Chapter 746: Redefining the Mandate of Heaven
The destruction of the gods will greatly damage the vitality of Shinto at most, but it cannot really destroy Shinto. But during the period of destroying the gods, Zhang Zongyan and the Quanzhen Sect did one more thing, that is, to redefine the mandate of heaven.
They united the power of the imperial court and asked for the fate of the heavens, and after forty-nine days, they changed a mandate of heaven and made one more rule in the world, that is: the solitary yang does not give birth, and the solitary yin does not grow.
This mandate of heaven seems to have nothing to do with Shinto, but the crux of the matter is that the gods who are enshrined in Shinto are all yin gods, and those who can manifest are yang gods, and the two are either solitary yang or solitary yin, which is not in line with the new destiny at all.
Since it is not in accordance with the mandate of heaven, it will be obliterated. Therefore, the Shinto was destroyed by the Mandate of Heaven overnight, and except for those Shinto powers who hid in the raft and a few gods who escaped, the rest of the gods were killed.
However, since Shinto can last for so long, it is naturally impossible to have no backhand at all, and they also carried out a final counterattack, which not only caused those Taoist priests who asked for their lives to be severely damaged, but also forcibly destroyed the national Zuo of Meng Yuan, so that it only existed for less than a hundred years.
After this incident, Quanzhen suffered a heavy loss, and then failed in the argument with Tibetan Buddhism, and never again regained his original glory. Zhang Zongyan was also seriously injured and dying, and was forced to fall into a deep sleep, and did not wake up again until more than 200 years later.
Fang Hong listened to the story of Zhang Zong's speech, and his mood couldn't help but be a little agitated. He couldn't have imagined that the old man in front of him would do such a shocking thing back then. Destroying gods with people and destroying Shinto with one hand, what kind of courage is this, compared to it, this is at most a small fight.
"The inertia of the Mandate of Heaven is terrifying, and although we forcibly changed the Mandate of Heaven, the upper limit of this Mandate of Heaven is still being restored as time goes by. In the past, no gods or ghosts could exist, but now, as long as your strength does not exceed the fifth rank, you can survive under this heaven and earth. Zhang Zongyan sighed, if the upper limit of this Mandate of Heaven continues to increase, even if Shinto does not carry out the plan of becoming a god in the flesh, he can still be reborn.
Speaking of this, Fang Hong was also a little silent. If all the remnants of the Shinto in those rafts came out, the two of them would only be able to stretch out their necks to be slaughtered. There are all strong people who have stepped into the manifestation, and their strength is at least three grades, and they are not enough to see at all.
Neither of them spoke, and Zhang Zongyan continued to eat, the scene was a little quiet, only the sound of "click" chewing was heard.
"Why did Quan Zhen want to destroy the gods back then? Could it be that there is any conflict of interest between the two?" After a while, Fang Hong finally spoke. If Zhang Zong's performance of destroying the gods is to get rid of the control of the gods, then what is the purpose of the Quanzhen Sect doing this?
"Because...... They want to cultivate immortals. Zhang Zongyan smiled, with some disdain in his words, but also some envy, in short, his emotions were very complicated.
"Cultivating immortals?" Fang Hong felt that this was a very distant word, but he had heard that the storyteller had said that there were swordsmen and the like, and when he opened his mouth and spit out, he could spit out sword pills and kill people thousands of miles away. But as a god himself, he knew that there were no immortals in the world, and when Shinto existed, any transcendent existence had to be named in Shinto.
"The breath is breathed, the Dao base is forged, the golden pill is condensed, the pure baby, those Quanzhen Taoists have even built the path of cultivating immortals. It's a pity, this world is dirty, people's hearts are like mud, this road is not open at all, if you want to achieve transcendence, you must either take the martial arts or the divine path. Zhang Zongyan sneered and shook his head slightly.
"How do you say this?" Fang Hong was a little puzzled, Zhang Zong's speech was too mysterious, and his mind was full of fog.
"What is an immortal? People in the mountain, can be immortals, this mountain is not the mountain of the world, but the real blessed land cave sky, beyond the world. Only in that environment can one become an immortal. And in this world, it is filthy, and there is no environment for cultivating immortals, so how can they become immortals? Therefore, those Quanzhen Taoist priests are too naïve. Zhang Zongyan exhaled and spoke.
"No wonder I look at the Taoist priests today, none of them can have supernatural powers, and they have no cultivation in their bodies, so it is. Fang Hong nodded, if the Divine Dao was shattered, the Immortal Dao should take advantage of the situation to rise, it turned out that there was such a change in this.
"The human heart is complicated, and the gods use the human heart to condense their thoughts, and as long as all beings do not die, the gods can also live forever. The fairy road is otherwise, the fairy road pays attention to the dust and does not cause dust. The more chaotic people's hearts are, the more difficult it is to become immortals. Zhang Zongyan continued.
Fang Hong was thoughtful, it was only now that he had a general understanding of the causes and consequences of the world. At the same time, he also lamented the difficulty of cultivation, from ancient times to the present, I don't know how many great wise people have gone forward to find the path of detachment, but how many people can succeed?
Even those beings who have attained the Yang God and can manifest out of thin air can only succumb to the destiny of heaven and survive in the ancient raft of Doom, which cannot be regarded as detachment. It's like Zhang Zong's speech, but it's just jumping from one cage to another.
"How can we reach the realm of transcendence and immortality? For a moment, Fang Hong was also a little dazed, this feeling was like he was standing in front of a bottomless cave, the future was full of unknowns, and no one could guide him. A coldness from his heart rose from his heart.
Zhang Zongyan was silent for a while, then dipped a finger in wine, and then wrote a word on the table, "Go"!
Fang Hong looked at this word, and then looked at Zhang Zongyan's eyes, from the seemingly dim eyes, he could see a kind of firmness, the road ahead is cut off, then go out of the way.
"Thank you. Fang Hong stretched out his hand and pressed it, and the font written by the wine gently evaporated into the void, and there was no trace of it anymore.
"Don't thank me, if you can get out of the way, it will be good for me. Nowadays, there are very few people who can pursue detachment, and I don't want to be too lonely on the way to the truth. Zhang Zongyan shook his head and drank another glass of wine.
"I live in Yangjiaoshui Village, Changning County, Jiangxi Province, if there is something wrong, you can go there to find me. The two of them were not people who liked to chat, and after understanding each other's details, Fang Hong said goodbye.
After he finished speaking, his body slowly blurred and quickly disappeared into his seat. Zhang Zongyan is still drinking one after another, as if he wants to make up for the difference in the past few hundred years.
However, he soon discovered a problem.
"Damn, this kid didn't leave me any money, this isn't the intention to see me ugly. Zhang Zongyan looked at the empty wine jugs in front of him, a table of messy dishes, and three unkind faces, and scolded in a daze.
Thanks to the 200 coins reward from the classmates, I touched it big