Outside the dilapidated temple, the cracked void healed, and a familiar figure slowly walked in, dressed in an ancient monk's robe, with a bald head and a calm expression.
It was Cao Ya!
"The Unbreakable Arhat." Jiang Zhiwei bowed slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with curiosity and a fighting spirit.
They were curious about the cultivation level of the Undying Arhat, the power of the Undying Arhat, and even more curious about the profound meaning of the "Grass Character Sword Technique"!
However, she clearly knew that as someone who had not yet attained the Dharma Body, she was not even qualified to draw her sword against an indestructible Arhat.
Only someone as powerful as her master, Su Wuming, would be qualified!
Dharmakaya!
Even the lowest level is called a Human Immortal, which is different from the realm below the Dharma Body, even in the external realm!
Jiang Zhiwei's current goal is to attain the Dharma Body and become a Human Immortal!
“Uncle-Master Xuanjie.” Meng Qi also bowed, because his master was Xuanbei—although he later left Shaolin Temple and became Cao Ya’s junior brother, so he called Cao Ya his uncle-master.
To be honest, Meng Qi was somewhat surprised.
Because he had no sense of his master Xuanjie's arrival.
"It seems that Meng Qi, you have already grasped the basics of the Dao of Cause and Effect," Cao Ya said with a smile.
Meng Qi's heart skipped a beat.
He obtained the "Nine Seals of Primordial Beginning," a secret technique of the ancient Primordial Heavenly Venerable. The first three seals, in particular, were in no way inferior to any move of the "Seven Swords of Heaven-Slaying" or the "Buddha's Palm."
Yuanshi Tianzun is the head of the nine deities of Taoism, and even in an era when Taoist deities and Buddhas dominated the world, he was not inferior.
The Daoist Master and the Buddha—those are the legendary fruits of the Dao!
Especially the Dao Venerable, who is a complete Dao Fruit Realm cultivator!
Even the Dao Fruit, a realm that transcends the other shore, was created by the Dao Venerable!
In the vast universe of "Supreme Being", currently, Yuanshi Tianzun is slightly inferior to Daozun and half a step behind Buddha. Apart from him, other supreme beings, such as Daode Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, Demon Emperor, Amitabha Buddha, and Bodhi Ancient Buddha, are at most at the same level as Yuanshi Tianzun.
Among those who have reached the other shore, they are the strongest!
Yuanshi Tianzun was born holy, a being born to transcend to the other shore, bearing the immense karma of all the heavens and myriad realms, and was hailed as the "cause of all effects." This led to Yuanshi Tianzun's great power, but also to the difficulty of his transcendence.
For Yuanshi Tianzun to achieve the Dao Fruit, it was even more difficult than ascending to heaven!
Who can bear the consequences of his actions?
Meng Qi, such a special person, the "other self" of the Demon Buddha, and the backup plan chosen by many powerful beings, is inherently a convergence of the causes and effects of many powerful beings, and has a hint of the "cause of all effects".
Such a special person is perfectly suited to inherit the identity of the Primordial Celestial Venerable as the "cause of all fruits". He was chosen by the Primordial Celestial Venerable to inherit his cause and effect and identity, as well as... the vast power of the Other Shore Realm!
It's not just Yuanshi Tianzun, but also the cause and effect of Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun.
The Three Purities as One!
This is the choice of the three supreme beings of the Daoist sect to transcend this world and attain the Dao fruit—in fact, it is not a choice. After many eras and multiple ages of exploration and attempts, the Three Pure Ones clearly understood that if they wanted to attain the Dao fruit and transcendence, emulate the Daoist masters, get rid of all the entanglements of cause and effect in the mortal world, and obtain great freedom, great ease, and great magical power, they had to merge into one.
Of the nine deities in Taoism, the first three are those who have reached the other shore.
Of course, this is the current situation, and things may change in the future.
As for the emergence of Meng Qi's rudimentary form of "the cause of all effects," was it a result of chance and unexpected circumstances that ultimately attracted the attention of the Three Pure Ones and made them the target for reducing emptiness? Or was it that the Three Pure Ones had been secretly orchestrating things all along, allowing Meng Qi to possess a trace of "the cause of all effects," becoming a candle in the darkness that, in turn, attracted the attention of countless powerful beings...?
Cao Ya believes the latter more!
Those on the other shore inherently possess the ability to overturn cause and effect!
Moreover, the Three Pure Ones are the oldest among those who have attained rebirth on the other shore!
Those who can stand alongside them are few and far between among those on the other side.
The first three seals of the "Nine Seals of the Primordial Beginning" created by the Primordial Celestial Venerable, one of which is the "Seal of the Dao," is a symbol of the "cause of all fruits."
Meng Qi had studied this seal-making technique for many years and had already mastered it.
He truly possessed a rudimentary form of the "cause of all effects"!
Therefore, even though Meng Qi has not attained the Dharma Body, his strength is far beyond that of ordinary Dharma Body Immortals. Even Earth Immortals would find it difficult to defeat Meng Qi.
It's even more impossible for them to escape Meng Qi's causal perception relying on the [Dao Yi Seal]!
Of all living beings in the world, who can completely escape the entanglement of cause and effect?
Only the Dao is supreme!
Even Buddha was still a bit lacking.
Of course, although Meng Qi had just entered the Dao Yi Seal and had a rough idea of the "cause of all fruits," his mastery of the Dao Yi Seal was certainly not as good as that of the vanished Yuanshi Tianzun. There were still many incomplete aspects in his understanding of cause and effect.
Cao Ya's appearance was something Meng Qi had never expected.
Cao Ya possesses numerous power systems, and his martial arts system in the [Peerless One] universe has reached the Celestial Immortal level. It wouldn't be difficult for him to deceive Meng Qi's perception.
Furthermore, due to the many unique cultivation systems, Meng Qi's [Dao Yi Seal] cannot accurately grasp its cause and effect.
Meng Qi certainly didn't know the second reason. His idea was that Cao Ya's cultivation was too high and his level of expertise was too profound, far exceeding his own, thus obscuring his perception through the Dao of Cause and Effect.
"Amitabha, my master's cultivation level is now probably on the verge of becoming a legend." Meng Qi sighed after he understood everything.
When he first entered Shaolin Temple, his senior brother Xuanjie was actually inferior to his uncle and master, and not as good as Xuanbei.
Who could have imagined that Master Xuanjie would rise to prominence so suddenly, killing the Earthly Ranking expert, Ku Laoren, in the vast sea, and later sweeping aside many powerful Dharma Masters, forcefully ascending to the top of the Heavenly Ranking. Even Gu Erduo, who was at the Earth Immortal level and wielded the peerless divine weapon, the Heavenly Punishment Axe, which had awakened to the Earth Immortal level, was no match for Master Xuanjie.
Master Lu, Daoist Chonghe, Su Wuming, Gao Lan, Han Guang, Tai Li and other highly skilled practitioners are all inferior to Master Xuanjie.
But back then, who could have predicted the current state of the martial arts world?
Great talent matures late!
Many martial arts practitioners believe that the rise of the Unbreakable Arhat Ring is a case of late bloomers achieving great things!
They selectively ignored the fact that before he became famous, Cao Ya was also a master of the Outer Realm, ranking among the top in Shaolin Temple.
Of course, compared to today's achievements, the strength of those Shaolin disciples who were once among the top few in the realm is indeed not enough.
We're number one in the world now!
Many people even regard the indestructible Arhat as "the first person since the Middle Ages"!
"Everyone says that the Undying Arhat is a celestial being, and now it seems that the rumors are indeed true!" Jiang Zhiwei's eyes sparkled.
Her master, Su Wuming, had progressed far in the Human Immortal Realm and was about to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm. He had also sparred with Cao Ya and knew Cao Ya's martial arts cultivation level, which was profound and unfathomable.
He occasionally mentioned it to Jiang Zhiwei, and she kept it in mind.
As the world's number one, who can ignore him? Who can remain indifferent to him?
Furthermore, Jiang Zhiwei is the kind of person who is single-mindedly focused on sword cultivation and becoming stronger, so she naturally takes it even more seriously.
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