The Lord of the Laws of Heaven

Chapter 347 The Way of Abstinence, the Saintess Moved by Love

This kind of aspiration and action in accordance with the Way of Heaven does not simply originate from the operation of Heaven and Earth, nor is it merely a matter of the people's will being the will of Heaven.

It belongs to the existence of the harmony between heaven and man. The selfish desires represented by the human way of taking from the insufficient and giving to the excessive, as well as the laws of the operation of heaven, directly achieve a dynamic balance.

The food consumed by members of aristocratic families is the most exquisite in the entire world. It is prepared daily by various seasoned health masters and chefs trained by the families. Each dish is likely the result of countless hours of hard work by the chefs and the family's relentless experimentation, ultimately yielding the optimal solution.

The pursuit of exquisite food and meticulous preparation has reached an extreme level that far exceeds what others can imagine!

This approach to food is also why practitioners from aristocratic families are more likely to succeed. Whether it's medicine or ordinary food, all the vital energy can be purified to the greatest extent, with very little residue, becoming the nutrients that the human body needs most.

Therefore, the most basic requirement for everyone to become like a dragon is to solve the need for food. This need for food is not only about the food itself, but also about the way the food is prepared!
While the idea that everyone should be like a dragon is not the ultimate answer to humanity, it is itself an important stage in the development of humanity.

Over thousands of years, aristocratic families have accumulated countless hidden yet profound knowledge, including Taoist arts, martial arts, craftsmanship, astrology, geomancy, and so on. Countless talented individuals have emerged from these families because they not only solved the problem of food, but also provided the finest ingredients and the ultimate cooking techniques.

Every master of health preservation, and even the chefs from sage families, is nurtured by countless resources. A qualified chef from a sage family requires thirty years of training.

Even in the future, when everyone eats the same ingredients, aristocratic families will still be able to make one ingredient ten times more effective, while ordinary people will only be able to make one tenth of the ingredient's effectiveness.

However, Xiao Jun once developed a Taoist technique that could theoretically solve this problem in a real sense.

That Taoist technique is called "Eating Qi". The current "Eating Qi" can only extract the corresponding essence from food in the most efficient way. Then, the practitioner enters a state of meditation and can directly absorb the essence. This makes people no longer need to eat. After feeling hungry, they only need to enter a state of meditation to feel the joy of the Tao and naturally absorb the essence, making the physical body full of vitality.

This method was developed by Xiao Jun through research within the Daoist sect of the Middle Thousand Worlds under his control. Moreover, the essence is incomparably pure, almost perfectly matching the primordial energy of the human body, making it virtually impossible for it to contain even a trace of impurities or waste.

This method can be described as an extremely high level of eating; this kind of eating is not like that of ordinary people, but rather like that of the legendary immortals.

Those who consume qi will attain a state of enlightenment and longevity. This is one of Xiao Jun's ideas for transforming the Great Thousand World in the future. In the future Great Thousand World, people will no longer need food and planting; they will only need to consume qi to survive, thus freely pursuing everything they want.

In this way, everyone can learn the principles and put them into practice at all times.

The realm of absorbing Qi has far surpassed the principles of the sages and their families, which emphasized the refinement and meticulousness of food preparation; it has reached another dimension. What could be more refined and profound than the essence of heaven and earth?

Of course, eating qi is not the highest level of eating. The highest level of true eating is no longer tangible or substantial, but rather not eating.

Those who do not eat will not die and will become gods.

This state is a wondrous realm that is neither born nor dies, neither defiled nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing. It no longer needs the support of external things; its existence is solely due to the existence of the Dao. Perhaps it is no different from the Dao itself. It has reached the state of "going alone without changing, circulating without ceasing," and "the Great Dao is formless, giving birth to heaven and earth."

This is the highest level of eating, a level of self-existence and permanence.

The surrounding crowd was bustling. After looking at Hong Yi, Xiao Jun silently calculated Hong Yi's past and future. After calculating the past, Xiao Jun felt a sense of surprise.

Because of the relationship between Hong Yi and Su Mu, things started to become somewhat strange. Not only that, he also actually met the princess of Chuyun Kingdom, the former demon king Chan Yinsha. Of course, the most important thing was Su Mu.

Su Mu seemed to have experienced a peculiar change in her feelings towards Hong Yi.

As Xiao Jun silently calculated, he seemed to discover a subtle change: Su Mu had been paying close attention to Hong Yi's trials and tribulations, even providing various forms of support behind the scenes. By constantly observing everything Hong Yi experienced, Su Mu seemed to be beginning to be influenced by Hong Yi as well.

He smiled slightly, then shook his head, realizing that this was actually not the right thing to do.

Because Su Mu herself is the Holy Maiden of the Supreme Dao, although she has not reached the true state of transcending emotions, she is still an extremely rational and calm being. Very few things can enter Su Mu's mind and cause her any attachment.

Xiao Jun deduced that it was Su Mu, and he could sense that Su Mu had developed an indelible lingering concern in his heart.

“Su Mu…she herself has learned a lesson from Meng Bingyun, she shouldn’t be like this! She was originally trying to learn from Meng Bingyun’s experience. But she still has some lingering attachment.”

"Moreover, it not only possesses the inheritance of the Supreme Dao Sect, but also cultivates my Supreme Heavenly Demon Path!"

"The Supreme Heavenly Demon Path, it's already quite good that Su Mu didn't become a puppet of destruction who wanted to slaughter everything and completely lose his emotions, yet he still developed such emotional attachments."

The attachments in the mind are like rushing water crashing against stubborn rocks, blocking the flow of consciousness.

Xiao Jun had all sorts of guesses in his mind. But none of them were as easy as asking the person involved directly.

The "Dream Machine," far away in the sky, can traverse endless void with a single thought.

Inside the Sanhua Tower, Su Mu suddenly sensed something and declined the various attempts by those around him to curry favor.

"My young lady is not feeling well today, and we hope that all the guests will understand," Su Mu's maid said, and then followed Su Mu away.

Su Mu entered a backyard, climbed to the top of the pavilion, and saw an altar. However, there was nothing on the altar for worship. He picked up the incense sticks next to him, lit them with a thought, and inserted them into the incense burner on the altar.

Wisps of blue smoke rose and eventually disappeared into the void.

A voice suddenly appeared in Su Mu's mind.

"Sect Master! May I ask what brings you here?" "Interesting. You seem to have developed a special fondness for Hong Yi!" The indifferent voice of "Dream God" appeared in Su Mu's mind.

Su Mu's mind jolted, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Sect Master..."

He seemed eager to explain.

“Su Mu, there’s no need to explain!” “Dream God” said with a smile, “Because I don’t care about your thoughts, nor do I care whether you have developed any attachment to Hong Yi! Even if you, like Meng Bingyun, have fallen in love with him, I don’t care. Su Mu, so you don’t need to worry.”

This only made Su Mu more and more apprehensive. Although he used the Supreme Forgetfulness Technique to resolve all kinds of thoughts, all kinds of emotions still kept emerging from the bottom of his heart, making him feel extremely confused.

After calming down for a while, Su Mu said, "Sect Master, this is not Su Mu's intention. It's just that the Supreme Heavenly Demon Path is too mysterious. All my thoughts have begun to be corrupted by the Supreme Heavenly Demon Path, causing Su Mu's state of mind to have problems. Su Mu will definitely be able to solve this problem."

After silently calculating for a moment, 'Dream God' continued with a smile as he said to Su Mu, "So that's how it is. Your initial plan was to use the methods of the Incense Asking Sect and to use true feelings to resist the corruption of the Supreme Heavenly Demonic Path, right?"

The original Su Mu was constantly cultivating the techniques belonging to the Supreme Dao Sect, and had begun to deliberately suppress the techniques belonging to the Supreme Heavenly Demon Path.

However, unexpectedly, the Supreme Dao Sect's principle of transcending emotions and the Supreme Heavenly Demon Path were actually interconnected, two sides of the same coin. As Su Mu's cultivation improved, the Supreme Heavenly Demon Path became increasingly terrifying. One day, when Su Mu was cultivating and calming his mind, the Supreme Heavenly Demon Path actually started to operate spontaneously in his thoughts.

Yes, it operates spontaneously, even its thoughts spontaneously arrange themselves, giving rise to incomparably pure Supreme Heavenly Demonic Qi.

Originally, Su Mu's Supreme Heavenly Demonic Qi was a seed planted by Xiao Jun. However, at this moment, Su Mu's cultivation of the Supreme Heavenly Demonic Path has reached an incomparably terrifying level. Su Mu has now become a Thunder Tribulation Ghost Immortal at the fourth tribulation stage.

It took him less than a year to go from the original Ghost Immortal realm to the Fourth Tribulation Thunder Tribulation Ghost Immortal realm.

The Supreme Heavenly Demon Path is about understanding all the arising and ceasing of things, comprehending the principle of entering the Great Nirvana. First, one must extinguish all kinds of distracting thoughts and delusions, and then try to rely on the Yin Demon to extinguish the obstacles in one's heart. This is all good at the beginning.

However, the demonic energy within his heart had been completely transformed into the existence of the Supreme Heavenly Demon due to the Supreme Heavenly Demon Path.

For cultivators, unless they achieve the Nine Tribulations Ghost Immortal or even the Yang God realm, as long as their soul contains Yin essence, Yin demons will inevitably exist in their thoughts.

The Supreme Heavenly Demonic Path, by initially extinguishing all distracting thoughts and delusions, clarifies one's mind and unblocks one's wisdom. Initially, practicing the Supreme Heavenly Demonic Path only requires preventing the true meaning of Great Nirvana from clouding one's mind; cultivation is extremely rapid and enhances one's thoughts and wisdom.

However, later on, the distracting thoughts and delusions that were initially extinguished became the resources for the Supreme Heavenly Demon Path, and the demonic thoughts within those thoughts also transformed into the existence of the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

The terrifying Supreme Demon, lurking invisibly, began to erode himself, his thoughts, and his emotions, subtly and imperceptibly transforming him. Su Mu felt his heart growing colder and colder. Even in the Scattering Flower Pavilion, relying on his clear mind, he could see the various desires others had for him and observe the myriad aspects of human life.

She felt neither disgust nor pleasure; she was unmoved by the beauty or ugliness of the other's appearance, nor by the vile desires in their hearts. On the contrary, she began to consider with great interest... "cannibalism."

By extracting another's soul, annihilating it, and transforming it into pure soul power belonging to the Supreme Heavenly Demonic Path, and then absorbing it, the other's vital energy and essence can be directly channeled through the Supreme Heavenly Demonic Path, transforming into pure primordial energy or Supreme Heavenly Demonic energy to nourish the physical body and mind...

The Supreme Heavenly Demonic Path possesses incredibly profound and all-encompassing Daoist techniques, as vast as the ocean. It contains Xiao Jun's insights into the human body and the soul.

Everything in the universe can perish and be transformed into resources, even "human beings." Moreover, the very physical body of a "human being" contains boundless mysteries and secrets, theoretically making it the most excellent resource.

The Supreme Heavenly Demonic Path observes everything in the world from an absolutely equal perspective.

Su Mu felt a huge change in himself, because even though he had cultivated the Supreme Way of Forgetfulness in the past and his personality had become indifferent, it was impossible for him to have such a terrifying thought.

Seeing the desires arising in others' hearts, one's clear mind can reflect their thoughts, including the idea that Su Mu is nothing more than a plaything.

In the past, Su Mu would naturally feel anger, then see through it, and thus cultivate the Supreme Way of Forgetting Emotions.

But I never thought of directly refining others into pure resources.

Now, Su Mu sensed the filthy thoughts of others, but found it difficult to feel anger. Instead, he unconsciously secreted saliva in his mouth, felt a subtle tingling in his teeth, and had a simple thought of swallowing it.

That's right, it was a very simple thought of eating. After careful analysis, I realized that I only had a pure appetite in my heart, without any anger or other thoughts.

Although the "eating" in the Supreme Heaven Demonic Path is different from regular eating, Su Mu still resisted it immensely!

It's not about being afraid of "eating" people, or completely transforming into an inhuman demon... Well, there is still a little bit of fear and resistance, but this is easily resolved in the Supreme Way of Forgetting Emotions; it's an insignificant emotion.

But what's even more terrifying is that it's an erosion of one's own personality, a distortion of one's true nature!

This is the real issue Su Mu has to face! Although the Supreme Heavenly Demonic Path quickly made Su Mu a Four Tribulation Ghost Immortal, Su Mu would rather not have done so, because this is not an increase in cultivation, but a loss of control!
"So, you want to use the threads of love to maintain your humanity, is that it!" "Dream God's" tone carried a unique connotation: "And the person to whom the threads of love are tied has been chosen is Hong Yi, is that it?"

"Sect Master, you are wise!" Su Mu's heart was in his throat. "Although I used the threads of affection, it was only a superficial attempt. If there are any problems, Su Mu will sever all the threads of affection and not tarnish the reputation of the Supreme Dao."

“Interesting, of course it’s interesting!” “Dream God” laughed, with a profound meaning. Suddenly, Su Mu felt a Taoist technique flowing into her heart.

"The Supreme Heavenly Demonic Embryo"

(End of this chapter)