"To talk about this, we must start with the title of "The Supreme Kaitian Zhengfu Yuli Hanzhen Taoism of the Dao Haotian Jade Emperor" by Zhao Heng, the Emperor Zhenyi..."

On the hospital bed, Zhong Siyu ate oranges, moistened his throat, and said slowly: "In the eighth year of Dazhongxiangfu, Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Heng, gave the Jade Emperor's holy name "The Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Great Emperor of the Huizong of Song Dynasty, he should have the title of Jade Emperor of the Haotian Jade Emperor. Don't think that this has only changed a few words. The middle is very important, which is not only related to the country and country of the Song Dynasty, but also to the rise and fall of our Taoist families!"

"What does it mean?" An Yi asked.

Zhong Siyu sneered: "It means that he wants to replace the God of God Haotian with the Jade Emperor!"

It turns out that no matter whether this world or the earth, from ancient Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the present, there have been great ceremony for emperors to worship heaven in all dynasties. However, the sky worshipped at that time purely refers to the heaven of nature, namely "Cangtian" and "Haotian".

Similar to the great way, it is the master of all things in the universe and the origin of the growth and cultivation of all things. Therefore, we must respect the heaven and fear fate and follow the heaven and follow the heaven to follow the heaven and practice the way. At the same time, it is also the highest god worshipped by Confucianism!

But if you want to replace Haotian with the Jade Emperor, you want to replace the impersonal god with a personified god. Not to mention anything else, this first violates the territory of Confucianism. Although Confucianism also has gods, this idea comes from the concept of ancient and Gongyang School. It emphasizes the unity of man and nature. All gods are not personalized gods, but laws, the laws of the creation and operation of the natural universe.

"Is this the so-called God created by man?" An Yi couldn't help but be even more confused.

"Yes, not." Zhong Siyu did not wait for An Yi to ask again, and continued: "In our Taoist sect, gods are divided into innate true saints and acquired gods. In Taoism, the innate true saints are just incarnations of Taoism, and they have no specific personality regardless of size. The acquired god is what we usually call a god, but it depends on humans to achieve it. But in this world, it cannot be called a god, and only after human death. If you can get worshipped by believers, you can become a god. But..." Zhong Siyu kept a secret.

"But what?" An Yi was very tactful.

Zhong Siyu continued, "But even if he becomes a god in this way, he will be unable to control himself. His own divine position is completely changed by the thoughts of those who believe in it." Fearing that comfort and inability to understand, Zhong Siyu also explained: "For example, Guanyin Bodhisattva only saved all living beings at the beginning, but later he could send his children to his daughters. Now he even worked part-time as a Yue Lao position, so I said that this god said there is, there is, and there is no, because they cannot be called alive at all. If no one believes in it, they will die."

An Yi didn't expect that the gods in this world were like this. No wonder that Tianshi Zhong Kui had no feelings at all. He was just a puppet who could kill demons and eliminate demons. What kind of feelings do he want?

Zhong Siyu continued: "The people are limited after all, and their beliefs are different, and they are difficult to become a general rule. If they have not been recognized by the court, that is a sacrifice. Only by obtaining the power of the emperor to worship and the recognition of the emperor's dragon energy can one become a great god!"

An Yi quickly understood the meaning of Zhong Siyu's words and said in his heart that the emperor, the emperor. So that's it!

"Back to the point, behind Song Huizong, there is a Taoist master who also thought of continuing the opportunity to establish a new divine system. He then introduced an ancestor of the old Zhao family, namely the Song Saint Ancestor Zhao Xuanlang." Zhong Siyu said lightly: "That Zhao Xuanlang is what we call Jade Emperor today!"

"What?!" An Yi exclaimed.

Zhong Siyu suddenly sighed: "Actually, all this has something to do with me, Maoshan, just because the person behind this scene is my Maoshan senior."

An Yi was shocked and numb at this time. He listened to Zhong Siyu faintly and continued: "This enthronement of the Gods is actually about consuming the national fortune. Song Huizong has enthroned the gods twice. The first time was my Maoshan attack, and the second time was Lin Lingsu, the founder of the Shenxiao Sect. Lin Lingsu created seventeen emperor-level gods in one breath, completely treating luck as cabbage, and doing so randomly, so the Northern Song Dynasty was over!"

During the Xuanhe period of the Song Dynasty, the Jurchens who rose from the white mountains and black waters in the northeast miraculously destroyed the Great Liao, which had 700,000 iron cavalry, and then went south to destroy the Great Song Dynasty... The brilliant record was simply incredible, making people suspect that they had opened a cheat. Hundreds of Jurchens rose up and easily destroyed the Liao Kingdom, the largest power in East Asia, and the richest country in the world in just a few years. It can be said that if things did not happen, it would be a joke to anyone!

Could it be that the truth behind this is actually like this? At this moment, An Yi felt that all the previous history was in vain...

"Although in folk legends, the Jade Emperor is the highest ruler of the Heavenly Court, this is never recognized by the government. The highest ruler recognized by the government has always been the God of Haotian. It can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty... This is the highest god in China? At least it is also the highest god in the official world. Since the Song Dynasty, no dynasty has officially worshipped the Jade Emperor. However, it has been widely circulated among the people, so there is still this Jade Emperor."

"In other words, the Jade Emperor, the Heavenly Court is completely for people. If no one in the world believes it, the gods and immortals in the Heavenly Court will disappear?" An Yi concluded.

Seeing Zhong Siyu nodding, An Yi couldn't help but ask: "What about the underworld? And since there are no gods, what kind of Tao can you practice?"

"The underworld is true. According to legend, the underworld has existed since the beginning of the world. It is also said that the underworld was created by the ghost of the first dead man. No one knows the specific origin of it." Zhong Siyu pondered for a moment and said, "In fact, there are legends that the underworld was created after the death of an ancient Taoist master. If we practitioners of Taoism do not become immortals and have enough merits, they will mostly be ghosts and gods in the underworld after death. However, the fact that becoming an immortal is illusory, and there are many rumors that no one can really confirm it."

It’s merit again! An Yi frowned, not only because there is no real heaven in this world but a real underworld, but it is so strange, different from the world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. It’s also because this merit actually exists in any world. Is it universal?

Shaking his head and shook off this unrealistic idea, Zhong Siyu continued: "The underworld is too mysterious. Although there have been masters of Taoism, they never mentioned it. Nowadays, talents in the Taoist world have withered and lacked spiritual energy. If you want to figure out the things in the underworld, you will probably have to wait until you die."

...

The conversation lasted for a long time, but after the conversation, An Yi had doubts about the two worlds of the past and present.

The reason was that what Zhong Siyu said later that after the Maoshan Sect and the Shenxiao Sect had completely become famous after destroying the Song Dynasty. Of course, both sects were thinking about changing.

Finally, in the late Qing Dynasty, the opportunity came.

A master from Maoshan Sect calculated that a huge change would occur in the land of China, and that the creatures would be damaged by a small country.

In order to restore their reputation, the two factions jointly cast spells together in an attempt to tamper with the fate of China. However, although they finally succeeded, they also implicated the entire world of Taoism. Since then, it has become more difficult for the monks on earth to practice.

This made An Yi wonder, if the Maoshan faction did not intervene, would there be an Eight-Nation Alliance in this world and a Nanjing Massacre?

To be more precise, if Maoshan does not interfere, is this world the same as that world, or is it the same two worlds the same world?

On the other hand, even if Maoshan in the world did not intervene, there were not many people who practice Taoism in the world. At least An Yi had never seen anyone who really had cultivation.

Does this mean that the "Heavenly Way" of these two worlds are intentionally trying to weaken the power of the Taoist world? And according to what Zhong Siyu said, someone could have passed through the Yin body before, that is, the soul left the body and entered the underworld, but now it cannot. Does it mean that there has been a huge change in the underworld?

This is an unsolvable problem. At least with An Yi's current cultivation level, he can't even understand it even if he wants to break his head.

In a blink of an eye, a few more days passed. An Yi said goodbye to Zhong Siyu and plunged into the Daba Mountains that were so close to him.

The peaks are piled up, the rolling mountains and dense forests, the gurgling water, the clear ponds, the canopy, the fish and ducks, and the blue birds and flying apes. Although it is already late autumn, the leaves are rustling and the setting sun are also a unique feeling.

"Only among these green mountains and clear waters, should the residence of those who practice immortality and Taoism be the residence! The reinforced concrete in the city, PM2.5, is really enough."

Without a purpose, we will naturally not seek the way, either along the stream, looking for birds, or taking advantage of the autumn wind, freely and freely in this scenery of "the autumn wind is strong under the clouds, the mountain is mixed with turbulent flows". Although the fresh air is not as good as the world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, it also lacks the stench in the city, and the comfortable mood becomes more and more comfortable unconsciously.

There are seasonings, lighters, tents and other things to be needed in the Tianshu space, so Anyi is not in a hurry to find a place to stay. She stays in the wild for several days, looking for the ideal residence in her heart.

Suddenly one day, I climbed over a mountain and walked around a dense forest. Now I saw a quaint small village, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with green tiles and white walls, and occasionally cracks. Although it looked dilapidated, it had a little more charm.

There are various trees connected in the village. The courtyards of the village are uneven, and the weeds and moss on the dark green tiles reveal the long years of the old house.

There are terraced fields in the back mountain of the village, and the setting sun shines, which lengthens the figures of farmers returning home, which are beautiful and bleak. In the village, there are ponds, ancient wells, and houses, like an ancient painting.

Compared with the bustling and noisy city, the village here is a bit dilapidated, but it is better than tranquility and peace. With just one glance, comfort has already decided to live here.

Since it was getting late, An Yi did not rush to go down the mountain, but planned to stay at this mountain for one night and go down the mountain tomorrow to find the village chief to see if he could buy a piece of land and build two houses.

I found an ancient tree and leaped to the branches with peace of mind, without fear of falling down, leaning against the trunk, I fell asleep...

PS: Thank you to the bar friend @Male, the early morning for correcting the confusing names in "That Break Before Rebirth"...
Chapter completed!