The Battle in Journey to the West
Chapter 334 - 295: Fuxi Bagua and the Mechanism of Heaven

Chapter 334: Chapter 295: Fuxi Bagua and the Mechanism of Heaven

Wukong, having become a creator, was welcomed back by Donghuang Taiyi and pushed off the Nine Dragons Chariot, awakening in the Quiet Room.

Upon calculating with his fingers, he realized quite a bit of time had passed. He gazed upon the Heavenly Dao and discovered that the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty had long ended, and it was now the time when Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, was leading troops to conquer far and wide. The chaotic aura of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms had only recently begun to unify. However, there were still some small nations in the Southern Toad Continent, among which was Southern Tang, where Buddhism was enormously thriving.

Li Yu, the ruler of Southern Tang, was a devout Buddhist without great ambitions, spending his days composing poetry. In Southern Tang, if anyone committed a crime, their charges were dropped as soon as they converted to Buddhism, and monks were exempt from any taxes. This led to an excessive number of monks and significantly burdened the political and economic systems of Southern Tang.

Li Yu, too, was coming to his end and could only bow down to Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

Wukong sighed, reflecting on how there are no days or months in cultivation; so much time had passed in what seemed like the blink of an eye.

"Earth, water, wind, fire, heed my command; transform into the foundation, converge into the Secret Realm!" Wukong, having subdued myriad Heavenly Demons from the World of Heavenly Demons, including many Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal level Heavenly Demon Kings, found his Buddha Kingdom within could no longer contain them. Moreover, being a Buddha filled with so many Heavenly Demons gave him an ominous aura.

He employed his Divine Skills, and elements of earth, water, wind, and fire converged into a mass, then dispersed in all directions as celestial laws descended from the heavens to integrate with them.

The Secret Realm is a technique like Containing Sumeru Within a Mustard Seed, akin to a cave dwelling, yet constructing it was far from easy.

The elements continued to converge, the laws solidifying, slowly forming a world, only to collapse instantaneously, the effort falling short.

"It seems, having just mastered the art of creation, building the Secret Realm isn’t too easy. Let’s try again." Wukong once again exerted his Divine Skills, bringing together the forces of earth, water, wind, and fire, the resulting Secret Realm growing ever larger.

In ancient times, amidst the Four Great Continents, smoke of war was ever-present. The mighty of powerful tribes, to avoid their tribes from being poisoned by war and getting entangled in karma, would create Secret Realms to shelter their people from battle calamities. Today, these Secret Realms still hide in various places, waiting for the predestined to uncover the countless treasures within.

This time, with the wisdom of past failure, he successfully created the Secret Realm, and the billions of Heavenly Demons entered, building Buddhist Temples and venerating his Buddha statues, providing him with Incense Power and Wishes.

"Exhilarating! Although the Wish Power provided by so many Heavenly Demons is much less than that from humans, the sheer quantity roughly matches some powerful Buddhas." Wukong felt a tremendous influx of robust Incense Power enriching his spirit and sharpening his mind.

He had meditated for almost three hundred years, and now it was finally time to emerge, a bell tolled, and the monks from the temple came to greet him.

Wukong left the Quiet Room and headed towards Mount Meru.

"World Honored One, your disciple has emerged from meditation," Wukong greeted Tathagata with folded hands and spoke softly.

Seeing him achieve the status of a creator, Tathagata couldn’t help but smile, "Victorious Fighting Buddha truly has exceptional talents. In these nearly three hundred years, you’ve grasped the Origin of Creation and achieved the Creation Boundary, excellent work!"

"Indeed, indeed!" The Buddhas of Mount Meru all smiled and folded their hands.

The stronger the Buddhist sect, the happier the Tathagata was. When the great calamity of heaven and earth would arrive, they would depend on All Buddhas to confront the Daoist masters and those ancient powers returning.

Over these three hundred years, Buddhism and Daoism vied continuously, always trying to outdo and suppress each other. The Buddhist sect produced Five Ancestors while Daoism also bore talented individuals. Once during their magical combat, Zhang Boduan shone brilliantly, defeating the Buddhist masters and greatly promoting the Complete Truth Taoism.

Chen Tuan took over Mount Hua from Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, becoming renowned far and wide, admired by everyone. The strategic position he arranged turned into an everlasting puzzle, studied by numerous chess masters as a brilliant tactic in the game of chess.

"Now that Buddhism finally holds a place in the Southern Toad Continent, capable of standing on equal footing with Daoism, All Buddhas still need to continue to enlighten all beings, letting everyone grasp the true meaning of our Ultimate Bliss," Tathagata said.

The Medicine Buddha expressed, "World Honored One, the Medicine Buddha’s reincarnation in the Lapis Lazuli Pure Light Realm, rescued by Chi Songzi, poses a great issue, a bane to our Buddhism. All these years, despite desperate searching, no trace has been found. What should we do?"

Tathagata replied, "Chi Songzi, with the protection of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, acts perversely and cruelly, extremely difficult to deal with. Medicine Buddha being a bane to our Buddhism must be eradicated. All Buddhas, please be vigilant and eliminate on sight!"

"Yes!" All Buddhas responded.

Wukong chuckled internally, finding it absurd that Medicine Buddha became regarded as a bane by his own sect; he truly was the future Supreme, the Respectful Ruler of the World, and yet now Tathagata and Medicine Buddha spoke of him as something to be eradicated.

The Song Dynasty’s aura united and the order of the Heavenly Dao restored clarity for a time, with great powers from all over conducting calculations as the great calamity of heaven and earth was fast approaching, expected to occur after the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

Fuxi, from within Shennong’s Secret Realm, had already made clear calculations, involving the fate of heaven.

But Fuxi said to Chi Songzi, "After Yuan and Ming, barbarians from Uttara Kuru Kingdom will invade, and during that time, Yangzhou will face ten days of calamity, Jiading three massacres, and the people of Southern Toad Continent will suffer worse than during the chaos of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. When the Qing invade, the great calamity of heaven and earth will descend, and you all must prepare."

Chi Songzi said, "Since the Qing Dynasty obtained the fate of the Southern Toad Continent, it should have been integrated by the Southern Toad Continent. Why then would it corrupt the Heavenly Dao?"

Fuxi sighed, "Throughout the Qing Dynasty, everyone was excessively greedy and corrupt, ruining the feng shui of the Southern Toad Continent. Additionally, the barbarians of Yingzhou have grown strong and will invade. In time, with internal strife and external threats, the fate of the Southern Toad Continent will collapse, destroying the Heavenly Dao and marking the end of the era for the immortals! Afterwards, the world will be in chaos. Should the Southern Toad Continent survive, unity will eventually follow. Then, decayed wood will govern in the halls of power, and beasts will consume the state stipends. Those with the hearts of wolves and behaviors of dogs will dominate court, and the subservient will govern! The national destiny will turn to ruins, and the common people will suffer immensely!"

"During the Qing Dynasty, who was in control? I will go and slay them, even if it means bearing great karma, for the purification of the Heavenly Dao, I will not shy away!" Chi Songzi declared fiercely.

"It is unknowable! This matter involves the great calamity of heaven and earth and can no longer be predicted." Fuxi sighed.

"Who controlled the court after the Qing Dynasty?" Chi Songzi asked again. Human Path is closely related to the Heavenly Dao. With the collapse of the national destiny, how could one conform to heaven and man? At that time, the laws of Heavenly Dao would also be destroyed instantly, marking the end of the era for cultivation.

"After the Qing Dynasty..." Fuxi furrowed his brow, "It cannot be spoken of, cannot be spoken of! It is unknowable, unknowable!"

Chi Songzi angrily said, "Since the officials are decayed wood and the stipends consumed by beasts, with those of wolfish hearts and dog-like behavior dominating the court, and the subservient governing! How could the national destiny not be ruined? I ask the Heavenly Emperor to predict the key ancestors. I would slay them myself to change history."

Fuxi sighed, "Desire exceeds power! We, as Human Emperors, serve the people and Heaven. The later generations, however, are focused solely on extorting wealth from the commoners, causing disasters everywhere, leading to the collapse of heaven and earth!"

The Human Path and Heavenly Dao are connected. If human affairs are well, everyone lives joyfully, well-fed and well-clothed, without thoughts of rebellion or malice, then the Heavenly Dao is clear and orderly, unshakeable. However, if the Human Path is in chaos, everyone commits evil, evil thoughts grow unchecked, and order disintegrates, then the Heavenly Dao will also be in chaos, and the laws will be shaken.

"The affairs of humans concern heaven," can also be explained in this way.

Consider the ancient times, although there were many killings and wars, there were great sages and virtuous rulers like the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors who maintained the national destiny unshakeably. Descendants knew to conform to heaven and human, succeeding in the ways of Yao and Shun, thus the order of the Heavenly Dao was naturally clear and without compare. And when King Zhou was foolish and broke the rites, human affairs deteriorated. Thus, after the great divine calamity, otherworldly forces seized the opportunity to invade, almost causing the destruction of the Four Great Continents.

Today, the order of Heavenly Dao is already in turmoil, and the Leader of Heaven-Penetrating further damaged the dragon veins, allowing the destiny to leak out to the barbarians. In time, when barbarians breach the passes, the perpetual Central Plains will be utterly destroyed. Then, foolish men will control the national artifacts, oppressed by foreign tribes, and human affairs will breed resentment, marking the end of heaven and earth!

However, when the Qing Dynasty breached the passes, otherworldly forces also took advantage of the disturbances in Heavenly Dao to invade, and whether the Southern Toad Continent could be preserved remains uncertain.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Chi Songzi yelled, looking up to the sky and howling as he fell to the ground, his head splitting with pain.

When heaven sends killing intent upon a man, how can one bear it? Even a quasi-saint couldn’t! By having this thought, Chi Songzi opposed the Heavenly Dao, thus he was hurt by the heavenly killing intent.

"The ruler of Heavenly Dao is currently practicing the Nirvana Method, and the order of the Heavenly Dao operates freely, without interference from anyone! All things in the world must keep to their order; otherwise, they only bring about their own destruction. Chi Songzi, do not harbor this thought any longer, lest you invite a fatal disaster upon yourself. Now, I have finally deduced why the otherworldly forces will invade our realm," Fuxi said as he sat cross-legged and sighed.

Chi Songzi got up from the ground, the killing intent of Heavenly Dao having receded. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and regained some vigor, saying, "I ask the Heavenly Emperor for guidance."

Fuxi pointed to the sky and the earth, asking, "What is transcendence?"

Chi Songzi was startled and speechless. He knew Fuxi’s mention of transcendence was not in the ordinary sense, but rather a deeper, more profound one concerning the two realms. He dared not speak carelessly before Fuxi, to avoid embarrassment.

Fuxi sighed, "Heaven is the dome, Earth the chessboard, stars the threads, and humans the chess pieces. Everything is just a game, and transcendence is not easy to achieve. The conflict between two realms is but the will of the Heavenly Dao; it is the instinct of the Heavenly Dao because it seeks transcendence!"

"How can the Heavenly Dao transcend?!" Chi Songzi exclaimed, astounded.

Fuxi manipulated mysterious worlds in his hands, calculating and spawning them. He said, "The Heavenly Dao is unemotional, attacking each other; this is the innate behavior of the Heavenly Dao. Otherwise, the Heavenly Dao harbors hatred, and thus the world will age and eventually be destroyed."

"Natural selection, this is the eternal law. The clash between the two realms is also decreed by destiny and cannot be opposed!"

What Fuxi said, Chi Songzi understood yet did not fully comprehend. He realized that the clash between the two realms seemed to be for the purpose of devouring the other to grow stronger, and then to transcend, but the Heavenly Dao is already so mighty, what then does it seek in transcendence?

To find out what happens next, please listen to the following explanation.

PS: "The story of Chen Tuan subduing Mount Hua in five steps actually exists. He took command in a single horse ride, and it is said that Mount Hua has never been taxed just because Emperor Taizu of Zhao lost. Don’t say it’s impossible in the review section—I’ll delete those comments to avoid embarrassment. Many have asked, so I explain a bit so everyone can learn something more nourishing. This is a bit of popular science for everyone.

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