Rewrite My Fate to Become the Daoist Ancestor

Ning Xunqiu quietly watched him and shook his head, "Daoist, do you think you’ve come out? Do you think your idea of slaughtering Chentang Pass is merely influenced by the Demon Qi on Nezha?"

"I..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Gongbao’s body stiffened slightly, and a hint of panic flashed in his eyes.

Ning Xunqiu said calmly, "Cultivation inherently defies the heavens and comes with countless tribulations. After a thousand years of arduous cultivation, one must endure heavenly tribulations to attain an Immortal Body and then have a slim chance to attain the Dao."

"If you persistently cultivate with a steadfast heart, these external tribulations that destroy the body are all not worth worrying about."

Ning Xunqiu continued.

"The most dangerous tribulation in achieving the Dao is the ’emotional’ tribulation. If you cannot overcome this, your spirituality will dim, and your true self will be eternally lost, beyond redemption!"

Shen Gongbao’s body trembled violently.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze, so oppressively that it was hard to breathe.

Shen Gongbao was silent for a long time, "Please, Dragon King, teach me."

Ning Xunqiu had already looked through a copy of the Celestial Derivation Volume, knowing where Shen Gongbao’s "obsession" lay, and said:

"You feel that the world is unjust, so in order to become an Immortal, you tell yourself to use any means necessary, to blend with them, surpass them, and then change everything. But in the end, you find that you have already become like them."

"Then, even if you become one of the Twelve Golden Immortals, so what? Your Great Dao will end there."

"Daoist, let me tell you something, using any means necessary makes one a hero, but keeping one’s original intention makes one a true hero."

He had seen the beginning of "Demon Pill Nezha: I Am the East Sea Dragon King," where the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable handed the matter of the Spirit Pearl and Demon Pill to Taoyi True Master in front of Shen Gongbao.

This action not only engaged him, who held a position of power in the East Sea Dragon Palace, in a standoff with the Jie Sect on Golden Turtle Island in the East Sea.

It also aimed to help Shen Gongbao overcome the "emotional tribulation."

The Yuanshi Celestial Venerable was close to the Dao, a "Innate Divine" being that was neither human, nor demon, nor monster, nor Immortal, having traversed through the dust of myriad tribulations, all appearances of eyes, flesh, and bone were illusionary; people and plants were all within the Dao, what was the essential difference?

The Yuanshi Celestial Venerable had a master-pupil fate with Shen Gongbao and believed that Shen Gongbao and the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Expository Teaching had the opportunity to attain the "Daluo Golden Immortal," so he accepted him as a disciple, having no bias between humans and demons in the heart of the Innate Divine.

Unfortunately, the hardest barrier in the world to overcome is the "emotional tribulation" of oneself.

Shen Gongbao couldn’t see through this obsession, and thus no longer had the opportunity to attain the Dao.

"I was wrong from the start..."

Shen Gongbao lowered his head, looking at his hands, flashing memories of the past in his eyes, falling into deep self-doubt.

Ning Xunqiu watched Shen Gongbao, who was denying his past, "A friend of mine once said something: once you’ve done it, you’re right, and even if you’re wrong, you’re still right."

"What does that mean?" Shen Gongbao lifted his head.

"This young master knows!"

Little Nezha jumped out at this time, his hands in his pockets, looking pompous, lifted his chin and said, "To realize one’s mistake and correct it, is the greatest goodness! Eunuch Shen, you should make up for this young master’s loss! This young master will then graciously forgive you..."

"Oh dear, this child, don’t cause trouble here, can’t you see that the Dragon King is helping the junior brother dispel heart demons?"

Taoyi True Master swiftly pulled Nezha aside and gave Ning Xunqiu an awkward smile: "Dragon King, don’t be offended, please continue, haha."

Ning Xunqiu glanced at Taoyi True Master and smiled slightly, his tone gentle: "Daoist Taiyi, what Nezha said isn’t wrong, how could I blame him?"

"Look at that, the Dragon King is so magnanimous, unlike you with your fat head and big ears, without a bit of an Immortal’s demeanor." Little Nezha shook off Taoyi True Master’s hand, pouted, and looked dissatisfied.

Ao Bing’s father had no airs at all, gentle in tone, behaved with composure, making little Nezha secretly admire him. He glanced at his father, Li Jing, standing aside.

Although his father loved him dearly, he never encouraged him, only blamed him. He had driven away the Sea Demons and saved a little girl, yet was misunderstood by the villagers as a demon, despised and misunderstood.

And as the General of Chentang Pass, his father focused on the bigger picture and never stood on his side. When the villagers misunderstood him, his father frowned, blaming him for being troublemaking and irrational.

For three years, he tried to do good deeds but received no recognition. Although he eventually realized his father’s love and the misunderstandings were cleared, little Nezha still felt wronged recalling that moment when he couldn’t argue his case.

He lowered his head, kicked the stone at his feet, and muttered to himself: "If only Dad could be like Ao Bing’s dad..."

"Hehe." Taoyi True Master chuckled awkwardly, sighing inwardly.

He unexpectedly felt a grand demeanor from the East Sea Dragon King similar to "Master." That kind of calmness and ability to embrace all things made him feel a sense of reverence.

Although they in this younger generation had cultivated "Golden Immortal," in understanding of the Great Dao, they were far lacking. If simply eating more to improve magical power could lead to attaining the Dao, then the strongest in the world wouldn’t be Saints but pigs.

Ning Xunqiu’s gaze was gentle: "My friend was willing to pay for all his past mistakes, but he never regretted any of his decisions, nor did he doubt his judgments. The reason things didn’t turn out as he wished was simply because he didn’t have enough ability at the time, that’s all. He wouldn’t stand at the present perspective to criticize his past self."

"He said, if he could do it all over again, with his experience and mind at that time, he would still make the same choices."

"What matters is now, having the courage to change one’s mistakes from now."

Since Shen Gongbao had attained Spiritual Wisdom, he practiced diligently day and night, focusing solely on cultivation to join the Expository Teaching Teaching Sect, thinking he could become a "peace emblem for humans and demons," thus vanquishing evil and slaying demons, admired by all. But after finally joining the yearned Expository Teaching, then what?

He couldn’t change anything, nor dared he return home.

After becoming one of the Twelve Golden Immortals, could he really change everything?

Shen Gongbao already had his answer in his heart, he couldn’t resist gods and Buddhas, nor could he change this erroneous world, but someone could.

"I understand now." He bowed, "Dragon King, let me follow you, together starting anew to change the wrong."

Ning Xunqiu reached out to help Shen Gongbao up, "Daoist, there’s no need for such a grand courtesy, in Cyan Heaven’s eyes, all beings with spirituality are equal, you and I are originally fellow Daoists."

Nezha, hearing this, excitedly jumped out again, his eyes flashing with excitement: "Old Dragon King, are you going to change the world together?"

"Eunuch Shen is from the Demon Race, the Old Dragon King and Ao Bing are from the Dragon Race, and this young master was born a demon, we’re just right together!"

He stood with arms akimbo, full of anticipation on his face.

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