Starting from Comprehensive Martial Arts: Bu Dao Lu

Chapter 724 Dharma Assembly (1)

Although Li Yuan and his two sons had their own guesses in their minds, they did not dare to ask Zhuge Liang for confirmation.

People at their level of status and position naturally understand that if they are not allowed to know something, then they should not know it. Many times, knowing too many secrets is not a good thing!

Since ancient times, there has been a principle that secrecy leads to success, while disclosure leads to failure.

The father and his two sons all understood this truth.

In fact, it was not just Li Yuan and his two sons who were confused. Zhuge Liang, who was ordered by his ancestral land, was also confused by the two strange edicts from Huoyun Cave and Shouyang Mountain. Zhuge Liang came to the Tang Dynasty to take charge, and Shouyang Mountain only told him the bottom line of the Tang Dynasty's actions during the great catastrophe of heaven and earth. As for why they acted in this way, Zhuge Liang knew nothing.

The human race acted in this way. Not to mention Li Yuan and his son and Zhuge Liang who were unaware of the whole story, apart from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and the three ancestors of the human race, there were less than a handful of people who truly knew the inside story.

Before the great calamity of the liches and wizards, the 'Martial Ancestor' once went to heaven alone to fight a great battle with the demons. This battle was earth-shattering and also laid the foundation for the future rise of the human race.

But after this battle, 'Martial Ancestor' disappeared.

Although there has been no trace of the 'Martial Ancestor' for many years after his disappearance, the human race has never given up searching for him.

Last time, Emperor Fuxi accidentally deduced a breath of "Martial Ancestor", and it was this discovery that made the three ancestors of the human race and the three emperors and five emperors nervous. The news of "Martial Ancestor" is too important to the human race, and "Martial Ancestor" is too important to the human race. Therefore, the human race leaders can't care about anything else now.

Now, let alone a catastrophe of heaven and earth, no matter how great the opportunity of the human race is, it cannot be compared with the "Martial Ancestor", because the "Martial Ancestor" is the greatest opportunity for the human race.

The human race's top leaders are very determined to welcome back the 'Martial Ancestor'. In the eyes of the human race's top leaders, even if the human race is besieged by the saints, the human race will not give up welcoming back the 'Martial Ancestor'.

The changes in Huoyun Cave that Li Yuan had previously felt were the preparations made by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to welcome back the "Martial Ancestor".

The saints and the mighty ones in the heavens were afraid of the Martial Ancestor. Once the Martial Ancestor appeared in the heavens and the myriad worlds, it would definitely cause a huge disturbance. The saints and the mighty ones in the heavens would never let the Martial Ancestor return to the human race smoothly. For this reason, the three ancestors of the human race sat in the Buzhou Mountain Valley (the birthplace of the human race), the Five Emperors sat in the Huoyun Cave, and the Three Sovereigns looked after the Shouyang Mountain.

The three ancestral lands of the human race are relaxed on the outside but tense on the inside, all of them are stepping up efforts to reorganize the human race's foundation, accumulate strength, and prepare to respond to the crisis caused by the appearance of the "Martial Ancestor" at any time.

As Emperor Fuxi deduced more deeply about the aura of the 'Martial Ancestor', although the human race had not yet found the 'Martial Ancestor', Fuxi felt that he was not far from finding the 'Martial Ancestor'.

Therefore, the human leaders at this time could not care about anything else.

Otherwise, how could the Five Emperors delegate the authority over the great catastrophe of heaven and earth to the Tang Dynasty?

In a catastrophe of heaven and earth, if the human race plans properly, there is a great chance that a human empire will be born.

The human dynasty is the true foundation of the human race. If it were under normal circumstances, the Five Emperors would definitely secretly plan to support the Tang Dynasty in its fight for luck and plan for the opportunity to be promoted to the dynasty.

But now, the "Martial Ancestor" is the first priority of the human race. Even if this great catastrophe gave birth to an imperial dynasty, it would be nothing compared to the "Martial Ancestor".

Therefore, the human race leaders delegated the power of the Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation to the Tang Dynasty and sent Zhuge Liang to the Tang Dynasty to take charge. The main purpose was that the current human race leaders could not take care of the Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation, and were unable to support the Tang Dynasty's advancement. They were also worried that the Tang Dynasty would suffer too much loss in the Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation, so they issued two somewhat contradictory edicts. The planning and preparation of the human race leaders were just to prevent the unexpected events that would occur when the "Martial Ancestor" appeared. At this time, the heavens and the worlds, the Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation, and the Tang Dynasty were actually not affected by the human race's planning. Of course, the lack of influence was only temporary. The human race was the protagonist of heaven and earth, and the human race's decision still affected the situation in the heavens and the worlds.

On the Tang Dynasty side.

After Li Shimin noticed something unusual about the imperial edict from his ancestral land, he consulted with Zhuge Liang for many times, and only then did he decide the role of the Tang Dynasty in the great catastrophe of heaven and earth.

First of all, the human race is the protagonist of heaven and earth. The power of the catastrophe is connected to the human race, and the human race cannot avoid the catastrophe of heaven and earth no matter what.

Moreover, Shouyang Mountain and Buddhism also have an agreement that when the great catastrophe of heaven and earth begins, the human race will build momentum for Buddhism. For this reason, Buddhism has also handed over several disasters of the great catastrophe of heaven and earth to the human race. Now, the Tang Dynasty has received the order of the Five Emperors to deal with the great catastrophe of heaven and earth on behalf of the human race. The agreement between Shouyang Mountain and Buddhism naturally falls on the Tang Dynasty!

Therefore, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, personally issued an edict to announce to the world that the Tang Dynasty was going to hold a ceremony in the imperial capital Chang'an to pray for the souls of the heroes who died tragically in the struggle for hegemony of the human empire.

This decree from the Tang Dynasty was extremely unexpected. Buddhism was now leading the Journey to the West, and it was not surprising that the human race was building momentum for Buddhism, but this decree from the Tang Dynasty was somewhat incredible. Although the Tang Dynasty held the Dharma Assembly as scheduled, this Dharma Assembly was not a waterway assembly exclusive to Buddhism. It was a Dharma Assembly that all cultivators from all heavens and worlds could participate in.

The Tang Dynasty issued an edict that this Chang'an Dharma Assembly would not consider one's cultivation level, background, good or evil, or righteousness or wickedness. Anyone who had the ability to pray for the heroic spirits of the human race could participate.

Moreover, the virtuous monk who wins this Dharma Assembly will be honored as the Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the Tang Dynasty respected Taoism as the state religion, Taoism was just an empty title in the Tang Dynasty to facilitate preaching!
But the position of national teacher offered by the Tang Dynasty this time is not an empty title, but real humanitarian authority.

The Imperial Master's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty Imperial Master is in charge of the religious education of the Tang Dynasty. In other words, whoever can become the Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty will have an absolute advantage in preaching in the Tang Dynasty with the forces behind him.

Of course, the significance of the national teacher is more than that. In the past, the great saints and the great powers of the heavens could only compete for the power of the human race to teach and believe. Now, the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty has the authority of humanity, and can also enjoy the fortune of the Tang Dynasty and the merits of humanity. With such benefits, not to mention the great powers of the heavens, even the great saints are tempted.

Li Shimin threw away the position of Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty in order to disrupt the great catastrophe of heaven and earth.

Although, the Tang Dynasty has decided not to go deeper into the catastrophe of heaven and earth.

However, this does not mean that the Tang Dynasty could not do anything.

The Tang Dynasty changed the water and land conference that made Buddhism famous into a ceremony to confer the title of the Imperial Master, which was a naked conspiracy. Even if Buddhism was dissatisfied, it could do nothing about it! Because Buddhism also wanted the title of the Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, if the Tang Dynasty did not go deep into the great calamity of heaven and earth, then the great calamity of heaven and earth that Buddhism promised to the human race would be dispensable to the Tang Dynasty. Since the Tang Dynasty no longer needed the benefits of Buddhism, it was normal to slightly change the agreement with Buddhism.

The imperial decree of the Tang Dynasty swept across the heavens and the world like a hurricane.

The human race is the protagonist of heaven and earth, the largest race in the universe; the earthly immortal world is the place where the calamity of the universe is to be dealt with. The Tang Dynasty inherited the human race's luck from the earthly immortal world. From a certain perspective, Li Shimin can barely be regarded as the co-leader of the human race.

Therefore, how could the position of Imperial Master offered by the Tang Dynasty not drive all the forces in the heavens crazy!
(End of this chapter)