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Chapter 604: Star Tree, Buddhism Rises

Wa Palace.

The fluctuating chaotic aura gradually calmed down, and the surging golden lotus of the Great Dao slowly dissipated. After the preaching that lasted for tens of thousands of years stopped, Hong Chen was immersed in the rhyme of Taoism, and the Hunyuan Qi penetrated his body, soul, and true spirit, until he finally woke up thousands of years later.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw his beloved master sitting sideways with his legs crossed, his long, round, plump and delicate legs crossed, his graceful curves in full view, holding a book in his left hand and a cup of steaming hot tea in his right hand, looking very comfortable.

"woke up?"

He never raised his head, nor did he turn his gaze away. Only the ethereal voice echoed in the spacious hall.

Hong Chen blinked and shook his head. After coming back to his senses, he lowered his head slightly and looked at the jade floor that was seamless and integrated.

"I'm awake now. Thank you, Master."

Nuwa nodded slightly, and then her servant Caifeng came from behind and brought a cup of tea to Hong Chen.

Hong Chen stood up and took it, smiling and said, "Thank you."

Caifeng smiled and stepped aside.

During the tea break, Nuwa suddenly asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Hong Chen swallowed the tea, knowing exactly what his master meant, and said, "The way of the land comes first, and the way of humanity comes second."

"You seem to be quite concerned about Pingxin's matter."

The tone was flat, without any ups and downs.

However, Hong Chen heard a chill in it that made his scalp tingle.

He quickly put down the teacup and bowed his hands: "Master, you misunderstood. This disciple is doing this for the sake of practicing the Great Dao. Compared with the human way, the underground way has saints, and has the foundation accumulated over the years, as well as the descendants of the witch clan of the past. The conditions are very complete. In comparison, the human way is subject to the saints, and has outstanding potential, but it also needs more time."

Nuwa's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her eyes glanced calmly: "Why are you so anxious to explain?"

Hong Chen smiled naturally and said, "It's not an explanation, but as a disciple, I should let the master know what I'm thinking."

After a moment, a light laugh spread in the hall like gentle ripples on the water.

"Buddhism is about to flourish, what do you think?" Nuwa asked again.

Hong Chen thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No need to do anything."

"Let him?"

"Let him!"

"You didn't do that in the Three Realms. Why have you changed your mind now?"

Hong Chen laughed: "When I was in the Three Realms, I didn't know how big the wilderness was, how vast the heavens were, and even less how mysterious the heaven and earth were. Now I've seen the wilderness, the saints, and the wonders of Hunyuan. Naturally, my mind has changed. Buddhism is flourishing, and it's flourishing for Buddhism and benefiting the wilderness. I should not only not block the disciples' path, but also lend a helping hand."

The rise of Buddhism is the trend of heaven.

The general trend of Heaven's Way is not for one's own selfishness, but for the great universe.

The foundation of Buddhism is in the ancient West, and the West was not barren at first. Instead, it was full of innate spiritual energy and great creation like other places. Otherwise, the Two Saints of the West would not have found the top-grade innate spiritual roots, bitter bamboo, bodhi tree, and various top-grade innate spiritual treasures.

But these were all before the battle between Taoism and demons.

The first time the Western Land became the focus of the prehistoric world was when the Demon Ancestor Rāhu rose to power.

At that time, Luohou used Mount Xumi, the ancestral vein of the western earth, as his foundation, gathered the calamity energy of heaven and earth and endless evil spirit and murderous intent, and cultivated the Immortal Execution Sword Formation at the foot of Mount Xumi.

The status of Mount Xumi in the West is equivalent to that of Mount Kunlun, the ancestral mountain of the East.

The two are equal, with no distinction between high and low.

The Zhuxian Sword Formation was refined at the foot of Mount Xumi and became the number one killing formation in the heavens. The status of Mount Xumi’s western ancestral vein accounted for at least half of the credit.

When the battle between Taoism and Demons broke out, Luohou, carrying his innate treasure, the God-killing Spear, and the number one killing formation of the Heavenly Dao, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, went to fight against Hongjun and the three reborn Chaos Demon Gods, Yin Yang, Qiankun, and Yangmei.

In this battle, the Yin-Yang Patriarch and the Qiankun Patriarch died suddenly. Yang Mei was seriously injured and escaped from the prehistoric world into the chaos, and never dared to show up in the prehistoric world again.

Daozu Hongjun killed Luohou and won the final victory in the battle between Taoism and Demon. He took this opportunity to gain the favor of Heaven and continued to soar into the sky until he finally merged with Heaven and became Daozu.

In that battle, the western land veins were shattered, which directly led to the gradual loss of spiritual energy in the western land and severe damage to its foundation. It remains barren to this day.

After the battle between Taoism and Demons ended, Jie Yin and Zhunti, who were born in the Western Land, came to Mount Sumeru, which had suffered severe damage after the war.

In the Mount Sumeru where demonic energy was filled and boiling, after hundreds of thousands of years of hard work, the two brothers finally dispelled the demonic energy, rebuilt Mount Sumeru, and used it as a place of practice, truly laying the foundation.

The broken Mount Sumeru naturally caused harm to the prehistoric world, and this part of the cause and effect was directly placed on Hongjun's head.

Jie Yin and Zhunti, who helped to repair and tidy up Mount Sumeru, also gained a lot of merit and luck, which provided great help for their future path.

So strictly speaking, Jie Yin and Zhunti are innate deities with great merits and great fortunes, and they have indeed made contributions to the ancient world.

It was precisely because of this excellent resume that they were able to obtain the two primordial purple auras and the loan approval from the Heavenly Dao was successfully passed.

If it were someone else, even if they were willing to make great wishes, the heavens might not necessarily pay attention to them.

The same reason.

The development of Buddhism is indeed beneficial to the prehistoric world.

Every bit of merit and fortune that gathers towards the west is actually a continuous repair and stitching of Mount Sumeru.

The restoration of Mount Sumeru, the ancestral mountain of the West, will directly promote the revival of the spiritual vitality of the Western land.

Therefore, Hong Chen will not only not stop the rise of Buddhism, but he will even help Buddhism.

The tunnel not only refers to the underworld, but also includes the entire earth veins of the ancient world.

The two saints of Buddhism hoped that the merits and fortune after the prosperity of the religion could repay the loan, while the disciples of Buddhism hoped that the merits and fortune would be added to them so that their own practice could be further improved.

Hong Chen needs the Buddhists to promote merit and fortune to repair Mount Xumi, restore the spiritual energy of the West, and then promote the true rise of the tunnel.

We all have the same goal and everyone has a bright future.

Hong Chen did not hide these thoughts from Master Nuwa at all.

Therefore, Nuwa asked again: "How to proceed?"

Hong Chen smiled and waved his hand, releasing the corpse of the six-winged golden cicada.

Nuwa knew what Hong Chen meant at a glance, and immediately shook her head with a smile: "You are really a bad boy."

"Hehe, Master, thank you for the compliment."

"Hmph, Caifeng, bring the potted plants from the windowsill in the backyard."

Caifeng took the order and left. Not long after, she came back slowly, holding a potted plant in her hand.

In that potted plant was a small tree with straight branches and intricate leaves. The trunk radiated the sun's radiance, the branches were full of the moon's divine aura, and the leaves were full of bright stars, dazzling the eyes.

At first glance, it seemed as if the entire vast starry sky was kneaded into the shape of a tree.

As the colorful phoenix gradually approached, the innate aura and the starry sky carried by the potted plant became more and more intense.

"Brother." Cai Feng called softly, and Hong Chen reached out to take it: "Thank you."

He looked up, "Master, what is this?"

"Your clone has been busy repairing the ancient stars in the prehistoric starry sky for tens of thousands of years, and the Star Avenue has been greatly improved. This star tree was cut down more than 10,000 times because the demon clan wanted to set up the Zhoutian Star Array, which damaged its origin and caused its grade to drop rapidly from the best to the lowest. After the demon clan was defeated, I rescued this star tree and nurtured it with the Nine Heavens Xiran and the Three Lights Divine Water for many years before it was restored to the middle grade. Your clone repaired the stars and restored it to the best grade. Moreover, your current throne in the Heavenly Court is also related to the Zhoutian Stars. In other words, this spiritual root is destined to be with you."

Hong Chen raised his eyebrows strangely.

It’s true that what Master Nuwa said was right. Just by holding the potted plant, Hong Chen already felt the causal connection between himself and the Star Tree.

This time it’s really fate.

"Your imperial power encompasses all the stars in the universe. The stronger your Starry Way is, the more nourishment the Star Tree will receive. Let it accompany you, and perhaps one day it can return to being a top-grade innate spiritual root."

"Thank you for your guidance, Master. I understand."

Nuwa nodded and said: "The Star Tree will bear fruit soon, 365 at a time. You can take half for yourself, and crush the rest and sprinkle it into the Nine Heavens Soil to return the origin, which will make it recover faster."

"Why not crush them all and return them?"

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"People who eat star fruit should owe it a cause and effect, and return it a luck, which is more beneficial to it."

"So that's how it is." Hong Chen nodded.

"The Great Starry Way is the Way of Heaven, the Way of Earth, and the Way of Man. Now you have comprehended more than half of it. In the future, you can take the Starry Fruit or comprehend the Way under the Starry Tree, and you can go further."

"I am ashamed to say that Master was concerned about me." Hong Chen put away the Star Tree and said, "I am about to return to the wilderness. Does Master have any instructions? I will do my best to complete them for you."

Nuwa raised her lips slightly, thought for a moment, and shook her head, saying, "No need. If you are willing, call me to go when Fuxi is out of trouble in the future."

"Disciple, remember this! That day will not be too long!" Hong Chen solemnly promised.

"Well, you go."

Hong Chen bowed again, left the Queen Wa Palace, and immediately turned into a ray of light that pierced through the chaos and reached the prehistoric world.

Breaking through the boundary wall, the breath of the ancient world surged in. Hong Chen stood in the void, gazing into the distance. The Hunyuan Dao Fruit quickly absorbed the information of the ancient world. Everything that had happened in the ancient times in the long river of time and space was vivid in his mind.

After Hong Chen left, Yunxiao was in charge of conferring the gods, and those on the list from the orthodox sect, the evil sect and Buddhism were added to the eight divisions of the heavenly court.

The true spirits of those on the list are restricted by the List of Gods, and no matter how reluctant they are, they have to accept it willingly.

Afterwards, Haotian visited Jin'ao Island and negotiated with Tongtian for several days, allowing all the immortals of Jiejiao to be deified and take up important positions.

The Chan sect and the Buddhist sect were unhappy, but Haotian was not angry either, and he later allocated some god positions to them.

Although the overall situation seems to have not changed, the strength and fortune of Heaven have greatly increased. After all, compared with the Conferred Gods in the Three Realms, the most important things in this Conferred God Ceremony, such as people's hearts, balance, and power, are firmly controlled by Haotian.

After Xiqi was destroyed, the fortunes of the Shang Dynasty soared. After a long period of prosperity, it gradually declined. The seal of the Human Emperor was lost, and the Shang Dynasty was finally destroyed by Qin.

Time flies, and now the human dynasty in the southern part of the prehistoric world is the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty.

However, since the Great Zhou Dynasty did not reappear in history, the rulers of the current dynasty all call themselves "Human Emperor" rather than the Son of Heaven.

Throughout the dynasties, the replacement of human emperors has accumulated a large amount of luck for the human race, which in turn has greatly increased the aura of humanity in the prehistoric world.

Hong Chen was quite satisfied with this.

The three clones in black, white and green returned to their original bodies. He accepted the memories and insights of the three clones. All of these were transformed into nutrients and injected into the Hunyuan Dao Fruit, which enabled his Hunyuan realm to be further improved.

The realm division of the Hunyuan Dao is not clear. If compared with the Quasi-Saint of the method of beheading the three corpses, it should be between the middle and late stages of the Quasi-Saint.

This speed is not slow at all. For the powerful beings in the ancient times, it is normal for them to retreat for tens of thousands of years at a time.

Black dust in the underworld brings the avenue of reincarnation, white dust in heaven brings the avenue of swords, and green dust in the starry sky brings the avenue of stars. The cultivation of these three avenues has grown by leaps and bounds.

After absorbing it, Hong Chen released them again and sent them back to their respective places.

The main body followed the guidance of the refining mark, cast its gaze towards the South China Sea, and frowned at the same time.

As if sensing Hong Chen's gaze, the Kongtong Seal, which was far away, vibrated slightly.

The person who was responsible for guarding and keeping the Kongtong Seal also looked up instantly.

The next moment, Hong Chen suddenly descended on the Purple Bamboo Forest of Luojia Mountain.

Guanyin Bodhisattva was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and bowed.

"I have met the Great Emperor Xuanling."

Hong Chen appeared, and the Kongtong Seal that was sealed in a small box suddenly jumped out and landed in his hand. The brilliant light of humanity bloomed, and the surging luck of humanity welcomed his return as if coquettishly.

Gently stroking the Kongtong Seal, after it settled down, Hong Chen raised his eyebrows: "Buddha, there is no need to be polite. It seems that you are keeping it for me?"

Guanyin smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, it is left for the Great Emperor to come and take it personally."

Hong Chen nodded, turned around and sat on a stone bench beside him.

Guanyin waved her hand and offered hot tea.

"The great emperor has been away for a long time, and his cultivation has become more and more profound."

Hong Chen smiled while holding the teacup, glanced at Guanyin, and said, "It's not as good as the Bodhisattva, but the progress is very fast. It seems that Buddhism has developed quite well in recent years."

When the gods were conferred, Guanyin was still at the peak of Daluo. Now, she has killed two corpses in a row and entered the middle stage of Quasi-Saint.

Guanyin said implicitly: "We have to thank the Great Emperor for his guidance back then. Now the human race in the West has found a chance to survive in this barren land, and Buddhism has also benefited from it. The Great Emperor has done a great deed."

What she meant was the Battle of the Gods, when Da Shang and Xiqi invaded the west.

Although both sides withdrew their troops later, they still brought more advanced civilization and knowledge to the human race in the West. After withdrawing their troops, the human race possessing this knowledge still blossomed the splendid flower of life in the barren land of the West.

With more human beings, Buddhism has gained more faith.

In addition, the victory of Hong Chen in the battle with Tathagata also prompted some small changes in the way Buddhism treats the human race. Although not much, they were useful.

After two cups of tea, Hong Chen wanted to leave.

Guanyin tried to persuade him to stay.

"The Great Emperor knows the general trend of Heaven's Way and that Buddhism will flourish. I wonder what the Great Emperor thinks of this?"

"Good thing."

Guanyin's eyes moved slightly.

Hong Chen smiled and said, "Don't doubt it, I do think this is a good thing."

"Then I wonder if the Great Emperor is free. Perhaps this time the Buddhist sect can reach a cooperation with the Great Emperor. Although the Great Emperor has great merits and great luck, it would be good if he could gain some points for his disciples."

Hong Chen thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Elaborate."

(End of this chapter)