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Chapter 647: The Grand Banquet and the Changes of Sanzang

Taibai Jinxing's breakthrough was completely within Hong Chen's expectations.

Haotian probably knows a lot about Taibai.

But for others, this is too outrageous.

It’s like the old neighbor who is hunched over and kind-looking on weekdays suddenly turns into a top agent who kills without blinking an eye.

This contrast is enough to shatter many people's views.

In the eyes of 99% of the gods in Heaven, Taibai Jinxing looks like a good old man. He has a wide range of friends in Heaven and never seems to get into arguments with anyone. He is the undisputed first confidant of the Jade Emperor, and is also the official who communicates Heaven's orders to the outside world, an old angel.

It seems... no one has ever seen him take action, and no one has really thought about what level of cultivation he is at.

It was as if everyone tacitly agreed that his cultivation would not be very high, and it was only because of his seniority, greater trust from the Jade Emperor, and excellent communication skills that he was able to stand firmly in a high position in Heaven, and everyone was willing to give him face.

Who would have thought…

Looking at the nine-colored spiritual light that spread across the thirty-six heavens in an instant, and the mighty and invincible sword energy, everyone's impression of Taibai Jinxing was completely refreshed.

Deep in the heaven, Haotian, who was preparing to go into seclusion and send his spirit to the heavens and all realms, was also attracted by this primordial aura. When he saw the figure of the white-haired young man at the source, he could not help but smile with joy.

The Heavenly Court is in need of manpower at this time. Taibai Jinxing has achieved the status of Hunyuan Golden Immortal, and his strength is no weaker than that of most quasi-saints. This is undoubtedly a major benefit to Haotian's subsequent arrangements.

"God's will? Haha, no matter what, the opportunity has come, and the Heavenly Court should be spread throughout the heavens!"

With this thought in mind, Haotian was not stingy and directly allocated a large amount of resources from the Heavenly Palace treasury to Taisu Palace. At the same time, he pointed his sword and the Haotian Sword, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure that had accompanied him for many years and was given to him by Taoist Hongjun, flew straight to Taibai Jinxing.

Although this sword is of extremely high grade, Taibai Jinxing's own Taibai Sword is also a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

At this time, the greater role of the Haotian Sword is its symbolic meaning of Haotian.

"Li Changgeng, the Taibai Jinxing, is a senior member of the Heavenly Court. He has made great contributions and has never complained about his hard work. His achievements surpass those of all the gods, and his virtues are known throughout the universe! From today on, Li Changgeng is named the Taisu Emperor! He will hold the Haotian Sword and be in charge of all matters related to rewards and punishments in the Heavenly Court."

With a brief imperial decree, Li Changgeng was promoted from Star Lord to Emperor in an instant, and the power in his hands was limitless.

The Haotian Sword in his hand was no different from the Shangfang Sword of the human dynasty. Even to the gods, its power was even greater.

Li Changgeng's breakthrough was complete. He looked at the Haotian Sword hanging in front of him with a complicated look and a helpless expression.

According to his habit, he probably still hopes to hide and continue to maintain his past personality.

However, at the moment of achieving Hunyuan, the Heavenly Dao would celebrate this achievement. How could he stop it?

Now that it was clearly exposed, Li Changgeng had no choice but to accept it.

He took the Haotian Sword with both hands, and the clear voice spread throughout the heavens.

"Thank you, Jade Emperor, for your kindness. Chang Geng will accept your order!"

The gods watched from afar, with expressions ranging from shock to bewilderment to fear.

Li Changgeng pulled the Haotian Sword and put it behind his back. Then he smoothed the white hair on his temples and touched his smooth cheeks. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh full of emotion.

He almost forgot how long it had been since he appeared in this state.

"You're not going to change back again?"

A familiar voice sounded. Li Changgeng turned his head and laughed. He immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Hong Chen smiled and shook his head: "Don't try that. You look so kind and benevolent now. It's too awkward. If you still want to be popular, go back and find a mirror to practice again."

Li Changgeng was embarrassed, and he stood up and said, "Alas, I was used to it in the past, and it's not easy to change suddenly now."

"Just change it slowly. Is there anyone who can urge you now?" Hong Chen stepped forward and put his arm around his shoulders. "Let's go to Xuanling Palace to have a drink and celebrate for you first. I'll ask them to prepare a grand banquet in the Heavenly Palace and invite all the major forces in the prehistoric world to come and celebrate for you together."

"hiss……"

Li Changgeng took a deep breath and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, there is no need to mobilize so many troops, right?"

"You don't understand." Hong Chen looked at him with a smile, "Although the prehistoric world is peaceful right now, the reason for this peace is not because everyone doesn't want to fight, on the contrary, it's because everyone wants to fight too much, so it presents a false scene of peace.

Such a situation cannot be stable. I believe that it won’t be long before many twists and turns will occur in the prehistoric world.

Although you, the newly promoted Hunyuan Golden Immortal, cannot completely change the situation, it is like the Haotian Sword on your back.

The significance of your success is far greater than your own existence."

Although Hong Chen did not say it explicitly, how could Li Changgeng, who had been in the officialdom for many years, not think of it?
In the ancient times, the path after becoming a Golden Immortal was very clear.

It means to rely on the magical treasure, kill the three corpses, and become a quasi-sage.

The three corpses are killed first and then combined, which is the great perfection of the quasi-saint. If there is the foundation of enlightenment, the primordial purple qi, there will be a chance to prove the truth and become a saint!
This is a proven and easy path to success.

But the method of beheading the three corpses is not that simple.

The first thing that stands in the way is the ability to sense good, evil, and self from within the body, and only then can one slash out. However, when slashing out, one must rely on a spiritual treasure. However, there are fewer and fewer spiritual treasures in the world nowadays, which means that there will be fewer and fewer quasi-saints.

Many people can actually see their own end when they just start practicing: without a great opportunity, they are almost doomed to fail in breaking through to the Golden Immortal stage.

however.

Now a brand new road is presented to everyone.

In fact, such a shock had already occurred when Hong Chen was the first to take the lead in achieving the Hunyuan Golden Immortal in public.

However, at that time, everyone could not help but attribute Hong Chen’s success to other factors: Master Nuwa, the favor of heaven, earth and people, great luck... and so on.

So everyone was still quite restrained at that time.

But now, a second person appeared.

This means that this path is entirely possible to replicate.

No one wants to be blocked forever in the process of practicing and seeking the truth, even if they are the Golden Immortal who has already jumped out of the long river of time and space and united all the realms.

"What does the Emperor mean?" Li Changgeng looked very surprised.

Hong Chen smiled and nodded: "I will pass on the way of Hunyuan Jinxian to all the Daluo Jinxian in the prehistoric world at your banquet."

Even though he already had some guesses in his mind, Li Changgeng still couldn't help but tremble when he heard Hong Chen say this.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I want to be precious, but...you are doing this..." Li Changgeng pointed to the sky and asked, "Is it really okay?"

Hong Chen knew that he was referring to the Zixiao Palace.

After all, the method of beheading the three corpses was first passed down by the Taoist Hongjun. Now that Hongchen has passed down a new method, it will inevitably be seen as disrespectful.

But Hong Chen was not worried.

"The Taoist is the ancestor, the source of the immortal way, and now he is the spokesperson of the heavenly way. Since the development of the prehistoric world to this day, many things have already undergone earth-shaking changes.

It's not that the method of beheading the three corpses is bad, it's just that it is no longer suitable for the current prehistoric world. It only talks about using spiritual treasures to behead the corpses. Where in the prehistoric world can there be so many spiritual treasures now?

However, the newly promoted Golden Immortals will never be satisfied with this, and no one has the qualifications or reasons to make them stop their practice.

In this case, a new method is imperative.

Strictly speaking, the path of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal is not a completely new and unfamiliar path. In fact, it existed earlier than the method of beheading the three corpses.

However, the prehistoric world had to face too many disasters in the past, and the frequency of disasters was too high, so the method of beheading the three corpses came into being. Because only in this way can the prehistoric world have enough strong people to deal with the disasters and ensure the stable development of the prehistoric world.

Now the situation has changed. The method of Hunyuan Jinxian has replaced the method of beheading the three corpses and become the mainstream. This is the trend of heaven.

In this case, how could Daozu blame me? "

Hong Chen is full of confidence.

On the one hand, as mentioned above, changes in the times will inevitably lead to changes in the methods of practice.

On the other hand, although he has not actually met Daozu Hongjun to this day, he always feels that there is an indescribable tacit understanding between him and Hongjun.

It was as if he knew what Hongjun was thinking, what his goals were, and what he cared about most.

Similarly, he believed that Hongjun must also clearly know his goals, ideals and deepest thoughts.

This kind of tacit understanding is hard to describe, but it really exists.

"In that case, there is no problem." Li Changgeng accepted Hong Chen's explanation.

Although he knew it was useless if he didn't accept it.

Before breaking through to the level of Hunyuan Jinxian, Li Changgeng had no idea what realm Hong Chen was in.

After the real breakthrough, Li Changgeng found that he still couldn't see Hong Chen's true strength.

Just with a quick glance, he always felt that Hong Chen's current aura and state seemed familiar.

That seems very much like... a saint.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being so rude, but have you... made another breakthrough?"

Hong Chen shook his head gently: "It can't be considered a breakthrough, just some understanding. There is no such thing as early, middle, late and great perfection for the Hunyuan Golden Immortal. The mystery of this realm is far beyond what words can describe. A person who has just achieved the Hunyuan Golden Immortal may be able to match the strength of a Quasi-Sage Great Perfection, just like you."

Li Changgeng waved his hands quickly: "I don't deserve it. I really don't deserve it. Your Majesty, thank you for your praise."

Hong Chen said with a smile: "Don't be so polite, you should show some performance to make those people willingly convert to the Hunyuan Dao, right?"

"This..." Li Changgeng scratched his head in confusion, "Emperor, why do you want everyone to practice Hunyuan?"

"Because...well, times are changing."

"The Emperor has just said this."

"No, what I just said was an era that has already changed once. What I'm talking about now is a change that hasn't happened yet but will happen soon."

Li Changgeng was stunned.

After a long while, his pupils suddenly trembled, and he was horrified: "Emperor, you are going to..."

"Shh!"

Hong Chen raised his index finger and smiled mysteriously: "Don't be so blunt, leave some surprises for others."

Li Changgeng was shocked, but then he smiled bitterly.

What kind of surprise is this?
I guess it's only a surprise for a few people, but a shock to many more people, right?
But he was a mature man after all, and he quickly suppressed the shock in his heart and put a smile on his face again.

Along the way, the two met many gods. Whenever they saw Li Changgeng, they couldn't help but change their eyes slightly, as if they couldn't reconcile this handsome white-haired young man with the Taibai Jinxing in their memory.

"Look at you, now you're making everyone lose confidence." Hong Chen sighed.

Li Changgeng raised his lips, looking gentle as jade, and teased: "Then the Great Emperor, do you think that I can imitate the Great Emperor and find three, five, eight or nine Taoist companions to live a happy life?"

"That's great! You are the Taisu Emperor and a Primordial Golden Immortal. The Heavenly Law cannot control you. Even if you fill up the Taisu Palace, no one can say a word against you.

How about it? Do you want me to help you think of a way to hold an unprecedented grand concubine selection event in Honghuang, and guarantee that you can get everything you want, and there will be more than one of each type.

Or I can help you select a group of them in the reincarnation place, and after they are reincarnated, I will train them to be the person you like from childhood.

Don't worry, given our relationship, I won't charge you for anything."

Li Changgeng opened his mouth in astonishment, and finally smiled bitterly: "Alas, I was just joking. You suddenly became so serious that I was really scared."

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter. What I said is true. As long as you want it, I will deliver it to you at any time! This is my attitude towards making friends!"

"Forget it, I'm not worthy of it. Let's go and have a drink."

The two talked and laughed as they walked, and soon they arrived at the Xuanling Palace to drink together.

At this time, the news sent by the Xuanling Imperial Palace also inspired many practitioners in the prehistoric world. No matter whether they came from a saintly sect or Western Buddhism, they all wanted to set off immediately to the Heavenly Palace to attend the banquet and listen to the Xuanling Emperor's preaching.

Of course, all this excitement has nothing to do with the five-member group seeking the scriptures, as their mission is always at hand.

After embarking on the journey to the West again, Tang Sanzang became visibly quieter. He would only answer questions when his disciples asked him questions. His wording and sentences also became more concise and refined, and he was no longer as nagging as before.

Sun Wukong actually liked this change. Although he no longer had a tight headband and this Tang Sanzang could not chant any mantras, he really did not like those long speeches full of Buddhist concepts.

Zhu Bajie didn't care about it. He knew that he was the product of his own thoughts and the best way out for him in the future was to enjoy a position of enlightenment in Buddhism. He couldn't fight for anything else and didn't consider it.

Sha Wujing's situation was even simpler. He just focused on getting on his way. As long as his master was not lost, he had nothing to say.

In this way, the Journey to the West team moved forward in silence, and the atmosphere did not seem unnatural.

As the general manager of the Buddhist Journey to the West project, Guanyin Bodhisattva was quite concerned about Tang Sanzang, but after several checks, she did not show up to interfere, and just regarded it as a normal disaster that prompted Tang Sanzang's spiritual transformation.

Little did he know that Tang Sanzang was about to turn into Hong Chen's shape.

(End of this chapter)