Chapter 386: Breakthrough and Tribulation
In the four series of sermon posts published by Li Xiuchang on the sermon list: metal, wood, water, and fire, he shared his insights on these four natural avenues, starting from the shallower to the deeper, and reaching the highest realm of harmony.
In the past, few of the sermon posts published by Li Xiuchang were related to cultivation, and they mainly contained knowledge related to various immortal cultivation techniques.
Therefore, in the imagination of the disciples of the Xianchen Sect, the "longest man" is a versatile senior of the sect, and his main focus may be on skills.
But this time, Li Xiuchang actually showed his true skills and taught everyone the truth.
This also made people on the sermon list discover that they may have underestimated "The Longest Man."
It would be good if a Dao has a level of Hedao. It may be a Dao that is majored in.
But the four natural avenues have all reached the combined stage, which means that these four avenues are probably only minor avenues, not major avenues!
You must know that before becoming immortals, most monks specialize in major avenues and do not spend too much energy on other minor avenues.
Because only by majoring in the Tao and improving one’s understanding can one promote growth in cultivation.
"The Longest Man" has reached the level of Hedao as a minor in Dao, but how far has he reached as a major in Dao?
Moreover, the sermon post of "The Longest Man" only shows the understanding of the Great Dao in the Hedao period, but it does not mean that this is his limit!
In the past, they thought the "longest man" was a certain outer disciple, but now?
Past deeds have proved that the "Longest Man" is a person who likes to hide his true level. Others may be used to leaving one arm open when doing things, but he is probably leaving one arm open.
"Is it possible that this 'longest man' is a certain Supreme Elder?" Someone made such a guess.
After all, even a monk in the Mahayana stage cannot waste time to understand the four minor avenues to the combined stage.
Only immortals who live a long life after becoming immortals have that kind of leisure time.
This is also the basis for their suspicion that the "longest man" is the Supreme Elder.
Those who are in need of enlightenment must at least have a cultivation level above the Divine Transformation stage. These people have a high status in the Immortal Chen Sect and know some secrets. They know that the Supreme Elders of the sect are all immortals.
Among them, some elders summarized the various characteristics displayed by the "Longest Man". He is a high-level spiritual cultivator, a weapon refiner, and is involved in many other skills...
Then I took these characteristics and tried them on the Supreme Elder of the Xianchen Sect, but I found that they didn’t match.
Some people directly asked a group of Supreme Elders from the Fairy Dust Sect, but no one admitted that they were the "longest man".
The senior officials of Xianchen Sect were all wondering, when did the sect have such a capable person, and they didn't even know about it?
However, this is not completely incomprehensible. Some people deliberately show a completely different appearance on the sermon list than in reality. They are playing with contrast. If they try to find people in reality through their performance on the sermon list, they will only go further and further away.
Of course, these are things that the higher-ups of the sect are concerned about. Li Xiuchang's four series of sermon posts are of great help to the middle-level members of the Xianchen Sect, especially the monks who are in the stage of becoming gods.
The monks in the transformation stage have not yet decided to major in the Dao. This stage is mainly about understanding the natural Dao, so as to communicate with the original world and achieve the goal of refining the void.
Even if they do not major in the four avenues of metal, wood, water, and fire in the future, these four series of sermon posts by Li Xiuchang will be of great help to their practice in the stage of becoming gods.
As expected, these posts set off a wave of enthusiasm on the sermon list.
Li Xiuchang's ranking on the preaching list also steadily improved.
The ranking of "The Longest Man" has improved so quickly, which naturally attracted the attention of many people. Those who had some spare time made statistics on the sermon posts that Li Xiuchang had published in the past, and came to a conclusion: "The Longest Man" “This guy is an all-rounder!
His posts cover almost all groups within the Fairy Dust Sect, and his audience is amazing!
Whether it is a low-level disciple with low cultivation level or a high-level sect member...
Whether it is the outer sect that focuses on skills, or the inner sect that focuses on practice...
You can find what you need from his sermon posts.
In his sermon posts, some talk about skills and techniques, some talk about various formulas and unique secret methods, some teach people to practice, some talk about enlightenment...
Even if you don't care about the above, he will still write stories for you.
He is so comprehensive!
Unlike in the past, those seniors who reached the top of the preaching list often relied on their prominence in one or two aspects.
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Li Xiuchang did not pay attention to the discussion on the sermon list, and settled in retreat, preparing for a breakthrough.
His second soul clone has been enlightening in the second Dantian space.
What he understood was actually the content from Confucianism and Taoism that Yang Hao integrated into it.
This part of Confucianism and Taoism, together with the origin of Confucianism and Taoism, is integrated into the origin of the Tao of Equality and becomes a part of the Tao of Equality.
Li Xiuchang, the founder of Taoism, did not grasp this part of the content from Confucianism and Taoism, but he understood it with twice the result with half the effort. He no longer understood it as Confucianism and Taoism, but digested it at the same speed as he understood the Tao of Equality.
The second soul clone has been comprehending it. Although it has not yet fully understood it, it has understood almost half of it.
These insights alone have supported Li Xiuchang's cultivation to reach the peak of the Hedao stage, and he can launch an impact towards the next level!
It was almost a year since Li Xiuchang broke through to the Hedao stage.
"Originally, I wanted to sprint and pass the combined period within a year, but I didn't expect that it still exceeded the time limit."
Li Xiuchang seriously reflected, did he not work hard enough?
It is said that the more you practice, the better you will become, and the faster you will become. The speed of his breakthrough this time is not much better than the last time, which is indeed worth reflecting on.
However, objectively speaking, many major events have happened in the past year, which have indeed affected his practice, otherwise he should be able to achieve a breakthrough within a year.
In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Li Xiuchang did not break through in the Xianchen Sect, but came to the Dark Heaven Realm through the teleportation array.
Now the rule of the Mochen Sect over the Dark Heaven Realm has been completely consolidated, and the situation in the Dark Heaven Realm has stabilized and entered a peaceful and stable development period.
It is still the same as before that everyone cultivates magic, but all practice the new magic skills.
In the past, those old-school magic cultivators either sincerely changed to the new magic way or were eliminated from the team.
Everything in the Dark Heaven Realm is on the right track. As long as there is no invasion from the outside world from the upper and lower realms, there will be basically no trouble.
Therefore, Motu only needs to arrange a clone to deal with it here, and the main body does not need to stay for a long time.
As the deputy leader of the Mochen Sect and the second-in-command of the Dark Heaven Realm, Li Xiuchang flew in the sky with great fanfare, passing through fields and cities, and finally arrived at the Mochen Sect.
"Leader!"
The fat demon cultivator guarding the gate recognized Li Xiuchang and shouted excitedly, sensibly omitting the word "deputy".
"Quick! Quickly open the formation and welcome the leader back to the sect!"
The fat man shouted, and the disciples on duty around him immediately removed the formation and saluted respectfully: "Leader!"
In fact, not everyone knows Li Xiuchang, because Li Xiuchang doesn't come often, and some people don't know which leader Li Xiuchang is.
They only know that their Mochen Sect has many deputy leaders, and there are several of them.
Li Xiuchang is obviously a senior master with his cultivation, but he can only travel at night in the Xianchen Sect. Returning to the Mochen Sect, he can finally be impressive and the experience is quite good.
"You're good."
Li Xiuchang praised the little fat man and rewarded him with a black pill.
Other disciples who came to greet him were also rewarded. Li Xiuchang waved his sleeves and pills flew out and floated in front of each disciple.
"Thank you, Sect Master!" The little fat man was so excited that he wanted to kneel down to Li Xiuchang on the spot. He saw that the pill Li Xiuchang rewarded was extraordinary and two levels higher than the pills rewarded to others.
Other disciples also shouted: "Thank you, Sect Master!"
Li Xiuchang did not indulge in vanity and complacency. He did not stop and turned into a black light and fled.
Only dozens of disciples were left with red faces, carefully putting away the pills rewarded by the Sect Master.
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Li Xiuchang came to his exclusive cave in the Mochen Sect.
Although he had not been here for a long time, everything in the cave was still in order. The back garden of the cave was full of spiritual flowers and no weeds. It was obvious that someone had been taking care of it.
"The treatment of the deputy sect leader is good."
Li Xiuchang closed the cave formation and came to the practice room, preparing to break through in seclusion.
It is relatively simple to break through from the Hedao stage to the Dujie stage. As long as the accumulation is sufficient, there is no great difficulty.
Unlike the previous breakthroughs in the great realms, each breakthrough in the realm will be accompanied by obvious changes. When building the foundation, the mana must be liquefied, when forming the pill, the mana must be condensed, when forming the infant, the pill must be broken into an infant, when the spirit is transformed, the spirit is differentiated, when the spirit is transformed, the origin is communicated, and when the spirit is refined, the great way is rooted...
But there is no such obvious change from the Hedao stage to the Dujie stage.
Therefore, the possibility of failure in the breakthrough is not great, and it is rare to hear that someone failed to break through the Dujie stage.
The real difficulty of the Dujie stage lies in the three heavenly tribulations that follow.
Some cultivators do not have the confidence to face the heavenly tribulations and dare not break through at all.
Li Xiuchang has a deep foundation, and the breakthrough is even more natural.
He operated the breakthrough method, closed his eyes and adjusted his breath, while communicating with the heaven and earth with his consciousness, he also attracted the origin of the equal way and blessed himself with the power of the origin.
To break through the Tribulation Stage, you need to conduct "double verification". On the one hand, you need to communicate with the heaven and earth to verify your soul and cultivation, and both have reached the peak of the Dao. On the other hand, you need to activate the origin of the Dao to verify your own understanding of the Dao.
This process is equivalent to registering with the Heavenly Dao in advance.
After all, after breaking through to the Tribulation Stage, you still need to receive the Heavenly Dao's Heavenly Dao.
Otherwise, after reaching the Tribulation Stage, if the Heavenly Dao does not send you the Heavenly Dao, you are doomed.
If the Heavenly Dao recognizes your cultivation and understanding of the Dao, and then breaks through to the Tribulation Stage, you will not have to worry about not having the Heavenly Dao in the future.
Although Li Xiuchang has not been well received by the Heavenly Dao, and even his origin of the Dao is rejected by the Origin World, he is at least a person protected by the Dao Ancestor, and this time the Heavenly Dao did not dare to make things difficult for him.
In short, he obtained the verification of the Heavenly Dao very smoothly, and then encouraged the power of the origin to start to impact a higher realm.
To break through the Tribulation Stage, the main thing is to use the power of the origin to impact.
Speaking of impact, Li Xiuchang felt like he lightly stepped on the accelerator, and before he started to speed up, he had already reached the destination.
The breakthrough was so simple that there was nothing to say.
The surrounding spiritual energy was aroused, and a spiritual energy tide erupted. There was no harm, it just made the spiritual energy of the Mochen Sect more concentrated.
"I broke through so quickly? Why does it feel easier than building a foundation?"
Li Xiuchang found that his theory of "practice makes perfect, the more you practice, the faster you will get" really made sense.
It really became easier and easier to break through.
"I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, I have already reached the Tribulation Stage, and becoming an immortal is in sight... Cultivating immortals is also quite simple, much simpler than taking the college entrance examination."
Of course, the challenge of the Tribulation Stage has just begun.
The Tribulation Stage is a very special realm.
Some people say that the Tribulation Period and Mahayana Period can actually be regarded as one realm.
There is no distinction between the early, middle and late stages of the Mahayana Period, and it can also be regarded as "the great perfection of tribulation".
In the practice of the Tribulation Period, there are actually two things to do: tribulation and enlightenment.
Promote to the early stage of tribulation, pass the first heavenly tribulation, promote to the middle stage of tribulation, pass the second heavenly tribulation, promote to the late stage of tribulation, pass the third heavenly tribulation, and promote to the Mahayana Period.
The above is the entire promotion process from the Tribulation Period to the Mahayana Period.
There are three heavenly tribulations in the entire Tribulation Period. Successfully passing a tribulation will promote a small realm. After passing three heavenly tribulations, you will be promoted to the Mahayana Period and can ascend to become an immortal at any time.
However, the heavenly tribulation in the Tribulation Period not only tests the combat effectiveness and Taoism of the cultivator, but also tests whether the cultivator's main Tao is solid and stable.
In other words, in addition to the thunder tribulation and the heart demon tribulation, there is another "Tao tribulation".
If the degree of understanding of the Tao is not enough, or the Tao is superficial and not solid enough, or if you take the wrong path and go astray, you will not be able to pass the Tao tribulation test.
Once the tribulation fails, there is a high probability that the person will die and the Tao will be destroyed.
Li Xiuchang's Equality Tao seems powerful, and he is the founder of the Tao, so he is not afraid of the Tao tribulation.
But the Equality Tao now actually has a lot of hidden dangers.
The strength of the Equality Tao is the improvement obtained by absorbing a large amount of Confucianism and Taoism, which makes the current Equality Tao extremely unhealthy.
Li Xiuchang wants Confucianism and Taoism to become one of the many branches of the Equality Tao.
But now the content from Confucianism and Taoism accounts for about 60% of the total Equality Tao.
Among the remaining 40%, nearly 10% comes from Buddhism and Taoism.
"Before I solve the hidden dangers of the Equality Tao, it is best not to rush to tribulation."
Li Xiuchang decided to adjust the composition of the Equality Tao next, so that the proportion of each Tao within the Equality Tao is more balanced, and Confucianism and Taoism can no longer dominate.
In the short term, he will not integrate new Confucianism and Taoism into the Equality Tao. Although Confucianism and Taoism are strong, his goal is not to become the second Confucian saint.
"I still have the Great Dao of Charm to comprehend. If that doesn't work, I can also integrate the Great Dao of Five Elements into the Great Dao of Equality!"
This is impossible for others to do, because the Great Dao of Five Elements and other natural great Daos have long been rooted in the origin world and cannot be used to integrate into other great Daos.
But Li Xiuchang's Great Dao of Equality is rooted in the second Dantian space, where there is no other great Dao origin, just a blank.
Li Xiuchang can choose to start a new business there and build a new origin of the Great Dao of Five Elements, or he can directly put his own understanding of the Great Dao of Five Elements into the Great Dao of Equality.
In that way, the proportion of Confucianism can be greatly diluted.
"If it works, I can use the bone hammer in my hand to improve the understanding of the Great Dao of Earth. The best is to complete the Five Elements."