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Chapter 739 The True Dharma of the Sutra of Self-Existence

Huangfu Jun revealed the entire Sutra of Enduring Freedom Through a Thousand Tribulations in great detail.

He only talked about the techniques, not the methods.

The law is the application of the law; it is the supernatural power and magic.

Knowing the skill but not how to use it, even with diligent practice, will leave you with nowhere to apply it.

Huangfu Jun and Chen Shi only met once. Although they became acquainted after their fight, Huangfu Jun was the one who got beaten. It was only natural that he held back.

Chen Shi paid no attention to this and devoted himself to thinking, comparing the two scriptures on eternal liberation after thousands of kalpas.

The technique he mastered was derived from the supernatural powers left behind by the Great King of Light, and it was not much different from the Great King of Light's technique, with only minor differences.

The Great King of Freedom (自大明王) derived this practice from the widely circulated "Sutra of Eternal Freedom" (永证自在经). He made significant additions and deletions to the original practice, completely altering it and transforming it into a method that could transfer calamities.

Activating this method allows one to directly transfer their own calamity to others, and even annihilate all living beings in a world—it's not a problem!

In terms of efficacy, this method is almost identical to the original version of the Yongzheng Zizai Sutra.

The cultivation method described by Huangfu Jun was more peaceful, like a normal method, with step-by-step cultivation, how to comprehend the way of calamity, how to control calamity, how to trigger the calamities of others, and how to use calamity to cultivate.

Similar content can also be found in the Great Ming King's cultivation method.

However, it is not as detailed as this one.

More importantly, this technique explains the Dark Sea Calamity very clearly and thoroughly, and has already grasped the essence of the Way of Calamity.

The Path of Calamity is one of the dark overseas paths.

Chen Shi had comprehended the Dao of Calamity on the stone wall of the Underground Green Palace, and this technique was no less impressive!
This was the first time Chen Shi had ever seen someone, apart from himself, with such profound knowledge of heterodox practices.

To his further surprise, the Dao of Tribulation in the cultivation technique was quite different from the Dao of Tribulation on the stone wall of the Green Palace. The two explained the Dao of Tribulation very differently.

The Dao of Tribulation in the cultivation method is more profound, but the breadth of knowledge is superior to that of the Azure Palace Stone Wall.

This is understandable, after all, the dark sea-shaped patterns on the stone wall of the Green Palace were written by Taoists who served the God of Flawlessness, recording the God of Flawlessness's words. They did not seek to understand them, but simply recorded them.

The master of the Yongzheng Zizai Sutra created this technique based on his own understanding of the Dao of Calamity, thus his understanding was more profound.

“Strange, not only in terms of depth, but also in terms of intersection.”

Chen Shi pondered. If a point of intersection were to be drawn, the path of calamity on the Qing Palace stone wall could not encompass the path of calamity in the Free and Easy Sutra. The intersection between the two would at most only account for half.

In other words, half of the content of the Path of Calamity recorded in the Free and Easy Sutra is not included in the Path of Calamity of the Azure Palace.

He was even more confused. Even the God of the Dark Sea Heavenly Dao did not fully encompass this Dao of Calamity. Where did the Master of the Free Scripture comprehend the Dao of Calamity from?
"Chen Tianwang, what have you figured out?"

Huangfu Jun was somewhat nervous and asked, "Have you noticed any flaws in this technique?"

"Not yet, fellow Daoist, please wait for me for a while. Although I have seen the problem with this technique, it is still hard to say whether there are any loopholes."

Chen Shi said apologetically, "This skill is flawless; I cannot find any flaws."

Huangfu Jun was secretly pleased: "That means there are no flaws. It's clear that my master didn't lie to me."

He held his master in the highest esteem and was truly unwilling to shatter the image of his idol.

Chen Shi pondered and said, "I have seen flawless cultivation techniques before. The Great Wilderness Dao Cultivation Collection of the Immortal Emperor is also without any flaws and is extremely perfect. However, that cultivation technique is incomplete, and even the supernatural powers are not fully transmitted. A flawless cultivation technique is not necessarily unable to contain hidden mysteries."

After careful consideration, he said, "Fellow Daoist, give me half a year and I will definitely be able to comprehend its mysteries."

Huangfu Jun shook his head and said, "I cannot wait for you here for half a year. The Three Pure Realms have invited my master and me to come out of the mountains to fight against the Heavenly Court. The west of Penglai is calm, but outside it has long been a scene of carnage. I have been recuperating from my injuries for more than half a year. If I do not appear for half a year, I will definitely arouse suspicion."

Chen Shi asked, "What does the Three Pure Realms need you for?"

"Search for the Sanqing Demon-Suppressing Well and release the great demon."

Huangfu Jun said, "I have been in charge of handling this matter for the past two years. But it's strange, I have noticed that there is a force that is also searching for the Sanqing Demon-Suppressing Well and is opposing us."

Chen Shi's heart stirred slightly, and he smiled, "Could it be my defiled body?"

"It shouldn't be. Your tainted body only has nine people, but the other side has many more people, and they are more widely distributed. They even know the location of the Demon-Suppressing Wells hidden in some continents."

Huangfu Jun said, "This force should be from the Heavenly Court. I have not yet encountered them, but as the saying goes, 'He who walks by the river will eventually get his shoes wet.' Sooner or later, we will run into them."

He did not linger and got up to take his leave.

"Who is your master?" Chen Shi asked as he rose to see him off.

Huangfu Jun said, “My master has never mentioned his name in front of me. But occasionally, immortals visit him and call him Mr. Huaiyi, and some people call him Mr. Qu.”

"Qu Huaiyi?"

Chen Shi suppressed the urge to use the Heavenly Secrets Strategy to deduce Qu Huaiyi's origins.

Such a being, capable of directly confronting the Longevity Emperor, could be easily located and killed by the opponent simply by the Heavenly Secrets Strategies he used to calculate.

Chen Shi personally saw Huangfu Jun off from Penglai West and watched him go.

Fairy Xiao Duan stayed by his side and asked, "Does my husband trust this person?"

"Can't believe it."

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "But he probably won't report me to Mr. Huaiyi. We're in the same boat, tied together. If he reports me, I can also report him."

Fairy Xiao Duan said, "If you complete the Eternal Proof of Freedom Sutra and he obtains the complete technique, his strength will surely increase by leaps and bounds. If he becomes an enemy, he will be even more difficult to deal with."

Chen Shi said leisurely, "He obtained the complete cultivation technique, which I passed on to him. There's no need to worry. Besides, who can guarantee that the complete cultivation technique I comprehend is truly the complete technique?"

Faced with someone as exceptionally talented as Mr. Huaiyi, Chen Shi couldn't guarantee anything.

“However, in the next few months, when Lord Huangfu is facing my filthy state, he will probably be more lenient,” Chen Shi said with a smile.

Xiao Duan asked in confusion, "Who is the other force opposing Huangfu Jun? Huangfu Jun is so powerful that he can oppose him and still survive. He must be a prominent figure in the Heavenly Court."

In the following months, just as Chen Shi had predicted, when Huangfu Jun led the experts of the Three Pure Realms to search for the Three Pure Demon Suppression Well, they would turn a blind eye to Chen Shi's filthy body and let him steal the Demon Refining Cauldron.

Chen Shi also realized that there was indeed another force searching for the Sanqing Demon-Suppressing Well, and their methods were extremely meticulous. Even when his filthy body rushed into the well, he would often find that there was only an empty well left.

"There are also people in the Heavenly Court who plan to use a great demon to plot against the Celestial Court!"

Chen Shi was somewhat taken aback. Were everyone's methods so dirty? "Yes. They were indeed that dirty." He was certain of this thought.

Huangfu Jun waited for four months but still received no news from Chen Shi, and his anxiety grew.

Are there any loopholes in the "Sutra of Eternal Proof of Freedom"?

He was tormented by the various thoughts in his mind, gradually becoming emaciated, his eyes bloodshot, and his mind filled with conflicting thoughts.

"Could it be that King Chen is just trying to trick me into revealing the martial arts technique?"

"Will he tell my master?"

"If he comprehends the complete technique, will he try to take advantage of me?"

……

Various thoughts tormented him, making it increasingly unbearable for him.

On this day, Huangfu Jun was recuperating in the Realm of Forgetfulness when he suddenly received news: "Master, someone claiming to be an old friend has come to visit."

When Huangfu Jun met the visitor, it was a lecherous Chen Shi who was flirting with his maid. He only reluctantly gave up when he saw Huangfu Jun arrive.

Suppressing his excitement, Huangfu Jun dismissed his attendants and asked, "What business does King Chen have with me?"

The physical Chen Shi looked him over and asked in surprise, "Fellow Daoist, you're injured again? What happened?"

Huangfu Jun said, "I was ambushed by the Heavenly Court and almost lost my life. That person from the Heavenly Court was also searching for the Demon Refining Cauldron and plotting against me. He killed all the experts from the Three Pure Realms and the Western Heaven around me, and I was the only one who escaped."

Chen Shi was startled by the sight of the naked man.

At this moment, it was Chen Shi's true body that was controlling the physical body, because the physical body was closest to the World of Forgetfulness, so he used this body to see Huangfu Jun. Unexpectedly, Huangfu Jun was seriously injured!
He knew Huangfu Jun's strength better than anyone. Huangfu Jun had withstood one of his attacks and survived three of his bows without being destroyed, and had even inflicted a calamity upon him. He admired Huangfu Jun's abilities greatly.

Unexpectedly, he was plotted against and almost lost his life!

"Fellow Daoist did not use the Eternal Proof of Freedom Sutra to send those who plotted against you to their doom?" Chen Shi asked.

Huangfu Jun shook his head: "The people who ambushed me were extremely clever in their calculations, precisely outside the range of my supernatural powers. They didn't even show themselves, but instead used the Three Pure Ones Demon-Suppressing Well to lure us into an ambush. They trapped us with an array nearby, while unleashing magical treasures from afar. The array severed our Dao realm, and the magical treasures bombarded us from a distance. Every one of our cultivation techniques, supernatural powers, and magical treasures was meticulously planned and executed against our Dao. Therefore, more than half of the experts who followed me to search for the Demon-Suppressing Well were killed or wounded the moment the ambush was triggered."

Chen Shi's heart skipped a beat; this method reminded him of an old friend.

"Tianqing is still in the Celestial Realm and couldn't possibly have come out. Could it be..."

Huangfu Jun interrupted his thoughts and asked, "Has the Heavenly King already comprehended the complete Scripture of Eternal Freedom?"

Chen Shi solemnly replied, "I have not failed in my mission. The cultivation method has been completed. Please take a look, fellow Daoist."

He slowly raised his palm, and his true essence automatically condensed into Dao patterns of the Dao of Calamity.

Huangfu Jun stared intently at the Dao patterns constantly forming at Chen Shi's fingertips. The Dao patterns Chen Shi was displaying were precisely those contained within his cultivation technique!

“Fellow Daoist Huangfu, the foundational structure of the Dao of Calamity that your master taught you is incomplete.”

The Dao patterns at Chen Shi's fingertips danced like butterflies, intertwining and resembling strange runes constantly pulsating, weaving the mysteries of the Great Dao. The Dao patterns he demonstrated had already surpassed those in the cultivation methods taught by Master Huaiyi!

The Dao patterns on his fingertips became increasingly complex and dense, encompassing more and more information.

Huangfu Jun was greatly shocked, and felt a sense of disappointment and bitterness.

Others might not see the mystery of this rune, but he did. The calamity rune, completed by Chen Shi, will make the Eternal Proof of Freedom Scripture even more perfect and flawless!
The improved Yongzheng Zizai Sutra is a crushing blow to the previously flawed version!

The techniques passed down by his master do indeed contain significant flaws.

His disappointment and bitterness stemmed from this.

After all, he had always held his master in high esteem and admiration. Although he suspected that the technique had some flaws, he still held onto a sliver of hope that he would be the exception.

Only at this moment did his lingering hope completely vanish.

"So I was just a leek waiting to be harvested by him," he said, laughing through his tears.

Chen Shi completed the Dao patterns and explained the profound mysteries of the Dao to Huangfu Jun one by one. It took him ten days to finish explaining everything, leaving no detail out.

"Perhaps the Dao of Calamity has even more complete Dao patterns, but my abilities only go this far."

Chen Shi said, “If you wish to verify whether this method is righteous, I have a way. When you cultivate this method, you will sense other people in this world who cultivate this method. These people are those who have cultivated the harvested techniques. Please verify this, fellow Daoist.”

Huangfu Jun hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and activated the completed technique.

As he circulated the technique, he immediately sensed that in the myriad worlds of the Earthly Immortal Realm and the Xuanhuang Sea, there were many others who also cultivated this technique!
These people are scattered all over the world!

The cultivation method they practice may not be called the Eternal Proof of Freedom Sutra, and it may be completely different from the original harvesting method, making it unrecognizable. But they are all just leeks for those who cultivate the righteous path!
The Immortal Realm and all the myriad realms are like Mr. Huaiyi's boundless fertile fields!
Huangfu Jun's face was ashen, and he said dejectedly, "My master never gave up on reaping the benefits of others..."

Seeing this, Chen Shi exclaimed with delight, "It seems that my repairs were correct!"

Huangfu Jun was even more dejected.

Chen Shi pondered, "But what's strange is that neither the Three Pure Realms nor the Western Paradise have pursued him. On the contrary, the Three Pure Realms even asked him to help them deal with the Longevity Emperor. There must be something fishy about this."

Huangfu Jun said, "Whenever a calamity occurs, the masters in the Three Pure Realms will protect us, master and disciple."

"I see."

Chen Shi suddenly realized that since the Three Pure Realms were protecting Mr. Huaiyi, Mr. Huaiyi had no need to continue harvesting. He owed the Three Pure Realms a favor, or perhaps the Three Pure Realms had tainted his reputation, which was why he had taken action against the Longevity Emperor this time.

“Fellow Daoist Huangfu, I have repaired the missing Dao patterns on your forehead and obtained the Scripture of Eternal Freedom Through a Thousand Tribulations. We are now even. Fellow Daoist, I hope we will not be enemies in the future.” Chen Shi rose to take his leave.

Huangfu Jun rallied his spirits and said, "I would rather be an enemy of the Heavenly King than anyone else. Heavenly King Chen is truly terrifying; I still have lingering fears."

As he spoke, he recalled the ambush he had encountered, and how his unseen opponent was extremely formidable and knew him very well.

"However, he doesn't know that I have obtained the complete Sutra of Eternal Freedom. If he tries to ambush me again, he will definitely die by my hand!" he thought to himself.

Chen Shi took his leave and had just left the Realm of Forgetfulness when he heard a mocking voice: "Between immortals and gods, there is no end to the fight, and wars break out everywhere. Yet the True King colludes with both the Heavenly Court and the Celestial Court, playing both sides, and yet he is quite carefree."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi burst into laughter, turned around, and his eyes revealed an irrepressible joy.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Bi, it's been a long time!"

(End of this chapter)