Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

“So it’s the people from the previous era, no, it’s our ancestor gods who used their legends and created Dharma images for us to practice?” Ji Ren said.

Use this method to control the upper limit of the cultivation of people in this era and prevent people in this era from being out of control?

But what we saw at that time was that when they faced a great catastrophe, they directly condensed the Dharma image.

"No, this is the greatness of our ancestors in the last era." Niangniang Hou Tu shook her head slowly and said, "In the last era, when the way of gods was flourishing, our ancestors had already predicted the final calamity, but they could predict it but could not solve it. They also predicted that when the final calamity came, it would be the end of the Dharma era and their descendants would be powerless, so they sacrificed their lives to become Dharma images and pass on their own way to their descendants, so that their descendants, our ancestors, have a glimmer of hope."

"Is this the origin of the Dharma?" Ji Ren was in awe when he heard this.

For future generations and for the human race, he sacrificed himself to become a Dharma image.

Passing on the torch.

"Yes, this is the origin of the Dharma." Hou Tu Niangniang said with some admiration on her face, "In terms of physical strength alone, the human race is not the strongest race in the world, but in the end it is the human race that became the master of this land, relying on the inheritance of generations! Generation after generation, one after another."

“And in the end, their efforts were not in vain. When they were on the verge of death, our ancestors finally found a glimmer of hope, condensed their Dharma images, and realized the Great Dao as mortals. They fought against the heavens and changed the Great Dao. Although they could not completely protect the human race at that time, they preserved the fire for the human race, and that is how we have the world today.”

"These dharma images are gods, gods born before heaven and earth, gods who naturally master the great way!"

"Then what is going on with the Dharma in the fairy world now?" Ji Ren asked curiously.

Was it also created by the incarnation of the immortal in the previous era?

"They? They are just a group of Dharma images created by our ancestors." Queen Hou Tu sneered with disdain, "Long ago, in the last era, there were gods who dominated everything. Later, the gods sensed the future disaster and transformed into Dharma images. However, between the era of gods and the era of mortals, there were many extraordinary beings, they are immortals and Buddhas.

"At that time, these so-called immortals and Buddhas needed the belief of living beings to practice, fooled living beings, and frequently used despicable means. There was a Taoist who claimed that there were three great emperors. The heavenly official was in charge of the stars, the earthly official was in charge of the mountains, and the water official was in charge of the rivers. The three great emperors came down to earth and incarnated as the three saints Yao, Shun and Yu. The three saints Yao, Shun and Yu were just one of the incarnations of the three great emperors. They reversed right and wrong, forgot their ancestors, and were like animals. As for the bald monk, there is no need to say more. He was high above and controlled life and death.

"People worship immortals and Buddhas, but forget their ancestors. However, the so-called immortals and Buddhas, when they knew the great catastrophe was coming, chose to transform into stone statues, but it was not to give future generations a ray of hope, but to enter a state of suspended death, trying to steal the faith of all living beings, in a vain attempt to survive the final catastrophe. At that time, the sky and the earth were dark, the end of the world was coming, and the living beings were extremely terrified, and they increasingly hoped that the savior would come, so they became more and more devout in their faith, but no matter how devout they were, there was no response.

"They are high and mighty gods, and humans are just slaves who serve them. When our ancestors found out about this, they were furious, and they refined these stone statues of Dharma images and passed on their teachings. That's how the Dharma images in the fairy world came into being. However, these Dharma images were originally inferior, and our ancestors didn't cultivate them much when they refined them, so the inheritors of these Dharma images were nothing more than cannon fodder in the war."

Listening to Hou Tu Niangniang's disdainful words, Ji Ren was shocked. He never thought that the truth would be like this.

But if that is true, why didn’t I see these cannon fodder in Lei Ze?

Is it because I don’t know enough?

Or is it because Hou Tu Niangniang deliberately wanted to expire, or is it that what Hou Tu Niangniang knew was not the whole truth?

"Then why are you here, Your Majesty?" Ji Ren suppressed the shock in his heart.

You are so high and mighty, why would you come to this lower world?

"Because there is a human king Dharma image here, and there may be other Dharma images, so I am here." Empress Hou Tu explained, "At the end of the world, the heavens and the worlds collapsed. The ancestors tried their best to turn the tide and fight against the rules, but the end of the world is a foregone conclusion. The ancestors tried their best to preserve a little bit of the flame of Yanhuang. However, even so, the Great Dao still wants to completely destroy the ancestors.

"So, our ancestors fought against the heavens and the rules. In the end, the rules of the final calamity evolved between heaven and earth, creating an abyss and giving birth to endless demons that wreaked havoc on the world. Our ancestors created the world, multiplied, and fought against the final rules."

"The war lasted for 36 billion years. The Human King Fuxi led the emperors of the human race to attack the abyss created by the final calamity, intending to level the abyss and eliminate the final calamity. However, although they eventually curbed the expansion of the abyss and brought hundreds of millions of years of peace to the human race, they did not completely eliminate the abyss. Instead, the Human King's lineage was completely destroyed, and the Human King's Dharma image disappeared without a trace.

"The gods kept on deducing and finally locked onto this place among all the heavens and the myriad worlds. It is the most likely place to hide the stone statue of the human king. So the Yellow Emperor sent Ji Hong, and Queen Wa sent Feng Yuexi. Since I am a descendant of the Yan Emperor and a minister of the Yellow Emperor, I came here together."

"Ji Hong?" Ji Ren raised his eyebrows when he heard that.

Hongjun?

"That's right, it's the one you were thinking of, Hongjun. He transformed his own Dharma image and became the current Taoist Patriarch, mastering the way of heaven. Originally, his cultivation was the highest among the three of us, and now it's probably even higher. Even if Feng Yuexi and I were combined, I don't think we could beat him." said the Queen Mother Hou Tu.

“If the original form of our great master wasn’t Hongjun, then who was it?” Ji Ren asked puzzledly.

"Northern Emperor Zhuanxu!" said the Queen Mother Hou Tu indifferently, "Even if I tell you, you still don't know. In the last era, there were the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, headed by the Yellow Emperor, who was also known as Emperor Hongshi, which is also the origin of Hong in Hongjun. At the same time, the Yellow Emperor was also the beginning of a new era of Chinese civilization, and the other four of the Five Emperors were descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Therefore, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor have many more choices of condensed Dharma images. The one that Ji Hong condensed was the Northern Emperor Dharma image that had once been connected to the sky and the earth. Although not as good as the Yellow Emperor, it is still far better than all the Dharma images you have seen in your life.

"After coming here, he established himself as the Taoist Patriarch and took control of all authority. After all, all sacrifices, whether to immortals or Buddhas, must be under the emperor! Immortals or Buddhas are nothing more than tools."

Ji Ren was stunned.

Zhuanxu?

How could I not know?

I know it so well!

If he encountered this, Gonggong would probably want to rush up and kill him with one punch!

You have a good impression of me now, probably because of Gonggong's Dharma image. In terms of Dharma image, I am older than you.

And if Hongjun knew about this, I would be dead!

Wait, Laozi went specifically to look for Gonggong’s image, did he know about this matter?

Is it really just a coincidence?

Taoists believe that the highest good is like water, so why do they seek water?

Or did Gonggong fight Zhuanxu?