Chapter 524 Tianhe Law, Perfect Fit
After despising his own disciple, Venerable Tianhe looked at Zheng Fa again, his eyes unconsciously filled with anticipation.
"Anything else?"
The discussion on the nature of living things is actually of vital importance - as Zheng Fa said, since cultivation is the evolution of life, only by understanding what life is can we know in which direction to evolve.
Facing the gaze of Venerable Tianhe, Zheng Fa paused and thought in his heart. He did have some immature ideas, but they had never been systematic. Now that Venerable Tianhe was in person, it was a good opportunity to ask for advice.
“And…” Zheng Fa saw that Venerable Tianhe was listening carefully, and continued, “This is the essence of life, but for humans and practitioners, spiritual wisdom may be more important.”
Venerable Tianhe's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to speak: "Go on!"
"In my opinion, spiritual wisdom itself is the highest and most subtle order."
Zheng Fa carefully chose his words.
What he calls order here is actually algorithm or structure.
In the human body, this order is rooted in the structure of the nervous system.
In the computer field, the manifestation of this order is the algorithmic structure of artificial intelligence.
"And this kind of order can in turn analyze its own order and even understand the rules of heaven and earth..." Zheng Fa paused and continued, "This is a miracle."
Einstein has a very famous saying: The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it can be understood.
Wisdom is a strange thing that is difficult to explain.
Of course, Zheng Fa was not here to discuss philosophy with Venerable Tianhe, so he changed the subject and said:
"Even spiritual intelligence seems to have shown a kind of life - for example, when a cultivator refines spiritual treasures, isn't it the spiritual intelligence that produces spiritual intelligence?"
"And as you said, Venerable, the Golden Immortal controls the destiny and creates the world, which is more like a kind of reproduction."
The Tianhe disciples were confused when they heard it. They just felt that there was some deep meaning in it, but they couldn't tell what it was.
But Venerable Tianhe laughed:
"What do you want to say?"
"Your Excellency wants to ask me about the essence of cultivating immortals or cultivating the Tao. I will just say that the Tao gave birth to me, and I became the Tao. Cultivating the Tao is the reproduction and growth of the Heavenly Dao."
If Zheng Fa's words are interpreted according to modern terms, it means that intelligent life is the offspring of the universe, just like silkworms are the larvae of moths and humans are also in the larval form at the beginning. Only after practicing Taoism can they grow into the universe.
There was silence on the observatory for a moment.
Starlight poured in from the holes, sprinkling on Zheng Fa, giving him a layer of dazzling silver edge.
Tianhe Zun looked at Zheng Fa for a long time, then suddenly laughed, took three steps to the right, pointed at the blue bricks beside him and said, "Come over here."
Zheng Fa was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Venerable Tianhe.
Venerable Tianhe pressed his shoulder and gave him a gentle push, asking Zheng Fa to stand facing the disciples.
Only then did Zheng Fa see that these Tianhe disciples were all paying homage to him in unison and with great respect.
He wanted to raise his hand to stop him, but Tianhe Reverend pressed his shoulder and heard the Reverend say, "You deserve this courtesy for what you just said."
Venerable Tianhe paused, and then said, "I have nothing more to say."
These Tianhe disciples raised their heads and looked at Zheng Fa with submission in their eyes.
"What do you think? He inherited my Tianhe Daoist tradition. Do you have any objections?"
"none!"
Zheng Fa turned his head, looked at Venerable Tianhe, and opened his mouth to speak.
Venerable Tianhe asked, "What do you want to ask?"
"Disciple, may I ask, what is spiritual energy?"
This is the question that Zheng Fa is most curious about, and it also concerns the future decline of Xuanwei's spiritual energy.
Tianhe Reverend laughed, seemingly unsurprised: "Just look at those stars."
Zheng Fa looked at the holes, but didn't understand what was going on for a moment.
"Look carefully, look at the chaos next to the stars."
Zheng Fa's heart moved, his eyes fell on the junction of stars and chaos, and his eyes suddenly widened.
"Spiritual energy comes from chaos?"
Venerable Tianhe nodded and said:
"Chaos is the origin of all things. It is where the Tao exists and all things are hidden."
Zheng Fa looked at the darkness, not quite understanding it.
“When living beings use wisdom to comprehend the law, spirits and chaos intersect, dividing into yin and yang, and transforming into the five elements, spiritual energy is generated.”
this……
Zheng Fa became more confused the more he listened.
He could understand what Venerable Tianhe said.
To make an inaccurate analogy, chaos is like an endless mine that contains all kinds of rules.
The intelligence and soul of all things are mining machines. Knowing the rules is like getting an instruction manual, and one can dig out the corresponding spiritual energy from the chaos.
To put it simply, knowledge creates aura!
"The so-called nameless is the beginning of all things, and the named is the mother of all things." Venerable Tianhe said leisurely, "That's it."
Zheng Fa frowned and asked, "What about the decline of spiritual energy?"
"have no idea."
“…”
Venerable Tianhe looked at Zheng Fa and said confidently: "If I knew everything, would it be like this?"
...That makes sense.
"Back then, I had to perfect the Tianhe Method on the one hand, and think about how to resolve the threat from the four sects on the other. I was really unable to explore the matter of spiritual energy."
Zheng Fa asked in confusion: "Then when you raised your sword to destroy the sky..."
"It's for the Tianhe Law, and also for the inheritance." Tianhe Reverend pointed at him, "Wait for you."
"The inheritance of Tianhe Law?"
Zheng Fa's heart skipped a beat and he could hardly suppress his excitement.
Venerable Tianhe condensed a jade tube in his hand and handed it to Zheng Fa.
Zheng Fa took the jade tube and listened to Venerable Tianhe's explanation.
"The limitation of Tianhe Law lies in ego."
Zheng Fa nodded slightly.
"Compared to Yangshen and Dharmakaya, Tianhe Fa has another major weakness - it cannot draw on the wisdom of sentient beings."
"Back then, I cut down mountains and destroyed temples because, on the one hand, they were descendants of the Four Sects, and were enemies of my Tianhe Sect. On the other hand, it was also to perfect the Tianhe Law."
Speaking of this bloody incident, Venerable Tianhe spoke in a light tone.
Zheng Fa could understand it.
Back then, the Tianhe Sect and the Four Sects were in agreement on the surface but not on the heart.
The four sects had cultivated many traitors within the Tianhe Sect at some point in time.
It is natural that Reverend Tianhe attacks various sects, collects resources and skills, and clips the wings of the four sects at the same time.
This venerable man has a kind heart, but it would be ridiculous to say that Overlord Xuanwei is a kind-hearted person with bloodless hands.
"Later, I finally took the next step in Tianhe Law, but I had to face a choice."
"What choice?"
"I could only keep one of the Tianhe Sect and the Tianhe Law."
"Why?"
"You'll understand once you see it."
Zheng Fa placed the jade tube on his forehead, his spiritual consciousness flowing as he read the magic formulas contained in it.
After a moment, he opened his eyes and asked in surprise: "Ten Thousand Immortals Formation? Kill me?"
Reverend Tianhe seemed even more surprised and asked, "How come you understood it so quickly?"
Zheng Fa nodded: "It's easy to understand."
Venerable Tianhe was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and glanced at the disciples again.
To be honest, Tianhe Method is much easier for Zheng Fa to understand than Yangshen Method and Fashen Method:
The next step of Tianhe Method can be summed up in eight words: open source networking and decentralization.
In the Xuanwei Formation, the formation is mainly based on spiritual stones, supplemented by various magical instruments.
Venerable Tianhe used his own magic weapon to set up the formation.
This is a bit like Zheng Fa using Tongjian to build the Internet.
If these disciples of Tianhe Sect practiced the same method and used their own magic weapons to form an array, it would be very easy for them to unite.
Zheng Fa looked down at the Tianhe disciples.
"Brothers, have you practiced the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation?"
"Set up the formation!"
Tens of thousands of Tianhe disciples shouted at the same time, countless immortal swords, pointing to the empty air, the sharp aura, even surpassed the scattered immortals! You know, among these disciples, the highest cultivation is only the fusion! Regardless of how much benefit this method of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation has for cultivation, the improvement of the cultivators' combat power is visible to the naked eye.
Zheng Fa looked at this group of disciples with a strange look in his eyes, and thought of the Jiushan Military Academy.
Jiushan Military Academy has been studying immortal formations, but immortal formations require cultivators to cast spells in order to communicate with each other's minds. How can it be faster than connecting with one's own magic weapon?
The method of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation seemed to be a fusion of the strengths of the Immortal Formation and the Mysterious Formation! Bringing the method of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation back and improving the Immortal Formation, the combat power of the Nine Mountains monks would be improved, which is conceivable!
Seeing Zheng Fa's eyes shining, Venerable Tianhe also raised the corner of his mouth, inevitably feeling a little proud.
The Ten Thousand Immortals Array is where his Taoism lies. He feels comforted that Zheng Fa, the successor of the Taoist tradition, is so knowledgeable.
But Zheng Fa's next words shocked him.
"Although the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation can be regarded as your unprecedented creation in the art of formations," Zheng Fa said sincerely, "but in my opinion, killing me is the only way for you to be admired by future generations!"
After hearing this, Venerable Tianhe looked at Zheng Fa without saying anything for a long time. He just stretched out his hand, and two bronze wine cups appeared out of thin air between the two of them.
"It's a pity that we couldn't drink together in the palace just now."
Zheng Fa took the cup of wine, but his attitude was firm: "Just for killing me, I should toast you."
After saying this, Zheng Fa raised the wine cup to his mouth and drank it all in one gulp.
He wasn't pretending to be a flatterer.
If it were only the method of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, Zheng Fa would be amazed, but would not admire it so much.
The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation is actually magical enough.
On the one hand, this method is extremely powerful and is the ultimate way to protect the sect in any school.
On the other hand, the cultivators in the formation are in tune with each other and have the same methods, so they can naturally absorb the essence of others' practice and improve themselves.
With these two advantages alone, the Tianhe Method is not inferior to the Yangshen Method and the Fashen Method.
But the most admirable thing about Venerable Tianhe is that he "killed myself" and broke the ego.
Simply put, it is decentralization and equal rights under the law.
Anyone who practices the Tianhe method can see the complete set of methods and can even modify them at will.
And when the later generations' cultivation improved and their techniques became even more profound, the method of this younger generation became orthodox.
Compared with the Yangshen Method and the Dharmakaya Method, which respect the source of Taoism, the Tianhe Method of Venerable Tianhe is really... too equal.
Looking at the jade tube in his hand again, Zheng Fa's palms felt heavy, and he finally realized the weight of this inheritance.
Has this Venerable Tianhe gotten rid of his ego?
Maybe not, it’s just that his obsession is so big that he himself is insignificant.
If the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation reflects the talent of Venerable Tianhe.
The words “kill me” made Zheng Fa shocked by the breadth of mind of this venerable man.
He was silent for a long time before he asked, "When you raised your sword to split the sky, was it to kill me?"
"Partially." Tianhe Reverend nodded and said, "I just said that only one of the Tianhe Sect and the Tianhe Law can exist."
"Tianhe Sect...many disciples are unwilling to follow me."
Zheng Fa was also silent upon hearing this.
He used to think that Venerable Tianhe was not good at cultivating fellow practitioners, but now he understood that this Venerable had no choice: you know, there was a honeymoon period between the Tianhe Sect and the Four Sects.
Even many skills were circulated between the two sides.
I’m afraid even Venerable Tianhe himself is not aware that there is such a huge difference between Tianhe’s Dharma and the Dao Fruits of everyone.
When a rift appears between the two sides, it is too late.
From the perspective of a later generation, Zheng Fa certainly knew where the problems of the Tianhe School lay.
But if he were in the same situation as Venerable Tianhe, he would ask himself that it would be impossible for him to have the ability to predict the future.
The Tianhe sect is unable to pass on the Tianhe method. The more the Tianhe method develops, the more the Tianhe sect becomes divided.
This is why Venerable Tianhe said that only one of the two can exist.
"I gave up Tianhe Sect."
Reverend Tianhe's tone was somewhat low.
I think he also understands that although there are traitors in Tianhe Sect, there are also many disciples who are loyal to him...
"That sword was naturally used to test the Tianhe Method."
"Your Excellency succeeded?"
Venerable Tianhe nodded slightly.
"Why did you die, Venerable?"
The more Zheng Fa listened, the more confused he became. "Kill me" was just a method of cultivation. How could Venerable Tianhe really die?
"I discovered Lu Yao's identity, and he is about to achieve enlightenment."
“…”
Zheng Fa was startled: "It's not the third time of the calamity..."
"Three times."
After hearing this, Zheng Fa's mind was like lightning and thunder, and he finally realized what he had overlooked: Lu Yao had already turned three times! The first time was the Demon King. As the emperor of the demon clan, he was naturally a golden immortal! The third life was the original demon ancestor. The original demon ancestor was the founder of the Dharmakaya method, which was equivalent to the ancestor of the demon sect. It was natural for him to become a golden immortal.
The only problem is the second life, the life as the first ancestor of Hao Ri.
Zheng Fa had always heard people talking about Lu Zhenxian and thought that this first ancestor had only cultivated to the level of Zhenxian.
But now I find it unreasonable: Haori Mountain was the overlord of the Shinto era, and the first ancestor only had the cultivation level of a true immortal, which was really too low.
On the other hand, Haori Mountain appeared earlier than the Demon Ancestor.
According to the method of turning disasters, the first life of Hao Ri Ancestor was in front, and the first life of the original demon Ancestor was in the back.
It is impossible for Lu Yao to practice the devil's way in his second life without becoming a Golden Immortal!
therefore……
"Lu Yao has already achieved the third level of Golden Immortal?"
"He had already reached the point where the three tribulations merged into one, but he was too ambitious and wanted to achieve Daluo through the Book of Life and Death, so he was held back."
"Daluo?"
"Above the Golden Immortal, there are two realms, Taiyi and Daluo."
"Daluo is stronger than Taiyi?"
"Of course he is strong, but in fact there is no difference in realm. It's just that Daluo is the orthodox heavenly way and the final fruit of the way."
"orthodox……"
Zheng Fa was secretly shocked. If the ultimate goal of a cultivator is to become the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, then the so-called Daluo is the highest Heavenly Dao?
He could imagine that when Venerable Tianhe discovered Lu Yao's identity, he must have been surprised.
"So back then, Your Excellency..."
"In his second life, Lu Yao achieved enlightenment with the Fusang tree and transformed himself into the sun."
"...Fuso tree?"
Zheng Fa felt his scalp burst.
That’s right, the Demon King was able to achieve enlightenment thanks to the Fusang tree, so he naturally wouldn’t let go of this top-level spiritual root of heaven and earth…
It was so natural that he achieved enlightenment in his second life with the help of the Fusang tree.
"At the time, I wanted to try out what a world without spiritual energy was like, but I didn't want Lu Yao to become a Taoist, so I slashed the sun with my sword."
I was wondering how come Fuso wood fits together so seamlessly in the modern world... Turns out it's made from original parts!
(End of this chapter)
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