The Heaven-shattering: I and Wu Shi compete for the throne

Chapter 8 Reaching the Other Shore
"Oh, Daoming!" Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Li Yichen's face became solemn, and he asked solemnly: "You have read many classics related to cultivation, but do you know the 'disaster of being lost'?"

"Lost calamity?"

"Of course I know!" Li Daoming nodded slightly, his expression equally solemn.

When a monk reaches the realm of the Fountain of Life, he must cross the vast sea of suffering if he wants to explore other secret realms.

How can we cross this sea of suffering? Only by building a divine bridge across the sea of suffering can we reach the other side.

However, it is not all smooth sailing!
Every time the Heavenly Vein extends forward a little, it will encounter obstructions from the fog, which obscures the five senses and blocks the spiritual consciousness. However, this is not a problem.

When the Heavenly Vein is formed, as long as you have a peaceful mind, you will be able to see through the illusion, pass through the fog and continue to move forward.

However, when one reaches the peak of Divine Bridge, the situation becomes very different.

The cultivator's heavenly vein stretches across the vast ocean of suffering. If he fails to find the other side, in serious cases his five senses will be completely deprived, his spiritual perception will be lost, and he will become an ignorant and useless person.

At this point, if you do not give up the pursuit of the other side, you will become an ignorant and useless person; if you give up easily, you will be trapped in the Shenqiao realm for life and will also not be able to escape the fate of a useless person.

And this is for ordinary people.

For geniuses, the disaster of being lost is a major hurdle. The more talented the person is, the more serious the disaster of being lost will be.

Moreover, this level cannot be easily passed by simply piling up resources; it requires the person experiencing it to face it personally. Otherwise, the subsequent path of cultivation will be filled with haze, spiritual perception will be dulled, and cultivation will be hindered.

Of course, although the disaster of being lost is an insurmountable chasm, once it is overcome, the practitioner's body and mind will be purified and sublimated, and the rewards will be extremely rich.

"Since you know this, you should also know the difficulty of being lost."

"Moreover, the greater the talent, the more serious the disaster of getting lost. With your talent..." Li Yichen did not continue speaking, but there was an indescribable worry in his eyes.

"Oh!" Li Daoming smiled softly, "Don't worry, Dad. Didn't you say that I have the potential to be an emperor? How can a mere disaster of being lost stop me?"

"Having said that, you still can't underestimate the disaster of being lost!"

"In our family's Sutra Library, there are many books on the thoughts of our predecessors who overcame the disaster of being lost and reached the other side."

"You don't need to rush to practice during this period. Go to the Sutra Library and read the scriptures more often. Maybe it will help you get over the misfortune of being lost."

"Yeah!" Li Daoming did not refuse after hearing that.

Although he had confidence in himself, he knew the difficulty of being lost and did not make more preparations. That was not confidence, but stupidity.

In the next three months, Li Daoming was still immersed in his practice.

He had a deep understanding of the Wheel Sea Volume of the Yin and Yang Classics and had sufficient resources, so his practice was going smoothly.

In just three months, his divine bridge above the Sea of Bitterness grew like a dragon emerging from the sea, extending continuously and becoming more and more magnificent, almost spanning the entire Sea of Bitterness...

He could almost be considered to have reached the top of the Divine Bridge now, but the disaster of his getting lost had not yet arrived.

On this day, his sea of suffering divine power surged like a raging storm, and from the depths of the life spring, yin and yang colored rays of light curled up. Above the sea of suffering, the sky vein appeared like a dragon, madly absorbing the sea of suffering divine power and the essence of the life spring, constantly condensing and extending.

Suddenly, his vision became blurry, and Li Daoming was shocked to find that there was chaos in front of him that even his spiritual sense could not penetrate.

"Has my lost calamity arrived?" Li Daoming knew in his heart that his lost calamity had come. At this moment, countless ancient books he had read in the past echoed in Li Daoming's mind. He concentrated on thinking and looked into the distance, trying to penetrate the illusion and find the legendary other side.

But as time slowly passed, not only did he fail to find the other side, but his situation became increasingly worse. He could no longer see anything, hear anything, and his five senses were gradually disappearing.

At this moment Li Daoming really felt the crisis, but he still did not panic and remained very calm.

"the other side!"

"What is the other side?"

The other side means the other side, the opposite bank!

Among them, Buddhism believes that the other shore is the place to escape from worldly troubles and find the right result. As the saying goes, the sea of suffering is boundless and turning back is the shore.

Some people also believe that as long as you have firm faith and believe that you are heading in the right direction and keep going, you will eventually reach the other side.

Some people even believe that the road is right under our feet, and the road I have walked is the other side.

……

These various explanations are actually all correct. They are the unique insights of the ancient sages into the other shore, and they are also their profound understanding of their own Tao heart.

"So, what is my other shore? What is my Tao heart?"

At this moment, in Li Daoming's heart, the memories of his past and present lives slowly unfolded like a scroll, scenes flowed endlessly, and his heart became clearer and clearer.

“In the world of Shrouding Heaven, the Great Emperor reigns supreme, but he does not know that someone has secretly become an immortal from the mortal world. Outside the world of Shrouding Heaven, there is a vast and boundless sea of boundaries, as well as the myriad worlds above the heavens and in the boundless chaos… It can be said that there are always people beyond people, and there are always heavens beyond heavens.”

"The Dao is boundless, the heavens and the earth are infinite. I will surpass myself step by step and rise above the heavens and the earth."

“The road I have walked is my way, but my way should have no end, and there will be no other shore!”

As soon as he thought of this, his mind became clear, the darkness faded away, and light shone brightly. The whole world suddenly became clear. At this moment, Li Daoming escaped from the disaster of being lost.

At this moment, above the Sea of Bitterness, a vein stretched endlessly across the sky and penetrated into an unknown place. It was shrouded in mist and was hazy. Its edge was invisible and there was no so-called other shore at all.

Of course, there is no so-called other shore, but he also saw the way forward. Above the divine bridge, there stood a huge illusory Taoist palace. As long as he continued to move forward along his own path, he would eventually open the Taoist palace.

Although he believed that there was no limit to his path and no so-called other shore, this did not prevent him from breaking through to the other shore.

Carefully appreciating the mystery of the realm on the other side, Li Daoming suddenly realized that the sea of suffering he was in was no longer pitch black.

At this moment, his sea of suffering seemed to have transformed into a vivid black and white yin and yang picture, with the two forces intertwined and entangled, jointly evolving endless mysteries.

The Fountain of Life stands quietly in the center of the sea of suffering, skillfully dividing and integrating yin and yang.

Above the sea of suffering, the yin and yang energies transform into countless things, sometimes flourishing like a brocade, sometimes withering like autumn. The energies of life and death intertwine and permeate, and it seems that a strange phenomenon is about to evolve.

"My father told me that the Yin-Yang Manual is mysterious and unfathomable. If one has a sufficient understanding of the Yin-Yang Manual, one can use it as a foundation to cultivate the Yin-Yang Life and Death Diagram. I originally thought he was bragging, but now it seems that it may be true!"

But soon, Li Daoming put the strange vision behind him.

(End of this chapter)