Chapter 143 Return, Discuss the Dao

For Qi Yu, preaching was naturally just a small matter. It was easy for him to do without any effort.

And as he returned to the realm of Tao Lord with the way of immortals, the system of the great way of immortals evolved more and more perfect in his hands. Except for the concept of Hunyuan Dao Fruit which was still somewhat vague, the upper limit of the entire system had been pushed into the quasi-sage level.

This time, Qi Yu formally expounded some of the mysteries in the ancestral land of the human race, and for the first time disclosed to the outside world the methods of cultivation of the immortal lineage in the realm of Daojun and Tianzun.

Undoubtedly, the impact this will bring will be enormous. After all, before this, among the Xuanmen, only the Great Way of Heavenly Immortals had a clear method to enter the realm of Heavenly Venerate, and it was the untransmitted method of the Three Pure Ones Taoist lineage.

As for the other major mainstream immortal sects, including earthly immortals, divine immortals, inner alchemy, outer alchemy, etc., they have only deduced the system to before the Luotian Dao Fruit.

Obviously, compared with the Three Emperors’ Divine Way, the Xuanmen Immortal Way seems to have great limitations. Especially when the Heavenly Immortal Way has never been passed on to outsiders, this disadvantage is even more obvious, which makes people question the upper limit of the immortal way system.

But after this sermon, such views were naturally completely changed. The way of immortality has infinite possibilities in the eyes of the world.

As long as the grand Dao fruit equivalent to the Dao fruit of the Three Emperors of the ancient times appears in the Xuanmen, it will prove that the immortal way also has the possibility of achieving the Dao of Hunyuan. Then, under greater universality, it is probably only a matter of time before the immortal way gradually replaces the divine way in the prehistoric world.

Of course, there are naturally other influencing factors involved, but compared with the perfection of the system, those seem somewhat insignificant.

In this way, Qi Yu preached in the ancestral land of the human race for three months before he left. As a result, a wave of immortal practice broke out among the human race, and many new generations of forces with extraordinary talents were born. Of course, this is a story for later.

As for Qi Yu, after the sermon, he naturally did not stay among the human race. Since things here were almost settled, it was time for him to set off and return to Xuanmen to meet the Three Pure Ones and the Queen Mother of the West.

Speaking of which, Qi Yu has always been curious about why the Three Pure Ones asked the Queen Mother of the West to pass on a message. Besides, it would not be good to keep dragging the Queen Mother of the West’s side, as the matter of the Five Directions Taoist Palace had to be discussed again.

Therefore, after saying goodbye to Emperor Hong and the four human ancestors, Qi Yu set off and returned to the Dongji ancestral temple on East Kunlun Mountain, and went straight back to the Dongyuan Palace.

After returning, he was not in a hurry to see anyone. Instead, after having a detailed conversation with Taoist Wenjia who had just returned from Fengqi Mountain, he slowly began to deal with the official business of the Water Palace.

Only after he had dealt with all the official documents that had accumulated during this period and needed to be handled by Emperor Dongyuan, did he stand up from the throne again and head for Yuxu Palace.

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The moment he set foot on Yuqing Peak, Qi Yu knew that he had come at the right time.

At this moment, not only were the Three Pure Ones in the Yuxu Palace, but there were also many powerful Xuanmen masters and disciples of the three veins sitting on cushions inside and outside the hall. Obviously, this was a rare opportunity for the Three Pure Ones to lecture together in the Yuxu Palace. Such a scene was truly rare. Even Qi Yu couldn’t help but feel that this was a rare opportunity for him.

At this moment, Yuanshi Tianzun happened to be the chief speaker, lecturing on the great way to heavenly immortals.

Qi Yu naturally became very interested in this. He immediately blended into the crowd, chose a secluded spot in the hall, and sat upright on a cushion.

At the head of the hall, the Three Pure Ones naturally sensed Qi Yu’s arrival, and Yuanshi Tianzun, who was preaching, nodded slightly to the latter. However, his preaching would not stop because of this. Yuanshi Tianzun continued to speak, but the content of his speech gradually became more profound.

“Clear and clear, far and dark. Dull and silent, pure and complete, chaotic and muddled. Spirit, soul, and will, three and five are mixed, three origins converge, and four images are combined. Five qi return to the origin, three flowers gather at the top of the head; return to the origin, return to the root of life.”

“Born from the innate, born without form; growing from the innate, growing without body. Who does not have a form? The Great Dao lasts forever, forever immortal and indestructible. All saints live together, and one can observe the inner realm and see the things of nothingness. The gods speak for themselves, and live as long as the heaven and earth, and as old as the sun and the moon. Only when one is free from birth and death can one obtain the fruit of the Quanzhen Dao.”

“Three thousand days are enough, and the achievements are complete; when the yin is exhausted and the yang is pure, the holy fetus is achieved. There is a body within the body, and the spirit becomes a true saint. The true saint merges with the void, the void merges with the vacuum, the vacuum merges with the void and nature, and the void and nature are the original true one. The original true one is my true body.”

As Yuanshi Tianzun’s lecture became more and more in-depth, not to mention the ordinary disciples outside the hall who were scratching their heads, even in the Yuxu Palace, many of the three sects’ true disciples began to frown, including many Golden Immortal powerhouses and Half-Step Dao Lords.

Only a few Taoist masters in front of the hall were able to keep up with Yuanshi Tianzun’s rhythm and not fall into confusion.

But even so, Yuanshi Tianzun continued to speak leisurely, and in just a few words, the content of his narration became increasingly profound, and even the several powerful Taoist masters in the front row could hardly keep up with the pace.

“When the heavens obtain the True One, the divine light becomes clear and bright; when the earth obtains the True One, all things come into being; when evil obtains the True One, it naturally returns to the right path; when gods obtain the True One, they become all spirits and saints; when humans obtain the True One, they become true gods and immortals. The Tao is originally nothingness, but in the Three Elements and Six Combinations, everything is spiritual and everything is holy; the Tao is the ancestor of all saints and the ancestor of all things.”

At this moment, in the hall, if the Three Pure Ones were not counted, Qi Yu was the only one who could still immerse himself in the Great Dao. Not only that, as Yuanshi Tianzun’s Dao sound echoed, Qi Yu’s ancestral Qi rose up from his body, and he gradually felt a sense of perfection in every word of the Great Dao mantra.

At this moment, what Yuanshi Tianzun talked about was no longer a simple fruit of the immortal way. The content had already been sublimated and was a deduction and conception of the Hunyuan fruit based on the foundation of the immortal way!

Through this, Qi Yu took the essence to further perfect his own immortal Dao fruit and tried to make his own path completely perfect. As expected, the effect was excellent. The only pity was that Yuanshi Tianzun was still one step away from reaching the pinnacle. In Qi Yu’s opinion, the deduction of Hunyuan Dao fruit was still somewhat biased.

Otherwise, if there really was a Hunyuan Saint here, the Tao fruit that Qi Yu was cultivating now would probably be completed immediately and enter the realm of great supernatural powers, or even take the last step and return to the realm of Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerable!

Finally, seeing Qi Yu’s movements gradually stop, Yuanshi Tianzun stopped talking and brought the content of this sermon back to the scope of the Heavenly Immortal Avenue.

Seeing this, many people in Yuxu Palace breathed a sigh of relief and immersed themselves in the immortal path spoken by Yuanshi Tianzun again. Only Qi Yu felt a little regretful but was not obsessed with it. Soon, he listened to Yuanshi Tianzun’s immortal path from the perspective of a bystander. In this way, after another 49 days, Yuanshi Tianzun finally stopped and spoke again after all his disciples woke up.

“This sermon ends here. You can go on your own and practice diligently without slacking off.”

As he spoke, Yuanshi Tianzun waved his sleeves, and all the disciples of the three sects were sent down the mountain, along with a group of powerful men from Xuanmen and Dongji ancestral temple.

As for the several Taoist masters in the hall, they knew that the three Heavenly Lords liked quietness, so they did not stay for long and left after saying goodbye.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Yu was the only one left in the main hall of Yuxu Palace.

Upon seeing this, Qi Yu stood up and greeted the Three Pure Ones.

“Three fellow Taoists, long time no see.”

“This time, I would like to thank fellow Daoist Yuanshi. The Hunyuan Dao fruit you have obtained is indeed extraordinary, and it has benefited me a lot.”

Hearing this, Yuanshi Tianzun nodded again.

“As long as it is helpful to you, fellow Taoist. My three brothers have been comprehending the Hunyuan Dao Fruit for a long time. Although we have some experience, it is difficult to verify. If you don’t mind, we might as well discuss it here first, which can be regarded as a discussion of the Dao.”

Hearing this, Qi Yu immediately raised his eyebrows. He said that Yuanshi Tianzun and his family had never been familiar with each other and their relationship was just average. Why was he suddenly so enthusiastic? It turned out that he was waiting for him here!
However, it was just a discussion. The so-called discussion of Taoism mentioned by Yuanshi Tianzun was actually a bit exaggerated.

After all, what right does a great being have to discuss the Dao with the Three Pure Ones? The meaning of his words was already very clear. What he wanted to hear was naturally the result of Qi Yu’s comprehension of Hunyuan in that life as Yuqiang.

Qi Yu would not be stingy about this. There were not many fellow Taoists who could verify each other on the Hunyuan Road. Now, it might not be a bad thing to discuss the abandoned Hunyuan Road with the Three Purities in exchange for the latter’s insights.

Thinking of this, Qi Yu immediately accepted Yuanshi Tianzun’s invitation, and after thinking for a moment, he slowly spoke.

“The principle of the rise and fall of heaven and earth, the mechanism of the reciprocating movement of the sun and the moon, is the division of yin and yang, the reincarnation of nature. Cultivating yin and yang can cultivate longevity, and understanding nature can achieve immortality. Reducing desires to get rid of selfishness, being calm to achieve far-reaching goals, is the principle of self-cultivation and nurturing nature; enlightening wisdom to eliminate ignorance, using concentration to eliminate thoughts, is the way to enlighten the mind and see the nature.”

“To get rid of the three minds, sweep away the four aspects, and purify the six senses is the effort of practicing Taoism; to eliminate the two delusions, empty the five aggregates, and practice the ten virtues is the root of understanding Taoism. If the five aggregates are empty, the six senses will be purified. The three minds can be understood, and the one nature should be clear. If you are entangled in selfish desires, you will inevitably fight for fame and fortune. Only when the dust and roots are quiet can you see the mind and nature clearly.”

“The yin in the yang is the nature of human life, and the yang in the yin is the mystery of heaven and earth. Observe the origin of yin and yang, keep the unity and embrace the origin, all yin will disappear, and the true yang will be born. I will restore my destiny, return to my original nature, return to the infinity, return to nothingness, forever prove the true mystery of the beginningless, and escape the barrier of life and death…”

Qi Yu opened his mouth and recounted some of the content that he had summarized when he comprehended the Hunyuan Dao Fruit in the past. He did not just repeat it, but also mixed in some of his insights into Guixu and reincarnation, which sublimated this part of the content.

You know, no matter it was the Guixu catastrophe or the six reincarnations, although Qi Yu’s true body and Tao fruit were wiped out, his realm was still there. Unlike ordinary reincarnations, where the true spirit of the reincarnated person is often ignorant, his memory has never been obscured!
It is precisely for this reason that Qi Yu dares to say that he is not inferior to living celestial beings like Taiyi and Sanqing. At least in terms of realm, both parties are on the same level and are fully qualified for direct communication.

Sure enough, at this moment, after hearing about Qi Yu’s past Hunyuan Dao, the Three Pure Ones were all intoxicated, and they comprehended the great Dao which was very different from their own ideas, and they all gained something at the same time.

Especially the Lord of Dao and Morality, who has the highest realm. Since the opening of Xuanmen, this head of the Three Pure Ones has benefited a lot. As the Taoist ancestor of Xuanmen who shoulders two major Taoist lineages, the Lord of Dao and Morality’s Taoism improves almost every day.

To be honest, if we ignore the combat power and the blessing of Heaven, and only talk about the realm, this Taiqing Tianzun should have been no less inferior to the current Emperor Taiyi. Both are terrifying beings who are truly standing on the edge of achieving enlightenment and have the hope of successfully taking the last step!
It is because the Three Pure Ones are one, and his three brothers bear the responsibility of teaching and enlightenment bestowed by the Heaven, and there is also the Pangu cause and effect that needs to be resolved. Otherwise, this Lord of Morality might have become a saint earlier, suppressing the Shinto gods with his own strength, and truly becoming the number one person in the prehistoric world!
Even at this moment, some clues could be seen. After coming into contact with Qi Yu’s divine Hunyuan Dao Fruit, which had a very ancient style, the reaction of the Lord of Dao and Virtue was obviously greater than that of the other two Lords.

A mysterious aura emanated from his body, and then, in Qi Yu’s narration, it became more and more harmonious, and finally became almost completely perfect, returning to nature.

At this point, Qi Yu knew that the Lord of Dao and Morality had already grasped the essence of what he had said, but he wondered how much of it he had been able to integrate into his own path?
After a while, Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun also woke up one after another. However, from Qi Yu’s point of view, Lingbao Tianzun’s gains should be greater than Yuanshi Tianzun’s.

After all, he achieved enlightenment through the method of Xuanming’s end, and was once known as the generation of the Lord of Nirvana. This time, he mixed some concepts about Guixu into his sermons, which naturally fits better with the Lord of Shangqing, who adheres to the way of Lingbao’s destruction of the world.

As for Jade Pure Heavenly Venerable who followed the way of Yuanshi creation of the universe, it was inevitable that he would suffer some losses.

Sure enough, after waking up from the state of self-enlightenment, Lingbao Tianzun immediately began to praise.

“You are truly a talented person! You are probably the best person in the history of the Dao of Xuanming Guixu. Even though Zulong was once the Black Emperor, I am afraid he may not be able to surpass you in this way!”

In response to this, Qi Yu said calmly.

“Zu Long, after all, is practicing the bloodline method and proving the true dragon path. He is walking the path of a king. There are naturally some differences between him and me.”

“If he had not perished in the catastrophe of Guixu, I’m afraid it would not have been his turn to sit on the throne of the Black Emperor!”

In this regard, the Three Pure Ones remained silent. It was not easy for them to comment on such things. Moreover, things in the world are unpredictable, but everything has its fate. Qi Yu was calamity-stricken in Guixu and had no chance to become the Ancient Black Emperor, but he also avoided the great calamity at the end of the ancient times. Isn’t this the law of nature?

(End of this chapter)