Chapter 184: This Dao Can Be Named

This Dao Can Be Named

Under the Shangqing Sect, the Nine Kingdoms are distributed on both sides of the Sansu Marsh, surrounded by various fierce miasmas and evil plagues. It is a natural peach blossom source. Only by following the Sansu River can one communicate with the outside world. Therefore, among the Nine Kingdoms, there are rich and poor. The several kingdoms by the Sansu River are naturally much richer than those human kingdoms on the edge of the miasma. The output of such kingdoms has always been owned by the sect. The other few kingdoms are often bestowed upon the True Persons in the sect, pointing to the output of one kingdom as cultivation resources. The Anguo previously chosen by True Person Wang was like this. From Zhuang Kingdom, one had to pass through Cai Guo to reach it.

Between the kingdoms, there are many mountain ranges blocking, and the scenery is different. Zhuang Kingdom is built by the mountain and water, and the architecture is mostly atmospheric and bright. Cai Guo is full of swamps everywhere, and the residents all live in stilt houses, and they all travel by boat. The clothing is also mostly tie-dyed, looking quite unique.

Because after He Tong went missing, Lu Lu Huangning also sent people to search for him, and knew that he went missing on the road from Cai Guo to Anguo. Ruan Ci also wanted to take this opportunity to hone her sensing before the "Supreme Sensing Chapter," and played with the Nine Heavens Concentric Pendant in her leisure time, borrowing the ability of the jade pendant to enhance divine thoughts, closing her eyes to sense the causality between He Tong and her.

The strength of the causality between her and He Tong is divided. Because she is the opportunity for He Tong to enter the Dao, in He Tong's fate, Ruan Ci's causality weight is the heaviest. But for Ruan Ci, He Tong is obviously dispensable. His causality is tied to Ruan Ci, and there is a taste of uneven weight, and it is not like the causality of True Person Wang and Ruan Rong, which can be pulled at will, and even trigger the sensing of both sides. Even after several enhancements by the Nine Heavens Concentric Pendant, she can only vaguely sense his position, as if he is within the Nine Kingdoms, between life and death. I imagine he is under a restriction, and his consciousness is not clear.

If the cultivation of the "Supreme Sensing Chapter" is successful, the sensing should be clearer, but now she can only do this step. As for the cultivation method of this chapter, the content is extremely complicated. Just nourishing divine thoughts will take at least ten years of effort. No wonder if it is not a genius in the world, they will not waste time on this. That is, Ruan Ci has some attainments in fortune and causality, otherwise, with her cultivation at this time, she wouldn't even be able to read the scriptures quickly.

She was thinking about finding He Tong and returning to cultivate the cultivation method, and she was also waiting for the opportunity to recognize her own Dao rhyme during this trip. Although she was not depressed, she had these two things in her heart, so she was not as talkative as usual. Everyone was also sensible, sitting or lying in the boat, or playing and making trouble in the air, and did not disturb Ruan Ci's interest. Ruan Ci had nothing to do, so she lay on the stern of the boat, pillowing her face on her arms, looking at the painting-like rivers and mountains below. Her eyesight was now strong, so even if she was high in the clouds, she could see a few children under the stilt houses, each riding a wooden basin, rowing into the depths of the reed flowers in the marsh. They were all naked, only with totems painted on their faces with paint, all with short hair, tanned dark, as agile as fish, but they were different from all the mortals she had seen in her life.

Even though she knew that a mortal's life was just a moment in an immortal's retrospect, between birth, old age, sickness, and death, there were countless worries and fears, but this moment of joy was still pure and flawless. Ruan Ci had countless worries in her heart, but at this moment, she couldn't help but smile slightly. Hearing the footsteps behind her, a fluctuation in the field of momentum, she let out a place and laughed, "You also came to see something fresh?"

Dong Shuangcheng said, "I have traveled here before, there is nothing fresh. However, these Nine Kingdoms' people are already lucky. We traveled from Hanyu Marsh to here, and I don't know how many mortal kingdoms we passed, all of them were terrified. There are also some small kingdoms that rely on the Mao Sect and Ping Sect. Because the protection formation was not maintained well, the miasma invaded, and the people were displaced. The tragic situation was worse than the fighting of the kingdoms in South Zhuzhou."

In the Central Continent, for mortals to travel the world is pure fantasy. Even with magic tools for protection, it is very difficult to leave their home kingdoms, because in these miasma-ridden lands, not only is the miasma terrifying, but they are often inhabited by fierce beasts and birds of prey; even if a mortal were to walk in, they could not leave alive. Once the kingdom-protecting formation is destroyed, the miasma will re-infest the land within decades or centuries, and to restore the land would require thousands of times the effort. This is far different from the customs of the South Zhuzhou, where most soil is free of miasma, with only a few places of confusing mist. Therefore, even merchant caravans can trade freely throughout the continent, and there are even mortals who take root on inter-continental merchant ships, living and multiplying on the ships for generations. They are born adapted to the jolts caused by the ships breaking through wind and waves and traversing spatial rifts, their feet never touching land, walking on the wind and waves as if on flat ground, yet finding it difficult to take a single step once they go ashore.

Ruan Ci had been to North Hu Continent and South Chong Continent, all of which were the same as South Zhuzhou. Only the Central Continent did not look like a place for mortals, but more like a territory for fierce beasts, with some places carved out for mortals to survive. However, thinking that this place was once the eternal Dao city of the Nirvana Dao Ancestor, one could be relieved. The Dao foundation was here, and the surroundings were likely the residence of the great powers of the feather tribe. The Green Jade Bright Hall was the spirit field for the feather tribe to collect dew and bamboo leaves. All places in the Central Continent that were not suitable for humans, if the owner was changed to the feather tribe, there would be no inconvenience, only suitability.

But for mortals, the Central Continent was not so gentle. The natural laws here were so strict. A mortal's life was truly like straw. What they feared most was not the defeat of the power they relied on. If they were taken over by another power immediately after defeat, it would be fine. What they feared most was the slow decay of the sect. In the war of back-and-forth pulling, they were unable to maintain the formation. For mortals, that was the long despair of national destruction and race extinction, with nowhere to escape. Being able to live under the protection of the three-pillar sect like the Shangqing Nine Kingdoms since ancient times, never worrying about war or formation breaking, is truly rare in the Central Continent. For them, the most troublesome thing is that there are not many ways to advance, but they have never had the feeling of being in danger. It is just peaceful and happy, prosperous and prosperous, living that peach blossom source-like life.

Ruan Ci sighed, "Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer. The Taiwei Gate is about to launch a campaign against the Wugou Sect. The two sects haven't launched yet, but I don't know how many people have died because of this. Sigh, I fear that when they die, they don't even know why they died in their hearts, just saying that it is fate, what can be done, what can be done."

Dong Shuangcheng said, "Even if they know, what can be done? This has nothing to do with them. In the hearts of mortals, it is already completely different from what we think. Not to mention others, just talk about the Song Kingdom you came from. Do you know that the people of Song Kingdom now all worship the three sects? The people who died when you were closed in Song Kingdom were more than a thousand years ago. Who remembers it? After so many generations, they only remember that because of the Lingxiao Gate, Yuxi Sect, and others, the people of Song Kingdom can be so clever and long-lived, and can practice magic arts at will. Mortals are like this, forgetful and credulous, and what they think about in their hearts is always themselves."

She pointed to her feet and sighed, "Even if you are in a human paradise, there are always various worries, always wanting more, and never satisfied. After living and working in peace and contentment, they want long life and long vision. If they can't be satisfied, various demonic thoughts will arise in their hearts. These children who look happy and playful, after a few years, will never be so simple again."

Ruan Ci knew that what she said was the truth, but she didn't entirely agree, shaking her head, "Although it is so, are the thoughts of mortals and immortals really completely different? In my opinion, the thoughts may be different, but the truth is the same. Although we cultivators possess power that they can't imagine, aren't our hearts also filled with various thoughts? We haven't escaped those many desires, and we are as greedy as mortals, and even because of our various 'extraordinary' abilities, this 'mortal thought' seems even more ridiculous."

As soon as this sentence came out, she suddenly felt a movement in her heart. The twelfth layer of Dao foundation trembled slightly, and a strange brilliance flowed through the Jin Dan. Ruan Ci was also stunned, secretly thinking, "Immortal and mortal are the same. Could it be that my Great Dao is related to this matter of immortal and mortal being the same? That's right, this Dao, regardless of what it is named, is compatible with me. After all, although I am now an immortal body, I still remember the promise when I was a mortal, and I also remember the thought when I was a mortal."

When she was a mortal, she saw Sister Xie Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan galloping and shaking the world, and naturally admired and praised her, but she didn't yearn for it. She had a thought in her heart, only feeling that no matter how powerful Sister Xie Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan was, she still spoke human words. As long as that was the case, there was no essential difference from her, and there was no distinction between superior and inferior between her and her. Therefore, when they parted, she said the words "a mortal's promise." It was just that her knowledge was shallow at that time. At this moment, she finally glimpsed the secret of cultivation, and even traveled through time and space, seeing the most brilliant and magnificent scenes in the universe. But the more she saw, the more firm her thoughts became. Even if she was a future Dao Ancestor, she was still a product of the three thousand Great A

But if asked what this thing was, Ruan Ci could not say. It was just that while chatting idly with Dong Shuangcheng at this moment, an inspiration flashed by, and she said, "It is just like you and me; in our hearts, there is also love and righteousness, greed and regret, and this mortal temperament that cannot be discarded and must not be discarded."

These words struck a chord in Dong Shuangcheng's heart. Her face turned red and then pale, and finally, she sighed, lowered her head, and said, "I would rather discard it."

Ruan Ci knew she was thinking of her husband and could not calm her mind to cultivate, which was why she had come to the deck to find her. She also knew that Dong Shuangcheng had always felt ashamed of the incident where Chu Jiulang killed his brother and took his sister-in-law. If she had only been forcibly taken by Chu Jiulang, although she would feel humiliated, she could still be calm deep down. It was only because she had also developed feelings that she felt this matter truly went against her own principles of conduct, which was why she was so conflicted and uneasy, yet remained constantly worried about Chu Jiulang's safety.

She shook her head and said, "This mortal temperament, how can it be discarded? Those..."

She had originally wanted to say that those Dao Ancestor powerhouses also had to reincarnate as humans, precisely because they had to immerse themselves in human nature to integrate with that second Dao. But knowing this concerned the secret of Dao Integration and could not be lightly spread, she changed her words, "Which of those demon cultivators does not envy human cultivators? It is precisely because the human heart is the most subtle and rich, hiding countless changes of the Great Dao. Among all things, only humans are most suitable for cultivation. Is it because of the internal organs, the six entrails, or the four limbs and hundred bones? It is only because this nature, where immortal and mortal are one, perhaps hides the deepest mysteries of the universe..."

Speaking to this point, her heart jumped violently, and she thought secretly, "Can mixed-cultivators not integrate with the Dao? Is this the reason? Is this the common flaw of the old universe and this current universe? If the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor had integrated with the Dao through artifact cultivation back then, making up for the flaws of the old universe, this current universe might have been a completely different scene. But this long-cherished wish was not completed back then, so it must be fulfilled in this current universe. Is it so?"

She thought again, "No, that's not right. Mixed-cultivators cannot integrate with the Dao, but this universe has the Ancestor of Emotion, and seeds of emotion are flying everywhere. How is this explained? Could it be that the Ancestor of Emotion, like Qing Jun, is also a non-human cultivator, and since birth as a Dao Ancestor, is a so-called Innate Dao Ancestor?"

"In the universe, besides human cultivators, is there no one who can cultivate step by step from opening the meridians to the rank of Dao Ancestor? Are those alien-attained ones all Innate Dao Ancestors from birth? Their realm is constant, without the slightest progress, nor the slightest change, holding the Great Dao for the universe until they fall, or the universe perishes?"

"Then... is this Innate Dao Ancestor not like an eternal cage? There is never any hope of integrating with another Dao or achieving transcendence. Named as a Dao Ancestor, in reality, there is no difference from the Dao slaves of the Eternal Dao Lord. Perhaps the Eternal Dao Lord created these Innate Dao Ancestors for the purpose of stabilizing the universe's Great Dao for him; the Innate Dao Ancestors were his Dao slaves from the start. It's just that these Dao slaves also have their own sentiments and desires, which is still somewhat different from those Dao slaves who have fallen into madness."

"Qing Jun... Qing Jun fell, is it because she no longer wanted to be a Dao slave? She also wanted to taste the joys and sorrows of the human world, the subtleties of the human world. She wanted to integrate with the second Dao. The Dao rhyme I integrated with is the point of spiritual light shared by immortals and mortals when the universe was first opened and chaos was not yet divided; it is indistinguishable between good and evil, indescribable, the human nature that allows mortals to hope for Dao Integration..."

"The beginning of man is also the beginning of the Dao; the origin of man is also the origin of the Dao... This Dao can be named 'Tai Chu' (The Great Beginning)!"

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Updated, sorry for the long wait, everyone.

The Dao rhyme Xiao Ci integrated with is consistent with her personality... but actually, my explanation of this sentence is redundant, OTL.

Everything written so far was basically planned before I started the text, including Shuangcheng's marriage, which was already conceived in the Mandala City; it doesn't exist that I've read too many posts. I have only changed one major plot setting, and I will tell everyone where it was changed when the book is finished~

It's been too damn cold these past few days. I have no idea what to eat for lunch. In such cold weather, I feel like a bowl of hot noodle soup would be wonderful.

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