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Chapter 429 The Direction of Advancement of the Mortal Body
The instant Lin Yan guided his mortal body to merge with the Buddha statue—
boom!
A vast and unparalleled force of faith and a torrent of emotion surged deep within his consciousness!
Countless images and obsessions, without any buffer, surged into Lin Yan's mind:
Merchants kneel before the Buddha, calculating contract profits in their hearts, praying for divine blessings of wealth—a display of shrewdness and greed; an old woman, her hands trembling, lights incense and candles, praying for the safety of her wandering son—a pure and sincere devotion and deep longing; a woman sobs softly, recounting the sorrow and resentment of her husband's infidelity; young men and women kneel side by side, filled with sweet anticipation and hope for the future; there are also the groans of the sick, the bewilderment of the disheartened, the fulfillment of vows by the successful, and the fear of those who repent…
Sorrow, joy, separation, reunion, greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt—the seven emotions and six desires of humankind, and the myriad thoughts and feelings of all beings, have been fermenting and accumulating in this place of flourishing incense offerings for countless days and nights.
At this moment, it was as if it had found a powerful "receiver" and was rushing in with the most surging force!
Lin Yan's body suddenly stiffened, and he was rooted to the spot.
Deep within his pupils, light and shadow shifted wildly, reflecting countless fragments of joy and sorrow that did not belong to him.
His sea of consciousness was overwhelmed by this complex "will of all living beings," causing the starlight to dim.
A few minutes? Perhaps just a few breaths, but for Lin Yan, it felt like falling into an endless abyss of emotions.
He felt his "self" being diluted, and countless unfamiliar prayers and emotions were trying to assimilate him, pulling him and dragging him into the boundless ocean of thoughts belonging to "the masses," making him one of the vague, faceless, and autonomous "voices."
That was reckless!
He underestimated the complexity and aggressiveness of unrefined faith power, and overestimated his ability to withstand and digest it in the early stages of his mortal cultivation.
This is a mental "pollution" and "drowning"!
The instinct for survival and the will to protect erupted at the last moment.
"Come back here!!"
Lin Yan mobilized all his divine soul power, forcibly severing the connection between his Dao body and the power of faith, and forcibly separating and recalling his mortal Dao body from the Buddha statue!
"puff--"
Outside, Lin Yan's body swayed slightly, his face turned pale for a moment, and a metallic taste rose in his throat, which he then forcefully suppressed.
The backlash from forcibly severing this deep connection is by no means easy.
The towering, turbid waves suddenly lost their main outlet, transforming into countless tiny ripples that gradually subsided within the inherent field of aspiration surrounding the Buddha statue.
The storm within Lin Yan's sea of consciousness gradually subsided, and the boundaries of his "self" became clear and stable once again.
He stood there, took a deep breath, and broke out in a cold sweat.
Just then, Xixi, covered in sweat from playing, ran over and hugged his leg.
"Dad! I hit the 'Peace' bowl! Brother hit the 'Wisdom' bowl!" Chenchen followed, his little face flushed from exercise, his eyes sparkling.
Lin Yan quickly suppressed all his turbulent emotions and lingering fear, and a gentle smile returned to his face.
He bent down, and gently cradled the two little dumplings in his arms, one in each hand.
"That's wonderful! My Chenchen and Xixi are both blessed children."
He kissed their cheeks.
"Are you tired of playing? We should go home."
"Yes! Let's go home and eat Aunt Wang's glutinous rice lotus root!" Xi Xi excitedly hugged her father's neck.
Chenchen nodded and nestled obediently on his father's shoulder.
Lin Yan didn't linger. He carried the two children and turned to walk out of the temple.
Lin Yan took the two children home. Xi Xi and Chen Chen started ordering food around Wang Yuling, and Lin Yan sent them a telepathic message.
"Yu Ling, Lin Gang, I need to go back to my space. You two feed them first."
"Yes, young master!"
By the spiritual spring, Lin Yan sat cross-legged, his body enveloped in a misty aura of spiritual energy.
His expression was solemn as he slowly imprisoned the power of faith deep within the core of his Dao body.
This is only a temporary sealing, like a "dangerous sample" that must be handled with care.
Once his breathing had completely calmed down, Lin Yan stood up.
In a flash, he arrived at the vast ocean of books.
In the days that followed, he immersed himself in the countless books collected by his ancestor.
From fragments of ancient Taoist rituals to unorthodox practices of achieving divinity through incense offerings, and various records of Buddhist vows and Taoist merit accumulation...
He studied extensively and thoroughly, but those methods either relied too much on specific divine positions or required complete devotion to faith and loss of self, none of which were what he desired.
The method he needs must be able to draw nourishment from the vast power of the human world, while absolutely maintaining the true self of "Lin Yan" as an independent being.
Lin Yan closed his eyes and pondered in his study.
Countless ideas collide, deduce, break down, and recombine.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Yan slowly opened his eyes.
Deep within his eyes, it seemed as if galaxies were rising and falling, and the mortal world was churning, ultimately settling into a clear and unwavering radiance.
A cultivation path that belonged only to Lin Yan was completely formed in his heart.
He named this path "The Scripture of Free and Easy Crossing of Karma".
Its core is to construct a sophisticated "trinity" tempering system to cope with the three major tests of faith power from reception to absorption.
First level: External defense - Constructing a "forge of mortal dust".
Lin Yan realized that he could no longer use his Dao body to directly contact the chaotic flow of willpower.
A "base station" and a "first line of defense" must be built.
Lin Yan transformed the power of his vows into an invisible "furnace of the mortal world".
The power of all beings' aspirations converged, first interacting with Lin Yan's "Free and Unfettered Daoist Charm".
The Daoist rhythm acts like a "catalytic enzyme" and a "neutralizing agent," enabling the initial sorting out of distracting thoughts.
Those extremely paranoid and malicious prayers (such as curses and jealousy) will be significantly weakened or rejected at this level because they cannot resonate with the Daoist spirit of "freedom".
Then, inside and around the furnace, he set up his uniquely created "All Things Return to Truth Filtering Array".
This array acts like the most precise sieve and centrifuge, filtering and diverting the power of thought layer by layer based on the "emotional spectrum" and "purity of obsession".
Ultimately, only the "power of prayer" that is relatively pure and originates from universal good wishes can be initially purified and introduced into the next stage.
Second stage: Inner cultivation - transforming into a "Dao Heart Simulator"
Even after being filtered, the power of aspiration still carries countless specific fragments of life and unwavering commitment.
Direct integration is tantamount to forcibly writing the life scripts of countless others into one's own life, which will inevitably lead to cognitive confusion and clouded moral character.
Lin Yan uses his own mortal body as the "digestive center" under absolute control.
Using the Tao body as a "processor," one "simulates" and "experiences" the causal fragments behind these prayers within one's own sea of consciousness.
For example, when he senses a mother's anxiety as she prays for her sick child, his spiritual heart will instantly feel that concern and helplessness.
The key lies in the next step of "detachment" and "sublimation".
He needs to immediately invoke a higher-dimensional perspective and cultivation to transcend the specific situation and understand and elevate this individual suffering into universal compassion for the suffering of all beings.
He wanted to strip away all the specific stories and personal emotions to extract the most essential and common "spiritual essence"—the power of the desire for survival security extracted from "seeking wealth"; the power of the yearning for beautiful connections extracted from "seeking a mate"; and the power of the protection of peace and order extracted from "disaster relief".
These purified "essences of the mortal world" are the safe and powerful nutrients for advancement.
Every successful "simulation-understanding-refinement" is an ultimate tempering of the Dao heart.
"I observe the various aspects of all beings and feel compassion for their attachments, but I am not any of them. I am merely an observer and an interpreter."
This will strengthen our defenses against "cognitive pollution."
The third stage: digesting the inner demons and the power of will.
The most dangerous test comes from the collective unconscious backlash of the voluntary force itself.
When absorption reaches a certain scale, the power that has been stripped of its specific form but still contains the will of all living beings will spontaneously condense into a demon in one's heart.
This part was originally the most dangerous, but unexpectedly it was solved by the Great Millstone of Gods and Demons by accident. The millstone reacted violently to the power of will and inner demons, and he fed it to it without hesitation. Lin Yan felt that this thing might be very beneficial to the Gods and Demons Visualization Method!