Chapter 805: Daoyan Virtue Fire (1)
Among the spiritual fires of the Three Realms, the true fire of morality can be said to appear the latest and is also the kind of spiritual fire of great Tao that Xu Changqing least knew. As we all know, the true fire of morality is a kind of spiritual fire of acquired transformation from the original to the innate one that can only be formed after combining the Taoist Taoist flame and the Confucian virtue fire. However, when Confucianism appeared in ancient times, it was already before the end of the prehistoric world. At that time, this theory was not called Confucianism, but the way of merit.
It is said that those who cultivated the true fire of morality in those days only accidentally merged the Dao flame condensed by a Taoist sage after the death and his own virtue fire, and created this kind of Dao Spiritual Flame. Since practicing this method requires the integration of Taoism and Confucianism, there are only a few people who can cultivate this kind of spiritual flame in the entire prehistoric world, and at most, there were only two or three people. Even Zhen Yuanzi had only seen this kind of spiritual fire once, and had not really understood this kind of spiritual fire. It was just vaguely related to the fortune of heaven and earth from the way other people's mouths.
Compared with the true fire of morality, the Taoist flame and virtue fire that constitute this kind of spiritual fire of the great way are not uncommon in the prehistoric world. After the emergence of the ancient Tao of merit, because of its simple cultivation and extraordinary effectiveness, the requirements for qualifications are not very strict, many prehistoric creatures at the bottom of the world practice this way. However, this way is easy to get started, but it is difficult to be precise. It is easy to make words, it is difficult to make achievements, and it is even more difficult to establish virtue. Most people are stuck in the matter of making meritorious contributions. Only a few people have a first-line opportunity to achieve great achievements in heaven and earth, thus entering the realm of establishing virtue, and condense their natal virtue fire in their lifetime.
The function of virtue and fire is very simple. It is the foundation power of Confucian supernatural powers that speak out of Dharma. It is different from the magic power that is used by Confucians to use magic power to urge the power of the heavenly way. The magic power that uses the power of the great way in virtue and fire is itself a part of the great way, and its power is great and cannot be compared. According to Zhen Yuanzi's memory, even if he met the magic powers that spoke out of Dharma and followed by magic powers that were used by ancient great masters, he did not dare to greet him head-on.
At the beginning of the emergence of the Way of Merit, many great powers with a cultivation level that was not much different from that of the great power of the world did not understand the power of the virtue fire. When encountering those great people, they were all told that the Dharma was cut off the three flowers with magical powers, blocked the five energys, and dispersed all their cultivation. What's more, they were directly knocked down to the realm of the five declines of heaven and man, and their bodies were killed and souls were destroyed. However, the way of merit was difficult to achieve great success, and the virtue fire was difficult to condense. Moreover, every time they used the Dharma was used, they would cause irreparable damage to the virtue fire, and various defects also limited the promotion of the way of merit, which ultimately made it just one of the small Taoism methods at the bottom of the world.
Compared with the Dehuo, Dao Flame is more common. Almost all ancient Taoist temples have one or two Taoist flames, and the difference between them is only the quality. The Taoist flame is used as a sect. Often before the powerful power of the Taoist Sect enters annihilation, he will transform his lifelong understanding of the Dao Dao Flame into Dao Flame and pass it on to future generations. This thing cannot teach specific Taoism to the owner. However, it can enhance the owner's understanding, especially for heaven and earth.
The enlightenment of the Great Dao. Among all the Taoist flames, blue flames are the highest, and purple flames are second. Those who are not in the great fortune cannot condense them. The following are the five colors of red, yellow, blue, green, and white. Because the colors of different Taoist flames in practicing the Great Dao are different, these five colors are not divided into high or low. As for the last black flames, they are mostly condensed by the evil and demonic paths, although they are the last ones. However, it does not mean that their effect is poor. Often, when practicing certain specific Taoist Dharmas, the auxiliary role of the black flames is even greater than that of the green flames.
The Taoist flames taken out of the body of the free god craftsman Mosang by Xu Changqing's dragon beast clone were the second-class purple flames. Although this flame was inferior to the green flames in the level of Taoist flames, its condensation conditions were more difficult than condensation of green flames. Even in the ancient times, purple Taoist flames were extremely rare, because to condense into purple flames not only requires a profound realm of the Dao, but also an emperor's destiny.
In ancient times, there were also immortal dynasties and dynasties on the prehistoric continent, and there were numerous. These immortal dynasties did not seem very standardized, nor did they have such strict hierarchical divisions as they are now. They are more like a sect composed of practitioners or a primitive tribe composed of some lower-level creatures.
However, even so, those who become the lords of these immortal dynasties and dynasties must have special imperial destiny. These people may not be the strongest people in the dynasty and dynasty, but they are definitely the most difficult to deal with. Because their imperial destiny can often bring them incredible good luck, the enemy is inexplicably obsessed with, and inexplicably obtained the inheritance of some ancient powerful powers, etc. As long as you are not foolish and provoke those powerful powers that touch the great way, the usual battles in the prehistoric world will be difficult to pose a threat to their lives.
While this fate protects the owner, it also limits the owner's achievements. It is like an invisible barrier. The owner's cultivation level is suppressed at a level that is neither high nor low. Only a few people with great ambitions and wisdom can break through this barrier, touch the real Three Realms Avenue, and become one of the strongest people at the top of the prehistoric world. It is these people who can condense their own understanding of the great way into purple Taoist flames before they die.
In addition to the Taoist flame itself, this kind of purple flame also contains a kind of power of luck that can subtly improve the owner's luck. Although this kind of luck improvement cannot cause the owner of purple flame to undergo earth-shaking changes, making it impossible for them to achieve everything, but it can also give them an opportunity to transform life and death when encountering dangers or problems. For most people, whether this opportunity is of no use or not, or even death cannot be discovered. But for someone like Xu Changqing who is proficient in numerology, able to calculate the general trend of heaven and earth, and can use the power of the law of great cause and effect, this opportunity is obviously a glimmer of life. If used properly, it can often have the effect of turning the world.
Unfortunately, when the dragon beast clone guided and absorbed the Taoist flames in Mosang's body, it did not guide the core of its Taoist flame, but only led out the Taoist flames outside. Although they are both Taoist flames, the Taoist flames in the dragon beast clone's body are like rootless trees. Their survival and death cannot be guaranteed, let alone improving luck for the owner.
However, this rootless Taoist flame is not completely useless. According to the rumors that Zhen Yuanzi heard back then, the first person to cultivate the true fire of morality was to use the secret method to divide the Taoist flame into two parts: active and rootless, and then merge the rootless Taoist flame and virtue fire to cultivate the true fire of morality. However, only the monks of his lineage knew the secret method. Outsiders did not know the method of separation of Taoist flames. Some people had tried it, but they all ended in failure, but they lost several extremely precious Taoist flames.
Xu Changqing once saw some records about Zhiyuan Hall in the Sutra Library in Lingshan City, Outermen. One of the records mentioned that they had found an ancient Confucian ruin and found some ancient Confucian Dharma. Comparing the things found in Zhiyuan Hall with the general appearance of the ruins, Xu Changqing was enough to confirm that the ruins were the merit cave of the man who created the true fire of morality. I think the method of separation of Taoist flames should be inherited by Confucian Zhiyuan Hall, but the current immortals, demons, Buddhas and demons in the three realms do not have the method or ability to condense Taoist flames at all, so Xu Changqing also guessed that the method of separating Taoist flames had also lost its function and was tied up by Zhiyuan Hall.
Although Xu Changqing's method of absorbing Taoist flames through the dragon beast clone is not the Confucian method, its effect should not be much different. The only difference may be that the Confucian method records how to nourish the separated Taoist flames so that it will not be weakened or even extinguished.
For this reason, Xu Changqing had to find another way to maintain the Dao Flame that had been absorbed. Originally, Xu Changqing found a method from the method of condensing and refining Dao Flame, which was to condense his own Dao insight into the divine thoughts and Dharma images and penetrate into the Dao Flame. This is indeed effective, so that the rootless Dao Flame will not be extinguished for a period of time, but the problem is that the same Dao insight can only be used once, and the second time will not have any effect. Although Xu Changqing created the Nine-River Dao, which includes everything and has many corresponding Dao of Heaven and Earth, even so, it cannot withstand such consumption.
Just as Xu Changqing was considering whether he should risk his identity being discovered, he used his own special artifact to attract the free god craftsman Mo Sang again and absorb his Taoist flame, an unexpected trick made him discover a way to maintain the rootless Taoist flame. On that day, Xu Changqing felt that the divine power in the dragon beast branch's body was too complicated and chaotic, and as his own strength increased, it was easy to get into the danger of getting into the devil, so he was about to borrow the Pure World Glass Buddha Flame in the Duobao Branch's body, which was claimed to be able to purify all things, to refine the divine power in the dragon beast branch. However, he did not expect that when the Buddha Flame cleared the impurities of the divine power in his body, the Tao Flame absorbed a trace of Buddha flame, and there was no repulsion. Instead, it grew a little, not as if it was about to be extinguished.
Xu Changqing could not find out why the Pure World Glazed Buddha Flame could nourish the Dao Flame, but according to the guess, it should be somewhat similar to the method of the Pure World Glazed Buddha Flame itself, and the biggest difference is that one comes from the Taoist sect, and the other comes from a Buddhist master. Although being able to understand the reasons and master the Dao Flame, the Buddha Flame is of great benefit to him, and maybe he can create a Dao Spirit Fire that is similar to the Moral True Fire and the Pure World Glazed Buddha Flame, he does not have so much energy to explore the mystery. For him, as long as the Dao Flame is not in danger of extinguishing, it is enough. As for the others, we will consider it when we are free in the future.
Chapter completed!