The Primordial Celestial Venerable was displeased. The sword formation's power seemed formidable, yet it couldn't harm a sage. However, in a battle between sages, face was at stake. Although he wasn't afraid of the sword light, the shattering of his golden lotus would still be a loss of face, which was undesirable. So, he took out the Pangu Banner and gently shook it. Instantly, countless streams of chaotic energy within the Immortal Slaughtering Formation clashed and collided with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, as if the void itself had shattered. Loud explosions erupted, creating earth, water, fire, and wind, which were instantly shattered and transformed into pure and turbid energies. The pure energy rose, and the turbid energy descended, only to be twisted by the sword light and transformed back into earth, water, wind, and fire, endlessly cycling.
Within the Zhuxian Sword Formation, some disciples of the Jie Sect were still watching. Unable to withstand the impact of this chaotic evolution, they retreated hastily. Tongtian quickly protected them. Amidst Tongtian's flustered movements, Yuanshi walked from the south to the west, then surveyed the area again from the north. Passing through the four gates of Zhuxian, he emerged safely. Yuanshi composed a song to mock him: "How laughable that Tongtian has such a shameless heart, hanging four swords in the middle in vain."
All my scheming and plotting have been in vain; I alone roam freely, unfettered.
Yuanshi left the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and ceased his attacks. Naturally, the evolution of chaos also stopped. Tongtian Jiaozhu, who was inside the formation, merely sneered upon hearing Yuanshi's song and did not pursue him. He knew that his Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation was powerful, but he also knew that it was impossible to trap a saint with a formation. No formation could permanently trap a saint; at most, it could only hold him back. Moreover, a saint was immortal and indestructible, and when he became enraged, even the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation could not withstand his impact.
Yuanshi Tianzun suffered a setback inside the formation, but when he came out, he tried to deceive the masses with words, saying that he had not suffered any loss. How could this not make Tongtian laugh? However, Tongtian thought that the Three Pure Ones were one, and that laughing at him was laughing at himself, so he left himself to speak.
Yuanshi Tianzun departed through the east gate as usual. The disciples of the Chan Sect quickly greeted him and led him to the reed hut. Randeng stepped forward and asked, "Master, what is the scene within this formation?"
The Celestial Venerable said, “The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation follows the path of destruction. Now, the calamity of slaughter is unfolding, and the malevolent energy is gathering in the heavens and earth. The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation borrows this malevolent energy to generate more malevolent energy, following the laws of heaven, and it is not easy to break. Although I am not afraid of this formation, I cannot use my supernatural powers to boil the malevolent energy. Otherwise, once it is no longer restrained, the malevolent energy will spread out and sweep across the primordial world, with the power to destroy the heavens and the earth. At that time, the primordial world will be destroyed, chaos will be repeated, and all living beings will be reduced to nothingness.”
After hearing this, the members of the Chan Sect were all greatly alarmed and asked, "Then what should we do?"
Yuanshi said, “As the ancients said, ‘First is the teacher, then the elder.’ Although I am in charge of this teaching, and there are elders before me, how can I act arbitrarily? This matter is not urgent. Let’s wait until tomorrow, when the senior brother of Xuandu Cave arrives, before we make any plans.”
At daybreak on the second day, celestial music filled the air, accompanied by a fragrant aroma. A sage sat atop a blue ox with horns; the Grand Master Xuandu led the ox, and they floated down. The Primordial Heavenly Venerable led his disciples to greet him. As the poem testifies: "Within the Gate of Non-Dualism, the Dharma is even more profound; Mercury and Lead meet to form the Immortal Embryo."
Before leaving the mother's womb, its head turned white; upon reaching the heavens, its vital energy was already complete.
Indoors, alchemy is carried out amidst the presence of earth and metal; within the furnace, the medicine seizes the innate essence
The eight scenic spots were created for the palace guests, who have forgotten the tens of thousands of years that have passed in the human world.
When Yuanshi saw that Laozi had arrived, he and his disciples went down from the tent to greet him. The two of them went up into the tent hand in hand and sat down. The disciples bowed and stood on both sides.
Fifty-Three Immortal Slaying Sword Formation (2)
It is said that Tongtian set up the Zhuxian Sword Formation at Jiepai Pass. Yuanshi descended to the mortal realm and walked through the formation, but he could not break it. He then waited for Taishang Laojun to arrive.
Laozi and Yuanshi sat facing each other on a reed hut. Laozi said, "Brother Tongtian, what is the meaning of setting up this Immortal Slaughtering Formation to block the Zhou army and prevent Jiang Shang from going east?"
Yuanshi said, "Yesterday, I took the liberty of entering his formation first, but I did not have a chance to fight him." It was because Yuanshi was unwilling to lose face that he claimed he had never fought Tongtian.
Lao Tzu knew this in his heart, but did not reveal it. He only said, "Just expose him. If he is willing to comply, then so be it; if he is not willing to comply, then take him to Zixiao Palace to see the Master and see what he has to say."
Yuanshi laughed and said, "Excellent."
Laozi said, "Let me go and ask him, and see what he has to say to me." He descended from the reed hut, mounted his blue ox, and a patch of purple aura appeared above him, in the center of which stood a pagoda called the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, suspended in the void. Profound yellow aura descended in all directions, densely covering the sky, dispersing the evil energy surrounding the Immortal Execution Formation, preventing it from coalescing. A poem praises it: Riding the ox, he passed far beyond the village, the sound of a short flute, like immortal music, heard across the fields.
He was the founder of the religion, who created the world and forged a magnificent universe in the furnace.
Laojun arrived at the front of the formation, and his golden bracelet rang. Tongtian Jiaozhu emerged from the formation, and the two faced each other. Tongtian spoke first: "Greetings, fellow Daoist."
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