destiny Tablet], altered the trajectory of these worlds' destinies.

"Unfortunately, we can't get Fellow Daoist Shichen back."

The Shadow Demon God sighed, "If He were here, we would not only have gained a powerful fellow Daoist, but we wouldn't even need to worry about the Taiwei Heavenly Court's investigation across the River of Time!"

"Even if we do something openly and honestly, they won't find out!"

Other demons and gods also agreed: "We strongly suspect that Pangu targeted Fellow Daoist Shichen with a form of suppression."

"Otherwise, why was Fellow Daoist Shichen the first to die among the three thousand demon gods?"

Upon hearing this, the Fire Demon God scratched his head: "Isn't it because Fellow Daoist Shichen rushed too fast?"

"I remember that I didn't even realize what Pangu was going to do before Fellow Daoist Shichen crashed into the Heaven-Opening Axe and died a terrible death."

"It was a bloodbath."

The Chaos Gods fell silent.

The time passed quickly, but it was also truly tragic.

Is the primordial era's river of time and space now magnificent?

That's all the blood that the Time Demon God can't stop bleeding from.

This blood flows from the past to the present, and from the present to the future, without end.

In comparison, the other Chaos Gods were much better off.

Although some of the demon gods were defeated and suppressed by Taiwei Yuan, they at least managed to thrive in the new era and leave their own footprints.

When will the Time Demon be able to get back up?
"Fellow Daoists, why be so sad?"

Seeing the demons sighing and lamenting, the Heavenly Dao Spirit, carrying a banner billowing black smoke, spoke up to offer some words of advice:
"We can't bring back Fellow Daoist Shichen, but we can cultivate a new Time Demon God!"

"In fact, as long as we can find Fellow Daoist Shichen's Great Dao Artifact, the new Time Demon God we cultivate may not be inferior to Fellow Daoist Shichen!"

The Shadow Demon looked at the Heavenly Dao Spirit and nodded.

He said, "Fellow Daoist, you once merged with the Dao of Heaven, so your achievements in the Dao of Time must far surpass ours."

"Whether it's finding the Time Artifact or the Time Dao Fruit, you'll need to put in a lot of effort, fellow Daoist."

"No problem, it's my duty!"

The Heavenly Dao Spirit patted its chest.

As they were talking, the Heavenly Dao Spirit shook the Myriad Souls Banner again, and the boundless black energy transformed into scrolls of scriptures, which floated down before the demons.

The demons asked in confusion, "What is this?"

"My supreme method of proving the Dao in the Immortal Path!" "The Primordial Dao Proving Method?!" the demons asked, for they were not unfamiliar with the current Dao proving methods in the primordial world.

The Heavenly Dao Spirit said, "That's right!"

"This Primordial Dao Attainment Method is different from what you know!"

"What I am giving you now can not only help many fellow Daoists sever their three corpses and attain the Dao of Hunyuan."

"It can also help you reverse the Three Corpses, see your true self, and complete the Four Proofs of the Great Dao!"

"Even helping many fellow cultivators reach higher levels is not out of the question!"

Upon hearing this, the previously absent-minded [Wisdom Demon God] suddenly became interested.

Her eyes shifted, and she looked over.

"Could you please elaborate, fellow Daoist?"

When the Heavenly Dao Spirit saw that this demon god had taken the initiative to ask, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly: "Of course."

"Fellow Daoists, please allow me to explain slowly."

After the "Chaos God Incident" in the Olympian universe, the power of many demon gods has basically returned to its peak, and they are just one step away from proving their Dao.

The arrival of the Heavenly Dao Spirit was to open this door for them and give them a push.

As for why the Heavenly Dao Spirit revealed its trump card to help the demons?

Firstly, although he had fooled most of the demons, some, including the [Wise Demon], still harbored suspicion towards him.

Considering that the [Wisdom Demon God] has more influence among the demon gods than he does, Tiandao Jing felt that he had to go to great lengths to gain the other party's trust.

Secondly, it's because everyone shares the same goal: helping the Demon God is also helping the Heavenly Dao Spirit itself.

"No, do you really think that way yourself?"

In the sea of ​​consciousness, the [Primordial Incarnation] curled his lip.

You could have just fooled the Demon Brothers, but you actually fooled yourself too?

Hongjun was a man of deep cunning.

As the Heavenly Dao Essence that inherited most of Hongjun's legacy, how could it be so kind?

But despite the complaints, the Primordial Avatar still had to get down to business.

He truthfully relayed the Heavenly Dao Essence's trump card to the original body.

Whether this path is feasible or not, I will know once I examine it myself.

~~~
Seeing the confused expressions on Minghe and Meng Wuyou's faces, Xuanqing's gentle smile became even more unfathomable.

He gently waved his hand, signaling the "self-corpse" holding the oil-paper umbrella to return to the heavenly auspicious clouds.

Then, he calmly explained to his two friends:

"The core of the Hunyuan Dao Proving Method that you are familiar with is 'refining the six paths of profound truth, then severing the three corpses and finally uniting into one.'"

Xuanqing's voice, like the divine pronouncement of the Great Dao, resonated clearly in the hearts of the two.

"Previously, the Heavenly Dao Spirit, who inherited Hongjun's legacy, escaped."

"In his capacity as 'Hongjun,' he secretly activated the contingency plan that Hongjun had laid out years ago, and in an instant, he directly seized the supreme Dao Fruits of the major immortal lineages."

"From this, we can see that the Hunyuan Dao created by Hongjun still has many mysterious aspects that have not yet been discovered by us and are yet to be explored."

"This time, with the help of your 'Dream Book,' I sank into the deepest part of the dream, and was able to cast aside all appearances and identities, and face the most fundamental 'true self'."

His eyes gleamed with wisdom, as if endless inspiration was colliding and bursting forth in his mind.

"Then a question suddenly came to mind."

"Since severing the three corpses and merging them into one can prove the Primordial Dao Fruit, this is called 'Proof of the Great Dao'."

"So, after I have successfully entered the fifth realm of the Great Luo and possessed the supreme realm of the Taiyi Sect Master."

"Can I do the opposite?"

"By disintegrating the three corpses that had long been one with me, allowing them to become independent, and enabling each of them to attain their own perfect Dao fruit."

"Thus achieving two, three, or even four proofs of the Great Dao?"

Xuanqing's words struck like a thunderclap, piercing the very depths of Styx and Meng Wuyou's souls.

After listening, Styx's eyes, which were always filled with a desire for killing and destruction, were now filled with blankness and confusion.

He opened his mouth, and after a long while, he murmured in an almost dreamlike tone:

"No...no...can you really...play like this?"

Since he achieved enlightenment and attained the Dao, he has been exploring the path of immortality.

After all, he often used the title of "Emperor of Fengdu," and becoming a Ghost Immortal was indeed a shortcut.

And going forward, we will definitely have to try the Primordial Chaos Dao.

Now, Xuanqing's theory of "reversing the three corpses" seems to have opened a door to a completely new world for him.

The view behind that door was more magnificent and bizarre than he had ever imagined.

After the initial shock, Meng Wuyou stretched out her delicate, fair fingers, which were as white as scallions.

She began to count with utmost seriousness.

She was muttering to herself, and her bright almond-shaped eyes were shining with an increasingly dazzling light.

"If... if it were really possible to play like that..."

“Then, by severing the three corpses and then merging them into one, one can be considered to have completed the ‘one proof of the Great Dao’.”

"Then, the three corpses—the good corpse, the evil corpse, and the self-corpse—are reversed and dissolved one by one, and each of them successfully attains enlightenment. This...this is the 'second, third, and fourth enlightenments of the Great Dao'!"

"Just this one positive and one negative is already four times of enlightenment!"

She became more and more excited as she calculated, and a blush of excitement even appeared on her cheeks.

"This isn't over yet!"

"And then there's the foundation, the 'Six Paths of Profound Truth'!"

"Four plus six...this...this is the Ten Proofs of the Great Dao!"

"If, if we could further integrate other lineages outside the Immortal Dao system on this basis, we could also incorporate them."

"For example... for example, the incredibly powerful and incomparably powerful shamanic path of ancient times, the strangely inherited Gu immortal path, the sinister and vicious poison immortal path, and even the long-lost demon immortal path..."

Meng Wuyou suddenly raised her head, looked up at the dreamlike starry river, and let out a cry of surprise filled with shock and sudden enlightenment.

"By the great god Pangu above! I... I seem to have suddenly understood the complete path to advancement in the Xuanmen!"

At this moment, Meng Wuyou's incredibly bright eyes were sparkling, as if she had discovered some unparalleled treasure.

Xuan Qing looked at Meng Wuyou's extremely excited appearance and couldn't help but shake his head with a smile.

"Theoretically speaking, it is indeed possible to do that."

His tone regained its calm and composure.

"But in reality, achieving all of this is far more difficult than you imagine."

"With the help of the 'Five Great Dao Proving Method' that I created, the steps to achieve 'severing the three corpses', 'unifying the three corpses', and 'reversing the three corpses' are the simplest."

"Because, in essence, these are all still evolutions at the level of the cultivator's own 'mental nature' and 'Dao fruit'."

"However, the difficulty of completing the foundational 'Six Paths of Profound Truth' is much higher."

"And if you want to go a step further and become compatible with other lineages and Dao fruits, the difficulty will be even greater."

He explained patiently:

The reason for this is quite simple.

"Because ordinary cultivators do not have the supreme authority of Hongjun as the 'Ancestor of Immortals'."

"Therefore, it is almost impossible for them to forcibly refine the supreme Dao Fruit of the six Dao Meridians."

"As for what you mentioned, the Dao Fruit that is compatible with other lineages."

"That will have to wait until the Dao Masters of each lineage have successfully attained enlightenment and paved the way forward."

"Only then can you follow in the footsteps left by others, learn from their successful experiences, and ultimately achieve compatibility."

"Of course."

A meaningful smile appeared on Xuan Qing's lips.

"If you can really get ahead of the lineage master and prove their Dao fruit first, that's fine too."

"However, when that time comes, the one who should be happy will probably be that lineage master."

"Because he can follow the broad road you have paved, learn from your successful experience, and thus take another step forward more easily."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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