Chapter 100: The path of destiny! The path of heaven, the path of man, and the path of change! (3k)

Shang Ting sat quietly on the grass, wearing a black robe, with his eyes slightly closed.

Immerse yourself wholeheartedly in the understanding of this mysterious path.

In an instant, he seemed to be at the center of the vast universe, and an indescribable sense of grandeur came over him!

His consciousness was instantly stretched to the endless distance, and time and space intertwined into a mysterious and magnificent picture before his eyes.

The world is vast and everything is silent.

The wind and clouds surged, and the stars flickered.

He felt the yin and yang energies between heaven and earth.

Yang energy is like the blazing sun, hot and full of vitality. It is the origin of life and the driving force for the growth of all things.

Yin energy is as cool, soft and deep as moonlight. It is the force of nourishment and gestation, balancing the vitality between heaven and earth.

The yin and yang energies blend and restrict each other, forming the most basic laws between heaven and earth.

The sun and the moon alternate, and yin and yang complement each other.

Shang Ting also felt the flow of time, which is an invisible yet extremely powerful force.

Time is like a stream, rushing forward without stopping. It washes away everything, taking away the traces of time, but also leaving behind the sediment of history.

Shang Ting has witnessed countless ups and downs, honors and disgraces in this long river of time.

It seems that everything in the world is under the control of time. Those who follow the trend of the times will prosper, while those who go against the trend will perish.

In this kind of perception, Shang Ting gradually realized the depth and vastness of the universe.

Natural world is an existence that transcends everything. It encompasses all the laws and rules between heaven and earth and is the fundamental principle for the operation of all things.

It has a ruthless side, such as the destruction of the continent and the withering of life, following the law of natural elimination;
It also has a compassionate side, like the nourishment of sunshine and rain, the reproduction of life, and the opportunity for all things to survive and develop.

Shang Ting immersed himself in this feeling wholeheartedly.

I feel like my soul has been baptized, becoming purer and clearer.

After a long time, Shang Ting opened his eyes with a look of shock:
“Yin and Yang, stars, heaven and earth, time and space! It encompasses everything!”

“What kind of path is this? The path of nature? The path of heaven and earth?”

After experiencing countless things in his previous life for six hundred years, he had never seen such a miraculous path!
Simply visualizing your own destiny is as effective as comprehending the spirit of heaven and earth!
It is said that man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature.

Being able to directly imitate the natural world is obviously an extremely transcendent existence.

Moreover, this tiny bit of understanding is extremely rare and extremely difficult to understand.

At least with Shang Ting’s current ability, he is unable to understand and grasp it. He can only write it down and engrave it in his mind.

Just like a child memorizing multiplication tables, you need to remember them first, and then wait for repeated use and future study before you can have a preliminary understanding of their meaning.

Shang Ting whispered:
“This path is so mysterious that I have never heard of it before. Even if I could understand a little bit of it, I still couldn’t understand what it was specifically. It’s like looking at flowers in the fog, there is always a layer of separation.”

“But from the perspective of the vastness that exhausts the mysteries of heaven and earth, this path is extremely grand, so let’s temporarily call it [the Way of Heaven]!”

Then, Shang Ting, who was still unsatisfied, closed his eyes and raced against time to practice and comprehend again!

My heart is already filled with ecstasy and anticipation. The mystery of this path is incomparable even to [luck].

If you can carefully comprehend and understand it, and master this unique and rare path, it will surely play a huge role in the future!

Shang Ting once again realized his innate immortal secret.

But at this moment, what appeared before his eyes was not the grand picture of the immortal hole.

Rather, it is a human painting like Along the River During the Qingming Festival!

In a trance, it seemed as if countless breaths of life were blowing towards me.

In those scenes, Shang Ting saw the joys and sorrows, the ups and downs, and the separations and reunions of the human world.

It is the kindness of parents, the innocence of children, the friendship of friends, and the tenderness of lovers.

Each emotion is a unique ray of light, interweaving into a colorful picture of humanity.

“Life and death, love and hate, is this… the way of love, or the way of humanity?”

Shang Ting pondered and almost immediately made a guess.

What’s going on? Could it be that my innate immortal orifice contains more than just one path?
Shang Ting was confused.

The natal chart not only has general type intentions, but also has its own special path intentions.

It is normal to contain multiple paths. For example, Shang Jianfeng’s [Demon-Slaying Sword] contains [Sword] and [Righteous Path].

For example, [Dachun], in addition to [Mudao], there is also [Zhoudao]!
The description of Dachun is: “Eight thousand years is spring, and eight thousand years is autumn. This is a great year.”

Spring, autumn and New Year are all time words, and they also contain the universe.

Therefore, after comprehending Dachun for six hundred years, Shang Ting combined the skills of many wood-path masters and created his own “Dachun Longevity Skill”.

As for the innate [Supreme Immortal Aperture], it is almost a small world, so it is not surprising that it contains the natural ways of heaven and earth.

But why is there humanity?
Humanity is also an extremely rare path, because its practice method is completely different. If you want to improve your humanity realm, you need to roll around in the world!

And it doesn’t just take one or two years, it often takes nearly a hundred years of a mortal’s life to reap the rewards.

Moreover, the mortal world is often a place of spiritual poverty, making it impossible to practice cultivation!
This kind of training is too difficult, even a Jindan cultivator with a lifespan of 500 years can hardly bear it. Therefore, it is extremely rare.

“But judging from the perception of the Heavenly Dao, this immortal hole is barren and seems to have nothing to do with the Human Dao?”

“Could it be that the origin of this immortal hole is extremely mysterious, and it once served as a world that hosted a human civilization?”

Shang Ting had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but there were too few clues and he couldn’t get an answer.

So he continued to comprehend.

The picture of humanity continued to unfold, with faith surging like a tide.

In the scenes of human beings’ struggle against disasters, demons, heaven and earth, their spirit of tenacity and indomitable spirit is high.

In the face of suffering, the human race marches forward bravely, fearless of demons and monsters, and fights with their wisdom and courage.

They rise up in adversity and grow in setbacks, just like tenacious grass that sways in the wind and rain but never falls.

As his understanding deepened, Shang Ting gradually realized this bit of humanity.

Different from the illusory and mysterious Heavenly Dao, the intentions contained in the Human Dao were extremely sensitive to Shang Ting, a person who had lived three lives. He understood and comprehended the essence of it in an instant.

But like the Way of Heaven, the Way of Man is also an all-encompassing and extremely profound path.

To feel this little bit is like to scoop up a bucket of water from the ocean.

“The potential of the Way of Heaven and the Way of Man is enormous. It is impossible to rush for success. It is estimated that it will take hundreds of years to comprehend it before one can truly enter the door.”

Shang Ting murmured:
“Even though there are two more paths that require long-term investment of time, fortunately I don’t practice them simultaneously. I just visualize while practicing. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t have enough time to practice now.”

At the same time, Shang Ting thought it necessary to upgrade his own life level!

It contains the way of heaven and the way of man, and even among the immortals, it is definitely one of the best!
However, by the time they take effect and one starts to comprehend the magic of the Way of Heaven and the Way of Man, it will have to be at least the Jindan stage.

“If I think about it again, maybe there is a third way?”

Shang Ting closed his eyes slightly and continued to comprehend.

In just a moment, he seemed to be in a wonderful world.

Everything around him was constantly changing. He saw the clouds gathering and dispersing in the mountains, sometimes fluttering like a veil, sometimes surging like waves;

Watch the river rushing, sometimes turbulent like a waterfall, sometimes smooth like a mirror.

Seeing the flowers bloom and wither in an instant, the cycle of life is vividly performed before our eyes
The mind moves with the Tao, and everything changes.

The mind suddenly connected, the consciousness was opened, the world was turned upside down, and the yin and yang were reversed.

Time and space intersect, reality and illusion coexist. Cause and effect cycle, fate is unpredictable.

The winds and clouds change, the weather changes, the stars shift, the sun and moon lose their light.

The world changes, the world changes. Things are different, people are different, things are the same.

Understand the truth, transcend the world. Master the changes, and the heart of Tao is clear.

“It is indeed a new path. This is the [Path of Change]!”

Shang Ting suddenly opened his eyes, emitting a sharp light.

The theme of this intention is obviously “the mind remains constant despite countless changes”, which is the “path of change” among all paths.

The most core ability of the Way of Transformation is that it can change the form of cultivators or other things.

This change can be a transformation of one’s own form, such as from human form to the form of other animals;
It can also be a change to an object, transforming one object into another in terms of appearance, structure, etc.

For example, a monk can use the means of transformation to transform himself into a bird with the ability to fly.

Or turn a stone into a sharp weapon.

It is rumored that in the human race’s heaven, there are several supreme magical powers of [Transformation] inherited –

[Thirty-six Transformations of Tiangang] and [Seventy-two Transformations of Disha]!
There was once a True Lord who mastered the Thirty-Six Transformations and could transform himself into any number of ancient beasts at will in order to adapt to fighting different enemies.

Not only can he change external objects, he can also mediate the creation, reverse yin and yang, move stars and constellations, turn the sky back to the sun, call for rain and the wind. There are countless other magical powers.

As for the Seventy-two Transformations, they were once believed to be magic spells practiced by folk demons and had a relatively lower status than the Thirty-six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang.

However, this does not mean that the 72 Earthly Transformations are not powerful, it’s just that its practitioners and inheritance methods are relatively folk and unorthodox.

For example, there was once a spirit beast stone monkey among the demon clan. He learned the [Seventy-two Earthly Transformations] and later established a great reputation.

The seventy-two changes tend to be changes in species, and can change into various things such as birds, beasts, flowers, trees, utensils, insects, etc.

But it has certain flaws. It is only a temporary change, not a real radical change like the Thirty-Six Transformations.

At the same time, the seventy-two transformations can also avoid the damage caused by the three disasters of heavenly thunder, Yin fire, and Bi wind, and have many wonderful uses.

“Are there any new paths?”

Shang Ting gained insights again, but the next moment, what he gained insights once again turned into the grand scene of the Way of Heaven.

I finally confirmed in my heart that this innate [Supreme Immortal Aperture] contained the path.

The way of heaven, the way of man, and the way of change!

(End of this chapter)