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Chapter 6994 Comprehending the Dao
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“Evilmoon…” Long Chen said.
“Go ahead and go into seclusion. Leave everything to me!” Evilmoon declared.
After that, Long Chen summoned Huo Linger, Lei Linger, Jing Jing, and even Cang Lu.
“Long Chen, are you going into seclusion to comprehend the new laws?” asked Zi Yan.
Long Chen nodded. “I can feel a call from these stars, so I’m going to see if I can commune with them. Don’t worry, Huo Linger has mastered some of the new era’s laws, and Evilmoon is here too. You’ll be safe no matter what happens.”
After saying that, Long Chen sat down in the sky and closed his eyes just like that. Astral energy started to condense within the starry sea in his Dantian.
All of a sudden, an astral pillar soared out of him, piercing the heavens and entering the starry sky. Then, Huo Linger, Lei Linger, Jing Jing, and Cang Lu split up, guarding Long Chen from all directions.
Seeing this, Zi Yan, Yue Xiaoqian, Chi Yutong, and Chi Yuluo didn’t go inside. They spread out to guard Long Chen, while also getting used to the changes in the Heavenly Daos a bit early.
Violet starlight poured out, and the heavens trembled. It seemed the barrier above was thinning. At first, only a few stars were visible, but now dozens of stars sparkled in the sky.
At this time, they realized that they hadn’t been able to see those stars before because a strange energy had blocked them.
Long Chen’s astral pillar was continuously striking the wall of the heavens, causing them to see more and more stars.
BOOM!
An eight-color divine ring appeared, along with eight astral gates. The next moment, Long Chen’s astral pillar grew until it illuminated the entire space.
The barrier above became clearer, and soon the sky was filled with stars.
After so much darkness, the starlight felt refreshing. The Flame God Sect’s experts clenched their fists, amazed by the beauty of the starry sky they had never seen before.
The stars looked like gemstones, coloring the night sky. For a moment, the whole world felt peaceful.
Long Chen’s astral pillar continued to shake with energy, yet the barrier remained in its path, preventing it from reaching the starry sky.
No matter how hard Long Chen tried, even when he used his astral energy, he couldn’t break through the barrier.
Buzz.
Just then, vibrant light filled heaven and earth. A massive tree emerged, its crown ignoring the wall and penetrating beyond the heavens.
Starlight fell onto its leaves, flowed through its branches, and converged into its trunk before flowing to Long Chen at the bottom.
It looked like a river of stars pouring down like a waterfall, forming a nebula around Long Chen.
At that moment, a golden light emerged from Long Chen’s starry sea, and golden lotus leaves also wrapped around him.
This divine golden glow enveloped Long Chen, pulling his mind into a lotus world. Inside this bright lotus world, a stunning and holy woman stood on a golden lotus leaf, radiating kindness and benevolence.
“Aunt Gong!”
Long Chen was surprised. He had returned to this golden lotus world again.
Aunt Gong walked up to Long Chen and softly said, “Child, it seems your mental realm has made another breakthrough.”
Long Chen smiled bitterly. “I’m ashamed to say there was no breakthrough. I was only testing how the Golden Virtue Lotus would react.”
The test he mentioned involved throwing Li Wangchuan and the others’ corpses into the primal chaos space.
In the past, Long Chen always avoided tossing human bodies into the black soil. He felt repulsed by the thought of devouring them.
Even when Zhi Zhi stealthily devoured human corpses, Long Chen pretended not to notice it. However, he was deceiving himself.
Now that Zhi Zhi was gone, he couldn’t let his own disgust stop him from using Li Wangchuan and the others’ corpses when it was necessary.
In reality, Long Chen was testing himself. He wasn’t sure if what he did was right or wrong, so he looked to the Golden Virtue Lotus for guidance.
Aunt Gong had said that the Golden Virtue Lotus would guide him when he was lost. Hence, Long Chen paid close attention to it.
Fortunately, Golden Virtue Lotus did not reject his actions and appeared to shine even brighter, indicating its approval. However, Long Chen was unsure why it felt he was correct.
A person had to have a bottom line, and Long Chen had just tested his. To him, someone who lost their bottom line was no different from a devil.
Aunt Gong smiled. “Child, let me ask you a question. If you know that it is the Golden Virtue Lotus, can you tell me what virtue is?”
Long Chen was left at a loss. Everyone talked about virtue, but it was very difficult to explain what it meant accurately.
Virtue was partly about action. There could only be virtue if you actually did something.
But the second part was harder to grasp. Virtue meant those actions had to be virtuous. Did that mean moral, ethical, or charitable? What made an action virtuous and who set the standard?
Seeing Long Chen’s lost expression, Aunt Gong smiled and grabbed his hand. They walked into a large golden lotus.
The lotus had twelve petals, each as big as a mountain. Inside, golden light filled the space. It felt like it could hold a whole world, or perhaps it was a reflection of the world.
A golden platform stood at the center. After arriving there, they sat together on a prayer mat.
Aunt Gong sighed. “Child, this is truly hard for you. You haven’t experienced enough to understand all the Grand Dao’s complexities. But there’s no other way. Time won’t wait for us. If you can’t understand the will of the Grand Dao, this world will be destroyed.”
“The will of the Grand Dao?”
Long Chen sank into thought and probed, “To reject the gift of the heavens is to invite its wrath. If I do not seize the opportunity, will I suffer some calamity?”
Aunt Gong smiled and nodded. “That is about correct. If you take the heavens as the Dao, it will be even closer.”
In other words, Long Chen’s answer wasn’t completely right.
Long Chen had used Li Wangchuan and the others’ corpses even though it went against his own wishes. He let the primal chaos space devour them to test both the Golden Virtue Lotus and the Heavenly Daos.
Aunt Gong said, “Humans have Human Dao, while heavens have Heaven Dao. If a person only seeks the Dao through the lens of a human, it is as futile as climbing a tree to catch a fish or trying to catch the moon from a reflection in a well. Child, tell me… why did you start cultivating?”
Long Chen replied without hesitation, “To live with dignity!”
Aunt Gong continued, “Then if you could live with dignity, that would mean you have reached the peak of this world. In that case, what would you do?”
As Aunt Gong’s question echoed in Long Chen’s mind, a deafening roar came from the depths of himself.
Almost automatically, he answered, “Pacify heaven and earth, let all lifeforms reach their potential, revive the teachings of the ancient sages, and bring peace to the ten thousand worlds!”
When Aunt Gong heard this, her smile widened. She calmly asked, “Has anyone ever managed to fulfill this grand wish?”
“No!”
Aunt Gong said, “The Star Master also had such aspirations. Do you know why he failed?”
Long Chen shook his head.
After a brief pause, Aunt Gong said, “To achieve this dream, you must bear the world’s infamy. Many would share the rewards, but only one can decide the strategy. There are countless paths in this world, but only one leads to true peace. When you find that path, you’ll become enemies with anyone who disagrees with you.”
Long Chen firmly declared, “Anyone who dares to block my path is threatening my family and me. I will definitely show no mercy to them. Even if I become infamous to the whole world, so be it!”
Aunt Gong’s words renewed Long Chen’s confidence. He knew his path was right!
Aunt Gong held his gaze. “You don't have much time left, child. If you spend it wrestling with questions of honor and right and wrong, you will miss the path of the Grand Dao entirely. You are chosen by the heavens. If you fail, the heavens fail—and every living being across the nine heavens and ten lands will be exterminated without mercy. I know you carry many questions. I cannot answer them for you. Only the Grand Dao can. Understanding it may seem impossibly difficult. Yet, at the right moment, it can be surprisingly simple. Go. I believe in you.”
….
Long Chen’s mind returned to his body.
Astral energy surrounded him, forming a sea around his body, but he couldn’t absorb it.
Humans have Human Dao, while the heavens have Heaven Dao. If a person only seeks the Dao through the lens of a human, it is as futile as climbing a tree to catch a fish or trying to catch the moon from a reflection in a well.
Aunt Gong’s words echoed in Long Chen’s mind.
Long Chen muttered, “The human heart is the human heart, while the heart of the Dao is the heart of the Dao. If the human heart cannot comprehend the heart of the Dao, the Dao cannot be born within the heart while it still beats.
Looking at the three-leaf lotus behind him, Long Chen continued, “Virtue… virtue that is done naturally is effortless. Virtue performed for the sake of being virtuous is no virtue at all.”
He paused.
“The Dao gives birth to heaven and earth. It moves the sun, the stars, the moon, and nourishes all life. But does it ask for virtue?
“Virtue is like water. All things live by water. Water can be cloud or ocean and nourishes without discrimination. It cleanses without preference. Whether it is cursed during floods or praised as holy water, does it ever care? Does it ever adjust itself to what is said of it?
“In that case, virtue is not something done for the Dao. Virtue is something done in alignment with the Dao. That’s how it is!”
Suddenly, Long Chen’s mind became clear. The astral energy that wouldn’t merge with his body before now started to flow into him.
Now, he looked like a statue made of stars, shining with a holy light. The sound of the Grand Dao filled the world.
Long Chen felt completely connected to heaven and earth. He could sense every person, creature, blade of grass, and tree.
He could even hear the heartbeat of plants and the battles of devil creatures millions of miles away. It felt like he could see everything.
This was what it meant to be one with the Dao. For the first time, Long Chen used the heart of the Dao to sense the world, seeing all life through its eyes.
“Heaven and earth are not human. They are merciless. All lifeforms are treated like straw dogs. But is that truly a lack of kindness? No, they are respecting the proper rise and fall of all lifeforms. They are respecting the laws of cycle of the Heavenly Daos.
“If it is the Dao, then it cannot forcibly change a part of it. Thus, humans follow the earth, the earth follows the heavens, the heavens follow the Dao, and the Dao follows the natural cycle.
“The Dao gives birth to heaven and earth, but does not command heaven and earth.
“The Dao makes the sun and moon move, but it does not control them.
“The Dao nourishes all life, but does not interfere with it.
“This is the virtue of the Dao. To cultivate the Dao, one must first cultivate virtue. When one’s virtue is natural, one is limitlessly close to the Dao.
“Virtue cultivated by all living beings must come from their own nature.
“Thus, using the human heart as the heart of the Dao truly is as futile as climbing a tree to catch a fish or trying to catch the moon in the reflection in a well.”
As Long Chen’s comprehension towards the Grand Dao deepened, the stars around him grew hotter. More energy flowed into his divine ring, his eight gates, his limbs, and his soul.
This astral energy had no law power. It was incredibly pure. When Long Chen comprehended the Dao, it automatically merged with him.
The astral gates rumbled. As they absorbed more and more energy, they slowly closed.
When all eight gates were closed, they began to give birth to new star diagrams. However, these star diagrams were still growing. Their exact form was unclear.
“This little fellow is truly extraordinary!”
As Zi Yan watched in shock as Long Chen underwent a transformation, the Heavenly Devil Zither’s voice suddenly drew her out of her stupor.
“Senior, what is going on with Long Chen?!”
The Heavenly Devil Zither’s voice once more rang out in her mind. “This is the sound of the Grand Dao’s resonance. Long Chen is comprehending the will of the Grand Dao and hearing the mission of the Grand Dao. The ten primal chaos divine items also once heard that voice, but that was such a long time ago…”
The Heavenly Devil Zither seemed to get lost in its memories for a while before it continued, “Zi Yan, you shouldn’t slack off either. Listen to the voice of the Grand Dao and comprehend it!”
Zi Yan hastily said, “Senior, the Grand Dao is communing with Long Chen! If I…”
“The greatest sound is that of silence. Any sound that can be heard is only ‘form.’ Anything with form can be perceived countless different ways by different people. The sound of the Grand Dao that he hears is different from what you hear. Such an opportunity is rare, so don’t miss it!”
Due to Zi Yan cultivating the Music Dao, she was extremely sensitive to sounds. Yue Xiaoqian, Chi Yutong, and the others couldn’t gain anything from.
“Yes!”
Zi Yan immediately told the others that she had to focus. She began to meditate on the voice of the Grand Dao.
Stars flashed around Long Chen. Astral waves surged out of him. As they spread, it was as if the sound of the Grand Dao was echoing throughout heaven and earth.
Long Chen sat in the air, appearing sacred and holy. Stars flowed around him. He was like an immortal comprehending the Dao beneath a divine tree.
BOOM!
Suddenly, the void in the distance exploded. A terrifying Sovereign might crashed down. A figure appeared.
“Shut up!”
Just as that figure appeared, before they could even speak, Huo Linger snorted and unleashed a wave of fire that bound that figure.
Evilmoon then streaked through the air, and that person’s head flew into the sky.
