Under One Person: The Seeker of the Dao in the Lü Family

Chapter 302 The Hidden Dragon Finally Emerges, the Great Luo Descends to Earth

"It's been a thousand years, Ziyang. You have imprisoned me for over a thousand years."

On the towering branches of the divine tree, the faceless creature blinked its eyes, which were made of tree bark. A boundless vitality mixed with seven-colored light roamed the surface of the divine tree, and then gradually disappeared into the texture of the tree.

Seven-colored light burst forth along the surface of the divine tree, and patterns resembling dragon scales appeared along the texture of the bark. The faceless and formless human face also gradually changed against the backdrop of the dragon scale bark.

Two wooden horns gradually grew from the top of its head. At first, they were just two protruding wooden knots, but in the end, they transformed into ferocious and powerful dragon horns.

With dragon horns added to its crown, the human face became even more vivid, the branches twisted again, and the wooden strips moved like a winding dragon's body, waiting for the opportunity to soar into the sky.

"It can be large or small, changeable or transformable, hence the seventy-two transformations of Feng Hou."

"Life and death are in one's own hands, and the course of fate is both favorable and unfavorable; therefore, one can achieve both with one hand and be equal to heaven."

"The Eight Trigrams cultivate the body, refining both the inner and outer aspects, thus obtaining divine secrets through a hundred refinements."

"Entering and exiting the netherworld, traversing the human realm, thus capturing souls and commanding spirits."

"Qi is divided into five virtues, and the five elements rotate, so the body's essence is obtained through true flow."

"The Yellow Court unites with the Dao, instructing both the inner and outer realms, thus connecting the inner and outer worlds to the heavens."

"The innate gives rise to the acquired, and the acquired replenishes the innate; therefore, the six stores of thieves steal from and nurture life."

"Standing upright, one can observe the nine heavens, thus looking down from the Great Luo Heaven."

The divine tree slowly twisted, and its winding dragon body gradually took shape. The dragon's head looked up to the sky, and its body and claws gradually formed below. The gnarled branches were filled with the vicissitudes of time.

The azure dragon murmured softly, its sound matching the rustling of the branches, like a low, echoing murmur from ancient times.

"Still missing, still missing that final Great Luo Eye."

In Taoist scriptures, the "heavens" are divided into thirty-six layers, including six heavens of the Desire Realm, eighteen heavens of the Form Realm, four heavens of the Formless Realm, four Brahma heavens, and four holy heavens.

Among the four sacred realms, besides the Three Pure Scenic Spots—the Jade Pure Sacred Realm of Qingwei, the Upper Pure True Realm of Yuyu, and the Great Pure Immortal Realm of Dachi—there is also a Great Luo Heaven above them, which is the thirty-sixth heaven.

The Lingbao Tianzun Duren Jing states: "Above the Three Realms, in the vast and boundless Great Luo, there is no root of form, and the clouds rise majestically."

The Great Luo Heaven is the place where the Primordial Great Dao gives birth and transforms, and it is the ultimate realm. There is no ruler in this realm, only the pure and true Dao Qi pervades all the heavens, so as to manifest the formless and imageless principle of the Great Dao.

This place is also considered the highest, most sacred, and purest place of cultivation, the place where immortals and gods transcend.

As the ancients said, "To see a thousand miles further, climb one more story."

Standing atop the highest, most sacred, and purest Great Luo Heaven, overlooking the lower realms, it naturally encompasses everything within the thirty-six Great Luo Heavens, and there is nothing it cannot observe.

The Great Luo Cave Observation is this method.

The Great Luo Heaven mentioned in the scriptures is also another world for those who ascend to immortality—the inner realm.

The azure dragon soared, seemingly about to take flight, but its tail was stuck in the earth and could not be seen.

The roots of the divine tree, growing underground, meandered and intertwined, yet they could never form the final dragon tail, nor could they break free from the earth's constraints to take root and wander in the void.

Where is the Great Luo Cave?

It stared intently into the vast emptiness with its divinely gleaming pupils, as if the surrounding scenery did not exist in its field of vision; the desolate and empty scene was reflected in its dragon eyes.

It was a night sky like a starry night, desolate and empty, as if nothing existed, yet it seemed to be filled with all things in the world; this was the interior.

The interior scenery does not exist in reality, but it can still connect with reality; it is a place that transcends reality.

The Azure Dragon moved very cautiously, like a spy in the shadows, afraid of being discovered.

Suddenly, the desolate and empty scene changed, and the starry night sky transformed into an antique-style room, furnished in the style of the Song Dynasty.

A Taoist priest dressed in brown robes and straw sandals sat cross-legged on a futon, holding a whisk in his hand, with three thousand whisk strands hanging down, sweeping towards the Azure Dragon's gaze.

"How dare you, you beast!"

A muffled thunderous roar came from within the inner realm, causing the azure dragon's eyes to tremble with divine light. Immediately afterward, three thousand strands of dust swept towards it, brushing off its powerful dragon horns.

"Xuan Yang brat, what are you waiting for? Why aren't you making a move yet!"