I am the first emperor of the ancient times

Chapter 96 The way to longevity, the way of incense and gods!
Amitabha Emperor looked at Emperor Haotian with his eyes full of expectation.

Before he attained enlightenment and became an emperor, he had made a great wish to lead Buddhist believers to achieve the grand goal of elevating the religion to heaven.

But before he became the emperor, he truly understood how difficult this path was!
Not to mention how difficult it is to ascend to immortality, even he himself has tried for many years and still cannot find the way to immortality.

Now he is in his old age and time is running out for him, but he still sees no hope.

Looking at the whole world, if there is anyone who can help him answer the doubts in his heart and lend him a helping hand, it can only be Emperor Haotian.

Before coming, he was just holding on to a glimmer of hope, and was even prepared for Emperor Haotian not to see him.

But the moment he saw Emperor Haotian, he put aside all his worries, and only the piety of a seeker of truth remained in his heart.

Without any words or temptation, Emperor Haotian stood before him like an immortal monument.

"I have now lived my fourth life, and I live forever in this world. This is immortality!" Ying Hao said.

There are many kinds of immortality. In a sense, the choice of the supreme beings to cut themselves off is actually a kind of immortality.

However, the way the Supreme Beings achieve immortality has a major flaw. They spend most of their time sleeping and are unable to prevent the loss of their own lives.

In his opinion, true immortality is actually very simple. As long as one can continue to live in the world, it can be considered immortality.

As for how to stay alive in this world, everyone's situation is different, so it depends on their own means.

When one lives long enough in the mundane world, one will naturally continue to transform until one becomes a perfect mundane immortal.

This is destined to be a difficult road. Some people cannot even take the first step, and some people fail along the way.

But as long as you can keep going on this path unwaveringly, you will eventually be able to live forever and achieve true immortality.

"The emperor is actually the fourth generation?" Amitabha Emperor muttered to himself.

When he first saw Emperor Haotian, he thought that Emperor Haotian had already lived his fifth life.

After all, Emperor Haotian is so young, with black hair like a waterfall and a heroic appearance, without any signs of aging at all.

As far as he knew, Emperor Haotian lived his fourth life 60,000 years ago. Doesn't this mean that Emperor Haotian lived for 60,000 years in his fourth life?

What a long period of time it has been!

He only lived for more than 10,000 years in this life. Even if he took the elixir of immortality and lived a second life, the total life would only be more than 30,000 years!

The time he lived in his two lives was far less than that of Emperor Haotian's one life. How incredible is this?
This made him more determined in his thoughts that the Great Emperor Haotian was so powerful that he was no longer a human being.

"As for ascending to heaven with all the teachings, it is difficult to say, but it is also easy to say. When you become immortal, you can save all the people in the world!" Ying Hao said.

The prerequisite for ascending to heaven is to become a mortal immortal first, but it does not mean that after becoming a mortal immortal, one will be able to ascend to heaven.

Not only do they need to find a suitable path, but they also need the cooperation of at least three mortal immortals to break through the barrier between the two realms and ascend to the immortal realm with their entire sect.

No matter how you look at it, this is an undertaking as difficult as ascending to heaven. Throughout the long years from ancient times to the present, there has been no mortal immortal except Emperor Huangtian.

As for saying it is simple, it is actually because he has absolute confidence in himself, and the goal of raising the religion to heaven will be accomplished in his hands.

"Save yourself first, then save all living beings! I beg the Emperor to teach me!" Amitabha Emperor bowed and said.

Whether it was to save himself or to save all living beings, he was unable to do it, so the ascension of the whole religion naturally became a joke.

During the long years after he became emperor, he did not fail to make efforts. In fact, he had found a way.

This path is very risky, but he believes there is still some hope, which makes it worth taking the risk.

But after hearing what Emperor Haotian said, he realized how ridiculous the path he had found with so much difficulty was.

It is no exaggeration to say that if he really goes down this path, failure will surely be waiting for him, and countless Buddhist believers will be implicated as a result.

But he was extremely unwilling to give up just like that. Now his only hope was undoubtedly Emperor Haotian.

"I see that Buddhism has an amazing atmosphere and the power of faith is boiling. You should have a very deep study on this!" Ying Hao said.

Everyone has his own path, and his path is only suitable for him. Even the two human emperors cannot walk the same path as him.

The same goes for Amitabha Buddha. We cannot follow the path he has taken. At most, we can only learn from it and use it as a reference.

When his eyes penetrated the void, he had already taken in all the Buddhism in the universe. The most astonishing one was undoubtedly the Western Desert in the Big Dipper Star Region.

In the Western Desert, temples are connected to each other, and everywhere are devout believers. Hidden beneath the earth is the boiling power of faith.

From this it is not difficult to see that Amitabha Buddha not only has a very deep study of the power of faith, but also has rich accumulation.

The power of faith is poisonous, but in his opinion, the path of faith is the most suitable path for Amitabha Buddha.

"Great Emperor, please understand! I once hoped to achieve immortality through faith, but in the end, this path has become nothing but illusions!" Amitabha Buddha sighed. Faith alone, in the end, could neither grant him eternal life nor save all the world's people. He saw only vanity.

The only hope is to retain the possibility of becoming an immortal, and with the power of infinite faith, lead hundreds of millions of believers into the immortal realm.

But Emperor Haotian has already forcibly conquered the path to becoming an immortal. Only two or three people can become immortals in a lifetime. How can he lead his sect to ascend to heaven?
As for using faith to achieve immortality, he had tried hard, but in the end, all he had left was despair.

"Just because a path is blocked doesn't mean it's impossible. There is hope for immortality in any path in the world!" Ying Hao said.

He also has a very deep research on the path of faith, and he once thought that this path was not feasible.

It was not until the two human emperors, Taiyin and Taiyang, reappeared in the world that he saw another possibility in faith.

Everything in the world has its merits, and faith is no exception. However, there is a lack of people who can pioneer on this path.

He actually hopes that more people like Amitabha the Great will emerge so that more paths can be opened up.

That is why he wanted to lend a helping hand to the Great Emperor Amitabha, hoping that there would be more roads in the world and it would become more colorful.

"Please teach me, Great Emperor!" said Amitabha Emperor with a bow.

What else could he say? Emperor Haotian had clearly extended an olive branch. This was a tremendous opportunity.

He never thought about whether Emperor Haotian had other purposes, because there was no need at all.

Emperor Haotian is already invincible in the world. If he really wants to do something, he doesn't need to use any roundabout means.

"There is a divine object in Heaven called the List of Conferred Gods. Please be on the list, fellow Taoist!"

Ying Hao raised his hand and pointed, and the List of Gods flew out from the Heavenly Palace, emitting bright light and illuminating all the heavens and worlds.

Compared with before, the List of Gods is no longer empty, but has many names engraved on it.

The Emperor of Heaven, Taiyin; the Emperor of Earth, Taiyang; the Great Purity, Laozi; the Jade Purity, Fuxi; the Upper Purity, Tongtian; the Great Zhenwu, Chuanying.
In addition to these familiar names, there are also many people who have made great contributions to the Heavenly Court and are also on the List of Gods.

"May I ask the Emperor, what is the use of being on the List of Gods?" Emperor Amitabha said in surprise.

Although he didn't know what the Investiture of the Gods was, he felt an unparalleled aura the moment it appeared.

He felt as if he had seen a legendary magical weapon, but it was a little different. The aura was too sacred.

Moreover, for some reason, the moment the List of Gods appeared, he felt that the power of faith accumulated over the years was boiling uncontrollably.

In his heart, an inexplicable desire arose, making him want to immediately get the List of Gods into his pocket at any cost.

"Once you are on the list of gods, even if your body decays and your soul dies, your will will still live on!" Ying Hao said.

Faith alone cannot bring immortality, but if it is combined with the List of Gods, it can create a different kind of brilliant fireworks.

The two Human Emperors, Taiyin and Sun, have passed away for many years. Even if temples are built and golden statues are sculpted to gather the power of faith, the will of the two Human Emperors cannot be condensed.

But after he deified the two Human Emperors, the wills of the two Human Emperors scattered between heaven and earth began to reunite miraculously.

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why the two Human Emperors were able to reappear in the world is that the List of Gods served as their incarnations.

"Doesn't this mean that the will lasts forever?" Amitabha the Great Emperor suddenly became extremely excited.

He couldn't help but be excited. He now fully understood that a path to eternal life was right in front of him.

The biggest drawback of the power of faith, which cannot last forever, is that the divine self is created by the power of faith and will still decay.

The body decays and the soul decays. This is the law of heaven and earth. No matter how much power of faith is collected, it cannot stop this process.

Although the divine self is exactly the same as oneself, it is a divine existence and is two completely different individuals from oneself.

But if one's own will can last forever, then it will be completely different. He can completely control the divine self with his own will.

As long as the power of faith continues, the divine self is indestructible, and the will lasts forever, isn't this a kind of immortality?
Even if the years pass, he can still live forever and watch the sunrise and sunset. Doesn't this fulfill his goal of saving himself?
Moreover, what excited him the most was that the divine self forged by the power of faith might still have room for improvement and could continue to strengthen itself.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. When the concentrated power of faith is large enough, can it transform into a god-like self like an immortal?

He couldn't help but look at Emperor Haotian. How powerful was Emperor Haotian that he had such a heaven-defying method?
But think about it carefully, Emperor Haotian was able to flatten the universe and even the forbidden zone of life that had existed since ancient times. How could his methods not be against the will of heaven?

"I call this method of longevity the Incense and Fire Way. I hope you can perfect this path!" Ying Hao said.

A person's energy is limited. He has his own path to follow and has no time to study this path in depth.

Amitabha the Great is obviously a suitable candidate who can continuously explore and improve the path of incense and gods.

Once this road is perfected, the world will have another way to become an immortal!
(End of this chapter)