bookpower Chapter 819 - 302: Seizing the Dao Fruit and Glimpsing a Corner of the Future (Part 3)
Chapter 819 - 302: Seizing the Dao Fruit and Glimpsing a Corner of the Future (Part 3)
By the final stage of cultivation, one can even achieve [No Cause No Effect].Reaching the last step, Ji Jingqiu sat cross-legged at an endless height in the starry sky, with a strand of True Spirit suspended outside the Time River and River of Destiny, impervious to any erosion and the wear of Ten Thousand Tribulations, remaining unscathed.
This is the Third Level, also the final level of [Eternal Freedom].
At this point—
Moving through the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds as if walking through one’s courtyard,
Severing karma and destiny as if pulling apart drifting catkins.
No constraints from the Ten Thousand Skills, unscathed by a thousand tribulations, thus confirming the True Self!
Of course, Ji Jingqiu had not truly finished cultivating this Method; it was a performance of Dao.
With the support of some mysterious force, he entered into an extremely peculiar state, as if he walked the path once traveled by predecessors again, utilizing his own Supreme Wisdom Light, smoothly reaching the end.
At this stage, he should naturally have "taken charge" and become the new master of this Supreme Method.
However, at the last moment, Ji Jingqiu heard a strand of Dao sound.
This Dao sound became his final obstacle, preventing him from moving forward.
This Dao sound asked him—
[What does it mean to be Reckless?]
Unscarred by a thousand blades, unfettered by the Ten Thousand Skills?
Not enough.
Walking the world alone, doing as one pleases?
Not enough.
Departing from convention, being lawless?
Still not enough.
No matter what answer Ji Jingqiu came up with, that mysterious Dao sound was never satisfied.
It seemed it had heard Ji Jingqiu’s responses countless times from someone’s mouth over the years.
It desired change, a new "granting," longing for...
Advancement and perfection.
After a long silence, Ji Jingqiu refrained from answering and instead asked:
"Can the Reckless ignore the weight of the Eight Sufferings?"
This time, it was the Dao sound’s turn to remain silent.
He continued to ask:
"Can the Reckless be untainted by the Bitter Sea, and untouched by tribulations?"
The Dao sound remained silent.
He said calmly, "I can. Follow me, and I shall lead you to witness the scene at the Bitter Sea’s end."
In the mysterious realm, a Dao Fruit seemed to tremble slightly, the Dao sound roared, growing ever more grand, like the chants of ancients, or the prayers of primeval gods, as all prosperity faded, the Dao returned to simplicity, flowing into Ji Jingqiu’s heart.
In this Dao sound, a certain divine power propelled him, once more performing a Dao transformation.
In the vast, dim universe, a figure sat cross-legged in the Void, with light suddenly rising behind him, illuminating the endless darkness.
A towering ancient tree, lush and verdant, stood tall like a canopy, with Glazed Glass Light piercing the sky, spanning hundreds of billions of tribulations, illuminating the Three Realms and Ten Directions!
At that moment, he did not uphold a Pure Land World because the Three Realms and Ten Directions had already become a Buddha Country...
Just as this scenario was about to advance further, all images froze abruptly!
Then, as if a crack appeared on glass, it rapidly spread until the entire surface shattered completely!
It was as if they had met an insurmountable chasm, crashing into a barrier!
Ji Jingqiu’s ears were met with a roaring Dao sound, and he fell from the mystical state back to his True Self, descending from infinite heights.
He slowly opened his eyes.
Heavenly phenomena descended, and sweet dew arose from the earth.
Along with him, a trembling Dao Fruit fell, too.
...
Heavenly Saint Lake.
As the great Dao resonances throughout Heaven and Earth grew increasingly "deafening."
The mist that had unknowingly enveloped the surface of the lowest lake for countless years gradually dissipated, revealing a simple wooden cabin and the towering figure sitting on the water, suppressing the extraordinary scene before it could move.
He slowly raised his head.
His gaze traversed layer upon layer of obstacles, aligning perfectly at that moment with a certain gaze from the dome above.
It was as if one was in heaven, and the other on earth.
Ultimately, both gazes fell upon Ji Jingqiu.
...
"The Dao Sound of Heaven, the resonance of Heaven and Earth..."
Not only the Heavenly Venerate Hanqing, seated guarding the Book Pavilion, but also the Heavenly Venerate Qingshan, still within the mountain gate, overseeing the Tiansheng Lake enforcement agencies...
Several Heavenly Venerates, with their gazes piercing through the Void, fell upon Ji Jingqiu, their expressions calm, yet they opened their mouths to congratulate:
"Congratulations to Junior Brother No Heaven on plucking the Dao Fruit, comprehending the Supreme Method."
...
Seeing Ji Jingqiu seemingly become the center of the Dao in Heaven and Earth, Hel was not surprised,
for this was the Dao field of the Lawless one, where even if he stripped away his root skill, the residual Dao Trace could not be wholly eroded.
Now, as Ji Jingqiu plucked the Dao Fruit, the great Dao resonated, the Dharma responded, and Heaven and Earth bore witness.
Hel’s gaze fixed on the Bodhi Tree within the Inner World.
Near the treetop, a "fruit" appeared, whose form was indescribable, changing every moment, hanging there.
Her expression turned slightly dazed; does this Bodhi Tree have such an effect?
...
...
Ji Jingqiu felt transparent all over. As he truly mastered the Supreme Method and plucked a Dao Fruit, the Dharma Realm, once so near and yet so distant, was now so "real," no longer ethereal and vague.
But Ji Jingqiu did not feel much joy, for at this moment, his True Self sensed the call and erosion of the Bitter Sea.
He quietly felt the profound understanding standing in the Dharma Realm, and silently, tears ran down his face, as if penetrating fate and seeing fragments of the imminent future.
Noticing this scene, Hel couldn’t help but frown.
Is this guy crying tears of joy? Is it necessary?
Unexpectedly, Ji Jingqiu, in the next moment, lowered his gaze and muttered:
"When the Bitter Sea manifests, that is the day my Supreme Visualization Map attains Great Success."
Hel was startled: "What are you talking about?!"
Ji Jingqiu closed his eyes, his spirit serene, returning to his True Self.
At this moment.
The illusory Bitter Sea Water was washing over his original being.
He opened his eyes within the Inner Realm, the Dao Fruit on the Bodhi Tree emitted a Dao sound, and Ji Jingqiu looked up at the kaleidoscopic seawater above, his eyes profound.
During the Dao transformation process with the Dao Fruit, he caught a glimpse of an incomplete future.
On the true day the Bitter Sea descended, when all beings fell into its depths, it would be the time when his Supreme Visualization Map reached Perfection.
That scene was so tragic, causing him to weep silently—not out of mundane joy or sorrow, but as the lament of Heaven and Earth Universe, as the dirge of All Spirits, shedding a single tear, lowering his gaze.
At that moment,
Ji Jingqiu seemed to feel the will of the Great Universe.