Chapter 488: Between Heaven and Earth, Visiting the Jade Emperor

When he reappeared, Gu Qingyuan had already arrived at a small mountain village. He walked in and revisited the old place, which was Wang Yansheng's hometown.

Gu Qingyuan was just like a traveler returning home, he brushed off his sleeves, put away his sword and returned. The ordinary people in the village naturally couldn't see the visitor with their naked eyes, so they just let him walk along the street.

After only a few hundred steps, Gu Qingyuan had arrived in front of a thatched house. With a creak, the door opened and a middle-aged man with a simple and honest look, dressed in coarse cloth, walked out. Without saying a word, he made way and welcomed him into the house.

There was a woman inside. The water had just boiled and was perfect for making tea. Soon the room was filled with the aroma of tea. Gu Qingyuan observed the etiquette of a guest and waited quietly for the tea to be served.

After the tea was poured and the three of them sat down, he spoke: "I never thought that the Jade Emperor and the Golden Emperor would be so contented here for several years, but I, Gu, couldn't stand it and kept running around outside."

The king's father, the reincarnation of the Jade Emperor, shook his head and said, "Time has no meaning to my original existence. At least in this world, whether in ancient times or in the present, there are projections like us. The entire river of time is filled with traces of seeking. It's just being a mortal for a lifetime. What difference does it make?"

Queen Mother and Golden Emperor also nodded: "Although you are the product of the thoughts of the Outer Heavenly Venerable and came into the world, your own realm has not reached the Dao Lord, so the changes should not be very clear." She glanced at him, "Fortunately, you are fundamentally different, and your foundation is deep. It is much easier for you to reach our realm than for ordinary immortals."

Gu Qingyuan nodded. He enlightened the original body's thoughts, which was similar to the way the powerful people in this world enlightened his and my projections and reflected the heavens. However, the original body's life origin had already set foot in time. As an incarnation, he was born with the blessing of the original body's luck, and his foundation could withstand the erosion of the long river of time. Naturally, getting the result and then reversing the process would be much smoother.

"Gu came here precisely to discuss the Dao with you two, to verify what I have learned, and to pave the way for future cultivation."

Hearing this, the Jade Emperor nodded and said, "I was transformed by a strand of Taoism from the Jade Emperor, and was given the position of the master of the Heavenly Court of the Tao Sect in this world. Although what I have learned and understood is different from mine, I have also gained something, so it's a good opportunity to talk about it."

Those with great supernatural powers in this world use their immense powers to enlighten others in other timelines and project their own existence into the heavens and myriad worlds. Their innate spiritual light reaches infinitely high and illuminates thousands of things. They are called Tao Lords.

The Tao Lord reflects the heavens, leaving behind many projections of himself and others, experiencing birth and death in various small worlds, striving to practice, all in order to make a further step.

The Jade Emperor in this small world is a projection of the Taoist master, and so is the Golden Emperor. Now their cultivation realm has reached the pinnacle of this world, and their own power is also mysterious.

"There are countless small worlds like ours. People are born, grow old, get sick and die. The world also returns to the abyss. It is like a dream, a bubble, and birth and death are impermanent. Many worlds come together to form the universe. The rules of each universe are different, and the evolution of all things is also ever-changing."

The Jade Emperor raised his hand and enlightened the void, releasing a chaos. Then, yin and yang separated, and the clear rose and the turbid fell. "I live in this world, which is formed by one qi. Wuji played Taiji, Taiji Yin and Yang were born, and then created all things."

In his hands, the chaos evolved into all kinds of energy, transformed into countless living beings, and actually formed a miniature world. However, this world only existed for three breaths. After three breaths, all the living beings in the world were born and died, and the miniature world collapsed immediately.

The Jade Emperor smiled and said, "I was born for this world, so naturally I have to practice on this breath. I am also stingy. In order to help fellow Taoists derive the great way and recreate the scene of the creation of the world with one breath, you have to lend me a little bit of great power. Otherwise, I will be unable to support myself." Gu Qingyuan waved his hand. A blacksmith must be strong himself. Without the Jade Emperor laying the foundation, this breath of creation would be difficult to achieve. Although that miniature world only exists for three breaths, it is a long time for the three people present. They can see it at a glance, and the Jade Emperor's practice in this life has been revealed without a doubt.

The Jade Emperor borrowed the remaining Dao rhyme from that miniature world and pointed his finger. Then, dots of spiritual light gathered and formed a star map. “My fundamental Dao is to control, to control the air, to control people, and to control the immortals.”

"The difference between this world and other small worlds is that fate circulates and cause and effect are entangled. Unlike other worlds, where people bury their heads in hard training and strive for opportunities and break mirrors, here, they also need to fight for luck and fate."

"If you practice hard without luck, you will be visited by disasters. Only by practicing external skills diligently and relying on luck can you rise step by step, kill people and steal treasures, and break through disasters. In fact, you are still robbing others' luck and boosting your own luck."

The Jade Emperor stretched out his hand and unfolded the entire star map. On it were the immortal positions and names of gods: "All those who become immortals are heroes who have seized the fortune of heaven and earth, walked out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and traveled through thousands of calamities."

“When I was born, there was no Taoist heaven. At that time, the world was filled with murderous intent, and thousands of cultivators fought each other to become immortals. At that time, the so-called seizing of destiny was actually the word "killing". Once the cultivation reached a bottleneck, one had to fight against the world. At that time, everyone in the world had their own destiny. Even children under three generations could have the strange phenomenon of being full of energy and favor from the world. This was also the basis of life and death and seizing destiny.”

"A hero is judged by life and death. If he wins, he will make a lot of money. If he loses, he will lose his life. He will lose everything. Compared with the immortal, we cultivators are more like demons. Everyone in the world is like a madman. They are all gamblers. They put their lives and property on the line. They don't distinguish between good and evil, and they don't know gratitude. They just want to live forever. Killing is the greatest desire of human beings. The most common phrase used by cultivators at that time was, no matter how many good deeds you do and how righteous you are, I ask you, can you live forever?"

"Everyone knows that there is great terror between life and death. How many people are not afraid of death? Therefore, the world at that time was in a state of life and death. Even mortals could not escape the killing of monks," the Jade Emperor sighed, "After all, mortals are powerless and are the most murderous. Even if their fate is limited, as long as the quantity accumulates, there will always be a time for qualitative change."

"So I created the Heavenly Court, gathered the destiny of the world, and suppressed the world. My way is called the Heavenly Way of the Emperor of the World. If the destiny of the world is one stone, my Heavenly Court alone takes eight buckets, and the remaining two buckets are shared by people all over the world."

"Using the status of an immortal to trap the flow of luck, being in the immortal class will bring luck to you, while the luck of mortals and cultivators will be cut by half, so they can only rely on the free luck of heaven and earth, suppress it with external skills, and overcome the calamity to become an immortal."

"And I am the only one in a high position, commanding all the immortals, using the Heavenly Court to suppress the general trend, to control the world and the people, and then using the power of the Heavenly Court to cultivate. As long as the Heavenly Court does not fall, the immortal position will be forever secure, and I will also be immortal. On the contrary, I can seize the opportunity and make great progress in my cultivation."

The star map combined to form a human figure, with the wisdom light of the immortal position connected in all directions. The Jade Emperor spoke: "All the spirits and true saints worship the immortal position, and the heaven and earth visit the Jade Emperor. This is my path, and I am the heaven!"

The Jade Emperor was somewhat proud of himself. With this method alone, he would not be concerned about increasing his cultivation. In other words, the more prosperous the Heavenly Court became, the stronger he would become. Once he made a move, he would be blessed by the power of all the immortals in the Heavenly Court. No matter who it was, no one could be stronger than him.

After all, all the practitioners in this world are constrained within the framework of the Heavenly Court, so how can they resist the source of the Taoism, the Lord of the Heavenly Court? Only the Buddhist Lingshan is the inheritance of the external Taoism, but it can't get much luck and can only be inferior to the Heavenly Court.

He sighed again: "I thought this method would last forever, but unfortunately, there is no such thing as an immortal dynasty that lasts forever. Things change with the times. Today's heavenly court system is no longer suitable. My foundation for enlightenment has become the shackles that bind my hands and feet."

(End of this chapter)