Myriad Paths

Li Qi had heard about Tathagata's great cause.

That is the great cause called "Awakening of the World". Tathagata Buddha hopes to turn all lives into "enlightened beings", and these awakened ones will no longer fall into pleasure, fall into troubles, and be distracted by the world. Fans, they will - forever progress.

Forever progress, what a terrible word.

When a person can only move forward and never retreat, Li Qi didn't know how to describe it...

As the saying goes, not practicing handcrafts for three days is to urge people to review from time to time, but not everyone can insist on it at all times. Li Qi is already very self-disciplined, and occasionally indulges in the enjoyment with Shen Shuibi, giving himself a lot of time. Day off.

But if they are all "enlightened ones" in Buddhism, I am afraid they will never indulge, never be afraid of evil thoughts, death, or hardship, and no temptation can stop them.

And if Buddhism has such a group of terrifying enlightened beings, can the ‘ultimate path’ be far away?

Perhaps it will still take hundreds of billions of years to pursue after that, but Li Qi feels that when the great cause of awakening the world is completed, it will almost be equivalent to the ultimate completion of Tao.

Never regress, never slack off, this is really scary.

This made Li Qi suddenly think of something.

Reincarnation is actually controlled by more than one Taoist tradition. Although Buddhism plays very smoothly with reincarnation, in fact... the Shinto heaven also likes to engage in reincarnation, and also likes to use reincarnation to punish others.

For example, the former Tianhe Navy Marshal was once forced to reincarnate in the animal realm, which was a punishment from heaven.

Li Qi had even met the Great Earth Witch God himself, and knew that this Witch God was currently shouldering the responsibility of reincarnation, using sacrifices to resolve the difficult yin energy of reincarnation.

As for the second-tier orthodoxy such as Ghost Dao, it goes without saying that it is completely based on reincarnation.

Li Qi didn't know how many Taoist traditions were related to reincarnation, but what was known was that the human Tao and the spiritual Tao clearly didn't care about reincarnation.

Um……

So complicated.

Well, let's analyze these things later when we are smarter.

Anyway, I can’t figure it out now.

With a lot of thoughts running through his mind, Li Qi saw two heavenly beings flying towards him.

In the Tajini Heaven, everyone has the power of emptiness. There seems to be no gravity here. Everything is light and fluttering, but it will not float around. For example, the tea placed on the table will definitely not spill out and will be fixed properly. Yes, but the lightness of other things makes people feel like they are in a dream.

At this moment, those heavenly beings flew towards Li Qi using empty means.

Li Qi noticed that the heavenly beings flying towards him were not the heavenly beings around who were indulging in pleasure. These two heavenly beings had cultivation bases and were protected by Buddhist dharma.

Li Qi understood that this kind of heavenly beings were of high level. They were not deceived by the beautiful life of heavenly beings without worries. They lost their attachment and began to abandon material enjoyment and instead strengthened their will to practice hard.

The ordinary people in the world have both suffering and happiness, and there are all kinds of competitions, and they can be tempered in the world of mortals. The Buddha did not give them a superior life, but just let them live an ordinary life that was mostly bitter and occasionally sweet. Whether they can still stick to the Dharma in ordinary life should be a test for them, right?

And these heavenly beings from the "heavens" need to resist the endless enjoyment. Among the heavens, the Buddha and Bodhisattvas provide them with almost unlimited happiness, endless material enjoyment and even spiritual enjoyment.

Being able to resist this temptation and still adhere to the righteousness of the Dharma is a test for the gods.

Obviously, the two heavenly beings who were running towards Li Qi had passed the test, and the gap between them and the surrounding heavenly beings had completely widened.

Li Qi stood there, waiting for the two heavenly beings to land.

But he saw two heavenly beings slowly flying in front of Li Qi, a man and a woman, both extremely beautiful.

In fact, heavenly beings are not ugly no matter what. Everyone is handsome and beautiful, everyone has body fragrance, and everyone has a glow on their body, just like a human-shaped light bulb with its own special effects.

One of the heavenly beings said to Li Qi: "Master Li Qi, the Lord of Lingxiao has informed us in advance. Please come with us. We have prepared a residence for you."

"That's good, Ling Xiao said to me. Only when you come here can you really come to the Western Heaven. Now I understand that the land outside is just a part of reincarnation. Only when you enter the heavens can you see the whole world. Xitian." Li Qi said with a smile.

Xitian Xitian, this name already shows the essence of the westernmost place in the world.

"Young Master is an honored guest. Although Tujini Heaven is not big, it can still travel to various places in the heavens, which is better than being outside. Please come with us, Young Master." The two heavenly beings saluted and then began to lead the way for Li Qi.

Li Qi followed immediately.

Along the way, the heavenly beings introduced various directions to Li Qi.

When they came to a lotus pond, the deity explained: "Sir, please look, if you go past this place, you can reach Brahma Heaven."

When they came to a forest, there were countless dead bones in the forest, and the gods introduced them: "If you go here, you can enter Mahakala."

Arriving at the giant wheel blown by the wind in the sky, they said: "From here, you can go to Mount Sumeru."

When they came to a cliff, they pointed to the leather in the cave and said, "If you put on the leather, you can go to the auspicious heaven."

When they came to a bodhi tree, they said again: "Sit under the tree and listen to heavenly music, and then you can go to the womb realm."

When they came to a glazed pagoda that was radiant with precious light, they said, "Climb up the pagoda, and if you don't fall down, you can go to the pure glazed land."

Arriving at a dazzling square covered with seven treasures, they said to the huge dharma ring on the square: "If you can push that door open, you can enter Amitabha's Pure Land and never fall into reincarnation."

Li Qi followed them for about thirty hours and visited many entrances in Dujini Heaven.

He discovered that the entire "Western Heaven" is like a honeycomb, and each "heaven" is a chamber in the honeycomb, connected to other chambers through other passages.

It extends in all directions, similar to...how to say...

Li Qi didn't know how to describe it, but he could travel through the heavens through various strange methods, and it felt like some kind of box garden type game.

After the tour was completed, the two heavenly beings brought Li Qi to a palace.

This palace is extremely luxurious. Li Qi has rarely seen such a huge and magnificent palace in the world. He has only seen it in many visions.

Of course, what I’m talking about here is the decoration style, not the actual grade.

If we talk about the actual level, there are many better than this. But let’s not talk about the actual level, just talk about aesthetics. The decoration is so luxurious and so heroic, it does need some aesthetic taste, and the designer’s design level is still something.

The entire palace covers an area of ​​hundreds of miles, with rows of banners, countless treasure nets, precious mantras, bells and bells, which is extremely solemn. The ground is the color of cyan glazed, and many precious flowers and precious trees are blooming. The trees are shaped like flowers and leaves, and they emit immeasurable light.

The sky is gorgeous and wonderful, as white as snow, emitting bright light, with subtle lotus flowers scattered all over it, purifying all dirt.

There are twenty-four flags hanging on all sides, and at the four corners, four flags are erected. Four bottles of wise men are filled with perfume. In the mouth of the bottle are fresh and wonderful flowers, with tulips in the middle and all the flowers of the season. They are extremely fragrant and extremely clean.

Also, four incense burners were placed outside the four doors to burn five kinds of incense. They were solemn, with a thousand colors and a thousand flavors, and the light was like an autumn rainbow, so that they could be used as offerings.

Li Qi looked around and marveled.

This decoration style, this aesthetic quality, tsk tsk tsk, it’s really unique.

Moreover, the most important thing is that this is not specially prepared for Li Qi, but similar palaces and thrones are everywhere. Every heavenly being has one.

It is no joke that heavenly beings enjoy ultimate material enjoyment, not only materially, but also spiritually.

All forms, feelings, thoughts, actions, and consciousness can be fully enjoyed by gods and humans. Whether it is love, friendship, or even all emotional or material needs including curiosity, gods and humans can be satisfied.

This is the blessing that the Buddhas gave to heavenly beings, and it is also a test for them.

"Then, let's send the young master here. The Lord of Lingxiao has arranged the residence and identity for the young master. It is up to the young master to decide what he wants to do in the West. We will leave first." The two The heavenly being put his hands together, bowed his head to Li Qi like a Buddha, and then said goodbye.

Li Qi also saluted and said goodbye, and then watched them leave.

Um……

Now that people are gone, what happens next is up to you.

Li Qi didn't care about his palace, and he had long been separated from the enjoyments of the mortal world.

In other words, he has never indulged in those enjoyments, maybe because of his experience as a researcher? Or is it something else?

Anyway, Li Qi seems to have never been immersed in material desires.

Hmm... I have indulged in carnal desires. Unfortunately, rabbits are very self-controlled, so Li Qi also had to control himself, and over time he got rid of it.

Li Qi looked around, mainly seeing the celestial beings and neighbors living in other palaces, all enjoying life to the fullest, playing games, doing sports, laughing together, barbecuing and eating fruits. Listen to music and enjoy love, friendship and family.

Almost every deity has his own palace and his own throne.

However, I couldn’t see many practitioners.

Li Qi shook his head and stopped paying attention to these things. Instead, he went out directly and prepared to do what he originally planned to do.

After finally asking Lord Lingxiao to get him connections in the Western Heaven, he was able to enter the Dujini Heaven, not just to watch these heavenly beings enjoy themselves.

He came to the West to see the real "Heavens", learn Buddhist methods of fighting against demons, and then bury some secrets...

In this way, he can calmly go to the battlefield outside the territory.

However, just as Li Qi went out, someone suddenly stopped him.

"Master, are you from outside?" A beautiful goddess called him.

That goddess is different from most goddesses. She has fox ears and three furry tails on her back. She is quite cute.

But it's nothing special. This is Dujini Heaven, the territory of Baichen Fox King Bodhisattva. In fact, there are many gods and goddesses with fox characteristics, but they are relatively rare. Li Qi followed those two gods around. By that time, I had seen a lot, but I just didn’t say anything.

Moreover, almost all of these celestial beings with fox characteristics have a certain level of cultivation, and there is a clear gap between them and ordinary celestial beings.

Li Qi was keenly aware of the other party's title, so he nodded and said, "It's Li Qi. This girl is... why do you know my identity?"

"The master asked me to come here, saying that I have something to discuss with you." The goddess said.

Master?

This title is usually used by younger people to refer to elders who have nothing to do with them but who have had educational heritage, and are used to specifically refer to lecture teachers.

For example, Li Qi once publicly lectured on the mountain spirits and wild monsters in Wushen Mountain and Dushuo Mountain. These mountain spirits and wild monsters had nothing to do with Li Qi, but the spirits who listened to Li Qi's public performances all You can call Li Qi "Master".

"I wonder who the master of the goddess is?" Li Qi had a vague guess in his heart, but he still took the initiative to ask.

But the goddess said: "Of course he is a Bodhisattva."

Li Qi was not surprised, but nodded.

really.

This is Tujini Heaven. Baichen Fox King Bodhisattva will naturally give public lectures every once in a while, and everyone can listen. The gods in the Tujini Heaven are called 'Masters', and that is naturally Baichen Fox King Bodhisattva. most likely.

"It turns out that Dujinitian personally invited him, and... after all, he came without warning. It is normal for Bodhisattva to ask. What do you want to discuss?" Li Qi was not surprised, but directly asked the other party's purpose of coming.

Li Qi now also wants to understand many things.

Back at Fengde Temple, Li Qi didn't believe the handsome monk with the fox tail without Tuji Nitian's instructions, so when he came to Buddhism, he also chose to use his relationship with the Lord of Lingxiao to come to Tuji. Nitian just wanted to test the other party's intentions.

If Li uses this trick to seduce other Bodhisattvas, he will definitely not be fooled.

However, Dajinitian is different.

Tujini was once a witch who brought disaster to the country, and then a heart-eating Yaksha ghost, and finally became the Baichen Fox King Bodhisattva, the famous Tujini.

This boss is a restless master, and Li Qi did this just because he guessed that the other party would respond to him.

after all……

Humanity and her have a big feud, a blood feud.

Her first life was a humane death. In the end, her remnant soul escaped, was tortured, and became a yaksha ghost. She was subdued by Mahakala and converted to Buddhism.

The most important thing is that according to the historical data Li Qi read at Wushen Mountain, the battle to kill the Demon Queen in the past actually had nothing to do with the Demon Queen herself.

According to Wu Shenshan's own records, the Enchantress and the Human Emperor were in true love. Because in ancient times, people were controlled by gods, and the Human Emperor actually stood against the Shinto heaven at that time, so he died.

Of course, humanity may have different views, and that doesn't matter.

From the enchantress's own point of view, her true love was torn apart, she was almost beaten to death, she became a devil, and her husband was completely dead.

Now people and witches are at war.

Can she stand by and watch?