Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 620: The Heavenly Priest Disappears into Light
Time is like a lazy child, and in the blink of an eye, you lose your happy childhood.

Time is like a leisurely old man, who always sighs at dawn and dusk that time is unforgiving.

However, the Heavenly Palace is like a mountain pressing down on the heads of all living beings. Even though it can benefit all people, not many people will like its existence.

After all, the way of heaven is to reduce the surplus and make up for the deficiency, and the way of man is to reduce the deficiency and increase the surplus.

Although the cultivators in this world are all practitioners of Taoism, the Tao they cultivate is not the Tao of Heaven, but the Tao of Man.

That is human nature, so naturally people hate the behemoth that is Heaven.

Seeing the growing karma in the Heavenly Palace, Li Zhi began to doubt whether it was right or wrong to practice the method of the Qiyun Divine Dynasty in this world.

Moreover, the higher the level of cultivation, the more they can sense the "oppression" of the Heavenly Court above them.

Although we cannot shake the rule of Heaven for the time being, we can go to places that Heaven cannot rule.

Because of this, the Heavenly Palace that unified the ancient Ziwei Universe not only failed to become a holy place for cultivation that all living beings yearned for, but instead became an "evil force" that many geniuses could not avoid.

This situation made Li Zhi suddenly understand why the Jade Emperor wanted to use the platform of Heaven to govern the Three Realms and had to confer gods first, and why the immortals of the three religions were unwilling to serve as officials in Heaven.

As expected, everything has two sides, and contradictions are always a whole of unity of opposites.

This also made Li Zhi's dream of taking advantage of the Heavenly Court to complete the Eternal Sacrifice in one fell swoop and become the Immortal Emperor come to nothing.

If Heaven is allowed to continue developing along its current path, the overwhelming karma will probably give rise to immeasurable evil.

For this reason, Li Zhi had to announce that the Heavenly Court would hold a conference to confer gods every three hundred years to replace a certain number of gods.

As the saying goes, running water does not rot and door hinges do not rot. Allowing talents to flow is the first prescription Li Zhi prescribed for the Heavenly Court.

Unfortunately, there were few responses.

This made Li Zhi depressed.

No wonder the former heaven collapsed. Even the heaven of Emperor Huang Tian and others was only in name only.

The loose heaven is already an eyesore, let alone the strict laws of heaven.

What those who practice Taoism pursue is never unrivaled combat power, but the enjoyment of freedom and ease.

Unparalleled combat power is just a companion for being able to be free and at ease.

This discovery made Li Zhi feel that Heaven was not a good choice.

Being nominated as the Emperor of Heaven without knowing why, and thus embarking on the road to heaven, didn't seem to be the right thing to do.

And is the Heaven Palace really beneficial to spiritual practice?

If it were any other world, Li Zhi could give a positive answer, but in this world opened up by the ruthless emperor, perhaps the existence of heaven was a shackle rather than a step.

The patient can go from nothing to something, and then from something to nothing again. Even ancient history has been destroyed countless times in his hands.

From this point of view, having such a huge force under one's command seems to have no real use.

Sitting alone in the Heavenly Palace, Li Zhi had never thought so clearly about the past and present of this world.

Does it really matter who wrote the ancient history?
If it were in the past, Li Zhi would have given a positive answer.

But now, he found that if he wanted to be the only one, or even to be an existence above the sacrificial path, these external things might just be shackles that blocked his progress.

After coming up with a crazy plan in his mind, Li Changshou directly ordered the expedition.

The entire army of heaven was mobilized, and like a clockwork machine, they began to conquer everywhere.

Time passed quietly in the conquests. After paying a huge price, the Heavenly Court occupied hundreds of life universes and was unrivaled for a time.

Even the Immortal Emperor Ye Tong, who was in charge of the ancient Beidou Star, could not stop the attack of the Heavenly Army.

The tremendous fortune gathered in the Heavenly Palace, and the huge amount of karma enveloped the Heavenly Palace.

It makes the heavenly palace seem both extremely sacred and dangerous.

This caused countless people to speculate when the Heavenly Palace would collapse.

Li Changshou was not idle either. With the help of the vast amount of divine materials collected by the army, he refined a blood altar.

Prepare to use all the luck and karma of heaven for a blood sacrifice.

After learning of Li Zhi's crazy behavior, all the gods in heaven were shocked and wrote to him to advise him: "Your Majesty, think twice."

"I have made up my mind. You don't need to persuade me anymore."

At this moment, Li Changshou demonstrated the arbitrary authority of the Emperor of Heaven, but this caused the gods to become disunited.

After the court session, the gods gathered together to discuss the matter.

"Your Majesty, this move may harm the harmony of heaven. When the luck of our heaven is exhausted, disaster will surely come."

"But His Majesty did not accept our advice. We are powerless."

"We must find someone who can persuade His Majesty. Otherwise, when the luck runs out, we will also be implicated."

"There are many ways to resolve karma. Why doesn't Your Majesty adopt any of them?" Someone also pointed out the crux of the problem.

"It seems that our Majesty is playing a big game." Someone pondered.

"If that's the case, why don't you tell us? Does that mean we are no longer members of the Heavenly Court?" Someone else said with a hint of disappointment in his tone.

"My fellow colleagues, why don't we go visit the two ancestors of the Way of Human Desire. It is said that they are familiar with Your Majesty and should be able to give us some advice." Suddenly someone suggested inviting Li Tian and Yan Yixi to come to the Heavenly Palace.

Of course, some people also thought of Fairy Guanghan.

When Fairy Guanghan gave the Divine Dynasty to Li Zhi, it was a shocking and generous act. In their opinion, there should be some affection involved.

The gods took action immediately.

However, they were turned away in front of Guanghan Fairy Palace.

Fairy Guanghan didn't come out to communicate with them at all. She just left a message of "Go back to where you came from" and sent them away.

In the ancestral temple of the Human Desire Dao, the two ancestors were interested, but after seeing the boundless karma shrouding the sky above the Heavenly Palace, they hurriedly shook their heads.

"You guys should find someone else."

After saying this, the two did not even return to the ancestral home of the Human Desire Dao, but left Ziwei directly.

After arriving at the ancient star of Beidou, the two finally felt relieved.

"Brother, what kind of magic is Taoist Li going to try? Why does it make me feel like I'm dying? And it's the kind of death that cannot be saved." Li Tian said with lingering fear.

"Don't ask me, I don't know either. Fortunately, you and I are cultivators who practice the great way of human desire, but we retreated in front of the real sea of ​​desire. After the cause and effect of the Heavenly Court was materialized, it was indeed shocking. No wonder after the destruction of the strange clan on the plateau, the three of them did not leave any Taoist tradition in the world. It turns out that the real entity of the Heavenly Court is so terrifying." Yan Yixi said.

In their eyes, karma is not just karma at all, but the embodiment of supreme cause and effect.

Merit is not merit, but the faith owed to all spirits.

"Will Taoist Priest Li use the merits and karma of Heaven to perform a grand sacrifice like the strange clan did in the past?" Li Tian suddenly said with great curiosity.

"It's not impossible." Yan Yixi learned from Ye Fan that year that Li Zhi once disguised himself as a strange creature and dealt with them for a long time. He might come up with some new ideas and make some jaw-dropping moves.

Just a few years after they arrived in Beidou, Li Zhi began to take action.

"Citizens of Heaven, obey my command and raise your right hands."

Suddenly, Li Zhi's voice reached the ears of all the people in Heaven, and then billions of creatures in the territory ruled by Heaven raised their right hands.

In an instant, their strength disappeared, and even the law runes that they had cultivated with great effort disappeared. Many people were startled by this sudden change and instantly retracted their right hands.

But the moment they retracted their right hands, Li Zhi's cold and ruthless voice rang out in their hearts, "Those who disobey the law will be punished by heaven."

Those creatures who retracted their right hands suddenly felt a trace of calamity emerging above their souls, as if there was a danger of heavenly punishment coming at any time.

The vast majority of people raised their right hands again.

Of course, there were also those who did not, but what greeted them was the genuine divine thunder of punishment from heaven.

Everyone was so scared that they dared not disobey the law.

Then, they felt that the breath of all things in heaven and earth had disappeared, and the fluctuations of the essence of heaven and earth had also disappeared. It was as if the world had suddenly entered an era of no spirits and no ways.

While in the central palace of Heaven, after absorbing the power of the three elements of heaven, earth and man under the jurisdiction of Heaven, Li Zhi's cultivation finally reached the realm of Immortal Emperor.

Then he ascended the altar, used heaven as fire and himself as the sacrifice, and performed an unprecedented sacrifice.

As the entire Heaven was sacrificed by him, Li Changshou himself turned into ashes.

But when the ashes suddenly glowed with light, Li Changshou, who was at the level of the sacrificial Dao, returned.

Then, the time came to truly test Li Zhi's Dao.

“Sacrifice to the heavens, sacrifice to the earth, sacrifice to myself; there is no law, no heaven, and no me; burn my true body, sacrifice to my great way, forget my story, today I know that I am myself.”

As a sound resounding through the heavens rang out, an indescribably brilliant divine light immediately burst out from the Ziwei ancient universe.

In an instant, the entire universe was illuminated.

Countless people seemed to have seen the true appearance of "Tao".

However, after the divine light shone for a moment, it went out instantly.

It was as if it had never appeared.

"What happened?"

Countless people were asking about this, and at the same time they seemed to have forgotten the divine light they had just seen.

In a distant star ruin, Chu Feng, who was cultivating in a natural terrain, suddenly woke up. Then, looking at what happened on the Ziwei Ancient Star, he sighed and said, "Disappeared in light, and returned in rebirth. Fellow Daoist Li, have you finally reached this point?"

Chu Feng was extremely familiar with this scene. Back then, he had exhausted his blood and energy and sacrificed everything before he could step into that magical realm.

However, he couldn't be sure whether the place where Li Zhi was resurrected was the special place where they were resurrected.

After all, the ancestor of death never appeared in that place.

Only characters who have a causal relationship with the patient appear there.

Emperor Huang Tian, ​​Emperor Ye Tian, ​​Chu Feng and Emperor Henren.

Apart from that, no one ever set foot in that place again. Even after they were revived, they were not allowed to set foot there again.

Now, Li Zhi has sacrificed the heaven, sacrificed all the ways, and sacrificed the cause and effect. No one knows whether he is completely annihilated or about to revive and return.

Seeing that the place where Li Zhi turned into light was empty and no new Li Zhi appeared, Chu Feng closed his eyes and continued to practice in depth.

And within the Great Red Sky Realm, Li Xianer also saw Li Zhi turning into light and disappearing.

But her eyes were full of worry, and she seemed not optimistic that Li Zhi would be able to break through successfully.

"Father, don't worry. The subordinates of the three Heavenly Emperors have prepared various methods for their return. I have also prepared many means for your success."

After muttering to herself some words that outsiders could not understand, Li Xian'er continued her work.

A mysterious altar gradually took shape in front of her.

A drop of ancient blood that exudes the aura of the Immortal Emperor emits a mysterious fragrance in the jade tripod on the altar, like an elixir of immortality.

"Soul, come back!"

As Li Xian'er began to cast the spell, the mysterious altar suddenly released endless Dao runes, as if communicating with the heaven, earth and the universe.

Then, Li Xianer placed hundreds of divine beasts at the level of Immortal King on the altar as offerings to worship that drop of ancient blood.

"Come back!"

As the offerings burned out, the drop of ancient blood in the jade tripod seemed to have spirituality, and then gradually changed its shape, and finally became the appearance of a young man.

"Sister Li." The young man seemed to know Li Xian'er. As soon as he transformed, he greeted Li Xian'er happily.

"A Shui, long time no see." Li Xian'er said with joy on her face.

"Thanks to Sister Li, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get away." said the young man.

"Now that your incarnation has been initially formed, it will probably take some time to refine it before you can display the power of an Immortal Emperor. It would be better for you to go to Earth and lie dormant for a while." Li Xianer suggested.

"That's exactly what I meant. He grew up on Earth, so I should grow up on Earth too. One day I will be able to surpass him." said the young man.

"I believe you. There is a famous saying on Earth that goes, 'The waves behind push the waves in front, and the waves in front die on the beach.' If we, the younger generation, cannot stand on the shoulders of our parents and go higher and further, we will be failures," said Li Xianer.

"Yeah, I will definitely surpass him before he comes back." The young man said confidently.

This time, he used his magical power to conceal his true identity and temporarily severed the relationship between him and Ye Fan, allowing Ye Yishui to have a moment of freedom.

"How is your practice of Emperor Huang Tian's Hehua Dafa going?" Li Xian'er asked again.

"I have already cultivated it to the level of mastery. However, Sister Li, can you tell me what secrets this Dharma contains?" Ye Yishui asked curiously.

"It seems that the Great Law of Transformation and Freedom was created by Emperor Huang Tian, ​​but in fact, according to my father's speculation, the Great Law of Transformation and Freedom was a law bred by the Great Dao, but it was born with the help of Emperor Huang Tian. This law contains the ultimate secret of touching the Great Dao."

Every time Li Xian'er recalled what Li Zhi had told her about the secret of his Dharma, she couldn't help but be shocked.

The so-called sacrifice to the Tao, the so-called end of the road, is just the end at the level of laws, not the end at the level of the Tao at all.

Yes, it is the great way.

Nothingness is also the great way.

Creating something out of nothing is the right path.

So there is lawlessness, but there will never be no morality.

Even if one achieves the only Tao fruit that the patient has at that level, it is still within the scope of Tao.

The Dharma of Transformation and Freedom is most in line with the concept of "Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things."

Therefore, by reversing this method, there will be a chance to truly touch the essence of "Tao".

The Immortal Emperor, who is said to be a creature at the end of the road, is actually only a creature at the end of the law.

And stepping into the realm of sacrificial Tao is the beginning of truly touching the Tao.

All creatures in the realm above the Dao can ignore the long river of time, the cycle of cause and effect, and the nature of heaven and earth, simply because they have begun to truly master the power of Dao.

Only the power of Tao can enable them to do this.

Because Tao is everywhere and invisible everywhere.

Therefore, Tao is what all living things pursue in their evolution.

(End of this chapter)