Chapter 390: Hong Jun Awakens, Hunyuan Great Dao, Gods Cut Corpses!

On the high platform, after the gods' "optimization and upgrade," the light of the countless "plugins" on Heavenly Dao Hong Jun gradually faded, merging into his "Heavenly Dao Body," making his aura increasingly deep and difficult to understand.

His eyes, which had remained unchanged for ages, slowly opened; although still indifferent, they seemed to have a trace of indescribable "liveliness" compared to the last time he preached.

Xiang Xuanqing instantly noticed the abnormality.

He looked at Heavenly Dao Hong Jun meaningfully, but did not make any other moves.

Tai Shang and Yu Chen also looked at the high platform with suspicion.

But seeing that Xiang Xuanqing did not move, they also remained silent.

Hong Jun opened his mouth and said: "Fellow Daoists, gathering again in Lady Zi Xiao Palace today, I will continue the words left unsaid last time and expound to you the many cultivation true meanings of the Hunyuan Dao."

Daoist Hong Jun's voice sounded, still calm and waveless, but it seemed to contain the sounds of the Great Dao, instantly attracting the minds of all the gods.

"We thank the Dao Ancestor!"

The gods sat down to listen to the lecture very naturally.

Hong Jun said: "Today, I will detail to you the many Dharma gates of immortal Dao cultivation, as a reference."

Once this was said, the gods in the hall were all spirited, looking at the high platform with burning eyes.

They had all dabbled in immortal Dao Dharma gates more or less, and many gods were themselves the founders or masters of a certain Dharma gate.

But for Dao Ancestor Hong Jun, who was on the verge of joining the Dao, to expound systematically from the height of the Heavenly Dao, the significance and effect were naturally not the same.

Perhaps they could glimpse the mysteries they had not noticed on their own path, or get inspiration by analogy.

"Immortal Dao is myriad, Dharma gates are countless, but their foundation is all in seeking truth, seeking the Dao, and seeking transcendence."

Daoist Hong Jun's voice was unhurried, and he began his narration.

"The first is called the Dao of Human Immortals."

"This Dharma gate focuses on tempering in the red dust, realizing the various states of human hearts in the endless red dust, and playing in the red dust and wandering the ends of the earth within the myriad worlds of the heavens."

"Human immortals take all beings as a furnace, take worldly feelings as firewood, refine a delicate Dao heart, see through vanity between laughter and scolding, and penetrate the true self between joys and sorrows."

"Those who reach its extreme have clear thoughts, are free and unfettered; the red dust is the Dao field, playing is cultivation, one thought of flowers blooming, one thought of myriad worlds being born; this is the wonder of proving the Dao in the red dust."

Many loose cultivator gods who were born in the mortal world and proved the Dao after experiencing tempering nodded slightly upon hearing this, feeling deeply.

"In addition, human immortals also have great means in reality, in the river of time, and before the innate!"

Afterward, after Hong Jun recounted Nv Wa's characteristics of the human immortal Dao, most of the gods were amazed.

Taking the myriad worlds of the heavens as the red dust, everyone had no big reaction; after all, the gods present had long been doing this.

Taking the river of time as the red dust, the Great Luo Supremes indicated that this was all a small matter.

But human immortals could actually be before the innate, taking Chaos as the red dust, and taking demon gods as all beings; this play was too fancy!

We really haven't seen this means; we must learn it well!

【Eh, wait, we practice the human immortal method, go to Chaos, take demon gods as all beings; doesn't that mean we can turn into any demon god at will?】

Most of the gods present had not been to the era of opening heaven or had not experienced the situation of turning themselves into Chaos demon gods.

But everyone, upon hearing the Human Immortal Great Dharma at this time, almost thought of this situation at the same time.

【No wonder there are countless Chaos demon gods; it turns out it can be like this.】

Hong Jun didn't care what everyone was thinking and continued to preach: "The second is called the Dao of Earth Immortals."

"Earth immortals rely on cave heavens and blessed lands, internally deriving immeasurable great thousands, universe of the Heavenly Cycle."

"Starting from small cave heavens and small blessed lands of dozens of feet, step by step, moving forward steadily, evolving their own cave heavens and blessed lands into small thousand worlds, great thousand worlds, until evolving into great thousand universes and multiverse!"

"Earth immortal Dao fruit, taking immeasurable heavens as the foundation of the Great Dao, is the Dao fruit of being a monarch with the world, is the Dao fruit of transcending with the world!"

"This Dharma gate focuses on opening up and evolution, imitating the merit of Pangu Great God opening heaven and earth, in Chaos or within nothingness, taking one's own Great Dao as the foundation, evolving a universe world."

"Earth immortals, body merges with the world, Dao merges with the realm, are the masters of the created world, enjoying the offerings of a realm's destiny, which is to be a monarch with the world."

"When the world is perfect and the Great Dao is achieved, one can carry the entire world to transcend together; this is the great wish of flying up with the world."

Zhen Yuanzi, upon hearing this, stroked his long beard.

This was his research result, and hearing it from the Dao Ancestor's mouth also had a unique flavor.

The gods were all carefully realizing it.

The method of Earth Immortals, although not as fancy as Human Immortals, was steady and solid, benefiting all beings, and everyone was very interested in this.

【However, calling Pangu Great God an Earth Immortal, isn't there something wrong with this?】

Hong Jun continued: "The third is called the Dao of Heavenly Immortals."

"This Dharma gate focuses on realizing the Dharma and participating in Heaven, penetrating the mysteries of the three thousand Great Avenues, understanding the laws of the universe's operation, and driving all kinds of laws with supreme wisdom."

"Heavenly immortals, pick stars with their hands, contain Heavenly Constitution in their mouths, one word can be ten thousand laws, one thought can determine the universe, those who reach its extreme can even take their own Great Dao as the core, 'hand-rub' a Heavenly Dao, act on behalf of Heaven to punish, this is a Heavenly Immortal."

Everyone was relatively familiar with this.

Isn't our Heavenly Dao Academy doing this?

"The fourth is called the Dao of True Immortals."

"This Dharma gate is quite mysterious, it is concept proving the Dao, using supreme heart power to twist reality, practicing illusory concepts to the state of being true and not false."

"True immortals, words follow the law, heart's desire comes true, what they think can be transformed into real existence, and can even define laws and modify reality."

"The so-called 'when the false is taken as true, the true also becomes false; where there is nothing, there is also nothing,' is the portrayal of this Dao; its cultivation is difficult, but it is also infinitely powerful."

Some gods who specialized in illusion, dream Dao, or heart power Dharma gates, upon hearing this, had their eyes flash with essence, as if they had realized something.

Those great powers who were good at refining the false into the true were also listening carefully, comparing how their Dharma was different from the True Immortal method.

"The fifth is called the Dao of Profound Immortals."

"This Dharma gate seeks a 'Profound' word, profound and mysterious, the gate of all wonders; its Dao cannot be named, it is difficult to describe, and it often points directly to a certain 'unknown' above the origin of the Great Dao."

"Profound immortals are Daoist monarchs of all laws, exhausting all kinds of magical changes, and penetrating the beginning and end of the river of time with absolute great Dharma power."

"Having a beginning and an end but no beginning and no end, between wonderful existence and wonderful nothingness, the Profound Immortal Great Dao exists!"

"This method can also be called proving the Dao with strength."

The three thousand guests of Lady Zi Xiao were stunned for a moment.

Good fellow, is the Profound Immortal the Dharma gate of proving the Dao with strength?

"The ancestor of Profound Immortals (Fellow Daoist Kun Peng) is truly a great talent!"

The gods had to be convinced.

This kind of proving the Dao method was really not something ordinary gods could come up with.

Hong Jun continued to expound the Great Dao: "The sixth is called the Dao of Golden Immortals."

"This Dharma gate focuses on tempering 'Golden Nature'; the so-called Golden Nature does not refer to the metal of the five elements, but to that eternal true nature that is immortal and indestructible, and worn out by ten thousand kalpas."

"Golden immortals take the body as a furnace, take ten thousand kalpas as fire, temper a thousand times, remove the dross and keep the essence, cultivate a point of spiritual light that is not dark, and the Golden Nature is perfect and clear."

"Passing through ten thousand kalpas and the soul is not destroyed, passing through the measure kalpa and the Dao body exists for a long time; this is the true meaning of immortality and indestructibility."

Many veteran Great Luo Supremes had walked through countless kalpas and had deep experience of this.

And many gods who had exchanges with the Sumeru Academy also looked at Jie Yin and Zhun Ti.

"The seventh is called the Dao of Divine Immortals."

"This Dharma gate is the extreme of law proving the Dao, specializing in one or several laws, realizing them to the end of the origin, and then reversing the acquired, tracing the innate."

"Divine immortals take laws as the body, take the Great Dao as the name, turn into innate divine monarchs who govern the law, exist with the Dao, words are laws, actions are rules."

"In the Primordial World, many innate gods are born practitioners of this Dao; they only need to constantly improve, and they can achieve success naturally."

The innate gods present, upon hearing this, all showed expressions of understanding; this was precisely the path they were most familiar with.

"The eighth is called the Dao of Ghost Immortals."

"This Dharma gate is the most peculiar; it is seeking life from death, seeking the Dao in silence, and seeing truth within the end."

"Ghost immortals either experience life and death reincarnation, or govern the Netherworld, or walk the path of the end of the Dharma, constantly 'doing subtraction to seek emptiness,' abandoning all redundancy, and reaching the origin of 'emptiness' directly."

"Those who reach its extreme can be the end result of all worlds, representing the destiny that all things will eventually return to silence, and obtaining great eternity in silence."

Daoist Hong Jun expounded the eight major mainstream Dharma gates of the immortal Dao one by one; his words were plain, yet contained supreme principles, as if clearly displaying one path to heaven after another before the gods.

The gods, although they had long known about these Dharma gates, and even were outstanding figures among them themselves, hearing the Dao Ancestor sort and analyze from the height of the Heavenly Dao at this moment, had a different flavor.

Many passes that were originally blurred were suddenly opened;

Some cultivation difficulties that had troubled them for many years also found new ideas.

Everyone drank like sweet wine, intoxicated in it, comparing what they had learned, verifying what they had gained, and only felt that the gate of the Great Dao had opened a few more points to themselves.

After the eight immortal Dao Dharma gates were finished, Daoist Hong Jun changed the subject, his voice becoming deeper and more distant. "Besides the above eight methods, my immortal Dao has a ninth method—the Hunyuan method."

"Today, I will explain to you the core of it—proving the Dao by cutting the three corpses!"

Once this was said, Lady Zi Xiao Palace was instantly silent, and the breathing of all the gods stagnated, their gazes gathering on Hong Jun.

Hunyuan method! This was the core content they were most looking forward to on this trip!

Although Heavenly Emperor Xiang Xuanqing had mentioned that Hong Yun's Hongmeng Purple Qi might be the foundation for proving the Dao of Hunyuan, no one knew exactly how to prove it.

And proving the Dao by cutting the three corpses was the supreme Dharma gate passed down by Dao Ancestor Hong Jun back then, and it was also the path he had once tried himself.

Now that he was expounding it in detail himself, its preciousness was self-evident.

Not long after, the sounds of the Great Dao echoed in Lady Zi Xiao Palace.

"True constant responds to things, true constant obtains nature; constant response is constant stillness, constant purity and stillness. Such purity and stillness, gradually entering the true Dao; having entered the true Dao, it is called obtaining the Dao; although it is called obtaining the Dao, there is actually nothing obtained; to transform all beings, it is called obtaining the Dao; those who can realize it can pass on the holy Dao..."

Holy Dao?

The gods looked thoughtfully at the Three Pure Ones, Nv Wa, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti in the first row.

The six executive directors of the Heavenly Dao Committee now had the title of Saint.

And the Demon Kings of the Demon Dao were a bit angry at this time.

"Abominable Hong Jun, actually plagiarizing the achievements of our Demon Dao; Holy Virtue is bright, Holy Dao is brilliant, it was clearly describing our Demon Sect!"

Hong Jun didn't care whether everyone understood or not and spoke for three hundred years in one breath.

These three hundred years, everyone listened very hard.

Until Hong Jun finished preaching, Tai Shang asked: "Dare to ask the Dao Ancestor, where is the essence of the method of the three corpses?"

Hong Jun said indifferently: "The so-called three corpses, the first is the good corpse, representing the attachment to positive emotions such as kindness, compassion, and pity; too much kindness is pedantic, losing decisiveness."

"The second is the evil corpse, representing the attachment to negative emotions such as evil thoughts, greed, and anger; too much evil is violent, easy to enter the demon path."

These three hundred years, everyone found the listening to be quite difficult.

"These three corpses are like three mountains, pressing on the hearts of those seeking the Dao, making it difficult for them to see their nature and difficult to merge with the Dao."

"How to cut them?" This was asked by 【Yuan Shi Tian Zun】.

Hong Jun answered: "Those who cut the three corpses need the help of innate spiritual treasures to cut these three kinds of attachments from the primordial spirit, turning them into independent bodies, so that the main body's primordial spirit is pure and unobstructed, restoring innate purity."

"When the good corpse is cut, one cares for the world without being bound by kindness, and acting is more in line with the Heavenly Heart."

"When the evil corpse is cut, one penetrates all evil without being stained by evil, and acting is more decisive."

"When the self corpse is cut, one breaks the attachment to self, realizes that the true self is not the self, and only then can one view the universe and Great Dao from a more objective and grander perspective, laying the foundation for joining the Dao."

Daoist Hong Jun explained in detail the origin, characteristics, and significance of cutting the three corpses.

He spoke extremely meticulously, from how to sense the three corpses, to how to choose the innate spiritual treasures to entrust the cutting of the corpses, and then to how to settle and cultivate after cutting the three corpses, every link was expounded clearly.

"Cutting the three corpses is not the goal, but the means." Hong Jun emphasized.

"Once the three corpses are out, it is like having three 'Dao selves' with independent thoughts and Great Dao; they can each realize different directions and assist the main body in cultivation."

"More importantly, when the three corpses are all cut, and all have cultivated to a realm comparable to the main body, one can attempt to merge the three corpses."

"Merging the three corpses is not a simple superposition, but the harmony and unification of the three extreme attachments of good, evil, and self at a higher level; it is the dialectic of 'having self' and 'no self'."

"If one can successfully merge the three corpses, one can break through the path of Hunyuan, realize the true meaning of Hunyuan that 'I am the Dao, the Dao is me', and thus step into that supreme realm of Hunyuan Great Luo Jinxian in one step!"

Hong Jun's voice echoed in Lady Zi Xiao Palace, every word seeming to contain infinite Dao rhyme and mystery.

The gods were intoxicated, their primordial spirits trembling slightly, as if a door to a brand-new world was slowly opening before them.

Among them, some gods had tried to cut corpses, but either because they didn't get the method, or because the spiritual treasures were not suitable, or because their understanding of the three corpses was not deep, most of them stopped at the surface and failed to go deep.

Hearing Hong Jun's thorough explanation at this moment, they only felt sudden enlightenment; many past confusion and doubts vanished.

"So the key to cutting the three corpses is not only in 'cutting', but also in 'merging'!" A Great Da Da Luo Zhi Zun muttered to himself, his eyes shooting out essence.

"Good, evil, and self, it is not to completely abandon them, but to transcend and include them!" Another god suddenly realized.

"The choice of innate spiritual treasures actually has so many particulars; I thought too simply before!"

The gods were immersed in the realization of the method of proving the Dao by cutting the three corpses, and a rich atmosphere of seeking the Dao permeated Lady Zi Xiao Palace.

Daoist Hong Jun, seeing this, did not disturb them, just waiting quietly for them to digest and absorb.

I don't know how long it took, a few Great Luo Supremes with deep accumulation and early preparation had flashes of determination in their eyes.

Boom!

Only to see a god wearing a star robe, with star light shining all over his body, suddenly rushing out a clear Qi from the top of his head; in the clear Qi, a Daoist image with a kind smile on his face and holding a star sword slowly condensed.

"Excellent, excellent, I am Daoist Star River, pay respects to the main body!" The Daoist bowed.

This seemed to be a signal.

Immediately after, on the other side, a demon god with demonic Qi surging and an aura domineering and unparalleled roared to the sky, and a black Qi also rushed out from his top gate.

The black Qi rolled, transforming into a demon shadow with a ferocious face, holding a demon sword, and full of killing intent.

"Jie jie, I am Heavenly Evil Demon Lord, main body, you finally are willing to let me out!" The demon shadow laughed wildly.

"Shut up!" The dark demon god's mouth twitched; this evil corpse had some personality!

"Good thought incarnation, if you don't cut now, when will you cut!" A clear laugh sounded, and Daoist Hong Yun was covered in red clouds.

A pure and flawless thought rushed out from his top gate, transforming in mid-air into a Daoist holding a Nine-Nine Red Cloud Scattering Soul Gourd, with a face exactly the same as Hong Yun, but more compassionate and kind.

"I am Lord of the Clouds, pay respects to the main body!" The good corpse bowed, his smile gentle.

"Good! Fellow Daoist Hong Yun is indeed blessed with great fortune!" Zhen Yuanzi clapped and praised on the side.

Ming He's blood evil Qi and boundless killing intent suddenly converged, turning into a sharp will to wash away all filth and sin in the world.

A black-as-ink, yet faintly revealing a trace of clear holy intent evil thought was cut from the depths of his primordial spirit, transforming into a black-robed Daoist holding Yuan Tu and A Bi double swords, with cold eyes and decisive killing.

"My name is Killing Daoist, pay respects to the main body; from today on, you govern life, I govern death!" The evil corpse's voice was cold, but there was no evil or violent intent.

Ming He looked at his evil corpse like looking at a fool: "You mean, you want to kill me?"

【Killing Daoist】 curled his mouth and smiled: "How can you and I be separated?"

"You killing me is suicide, and me killing you is also suicide!"

"Is that so?" Ming He pulled out the killing sword expressionlessly and stabbed 【Killing Daoist】 to death on the spot.

"Uh~~" 【Killing Daoist】 widened his eyes, and then turned into immortal light and dissipated.

"Hmm, the cultivation seems to have increased a bit!" Ming He carried the bloody killing sword, his smile bright, looking like he was crazy.

"Emperor of the Netherworld, what are you doing?" The gods nearby had never seen this kind of underworld operation and were all startled.

Ming He turned his head and looked, revealing white teeth, and smiled: "Don't be afraid, the gods of our underworld cultivate the Ghost Immortal Great Dao."

"Just now everyone also heard the Dao Ancestor say, seeking life from death, right? Can you understand?"

"Yes, yes, yes!!" Several gods nodded frantically, fearing that this lunatic would come up and hack them to death.

Meng Wu You's body emerged with endless dream bubbles.

A contradictory thought of extreme "emptiness" and "attachment" was cut by her, transforming into a woman wearing seven-colored glazed clothes, with a cinnabar point between her brows, and a temperament both ethereal and demonic.

"Dream Fantasy Heavenly Girl, pay respects to the main body." The woman bowed, her eyes carrying a trace of cunning.

The great power of the Gu Dao, Pan Wang Laozu, had thousands of Gu insect shadows floating around him, and a thought representing "extreme control" and "endless reproduction" was cut by him, transforming into a strange Daoist wearing hundred-legged and hundred-eyed armor, holding a Ten Thousand Gu Banner.

Lei Ze Long Shen roared, thousands of thunderbolts surrounded, and a thunderous evil thought symbolizing "destruction" and "rebirth" rushed into the sky, transforming into a thunder punishment Heavenly Lord holding a thunder hammer and electric chisel, majestic and domineering.

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox laughed repeatedly, nine furry fox tails swaying behind her, and a thought representing "extreme charm" and "boundless passion" was cut by her lightly, transforming into a stunning demoness with flowing eyes and natural charm, enough to overturn all beings.

"Passion Heart Demon Lord, pay respects to the main body."

The Zhu Que Yunlu Yunlu Shenjun of the Phoenix Clan, Nan Ming Li Fire burned fiercely around his body.

A scorching attachment symbolizing "burning all things" and "rebirth from nirvana" transformed into a fiery divine bird, circling the body.

White Tiger Yunlu Yunlu Shenjun's golden spear Qi rushed into the sky.

A fierce attachment representing "supreme killing" and "guarding the West" transformed into a huge divine tiger with hanging eyes and white forehead, roaring in the void.

Qing Long Yunlu Yunlu Shenjun Yi Mu was full of vitality, and a benevolent attachment representing "Eastern growth" and "Dragon Clan majesty" transformed into a green divine dragon winding ten thousand miles, walking in clouds and rain.

The Northern True Martial Great Emperor Xuan Wu's image was solid, and a heavy attachment representing "suppressing water disasters" and "turtle and snake merging" transformed into a huge black turtle carrying the Luo Shu and the spirit snake coiling around it.

Ying Long Divine Girl's body was misty with water vapor, and a kind thought representing "walking in clouds and rain" and "Dragon Clan inheritance" transformed into a dragon girl holding a dragon ball, dignified and beautiful.

For a time, immortal Qi rose in Lady Zi Xiao Palace, evil spirits permeated, but it strangely maintained a kind of balance.

Various newly born three-corpse incarnations, with different forms and different auras, paid respects to their main bodies one after another, and the scene was spectacular.

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Various newly born Three-Corpse incarnations, each with different forms and distinct auras, came forward one after another to pay their respects to their original bodies, creating a truly spectacular scene.

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