Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 111 Conferring Titles on the Deities
Ma Yuan stood with his hands behind his back amidst the sea of ​​clouds.

Its body was bathed in golden light like rain, and its power of vows surged like a tide.

The incense and prayers offered by billions of beings in the Purple Jewel World continue to flow in endlessly.

It transformed into a dazzling river invisible to the naked eye, merging entirely into Ma Yuan's Taiyi Primordial Spirit.

Ma Yuan was completely absorbed in it.

They carefully studied this incredibly mysterious power of incense.

He could clearly sense that this power contained the purest and most simple spiritual sustenance of all living beings in this world.

There is reverence, filial piety, piety, and prayer...

A myriad of thoughts.

Ultimately, they all came to be attributed to the supreme "Creator God".

"So this is the essence of the power of incense offerings and prayers..."

Ma Yuan understood perfectly: "It is both the convergence of the beliefs of all living beings and the manifestation of the divine authority of a world."

The essence of incense burning lies in "faith".

If you believe, it exists; if you don't believe, it doesn't.

What it embodies is the purest spiritual power of all living beings.

The so-called power of will lies in "seeking".

People pray to the gods because they have desires.

Once this thought arises, it will create a spiritual imprint in the unseen world.

This is the beginning of the power of aspiration.

Faith and seeking, when combined, can transform into this mysterious and supreme power.

He knew this in the afterlife.

Whether it's the Western Paradise, where incense burns brightly, or the Heavenly Court, which governs the Three Realms.

The foundation upon which it conferred titles upon Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and commanded the righteous gods of the universe was this seemingly ethereal yet infinitely powerful aspiration of sentient beings!

The Heavenly Court conferred titles upon the Mountain God, Earth God, River God, and City God, bestowing upon them divine seals and imperial edicts.

This allows him to mobilize the power of heaven and earth within a certain territory and enjoy the incense offerings of all people.

In Buddhism, Arhats, Bodhisattvas, Vajras, and Buddhas are conferred titles and karmic rewards.

With the blessing of countless believers' vows, it will possess great supernatural powers and be impervious to all magic!

Incense offerings are a shortcut to power and immortality!

Those who receive the seal no longer need to spend countless years painstakingly comprehending the Great Dao and accumulating magical power, like immortal cultivators.

They only need to fulfill their divine duties and respond to the prayers of believers.

Then one can obtain powerful strength from the continuous incense and prayers, and even condense an eternal and indestructible god!
Although this path is subject to the beliefs of the masses, it is in danger of falling from its pedestal once the incense offerings cease, so it cannot be considered a truly carefree and righteous path.

However, it also has merits that are incomparable to those of the orthodox Xuanmen sect.

Otherwise, later Buddhist sects would not have been able to rely on this method to carve out a Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss on the Eastern continent, where the Xuanmen sect was powerful, and make it flourish in the world.

Even the Jade Emperor could not establish such a vast pantheon with its strict hierarchy and rule over the Three Realms and Six Paths through this method.

"Now that I have unintentionally started this path of incense and deity worship in this Purple Jade Heaven, I might as well use this as a foundation to explore the method of conferring titles upon deities."

A thought suddenly arose in Ma Yuan's mind.

Now that he is the supreme creator of this world, it is naturally impossible for him to personally manage the increasingly complex operating order of this world.

In the future, when this world has evolved to a more complete state and the number of living beings has increased,

He could easily emulate the later Heavenly Court by bestowing titles upon mountain gods, water gods, thunder gods, and so on, thus delegating the authority over this world layer by layer.

These deities, whom they themselves personally appointed, were tasked with performing the divine duties of rewarding good and punishing evil, regulating the earth's veins, and controlling wind and rain.

In this way, he could not only completely extricate himself from those complicated worldly affairs, but also use this as a foundation to establish a complete pantheon that was entirely his own and unwaveringly loyal!

In the future, these twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls will be transformed into countless worlds.

That is the god of the twenty-four worlds!

Its power and strength are so great that even the sages of the primordial era would have to take notice!
However, this idea is incredibly tempting.

But Ma Yuan also knew that this matter could not be rushed.

The Purple Jewel World has only recently been upgraded to a middle-thousand world, and the number of living beings within it is still small. The amount of incense and prayers it can provide is just a trickle.

It is far from enough to support the enormous expenditure required to confer titles upon the gods.

This matter will require some time for this world to evolve further.

It's not too late to try it after the incense and prayers have accumulated to a certain extent.

With this thought in mind, Ma Yuan temporarily suppressed the idea of ​​bestowing titles upon the deities.

He slowly stepped out from the summit of that sacred mountain.

His figure had already returned to the Purple Cloud Cave.

Inside the cave, the air was filled with ethereal mist and the Taoist spirit was profound.

This is the core of the Ziying World, the source of the two of the three fundamental paths of Ziying Heaven, the main roots of the Purple Gold Grape Tree and the Red Robe Mother Tea Tree, both located here.

One is rooted in primordial refined gold, and the other is beside a primordial spiritual spring, both exuding a Daoist charm that purifies the mind and cleanses the soul.

One piece of gold and one piece of wood.

Their spiritual essence intertwined.

Various strange phenomena manifested within this Purple Cloud Cave.

Ma Yuan strolled over to the two innate spiritual roots and slowly sat down cross-legged.

He did not rush into cultivation, but instead stretched out his hand.

Carefully, three deep red tea leaves with naturally formed mysterious patterns were picked from the mother tea tree of Da Hong Pao.

A unique tea fragrance, serene and tranquil, seemingly capable of washing away all the dust of the world, instantly filled the entire cave.

Ma Yuan only took a sniff.

He then felt that his already perfected Taiyi primordial spirit was slightly cleared.

My thoughts became increasingly clear and lucid.

Without further hesitation, he immediately put the three tea leaves, which contained the supreme Daoist essence, into his mouth.

"boom--!"

The tea leaves entered his mouth and instantly transformed into a powerful and extremely pure torrent of innate Yi Wood essence, flowing down his throat and into his limbs and bones.

Ultimately, it merged into his already solidified Four Symbols Dao Foundation!
"Among the Five Elements, the East belongs to Wood, which governs growth and creation, and is the source of life for all things..."

Ma Yuan's mind was completely clear, and he immersed himself in comprehending and refining this newborn primordial power.

This source of Yi Wood, transformed from a superior innate spiritual root, is gentle in nature and full of endless vitality.

Once it entered Ma Yuan's Dao body, it was like spring rain after a long drought, actively nourishing every corner of his Dao foundation.

The already stable cycle of the four elements became even more harmonious and balanced after the addition of the boundless vitality of the Wood element!

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!

A truly complete cycle of the five elements was finally slowly taking shape within his body at this moment.

Having obtained the rudimentary form of the Heavenly Dao of the Ziying World and the supreme creation of this world's Heavenly Dao debate, Ma Yuan's accumulated foundation is already extremely profound.

He planned to complete his final Wood Element Dao in this Purple Cloud Cave, condense the last wisp of the Five Elements, and enter the late Taiyi realm!

(End of this chapter)