Chapter 39

Sending all those human beings down the mountain, the Suiren Fire Cloud Cave finally returned to its tranquility. With the great calamity just passed, the heavenly signs were clear, making it a good time for cultivation. Thus, Feng Ye began to close himself off for cultivation again. After all, a Celestial Immortal's foundation was still insufficient, and he would need to recruit the divine farmer Shennong in the future. Without profound cultivation, it would be hard to command respect.

Back when he was mending the sky, Feng Ye had touched upon the profound realm of a Mystic Immortal. If not for Gonggong's disruption, he might have already broken through.

However, this time it was familiar territory, and with the recent merit added, the breakthrough was quite easy. In just a few years, he successfully broke through to Celestial Immortal and advanced to Mystic Immortal. Next, he would need to comprehend the Heavenly Dao to strive for the realm of merging with the Dao, achieving the immortal Golden Immortal.

Feng Ye did not leave his seclusion, and time passed.

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Heavenly sounds echoed, golden flowers fell, strange fragrances spread, and purple qi gathered at the origin.

"Here again? Nothing new!" Feng Ye looked up and secretly complained, but said nothing more. This was the fourth time the signs of sainthood appeared, right?

The first three were the Three Pure Ones establishing the two schools of Zhuan and Chan. This time it should be Jieyin and Zhunti, who are establishing the Western School.

Sure enough, after a while, a voice spread throughout the universe.

"I, Jieyin/Zhunti, hereby establish the Western School, with the Three Vehicles of the Wonderful Dharma to enlighten all beings." As the merit of enlightenment fell, Jieyin continued, "The West is barren, and the people suffer. I make a great vow to establish the Western Paradise."

"If I become a Buddha, and there are still hells, hungry ghosts, and animals in my land, I will not attain true enlightenment."

"If I become a Buddha, and there are still hells, hungry ghosts, and animals in my land, I will not attain true enlightenment."

"If I become a Buddha, and the beings in my land are not all of true golden color, I will not attain true enlightenment."

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"If I become a Buddha, and the bodhisattvas from other lands, upon hearing my name, do not immediately attain non-retrogression, I will not attain true enlightenment."

"If I become a Buddha, and the bodhisattvas from other lands, upon hearing my name, do not immediately attain the first, second, and third stages of patience, and do not attain non-retrogression in the Dharma, I will not attain true enlightenment."

There were forty-eight vows in total. After the forty-eight great vows were made, a beam of golden light from the heavens fell into the Western Seven Treasures Forest.

Forty-eight great vows! The merit of establishing the school was enough to achieve sainthood, so these vows must have been genuinely made for the Western people. Thinking of this, Feng Ye sincerely bowed three times to the West.

Although they are sages, revered by heaven and earth, they are still cultivators. Would it really be necessary to kowtow to them? Bowing to the sages is ultimately a sign of respect for those who have achieved the Dao and walked their own path. They are the embodiment of the Dao, and this is a form of worship and respect for the Dao. It is merely treating them as advanced practitioners.

After all, any cultivator aims to achieve the Dao and has confidence in their ability to do so. If they lack this confidence, they should give up cultivation early. A weak Dao heart will naturally lead to failure in cultivation.

The Western School, though considered a side path, has its unique aspects, having produced two sages. Feng Ye felt a wave of admiration, then shook his head and let it go. The West has its own Dao, and he would cultivate his own Dao of talismans.

Thinking of this, Feng Ye pointed to his head, and a cloud of qi flew out, transforming into a cloud of celebration. On it was a Taiji talisman, which continuously rolled, inscribed with countless divine characters, totaling 96,000. Feng Ye had added over 30,000 more based on the ancient divine characters.

It seems that as long as he evolves one primordial divine character, that will be the time he becomes a Golden Immortal. Thinking of this, Feng Ye began to deduce the divine characters again.

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A thousand years passed in seclusion. The Yuan Kui Heavenly Dragon, now a hundred zhang long, had reached the peak of his divine body, just a step away from the immortal Golden Immortal Dragon Lord. Divine cultivation is faster than immortal cultivation, but in terms of breaking through realms, it may not necessarily surpass immortal cultivation.

As for Feng Zhong, he had already passed the thunder tribulation and become a Celestial Immortal. With three immortals and deities in the family, although they could not compare to the先天大教 (inherent great teachings) like the Mystic School and the Chan School, Feng Ye was quite satisfied.

On this day, a beam of crimson golden divine light shot up from the Fire Cloud Cave. A spiritual treasure! The Suiren Lamp had actually advanced to a merit spiritual treasure, with thirty-three Heavenly Dao restrictions.

This was not something Feng Ye had cultivated himself, but rather the Suiren Lamp, as one of the human instruments, had continuously absorbed the human race's fortune. Now that the human race's prosperity in the universe was firmly established, all the human instruments had advanced to merit spiritual treasures, which was a reward for the human race's forebears. For Feng Ye, it was this Suiren Lamp.

Was the human race's prosperity finally determined? Feng Ye picked up the Suiren Lamp, calculated with his fingers, and learned that the human race's prosperity was related to the split of the Suiren tribe.

The human race's fortune originated from the Nine-Headed Clan. The Nine-Headed Clan created the five-colored human race as the foundation of the human race, establishing the human path, known as the Golden Human Race. The Golden Human Race possessed divine nature and could be considered innate demigods, with a lifespan of 48,000 years. After the Great Flood at the end of the ancient era, the five-colored human race was destroyed, with only a few survivors.

In the ancient era, Nüwa, as the Earth Goddess, molded humans from clay, reshaping the human race and continuing the fortune of the ancient human race, known as the Silver Human Race.

Like the Golden Human Race, the Silver Human Race also experienced a great flood, but many survived and repopulated the universe. The Suiren tribe was part of the Silver Human Race, and after the sky was mended, the Bronze Human Race came to dominate.

The two great floods divided the human race into three categories. Figures like Fuxi and Shennong, who appeared after the sky was mended, were also considered part of the Bronze Human Race.

In the ancient era, the Nine-Headed Clan established the human path, with the belief that humans could overcome heaven. At that time, the Nine-Headed Human Race was at the peak of fortune. However, after the great flood, the Nine-Headed Human Race declined, and the human race's fortune lost its carrier.

In the ancient era, Nüwa remade humans to continue the ancient fortune. In fact, Nüwa was also part of the ancient human royal lineage, carrying the fortune of the Nine-Headed Human Race. Thus, the fortune flowed into the ancient human race.

In the ancient era, although the Suiren tribe produced a Suiren Emperor, it was only one of several major tribes, like the Youchaos. Many ancient humans sought protection under powerful beings to ensure their safety, thereby losing the fortune inherited from the ancient Nine-Headed Human Race. After all, the spirit of the Nine-Headed Human Race was the belief that humans could overcome heaven, and without that indomitable spirit, they could not inherit the fortune of the ancient Nine-Headed Human Race.

In summary, only a few tribes, like the Suiren and Youchaos, fought independently in the ancient universe, thereby inheriting the fortune of the ancient human race.

However, in the recent sky-mending calamity, these tribes suffered significant damage, with only the Suiren tribe standing out, suffering the least damage.

With the majority of the universe's life forms damaged, the Suiren tribe seized this opportunity, branching out and repopulating the new human race. They became the main body of the third generation of the human race, integrating the fortune of the ancient Nine-Headed Human Race and the fortune of the ancient human race. The combined fortune of the third generation of the human race finally made them the main characters of the universe.

It can be said that the human race at this time was the descendants of the Suiren tribe, and the forebears of the Suiren tribe received great merit for this.

However, truly speaking, there were not many living forebears of the Suiren tribe left. Including Feng Ye, there were only two and a half: one was the Yanzis in the Western Kunlun Mountains cultivating, one was Feng Ye, and the other was the Suiren Emperor Feng Kui in the cycle of reincarnation.

In addition, although there were some