Chapter 284 [The Foundation of Legend, This World and Him]
Whether it is the true immortal fruit in the narrow sense of the Great Universe of Covering the Sky, or the Dharmakaya immortal ranked among the immortals in the Great Universe of One Life, they are all leaps in the level of life and involve the level of Tao.
"Rebirth of flesh and blood, moving mountains and seas, are just magic skills, not related to the great Dao." Lin Xian said leisurely: "I am just an ordinary person who knows a little bit of magical power and Taoism, that's all."
Ordinary people?
The Taoists on Mount Longhu twitched their lips, glanced at Zhang Zhiwei stealthily, and couldn't help muttering in their hearts, why do you old immortals like to snatch the mortals from us.
If being reborn through flesh and blood is considered ordinary people, then what are these real mortals who draw talismans and practice qi?
A street performer who sings and performs tricks? Or a clown who amuses himself?
"I look up to the mountains, I look up to the mountains..."
Even though Lin Xian denied it, Tian Jinzhong was still extremely excited and kept repeating this idiom. In his mind, there was no difference between Lin Xian and a god.
Not only did his limbs return, but even his meridians were recast, allowing him to practice again. For a practitioner, this is a blessing of rebirth.
"I have no way to repay your kindness, so I can only express my gratitude."
"Please take a seat, Master Zhenjun. There is good tea on Rong Mountain."
It was the first time in decades that Tian Jinzhong came down to earth and regained control of his body. He could not help but entertain Lin Xian personally, using the etiquette of respectfully welcoming the ancestors and guiding the immortals, and invited Lin Xian to step through the main gate, enter the main hall, and be the guest of honor.
All the members of the Dragon and Tiger Sect bathed, burned incense, hoisted banners and waved away evil spirits, and paid homage to the Supreme Saint. They went in a grand procession, played Taoist music, and beat Dharma drums, wishing for peace and prosperity.
Lin Xian wanted to decline, disliking the red tape, but suddenly a bold idea came to his mind: the universe is extraordinary, and myths and legends do have power.
Creating legends and spreading the name not only gains the power of faith, but also gives you the opportunity to leave your mark between heaven and earth, enlightening others and yourself on the road to becoming a legend in the future and laying a solid foundation.
The orthodox path to becoming a legend requires one to understand “who I am” and sense the “other selves” that are spread across the myriad worlds and parallel universes, transforming them into projections of one’s “self”.
From then on, the spiritual light of his nature resided at an infinitely high place, and his body became the only one in all realms, omnipresent, with indestructible projections and his own immortality, a legendary powerful being.
Therefore, the true self in the real world is more likely to achieve legend and awaken the essence than the countless other selves in the lower world.
However, Lin Xian is not a creature of the universe. He seems to come from the real world within Fu Huang's body, but in fact he is the only one. There is no other self, and he cannot take the path of returning to one body.
If everything cannot be reduced to one, then there will be thousands of things in one life.
Walking through the worlds, leaving behind legends, myths, miracles, and man-made creations of him and me.
This kind of thing is extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators. If they want to go to another world, they must become a legend or possess legendary characteristics. If they want to become a legend and possess legendary characteristics, they must project into another world. It's like a vicious circle.
But for Lin Xian, it was not a difficult task because he had cheats!
With this thought, Lin Xian turned around and said to Tian Jinzhong: "I came to the mortal world this time not to save just one fellow Taoist, but to save all living beings, open up a new path to immortality, and spread the method of ascension!"
"The path to immortality, ascension?" Zhang Zhiwei murmured, with a gleam of light in his eyes.
He has already stood at the top of the world and is invincible. If it weren't for the exception of Lin Xian, he would be truly invincible against enemies from the sky. His life is as lonely as snow.
Logically speaking, he is the one who wants to ascend the most.
But at this moment, Zhang Zhiwei hesitated and remained silent.
"Spread the Taoism!" Tian Jinzhong was shocked. The two old Taoists had completely different focuses. Because they didn't understand the positions they were in, they saw different things.
"What about the company..." Tian Jinzhong looked solemn, fearing that Lin Xian didn't know about the population red line issue, so he explained it very seriously.
The population red line refers to the number of aliens. If the number of aliens continues to increase rapidly, the originally loose racial cohesion consciousness of the aliens will become stronger and stronger, and the risk of ordinary people realizing the existence of aliens on a large scale will become higher and higher.
When the ratio of the alien population to the world population exceeds this demographic red line, it will break the society's pressure threshold, and incidents similar to the destruction of Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the witch hunting in the European Middle Ages will be repeated.
"Population red line?" Lin Xian shook his head and said calmly, "This is a false proposition. If the population red line really exists, then what about Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms? What about the black-robed prime minister Yao Guangxiao?"
As an alien, holding the power of the country is simply rubbing the population red line on the ground. Not only did the aliens break through the restrictions, they also became the highest ruling class.
"But Zhuge Kongming failed after all." Tian Jinzhong murmured: "The prime minister in black is not the emperor after all."
"What about the emperor?" Lin Xian laughed, "Emperors in ancient times all wanted to claim that they were the son of God, the reincarnation of a god. Does this count as an alien being openly exposed to the world?"
Tian Jinzhong was stunned. Yes, the emperor, how could he forget the existence of the bug on the emperor's side.
Unlike the West, in the Eastern Empire, royal power and divine power are superimposed. The emperor is both human and god.
The emperor can deify people with a single word and destroy Buddhism and Taoism at will, because he himself is the greatest god in the world, second only to the God of Heaven!
"Junior brother..."
Zhang Zhiwei took a deep breath, patted Tian Jinzhong on the shoulder, and then motioned Barron and other Longhushan disciples to go down, and finally said meaningfully: "This should be a secret of the Tianshi Degree. I shouldn't reveal it to you, and I can't reveal it to you."
"Fortunately, a few years ago, I reached the half-step outer scene realm, and the restrictions have loosened somewhat."
"You can tell some less important secrets."
"The so-called population red line, in ancient times, actually had another meaning, that is, aristocratic family!"
As the great-grandmaster of Mount Longhu, Tian Jinzhong was certainly not illiterate and naturally understood the stories of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. He blurted out subconsciously, "Nine-Rank System?"
The Nine-Rank System was an ancient system of selecting officials before the imperial examination system. It determined a person's rank based on his family, character, and talent, and then granted an official position.
The original intention of this system was good, which was to select real talents. Unfortunately, it was corrupted by the aristocratic families, who often promoted the most virtuous people regardless of their relationship with them and rated their own relatives and friends as the best.
Over time, a situation was formed in which there were no common people in the upper class and no gentry in the lower class, which led to the total collapse of the Chinese Empire and the beginning of a dark age of the Five Barbarians' Invasion and wars among various countries, creating hundreds of years of chaos.
But, what does this have to do with the population red line? !
Not only Tian Jinzhong was confused, Lin Xian also looked over curiously, wanting to understand the secrets of the Heavenly Master.
"Yes, the aristocratic families have a long history, and there are many extraordinary people. Some of them are from ancient times and are directly from the world of extraordinary people. For example, Zhuge Kongming is a descendant of the Zhuge family of the Eastern Han Dynasty."
Zhang Zhiwei narrowed his eyes, drew a wavy line with his finger, and said meaningfully: "The ratio of extraordinary people to ordinary people is actually in a state of fluctuation. In the more ancient times, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Gonggong and Zhurong, these tribal leaders were all extraordinary people."
"At that time, gods and humans lived together, and it was not difficult for a tribe to be full of aliens, such as Jiuli."
"It was not until the birth of Emperor Xuanyuan and the opening of the heaven and earth by Emperor Zhuanxu that this pattern was broken. People no longer showed their power naked in front of people. However, the aliens were still high above and in power."
"At the turn of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, during the Conferred God War, not only did many sects participate in the war, but also the princes themselves were extraordinary people, ruling over these territories."
"This situation continued until the pre-Qin period when the golden man was cast, the six kingdoms were unified, and Emperor Gaozu killed the white snake and started an uprising. The foreigners gradually stepped from the front stage to the backstage, and from the bloodline aristocrats who occupied the land as a country, they became aristocratic families."
"Finally, it was the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, when the population red line completely broke out. Because of the Nine-Rank System, the aristocratic families no longer had to worry about the future, and they reproduced without restraint. Generation after generation of extraordinary people were born, consuming too much luck and resources." "Everything will turn around when it reaches its extreme. Ordinary people can no longer support extraordinary people, and the order of the world completely collapses. Not only ordinary people, but also slightly weaker extraordinary people will be crushed by the times. There is no civilization and morality in the world anymore, and it has completely become a fighting arena."
"Mortals kill mortals, mortals kill strangers, strangers kill mortals, strangers kill strangers. What kind of world is this? This is a world of raising Gu!"
Zhang Zhiwei stopped talking here. The power of the restriction imposed by the Heavenly Master prevented him from revealing any more details.
However, having said this, anyone can guess the truth.
"In the end, the destiny of heaven and earth nurtured several Gu Kings." Lin Xian nodded, and thoughtfully reported one name after another: "Zhang Daoling, the Heavenly Master in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Huacun Yuanjun of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Bodhidharma in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Lu Dongbin, the True Immortal in the late Tang Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng in the late Song Dynasty..."
A great opportunity is also a great fortune. There will always be someone who comes into being. At the end of a great catastrophe, there will be people who ascend to heaven.
This is one of the secrets that Tianshi Du wants to pass on!
Without a chaotic world, there is no way to become an immortal!
If you want to become an immortal, you must absorb the luck of an era, be born at the right time, absorb the essence of hundreds of years, and finally ascend.
"In the last chaotic era, the Eight Great Skills..."
Tian Jinzhong's body trembled, and he blurted out: "It really is a way to cause chaos!"
The magic that was born out of troubled times is precisely the art of taking advantage of chaos.
If it is possessed by an immortal, he can ascend to heaven and leave without disturbing the mortal world too much. If it is possessed by a mortal, the chaos will continue.
"No...wait!"
Tian Jinzhong suddenly turned around, looked at Lin Xian, and asked in confusion: "Why did the True Lord ascend to heaven?"
"That's what I'm confused about."
Zhang Zhiwei gave a bitter smile. If it weren't for the accident with Lin Xian, and the example of Lin Xian ascending to heaven without relying on luck, even if Tian Jinzhong was his junior fellow apprentice, he would never tell him the secrets of the Heavenly Master's Degree.
Fortune is rising?
Lin Xian narrowed his eyes, thinking about the peculiarity of the universe, and secretly guessed that those who had ascended to heaven through the ages did not ascend by luck, but by imprinting themselves and returning to their original selves.
Luck is merely a tool to create endless legends and myths, not the true meaning of ascension.
The other self and the true self are the key.
"I did not ascend to the sky by luck, but by breaking through the void with martial arts."
Lin Xian stretched out his hand, and a mountain appeared, with a majestic aura. He remained calm, and said leisurely, "When I throw this punch, the gates of heaven will open!"
"Longhu Mountain?!" Zhang Zhiwei looked at Lin Xian's palm and was suddenly horrified. He felt as if Longhu Mountain was really under his control.
Looking up at the sky and meeting each other's eyes, it seemed as if there really was a divine being carrying the mountain.
"At this level, can one break through the void with martial arts and ascend to heaven?"
Zhang Zhiwei murmured, a trace of longing appearing in his eyes. That was the light of seeking the truth. He had been invincible in the world for too long, and he also wanted to go to heaven and see the beautiful scenery.
If it is possible to ascend to heaven without causing chaos, everyone would want to be immortal.
"Normal ascension?"
Lin Xian sensed the spatial barrier of this world and said thoughtfully: "As long as we reach the outer scene level."
The inner scene and the outer manifestation merge with heaven and earth. One's own spirit and body combine with the power of heaven and earth to form the Dharma image, which is the outer scene.
A master at this level can strike dozens or even hundreds of miles away with a single blow. This means he has already embarked on the path to immortality, which is completely different from the martial arts style of a master at the Nine Apertures Realm.
The pool in the world of Under One Person can only produce masters of the Nine Apertures level at most, don’t even think about even a half-step to the outside world.
Zhang Zhiwei was able to break through this realm purely because of the arrival of Lin Xian, a cheating player, who triggered the world's mechanism and launched a counterattack. There could not be a second accident.
"In the realm of external scenery, if there really is an external scenery, then the Dharma body also exists, and being among the immortals is no longer a fantasy."
Zhang Zhiwei murmured with deep emotion, then suddenly turned around, saluted towards Lin Xian, and asked very seriously: "Excuse me, Master, is this the exterior scene? Or is it above it!"
Exterior scene?
The systems of the two universes are different. The Dragon Transformation Secret Realm has the power to move mountains and seas, so it can naturally crush any strong person from outside.
Besides, Lin Xian is not an ordinary Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, he can compete with the cultivators on the first level of the Immortal Platform.
The combat power should be calculated according to the half-step great power.
Lin Xian pondered for a moment and said: "Now I am considered the top of the field. I am invincible under the immortals!"
The realm span of the One Life Universe is really too large. Unlike the Great Universe of Shrouding the Sky, each realm is divided into several levels, the Immortal Platform is divided into nine steps per level, achieving infinite subdivision.
In the field of outdoor scenes, even if a grandmaster who is half a step away from becoming a Dharmakaya master is found, Lin Xian can use the brute force of a Heaven-shattering cultivator to beat him to the ground and rub him madly.
However, no matter how weak the human immortal is, Lin Xian is not someone he can contend with now.
The Dharmakaya human immortal can already travel the universe in the flesh and escape at a speed of thousands of miles in an instant. This is a magical power that only the saint Zhatian has.
Even though his destructive power would be suppressed when in the real world, he could still destroy thousands or tens of thousands of miles with a single strike. Outside the real world, when he was between the heavens and myriad worlds, his destructive power was greatly enhanced, and he had the power to destroy worlds.
Not only the Dharmakaya, the span of the legendary realm is also extremely large.
The cultivator who just entered the legend is comparable to the Quasi-Emperor of Shrouding the Sky.
Legend has it that a perfect cultivator can fight against the immortals in the mortal world.
This span is comparable to the Perfect World system.
Just like in the ancient era of immortals, the Quasi-Emperor is the Supreme, the Great Emperor is the Supreme, and the Eighth Great Emperor is still the Supreme, and they are in the same realm.
(End of this chapter)
