Chapter 364: Three Ways to Attain the Truth

Seeing this, Lei Fa couldn't help but think of the first six candidates on the cushions. Now, only three of the Three Purities sat correctly on the cushions, and the remaining three had nothing to do with Hongjun's original plan!

Lei Fa guessed that it was very likely that when Hongjun listened to the sermon for the third time, at least two of the three innate saints, Kunpeng, Dijun and Taiyi, would fall from their seats and make way for Jie Yin and Zhunti. After all, Hongjun still owed the great cause and effect to the West. If Hongjun could not transfer his karmic debt before the end of the three lectures, then he could forget about achieving harmony with the Tao!

Of course, if Hongjun is willing to use all the merits of his preaching in the ancient times to offset his own karma, that is completely possible.

However, Lei Fa estimated that even if Hongjun distributed all the merits of his preaching, it might not be enough to offset the karma that Hongjun had. After all, it was not so easy to completely get rid of the cause and effect of the basic severance of the Western spiritual veins!

As time got closer to the time for the second lecture mentioned by Hongjun, more and more worldly guests came to Zixiao Palace. The last seat was also occupied by a worldly guest. Hongjun appeared directly on the platform in the next moment!

Looking at Hongjun appearing in front of him, Lei Fa couldn't help but compare Hongjun with his own original body Bai Zhen. The final result of the comparison was self-evident, Bai Zhen lost miserably!

Now Bai Zhen has been practicing hard in the chaos for so many years, and has only now improved his strength to the peak of the second level of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, and is not far from the third level of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian!

Bai Zhen's current cultivation speed is considered fast among all the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxians, but even so, he cannot compare with Hongjun, who is a cheating existence.

You should know that when Hongjun preached for the first time, he was only a saint of the first level. But now, Hongjun's aura is much stronger than Bai Zhen's original body. Bai Zhen guessed that Hongjun is now at least a saint of the fourth level!

Although Lei Fa is somewhat envious of Hongjun's current speed of improving his strength, Lei Fa does not want to take his place. After all, everything has a price tag, and Lei Fa does not want to lose long-term interests for a small temporary gain!

"Greetings to the Saint (Taoist Ancestor)!"

After Hongjun helped up the three thousand mortals, he didn't say anything and started preaching. Because Hongjun broke through to the sage realm with the help of the Heavenly Dao, compared with the existence of breaking through to the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, Hongjun's understanding of the Dao in the Quasi-Sage realm is not very perfect, which always makes people feel that there are flaws!

Of course, this flaw only applies to Lei Fa, who has reached the realm of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian. For other creatures whose cultivation is only at Daluo Jinxian, or at most at the early stage of Hunyuan Jinxian, the quasi-saint way narrated by Hongjun is like a pearl in every word, and they can't find any fault even if they want to!

Regarding the quasi-saint way described by Hongjun, Lei Fa felt the vague Way of the Three Corpses from it. However, since Hongjun only mentioned it briefly and did not elaborate on the Way of the Three Corpses, the Way of the Three Corpses that Lei Fa heard was like a mirage in the water, which was out of reach!

After Hongjun had preached for two hundred epochs, he suddenly stopped. With the sound of a bell, three thousand worldly guests woke up from their own worlds!

I thought the time was up, but who knew there were still nearly 100 epochs to go before the 300th epoch! At the beginning, Lei Fa was a little confused, but soon Lei Fa realized that Hongjun's 200-epoch lecture was actually about the comprehension of the Quasi-Sage realm. As for how to break through from the Daluo Jinxian to the Quasi-Sage, Hongjun didn't say a word!

Although Lei Fa guessed the reason why Hongjun stopped, he didn't want to be the first to stand out, so he just stayed there obediently!

After waiting for a while, Dong Wanggong, who liked to flatter Hongjun, took the initiative to ask, "Daozu, I wonder what realm is above the Daluo Jinxian?"

After hearing Dong Wanggong's question, Hongjun said slowly, "Above the Daluo Jinxian is the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, and the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian is the sage realm where I am now!"

Taiqing Laozi knew from Bai Zhen that above Daluo Jinxian should be Hunyuan Jinxian. Why did Hongjun go straight to the point and directly say that above Daluo Jinxian is Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian?

"Saint, when the three of us were exploring the relics left by the ancients, we found that the ancient masters said that above the Daluo Jinxian is the Hunyuan Jinxian, and above the Hunyuan Jinxian is the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian. Why did the saint say that above the Daluo Jinxian is the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian?"

"Above the Daluo Jinxian is indeed the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, but the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian is very different from the Daluo Jinxian. In order to make cultivation more convenient and to point out the direction of cultivation, there is such a realm as the Hunyuan Jinxian!"

"Thank you, Saint, for clearing up my confusion!"

"Saint, I wonder what is the difference between the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian and a saint?" Yuqing Yuanshi asked respectfully.

"A saint is a Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, but a Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian is not necessarily a saint! The saint's soul is entrusted to the way of heaven, and the cause and effect do not affect him. He knows everything with just one thought..."

Listening to Hongjun's chatter, Lei Fa just felt a little bored. After all, Lei Fa knew the difference between a saint and a Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian very clearly.

The people under the stage were also stunned by the virtues of the saints described by Hongjun, as if becoming a saint had so many benefits!

As for the Three Pure Ones and Zhen Yuanzi who knew the truth of the matter, although they were somewhat tempted, they really did not want to completely lose their freedom for the sake of temporary benefits!

"Then, Saint, can you tell us the way to attain enlightenment?"

"There are three thousand great ways, and all of them can lead to the path of Hunyuan. However, in my opinion, there are three ways to achieve the path of Hunyuan. The first is to achieve the path of Hunyuan by force. The second is to achieve the path of Hunyuan by killing three corpses. The third is to achieve the path of Hunyuan by virtue!"

"Saint, I wonder what the difference is between these three methods of attaining enlightenment?"

"Using strength to prove the truth is the way Pangu the Great God used to prove the truth. If one succeeds, his strength will be the strongest! As for the three corpses proving the truth, that is my way of proving the truth. Among the three ways of proving the truth, its strength is relatively mediocre. As for the method of proving the truth through merit, the strength achieved is the weakest!

Although one can obtain great freedom and ease after proving the Dao with force, the Great Dao of the Great Wilderness has now retreated, and it is as difficult as ascending to heaven to prove the Dao with force in the Great Wilderness environment. If one wants to prove the Dao with this method, one must enter the outer chaos and strive for a glimmer of hope to prove the Dao with force!

As for the only thing needed to prove the truth through merit is enough merit. As long as the merit is enough, even an earthly immortal can become a saint. However, merit can make or break a person's truth. If the merit is completely consumed due to an accident, the strength of the person who proves the truth will be completely reduced to the bottom!"