The fairy father

In front of a cave with no scenery in the barren mountains and rivers;

Taoist Ran Deng lit up twelve futons and sat in front of a stone wall.

All the immortals raised their hands to invite each other, and after a little humility, they took their seats one by one. They were only three feet away from Ran Deng, and they all secretly held important treasures. From time to time, their eyes fell on the stone wall behind Taoist Ran Deng.

Li Ping'an is facing Ran Deng, with Master Xuandu on the left and Master Yuding on the right.

He glanced at the futon next to Ran Deng Taoist and wondered, "Are there any more immortals coming?"

Ran Deng sighed: "That strange being is everywhere. He should be watching you and me at this moment. Just assume he is here."

The corners of Li Pingan's mouth twitched slightly.

Taoist Duobao sniffed it with the tip of his nose and muttered: "It doesn't feel like there is any important treasure here, but the strange thing is that the avenues are avoiding this place, the spiritual energy is also avoiding this place, and the vertical and horizontal lines of the universe are actually nothing here."

The archmage frowned and said, "Please let the deputy leader Ran Deng make it clear."

Ran Deng said the second sentence: "To be precise, he is actually my master."

All the immortals were shocked.

Although Taoist Ran Deng rarely takes action, it is difficult for others to accurately describe his strength;

But from this moment on, the Taoist charm revealed by Ran Deng when facing the immortals, the Taoist realm is definitely not weaker than the top powers of the three religions.

Such a master has a master?

The deputy leader of Chanjiao has a master?

Ran Deng refused to say anything surprising, so he spoke for the third time:

"There is a coffin in the stone wall behind me, and buried in it is a transcendent person. He came from beyond the wilderness and existed before the creation of the world. Taoist Hongjun who should have joined the Tao refused to join the Tao because of him."

Li Pingan's hair stood on end.

Master Taiyi smiled and said, "It's a bit interesting."

The Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit looked closely at Ran Deng's compassionate face, and the latter looked at the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit calmly.

The Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit frowned and said, "Since you are the deputy leader of the Chan Cult, why are you talking nonsense here?"

Ran Deng smiled bitterly: "It's not nonsense. Today we should only invite the Quantian Emperor to make early preparations and make long-term plans. It is natural that the Quantian Emperor cannot believe in the poor Taoist. You are all top leaders in the Taoist sect. Let me tell you. It doesn’t matter…this is the true nature of Pindao.”

After saying this, Taoist Ran Deng's figure became weak.

A candle burned from his chest.

It was a dark lamp, in the color of bronze, with a mysterious Taoist rhyme wrapped around it.

Just this lamp made the immortals feel a little strange.

The dark lamp itself has given birth to a powerful spirituality, and this spirituality is Ran Deng Taoist; and the candlelight has also given birth to a vague spirituality, but this spirituality has not yet taken shape.

Once the candle flame is spiritually formed, it can become a living being.

Taoist Ran Deng concealed the dark lamp and tapped the stone wall behind him. A translucent area the size of a bowl appeared on the stone wall, and it was faintly visible that there was a stone coffin inside.

Li Ping'an sensed some pressure.

The coercion was strong and light, mixed with boundless vitality and boundless will to die, as if the cycle of life and death were all contained in this sarcophagus.

Taoist Ran Deng sighed quietly: "He is my master, the one who transcends the realm."

Taoist Duobao sniffed the tip of his nose and said, "There seem to be a lot of treasures inside."

Guangchengzi glanced at Duobao helplessly and asked hurriedly: "What is detachment?"

"The foundation of detachment should be to prove the Tao through strength."

Taoist Ran Deng spoke calmly and calmly:

"I don't know much about the method of transcendence, I only heard about it occasionally.

"Take the current world you and I live in as an example. Living things are born, old, sick and die, and so is the world. When the spiritual power of the world is exhausted and the way of heaven cannot operate, the thin film covering the world will be corroded by the breath of chaos, and the world will enter its twilight years.

“The death of living beings means the cessation of vitality; the death of heaven and earth means the return of heaven and earth to the sea of ​​chaos and assimilation by the sea of ​​chaos.

"Without the ability to transcend, you and I would be trapped here."

Li Ping'an keenly noticed something was wrong and immediately asked: "May I ask the deputy leader, after entering the Golden Fairyland, the living beings can enter the Sea of ​​Chaos. After stepping into the Great Luo, they can travel from the Sea of ​​Chaos to explore. The world is annihilated. These The master is hiding in the sea of ​​chaos, is he detached?"

"No," Taoist monk Ran Deng sighed, "No matter where you go or how far you are, when the heaven and earth become silent, the Da Luo, Taiyi, and Jinxian who cannot escape will all be destroyed."

"cough!"

The Archmage cleared his throat:

"Ping An and all the junior brothers and sisters have not yet understood this level, so I will simply add.

"The basis of spiritual cultivation is to breathe in and out spiritual energy, allowing the spiritual power of heaven and earth to remain within oneself, refining the Tao body, condensing the soul, and achieving the great path.

"In the process of continuously accumulating spiritual power, as the Tao realm improves, the invisible, invisible, and unknowable power of the origin of heaven and earth, or the dust of immortality, will continue to accumulate in the bodies of living beings.

“This is the principle of [the cultivator’s affairs are stolen from heaven and earth].

"Just like you, Ping An, after you break through the realm of immortality, you have enough dust of immortality in your body. It is these dust of immortality that prevent you from suffering from natural birth, old age, illness and death.

"The amount of dust of immortality is closely related to the Tao realm. As for how the living beings capture the dust of immortality, the teacher cannot explain this matter.

“There should be a great principle here.

"You are like Emperor Xuanyuan. In order to maintain the longevity of his huge harem of three thousand women, you gave away most of the dust of immortality you accumulated. This is what is called source loss.

"Of course, this Immortal Dust is just a name I gave myself. When the teacher guided me to understand this way, he didn't say what it was...

"There are many things that can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words."

Li Pingan nodded slowly and sensed himself carefully.

——Because he is only in the eighth-grade Golden Immortal realm, he is completely unaware of the existence of the original matter of heaven and earth.

But he immediately thought that the rapid improvement in his cultivation and that of the female demon might be related to the so-called original material of heaven and earth.

Ran Deng said: "Therefore, living beings are part of the heaven and earth. When they leave the heaven and earth and enter the sea of ​​chaos, if the original heaven and earth are destroyed, the original things of the heaven and earth will disappear, and they will also turn into the breath of chaos, and everything will return to its original state."

Li Ping'an said: "So, the basis of transcendence is to prove the Tao through strength. Only by becoming a saint can one be free from the constraints of the original heaven and earth?"

Ran Deng said: "Proving the Tao through strength is the highest method. If there is a Taoist saint to guide you, your own strength is not much worse than the Taoist saint, and you can transcend... like Hongjun."

All the Taoist immortals kept silent.

Hou Tuzu Wu frowned and said: "What Taoist fellow Taoist means is that the teacher thinks beyond imagination. If you can't prove the Tao with your strength, you can only rely on the things in this coffin..."

"Well," Ran Deng sighed, "So Taoist Hongjun didn't dare to refuse my master's request. Why can the six leaders become saints? It's because my master went to find Hongjun and asked Hongjun to bring out the Hongmeng Purple Qi. "

"Ah this?"

Master Taiyi frowned and was about to mutter, but Guang Chengzi directly covered his mouth.

Don't say things you shouldn't say.

Maybe the mysterious Taoist Hongjun is watching this place.

Yuding asked: "Fellow Taoist has explained so much, but he hasn't said anything about what we need to be careful about."

Ran Deng showed an expression that seemed to be crying and laughing at the same time.

"The one you need to be wary of is me, the master, the transcendent person in the sarcophagus. He is actually the teacher who guides Yin and Zhunti.

“He was seriously injured and fortunately he was seriously injured.

"But he is here, in the very center of the world. Hongjun knows it and Taiqing knows it, but they can't do anything about him and can only watch him here.

"Except for urging the six leaders to become saints, he rarely takes action and does not interfere with the operation of this ancient world. He is just waiting for the moment when this world becomes extinct and takes away the remaining origin of this world."

Li Ping'an was startled for a moment, looking at the stone wall slightly lost in thought.

If that's the case, then this transcendent person is actually... the biggest fun-loving person in the world?

The spirit in this coffin is waiting quietly for the death of heaven and earth...

Not quite right.

What if heaven and earth do not cease to exist?

Li Ping'an raised his hand to signal and frowned: "I have a question. In this case, your master...is his existence harmful to the prehistoric world?"

Ran Deng was silent for a while, then sighed and said slowly:

"It's strange that Pindao's words are poor and he can't explain clearly clearly.

"Pindao can tell you things that even Hongjun and Taiqing cannot know, but as long as Pindao tells them, they should know it.

"Transcendence is not the so-called immortality, ascending to the Tao, and immortality. When becoming an immortal or becoming a golden immortal, the living beings are entrusted in the heaven and earth. The improvement of the Tao realm can resonate with the origin of heaven and earth and fill more of one's spiritual power.

“Detachment comes at a price.

"For example, my master, in order to transcend, refined the three thousand avenues of the world where he originally lived, and buried the entire world in a sarcophagus."

All the immortals were shocked.

Refining three thousand avenues, burying heaven and earth in a coffin, and achieving transcendence.

Ran Deng continued to narrate: "So my master, with strong self-blame, whispered before I transformed, saying that he wanted to reshape his own world. The origin after the death of the world is not enough, then Ten, hundreds.”

The Archmage smiled and said: "In the name of detachment, but you are still trapped in your own past, this is not detachment."

Ran Deng had a little more admiration in his eyes:

"What the Archmage said makes sense.

"But my master has such obsession.

“He is here, quietly waiting for the world to cease.

"But every world has the possibility of reaching perfection. If this possibility arises in this ancient world, my master will not continue to watch."

Li Ping'an asked: "Counting from now on, how long will it take until the heaven and earth cease to exist?"

"A million years, a hundred thousand years?"

Ran Deng said slowly:

"The knowledge of a poor Taoist is limited, and the death of heaven and earth can also be divided into rapid and slow phases."

"The Emperor of Heaven actually knows about this."

Suddenly a voice suddenly sounded, right next to the ears of the immortals.

There was a shadow beside Taoist Ran Deng. The shadow had only a barely human outline, but all the immortals felt that there was a pair of deep and clear eyes staring at them, and they could see through their Taoist intentions.

The heavy treasures all trembled.

The avenue is always silent.

Xuying smiled and said: "I have no ill intentions, and Ran Deng has no offense to me by saying this. Although Ran Deng is my guiding instrument, his spirituality was born from the prehistoric times, and he has always regarded himself as an ancestor of the prehistoric times. He can I’m very pleased to tell you this.”

All the immortals frowned.

Li Ping'an stared at the phantom and said with a smile: "This expert is joking. I have just entered the Golden Immortal Realm, how do I know?"

The phantom smiled and said: "The world was created and the gods and demons were catastrophic. Pangu fell and the dragon and phoenix were in chaos. The war between the lich and the human race began. The gods traveled to the west from here. Then the heaven and the earth returned to silence. Pangu returned and returned to chaos."

Li Pingan had a smile on his face.

Xuying said again: "This is a myth you know, right?"

Li Pingan frowned tightly.

"Don't underestimate the transcendent."

Xuying said leisurely:

"Randeng can't explain the so-called detachment.

“Detachment actually means transcending this sea of ​​chaos, that is, this tangible world, letting yourself go from existence to nothingness, and maintaining your exact existence in nothingness.

"It's useless to explain this to you. The only two consciousnesses in this world that have the chance to transcend are Pangu Yuanshen and Perfect Heavenly Dao.

"You don't need to think too much, just finish your journey with peace of mind.

"Actually, there are many secrets hidden here. This is the path to transcendence and the secret of Pangu. But I can't tell you, because that will easily lead you to the path of revitalizing the world. I'm going to find a place where heaven and earth are still. Wait tens of millions of years.”

The shadow looked at Li Ping'an and the Archmage: "Do you have anything else to ask? I can tell you everything I know."

Li Pingan frowned slightly.

Today's unfolding was indeed a bit beyond his expectation.

Such a ghost thing suddenly appears... There is always a feeling of unreality...

He suddenly asked: "Is this master the Pangu Yuanshen in your original world or the Perfect Heavenly Dao?"

The shadow fell silent.

It sighed softly: "No, I took away the Three Pure Dao Fruits and refined the entire world. Do you want to see it? My world is inside the two-layer coffin."

"No," Li Ping'an shook his head, "In other words, if our world is not destroyed, it must be destroyed. There cannot be other possibilities. Otherwise, Master, you will take action to destroy us?"

"I will not destroy you."

It whispered:

"There are actually many ways to transcend. The one I chose was to fight against all the avenues in my original world, win and devour them.

"This is the lowest way. The price is that I am weaker than other transcendent beings. After leaving the tangible world, I can easily be swallowed up by other transcendent beings... So I hid and wanted to find someone like Hongjun. , my helper is almost as capable of suppressing me as I am.

"There are a lot of Hongjuns out there, a lot of Sanqings, and even some reborn Pangu... It's strange.

“The way of the middle vehicle is to have transcendent strength but not destroy the balance of heaven and earth, wait for the natural death of heaven and earth, cut off the connection with the original heaven and earth at the minimum cost, and enter the boundary between the tangible world and the invisible world.

"The superior way is to truly and completely prove the Tao through force, to surpass Pangu in the Tao realm, and to be able to erase three thousand avenues with one finger. That is the existence that can be transcended at any time.

"I will indeed make some arrangements, but I will not take the initiative to destroy this world, because time has no meaning to me. I can completely change the world and continue to wait."

Li Ping'an asked: "Then why do you want to be honest with us?"

"Because it's boring."

"Boring?"

"Yeah, it's boring."

It murmured:

“Life after transcendence is so boring.

"The detached person is like a ball of cotton wool floating in the real void. Everything will return to its essence, and thinking becomes simple yes and no. This is also called the realm of the great saint.

“There was a long time, about half the cycle of heaven and earth, when I wondered if detachment was on the wrong track.

“After the original world of consciousness is destroyed, what will happen even if consciousness remains?

"There is no world full of strong people waiting for you to come. Your road has come to an end when the world is destroyed. The only thing that can be preserved is your way of thinking and your obsession, which becomes more and more ridiculous the more you look at it.

"Li Ping'an, and you so-called strong men who are attached to the world, in fact, you are not that strong, you just realized the great way, only two of you have pretty good perseverance, and great perseverance is the most important.

"Maybe the other way is the right way, but it's blocked."

Li Ping'an frowned and asked, "Who blocked him?"

"Pangu."

Its outline points to the sky and the earth:

“When you arrive at the realm of the Dao Saint, you will naturally discover the truth of all this.

"It's a pity that you can't arrive.

"I can't help but want to tell you... Do you think it is really a coincidence that there are so many similar prehistoric worlds?

“You came to me too early.

"This will affect your Taoist heart. Of course, this is not your fault. My guiding lamp awakened the remaining sense of justice in his body and felt that he must do something for this world."

"This isn't right."

Li Ping'an suddenly said: "If you transcended from another similar world and came to our world, then without you, our world would be without the Randen Taoist who practices in Lingjiu Mountain?"

"Of course."

It smiled, and another bronze lamp rolled out of the stone wall behind it.

It's just that this dark lamp has many cracks.

"This is the original of your world. As I said, this is the guiding light. It is the key for me to enter this world.

"That sarcophagus and this broken underworld lamp are together. In fact, they are the coffins of some of the earliest innate beings. My coffin is inside the sarcophagus. It is made of jade. You can understand it when you look at it."

Master Taiyi rarely became serious and asked in a deep voice: "Your Excellency seems to know everything about us. Do you have any plans?"

"Because I don't have to lie."

It smiled, and its silhouette slowly disappeared:

"I'm just waiting for the corpse of this world, and I don't have any plans for you.

"If any of you want to be my comrades, you can work hard to understand the Great Dao, cut off three corpses, and merge the three corpses into one, then you are barely qualified to leave with me.

"Li Ping'an, if you can swallow the way of heaven, your possibility of becoming my companion will be the greatest among all the immortals here.

"Don't you really want to go in and see my world? Maybe it will give you some inspiration to become the Emperor of Heaven."

"No, no."

Li Pingan felt his head was swollen.

Is this ghost hinting at something?

"what a pity."

Its breath escaped into the stone wall, and then there was no fluctuation, as if it had never appeared.

Taoist Ran Deng let out a long sigh: "That's it."

"I understand," Li Ping'an's eyes flashed with a little golden light, "Let's go first, thank you, deputy leader, for your guidance."

"I'm afraid what happened today was also part of my master's plan," Taoist Ran Deng shook his head, "It is the ultimate winner of the world, so please don't underestimate it."

"Who dares to underestimate such a master?"

Li Ping'an stood up, holding the Yuan Tu Sword and staring at the stone wall in front of him.

He seemed to see the sarcophagus and the small jade coffin in the sarcophagus. He saw the jade coffin open a gap, revealing a world that was extremely prosperous but was frozen in the moment of destruction.

It's obvious.

Some of its words lied.