Fang Yun could not help but think of the battle between Chen Guanhai's incarnation and the Demon Saint Lang Lu's incarnation outside Ning 'an City. Although he did not understand at that time, now that he thought about it carefully, the Saint Power they used in the battle was far more powerful and condensed than his own power of decay.
Currently, his new power of decay was not as strong as the two Half-saint's incarnations, but it had already made great progress and was transforming in that direction.
In the "eyes" of Fang Yun's divine consciousness, there were countless pale golden powers of decay growing and entangling with each other in the world. In the end, they all grew into new powers of decay, and the powers of decay that were born after that were all new powers of decay, completely replacing the weak old powers of decay from before.
As the power of decay was upgraded, the aura of the entire world became different. It became thicker, more stable, and more dignified, as if a teenager had grown into a young man.
When the new power of decay filled the world again, it only increased in quantity, but not in quality like before.
Fang Yun knew that this was a certain limit. Only when he became stronger could the power of decay continue to grow.
Looking at the power of decay and sensing the life and death aura contained within the power of decay, Fang Yun had a feeling that the Demon Emperor must have discovered something special about the power of decay, which was why he took the risk to enter the Tree World to obtain this power. Unfortunately, he had obtained it by accident.
"Generally speaking, the Saints will condense their powers to the extreme before they become Saints, reaching the so-called purity. When I was comprehending it before, I was prepared to abandon it at any time in the future. But now that I think about it, the Demon Emperor should not have spent so much effort for a short period of power. However, the foundation of the Divine Path is too far away for me now. My main goal now is to forge the will of heaven. "
"Forge the will of heaven …"
After Fang Yun reached the fourth level, he began to ponder about forging the will of heaven.
Basically, all the great scholars in the world had the ability to forge the will of heaven, but the process of forging the will of heaven was different, and the results were different.
If the four levels of cultivation were the path of "Da Xue", then forging the will of heaven originated from "The Doctrine of the Mean".
The opening of "The Doctrine of the Mean" was "the nature of the will of heaven, the way of the will of heaven, and the way of cultivation is called teaching".
This sentence was the general outline of The Doctrine of the Mean. Generations of scholars had different understandings of it.
The Mandate of Heaven in The Doctrine of the Mean was not a noun, but a phrase. It meant that what God gave to man was called his nature. However, this sentence could not be interpreted literally as God giving man his nature.
The correct understanding is that human nature is formed naturally.
In the concept of Confucianism, Heaven, Haotian, God, the Creator, the Celestial Emperor, and so on were not personified existences. It was not that there was a person or a god called Heaven, but it was used to make it easier to understand and describe.
Heaven was a whole that included the substance of all worlds, the rules of operation of all worlds, the power of all worlds, and so on.
The Confucian school attached the most importance to one's nature, and many of the great Confucian scholars of the past had discussed this matter.
Forging the Heavenly Will referred to tempering one's nature. Only by sticking to one's nature could one forge the foundation of the Divine Path.
The eight categories of investigation, knowledge, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, family management, and peace were all related to tempering one's nature. It could even be said that this was a shortcut to forging the will of heaven that the sages of the past had discovered.
Man's nature was pure, but man could not directly perceive it because it was formless. Scholars could only gradually understand it through continuous cultivation.
In the Saint Origin World, there were many discussions about "knowledge" and "action". There were different understandings of "knowledge" and "action". However, Fang Yun did not support the combination of knowledge and action, nor did he support the mainstream concept of "knowledge before action". Instead, he supported the concept of "action before action".
From Heaven's point of view, there was no problem with the combination of knowledge and action, but from man's point of view, "action before action" was the right thing to do.
Man was not born with knowledge. Since man did not know something, he had to seek knowledge. And seeking knowledge was "action".
From man's point of view, the combination of knowledge and action did not exist. Only the sages could achieve this.
Humans can only know what will happen if they act first.
As for how to act, it was extremely important. The eight categories from investigation to peace were a type of "action" that targeted the forging of the will of heaven.
As for the details of "forging the will of heaven", Fang Yun did not fully understand it. He only had a vague concept and direction.
The reason why he wanted to forge the will of heaven was to refine the things that were contaminated in the process of "action". Those things were too difficult to refine and would take a long time. Therefore, all the divine items that could strengthen the will of heaven were the most urgently needed treasures of the great scholars of the four realms.
To strengthen the will of heaven and earth and to ensure that it would not become a new contamination, such divine items were extremely difficult to find.
Fang Yun noticed that the three great scholars had woken up one after another, so he retracted his divine sense.
Just a moment ago, the three great scholars were like old men on the street who talked about the world while watching a game of chess. They were extremely excited and only calmed down now.
"The three of you are almost done drinking. It's time to get down to business. I entered the Ancient Divine Treasure Pavilion mainly to find items that can help in forging the will of heaven, "Fang Yundao said.
Tian Songshi had a relaxed expression and said, "The Old Man is well-prepared and had many fortuitous encounters in the Sacred Burial Valley. He is only at the third realm now, and I don't know how long it will take for him to reach the fourth realm. Therefore, he is not interested in forging the will of heaven."
He Mingyuan smiled and said, "I am almost done forging the will of heaven. I don't need much."
Yun Yangzhao had a regretful expression and said, "I didn't come to the Sacred Burial Valley to forge the will of heaven. I just want to leave a blessing for my descendants. If there is such an item, I won't take it."
"The three of you don't have to be like this." Fang Yun knew that the three of them were more or less going easy on him. If they encountered such a divine item, they would definitely use it themselves.
Tian Songshi smiled and said, "Before entering the Gods Bestow Mountains and Seas, the Old Man had stored his experience in the valley in many divine senses. It is near the Gods Bestow Mountains and Seas. As long as a great scholar passes by, he will definitely sense it. If the divine senses can be brought back to the Saint Origin World, the Old Man will have completed the mission of the Notre-Dame. Now that he can enter the Ancient Divine Treasure Pavilion, the Old Man will have no regrets in life. It will be great if he can return to the Saint Origin World. If he can't, helping Fang Xusheng is what the human race should do. "
He Mingyuan and Yun Yangzhao nodded lightly but didn't say anything. The two of them were different from Tian Songshi.
Tian Songshi was very old and could pass away at any time. He Mingyuan was a great scholar and had a bright future. Yun Yangzhao was a great scholar of the Cloud Nation and came from an illustrious family. The two of them were much more eager to return to the Saint Origin World than Tian Songshi.
The four of them continued to move forward. Fang Yun suddenly said, "Have you noticed that the number of treasure pavilions here has decreased? We haven't found any yet. According to the map, this place is close to the core of the Ancient Divine Maze. There should be many treasure pavilions here."
"Could it be that we have gone astray?" Tian Songshi asked.
The four of them continued to walk as they discussed, but there was no conclusion.
At the end of the corridor in front, there was a right turn. The four of them slowed down slightly, but their eyes suddenly flickered.
"Be careful!"
At the turn, there was an extremely small flash of light, and Fang Yun was the first to see it.
"The new road at the turn seems to be wider than all the previous roads. Everyone, be careful!" Fang Yun said and actually opened up the Four Seas.
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