The Path to Enlightenment

Chapter 1536: The Path to Enlightenment

Granny Si, the mute, and others stood on the boat and looked at each other in bewilderment. They saw several thousand ancient giant beasts on the boat, also looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Where did Mu'er get this strange ship?"

When everyone looked around, they realized that this golden ship was much larger than they had expected. Looking at it from outside the ship and looking at it from the ship were two completely different worlds.

There are golden palaces on the ship, with strange runes engraved on them that are constantly rotating.

Those ancient beasts only dared to stand on the deck and did not dare to walk around, but the crowd became much bolder and looked around to find a way to leave the ship.

"What's inside these golden palaces?"

The blind man carefully examined the huge golden palace door and said, "This door is not locked. I will try to open it."

After a while, the door of the palace opened and a smell of corruption poured out from inside.

Everyone covered their mouths and noses and waited until the smell of corruption dissipated before they carefully walked into the hall.

What came into their eyes was a vast and glorious world. This world had the sun, the moon, the stars, and countless cities. In those cities, white skeletons were busy doing their work.

Billions of skeletons were walking in the city. There were women feeding their children with open arms, businessmen doing business, skeletons bargaining with shopkeepers, and many working in the open space outside the city.

Everyone stared at the scene in a daze.

“What are these bones?”

Hua Xuanxiu had just said a word when suddenly the entire world collapsed. Countless bones turned into chaotic air in an instant, bodies disintegrated, cities collapsed, and the sun, moon, and stars collapsed inward!

boom!

There was a shock in the golden palace, and only a chaotic atmosphere remained in the palace.

Everyone stared at this scene in a daze, speechless for a long time.

At this moment, a figure came from nowhere, walking in the vast chaotic air, which was above his knees.

It was a phantom, like a last glimmer of history, leaving his figure here.

He walked in the destroyed world, looking around in confusion. He could no longer find his relatives, his old friends, or the living beings he protected.

He opened his mouth and howled like a wounded old wolf in the chaos, but no one answered him.

Granny Si, Blind Man and others looked at that figure and felt an inexplicable sadness in their hearts and couldn't help but burst into tears.

The figure performed magic in the chaos, displaying strange magical powers, as if he was creating the world and recreating the universe, or as if he was going back in time and bringing lost lives back to life.

His magical powers astonished everyone. With his extremely exquisite abilities, the chaotic energy began to change gradually. Stars appeared, the sun rose, and the moon set.

Cities sprang up from the ground, and skeletons rose from the chaos.

What kind of magical power is this?

It allows everyone to see the endless wonders of the Tao, the magical power of bringing the dead back to life, and the wisdom condensed by the ultimate form of civilization of the universe.

However, it all collapsed and was destroyed again.

After a long time, the blind man and everyone else left the hall and closed the door.

"Who is that person?"

Granny Si murmured, "When he cried, it felt like his heart was being torn apart, as if, as if..."

"It's like Mu'er during the Yankang disaster, lonely and helpless."

The blind man said calmly, "The lame man told me these things after he carried Mu'er out of the disaster. When it comes to rescuing Mu'er, the lame man ran the fastest, and it was him who saved Mu'er every time..."

Everyone felt heavy in their hearts.

During the Yankang disaster, all the pressure was concentrated on Qin Mu alone. No matter how he struggled or resisted, he realized that he could not save Yankang. He was afraid that he would become like the phantom in the chaos, suffering, lonely and helpless.

They left this golden palace and walked towards the next golden palace.

At the edge of the Ten Thousand Sacred Mountains, Qin Mu found Xu Shenghua and Lan Yutian, who were repairing the cracked Black Mountain.

Qin Mu told them about his experiences in the ancestral city of Yujing, and talked about the seventy-two treasure halls and the Lingxiao trap and the Zixiao trap.

He didn't want to distract the two of them, so he didn't say much about Taiyi.

The two listened attentively.

Xu Shenghua thought for a moment and said, "The seventy-two palaces were divided up by the seven Heavenly Lords, which means that the seven Heavenly Lords now control the greatest resources. They control many of the palaces. Apart from them, no one else can achieve enlightenment through the Heavenly Palace system."

Lan Yutian shook his head and said, "Jiang Baigui and Emperor Yanfeng came here not long ago. Jiang Baigui showed me his seventy-two palaces and thirty-six heavenly palaces, which touched me deeply. Even without the seventy-two palaces of Yujing City, one can still achieve enlightenment. It is not just the ancestral Yujing City that can be taken."

"There are currently four paths to enlightenment. One is Jiang Baigui's path, which leads to enlightenment after birth. One is the path you and Master Qin took, Lan Yutian, which leads to enlightenment in the Five Great Realms. One is Qin Tianzun Kaihuang's path to the Dao realm, which leads to enlightenment in the Dao realm. The other is the traditional path to enlightenment in the Heavenly Palace, which leads to enlightenment through force, using the power of Yujing City."

Xu Shenghua pondered and said, "Of these paths, the simplest is to achieve enlightenment through force, using the power of Yujing City. The most profound is to achieve enlightenment through the realm of Tao. The most difficult is to achieve enlightenment through acquired experience. The most profound is to achieve enlightenment through the five great powers. I have been repairing Black Mountain for the past few years, and have been thinking about my path to enlightenment, and I have gained something over the years. I want to take a path that is different from all of you, the fifth path."

Qin Mu asked, "What did you gain, Brother Xu?"

Xu Shenghua said: "I want to take the path of the soul becoming a god. I think the World Tree is like the soul of this universe, and the universe is equivalent to the body of the World Tree. Perhaps only when the soul becomes a god can it be immortal. But I haven't thought it through clearly yet."

Qin Mu's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Brother Xu does have a good idea, maybe it can work."

“I don’t want to go down this road anymore.”

Xu Shenghua said solemnly: "Hao Tianzun and Xiao Tianzun colluded with prehistoric Taoists. After they achieved enlightenment through force, you must be under great pressure. If I also take the path of achieving enlightenment through force, I can have great power in a short period of time. In the decisive battle with Hao Tianzun and Xiao Tianzun, I can contribute..."

“What’s stressing me?”

Qin Mu laughed and said, "Now the ten celestial masters have become seven celestial masters. In the future battle between Hao Tianzun and Xiao Tianzun, several more celestial masters will die! As long as I rescue Ling Tianzun, we will win this battle! Don't worry about me, just go on your way. When you become a god in the future, I will bite you again!"

Xu Shenghua couldn't help but smile: "Master Qin, no matter how many worries I have when I'm with you, they will disappear without a trace."

Qin Mu smiled and said, "But I will still put a lot of pressure on you. Lan Yutian, Xu Shenghua, didn't you say that even if the Five Supremes were born, their Dao would always be there? I need you to comprehend the Dao of the Five Supremes! And more!"

He took out Wei Suifeng's two Qiankun mirrors, handed them to the two men, and said, "There is a Hongmeng Yuanqi rune hidden here, which contains the method of Wutai transformation. I need you to comprehend it."

He thought for a moment, then said, "I also need you to sort out the five paths to enlightenment. Can you do it?"

Xu Shenghua and Lan Yutian suddenly felt pressured. Each of the tasks Qin Mu gave them required them to use their best efforts, and they might not be able to complete them, let alone three tasks at once?

"We can give it a try!" Lan Yutian gritted his teeth.

"That's good!"

Qin Mu stood up and said in a deep voice: "Yujing City was left by the owner of Miro Palace, hoping that the creatures of the future universe can inherit the Taoist magic and research results of the past sixteen universes. No matter whether it is Hao Tianzun or Xiao Tianzun, no one can control the ancestral Yujing. Based on my understanding of Hao Tianzun and Xiao Tianzun, after they leave Yujing City, they will most likely seal the ancestral Yujing again, making it impossible for others to surpass them!"

Lan Yutian and Xu Shenghua nodded. The Seven Heavenly Lords in Heaven were all such people. They would not give hope to those who came later.

"Therefore, as long as we see the light of Yujing City disappear, we can know that Xiao Tianzun and Hao Tianzun have left Yujing City. After Xiao Tianzun leaves Yujing City, he will most likely come to visit Taiyi. In addition to him, the Taiji Ancient God will also come with him."

Qin Mu felt a headache and said, "Tai Su is coming too. If Tai Su is coming, Hao Tian Zun will definitely come as well. But now Tai Yi is nowhere to be found..."

Lan Yutian and Xu Shenghua looked at each other and asked tentatively: "What do you mean?"

"I'll pretend to be Tai Yi!"

Qin Mu gritted his teeth and said, "As long as they can't see it, then there's nothing to worry about. We can just send them away. If they do see it..."

Lan Yutian's eyes twitched, and he asked, "What will happen if you find out?"

"If Yankang is finished, we are all finished."

Qin Mu comforted the two and said, "Don't worry, although the Taiji Ancient God is an expert in counterfeiting, I am not bad either and will not reveal any flaws."

When the two heard him say this, they couldn't help but look worried.

It is simply impossible to impersonate Tai Yi and deceive Xiao Tianzun, Tai Chi Ancient God and Tai Su Goddess, who are among the five innate Tai!

If Qin Mu was exposed, the Seven Heavenly Lords would no longer have any concerns about the Great Black Mountain. I'm afraid that if one Heavenly Lord took action, he could flatten this place!

And if Xiao Tianzun and others cannot see through Qin Mu, then Yankang and Daheishan can temporarily maintain peace.

Unless Taiyi is eliminated, Xiao Tianzun and his men dare not touch Daheishan and Yankang.

Qin Mu smiled and said, "I need to prepare, you guys just do your best to practice." After that, he left in a hurry.

The two looked at each other, worried.

After more than ten days, the stunning light of the ancestral temple, Yujing City, gradually dimmed. This light could originally illuminate the sky of the ancestral temple, but now it is getting dimmer day by day.

After a few more days, the light of the ancestral city of Yujing completely disappeared.

Qin Mu looked in the distance in the direction of Yujing City and his heart sank. As he had expected, the Seven Heavenly Lords had sealed the ancestral city of Yujing.

"In six days, they will come here. It will be too easy to visit them. Whether we can scare them and save Daheishan and Yankang depends on this one move!"

Six days later, Xiao Tianzun and the two ancient Taiji gods, Hao Tianzun, Taisu and the other five Tianzuns came to Dahei Mountain together and said to Jiang Yunjian who came out to greet them: "Taichu, Taisu, Taiji, we are here to visit Brother Taiyi. Please let us know."

Jiang Yunjian glanced at the other Heavenly Lords and said, "Taiyi already knew that you were coming to visit, so he asked me to wait here. Please come in."