White Lotus Enlightenment in the Ancient World - Chapter 42: Three Lectures by Taoist Patriarchs

There were far fewer people listening to the lecture this time, and those who were not sufficiently cultivated were no longer able to continue to understand what the Taoist ancestors had said, and they just stared blankly when they came.

After the major experts in Zixiao Palace took their places, Chang Yi discovered that Sanqing and others had also reached Daluo Consummation, and their cultivation was only a little worse than his own. They were worthy of Pangu Zongzong.

Because of Donghua’s incident, Di Jun felt a little uneasy. Although he didn’t kill them all in the end, he still lost the Taozu’s face.

No matter how uneasy he was, Daozu pretended that nothing had happened. He gave Donghua the position of Immortal Chief not to unify the ancient world, but to pass down his teachings to form a buffer between the two races of lich and demon.

But not only did he fail to coordinate the two clans, he was the first one to rush forward, which was against Daozu’s original intention, so he had nothing to say.

Xihua took the soul and gave him some compensation in the future.

At this point, Hongjun also understood that the calamity was unstoppable, so he no longer considered the struggle between the lich and the lich, and began to think about how to stabilize the prehistoric world after the calamity.

Everyone who was supposed to come was already in place. Daozu brushed away his troubles with a whisk and began his third sermon.

This sermon no longer mentions the Da Luo realm, but instead talks about the various mysteries of the Three Thousand Avenues and how to practice in the quasi-sage realm.

Although the quasi-sage cannot feel at ease existing under the way of heaven, he can still be regarded as superior to all living beings.

If you want to enter this realm, you not only need to understand the mystery of the three thousand avenues, but also integrate the essence of various avenues into the main path, carry all dharma with your own way, and cultivate the three thousand avenues as branches.

When the branches are full of the trunk, you can be promoted to a quasi-sage. The subsequent practice is to continue to comprehend and make the branches become plump. When you have fully understood the three thousand principles, you can achieve perfection.

This is also the reason why Daluo Shi needs to constantly hit the limits of its own avenues, otherwise the backbone will be weak and unable to support the three thousand avenues.

After listening to Daozu’s lecture, everyone suddenly understood. They quickly listened carefully to Daozu’s divine voice, comprehended the various mysteries of the Tao and integrated them into their own bodies, and then their cultivation began to rise.

This is the benefit of having a teacher. He does not need to help you practice. He only needs to give you a few words of advice when you are in trouble and it will be of infinite use.

Chang Yi himself has the way to purify the world, so his first branch has grown up without any need for enlightenment, and then evolved into another trunk.

The speed of comprehending the two main branches at the same time will be much faster. In addition, he often understands the laws of various Tao rhymes and understands many avenues. At this moment, countless branches are born, and his cultivation is broken again and again.

As the sermons continued to deepen, some people began to break through Daluo and be promoted to quasi-sage.

Chang Yi stepped into the quasi-sage long before the Sanqing Dynasty, and the three thousand branches grew full at a rapid speed.

By the time the previous few people had entered the quasi-sage stage, Chang Yi had already reached the mid-stage of the quasi-sage, and the Dharma behind his head had completely solidified, turning into a bright moon and sticking to his original intention.

There were a series of visions in the Zixiao Palace, and countless golden lotuses appeared to celebrate everyone’s entry into the quasi-sage.

The great powers in the front have naturally gained a lot, but some of the gods and gods in the back are still struggling to understand and cannot make breakthroughs.

Some of them are not yet consummated because of Da Luo, and some of them are very slow to grow branches because they do not have enough understanding. If Taoist ancestors had not explained it, it would be difficult for them to grow even a single branch.

The method of quasi-sage is mysterious and profound. This lecture lasted for two Yuanhui. After Taozu explained all the three thousand avenues, Chang Yi had reached the late stage of quasi-sage, and the rest needed to be perfected by himself.

The other six saints have profound skills and are not much worse than Chang Yi. They have entered the quasi-sage stage one after another, but they are only slightly deficient in understanding.

At this point, the three lectures were completed, and everyone continued to comprehend for about another Yuan Hui, before slowly waking up from the state of enlightenment.

The Taoist charm of the quasi-sage unconsciously spread around the body and slowly floated out of the Zixiao Palace, dyeing the ancient sky into purple gold. When all living beings looked up, they only felt that the Tao was profound and they were insignificant.

The Taoist ancestor swept the hall with his fly whisk, collected all the Taoist rhymes, and awakened several immortals behind who couldn’t help themselves. He began the focus of this sermon, which is the method of becoming a saint.

“In addition to me, there should be eight saints in the ancient world. Together, the number of ninety-nine will stabilize the ancient world.”

The hearts of the people in front were slightly moved, but Chang Yi was confused, weren’t they seven? Taishang Laojun on the side bowed and asked.

“Master, is there any way to achieve the holy status?”

Daozu stroked his beard lightly.

“There are three methods that I know. One is to become a saint through merit, and the other is to become a saint through strength. However, these two methods are too difficult, so I developed the method of three corpses.”

Everyone heard this and listened respectfully.

“Use the innate spiritual treasure to cut out the three corpses of the good and evil selves, and make yourself quiet and inactive. Then you can transcend the three thousand avenues, understand the true meaning of numerology, and become a saint of heaven.”

As he spoke, he told everyone the details of the method of killing three corpses. After hearing this, Laojun suddenly had many insights, and the others nodded in appreciation of Daozu’s great method.

Later, Taozu explained the methods of merit and virtue and the method of proving Tao through force. Although Chang Yi didn’t know whether he could become a saint, after listening to the three methods, he found that none of them were suitable for him.

The Sainthood of Merit is completely tied to the way of heaven, which is far from being called great freedom, and it is too difficult for him to achieve the way by force.

As for the method of three corpses, he didn’t agree with it very much. If he wanted to become a saint, he would have to give up his own emotions and become pure divinity without humanity. This was contrary to his path.

But since killing three corpses means giving up emotions to understand the mysteries of heaven, can he in turn realize the seven emotions and seek the transcendence and freedom he wants?

Thinking of this, he had some ideas, but it was not the time for enlightenment yet. The Taoist ancestor in the palace had already taken out the seven groups of purple energy and explained the secrets to everyone.

“This is the Hongmeng Purple Qi, transformed from the origin of the Dao of Heaven. I was fortunate enough to find the seven Dao from the jade plate of creation when the heaven was opened. If I can understand the mystery, I can be recognized by the heaven and the earth and obtain the cornerstone of sainthood.”

Because he had known the origin of this purple energy, Chang Yi was not too surprised, but other powerful people were amazed. The temptation to become a saint was too great.

Daozu looked at Sanqing.

“The three of you are transformed by Pangu Yuanshen, and you are also my first disciples. You should have a share of the purple energy.”

As he spoke, Daozu injected three rays of purple energy into their bodies. Although they had expected it, the three of them could not help but raise their eyebrows and quickly stood up to thank Daozu.

Daozu nodded, and then looked at Nuwa.

“You have the law of heaven and earth in your body, and you can also get a purple energy.”

Nuwa was naturally pleasantly surprised, and the purple energy was already in her hands before she came to thank her. Fuxi and Dijun behind were even more ecstatic. If there is a saint sitting in the formation, great things will happen!

Later, Daozu gave two paths to the two people in the west, which was naturally the cause and effect left by Luo Hu.

Seeing that the six people in front were all successful, everyone below looked at the last purple energy and their eyes were red, but Dao Ancestor did not continue the assignment.

“The last purple energy has no destiny, let it take care of itself!”

As he spoke, the purple energy was bounced towards everyone’s heads, and with a slight spin, it went straight towards the red cloud! The eyes of the powerful man next to him were straightened, and he wanted to go up and snatch it!

And Kunpeng and Styx, who were forced to give up their thrones, were filled with hatred. If this person hadn’t been a hindrance, they would have had their own share of this holy throne!

Chang Yi looked at Kun and Peng when the purple energy flew out. At this time, everything came into view. They were only quasi-sages, so they were not taken seriously by him.