Pawn Crossing the River

The Heavenly Master explained the secrets of the Heavenly Immortals to Qi Xuansu in detail.

In fact, there is no mystery at all. The main reason is that Qi Xuansu is not in the realm of cultivation and has no access to these things for the time being. There is no need to understand them in depth, just like a child in his prime does not need to learn how to maintain health for the elderly.

If the immortal still has some unfinished connections in the world, or some unresolved obsessions, and still wants to return to the human world, there is only one way, which is to cut out the incarnation and return to the human world.

However, this method has great limitations and has four difficulties.

First, the immortal himself must be persistent in his heart and have enough persistent thoughts to break through the limitations of the two realms. Otherwise, he needs to be at the level of Taishang Taozu. If the immortals have no attachments, they will not be able to return to the human world through their incarnations.

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The second is that a considerable amount of divine power is needed to open up the two realms and form a temporary passage. However, this passage is very fragile. Not only the immortals themselves cannot pass it, but even innate people cannot pass it. The reason why it is divine power, not true essence, is because divine power is born from humans, which is in line with what the sages say that man can conquer heaven.

The third is that a container is needed. Generally, a fetus in the belly that has not yet formed a soul will be chosen and does not create sinful karma. However, if you want to fit the immortal himself and be able to carry and accommodate the thoughts of the immortal, you need to spend manpower and carefully select it.

The fourth is that after the arrival of the immortals, there will be confusion in the womb, that is, they will not remember the original events at all. If there is no one to enlighten them, or there are other opportunities, they will not be able to remember the causes and consequences for the rest of their lives. Spending their lives in confusion is equivalent to coming to this world in vain. It’s a walk, so you need someone to guide you.

These four points correspond to the other four immortals respectively. If you want to solve these four problems, you cannot do without the word "Tao Tong". In other words, the immortals rely on the disciples who remain in the human world to accumulate incense and aspiration, find containers, and enlighten people. This is why many immortals fight endlessly for the orthodoxy when they are still alive.

If the four points of the problem are solved, the incarnation of the immortal can walk normally in the human world, or break off the worldly relationship, or cut off the obsession. However, the incarnation of a heavenly immortal does not have any level of cultivation and needs to start all over again. However, with the enlightenment and experience of an immortal, the advancement is far better than that of ordinary people. When Xuansheng summarized the inheritance of immortals in the future, he believed that those who could follow this inheritance were as if immortals descended to earth and had the enlightenment experience of immortals, which was far superior to ordinary people, so he named them "Exiled Immortals".

However, even if one succeeds in cultivation, not everything will be fine. The incarnation of the immortal came to break the fate of the world. If this incarnation is contaminated by too many karma, it still cannot return to the original form. For example, the immortal himself has a Taoist companion, and as a result, the incarnation in the lower world has incurred countless love debts, entangled constantly, and disturbed the mind. These causes and effects have affected the deity. After weighing the pros and cons, the disadvantages outweigh the benefits, so the deity can only kill the incarnation and make it It becomes an independent entity.

From this point of view, the incarnation is the deity of the immortal, but the deity of the immortal is not the incarnation.

After overcoming all difficulties, the incarnation can ascend for the second time and return to the true form, and the realm of immortals can be improved to a higher level.

This path of cultivation is more difficult than that of the other four immortals. Therefore, Taoist classics often describe it as "the inner strength is perfect but the outer strength is lacking."

After Qi Xuansu heard this, he was greatly shocked. At the same time, he also noticed that the Heavenly Master used the term "second ascension" and couldn't help but said: "The Heavenly Master means... Yi Zangran is the incarnation of a heavenly immortal?"

This reminded Qi Xuansu of something. Both Suzuka Gozen and Tamamozamae once said that Huangquan Kingdom was left by the first generation of gods, while Izan Ranzon and Izannozon were the second generation of gods. The reason why Yi Zangranzun was able to control Huangquan Kingdom is something that no one can explain clearly. If Yi Zangran Zun is really the incarnation of a certain immortal, then it can be explained. The master of Huangquan Kingdom has never changed and has always been this immortal.

As for converting from an immortal to a heavenly being, although it is difficult, it is not impossible. There have even been successful examples, and that is the Emperor of Heaven from the Taoist sect.

Taking a closer look, Tantai Yun is constantly changing between the inheritance of earth immortals and the inheritance of human immortals. Therefore, we cannot look at the proud men of heaven with the eyes of ordinary people. It is as difficult for ordinary people as to reach heaven. For those geniuses, reaching heaven is never difficult.

The Heavenly Master said: "So it seems that it should be so. Since ancient times, there have been many incarnations of immortals, and most of them died in the mystery of the womb. The rest will inevitably die in the middle, and will eventually be able to survive again." There are really very few people who have ascended. The ascension of Yi Zang Ran Zun is different from the ascension of True Lord Taiyin. True Lord Tai Yin only gave up the Kingdom of God, but took the golden body with him because he returned. My god, I even gave up my golden body, just like a golden cicada shed its shell. Speaking of which, the method of the corpse's ascension is actually based on the second ascension of the heavenly immortal."

Since the Heavenly Master has determined that it was the second ascension, Qi Xuansu's previous speculation was wrong. It was not Yi Zang Nozun who beheaded Yi Zang Ran Zun, nor did Yi Zang Ran Zun die in childbirth, but Yi Zang Ran Zun ascended, and A legacy was left behind.

From this Qi Xuansu came up with another guess: Yi Zang Nozun discovered the secret of Yi Zang Ran Zun's death. In order to cover up this secret, he weaved a story about Yi Zang Ran Zun's death. Because of the lie of dystocia, and relying on his own realm cultivation that was far stronger than that of Sanguizi, he forced himself into the Kingdom of Underworld and began to eat away at the remains of Yi Zang Ran Zun's golden body. He was a living god and did not need to be resurrected, and because the golden body he devoured With the most fragments, he gained immortality, but he was affected by Yin Qi, and the seeds of evil fire were planted in his body.

After that, Izanozun sealed off the Kingdom of Huangquan, and weaved a story that he went to the Kingdom of Huangquan to pick up his wife and the couple broke up, because in the face of his wife's pursuit, he could only seal off the Kingdom of Huangquan and keep his wife in the Kingdom forever. , sealing off Huangquan Kingdom openly and not allowing others to enter.

Izanozun tried so hard to cover up the truth. Even if others made some guesses, they would usually only guess at the first level, which is what Qi Xuansu had guessed before, thinking that Izanozun murdered Izanagi. I would never have thought that Yi Zang Ranzun ascended and passed away and left behind the secret of his resurrection from the dead.

So how did Sanguizi know about it?

You must know that Izanagi is a god, and there is no such thing as drunken gaffes or gibbering in dreams.

Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu suddenly remembered a legend about Fenglinzhou.

It is still the legend about Yi Zangnuozun looking for his wife. Yi Zangnuozun chased him all the way to the Kingdom of Huangquan. He saw Yi Zangran Zun covered with maggots and was squirming. He was shocked and frightened, so he turned around and ran away. Yi Zangranzun was so ashamed and angry that he chased him personally. Izanozun blocked the exit of Huangquan Kingdom with Thousand Leading Stones. They stood face to face across the Thousand Yin Stone and made a solemn vow as husband and wife.

In the follow-up of this legend, after Yi Zang Nozun left the Kingdom of Huangquan, he thought that he had been to a very dirty place and needed to cleanse his body. When he was cleaning his left eye, Bhimi Huzun appeared and washed his right eye. When I was washing my nose, I transformed into the Moon Night Jianzun, and when I washed my nose, I transformed into the Suzhanwu Lord.

By this time, Yi Zang Ran Zun was no longer around. Strictly speaking, Sanguizi was not Yi Zang Ranzun's child.

This makes it very clear that this legend actually hints at the truth.

Of course, the Kingdom of Huangquan is a very dirty place. Even Izanozun was inevitably corroded and polluted, so he had to cleanse his body. Of course, this kind of cleaning is not as simple as taking a bath in the ordinary sense. It should be to find a way to expel the yin energy from the body.

If it were just that, it would not be enough for Qi Xuansu to realize the inner truth.

It's just that Qi Xuansu has seen two similar stories.

The first story is about Xuansheng fighting against the last leader of the Confucian sect. One is the leader of the Taoist sect, and the other is the leader of the Confucian sect. The victory or defeat of the two also determines the outcome of the battle between Confucianism and Taoism. They had a total of two battles. Xuansheng lost first and then won. In the first battle, Xuansheng was defeated and was beaten to the point where the three corpse gods jumped. That is to say, the three corpses separated from their bodies and carried part of Xuansheng's cultivation. Xuan Sheng's immortal creature transformed into an independent individual and escaped from the world. This story is widely circulated, and everyone in the Taoist sect knows it.

The second story is about Lin Lingsu, the master of the Jin Dynasty. This Mr. Tongzhen Daling was first the three corpse incarnations of Qingxu Yuanmiao Zhenjun. Then he was completely cut off by the original deity and became an independent individual under the pseudonym Lin Ling. Su, who flattered the emperor, became the Imperial Master of the Jin Dynasty, and had three corpses of his own. In the end, Lin Lingsu died from the attack of external enemies and the betrayal of the three inner corpses.

These two stories were connected, and Qi Xuansu made a bold guess.

Perhaps Yi Zang Nozun wanted to imitate Yi Zang Ran Zun's golden cicada shell and get rid of some burdens; maybe he was too severely corroded by Yin Qi, and the three corpse gods jumped violently. . In short, Izanagi turned into three noble sons, which exactly corresponded to the number of three corpses. Rather than saying that Sanguizi is the child of Izanozun and Izanagi Ranzun, it is better to say that Sanguizi is the three corpse incarnations of Izanozun.

This can explain why Sanguizi knows so many secrets, and also why Sanguizi wants to put Yi Zangnozun to death. The three corpses' murdering the deity is almost an instinct engraved in their bones.

From this perspective, all the changes in Fenglinzhou were caused by Izanagi. Because of his own greed, he planted the seeds of evil fire and created the Three Noble Sons, which eventually attracted Buddhism and even He himself was not spared and was completely suppressed.

If Qi Xuansu's guess is true, then all the mysteries can be solved.

Yi Zang Ran Zun is the incarnation of a generation of gods and the first generation master of the Underworld Kingdom who ascended, so she was able to become the second generation owner of the Underworld Kingdom. Yi Zang Ran Zun finally succeeded in ascending for the second time and left a golden legacy in the Underworld Kingdom. The body remains shed. The rareness of the second ascension is comparable to that of the Second Tribulation Immortal. This relic, which is even rarer than the elixir of immortality, possesses the magical effects of immortality and resurrection.

Izanozun forcibly entered the Kingdom of Underworld, gnawed the remains of the golden body, and obtained an immortal body. However, it was also polluted and eroded by Yin Qi, which gave rise to evil fire. Because the evil fire was born from yin energy, Izanozun was sealed under Furong Mountain, which leads directly to the netherworld. With the continuous blessing of yin energy, the power and scope of influence of the evil fire were increased. In Ise, due to the continuous wars, too many people died, and the Yin energy was too strong, which also led to the outbreak of evil fire.

The three corpses of Izanagi turned into three noble sons. Izanagi regarded Sanguizi as his own child, but he paved the way for his own downfall.

Sanguizi secretly united with Buddhism to defeat and seal the immortal Izanozun. Under the protection of the Great Sun Tathagata, they successfully entered the Kingdom of Underworld, once again gnawed at the remains of Izan Ranzun's golden body, and left the Kingdom of Underworld with some fragments of the remains. Thus, Tamamo no Mae, Yamata no Orochi, Shuten Doji 's resurrection from the dead.

However, this kind of resurrection is not perfect. Not only will he lose his realm and cultivation level, but he will also be unable to leave Fenglin Continent. To be precise, he will not be able to leave the scope of influence of Huangquan Kingdom. So the previous idea that after moving the "killing stone" to Yukyo, Tamamo Mae can also follow it to Yukyo, is probably wrong, or incomplete, and the specific details can only be determined after in-depth research.