From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

The past is constantly being anchored, the future is constantly becoming a fleeting dream, and now—

Then the power is in everyone's hands!

However, this method of the Eight Aspects is not useless to Jiang Liu. By cultivating the Primordial Qi, using his own memories, spirit, and mind as a foundation, and forging the eight great Dharma forms based on the eight extraordinary meridians, perhaps when he truly achieves his sixteen-foot golden body, he too can reach the state of being reborn from a nine-grade lotus flower as described in the *Amitabha Sutra*…

# Chapter 922 How Easy is Reincarnation and Nirvana? (Part 7) Day Wanderer and Night Wanderer

In a flash, Jiang Liu blinked, turning his mind back to reality, only to find that the figure of "Mingfei" was nowhere to be seen.

Unaware that Jiang Liu had already benefited from the wisdom of the consort, obtained the Eight Aspects of Guru Rinpoche, and comprehended the Eight Aspects of the Tathagata, most of them marveled at their own good fortune in having seen the figure of Guru Rinpoche.

Look at those feng shui masters and the eighteen martial monks—

Consort Ming is nowhere to be seen, yet she is still kneeling in worship!

But a pity.

This piety, however, has been misused.

But Jiang Liu didn't point it out... For these religious believers, devout faith can bring them peace of mind and self-comfort, which is also a kind of unorthodox path to enlightenment.

After the feng shui master stood up, everyone gathered around the golden gong. The old man instructed the elves, "Help me find some materials. Santa Claus is still trapped inside the dragon's body. We must find a way to rescue him!"

"Did Santa Claus really get completely eaten by the sword dragon?"

Lu Jin was surprised, "How did you do that?"

How can one person completely devour another?

Since it has been swallowed, shouldn't it be digested?

I'll keep you in suspense for now.

Jiang Liu already knew about Santa Claus's situation the moment he saw Dao Long, but since his father wanted to use magic, he decided to let him handle the matter.

In the blink of an eye, three hours had passed, and Dad had finally managed to concoct the potion using the materials provided by the Christmas elves.

"The golden gong can be opened now."

The old man looked at Jiang Liu.

Practice makes perfect, and Jiang Liu had already figured out the proper way to use these three magical treasures. He easily reached into the golden bell, gently pulled out a child of about five or six years old.

With white hair and heterochromatic eyes, it was none other than Daolong.

At this moment, he had "rejuvenated," shouting in a childish voice, "Just you wait! I will definitely get my revenge!"

"Was Daolong really this awful when he was little?" Xiaoyu grabbed Daolong, pulled down his pants, and slapped him hard.

Snapped!

The crisp sound echoed through the ancient city, making Dao Long blush and yell at his father, "Do you have to humiliate me like this?"

"This is your destiny, Blade Dragon."

The old man smirked, picked up the potion, poured it on Daolong's face, and then chanted a spell: "Demons and monsters, leave! Demons and monsters, leave! Demons and monsters, leave!"

The chanting of incantations, echoing the "game within a game" in Shangri-La, caused a green halo to appear all over Daolong's body.

"a ha ha ha!"

Then, a loud and cheerful laugh came from Daolong's body, and a cloud of light emerged. Then, an old man who was two meters tall, with broad shoulders and a thick waist, wearing a red coat and a red hat, walked out. He stretched and laughed loudly, "I slept so well!"

"It's Santa Claus!"

Sheriff Black, Agent Tagg, and the officers of District 13 all stared intently at Santa Claus emerging from the dragon's body, their excitement palpable.

"Thank you for your help!"

Santa Claus thanked Jiang Liu and his group, then blew another breath, and all the defeated Christmas elves came back to life—they were all transformed from his Qi, and to revive them was truly just a matter of a breath.

"However, I have to go deliver Christmas presents."

Santa Claus was busy with work, so Duanmu Ying handed him the list.

"That's amazing! I'd really like to ask you guys to help me deliver presents in the future." Looking through the list, Santa Claus realized that he had already delivered nearly two-thirds of the presents. He couldn't help but sigh and laugh. Then he pressed his belt, and a beam of light shot into the sky, reflecting the image of a Christmas tree.

Jingle bells!

Jingle bells!

Jingle bells!

As the cheerful bells rang, nine reindeer pulled a sleigh down from above, carrying Santa Claus into the sky. They pierced through the clouds and disappeared into the night sky in an instant.

Only Jiang Liu saw clearly that as Santa Claus rode his sleigh through the moonlight, he used the moonlight to create countless clones in an instant...

Calling it a clone isn't entirely accurate. Rather, it traveled around the entire Zhouqi Bureau under the moonlight, using gravity to distort space, causing the billions of gifts in the bag and the billions of households to exist in a state that was both superimposed and independent in space.

Therefore, Santa Claus only needs to visit one house to deliver all the gifts to all the children's homes at the same time.

To actually deliver gifts door-to-door...

It seems that, just as Duanmu Ying had calculated, it will take at least 1,900 years!

Brother Jiang, can you tell us about Santa Claus now?

Lu Jin asked a question using the light.

Duanmu Ying was also in the "group chat," wanting to find out more.

Have you ever heard of daytime wandering spirits and nighttime wandering spirits?

Jiang Liu revealed the essence of Santa Claus.

They are similar to day-roaming gods and night-roaming gods.

In the novel *Investiture of the Gods*, the day-roaming god is called Wen Liang, and the night-roaming god is called Qiao Kun. Both are yin gods who monitor good and evil deeds in the human world.

One operates during the day, while the other patrols at night.

And isn't Santa Claus's duty almost identical to that of these two gods?

Good children, give them the gifts they want.

For a naughty child, give him a piece of coal as a warning.

In addition, Santa Claus has the ability to use moonlight and gravity to distort space, and can deliver gifts to millions of households in one night. If he were to take on the role of monitoring good and evil, he would be fully capable of doing so!

This is also because the weekly weather pattern of Earth at this time and space has evolved to a fairly perfect state, which is the reason why it is a "golden elixir embryo".

If we place this in Jiang Liu's timeline, Santa Claus can only fly away in his sleigh. If he wants to deliver gifts, he really has to go door to door, and it would take nearly two thousand years.

No wonder the Blade Dragon could devour Santa Claus whole! It turns out he's a god, not a human in the true sense of the word!

Lu Jin suddenly realized.

Is it similar to a ghost?

Duanmu Ying also understood that although ghosts and gods are two categories, they are essentially the same. Ghosts are turbid and belong to Yin; gods are pure and belong to Yang.

Santa Claus is a "god," just like those shamanic practitioners who control spirits and fairies. As long as they have the corresponding magic, controlling "gods" is also a piece of cake!

Furthermore, some Taoist sects also possess methods for "invoking deities"...

Strictly speaking, Santa Claus is only close to being a "deity," and cannot be considered a deity in the true sense.

The reason is simple.

Comparing my own physical and mental state to this Earth, which has achieved the path of "Golden Elixir and Sacred Embryo," Santa Claus is actually more like the deity I have appointed, fulfilling his duties, but his essential purpose...

For him, it was to see the joyful smiles of children all over the world;

From a macroscopic perspective of Earth, Santa Claus's existence has two main meanings: to analyze the weekly weather patterns and to monitor the human world.

However, with Earth as the embryonic core, the uncertainties are far greater than those of the Three Realms constructed by human body and mind...

# Chapter 923 How Easy is Reincarnation and Nirvana? (Part 8) Escaping the Cycle of Reincarnation

To understand the essence of Santa Claus, Jiang Liu used his own golden elixir to verify the sacred embryo of heaven and earth, thus gaining some enlightenment. He then established the positions of Day-Roaming God and Night-Roaming God in the Three Realms of Mind and Scenery, waiting for those who could be transformed by their thoughts to ascend, and from then on, to monitor the good and evil in the human world.

In this way, the construction of the three realms of mind, heaven, earth, and man will become more and more perfect, corresponding to the brain, six viscera, and five internal organs of the body, and the golden elixir and holy embryo will become more complete.

Looking at the aura of Shangri-La, it also perfectly confirmed the eight aspects of Padmasambhava and the eight aspects of the Tathagata. So, Jiang Liu took out the Hetu Luoshu and used a small iron rod to outline a nine-grade lotus on the fifth golden page and depict the image of a nine-eyed dzi bead on the fifth black page, and recorded it.

It is:

A holy lake in the mountains gave birth to a beautiful concubine, whose body embodies the eternal cycle of the sun and moon.

When Prajna wisdom is attained, the nine grades of lotus flowers will begin to bloom.

Seeing Jiang Liu inscribe a nine-tiered lotus flower and a nine-eyed dzi bead, Lu Jin couldn't help but ask, "What is the purpose of the energy formation here?"

The previously recorded qi formations—the qi formation diagram around the human body, the Kunpeng qi formation, the Serket qi formation, and the Tree of Life array diagram—are different from the last two pages of the Golden Core and Holy Embryo qi formations; they all have specific effects. But the qi formation here… forgive him, with his mortal eyes, he cannot understand it.

Isn't it just a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters?

To be fair, its effect of "warm in winter and cool in summer" is much greater than that of the jade-winged, golden-scaled mermaid. Is it worth recording on the Hetu and Luoshu?

"The atmosphere here plays a significant role."

Jiang Liu chuckled, making no attempt to hide anything, and held up two fingers. "If used properly, it can help people reflect on their worldly experiences, thereby gaining wisdom, enabling them to introspect freely, observe the world with discerning eyes, cultivate wisdom, and hopefully escape the cycle of reincarnation."

If used in reverse, it can cause people to endlessly sink into the cycle of reincarnation.

"That's amazing?"

Duanmu Ying didn't believe it. "Then why is this ancient city so empty?"

"Because we are all trapped in the cycle of reincarnation."

Jiang Liu smiled, then, using the ordeal at Xiaoleiyin Temple in "Journey to the West" as an example, pointed to the nine-eyed dzi bead he had just carved on the Hetu Luoshu and asked, "Do you know why this Buddha's object transformed into a golden cymbal, a spiked club, and a human seed bag in Daolong's hands?"

"Because... Daolong's heart was not upright, and he took the wrong path?"

Duanmu Ying recalled how Jiang Liu had smiled meaningfully when she mentioned "lower three paths" before, so she pondered this difficult "alchemy" and tried to make it sound more sophisticated.

Lu Jin thought so too.

Jiang Liu was speechless when he heard her say that: "This is even worse than the 'lower path' we talked about before! This difficulty doesn't have any important alchemical metaphors, and Dao Long doesn't understand alchemy either!"