Taichen Prefecture, the secret realm of the Humane Dao Sect's Hanging Realm, was already empty of people. Ye Xinglan and the ten major families had the foresight to arrange for the disciples and elders of the sect to be scattered among the branch sects as early as a thousand years ago.
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So as soon as the vision of heaven and earth appeared, Ye Xinglan issued an order to have millions of Dao Sect disciples and elders transform into casual cultivators and disperse them throughout Taichen Prefecture. Without an edict from the sect leader, they should not return to Renjie City.
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So when Li Hentian led his hawks and dogs to rush into the Humanity Sect, they were in vain. At this time, an elder named Fang Chongdao next to him said to him: "Master Li, the people in the Humanity Sect already know that you are
They were about to arrive, so they ran away upon hearing the news. These people have always been against our Tiandao Sect and cannot be tolerated."
Li Hentian said: "Without Huang Nianci and Zhan Chen from the Human Dao Sect, it is no longer a worry. We have more important things to do now, which is to enter Taiming Prefecture through Taichen Prefecture and kill all the Demon Sects and Demon Sects."
Once the Xiudu is wiped out, they are the source of evil that has caused the turmoil in Wanfa Continent."
"Yes, the sect leader is wise!"
As a result, the Humanity Sect escaped, while Lihentian led his people into Taiming State and continued to fight in the south and north. After entering Taiming State, he became even more cruel. The demon cultivators he met immediately killed them.
They were all killed, which forced the Demon Sect entrenched in Taiming State to move farther away. For a time, the area ruled by the Demon Sect was also restless, and the Wanfa Continent fell into unprecedented darkness...
Just as Lihentian was realizing his plan step by step, Zhan Chen also successfully moved to Cheng Kunwu's cemetery and continued to practice in seclusion in the Chaos Pool there.
After experiencing the ancient secret realm and the trip to the Chinese continent, Zhan Chen has laid a solid foundation. Especially after observing the murals left by Bodhidharma in the cave and talking to the old drunkard, he also has an idea of how to break through the Dao realm.
With a deeper understanding, the only thing he lacks now is the accumulation of time.
Zhan Chen knew this very well. He suppressed his impetuous heart, ran the Chaos Body Technique over and over again, and continued to use the energy of Chaos to enhance his strength. Ten thousand years passed in the blink of an eye!
During this period, Zhan Chen didn't know how many times he wanted to end the retreat and return to Wanfa Continent to visit relatives and friends, but he resisted all the times because he knew that being impatient would ruin his big plans. If now,
Once he meets Lihentian when he goes back, all his previous efforts will be in vain, and he will not be able to save anyone.
Therefore, he had no choice but to turn this longing into motivation and practice harder, hoping to break through to the Dao-breaking realm as soon as possible.
Hard work paid off. After 10,000 years of hard work, Zhan Chen's strength finally reached 10 billion kilograms, which was equivalent to that of the Chaos Emperor Cheng Kunwu. Ten billion kilograms was a limit. After that, no matter how hard he tried,
My strength has not increased by one kilogram.
From this, Zhan Chen judged that his physical training had reached its ultimate state.
One day, he was thinking in the training room: "I finally have the power that the Chaos Emperor Cheng Kunwu had back then. Presumably he didn't break through the tens of billions of kilograms of power back then. However, I feel that even with this power and
Lihentian can't win in a battle. To defeat him, I'm afraid I can only take one step further, break through to the Buddha realm like Patriarch Bodhidharma, and become a powerful person who breaks the path!"
So, Zhan Chen began to recall everything he saw on the stone wall of Patriarch Bodhidharma that day. Buddhist sutras flowed in his heart like water, and a righteous and bright power suddenly filled his entire soul.
Zhan Chen was immediately immersed in it and began to study every word of the Buddhist scriptures like crazy. As time passed, he felt that his wisdom, courage and perseverance were increasing day by day.
He didn't know how long it took, but he finally understood the last sentence in the Buddhist scriptures of Patriarch Bodhidharma, and he suddenly felt refreshed and enlightened.
Lines of Buddhist scriptures circulated repeatedly in his mind, and eventually these Buddhist scriptures converged into a mark, which was the causal mark he once saw on the stone wall.
Somehow, when Zhan Chen saw the Karma Seal again, he no longer felt dizzy as before. Instead, he had a clear understanding in his heart: "I finally understand the true meaning of Bodhidharma's Karma Seal. Everything has a cause and an effect.
However, one cause does not necessarily correspond to only one effect. One cause may cause multiple results. Similarly, one effect may not be caused by a single cause, but may be caused by the combined action of multiple causes. One thing
The reason is very likely
It is the result of another thing, and the result of one thing is also likely to be the cause of another thing. In short, the movement of everything in this world is caused by cause and effect. Under the action of cause and effect, the world is in
It is in constant operation. Patriarch Bodhidharma created this simple causal seal in the hope of conveying this great truth to people. It can be said that this simple mark condenses all the wisdom of Patriarch Bodhidharma."
Zhan Chen engraved it firmly in his brain and let it run over and over in his brain. The more he observed this mark, the more wisdom he gained from the mark, and his understanding of the world deepened. And in
During this process, Zhan Chen felt that his soul had been tempered.
This is a long-term process, which takes more time than training the physical body. After another 20,000 years, Zhan Chen finally felt that his soul had been cultivated to the extreme. It took him a full 30,000 years before he had the ability to break through.
The foundation of Taoism.
However, at this time, Zhan Chen stopped practicing because he was stuck on the last step, which was to merge the soul and body into one.
This is too difficult. The soul is an illusory thing, but the body is real. How can the two be easily combined?
Zhan Chen felt that there was always a deep gap between his soul and body, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not successfully cross this gap.
"It's so difficult to break the Dao realm. No matter how hard I practice, I can't make them merge into one. What am I missing compared to Patriarch Bodhidharma and the old drunkard?" Zhan Chen fell into hard thinking.
He recalled the scenes along the way and the hardships that ordinary people had to pay. He suddenly understood and shouted: "Yes, I don't lack anything compared to my predecessors. What I lack is just an opportunity. The Dao-breaking realm is
It is another realm beyond the immortal. As long as you break through this realm, you can be reborn, so it must go through a huge test."
After thinking about this, Zhan Chen stood up and murmured: "Maybe it's time for me to go see Lihentian for a while. I'm afraid that only by fighting a life-and-death battle with him can I leap over the dragon gate.
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He understood how risky his decision was, because as long as he didn't break through the Dao realm, he would never be able to defeat Lihentian. This was a gamble with his life as a bet. But Zhan Chen firmly believed that he could do it.
He strode out of the Chaos Pool and rushed towards the Wanfa Continent.
Returning to this continent that he was once familiar with, Zhan Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of strangeness, because what he saw was broken mountains and rivers, devastated, and traces of battle everywhere. He couldn't help but think: "I have left...
I have been in Wanfa Continent for 30,000 years, here
What happened in the past 30,000 years? What happened to my relatives? Are they still well? If they are well, where are they now? What happened to the elders and disciples of the Humanity Sect? I must be safe and sound.
Ah, otherwise I will be ashamed of my master's instructions."
He didn't know all of this, so he couldn't help but feel anxious. At this moment, a city came into view. Zhan Chen couldn't help but thought, "How about I go get some information first and see these things?"
What happened in the year?"
So, he landed on the ground and walked towards the city. From a distance, he saw two big characters "Huicheng" above the city gate. This city is at the junction of Taichen Prefecture and Taiming Prefecture. Zhan Chen
Remember that it is a free city, that is, a city where both righteous monks and demonic cultivators can enter and leave normally.
However, when he walked to the city gate, he found several people wearing Tiandao Sect uniforms standing at the city gate to act as guards. His heart sank and he thought: "Has the claws of Tiandao Sect reached Taichen Prefecture?