The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 613 of the Tao Te Ching! Activate!

The cave of the Immortal of One Qi is only 100,000 miles in diameter, containing mountains and rivers. It is divided into seven layers, each of which is supported by clouds.

But now there is a gap that pierces through these seven layers of mountains and water.

When the clone formed from Luo Zu's thoughts entered the cave, it sighed at the trouble it had caused.

He then refined the various spiritual energies within the cave, deducing the main Dao components within.

As for directly transforming into the Dao with one's thoughts to verify the Great Dao within, not to mention the far-reaching impact, just considering the immediate impact, would He be willing to do so? After all, He must have evolved this grotto-heaven for His own cultivation. If Luo Zu were to transform into the Dao within it, wouldn't that be spying on His Great Dao and cultivation? This would involve His privacy, so Luo Zu naturally wouldn't need to interfere.

Therefore, Luo Zu could only use such indirect means to examine the Great Dao within this cave.

Yu Hua greatly admired Luo Zu's sensibility and thought that there was a reason why Luo Zu was able to thrive in Kunlun Mountain.

Therefore, He said directly, "Fellow Daoist, you may directly examine the essence of my grotto-heaven; there is no need for such formality."

Luo Zu nodded, cupped his hands in greeting, and then channeled his thoughts into the cave.

All the natural, human, and biological laws of the grotto-heaven, ultimately involving the principles of the Great Dao, various wondrous rules, and the rules governing the arrangement of the Great Dao, all converged into his mind.

The part of the cave that was breached, and the emptiness within it, also had its consequences.

About fifteen minutes later, Luo Zu had completed all the evolutions.

However, in his calculations, repairing this hole might be very uneconomical.

So he proposed another solution to Yu Hua: "Fellow Daoist, would you be willing to reopen this grotto-heaven?"

Immortal Yi Qi was taken aback, a blank expression appearing on his blue-faced, fanged features: "Isn't this going to be too much trouble?"

Luo Zu then told Him the results of his deduction, and the deduction process was also directly transformed into a collection of information and sent to Him.

Yu Hua did not delay and immediately received the message and examined it carefully.

The content included how to save this cave heaven. All kinds of information were compiled, and the combination rules and operating laws of the cave heaven's Great Dao were copied one by one. However, there was one thing: He discovered that Luo Zu had even made improvements.

The road now runs more smoothly and even faster than before.

"Fellow Daoist, please rest assured. This matter originated from me. No matter how much effort I put in, I will not be treated unfairly," Luo Zu then said.

Yu Hua saw that Luo Zu had said so, and that he was indeed envious of this plan.

Of course, He did not forget His original intention: "Fellow Daoist Luo Zu, would you be interested in joining my Jie Sect to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth in Kunlun?"

Luo Zu was taken aback. Was it really that direct?

There's absolutely no beating around the bush. How should I answer? If I don't answer well, I'll offend both sides, or even all three, since there's also the Taoist Xuandu.

Moreover, having won him over and brought him here, Luo Zu suddenly felt like he'd been shoved into his pants—even if it wasn't excrement, it would be presented as such, and he couldn't explain it away.

Even if he is only a thought sent at this moment, if others really care, a single thought can define his behavior and camp.

The art of writing will not disappear with the changing times.

"I'm on a pirate ship now." Ying Xing felt utterly helpless.

"Thank you for your kind offer, fellow Daoist, but I am an unknown person. I am naturally delighted by your invitation, but I am good friends with both the Antarctic Immortal and Fellow Daoist Xuandu. It is too difficult for you to ask me to choose one of them, and I am unwilling." Luo Zu was too lazy to beat around the bush and refused directly.

As for the suspicions of others afterward, he didn't care. It was a trivial matter, and even if he was taken advantage of, there was nothing anyone could do to him.

However, after hearing this answer, Yu Hua did not ask any further questions about it.

Then, following official procedures, Luo Zu directly reopened a new cave for Him.

Yu Hua didn't really approve of Luo Zu's methods, since as a Golden Immortal, he could do the same.

However, this time the matter was caused by Luo Zu, so it was only right that he made things difficult for one side. Moreover, he also wanted to use this matter to ask Luo Zu's camp.

It is clear that Luo Zu chose to remain neutral. He was not helpless because of this. He just smiled and said when he saw Luo Zu off: "Fellow Daoist, it is probably difficult for Kunlun Mountain to walk this solitary path again in the future."

Luo Zu was certainly aware of this trend.

But could he stop this major trend? The Chan Sect and the Jie Sect were the largest sects in the world. If Luo Zu really tried to stop them, it would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. So he naturally let it develop on its own.

After Yu Hua's cave heaven was resolved, the cave heavens of other Golden Immortals were naturally repaired or directly reopened.

There are many options for repair, which will take up a lot of Luo Zu's time.

After making these decisions and repeatedly and clearly refusing, Luo Zu returned to his cave, gathered all his mental energy, and once again fell into deep thought.

Tao Te Ching! Activate!

The Tao Te Ching is truly a primordial treasure, though even Luo Zu can hardly understand it now.

If you think about it constantly and remember it often, then another three thousand years will have passed.

It takes only a quarter of an hour to recite the three thousand words once, and that's slow. If it were faster, Luo Zu could finish reciting them in a minute or a second.

So how many times did Luo Zu recite the Tao Te Ching over these three thousand years?

The answer is 197.1 million times.

Why so many times? Even without rest, there shouldn't be so many times. The reason is that a day in the primordial world is about 48 hours, not 24 hours. Sometimes it might be a little less, but more often it will be ten or twenty minutes more.

This is also the result that Luo Zu deduced based on his memories after reaching his current level.

After reciting the Tao Te Ching so many times, has Luo Zu gained any insights into it?

Have it.

As the saying goes, "Reading ten thousand books makes one's writing flow like a god's," and now that one has read hundreds of millions of books, one should naturally gain some insights.

Luo Zu almost went mad, but fortunately, his Golden Immortal Dao Heart remained stable and unmoved, his immortal golden nature keeping him constant.

Otherwise, there would be a first person in the world who would go mad from studying the Tao Te Ching, and the reputation of the Taoist deity would be completely ruined.

"Morality, morality, is the Way." Luo Zu realized this.

Since it is the Tao, then the so-called "seeing mountains as mountains and water as water" is also the Tao.

Everything is the Dao, but beyond this world there is a boundless chaos, a place beyond the reach of the Dao.

Do you understand?

Luo Zu retrieved his own Limitless Dao Fruit.

If the Dao Fruit is the ultimate Dao, then is it the ultimate Dao?

Non.

The Way is the Way, the Fruit of the Way is the Fruit of the Way, and the Great Way is the Great Way.

The Dao is one, but the Great Dao is one in ten thousand, and the Dao Fruit is the essence of that one in ten thousand, which can be broadly defined as the Great Dao.

Morality is the explanation of the Way, and the Tao Te Ching is the tool for this explanation.

This is the meaning that Luo Zu gained from reading it so many times.

Therefore, it is said that the Celestial Venerable of Morality descended upon this scripture to expound the Tao to the world...

He is teaching people to cultivate themselves.

"This is the scripture for seeking the Dao." Luo Zu took a deep breath.

The mystery of Hunyuan may lie in this scripture.

"I wonder if the world understands?"

Kelu Zu could not speak it aloud, because after reading it so many times, he suddenly became mysterious about the book and said that it should not be easily passed on.

Otherwise, given the generosity of the Heavenly Venerable, how could he have written down the Tao Te Ching without explaining its meaning?

(End of this chapter)