Buddhism, Lingshan, Daleiyin Temple.
The ancient Buddha on the burning lamp glanced at the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the main hall. They were really in ruins.
Four of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas and Eight Great Bright Kings were gone, not to mention Luohan Jialan. There were countless empty lotus thrones in the entire Great Thunder Sound Temple.
At this time, Buddha from the East raised his hand and saw a flash of Buddha's light, and the empty lotus thrones disappeared in an instant.
Although the number of people still seems to be small, it is at least a little more orderly.
"The poor monk returned to this world from chaos this time to go to heaven to attend the great court meeting." The ancient Buddha said on the burning lamp.
Medicine Master Liuliguang King Buddha said: "This time, all practitioners of Taiyi Jinxian and above in our Buddhist sect must go to the heaven to attend the great court meeting."
Hearing this, Shariputra, who was temporarily taking over the role of Tanhua Bodhisattva, said: "May I ask the World Honored One, is this great meeting held specifically for the four true kings?"
Medicine Master Liuliguang King Buddha nodded and said: "Yes, the four true monarchs have obtained the true destiny of heaven, and they will definitely become emperors after their canonization."
Bodhisattva, the Master of Saviors, said: "World Honored One, why is there a destiny coming down during this calamity?"
Medicine Master Glazed Light King Buddha glanced at the Ancient Buddha of Ran Deng and the Buddha from the East, and then said, "What do the Ancient Buddhas think?"
The ancient Buddha on Ran Deng said: "Someone has proved the 'Dao of Destiny'."
Hearing this, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas present were shocked. Even Medicine Master Liuliguang King Buddha and Donglai Buddha looked at the ancient Buddha of Ran Deng in astonishment.
"The Heavenly Mandate Avenue is the Qingmeng Avenue, and it is extremely special. Once you attain the Heavenly Mandate Avenue, you will be the Hunyuan Wujiluo Jinxian in the 'Heavenly Dao Realm'." Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva said in a solemn voice.
This brings up a crucial issue on the path of spiritual practice. We know that the "Three Purities" are the "Tao" itself, so the "Tai Qing Realm", "Jade Pure Realm" and "Shang Qing Realm" are achieved. The Three Pure Realms are the necessary stage to the 'Tao'.
Da Luo Jinxian is the highest realm of Taoism within the 'Dao of Heaven', while Hunyuan Wuji Luo Jinxian has already taken one foot out of the control of 'Dao of Heaven' and entered the 'Great Dao'.
Here is the most popular metaphor: 'Tiandao' is the group leader, 'Dao' is the computer, and 'Tao' is the natural world.
The 'Tao' can be infinitely big, bigger than the Dao of Heaven and the Great Dao, and the 'Tao' can also be infinitely small, smaller than the Dao of Heaven. No one knows what kind of state that is, even the Supreme Taoist, the Buddha, and the Jade Emperor. Tianzun is still in the process of enlightenment and exploration.
And attaining the 'Three Pure Realms' means just transcending the way of heaven and entering the great road.
But transcending the way of heaven does not mean being above the way of heaven, so the Jade Emperor needs the way of heaven to recognize his identity and status as the ruler of the three worlds in this world, because there is a mysterious and mysterious concept here, that is, 'the way of heaven itself is also beyond the way of heaven'.
Therefore, it leads to the "Heavenly Way Realm" mentioned by Guanshiyin earlier. The "Heavenly Way Realm" and the "Three Pure Realms" are both a great realm.
If attaining the 'Three Pure Realms' means officially transcending the Way of Heaven and entering the great stage, then attaining the 'Realm of Heaven's Path' means embarking on another path, not detachment, but harmony: "The body conforms to the Way of Heaven."
But after embarking on this road, the 'big road' is the end, and there is no more mysterious 'way' to explore.
For those who have the ability to explore the mysteries of the 'Tao', although the 'Dao of Destiny' is powerful and can 'fit the way of heaven', it is still difficult to accept it.
However, the only four people who are qualified to despise the 'Dao of Destiny' are Taishang Daozu, Buddha, Jade Emperor, and Infinite Ancestral Demon. If they were anyone else, they would be a dream come true.
You must know that the way of heaven governs all "the world of existence", and everything that "exists" falls under the control of the way of heaven. Even if everything comes to an end, the way of heaven will still exist. It just needs to wait for the time when something comes out of nothing in the future to come out and take charge.
Although Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva said this at this time, it is impossible for you not to be shocked. The 'Dao of Destiny' really requires the 'favor of Heaven'. If you don't have the 'favor of Heaven', how can you prove the 'Dao of Destiny'? ?
"So, among the Hunyuan Wuji Luo Jinxian, who has attained the 'Destiny Path'?" Buddha from the East said slowly.
The ancient Buddha on the burning lamp shook his head and said: "This matter can only be known after the calamity is over."
Subsequently, three Buddhas, the Ancient Buddha of Ran Deng, the Buddha from the East, and the Medicine Master Glazed Light King Buddha, promulgated decrees. Three days later, all the monks of Taiyi Golden Immortal and above in the Buddhist sect went to Daluo Tiancan for the Great Court Meeting.
The immeasurable sea, the altar of Xuanjiao.
Because of the protection of Dao Master Juntian, the war that took place on Fuming Island in the Infinite Sea did not have much impact on the Xuanjiao.
But today Taoist Master Juntian called his disciple Xuanzhou Zhenjun and all Taiyi Jinxian and above disciples in the sect to the hall, and said to everyone: "In three days, you will follow me to Daluotian to attend the Heavenly Court Ceremony. Court meeting.”
True Lord Xuanzhou asked: "Master, is it related to the change in destiny just now?"
Taoist Master Juntian nodded and said: "Yes, my Xuanjiao has now established itself in this world. Although we will not participate in this calamity, we must obey the decree of Heaven."
The Xuanjiao did not participate in the Tribulation this time, firstly because it did not want to consume the power that it had managed to save in the calamity, and secondly, most of the people in the Xuanjiao were the ancient powerful people who were "collected and saved" by Taoist Master Juntian, and they themselves did not have much cause and effect. , so even measuring calamity has little impact.
As far as Xuanjiao is concerned, as long as the Jade Emperor of Heaven does not clearly resign and Heaven does not truly fall, even if the Taoist sect controls the clone of Great Heaven, it cannot be messed with.
Why did my Xuanjiao work so hard to join the world? Isn’t it just to develop your own sect? Isn’t it just to spread one’s own Taoism?
Taoist and Buddhist sects dare to offend the Heavenly Court because they have deep foundations and great powers within the sect. Even if they suffer a severe blow, they can still get up in the end. Is the occult religion okay? no! Once Taoist Master Juntian dies, the Xuanjiao will also be gone.
Therefore, for Juntian Taoist and Xuanjiao, 'Gou' is the most important, and Gou cannot just stay behind closed doors by himself, otherwise he will not know when you have offended a certain big boss.
Since you want Gou and Gou's safety, then you either have to take refuge in Taoism or Buddhism. But Taoism and Buddhism are great religions in themselves. Your Xuanjiao entry into the world is to compete with them for followers. Are you going to take refuge with them?
Then only Heaven is left. Heaven only wants 'order', not believers, and Heaven is the nominal master of the three realms. Of course, now there are the Four Swords of Lingxiao, who are the masters of the three realms in the true sense.
In short, anyone in Xuanjiao can be offended, just don’t offend Heaven.
The Xuanjiao monks present knew this very well. After hearing Taoist Master Juntian's words, they all stood up and accepted the order.
In the chaos, Lord Doumu Yuan looked at the Daluo disciples in front of him and said, "In three days, we will also go back to Daluo Tianshen to attend the Great Court Meeting."
After hearing this, Empress Yunxiao asked: "Tianzun, what should we do here?"
Doumu Yuanjun said calmly: "Someone will stop them."
Everyone was slightly startled when they heard this, and then Our Lady of the Golden Spirit said: "Is it the fellow Taoist who has attained the 'Dao of Destiny'?"
Doumu Yuanjun did not answer directly, but nodded slightly. It was obvious that she did not want to say more.
On top of the boundless sea, since the death of Yun Zhongzi, the 'tribulation' has become more and more powerful, causing the Taoist sect and the demon sect to enter a confrontation stage.
Especially the 'Demon Realm' behind the Demon Sect is now very uneasy. First, the raging disasters have caused heavy casualties to the monks in the Demon Realm. Second, the group of 'Confucius' has begun to preach in the Demon Realm.
In fact, strictly speaking, it is not a missionary, at least in the hands of Confucius, Confucianism is not a religious sect. To be precise, it was Confucius who began to integrate demonic creatures with Confucianism.
It sounds incredible, because what those real demons do is completely opposite to Confucianism.
Confucianism attaches great importance to ethics, but the behavior of real demons is unethical and unreasonable. It can be said that demonic religion and Confucianism are natural enemies.
But Confucianism now does not have the strength to destroy this enemy, so Confucius thought of a way. Since it cannot be destroyed for the time being, then improve it.
So Confucius took his disciples and began to use Confucianism to improve the thinking of the real demons, tailor a set of social norms belonging to the demon religion for them, and then slowly assimilate them.
For the Demonic Cult, this is taking money from the bottom of the cauldron and is completely unacceptable. What Confucius did is more frightening to the Demonic Cult than Fang Jian's killing.
Because killing is only temporary, as long as you can't obliterate the concept of 'demon', then the real demon will appear sooner or later.
But what Confucius did was to destroy the devil from the foundation. At that time, the concept of "demons" would change, at least it would no longer be called "demons", but should be called "Confucian Demons".
Therefore, Demon Lord Chixiao only left the Shijiehong Furnace here to resist the power of the Liangyi Dust Formation, while he went back to deal with Confucius and the others.
But we dare not kill. Confucius and the others are envoys sent by Heaven. If they kill Confucius and others, all the hatred of Heaven will be directed at the Demon Cult.
"In three days' time, all monks above Taiyi Golden Immortal in this world will go to Daluo Tiancan to attend the Great Court Meeting, and the Demon Sect will also go." Qiong Xiao said on Fuming Island.
Chi Songzi said: "But there are more people in the Demon Sect than us. What if we take this opportunity to make a sneak attack?"
Bixiao said: "No, there is Liangyi Mochen Formation. We only need to arrange some Jinxian disciples to preside over the formation, and we will be safe."
After hearing Bixiao's words, everyone nodded. In this case, the highest human being left on both sides was Jinxian, and the situation was still a confrontation.
The Demon Sect has the same arrangement, but it is a little different from what the Taoists thought. In fact, there is no strict distinction between the realms of Taoism and Taoism among real demons.
Therefore, for the demon sect, only the Taiyi Golden Immortal from the Shura clan will go, and for the real demons, only the Chixiao Demon Lord and the two Da Luo Jinxian Demon Lord will go.
But when the Daomen realized this, they were already above the Lingxiao Palace.
Time passed by in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye it was already three days later, five hours before the Great Court Meeting was to be held.
Emperor Ziwei, Emperor Gouchen, and Emperor Houtu have also returned to Heaven and are discussing canonization with the Jade Emperor.
However, according to an insider, Taibai Jinxing, Fang Jian and the others will be directly promoted to the title of 'Emperor' this time.
In fact, there is no need to 'reveal' any information. The clues can be seen from the day when the Jade Emperor asked Fang Jian and the others to go to court wearing the official robes of the highest grade Xuanfu.
The official robe of Zhipinxuanfu is actually the inner lining of the "mianfu", and the mianfu is the "official robe" of the emperor in heaven.
There are three kinds of imperial uniforms of the Heavenly Emperor, distinguished by "Zhang Patterns". The lowest one is "Twelve Chapters", which are the emperor's clothes. The higher ones are "Twenty-Four Chapters", which are the clothes of the great emperors. The top ones are It is the 'Thirty-six Chapters' crown worn by the Great Heavenly Lord, and it is a symbol of great respect and nobility.
Heavenly Court, Jade Book Palace.
Erlang Shen had been invited out of the cloud house by the fairies early. Xiao Tian Quan was lying aside boredly, watching the fairies sent by the Jade Emperor to help Erlang Shen change his clothes.
Some of these fairies dressed Erlang Shen, some combed his hair, and some trimmed his crown.
A fairy named Liu Yun blushed and said with admiration in her eyes: "Zhenjun Erlang, you will definitely be very handsome in your crown robe."
"Isn't he handsome now?" Erlang Shen said with a slight smile on his face.
The fairies who served Erlang God to change his clothes were all starry-eyed, and their bodies became numb when they heard these words, "Youngjun, you are very handsome now, and you will be even more handsome when you put on the crown clothes."
'Wow.' The roaring dog beside him yawned, rolled his eyes, then laid his head down and fell asleep.
In the 'Yunjie Palace', the fairies were also waiting for Sun Wukong to change his clothes. A transparent jade mirror in front of them reflected Sun Wukong's majestic and mighty appearance.
However, Sun Wukong was not satisfied no matter how he looked at it, "I'm dressed in monkey hair, so I'm really not suitable for wearing these clothes."
Hearing this, a fairy nearby smiled slightly and said, "Great Sage, you are so handsome."
Sun Wukong shook his head and sighed: "How can I say something like this? What kind of monkey and what kind of crown?"
"." This made the fairies who were serving him speechless. Fairies, you looked at me and I looked at you, but there was no response for a long time.
Sun Wukong seemed to feel the strange atmosphere, so he smiled and said: "Just say what you want to say, I won't argue with you."
At this time, a fairy said: "Great Sage, the words you said are not 'monkeys wearing crowns', right?"
"Hey, that's right." Sun Wukong nodded repeatedly and said, "That's what I said."
"." The fairies couldn't help it anymore and pursed their lips and smiled. Then one fairy stopped her smile and said seriously: "Great Sage, can I say something from my heart?"
Sun Wukong said: "Say, I don't care about these common sayings."
The fairy nodded and said: "If you were the one who was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, you would be wearing this kind of clothes. It would be a bit inappropriate. But now you have the majesty of Buddha and the majesty of a fairy. Anyway, we are watching you." It’s quite beautiful, hmm. How to describe it?”
Another fairy suddenly said: "The Monkey King."
The eyes of the fairies around them lit up, and they nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, yes, Monkey King, Monkey King."
Sun Wukong was immediately elated when he heard this. Now it doesn't matter to him whether it's the Fighting Buddha or the Monkey King. What he likes most is that others call him the Monkey King. Unfortunately, not many people dare to call him that now. .
"Okay, okay, you little girls are very good. Come to me someday when my grandson is free. I will teach you some spells and I will keep them for you for endless use." Sun Wukong said.
When the fairies heard this, they were overjoyed and bowed one after another: "Thank you, Monkey King!"
Sun Wukong was even more happy. When he heard the oriole-like voices of the fairies calling him the Monkey King, he felt extremely comfortable all over.
Unlike Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong, Fang Jian and Nezha do not need the Jade Emperor to send fairies to serve and change their clothes.
As soon as Fang Jian returned to Heaven, he went to live in the immortal capital of Taishi. Nezha even had a mansion in Heaven, and his mother, Mrs. Yin, was now in the mansion.
Taishi Immortal Capital, Qingyuan Hall.
Yu Luan also came to Qingyuan Hall early with her clothes and two fairies. Yu Luan personally combed Fang Jian's hair, doing so gently and slowly.
"Don't worry." Yu Luan felt that Fang Jian was a little unable to sit still, and said with a slight smile.
Fang Jian said: "Actually, just comb your hair."
Yu Luan smiled softly and said, "Yes, I'm just combing your hair slowly."
"." Fang Jian's clothes were already neatly dressed, only his hair was not tied up yet. After hearing Yu Luan's words, Fang Jian could only sit there quietly waiting to comb his hair, tie it up and wear a crown.
Mrs. Yin looked at Nezha in front of her and said with relief: "My son is finally successful."
Nezha was a little dissatisfied when he heard this and said: "Your son has always been very promising!"
Mrs. Yin smiled and said: "This is different. After today, you will be the emperor of heaven. Even your father has not reached this stage."
Nezha was slightly lost in thought after hearing this, and after a moment he said with some disappointment: "But I'm still far behind Fang Jian and the others."
Mrs. Yin reached out and touched her son's cheek, and immediately said, "Mom, I believe you will always catch up. My son is the best."
"Mother." Nezha's eyes turned red and he called softly.
Mrs. Yin responded with a smile, then reached out and took Nezha into her arms. Nezha said, "Mom, your hair is messed up."
"It's okay, mother will comb it for you." When Mrs. Yin said this, her eyes suddenly turned red and she sobbed: "But your brother Jin Zha."
When Nezha heard this, he immediately raised his head and said to Mrs. Yin: "Mom, don't be sad. I'll find him back after my brother is reincarnated. Then, mother, you can just accept him as your apprentice."
Mrs. Yin wiped her tears and said, "Obviously he is a son, but he has become a disciple. How can mother not be sad?"
Nezha smiled and said, "That's where I'll wake up my eldest brother's memory of his past life."
When Mrs. Yin heard this, she finally burst into laughter and said, "Then you must keep your word, otherwise my mother will not agree."
Nezha raised his chest and raised his head, patted his chest and said, "Your son will be an emperor soon. This is easy to do."
In this peaceful and warm atmosphere, it was finally half an hour before the Great Meeting, and all the great powers, gods, and immortal officials had already set off to wait outside the Lingxiao Palace.
Fang Jian, Erlang Shen, Sun Wukong, and Nezha were dressed in mysterious robes, with divine swords tied around their waists, and came with their heads held high.
When all the gods and immortal officials saw the four people, they immediately backed away to both sides and made way for them.
Fang Jian and his four men walked majestically through the gods and officials and reached the jade steps of the Lingxiao Palace. Then the four of them pressed their sword hilts with their left hands lightly and stood in a line outside the Lingxiao Palace waiting for the edict to be announced.
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(There will be another chapter later, and I am rushing to type. If you can’t wait, you can go to bed first. It’s my fault, I’m sorry)
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