Ye Futian stopped his seclusion and began to study the Buddhist scriptures. In this holy land of Buddhism on Spirit Mountain, he would go to the scripture library every day to read. Sometimes, he would listen to the Great Buddha preach.
He did not even think about cultivation anymore, nor did he deliberately focus on breaking through to the next level.
Reading Buddhist scriptures could indeed calm one's mind, allowing one's state of mind to enter a wondrous state without distractions. Just as Hua Qingqing had said, when the Buddha was cultivating, he would sometimes spend hundreds of years trying to understand Buddhist scriptures, but one day, he would suddenly see the light and comprehend it.
Perhaps one day, it would be the same for him.
Time flew. Ye Futian had been in the western world for more than a decade. Many things had happened in the Divine Prefecture and the Original Realm, but none of this had anything to do with him. Back then, Donghuang the Great had appeared personally and made him the common enemy of the Divine Prefecture. Countless people wanted to kill him and take his life. He had no choice but to seal himself in the Ziwei Segmentum and never go out again. Later, he came to the western world to train and sent Hua Qingqing here.
No matter how the outside world changed, the Ziwei Segmentum remained the same. It had become a sealed world with almost no contact with the outside world. This was also a strategy for self-protection in times of turmoil.
Here, he focused on cultivating and improving himself as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if his cultivation could not keep up, even if he went back, it would be meaningless. He still could not go out, or he would die.
Donghuang the Great had appeared personally, and it was the teacher who had saved his life. Donghuang the Great did not hold it against him personally, but because of this, the teacher would not be able to interfere in the future. He could only rely on himself.
On this day, Ye Futian was reading scriptures in the Scripture Hall, focused and serious. Not far away, there was a slight rustling sound. Someone was cleaning the Scripture Hall, but Ye Futian did not care. He was still immersed in his own world.
The monk cleaning the library walked to Ye Futian's side. Only then did Ye Futian seem to realize it. He sat there and looked up, then smiled and said, "Master Ku Chan."
This monk was the Buddha boy, Ku Chan. Over the years, Ye Futian had discovered that even though he was a great Buddha and was respected by all, Ku Chan was still doing chores on Spirit Mountain.
"Benefactor Ye, you have been studying the scriptures all these years. Have you learned anything?" Ku Chan raised his right hand to his forehead and smiled.
"The Buddhist scriptures are broad and profound. There are many parts that are difficult to understand. Although I have seen them, it is difficult to truly comprehend them." Ye Futian replied with a smile, "Among them, the most intuitive feeling is that Buddhism cultivates the Dharma, but rarely mentions the cultivation of the Way. However, is the Dharma and the Great Path the same?"
"What is Dao?" Ku Chan asked.
"The sun and moon shine without being lit by man, the stars without being arranged by man, the birds and beasts without being created by man, the wind without being fanned by man, the water without being pushed by man, the grass and trees without being planted by man, the Way is the rule, the order, the foundation of everything," Ye Futian replied.
"Almsgiver Ye's words make sense. If that's the case, then everyone in the world is in contact with the Dao at all times. The operation of all things is the Dao. Why do we need to cultivate?" Ku Zhan asked.
Ye Futian frowned and said with a smile, "Master, you're asking me."
"Is Dao tangible or intangible? The sun, moon, and stars are the Way, wind, fire, thunder, and lightning are the Way, but why can cultivators directly create all of these? "Ku Chan asked again.
Ye Futian looked like he was deep in thought. He looked at Ascetic Zen and said, "Please enlighten me, master!"
"Amitabha." Ku Chan put his palms together and said, "How can I understand the truth of the world? Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form. Perhaps this is what I meant."
"Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form!" Ye Futian murmured. There seemed to be Buddhist scriptures imprinted in his mind, turning into scripture characters.
"All the laws of existence are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, and a shadow, like dew or lightning. This is how it should be viewed!" Ye Futian murmured and remembered a Buddhist phrase in the Buddhist scriptures. After Ku Chan heard it, he put his palms together and bowed to Ye Futian, saying, "Very well."
"It seems that Shenjia the Great Emperor saw through it a long time ago." Ye Futian recalled when he inherited the divine body of Shenjia the Great Emperor and saw a sentence: there is no Way in the world.
Ye Futian got up and bowed to Ku Chan with his palms together. He said, "Thank you, master."
"I didn't say anything. It was Almsgiver Ye who understood it," Ku Chan replied.
"I will take my leave now." Ye Futian didn't say much. He politely said goodbye and turned to leave. Ku Chan put his palms together and watched him leave. He really didn't do anything, and he didn't say anything. Everything was fate. If Ye Futian was enlightened, it was because he was about to be enlightened.
Perhaps there would be another great figure in the Divine Prefecture in the future.
In this world, after Donghuang the Great and Emperor Ye Qing, no one had proven their Way for many years. Who would be next?
Perhaps this was also what all the top figures were pursuing. They wanted to follow Donghuang the Great and Emperor Ye Qing and ascend to the Emperor Plane.
After Ye Futian walked out of the Sutra Depository, his figure disappeared from where he was and appeared on the ancient peak. He walked to the cliff, looked at the sea of clouds, and then closed his eyes.
In the world of his Life Palace, Ye Futian looked at the gorgeous scene in front of him. The sun and moon were in the sky, and the stars were bright. As he cultivated, the world of his Life Palace was gradually perfected and became more and more real.
But at this moment, there were only a few words echoing in his mind.
There is no Way in the world.
All the laws of existence are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, and a shadow, like dew or lightning. This is how it should be viewed.
What was real?
Was all of this real?
Why were they born?
Ye Futian looked at all of this quietly and fell into deep thought. A breeze blew, and the sun disappeared as if it had been blown away by the wind. Then the moon, the stars … Everything in the world seemed to be blown away by the wind and became nothing in the blink of an eye.
Just a moment later, the whole world lost its color, and everything ceased to exist. Or rather, they had never existed. They were originally nothingness, an illusion.
The world of his Life Palace seemed to have returned to its origin, and everything returned to the past. In the whole world, only the World Tree was swaying. A gentle breeze blew, and the branches and leaves of the swaying ancient tree danced, drifting towards this world of nothingness. Gradually, the breath of the World Tree filled the entire world of his Life Palace, filling it up.
This breath permeated his body, his limbs, and his bones.
In the world of his Life Palace, Ye Futian looked at all of this. With a single thought, the sun, moon, and stars came into being in an instant. With just a single thought, he seemed to have created a world. He smiled, and with another thought, everything disappeared again, as if it was in accordance with the words of Buddha.
The scriptures of the Buddhist sects were indeed all-encompassing. The Buddha who wrote these scriptures must have had great wisdom!
At this moment, Ye Futian finally felt a sense of completion. He was suddenly enlightened, and his plane was already at the Ninth Plane.
The breath of the World Tree flowed to the outside world. At this moment, above the sky, a terrifying breath was suddenly born, causing Ye Futian, who was in his Life Palace, to reveal a strange expression!
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