Chapter 988: Where is my logout key?
Cutting the three corpses is a step that Eastern cultivators must take before becoming a saint.
The so-called three corpses in Eastern culture refer to the three corpse worms.
The upper corpse Peng Ju likes treasures and lives in the brain palace; the middle corpse Peng Zhui likes the five flavors and lives in the Mingtang; the lower corpse Peng Jiao likes lust and lives in the abdomen and stomach.
The three corpses are collectively called "Peng Corpse," also known as the three insects, three Pengs, and also known as Green Aunt, White Aunt, and Blood Aunt.
Immortals believe that these three corpse worms are the source of all worldly desires and the embodiment of the three evils of greed, anger, and ignorance. As long as the three corpse worms are still there, people cannot escape from desires, naturally find it difficult to obtain true great freedom and great ease, and cannot become a transcendent saint.
Therefore, if an immortal wants to become a saint, they must find a way to cut off these three corpse worms.
Of course, major immortal sects in the East have their own secret methods for how to cut off the three corpse worms. There are alchemy schools that use the three corpses to refine pills, spirit magic schools that use the three corpses to practice magic, merit schools that use merit and compassion to influence the three corpses, and Buddhist reincarnation precepts and ascetic practices, etc. There are many wonderful methods, and they are not all the same.
It's just that they have one thing in common: although the three corpse worms can be cut, they cannot be destroyed.
Although the three corpse worms are the source of desire, they are also the foundation of human nature. If the three corpse worms are completely destroyed, then one's own human nature will be extinguished, and one will become a stone-like walking corpse.
Just like a certain unnamed Huang-surname great demon in the East said, if you don't indulge in desire, all actions will be boring. If you cultivate to the end and turn yourself into a stone, then what is the point of this cultivation?
A saint pays attention to forgetting feelings, but it is not emotionless. The so-called forgetting feelings refers to transcending many desires and being able to freely control everything with one's own heart. Those desires and emotions are still there, but it is difficult to shake that flawless Dao heart.
Saints are still emotional, but they will no longer be trapped by feelings.
And the method of cutting the three corpses that Dorothy learned from Miss Shenwu should belong to the spirit magic school in terms of schools, and it is also a very brilliant secret method, originating from a true saint.
Its name—"One Qi Transforms Three Purities."
This is a secret technique practiced by the Taishang Saint himself, and it is a supreme wonderful method that has been confirmed to be able to become a saint through practice.
And this is also a method that can truly cultivate the forgetting of feelings.
This secret technique allows practitioners to cut off the three corpses and then subdue them, making these originally obstructive obstacles to cultivation become the help of cultivation instead.
And although this wonderful method is essentially a method of cultivation, it is also quite powerful, because once the cultivation is successful, the three corpses cut out will become three corpse incarnations.
Each of these three corpse incarnations will have strength not inferior to the true form. In this way, when encountering enemies later, as long as you use "One Qi Transforms Three Purities," you can achieve a righteous four-on-one situation.
Of course, it is precisely because this supreme wonderful method is a bit too strong, so the requirements for the practitioner's aptitude, understanding, and state of mind are quite high.
Anyway, although Miss Shenwu knows this secret method, she can't get started at all.
And Miss Shenwu, a proper Eastern immortal, has difficulty getting started, let alone the Witches in the West who know nothing about cultivation.
In short, if this secret method were really left for Senior Sister Senior Fan Ni to understand herself, then she wouldn't be able to get started by the time she completely lost control fifty years later. Who told Witches not to cultivate their state of mind? The End Witch's state of mind is too poor, and she is fundamentally difficult to practice. If she really forced herself to cut the three corpses, she would only be backlashed by the three corpses.
However, Dorothy glanced at the secret technique a few times and understood about seven or eight out of ten.
After all, strictly speaking, she had already mastered this secret method to a certain extent by self-study long ago.
Hmm, the Home Witch has been raising her own beast nature in her spiritual world.
In the West, they don't talk about three corpses, but in fact, things like beast nature and original sin are not much different from the three corpses.
If the "One Qi Transforms Three Purities" secret method were to be localized and translated for the Witch World, it would probably be magic classics like "Original Sin Demon God Transformation Technique" or "Beast Nature Awakening Secret Method."
Dorothy has been deliberately training her dragon witch beast nature in her heart for a long time. The dragon beast in the dark abyss of her spiritual world is now almost trained to have no temper. Sometimes the Home Witch can actively summon this beast nature to fight for her.
Her multiple thinking is essentially an extension of this path.
Of course, her initial means can't be compared with the real "One Qi Transforms Three Purities" secret method, but the principles and core of the two are common, so she has no difficulty in learning and understanding it.
However, the Home Witch is raising beast nature. If this were given to Adam, then the old father could probably cut out seven original sin incarnations on the spot. After all, this guy has already sought transcendence in countless reincarnations and the love-hate entanglement with the original sin Demon God, and he has already completed the domestication of his innate original sin.
Of course, Adam actually doesn't need this "One Qi Transforms Three Purities" secret method anymore. After all, he has already realized his own path, which is the inheritance of the seven virtues of the brave, and the final heart's oath.
But when it comes to Senior Sister Senior Fan Ni...
Sigh, it can only be said that this End Witch Miss is also unlucky; she was born in the wrong world.
With her aptitude, if she were born in the East, then she would be a natural saint seed as long as she polished her state of mind under the guidance of a famous teacher. As long as her state of mind was in place, she could directly become a saint.
Hmm, that is the kind of protagonist who has no cultivation in the early stage, just reads and cultivates his body for decades, but finally realizes it one day, flies up in the daytime, and directly ascends to the sky in one step.
But it's a pity, who told her to be in the West? The magic world doesn't pay attention to cultivating the heart, not to mention that she was unlucky enough to meet three crazy teachers.
The Three Kings' own mental states are one more beautiful than the other, let alone guiding her, this junior.
And the Three Kings still have some self-knowledge about their own unreliability, so the three of them unanimously decided to implement a free-range policy for this child, so as not to be corrupted by them.
It's just that Senior Sister Senior Fan Ni is the type most unsuitable for free-range. This free-range led to the child going crazy herself.
Dorothy actually understood the reason for Senior Sister's madness after studying the "One Qi Transforms Three Purities" secret method.
The reason is none other than that she is too talented.
It is said that cutting the three corpses or seeing one's own nature is a step that must be experienced before becoming a saint.
And although the rules of the West are different from those of the East, all paths lead to the same destination. This is actually a step that Witches cannot avoid before ascending to godhood.
The Three Kings have been unable to become gods for a long time, and they have been unable to reach the reality of 100w Mana magic power. In fact, it is because their hearts are not perfect and still have flaws, so they are stuck and cannot "cut the three corpses" or "see their own nature." It's just that there is no true god in the West to point out the way for them, so they can only grope forward by themselves.
But they made a mess of things and actually created a monster-like "Destiny God" like Asa Senior Fan Ni. 【988
The End Witch is destined to become a god; she needs to do nothing but wait for her mana to reach fullness, and she will inevitably ascend to the throne of godhood.
But the problem is, although Senior Fan Ni can "AFK" her way to godhood, she still cannot skip a single step of the necessary process for becoming a god.
Yet, relying solely on that inferiority complex she developed from being "free-range," do you expect her to achieve enlightenment and see her true nature on her own?
Clearly, there is no hope of that.
But it doesn't matter; although she cannot do it herself, her destiny dictates that even if she is mud, she must be plastered onto the wall today. If you cannot do it, I can continue to help you AFK to completion.
Thus, the Destiny AFK System automatically initiated the "Slaying the Three Corpses" procedure.
Yes, that's right; in fact, Senior Fan Ni is the true peerless genius who mastered the secret art of Slaying the Three Corpses without a teacher, although she herself is likely completely unaware of it.
At this moment, the three Outer God avatars surrounding the End Witch in a triangular formation, trapping her true self, are the three corpses that Senior Fan Ni inadvertently slew herself.
The Good Corpse—The One Who Returns All Things to One. This is the side of Senior Fan Ni as the King of Destiny Witches; it is her identification with her own identity as a witch.
Because she is a disciple of the King of Omniscience, the Demon King, this radiant Outer God, seemingly composed of billions of bubbles, possesses the manifestation of omniscience.
The Evil Corpse—The Mother of Dark Abundance. This is Senior Fan Ni's side as the End Witch, and it is also her guilt over her own original sin.
To allow the World Mother to successfully gestate her, witches ruthlessly destroyed countless worlds, using the remains of those worlds, haunted by the resentment of countless alien souls, as supplements. She is a true evil spirit born amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Finally, there is the Self Corpse—The Faceless Chaos. This is the side of Senior Fan Ni's own humanity, and it is also her confusion regarding her own existence.
She feels proud of her identity as the Fourth King of Destiny and longs to become a new legend of the Western Universe like the Three Kings, her teachers. However, at the same time, the final resentment of the countless alien souls that gestated her is subtly influencing her, making her feel sympathy for those aliens and causing her to question the witches' acts of war.
Of course, if it were just this, it wouldn't be much of a problem; after all, whose youth is without troubles? But she happens to be a historian who likes to study history.
Sigh, take history as a mirror.
History is a mirror, and Senior Fan Ni, whose heart is already filled with contradictions and confusion, saw the corruption of the witches and her own fragmentation clearly the moment she looked into this mirror, and then she truly cracked.
Or rather, her destiny pushed her to crack.
The ruthless Heavenly Principle of the Western Universe only needs Asafanni to become a god; as for which Asafanni becomes the god, the Heavenly Principle does not care.
So, since the three corpses have been slain, you can fight it out like crickets in a jar; whoever wins becomes the god.
In any case, all three corpses are Asafanni, so it doesn't matter much who the final victor is.
A god leaning toward witches, a god leaning toward the living beings of the Western Universe, or a truly transcendent god—these three might concern the life and death of the worlds and living beings within the Western Universe, but they cannot influence the supreme, eternally existing Heavenly Principle.
Regardless of who becomes the god, It is guaranteed to win.
It's just that while the Heavenly Principle doesn't care, Dorothy does.
Whether the Good Corpse or the Evil Corpse ascends to godhood, Senior Fan Ni's "self" will inevitably be stained by the colors of the winner, and this means Senior Fan Ni will be worn down.
Wear and tear certainly won't kill you; it will just make you a different version of yourself.
Then, is that worn-down self still the original self?
For this question, there seems to be no standard answer, just as unsolvable as the ancient philosophical riddle: "Are you of yesterday and you of today the same you?"
Or rather, different people have different understandings.
Some people think it is still themselves, so they call this wear and tear "growth," labeling the worn-down side as the price of growth, believing it to be a necessary sacrifice.
Others think it is not themselves, so they stubbornly hold onto their original intentions, pursuing ridiculous ideals as unreachable as flowers in a mirror or the moon in the water, believing in the love and justice found only in fairy tales that only children believe in.
Of course, there are also those who, to make up for regrets or for higher pursuits, willingly embrace the wear and tear, and then, through that self-sacrifice, achieve self-redemption, ultimately reaching nirvana and being reborn.
Who is truly right? Even an omniscient and omnipotent god might not be able to give an answer; the true answer can only be given by "oneself."
Dorothy doesn't know what is right either, but she respects the choices of her family and friends.
And since Senior Fan Ni has already asked her for help, she will not let her senior lose.
Miss Family-Hero fears nothing.
"《One Qi Transforms into Three Purities》, activate."
Dorothy, attacking in the guise of the Faceless Chaos, saw that everyone had arrived, and she silently activated the ritual she had long prepared.
Although Senior Fan Ni had already let her three corpses manifest, this was, after all, something slain by the Destiny AFK system, not something the senior had slain herself, so the slaying was not thorough and remained tenuously connected.
The reason Senior Fan Ni went insane and her true self found it difficult to remain clear-headed was that even though the three corpses were separated, they were still influencing her heart.
And what Dorothy was about to do was to completely sever that final connection, temporarily liberating the senior's true self from the madness.
Well, this clarity is only temporary; if she cannot subdue these three corpses one by one later, then sooner or later, it will recur.
She needs to gradually reconcile with these three corpses one by one.
In any case, in Dorothy's understanding, neither The One Who Returns All Things to One, nor The Mother of Dark Abundance, nor even the Faceless Chaos she is most familiar with, is the true Senior Fan Ni.
The true Senior Fan Ni should be the three-in-one; missing any one of them, or having any one of them be too strong, will not work.
Therefore...
Swish, swish, swish...
A brilliant blade light flashed and vanished; there was only one beam of light, yet three threads were severed.
The three Outer Gods who had been surrounding the End Witch suddenly fell toward the mechanical wasteland below like kites with broken strings.
At this, Senior Fan Ni's true self could not help but be stunned.
After all, she thought that since Qian Bao was so familiar with the Faceless Chaos, she should have helped this avatar of hers, which was her weakest, but now she had even slashed her along with the others.
Well, although these three avatars originally had no consciousness, they simply represented divinity, demon-nature, and humanity, respectively.
The reason the Faceless Chaos appeared to have consciousness was that the sleeping her was attached to this avatar in her dreams.
Although this caused her to fall into confusion and appear somewhat unreliable, often embarrassing herself and losing her dignity, compared to the responsibilities of divinity and the guilt of demon-nature, being a weak, embarrassing, and confused person was much more relaxed and comfortable.
This could be considered a little bit of her self-will.
She had thought Qian Bao would eventually help the Faceless Chaos directly defeat The One Who Returns All Things to One and The Mother of Dark Abundance.
But the result was actually returning freedom to her true self?
It's just...
"Qian Bao, retreat quickly, otherwise..."
The End Witch suddenly remembered something, her face changed drastically, and she hurriedly warned Dorothy.
However, she was ultimately one step too late.
After Dorothy slashed that magnificent blade, she prepared to end the fusion with the Faceless Chaos; after all, the next part was the struggle between Senior Fan Ni and her three corpses.
But...
"Damn, where is my logout button?"
The Home Witch was sweating profusely.
She discovered that she probably, perhaps, might not be able to end the fusion for a while.
Well, although the original tenuous connection made Senior Fan Ni's true self unable to escape the influence of the three corpses, it also meant that the three corpses were bound by the senior's consciousness, unable to form independent consciousnesses of their own.
And now, the threads that were both connections and restraints had been severed, and the three Outer Gods had thus gained true freedom.
In the process of falling into the Intelligent Machine Wasteland, the originally stiff and hollow The One Who Returns All Things to One and The Mother of Dark Abundance gradually became vivid, and independent consciousnesses sprouted within them.
As for the Faceless Chaos...
Isn't there a ready-made consciousness here? And the adaptability and compatibility are super high, too.
"Qian Bao, we have finally become one."
During the fall, Dorothy heard such a joyful laugh echoing within her own body.
... Outer Gods crashing...
End of Chapter
