Chen Cuo had crossed over to the Chen Dynasty of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, becoming an imperial clansman. Expecting to tread a path of historical intrigue, he never anticipated the world's sudden surreal turn.
"Qi refinement, spirit cultivation, merits of faith... seems I've no choice but to seek immortality and ascension first."
Thus begins his journey—
By the willow shade, beneath pine shadows,
Spine steeled, all worldly ties released;
Reining in the Monkey of the Mind, bridling the Horse of Will—
Only whispers of eternal life grace the moonlit breeze.
And as the ancients proclaimed:
The Heavenly Dao lies vast and unseen,
Spirits and gods shrouded in mist.
Yet when the sun declines at noon,
Shadows emerge from the Ninth Abyss.
Question 1: What is Tao?
Answer: The Tao of nature is God, the Tao of life is immortal, and becoming an immortal is both Tao
Question 2: What is the Great Dao?
Answer: Nature and life are the first great Dao.
Question 3: How do you know it is the Great Dao.
Answer: If I hit you with a punch, your nature and life will be gone, so what Tao are you still practicing?
Born as a god, transforming into three bodies, nature and life, you can practice the unparalleled Great Dao;
With evil in your life, you walk through the world, just to compete for a stick of burning incense.
The immortal way is mysterious, the divine way is profound, and the hundreds of schools of thought are all in the human way.
Chen Yuan failed to survive the catastrophe and encountered a great disaster. He lay dormant for a hundred years and found a cottage. Unfortunately, he died.
When the yang energy is gone and the blood is exhausted, who says that a dead person cannot become a true immortal?
Chen Laoshi's poem says: The body is like a dead tree hiding in the silent sky, and it is dim and dark in a mirror.