Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 281 Born from the same roots, enemies of the Great Dao

In the dark and empty place that Ji Jingqiu could not reach, there were two figures standing opposite each other, with river water flowing under their feet.

It is said that the long river of time is not independent of the world, but is omnipresent and omnipresent.

All things in the world are drifting downstream in the river.

Therefore, the first great freedom that all those who seek the truth pursue is to break free from this "flow". After that, whether to stay and hover, or go upstream, or continue to follow the flow, it all depends on their own wishes.

At this moment.

"As a senior, you are plotting against the younger generation of the Federation. Do you still have the shame?"

When old friends meet again after ten thousand years, even if one of them was good-tempered and famous for not killing, he still can't help but say something cold.

The other one, however, remained calm and shook his head slightly, showing the kind of calmness that didn't seem to care at all.

[What kind of calculation is this? No matter which choice he makes, it will be beneficial to him without any harm. ]

Among the four demons, Hela's fundamental divine power is not the most powerful, nor the most treacherous, but it is the most unreasonable.

Buddhism teaches us to stay away from upside-down dreams, but Hela did the opposite and went to the extreme of this path.

Here, dreams refer to the illusory thoughts caused by inverted cognition and violation of the true nature of things.

One moves away, the other moves closer.

Take the false as the true, take the illusion as the reality——

This is the fundamental authority of Hela, the goddess of dreams.

In a sense, the divine power held by Hela is of the same lineage as that of the Buddha, and they are born from the same root, but they are in conflict with each other.

According to men's deduction, the root of the two meridians can be summarized in one word: "awareness".

The word "jue" has two pronunciations. They have the same root but different origins and they counteract each other.

One is Jue (jue), which refers to the self-aware people in the lineage of the Buddha, who have awakened and seen through all dharmas.

One is awakening, which is about the rise and fall of eternity, just like in a dream, having a long dream of spring and autumn, and having upside-down dreams.

Therefore, according to the man's deduction, if Ji Jingqiu really wants to follow the path of the Buddha in the future, Hela will be the best foundation for his enlightenment.

today.

It would be best if Ji Jingqiu took the opportunity to usurp part of Hela's divine power, which would be equivalent to putting the initiative in the hands of the Federation itself.

From now on, no matter whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, Yanhuang will have a way out. No matter how many people die, the Kingdom of Dreams will ultimately provide a backup.

And if Ji Jingqiu did not take this path, it would not matter to the man. As long as Hela showed humanity beyond divinity, what Ji Jingqiu did this time would inevitably leave an important "trace" in Hela's heart.

This would be a great move for Hela, whose humanity is becoming more and more intense.

With the help of countless clever moves, Hela's clone might even take the initiative to move towards the ending he expects, and ultimately help Ji Jingqiu reach the highest level at the cost of his own life.

This is what men see as “all benefits with no harm”.

As for the price to be paid for this?

It's really not worth mentioning.

They are just a few believers of the God of Dreams.

But Ji Jingqiu's behavior was the same as that of someone ten thousand years ago, showing excessive "paranoia" about some things that were not worth mentioning.

The man's eyes shifted slightly, and he saw the figure who was fighting to the death with the false god who was pulled down from the throne with almost no fear of death.

During this meeting, Ji Jingqiu's character made him somewhat disappointed. He was so angry at a believer of the God of Dreams, a girl he had only met once and spent only a few dozen minutes with.

What if someone close to you dies in the future?
In Ji Jingqiu's eyes, perhaps the opening of the temple door was unexpected.

But in his eyes, this was just another portrayal of the impermanence of life, which he had witnessed and experienced countless times.

Compared with having to watch the inevitable death in the future without being able to prevent it, this experience was already merciful enough.

"Is it disappointment, or does it bring back bad memories for you?"

The other person saw through his thoughts and asked coldly.

He was speechless, and said helplessly:

[After a long separation, you use telepathy? 】

The man ignored him and continued calmly:
"This time, you are wrong. Even if a person can live his life again, his heart cannot be changed. Even if it is just a retraction and a release, the heart will no longer be the same as before."

"The changes you have made in his mind will interfere with his future decisions, and this is exactly what we have been trying to avoid from the beginning to the end."

"You should be thankful that it's me who came here today instead of Dong Huang. Or is this also part of your plan?"

What greeted him was still silence.

He continued to talk to himself:

"Then did you expect that before Donghuang left, he specifically found me and told me that if you have a seizure, let me talk to you about his principles on his behalf."

“So, today I am not here to preach my truth to you.”

this moment.

There is a Buddha sitting on the white lotus between heaven and earth, entering the pure land and generating bodhicitta. Behind his head, there are layers of Buddha light, supporting the four meditation heavens, which are like the Taoist Daluo realms and span hundreds of millions of kalpas.

He casually summoned a green glass lamp.

The ten directions of the lapis lazuli world emerged, illuminating the heavens and all darkness, with a profound Zen spirit. A ray of fire slowly ignited within it, containing many causal implications.

Hila once wondered why Mu Shitian, who had at least half a foot in the realm of transcendence, left behind a divine weapon that was only equivalent to the divine weapon of the Heavenly Lord.

But in fact, to someone, it is just a... green lamp.

A green lamp that holds the symbol of karma in the world.

[Are you really going to take action? ]

The man's voice finally sounded again, seemingly incredible and still difficult to understand.

[How much strength do you have left in this retribution body? How much of it do you want to waste here? ]

"We must give him an explanation."

Mu Shitian said calmly, as if he was speaking a natural truth. He looked up at the old man who had descended here in a miraculous manifestation of the Great Dao, and whispered,
"Besides, I'm also very curious about where you've been all these years, and why... you haven't changed at all."

Above the white lotus, the golden Buddha's eyes showed compassion and mercy. He reached out his hand and stroked it, as if waving a willow branch. The dots of glass light were like drizzle, sprinkling between heaven and earth. The long river of time rose and fell, and the river water was gurgling. It was at this moment...

A brief backflow!

Those creatures who were only briefly revived in Hela's kingdom and could only enter the kingdom of God in the end all received some kind of mysterious completion.

From then on, even if they leave the Kingdom of God, they have the qualifications to survive. They are no longer just floating duckweed that relies on the Kingdom of God and takes it as its root.

Buddha has a wish to save all sentient beings.

……

On a battlefield different from the long river of time.

Ji Jingqiu teamed up with Hela to pull down the false god of Buddha Land, a powerful man who was equivalent to a seventh-level master on the throne!

The Red Lotus Bodhisattva, who had left the throne, was downgraded to the third step of the celestial beings. Even his breath was declining. Finally, he stood on the third step and was tottering until he fell to the second step.

This is the path to demigodhood. Some celestial beings who realize that the path of martial arts is hopeless will choose to embark on the path to godhood midway in order to climb to a higher level.

This path is destined to be a hopeless one. The combat power is far inferior to that of gods of the same level, and even inferior to that of warriors of the same realm. Moreover, they are subject to various constraints. Once they fall from the throne of God, all their strength will be lost.

Despite its many flaws, it is still the stepping stone for many celestial warriors to reach a higher level.

At this moment, Hela mobilized her body and, with the help of the divine power transmitted from the void, barely manifested her own kingdom of God.

The kingdom of gods is equivalent to the martial artist's dojo, and even much higher.

Life and death, flesh and bones, were the effects of her divine power, reversing reality and illusion, but on Honglian, the effect was minimal.

This is Hela’s current problem. She has a high status and essence, but lacks divine power. She has done her best to pull Honglian off the throne.

Even though he has fallen from the throne, Honglian is still the strongest enemy Ji Jingqiu has ever encountered.

There are three levels of heaven and man. The first level is to achieve the unity of heaven and man. The second level is to survive the fire catastrophe and realize that "my heart is the heart of heaven". Between heaven and man, man has the upper hand for the first time.

As for the final, third stage, after going through the two calamities of wind and fire, the inner world begins to come to life, and only the final calamity of thunder is missing to create the new world.

At the same time, the celestial beings in this realm have mastered the principles of law to the extreme, and have begun to pursue the realm of "being in harmony with the Tao". The intensity of their unity with heaven and man has also greatly increased, and they are no longer limited to ordinary celestial bodies, but can even communicate with the will and power of stars.

Although Honglian fell from the third step, he still stood at the top of the second step and had master-level combat experience.

Ji Jingqiu tried his best but could only be on par with him.

Honglian was both shocked and angry!
Just being dragged down from the throne by force was enough to make him tremble with fear.

At this moment, this kid who had never even stepped into the realm of heaven was actually fighting with him!

"Thousand-armed Tathagata!"

Honglian knew that he couldn't go on and had to deal with the boy in front of him as soon as possible.

His expression was solemn, neither happy nor sad. He clenched his hands into seals and in an instant, with himself as the center, he slapped out hundreds of palm prints.

Ji Jingqiu was not afraid at all and took the initiative to face the enemy, competing with Honglian for the blessing of the power of heaven and earth.

Boom boom boom——

In just a moment, the two of them had clashed palms hundreds of times. The residual force of the palm wind created an air flow that spread out in all directions like a knife edge, cutting through houses like tofu.

Each of Ji Jingqiu's attacks was accompanied by a boiling aura. He became stronger and stronger as the battle went on, palm to palm.

It’s a pity that he doesn’t have the complete Eternal Sword at the moment, and cannot replicate the previous sword [All Things Are Empty].

Fortunately, Hela's kingdom of God, with him as the core, is still constantly eroding the pseudo-kingdom of God evolved by Honglian in the heaven and earth dojo.

Although he was also in Hela's kingdom of God, he was not harmed at all. Instead, he felt vaguely blessed.

In Hela's kingdom, a dreamlike and inverted force permeates. The world is like a dream, reality is hard to distinguish, illusion becomes reality, and the world is turned upside down.

Ji Jingqiu silently raised his fists and struck out with his palms, not afraid that this physical body would be damaged in the repeated collisions. He confronted Honglian head-on and was extremely ruthless, even to himself.

At the same time, he was still comprehending Hela's power.

With the help of this kingdom of God, he seemed to see a lot of things, where illusion and reality coexisted. He saw all living beings, heaven and earth, the void, the universe, and even the truth, nature, and divinity in Hela's heart!
At this moment, Ji Jingqiu suddenly fell into a state of nothingness, as if his entire body had disappeared, with no breath at all, like a dead person, causing Honglian in front of him to change his expression drastically.

Ji Jingqiu was clearly right in front of him, but he could not sense any breath from him at all, as if he was already dead.

But his "self-nature" is still there, and it shines even brighter. It is the indestructible self-nature that comes from the void and from the depths of the holy womb of the soul!
Taoists call it "natural nature" or "primordial spirit", while Buddhists call it "true nature" or "dharma nature".

It is always like this, without change or variation, without birth or death, without increase or decrease, without dirt or purity.

Ji Jingqiu realized his true self between the boundaries of dreams and reality, and once again saw the [Dharma Realm]!
Honglian's expression changed suddenly. He suddenly realized that he had lost to Ji Jingqiu in the battle for the power of heaven and earth!

Ji Jingqiu's mental strength seemed to have skyrocketed, and along with it came an improvement in his sense of unity between man and nature.

"This is... the Dharma Realm?!" Honglian was horrified.

At this moment, Ji Jingqiu pushed the beginning of his magical power to the extreme, evolving the Dharma Realm with all things.

All things are the Dharma Realm, demonstrating the true nature of no self!
He punched calmly. There was no gust of energy or principle in this punch. There was only a calm mind. With this punch, the sun and the moon were extinguished and the heaven and earth were turned upside down!

The force of the punch was so great that a crack appeared on the divine body that Honglian had carefully crafted for many years!
"You..." Honglian was angry and was about to say something when she pressed down with a palm. In her bones, there was still the martial spirit of the Great Stele-Smashing Palm, but it was shaking the seas and collapsing the mountains, turning the world upside down!
When Ji Jingqiu slapped his palm, the whole world shook, and the ground beneath his feet shattered almost instantly. The power of his palm was vast and endless, and almost the weight of a planet was contained in his palm!
This palm is indestructible!
A crisp sound like that of a glass cup breaking was heard under Ji Jingqiu's palm, and Honglian's face suddenly changed color with fear in her expression.

Crazy... Crazy! First, the phantom of the dream god who disappeared for ten thousand years came today, and then there was a peerless divine ban in the mind realm that could see the Dharma Realm!

"Wait a minute..." He hadn't finished his words.

Ji Jingqiu struck out with one palm after another, all with the intention of smashing the monument. Honglian was smashed like a broken sack!
boom! boom! boom!
Amidst thunderous explosions, Honglian's divine body was smashed to pieces and rotted into a ball until there was no sound left.

The next moment, a blood-red holy fetus shot out from the tattered rotten flesh and escaped at an astonishing speed.

Ji Jingqiu didn't even try to stop him, he just watched coldly.

Honglian once thought that he had finally saved his life, until he flew for who knows how long and still couldn't find a way to leave.

He wanted to tear the void and communicate with the dark sea, but no matter which method he used, it was useless here.

Until he finally realized that he was in...

It is the kingdom of the true God.

(End of this chapter)