Volume 4: The Other Shore Chapter 974: Manifestation of Divinity!
The realm outside of Taoism is vast and boundless, and the world within it is full of wonders. A certain realm outside of Taoism may be the realm you think of and dream of!
Here, all the illusory worlds exist!
But the virtual and the real are not absolute. For the beings in the virtual world, the virtual is real!
It's nothing more than a wall of dreams, one side is the dream, the other side is wakefulness, but who can tell which side is the dream?
It seems that yin and yang are just a conclusion, but in fact, yin and yang can also be transformed!
And at this moment, somewhere in this outer realm, there exists a wandering world!
This world is called the world of immortality!
Since being sent to the outside world, the Changsheng Realm has been wandering for eternity and countless years, making the whole world look more vicissitudes of life.
And within the boundary wall, there is a huge formation that completely covers the world of immortality. Within the formation, there are many array eyes!
There is a master of life and death sitting in the center of each formation, especially in the few core formation centers, the cultivators sitting in the center have even reached the half-step great freedom realm!
Among them, there are several figures that Gu Xiaoxing is extremely familiar with!
Such as Dongfang Yexuan, Zhang Diqing, Dongfang Yu, Qiao Yanran, Zhuhuo, Yanshan, Wen'e, Chen Zili, Du Xu, Gu Nianxue, Li Azhi, and so on...!
They sat cross-legged in the center of the formation, maintaining the formation while practicing!
And outside the formation, there was a person sitting alone on the boundary wall!
This is a woman, with a slender figure and calm appearance, yet she gives people a rock-solid aura, as if she alone can suppress everything for eternity.
This person is Feng Li'er!
Just at this moment, Feng Li'er raised her eyebrows slightly, and her tightly closed eyes suddenly opened. Her clear eyes were calm as she stared into the distance. She immediately saw tens of thousands of figures riding on long boats, following her!
The long boat was huge, comparable to a world, and the figure on it was equally huge.
Each of those figures was at least at the level of the Lord of Life and Death, and they transformed into Dharma bodies. Most of them had evil looks, and it was obvious that they came with ill intentions!
Especially the people headed by Chang Zhou, they have even reached the level of Great Freedom!
In addition, in the center of the long boat, there is a sedan chair!
However, on top of this sedan chair, there is no person, but a small wooden man!
This little wooden man gives people a very strange feeling. The workmanship is very rough. At first glance, it looks like a piece of rotten wood, lifeless and incomplete in shape!
But it is hard to look directly at this little wooden figure carved from rotten wood and with an irregular shape!
It was at the moment when she saw this little wooden man that Feng Li'er couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly, as if she had sensed a great crisis!
But the speed of the Longevity Realm was far slower than that of the long boat, and its aura had been locked by the other party. Even if it tried to escape, it would still be caught up. So Feng Li'er made a prompt decision, drew her sword and killed!
This sword cut off time and opened up the road, causing the people led by Changzhou to change their expressions drastically. They suddenly pushed their own Great Free and Easy Realm cultivation to the extreme, and at the same time activated the Changzhou formation to resist with all their might!
But even so, he could only barely protect himself, and because he failed to resist completely, the origin of his own avenue was even damaged!
And beside him, except for him, all the cultivators on the long boat were killed, and the long boat formation was the first to break!
He looked at the thin woman standing in the world of immortality from afar, and was shocked for a moment!
But Feng Li'er did not give the other party any time to think. Seeing that her sword failed to succeed, she swung her sword again, wanting to eliminate all crises before they even arise!
Therefore, Feng Li'er's initial target was not the cultivators on the long boat, but the little wooden man!
Although the people on Changzhou did not expect that such a small wandering world would have such a ruthless character!
But he was a cultivator in the Great Free and Easy Realm after all, and he reacted immediately the moment Feng Li'er slashed out the second sword!
However, he did not try to block Feng Li'er's sword, but suddenly made a gesture with his hands!
Behind him, the little wooden figure on the sedan chair also trembled, and then an indescribable power spread out instantly, which actually wiped out the power of Feng Li'er's sword!
Feng Li'er's expression changed slightly, and she attacked again, even at the cost of her own life, absorbing the power of the Longevity Realm's formation, and slashed with the sword again!
But opposite her, the man at the bow of the boat suddenly spoke and uttered the sacrificial words!
"Only my original Dao, which is not clear but bright, turbid but not muddy, teaches the non-existence. Only my original Dao, which is alone and respected, offers blood sacrifices for immortality, and invites the eternal wood to come!"
“Please… the most ethereal and wonderful Taiqing Yuandao True Ancestor, show your holiness!!”
The next moment, on the sedan chair behind him, the rotten wood suddenly came to life, as if opening its eyes, and looked at Feng Li'er and slashed with a sword!
Then all the power of this sword turned into nothingness and dissipated into formlessness!
At the same time, the person at the bow of the boat was bleeding profusely, and all the blood that was spurted out turned into thousands of threads and instantly merged into the little wooden man!
The breath of the man at the head of the boat became weaker and weaker, and the charm of the little wooden man became stronger. He gradually became active, and the power he exuded gradually surpassed Feng Li'er, completely widening the gap between them!
This made Feng Li'er's expression gloomy, and she decided to absorb all the power of the Longevity Realm formation and give it a try!
But at this moment, a crack suddenly appeared between the vast sky and earth!
The moment this crack appeared, it immediately attracted everyone's attention, including Feng Li'er and even everyone in the Changsheng Realm formation.
Even the little wooden man slowly turned his head and looked at the crack!
When the crack was torn open, everyone suddenly realized that it was not a crack, but an opening eye!
It is difficult to describe this pair of eyes that suddenly appeared. It seemed infinite, and the Changzhou and the Changsheng Realm were completely shrouded by the eyes!
But looking at this pair of eyes, Feng Li'er was stunned, as if she saw a touch of tenderness and longing in them, and then an extremely strong sense of familiarity arose spontaneously!
Not only Feng Li'er, but also Dongfang Yu, Qiao Yanran, Zhuhuo and Yan Shan, also saw that tenderness and longing in the formation!
All the cultivators in the Immortal Realm who saw these eyes felt a sense of familiarity!
Then a figure quietly emerged in their minds!
On the other side of the Changsheng Realm, the man at the bow of the boat saw only indifference in those eyes, and then his already weak body disappeared in an instant!
The originally dull face of the little wooden man suddenly revealed infinite panic, and his rotten wood began to break uncontrollably!
Even after the little wooden man was completely destroyed, it was not over yet. This destruction actually began to follow the cause and effect and go straight to the source!
Thus, in this area outside the Tao, only the Realm of Immortality and the living beings within it remain!
Then someone looked at the huge eyes, saw the thoughts in them, and his eyes gradually turned red!
Until those eyes closed again, the entire world of immortality disappeared!
At the same time, in the long river of time and space in the universe, in the Floating Dust Realm, Mo Xuyou, Lu Linger, and Wangcai, as well as the big sun that Fenshang transformed from, all disappeared together!
In the underworld, Fang Qingyun's figure also disappeared, and the remaining ghosts all entered the cycle of reincarnation!
Final Chapter: My Other Shore!
Above the long river of time and space in the universe, Gu Xiaoxing closed his eyes, a knowing smile on his lips. He stood in this realm of nothingness, his long pale hair dancing lightly, and the whole person looked mysterious and ethereal.
However, compared with the endless river of time and space below, Gu Xiaoxing's figure seems so small, lonely and thin.
But his heart is no longer lonely!
"There is a time for freedom, but it is not my shore...!"
Suddenly, Gu Xiaoxing spoke softly and stretched out his hands, one hand touching the sky and the other hand touching the ground.
"It's like this world, boundless and infinite, without beginning or end. Although there is the Dao of freedom, there is also the Dao above the Dao, and there is another heaven beyond the heaven. Who can say that there is no realm of nothingness beyond this realm of nothingness?"
"I... am still between heaven and earth, being carried by heaven and earth!!"
Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoxing couldn't help but think of the words in the Jiuming Mountain Taoist Scripture created by his master.
"The body is dead but the spirit is God, God is always there and there is no separation!"
A sense of relief immediately welled up in my heart.
"It's nothing more than a question of which came first, heaven and earth, or Tao. But what does my Tao have to do with the Tao of heaven and earth? The one who carries my body is heaven and earth, and the one who carries my soul is my body!!"
Gu Xiaoxing suddenly tapped the front with one hand, causing ripples, and then a strange source condensed at his fingertips!
"The heaven and earth carry my body, my body carries my soul, my soul carries my spirit, my spirit carries my soul, my spirit carries my thoughts...!"
While muttering to himself, Gu Xiaoxing pointed out with his big hand one after another, and soon five strange sources appeared in front of him!
They represent Gu Xiaoxing's body, soul, spirit, mind and thoughts respectively!
Then, Gu Xiaoxing paused slightly, frowned slightly, and after a little thought, he continued to point with his big hand.
"My body, soul, spirit and thoughts carry my present, and my present carries my past and future...!"
Then, three strange sources appeared again in front of Gu Xiaoxing, representing the present, the past, and the future respectively!
"And what carries all of this is not the heaven and earth, but my Tao!"
"The universe has no beginning, and my way has no end!"
Having said that, Gu Xiaoxing suddenly stretched out his big hand, took all the sources condensed in front of him into his hand, and finally smiled.
“This is… my other shore!”
When the last word was spoken, ripples suddenly appeared with Gu Xiaoxing as the center, and endless time and space spread out in this realm of nothingness in an instant!
As time and space rippled farther and farther, the feeling of water waves became stronger and stronger. Gradually, above the long river of time and space in the universe, another universe appeared, and another... long river of time and space appeared!
Above the ancient Hengyang, beside the imperial stove, a pair of beautiful young men and women sat together.
The woman was leaning on the young man's shoulder, sleeping soundly, as if she had been sleeping for a very long time.
The man had long pale hair draped behind him. He put his arm around the slender waist of the woman beside him, with a faint smile on his face, as if waiting for the woman to wake up from her dream.
The light from the constant sun, I don't know if it was the sunset glow or the dawn, sprinkled on the woman's face, reflecting a little blush, making her look delicate and charming.
Suddenly, the woman's eyelashes trembled and she slowly opened her eyes. Perhaps it was because she had slept too long, or perhaps it was because the sun was too bright, making the woman's vision a little blurry.
But when the woman blinked several times, when she saw the person next to her clearly, the smile she smiled was even brighter than Hengyang's!
It was this smile that solved the curse of eternal happiness in the young man's heart, and he would never grow old again!
The whole book is finished!!!
The sequel!
In a certain realm of existence and non-existence, the sea and the sky are connected as far as the eye can see. It can be said that there are no stars in the sky, and no waves in the blue sea, but it seems that there is a bright moon falling from the sky into the sea, and thus becomes a moon in the water!
Above the moon, there was a withered mountain, and next to the withered mountain, there was a small boat.
“Senior Sister…!”
In a trance, the woman seemed to hear a call, her eyelids moved slightly, and she subconsciously wanted to open them, but as if she didn't get enough sleep, she didn't want to open them.
“Senior Sister Meng…!”
It was not until she heard the call again that the woman reluctantly opened her sleepy eyes. When she saw the person in front of her clearly, she said vaguely, "It's Junior Brother Gu who is here!"
Gu Xiaoxing looked at the woman lying on the table on the boat with a strange look in his eyes, and sighed helplessly, "Senior Sister Meng, how long have you slept this time?"
Mengnu raised her head slowly, without any embarrassment. She stretched lazily, yawned, and called out vaguely.
“Tongtian…!”
Then I saw a small stone tablet on the table trembling slightly, and then four words appeared on it.
Meng Nu glanced at the four words and said, "I didn't sleep for long. Junior brother, why don't you go and enjoy your leisure time? How come you have time to come and see me?"
Gu Xiaoxing also glanced at the stone tablet, but could not help but twitching the corners of his mouth. He complained in his heart, three epochs, this is not a long sleep, if Senior Sister Meng continues to sleep like this, I don’t know when it will stop!
If she wasn't so sleepy, she would have already arrived in front of her master!
But after all, she is my senior sister, so Gu Xiaoxing couldn't say these words directly, and could only continue to say helplessly: "I came back from my master and stopped by to see you."
Hearing this, the dream girl smiled and said, "Everything is renewed, the roc flies and the butterfly dreams, and in the time it took me to get some sleep, Junior Brother Gu, who was still struggling in his dream, has now walked ahead of Senior Sister. I'm so envious!"
Although Mengnu said so, Gu Xiaoxing did not see any envy on her face. He only saw a desire to continue sleeping. She seemed to be living in winter forever and wanted to hibernate at all times.
Gu Xiaoxing wanted to help Senior Sister Meng, but when he thought of his master's instructions, he felt helpless and even more confused.
At this time, Meng Nu also sighed and continued, "Since Master has called you to urge me, forget it, just continue on your way!"
After she finished speaking, the dream girl waved her hand gently, and the bright moon, the withered mountain, and the dream boat immediately began to move towards the distance.
"Brother Gu, please go back!"
The dream girl on the boat waved her hand gently, leaving behind a back view and gradually disappeared.
Gu Xiaoxing stood on the water, watching Senior Sister Meng go away. He felt that this scene was quite familiar and was filled with emotion.
Shaking his head slightly, Gu Xiaoxing was just about to let go of the dream and wake up.
But suddenly, he saw the moon, mountains and boat in the distance slowly coming to rest. The woman on the boat hung her head and finally succumbed to sleepiness and fell asleep again.
Gu Xiaoxing was completely speechless. He didn't know what to say, and he didn't know how many epochs Senior Sister Meng would sleep for.
"Forget it, time is meaningless to us. It's a blessing for Senior Sister Meng to be able to sleep so well!"
In the end, Gu Xiaoxing could only think so, and then a voice sounded in his heart, as if he also heard someone's call!
"Lonely Little Star!!"
The familiar call sounded again. Gu Xiaoxing heard it more clearly and felt the anger in it. His heart skipped a beat and he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
In the realm of nothingness, two long rivers of time and space, one above and one below, exist opposite to each other, separated by a great distance!
These two long rivers of time and space look similar from a distance, but they belong to different universes, and are defined by wise men as this shore and the other shore!
There are countless people on the other side of the river, but somewhere among them, there is a place without law.
Any cultivator who approaches this lawless land will gradually lose all his spiritual power, even the Lord of Life and Death, or even the cultivator in the Great Freedom Realm, are no exception!
Therefore, for countless years, no one knew what existed in this lawless place, and it was regarded by all living beings as a forbidden land of nothingness!
But in fact, this is just a forbidden area created by someone imitating the realm of nothingness, and the so-called forbidden area actually has exceptions!
For example, in the center of this forbidden land of nothingness, there is a piece of land outside. People living here can use Taoism freely without being restricted by the forbidden Taoism!
Although it is said to be a place outside of the world, it is also a vast starry universe with a very wide range. Among them is a continent, which is somewhat similar to the Xuantian Continent, but it is billions of times larger!
Around the continent, the ancient sun hangs high in the sky, the bright moon hangs low in the sky, the sun and the moon rotate, and the four seasons come and go!
At this moment, somewhere on this continent, a black-haired young man was sitting cross-legged. He seemed to be practicing, but in fact he had fallen asleep.
This person is Gu Xiaoxing!
But the lonely little star who had fallen asleep was not simply sleeping, but sleepwalking, with his dreams giving rise to thoughts and his mind wandering in the void!
When one reaches Gu Xiaoxing’s level, whether it is a dream or reality, illusion or reality, it all depends on his thoughts.
It was through this dream that he went to the real world and met the master whom he had never met before. At the same time, he also went to see Senior Sister Meng!
"Lonely Little Star!!"
Suddenly, a voice with a hint of anger came from a distance. The voice arrived before the person arrived!
Then Dongfang Yu appeared in an instant. When she saw Gu Xiaoxing still standing there as steady as a rock, she became even angrier. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, saying, "Gu...Xiao...Xing!!"
Gu Xiaoxing was startled and woke up instantly, then looked at Dongfang Yu with a frosty face, and instinctively felt guilty.
But think about it, I didn't do anything, why should I feel guilty?
Especially when he saw Xu Qianxing, Zhu Huo and Yan Shan coming one after another , Gu Xiaoxing felt that as the head of the family, he couldn't let Dongfang Yu bring bad atmosphere, so he straightened his back and asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"
Although Gu Xiaoxing can see through the past and the future at a glance, he seldom does this to his own people because it would take away some of the fun!
He, Gu Xiaoxing, is a man who yearns for happiness!
But Dongfang Yu's next words made Gu Xiaoxing feel that his happiness was disappearing!
"Your daughter has been kidnapped, and you still have the mood to sleep here!"
Gu Xiaoxing was stunned when he heard this. Who was so bold as to kidnap his little girl?
His eyes subconsciously looked into the distance, towards a village.
Originally, the old village chief lived in this village and took the initiative to teach Gu Xiaoxing's children to read and write.
Between humanity and divinity, Gu Xiaoxing chose the former for his descendants, hoping that they could grow up happily like normal people and experience a complete life!
But later, because a few children were too naughty, the old village chief was so angry that he left in anger. Since then, he has been traveling far away and has not returned to the village until now.
It’s not that Gu Xiaoxing is unwilling to teach himself, but Dongfang Yu and the others don’t allow Gu Xiaoxing to teach, for fear that he would teach another big devil.
In desperation, Gu Xiaoxing had to ask for help from a teacher. At most, he hired ten teachers in a month!
Being a father, he feels so miserable!
The children seemed to really take after him, some were even better than him, and all of them were eccentric.
Since having a child, Gu Xiaoxing not only inherited the bloodline, but also seemed to have inherited happiness!
But soon, Gu Xiaoxing discovered the problem. It was not that the children were perverse by nature, but that Lu Linger was the source of all evil!
When thinking of Lu Ling'er, Gu Xiaoxing was really furious. On the surface, she seemed cute and adorable, getting along well with children, but in fact, she was subtly leading people astray little by little!
For this reason, Gu Xiaoxing even made a rule, strictly forbidding Lu Linger from approaching the child again!
Fortunately, it was not too late. Dongfang Yu soon gave birth to a baby girl. Under Gu Xiaoxing's strict guard, Lu Linger was finally prevented from getting close to her!
Finally, the baby girl grew up healthily, was no longer perverse, and became very obedient. She gradually became Gu Xiaoxing's little cotton-padded jacket. He felt that happiness had returned!
But how could my little girl be kidnapped while I was just dreaming?
Gu Xiaoxing took a quick glance, and when he didn't see Lu Linger, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead!
Finally, he turned his head somewhat stiffly, looked at Dongfang Yu, and said, "No... no way?"
"What do you think?" Dongfang Yu's face became even colder.
In the back, Xu Qianxing, Zhu Huo, and Yan Shan all looked embarrassed. It was because they let their guard down and fell into Lu Linger's trap that people were abducted.
Especially Zhuhuo, every time Master Lu Linger acts cute in front of her, it is always hard to refuse!
…
Somewhere, a girl in a purple dress, about ten years old, was holding the hand of another girl in a green dress, about eight years old, and giving her earnest advice.
"Xiao Mengxin, if little brother suddenly appears and wants to bully aunt, you must stand on aunt's side and protect aunt!"
The girl in the green dress immediately patted her chest and said very seriously: "Yes! I won't let my aunt be bullied, and neither will my father! Whoever wants to bully my aunt, bully me first!"
Upon hearing this, the purple-dressed girl happily hugged the green-dressed girl and said, "Auntie will not let Xiao Mengxin be bullied. If anyone dares to bully Xiao Mengxin, I will be the first to kill him!"
"Come on, Auntie will take you out to play...!"
…
“That’s outrageous!”
Gu Xiaoxing was instantly furious, thinking that no matter how hard you try to guard against a thief day and night, you can never guard against a thief in your own home!
Then, he thought of the cause and instantly discovered Lu Linger's location. The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, and he thought to himself that this girl was so quick that she actually ran to the other side of the river.
At the same time, Gu Xiaoxing also regretted that he should not have taught Lu Linger the Xiaoyaoyou technique, which allowed her to travel through the realm of nothingness at will!
"This time, I will not show any mercy, no matter who tries to stop me!!!"
Gu Xiaoxing took a step out of the long river of time and space and appeared in the realm of nothingness. Then he took another step and crossed over to the other side of the long river of time and space, towards the Third Wasteland!