At a different time, in a different space, between illusion and reality, Wang Lin stood in the same place. This was an extremely rare thing. Wang Lin didn't know if others had experienced it, but he knew he was experiencing it.
He stood there like he was in the dream dao on Suzaku. His entire body seemed to sublimate, as if he had gained enlightenment. Under the rain, although his eyes were closed, the world was in his heart, and everything had spirit.
It was like a wanderer who had left home for decades. At a special moment, he suddenly saw a familiar scene, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember where this familiarity came from.
Wang Lin closed his eyes and connected this familiar feeling with the scene in the cave world. He used his body as a link to form an invisible line that connected the cave world and the Immortal Astral Continent. "
"The falling rain is very familiar … The sound of the rain hitting the stone floor is also familiar …" Wang Lin muttered to himself. After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at the small mountain, the temple, the square, and the furnace in the square. All of this made him understand something.
"Life is like a dream, a dream is like life … This is what I comprehended in the dream dao on Suzaku … I know this comprehension is not the end …" Wang Lin's expression was calm without any fluctuations. He stood there in the rain, untainted by the mortal world.
Liu Jinbiao stood behind Wang Lin and looked a bit confused. Wang Lin didn't say it in his heart but muttered what he had comprehended. When Liu Jinbiao heard it, he seemed to understand something.
"I used my left hand as life and my right hand as death … I used the open palm as karmic cause and the closed palm as karmic effect … I used my eyes to be real and my eyes to be closed as false. I used these three forms to outline a world that belongs to me … A world where life is like a dream …" I once saw rain in this same place in the illusion. Now I'm standing here in the real world and I also see this rain … The world is in my eyes and I see it … Because I can see it, I exist … "The rain caused the surroundings to become hazy. Some disciples rushed up from the foot of the mountain and walked past Wang Lin. The rain had come too quickly, so most of the disciples weren't prepared in advance.
However, these people didn't seem to see Wang Lin and Liu Jinbiao. It was as if they didn't exist.
"I use my eyes to see the world. Every blade of grass and every tree is in my eyes. I used to think that when I opened my eyes, the world was real, but when I closed my eyes, everything was an illusion …. What was real and what was false was a reflection of the heart. I thought that everything was false. I thought that when I closed my eyes, every blade of grass and every tree would disappear …. But would they really disappear …?
"What does it mean to exist, and what does it mean to not exist? I use my eyes to see the world. I look at the world, and the world looks back at me …. When I close my eyes, everything is empty. If the heavens close their eyes … does that mean that I am nothing …?" Wang Lin looked up into the sky along with the falling rain.
"I don't understand what Master is saying, but I feel that reincarnation allowed me to understand the second step of the Dao of Deception. The so-called deceiving oneself isn't actually about believing it and reaching perfection. It's a method of proving one's Dao. When one believes, the world, the cycle of reincarnation, and the passage of time all believe it …. Although it is said that I deceived myself, the truth is that I deceived reincarnation!
"I deceived reincarnation, so I am free and unfettered. Heaven and earth can't go against my will, and reincarnation can't stop my spirit. I deceive the heavens, the earth, and the passage of time … I didn't understand this before, but after I awakened after reincarnation, I understood …." Liu Jinbiao stood behind Wang Lin and muttered to himself.
"Who determined the 3,000 Great Daos? Who chose to abandon all things in the world? The Dao of Deception is despised by all living beings and is viewed as shameless. However, they don't know that the Dao of Deception is based on the heart. Among the three Great Daos, the Dao of Deception must be one of them!"
Liu Jinbiao's dream from his previous life was not something that could be trampled on by anyone. He wanted the Dao of Deception to become one of the 3,000 Great Daos!
Even in this life, he was still the same!
"Heaven and earth contain the essence, and we cultivate the essence. Master once said that once the essence is formed, we can step into the third step of cultivation!
"In my opinion, the Dao of Deception also has three steps. The first is to deceive others. The second is to deceive yourself. When you reach the third step, you will experience the feeling that you don't see a mountain and the feeling that you don't see water. Then you will return to your true self and have the heart to deceive others!
"Others is just a general term. In truth, it includes the heavens, the earth, the passage of time, and everything!
"Deceive the heavens, deceive the earth, deceive the passage of time, and deceive the Great Daos of Heaven and Earth!
"If you can deceive even the Dao, then I will become an immortal!
"All daos are of the same origin. My third step is to return to the true self. It is the same as what Master said before. If you close your eyes, then you don't know whether or not all things will disappear. If the heavens close their eyes, then you and I don't know whether or not we will exist. It is the same principle!"
Liu Jinbiao murmured. The confusion in his mind after awakening in this life gradually became clear. In the end, it was like Thunder splitting the void, and his eyes shined brightly.
His words fell into Wang Lin's ears, causing Wang Lin to tremble. At the same time, he began to understand.
Whether it was him or Liu Jinbiao, they were both struggling to understand their own Daos. The path of the Dao was lonely, but if they could see the Dao of others, then their path would not be lonely, and they would be able to prove their own Dao!
"You use deception as your Dao to deceive the heavens and the earth. I use life as my Dao to overturn the world, to correct my reflection …. Between you and me, we are both Cultivation of the heart …." Wang Lin closed his eyes.
"The world is in my eyes, and the heavens and the earth are my appearance …. If I close my eyes, the heavens and the earth do not exist …. If the heavens and the earth close their eyes, then I exist!
"If I can do it, if I open my eyes, then the heavens and the earth close their eyes. If I am deathless, then the heavens and the earth fall asleep, then I can achieve Immortal Ascension!" Wang Lin took a deep breath and then opened his eyes.
"I have experienced life and death. I have walked through Karma. Amidst the true and false, within the cycle of reincarnation, I have searched for a version of myself that has sunk into the sea of bitterness …. If there is a fourth Dao in the Essence of the Illusory, then it would be reincarnation …. This reincarnation is not the reincarnation of life and death, but the reincarnation of Heaven and Earth, not the Yellow Springs, but the great Dao of the universe …. The reincarnation of all living beings …." Wang Lin took a deep breath and then began to walk forward through the rain.
"Imprison the Dao of the Heavens. All living beings must transcend immeasurable tribulations. Leave the depths of the Abyss.
Escape the will of the Heavens. Obtain the Dao of the Next Life. Serve the Dao of the True Cultivation!
Lock the fate of the Heavens and seal the Underworld. Those who cannot obtain the true dao will sink into the sea of bitterness and forever lose the true dao. Serve the Dao of the True Cultivation! "
As Wang Lin walked forward, the strange dao scripture he had heard in the cave world appeared in his mind.
He understood.
This dao scripture was very complicated. Back then, he was only ignorant, but now on the Immortal Astral Continent, on this small mountain in the Dong Lin Sect, he understood the meaning of the dao scripture.
"Those who cannot obtain the true dao will sink into the sea of bitterness and forever lose the true dao …" All living beings must transcend immeasurable tribulations. Leave the depths of the Abyss …
"I have comprehended life and death. Life and death are like a rope. One end is life and the other end is death. When they are connected, they form a circle.
"I have comprehended karma. Karma is like a net formed by countless lives and deaths. It is difficult for all living beings to break free from it.
"I've come to understand true and false. True and false are like a dream. Everyone has a dream in their heart. When you think you've woken up, you don't know that your world is just a dream … Everything around you is just a part of your dream … Living beings are trapped in their own dreams, unable to truly awaken. It's like there's a circle surrounding you, layer upon layer. When you think you've walked out of the circle and woken up, you don't know that you're still in another circle.
"Now I have the answer to Li Qianmei's three questions …
"I connected life and death together to form a net of karma. I used true and false to open my eyes from the dream and cast the net. I fished out a fish from the reincarnation cycle formed by the dream of all living beings … That fish is me!" Wang Lin's eyes shined brightly as he walked forward.
He understood that this matter was also related to Liu Jinbiao. If not for his dao of deception, Wang Lin would still be confused and unable to see through his three ethereal essences.
Liu Jinbiao followed and seemed to gain some enlightenment. His gaze fell on Wang Lin and he vaguely felt like the current Wang Lin was different from before. He couldn't tell what was different.
It was as if there was always a layer of fog around Wang Lin. This fog couldn't be seen clearly, it was just a feeling. It was as if he was in a dream and was very unreal.
But now, it was as if Wang Lin had truly awakened from his dream and everything became clear.
"This Dong Lin Sect is extremely mysterious to me. The disciples of this sect almost never go out and only cultivate in the sect … I originally thought this was the sect's rule and tradition … but when I stepped into this place, I felt a sense of familiarity and gained enlightenment about dao.
"All of this is related to my state of mind, but more importantly, it is related to this place!"
Standing on the square on the small mountain, Wang Lin's body flickered and he appeared on top of the palace in the distance. He stood there and let the mountain wind blow against his white hair and clothes. He looked down at most of the Dong Lin Sect.
In his view, the entire Dong Lin Sect was very large. He saw many Dong Lin Sect disciples rushing through the rain and many cultivators cultivating in their residences.
He also saw the beauty of the mountain and the vitality of the green trees in the wind and rain … As he looked, sadness appeared in Wang Lin's eyes.
"Su Dao … I don't know if this sect was like this when you were here … but now, this Dong Lin Sect … is a dead sect!
All of this is a dream … No wonder the Dong Lin Sect is so mysterious, no wonder its disciples rarely go out … "Wang Lin let out a sigh. After closing his eyes, he slowly opened them.
He saw a scene that outsiders couldn't see!
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