Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

Chapter 234 Reward

[You have listened to the voice of the Supreme Dao Ancestor, you have grasped a wisp of the Dao of Taiji's Creation, you have fully comprehended the interdependence of existence and non-existence, and the transformation of illusion and reality. Your proficiency in the Myriad Phenomena Return to Truth Diagram has increased by 5000.]

At this moment, Ao Peng's mind was completely immersed in the comprehension of Tai Chi Opening Heaven. Combining the previous transformation of emptiness into reality in shaping Taodu Mountain with this transformation of reality into emptiness, his proficiency in the [Return to Truth Diagram of All Things] increased by 5000 points in one go. This was an enormous gain for him.

Above the Great Divine Power is the Realm Divine Power.

Ao Peng had personally witnessed Tianlu Shenjun using his World Divine Power.

If the Great Divine Power is like a peach tree that is anchored to history and thus never fades, then the Realm Divine Power can change history to a limited extent, allowing the peach blossoms to bloom brilliantly even in winter.

Ao Peng was certainly unable to unleash the full power of the Boundary Divine Ability, so his actions this time were originally a trick and an experiment.

First, with the help of the painting and many local deities, the entire hundred-mile-long world was captured in the painting. Then, the painting was used to drive changes in the world, releasing the hundreds of souls that had been suppressed under the Dujiangyan Irrigation System. After these souls were released, the result was that the Dujiangyan Irrigation System would collapse.

However, this breach only occurred within a painting by Ao Peng. Since Ao Peng had complete control over the painting, he could use the [Mirror of Illusion] to erase it, ultimately causing all the consequences depicted in the painting—the breach of the Dujiangyan Irrigation System and the displacement of countless people—to disappear.

After the painting disappeared, the scenes that followed were like a dream, and all living beings were merely experiencing a distorted and wandering dream.

Therefore, the cause of releasing the hundreds of souls in Dujiangyan will not lead to the effect of Dujiangyan breaching its banks, because the effect has been completely absorbed by Ao Peng's painting and then turned into nothingness.

Of course, the most important thing is how to make the static painting move. Originally, Ao Peng wanted to use the power of the palm-leaf scriptures, which contained the power of Buddhist illusions and illusions.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Tianshi gave a push at the crucial moment, opening the blessed land of the Dao Ancestor, allowing the Daoist intent of creation to emerge and drive the evolution of the world in the painting, saving Ao Peng the power of the palm-leaf scripture.

Sure enough, a great teammate always plays the most important role at crucial moments!

While the masses remained trapped in their turbulent dream, unable to extricate themselves, they even began to doubt their own reality. Meanwhile, the painter Zheng Ziming from the Yellow Gate rushed frantically toward Ao Peng. He saw the ink of the magnificent Dujiangyan Hundred-Mile Map gradually fading, disappearing as if it had no support. Along with it, the ink of the Dujiangyan White Bone Map that Cao Anshi had painted on the original pillars also floated and faded.

As the painter, Zheng Ziming was heartbroken by the loss of this masterpiece. He reached out and grabbed at the void, to the point of madness, his hair disheveled.

"This painting! This painting! Keep it! Keep it!"

He was incoherent, for he had just seen the real path of the painting, but it was like a flower in a mirror or the moon's reflection in water, slowly dissipating.

Ao Peng reached out and grabbed Zheng Zimo's shoulder. "Brother, the Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. Since this painting has come close to the Tao, it should not be kept for too long, otherwise it would lose its original meaning."

Zheng Ziming was pulled back from his dazed state by Ao Peng's pull, and he pondered what Ao Peng had just said.

He suddenly realized that if Ao Peng had forced the Dujiangyan Hundred-Mile Map to remain, the scene in the painting would naturally fall into the real world. On the contrary, as it is now, the painting disappeared into thin air, which was the only way to reduce the negative consequences of this place. This is the interdependence of existence and non-existence.

After regaining his senses, Zheng Ziming looked at Ao Peng with fervent eyes and immediately tried to kneel down. "General Wu Gong, I, Zheng Ziming, have long admired the art of painting but have not yet mastered it. I wish to become your disciple and ask for your guidance."

As Zheng Ziming was about to kneel down, Ao Peng held Zheng Ziming's arm, saying, "There's no rush to become an apprentice. We have many important matters to attend to right now."

Ao Peng used the remaining water and earth veins as ink, and dotted one of the pillars. Ao Zhu knew that her opportunity had arrived. She roared and transformed into a true dragon, flying into the pillar.

Others might add the finishing touch to a dragon's appearance, but Ao Peng's style of painting is so sophisticated that it can draw the dragon's eyes and bring it to life.

With a single stroke, Ao Peng drew one of the dragons. He looked at the other pillar and thought to himself, "There's still one dragon missing." Just as he picked up his brush to draw the dragon, he suddenly saw a small white snake coil and swim down from the bracket of the pillar, landing at Ao Peng's feet.

The little white snake's scales were like jade, and its eyes shone with the color of rubies. It nodded and bowed to Ao Peng with great intelligence. When Ao Peng saw the little white snake, especially when he sensed that it also carried a certain Tai Chi opening meaning, he knew in his heart that this must be a treasure of some immortal. It was specially placed here to share the opportunity that belonged to it.

The other party carried the aura of Tai Chi opening up, and Ao Peng roughly guessed that this little white snake must be related to Laozi, so he naturally had to give him face.

So Ao Peng added a finishing touch to the pillar as well, and then said to the little white snake, "Little guy, come up here quickly."

The little white snake's eyes lit up with joy, and she quickly swam upwards along the pillar. However, she did not transform into a divine dragon as she had imagined. As she swam, a snow-white spirit snake coiled around the pillar on the left, creating a striking contrast with the black dragon on the right.

The dragon and snake coiled and transformed into a golden light that shot out from the Demon Subduing Hall, breaking through the ghostly mist and dark clouds. At this moment, the ghosts knew that the situation was hopeless. The other five ghost generals hurriedly gathered their ghost followers and fled towards the Gate of Hell, fearing that if they were a little too late, they would be suppressed by Erlang Shen like the other three ghost generals.

Amidst the golden light, the statue of Erlang Shen sitting atop the Demon-Subduing Hall before Ao Peng came to life, transforming into a majestic and armored True Lord.

After Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun manifested, he smiled and said, "Today I must thank you for your help, little brother, in resolving a regrettable matter for me. I owe you a favor."

Ao Peng bowed and said, "The ghost scourge in Shudu has not yet been quelled. I wish to use this favor to exchange for a drop of true water in the True Lord's possession, which can be used to forge the Purple Ying and Green Suo swords, allowing the two immortal swords to be born ahead of time and suppress the ghost calamity of this world."

Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun seemed to have anticipated Ao Peng's request. He took out a jade bottle, gently pushed it into Ao Peng's hand, and said, "In the past, I was invited by Guanyin Bodhisattva to subdue the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. The Bodhisattva gave me three drops of Three Lights Divine Water as a reward. Today, I will give you these three drops of Three Lights Divine Water. With the help of this, the two immortal swords can be brought into existence ahead of time, and the ghostly calamity here can be resolved."

Ao Peng took the jade bottle and instantly understood Erlang Shen's meaning. To forge the two immortal swords, Zi Ying and Qing Suo, only two drops of Three Lights Divine Water were needed. Clearly, the last drop of Three Lights Divine Water was the reward given to him.