But because he didn't want to cut off the past, Ye Fan wanted to embark on a path that went against the will of heaven, but on this path, there was no room for hesitation.
After returning to the Earth where he was born, Ye Fan understood his past and present lives, and learned the cause and effect between himself and the Ruthless Emperor. There was no more confusion in his heart.
At this moment, Ye Fan has already moved forward, and nothing can stop him. It is time for him to kill himself and make his truth clear.
Under the watchful eyes of Yang An and others, Ye Fan ascended to the sky and came to the starry sky outside the earth, far away from the mountains and rivers.
Ye Fan knew very well that his catastrophe would be terrible and would be devastating once it broke out. Especially since this time was different from the past, he himself had no idea what was going on.
Standing alone in the cold and dark universe, the earth’s vast pressure was reaching out from far away, like a dormant ancient celestial emperor.
Ye Fan took a deep breath and stopped suppressing his strength. He relaxed his body and mind, connected with the universe and the earth, and issued a will that transcended the Great Dao.
“Boom!”
Originally, there was nothing in China's universe and starry sky, but at this moment, a vast ocean suddenly appeared. This was a divine sea formed by thunder!
In just a moment, Ye Fan was buried in it, accepting the torture and punishment of the Great Dao of the Heavens. Huge electric flashes as thick as rivers and seas struck his body one after another.
"It's so terrifying! Is this the holy body? It's truly against the will of heaven!" Duan De muttered to himself.
This is a magnificent picture. If it were depicted and shown to the world, it would surely shock people for generations and would scare all ascetics.
This kind of heavenly tribulation is extremely terrifying since ancient times. Any one of its rays of light is far superior to any other heavenly tribulation. Thousands of these rays of light converge together to form the first round of lightning that struck Ye Fan.
This is a doomsday punishment from heaven, a great destruction that no one can bear. It is so vast that just a ray of lightning is enough to destroy a genius.
Such a horrific heavenly tribulation was merely the one that occurred when one beheaded oneself to attain enlightenment. It was really too exaggerated and had only occurred a few times since ancient times.
“Going against the will of heaven will inevitably bring disasters, but it is precisely because of experiencing disasters that we can break through limits and move forward!” Yang An said.
Other cultivators rarely encounter heavenly tribulations during their practice, and only extremely powerful ones will experience heavenly tribulations when they break through.
Take the Wu Shi Emperor back then for example. Not only would a heavenly calamity befall him every time he made a breakthrough, but being struck by lightning from time to time was also a common occurrence.
In this era, Ye Fan is an extremely special existence. The cultivation of the holy body is already difficult, and will be feared by heaven and earth, and the catastrophe will also be terrifying.
What's more, Ye Fan himself is strong enough. Under his training, Ye Fan, like the Wu Shi Emperor, also broke many limits.
The combination of the two makes Ye Fan's strength far exceed that of the cultivators at the same level. Even a breakthrough in a small realm will bring about a heavenly calamity.
The heavenly tribulation is not just a calamity, it is also a test. If one cannot survive the heavenly tribulation, one will naturally die, but if one can survive the heavenly tribulation, one will be sublimated to the extreme.
After being baptized by heavenly tribulations again and again, and they were extremely terrifying, the foundation that Ye Fan had accumulated was already very astonishing.
And all the accumulation will explode today. In this step of cutting off oneself and clarifying the truth, Ye Fan will finally break the limit and embark on the road to defy the heaven.
As long as this step is accomplished, Ye Fan's subsequent practice will not be smooth sailing, but this step will allow Ye Fan to lay a supreme foundation.
Ye Fan bathed in the boundless sea of thunder, with disheveled hair, fighting against this vast natural calamity alone, using the lightning as water to cleanse his body and soul.
This was a great destruction, even the void of the universe was split open, revealing terrifying black abysses.
Only the light source in the center remained unchanged. Ye Fan's bronze body was shining with precious light, accepting the lightning strike and baptism.
Hei Huang and the others all had solemn expressions, they had gradually noticed something unusual and knew that Ye Fan's way of killing himself and enlightening himself was extraordinary.
"What is this for? It's just to kill oneself to make the truth clear. Do you have to be so exaggerated?" Hei Huang muttered to himself.
Ye Fan’s heavenly tribulation was already terrifying enough, far exceeding that of his peers, but he clearly felt an inexplicable aura that was frightening.
This is not a simple case of self-sacrifice to enlighten the truth. There must be things that ordinary people don't know, which is why the heavenly calamity is so terrifying.
Under the witness of everyone, inexplicable and strange lightning appeared in the void, there was the Fuxi Dragon Stele, and the Nuwa Dao Stone. The earth was once glorious, and many strong people appeared. Although these strong people have passed away, their Tao is engraved in the heaven and earth.
Now, when Ye Fan began to overcome the tribulation, all the Daos engraved in the heaven and earth emerged and came together to suppress Ye Fan.
“When you go against the flow and cut the road, you are no longer cutting yourself, but you are cutting the road that blocks you!” Yang An said.
Generally speaking, when it comes to the stage of cutting off oneself to clarify the truth, everyone's choices will be different, and most people will choose to cut off the memories of the past.
This is the origin of cutting off oneself to understand the Tao. Cutting off the past is actually cutting off one's own obsessions. Only in this way can one's mind be clear and move forward on the path of cultivation.
Of course, this is only a temporary cut off. Once one's own cultivation is strong enough, one will still be able to remember everything that was cut off.
But Ye Fan’s path is obviously different. He is unwilling to cut off his memories of the past. Everything he has experienced is very important to Ye Fan.
If you don't want to cut off your past and obsession, how can you cut off yourself and clarify the truth? Ye Fan is now walking on a difficult but extraordinary road, that is the road of reversal!
Ye Fan wants to go against his own path, break out completely, break the limit, no longer have any constraints, and be above the great road.
If the holy body wants to achieve enlightenment, it must break the limitations of heaven and earth, just like when he first started, he tore up the seal of the heart of heaven and stepped on all the laws of heaven and earth.
Reversing the Great Dao is the first step. If you can even cut off the Dao that blocks you, how can the heaven and earth prevent you from becoming a Dao? However, if you want to go against the will of heaven, you will naturally have to pay a price. The Great Dao is not so easy to cut, and ordinary people don't even want to think about it.
"Fuxi Dragon Stele? Xihuang Tower? Void Mirror? Hengyu Furnace? Is that the Wushi Bell?" Duan De said in disbelief.
Ye Fan’s heavenly tribulation became more and more terrifying, leaving Hei Huang and others stunned. They really didn’t expect such a horrifying scene to appear.
A majestic figure, whose true appearance was hard to see, but the ancient mirror in his hand was clear as day. It turned out to be the Void Mirror? Was this the Void Emperor?
When Ye Fan was going through the tribulation, an ancient emperor actually appeared? Was he still going through the tribulation?
“Of course he is not a real emperor. He is a young ancient emperor, and it is just a trace of Dao!” Yang An said.
This naturally couldn't be the real Void Emperor, but rather the heavenly calamity that revealed the Dao that the Void Emperor left in the heaven and earth.
Moreover, no matter what Ye Fan said, he was only killing himself to prove his Dao. If it was the Great Emperor's Dao manifestation, there would be no need to overcome the tribulation, and Ye Fan would be reduced to ashes in an instant.
They were young ancient emperors, who were at the same level as Ye Fan, manifested by the heavenly tribulation, but there were just too many of them.
"That's the young great emperor of ancient times! Who in the world can be his rival?" Duan De exclaimed.
Throughout the ages, the ancient emperors and great emperors have been invincible in the world. This invincibility does not only refer to the ancient emperors and great emperors after they achieved enlightenment.
The ancient great emperor, these four words are enough to collapse the universe and the starry sky. Such people are the most amazing, and it is not just talk.
Invincible in the same realm, and even able to fight above one's level, sweeping away all the geniuses of the world and standing independently at the top, this is almost a portrayal of all ancient emperors and great emperors.
In the same realm, the ancient emperors are the most powerful existences, representing an extreme. No one in the world can be compared with them.
But at this moment, Ye Fan was fighting with nine young ancient emperors. Such an incredible scene had never appeared in the history.
Although he was just an ancient emperor manifested by a heavenly calamity, he was still extremely terrifying, and his appearance was already an invincible existence.
What's more, now there are nine young ancient emperors surrounding and killing one person. Looking at the past and present, who can stop them?
This is no longer a sharpening, but a fatal blow, not giving Ye Fan any hope. This is the consequence of the reverse cutting path.
Under the watchful eyes of Yang An and others, Ye Fan fought bloody battles with nine young ancient emperors, and all his bones were broken.
“It’s so exaggerated! Even the great emperor wasn’t like this back then!” Black Emperor muttered to himself, his eyes involuntarily focused on Yang An.
The Great Emperor Wu Shi was already powerful enough to have endured tribulations as a common occurrence for him, but the tribulations he endured were not this terrifying!
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Facing nine young ancient emperors, this is simply a sure kill. Even the young ancient emperors and great men would not be able to survive.
Only then did he understand why the Great Saint Body wanted to accept Ye Fan as his disciple. This person was indeed a genius, and might even be no less than the Great Emperor.
But now even he is not sure, in the face of such a terrifying natural tribulation, can Ye Fan really break through safely?
However, after seeing the Great Holy Body, he put his worries aside. With the Great Holy Body around, how could an accident happen?
“Although the nine young ancient emperors are terrifying, this is not a fatal blow. If you want to successfully survive the calamity, you have to escape from it completely!” Yang An said.
The process that seems to be a life-and-death struggle is actually about breaking one's own limits, being reborn in ruins, and sublimating in the extreme.
Before this, the ancient scriptures that Ye Fan practiced in every realm were known as the most powerful ancient scriptures in each realm.
For example, the "Taoist Scripture" in the Lunhai Secret Realm and the "Western Emperor Scripture" in the Daogong Secret Realm are both recognized as the strongest ancient scriptures in this realm.
It seems that each realm is the strongest, but they cannot be integrated because the path of each ancient emperor and great emperor is unique.
Connecting the "Tao Te Ching" with the "Western Emperor Sutra" seems to have laid the strongest foundation, but there are many imperfections in it.
How can we integrate and make all the ancient scriptures our own?
One must break away from it completely, create one's own path above the spirit and form, and surpass all other paths.
Only in this way can you break the Great Emperor's way, create your own way, and truly walk your own path.
The best way, naturally, is to cultivate all the classics in a furnace, melt all the ancient classics into one furnace, let them transform themselves, and give birth to their own path.
Use the heaven and earth as a furnace, and various scriptures as fire to burn yourself, make the furnace red, refine yourself, and temper your true self.
Only by nurturing hundreds of classics in one body, embracing all the principles in one, turning oneself into a dragon bone, and penetrating the mysteries of various scriptures, can one break free completely.
"It's hard to imagine that it can be so!" said Hei Huang in shock.
Everything he had just heard completely overturned his cognition. This was undoubtedly an extraordinary path. As long as it could be successful, it would be unimaginable.
He couldn't help but sigh, worthy of being a great saint, he actually guided Ye Fan onto such a path, and was trying to cultivate a peerless powerful man!
He couldn't help but look forward to it. When Ye Fan's holy body is perfected, or even when he attains enlightenment and becomes an emperor, to what level will he become?
By then, will Ye Fan be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Great Emperor Wu Shi? And surpass the many ancient emperors and great emperors throughout the ages?
"Spirit, belief, and Tao are reborn. They break free from the shackles and create a path of my own!" Ye Fan roared.
Before embarking on the path of Lu Yang Bai Jing, he had consulted his master, who also answered his doubts.
At this moment, he finally understood what an extraordinary path this was and how important his master's words were to him.
At this moment, his flesh and blood turned into ancient stars, and his bones turned into galaxies. This was a strange change that even he himself could not control. It seemed real and illusory.
Looking closely, it is still flesh and bones, but taking a vague glimpse, it is ancient stars one after another, full of life, and the original energy that evolved all things.
"The Tao is vague and elusive, but within it there is something, within it there is essence..."
The faint sound of chanting sutras rang out again, and my deceased self reappeared, as if sitting cross-legged in ancient times, vaguely chanting sutras for this life.
The deceased self was born in the past, so there is no question of extinction or immortality. As long as his original self is alive, a thought will arise again, and there will be endless past changes, which can never be cut off or killed.
“Boom!”
Under Yang An's gaze, Ye Fan finally took a crucial step and successfully cultivated hundreds of classics in one furnace and contained thousands of ways in one body.
He could see that Ye Fan's flesh, blood, and bones were finally reorganized and transformed into dragon bones that connected all the meridians. He completely broke free and evolved his own path.
Although it is only a prototype and not perfect yet, it has solved the hidden danger of the five major secret realms being difficult to penetrate, and now the whole body is as one.
The true body transformed into a divine form, and the sounds of Taoist images chanting scriptures and deafening Taoist sounds were heard one after another. This was already the sign of the attainment of Tao.
The passing self and the Tao self come together, one from the past and one from the future. They are like yin and yang, or like two streams of Tao energy blending together.
The deceased self and the Tao self merge together to give birth to the Tao and the true self. It may still be imperfect, but it has a prototype.
Starry sky, Ye Fan's body seems to be composed of countless stars. He has begun to take his own path. His whole body is connected, and every drop of blood is like an ancient star of life.
"An ancient star, a great way, melting all things, the furnace nourishes hundreds of classics, the body absorbs all the ways, and returns to the furnace body. This is Ye Fan's foundation and starting point!"
Yang An's face was full of emotion. He actually had never thought that Ye Fan's simple act of self-sacrifice could actually be a great inspiration to him.
He is worthy of being the future Emperor Ye Tian. Although he has just killed himself and enlightened the world, he is already so extraordinary that one cannot help but admire him.
(End of this chapter)