The ox cart had already arrived at the foot of Mount Zhongnan. Cult Master Chen got off the cart and gazed at the verdant and lush Mount Zhongnan in the distance. Yi Xi was leading the way in front. He had once built a thatched hut on Mount Zhongnan, which he called a temple. As soon as they arrived at the foot of the mountain, he invited laozi to stay in his old hut for the time being. After resting for two days, they would continue on their journey. Monkey King followed behind Chen Ang, enjoying the scenery of Mount Zhongnan together.
The Monkey King watched as Chen Ang walked up a cliff and looked at the Guanzhong Plain from afar. It followed closely beside him and waited for Chen Ang to sit down before asking, "Master, I often heard you mention that Laozi's Patriarch is the descendant of Taishang Laojun from the heavens and is also your fellow Daoist Taiqing. These few days, I've asked the nearby mountain gods and land gods. They all said that although Li Laojun is the founder of the world, he is still on the right side of Taiqing. These two are not the same person!"
Chen Ang just smiled and said, "What does this Mountain God know! Speaking of which, Cult Leader Chen is far beyond the heavens, the Sect Leader of Human Dao, the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord. Right now, he is above the heavens, operating the human dao, but I am here. Does that mean that I am not the same person as him? "
The Monkey King hesitated. "Ancestral Master, are you saying that the Grand Clear Lord of Dao and Virtue and the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord, the current Ancestral Master, are two sides of the same coin?"
"The Lord of Dao De and the Old Lord are in the Taiqing Realm of the Great Crimson Heaven, and the Tushita Palace of the Lihen Heaven. The Three Clears Realm is at the highest point of the Thirty-three Heavens, and it is unknown how far away it is from the Lihen Heaven, but it is actually the same person!"
Chen Ang shook his head and smiled. "You know how powerful Fellow Daoist Grand Pure One is and yet you dare to guess the abilities of the Sect Master. Let me ask you, are you the same person yesterday and today?"
"The me of yesterday and the me of today are both me," said the Monkey King.
"Then why can't the Grand Pure Daoist Lord and the Grand Supreme Old Lord be the same person? To us, what is the difference between Nirmanakaya, Sambhogakaya, self, incarnation, and doppelganger? It's just a different appearance of 'me'. That Daoist Grand Pure One transformed into Pangu when he split Heaven and Earth apart 1,750 Yuanhui ago. Every Yuanhui, there's another Grand Supreme Elderly Lord splitting Heaven and Earth apart, also known as Pangu, "said Chen Ang with a smile.
"Therefore, Pangu is also the Grand Supreme Elder and the Grand Pure One."
"In ancient times, the Elder Lord transformed into Nuwa and refined rocks to mend the heavens. Therefore, Nuwa was also the Elder Lord."
"After the Grand Pure One transformed into Pangu and split the heavens and earth, his Qi transformed into the Three Clear Ones. The Prime Clear Numinous Treasure, the Jade Clear Primordial Beginning, and the Grand Pure Virtue are all Grand Pure. How many identities and appearances does Daoist Grand Pure have? Can you count them clearly?"
"I can only tell you that within this Heavenly Cycle, there are many ancient gods such as Taiyi, Taiyuan, Fuxi, and so on. I'm afraid that they're all transformed from Daoist Grand Pure. Even the Supreme Exalt of Haotian Golden Palace has a very strange background. I'm afraid …" At this point, Chen Ang suddenly shook his head and stopped talking about it.
"So that's how it is …" The Monkey King nodded in realization.
Chen Ang patted his head, "What are you thinking of now? To me, the Grand Pure One, Grand Supreme Elder, and Laozi are all one. They're like one person. It's because I'm like the Grand Pure One. I've already transcended 'one' and know 'everything'. However, to you, the Grand Pure Daoist Lord is the Grand Pure Daoist Lord, while the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord is the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord. If you don't see the source, you won't know the difference between them. You should just treat them as two people! Otherwise, it'll backfire. "
"In the future, when you transcend this world and see the Sect Master of Human Dao, the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, it won't be me. It'll just be another Grandmaster of yours. Unless one day, when the past and future are no different from you and enter an indescribable realm, you'll be no different from me in front of Sect Master Chen."
The Monkey King could only nod his head, "Disciple understands!"
He continued, "Yesterday, that Di Fangshi was actually ordered by the God of Thunder and Mother of Lightning. The two of them are really ignorant. Grandmaster is a Saint, how can they provoke him? If it wasn't for Grandmaster stopping me, I'd beat him up. However, I can't be merciful this time. I'll definitely make him unable to leave. "
Chen Ang said, "Monkey, you're really arrogant. The person with the highest position in this universe is the Jade Great Heavenly Lord. Since the creation of the world, this Jade Emperor's background is the most secretive. He's gone through 1,750 tribulations, and each tribulation lasts for 129,600 years. He's the master of this world, the supreme ruler of all gods and buddhas. When I'm in front of him, I have to address him as the Jade Great Heavenly Lord. Even Laozi has to address him as his subject. The nobility of the Three Pure Ones is below him. He's the master of the Spirited Mountain, the supreme ruler of the 33 Heavenly Courts."
"As for the Heavenly Courts, it's the imperial court that rules over the three realms. The Buddha of the Spirited Mountain in the west also has to stand above the Heavenly Courts."
"Those who are conferred the title of the Spirited Mountain in the Heavenly Courts are immortals, and those who are not are demons. I say I'm a saint, but that's just because I'm virtuous. I'm not a celestial immortal. Although I'm the leader of the Beyond Sky Sect, I'm just an itinerant immortal in this world. The Thunder Department is a trusted aide of the Heavenly Courts and an important minister of the Jade Emperor. They're in charge of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. They're in charge of subduing demons and devils. In the Beyond Sky where I came from, it's a combination of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security. As for the God of Thunder and Goddess of Lightning, they're high-ranking officials of the Thunder Department. They're at the provincial level. "
"If the three realms are a country, then the Jade Emperor is the ruler of a country. The Three Pure Ones are the chairman of the CPPCC, and Laozi is the vice chairman of the CPPCC. Saints are just leaders of the academic world. Look at Kong Qiu, he's also a saint. When he dies of old age, even a ghost can capture him. As for me, the leader of the Beyond Sky Sect, I'm just the leader of a foreign political party. This old man is the leader of the academic world and the vice chairman of the CPPCC, Laozi. He's accompanying me, the leader of a foreign political party, to the Spirited Mountain in the Special Administrative Region of the Three Realms. "
"Speaking of which, I'm on the same level as the Great Heavenly Lord Jade Emperor. But I'm not in charge of anything in the Three Realms!"
"You're my disciple, and you're also from this realm. You haven't been registered as an immortal. In front of the Great Heavenly Lord Jade Emperor, you have no rank, no rank, and you're not even an official. You're accompanying me and Laozi to the West. You're just a temporary driver. You've offended a provincial minister of the Ministry of Public Security. They're afraid of the face of Laozi and me. They're afraid of causing a diplomatic incident, so they don't dare to make things difficult for you in public. "
"But you've instigated Ti Fangshi, an energetic member of society in the Mortal World, to provoke the mayor of Qin Town, the King of Qin, to insult you, the driver, and neglect me and Laozi. What can you do? You've made a mess in the local government, and the King of Qin has reported you. The Jade Emperor sent the Thunder Department to investigate, and the documents fell into the hands of the God of Thunder and Goddess of Lightning. They're using this as a pretext to stop me and Laozi from going to the West. The procedure is reasonable, and the Jade Emperor's explanation is reasonable."
"If you want to reason with him, when you get to the Thunder Department, the God of Thunder will sit down and ask, 'Who's in the court? Why are you reporting me?'"
"Even if you go to the Jade Emperor, who do you think you are? How can you see the Jade Emperor? Even if the Jade Emperor gives me face and meets you, one day in heaven is one year in hell. How many years do you want me and I to wait at the foot of Mount Zhongnan? "
"When the Jade Emperor gets angry and asks to investigate the reason for the project's suspension, the Thunder Department has the official document in hand. At most, we'll capture Ti Fangshi to be the scapegoat. What can you do? No matter how powerful your supernatural power is, no matter how mysterious your mana is, who's afraid of you when it's not in your body? Even if you have some status in the system, just like Laozi, a deputy state level, we're not in the same system, who can you control? "
"How can the noble Laozi make things difficult for the high officials of the Thunder Department? They're just afraid that he'll look for the Ninth Heaven's Thunder and Universal Heavenly Lord because of Laozi. "
Chen Ang analyzed the situation for the Monkey King and said with a smile, "The Heavenly Court has its own rules, but it's not like the demons in the Mortal World, who compete with mana and supernatural power. Whoever has the bigger fist is the boss. This is the chronic disease of bureaucracy, and you can't win with your ability. Unless you destroy the Heavenly Court and overturn the throne of the Jade Emperor, and become the Emperor Of Heaven yourself, if you don't follow the rules, you'll be a demon rebelling, and you'll be going against the entire Heavenly Court. "
"Moreover, I'm the leader of a foreign party. If I rebel in the Three Realms, wouldn't it be a foreign invasion? If I do, Fellow Daoist Grand Pure One won't be able to tolerate me. However, if the important officials of the Heavenly Court like the Three Pure Ones and Four Royals rebel and overturn the throne of the Jade Emperor, it'll be a military coup … Monkey King! This is the beauty of the system's anti-system … You have to work hard! "
Chen Ang analyzed the situation for him, and the Monkey King broke out in cold sweat as he listened. He felt the depth of the bureaucracy. He raised his head and looked at the dark clouds in the sky, as though there were countless generals standing in the clouds. Not long after, a strong wind blew. Looking down from the Zhongnan Mountains, a thick yellow fog rose from the ground like clouds. Even with the Dharma Eyes of the Monkey King, he couldn't see the situation inside.
Outside Xianyang City, Di Fangshi looked at the Zhongnan Mountains. He stood on the high platform, holding an iron token in his hand. He chanted an incantation and burned a talisman on a candle. The two or three strong men below also picked up a document and set it on fire. A 'ping' sound was heard and Ti Fangshi's hair was disheveled. He slammed the iron tablet on the table.
He chanted the names of the Benevolent Sacred Great Emperor Equaling Heaven of Mount Tai, the Ruling Sky Manifesting Sacred Great Emperor of Mount Song, the Peaceful Sky Profound Sacred Great Emperor of Mount Heng, and the Golden Sky Sacred Great Emperor of Mount Hua. The God of Thunder and Goddess of Lightning in the sky hurriedly presented the Jade Emperor's order for the Thunder Department to investigate the monkey demon causing trouble in the Qin Court. They borrowed Di Fangshi's talisman and sent it to all the deities, requesting for their cooperation.
The talisman messenger took Di Fangshi's document and the God of Thunder and Goddess of Lightning's document and sent it to the Five Mountains Emperor.
The Five Mountains Emperor only took one look and saw that the Jade Emperor's decree was there. He then sent the documents to all the mountain deities for them to listen to his orders. After this process was completed, hundreds of mountain deities brought their own spiritual mountains to the Five Mountains Emperor. They came to the sky to prepare. With Di Fangshi's order, they moved the Eight Directions Five Mountains to the front of the Zhongnan Mountains.
Chen Ang and the Monkey King saw the yellow fog rising in front of the mountains.
Chen Ang laughed, "Look, the God of Thunder and Goddess of Lightning's trick is here!"
The Monkey King saw that on the Guanzhong Plain, countless spiritual mountains were erected in an instant. They were about ten thousand miles wide. The mountains overlapped each other and were boundless. With the strength of a mortal, he would never be able to climb over them in his lifetime. They were blocking the Old Lord's path to the West.
The Monkey King groaned in his heart, "This is tough! The God of Thunder and Goddess of Lightning are so ignorant, creating such a big scene. I, Old Sun, am leading the way in front of the two saints, yet I create countless mountains to block my path. Isn't this making me look bad in front of the Patriarch? The God of Thunder and Goddess of Lightning fought with me, but he borrowed the power of the Heaven Court to move the mountains. He wants me to beg for mercy … That's impossible! "
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