I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 549 Fire Tribulation
The source of past history has been opened, and the broken green bamboo slips flew out one by one, turning into mist, flowing not only towards Ju Zidan, but also towards Tianxuzi.

Originally, if he had completely inherited the Taoist tradition that was sealed up by historians, Ju Zidan would have been confident of breaking through to the first level. However, after listening to Zhou Tieyi's assessment of the Miscellaneous School and now holding the divine talisman of Red Emperor Dan Ling Zhenlao, one of the Five Elders, Ju Zidan naturally would not go back to his old path.

Thus, the history of the eclectic Taoist tradition began with Letian, flowed through him, and then followed the true talisman of the Red Emperor, flowing towards an unknown future.

However, the Five Elders' True Talisman is incomplete after all, and compared with the complete 'Letian' Taoist tradition, it is still somewhat weak and difficult to inherit the whole thing, and is not enough for Ju Zidan to completely step into the first-grade Taoist tradition.

Holding the Red Emperor's True Scroll in his hand, Ju Zidan concentrated for a moment and made a great wish, "In the future, my family will achieve a first-class Taoist tradition, so that the power of the world will all come from the people. I hope that all people will be like dragons, born strong and virtuous!"

As a jack of all trades and masters of all trades, Ju Zidan naturally also knew the Great Aspiration Method. Although Zhou Tieyi was not very interested in Buddhist doctrines, he had to admit that the Buddhist cause and effect identification was indeed unique in the path of practice.

At this time, Ju Zidan made a great wish with the help of the incomplete Red Emperor's Divine Talisman. Infinite luck and infinite willpower came from all living beings and poured into the real talisman in Ju Zidan's hand. The illusory real talisman was quickly completed, and in the image of the Taoist tradition evolved by Ju Zidan that flowed towards an unknown future, a bright red spark ignited from the bodies of the people, gathered into a sea of ​​fire, and went upstream to inherit the Taoist tradition of Ju Zidan and the Miscellaneous School.

At this point, the eclectic Taoist tradition has completed the unification of history, present, and future in time. Ju Zidan, through the changes in time he realized from Tianxuzi, has also pushed his free and easy wandering in space one step further and successfully entered the first-grade realm.

At this time, the space and time around Ju Zidan bent inward, and the breath of all things blew out from his body continuously, connecting to the raging fire. The wind fueled the fire, as if it was going to burn everything.

Ju Zidan, who always looked like an optimistic and good-natured person, became extremely resolute in his eyes and made a great wish. When the great power came from the future, he naturally saw some future scenes through his own Taoism. It was because of these scenes that Ju Zidan understood the hardships of his future struggles. It would be impossible for him to take the last step and reach the era where everyone is like a dragon just by relying on his previous optimistic and resigned mindset and the desire for happiness for all the people in the world.

The raging fire also burned towards Zhou Tieyi who was holding the Taiyi Jade Disc. The flames passed by, and were similar to the destructive power of military strategists, and could burn thousands of things.

However, it is completely different from the destructive power of the military strategists in the end. The ultimate goal of the military strategists' destruction is to destroy everything in order to prove their own immortality, while the first-class Taoist tradition of the Miscellaneous School in front of us is to return all the power that is above all things and the people to its origin.

For example, the power of Shinto comes partly from the people's faith and partly from the rules themselves.

Burned by this flame, the gathered faith of the people will dissipate and return to the people, allowing the extraordinary power to return to the ordinary.

It was the power of this raging fire that caused Zhou Tieyi to encounter for the first time the tendency of the virtual godhead that he had bestowed upon himself to slip out of his control.

Or maybe the Red Emperor's Divine Talisman will definitely be out of his control in the future and return to the common people. Zhou Tieyi suddenly realized something and smiled, "But not now."

Two different flames rose from his body, one was the fire of humanity inherited from the Yanren clan, and the other was the fire of the Red Emperor inherited from the Red Emperor.

The fire of humanity is endless, and the fire of the Red Emperor gathers the rules of the world.

Two flames restrained the raging fire, preventing it from burning Zhou Tieyi immediately. The raging fire was red, and Zhou Tieyi stretched out his hand and picked only the one that belonged to him and held it in his hand, blending it with the fire of humanity and the fire of the Red Emperor. The three originally came from the same source, but the ways they expressed were different. If the three flames could be integrated to form a triple flame that encompassed the three methods of convergence, sublimation, and return to the origin, it would definitely be a holy magical power that would be lethal even to saints.

Seeing this change, Zhou Tieyi smiled and said to Ju Zidan, whose aura had gradually entered the first level, "What is the name of this first-level Taoist tradition?"

Ju Zidan, who was wrapped in red flames, looked at Zhou Tieyi who was holding the blazing fire, and thought to himself, it turned out to be within his calculations.

He did not control the raging fire just now. If he could take this opportunity to get rid of Zhou Tieyi's control over the Red Emperor's Divine Talisman, although it would not be a good thing for Zhou Tieyi, it would be a good thing for the Miscellaneous Taoist tradition and the people.

So Ju Zidan just watched from the sidelines, wanting to take the opportunity to test Zhou Tieyi's choice between civil rights and his own power. Although the final result did not satisfy Ju Zidan, he was not disappointed. Zhou Tieyi only took the one that belonged to him. At the necessary moment now, he held the Red Emperor's Divine Talisman, but in the future, he would completely let go of this divine talisman.

Ju Zidan's mind was full of thoughts. After a pause, he smiled and said, "Since it is taken from the people, it should be returned to the people. This is called 'people's livelihood'."

"Good." Zhou Tieyi clapped his hands and praised. He paused for a moment and finally said, "This fire will spread all over the prairie and bring all power back to the people. However, this fire is fierce. If you are not careful, it will be like the tactics of military strategists, and end up with a vast wasteland. So in the end, it depends on 'survival' rather than 'fighting'. Fighting is a means, and survival is the result. If you can understand this, you will surely reach a higher level in the future."

Ju Zidan established the Minsheng Daoist tradition, and the Red Emperor's divine talisman was quickly completed. At the same time, the celestial phenomena above Taiyi Temple changed again.

Originally, Zhou Tieyi had transformed the Taoist traditions of the Black Emperor, the Green Emperor, and the Red Emperor into three elders, but the three elders were not complete. Now Ju Zidan made a great ambition to inherit the Taoist tradition of the Red Emperor with the first rank of the Miscellaneous School, so that the Red Emperor's divine talisman among the Five Elders of the Five Directions can be quickly completed, which will naturally allow Zhou Tieyi's path to reach a higher level.

Suddenly, wisps of red flames fell from the sky where the galaxy was flowing.

The flame was formless and intangible at first, like stardust falling from the sky and landing in the layers of the sky below.

But in just a dozen breaths, the flame used the luck gathered in the world as fuel and the principles of various schools as the stove, and burned more and more vigorously, starting from the lowest layer, the Yunzai Heaven shrouded in infinite pure Buddha light, and then burned to the Dongxiao Heaven controlled by the Lishan Taoist, and then continued to rush upwards, burning Miaoyu's Xuanhuang Heaven, Gongshujia's Xushu Heaven, Mojia's Pingdeng Heaven, and even the illusory Steam Heaven that had not yet taken shape.

When this bright red flame burned the entire sky red with the force of a prairie fire, forming a towering red cloud that swept for thousands of miles, the states of the controllers of each sky were completely different.

At the bottom, the golden body of the Buddha, lying on its side on the diagram of the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination and preaching, melted at a speed ten or a hundred times faster than before, and the gold paint fell like rain, carrying with it infinite merits.

The face of the Bodhisattva Shengshan, who was preaching on the cause and effect diagram, was distorted and his muscles were trembling. The voice of his preaching could not hide the pain of being burned by the flames, and finally it turned into a wailing sound.

On the diagram of the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, the devout believers who were originally engrossed in listening to the Buddhist scriptures were awakened from their spiritual realm by the wailing sounds. They looked at Bodhisattva Shengshan, who was writhing in pain, with shocked expressions on their faces, and they could not believe it.

The Venerable Shengshan in front of him has great wisdom, great perseverance, and great ambition. Even though he knew that all the merits of this trip would be lost, he still came to Taiyi Temple to compete with Zhou Tieyi for the orthodoxy. A person like him has a strong mind. Even if he is thrown into a real fire furnace and refined into flesh and blood and bones, he should not change color at all. How could he be in so much pain that he can't even continue to preach? What's more, doesn't this Venerable have the Mani Pearl from Nanda Temple in his hand?

That is the treasure used by a first-grade Pratyekabuddha upon his attainment of nirvana, invulnerable to water and fire!
Thoughts flashed like lightning, and everyone on the cause and effect diagram had already sensed the red flame burning from the void. All that caught their eyes was a sea of ​​red. The Buddha's light was the charcoal, and the void was the furnace.

Even the Venerable Shengshan, who had transformed into a Pratyekabuddha, was burned and wailed. Most of them were not even at the third level, let alone ants. Only a few sober people looked up and found a clue.

The streams of fire fell from the top layer, which was the flowing galaxy evolved by Zhou Tieyi. Not only did they fall on their layer, but the other layers also began to burn fiercely. The Taoist Li Shan who was sitting on it was also burned and cried out in pain.

"Wasn't he preaching? Why did he suddenly start killing people?"

"Is it possible that his sermons were false, and his purpose was to gather together all those who opposed him and burn them all to death?"

"How dare Zhou Tieyi risk such a huge disgrace from the world!"

Panic-stricken voices rang out from the two lowest floors, and even the mortals who were listening to the lecture on Mount Taiyi were terrified.

You, Zhou Tieyi, said that you would open the door to convenience, how could you suddenly go back on your word?
However, the noisy cursing and wailing did not affect the speed of the flames burning.

They suddenly seemed to be in the midst of one of the three great fire disasters mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures.

Most of the listeners at the lowest level were Buddhists, so they couldn’t help but think of Buddhist scriptures and recite them aloud in their heads.

"At the end of the Dharma, the destruction will occur. There will be no sun, moon, or stars, no day or night. There will only be a great darkness, the so-called fire disaster, which will burn the world until it stops at the Heaven of Light and Sound."

The Heaven of Light and Sound mentioned in Buddhist scriptures is one of the heavens. This heaven is bright and unobstructed. In this heaven live celestial beings who speak with light and spread the Buddhist teachings in a wonderful way.

Shengshan held a Mani Pearl in his hand and covered the entire sky with his misty Buddha nature, preaching the wonderful Dharma. All living beings heard it and were overjoyed. They transformed into celestial beings and listened to the wonderful Dharma. Just as the Buddhist scriptures said, the celestial beings preached the Dharma in the Heaven of Light and Sound, and their voices were like light.

But this event that was supposed to be a time of great joy ended up in disaster!
Yes, when the Bodhisattva Shengshan was preaching, he said that he came here to preach for the sake of not allowing the devil’s descendants to do devilish things in the name of Buddha during the last catastrophe.

At this time, the end of the world appeared, and even the Bodhisattva was burned and wailing. This just shows that the person at the top of the galaxy is the biggest devil in the world!

"Zhou Tieyi, you are doing the devil's work today to destroy the Dharma. Don't you know that the cycle of birth, existence, decay and emptiness repeats itself? In the future, when Buddhism flourishes, I will definitely throw you into the Avici Hell!"

Seeing that they could not escape from the sea of ​​fire, the Buddhist practitioners broke their vows and cursed loudly.

Even Shengshan himself, who was in great pain from the flames, subconsciously believed that this was right when he heard it.

Yes, I knew clearly that during the Dharma Ending Age, the devil would spread magic in the name of Buddha. I should have expected this result when I came to block my way. How could I lose my dignity because of this pain?

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt less painful and held up his body with difficulty, wanting to see if he could rescue some of the people who were listening to the lecture. As for other things, he was no longer able to take care of them and could only hope that the abbot would see this scene and take action.

However, when he stood up, he happened to see several streams of fire burning the Buddhist who was cursing.

However, when the fire burned on them, it did not even ignite their clothes, which made the Buddhists who were preparing to sacrifice themselves bravely stunned and unable to understand. They even felt warm when the fire burned on them, which made them look like clowns.

It was difficult for ordinary people to understand, but the changes had not stopped. There were also Buddhist third-grade arhats among the audience. When these third-grade arhats were burned, they actually made the same wailing sounds as Shengshan.

Shengshan understood at this time that this flame would not burn sentient beings but only burn the Taoist tradition. He picked up the Mani Pearl, which was still shining without hindrance. The Buddha nature was hazy, but this hazy Buddha nature could only protect the Pratyekabuddha who had already entered Nirvana. Apart from this, anyone who used the name of Buddha and borrowed the wishes of sentient beings must return the wishes to sentient beings.

As a Bodhisattva, he has borrowed the great power of vows from sentient beings, so naturally he must repay his vows to sentient beings.

For a moment, Shengshan found it difficult to accept this. Although he knew that this was due to magical powers, since these magical powers existed, it meant that this principle was applicable to all living beings.

He raised his head with difficulty. Now there was only one person who could explain the problem he didn't understand. "I have been practicing Buddhism since I was young, and I have never failed. I became an arhat in 80 years and a bodhisattva in 200 years. I love to do good and give charity, and I have given good things to all living beings. Haven't I fulfilled my vows to all living beings? If this life and this journey are not enough for the bodhisattva level, then why did the heaven let me achieve this level!"

For a moment, he fell into an awkward situation where he could not prove himself, which was even more painful than if Zhou Tieyi had really stabbed him with a sword. He checked the source of the fire again and identified its method. He was sure that it was not some evil method, but came from the wishes of the people of the world. It was just a way to return to the origin.

This also shows that his virtue is not enough and he is not worthy of the Bodhisattva status, otherwise his own status would not have disappeared again.

Unfortunately, the galaxies in the uppermost layer rotate and flow, eternally unchanging, just like the Tao itself, and have no answer to this question.

Only from the blazing red flames that seemed to burn through the entire sky could be heard the voice of a grand vow.

"In the future, my school will establish a first-class Taoist tradition, so that the power of the world will all come from the people. I hope that all people will be like dragons, born strong and strong, and virtuous and capable of carrying all things!"

Upon hearing this, Shengshan burst into tears. He was suddenly dignified like a Buddha and suddenly crazy like a demon. "You are a first-class person! If I am not worthy of the Bodhisattva status, you must turn me into an evil ghost and see how long you can continue to talk nonsense!"

The red flames around his body suddenly swelled, burning up the golden body, turning the majestic Buddha's body into a dark, dry, twisted and weird human shape, falling straight down from the cloudy sky, passing through layer after layer of void, falling into the endless underworld with countless red flames.

(End of this chapter)