The Book of Dao was written by Laozi (Li Er) during the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was also called the True Book of Dao, Laozi, Five Thousand Words, and Laozi's Five Thousand Writings.
It was a work written by the pre-Qin scholars before they split up. It was respected by the scholars of that time and was an important source of Taoist philosophy. It was also the foundation of Taoism.
The Book of Dao was split into two parts. The first part was called the Book of Virtue, and the second part was called the Book of Dao. It was later changed to the Book of Dao, with Chapter 37 before Chapter 38, followed by the Book of Virtue, which was split into 81 chapters.
The 'Dao' here did not refer to the morals of ordinary people; the 'Dao' here referred to the Dao of all things, and the 'Virtue' referred to the methods and theories of the Dao.
The book focused on morality, discussing the ways of cultivating oneself, governing a country, using troops, and maintaining good health. Moreover, it mostly focused on politics. It was the so-called "sage on the inside and king on the outside" study. The meaning of the text was profound and broad, and it was known as the king of all classics.
The Book of Dao was one of the greatest works in Chinese history, and it had a deep impact on traditional philosophy, science, politics, and religion. According to the statistics of the World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Tao Te Ching is the cultural masterpiece that has been translated into foreign languages and published the most after the Bible.
As one of the ancient Sages, even if Laozi did not have any cultivation, his thoughts were extraordinary, and his works would definitely be extraordinary. Zhao Fu just wanted to randomly say a few sentences. If it worked, he would be able to trick many Brain Bugs, and if he could not use a profound language, he could at least act pretentious.
The Dao could be said, but it was not the Dao; the name could be named, but it was not the name.
Nameless was the beginning of all things, and famous was the mother of all things.
Thus, when there is no desire, one can observe its profundity, and when there is desire, one can observe its profundity.
The two came from the same source, but had different names. They were both profound, and they were the gates of profundity.
Zhao Fu casually said the first chapter of the Book of Dao. If a human saw this, they would definitely curse at Zhao Fu for being a liar. After all, many people already knew the first chapter of the Book of Dao, so saying the first chapter would expose him.
However, with how precious the Heaven Spirit Stele was, how could a normal human have one? No one would be able to discover it.
But when Zhao Fu sent out a few words, the chat area fell into dead silence. Zhao Fu waited for a full half an hour, but no one spoke.
Zhao Fu was startled as he looked at the Heaven Spirit Stele. "What's going on? The Heaven Spirit Stele was broken? Why was no one saying anything? Even if it's fake and they don't understand, at least someone should say it. He still needed to trade for a large number of brain bugs, and the Fish Scale world was waiting for him to conquer it.
After waiting for a while, Zhao Fu couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Why did he have to act so pretentiously? If he had just made a deal with them honestly, he would have been able to collect Cerebrate Worms soon. Why did he want to covet free Cerebrate Worms? Couldn't he be more realistic? Now, he couldn't even get a single Brain Worm.
At that moment, Zhao Fu did not know that a piece of shocking news was being spread among the Heaven Awaken World's high-grade Cultivators. A higher-being is actually talking about the true meaning of Dao in the Heaven Spirit Stele. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if we miss it, we'll regret it for the rest of our lives.
Hearing this, everyone disdainfully mocked. How could a top-tier existence like that care about small Cultivators like them? No higher-being would talk about the Dao that they had comprehended with great difficulty to others; how could there be such a thing in the world?
At first, no one believed it, but as the news spread, it was said that many people had broken through. Many people could not help but feel curious, so they entered the Heaven Spirit Stele.
A few words that gave off rainbow-colored light gave off a formless and boundless aura, causing everyone's souls to tremble. Those words seemed to transform into a world of their own, and they felt as if they were instantly pulled in, unable to extricate themselves as they sank into the comprehension of the Dao.
These words were like the will of the heavens, and they were revered by all creatures. No one dared to say anything, in fear that these words would disappear.
This matter became even bigger, and the first people to find out were naturally the Heaven Spirit Financial Group. They had naturally given Zhao Fu his Supreme level account and badge to Zhao Fu in order to establish a good relationship with him, and they paid great attention to his every action.
As such, when Zhao Fu said such profound words, this news was immediately reported to the higher-ups. When the Heaven Spirit Stele heard that it was Zhao Fu, it did not look down on him at all. However, after hearing Zhao Fu's words, its expression became incredibly serious.
After all, someone who could speak such profound words most likely had comprehended more than them. How could they not feel shocked? With their cultivations, they were already existences at the peak of this world, and the only people who could surpass them were those who were halfway into the Celestial Realm.
However, how could someone from a remote region who had not been in the Heaven Awaken World for very long have such profound comprehension?
Suddenly!
The Heaven Spirit Stele's higher-ups thought of a terrifying possibility, which was that this person had once been a Half-Step Celestial and had used some heaven-defying method to reincarnate.
This explained why that person had such a terrifying bloodline and could awaken the Celestial Emperor Star and Nether Emperor Star. After all, with that person's profound cultivation, it would not have been too difficult for him to do such a thing.
In the Heaven Awaken World, Celestials were the most terrifying existences and reigned above the heavens. Even countless gods and demons were nothing more than ants in front of them.
For a Half-Step Celestial to choose to reincarnate, everyone felt that a massive conspiracy had covered the entire Heaven Awaken World. This conspiracy could topple the Heaven Awaken World and could even cause a catastrophe.
After thinking for a while, someone could not help but say, "Looks like we've underestimated the importance of this matter. That person is incredibly dangerous."
Hearing this, everyone sighed and nodded.
Following this, the Tiandao Sect was sent into an even greater commotion. After reading those words, they felt incredibly shocked because those words were incredibly close to the Tiandao Sect's Dao. However, an outsider had said them, and it was one of the Ancestors of the Tiandao Sect?
Because of this, the Tiandao Sect's Sect Master, the white-robed elder giving off celestial qi, went to ask the Ancestors who were in closed-door training. He found out that this person's comprehension was above theirs, meaning that this person was not someone from the Tiandao Sect. Even though there was an even more terrifying existence in the Tiandao Sect, that person had been in closed-door training for 1,000 years, and even the Tiandao Sect's Sect Master did not dare to disturb him.
However, those words were free, and the Tiandao Sect's Sect Master immediately ordered people to carve those words on a mountain for the Tiandao Sect's disciples to study.
The ordinary Tiandao Sect's disciples felt incredibly shocked and asked which higher-being had comprehended those words. Back then, the Tiandao Sect's Sect Master had not explained much, and news quickly spread that the person who had comprehended those words was a higher-being from the Tiandao Sect.
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