I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 582 Yaochi Proves Dao, Zhenwu Descends

The Six Desire Realms, the Jade Pool Realm.

This is the apex of the Trayastrimsa Heaven, but it does not belong to the category of the Thirty-Three Heavens.

As everyone knows, the Trayastrimsa Heaven is the most unique of the six desire heavens, and it consists of a total of thirty-three heavens.

These thirty-three heavens symbolize all the desires of all living beings.

Each level has a different scene, and it is the place where the demon kings of desire reside year-round.

Above these thirty-three heavens lies the Yama Heaven, where all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas reside, subtly implying the suppression of desires by right mindfulness.

However, what no one knows is that just because the Trayastrimsa Heaven currently has only thirty-three heavens does not mean that it will always have only thirty-three heavens.

Every additional desire that arises in all living beings will give rise to a new realm.

This Jade Pool Heaven is the ultimate manifestation of all living beings' yearning for "immortality".

To be honest, the desire for "immortality" is ingrained in the very bones of intelligent beings.

But over the years, this desire for "immortality" has often been mixed with other desires.

Perhaps it was because they couldn't bear to relinquish power, or perhaps it was because they feared death...

Few living beings desire "immortality."

Until Xiluo, at Indra's invitation, descended to the Trayastrimsa Heaven.

The desire for "immortality," which was originally mixed with many desires, was separated and evolved into the present-day Jade Pool Heaven.

Although compared to the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Jade Pool Heaven now seems so insignificant.

But those who have crossed time and space to come, or those who are looking down on the river of time, all know how great the fame of Yaochi Heaven will be in the future.

This reputation has nothing to do with the Jade Pool Heaven itself, or even with the Thirty-Three Heavens or the Six Desire Heavens.

If the prestige of the other thirty-three heavens comes from the Six Desire Heavens, from their position as the "Heavenly Realm of the Three Realms".

The fame of Yaochi Heaven comes from its master—the Queen Mother of the West.

"Is this why the 'Divine Mandate' sent me here?"

"If I had known earlier that this place would be conducive to my enlightenment, I would have come here long ago."

Floating quietly above the clouds, Xi Luo looked at this not-too-large secret realm with a hint of amazement.

The Six Desire Heavens were originally derived from the Great Free Heaven, and were a place of enlightenment specially created by Li Boyang for those who sought to attain enlightenment.

Naturally, the Jade Pool Heaven also inherited the dreamlike and illusory characteristics of the Great Free Heaven, making it much easier to attain enlightenment.

Especially after practicing the method of attaining enlightenment in dreams, Xi Luo could completely transform every blade of grass and tree in Yaochi Heaven at will.

Her will is the order of this Jade Pool Heaven...

Her idea was based on the rules of the Jade Pool Heaven...

In just a few days, the Yaochi Heaven, which covers an area of ​​no more than a thousand miles, has undergone earth-shattering changes.

Jade platforms rise from the ground, and golden buildings are hidden among the clouds.

I don't know if it's the inertia of my own thinking, or a deliberate imitation of the Yunmeng Yaochi Realm.

The Jade Pool Heaven created by Xi Luo also has no land, but presents a landscape of water, mountains and lakes.

—The jade trees and magnolias grow in the lake, and the thousand-foot peach trees bear the fruit of immortality.

The clear lake water reflects the sky, and the peach trees are displayed like jade plates.

The peach trees are rooted deep in the lake, with only a third of their branches blooming on the surface of the water.

Although these peach trees have not yet borne fruit, Indra seems to have already seen a future of blooming peach blossoms and abundant fruit.

"That time is getting closer and closer..."

Slowly landing on the highest jade platform in Yaochi, Indra looked up at the sky and said.

From Indra's current perspective, one can clearly see that the materialized primordial energy of heaven and earth transforms into clouds and smoke, then gathers and drips into the lake like stalactites.

Xi Luo, standing amidst this, manifested countless rays of light, as if numerous deities were emerging from behind her. These deities were not ethereal beings, but real, existing entities.

The sharp-eyed Indra could even see the impatience and helplessness in the eyes of some of the gods.

After all, given Xi Luo's way of "making friends," there must have been deities who were unwilling to leave their names in the [Jade Pool Heavenly Book].

Now that Xi Luo has digested the gains from her dream and is about to attain enlightenment, it is precisely the time when she needs the help of these deities.

Even if they were unwilling, they had no choice but to send a clone of themselves to descend here.

Has it come to this point already?

Without a sound, a valiant male deity also appeared.

He is different from other gods.

The body became even more ethereal, so ethereal that it couldn't even be considered an afterimage.

In fact, He shouldn't have been here in the first place.

Because He is not a deity of this era, or rather, He of this era has not yet grown to the point where He can help Xiluo attain enlightenment.

He came across time and space, a preacher who descended from the future to this world.

"Is this your true nature?"

"It's more imposing than I imagined, Zhenwu."

Turning her head to look at Zhenwu, Xiluo noticed the tortoise-snake robe he was wearing.

"You haven't matured yet, and you're already revealing your identity like this..."

"Aren't you afraid that future enemies will discover your identity and appear to obstruct your path to enlightenment?"

What Xi Luo said was not speculation, but a given fact.

Since Zhenwu descended to earth at this time, it means that He was born in this era.

This alone is enough to allow future seekers to follow the clues and find Zhenwu's true form in this era.

"You're overthinking it. What kind of path do you think I'm trying to prove?"

Completely different from the humility and docility that the dragon turtle showed in front of Xi Luo.

Zhenwu, who came from another realm, spoke calmly, but his voice was filled with an undeniable domineering presence.

"In the era in which I was born, demons and monsters roamed freely, and ghosts and gods from beyond the borders frequently appeared, disturbing the peace of the world."

"I used my three-foot sword to slay all demons and sweep away all evil spirits, thus bringing six hundred years of peace to the world."

"So... I have no enemies anymore."

A simple sentence left Xi Luo speechless.

She didn't know what exactly happened in the era when Zhenwu was born, but she understood this seemingly ordinary yet murderous statement.

"When did... Dao-proving cultivators become so easy to kill?"

After a brief moment of astonishment, Xi Luo looked at Zhen Wu with slight hesitation, only to find that he just smiled without saying a word.

The other party seems to possess some means to exterminate all those who have attained enlightenment.

Even if it transcends time and space and travels through the past and present, Zhenwu can still track their whereabouts and truly eradicate evil completely.

Thinking about it this way, it's not so hard to understand why Zhenwu could transform into the Xuanwu Dragon Turtle and become one of the first Daoists born in this era.

"It seems you're even more dangerous than Zhuang Zhou?"

Neither admitting nor denying, Zhenwu simply looked around and then chuckled again in that chillingly calm tone.

"I wonder how many evil spirits and monsters will die by my sword after this enlightenment."

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(End of this chapter)