Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2378: 94: The Four Elements and the Three
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If things were as they stood earlier, confidence in pulling this off might have eluded him entirely, yet after delving into the Supreme True Buddha’s Cultivation Method, a spark of greater possibility ignited within.
Having formed a plan, he wasted no time and turned straight to Qiao Zhongxu, his tone grave as he addressed him:
“I’ve got a way, though it might fall short. Still, I’ll need your assistance, Taoist Friend.”
“Me?”
Qiao Zhongxu appeared mildly baffled.
Confusion clouded his thoughts. True, he possessed the Divine Corpse Big Yellow, but reaching the Tribulation-Transcending Realm remained beyond him. Against the array of mighty experts now gracing the Little Cang World, his strength fell woefully short, leaving him at a loss for how he could contribute.
Wang Ba showed no delay either and promptly revealed what he required.
…
Half a month passed.
A verdant beam of light glided noiselessly through the expansive, shadowy expanse of the Realm Sea’s void, plunging into an abyss of impenetrable gloom.
Wang Ba’s form emerged gradually from the emerald glow. Before his eyes, the enveloping blackness began to recede, giving way to an immense barrier stretching endlessly upward…
Chilling, shadowy, inscrutable, this barrier instilled in every beholding being an overwhelming aura of hopelessness and impossibility.
“Immortal Pass…”
Gazing upon the towering barrier ahead, Wang Ba experienced a fresh sensation distinct from his prior encounter.
The oppressive rules etched into the barrier, once a source of utter helplessness, now pressed with less force, their contours sharpening in clarity.
Even after years of study, the six great rules eluded his full grasp, but simply beholding this barrier allowed a subtle thread of recognition to stir within.
Suddenly, he lifted his hand, the Yellow Dao Domain coalescing into a pointed spike that thrust straight at the barrier.
The Ninth-Tier Yellow Dao Domain, potent enough to seize the Wisdom Truth Bodhisattva with ease, met the barrier and merely skimmed by like a soft zephyr, etching no mark whatsoever.
“Earth, fire, water, wind…”
Wang Ba’s expression held no shock, merely a hushed murmur.
Though the Supreme True Buddha’s scriptures named the six great rules, the physical realm’s bedrock formed from the four elements: earth, fire, water, and wind.
Each of these four bears an inherent void, hence their collective designation as ‘all four are empty’.
These four emerge from causal links, manifest through ‘consciousness,’ and in the end, dissolve back into nothingness.
The Immortal Pass looming here, crafted by Tibo, embodied the material, thus inherently weaving in Buddhism’s four elements.
Exactly because it harbored rules alien to those fathomed by cultivators did this Immortal Pass seal away the Sea of Chaos Realm’s rules, barring their escape.
Following that reasoning, to shield the Little Cang World from the Sea of Chaos Realm’s rules, the ideal approach lay in emulating the Immortal Pass to sever the Little Cang World from the Sea of Chaos Realm.
Yet this presented the core challenge: Wang Ba commanded none of the six great rules, rendering him utterly unequipped to erect an ‘Immortal Pass’ around the Little Cang World.
Unless…
Wang Ba mulled it over briefly, then drew forth from his Primordial Spirit and sleeve with a gesture, calling up four magic wands.
Yellow, red, blue, green…
These represented the Land-Parting Staff, the True Fire Staff, the Overturning Water Staff, and the Wind-Driving Staff, each attuned to the elements of earth, fire, water, and wind.
The Overturning Water Staff came from Qiao Zhongxu, the True Fire Staff from Chong Hua, and after brief refinement en route, he hastened toward the Immortal Pass.
A mix of anticipation and unease churned in him, the latter fearing the plan’s collapse.
As the four magic wands soared forth, Wang Ba hadn’t even invoked them when they began to hum in harmony, igniting on their own.
The interplay of their four hues cast a glow across the infinite void, faintly outlining the endless barrier in front…
In that instant, Wang Ba fixed his gaze on the icy, sleek, enigmatic wall. Bathed in the four-colored radiance, he discerned faint golden runes shifting like vital entities deep inside the barrier.
A thrill surged through him, and the four-hued wands slid wordlessly into the barrier.
Amid his wide-eyed wonder and delight.
The barrier, impervious and triumphant against even the Ninth-Tier Dao Domain, yielded like a serene pond, letting the four magic wands sink in without resistance, waves gently spreading outward.
The Immortal Pass truly forged from the four elements!