Chapter 35: Ghost Path - Zong Zhu 2
Yang Tian himself had inquired about his family's news in the divine realm, but there was none. In the demon realm, Yang Tian relied on the help of a divine artifact to survive the heavenly tribulation. Later, when Yang Tian ascended, he left the divine artifact behind. Therefore, Yang Tian never worried that his family would not pass the heavenly tribulation. He only worried about being found by his enemies, after all, Yang Tian was not an ordinary figure in the divine realm. Due to the existence of the Divine King's Ling Treasure, most people in the divine realm knew of Yang Tian's existence, because many people wanted to catch Yang Tian's attention, how could they not know?
After so many years of coming here, Yang Tian also knew that in the chaotic universe, only the Hunyuan Dajin Golden Immortal level could walk among the chaos without being affected by the chaotic air, and even use the chaotic air to cultivate. The chaotic air is a higher-level spiritual energy than the pre-heavenly spiritual energy or divine spirit energy at this time. However, the chaotic air is filled with violent plundering and devouring properties. Without the cultivation of Hunyuan Dajin Golden Immortal, it would be impossible to suppress and refine the chaotic air. But in Yang Tian's previous life world, Yang Tian had never heard of the existence of chaos, which was why he was even more certain that the creator of the Xianmo world, Chuangshen Tiandi, did not die.
It's precisely because of the existence of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable that many things in the world of immortals and demons are unknown. Just like the Chaos, it must be that the Heavenly Venerable has thickened the World Wall Crystal to prevent anyone from going to the Chaos, not even a God Emperor-level existence can break through this crystal to enter the Chaos. In Yang Tian's opinion, perhaps only those few Sacred Emperors would know the secrets within.
However, due to the existence of Tianzun, the world can develop more perfectly under the control of the Lord of the World, making the spiritual energy in the world never cut off. It can also create divine spirits on the same level as pre-heavenly spiritual energy and immortal spirits or demon spirits on the same level as post-heavenly spiritual energy.
Yang Tian also knew many secrets of the world in Pangu's Honghuang world, which were unheard of in his previous world. One of them was merit and virtue. In the Xianmo world, Yang Tian only knew that if a cultivator did too many bad things, the heavenly tribulation would be more severe when crossing the calamity, but he didn't know the specific reason behind it.
It is even more unknown what role this merit has, but since Yang Tian obtained the merit in Shi Zhong, the Heavenly Way has been spreading the importance and role of merit to all living beings in the vast wilderness. Therefore, Yang Tian established the Ghost Dao Sect of Pangu World over the years, spreading the cultivation methods of the Xianmo Cultivation Realm to the living beings of the Vast Wilderness, and also because the Great Way of Xianmo Cultivation, which did not exist in the Vast Wilderness world, suddenly gained a foothold in the Vast Wilderness world.
The Great Way is three thousand, but the Great Way is not just three thousand. In the boundless and chaotic universe, there are countless laws of the Great Way. However, those who can truly achieve something are not many. The cultivation methods of the Xianmo world and the Pangu Honghuang world are quite different. In the Xianmo world, cultivators only consider the concept of realm after reaching the cultivation level of Shenren (initial stage of Daluo Jinxian), and then gain insight into the realm. Before that, they only cultivate their cultivation and magical powers. The lower dantian is also cultivated.
In the Pangu chaotic world, all cultivators must simultaneously advance in realm, cultivation, and magical powers. They cultivate the three major dantians at the same time: the lower dantian cultivates the Great Way Golden Elixir, the middle dantian cultivates the True Destiny Primordial Infant, and the upper dantian cultivates the Primordial Spirit. When cultivating all three simultaneously, before the realm of the Law, it can be said that cultivators in the Xianmo world are absolutely no match for Pangu world cultivators at the same level.
However, having another cultivation method also means that the Desolate World has an additional Great Dao, which is of great help to the Desolate World. With merit, of course, there must be a reward, so after Yang Tian spread his own cultivation method, a massive beam of golden light representing merit came towards him. Yang Tian did not use this merit to enhance his cultivation, as cultivators like him who have been cultivating for many years know that only their own efforts can bring about the greatest progress.
Therefore, Yang Tian used this merit to refine a post-heavenly merit treasure-grade Dao robe. Since Yang Tian was born and increased the Great Dao of the Honghuang world, the merit he obtained this time was not much less than Shi Zhong's first lecture on the Dao. If Yang Tian uses this merit to improve his cultivation, it is believed that he can improve to the level of a Divine King, after all, the merit he obtained this time is equivalent to more than one-tenth of the merit bestowed by Pangu when he opened the sky.
In later generations, the Three Pure Ones were also able to become saints because of their innate possession of Pangu's successful virtues. Of course, there is a bit that cannot be compared, which is that the merits and virtues obtained by Pangu when he opened up the sky are the merits and virtues of the Great Tao, whereas the merits and virtues obtained by Yang Tian are the merits and virtues of the Heavenly Tao. Although the merits and virtues of the Heavenly Tao are also extremely divine, they still do not have the pre-heavenly great Tao enlightenment contained in the merits and virtues of the Great Tao. However, if one has enough to be able to hold their own, haven't you seen that Nüwa, the goddess who created humans, became a saint through the merits and virtues of the Heavenly Tao?
So the Taoist robe made by Yang Tian is not inferior to those pre-heavenly treasures. As a post-heavenly treasure that has been forbidden for 53 generations, its defense is unmatched. I believe that only treasures like Pangu Fan, Hunyuan Sword, and Shigong Spear can break through its defense. However, even if they can occasionally break through, it will still require a lot of effort.
This acquired treasure is not only unparalleled in defense, but also surpasses those innate treasures in suppressing the flow of air. Although this acquired treasure is slightly inferior to the first defensive treasure of the post-heavenly realm, the Xuan Huang Pagoda, it is on par with the first attacking treasure of the post-heavenly realm, the Xuan Huang Gōng Dé Chǐ.
"Huh? How did another merit descend, is it that easy to obtain merits in this ancient world?" Yang Tian saw a merit descending above the East Sea, and this merit was no different from the one he obtained last time. In Yang Tian's view, even if the Honghuang world had just opened up, with many meritorious deeds to be accomplished, it wouldn't be that merits were readily available. Since the last lecture craze, many merits have descended, but it has been many years since he saw a merit descend again. This also verified Yang Tian's own thoughts, that merits are not that easy to obtain.
But today, I saw the merits falling again, and I couldn't help but sigh. However, Yang Tian was still deeply envious in his heart. You know, these merits are good things! Since Yang Tian knew the benefits of merits, he has been trying every means to find a way to obtain them.
The amount of merit you have determines the degree to which Heaven's Way or the Great Way favors you. If you possess a lot of merit from the Great Way, then your cultivation will often go smoothly, with hardly any demonic obstacles or bottlenecks, and in many great difficulties, you will often turn disaster into good fortune. Your luck will also be much better than others. In short, the more merit you have, the more Heaven's Way will favor you.
The Heavenly Dao's merits and virtues also have the same nature, but their scope is limited to the corresponding world. In other words, if you acquire a large amount of Heavenly Dao's merits and virtues in the Pangu Honghuang world, then you will receive the favor of the Pangu Heaven and Earth in that world. Everything you do will go smoothly, and finding spiritual treasures will also be easy. However, once you leave the Pangu world, you will no longer be able to receive the favor of the Pangu world, because this has already exceeded the scope of the Pangu world.
This is also the reason why the cultivators in the vast wilderness want this merit, you should know that the greater your merit, the more you will be favored by heaven and earth. If someone dares to harm you, they will suffer heavenly punishment. Heavenly punishment or a large amount of karma will descend. This also means having a life-saving charm.
Moreover, in the Desolate World, one can directly use merit to enhance their cultivation realm without any future troubles. This is also why many cultivators in the Desolate World are so obsessed with merit. You should know that advancing in cultivation isn't easy at all! Some cultivators, even if they're doctors, may not be able to break through to the next realm. But if they have merit, it's a different story. With a large amount of merit, one can rise from an ordinary person to a Saint-level expert. However, the merit required for this is also extremely vast.
Of course, there are also some masters who do not use their merits to improve their cultivation. These are the true great masters of the Tao. They pursue the Tao with single-minded devotion and will not take shortcuts. What they need is the process itself, which allows them to gain many insights that will be helpful for future breakthroughs in their cultivation. For example, the disciples under Yu Jing Shan Shi Zhong are such cultivators. This is not meant as praise, saying that the Yu Jing Shan lineage consists of true great masters.
In fact, there are many such cultivators in the Desolate World, like Wuji Old Ancestor, Yangmei Old Ancestor, Qingtian Old Ancestor, and Yuan Potian, who possess great divine powers.
On the other side, Zulong Wujie Laozu and several others were also filled with shock after their merits were reduced. To think that these few people had built up their power together on Fangzhang Mountain, but neither they nor anyone else had gained any benefits, yet Shi Zhong was able to accomplish a great meritorious deed. At this time, the several of them couldn't express how depressed they felt. However, they also couldn't lose their temper, knowing that true love is someone else's own merit, which means it's something others have done, and when others do things, they can't possibly come to discuss it with you few people, right?
Shi Zhong felt more at ease after seeing the benefits of his two disciples. Every cultivator had to suppress their own aura, not letting it leak away. Generally speaking, if one's cultivation reached the realm of the law, using one's strong cultivation to suppress one's aura was no problem. However, even if you could suppress your aura, eventually you would have to take on a few disciples, and each disciple would take away some of their master's aura. If you didn't suppress it to the point of treasure, then the aura on your disciples' bodies would leak away. After leaking away, they would again take aura from their master, taking and leaking, an vicious cycle.
However, now both of them will have their own acquired treasures, as long as they don't take in too many disciples later on, this is still a suppressive move.
