Different from Buddhism and Taoism, the path taken by Shinto does not value the practitioner's own cultivation, but pays more attention to the concentration of incense and aspiration.
Simply put, the more followers a Shinto practitioner has, the stronger they become.
However, it is too difficult to establish a belief from scratch, so most Shinto practitioners will attach themselves to some pre-existing belief entity, hoping to reduce the difficulty of practice.
This shortcut approach has proven to be effective.
The vast majority of practitioners who convert to Shintoism can possess the strength of ordinary ghosts and gods in an extreme period of time and become qualified ghosts and gods.
However, since you are taking shortcuts, there will naturally be consequences and costs.
Attaching oneself to an entity with faith means that a Shinto practitioner gives up his or her own right to dominate, and everything he says and does must comply with the taboos of the faith entity.
Ordinary practitioners of magic need to strictly abide by various taboos when using magic, so that their words and deeds are consistent with ghosts and gods.
But those who practice Shinto must follow the taboos of ghosts and gods almost throughout their lives.
Losing oneself and becoming the incarnation of some powerful ghost or god is the shortcut to Shinto.
It wasn't until the Confucians came to power and took control of the power of worshiping ghosts and gods that these taboos and regulations were relaxed a little.
Because Confucianism, which has mastered the power of national sacrifices, can completely customize some kind of divine power for individuals - that is, "mortals can be enshrined as gods."
Since the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, innate ghosts and gods have long ceased to be the mainstream in the Central Plains, and have been replaced by various mortals who have become gods because of their merits.
The most famous among them is Guan Yu, who is known as "loyalty".
But even if the taboos are slightly relaxed, this method will not build a belief from scratch after all, so the strength in all aspects will never be as good as the truly powerful ghosts and gods.
Therefore, in order to break through various shackles, the fourth method of conferring gods was naturally born.
It is neither becoming a god yourself, nor becoming the incarnation of a god, nor is it becoming a god in the form of a mortal...
The fourth path of Shinto is to rob the powers of the gods, use one's own body to seize divinity, and eventually become a god walking in the world, a human god in the eyes of the world.
The great python god who originally lost his faith became Mohuluojia of the eight heavenly beings.
Then by chance, he became a part of Pei Wende, eventually helping him become the second true god to come to the world after the "true gods of heaven".
However, after all, the python god is just a dead god originating from the ancient country in the Western Regions.
His divinity and power have long since disappeared with the passage of time.
Kong Liu's priesthood was also included in the ranks of the eight heavenly beings, becoming one of the eight unborn gods.
If Pei Wende, as his personal god, were not powerful enough.
Not to mention compared with the original ghosts and gods such as Taishan Fujun, Haotian God, Taiyi Tianzun, etc., he may not even be able to compare with the stronger earth and mountain gods.
Even so, the great python god who has been blessed by Pei Wende's lifelong cultivation, merit, and faith has reached the limit of a god without feet.
So in this case, how should Pei Wende, who has reached the end of the Shinto, break through his own limits?
The answer is of course to use the python god as the cornerstone, plunder the rights and responsibilities of other gods, and upgrade the footless god to the god of scales, the god of beasts, and even the god of life.
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"The remains of Buddha, the source of Buddhism..."
Gently holding the phalanx of Sakyamuni in his hand, Pei Wende, who already understood the nature of the god, could clearly feel the huge faith and merit gathered on this phalanx.
These beliefs and merits were not possessed by the Buddha during his lifetime.
In other words, the original Sakyamuni was just a practitioner like Pei Wende, and the relics he left behind were no different from those left by other Buddhist practitioners.
However, with the passage of time and the popularity of Buddhism in ancient India and the Central Plains, the relics he left behind during his lifetime naturally became some kind of sacred object.
Thousands of years of worship, thousands of years of faith, thousands of years of worship...
Even a piece of stubborn stone may become a sacred object, let alone a relic that possesses various magical powers.
With the help of this extraordinary significance of the phalanx of Sakyamuni, Bui Wende can declare to the outside world that Mohu Luojia is the deity transformed from the phalanx of Buddha.
No matter how many people believe this statement, as time goes by, Bui Wende is more or less able to transfer the faith and merits on the finger bones to the great python god.
At that time, in addition to the identity of the god without legs and belly, the python god may also have the title of an incarnation of Buddha.
Of course, although this method can perfectly inherit all the attributes of this phalanx, the time that can be consumed is measured in hundreds of years.
If it were any other cultivator who could successfully advance to become a powerful ghost and god comparable to the Yang God on the other side at the cost of a hundred years, he would have certainly made a profit.
However, Pei Wende has only been practicing for more than ten years.
The Yuan Shen has been promoted to Yang Shen, and the Dharma has successfully crossed over to the other side...
Under such circumstances, it would be too long for Pei Wende to wait another hundred years for the transformation of the great python god.
Therefore, Pei Wende naturally adopted a more brutal approach.
Click...
With a crisp cracking sound, the Sakyamuni Buddha treasure that had been worshiped by countless people for thousands of years was crushed to pieces by Pei Wende.
"I am from the Weishan lineage, and I have always followed my own path!"
Gazing indifferently at the crushed finger bone relic, Pei Wende abandoned all attributes related to the Buddha and just absorbed the merits and beliefs stored for thousands of years.
hold head high!
In an instant, a silent dragon roar spread throughout Weishan.
The next moment, the great python god arrived, Fudo Myoyo arrived, and Sakyamuni Buddha also arrived...
At this moment, Pei Wende seemed to have become the common incarnation of the python god, Fudo Myoyo, and Sakyamuni Buddha, bursting out with unprecedented spiritual brilliance.
hold head high!
Another dragon roar resounded throughout the world.
Pei Wende, who transformed into a powerful furnace, remained motionless as a ferocious clawless black dragon suddenly emerged from his heavenly spirit cap.
I saw this clawless black dragon first swallowing his true form - the great python god.
Immediately afterwards, he swallowed Pei Wende's dharma form - King Fudo.
Finally, the clawless black dragon, still dissatisfied, pounced on the Buddha's precious form transformed from the Sakyamuni Buddha.
hold head high!
The clawless black dragon finally succeeded in integrating the three powers of Taoism, Buddhism, and God into one, and roared upward again, completing the most important transformation in his life.
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