Chapter 281: Chapter 172: Three Flowers and Five Gases 2
Translator: 549690339
According to the Taiping Dao Book’s theory of three flowers and five qi, to ascend to immortality, one must cultivate at least the five elements of qi within their body, with the five qi converging at the primordial state, then transform the yin spirit and refine the person flower above the head, only then can one become a True Man of Immortal Path and be ranked among the Human Immortals.
However, according to the Yunxiaozijingmingqianxuanjing, there is no need for five qi to converge at the primordial state or for three flowers to gather at the top, just directly condensing three paths of five element qi would suffice. The conflicting content of the two books brought a strong sense of absurdity to the readers.
After noticing this contrast, Lu Yuan began to recall the other Taoist Classics he had read in the past and suddenly found even more issues: “Not only in Yunxiaozijingmingqianxuanjing, but in other Taoist Classics that I have read before, the realm of ascension seems to be different as well.
Some require the convergence of five qi before they can ascend.
Others say that refining four qi, three qi, or even two qi could lead to ascension.
The lowest ascension requirement simply requires the condensation of a single qi.
Could the flexibility of ascension conditions be this great, and simply be changed at will?”
Upon reflection, it seems that the thousands of Taoist Classics Lu Yuan had read each have significant discrepancies in their vague descriptions of the realm of ascension.
Previously, he had used the Taoist Classics for cultivating his state of mind, and considered the descriptions of the immortal realm as anecdotes, not paying much attention to them.
However, after focusing on this issue and comparing the details, more and more inconsistencies emerged.
“There is definitely a problem.”
Instinctively, Lu Yuan detected a hidden thread that had not been explicitly mentioned in the many inconsistent descriptions.
This hidden thread, lurking beneath the realms of ascension, seemed to be guiding the mysteries of these different ascension theories in the Taoist Classics.
“But what exactly is this hidden thread?”
As Lu Yuan pondered this question, he stood up subconsciously and walked over to the bookshelf in the room.
In the various restrooms prepared by the Ziyun Dao, as well as in the small town below the mountain, guest rooms were equipped with numerous Taoist Classics related to Ziyun Dao for guests from all corners of the world to peruse.
Ziyun Dao always spared no effort in promoting itself.
Without any surprise, Lu Yuan found the Yunxiaozijingmingqianxuanjing among the books on the shelf, and in addition to this sutra, there were dozens of other Taoist Classics.
His gaze quickly scanned through the various classics, and he soon found several that he was interested in and took them all out together with the Yunxiaozijingmingqianxuanjing.
With a dozen books in hand, Lu Yuan began flipping through them.
He ignored various curses and prayer texts, and paid no attention to the sections on cultivating the state of mind through quiet meditation.
Lu Yuan’s goal was to look directly at the personal autobiographies and cultivation experiences of those who had authored the classics, with a focus on the realm of ascension.
Two qi ascension.
Three qi ascension.
Two qi ascension.
Four qi ascension.
Single qi ascension…
As he read through each book, the ascension realm of those who authored the classics was quickly uncovered by Lu Yuan.
“These are different realms again. Are the ascension realms of the successive Dao masters and inner True Persons in Ziyun Dao different as well?”
After going through the thirteen Taoist Classics in his hand, Lu Yuan looked at the thick stack of books and the names of the authors on them, his brow furrowed.
Staring at them for a moment, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and he flipped through the books again, focusing on the opening prefaces.
When he had gone through them all again, he put down the books, a thoughtful expression on his face.
“Among those who have ascended in these Taoist Classics, although their ascension realms are different, their realms from high to low are in chronological order from ancient to recent times. The further apart from the present time, the higher the ascension realm.
The most recent one is the sixteenth-generation Dao master of Ziyun Dao, who ascended only four hundred years ago with a single qi realm.
And the most distant one is the third-generation Dao master of Ziyun Dao who ascended three thousand years ago with a five qi converging at the primordial state realm.
So it can be inferred that the further back in time, the higher the requirements for ascension.
And the causes for this change…”
Lu Yuan pondered with a frown, considering various thoughts before finally sighing, “Is it the decline of Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth?”
He confirmed this possibility.
The decline of spiritual energy, the coming of the end times, all the ascension times and conditions in these Classics are changing along with the shifting of the Heaven and Earth situation.
“But theoretically, isn’t it supposed to be more difficult to ascend as spiritual energy declines and the end times approach?
How can it be easier to ascend as the spiritual energy declines and the end times become more difficult?
This is too illogical.
Unless this so-called ascension is just a scam.
The True Persons in these Classics did not ascend but either directly transformed or left the world in some other form, then donned the name of ascension. ”
Lu Yuan entertained many speculations, but after going around in circles, he still couldn’t figure it out.
Because any speculation is possible.
And his current condition cannot confirm which possibility is correct.
He couldn’t just go directly to the Six Dao Veins, point to their noses, and ask which one is real and which one is fake, could he?
As it involves the core interests of the Six Dao Veins and the secret of ascension, how could they possibly divulge it to an outsider like him?
“So for now, I still can’t find the answer..”
