Hangu Pass has become an important place for military strategists since the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It is known as "one man is in charge of the pass, and ten thousand men are in trouble". It borders the plateau to the west, Juejian to the east, the Qinling Mountains to the south, and the Yellow River to the north. It is named after it is locked in a canyon as deep and dangerous as a letter.
On this day, Yin Xi, the general guarding the pass, looked at the sunrise in the east. Suddenly he saw purple air coming from the east, and the vast sky stretched for 30,000 miles. Yin Xi was surprised and said: "The purple air coming from the east is the image of a saint about to leave the pass." Then he ordered the accompanying sergeants to clean Hangu Pass, took off his official uniform and armor, and knelt by the road.
As the red sun rose high, the sound of cows braying came from the distance. Yin Xi raised his eyes and saw an old man in Ge Yi sitting on the green cow, coming leisurely with his eyes closed.
"I heard that the saint has passed the test. I'll pay my respects to you, Yin Xi."
After the old man came over, Yin Xi immediately kowtowed and fell to the ground.
The old man in Geyi stopped the green ox and said quickly: "I am just a villager in the mountains. If I want to go to Guanxi from now on, how can I dare to be called a saint?"
The old man Ge Yi is the Tibetan official of the Zhou royal family. His surname is Lao and his given name is Dan. The world calls him Laozi. After being visited by Wang Chan, Sun Wu and Confucius in his collection room in Luoyi, he rode a green ox alone and headed west.
When he moved, the heaven and earth responded, the sky hung like an elephant, the ghosts and gods were shocked, and the purple energy in the human world was vast for 30,000 miles, moving from west to east.
Yin Xi kowtowed again and said: "This morning I saw the purple qi coming from the east. I have also mastered the art of observing qi for the first time. This is a statue that the saint admires."
The old man said again: "I am going here to escape from the human world. How can I create right and wrong for myself when I go out to escape from the world?"
Yin Xi still kowtowed and said: "All sentient beings in the world have lost their way for a long time. The saint will disappear from the world. Please write a book for the world and preach for all generations."
After three kowtows, I sighed slightly and said, "Please bring me a bamboo slip, knife and pen."
Yin Xi quickly ordered someone to fetch bamboo slips, knives and pens, and placed them in front of Laozi.
At this time, up and down the four dimensions, the void was already filled with gods, lichs and human saints. But among them, the most powerful emperors did not come.
Outside Hangu Pass, I first ordered Yin Xi to get a knife and pen, and then said: "Retreat to the left and right, and you will record this book." Yin Xi quickly waved back the sergeants and servants on the left and right.
A Tai Chi golden bridge passed across the sky, and the true moral meaning on it was flowing, which shocked many gods and sages at the sight.
Subsequently, the three qi of the first xuanyuan in Laozi rose into the sky and entangled with each other. In the vast space, in the mysterious place, messages turned into machines, Yun Yun melted, yin and yang and the five elements created their shapes, and all the gods began to be born in the infinite. The mysterious scene has not yet been divided. In the empty space, the sky is far away. In the vast void, the profit and loss of things are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other. If it is floating, the five elements will change. If it is vague, it will disappear, and then it will become a human body. Without seeing its true form, it is difficult to see its shape.
Below, Lao Tzu begins to say: "Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao; it can be named, but it is not named. Wu is named the beginning of heaven and earth; existence is named the mother of all things. Therefore, there is always nothing, and I want to observe its wonder; there is always, I want to observe its wonders. Qixiao. These two have the same origin but different names. They are both called xuan, xuan is xuan again, and they are the door to all mysteries."
As soon as this sutra came out, nothing could be seen in the world, except that another classic book came into being. And in the four dimensions, up and down, in the void, all practitioners feel in their hearts, they all know that the door of the great road is open, and the saints are preaching to the world.
On the Tai Chi Golden Bridge, the vague and unseen human figure spoke: "The world is called the ancestor of Taoism, and I am the supreme emperor."
Then without saying a word, he acted out the Dharma with his own body and spread the Tao with the Dharma. The people present, except Yin Xi, are all people with great supernatural powers. They see the results of Lao Tzu's merits and evolve in their hearts. This way can understand the mechanism of heaven and earth and understand the principles of the universe.
Regardless of whether they are lich, gods, or human Qi practitioners, as soon as they hear this Tao, they will unconsciously follow Lao Tzu's Great Way. This is the method of resolving conflicts and harmonizing light, which makes all Dharma practitioners have their hearts set on the Great Tao.
The original figure of Laozi below is dictating the true sound of morality, eloquently and without interruption. The first part summarizes the outline of the way of heaven, and the second part talks about the wonders of human virtue. The words do not contain the method of practice, but every sentence is a great path.
"Belief is not beautiful, and good words are not believed. A good person does not argue, and a debater is not good. A knowledgeable person is not knowledgeable, and a knowledgeable person does not know. A sage does not accumulate. He thinks that the more he has, the more he gives to others. The way of heaven , benefit without harm; the way of the sage is to do without fighting.”
Lao Tzu taught the sutra very slowly. When he reached this sentence, which had already been spoken for five thousand words, he stopped what he was saying, closed his eyes and said nothing. His figure became more and more ethereal and difficult to see, and he was no longer a human being in the world.
"By the orders of the Great Heavenly Lord and all the emperors and empresses, I invite the Supreme Taoist Patriarch to preach in Yaochi."
A beautiful goddess flew to the Supreme Being and handed a letter into his hand.
"Please Xuannv go back and tell the Great Heavenly Lord and all the emperors and empresses that I will preach the Dharma in the human world for three months. After three months, I will enter the Yaochi."
The goddess who came to deliver the message was none other than Jiutian Xuannv. After hearing the reply, she didn't say much. After saying goodbye, she returned to West Kunlun.
About two more hours later, Yin Xi finally finished carving the bamboo slip. When he finished the last stroke, he immediately felt refreshed all over his body. His thoughts were consistent, and there was no distracting thoughts in his body. He was so happy that it was hard to describe.
Lao Tzu nodded silently and thought to himself: "He should be the person in charge of the Taoism of the world. He just wrote the Tao Te Ching once, but he has already cultivated the method of keeping oneness."
In the collection room of the Zhou Dynasty, he looked at the methods of refining qi of his predecessors, and he was already in an indescribable state. Later, King Chan of Guigu came to seek the magic of immortality. The Supreme Master used the Taoist method to create three humanistic cultivation methods, namely, the method of refining qi and combining Taoism, contemplating the existence of gods, and observing the method of keeping the truth.
The ultimate goal of the three methods of practice is consistent with the great road mentioned by Laozi, but their paths of practice are different.
The method of refining qi and combining it with the Tao refers to returning the day after tomorrow to the innate, and refining the qi to combine it with the Tao. This method requires saturation of essence, refining the essence to transform into qi, and then refining qi into spirit. When the essence is obtained, one can have a glimpse of the wonder of harmony.
The method of contemplating the mind is to place your thoughts on your own organs and acupoints, treat people as heaven and earth, and cultivate the gods. Then the gods will be content, the holy heart is ready, and the truth will be in harmony with the Tao.
The method of keeping one is to stick to one place, to reconcile body and spirit through reflection and introspection, and finally to return to the truth and become a real person. Lao Tzu loved this method very much, and once said to Wang Chan: "In the past, those who found one, the sky could be clear, the earth could be peaceful, the gods could be spiritual, and the bath could be full. This is the one. The Dao, if you keep one, you will keep the Dao."
Seeing Yin Xi put away the bamboo slips, Laozi said: "Now the five thousand words have been taught to you, but I still have several Dharma methods in the world, which I have to entrust to you. I hope you will pass them on to future generations. Now you can take off your robe and hang it up." Yin, let me leave."
When Yin Xi heard this, he nodded without any sadness or joy. He left a letter in the pass, fetched a horse, and followed me out of the pass.
With his passing, the world only lost a watchful general, but in the cultivation of humanity, there was an additional master Wen Shi.
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In the Egyptian God's Domain, Adros is visiting Ian here. This divine realm is now ruled by Babylon, so he came over to see if there were any changes in Ian.
Fortunately, after coming here, he found that Ian's status was basically unshakable.
When he agreed not to prevent Marduk from entering Egypt, he made an agreement with the god that the Lord of the Egyptian gods was still Ian and could not be shaken, but he would only accept Marduk's rule from above in name.
"The Lord of the Stars, I haven't seen him for many years."
The father of the goddess Isis in Ian's previous life, the Egyptian earth god Geb, appeared in Ian's temple and came to visit Adros under the instructions of the Egyptian supreme sun god Amun-Ra.
"It's been a long time indeed, Mr. Gabe. Did you come to see me for something?"
Adros looked at the Egyptian God of Earth with a smile. This was really an old friend of his. Back when he was in the Khaos Divine Realm, Adros got to know him before he became the main god.
Later, because of Ian's relationship, Adros and the three disciples of Sha Po Lang sent him, who was seriously injured by Gaia, back to Egypt, and also got some treasures. Adros' tablet of fate was obtained from it.
Later, because Adros was unwilling to stand side by side with the Egyptian gods, he instead stood with Yahweh, who seemed to be alone at the time, and jointly helped the Israelites exodus from Egypt, basically offending the Egyptian gods.
Not to mention, he later shot and killed the god Amun who broke through the master, forced the Egyptian divine domain to return the sun-shooting arrow, and took the reincarnation of the goddess Isis, one of the Egyptian Nine Pillars, as his maid.
However, unlike the god-lords Marduk and Yahweh, Adros has never had a road conflict or relationship with the Egyptian god's domain, and the two sides have just not met each other.
This time, Geb, the Egyptian earth god, came to see him. Adros made a calculation in his mind, and he knew it before Geb took action.
"By the instruction of the great god Amun-Ra, the Lord of the Stars is invited to go to the temples of Egypt for a while."
Adros chuckled lightly: "Go and tell God Amun-Ra that I won't go to the Pantheon on the ancient mound. I still have important things to do and go east. When I come back from the east, he has important things to do, so I can Let’s discuss it again.”
Amun-Ra came to him simply because he wanted to bring him together to deal with Marduk. But no matter which aspect he considered, Adros would not influence Marduk at this time.
He had been looking forward to that battle between Buddha and Demon. Not only him, there are many powerful masters in the gods' realm who are looking forward to this battle.
Adros has reason to believe that as long as he takes action, he will be stopped by other gods. Both Yahweh and Mingzun are watching from the side.
Plus, he did have something coming up. Adros raised his eyes to the east, and a starlight full of fighting and killing power was coming across the realm of the gods.
The properties of this starlight are very similar to that of a star lord under him. However, compared with the Lord of Stars in the Star Divine Courtyard, this starlight lacks a bit of beauty and is a bit more fierce.
"Emperor Ziwei, Chang Geng has been ordered to come west. Please enter the Yaochi and welcome the Supreme Taoist ancestor together with all the emperors and queens."
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