Interception

To be honest, Li Qi's travels through the heavens were merely to broaden his horizons and deepen his understanding; nothing else was involved. He had already achieved his true purpose.

Of course, the heavens mentioned here are actually only the heavens in Buddhism. In reality, there are heavens in other places as well, otherwise there would be no such thing as "the myriad heavens and myriad realms".

The heavens are the heavens, and the myriad worlds are the myriad worlds. The external world groups and these heavens together form all that we know.

The famous Three Pure Heavens of Daoism are the collective name for Yu Yu Heaven, Great Red Heaven, and Pure Subtlety Heaven.

There are also general terms such as Great Luo Heaven and Divine Firmament Heaven, as well as actual place names such as Crimson Bright Harmony Yang Heaven, Primordial Bright Culture Ascension Heaven, and Manifestation Fixed Extreme Wind Heaven.

The Spirit Way Heavenly Court, especially the many Star Official of the Gods, also has its own heavens. For example, the Heaven of the Formless and Vital Qi, which is responsible for the Three Enclosures Twenty-Eight Mansions, is called the "Zong Dong Heaven". In addition to the Heaven of the Zong Dong Heaven, there are also the Yuan Ji Heaven, the Constant Stillness Heaven, the Moon Wheel Heaven, and so on.

There is also the Shaman Path, which corresponds to the four Azure Heaven of the four seasons: Cangtian, Haotian, Autumn Heaven, and Upper Heaven.

There must also be a demonic path, which is the famous Desire Realm, also known as the He-Who-Transforms-Himself-at-Will Heaven or the Heavenly Demon Heaven.

Of course, Li Qi couldn't go to any of these places.

He only went to the Buddhist Heavens, starting from Dakini Heaven and passing through Vaisravana Heaven, Dhritarashtra Heaven, Virudhaka Heaven, Virudhaka Heaven Virupaksha Heaven Mahesvara, and Lakshmi.

Then turn upwards and visit the Ruyi Heaven, the Weide Wheel Heaven, the Bright Light Heaven, the Weide Flame Wheel Light Heaven, and the Wisdom Action Heaven.

Each level of the Celestial Person has different kinds of happiness and their own interests and hobbies, but happiness itself is unchanging. They enjoy the blessings they have gained in the past until the day their blessings are exhausted, when they fall into complete suffering. After they have endured all the suffering, they enter the mortal world as ordinary people to decide whether they will have blessings in their next life, and so on in a cycle.

Alternatively, they can awaken to enlightenment within this endless cycle of reincarnation, choose to cultivate themselves, and escape this endless Sea of Suffering through spiritual practice.

The Tathagata has a great undertaking, which is called "Awakening the World".

The Buddha wants all people to awaken, to willingly and spontaneously generate the desire for spiritual practice, to no longer be content with the joys and sorrows of the world, but instead to have higher pursuits, so that everyone can become a true, unwavering Dao Pursuer, possessing great wisdom, courage, and steadfast Hengxin.

People risk their lives for countless empty fame and for some meaningless metal blocks, but do the 'life' they risk, and those metal blocks or empty fame, really have any substance?

Therefore, through reincarnation, everyone is made to realize the illusory nature of temporary suffering and joy, and to recognize the emptiness of their own lives. This is used to temper them and enable all Buddhist practitioners to possess an indestructible 'Dao heart'.

Their goal is to no longer be bound by worldly ties, to not be blinded by illusions, to not be controlled by demonic thoughts, and to not be influenced by emotions and delusions, but to make progress step by step and forever.

With these thoughts in mind, Li Qi surveyed the heavens. There were places he couldn't go, so he didn't go there. His main purpose was to observe the workings of the heavens and the lives of the Celestial Person.

This is actually the most important thing, just like he once said to the merman.

"What kind of rare and wonderful scene can compare to the traditions that the merfolk have followed for thousands of years?"

If a clan's tradition is like this, then what about the heavens and the Celestial Person within them that have existed since time immemorial?

The Great Way exists in these ordinary things.

He stored all these things in his heart, and in the practice of Shaman Path, he began to 'carve' Buddhist Heavens one by one in his own little world.

This can be considered a form of spiritual practice for Shaman, which involves deepening their understanding of the external world to enhance their own inner world.

The principle is also very simple.

Since the Great Dao exists in these ordinary things, I'll just copy it directly. Although I may not be able to comprehend the Great Dao within, I can at least imitate it and replicate some of the extraordinary.

Of course, Li Qi's replication of these Buddhist Heavens is not yet perfect.

In the past, he stuffed the entire Guangyang into his body because after that grand ceremony, he had a thorough understanding of Guangyang. Its landscape, cultural features, and natural scenery had all materialized within him, becoming part of his own microcosm. Therefore, he could fully utilize Guangyang's capabilities.

Now, after repeating Guangyang's actions on all the Buddhist Heavens, his understanding of the heavens is certainly not as good as his understanding of Guangyang. Therefore, the replicated heavens will definitely not be accurate enough, and many of the wonders cannot be reproduced. He probably can't understand about 99% of them.

However, how can Guangyang compare to the heavens? Even if Li Qi cannot reproduce 99% of his power, the remaining 1% is enough for him.

Now, Guangyang is just a small place within Li Qi's body, no longer the enormous region that almost filled his entire body. However, the replicated heavens, even though they are only a tiny fragment, have already made Li Qi feel incredibly bloated and unable to bear it.

However, being able to eat until you're stuffed means there's food to eat, which is better than having nothing to eat at all.

However, all of these replications could only be completed with the tacit approval of Dakini Heaven.

If just any Shaman came to the Western Paradise and did this, did they really think the Vajras of Buddhism didn't have wrathful forms to Demon Subduer? Look up the Eighteen Bronze Men of Shaolin; if you want to go down the mountain, you have to go through the Bronze Men Formation.

Although Li Qi didn't actually know if the Bronze Man Formation existed in the heavens, he didn't want to try it.

Two years had passed after reading through all the heavens.

It took longer than Li Qi had imagined, even though he had tried to be as fast as he could, it still took a long time.

If you take it easy, it's perfectly normal to spend four or five years.

The Celestial Person all found it strange, thinking he was an oddball. They couldn't understand why Li Qi would work so hard, race against time, and not rest at all, even with a long lifespan.

However, Li Qi was too lazy to explain and just continued doing his own thing.

After reading through the Buddhist Heavens, Li Qi prepared to pack his bags and go home.

He did not go to bid farewell to the White Chen Fox King Bodhisattva, because he knew that according to the concept of time of the immortals, they would meet again soon.

Li Qi soon left the heavens and returned to the mortal realm.

As he meditated and amidst the rising smoke, he opened his eyes and found himself in the Western Regions of the world, right in front of the Dakini Heaven Bodhisattva where he had previously sat.

Um...

That's great, a safe journey. Then, in a maximum of half a month, he will be able to return to Wushen Mountain, where he will no longer need to do anything else and can continue his peaceful life.

He quietly got up, not wanting to disturb the lives of the temple in the mortal world, and left, preparing to embark on his return journey.

However, as soon as he stepped out the door, he saw a dark-skinned lama wearing a rooster-comb hat staring straight at him.

Hmm? You can see yourself?

I am now in a state of Body Merged with Nature.

Li Qi was somewhat curious, but he did not provoke the other party and instead chose to take a detour.

There's no need to cause trouble. We're almost home. If people can see it, so be it. Why can't others see it? He has cultivation and has opened his Dharma eye, so it's normal for him to be able to see.

Li Qi ignored all of that, took a slight detour, passed through temples, walked through streets and alleys in the city, and arrived in the wilderness.

The Western Heaven Buddhist Kingdom is mostly wilderness, completely undeveloped, and there's really no need to develop it. After all, the mortal realm is only a part of the 'Western Paradise,' one of the six realms of Buddhism, and only one-sixth of the entire Western Paradise.

As soon as Li Qi stepped into the wilderness, he heard a voice beside him. "Please wait, benefactor. May I ask if you have come from the southwest?"

As he spoke, Li Qi saw the figures of two lamas appear in the distance.

One of them is the lama who looked exactly like him in the temple. It's estimated that they are the same person, but Li Qi has lost his true knowledge and cannot use direct probing of inner attributes, so he dares not say for sure.

Without true knowledge, he is almost like a blind man, only able to make judgments based on his remaining senses, which is far less convenient and quick than using true knowledge.

Another lama, dressed in a black robe and draped in Human-skin Thangka, held a skull shaped like a bowl, which emitted a foul odor.

That was a taste that Li Qi was quite familiar with; he had killed quite a few monks who made this kind of thing on the road.

This bowl contains the Five Nectars.

It is made from the excrement, urine, brain marrow, youthful essence, and red dragon essence of a young girl, supplemented with Polygonatum root, Asparagus flower, Mirabilis jalapa, Angelica sinensis, Tribulus terrestris, and five kinds of meat, namely human meat, elephant meat, horse meat, dog meat, and peacock meat.

These are extremely wicked and vile objects; they contain them in skulls and hold them in their hands as Law Artifact.

This is because these lamas who practice both Buddha-Demon Dual Cultivation enjoy using demons, hungry ghosts, Yaksa, and other illusory beings to manifest as fake things. These evil beings like to eat the most filthy things in the world, such as excrement, urine, and the blood and flesh of sentient beings. Therefore, the monks who practice both Buddha-Demon Dual Cultivation offer them Five Meats and Five Nectars as a reward for using them.

Moreover, just as when Chanzhi Zhizhi fought Li Qi and the others to the death, he drank the Five Nectars directly. Drinking it directly can also bring great power, although the side effects are great and it will affect many reincarnation consequences, even causing one to be tainted and fall into the three evil realms. However, it is still a good thing to use in a desperate situation.

However, drinking it directly would represent an imbalance between Buddha and demon, something they would need to carefully consider.

Are those lamas? Chanzhi Zhi's fellow disciples, they've come knocking?

He even directly asked himself if he came from Baiyue, which shows that he had already checked his origins.

Even if the great sorcerer Yun Fang concealed his Heavenly Mechanism, the most basic physical investigation was still useful.

These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, but Li Qi quickly responded, "I come from the southwest. What brings you two masters here?"

"I wouldn't call myself a master, but I just want to ask if you have any conflict with my lineage of Tsongkhapa? Why have you killed countless of my juniors along the way, always bullying the weak with your superior cultivation level of only sixth grade? Isn't that a bit much?" said the lama holding the Five Nectars.

"I have never bullied them. They were the ones who provoked us first. Bullying the weak is despicable, but disrespecting one's elders and even plotting an ambush is inappropriate. It is only reasonable for me to punish them. What's so special about that?" Li Qi said to the two lamas.

At the same time, he was also carefully observing the two lamas.

One is a sixth-rank official, and the other is a fifth-rank official.

None of them are counterfeit; they all have legitimate lineages, originating from the Tsongkhapa lineage...

He had heard of this person before: Tsongkhapa, a former Buddha Child, who studied under the Bodhisattva of Faith and Understanding, also known as Manjushri Bodhisattva.

The Bodhisattva was very fond of him, and from then on, Tsongkhapa became the Bodhisattva's attendant, thus receiving much Buddhist teaching. Even when the Bodhisattva led him to worship before Shakyamuni Buddha, Tsongkhapa generated Bodhicitta, offered a string of pure white crystal beads before the Buddha, and comprehended the meaning of 'wisdom'. His Dharma name became 'Good Wisdom'.

Tsongkhapa later wrote scriptures, including the "Great Treatise on the Stages of Tantric Practice," which detailed the uses and preparation methods of the Five Nectars.

Today, Tsongkhapa has broken away from the original Manjushri lineage and is known as "first exoteric, then esoteric," and is now quite close to the Black Heaven lineage.

The sixth-rank one is the one who first saw Xia Li Qi in his Body Merged with Nature state in front of the White Chen Fox King Bodhisattva Temple. He was wearing a red rooster-comb hat and a cloth cassock.

The one of the fifth rank, the one holding the Five Nectars, is wearing Human-skin Thangka, which has replaced the position of the kasaya.

Fifth and sixth rank, that's really difficult.

The sixth-rank lama said, "Take action to punish them? But judging from your level, the Technique Method you used could have made them invisible. You could have avoided them and prevented these juniors from provoking you. Even if you had directly revealed your cultivation, they wouldn't have made things difficult for you. But you chose to hide your cultivation and go forward to provoke them. This is not offense, this is fishing."

Upon hearing this, Li Qi smiled and said gently, "What? They tried to kill me, and that's my fault? I've already concealed my cultivation and transformed into a mortal. I pose no threat to them. You have no reason to blame me for not condoning them. I'm not their father, so why should I cooperate with them?"

The fifth-rank lama was not in a hurry at all. He simply nodded and said, "Oh, so this is your temperament, benefactor. No wonder you killed my disciples. However, they deserved it. Offending a powerful person, they deserved to die. I came to see you on another matter. Please do not misunderstand. I would also appreciate it if you could tell me the truth. After all, I am worried about my junior brother and am indeed anxious. Everyone has feelings. You can understand, right?"

Worried about his junior brother?

Li Qi's heart skipped a beat.

But then the fifth-rank lama continued, "I have a junior brother named Jing Bu Yan and a junior nephew named Chanzhi. They went to the southwest and have not been heard from since. I can tell from your aura that there is a malevolent aura from my lineage. It seems that we have had dealings before. Moreover, you even have the shadow of my lineage's Cultivation Method on you."

"It bears the shadow of my sect's Cultivation Method, and it comes from the Dakini Heaven. My junior brother happens to have some connection with the Dakini Heaven's lineage, so I was wondering if you, benefactor, have some connection with my junior brother?"

"May I ask if you can tell me the truth?"