Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 587: The Jade Emperor talks about the secrets of heaven, and the sword of Haotian is invulnerable to all methods

The Jade Emperor sits on the Eight-Scenes palanquin, with a magnificent appearance and supreme dharma.

Chen Yun looked at the Jade Emperor coming and seemed a little surprised.

He never imagined that Dong Wanggong called him over just to meet the most legendary figure in Taoism.

After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Taoism recognized the Jade Emperor as the king of all gods, and his status in the hierarchy of gods was extremely high.

Taoist scriptures say that the Jade Emperor lives in the Jinque Miluo Palace in Haotian, with a majestic appearance and a supreme Dharma body. He rules over all the heavens, leads all the saints, dominates the universe, enlightens the heavens, practices the way of heaven, spreads the virtue of heaven, creates all things, saves all living beings, weighs the three realms, rules over all spirits, and saves countless people. He is the supreme god in heaven and the emperor of all heavens.

In short, the Jade Emperor is in charge of all the heavens, all living things, and all the yin and yang, good and bad fortune in the six realms of reincarnation.

Although the Jade Emperor today is not yet the Emperor of Heaven but only one of the Six Imperial Gods, his status is still extremely noble and extraordinary.

The important Taoist scripture "Collection of the Original Journey of the Jade Emperor" written during the Tang and Song dynasties detailed the origin and story of the Jade Emperor: A long time ago, there was a country called Guangyan Miaole. King Jingde and Queen Baoyueguang were childless in old age, so they asked Taoist priests to pray. Later, they dreamed that the Supreme Taoist Lord held a baby and gave it to the queen. After waking up from the dream, she became pregnant. After a year of pregnancy, the baby was born in the palace at noon on the ninth day of the first month of the Bingwu year. When the prince grew up, he inherited the throne. Soon he left the country to practice Taoism in Puming Xiangyan Mountain, and succeeded in transcending. After three thousand kalpas, he finally achieved the Golden Immortal. After more than a hundred million kalpas, he finally achieved the Jade Emperor.

The Golden Immortal here does not refer to the Buddha, but to the celestial immortal who has reached the perfect state of cultivation and has immortal golden nature.

Generally speaking, the saints who reach this realm are almost half a step to Daluo.

In addition, the 1,750 tribulations in Chen Yun’s impression were not actually the total number of tribulations that the Jade Emperor actually went through, but were derived from the adaptation of Journey to the West.

Including the poem he recalled earlier, it also came from "Journey to the West".

In fact, the Jade Emperor went through three thousand calamities to become a half-step Daluo, and it took more than a billion calamities to attain the position of Heavenly Emperor.

It can be said that apart from the innate gods such as the Three Pure Ones, Three Realms and Three Treasures, the Jade Emperor may be one of the gods with the longest lifespan since the creation of this world.

One catastrophe lasts 129,600 years. The Jade Emperor has experienced more than 100 million catastrophes, which is more than 129,600 billion years in terms of years. It is conceivable that his magical powers are boundless.

Indeed, at this moment, Chen Yun stood in front of the Jade Emperor, feeling like an ant seeing a dragon, as if he himself was so small and weak.

Just by looking at the Jade Emperor, he couldn't help but want to kneel down and worship him.

It was as if the other person was the incarnation of heaven in the world, which was awe-inspiring.

Chen Yun never had this feeling when he faced Ziwei Emperor.

This is an instinctive reaction of "lower creatures" facing "higher gods".

He couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow.

Chen Yun's knees were seen bending.

The Jade Emperor, who was sitting in the Eight Scenery Carriage, had a slightly changed expression. He quickly raised his hand and said with a smile, "Young friend Chen, there is no need to be polite. We cultivators are all equal. Why do you need to kneel down to me?"

When the Jade Emperor showed a smile as warm as spring breeze, all the majesty disappeared.

Chen Yun felt as if he was in the spring breeze. His body and mind became relaxed, and he no longer had the urge to kneel down.

He then bowed and said, "Chen Pu greets the Great Jade Emperor."

Wang Xuanfu, the Duke of the East, also bowed and said, "Wang Xuanfu greets the Jade Emperor."

"You guys go away."

The Jade Emperor said this casually, and someone inexplicably appeared in front of Chen Yun and Dong Wanggong.

The divine chariot and the fairy disappeared.

Only the fairy holding the golden sword was still standing there.

Chen Yun didn't realize how the Jade Emperor appeared in front of him, nor did he notice where the divine chariot and the fairies had gone.

Wang Xuanfu seemed to see through his disciple's confusion and whispered, "The Jade Emperor has the power to create the world. In his body, all the heavens and worlds exist. In one of his hairs, there is the endless universe of the ten directions and three times mentioned in Buddhism."

Chen Yun finally understood where the divine chariot and the fairy had gone.

He couldn't help but sigh: "The realm of the Jade Emperor is something that Pu Xiang dared not even imagine."

The Jade Emperor had his hands behind his back, not revealing any imperial air at all.

On the contrary, he seemed very kind and said with a smile: "One day, you can also reach this level, or even higher."

At this point, the Jade Emperor asked, "Chen Pu, do you know why I don't accept your worship?"

Chen Yun was also very confused about this, "I don't know, please explain clearly."

The Jade Emperor sighed and said, "I can't accept it. It will shorten my life and reduce my fortune. If Ziwei Emperor accepts your kneeling worship, the position of Heavenly Emperor will change. If I accept your worship, I am afraid I will never become a Daluo Heavenly Immortal. As for your master, master's grandfather, and parents, they are all elders and will not be affected by these."

what?
Am I such a jinx?

Chen Yun was slightly startled, and vaguely heard an important message from the words of the Jade Emperor.

That is, it is true that you were one of the countless living beings on earth in your previous life, but in the previous few or dozens of lives, it is very likely that you were a sacred person with a very high status.

The Jade Emperor seemed to have something in mind, and added, "You were Chen Pu in your previous life, and before that, you didn't have any noble status."

Was I Chen Pu in my previous life?
Am I not Chen Pu in this life?

Chen Yun became even more confused by this remark and didn't understand what was going on.

The Jade Emperor deliberately changed the subject and said, "In my previous life, my status and position were indeed very high, even higher than now."

Wang Xuanfu introduced with a smile: "In the previous life of the Jade Emperor, he was the famous Lord of Heaven in Confucian mythology, but that was the 99,999,999th calamity he experienced. Now it has been 100 million calamities, and it is time for him to achieve the state of Daluo perfection and return to the position of Heavenly Emperor."

Just a short sentence made Chen Yun finally understand why the word "Haotian" was included in the full name of the Jade Emperor "Taishang Kaitian Zhifu Yuli Hanzhentidao Jinque Yungong Jiuqiong Yuli Wandao Wuwei Dadao Mingdian Haotian Jinque Supreme Jade Emperor Forgives Sins Great Tianzun Xuanqiong Gaoshangdi".

It turns out that the Jade Emperor's previous life was the Confucian supreme god Haotian God.

Chen Yun's expression became more and more excited. He bowed again and said, "So it's God. Chen Pu is so rude."

The Jade Emperor seemed to have revealed the information deliberately.

He blinked and said, "In fact, Lord Haotian is not my most honorable identity. Do you want to know what my most honorable identity should be?"

Wang Xuanfu was startled and said softly, "Jade Emperor, this matter cannot be discussed."

"Nothing, I've talked to that person." The Jade Emperor waved his hand and looked at Chen Yun seriously, "Do you want to know?"

Chen Yun looked at it seriously and said, "Reporting to God, Park wants to know."

The Jade Emperor nodded slightly, "My most honorable identity should be the founder of this world, Yuanshi Tianzun. All the heavens and myriad worlds in this world were created by me."

Chen Yun was stunned. "Ah? Yuanshi Tianzun?"

Although he felt a little dizzy, he also understood why the full name of the future Jade Emperor included the term "Taishang Kaitian".

It turns out that this world was created by the Jade Emperor.

In other words, it was created by his original identity "Yuanshi Tianzun".

But for some reason, the Jade Emperor changed from "Yuanshi Tianzun" to "Jade Emperor".

The Jade Emperor sighed and said, "Yes, but something unexpected happened and my position as Yuanshi Tianzun was taken away by someone. Fortunately, he promised me that I would achieve greater success in the future. Otherwise, I would not be willing to give up."

Will future achievements be higher than Yuanshi Tianzun?
The most important thing is that it is the promise made by others, not the result of your own cultivation?

Chen Yun was in doubt and asked, "Who dares to make such a promise?"

It's not that he didn't doubt his future successor Fang Yi.

But when he thought about it carefully, Fang Yi's cultivation level was most likely similar to that of the Three Pure Ones, Three Realms and Three Treasures. It seemed that he was not qualified to make such a promise, right?
This time the Jade Emperor did not speak directly, but kept the secret and said: "Want to know? When you cultivate to the Daluo Heavenly Immortal, you will naturally understand everything. Oh, I can remind you that in the heavens and myriad worlds where we are now, Yuanshi Tianzun is the incarnation of a certain powerful person." Oh my God!

Yuanshi Tianzun has already reached the realm of Daluo, but he is just the incarnation of some powerful being?

Chen Yun really couldn't imagine how high the cultivation level of that powerful man was.

Although the Jade Emperor told him that Yuanshi Tianzun in this world was just the incarnation of some powerful being, Chen Yun understood one thing in his heart, that is, the incarnation was an existence with an independent personality.

Therefore, Yuanshi Tianzun is Yuanshi Tianzun, and that almighty man is still that almighty man, and the two cannot be confused.

It's like Laozi is an incarnation of Taishang Laojun. You can say Taishang Laojun is Laozi, but you cannot say Laozi is Taishang Laojun.

Although Chen Yun was shocked, he really didn't know why the Jade Emperor revealed so much important information.

The next moment, he finally knew why.

"The reason why I told you so much." The Jade Emperor pondered for a moment, and then continued, "is because that great being promised me that I need to return to the position of Heavenly Emperor as the Supreme God of Taoism, and then I can be one with the Tao, and surpass the realm of Yuanshi Tianzun's cultivation, and reach an incredible and unimaginable realm."

Chen Yun vaguely understood something.

Wang Xuanfu took the opportunity to say, "This Conferred Gods Battle is a preparation for the Jade Emperor to return to the position of Heavenly Emperor. However, this destiny is not predetermined and needs to be fought for by oneself. Now the Heavenly Emperor is the Purple Star Emperor. If the Jade Emperor's achievements in this Conferred Gods Battle are not as good as his, he still cannot return to the position of Heavenly Emperor."

The Jade Emperor looked deep in his eyes and said, "The way of heaven has its own rules. If you haven't attained Daluo, you can't use your magical powers to predict the changes in the future. Therefore, I don't know who the future Human Emperor True Dragon will be. Since you are a visitor from the future, you must know who the Human Emperor True Dragon is."

Chen Yun opened his mouth to speak.

The Jade Emperor interrupted, "You can't tell us. You can't reveal the secret. Otherwise, the historical trend will change."

Chen Yun quickly swallowed back what he was about to say.

The Jade Emperor nodded with satisfaction. "I revealed so much information because I want to let you know one thing. You have not made any move at this point in the Conferred Gods War. It is difficult for us to decide which side to stand on. Therefore, I have discussed with your master and decided to hand over the power we have to you. You... are our military advisor."

Oh, so he came to announce to me that he would become a “military advisor”.

Chen Yun finally understood why the Jade Emperor wanted to see him in person.

He frowned slightly and said, "Jade Emperor, I am an earthly immortal. I am afraid I am not capable of taking on such an important position."

The Jade Emperor smiled and said, "If I say you can do it, then you can definitely do it. Tell me, how do you want to lead our camp to win this Conferred God Battle?"

Wang Xuanfu said: "If we want to save your master, we have to win this battle of conferring the gods. Once the Jade Emperor returns to the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, even if you have no merit, he can still pardon any guilty person or god according to the way of heaven."

At this point, he seemed to have thought of something, glanced at the Jade Emperor, and then added: "As long as you can lead our camp to win the Conferred God Battle, then the Jade Emperor will follow the will of heaven and pardon Zhongli Quan, and your merits can still be used to confer a god position."

The Jade Emperor gave a very affirmative answer, "As long as you can help me return to the throne of the Emperor of Heaven, I will follow the way of Heaven and pardon Zhongli Quan. Can you rest assured?"

This is promising me benefits.

Chen Yun naturally understood what the Jade Emperor and his master meant.

He originally thought that the merits he had earned in this battle to become a god would be used entirely to atone for the sins of his mentor.

I never thought that it would happen to me.

The prerequisite is that the Jade Emperor can return to the throne of Heavenly Emperor, follow the way of Heaven, and pardon his mentor.

"Peace of mind."

Chen Yun originally participated in the Battle of the Gods in order to save his mentor.

Now that the Jade Emperor and the King of the East have both promised him, how could he not agree?

The Jade Emperor was very satisfied with Chen Yun's attitude. "In this case, please tell me what you think. What should we do next?"

Wang Xuanfu also pricked up his ears.

Chen Yun said: "Just now, Jade Emperor, you said that there are some things I cannot say aloud, so I will not mention what to do in the end for now. As for what to do next, I have an idea in my mind. I see that the luck of the Jin Dynasty is about to end, but it is protected by the Emperor of Purple Star, so its luck is still there. If you, Jade Emperor, want to return to the position of Heavenly Emperor, I think the first thing to do is to completely destroy the Later Jin Dynasty. It is difficult to destroy the Later Jin Dynasty with my own strength and power. Therefore, the Jade Emperor needs to send a series of sacred forces to participate in the war, and even when necessary, you, the Jade Emperor, have to come down to earth to participate in the war, such as the Emperor of Purple Star taking action."

The Jade Emperor agreed without any hesitation, "Okay, I promise that you can call on the heavens and the earth to respond. If you encounter any gods that you cannot resist on the battlefield, you only need to send your disciples to the various gods' temples to invite them, and they will rush there as soon as possible. In addition, some gods live in the fairyland. You are currently only in the earth fairyland, and your god rank is relatively low. It may be troublesome for you to go to heaven or earth. I will give you some talismans later. If you need to ask a god to come down to earth to help, just write down the name and burn it. I can sense it and then send the god to the lower world. Of course, not all gods are on my side. I will give you a list later. You can only invite the gods on the list. Others belong to other forces, so you must not go to them."

Chen Yun hurriedly said: "Pu received the Jade Emperor's order."

The Jade Emperor hummed, "Since I want you to help me return to the throne of Heavenly Emperor, I can't just give you nothing to protect you."

At this point, he looked at the fairy next to him and said, "Jade Girl, please lend my sword to Mr. Chen for two days."

The jade girl said respectfully, "Yes."

After saying that, she walked up to Chen Yun and presented the golden sword to him with both hands.

At this time, the Jade Emperor introduced: "This sword is the sword I carried with me in my previous life, called the 'Haotian Sword'. It symbolizes that I am indestructible for 99,999,999 calamities, invulnerable to all attacks, and eternal. If you encounter an irresistible enemy, it will save your life. In addition, because the power of the Haotian Sword can almost tear the heavens and myriad worlds apart, I have added a seal to it so that it can only kill a certain person. Moreover, you can only use it three times on your own initiative. Before each use, you must bathe, change clothes, burn incense and report. After getting my permission, you can use it as a sacrifice. No matter if the opponent is a celestial immortal or a god, this sword will surely kill him. However, it will not work on a half-step Daluo."

Is the Haotian Sword so powerful?

Chen Yun's heart was trembling when he heard this. He had obtained many magic weapons, but none of them could be like the Haotian Sword, which could definitely kill immortals and gods.

He knew that the Jade Emperor's words were golden and would surely come true.

So, Chen Yun took the sword carefully with excitement, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Jade Emperor, for giving me the Haotian Sword."

The Jade Emperor laughed dumbly and said, "It's a loan, not a gift. When the Conferred God War is over, you must return the Haotian Sword to me. Don't think of embezzling it."

Chen Yun broke into a cold sweat; he was indeed quite envious of the Haotian Sword.

But he knew very well in his heart that this was the sword that the Jade Emperor had worn in his previous life as the Lord of Heaven. It was useless for him to covet it because the other party would never give it to him.

However, I am satisfied that I can have the right to use the Haotian Sword in the Battle of the Gods.

The Jade Emperor said it very clearly just now that this magic sword can be used as a magic weapon to protect himself. Basically, as long as the Half-Step Daluo does not come out, his life will not be in danger.

The only thing that made Chen Yun feel regretful was that this magic sword could only be used three times, and before each use he had to burn incense and obtain permission before he could use it.

In fact, this is very normal to think about. After all, we have some divine mission and we have to take certain responsibilities for the operation of the laws of nature.

If I use my Haotian Sword to kill innocent people indiscriminately, it might affect the operation of the heavens and all worlds.

Therefore, if you want to use the Haotian Sword to kill a god, it is necessary to ask the Jade Emperor for permission in advance.

No matter what, Chen Yun knew that he had gained a lot from his trip to Penglai.

Not only did he learn some top-secret information from the Jade Emperor, but he also received promise from the other party that he could make the heavens respond and the earth respond, and that he could get the right to use the Sword of Clear Sky in the Battle of the Gods. In addition, if the Jade Emperor returned to the throne of Heaven, he could forgive his mentor's sins and retain the credit he had earned in the Battle of the Gods.

It can be said that Chen Yun felt that today's gains made him happier than when he reached the Earthly Immortal Realm in the Sun Moon Lake Cave.

After all, he had no confidence that he would not die in the Battle of the Gods.

Now that we have the Haotian Sword, this situation will not happen again.

it is good!
Finally I was able to save my life and pursue the path to immortality with peace of mind.

Although Chen Yun knew that Half-Step Daluo might still threaten his life, with the Haotian Sword, at least the immortals and gods would not be able to take his life, and his chances of survival were greatly improved.

There are not many Half-Step Daluo saints in the heavens and all realms, and all of them have such high status that it is unbelievable.

Chen Yun felt that people at this level would definitely not be willing to lower themselves to kill him personally, unless they really had no dignity left.

Therefore, possessing the Haotian Sword means that your life will not be in danger in the Battle of the Gods!

(End of this chapter)