The Lord of the Laws of Heaven

Chapter 291 Hongmeng Dao Palace, Evolution of the Heavens

In the Taoist sect, the leaders of hundreds of Taoist sects followed Meng Shenji's footsteps and stepped into the Taoist palace emitting purple clouds, as if they had stepped into another dimension of time and space.

I could even feel the atmosphere of the universe shift with every breath I took. It felt as if the world I had lived in before was a filthy one... the mortal world, so to speak. But after entering this Taoist palace, every cloud pattern and every breath contained truth. This place seemed to transcend the mundane world.

Staying here, it seems that every strand of my thoughts has been cleansed, my ideas are extremely sharp, and my comprehension of truths has become easier and deeper!

"where is this place?"

"What a wonderful place! It seems as if the world I've lived in before was all mundane, all filthy… But once I entered this place, it seemed as if I had transcended the mundane world and entered a place very close to the Tao."

"Yes, if I can practice here, I will probably be several times faster than in my original place."

They entered the Dao Palace and saw a being seated directly on a high platform. He seemed to be engraved between heaven and earth, like an indestructible reef on a river. He was engraved in the past, present, and endlessly moving towards the future.

In this being, everyone seemed to see their own Tao. Not only that, they also saw Tao opposite to their own in this being, running parallel to each other like water and milk.

"This..." The voice was extremely surprised, and even at a loss for words.

"It is this person who wants to discuss the Hundred Sects..."

"How could such a person exist? I see the path of water, the path of fire... darkness, light... the path of heaven... the path of humanity..."

"How can someone comprehend so many truths? Conflicting truths and thoughts are about to explode!"

"I discovered that the principles of my sect also exist in him... How is it possible..."

"My sect is the same!"

In the eyes of the sect leaders, the person in front of them is the embodiment of all things.

"Could it be... that this person can really defeat a hundred enemies with one person?"

"This person wants to discuss the Dao of the Hundred Sects because he wants the true destiny of the Dao Ancestor, not the so-called title."

All the Taoist sect leaders looked at Meng Shenji, but after seeing Xiao Jun, Meng Shenji lowered his head and began to think.

Meng Shenji then raised his head, bowed to Xiao Jun, and said, "Excuse me, fellow Taoist...where is this place?"

Meng Shenji was not just asking about the location, but was truly inquiring about the existence of the principles contained in this Taoist palace.

Xiao Jun's eyes shone with light, and he said calmly: "This is..."

"Beyond the dark yellow of heaven and earth!"

Beyond the dark yellow of heaven and earth… As soon as this name appeared, everyone had an epiphany in their minds. In their hearts, there was only a feeling of transcendence, a feeling of liberation, and they seemed to feel an extraordinary artistic conception.

But suddenly, my mind woke up and I found that I was still immersed in the impermanence of birth, old age, sickness and death, and was still just a small ripple in this world.

Xiao Jun's "Hongmeng Dao Palace" itself is the magic weapon that carries Xiao Jun's evolution of the Hongmeng Dao. It is the realm of evolution of existence and non-existence and non-existence.

What's more, Xiao Jun comprehended the artistic conception of "the land of nothingness". "The land of nothingness" is a state and place that cannot be reached by any means. The existence of Xiao Jun's Hongmeng primordial spirit itself has the artistic conception of "the land of nothingness", which is included in Xiao Jun's understanding of transcendence.

"Hongmeng Dao Palace" is a Taoist temple where Xiao Jun evolved the "Land of Nothingness", but this place is not the "Land of Nothingness" in the true sense. "Land of Nothingness" is the true state of mind where there is no birth or death, and it is the place where the real "Tao" exists!

Xiao Jun's Hongmeng Dao, which is confirmed by the true meaning of "Maha Vajra Prajna Paramita" and the immortal monument, is a legal principle that spans the heavens and speculates infinitely. The Hongmeng Dao is already incomparably transcendent. Although the "Hongmeng Dao Palace" cannot carry the true "Dao", the countless true qi circulates inside the Hongmeng Dao Palace, endlessly approaching the "Dao"!
This is the shortcut!

Although this place is not the true other shore or transcendence, it is indeed separated from the heavenly way of the universe and from all kinds of turbidity and pollution. It is almost that only pure truth is manifested here!
"The Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Tower evolves the world, but my Hongmeng Dao Palace evolves the non-world!"

However, the Hongmeng Dao Palace still has impurities and is not the product of truly pure principles... If it were the product of truly pure principles, then Xiao Jun would have truly transcended, leaped into the realm of the other shore, and reached the state of no birth, old age, and death.

"Outside the Mysterious World... What a great name, what a beautiful concept!" Meng Shenji exclaimed, "You want to dominate all the sects today and achieve the Dao Fruit of the Dao Ancestor! Now it seems that you may become a Dao Ancestor in the true sense of the word!"

Xiao Jun's expression was indifferent as he said to Meng Shenji, "There is no high or low in the Dao. The Dao gives birth to and dies... How could I suppress those who come here to discuss the Dao? I only hope to inspire you and provide confirmation!"

"Haha, you are just proving the idea of the so-called Taoist Ancestor! The essence remains the same!" said a Taoist sect leader disdainfully.

"Could it be that he wants to seize the Taoist arts accumulated by our Taoist sect and absorb the resources for our Taoist arts?" another person said.

Then more Taoist sect leaders buzzed about their feelings, most of them thought that Xiao Jun was a person who was seeking fame. In fact, even if Xiao Jun really had the ability of a Taoist ancestor, how could these Taoist sect leaders really admit it?
Originally, Yunyinzi, Chenxingzi, and Lianyunzi from Zushen Mountain were just ordinary practitioners. They had neither great wisdom nor great compassion and merit. They only had one magical weapon, but were directly recognized as Taoist ancestors. However, everyone knew that this was just an unrealistic title.

It's just a title at best! Although the three Dao ancestors were constantly gaining power, their prestige was growing, and they seemed to be on the verge of becoming the emperors of the Dao sect. Although they were impatient in their hearts, in essence, both sides had a common interest, and the most they had was an uneven distribution of benefits.

However, once a real existence with great wisdom and the ability to truly command all the Daos appears, these people will not allow the Dao Ancestor to appear!
So they started to slander Xiao Jun, trying to tarnish his reputation and prevent him from becoming a true Taoist ancestor.

Xiao Jun doesn't care about the existence of these things. If one wants to become a Confucian saint, he needs orthodox certification and the existence of a reputation to be certified!
Then the existence of the Daoist Ancestor in the true sense is the recognition of the Dao, the true Dao. The soul has nothing to rely on!
Xiao Jun's thoughts flashed through his mind, and he nodded, saying, "What you are saying is not the words of the Tao, and it makes no sense. How can it be the spirit of a Taoist master? I am once again discussing the Hundred Sects of Taoism, but in fact, I am only demonstrating my own principles!"

Xiao Jun then swept his eyes over all the Taoist sect masters below, and continued, "This place is outside the Mysterious Yellow Heaven and Earth, and this palace is the Hongmeng Dao Palace. All the Taoist sect masters can summon the true energy of the Hongmeng Dao Palace, evolve infinite laws, and achieve the true Dao!"

After that, thick clouds fell directly.

It fell around all the Taoist monks. Every Taoist practitioner looked at these clouds carefully. At first they were indifferent, but after a closer look, they were fascinated.

However, he discovered that every wisp of cloud seemed to have 129,600 changes, and every change gave rise to another wisp of cloud, and the changes cycled without beginning or end!

Intertwined with each other, it was discovered that every wisp of cloud here was a kind of true energy, with infinite changes, as if it was evolving into all kinds of principles to appear in this world!
Xiao Jun extended a finger. A wisp of cloud swirled around the tiny space, constantly interweaving, exploding, corroding, and repelling. Soon, a bead appeared in front of Xiao Jun.

Looking closely, the bead seemed to be a universe, filled with countless stars and countless dimensional voids, intertwined with each other. Within a single dimension, all the creations of the entire universe were condensed. Upon closer inspection, it gave rise to something akin to the universe.

Such a bead was formed by condensing clouds and emitting this sound, which was extremely mysterious. Everyone was fascinated by the bead in Xiao Jun's hand.

"When we discuss the Dao, we can play chess, we can discuss profound mysteries, we can preach, we can fight... But our discussion today is not like this..."

Xiao Jun looked at the bead floating in front of him. It contained countless time and space and mysteries. It was a model of the universe constructed with the help of Yuan Qi.

This model contained Xiao Jun's countless understandings of the truth, and what evolved was a simulated universe! The moment this simulated universe was born, the sound of the Tao was derived. All Taoist practitioners were immersed in the darkness, unable to extricate themselves, and heard the infinite and wonderful principles of the universe.

Meng Shenji was the first to awaken from Xiao Jun's Taoist art of simulating the universe.

"How mysterious! This simulated universe truly exhausts all the mysteries of the Creator's creation. The cosmic principles contained within it even surpass those in the Second Cosmic Sutra... His understanding of the universe and time and space has surpassed the Supreme Dao!"

"All fellow Daoists who come here can borrow all the true essence here, evolve all the legal principles, and achieve their own Dao!"

Xiao Jun spoke slowly, and a strong Taoist aura emanated from his words.

However, many Taoist sect leaders woke up directly from their profound understanding. After hearing Xiao Jun's words, they realized that the clouds here were indeed top-grade treasures for evolving Taoism.

Even the infinite changes in the clouds carry the principles of heaven and earth. Some practitioners, by chance, can observe endless talismans from the clouds and calculate the infinite changes in the principles and laws!

But by using these clouds to evolve Taoism, doesn't this mean that Xiao Jun has learned the Taoism of everyone?
But Meng Shenji just sat cross-legged and called for a large amount of cloud energy, as if he wanted to collect all the cloud energy in the entire Hongmeng Taoist Palace, but it turned out that Meng Shenji had an inexhaustible supply of cloud energy.

Although a lot of clouds were gathered, they seemed to be an elusive existence, often escaping between existence and non-existence, and it was impossible to truly absorb and gather them all together.

Meng Shenji was stunned, and he realized many truths in his heart: "These clouds are like the chaos when the world was first created. The world was born and destroyed in the chaos...but the chaos has never increased or decreased! What a powerful truth!"

"Only through these clouds can principles evolve! Just as the heavens and the earth were born from chaos... and chaos neither increases nor decreases... In the end, the heavens and the earth will return to chaos... This is the cause and condition of the great calamity of the epoch!"

So he directly used his magic power, borrowed the endless principles contained in these clouds, and borrowed the endless changes, to prepare to create the world.

"The sky and the earth are dark yellow..." Meng Shenji said, and in an instant, the clouds in front of Meng Shenji suddenly changed infinitely, as if condensed into countless talismans, intertwining with each other, and finally gave birth to the two energies of dark yellow!

The Xuanhuang Qi began to rise and fall, but soon Meng Shenji said again: "The universe is vast and desolate!"

However, the Xuanhuang Qi expanded rapidly, and all the existences that passed by turned into time and space.

The four poles above and below are the universe, and the past and present are called the universe!

But in front of Meng Shenji, there appeared a piece of heaven and earth and time and space. This heaven and earth and time and space was round on top and square on the bottom, and it was chaotic and boundless, with the dark yellow rising and falling!

As soon as Xiao Jun looked over, he knew that Meng Shenji was using the clouds to evolve the principles of the eternal kingdom.

These clouds were the result of Xiao Jun's investigation of the principles between heaven and earth, and were a derivative of Xiao Jun's Dao. Meng Shenji naturally knew this principle.

Therefore, Meng Shenji had two thoughts. He wanted to use the principles contained in Xiao Jun's clouds to evolve the eternal kingdom, which would help him to get one step closer to enlightenment.

The second way is to borrow the Yang God's way contained in the Eternal Kingdom of the Supreme Taoist Master to test Xiao Jun's limits!
But Meng Shenji was seen evolving the laws of the Eternal Kingdom and causing endless changes in the clouds. However, Meng Shenji discovered that the changes in these clouds had no beginning and no end, and there was no pause, as if they could really encompass everything.

Xiao Jun suddenly contained the mystery of the eternal kingdom.

"So that's how it is. The Eternal Kingdom and my Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Pagoda have similar functions. Both are magical instruments that carry the principles of the universe."

"The universe has traversed countless epochs of catastrophe... Theoretically, only after countless epochs, when the entropy of heaven and earth has truly reached its peak, will the universe be completely destroyed, transforming into its most primitive state... After countless years of chaos, a new world will truly open up."

Of course, this is too far away. It is even possible that after countless epochs of destruction, Xiao Jun's current body will turn into dry bones in a tomb, which will only cause a ripple in the universe.

The grandeur of the universe even exceeds the comprehension of the Supreme Yang God.

The reason why Xiao Jun comprehended the laws of the universe and created the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Tower, relying on the power of the universe to protect and cross the era, is that other people naturally also glimpsed the power of the universe. The Eternal Kingdom is a magical tool that evolved the universe, and it is the same concept.

"There are still some differences. The Eternal Kingdom pursues a certain kind of eternity, but true eternity exists on the other side and cannot be truly evolved on this side."

"..."

The rest of the Taoists, watching Meng Shenji evolve the principles of the world and produce endless Taoist sounds, suddenly felt itchy.

Soon they sat down one by one, relying on their own classical wisdom and borrowing Xiao Jun's cloud energy to evolve the laws of the heavens.

"The sky is divided into nine heavens, and the earth is divided into nine fields!"

"Thirty-six Heavens..."

"Central Juntian..."

Countless Taoist sects began to evolve, giving rise to infinite Taoist sounds.

And soon they were extremely delighted. When evolving the laws of heaven and earth, the infinite changes produced by the clouds continuously supplemented the laws of heaven and earth. These cultivators received huge feedback, and their understanding of the truth gave rise to infinite mysteries!

Suddenly more focused.

Soon, even the Taoist leader who was unwilling to evolve felt itchy when he saw the endless Taoist sounds of others, who seemed to be in endless enlightenment.

(End of this chapter)