Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree-Chapter 1075 - 384: Opening the World, Dao Asking Heaven and Earth
"Calm yourselves, do not let your Spirit God be ensnared by him," sighed the True Saint.
The Yin Yang Daoist Venerate's eyes were deep as he said, "Earlier, I heard that a Heavenly King went to the place where this child had been cultivating arduously for twenty years and was injured by the Sword Intent he left behind. They thought it was a 'joke,' but today... it's truly an anomaly."
Among All Saints, there was no shortage of those nodding in agreement at this moment.
At this moment.
Ji Jingqiu's opening the way was proceeding steadily.
Transformation and troubles arrived one after another, but they were all within the scope he could handle.
He had pushed his Inner Heaven and Earth to their limit, stepping early into the complete formative stage of the Inner Universe.
At this moment, his entire being was shining, the Yin, Yang, Four Extremes, and Five Elements were complete, expounding All Phenomena, every inch of flesh and bone was transforming and sublimating.
Outside, Chaos surged, and similarly, Chaos surged within him, resembling a universe, accommodating All Spirits and all things, a staggering sight.
In the end, his Heavenly Person's Magic Body seemed to disintegrate, merging into the cosmos, a drop of blood was a star, arteries transformed into a star river, the heart seemed to become the center of the universe...
With every breath he took, a brilliant "star river" would fill the cosmos, extinguishing with his exhale, cycling endlessly, life and extinction ceaseless.
His Spirit had long stood above the Dharma Realm, and along a certain path, had walked far within.
Along the way, the Dao Undercurrents previously unclear were now crystal clear to his eyes.
A single glance.
Is worth more than countless things in the Human World.
That's the unspeakable great beauty: a moth in summer cannot discuss ice, to hear the Dao in the morning, and die in the evening.
In this endless magnificence, he's resisting the sinking intention from the myriad Dao of the Dharma Realm, where a single oversight could lead to eternal descent into the depths of the Dharma Realm.
Using the true meaning of Defend Void Silence to combat this invisible Dao's erosion, the immortal Dao Light within his Spiritual Body grows increasingly radiant.
The heart can accommodate changes in All Phenomena but generates unchanging bright light itself.
Ji Jingqiu walks slowly in the Dharma Realm, leaving traces of himself but not yet rushing to engrave Dao within the Dharma Realm, which is to open the world.
According to the original plan, he should seize the time to open the way, even if he fails, he can retreat back to Daluo Heaven, having Daluo Heaven as the "backup" of the Great Universe.
But he changed his mind.
Because in recent days, the closer he got to the "Dao," the more he felt a surging malice upon him.
This malice was undetectable to others.
Even Hel and little Wuzhou, who were closest to him, did not notice.
When he told all this to little Wuzhou and Hel.
The latter was silent for a long time, letting Hel mock him, but remained mute.
In the end.
Little Wuzhou asked Ji Jingqiu, "Do you know what the Nether Sea is in our eyes?"
Ji Jingqiu was enlightened: "A graveyard?"
The graveyard of Gods.
This was the answer Hel once gave him.
Wuzhou gave him a different answer:
"It is the hope where All Spirits and beings finally attain freedom."
At this moment.
Ji Jingqiu looked up.
A gigantic eye suddenly stretched across the dark cosmos, hollow and flowing with black blood, accompanied by the liquid of the decaying Void.
When it opened, no celestial body, sun, moon, or Dao could compare to it in the least!
This was the Lord of Cangqing and the Saint King, hidden in the background...
The "Big Thing"?
Suddenly lightning and thunder flashed through his mind, the scent of blood and rain, the feeling of being stalked by a mad beast surged crazily, irrational fear and horror grew and spread in his heart.
He introspected Spirit, his True Self remained tranquil and unattached, sitting unmoved in the Void.
These negative emotions were all coming from the Nether Sea, not born from his true heart.
Ji Jingqiu took a deep breath.
In the Western region in those years.
He had once glimpsed eyes pure as life waves flowing in the Void, shimmering, dimming, silently guiding the remaining marks of beings in heaven and earth, watching him intently.
At that moment, Ji Jingqiu also heard crying by his ear.
It was the All Spirits of this planet weeping.
Even the planet was wailing.
And also…
The low hum of the Spirit Ocean.
Back then, was it his Heart Lamp illuminating all beings, or was it the Heart Light of all beings entering his heart?
Ji Jingqiu has never found this answer.
But now, he feels the answer might not be far away.
…
In the Inner World.
Both Hel and Wuzhou had very grave expressions, unusually not attacking each other at this moment.
"What is this? The Nether Sea is vast and boundless, but if it hid such a 'Big Thing,' you and I would not be unaware," Hel said softly.
Wuzhou silently said, "My True Spirit is incomplete, I can't see through this thing, but I speculate it's probably the 'residual shell' of a Transcender."
"Which Transcender?" Hel's face darkened.
"This question is stupid!" Wuzhou's expression was cold and icy, "Interesting, when I was at my peak, I forcibly harmonized with half of the Nether Sea, not only unable to find traces of this thing, but unable to sense its existence at all. Now that both of us are diminished, it emerges instead!"
Hel was silent, somewhat uncertain.
This thing... Back when Ji Jingqiu was around Heavenly Person, did he sense it more than once?
"Taiyi!"
Little Wuzhou suddenly said through gritted teeth,
"That guy definitely knows more than you and I!"
…
Cangqing's expression was unprecedentedly grave.
This "thing" was not what they anticipated as coming from the source of time or the River of Destiny but hiding deep within the Nether Sea! 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
Cangqing's gaze was profound, was it lurking in the Nether Sea all along, or did it enter after the Four Demons became silent?
For the moment, he couldn't concern himself with this much, preparing to act, contacted the Saint.
The other's unpredictability exceeded their expectations, this was not the power of a True Saint Level.
Unrelated to Elder Gu, but purely the essence of power difference!
Under the "gaze" of such power, neither he nor the Saint could confidently assure that Ji Jingqiu could open the way safely!
"This is not the real culprit behind what I'm pursuing, but equally tricky, did you notice it's not awakened yet!"
The Saint King's spirit communication came, said solemnly.
Cangqing's expression was serious, he indeed noticed, the other hadn't awakened, just a reflexive response.
Moreover, the response seemed to target not the world opening but Ji Jingqiu?
Or say, the [Defend Void Silence] opened by Ji Jingqiu?
The evidence is that earlier when Chi Ji broke through to Heavenly King, engraving Defend Void Silence True Meaning in the depths of Daluo Heaven, the other had a slight response.
Now Ji Jingqiu opens the world, without the final step, it arouses an increasingly intense reaction from the other, even the originally silent Nether Sea is rapidly awakening!
Continuing thus, the Nether Sea must "return" anew, and this return speed will be very astonishing.
Therefore, right now, they must interrupt Ji Jingqiu's opening way, letting him retreat to the next, open the way within Daluo Heaven, first proving Heavenly King, then talk.
As for opening the world, it can only be left for the future.
Suddenly.
Cangqing's gaze was radiant, looking at Ji Jingqiu.
The shock in his heart at this moment is not less than when he sensed the backstage Big Thing.
Ji Jingqiu's brow emitted a bright Heart Moon, illuminating boundlessly.
And behind him, a vast and mysterious starry sky emerged.
Cangqing looked over, only to see billions of stars spreading out, like flowing sand, such immense and all-encompassing breadth made even his pure Divine sway for a moment.
No.
Those were not stars.
But lights.
In the Great Universe's starry sky.
That man behind whom the lights of the Human World brightened, or the Human World's lights uplifted a starry sky for him—
Seated in Heaven and Earth.
In the mystic light, the ears of All Spirits in the Great Universe heard a voice—
"Life is transient, mortal world like a tide, myriad beings chase about in mortal dust, a thought begins suffering, action brings disturbance..."
"Why do all beings possess Tathagata Wisdom and Virtue yet still sink into Bitter Sea, unable to transcend, unable to see Tathagata?"
This was once the Dao inquiry by Ning Mingsheng at the Ancient Road's end.
Today.
Ji Jingqiu, already stepping into Heavenly King, questions Heaven and Earth, questions beings, questions Dao, questions himself!
