Secret Buyer

Shakyamuni Buddha smiled, "It seems that Fellow Daoist Fusheng has indeed made thorough preparations and is very wary of us."

"Now then, since Fellow Daoist Fusheng has not thought of what to trade... what do you intend to do?"

Zhang Fusheng laughed freely:

"What else can I do?"

"Naturally, it is to cultivate... If I don’t seek guidance from the three Supremes present, it would truly be a sin."

As the words fell,

He extended his hand, and a stone platform with four meditation mats appeared in front of him. The three Supremes exchanged glances and eventually sat on the meditation mats.

The four of them gathered around the stone platform, and Zhang Fusheng extended his hand to bring forth the , playing chess with the Supremes while discussing the Dao.

Of course, rather than discussing the Dao, it was more like he posed questions and the others answered,

The three Supremes occasionally discussed among themselves, but no matter what... Zhang Fusheng gained astonishing benefits.

The Supremes preaching the Dao, even in the most prosperous times of ancient years, even for Daluo, was a tremendous opportunity!

Within the dust-sealed history, there are no years.

Moreover, there is no flow of time.

In this way, the four did not know how long they discussed, and Zhang Fusheng did not know how long he had cultivated,

He only knew that the Divine Realm had completely fused with the ’Different Dimension’,

He only knew that the Divine Realm had become infinitely vast, and among them, those ’famous mountains and great rivers’ gradually saw the presence of people...

Truly, there was a new master in the Five Mansions Temple, and a dynasty named Shang rose on the earth, unifying other nations,

In the Dragon Palace, dragons gradually appeared, in the heavens, immortals gradually appeared, and in the Netherworld below, existences maintaining order gradually emerged.

The Divine Realm truly seemed to become a complete world, with countless splendid traces of the old times, as well as the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity,

In the Netherworld, there was also the revolving of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, with living beings transitioning to new lives, reincarnating...

As for Zhang Fusheng himself?

Long ago, he had already stood at the pinnacle of a True Saint.

"If I don’t cast my self-image throughout the multiverse, can I truly not attain the attainment of Celestial Venerate, Buddha, and the Taiyi Fruit Position?"

By the stone table, Zhang Fusheng reached down and took the Earth Book and the Central Pusaka World from the frozen, still hands of the [Ancestor of Land Immortals],

While humbly asking questions, he played with these two items.

Who knows how long had passed, by now various Supreme Treasures were arrayed beside Zhang Fusheng—all from those frozen, still True Gods of the Different Dimension.

"Strictly speaking, yes, that is the case."

Shakyamuni Buddha slowly explained:

"If it were another realm of cultivation, we could easily alter the fundamental rules and logic to allow you to advance in one leap, but Fruit Position is different."

After a moment, Shakyamuni Buddha lifted his gaze, "It’s not that the rules and settings of the Fruit Position cannot be altered,

but it’s because there are other Daoist friends as constraints. Unless we all reach a consensus, otherwise..."

Zhang Fusheng was lost in thought; though there was no time and years here, subjectively, he had still experienced many years,

During these years, his cultivation had long since reached a point of no return, as within sealed history, there is simply no way to reflect the multiverse, however...

Whether it was the thirty-six Great Divine Techniques of the heavens or the seventy-two Marvelous Techniques of the earth, or the Taiyi Chapter and Heaven-Opening Chapter of the Primordial Scripture,

Zhang Fusheng had at least cultivated them to the stage of Great Success!

In the Taiyi Chapter, he had already mastered the reversal of cause and effect, the fourth form, and the final style of [Cause of All Results] had also achieved Great Success,

In the Heaven-Opening Chapter, subsequent techniques such as [Heaven Opening], [Earth Developing], [Creation] reached the Realm of Perfection as well....

Additionally, through discussing the Dao with the three Supremes, he had comprehended one path after another.

Using the [Taiyi Chapter of the Primordial Scripture], he obtained the [Cause of All Results].

Then, through the teachings of [Future Buddha], he comprehended [Results from All Causes].

And then again, through the way and principle of [Shakyamuni Buddha], he understood the [Way of Now], establishing the [Foundation of Now].

Time may have frozen, but subjectively, time still flowed, and the paths and principles were comprehended more and more, increasingly...

Zhang Fusheng, clearly still just a [True Saint],

Yet when he sat there, he already wore the seventy-two colored auras behind him, and when sitting quietly, infinite cause and effect naturally attached to him,

It was the tendency of the Cause of All Results, also trending toward Results from All Causes, further comprehending the [Way of Now], which symbolizes [Now], [Continuance], [Process]!

Maitreya Buddha gazed complexly at this young man with the bearing of the Dao:

"It seems that the Three Pure Ones truly opened everything to you. Otherwise, with just the assistance of the World Venerate and me, it would not have been possible for you to comprehend [Foundation of Now] and [Results from All Causes]."

After a pause,

He sighed with a sense of loss:

"From ancient times until now, apart from the legendary [Great Celestial Venerate Primordial of Fuli], or perhaps [Fuli Taoist Venerate]... you are the first to hold these three great authorities simultaneously."

Beside him, Shakyamuni Buddha and the Eastern Emperor also had complex expressions, the Cause of All Results, Foundation of Now, Results from All Causes...

In a certain sense, this Fellow Daoist Fusheng before us is equivalent to the unification of the Three Pristine Ones or the Three Historical Buddhas at the level of a True Saint.

The former also sighed at this moment:

"It truly is a stroke of fate. If it weren’t for both Maitreya and I being in this sealed age, if it weren’t for a common enemy like the Three Pristine Ones, if it weren’t for the Three Pristine Ones allowing you to comprehend all this..."

Zhang Fusheng smiled gently, as all transformations of his myriad forms returned to unity at this moment.

He is the Central Pole Sect Leader, and also the World-Honored One Tathagata.

He is Laozi, and also the one who guides as the supreme sage mentor.

He is also the Human Ancestor, the Daoist Venerable.

But ultimately—Zhang Fusheng is firstly Zhang Fusheng.

"If I were to exit this sealed age now, and then prove the Supreme Fruit Position..."

Zhang Fusheng said calmly:

"Three Pure Ones Fellow Daoist, I’m afraid they would immediately be able to obtain that [Tao Fruit] through me."

The three Supremes gazed at him:

"What do you plan to do?"

Zhang Fusheng answered:

"Of course, leaving is inevitable, but I haven’t finished learning all that I can, haven’t yet comprehended all eighty-four thousand techniques."

"It’s not the time yet, it’s not the time... however."

Zhang Fusheng suddenly smiled, his thoughts turning, cultivating the method of [One Qi Becomes Three Pristine Ones], subjectively countless years passed,

perhaps even more enduring than from the Heaven-Opening ages to the Federation era—but here, in the sealed history, there is no true flow of time,

indeed no concept of time and age,

no matter how long passed, to the outside world, it bears no significance.

It’s as if not even a moment has passed.

Finally.

"One Qi Becomes Three Pristine Ones... has reached perfection."

Zhang Fusheng exhaled, activating this technique, retracting the body of the Central Pole Sect Leader, and then severed out three new Taoist bodies.

One bears the cause of his myriad results, titled [Dao Origin];

One bears the foundation of his present, titled [Dao Venerable];

The last one bears the fruits of his myriad causes, titled [Dao End].

The three Taoist bodies all saluted towards Zhang Fusheng, addressing him as ’Fellow Daoist!’

Zhang Fusheng returned the salute, looking at the three Supremes, and said peacefully:

"This way, as long as these three bodies remain, within the sealed age, I am not considered perfect."

"Since I am not perfect, naturally I cannot attain the Supreme Fruit Position."

"Even if the Three Pristine Ones do not actually need me to achieve the supreme, due to the severing of these three bodies, they cannot attain the Tao Fruit through me unless they retrieve the three bodies from within the sealed age."

Shakyamuni Buddha slightly nodded, "Though that may be, Taiqing is still attacking the other fellow Daoists."

"When Taiqing suppresses all, that’s when they’ll begin to retrieve you."

Zhang Fusheng’s eyes were profound as he calmly nodded:

"I know, but I will be faster than they are... after some time, after learning a bit more, I will leave."

The three Supremes’ expressions slightly changed.

Zhang Fusheng looked at them, stood up, and respectfully saluted:

"Of course, I will not immediately take the three of you away with me; I need you to remain within the sealed age to guard my three Taoist bodies and my true self."

The Eastern Emperor frowned:

"Ultimately, you are not us and not at the Supreme Fruit Position. Since you have already fallen in the sealed history, there is no possibility to manifest other selves, avatars, or Taoist bodies in the outside world."

Zhang Fusheng chuckled indifferently:

"Perhaps?"

He did not explain, instead continuing to seek and discuss the Dao with the three Supremes for unknown ages.

When his true self was fully harmonized, and all eighty-four thousand methods were comprehended, Zhang Fusheng still did not choose to leave,

but in front of the three Supremes, walked into the very beginning of the sealed history, to observe countless versions of all sealed histories from the beginning.

It was an observation, an outsider’s view, yet simultaneously he utilized the [Map of Mountains and Rivers] to fabricate similarly illusory ages, and then experienced one ancient history after another.

After experiencing limitless versions of history.

Only then did Zhang Fusheng slowly put away the Map of Mountains and Rivers and sighed:

"My Dao is about to be completed."