Chapter 376 - 157: Boxing Saint Daoist Temple, Creating the Fist Scripture, Glimpsing the Jin Yun Great World
It didn’t contain any mighty power or specific moves, only a vast understanding of the Fist Dao and an outline of Martial Dao knowledge.
Compared to a Cultivation Technique, this `Fist Scripture` was more like a special Secret Manual meant to guide people onto the path of the Dao.
Over the years, many Cultivators had clashed with the Boxing Saint Daoist Temple. While this was partly due to the promotion of new techniques,
the `Fist Scripture` was the primary cause.
After all, if the `Fist Scripture` were to become widely circulated, many factions would find it incredibly difficult to recruit new disciples.
"So be it."
Su Bai did not pursue the topic. He turned and asked,
"Then, have you considered another path, Master?"
"The path of the Netherworld Venerable Master!"
"Hm?"
The Rebirth Buddha Venerable’s head snapped up, a Divine Light seeming to flash in his gaze.
"Are you speaking of the path the Netherworld Venerable Master forged beyond the Feathered realm, Fellow Daoist?"
Beyond the Feathered realm, Ascension to Immortality was not the only path.
The Netherworld Venerable Master had once forged a second path!
This was recorded among many sects with ancient lineages. However, before the Netherworld Venerable Master could spread this path throughout the world, all contact with the Netherworld was lost.
He too vanished without a trace.
Countless people had searched for him, but to no avail.
Legend has it that many years ago, the Leader of Gui Chen Sect peered into the Netherworld, hoping to find that path. The result...
He saw Venerable Bai You, and a single glance nearly drove him to madness.
"Amitabha Buddha."
Seeing Su Bai smile without speaking, the Rebirth Buddha Venerable softly recited a Buddhist verse and said with a wry smile,
"It seems, True Master, that you have something you need me to do."
"Correct!"
Su Bai lightly tapped his right foot on the God-Sealing Platform. A tremendous roar instantly erupted, yet it could not drown out his calm voice:
"What I ask is that you travel eighteen million li to the west and erect a God-Sealing Platform!"
The two exchanged a calm glance.
After hearing Su Bai’s proposal, the Rebirth Buddha Venerable departed, his mind heavy with thought. He had neither agreed nor refused.
He returned to the Wansheng Institute just as the sun was about to rise.
The Rebirth Buddha Venerable was a man of great forbearance. He had endured years of oppression from the Leader of Gui Chen Sect and had remained quiescent in his shadow for many long years.
But that did not mean he lacked ambitions of his own.
’Should I live my entire life in someone else’s shadow until my time runs out, or should I seek another path?’
It was a choice he had to make.
In truth, with Su Bai’s current strength, traversing the Four Seas and Five Continents in a single day might be an exaggeration.
But he was certainly capable of erecting the other four God-Sealing Platforms within a decade.
However, his aura had already diffused in all directions, spreading throughout all of creation.
But the moment he stepped out of the Central Continent, the seat of the Dayu Immortal Dynasty, a certain entity would inevitably discover his presence, and great danger would descend upon him.
He had long possessed the ability to sense good fortune and avoid calamity, a sense that was even sharper now.
That was why he needed someone else to make this journey in his stead.
A gentle breeze stirred Su Bai’s long hair at his temples.
He stood before the God-Sealing Platform, hands clasped behind his back. After a deep look at the rising crimson sun, he sat down cross-legged, and with a flip of his palm, produced the Wish-fulfilling Altar.
Over the past five years, he had performed a total of ten sacrifices—roughly two per year.
He felt no guilt or anxiety about performing these sacrifices.
This altar was likely a rare and wondrous treasure from the Jin Yun Great World. It seemed to be an anchor used by a mysterious Great Power to locate other worlds.
But this world’s future was already doomed to destruction. The arrival of another mysterious Great Power couldn’t possibly make things any worse.
’Perhaps two negatives might make a positive. I might even be able to reap the benefits while others fight.’
The limiting factor on the number of sacrifices he could perform was Xie Nian Daoist’s recovery speed.
Contrary to his original plan, Xie Nian True Master’s Feathered Divine Spirit couldn’t sustain continuous sacrifices.
This was despite him providing a great deal of resources for Xie Nian True Master’s recovery over the past five years.
On the altar, the ball of golden light was on its last gasp, its aura barely perceptible.
At this point, Xie Nian True Master no longer had the strength to even curse. The entire ball of light appeared dim and lackluster.
A Feathered-realm expert could absorb Heaven and Earth Essence Qi to recover damage to their Divine Spirit and replenish their core essence, but it was not a process that could be accomplished easily.
"You’re worried..."
Gazing at Su Bai, who sat cross-legged before him, Xie Nian Daoist’s weak and hoarse voice suddenly broke the silence.
A ghostly flame flickered faintly within the golden ball of light.
"I am neither a Saint nor an Immortal God. Naturally, I worry. I feel fear, terror, and pain..."
Su Bai nodded slightly, not denying it in the slightest.
"Humans have passions and desires, and demons thirst for blood. This is perfectly normal. However, my heart is like a Bright Mirror. As long as I am diligent in polishing it, it will naturally remain free of dust and untainted by any demonic nature."
He did not cultivate the Dao of Heartlessness, so he certainly didn’t believe emotions were inherently bad.
Emotions do not arise from the heart. They are a reaction mechanism of the countless microscopic particles that constitute the human body, responding to the myriad things in the world.
Unless one casts off their physical body, being swayed by emotion is unavoidable.
And upon abandoning the flesh, the Yin Sha Resentful Qi that permeates the world would sway one’s spirit all the same.
Be it emotions or desires, there is no need to fear them as one would a ravening beast.
To harness emotion and achieve unity of the Heart Spirit—that is his Dao.
"You..."
Looking at the calm, white-robed young man before him, a chill crept into Xie Nian Daoist’s heart.
A person who could admit his own shortcomings and speak of them so openly was truly terrifying.
This was especially true given what he knew: this man had likely become the most powerful figure, at least openly, in the entire Dayu Immortal Dynasty.