Chapter 345: Attacking the Yang God (3)
On the Internet.
A piece of news suddenly became popular.
The content of the news is written as follows: As we all know, Taoism is the native religion of our country. Taoist teachings believe that humans can ascend to heaven, but if they want to cultivate and sublimate, they must suffer various disasters, and the thunder disaster of scorched earth for thousands of miles is one of them.
If some cultivators can withstand the rolling thunder, they will successfully enter a new cultivation mode. If they cannot endure the thunder and lightning, at best they will be beaten back to their original form and start all over again, losing all the skills they have gained from their previous cultivation. At worst, all traces of their existence in the world will be wiped out by the heavens, and they will disappear into thin air.
As a disciple who was being trained as the focus of Tianshi Mansion, Wang Yulin had seen Fang Yi, the True Immortal, many times, so naturally he did not believe in the existence of thunder tribulations.
The most original meaning of "劫" is the suffering derived from time or time limit, and it often appears in Buddhist doctrines.
Of course, this term does exist in Taoism. Instead, there are two terms: the Ten Demonic Tribulations and the Five Tribulations of Heaven and Earth.
However, these two types of disasters are not the same as those described in novels.
The Ten Demonic Calamities, as the name suggests, are demonic calamities rather than thunder calamities. In the Taoist classic "Lingbao Wuliangdu Renshang Dafa", it is clearly pointed out that the Ten Demonic Calamities are a calamity composed of ten kinds of demons: heaven, earth, man, ghost, god, yin, yang, disease, demon, and environment.
If a cultivator only cultivates his skills but does not cultivate his moral character, he will be blocked by the Ten Demons and lose the qualifications to explore the great way.
The five calamities of heaven and earth have nothing to do with thunder calamity.
Shuanghuai Suichao says:
Laozi's book says: "There are five disasters in the number of heaven and earth. The east starts from Zi, called Longhan, which is the beginning disaster. The south starts from Yin, called Chiming, which is the completion disaster. The center starts from Mao, called Shanghuang, and the north starts from Wu, called Kaihuang, all of which are the stopping disaster. The west starts from You and ends at Xu, called Yankang, which is the destruction disaster."
The "Yunji Qiqian" also says: "The text of Lingbao began in Longhan. Before Longhan, no one kept track of it. During the long period of Yankang, there was chaos and endless time. The Tao was hidden and the treasure scriptures were not revealed. Chiming changed the fate, and Lingwen arose. The various heavenly sects followed it, and each had its own code. After one catastrophe, the fate changed again. Five catastrophes accumulated until after Kaihuang."
To put it one-sidedly, the five calamities of heaven and earth refer to the birth, aging, sickness and death of the world and the law of its natural evolution. It has no direct relationship with practitioners of Taoism. It is merely a calamity to heaven and earth. It is different from the object and content of the calamity of thunder, so naturally it has nothing to do with it.
In addition, Taoism has seven major disasters and three minor disasters, namely, illness, lust, delusion, devilish realm, true vacuum, bone replacement and sea of suffering, which have nothing to do with thunder disasters.
So where did the concept of thunder tribulation come from?
This mainly comes from traditional culture. First, it means that animals that have committed many evil deeds will be punished by electric shocks after they have successfully cultivated. Not only will they suffer from thunder, but they will also suffer from equally terrible fire.
Of course, kind-hearted demon cultivators and monsters are not included in the list of punishments.
Secondly, if human beings commit acts that go against the will of heaven and harm the world, heaven will send down thunder and lightning to kill them.
Therefore, thunderstorms are not so much disasters as they are punishments sent down by heaven to demonstrate its mighty power and clear justice.
Naturally, when Wang Yulin saw the news, he didn't believe that anyone had survived the thunder tribulation.
But he still kept watching the news.
The news wrote: The incident occurred in the waters under the jurisdiction of Java Island in Indonesia. It was afternoon at the time. When the residents saw thunderclouds gathering, they hurried home to avoid the thunderstorm. Suddenly, strong winds blew, lightning and thunder flashed, and a heavy rain poured down.
Almost all the residents saw the solemn and eerie atmosphere. A dazzling flash of light cut through the sky and stayed for just a few seconds. Suddenly, the world fell into endless darkness again.
However, accompanied by bursts of deafening thunder, many Indonesian residents actually saw strange scenes that they had never seen before.
They saw a figure emitting milky white light suddenly appear above the sea not far from Java Island and rush into the thunderclouds, which completely overturned people's cognition.
As everyone stared in amazement, thunder roared in the sky. The milky white figure did not flinch in the face of numerous obstacles, and then gradually disappeared into the depths of the thunderclouds.
At this moment, people with broad knowledge couldn't help but exclaim, it turns out that someone is undergoing a tribulation!
Amid the residents' chatter, the figure that had rushed into the thundercloud was struck by a series of thunderbolts. In the end, he not only withstood the thunder, but also shone with a faint golden light.
Seeing this scene, an Indonesian Taoist scholar said that this was a divine being who had successfully overcome a calamity.
The news ends here, but the content is quite relevant.
Wang Yulin just wanted to laugh after reading it, thinking that if someone didn't understand Taoist culture, how could he write such boastful news?
He was about to close the webpage.
Suddenly, Wang Yulin saw a picture. The picture might have been taken with a high-pixel camera, which captured the milky white figure more clearly.
Wang Yulin was stunned when he saw it, because the appearance of the milky white figure in the picture was very familiar to him. It was none other than Master Fang of Huangshan Taoist Palace!
"Fuck! Is it true that you can survive the thunder tribulation?"
Wang Yulin was dumbfounded and could hardly believe his eyes!
After being in a daze for a long time, his face changed and he hurriedly found Zhang Tianshi, Master Qiu and other elders from the Tianshi Mansion to come and watch the news.
Zhang Tianshi, Qiu Daochang and a group of high-level masters from the Tianshi Mansion remained silent for a long time after watching the news.
An unbelievable thought popped up in everyone's mind: Could it be that the Taoist cultivation culture was remembered incorrectly? Is it necessary to go through the thunder tribulation?
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Similar things are happening all over the world.
Almost everyone who saw this news or related videos was shocked.
Of course, the most heated discussions take place online.
A group of netizens left comments under the news and videos.
"Special effects can't be made so natural, I believe it's real."
"'Report, someone was seen by the public undergoing a tribulation', 'Really? How could something like this happen again? Find a few people to wait for him to complete the tribulation and bring him back immediately', 'What about the public?', 'As usual, let the experts handle it. Just fool around with cloud charges, mirages, etc.'"
"Fellow Daoist, please stay. How did you cultivate to such a level in such a low spiritual energy place?"
"Is this true? This is the first time I see this. Can someone explain it to me?"
"Others have ascended to heaven, but I'm still carrying bricks (pitiful expression)."
"What's so strange about that? The gaming company has the money to hire a cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage to shoot a commercial."
"Don't take pictures, I'll be discovered."
"shock!"
"I was there at the time. I was the signal tower in the sea."
At the beginning, many people were joking about it and didn't think it was true.
However, soon someone discovered the clue just like Wang Yulin.
A netizen named "Then Smile" also took a screenshot of the milky white figure and captioned, "Hey, do you think it looks like Fang Zhenren?"
Immediately, someone exclaimed in agreement, "Fuck, it's true! Is Master Fang going to transcend the calamity and ascend to heaven?"
Then, several more people exclaimed in amazement.
What can I do to you? "Oh my god! Master Fang is going to ascend to heaven?"
Young woman's underwear is frequently stolen: "I can't believe my eyes!"
Bombing the Men's Restroom: "This is a precious video of transcending tribulation and ascending to heaven! I have fainted in front of the computer! If I hadn't heard it from my buddy in Indonesia, I really couldn't believe it! I knew that Master Fang was powerful, but I didn't expect that he had already cultivated to the point of transcending tribulation and ascending to heaven!"
Although some people took screenshots, many people still treated it as a joke and thought it was nonsense.
"Come on."
"Haha, stop making it up."
"I've seen at least eight out of ten similar videos of people trying to overcome the tribulation. You guys always try to attribute everything to Master Fang. You guys are so boring."
"Haha, everyone knows that Master Fang has great magical powers and boundless magic power. How could he need to endure the thunder tribulation? Isn't this lowering his status? I don't blame you for not understanding cultivation. Cultivation does not require the thunder tribulation. Master Fang became an immortal a long time ago and did not need the thunder tribulation to ascend to heaven. Do you understand?"
"No idiot would believe this kind of sensational news!"
"Can you guys write news with some technical skills? Master Fang hasn't made any moves for over a year. The last time he made any moves was when he went to Penglai to slay demons. Since then, news has spread from Huangshan Daojun Palace that Master Fang has gone into seclusion to practice and won't be coming out in the short term. Oh, just because Master Fang has great cultivation, you guys are blaming him for all the weird things? Master Fang: I won't take the blame!"
Many netizens laughed at it.
Those who previously thought it was Fang Yi were speechless because they had no evidence.
But some people were so angry that they directly tagged the official account of Huangshan Taoist Palace to ask about the situation.
"Master Zheng, is the person who survived the tribulation Master Fang?"
"Abbot Zheng, can you get back to us?"
At first, there was no movement from the official account of Huangshan Taoist Palace.
Many people think it is fake and are ready to disband.
Suddenly, the official account of Huangshan Daojun Palace posted a message: "In view of the widespread inquiries from netizens, I did not know whether it was true or not at first, so I went to the inner courtyard to find the Palace Master for verification. The Palace Master's incarnation told me that the so-called person who was undergoing the tribulation in the video was Palace Master Fang, but he was not undergoing the thunder tribulation, but using thunder to temper his Yuanshen, preparing to impact the realm of Yang Shen and become a true immortal of my Taoism."
Anyone who knows a little about Taoist culture knows that Taoism divides immortals into five categories: "Heaven, God, Earth, Human, and Ghost". As long as one can cultivate the golden elixir, he or she can become an immortal, but at that stage he or she is a human immortal, and on the Internet he or she is an earthly immortal.
Regardless of whether they are ghost immortals, human immortals, or earthly immortals, they have not yet truly transcended in essence.
But immortals are different; they are truly immortals who transcend the world and can be called “true immortals.”
When Huangshan Daojun Palace confirmed it, this incident, which many people had just thought was fabricated in the news, suddenly reached the peak!
"What?"
"ah?"
“Is this true or false?”
"Holy crap! It turns out the video is real, but Master Fang is not going through a thunder tribulation. Instead, he is using the power of thunder to refine his soul and prepare to cultivate the supreme Yang God!"
More and more people came in to pay attention. Everyone knew that Huangshan Daojun Palace would not comment on such matters. At this moment, everyone finally knew...
Master Fang is cultivating the Yang God to reach the immortal realm!
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