Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 417: Great Dao Cultivation
In the dynasty capital, inside the Jiutian Palace.

Li Zhi sat on a supreme platform with nine steps, dealing with memorials sent back from various places with an expressionless face.

He was like a political machine without any emotion, sorting out the big and small things happening all over the world. Big things such as whether the weather in various places was good and whether the people were living well, and small things such as quarrels between husband and wife, which were brought to the government.

The reason why he dealt with all matters in the world in detail was because Li Zhi discovered that when dealing with these matters, his understanding of the Way of Heaven would become deeper.

Heaven and earth are unkind and treat all things as straw dogs; sages are unkind and treat the people as straw dogs.

Only by abandoning the interference of the seven emotions and six desires can we see all living beings in the world equally and make the most fair decision on a matter.

Therefore, every time Li Zhi annotated a memorial, his own cultivation would be strengthened.

At the same time, his soul seemed to be constantly being burned by the fire of mortal karma.

Although on the surface Li Zhi seemed to be becoming more and more ruthless and desireless, the laws of the Tao became more and more active under such extreme use.

At the same time, it also deepened Li Zhi's understanding of Tao.

The path that monks practice is not for fighting.

If we now only use the great principles we have cultivated for combat, we will fall into an inferior realm.

The true Tao is used to explain the ultimate principles of heaven and earth and to guide the direction of progress for all living beings.

After ten years of dealing with worldly affairs day after day, Li Zhi's understanding of the power of law has become deeper.

The laws of heaven and earth not only include the power of the natural laws of heaven and earth, but also include the power of all living things to act and even think.

Therefore, the law is force, not Tao.

Tao is something invisible and indescribable.

For example, Li Zhi's path to immortality covers all aspects of principles.

For example, it includes the power of laws hidden behind various natural phenomena between heaven and earth, the power of laws involved in the growth process of all living things, and the various methods of prolonging life created by all living beings in order to achieve immortality. All of these things are included in Li Zhi's avenue.

The Tao is like the guiding ideology of the Constitution, and the laws contained in the Constitution are equivalent to the categories under the branches of the Tao. The specific codes are equivalent to the various practical rules under the branches of the Tao. At the execution level, power plus laws become magic power to achieve the purpose of the Tao.

This way of enlightenment was something Li Zhi had never tried before.

The guiding ideology is the Great Dao of Immortality, and the Great Dao of Longevity is the constitution for governing the world. The specific legal content is filled in through objective events that have happened one after another.

Li Zhi's "The Great Way of Longevity Sutra" is also being rapidly filled with previously missing content.

From being a text of spiritual practice, it has transformed into a collection of true principles that can govern the heavens and earth and even all spirits.

There is only one purpose for all governance, and that is to achieve immortality.

At the same time, Li Zhi understood why Lao Tzu wrote the "Tao Te Ching".

In fact, "Tao Te Ching" is also a part of "Tao Te Ching", but it does not talk about the method of cultivation, but talks about the principles of how to behave and the relationship between man and nature, and man and heaven and earth.

Its importance is comparable to the mysterious methods of cultivation recorded in the Tao Te Ching.

These are all principles that can be used to govern the world.

In Li Zhi's opinion, a practice method can only be considered a true scripture after it is supplemented with principles that can be used to govern the world.

If the previous "The Great Way of Longevity Sutra" could only be called "The Great Way of Longevity Method", then after adding various principles to deal with and guide all living beings to strive to live towards longevity, "The Great Way of Longevity Sutra" is truly a scripture, rather than a simple method of practice.

Li Zhi looked back at the cultivation scriptures left by other great emperors and was surprised to find that most of these scriptures lacked the principles of governing the world.

If you combine the "Tao Te Ching" and the "Tao Te Ching" to comprehend them together, you will make amazing discoveries.

The corpse of the Lord of Dao and Virtue was transformed into Laozi after it became spiritual, and he wrote the "Tao Te Ching", which contains many methods of cultivation. Now it seems to have completed the missing parts of the "Tao Te Ching".

The "Tao Te Ching" has completely become a classic book that can both guide monks in their practice and govern the world.

From this point of view, Lao Tzu's realm is definitely not low, and his understanding of the relationship between heaven, earth and man should have surpassed that of his previous life.

Li Zhi also gradually understood the impact of using "The Great Dao and Longevity Sutra" to govern the world and its impact on his own practice.

If all living beings in the kingdom work towards immortality, then his path will become more and more powerful.

If the sentient beings in the kingdom, under his guidance, do the opposite and become brave and aggressive, and even most of them cannot enjoy the day when their natural lifespan ends, it means that his "The Great Way of Longevity Sutra" is not a true sutra and cannot truly cultivate the path to longevity.

Walking, sitting and lying down are indeed all forms of spiritual practice.

After Li Zhiming realized the true meaning of "The Great Dao and Longevity Sutra", a strange Taoist charm began to permeate the entire palace city.

Even the power of faith and the luck of all living beings that continuously gathered from all directions, under the influence of this Taoist rhyme, transformed into a special kind of purple energy.

It seems that the purple air contains a special mysterious energy that can prolong people's life.

The overwhelming purple air made the entire imperial city look dreamy and like a fairyland.

When the female saint Yuqin, the supreme elder of Guanghan Palace, and the supreme elder Muqing of Taiyin Divine Sect were brought into the imperial city by the waiters, they were attracted by the mysterious purple aura shrouding the imperial city.

The mysterious purple air seemed like a mutated fairy air, which made people yearn for it. Just by breathing it a few times, people felt that their lifespan had increased by several years.

There was a flash of horror in the eyes of both of them.

"Elder Yu, Elder Mu Qing, please wait for a moment. If you want to meet the king, you need the king's personal immortal servant to guide you." The servant said respectfully to the two saints.

Then, Li Zhi's maid Meng Zhang came out of the Jiutian Palace, came to the two elders, and said gently: "My two Taoist friends, my master is waiting for you in the palace, please follow me."

"Take a saint as a maid." Yuqin from Guanghan Palace and Muqing from Taiyin Sect were extremely shocked.

Even within their two religions, there are not many monks who can cultivate to the saint level.

That is to say, in this golden age, several saints were born, and each saint had a very important position in the church. No saint would degenerate and become someone else's maid.

The two were even more wary of Li Zhi, who had annexed the Jiuhua Dynasty. When the capital of the Jiuhua Dynasty fell, there was not even a trace of a major battle, as if the Jiuhua royal family had willingly given up the country to Li Zhi.

However, they didn't know that those who rebelled were suppressed by an imperial edict written by Li Zhi himself.

After entering the Jiutian Palace, the two officially saw Li Zhi.

Li Zhi, sitting on the Nine Dragon Ascension Chair, looks no different from the clay sculptures of gods in ancient temples, giving people a sense of being unfathomable.

"Yuqin from Guanghan Palace, Muqing from Taiyin Sect, nice to meet you, senior."

The two men, who did not sense any trace of a cultivator's aura from Li Zhi, did not dare to be careless at all and saluted respectfully.

"No need to be so polite!" Li Zhi's emotionless voice rang out in the hall.

Afterwards, the two sides had a very brief exchange, and Yuqin and Mu Qing said goodbye and left.

It was not until they left the territory of Li Zhi Kingdom that they no longer felt uncomfortable.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, have you seen clearly the ability of this Nine Heavens Emperor?" Mu Qing asked.

"I have never fathomed his depth. He doesn't give me the feeling of a real human being at all. Instead, he seems like a selfless and desireless innate god." Yu Qin looked thoughtful.

"It seems that the emperor's cultivation is more terrifying than you and I imagined." Mu Qing said.

“I’m afraid that only if the great saint ancestors of our two families come, can we find out his strength. Since we know that he is not trying to dominate the world and will not attack our mountain gate, then let those ambitious people worry about this big trouble. I think the Divine Court and the Heavenly Court would not want to see a powerful force that is not weaker than the Ziwei Divine Dynasty appear in Luzhou again.” Elder Yuqin said.

“Speaking of Heaven, I wonder what’s going on with Li Tian and Yan Yixi of the Human Desire Sect. They don’t want to pass on the Human Desire Sect, but instead want to expand their influence and work for Heaven.” Mu Qing said.

“The Heavenly Court is powerful. Are you, the Taiyin Divine Sect, afraid? Before the dark turmoil, the last descendant of the Sun Saint Emperor returned to Ziwei from Beidou, but he destroyed the nest of the Golden Crow clan.” A strange look flashed in Yuqin’s eyes.

As the supreme elder of Guanghan Palace, Yuqin naturally knew what the Taiyin Divine Sect was.

A group of people who stole the inheritance from the descendants of the Human Emperor and killed all the descendants of the Taiyin Human Emperor have no bottom line at all.

"Why do you have to change the subject, fellow Daoist? Can't you see that the purple energy accumulated in the imperial capital has an extraordinary effect?" Mu Qing seemed not to notice Elder Yuqin's sarcasm, and said instead.

"What do you mean, Brother Mu?" Yuqin asked.

“I think there should be some old seniors in each sect who don’t have much time left. If they knew that the Nine Heavens Divine Dynasty has purple energy that can prolong life, would they take action together?” A trace of greed flashed in Mu Qing’s eyes.

"My Guanghan Palace is not interested in this, Fellow Daoist Mu, I'm sorry I can't keep you company." After saying that, Elder Yu turned into a stream of light and returned to Guanghan Palace.

"A group of short-sighted women." Looking at Elder Yu leaving, a trace of disdain flashed in Mu Qing's eyes.

Afterwards, he went to the ancient Changsheng Temple in Mingling, trying to persuade the strong men in the Changsheng Temple to take action together.

Not long after, he went to the Human King Palace together with an old Taoist from the Changsheng Temple.

Afterwards, the Hezhou Heavenly Demon Alliance, the Great Wilderness Demon Sect, the Shenzhou White Tiger Manor, and even the Divine Court all got the news that Li Zhi had mastered a method to produce purple energy that could prolong life.

For a time, masters from all major forces in the world gathered to respond and gathered towards Li Zhi's Nine Heavens Kingdom.

Yan Yixi and Li Tian, ​​who were developing and expanding the power of heaven in Shenzhou, also came to Luzhou after hearing the news.

"Brother, what is going on with this Nine Heavens Kingdom? Is it a divine dynasty established by masters who came from outside the domain?" Li Tian asked Yan Yixi.

“I’m not quite sure. But this country was able to annex the Jiuhua Dynasty silently. Its strength must be extraordinary. It’s probably not weaker than the Divine Court.” Yan Yixi said.

"Perhaps Li Xianer knows the origin of this Taoist temple." Li Tian said.

"Then let's go to the North Sea first. We haven't visited Miss Li and Miss Jin for some years. I don't know how strong their cultivation is now." Yan Yixi said.

"It has been more than two hundred years, and I don't know if Taoist Changshou has returned. When we visited the Qixing Taoist Temple a hundred years ago, Miss Xian'er said that Taoist Changshou's soul lamp had been completely restored." Li Tian said.

Afterwards, the two of them flew directly over Luzhou towards the depths of the North Sea. Now that they had both been promoted to the level of Great Sage, they were the most powerful people in the entire Ziwei Ancient Star.

As long as the quasi-emperor does not come out, they are not afraid of anyone or any force.

At the same time, masters from all over the world who were concentrating on the edge of the Nine Heavens Kingdom were all looking at the situation inside the kingdom with serious expressions.

"What a brilliant trick! I sense a supreme rhythm of Tao covering the entire territory, suppressing the Tao of all other people who are not citizens of the Nine Heavens Kingdom." An old great sage looked at the sky and earth of the Nine Heavens Kingdom, which was filled with a mysterious power of the Great Dao that made him dare not set foot in easily.

"Senior Mingkong, is there something fishy going on in this territory?" asked another young man whose cultivation was only at the saint level.

“The only one who can suppress my great way is a quasi-emperor. I highly doubt that the ruler of Jiutian Kingdom is a quasi-emperor-level supreme being.” Great Sage Mingkong’s eyes were full of fear, as if Li Zhi’s kingdom was a devil’s den.

Just as everyone was hesitating, a divine general in golden armor came before them with a decree.

"The king has ordered that you and others come to the imperial capital to meet him."

The edict revealed an unrivalled aura that surpassed that of the Great Sage, and everyone was terrified.

“A quasi-emperor has been born in the native land of Ziwei Ancient Star? I’m afraid this matter is no longer something we can handle. Let’s report it to the Emperor.” In another direction, two Saint Kings among a group of cultivators from the Divine Court muttered in low voices after seeing the decree that revealed the aura of a quasi-emperor.

After seeing the decree, others felt embarrassed.

"He is the Heavenly King of Zhenbei of the Jiuhua Dynasty. How did he become a divine general of the Jiutian Kingdom?" At this moment, someone recognized the identity of the golden-armored divine general and said in surprise.

"Could it be that the rumors are true? Everyone in the Jiuhua Dynasty has surrendered to the Jiutian Kingdom." Someone else muttered in a low voice.

However, faced with the decree that revealed a hint of quasi-emperor's aura, they did not refuse.

Afterwards, he followed the Heavenly King Zhenbei to Li Zhi's imperial capital.

After seeing the purple air floating in the sky above the imperial city, everyone took a deep breath.

Such precious purple energy that can prolong life is actually placed in the open.

(End of this chapter)