Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 454 Glazed Karma, Severing the Dao and Rebirth

Inside the Mafeng Shrine.

Luan Xuan, Sha Xiu, and the others have already returned to their respective cave dwellings.

In just five days, Wujiu's condition worsened. Because it had not received any treatment, its physical body and spirit had somehow merged together, turning into a chaotic monster.

Half-human, half-eagle, it reeked of decay.

This fusion of spirit and body was something Li Wushou had never seen before.

After observing for a long time, a thought suddenly struck him, and he asked the old beggar inside the Three Immortals Pavilion:
"What did you mean by Zhu Liuli being different?"

Having experienced the matter of sharing the Dao Fruit, the old beggar was no longer as sarcastic and mocking towards Li Wushou as before, but he made no attempt to hide his smugness, and asked Li Wushou with a smile:

"When you saw the Sparrow Master's teachings, didn't you think of anything?"

Li Wushou was filled with a myriad of thoughts. The Sparrow Lord's method was greedy, fierce, and chaotic, and it was also mixed with an inexplicable sense of death.

So, can the answer to Zhu Liuli's difference be found in this legal principle?

The old beggar's mention of the Sparrow Lord's principles was clearly not unfounded!
Recalling the several times he met Zhu Liuli, he noticed the murderous aura emanating from her.

If the opponent is a direct descendant of the Sparrow Lord, and deduces according to the Sparrow Lord's principles, the Sparrow Lord is driven by greed, which leads to devouring, unleashing murderous intent, controlling chaos, and further amplifying greed.

So Zhu Liuli's murderous aura must be related to "killing"!
Thinking of this, Li Wushou's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

Could the person Zhu Liuli wants to kill be herself?
Her original intention was to help Zhu Sihai become the City God, and then, after watching Zhu Sihai obtain it, she would feel endless regret.

However, after Zhu Sihai was killed by Li Wushou, Zhu Liuli was on the verge of losing control, but then found a new purpose!

No matter how I think about it, it all seems to be related to myself!

This left Li Wushou speechless.

However, even so, what makes Zhu Liuli any different?

He went through in his mind the recent sealing of spirits by the man in the green and yellow robes and the Ninth Prince, as well as the scene of Zhu Liuli's primordial spirit sparrows filling the sky.

Suddenly, a glint flashed in Li Wushou's eyes, and he asked the old beggar with some shock:
"Is the Sparrow Master abandoning the Dharma, intending to start anew and cultivate anew?"

"Huh?"

The old beggar exclaimed in surprise, glancing at Li Wushou with some disbelief.

He hadn't expected that Li Wushou, with his level of understanding, could have guessed to such an extent.

Li Wushou is indeed different now, especially after the spirit tablet entered the body of Daoist Rhyme. This difference is even more obvious. Although Li Wushou has never encountered many things before, he can instinctively draw inferences from them.

For a moment, the old beggar was also a little confused. He should be happy, since he had worked so hard for so long and was finally going to succeed, but why did he feel a strange sense of unease?
Are we being too anxious about gains and losses?

The smug look on his face faded, and the old beggar became more serious, replying softly:
"Even if the Sparrow Master escapes the influence of her past methods for a time, they will still backfire on him in the long run. You should understand this from observing her methods. This is her obsession, and it is also her foundation!"
To get rid of it completely, you must change your attachment!
This is tantamount to digging up one's own foundation!

She did indeed want to sever her ties with the Dao and be reborn, but she couldn't completely rid herself of greed, so she didn't want to start cultivating again. That's how Zhu Liuli came to be!

At this point, a mocking expression appeared on the old beggar's face.

Li Wushou saw it all, but he didn't want to delve into it; there were many things the old beggar didn't care about.

But the old beggar's words stirred his emotions.

His initial thought was that the Sparrow Lord placed high hopes on Zhu Liuli and attempted to help Zhu Liuli achieve enlightenment in order to break the threat of the two lords from the Central Domain attacking.

At this moment, it seems that helping Zhu Liuli achieve enlightenment is true, but is it for his own sake?

But how can the Sparrow Lord sever his own path and be reborn in Zhu Liuli?

When someone severs their Dao, they should cease to exist in life and death. Yet, the Sparrow Lord not only lives but also maintains the combat power of a Venerable, and even Yan Wu and Xuanhuang failed to detect him. Limited by his perspective, Li Wushou could not understand.

But he knew that this was very likely related to Mount Bulao.

Or perhaps it is related to the Porcelain Venerable. The Porcelain Venerable's true spiritual method does not emphasize the physical body; he can switch bodies at will. As long as the true spirit does not perish, the body is like clothing.

Through the Ninth Prince, it is clear that the Sparrow Lord must have cultivated the True Spirit Method.

This is very likely the reason why the Sparrow Lord dared to sever the Dao.

As for the new students?

Zhu Liuli is the key to the rebirth of the Sparrow Lord.

She must have a deeper relationship with the Sparrow Lord, and this connection should be related to the Sparrow that Zhu Liuli sealed.

This sparrow that entered the palace is different from the Ninth Prince; it was not created by the true spirit of the Sparrow Lord!
It should be the key to Mahjong Master's decision to let go of the past, and also the key to inheriting the past!

The Sparrow Lord did not want to rebuild his cultivation. Besides using the Spirit Sealing Technique and the secret arts of the Immortal Mountain, according to the old beggar, it must also include inheriting the past.

Therefore, Zhu Liuli's so-called "son of the Sparrow Lord" should refer to the inner sparrow that Zhu Liuli merged with, which is the son of the Sparrow Lord Black Sparrow God.

Through observing the fusion of the Black Vulture Spirit with his body, Li Wushou suddenly thought of:
The relationship between the sealed spirit and the body: The two are fundamentally different, but as cultivation deepens, they are often unified.

Just like the Sparrow Lord, in terms of external relations, besides the Sparrow Lord himself, the Black Sparrow God also represents the Sparrow Lord.

However, for the master of the peacock, the two are vastly different.

Therefore, if the Sparrow Lord wants to sever the Dao, the first person he should slay is the Black Sparrow God!
However, she couldn't bear to part with the Black Sparrow God's essence, so she used the Black Sparrow God's chaotic dregs to give birth to the Ninth Prince and a host of other offspring, while the Black Sparrow God's essence gave birth to Zhu Liuli's Inner Sparrow.

Because of the deep fusion between the Sparrow Lord and the Black Sparrow God, Zhu Liuli can be perfectly reborn through the connection between the Black Sparrow God and the Inner Sparrow.
It seems to make sense, but can this really avoid cause and effect?
Li Wushou had a feeling that something was off, but it must be very close!
When he confirmed with the old beggar, he clearly noticed that the old beggar's lips twitched a few times, and then he said that he was sleepy and needed to rest.

Li Wushou, who knew the old beggar's temperament well, naturally understood that this was a sign that the old beggar's attempt to act tough had failed.

However, one thing is certain: the Sparrow Lord must have really killed the Black Sparrow God!
This also explains why he sensed a trace of death within the Dao Fruit earlier.

The Fusang Divine Tree is the dwelling place of the Black Sparrow God, and the Dao Fruit inevitably became tainted with the Black Sparrow God's aura.

How cruel!
A venerable one severed his own foundation of enlightenment?
Li Wushou himself doubted he possessed such courage!
Even so, the old beggar still disliked the Sparrow Lord's actions. He seemed to despise the Sparrow Lord for not wanting to completely abandon the past.

This left Li Wushou speechless.

Sometimes even Li Wushou couldn't tell whether the old beggar was faking it or really had such abilities!

Having thought of this, Li Wushou had basically figured out the general outline of the Sparrow Lord's Dao-severing rebirth. However, there were a few key methods that he did not fully understand due to his limited knowledge.

But enough!
The Venerable One's teachings are inherently mysterious; who can know them all?

As long as he keeps a close eye on Zhu Liuli, then the Sparrow Lord's schemes and methods will be clearly revealed sooner or later.

Zhu Liuli is inside Zhongtian Pass.

Let's settle the matter between the two of them here!

Before that, Li Wushou planned to use the network of talisman masters to bypass Queshen Mountain from the direction of Luofu City and enter the hinterland behind Zhongtian Pass to take a look.

He wanted to see if Zhu Liuli's primordial spirit, Zique, was there.

If it exists there, then Li Wushou will have a basic understanding of the Sparrow Lord's plans!

The more Li Wushou thought about it, the more ruthless he felt. How many living beings were in the Sealed Spirit Path?

Is it merely for the sake of one's own self-preservation?

(End of this chapter)