The so-called "examination of one's heart and path to disaster" means to understand one's original heart.
However, "Tao" is a very abstract and mysterious word. On a grand scale, it refers to the ultimate truth of heaven and earth; on a small scale, it refers to the realm of cultivation and even the principle of conduct.
The "Tao" of a monk is the foundation for a monk's later practice.
But…
Take yourself as the way
What kind of answer is this
At this moment, all the powerful people who heard this answer and sensed her determination had endless doubts in their hearts.
They have heard of the Way of Karma, the Way of Killing, the Way of Extreme Emotion, the Way of Ruthlessness, the Way of the Five Elements, and even the Green Leaf Ancestor who entered the Way with the Way of No Path and broke all laws...
But I have never heard of any "I Tao"!
If she regards herself as the Tao, then what is this world, and the true "Tao" between heaven and earth
Such an answer—
How is this different from challenging the laws of nature?!
Not to mention those great masters who had experienced the self-examination, even the ordinary Zen monks at this time and place were frightened by Jianchou's answer.
No one expected it, no one anticipated it!
This is completely different from the "conscience" of ordinary thunder tribulation! So...
Will nothing really happen
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for Jianchou.
Fudaoshan, who was far away in Yashan, almost turned green in the face and almost started cursing. He rolled up his sleeves again and wanted to move over to wake up this stupid disciple.
But unexpectedly, it was Fu Chaosheng next to him who stopped him again.
"What are you doing? Do you know how to respect the old and love the young?" Fu Dao was furious, and he put his hands on his hips and scolded him. "Can't you see that my disciple is about to die!"
Fu Chaosheng had only been in Yashan for a few days, so he didn't know the temperament of the Fudaoshan people very well. He also didn't understand that even if he went there, what would be the point
But he didn't ask that.
He just loosened his grip and smiled slowly: "You won't die."
It's really fucking true that your waist doesn't hurt when you talk while standing. Fudaoshanren actually doubted whether this man was a true friend of Jianchou, or maybe he was an enemy.
"When is this—"
He opened his mouth to get angry, but before he could finish his words, his spiritual sense sensed that the vortex above the West Sea Zen Sect had already changed!
Fudaoshanren's expression changed and he immediately swallowed the rest of his words.
Covered by calamity clouds of this scope and degree, even the Great Teleportation cannot penetrate it. One can only fly outside the Zen sect and then fly back in, but by then it will be too late.
He showed only a rare bit of nervousness as he paid close attention to the changes in Dao Jie.
The entire Zen Buddhism was covered by swirling clouds and blurred in shadows.
Standing in the shadow, Jianchou's figure became more eye-catching, with her black hair and robes fluttering in the wind, giving her a fairy-like figure.
Others probably couldn't understand what she was saying, nor did they understand what this Tao was, but as long as she understood it, that was enough. There were thousands of great ways, and they all seemed to be the ways that the monks realized and chose for themselves. But in essence, these ways all led to the same destination.
They are all under the way of heaven, which is the way of "heaven".
But why do people have to cultivate that heavenly way
Heaven is ruthless and blind.
He looked down upon the people who were displaced without any pity, and he looked down upon the monk who killed his wife to prove his truth without any punishment.
At this time, all the worldly troubles have nothing to do with it; it only operates according to its own existing rules.
The way of heaven is certainly neither good nor evil, it just manifests itself differently depending on the cultivator.
But maybe it was because of Xie Buchen, maybe it was because of Kunwu, maybe it was because the world's definition of immortals and gods all revealed a bit of coldness and indifference, so -
She doesn't want to!
Don't want to be ruthless!
Don't want to be blind!
I am unwilling to cultivate this heavenly way!
I am even more unwilling to be so fearful and try to guess the will of Heaven at this moment, to present it with a perfect answer, and to worry about whether I can win its favor.
Even if there are billions of cultivators in this world who choose the Way of Heaven, it has nothing to do with her!
She was going to take a path that no one had ever walked before!
No one knows where this road will lead to, and no one knows whether it will be full of thorns or endless scenery. Even Jianchou himself, who made this choice, cannot predict it.
But isn’t this what makes life interesting
There is only one me in the world, and I only have the present.
I am the best me at this moment.
I am a person who has never given up and does not want to give up love, I am a person who cannot see through things and do not want to see through them, I do not follow the will of heaven and do not want to be judged by it!
You can stand as a friend of Heaven rather than kneel and be its slave!
I do my own thing and it has nothing to do with God!
As the Way of Heaven, it is the master of the fate of all the monks who practice its way in this world, but it has no qualifications to judge her.
The only one who can judge her is herself.
At least at this time, at least at this moment!
Therefore, Jianchou did not care about how Heaven would react.
After looking up at it and at herself, and explaining her own "Tao", she felt neither uneasy nor perturbed. She just continued to gaze into the depths of the vortex, at the possible Heavenly Tao, and smiled gently.
Then, in a voice that only he could hear, he whispered softly—
"Congratulations, you now have a companion."
"Boom..."
At that moment, a vague and terrifying thunder rang out from the depths of the spinning vortex. Endless black lightning shuttled through the majestic purple clouds, flashing with infinite violent power!
The entire Zen Buddhism trembled because of it; the entire West Sea surged because of it!
Countless monks were horrified, and dozens of powerful men sighed.
Seeing the catastrophic disaster approaching, everyone thought that the Heaven had been angered by Jianchou. This shocking and unprecedented calamity of conscience would end with the death of the first of the new generation of Yashan.
Even Yichen, the most insightful Zen master, showed some regret in his eyes...
Even though Jianchou's counterattack against Tiandao had astonished and shocked everyone, who would dare to think that she could be safe and sound after seeing Daojie's current posture? !
Maybe…
Except for myself.
Her posture had not changed at all compared to when she had dealt with the thunder before, and even the expression on her face was not much different.
Everyone around her held their breath for her safety, fearing that she would die in the next moment.
But she seemed to be unaware of her situation, and even turned around in mid-air and fell towards the Thousand Buddha Hall!
This, this!
Is this crazy
Or did he already know that he had failed and simply gave up even the resistance? !
Countless monks who witnessed this scene stared with their eyes wide open!
Yichen and Wugou, who were originally standing at the entrance of the Thousand Buddha Hall, showed a rare expression of disbelief.
Among them, Abbot Wujiu glanced at the huge and frightening vortex on the ceiling with some fear, as if he was worried that this catastrophe would smash down and damage the Zen temple or accidentally injure Zen disciples.
I can only thank you for not being a minister.
His gaze lingered on the vortex for a long time before returning to Jianchou, with a hint of complexity in his eyes.
If he heard correctly, what she said just now...
Cultivation is not everything.
Yichen and Wugou, and it can even be said that all the other powerful beings who were silently watching this tribulation at this moment, did not understand Jianchou as well as he did!
This is neither a failure of conscience nor a giving up of resistance!
At this moment, Jianchou clearly doesn't care!
She has an enviable kind of vigorous self-confidence, as if what she believes in will happen, and what she determines can be achieved!
Be confident, so be dazzling.
In the blink of an eye, her figure was like a cloud crane, and she had already landed in front of the hall.
So Monk Yichen finally saw it clearly and realized what he had overlooked, and he really took a deep breath!
Even with his realm and cultivation, he couldn't restrain the horror at this moment!
Cultivation!
Jianchou's cultivation!
It turned out that he was no longer at the peak of entering the world as before, but was in the early stage of returning to the void, which was enough to qualify him to be called "great power"!
This, this…
When exactly is it
How did they do it
Moreover, when a cultivator breaks through to the Return to Void realm, even if there is no more tribulation thunder, the breakthrough will still cause the energy of heaven and earth to change, giving rise to corresponding strange phenomena!
It can be seen that the state of sorrow has come, but there is no vision at all!
Monk Yichen felt that everything that happened today was beyond his understanding and beyond all common sense that could explain it, reaching a point that even he could not understand at all.
Seeing Jianchou approaching step by step, his eyelids started twitching!
He couldn't help but look behind her, to where the vortex of catastrophe was above the Zen Sect...
The dark vortex was originally filled with thunder and lightning, giving people a feeling that the world would be destroyed in the next moment.
But at this moment, after Jianchou turned around and left, those flashing lightnings were like dragons turning into snakes, cruising up and down, and finally drilled back into the clouds!
Then, the vortex reverses.
The clouds that were originally gathered in the center of the sky due to its rotational force gradually stretched out as it rotated, and dispersed back to their original positions.
The heart-pounding deep purple also quickly faded.
Layer by layer, it gradually disperses; layer by layer, it gradually disappears.
In just three or five breaths, the calamity clouds in the sky dissipated completely.
The vortex that seemed to be punishing Jianchou just now also completely disappeared in the sky. When the vortex disappeared, it was like a door was closed, isolating the entire Nineteen Continents from the outside world and the way of heaven.
A gentle breeze blew, and white clouds moved with the wind. The morning sun, which had just risen, also came out and once again shone its light on the land of the 19 continents.
The warm feeling replaced the coldness that had just been covered by the shadow of the Dao calamity.
But all the monks who were illuminated by the sunlight, all the monks who witnessed everything, felt as if they were still in a dark dream!
How could it be possible...
Dao calamity, this is a Dao calamity!
Just dispersed so easily
Moreover, the cultivator finally broke through to the Return to Void realm, but it did not cause any strange phenomena in heaven and earth
Whether it was the two eminent monks under the eaves of the Thousand Buddha Hall, or the other monks in the Zen sect, or the great powers far away in the 19 continents, they were all stunned and puzzled in their minds...
At this moment, they looked at Jianchou, who was standing in front of the hall and had disappeared, as if they were looking at a huge mystery, but they were completely unable to discern any secrets from her faint smile.
Until many, many years later...
When they heard the legends from the Shangxu Immortal Realm and recalled the scenes of today, they vaguely understood what they had witnessed.
Later generations wrote history books and called this day "Humanity New Year's Day".
Zhilinsou recorded in "The Records of the Great Master Jianchou" in "The Ancient God-Replenishing Chapter":
When you return to the emptiness of your heart and take yourself as the way, then the way of humanity will be born. From then on, you will cross the universe, cross the wilderness, and open a new era of humanity. We, the monks, are comparable to the way of heaven. We are friends, not slaves!