Chapter 471 The Book of Life and Death (2/2)

Even though Liu Mengde had the cultural exposure and knowledge from Xuan Zhen Temple, he too was not clear about whose names could be removed from the book of life and death. Perhaps only the founding master Chang Shengzi could tell.

Liu Mengde thought of a question. If Shen Lian was a Tianxian, why was he reincarnated? He asked, ”You said you were roughly at the level of Tianxian. Was it because you faced some misfortune and hence you never recovered to your peak?”

Shen Lian smiled, ”I indeed have not recovered back to my peak, but it is not necessarily true that my past self was more powerful. You're still at the level of seeking for power, hence you cannot understand what my current situation is. Let's say the ending of your cultivation leads you to the Great Way of Fire, but I did not only just obtain fire, I too obtained wood, water, metal and earth, the Dao of the five elements. They were all as clear as writings on the back of my palm to me. Even if it's the True Samadhi Fire, it will not be difficult for me to learn it.”

As Shen Lian flickered his fingers, a white fire appeared at the tip of his finger. The vitality of the universe all gathered towards the fire at his fingertips.

This was indeed the True Samadhi Fire, although it was not its purest form, it was much more powerful than Liu Mengde's.

In the beginning, Liu Mengde was filled with respect, and now he was filled with admiration.

Shen Lian did not lie, in terms of power of the Primordial Spirit, it was not comparable to his peak, but his understanding towards power had changed. At the very least, his past self would find it difficult to hurt his current self.

He also would not say he was more powerful than the past, as he currently too would not be able to hurt his past self, as his primordial spirit was unbelievably strong.

After the battle at the bier discourse of Dao, Shen Lian's largest reward was having a clear understanding of the art of spiritual enhancement. The profoundness of Dream Heart Sutra and Free Form Incarnation both became his resources. They helped him to understand the mastery of senses better. It was no longer something he did not understand at all.

Dream Heart Sutra and Free Form Incarnation still relied on external sources to boost the spirit, but the mastery of senses sought from the inside, to dig out the impossibly strong power of the psyche from the heart.

Just like the nuclear weapon from his previous life. When there was a nuclear reaction, even a tiny bit of material could cause an explosion that could destroy the world.

The Mastery of Senses was the supreme art of spiritual enhancement Lingbao Tianzhun left behind. It contained another cultivation method Shen Lian did not manage to analyze. It dug out the powerful psyche he had from the depth of his heart. The spirit was enhanced with the absorption of the power of the psyche.

It was close to saying that something was born from nothing. Shen Lian had to admit it, and it was the existence of Lingbao Tianzhun. It was not something he could understand. He could not even describe it.

Perhaps only those who had become Daoist Master or Buddha could understand such existence, but till that step, even if it was just another step away, it would require one to cross a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers.

Just like the Heavenly King in the past, who was much more powerful than Shen Lian by a thousand times, he too failed at the last step. He was not able to walk the same path as the Daoist Master or Buddha.