Chapter 213: The Secret of Witch Cult

Taiping Yaoshu has proved that there is a relationship of inheritance between Wujiao and Taoism.

This book also records the inheritance of ancient Wujiao in detail, and even lists the similarities and differences between Taoism and ancient Wujiao.

Although Taoism and ancient Wujiao have a great origin, there are still differences between the two.

Strictly speaking, Wujiao inheritance should be a separate school, not among the five immortals, so let's call it "Great Wu". The Taoist immortal inheritance developed on the basis of the Great Wu inheritance, so the immortal inheritance is called Wuzhu.

The relationship between Wu and immortals is somewhat similar to the relationship between heavenly immortals and earthly immortals.

Because of this, Taoism records that the Emperor of Heaven was originally an immortal inheritance, and later transformed into a heavenly immortal inheritance with the help of the Supreme Taoist Ancestor. Now it seems that it is not that simple, and the Emperor of Heaven should be divided into two stages.

The first stage is the stage of the ancient emperor of humanity. The major affairs of the country are sacrifice and war. Sacrifices are the responsibility of the ancient Wujiao, and military affairs are led by the emperor of humanity himself, with Yinglong, Yuyu, Hanba and others under his command. At this time, the inheritance of the Human Emperor was the Great Witch. Because the Great Witch was similar to the gods, there was a "Heavenly Emperor Dharma Image" that was passed down in the world.

The second stage was the Heavenly Emperor stage. It was at this time that the Supreme Taoist Ancestor turned into the immortal Guangcheng Patriarch. The Heavenly Emperor asked the Supreme Taoist Ancestor for advice, and the witch religion began to weaken, and Taoism rose from this.

The "Taishang Daozu Kaitian Jing" records: "In the time of the Heavenly Emperor, the Supreme Taoist Ancestor was a teacher, named Guangchengzi. He disappeared from yin and yang and wrote the Daorongjing Daojing."

The Taoist sect believed that the Supreme Taoist Ancestor had countless incarnations, and the Three Pure Ones were the three corpse incarnations of the Supreme Taoist Ancestor. In addition, the Supreme Taoist Ancestor would also cut out the incarnation of the heavenly immortal to enter the world to respond to the disaster. There were different incarnations and different images in different periods.

For example, in the Heavenly Emperor period, it was Guangcheng Patriarch, and in the Dazhou period, it was Li Dan, known as "Laojun". During the Guangcheng Patriarch period, the Heavenly Emperor asked the Supreme. During the Laojun period, the Confucian sage asked the Supreme.

Later, there are historical records that another incarnation accepted the ancestor Tianshi as a disciple, officially creating the concept of Taoism.

The cultivation method of the celestial being is very strange. Every time the celestial being incarnates into the world, as long as he can ascend twice, his cultivation will be greatly improved. In this way, the Supreme Taoist Ancestor has ascended twice more than once, and his realm has reached a level that mortals cannot guess, even beyond the scope of the three-tribulation immortal.

Under the guidance of the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, the Human Emperor abandoned the Great Witch inheritance and turned to the Taoist inheritance. He finally ascended successfully and changed from the Human Emperor to the Heavenly Emperor.

It was precisely because of the ascension of the Heavenly Emperor and Yinglong that the Great Witches took control of the power, which led to the subsequent internal fighting of the Witch Cult.

As subordinates of the Heavenly Emperor, the Great Witches are also the Great Witch inheritance. Because it is similar to the inheritance of immortals, the Great Witches have existed for far more than a hundred years. They have been active in the world for hundreds of years.

However, the Great Witch inheritance is not completely equivalent to the inheritance of immortals. The biggest difference is that the Great Witch inheritance does not have the concept of the Kingdom of God. Most of the time, they use caves instead of the kingdom of God to avoid heavenly calamity, which is similar to earthly immortals.

For example, the Great Witch has a huge body, like a real human immortal, which is similar to human immortals.

In a sense, the acquired immortal is the most similar to the inheritance of the Great Witch.

The inheritance of the Great Witch is very general and inclusive, so the eleven Great Witches have their own strengths and are not carved out of the same mold. This is very similar to the Taoism before Xuansheng integrated the inheritance. It is also an earthly immortal inheritance, but each has its own strengths and is different, even worlds apart.

The one who truly owns the kingdom of God is Wu Luo, because Wu Luo is the last leader of the ancient witch religion. When she was in charge of the witch religion, Zu Tianshi had already risen. Wu Luo would naturally follow the example of the Emperor of Heaven to learn from the Taoism, improve herself, and begin to transform into the orthodox immortal inheritance. Wu Luo is the first witch who opened his eyes to see the Taoism, so except for Wu Xian and Wu Yang, only Wu Luo did not really die, but survived to this day.

Qi Xuansu closed the book in his hand and had a kind of enlightenment.

In the past, he had never understood why the celestial immortals were superior to the earthly immortals. After all, the earthly immortals had the "Five Innate Elements", while the celestial immortals did not. Could it be that the celestial immortals had the means to reverse the universe and the Sumeru mustard seed? At most, they each had their own strengths, so how could they be considered to have suppressed the earthly immortals?

Now Qi Xuansu somewhat understood Xuansheng's metaphor. The celestial immortals were butterflies, while the earthly immortals were wingless insects. Although insects were very powerful and could even kill butterflies under certain conditions, they were still not as good as butterflies.

The key to the celestial immortals was to cut out various different avatars. In addition to the three corpse avatars, there were also celestial immortal avatars. Although it was difficult to ascend to heaven, it was actually easier than surviving the heavenly tribulation. In this case, the second ascension was not difficult to achieve, and the advantage of the celestial immortals was even more obvious.

In fact, the reason was also very simple. The difference between the superiority and inferiority of inheritance was not based on the strength of combat power, but on who could go higher, further, and closer to the "Tao".

There is no doubt that the celestial immortals who have ascended twice can go higher and farther than the earthly immortals who have the "innate five elements", and it is easier for them to achieve enlightenment. This is like a butterfly, although it is not as strong as some wingless insects, it can leave the tree and explore the vast world, while those wingless insects can only sigh on the branches.

In summary, although the earthly immortals are strong in combat, they cannot "fly" and are destined to be trapped in the city of sorrow, so many earthly immortals will eventually choose to give up the "innate five elements" and become celestial immortals.

The word "acquired" in the acquired immortals is also reflected here.

In all Taoist terms, the acquired is inferior to the innate. Qi Xuansu is obviously stronger than Zhang Yuelu, but why is Zhang Yuelu innate? And Qi Xuansu is acquired? The reason is that Zhang Yuelu has a better prospect and no limit, which is the innate. The artificial exiled immortals stop at the immortal, without a second ascension, and cannot go further, which is the acquired.

The core of the acquired exiled immortal is the "heart of the longevity stone", which originated from the "longevity stone" and integrated the Taoist five immortals on the basis of the great witch inheritance.

In other words, Qi Xuansu has a deep relationship with the ancient witch cult, which is no secret. Every time he improves his cultivation, he has to go to Lingshan Dongtian and meet so many great witches.

The founder of Quanzhen Taoism also has a deep relationship with the ancient witch cult, and Shi Hengbo is a clear proof.

It is known that Qi Niang has a close relationship with the two geomancers. She was picked up by the previous geomancer and is the sister of the current geomancer. Qi Niang obtained the "Heart of the Immortal Stone" in Lingshan Dongtian and gave it to Qi Xuansu.

If there is a hand behind Qi Xuansu's rise, then this hand must come from Quanzhen Dao.

Qi Xuansu's purpose is very simple, he wants to know why.

All gifts are secretly marked with prices.

Qi Xuansu wants to know if he can afford the price. If he can't afford it, then it's better to find a way to deal with it earlier than being caught off guard when the time comes.

Qi Xuansu once asked Qi Niang about this, and as expected, Qi Niang did not give a clear answer.

Qi Xuansu can only check it himself. The Lingshan Dongtian of the ancient witch religion is undoubtedly an excellent entry point.

Lingshan Dongtian is on the verge of collapse, whether it is the records of the Taoist sect or what Qi Xuansu saw in his dream.

The portal to Lingshan Dongtian has been destroyed, and only other paths can be found.

As a huge cave comparable to Kunlun Cave, Lingshan Cave has more than one entrance and exit, but these "side doors" are often unknown, and after experiencing huge changes, some of the entrances have also been destroyed, and some have deviated from their original positions.

Qi Niang must know the entrance to Lingshan Cave, and the Yao family also knows it, but they will not tell Qi Xuansu easily.

It is better to have it yourself than to have it with your parents.

Qi Xuansu can only find it by himself and put his hope in Tianshui Yixin Tower.

Qi Xuansu was not disappointed. The collection of books in Tianshui Yixin Tower really mentioned Lingshan Cave.

Lingshan Cave is the pinnacle of ancient witch religion. It was built by the power of the entire witch religion. Because of the special nature of the inheritance of the great witch, Lingshan Cave is different from the cave of Taoism. It has some characteristics of the kingdom of God. It is an extremely special cave.

This is also the reason why Lingshan Cave is on the verge of breaking but has not been completely broken. It can even be "reflected" in Qi Xuansu's dream, which is somewhat similar to Wu Luo's kingdom of God. Or it should be said the other way around, Wu Luo's kingdom of God imitated the magic of Lingshan Dongtian.

This has to mention the problem of the inheritance of the great witch. Although it is powerful, its inherent deficiencies are also obvious, that is, it is a dead end. At most, it can only reach the realm of the first calamity immortal. It is difficult to reach the second calamity immortal, not to mention the realm of the third calamity immortal and the realm of the Taoist ancestor. In this regard, the immortals who were exiled after birth can be said to have perfectly inherited the characteristics of the inheritance of the great witch.

For this reason, the Emperor of Heaven chose to ask the Supreme Taoist ancestor for advice, change the inheritance path, and become a celestial immortal. The remaining great witches chose two paths.

The first path is to build Lingshan Dongtian, which is similar to the concept of the kingdom of heaven on earth. Creating the most ideal fairyland in the world is equivalent to ascending. In essence, it already has the prototype of the later kingdom of God, and it has the characteristics of the heavenly immortals and earthly immortals opening up the cave heaven, which can indeed avoid the heavenly calamity.

The second path is to refine medicine, to make up for its own inherent deficiencies through external forces and objects, and break through the shackles. This is the origin of the first generation of "Eternal Life Stone". In fact, Yu Yu was a drug tester for the Great Wu of Lingshan, and died unjustly.

It must be admitted that many of the ideas of the ancient witch religion were extremely bold, and many Taoist techniques were developed on the basis of the ancient witch religion.

Back to Lingshan Dongtian, according to the records in the book, when the ancient witch religion was at its peak, there was also the saying of "ascension", but unlike the ascension of the Taoist sect in later generations, this ascension was artificial. Those who devoted everything to the witch religion had the opportunity to be selected by the ten great witches, and then after the ascension ceremony, they successfully ascended and became as tall as the ten great witches, as tall as giants, and possessed divine power.

At that time, the ten witches of Lingshan were honored as "ancestor witches", and those who ascended were honored as "great witches".

In fact, the ascension of the witch religion is not essentially leaving the world, but going to the Lingshan Dongtian, and the ascenders are not immortals, but more like pseudo-immortals.

In other words, as long as the ascension ceremony of the ancient witch religion is found, you can enter the Lingshan Dongtian through this pseudo-ascension method.