"Three thousand great roads lead to the same destination through different paths. They are all differentiated by the chaos of Hongmeng. There is no distinction between superior and inferior."
Shen Gongbao smiled slightly and said: "My Taoist sect has a theory of Yuanyuan. Tao gives birth to one, which gives birth to two, which gives rise to three, and which gives rise to all things."
"Everything in the world evolved from the original great path. It is only because of the acquired factors that it has the distinction of race, bloodline, and form. There are differences in nature, and there is no distinction between high and low."
"Therefore, there is no useless person, and there is no useless way. There are only people who can't find the right way."
"The essence of spiritual practice is to find a path that suits your body, use the power of the path to temper your body, and find your own innate nature."
"It's called: Using lies to cultivate the truth."
The God of Thunder was thoughtful, but he asked in confusion: "Three Thousand Avenues are true and not false. Why is it false? The nature of the self is illusory and nowhere to be found. Why is it true?"
Yuanyang boy whispered: "This is not easy. The prime minister works for the emperor and handles government affairs. He feels that the world belongs to him. He can mobilize thousands of troops and call the wind and rain. When it comes time to kill the donkey, the prime minister can mobilize Only myself."
The God of Thunder was suddenly stunned and wanted to refute, but after careful consideration, he felt that it was somewhat unreasonable.
"interesting."
Shen Gongbao glanced at the boy, his eyes searching, and asked: "How did you come up with this metaphor?"
Boy Yuanyang scratched his head and said shyly: "I don't know why, but I suddenly said it."
"A little spiritual light stays forever, and it has its own cause and effect."
Shen Gongbao touched the boy's head, shook his head, then looked at the God of Thunder and said: "There are too many practitioners. The Prime Minister has mistakenly thought that he is the emperor for a long time."
"Mistaking the nature of the Dao for one's own nature. However, even if it is an innate god born from the Dao, his nature and the nature of the Dao overlap in many ways, but they are not completely consistent."
"Only when you have gained the Tao can you realize the Tao. If you have gained the wrong Tao, how can you realize the Tao."
Speaking of this, the God of Thunder suddenly realized that there were only two innate gods in the Yuanyang world, one was Emperor Beiyin and the other was Emperor Yuanyang.
Emperor Beiyin is living well now.
"So, what the Tao Lord means is... His Majesty Yuanyang mistakenly regarded the Taoism of the Qiyun Dao as his own nature." Thunder God asked tentatively: "Only when you master your own nature can you establish your own court. The king of human beings.”
"Of course." Shen Gongbao nodded and said: "The great road has no image, and its true nature is not empty."
"The Three Thousand Great Dao is powerful, but it does not belong to you. It only conforms to your nature and is close to your nature, but it is not your nature and is an illusion."
"No matter how weak the true spirit's nature is, it is still its own and is real."
"Using the essence of false cultivation, using the illusory and vast avenue of heaven and earth, to present one's true nature, fading away all the things acquired, and finally practicing falsehood to become true, both in form and spirit, and in harmony with the truth."
"The human body is so small, nature is so insignificant, the heaven and earth are so vast, and the great road is so great." Thunder God suddenly heard the true way and saw the way forward. He was so happy that he scratched his head and scratched his head. After thinking carefully, he felt doubtful, and at the same time he was anxious and couldn't wait. He asked: "Tao Lord, if the inner heaven and earth meet the outer heaven and earth, and your body is swallowed up by the great road in an instant, and you become Taoist on the spot, how can you practice falsehood to become true, and how can you merge with true Tao?"
"If you go with it, you will be ordinary; if you go against it, you will become immortal." Shen Gongbao said leisurely: "It's just in the reverse."
Thor was still puzzled, his brows furrowed.
"The teacher has already said it, God of Thunder, you are too stupid." Boy Yuanyang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Don't you hear that Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things."
"The path of spiritual practice is probably the path of all things returning to three, three returning to two, two returning to one, one returning to the Tao, and becoming one with the Tao."
Shen Gongbao nodded, affirming Boy Yuanyang's talent, but did not speak, just looked at the big tree on the side of the road.
The Thunder God's body trembled and he cried with joy. He immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Dao, for clarifying my doubts. Thank you boy for your guidance."
"Teacher, am I right?" Boy Yuanyang looked triumphant, raising his head and chest as if he had won a great victory.
"You are right, you just talk too much." Shen Gongbao broke a branch of a plum tree, slapped Yuanyang boy's butt hard, and said with a smile: "This is the trouble that belongs to the God of Thunder, but it is also his wisdom. , his Bodhi, his path and fruit.”
"Now I've been told off by you. If the God of Thunder fails to prove his enlightenment in the future, you will have a share of the cause and effect."
Yuanyang boy covered his buttocks and was about to cry without tears: "I didn't mean it."
"It should be beaten, it should be beaten, and let the master give me five hundred lashes."
Shen Gongbao chuckled and said, "So that you can have a long memory."
"Five hundred lashes!" Boy Yuanyang's face turned pale and he screamed strangely: "My butt is going to be whipped to pieces."
"If you can escape, you don't need to be beaten." Shen Gongbao held the plum blossom branch and said with a smile, but his attack was ruthless.
Another red mark appeared on Yuanyang's buttocks. He wailed and ran away. He knew that his teacher had great supernatural powers and did not escape into the Five Elements, but circled around the plum blossom tree.
The two people circled the plum blossom tree several times, but Yuanyang boy did not escape any of the whips. Instead, he was wailing and crying, and instead he was surrounded by people watching.
There are men, women, old people, young children, rich businessmen, officials, poor people, and beggars.
When the people saw that Yuanyang boy's pink and jade-like appearance was completely different from his own incompetent boy, they immediately felt distressed, and they all tried to persuade him: "Taoist Priest, how many mistakes can a child make, please spare him this time. "
"Yes, yes, just give him a few whips and let him reform and become a new person."
"That's right, this child is very smart at first glance. He will be a high official and a great person in the future... and will benefit the world."
…
The God of Thunder also helped to plead for mercy: "Tao Lord, please don't blame the fairy boy. It's all the little gods who are stupid. If the fairy boy hadn't revealed the secret, the little god might not be able to understand it until his death."
"It is a great blessing to hear the true Tao today. If the Tao disappears and dies in the future, it will be the little god's own decision and has nothing to do with the fairy boy."
"How is it unusual for Qi to flow? Humanity pleads for mercy, and heaven and earth hold it back." Shen Gongbao shook his head, looked at the sky, and said meaningfully: "This is Yuanyang Realm reminding me that there is an unfinished cause and effect."
"When you take away a second-generation God-King, you always have to give something back. It's just you who deserves it."
This is cause and effect, this is responsibility.
Different schools and factions have different views on causal responsibility.
The unruly and unruly people, faced with the unruly people in Yuanyang Realm, just slap the world to pieces and leave wantonly. This is lawless. This is the devil's way.
Incorporate the Yuanyang realm into your own system, become the divine king yourself, and govern the three realms. Cause and effect will disappear on their own. This is the way of the gods.
Accumulating merit for all sentient beings in the world and moving forward, the cycle of cause and effect will lead to sinking deeper and deeper, either sinking into it or emerging from nirvana, this is the way of Buddhism.
The one who can emerge from Nirvana is the true Buddha, and the one who sinks into it with aggravated obsessions is the true devil. Therefore, it is said that one thought becomes a Buddha and one thought becomes a devil.
However, as the True Immortal of Yuxu, who is in charge of disasters, Shen Gongbao regards the responsibility of cause and effect as a disaster. Entering the disaster, overcoming the disaster, and getting out of the disaster, this is a cycle.
"Calamity is disaster, but it is also good fortune."
Shen Gongbao counted with his fingers and said: "About three thousand six hundred years later, the Yuanyang Realm will be in trouble again. At that time, you will go down to the lower realm to bring order to the chaos, pay off the cause and effect, and help the God of Thunder achieve righteousness."
"Disciple, I obey." Boy Yuanyang lowered his head, like an eggplant beaten by frost.
The second generation God King? ! The God of Thunder did not expect that there would be an unexpected gain, so he couldn't help asking: "May I ask the name of the fairy boy?"
"Yuan Yang." The boy Yuanyang replied casually, dejectedly.
Yuanyang!
It turned out to be Yuanyang!
The God of Thunder's eyes narrowed, and he had complicated thoughts. He had originated from Emperor Yuanyang in his life, died for him, and ended up with Boy Yuanyang.
Among them, the entanglement of cause and effect and the changes in fate, how many people can know it.
"Since the secret has been revealed, let's just break the jar and throw it away." After thinking for a moment, Shen Gongbao walked to sit cross-legged under the plum blossom tree, holding the thunder pool in his hand, branding himself, and began to explain the mystery of the return to the true one.
"All things return to three, and it is said that the three elements are one, the essence, the essence, the essence. The essence is flawless and perfect, the essence is endless, the essence is pure and yang is immortal, three three make nine, the nine great texts create one's way, this is the earth The practice of immortality.”
"Three returns to two, it is said that the form and spirit are wonderful, gathering and dispersing into one, a little true spirit illuminates the three thousand realms, reflects hundreds of millions of others and myself, communicates with others and myself in the heavens and the realms, understands the mind and nature, strengthens the nature, and is independent of the Tao , is the cultivation of immortals.”
"Two return to one, it is said to be true with the Tao, a little bit of true spirit is combined with the Tao, and the three flowers of true condensation are combined with the Tao, the self-nature is fully realized, and there is no duality, the Tao nature is combined with the original nature, it is called transforming the Tao, and the original nature is combined with the Tao nature , called Hedao, is the practice of the Golden Immortal."
"Further up, one unites the Tao. One is ten thousand, and ten thousand are one. This is Taiyi. The practice of Daluo is so profound that it is unknown to a poor Taoist."
"It is roughly speculated that it is the practice of getting rid of the three thousand acquired laws and opening up one's own innate avenue."
Two hundred eloquent words, each word of which is precious, are sealed in the thunder pond and hidden in the information of heaven and earth. Not only the God of Thunder, the Yuanyang boy, but also the destined people nearby can hear the Taoist theory.
If someone ascends in the future and leads to the calamity of ascension, he can also catch a glimpse of the plum blossom preaching in the dark void.
It can be said that Shen Gongbao pointed out the way forward and provided a general outline for future generations of ascendants.
Suddenly the universe shook, the universe roared, and the strands of moral energy fell down, turning into Tai Chi Taoist robes to bless Shen Gongbao. The black and yellow merits were like a rainbow running through the stars, and turned into Dao hairpins inserted into the bun.
This is a missionary work, this is a moral act.
To have great achievements in heaven and earth and to have great deeds in ancient and modern times is exactly the practice of immortals.
Enlighten others and me, not only enlighten me, but also enlighten all living beings, hold up a bright light, give a direction to the living beings in the sea of suffering, travel across the heavens and the world, and cross countless sentient beings.
With the addition of morality, Shen Gongbao had a clear understanding in his heart. In the realm of immortals, Master Daode is responsible for the theoretical path of immortals, Teacher Yuanshi is responsible for the characteristics of the realm of immortals, and Uncle Lingbao... is probably responsible for the powerful supernatural powers of immortals.
"Meet the gods!"
"Greetings to Mr. Dao!"
Shen Gongbao appeared in front of the people and preached the Tao, which caused visions in the heaven and earth. The universe shook. There were wonderful sounds in the void. Pieces of ceiling flowers fell and golden lotuses emerged. Some people who don't know are excited to worship the gods, and those who are aware of it are extremely excited and call you Tao Lord.
A series of wishes and thoughts, all congratulating Shen Gongbao, and at the same time urging Shen Gongbao to make a choice.
At the moment when the Great Dao was passed down, Shen Gongbao's heavenly favor had reached a peak, and there were only two choices left, either to ascend or to become the master of the three realms.
"The three-year period has come. You can go to the barren mountain to observe the ceremony."
Shen Gongbao looked at the God of Thunder and gave a warning, and then took a step forward to break through the space and go to the underworld. Countless visions of heaven and earth followed, and huge clear light swayed, illuminating the entire underworld, freeing countless ghosts, and a trace of clarity appeared in his eyes.
The will of Jiuyou Yinshi echoed, knowing that the Netherworld leader was about to leave, and reluctantly tried to stay.
"The power is not mine, I hope the world is quiet."
Shen Gongbao smiled lightly and declined politely.
The will of the underworld is no longer stirring. Knowing that the leader of the underworld has made a decision, he will strip off his personality layer by layer, and at the same time pay a large sum of Yin De's breakup fee.
After the purple moral energy and the golden merit energy, a dark black yin virtue energy appeared behind Shen Gongbao, adding another virtue.
"teacher!"
Nie Xiaoqian, who was cultivating in the Netherworld, was suddenly startled and stood up. After thinking for a moment, she quickly walked towards the barren mountain in the world.
She was not the only one. The Human King Li Yi was notified by the God of Thunder, the Empress of Beiyin was notified by the Boy Yuanyang, and the gods of all sizes in the three realms all ran to the barren mountain in a very short period of time.
I saw a Taoist in green clothes, holding a purple thunder pool in his hand, standing on the top of the mountain, looking free and easy, with a boy following him.
"teacher!"
The human king Li Yi burst into tears and said sincerely: "Just wait a few more years."
Personally, he didn't want his teacher who was a preacher to leave so soon. But from a public perspective, once the teacher left, he would be doomed to be surrounded and face various threats, so naturally he would be even more reluctant.
"The great road is invisible, giving birth to the heaven and the earth; the great road is ruthless, running the sun and the moon; the great road is nameless, nourishing all things." Shen Gongbao smiled and said: "Whoever leaves the three realms will be transferred. Besides, I am ascending, not a calamity, so why should I be small? The attitude of a son or daughter.”
Li Yi said nothing, but kowtowed three times again.
Shen Gongbao shook his head, took out the wisdom pearl exploded by Emperor Yuanyang, and handed it to Li Yi as a token of inheritance between Taoist monarchs.
"From now on, you are the second generation Taoist Lord of the Taoist Court."
The sound was like a loud bell, spreading throughout the three realms. All gods, earth, humans and ghosts all worshiped: "Greetings to the Taoist Lord!"
The Qi changes and the personality transfers, just like the will of the underworld, Taoting Qi is reluctant to leave, and finally gives a large sum of Shengde as the breakup fee.
The holy virtue, as red as fire, turned into the fourth virtue, and appeared behind Shen Gongbao. The four virtues gathered together and the five virtues became their own.
Immediately afterwards, the merits that symbolize the perfection of one's body are also added.
The five colors of purple Qi moral virtue, yellow Qi merit, mysterious Qi Yin virtue, red Qi holy virtue, and white Qi merit are gathered together, like a ribbon of light flying around the bright and pure treasure wheel behind Shen Gongbao. The light is majestic and shines on the universe, just like the great sage.
"A little spiritual light will illuminate three thousand people, and their merits will be perfect and they will become immortals."
"Everyone, see you in heaven."
Shen Gongbao laughed, and threw the thunder pool in his hand, turning it into a soaring platform, connecting the sky and the earth, straight into the void, and the auspicious glow of the glow filled the three realms.
With a thought, he connected with the deity. He carried his merits and luck and turned into a white light, escaping through the universe.
"Congratulations on your ascension to Dao Lord!"
The gods, monks and mortals all bowed down and praised loudly.
In the thirteenth year of Tao Ting's calendar, the Lord of Tao Ting, the first Taoist Lord, was in the barren mountain. With the five virtues perfected, he raised the clouds to the sky and opened up the road to ascension.
(End of chapter)
