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

Chapter 825 Yuanshi Tianzun
The next day.

Chen Yun and Lu Dongbin rode in the golden divine chariot and went to Daluo Heaven to listen to Yuanshi Tianzun explain the Hunyuan Daoguo.

Jiufeng pulled the divine chariot through the thirty-six heavens and soon arrived above Daluo Heaven.

The first thing that catches the eye is the Seven Treasures Mountain in Yujing, which is ninety thousand miles in circumference. The palaces in the mountain are decorated with gold and jade.

There is the Seven Treasures Palace on the city wall and the Seven Treasures Platform inside the palace. There are three palaces: upper, middle and lower. It is like a palace city with 240 gates on each side.

In the four directions there grew eight rows of precious forests, with green leaves, red fruits, and five-colored mushrooms. On them there were twelve thousand kinds of mushrooms, and in the swamp the lotus was ten feet in diameter.

There are 810,000 heavenly roads in Yujing, leading to 810,000 mountains and caves.

As soon as the golden divine chariot landed, immortal officials and immortal clerks came to lead the chariot.

"Meet Chen Daojun."

"Meet Prime Minister Lu."

The immortal officials and clerks performed the ceremony.

Chen Yun got out of the car and said, "No need to be so polite."

Lü Dongbin seemed to be very familiar with these immortal officials and clerks, and he said jokingly with a smile: "Now that Emperor Chen is here today, you won't be so presumptuous with me?"

The leading immortal official said seriously: "The Great Emperor is one of the rulers of heaven and earth, how dare we be so presumptuous?"

Chen Yun knew that the immortal official was expressing his respect with practical actions. After all, he was different now. He had just been conferred the title of Great Emperor by Laojun, and his rank was already a high-level deity.

Lu Dongbin chatted briefly with the immortal official.

Immediately, under the guidance of the immortal officials, Chen Yun, Lu Dongbin and others were led to Xuandu Yujing Palace.

The ground of this fairy palace is paved with gold and the steps are made of jade.

It is rumored that there are seven treasures and precious jades in the palace.

The Immortal King, Immortal Duke, Immortal Minister, Immortal Uncle, Immortal Doctor, etc. live in the immortal palaces in the center and on both sides.

Chen Yun and Lu Dongbin came straight to the Qibao Xuantai.

At this time, there were already many sacred beings waiting in front of the Seven Treasures Platform.

Some of them were sacred, but some were not.

The sacred beings I know include the Four Emperors of the Six Heavenly Kings, the King Father of the East, the Queen Mother of the West, the Five Elders of the Five Directions, the Mysterious Woman of the Nine Heavens, the Heavenly Lord of Thunder and the Emperor of the East, as well as Zhang Tianshi, Li Tieguai and other disciples who are direct descendants of the Three Pure Ones, as well as the Four Saints of the North Pole, the Five Marshals of the Thunder Department, etc.

There are even more unknown gods, such as the Three Officials Emperor, the Southern Emperor of Immortality, the Earthly Emperor Hou Tu, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Emperors, and some who may be immortal kings under Yuanshi Tianzun.

There were probably hundreds of sacred beings on the scene, and the lowest level of cultivation was in the late Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Judging from the current positions, all the half-step Daluo are in the first row.

The rest are arranged in order of their clergy positions and levels of cultivation.

For example, Zhang Tianshi and the Four Saints of the North Pole are ranked in the second row.

Although Li Tieguai is in the late stage of the celestial realm, his seat is relatively far back.

There is no way, the lowest level of cultivation here is in the late stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Li Tieguai can only be considered average in the late stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and has just stepped into the Half-Step Daluo realm. How could he be ranked very high?

Perhaps they noticed Chen Yun coming, all the gods except the Half-Step Daluo stood up.

"Meet Emperor Chen."

"Chen Daojun is polite."

"It is my honor to see the true appearance of Emperor Chen today."

No matter whether they are saints you know or not, you should take the initiative to say hello to them all.

Chen Yun responded one by one with a smile.

During this time, he saw old acquaintances such as Tieguai Li and Zhang Tianshi looking at him with complicated eyes.

He roughly knew what was going on and felt a little emotional.

Indeed, Tieguai Li and Zhang Tianshi felt mixed emotions when they saw Chen Yun today.

Chen Yun had known them all since he was young, and they were like elders to him.

Take Tieguai Li for example. When he first met Chen Yun, Chen Yun had just become a disciple of Zhongli Quan.

Zhang Tianshi was a little behind, but at that time Chen Yun was only at the level of a lower-class mage.

Not to mention decades ago, even during the previous battle when the Khitan destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty, Chen Yun had only just broken through from the divine realm to the early stage of the celestial realm, and there was a huge gap between him and Li Tieguai and Zhang Tianshi.

Who would have thought that just one or two years after the Khitan's conquest of the Later Jin Dynasty, Chen Yun had already soared all the way from the early stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm and successfully achieved the realm of Half-Step Daluo.

Although Taoism has the largest number of Half-Step Daluo, they are no more than the Six Emperors, the King of the East and the Queen Mother of the West, the Five Elders, the Three Officials Emperor, the Thunder Ancestor, the Lady of the Nine Heavens, the Emperor of Fengdu, the Old Mother of Mount Li and the Emperor of Dongyue.

Among them, the Emperor of Fengdu died, and the Emperor of Ziwei still served as the Heavenly Official among the Three Emperors.

That is to say, there are a total of nineteen Half-Step Daluo in Taoism today. If Chen Yun is included, there are twenty in total.

What is worth mentioning here is that the Mother of Mount Li is Nuwa.

"Lu Shi" says: "Nuwa established her government at the source of Zhonghuang Mountain and continued to prosper in Li."

The "Chang'an Records" also records that "there is a place where Nuwa governs in Mount Li, and the present-day Laomu Temple in Mount Li is that place."

The "Daoist Dictionary" explains the relationship between Nuwa and the Old Mother of Mount Li more directly: "According to legend, the Old Mother of Mount Li once 'refined stones to mend the sky and kneaded yellow earth to make humans' on this mountain. After her death, people buried her on the south side of Mount Li and built a Nuwa Temple on Mount Li to commemorate her."

This directly explains that the Mother of Mount Li "refined stones to mend the sky and kneaded yellow earth to make humans", and everything is in line with Nuwa.

Of course, in Taoist mythology, there is another theory about the identity of the Old Mother of Mount Li, which says that she is the incarnation of Dou Mu Yuanjun.

This question has been mentioned before. Dou Mu Yuan Jun appeared in the Song and Yuan dynasties and was related to Zhong Lu. She evolved from the Buddhist Bodhisattva Mariputra, and the earliest record of Lishan Lao Mu can be traced back to "Records of the Grand Historian. The Basic Annals of Qin" and "Book of Han. Calendar and Music". So how is it possible that Lishan Lao Mu, who appeared first, became the incarnation of Dou Mu Yuan Jun who appeared later?
Another point to note is that Taoism also has Three Emperors, but they are not the Three Emperors in the traditional sense, but the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of Earth and the Emperor of Thailand, among which the Emperor of Thailand is the most honorable.

The Emperor refers to the Great Emperor of Heaven, namely, God of Gou Chen.

Needless to say, everyone knows that Hou Tu Niangniang's title is "Inheriting the Heaven, Following the Example, Having Great Virtue and Glorifying the Earth".

Who is the Thai King in Taoism?

That’s right, it refers to the Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole in the Zhongtian.

He is also known as "The Great Emperor of the North Pole", or "The King of Thailand" for short.

Of course, according to other records, the King of Thailand should be Donghuang Taiyi, but this is a Taoist mythological world, so the King of Thailand is Ziwei Emperor.

That is to say, whether it is the Three Emperors or Nuwa, they are actually already considered to be half a step away from Daluo in Taoism.

Chen Yun became one of the twenty Half-Step Daluo in Taoism. One can imagine how noble and prominent his status was.

Naturally, all those present who had not yet attained the Half-Step Daluo status had to stand up to greet him.

Soon, Chen Yun came to the front row.

All the Half-Step Daluo looked at him differently.

Emperor Dongyue spoke first, smiling and saying, "Congratulations to Emperor Chen for achieving the Half-Step Daluo."

Chen Yun hurriedly said, "Thank you, King Tianqi." Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun smiled and nodded.

As early as a year or two ago, he had taught Chen Yun how to master the skills of Half-Step Daluo.

Now the other party is on an equal footing with him, which makes him feel very emotional.

Chen Yun also smiled and nodded in response.

The Queen Mother of the West, the Jade Emperor, the Purple Star Emperor and others all greeted him, either by speaking their congratulations or by smiling and gesturing like Lei Zu.

The look in Ziwei Emperor's eyes when he looked at Chen Yun seemed a little complicated.

He still remembered the first time he met Chen Yun, the other party had not yet achieved immortality, but now he has become a high-level Taoist god. He couldn't help but feel mixed emotions.

While responding to everyone's greetings, Chen Yun and Lu Dongbin came to the King of the East and the Queen Mother of the West to pay their respects.

"Meet the Grandmaster, meet the Grandmaster."

"Greetings to Grandmaster, Grandpa, Dongbin is honored."

Dong Wanggong held out his hand and said, "My two disciples, there is no need to be so polite."

The Queen Mother of the West also exempted the two from formalities.

At this time, Dong Wanggong looked at Chen Yun, and then glanced at the half-step Daluo on both sides, and said with great interest: "Our lineage has produced several half-step Daluo so far, and perhaps there will be new ones in the near future. It is really not easy."

Queen Mother of the West and King Father of the East said, "That's right. Chong has a very high talent. He has cultivated to the Half-Step Daluo realm in just a few decades. It is really rare and precious. As for Dongbin, although he has not yet achieved the Half-Step Daluo realm, he has a good foundation in his previous life. In my opinion, it won't be long. In the future, our lineage will hopefully have five Half-Step Daluo masters."

There are now four half-step Daluo in the lineage of Queen Mother of the West.

They are the Queen Mother of the West, the King Father of the East, the Lady of the Nine Heavens and Chen Yun.

If Lu Dongbin breaks through to the Half-Step Daluo with the foundation of his previous life, he will truly be one lineage and five Half-Step Daluo, and his power will be extremely huge.

As they said these words, they looked at Chen Yun with great admiration and were truly proud.

Their tone seemed full of boasting, but in fact they were telling the many sacred beings of prominent status present that their lineage was not to be messed with.

As expected, the other half-step Daluo all smiled bitterly upon hearing this.

They had never seen a lineage with so many Half-Step Daluo, so they couldn't help but look envious.

The most important thing is that, except for Wang Xuanfu and Chen Yun, the others who are half-step Daluo present are basically innate gods.

what does this mean?
This means that it is very difficult for the disciples of these masters of heaven and earth to rely on the inheritance of their Dharma lineage to cultivate to the Half-Step Daluo realm.

On the other hand, the lineage of Queen Mother of the West first produced Wang Xuanfu, who was a Half-Step Daluo and then became King of the East, and then Chen Yun, who was also a Half-Step Daluo, appeared. This can only mean one thing, that there is hope that someone in their lineage will continue to cultivate and become a Half-Step Daluo in the future.

This is undoubtedly extremely terrifying, and everyone would have to consider whether they can afford to provoke the lineage of the Queen Mother of the West.

Chen Yun understood the intention of the Queen Mother of the West and the King Father of the East in saying this. As one of the inheritors of the Dharma lineage, he naturally hoped that no one would dare to provoke him. In that way, the life safety of his disciples would be greatly guaranteed. For example, in the future Battle of the Gods, even if others wanted to kill them, they would have to consider whether they could afford to offend his Dharma lineage.

Also, when resources are distributed in the future, since you have more power, you can get more.

Chen Yun glanced at those Half-Step Daluo and found that some of them who had been hostile to him now showed more friendly smiles.

After paying their respects to their elders, Chen Yun and Lu Dongbin returned to their seats.

Sitting down on the cushion, Chen Yun waited quietly for Yuanshi Tianzun to appear.

There is no so-called concept of time above Daluo Heaven.

However, if calculated according to the time in the human world, about half an hour later, the Seven Treasures Platform suddenly shone with seventy-two colors of divine light.

Then, a sacred image of a middle-aged man appeared, wearing a crown, a halo on his head, a shawl of seventy-two colors, and holding a Hunyuan Pearl in one hand and a pill in the other.

It is Yuanshi Tianzun, the chief of the Three Pure Ones, Three Realms and Three Treasures of Taoism’s supreme gods!

Yuanshi Tianzun sat upright among the colorful lotus, his face majestic yet kind, looking at everyone present.

"Greetings to Yuanshi Tianzun."

"Greetings to Yuanshi Tianzun."

All the holy beings present stood up and respectfully saluted Yuanshi Tianzun.

Chen Yun did the same. While paying his respects, he secretly took a look at Yuanshi Tianzun's attire.

Yuanshi Tianzun's clothing and appearance are actually very particular. For example, he wears a crown and a halo on his head, which symbolizes his extraordinary status; he is covered with a 72-color shawl, which embodies luxury and sacredness; he holds the Hunyuan Pearl in his hand, which symbolizes chaos; and he holds the pill in his hand, which symbolizes the initial "infinite state" of the universe.

Chen Yun originally just wanted to take a look secretly, but he didn't expect that after looking over, he found that Yuanshi Tianzun was also looking at him with an inexplicable smile on his face.

Yuanshi Tianzun stretched out his hand and a voice that seemed to be born out of nothingness sounded and reached everyone's ears directly, "No need to be polite."

"Thank you, Yuanshi Tianzun."

"Thank you, Yuanshi Tianzun."

All the saints expressed their thanks in unison, and then sat back down one by one.

Yuanshi Tianzun said slowly: "There are others in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths who have broken through to the Half-Step Daluo realm. This is something to be celebrated. I hope that you, the rulers of heaven and earth, can follow suit."

Chen Yun, like the other Half-Step Daluo, responded, "We will follow the orders of the Heavenly Lord."

After giving a word of encouragement, Yuanshi Tianzun said, "Let's start today's explanation of 'Hunyuan Daoguo'."

All the holy beings present became serious.

Chen Yun attached great importance to the "Hunyuan Dao Fruit" and naturally concentrated all his attention on it, not wanting to miss a single word.

Yuanshi Tianzun said calmly: "What is 'Hunyuan'? Before the primordial chaos was divided, the three elements of Qi, form and substance were in a hazy state without separation. Therefore, the chaos was one, also known as Hunyuan Yiqi. Hunyuan refers to the true Qi, which is the origin and root of the Tao. This 'Hunyuan Dao Fruit' is to let you understand how to obtain the true Qi, so as to achieve the Great Dao."

I believe that the sacred beings present have heard of these introductions to some extent.

Chen Yun knew that Yuanshi Tianzun emphasized the introduction of "Hunyuan Daoguo" because he was actually talking to himself.

After introducing what Hunyuan Daoguo is, Yuanshi Tianzun began to formally explain, "Tao is born from nothingness, and from this one qi, yin and yang are produced; yin and yang are harmonious and harmonious qi is produced, and the three talents are reborn to give birth to all things..."

The explanation of the Hunyuan Dao Fruit by Tianzun seemed ordinary, without the scenes of flowers falling from the sky and golden lotuses emerging from the ground. However, when He began to explain, Chen Yun immediately fell into the scene of primordial chaos before it was determined and divided.

Here is the true innate nothingness.

Only the Tao hangs above the innate nothingness.

He was in a state of confusion, as if he had lost all "consciousness" and merged into the "Tao".

A stream of mysterious insights emerged, making Chen Yun feel suddenly enlightened.

It seemed as if many things that I didn’t understand before became clear to me at this moment.

This is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that Chen Yun felt as if he had "become one with the Tao."

It seems that one thought can transform into billions of heavens and myriad worlds.

One thought can destroy billions of heavens and myriad worlds.

It was the first time that he felt such a profound realization.

At this moment, Chen Yun finally realized how mysterious the "Hunyuan Dao Fruit" was, which really made people unable to help but marvel.

(End of this chapter)