545. Chapter 530: Preaching the Dao
The Heavenly Court High-level Staff, led by Johnny, generally possessed Nascent Divinity level Cultivation Base. Each of their strikes was enough to shatter a Small Mountain.
Although they weren't aiming to kill, the storm of blows landing on Wade Wilson still made him scream repeatedly.
However, Wade Wilson was also stubbornly greedy for money. Even beaten to this extent, he still refused to reveal where he hid the Things.
There were simply too many people who wanted to beat Wade Wilson. The Old Demon Dragon, standing by, itching to try, pulled out his Wutu Mountain Driving Whip and shouted sternly, "Get lost, you little brats! Let me give him a few dozen lashes!"
Several Leader level Decepticons Transformers were just about to stomp their three hundred yard big feet heavily on Wade Wilson's Face.
After hearing the Old Demon Dragon's words, they turned back and saw the whip in the Old Demon Dragon's hand flashing with Golden Light. Each of them was so scared that they immediately activated their anti-thrust devices and turned around and left.
The Old Demon Dragon sneered, his Eyes widened, and instantly Golden Light shot out in all directions. His brilliant Eyes illuminated a hundred miles of The Void, and in the Heavenly Court, it was as if two small suns appeared out of thin air.
He raised a short whip wrapped in golden light and a faint Golden Dragon, bringing forth a strange sound of tearing space, and pounced towards Wade Wilson.
Seeing this posture, the Creditors surrounding Wade Wilson immediately scattered and fled, scattering like Birds and Beasts.
Wade Wilson looked at the Golden Whip in the Old Demon Dragon's hand, tugged at the True Form Stage Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe he wore under his Clothes, and felt it was truly not safe.
He knew the weight of the Old Demon Dragon's whip. He had finally gotten a few years off, and he didn't want to go see Death so soon.
Wade Wilson touched his side, turned his Head, and looked at Frank and Lane beside him:
"You two, save me quickly, or else I..."
Before Wade Wilson could finish speaking, in the blink of an eye, the Old Demon Dragon's Wutu Mountain Driving Whip crashed down towards Wade Wilson.
The Old Demon Dragon had already reached Sky Father peak Strength back then. Since following Tang Song, he had received the Righteous Path techniques, and now he vaguely possessed the Strength of a Half-step Golden Immortal.
When his Golden Whip smashed down, it directly tore through The Void. The Space along the way was blasted into Shattered pieces by him, and a spatial rift like a Black Dragon fiercely smashed onto Wade Wilson's Body.
A purple cloud mist rose from the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe on Wade Wilson's Body, transforming into a purple Lotus Flower that supported the Old Demon Dragon's Golden Whip.
However, thirty-six thousand whip cracks sounded simultaneously. In just a moment, the purple Lotus Flower was whipped by the heavy Golden Whip once again, turning into a ball of purple mist that dissipated.
Just as the Golden Whip was about to land on Wade Wilson's Body, Frank, not far away, widened his Eyes, and two beams of Golden Light shot out, landing precisely on Wade Wilson's Body.
Wade Wilson was blasted away by Frank's Strike, like a fallen leaf in the wind.
This Strike just so happened to allow Wade Wilson to avoid the Old Demon Dragon's Golden Whip.
The Old Demon Dragon, holding the Golden Whip, turned his Head and stared at Frank with a look of Suspicion: "What did Wade Wilson mean by what he just said?"
Frank, not far away, glared at Wade Wilson with an angry expression: "What do you mean? This guy actually dared to use me to set up a Gambling Game! I definitely have to teach him a lesson!"
Having said that, Frank drew out his Dark Gold Great Staff, flew forward, came before Wade Wilson, swung the Dark Gold Great Staff, and began fiercely beating Wade Wilson.
"Fuck, Frank, are you trying to kill me to silence me?!" Wade Wilson watched the big staff, which was Bowl-sized, smash towards him. While scurrying away while holding his head, he sent a Mental message to Frank.
Frank's Complexion was grim, looking extremely angry, as he swung the Great Staff, continuously smashing it onto Wade Wilson's Body.
However, Frank's Voice sounded in Wade Wilson's ear: "For these gains, I get seventy percent, you get thirty percent!"
"Why?! It should clearly be me seventy percent, you thirty percent! Get it straight, I'm the one getting beaten, okay? And after this job, I won't be able to stay in the Heavenly Court for the next two years!"
The heavy Dark Gold Great Staff smashed onto Wade Wilson's Body, but Wade Wilson didn't feel any Pain at all. Meanwhile, he screamed out "Ah ah ah ah" from his mouth.
While simultaneously arguing with Frank via Mental message about the profit split ratio.
"I get sixty percent, you get forty percent. Don't be too greedy. I still have to give twenty percent to Lane. He's definitely seen through our Trick by now. You don't want to be sent by Lane to some godforsaken place to guard for a few hundred years, do you?"
"Fifty-fifty, I'll accept fifty-fifty at most, otherwise just beat me to death!..."
"Fifty percent, impossible!"
"How lively! How about we make a deal? You three each take ten percent, and the remaining seventy percent go to me?" A Voice suddenly cut into their Mental message.
"Who the hell are you, Bo-Bo-Boss!" The moment Wade Wilson spoke, his vision went black.
In the Eyes of the Heavenly Court High-level Staff, Tang Song, standing before the High Heaven Treasure Palace, swept and flipped his large sleeves. His left sleeve brought forth a monstrous Water Wave. The grayish-white Grand Yin True Water rolled silently, sweeping Frank in.
The immense, soft Water Pressure squeezed Frank, making it hard for him to breathe. He was like a chick crushed by Mount Tai, letting out a muffled groan and almost passing out. He could only roll his Eyes as he was swept thousands of miles away.
His entire Body was embedded in the Mountain Wall of a large mountain. That steep Mountain Peak, thousands of feet high, directly collapsed with a roar from his impact.
Frank was unlucky, and Wade Wilson, as the instigator, naturally didn't fare well either. Swept into Tang Song's robe sleeve by the Qiankun in the Sleeve technique, Wade Wilson let out a Wailing cry. Black Smoke suddenly rose from his entire Body, and his clothes and body hair on his Skin were burned clean in the blink of an eye.
"Have you all messed around enough?"
Tang Song flicked his sleeve, throwing out the naked, white-skinned Wade Wilson, who looked like boiled chicken, and kicked him into the nearby Lotus Pond.
"Looks like everyone is here!" Tang Song swept his Gaze over the Crowd present. Wherever his Gaze fell, the Heavenly Court High-level Staff fell silent.
Tang Song flicked his sleeve and walked into the High Heaven Treasure Palace. The Heavenly Court High-level Staff also lined up and filed in.
Dozens of Heavenly Maidens wearing Feather Robes walked inside the hall, removed the Chairs, and replaced them with Meditation Cushions.
Tang Song and the Heavenly Court High-level Staff sat down, and he began to preach about the True Immortal Dao Fruit.
Within the Thirty-Six Heavens, Starlight fell like a waterfall, Heavenly Flowers Falling, emitting great Radiance.
As soon as Tang Song began preaching, within the vast expanse of the Thirty-Six Heavens, stretching for billions of miles, all was silent except for his Voice. Even the mountain and wild Beasts without Spiritual Intelligence Obediently lay prostrate, pricking up their ears.
Tang Song's preaching this time started from the most basic Qi Refining of Cultivation, and continued all the way to the Nascent Divinity undergoing Refinement into an infant, achieving the Pure Yang Dao Fruit.
His Voice transformed into Golden Flowers that drifted about. Most fell inside the High Heavens Hall, but a small portion also drifted into the Thirty-Six Heavens, landing in the Sea of Consciousness of fated Cultivators and Living Beings...
Tang Song simplified the complex Path of Cultivation, explaining it clearly. Even the Silicon-based Lifeform Transformers listened, completely captivated. Upon hearing the profound points, their cold metal faces couldn't help but beam with joy.
These Silicon-based Transformers did not have the Meridians and Qi Sea of Carbon-Based Life, but all sentient Living Beings could Cultivate.
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Forming the Core, Nascent Soul, Nascent Divinity, Pure Yang True Immortal... As the Realms Tang Song spoke of gradually increased, the Aptitude, comprehension, and Cultivation Base of the Heavenly Court High-level Staff were revealed.
When Tang Song spoke of the Qi Refining Realm, billions of Living Beings in the Thirty-Six Heavens were all captivated by it. But when Tang Song spoke of the Nascent Soul Realm, only one in ten thousand throughout the entire Thirty-Six Heavens could understand.
This included the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals. By the time Tang Song spoke of the Nascent Divinity Realm, even the High-level Staff in the High Heaven Treasure Palace vaguely felt it was extremely profound and gained some Insights.
Tang Song was describing the Nascent Divinity Realm from the perspective of a Golden Immortal Great Perfection Realm. Even though most of the Heavenly Court High-level Staff had already achieved Nascent Divinity, they only understood one tenth.
Starscream and the other Decepticons Transformers also looked somewhat confused, as if they had fallen into a fog, listening in a muddled state...
"Your Dao is not here, but it aligns with the Heavenly Craft Hall!" Tang Song's Gaze was like a torch. With a glance from his Mystic Eye, the Spirit Rune Restrictions inscribed within the several Transformers were reflected in his Eyes.
Tang Song slightly furrowed his brow, gaining a bit of realization. These Transformers were surprisingly Cultivating by treating themselves as Magic Treasures. That was also a viable Path.
Tang Song nodded. With a raise of his hand, a scroll containing the essentials of Weapon Refining transformed into a Streaking Light and entered Starscream's processor.
Starscream felt the Data appearing in his processor. He clasped his hands to the ground and bowed deeply towards Tang Song.
Honestly, Starscream, as a Villain second only to Megatron in the early stages of the Transformers World, was most impressive for his opportunism – fleeing without a fight when encountering a powerful enemy.
Hmm, he was smart, unlike a Decepticon, and more like Humanity.
However, it was precisely thanks to his attitude of a wise person adapting to circumstances that his former Leader, Megatron, was still being subjected to Research in some forgotten Laboratory somewhere.
He might have even lost his Value for Research, possibly already sent into an Earth Fire incinerator to be destroyed, or perhaps Refined into the Artifact Spirit of some Magic Tool.
Starscream, however, soared upwards, replacing Megatron, and could even be said to have replaced The Great Emperor of the Universe, becoming the new Emperor of the Transformers.
With the help of the Heavenly Court, he not only rebuilt Cybertron in the StarCraft World but also led the Transformers to become the fourth major Force/Faction after the Protoss, Human Race, and Zerg.
At the same time, he experienced the feeling of returning home in glory like walking in silk robes at night, something Xiang Yu failed to achieve, showing off and humiliating others.
In the twentieth year of Boss Tang's Cultivation in Seclusion, he led over a dozen Leader level and thousands of Elite level Decepticons to return to the Transformers World.
He successively killed the Autobots led by Optimus Prime, eliminated The Fallen, Sentinel Prime, got rid of Lockdown, Natural Disaster, and with the help of Red Queen, controlled Quintessa and killed The Great Emperor of the Universe.
Under his leadership, Cybertron today can be said to have surpassed its former peak period.
However, Starscream didn't get carried away. He knew deeply that everything he had now was built upon the foundation of the Heavenly Court's support.
He also couldn't forget the scenes when dealing with The Great Emperor of the Universe. The Heavenly Court dispatched one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers. Kane, Frank, and Hela personally took action, setting up a "Blazing Flames Formation" and a "Soul Falling Formation".
With the two Great Formations combined, The Great Emperor of the Universe, who had ruled the Universe for billions of years, first had his Soul captured, and then was forcibly smelted into a puddle of Molten Iron.
From then on, Starscream completely put away his petty thoughts and vowed to wholeheartedly follow the Heavenly Court.
Over these hundred years, tens of thousands of Decepticons followed the Heavenly Court, fighting battles everywhere, and even formed a unique Army within the various divisions of the Heavenly Court, the King Kong Army! It was precisely because of Starscream's performance that he could truly enter Tang Song's Mystic Eye, allowing him to be listed among the Five Virtues Star Lords with the Deity Title of Metal Virtue Star Lord, and have the fortune to listen to Tang Song preaching the Dao inside the High Heavens Hall.
Tang Song preached the Dao for a long time. Unconsciously, the sun and moon rotated, but the Crowd was completely unaware, simply listening, completely captivated.
It wasn't until Tang Song stopped preaching the Dao that, amidst the Crowd's confusion, he nodded: "Today's preaching the Dao ends here. We will continue tomorrow!"
Tang Song got up and left the High Heaven Treasure Palace. While the Crowd was still immersed in Tang Song's preaching the Dao and unable to extricate themselves, Wade Wilson exchanged a look with Frank, and the two quietly followed.
"Spit it out!"
On the cloud couch in the Palace of the Heavenly Court's inner hall, Tang Song was leaning against Wanda, enjoying Wanda's massage, while being served by Skye and the other women, fed Vermillion Fruit and Grapes, displaying the air of a pleasure-seeking decadent ruler.
Seeing Wade Wilson and Frank, who had been led in by the women, Tang Song cursed at the two of them irritably.
"Boss! I have some Things I want to offer you!" Wade Wilson's Eyebrows and Hair were completely burned off, revealing a Nick Fury-like Head, which looked somewhat comical. Even after being cursed at by Tang Song, he still grinned cheekily.
Seeing that Tang Song didn't speak, he pulled out a Jade Slip from somewhere: "This is a Heavenly Book I obtained from a World. According to the people of that World, it was left behind by a Heavenly Emperor!"
"A Heavenly Emperor!?"
Tang Song heard Wade Wilson's words and immediately became Interested. He raised his hand and beckoned, and the Jade Slip in Wade Wilson's hand appeared in his own.
A Heavenly Emperor, Haotian, or a Counterpart of Donghuang Taiyi?
Tang Song held the Jade Slip and swept his Divine Sense over the content within the Jade Slip.
"Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; they treat all things as straw dogs. The creation of Heaven and Earth, it is said, was in the time of Chaos, when ignorance was undivided, the sun and moon contained their radiance, Heaven and Earth were one body. Suddenly changing, the clear and turbid were arranged.
The reason Heaven and Earth can be long-lasting is that they do not give birth to themselves, thus they can be long-lasting. However, all things in Heaven and Earth have their forms. Living Beings are lost, deluded by the self-form, human-form, living being-form, and lifespan-form. Because of these forms, three poisons, three fears, and three Terrors arise in the Mind, and they cannot last long.
Heavenly phenomena have no form, the praised Dao has no name. Therefore, it is said that without self, without humans, without living beings, without lifespan, one reaches Light. Holding to the Righteous Path, embodying one's true nature, Heaven and Earth take the Origin as their Mind.
Therefore, movement and rest within the Earth are the manifestation of the Mind of Heaven and Earth.
Therefore, there is no reality and no emptiness.
Therefore, Heaven and Earth follow nature, doing nothing and creating nothing.
Therefore, if things do not fully exist, they are not sufficient to be prepared."
Tang Song's Expression became dismissive. The so-called Heavenly Book related to a Heavenly Emperor was just a cultivation manual. Even if one Cultivated according to this manual to Great Perfection, it would only be Forming the Core Great Perfection.
However, the mixture of Ideologies from the Buddhist, Daoist, and Demonic schools within it was quite interesting, especially the Taoist School's mention of the realm divisions of Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing Realm, which reminded Tang Song of a familiar World.
"You went to the Zhu Xian World?"
"Zhu Xian World?" Wade Wilson was stunned by Tang Song's question. He immediately reacted: "Boss, there's a Sect in that World called Qingyun Sect, and it seems there's a Sword called the Zhu Xian Sword!"
Wade Wilson shook his Head: "That Sword was quite famous, but it ended up being cut in half by one Blade!"
"You cut the Zhu Xian Sword in half!?" Tang Song was slightly stunned, but quickly understood. Given the scale of the Zhu Xian World, that Zhu Xian Sword was at most a Magic Tool that could gather Earth Vein Sha Qi.
Wade Wilson's two Blades, however, were genuine Illusionary God Magic Treasures.
"That's not my fault, Boss! The guy holding that Sword wanted to cut me, so I just swung a Blade!"
Seeing that Tang Song was Interested in him having been to that World, Deadpool quickly began recounting his experience of going to that World to Tang Song.
The Matters weren't complicated. As one of the few nine-star Reincarnators in the Samsara Palace, Wade Wilson had been earning extra money in various Worlds during the years Tang Song was in Cultivation in Seclusion.
The reason he went to the Zhu Xian World was because a Reincarnator had discovered this World containing abundant Spiritual Energy. After realizing they couldn't take down that World, they sold the Coordinates of this World to Wade Wilson at a high price.
This kind of Operation was not against the rules within the Samsara Palace. The meat would eventually rot in the pot anyway.
After Wade Wilson went to the Zhu Xian World, he marked several places where Spirit Veins converged and collected a large amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. He originally planned to return to the Heavenly Court and bring back some Yellow Turban Warriors to extract the Spirit Veins of this World.
Unexpectedly, the places where the Spirit Veins converged in this World were all occupied by those Cultivation Sects.
Wade Wilson had a Face different from that of the Central Continent. Moreover, he acted recklessly and was too ostentatious, swaggering into other people's Sects to mark Spirit Veins. As a result, he was jointly hunted down by the Righteous and Evil Paths of that World.
Although Wade Wilson's Cultivation Base wasn't great, that was relative to who he was being compared to.
The most Powerful One in the Zhu Xian World could barely withstand one Blade from him. Wade Wilson simply turned into an Incarnation of a bandit, plundering clean the ancient texts, Weapons, and Magic Treasures of the various Cultivation Sects in the Zhu Xian World.
This was also because Wade Wilson's style of doing Things was the chaotic but orderly type. If it were Hela, that World would likely have had blood flow like rivers.
Although the Samsara Palace had many checks and balances for Reincarnators,
But Hela, well, besides Boss Tang himself, who could control her? Recently, King of the Underworld Cha Cha was added. This current Emperor of the Netherworld has a style of doing Things even worse than Hela's.
Hela was cruel in her actions, while she liked to play with the Human Heart. These two crazy women, after Tang Song went into Cultivation in Seclusion, even Lane would avoid them when he saw them.
"Boss! There's one more Matter!" Wade Wilson seemed to remember something and scratched his Head: "I brought back a few people from that World?"
Tang Song stared at Wade Wilson, waiting for his Explanation.
The Samsara Palace recruited countless Reincarnators from numerous Worlds. Wade Wilson specifically mentioning this definitely meant there was something fishy.
"I met a fool in that World. He saw that my Strength was great and insisted on pestering me, begging me to help him with his wife's Resurrection!" Wade Wilson spread his hands: "You know, I'm relatively soft-hearted, so I brought him back!"
Tang Song chuckled and glanced at Wade Wilson: "You? I think you took his Benefit, didn't you!"
Wade Wilson first gave an awkward smile, then said cheekily: "Boss, I also wanted to get that Heavenly Book he mentioned. He said it was related to a Heavenly Emperor, so I wanted to bring it back to show my filial piety to you!"
Tang Song smiled: "So, did you help him with his wife's Resurrection?"
Wade Wilson scratched his Head: "During that time, I was busy coaxing Vanessa, so I settled them in the First Heaven and forgot!"
Tang Song looked speechlessly at the guy. With a flick of his sleeve, Wade Wilson and Frank, who was hiding behind him, flew out of the Great Hall like Artillery Shells.
"You keep thirty percent of the Things. Send those Metallurgy Materials to the Heavenly Craft Hall. If you dare to hide any privately, watch your Skins!"
As soon as these two lazy guys arrived, Tang Song knew their intentions.
"Boss, you're Interested in that World—"
Skye held a white-faced Fox with pure golden fur in her arms. While stroking the Fox's fluffy fur, she leaned closer to Tang Song curiously.
As the woman who had followed Tang Song the longest, she knew her Boss's Personality deeply. If he weren't very Interested in that World, his Attitude would definitely not be like this.
Tang Song pulled Skye into his arms, resting his Head on Wanda's chest, while also calling out to Gu Zi Yun, Mariko, Zheng Duo En, and the others.
"Come, I'll tell you a story..."
Over the next few years, while diligently studying Daoist Magic and Divine Abilities and increasing his Dao Cultivation, Tang Song also preached the Great Dao to everyone around him.
Half the time he preached the True Immortal Dao Fruit to the Living Beings in the Thirty-Six Heavens of the Heavenly Court, and during the evening lesson, he would close the High Heavens Hall and preach the Golden Immortal Great Dao after the True Immortal Realm to a few Confidants like Kane and Lane.
With Tang Song's generous transmission of the profound meaning of the Great Dao, including the various paths to Golden Immortal from the Jambudvīpa World Source, as well as the six Great Dao of Rules from the Marvel World – Time, Space, Soul, Reality, Strength, and Mind – the Cultivation Base of Lane, Kane, and the others also rapidly increased.
Within the Thirty-Six Heavens, the second layer, Taiming Yuwan Heaven.
Naturally, this place did not have the phenomena of Great Luo Heaven or the High Heavens Hall, where Purple Qi was like Dragons and star waterfalls like rain. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was also much inferior.
However, the Mountain Ranges and land here had countless Spirit Veins buried by those Yellow Turban Warriors. Moving mountains and filling seas, they were gathered into a Great Formation. The Heaven and Earth Origin Energy and Heavenly Star and Moon Essence gathered here were still beyond what ordinary people could imagine. Those who stayed on this layer of heaven were either of the Heavenly Court's Direct Lineage or Reincarnators belonging to the Heavenly Court Samsara Palace.
Or Believers of the Great Heavenly Venerable. For these people, this place was a sacred realm.
The daily routine for people who came here was also simple. Every day was either doing Samsara Missions to earn Contribution Points, or Refine Spirit Qi and Yuan Power, either converting it into their own True Essence or tempering their Physical Body, hoping to Cultivate into an Immortal someday.
In recent days, the Great Heavenly Venerable preached the Dao from the platform during the morning lesson every day, his Voice spreading throughout the entire Thirty-Six Heavens.
Within the Thirty-Six Heavens, except for the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals on duty, everyone would put down all the Matters they were doing, find a Position to sit down, and quietly listen to the Heavenly Emperor preaching the Dao.
In Taiming Yuwan Heaven, in a mountain forest, within a dense black Bamboo Forest, there was a flat area a few mu in size. Scattered sparsely in the middle were several large stones. Around it grew over a dozen tall old pine trees, their trunks rugged and twisted like Flood Dragons, looking very ancient. Starlight sprinkled down through the pine needles, making it appear even darker, but adding a sense of leisure.
On top of the large stones, a young man in black clothes sat cross-legged. He looked very young, appearing to be only twenty-four or twenty-five years old, but his Hair had already turned slightly white, and between his Eyebrows, there seemed to be a persistent, unresolvable sorrow.
A black, unremarkable staff, just like him, was stuck in the stone in front of him. Only the round Orb at the tip of the staff occasionally flashed with a hint of black light.
The young man performed Breathing Exercise and Meditation. As he absorbed and exhaled Qi, a Qi Flow, like a thread, wrapped and Rotated between his mouth and nose and the black staff.
Not long after the Dao sound in the Sky ended, "Ding-a-ling!"
A crisp bell sound rang beside the young man's ear. He opened his Eyes, looked at the patch of emerald green clothing corner in front of him, raised his hand, and took out a small golden bell from his chest. A hint of recollection flashed in his Eyes.
(End of chapter)