Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

"Boy, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Nuwa couldn't help but frowned when she heard Ji Ren's words and said, "The lower-level Dharma images in the mortal world are not even as good as those in the fairy world, let alone the highest Dharma images in the divine world?"

“That’s why I say you are ignorant. Nuwa created humans and this is the origin of the human race. Emperor Zhuanxu opened the sky and continued the peace for the human race. Everything he did was for the human race. But you are a bunch of idiots. Each of you calls yourselves gods and separates yourself from the human race. You still refuse to accept the fact that I say you are inferior. To be honest, do you really know why the Dharmakaya was born back then?” Ji Ren said.

"Of course it was the greatness of our ancestors in the last era, and only our ancestors would consider these things." Nuwa said without hesitation.

"Okay, I originally thought that Jiang Gu might have lied to me, but now it seems that you really don't know anything." Ji Ren shook his head and said, "For Ya'er's sake, I'll explain it to you for free. When the disaster really came, there were no gods to save the world, but our ancestors had already died, so how could we rely on them? The only one we can rely on in this world is ourselves. There were no gods, no ancestors, and in the despair and darkness of that year, it was our ancestors who relied on themselves to get out."

"How is it possible? If so, how could the power between heaven and earth evolve into Dharma images? And how could these Dharma images become the appearance of our ancestors?" Nuwa said in disbelief.

"So you don't understand. Do you know what the first satellite to explore the moon was called in the last era, the Dharma Ending Age? Chang'e-1, the romance of the Chinese people, was cut off here, what a pity." Ji Ren shook his head slightly.

"There are no gods in the world, and our ancestors are dead. Otherwise, it would not be our turn to make decisions. The waves behind push the waves ahead. This is the foundation for a nation to continue to exist. Back then, the world collapsed, the era ended, and it fell into darkness. All civilizations collapsed and everything started all over again. There was no Dharma at that time, but everyone spontaneously studied artificial flames and tasted the herbs of the new century. Have you heard the story of Yugong moving mountains? Yugong's descendants can move mountains, and everyone who is willing to move mountains can call himself a descendant of Yugong.

"The principle is the same. In a new world and a new era, everything is changing, but the reason why the human race can always stand firm is because there are always people who patch up this broken world and stand up in times of crisis.

"Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different species? In the morning, they are farmers, and in the evening, they are emperors! The inheritance of the Chinese nation has never relied solely on blood, or in other words, blood can only inherit blood, but the inheritance of spirit is different.

"Back then, at the end of the Dharma era, the first human king who discovered a ray of hope and continued the fire for the human race opened up a new path of cultivation. The way he opened it up was to imprint the spirit of China in the heaven and earth. The Avenue of Hope was Suiren, the Avenue of Creation was Wahuang, the Avenue of Water was Gonggong, and the Avenue of Fire was Zhurong. It was humans who created gods, and it has always been like this since ancient times. And in his setting, future generations can grow and evolve and defeat their predecessors."

"Impossible. Gods are gods, immortals are immortals, and humans are humans. Everything is in order. How could there be any evolution? If so, why are the Three Pure Ones no match for Ji Hong?" Nuwa said in disbelief.

Ji Ren's theory directly caused the education she had received over the years to collapse, which she could not accept.

"Because the Three Pure Ones are not human beings." Ji Ren said as a matter of course.

"What do you mean?" Yuanshi Tianzun asked puzzledly.

"It means literally. The Three Pure Ones are not human. To be precise, except Laozi, none of them are human. There is a certain number of ancient sages, and the first human king was not a historian who specialized in ancient sages. He knew the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and he also knew Chiyou and Xingtian, but the total number of gods he knew did not exceed one hundred. But there are more than so many ways between heaven and earth, so in addition to the ancestors, he also made use of other legendary gods in the previous era to inherit the second-class laws. Therefore, your Dharma images are naturally flawed. This is the gap brought about by the innate nature." Ji Ren said.

Later generations can defeat their predecessors, but gods cannot.

“So that’s how it is. Then why, according to the information I got, in the last era, Yuanshi Tianzun had a higher status than Daode Tianzun?” Yuanshi Tianzun was also puzzled.

"Grandmaster, I don't know how you got the information, but I can tell you that it was indeed true in the last era. But here, you must first understand two things. First, not all the information shows that Yuanshi Tianzun has a higher status than Daode Tianzun. Second, even if this was the case in the last era, why do you think that when the first human king created the Dharma image, he did so in complete accordance with the reality of the last era? The first human king himself is the boss, so why should he abide by the constraints of his predecessors?" Ji Ren looked at Yuanshi Tianzun and said.

Yuanshi Tianzun looked at Ji Ren in disbelief. What are you talking about?
I went through untold hardships and nearly died to get these few pieces of information, and you tell me that they are useless?

“Actually, what you said just now was wrong, Master. Laozi is greater than Yuanshi. This is not a lie made up by Ji Hong, but the setting of the first human king, or perhaps the cognition of the first human king. The first human king was not a professional mythology scholar. He neither knew nor cared to know most of the Taoist legends. On the contrary, he knew more about the myths and legends in film and television dramas and the prehistoric flow in novels. Therefore, when he constructed the world, he mainly referred to the prehistoric flow, and in the prehistoric flow, Laozi is greater than Yuanshi.” Ji Ren said.

"So I made the wrong choice from the very beginning?" Yuanshi Tianzun said.

"Of course. The acquired immortal is greater than the innate god. The concept is right, but the path is wrong. If you take the wrong path, the harder you work, the more you will fail. In fact, the gods evolved from humans have the hope of surpassing their predecessors. For example, Lao Tzu, Guandijun transformed from Guan Yu, Mazu the goddess of the sea, and so on, but this is based on the identity of human beings. Purely religious gods like Yuanshi Tianzun are second-rate gods, only half a step higher than Tathagata. As long as they are not sure to win, they will definitely fail." Ji Ren said.

"A second-rate god, only half a level higher than Tathagata? It seems that I am lucky. No wonder Jie Yin and Zhunti fell." Yuanshi Tianzun said with a self-deprecating smile.

"The local is better than the foreign. After all, the Dharma images created by our ancestors themselves must be biased towards themselves. It's a pity for the two Westerners. So from this point of view, Master, you still chose the right Dharma image." Ji Ren said.

The two Westerners are also extremely talented people, but it’s a pity that the wrong person was chosen.

The strength of gods is determined by humans, and when the first human king decides on strength, naturally his own gods come first.

Although Guan Yu's Dharma image can theoretically surpass his predecessors, in fact it is almost impossible for Guan Yu's Dharma image to upgrade from five colors to nine colors. And it is even more impossible to complete the promotion to Hunyuan under Ji Hong's nose. In fact, the only Dharma image that can truly do it is Lao Tzu.

In fact, Yuanshi Tianzun was only one step away from success.

But it was at this last step that Yuanshi Tianzun made the wrong choice.

Otherwise, he would be a true king comparable to Zhuanxu, enough to defeat Ji Hong.

Ji Ren chuckled and slowly told what he knew from Fuxi's Dharma image. At this time, after Ji Ren appeared, Ji Hong, who had been silent, suddenly became violent. His aura reached its peak in an instant. He swung the golden sword in his hand, and the unparalleled sword slashed straight at Ji Ren. The sword light was bright, illuminating the heavens and all worlds.

However, before the sword could land on Ji Ren, a huge black tortoise seal condensed above Ji Ren's head, evolving into a cosmic sea. Ji Hong slashed down with his sword with the power to destroy the world, but it was like a drop in the ocean, without causing any ripples at all.

“Concentrating all the strength in the body, he swung a sword that is close to his heyday. The magical powers in the divine world are indeed unique. But that’s all. Grand Master, this is the last time I will call you this. Have you chosen how you want to die?” Ji Ren turned to look at Ji Hongdao, who seemed to have recovered to his peak.

Strong on the outside but weak on the inside, after one sword strike, the weak can be defeated.

“Ji Ren, I am indeed shocked that you have grown to this point. However, conspiracies and tricks are not worthy of being shown in public. And it is wishful thinking for a lowly person like you from the lower realm to want to defeat me! Do you think that you can deceive the ignorant Yuanshi with your fallacies and heresies, and you can hide it from me? Feng Yuexi, don't be fooled by his lies. Kill him, take back the Dharma image of the Human King, and then you and I will return to the God Realm.” Ji Hong shouted coldly, and then said to Nuwa.

The current situation is under the control of Ji Ren. It is almost impossible for him to defeat Ji Ren in his current state, but if Nuwa is there, there is still a glimmer of hope.

Nuwa is the master of creation.

But you can create something out of nothing and create a person out of thin air.

Not to mention treatment.

Upon hearing this, Nuwa frowned slightly, and then nine-colored divine light burst out from her body. An ancient and sacred image of a Dharmadhatu condensed behind her, as if it came from endless years ago. The divine light surged, illuminating the heavens. Shadows of ancient mythical beasts such as the dragon, phoenix, and golden crow continued to emerge. The divine light of creation illuminated the heaven and earth, and the Three Realms, which had originally come to an end and seemed to be on the verge of collapse, were forcibly pulled back to breathe a sigh of relief.

Ji Hong, who was on the verge of collapse, suddenly showed a glimmer of life at this moment. The image of Emperor Zhuanxu condensed again behind him, divine light surged, divine light above his head was bright, the stars were shaking, and with the help of Feng Yuexi, he seemed to be even stronger than before.

"Ji Ren, you have committed an unforgivable crime, why don't you confess your guilt quickly?"

Ji Hong's voice was loud and clear, like the voice of a god coming from beyond the nine heavens. It was majestic and lofty, carrying a sacred will. Even the Golden Immortal would have to submit.

"It's an unforgivable crime, so what else are you admitting? Besides, who is qualified to judge whether I am right or wrong? Are two virtual images very powerful? I have four such Dharma images!" Ji Ren's mouth corners slightly raised, and then a tremendous force suddenly burst out from his tall body, and four terrifying light and shadows rose.

In the eastern sky, a huge shadow of the Bagua diagram emerged, and eight kinds of strange phenomena such as heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, fire, and mountain marshes continued to appear. In the core of the eight strange phenomena, a man with gentle eyes, as if containing endless wisdom, stood. There was an eternal light on his chest, like the source of the universe, the light when all things first appeared.

In the southern sky, a headless man holding an axe in one hand and a shield in the other roared angrily, with his nipples as eyes and his belly button as a mouth. His murderous aura that had fought a hundred battles shocked the universe. He was unparalleled in the world, born for battle and would not stop until his death.

In the western sky, a man with a slightly longer left arm tightly grasped a longbow, his eyes were cold and ruthless, as if he could even freeze the true fire of the sun. He bent the bow and shot an arrow, and the sharpness of the arrow shocked all of Kyushu.

In the northern sky, a point of blazing fire was burning. However, when the fire burned to its peak, it suddenly emitted a terrifying chill. A tall man held the Black Tortoise Seal in his hand, controlling the ocean with a domineering gaze. The chaotic sea of ​​the universe was worshipping at his feet, and even the river of time and space could not go against his will.

The four great Dharma images appeared together, standing tall as the sky and on the earth, becoming the supreme power between heaven and earth.

During these three hundred years, Ji Hong and his companions were fighting each other, and their strength was weakening, but Ji Ren took the opportunity to condense the Xingtian Dharma Image and further improve his cultivation.

Seeing the four Dharma images on Ji Ren's body, Ji Hong and Nuwa's expressions instantly changed color, and even a look of fear appeared on their faces. Ji Hong looked at Ji Ren in shock and asked, "How come you have four?"

"To be precise, there are five. Although Yang Jian is not suitable now, sooner or later I will make him equal to the gods." Ji Ren chuckled. As long as Li Bing is the main one, it will be fine. He looked at Nuwa and said, "Feng Yuexi, are you sure you still want to stand on Ji Hong's side?"

Feng Yuexi's eyes changed slightly, looking at the four Dharma images, and instantly changed her body shape, standing next to Ji Ren, and humbly said: "Feng Yuexi greets the Human King!"

The four Dharma images, even if they tried their best, they would still lose with Ji Hong.

Since the result is already determined, what's the point of trying so hard?
No, the Feng family is one lineage, and the Three Emperors are all respected.

Ji Ren condensed Fuxi's true king appearance, so he was naturally one of the Three Emperors. Although he condensed Nuwa's Dharma appearance, it was natural for him to obey the king's orders. As for Ji Hong?

Not familiar, don’t know.

What does your Xiong family have to do with our Feng family?
"Shameless slave."

When Ji Hong saw Feng Yuexi turning against him, he immediately became angry and started cursing.

Feng Yuexi's expression darkened slightly, but she was not angry because Ji Hong was going to die.

“Ji Ren, the water in the divine realm is deeper than you think. If you kill me, endless destruction will be waiting for you.” After Ji Hong finished speaking, he shouted at Ji Ren again.

"Don't worry, after my cultivation level improves a bit, I will go find your father. After all, Gonggong wants to defeat Zhuanxu, and your virtual appearance is of no value, so I will kill your father, and then kill you, and then kill your father. I don't think your grandfather will let me go either. But, it doesn't matter, I will kill them all. Now you can go on your way." Ji Ren smiled and said the coldest words in the gentlest tone.

Ji Hong was furious again when he heard this. He was truly aware at this moment that he might die, die in this lower world that he had always looked down upon. Because of this, he became even more crazy, burning himself and fighting with all his might.

However, Ji Ren did not even send out the four great Dharma images at the same time. He only let the Gonggong Dharma image take action, and the three Dharma images of Fuxi, Houyi and Xingtian were in charge.

The Xuanwu Seal fell, the golden sword shattered, and Ji Hong died!
It was an understatement, as if crushing an ant.

Feng Yuexi and Yuanshi Tianzun were both shocked, especially Yuanshi Tianzun. Ji Hong, the supreme heavenly way in the three realms, was a huge rock that weighed on the hearts of seven saints, including Jie Yin, Zhunti, the former Heavenly Emperor, and the current Heavenly Emperor. But Ji Ren just stepped on him to death like an ant!
Feng Yuexi reacted first and congratulated Ji Ren, "The Human King is invincible."

"Ji Hong consumes so much energy. If I can't kill him easily, then why should I practice?" Ji Ren chuckled, not very happy. After he appeared, he was interested in talking to Yuanshi Tianzun and Feng Yuexi first, because he had control over everything.

Ji Hong is no match for him.

Otherwise, he would choose to launch a sneak attack and kill Ji Hong.

After all, the Three Purities couldn't afford to lose, and so could he.

The capital is too little.

In this game, he is actually the weakest. If Yuanshi Tianzun and Ji Hong had not schemed against each other, if Ji Hong did not take everyone in the Three Realms to heart, and if Jiang Gou had not helped to confuse him, he would have been the one most likely to die.

Fortunately, it's all over.

If he fails, he will have to flee with his entire family.

"Now that Ji Hong has been killed, where does the Human King plan to go next? Is he going to the God Realm? Feng Yuexi is willing to be the Human King's vanguard." Feng Yuexi said respectfully.

"What's the point of going to the God Realm? There are a bunch of powerful people in the eighth realm of Hongmeng there. Am I going to die as a person who has just reached the edge of the seventh realm?" Ji Ren chuckled. It was good to defeat Ji Hong, but this was just the beginning, not the end. If he went to the God Realm now, let alone anything else, Feng Yuexi, who was respectful in front of him, would be the first to betray him and want to kill him.

"Then what should we do next? The Three Realms alone can at most allow the Human King to enter the Seventh Realm, but cannot support the Human King to enter the Eighth Realm." Feng Yuexi said.

“So, enter the seventh realm first, and then think about the rest. And I’ll need your and Jiang Gu’s help with this.” Ji Ren said with a smile.

"Jiang Gu?" Feng Yuexi was slightly startled, and then she saw the space beside Ji Ren fluctuate. The next moment, she saw Jiang Gu appear, smiling sweetly and saying, "What? I haven't seen you for three hundred years. Do you miss me?"

"I missed you and you are not dead yet." Feng Yuexi chuckled when she saw Jiang Gu appear.

She was undoubtedly happy when Jiang Gou appeared.

Like Ji Hong, Feng Yuexi looked down on the people of the Three Realms, and naturally disdained to be friends with them. She also had conflicts of interest with Ji Hong, so her relationship with Jiang Gu was relatively harmonious. After being together for many years, they had become close friends, if not best friends.

"Why die? The main purpose of my coming to the Three Realms is to find the Dharma image of Gonggong. Now that the Human King has found it, I will naturally be loyal to him." Jiang Gou said.

Let me make it clear that I am not surrendering without integrity, I am just resonating with the Dharma, and I am doing this for Shennong.

Yes, that's it.

Seeing Jiang Gu like this, Feng Yuexi rolled her eyes, then looked at Ji Ren and said, "Human King, if you don't leave the Three Realms, the Three Realms are now in ruins and need to be governed. I am good at creating it, so I will do it."

“No need.” Ji Ren shook his head slightly, then waved his hand lightly, and a dreamy and magnificent river of time surged. Under Ji Ren’s thoughts, the river flowed backwards, and all things in the three realms changed rapidly, just like a rewind of an image, returning to the way it was three hundred years ago.

Seeing this scene, Feng Yuexi and Jiang Gu were even more shocked. The strength of this Human King was probably infinitely close to the seventh level, the Wuji Realm.

Moreover, there are four Dharma images. If Yang Jian's Dharma image is replaced in the future, then one person will be equivalent to five people. It seems that there is really no loss in being loyal to such a person.

"Next, the Three Realms will still need your help to popularize the knowledge of the God Realm." Ji Ren said to Feng Yuexi and the others.

"I will do my best." Feng Yuexi and the others said in unison.

Ji Ren nodded slightly, and immediately let the two leave. Then he waved his hand, releasing the figures of Qiao Qingyue, Qiao Qingyin and others. He waved his sleeves again, causing the purple divine light to fall into the bodies of the women.

The bodies of the women trembled slightly, and the next moment divine light surged. Great and immortal power bloomed from the women, illuminating the heavens.

"Hey, how did you become a saint? I need to rely on my own strength to enter the Primordial Realm."

Feeling the power in their bodies, Guan Yan and Zhu Ning'er's lips curled up slightly. They had the biggest power increase and were the happiest, while Qiao Qingyin complained dissatisfiedly.

She has to rely on her own strength.

“When you are able to enter Hunyuan, I will take out this ray of purple light for you, or you can eliminate it yourself at that time. If you enter the God Realm, a Hunyuan warrior will no longer be a supreme strategic weapon, but a basic force, or even a combat unit. Get stronger as soon as possible, otherwise you will really only be able to watch me show off in front and you watch the show from behind.” Ji Ren chuckled.

Qiao Qingyin knew that Ji Ren was telling the truth, so she curled her lips and stopped complaining.

Qiao Qingyu smiled, rubbed her sister's head slightly dotingly, then looked at Ji Ren and said, "Are you ready to leave?"

“Well, the power of the Three Realms is limited after all. It can only allow me to cultivate to the seventh realm at most, and my practice is slow. This level of strength is not enough. I can’t go to the Divine Realm for the time being, so I’ll go to the other heavens and myriad realms under the Divine Realm and repeat what happened in the Three Realms, constantly absorbing luck and developing strength.” Ji Ren chuckled.

Ji Ren naturally did not explain everything to Feng Yuexi, the two people from the divine world.

You absolutely cannot go to the divine realm now.

But if you keep hiding in the Three Realms, there will be no future.

So if he changed his mindset, he could annex many worlds like the Three Realms under the rule of the God Realm.

Others cannot go, but he is different. He has the Dharma image of Fuxi and knows most truths and most magical powers in the world, so he can go in.

He named this strategy the rural encirclement... Oh no, it was the encirclement of the gods by the heavens!
“Outside the God Realm, beyond 37,600 space nodes, there is the aura of the world.” Said the Moon God.

As one of the top three women in terms of cultivation, she has not been idle for the past three hundred years, and has been responsible for investigating the outside world.

“Okay, then let’s start from there, accumulate strength, and then wait for a day to counterattack the corrupted divine world.” Ji Ren chuckled and took a big step forward. The void fluctuated, a void door emerged, and the figure immediately disappeared.

Qiao Qingyu smiled, holding a green umbrella and followed the girls closely, and disappeared into the space gate together.

(End of the book) (End of this chapter)