Chapter 74: The Four Great Realms
The golden page was mysterious and unpredictable. The dense, tiny characters on it were not read out, but instead transformed into stars that shot towards Ye Fan's mind.
At this moment, Ye Fan felt that the sky was filled with auspicious clouds and the earth was gushing with divine springs. Lotus flowers were blooming one after another, and the tender shoots of the sacred grass were sprouting. Divine mists filled the sky, dragons flew and phoenixes danced, the tortoise spat out auspiciousness, the qilin absorbed the air, the purple energy came from the east, the golden light arrived from the west, the five-colored divine light shone brightly, and the seven-colored divine rainbow stretched across the sky.
Many wondrous aspects, infinite Dharma gates, unfolding in profusion, profound and yet more profound, like the heavenly music of the gods, like the sacred song of the Great Way, resonating deeply within Ye Fan's heart.
His expression was dazed, as if he had been in a desert for a long time and suddenly encountered a refreshing rain, and the endless yellow sand gradually came to life. Ye Fan felt that many windows were opened at once, and various divine lights shot towards him. He tried hard to grasp something, but the light passed through his fingers and was difficult to grasp.
This is not a cultivation, no one can understand such profound truth in a short time. This is the impact of "great momentum". The Lihai Volume of Tao Te Ching seems to be pouring down from the nine heavens like a silver river, with a magnificent and majestic atmosphere. What this volume actually talks about, in a very vague way, rushes into Ye Fan's heart sea, making him roughly understand what he needs to cultivate and what kind of state he should reach.
The four major realms of bitter sea, life spring, divine bridge and the other shore perfectly interpret the classic meaning of the "Taoist Scripture" Wheel Sea Volume.
The master must first open up the sea of suffering and let it grow gradually, only then can he grope for the wheel of life, because the two overlap together.
Then, release the infinite vital energy, surround the sea of suffering in the air, overflow to all parts of the body, nourish the flesh and blood, viscera, and bones, strengthen the flesh shell, initially transcend ordinary people, this is the first realm of this wheel of Dharma - the Sea of Suffering.
The bitter sea covers the wheel of life, up and down, overlapping and reborn. Every year leaves a mark on the wheel of life until it is full of scars and completely collapses. At that time, it is the moment when a person's lifespan is exhausted and returns to death.
To change this situation, the only way is to open up a passage through the sea of suffering, directly to the bottom of the sea, communicate with the wheel of life, and let the vitality of countless lives burst out, stop the invasion of the sea of suffering, in order to prolong one's lifespan.
A quantitative change triggers a qualitative change, the surging vital energy of life converges and eventually coalesces into a liquid state, forming the Fountain of Life, which rushes into the Sea of Suffering.
In the desolate and bitter sea, a spring of life is excavated, connecting the wheel of life, allowing the divine spring to flow, this is the second realm of Lunhai Volume - Life Spring.
Thus, the master has a source of power, and can display various mysterious methods and divine powers, with unpredictable might. This is a key step in the transformation of the master, as long as the source of divine power is not exhausted, the power of law will be endless.
Actually, the divine rainbow that a master controls is the divine light emanating from his own life spring. After reaching the realm of life spring in cultivation, one can ride the rainbow and travel freely through the sky and earth, with countless subtle and mysterious methods.
The human body is full of wonders and endless mysteries, even the most powerful cultivators do not want to be trapped in the sea of suffering, wanting to explore other unknown realms of the human body, thus there is also a journey of crossing the sea of suffering.
The mysterious method recorded in the Taoist scriptures has an unstoppable momentum, even if the sea of suffering is boundless, there is no need to turn back, and one must break through the shackles with their own strong strength.
To reach their goal, cultivators need to let their mortal bodies undergo a metamorphosis, giving birth to a strand of divine pulse in the Sea of Suffering, helping them break through obstacles and reach the other end of the Sea of Suffering.
This is a painstaking and long process, the stronger the monk will be, the more frustrated he will be, and finally let Lún Hǎi ascend to the third realm of Lún Hǎi Volume - Shén Qiáo.
At this point in their spiritual practice, practitioners must have an unshakeable determination and cannot waver. Only then can they see through the illusions and mist, and continue to seek their own other shore.
In this process, not only the flesh shell must transform, but also the spirit must be sublimated. The divine and the shell are united, breaking free from constraints, transcending the self, to return to the origin, find the root, and the divine bridge appears like a rainbow, successfully crossing the sea of suffering. This is the fourth realm of Lunhai Volume - Nirvana.
Upon arrival at the other shore, the monk's flesh and viscera as well as his skeleton will all wither away, after which a different kind of rebirth will occur, undergoing nine successive transformations, completing a transformation like that from a caterpillar to a butterfly.
Bitter Sea, Life Spring, Divine Bridge, and the Other Shore are four major realms that are mutually isolated from each other. They are as distant as heaven and earth, making it extremely difficult to break through. Each of these major realms has many details that require accumulation and sedimentation before transformation is possible.
"Once you reach the second major realm - Life Spring, you can ride the rainbow and move freely. For someone like that, killing a cultivator in the Sea of Suffering realm is as easy as crushing an ant." Ye Fan shivered at the thought, remembering Han Changlao, whose cultivation was at least above the Life Spring realm.
The gap in strength between the four major realms is enormous, like a chasm separating heaven and earth.
It's a bit of an exaggeration to call Ye Fan a cultivator who has entered the realm of the Golden Sea, because the golden sea he opened up is really too small, only about the size of a soybean.
Ye Fan was not discouraged, after all, he had just started practicing, the time was too short, and it was not easy to have such achievements. Moreover, his bitter sea was different from others, shining brightly, without a hint of death, every time he opened up, it shook the heavens and earth, like a golden ocean surging. It's not ordinary.
Later, Ye Fan thought of Han Changlao's grandson Han Feiyu, whose life divine spring was still unable to gush out and had not reached the second great realm - the fate spring, but he could already control the Qingmu treasure seal. This kind of "suffering sea cultivator" who mastered the treasure was enough to pose a threat to him.
Ye Fan withstood the impact of "the trend", like a dream, the Lü Heng chapter of the Tao Te Ching was like a magnificent historical painting unfolding before his heart, and then it was like a mighty sacred river opening up the sky and earth, rolling over him, allowing him to initially grasp the profound truth.
There was no specific cultivation, but this grand baptism benefited him greatly. This is a grasp of overall cultivation, allowing him to understand the direction and know how to proceed in the future.
"With what he had previously studied in the Taoist scriptures, there were some discrepancies......" Ye Fan grasped the general grandeur and meaning, then began to carefully re-read from the beginning, suddenly discovering something unusual.
He found that the mysterious method recorded in this golden book was different from the "Taoist Scripture" he had practiced in Lingxu Cave Heaven, and there were some differences in just a few lines of ancient characters at the beginning.
"It seems that after the loss of the Daoyin Wheel Sea Volume, although some fragments were passed down, they were not accurate enough..." Ye Fan secretly rejoiced, if he hadn't accidentally obtained this page of the Golden Book, he might never have known that his previous cultivation of the Dao had been insufficient.
"It's still possible to correct it and make the mysterious method perfect..." Ye Fan said as he did, starting to practice the mysterious method recorded in the true Taoist scriptures.
A mysterious and profound feeling surged up in his mind, he felt a sense of emptiness in his heart, the mysterious law was corrected, and more golden threads overflowed from the sea of suffering, flowing to his limbs and bones, making him feel comfortable all over, his flesh, viscera, and skeleton were all being nourished, at this moment, he seemed to have endless power.
At the same time, in Ye Fan's golden sea of bitterness, some strange changes took place, with various omens appearing, divine splendor flashing, first like stars, then like chaos, exhaling and transforming, emerging from nothingness, surrounded by misty vapors, shimmering divine halos, changing endlessly, without a fixed pattern.
On the golden vastness, ever-changing, sometimes a galaxy of stars fills the sky, sometimes the heavens are desolate and barren, growth and decay, prosperity and extinction, cyclical and constantly alternating.
"Is this the true power of the Tao Te Ching?" Ye Fan was extremely shocked, and at this moment he felt the vibrant vitality of heaven and earth giving birth to all things, as well as the heavy, gloomy aura of a desolate universe and withered stars.
It wasn't until much later that everything calmed down, and the golden bitter sea became even more condensed. What was once as bright and clear as a full moon now shone with a fierce radiance like the scorching sun, and the overflowing golden threads were even more intense, with an extremely vigorous vitality added to them.
"It's truly an extraordinary Taoist scripture!" Ye Fan sighed in admiration, believing that he could go even further and break the curse of the Ancient Sacred Body.
However, he was not complacent or self-satisfied, because he knew that in the Eastern Wilderness there were still several ancient classics that could rival the "Taoist Canon", all of which were profound and unmatched, and were complete chapters without any loss, and now they were all in the hands of those sacred places and ancient aristocratic families.
"At present, the Xuan method I am cultivating is not inferior to anyone else's, and my starting point is not lower than others." Ye Fan's eyes shone brightly as he said, "I will definitely be able to open up the Sea of Suffering, let the divine spring gush forth, form the Heavenly Bridge Pulse, reach the other shore, and undergo nine consecutive transformations of rebirth and bone-changing, completing the transformation of breaking out of the cocoon and becoming a butterfly."
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