Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 204 The Three Religions Collapse (Please subscribe! Please vote! Please recommend! Please reward!)
Meng Fan stared at the image intently, and said with a look of realization: "So that's how it is. There are actually two times of enlightenment!"

The first time you see it, you see the scene where eight of the thirty-six thieves obtain the eight unique skills, while the second time is the scene where they gather together at the beginning and gain initial understanding.

This purple light image is like a tenacious fish swimming upstream in the long river of time.

Next, the scene kept changing.

But mostly it’s the rise and fall of plants and trees, the passing of spring and the coming of autumn.

After a long time, another figure appeared. It was none other than Zi Yang Zhenren Zhang Boduan. In the picture, he was ecstatic after seeing the forbidden stone ball, and exclaimed: "It's done, it's done!"

"My great path will be accomplished!"

What followed was his continuous comprehension, day after day for years, trying to comprehend something from it. Zhang Boduan was indeed a figure who was able to ascend to heaven according to the records, and his talent was enough to comprehend some of the inheritance.

According to historical records, in the fifth year of Emperor Yingzong of Song's Zhiping reign, Zhang Boduan was transferred to the capital of Tianfu, where he received the "secret of the temperature of elixir" from the Taoist master Liu Haichan at Tianhui Temple, which made the things he had previously been confused about suddenly become clear.

The following year, Zhang Boduan went to the Hanyin Mountains to practice. After achieving enlightenment, he became a disciple and traveled around Qinlong to preach. It was during this period that he came to Tongtian Valley of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms in the Qinling Mountains and got this opportunity.

In other words, what he practiced was the inner alchemy, and later he became the founder of the Southern School of Taoist Golden Elixir Sect.

Perhaps, there is some kind of fate in this world.

As Meng Fan "watched", with Zhang Boduan's continuous comprehension, the forbidden stone ball seemed to vibrate faintly as if in resonance with the Tao, and there was actually some airflow flowing out of the forbidden stone ball and into his body.

In the following ten years, Zhang Boduan came to this cave many times to meditate, as if he was using this place as his retreat, but he did not gain anything in the end. He could only sigh and say: "If I get it, I am lucky. If I lose it, it is my fate. I cannot force it. This is the fate of heaven!"

"I am lucky enough to have inherited some of the teachings from the Great Taoist Ancestor. This is also a fate!"

But during his last meditation, a stream of air flowed out from the stone ball again. After digesting the inheritance, Zhang Boduan couldn't help but look pale.

Just like the saying goes: All gifts from fate have already been secretly marked with a price.

Several years later, Zhang Boduan returned to this place. This time, there was a look of death on his face, and his life was about to end.

In the scene in front of Meng Fan, Zhang Boduan's body dissipated into Qi and finally sank into the curling void, fulfilling his words of "ascension to heaven".

It's so sad!
Eternity passes by in a flash.

A human figure appeared in the scene again. It was an old man riding a green ox. He had a strange and majestic face, and he looked like an extraordinary person at first sight.

I saw that his hair and beard were all white, his skin was yellow-white, he had thick eyebrows and a broad forehead, long ears and big pupils, sparse teeth, and a square mouth with thick lips.

There are three or five wrinkles on the forehead, the temples and the area where the moon hangs are particularly prominent, the nose has two pillars, and the ears have three holes.

When Meng Fan saw this man's appearance and heard him riding a green bull, he immediately realized that this man was the famous founder of Taoism - Lao Tzu.

He was seen trembling, stroking the stone ball and the wall, his eyes full of memories and a bit of regret, saying: "Second brother, third brother, I'm sorry for you, if I hadn't done anything..."

"Why……!"

"Second brother, third brother, I came here to say goodbye to you. I can't stay in this world any longer. Soon I will ride a blue ox to the west through Hangu Pass and go to the outside world to avoid disaster."

"I don't know if I can escape that person's gaze this time."

"Before that, I shed my true body and was reborn as a spirit. I also used a method to avoid death and prolong life. I stayed in the womb for eighty-one years and lived a new life. When I was born, my hair and beard were all white."

"I also used the Zhou Dynasty's dragon luck to cover myself up, and worked as an official in the treasury for decades, hiding from here and there, barely surviving, and only then did I avoid that person's sight." "But now, that person has vaguely sensed where I am, and he thinks that my only way out is in the outer space. Once I go there, it is hard to predict whether I will live or die."

"Second brother, third brother, if you still have spirits, please bless my eldest brother to survive successfully!"

From Meng Fan's perspective, the figure walked away dejectedly, heading west.

A chubby boy knelt three times and kowtowed nine times respectfully outside the valley in front of the Tongtian Valley of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms, tears streaming down his face. Then he wiped his tears with his sleeves and left behind Laozi.

There is a huge amount of information contained in these images.

Meng Fan couldn't help but frown. Based on the information he had obtained and what Laozi had just said, he could draw two conclusions:

First, Laozi was actually the reincarnation of Taishang Daode Tianzun, who just wanted to avoid disaster and avoid Hongjun's reckoning.

Second, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun and Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun had already fallen, and the reason for their fall was most likely related to Hongjun.

For a moment, Meng Fan's thoughts were in a mess.

He had a hunch that the next images would touch upon ancient secrets, and might very well be related to the fall of the two Heavenly Lords.

The long river of time flows upstream again.

After several twists and turns, a scene finally reappeared.

Two people are discussing this.

One is an old man, with a magnificent appearance, an immortal-like demeanor, a childlike face and white hair, a ruddy complexion, a thin figure, and a vigorous spirit. He is wearing a dark yellow Tai Chi robe, holding a flat stick in his hand, and has five long silver beards hanging down from his face.

The other one is middle-aged, with a dignified appearance, a proud temperament, sharp eyes, holding the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi in his hands, and wearing a Taixu Bagua robe. Every move he makes seems to be accompanied by a heavy divine power.

But both of them had sad expressions on their faces, and they looked at the stone walls around them for a long time without saying a word.

The middle-aged man suddenly said, "Brother, I have a feeling that the man is going to attack me. After all, what I practice is the Way of Expounding Heaven. Since I was conferred the title of God, the changes in Heaven's will are even more obvious. I am afraid that in a short time, he will completely merge with the Dao..."

"We can't wait any longer. Let me go this time. I must avenge my third brother!"

As he spoke, his tone couldn't help but reveal a hint of struggle and self-blame.

"If I hadn't insisted on fighting with Third Brother, he wouldn't have, wouldn't have..."

The middle-aged man slumped on the ground, tremblingly stroking the stone wall, tears streaming down his face, "Third brother, I regret it so much, my second brother's heart aches!"

The old man couldn't help but frown, squatted down, and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, things haven't developed to the point where they are irreversible. Maybe the teacher doesn't mean that?"

"I've already lost my third brother, I can't lose you again!"

"Brother, stop fooling yourself!"

The middle-aged man suddenly roared: "We are all blocking his way. This so-called Conferred God Ceremony is actually a conspiracy. The Jie Sect that my third brother and ten thousand immortals came to pay homage to is gone!"

"What exactly are those so-called canonized gods? What is their final fate? Big brother, do you dare to say that you don't know?"

(End of this chapter)