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    Looking around, endless golden lotus leaves cover the entire world. Some lotus flowers are in bud, and some cover the sky.

    When he came here, Long Chen opened his mouth in surprise. Suddenly, a stream of light flashed, and a little fox excitedly jumped into Long Chen’s arms.

    That little fox was the little fox that Long Chen had saved in the Skyfire World.

    “We meet again!”

    The palace aunt appeared wearing a golden dress and standing on a golden lotus platform. The palace aunt was still beautiful and graceful, and even the loving smile on her face had not changed in any way.

    “Auntie Gong…” Long Chen was surprised and happy. After reacting, Long Chen quickly bowed and saluted.

    The woman in white was also stunned at this time, and hurriedly followed Long Chen’s example and saluted the palace aunt.

    “Okay, stop messing around and let me say a few words to the guests.” Seeing the little fox still rubbing against Long Chen, the palace aunt said slightly reproachfully.

    The little fox jumped away from Long Chen, got into the golden lotus leaves, and disappeared.

    Auntie Gong looked at the woman in white: “My child, what is your name?”

    “Senior, this junior Chengtian Dao Yunchi!” The woman in white hurriedly said. Until now, Long Chen didn’t know the name of the woman in white.

    Auntie Gong nodded and said: “Chengtian Dao, I remembered that in the Golden Lotus World, there is a lotus seed that carries the power of cause and effect and flows into the world from my Golden Lotus World.

    Later, this lotus seed was acquired by a woman named Luo Minghui, who realized the great truth and created the Way of Bearing Heaven, bearing all the sufferings in the world and overcoming all disasters in the world.”

    “Yes, yes, Luo Minghui is the ancestor of our Chengtian Dao, but…” Yun Chi looked at the withered lotus seeds in his hand with a sad look on his face.

    Aunt Gong said: “However, after the Chaos War, your Golden Lotus of Merit began to become dim, gradually lost its power, gradually withered, and was on the verge of destruction, so you came to ask Long Chen to help you.

    But, have you ever thought about why it becomes like this?”

    “Maybe it’s because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is too thin, maybe it’s because the ancestral home was destroyed and our luck was cut off, maybe it’s because the talents of our descendants are getting worse and worse… We’ve found many reasons and tried our best to save the Golden Lotus of Merit, but to no avail.” Yunchi’s voice choked up.

    Long Chen couldn’t help but interject: “Have you ever thought that maybe the sky has changed? Everything you do is without virtue or merit, even…you know.”

    “This…” Yunchi was shocked.

    Gong Aunt smiled and encouraged Long Chen to continue talking. With Gong Aunt’s encouragement, Long Chen continued:

    “After the Chaos War, your Golden Lotus of Merit began to wither and decay. Have you ever thought that your actions will have no merit in this world?

    You have the compassion to save all sentient beings, but you don’t have the thunderous means of a vajra to subjugate demons.

    I don’t understand the world order before the Chaos War, but after the Chaos War, the world has been in chaos, and all laws are out of order. What this world needs is to bring order out of chaos, rather than blind forgiveness and tolerance.”

    When he first entered the Emperor’s Heaven, Long Chen was stopped once by the woman in white. He felt very unhappy because Long Chen knew that the reason why these people behaved so pitifully was not because they were repentant, but because they were afraid of death.

    “Those people who were supposed to die were saved by you and continued to do evil. As their strength increased, the harm became greater and greater. Who should bear these sins?” Long Chen said.

    Yun Chi looked at the shriveled golden lotus seeds in her hand and turned pale for a moment. Long Chen’s words were tantamount to subverting their lineage’s orthodoxy that had been passed down for countless years. She couldn’t accept it for a while.

    Auntie Gong gently held Yun Chi’s hand and said softly: “Every merit golden lotus comes into being.

    They prosper when their fortunes are high, and they perish when their fortunes decline. The power of others cannot help you. The sea of suffering is boundless, and you can only cross it by yourself.”

    Yun Chi nodded, half understanding, then golden light enveloped her, and her figure slowly disappeared.

    Looking at her pale face and confused eyes, it is very distressing. She is a kind girl, but in this chaotic and disorderly world, is kindness really useful?

    Watching Yunchi disappear, Long Chen couldn’t help but sigh. If she couldn’t understand clearly, the golden lotus seeds would eventually disappear completely, and the Heaven-bearing Dao would also die and become the dust of history.

    Seeing Auntie Gong looking at him with a smile, Long Chen smiled bitterly and said, “Auntie Gong, it’s hard for you to hide this from me. I should call you Auntie Gong.”

    Auntie Gong smiled and said, “I never said which Gong I am?”

    “If I had known that what you gave me was the legendary Golden Lotus of Merit, why would I have to suffer for so long.” Long Chen said with a bitter smile.

    If he had known that he was holding the Golden Lotus of Merit, with its guidance, Long Chen would not have had to doubt or deny himself. Those painful days were simply too torturous.

    Long Chen’s golden lotus of merit has always been full of vitality and endless vitality, which proves that he is on the right path, but he is always worried that he will go astray.

    On the other hand, Yunchi has always adhered to his inheritance and firmly believed that he was moving on the absolutely right path. However, the golden lotus of merit kept withering and declining, but they turned a blind eye.

    Aunt Gong came to Long Chen, stretched out her jade hand, and gently arranged Long Chen’s collar, like a kind mother:

    “Suffering is actually not a bad thing. The road in life is never in vain, even if it means turning back.

    Only by struggling in pain and breaking through in suffering can we usher in nirvana and rebirth again and again.

    Only by constantly correcting the direction when you get lost again and again can you find the real other shore in the endless fog.”

    Feeling Aunt Gong’s tenderness, Long Chen felt as if he was listening to his mother’s instructions. The kind of caring and wisdom that Long Chen could not feel from his mother in the immortal and mortal worlds.

    In front of Aunt Gong, Long Chen felt so relaxed and at ease. This Golden Lotus World was his safest home.

    Aunt Gong said: “My child can appear in the Golden Lotus World again because of the luck of the Nine Heavens World.

    From what you said to Yunchi, it shows that you have almost come into contact with the essence of this world.

    And the more you come into contact with the essence of this world, the greater dangers are waiting for you.”

    “Auntie Gong, I’m not afraid!”

    Long Chen was full of confidence and learned that the Golden Lotus of Merit was by his side. At this time, he had regained his confidence again.

    “Good boy, I know you are smart and brave, but I have to pour some cold water on you first. Which of the Heavenly Fires on the Heavenly Fire List do you know?” Aunt Gong asked.

    Regarding the Heavenly Fire, Long Chen spoke like a treasure: “The ninth Heavenly Rainbow Flame, the eighth Ice Soul Divine Flame, the seventh Taiyin Fire, the sixth Sun Fire, the fifth is the Heavenly Vein Dragon Flame, which is said to have died out, and the fourth is the Flame of Yanxu.”

    Aunt Gong smiled and asked, “What about the top three?”

    Long Chen was stunned: “It is said that the first three are Dao fires, which are formless and have no names. They are arranged in awe of the heaven and the earth. As for whether they really exist, there is no way to verify them. In fact, in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the flame of Yanxu is the strongest flame.”

    Aunt Gong shook her head and said: “No, the top three flames not only have shapes and forms, but also have their own names. However, these three names are too involved, and no one who knows them dares to tell them.”

    Long Chen’s eyes widened and his heart beat wildly.

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