Chapter 125: Wen Xuan Enlightenment

Chapter 125 – The Way of Enlightenment by Literary Election

The Emperor’s cronies present didn’t really know much information.

They only knew that the Tai Hua Heaven had dropped a Tai Chu Supreme Treasure from Chaos a few Yuanhui’s ago, named the Heavenly Book.

And this Heavenly Book was first discovered by the Lord of the Divine Court, Dongfang Quan, only that after the Heavenly Book fell, it fell to the ground and couldn’t be carried away.

Therefore, the location of the book of heaven, has long established the temple of the book of heaven, guarded by the emperor’s personal guards, no one can approach.

The Emperor and the Divine Lord had also cooperated, and the two Lords of Power intended to use the Heavenly Book to imitate the special physique of the Demon Race and cultivate the human race’s Sacred Bodies and Divine Bodies to be sent to the Divine Court.

Why they were sending them into the Divine Court and not cultivating them in the Tai Hua Heaven, they had actually both asked the Emperor, but the Emperor didn’t answer, only saying that it was a matter of cooperation with the Divine Lord.

Now that the emperor had summoned them, he directly announced a shocking piece of news, the Divine Court Lord Dongfang Quan was dead?

“This is a good thing, Emperor!” At this moment, a close associate spoke with a smile on his face, “When the Divine Lord Dongfang Quan found Tai Hua Heaven, it was still because of the Tai Chou Supreme Treasure, now that we have the Huan Yu Grand Formation to help us hide Tai Hua Heaven, we can completely use the Heavenly Book to cultivate Sacred Bodies and Divine Bodies, and at that time, all the surrounding cavernous heavens will surely look to us, Tai Hua Heaven, as their leader.”

“Not bad, the selfishness of the Divine Lord caused the Divine Court to not even know of our existence, and now that Dongfang Quan is dead, Tai Hua Heaven’s opportunity has come.”

“Perhaps a few Yuanhui down the line, our Tai Hua Heaven will be able to become one of the well-known forces in the Huan Yu like the Divine Court.”

As Tai Hua Heaven’s power increased, their power as close associates of the Emperor naturally multiplied as well.

Therefore, the cronies present hardly needed to think, they all knew what to say.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Tai Hua pondered for a moment and said:

“Previously, because of the contract with Dongfang Quan, there was a hidden secret that has been kept from you all, if I, Tai Hua Heaven, want to hatch Saint Bodies and God Bodies, I need a large amount of qi.”

“And qi luck is mysterious and difficult to observe. Previously, it had been Dongfang Quan who collected it, but now that the other party is dead, it is even more difficult to collect qi luck without special supreme treasures, so I wonder if any of you would like to take the order to look for treasures that can collect qi luck?”

These words caused the cronies present to look at each other in disbelief.

It dawned on them that they were afraid that the emperor had already made a decision, and the main matter for which they had been summoned was probably because of the issue of qi fortune.

Thinking about this, the cronies present all said with solemn faces, “I am willing to share the emperor’s worries.”

“Good.” The emperor laughed, “With the help of you and the others, why would I worry about Tai Hua Heaven not prospering?”

It was just that the emperor also knew that supreme treasures were hard to find.

If it couldn’t be found, I’m afraid that after this session of the Great Election of Tong Tian, it would have to go back to the kind of competition that was just purely heavenly rank in the past.

Then this session of the Great Election of Tong Tian was the top priority, and the Saint Body and God Body that could stand out would have to be focused on cultivation.

“The search for the most precious treasure is not in a hurry, the Great Election of Tong Tian will begin immediately, all of you and this seat will watch this election together, just to see if there are a few good seedlings.”

“Good.”

……

For the last ten days or so, Zhou Xuan had been hanging around the True Transmission Building.

Because of his mastery of Heavenly Lightning, his aura was extremely conspicuous amongst the Foundation Establishment Perfections, and most of the True Transmission Building’s True Transmitters were able to discern Zhou Xuan’s divine difference.

With a little questioning, they knew that Zhou Xuan was a Heaven’s Path Foundation Establishment.

Upon learning of this, many of the Holy Land True Transmitters became acquainted with Zhou Xuan.

After learning that Zhou Xuan was not a Heaven’s Path Foundation Builder cultivated by the Holy Lands, but rather a Heaven’s Path Foundation Builder himself within the continental region, and especially knowing that Zhou Xuan was now going to participate in the Great Election of Heaven as a member of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect in return for the grace of cultivation from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, these True Legends were even more enthusiastic.

Still, as long as one is human, they all like to befriend those who know how to repay their kindness.

During this period, Zhou Xuan had also familiarized himself with Lin Qinxue because of Luo Bingya.

After talking to her, he realized that this sister’s character was not jumpy or cool, and that she was a quiet person.

Lin Qinxue’s favorite thing to do was to enter the Holy Land’s Questioning Building to refer to the techniques, she liked to swim in the sea of techniques, and especially liked to create techniques.

As long as there were spells created from her hands, even though most of them were useless and would even hurt herself, she would be silly happy for a long time.

After exchanging views, he realized that Lin Qinxue actually didn’t want to participate in the Heavenly Election at all, she really wanted to cultivate faster and reach a higher realm, so that she could practice higher-order spells faster.

Literature girl is it.

Getting along, Zhou Xuan found that this Lin Qinxue character is more simple, he side-stepped some of the questions, Lin Qinxue basically answered.

If you can’t answer, Lin Qinxue will think for a while, and then shake his head to show that he doesn’t know.

Other people say they don’t know, Zhou Xuan may think that the dog is not lying to the old man.

He basically believed Lin Qinxue’s words.

However, in the Holy Land, the fact that Lin Qinxue was still able to maintain such a simple character was inseparable from the atmosphere of the Holy Land.

However, after these ten days or so, he knew that the probability was that the Ziyang Holy Land really didn’t have any Sacred Bodies or Divine Bodies.

Alas, this bad luck.

On the day before the Great Election of Tong Tian, Chai Shiren came to his door and told him about the Great Yu Dynasty.

When the final trial of King Jingnan’s family was held, Qi Changyun avoided suspicion and left directly.

“Oh? Did King Jingnan die then?”

“Your father spared the life of King Jingnan considering your relationship with Qi Changyun, while Qi Changyun’s two elder brothers were executed.”

“Oh.”

Zhou Xuan’s heart did not fluctuate much, it was mainly all NPCs to him, and since his father in the game had made the decision, he would not change it.

“Thank you, Chief Chai.”

“It’s all part of the job.”

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Chai Shiren left.

Since it was the day before the Tongtian Election, Zhou Xuan directly laid down on his bed tonight and had a beautiful sleep.

At midday the next day, Zhou Xuan took out his identity jade token like the other Foundation Establishment Perfections participating in the Tong Tian Grand Election and waited for the notification.

The Eastern Emperor Great Realm had as many as a billion or so participants in each edition of the TongTian Grand Election Civil Election, and although the Holy Land was huge, it would not purposely call everyone together to gather together.

Because of the participants of the civil election, there were simply too many people.

So it was sufficient to hold an identity jade token.

Zhou Xuan was naturally curious as it was his first time to participate in the Three Tests of the Tongtian Election, especially since this test was also divided into the Cultural Election and the Martial Election.

Once the noon hour arrived, a violent vibration emanated from the Identity Jade Tag in Zhou Xuan’s hand.

A message emanated from the identity jade.

“The Tongtian Grand Election Literature Selection will begin soon, do you wish to participate? You have ten breaths to think, if you do not answer after ten breaths, you will automatically give up.”

“Participate.”

Zhou Xuan naturally would not refuse.

Ten breaths later, Zhou Xuan seemed to sense something as he subconsciously looked up.

He then saw that high above the sky, the sky that had existed forever, a white light suddenly lit up, and even in the middle of the afternoon, one could still see that the light was extremely bright.

Wordlessly, that white light rushed straight down from the high heavens above, and then wrapped Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan could see that the True Transmission Building, there were many people who were also wrapped in this light as well, and among them was Lin Qinxue. At this moment, Lin Qinxue was curiously stretching out her hand, wanting to see if this light could be touched.

In the next moment, Zhou Xuan felt his body shake and disappeared in place.

The Holy Lord of the Violet Sun Holy Land, looking at this shocking scene, even though he had seen it from the shadow-retaining stones passed down amongst the Holy Land, it was obvious that experiencing it in person was even more shocking.

“Tai Hua Heaven.” The Sacred Lord recited, his face full of unwillingness, “It’s a pity… it’s a pity that this term of my Ziyang Sacred Land, there isn’t a single special physique.”

Alas…

The Sacred Lord sighed, only to realize that the building masters beside him were also filled with resignation just like him.

A few people glanced at each other, and all of them had dull gazes.

Without a Sacred Body or Divine Body, I’m afraid that after the Great Election of Heaven, perhaps the status of the Violet Sun Sacred Ground would even decline.

Of course, although the Holy Lord and the others were unwilling, they still didn’t leave.

This was because high in the sky, there were still streams of light manifestations that were displaying this Tong Tian Great Election competition.

This was a reserved program for every Tong Tian Grand Election now.

As long as one stayed in the holy land, one could see that huge flowing light manifestation from the sky above, and with one’s divine sense evading into it, one could also independently choose to watch the perspective of those who participated in the Great Heavenly Election.

Everyone could choose one to substitute into it.

Shi Jioyang, Chai Shiren, and Luo Bingya were the first three to all choose Zhou Xuan’s perspective.

And at this moment, when Zhou Xuan opened his eyes again, the world had long changed before his eyes.

Looking around, he was at a high altitude, his lower body was a huge plain that could not be seen at a glance, and in the surroundings were densely packed cultivators that were conspicuously abnormal.

And in the forefront of the field of vision, there is a sky-high tree, as if this heaven and earth through, look down, that thrive as a dragon’s roots, in this plains world rooted everywhere.

Raising his head to look upwards, the sea of clouds covered, cloudy and foggy, and could not look at the top of this giant tree at all.

In front of the sky-high giant tree, branches and leaves flourish, every branch and leaf gap in the middle, there is a different color of the huge fruit, delicate, colorful, colorful, shaking people’s eyes dizzy.

Just as Zhou Xuan was curious about what form this literary election would take, a solemn and grand voice came from the high heavens, sounding like a bell.

“The Great Dao is invisible, the Heavenly Dao is hidden, everything in this world has its own reasoning.”

“Often people speak of the fruits of their words, but their next brush has no words.”

“Today, I, Tai Hua Tian, have fused all the world’s paths into one, creating the Tree of Enlightenment.”

“The Tree of Enlightenment bears the fruits of the Dao, each fruit of the Dao, on high, is an exposition of the Dao, and every cultivator who participates in the Literary Election must start at the bottom of the Tree of Enlightenment, from the fruits of the Dharma, passing through the fruits of the Intentions, until the fruits of the Dao.”

“Every cultivator can enter among the fruits to realize the Law, the Intent, and the Dao, either to partake of them, or to enjoy them exclusively.”

“The literary selection is not compared to the level of battle power, but rather to your enlightenment, your understanding of the ten thousand dharmas, ten thousand things, and ten thousand things. Therefore, in the Realm of Enlightenment, your cultivation is confined to the mortal state.”

“In the Realm of Enlightenment, everything is based on the Dao.”

“And the amount, subtlety, and depth of the Dao of Enlightenment are all related to whether or not you can climb from the bottom of the tree, to the top of the tree.”

“In order to let you all know the progress, there is a Dao Enlightenment List in the Dao Enlightenment Realm, so you can check the progress of the Dao Enlightenment at any time with the help of your identity jade tags.”

“Then all of you, let me, Tai Hua Tian, see who is a true genius when it comes to Taoism, after putting aside qualifications and talents, and who is the heavenly pride of a thousand enlightenments.”

“From today onwards, the literary selection lasts for one year, and after one year, no matter what progress you all have made, you will end the literary selection stage.”

“And the one who can be the first to reach the top of the tree will be the first in this literary selection.”

“The civilization selection stage of the Tongtian Grand Election will begin.”

As the voice that sounded like a bell fell, Zhou Xuan realized that his perspective had changed, and with his eyes closed, he had a full picture of the Tree of Enlightenment in his mind.

And for each and every Dao Fruit on it, he could see it clearly, and understood what kind of Dao Intent was contained in each and every one of them.

Of course, since he was now at the mortal stage, he had to start at the bottom and climb up step by step.

Without a second thought, Zhou Xuan directly chose a dark purple fruit.

He majored in Thunder Law, so naturally, he had to comprehend Thunder Law.

This fruit was called the Pan Mountain Thunder Snake Fruit, a Dharma fruit.

When he entered the Dharma Fruit, Zhou Xuan realized that there were already countless cultivators in the middle of the Dharma Fruit World with him.

Obviously, every single one of them was someone who practiced the Thunder Dharma.

After entering the Dharma Fruit, Zhou Xuan looked up and saw a huge, gigantic serpent with a body that wrapped around a nearly 1,000-meter tall mountain from bottom to top.

Just as all the cultivators present were staring at the giant snake, the giant snake turned its head violently, a pair of vertical pupils that were like the bright moon looking straight towards them.

A chill rose up.

With a twist of the giant snake’s slender body, the ground shook and mountains shook, huge peaks crumbled, and in the next moment it was like a sharp arrow rushing towards them.

The cultivators present subconsciously let out a cry of alarm, and then they saw that the deep purple giant snake, as it leapt over, its body grew smaller and smaller, and finally transformed into the size of a half-man, charging directly into Zhou Xuan’s body.

“So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is.”

When the Discordant Mountain Thunder Snake had disappeared into Zhou Xuan’s body, he instantly came to his senses and laughed, looking around, “Gentlemen, I’ll take my first step.”

After saying that, Zhou Xuan breathed in and instantly transformed into a man-sized Discordant Mountain Thunder Snake, directly rushing out of the Dharma Fruit World.

The moment he went out, the dainty and colorful Dharma Fruit instantly dried up, as if the nutrients within had been absorbed.

Leaping out of the Dharma Fruit, Zhou Xuan had thought that he should be the first person to realize the Dharma.

Instead, he found hissing and chirping sounds all around him, and looking around, all sorts of strange creatures, and even streams and rivers, mountains and trees, flowers and plants, all leapt out of the Dharma Fruit.

The corners of his mouth tugged, subconsciously spitting out snake letters, Zhou Xuan was speechless.

However, he also reacted to the fact that the Fruit of the Law tested one’s achievement in the arts.

As long as one had outstanding talent and persistent cultivation in the art of magic, they would all be able to incarnate into the creatures of the world of the Fruit of the Law and climb high up towards the Tree of Enlightenment under the blessing of the Fruit of the Law.

And if one was a leader in the art of magic arts at the Foundation Establishment Realm, they would be like Zhou Xuan, directly enjoying the Fruit of the Law all by themselves.

After that Dharma Fruit dried up, Zhou Xuan, who had transformed into the Coiling Mountain Thunder Serpent, could clearly feel that his understanding of the Thunder Law had become even more profound.

This was the Pan Mountain Thunder Serpent’s understanding of the Thunder Law being added to him.

As for the others in the Dharma Fruit?
Zhou Xuan looked downwards, the cultivators within the Discordant Mountain Thunder Serpent Fruit, one by one, fell to the ground and did not die, but were able to re-select the Dharma Fruit.

As for the Discordant Mountain Thunder Snake Fruit that was exclusively his, it was slowly condensing at the moment, but it would take some time.

Obviously, as the voice that sounded like a bell said, everyone had a chance.

Even if you didn’t keep up at the beginning, you don’t have to worry, it only means that the others, for various reasons, are more advanced than you in the cultivation of arts, and are just starting a little higher.

But as long as the enlightenment is enough, you will definitely be able to catch up later, and naturally, you will also be able to make a name for yourself on the Enlightenment List.

Thinking about this, Zhou Xuan laughed.

It turns out that the foundation of the Great Dao should be here.

(End of Chapter)