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

Chapter 831 Eternal Myth
Time flies, and the situation in the Central Plains has changed a lot.

Three years have passed since Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor in Taiyuan in the twelfth year of Tianfu.

In the second year after Liu Zhiyuan took control of Bianliang, he changed the country's name to Han, and changed the reign title from the 13th year of Tianfu to the 1st year of Qianyou. He exempted taxes and issued a general amnesty.

During these three years, after Liu Zhiyuan stabilized the situation in the Central Plains, he ordered Du Chongwei of Weizhou to move to Guide and exchange responsibilities with Gao Xingzhou, the former Jiedushi of Guide.

Du Chongwei disobeyed orders, so Liu Zhiyuan ordered Gao Xingzhou and Murong Yanchao to lead troops to attack him.

Du Chongwei vowed to defend the city to the death, and the Han army was unsuccessful in its efforts.

Liu Zhiyuan feared that something might happen, so he attacked personally, resulting in heavy casualties.

Seeing that the attack failed, Liu Zhiyuan sent people many times to persuade Du Chongwei to surrender, promising him that he would be spared.

At this time, Weizhou had run out of food and grass, and many soldiers in the city fled over the city walls.

Du Chongwei had no choice but to leave the city and surrender.

Liu Zhiyuan kept his word and did not kill Du Chongwei. Instead, he appointed him as the Acting Grand Tutor, the Guardian Grand Tutor, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and the Duke of Chu.

At this point, the Central Plains was basically pacified.

Originally, everyone thought that the Later Han Dynasty would pacify the four directions and last for thousands of years.

Unexpectedly, in the first month of the first year of Qianyou, Liu Zhiyuan became seriously ill. He summoned Shi Hongzhao, Wang Zhang, Su Fengji, Guo Wei and others to entrust his son to him, but he died soon after, making the situation delicate again.

After Liu Zhiyuan's death, his son Liu Chengyou succeeded to the throne, known in history as Emperor Yin of Han.

Emperor Yin of Han was young, and the government was controlled by the old and meritorious ministers Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao, Wang Zhang and Guo Wei.

Military men in power discriminated against civil officials, which led to constant internal conflicts.

The military men and generals in the court were all tyrannical and domineering. When discussing state affairs, they did not take the emperor into consideration at all, which made Emperor Yin of Han unbearable.

Empress Dowager Li's younger brother Li Ye asked to be the Xuanhui Envoy.

Liu Chengyou and Empress Dowager Li asked Yang Bin privately.

Yang Bin thought it was not possible.

Liu Chengyou wanted to make his favorite concubine, Lady Geng, the queen.

Yang Bin thought it was not possible.

When Mrs. Geng dies, she will be buried with the rites of a queen.

Yang Bin thought it was impossible.

Therefore, Liu Chengyou was furious, and his attendants began to slander and frame him.

In November of the third year of Qianyou, Liu Chengyou executed Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao and others.

Liu Chengyou sent another envoy to Weizhou to kill Guo Wei.

Guo Wei rebelled.

On November 14, the third year of Qianyou, Guo Wei led his troops across the river.

Liu Chengyou sent Kaifeng Yin Houyi, Baoda Army Jiedushi Zhang Yanchao, Keshengshi Yan Jinqing and others to lead troops to resist, and also sent eunuch Outuo to spy on the movements of Guo Wei's army.

Ou Tuo was captured by Guo Wei's army.

Guo Wei asked Ou Tuo to request Liu Chengyou to tie up Li Ye and others and send them to the army.

Liu Chengyou took Guo Wei's memorial to show Li Ye and others.

Li Ye and others said that Guo Wei's rebellious behavior was obvious, so they killed all his family members in Beijing.

Including Guo Wei's infant son.

This incident laid the groundwork for the future.

Guo Wei led his army to the outskirts of Bianjing. Liu Chengyou went to Liuzipo outside the city to watch the battle. The Later Han army was defeated and hurriedly tried to flee back to the city early the next morning.

Unexpectedly, Kaifeng Yin Liu Zhu occupied the city and refused to let him in.

Liu Chengyou fled to the northwest with Su Fengji, Nie Wenjin, tea and wine envoy Guo Yunming and others.

Seeing the situation was critical, Guo Yunming stabbed Liu Chengyou to death.

After Guo Wei ascended the throne, he posthumously named him Emperor Yin.

After Guo Wei entered Bianzhou, he asked the empress dowager to take charge of the government and decided to enthrone Liu Zhiyuan's nephew, Wuning Jiedushi Liu Yun, as emperor.

Just when Liu Yun was about to set out for Bianliang, Guo Wei instructed someone to falsely report that the Khitans were invading, and he himself led a large army out of the capital to meet the enemy.

Halfway through the journey, the soldiers mutinied, put a yellow robe on Guo Wei, made him emperor, and then returned to Bianliang.

When Liu Yun arrived in Songzhou, Guo Wei had already entered Bianliang and forced the empress dowager to issue an edict to appoint himself as "Regent" and take charge of the government. He also issued an edict in the name of the empress dowager to depose Liu Yun and demoted him to the rank of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Jianxu Taishi Shangzhuguo, and Xiangyin Duke. He also sent his general Guo Chongwei to Songzhou to imprison Liu Yun there.

This year, Guo Wei officially ascended the throne of emperor.

The reign title was Guangshun, and the country's name was Zhou, which is known in history as the Later Zhou Dynasty.

At this point, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms finally entered its last dynasty.

At that time, Zhao Kuangyin, because he had listened to Chen Yun's advice before, had just been appointed as the head of the East and West Classes, and belonged to the "Classes in Front of the Palace".

……

Time seems to pass by in the mountains, and dynasties change like a passing white horse.

After two years of hardships, Chen Yun finally had the chance to cultivate his inner elixir and successfully produced his Yang Spirit, and once again sensed the True Qi.

After a period of contemplation, he roughly understood how to sense the existence of the true Qi.

This day, in the evening.

Outside, the sunset glowed beautifully across the sky.

Chen Yun used his profound skills to pull his "consciousness" away from the trajectory of the avenue.

The next moment, with the cooperation of the mysterious skills, his "consciousness" continued to spread and rise.

In an instant, Chen Yun's "consciousness" has enveloped the heavens and the world, and integrated into all living things.

At this moment, he seemed to be perfectly integrated with the heavens and the world.

The moment this feeling arose, his "consciousness" continued to rise and gradually came into the innate nothingness.

Innate nothingness, as the name suggests, nothing exists, only the Tao hangs above.

Chen Yun had the good fortune to reach this state when he successfully achieved Yang Shen.

Afterwards, he went to the Qibao Mountain in Yujing above Daluo Heaven to listen to Yuanshi Tianzun explain the "Hunyuan Daoguo" and was fortunate enough to arrive at this place again.

Finally, during the tribulation, when he successfully emerged from the Yang Spirit, he visited this place again.

This is his fourth time here.

When Chen Yun's "consciousness" rose to the state of innate nothingness, he immediately sensed the location of Tao.

Tao cannot be described or observed, but it does exist.

Chen Yun vaguely sensed that there was something mixed that existed before heaven and earth.

It seems as if all things in the world are encompassed by the Tao that hangs above the innate nothingness, or as if they are already one.

Although it was not the first time that he had felt that wonderful feeling, when he experienced it again, he was still deeply shocked by the boundless loneliness of the Tao.

That kind of loneliness is indescribable.

Chen Yun really couldn't describe it, but at the same time he also understood why the Tao was about love and affection.

What surprised him most was that when he sensed the Tao again, he suddenly discovered that the Tao he sensed this time was different from the Tao of Equality.

If we must make a metaphor, the Tao that is sensed at this moment is more like the sun, and the Avenue of Equality is just a certain "ray" of the sunlight emitted by the sun.

Yes, the difference is that huge.

Only then did Chen Yun realize that the three thousand avenues he had always thought of were actually just branches of the true avenue.

He didn't know how long he could maintain this state.

Therefore, although Chen Yun was shocked, he did not waste too much time and immediately tried to sense the existence of the true Qi from the Tao.

A fog appeared before his eyes, blocking all his perception.

It feels like seeing flowers in the fog.

The true Qi seems to be right in front of me, but I can't see it clearly, let alone touch it.

Chen Yun used up all his abilities, but he just couldn't sense it clearly. As the sensing continued, the strength supporting him continued to weaken, and soon it would not be able to hold on.

In desperation, Chen Yun could only return his "consciousness" to his physical body, and then return to the track of the Great Dao, using his internal energy to recover the energy he had just consumed.

After this series of actions, his "original ancestral qi" was almost exhausted.

You should know that at this time Chen Yun was already half a step into the realm of Daluo. With the mighty original ancestral Qi, it was easy for him to destroy the heavens and myriad worlds. However, sensing the Dao once consumed such a huge amount of energy. You can imagine how difficult it is to enter the innate void sensing Dao.

"The most important thing is that I only sensed it for a brief moment."

As Chen Yun was recovering from his exercise, he secretly said in surprise, "Although I don't know how strong the Jade Emperor is, judging from the consumption just now, I'm afraid that the Jade Emperor can't enter the innate void for long before his magic power is exhausted."

He was not sure whether the Jade Emperor could enter the innate nothingness, but he was more inclined to believe that he could.

However, one thing is certain, no matter how powerful the Jade Emperor is, he cannot withstand such intense consumption just now.

"No wonder the Jade Emperor is so powerful, but he still can't get the 'True Qi'. He needs others to give it to him before he can achieve Daluo. It turns out that the consumption of the induction is so severe."

Chen Yun took a quick glance and immediately analyzed how big the gap was between the Half-Step Daluo and the real Daluo.

If he had to make a comparison, he felt that the real Daluo was as huge as the entire universe, while the Half-Step Daluo was just a tiny particle in the universe, the most insignificant particle.

"I said that the Three Pure Ones, Three Realms and Three Treasures Heavenly Lords never interfere with the operation of the world. They just use great love and great affection to operate the heaven and earth. It turns out that they are too powerful, so powerful that it is unbelievable."

Chen Yun was particularly impressed.

After a moment, he put aside all distracting thoughts and focused on restoring his strength.

……

Time passes day by day.

Half a year later, Chen Yun finally recovered to his heyday.

His recovery ability is particularly amazing. After his strength is exhausted, he still needs to practice martial arts for half a year to recover. You can imagine how terrifying the "total amount" of power of a Half-Step Daluo is.

When his strength was restored to its full potential, Chen Yun began to sense the Tao again without any hesitation.

His "consciousness" merged into the heavens and all worlds as before, becoming one with all living things, and then continued to rise to the innate nothingness, and once again sensed the Tao.

This time, Chen Yun did not waste time in the "shock", but tried his best to sense the true Qi.

Unfortunately, although he is extremely powerful in the eyes of any god in the heavens and worlds, he is still too small in front of the Tao and cannot be sensed at all.

As expected, the second attempt to sense the true Qi still failed.

……

Another half a year passed.

After Chen Yun recovered to his peak, he regrouped and went to sense again.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he had a premonition.

This time I will definitely be able to sense the existence of the true Qi.

With Chen Yun's high level of cultivation, it is almost impossible for him to have illusions.

So when this feeling arises, it is basically true.

Unless someone obscured the secret, causing him to make a wrong judgment.

In fact, no Half-Step Daluo is so bored as to stop others from seeking the Tao.

However, what is puzzling is that when Chen Yun realized that his strength was about to be exhausted, he was still unable to sense the true Qi.

He couldn't help but doubt himself, could it be that his previous premonition was just an illusion?

Just as this thought came to mind, a magical scene occurred.

An inexplicable external force almost shook the entire innate nothingness, causing a slight ripple.

It is really impossible for ordinary people to discover this situation.

Even though Chen Yun had reached the level of Half-Step Daluo, he was still unable to notice it.

In his "perspective", the fog in front of him suddenly cleared away.

Let yourself "see" the true Qi of the origin of the Tao as if at a glance.

This direct observation of the true Qi and the sensation felt when the Yang Spirit comes out can be said to be two different senses.

He only felt that he was surrounded by an endless force and was deeply immersed in it.

It seems as if it will never be possible to extricate oneself and one has already merged into the origin of Tao.

……

I don’t know how much time passed.

It may be just a moment, or it may be tens of millions of years.

At a certain moment, Chen Yun's "consciousness" finally awakened.

He seemed to have slept for a very long time.

In that sleep, he and everything in the world seemed to not exist.

It seems that everything is blank.

No, the word "blank" is not enough to describe it. The more precise word is "nothing".

Chen Yun had no way to describe or recall that feeling of "nothingness".

However, Chen Yun, who had just woken up, couldn't help but reveal a look of sudden enlightenment.

After "having this sleep", he finally understood what the true Tao is and where the true Qi came from.

This thing cannot be obtained through normal means.

In other words, even if you can really enter the Great Dao, it is impossible to obtain the true Qi.

So, how can we obtain the true Qi?
The answer is very simple. In fact, every person who practices Taoism can understand it. That is, Tao is born from nothingness.

This one Qi is the true one Qi.

Only true nothingness can give birth to the true Qi.

"I understand! I finally understand!"

Chen Yun couldn't help laughing.

As his laughter grew louder, his body gradually aged.

This kind of aging is visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Yun grew from a young Taoist priest to a middle-aged Taoist priest.

In the blink of an eye, he grew from a middle-aged Taoist priest to a middle-aged and elderly Taoist priest.

Afterwards, Chen Yun's body turned into that of a white-haired man in his eighties. He looked extremely old, as if he might die at any time.

Indeed, when his body became too old to withstand the erosion of time, he suddenly fell to the ground and completely lost all vitality.

This is not finished.

Chen Yun’s “corpse” is rapidly decaying.

The rate of decay is particularly alarming.

In a moment, his bones had turned into gold, without a trace of flesh and blood.

Soon, the golden bones gradually lost their luster and turned into a pile of white bones.

Normally, it takes tens to hundreds of thousands of years for bones to be completely decomposed.

Even in some special environments, such as acidic soil, it will take decades to dissolve and disappear completely.

However, Chen Yun's bones completely disappeared in less than a breath.

At this point, Chen Yun disappeared completely, no trace of him remained, and he turned into true "nothingness".

Although all his existence disappeared in an instant, his "will" remains forever and cannot be erased at all.

A magical scene occurred spontaneously. When Chen Yun completely turned into "nothingness" in less than an incense stick of time, a point of "light" that could not be seen, detected, heard or felt was suspended in the quiet room.

"Bright" is just a way of expressing it.

In fact, no matter who came, not even the Jade Emperor, it would be impossible for him to detect the "light" in the quiet room.

But it was the birth of this little "light" that gave birth to an eternal myth!
(End of this chapter)