Dao Equaling the Heavens-Chapter 63 - 55 Soaring into the Clouds To Gaze Beyond the Heavens!
63: Chapter 55: Soaring into the Clouds, To Gaze Beyond the Heavens!
63 -55: Soaring into the Clouds, To Gaze Beyond the Heavens!
Bianjing City at dawn.
Hee Huan stepped out of his house, stretching lazily.
Suddenly his expression froze as he looked up to see a flash of white light piercing the clouds.
Focusing mana into his eyes, strands of Spiritual Energy became visible, and looking to the skies above Bianjing, he saw an immeasurable colossus rising into the heavens, the endless providence that fell from above insufficient to suppress the giant.
Holding up the sky with one hand!
He felt tingling on his scalp, unable to comprehend why someone in the Immortal Land could perform the Flying Escape through the Nine Heavens.
“Who in the world could this divine being be?”
The morning light touched upon the palace, in front of a gigantic Pill Furnace where an old Taoist, who had been seated for many years, slowly stood up under the astonished gazes of the guards as he walked out of the palace.
Outside the palace, the Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace, Feng Baizhou, just entering the court, looked up with his face full of astonishment.
He then saw the Lord Emperor emerge, saying, “Your Majesty, someone in the Immortal Land can perform the Flying Escape!
This…
This goes against the providence…”
The Lord Emperor rose his gaze to the dharma form colossus above the Nine Heavens, slightly stretching his hand before withdrawing it.
He said to himself, “Is this the power of an Immortal?
Lifting providence and rising ten thousand feet, to the point where we, mere mortals, cannot perceive it.”
Hearing the mention of Immortal power, Feng Baizhou immediately thought of someone, “Is it the Taoist Heavenly Girl?”
The title Taoist Heavenly Girl was bestowed by the Heavenly Destiny List, also being the greatest title among all generations of the list.
Each session of the list was according to the reputation and Daoist Skill, as potent as the Three Pure Daoist dared only claim The Three Pure Ones.
But she was named after the Daoist, whose significance needs no stating.
At the same time, Yu Hua was initially unknown to all, merely an ordinary disciple of the Sanqing Taoist Sect, but the moment she stepped out, she reached the top of the Heavenly Destiny List.
Some resented, some doubted, yet she seemed like an exiled immortal reborn, inherently holy, no one capable of shaking her position at the top.
Even the Nine Generations of Sword Master of the Broken Sword Mountain could only rank second.
During a previous visit to the palace, Yu Hua revealed her strength for the first time, but it was still within the bounds of understanding.
“It’s nothing.”
The Lord Emperor indifferently turned and returned to the palace, reseating himself in front of the Longevity Pill Furnace.
“A single person’s strength may not be able to vanquish everyone under heaven, and the Three Religions and myriad paths will not permit a living Immortal to exist.
It suffices to be adored in the records, stepping out would be terrifying.”
Feng Baizhou asked, “Then why does Your Majesty aid the Sanqing Taoist Sect?”
“The Immortality Pill, it is the final key ingredient.”
The Lord Emperor continued to add Spiritual Medicine into the Longevity Furnace, then suddenly thought of Zhao Feng, saying, “Fenger, how is he?”
Feng Baizhou, with a grim expression, replied, “Severely injured and dao foundation failed to solidify, I’m afraid he’s finished.”
“It’s nothing.”
The Lord Emperor was as detached as always.
“Merely a damaged foundation, a graft from another will do.”
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Above the Nine Heavens, two figures broke through the clouds, and as the dawn rose from the east, the clear skies above were adorned by a crane soaring above the clouds, with miles of golden clouds in its reflection.
Gu Wen stood so high for the first time, his legs a bit wobbly, unable to resist clinging to Yu Hua.
But Yu Hua didn’t mind, as the ethereal wind revealed her celestial beauty along with a hint of teasing, “Are you still afraid of heights?”
“Gu has never flown before.”
His voice trembled slightly, having never been this high before, not even in a roller coaster, and never set foot on an airplane in his past life.
A sly smile rarely seen graced Yu Hua’s face.
This time, she didn’t comfort him as usual, but instead, she sped up.
The ethereal wind slamming against his body forced Gu Wen to hold her even closer, only by being next to her could he catch his breath.
“To perform the Flying Escape in Immortal Land, one must bear the weight of heaven and earth, with dao foundation unified ninety-ninefold, to conceive the way of transcendence.
I myself have no dao foundation, having inherited from my master, but from beginning to end, there is a thread short of full integration.”
The Tao Te Ching was no supreme divine skill, simply an interpretation of Dao which surpassed all divine skills.
Those who study it come to a thousand different understandings, and naturally, Yu Hua’s comprehension was of the highest order.
Yu Hua’s voice carried over the winds of the Nine Heavens, Bianjing City grew smaller beneath their feet, and the blue sky drew ever closer overhead.
“Upon Fellow Daoist’s words, I have glimpsed the elegance of my ancient master, and we shall witness it together.”
Gu Wen looked up at her silhouette leading him above the Nine Heavens, feeling as if he too had ascended to become an Immortal.
In the Immortal Land, she was like an exiled immortal.
“Behold, beyond this Immortal Land, the world beyond the corners, and the heavens beyond the sky!”
Yu Hua raised her hand to tear through the azure dome, the heavens roared, and the vast sky was gradually torn, opening a crack, with a glow different from sunlight streaming down.
The seven-colored light cascaded into Gu Wen’s pupils, casting a reflection of an entirely new heaven and earth.
Above the celestial sphere stood trees of immense heights piercing the skies, the ethereal Immortal Mountains floated in the void, and an endless earth as broad as the starry grotto heavens suspended.
All beings under heaven and earth coexisted in harmony.
“Is this the Cultivation World?”
Gu Wen’s eyes widened in wonder as he reached out to touch the membranous sky.
“Yes, this is the Cultivation World.”
Yu Hua held Gu Wen’s hand, pointing out each direction with the other.
“That is my Three Pure Mountains, standing in the Nine Heavens, spanning nine thousand miles, comprised of eight hundred peaks.”
“That is the tree sea of the Demon Realm, each tree forms heaven and earth, each branch holds a Grotto Heaven, thirty-six Grottos and seventy-two demon saints.”
“That is the armory of the Broken Sword Mountain, housing eight million magic swords, one hundred and eight thousand spiritual swords, and one hundred and eight Taoist swords—your sword lies among them.”
Gu Wen pressed his face against the sky, longing sprouting within his heart.
Cultivating, pursuing Immortality, transcendence!
This was the sky he should seek, the earth where he should stand proud.
“Gu Wen!”
Yu Hua cradled Gu Wen’s face in her hands, her voice overpowering the ethereal winds between heaven and earth.
“You are not a mere servant of the Zhao family, you should be an exiled Immortal descended to earth.
Today, though cast down into the Red Dust, one day you will ascend to the greatest heights, overpower all beings under heaven, and create the thirty-seventh Immortal Skill.”
Initially, she thought he was just a genius of a millennium, but now she realized she had underestimated him; he was beyond the description of a genius.
He was like those Immortals who stood between heaven and earth in ancient times, dominating eras and creating the Thirty-Six Immortal Skills.
“This world is fascinating, but with you, it would be even livelier.
This world needs peerless individuals, not a troupe of monkeys deemed geniuses.”
“When will you stand as the first among heroes, supreme under the heavens?”
She never craved a half measure from me, nor asked anything of me, only harboring a pure yearning for the Dao and an admiration for talent.
We both are Fellow Daoists, both seekers of the Dao.
Gu Wen shed his past disguises, his smile bright and gentle, “Next spring when we meet again, immortal, I dare say the world will lack for heroes.”
Having witnessed the vastness of the world and the prosperity of all beings, now I see the dharma heart is brilliant.
To coalesce the Heavenly Marrow within the five organs, one phase, two years—now one phase in a single year of Heavenly Marrow is enough.
