Chapter 391: The Imperial Heaven and Earth Map

Mo Hua suddenly thought of another problem:

“Master, is Di Zong a very large sect?”

“Yes,” Mr. Zhuang nodded.

“How large is it?”

Mr. Zhuang said, “Di Zong is one of the largest sects in Kun State. As for exactly how big, you don't need to worry about that. It's not something you can come into contact with at your current cultivation level. When you encounter it, you'll naturally know.”

Mo Hua nodded and asked again,

“Is that old ancestor of the Sun family also a member of Di Zong?”

Mr. Zhuang's gaze slightly lowered, and he thought before speaking,

“Even if not a direct member of Di Zong, they are related to Di Zong.”

“Then how did Di Zong comprehend the Thick Earth Array? Was it also through divine sense, communicating with the earth's breath?”

Mo Hua said doubtfully.

He wanted to know if there were other ways to comprehend the essence of the Dao.

Although relying on the Dao stele allowed for brief comprehension of the Dao essence, the load on the Dao stele was too great.

Unless absolutely necessary, Mo Hua did not plan to do that again.

And the cultivators of Di Zong should not have the Dao stele.

Without borrowing the Dao stele, what method did they use to visualize the essence of the Dao?

After all, Di Zong is named after "earth," and its core arrays should all be related to the earth, thus closely connected to the earth's Dao essence.

Mr. Zhuang didn't explain clearly, only pointing out one sentence:

“The essence of the Dao needs divine sense to ‘visualize’…”

Mo Hua was startled, then understood, “Visualize diagram?”

Mr. Zhuang nodded, “Di Zong has a visualize diagram passed down for ten thousand years, named 《Huang Tian Hou Tu Diagram》.”

Mo Hua was shocked.

Huang Tian Hou Tu!

Just hearing the name felt grand and majestic, with magnificent momentum.

“Do you remember what I told you about visualize diagrams?” Mr. Zhuang asked.

Mo Hua nodded.

He remembered Mr. Zhuang had said:

Visualize diagrams reflect the divine sense and understanding of the heavenly way of others. In other words, what is visualized is the "Dao" of others, or some non-human "Dao"...

Mo Hua thought for a bit and said,

“Then this Dao essence belongs to the ‘non-human Dao’?”

Mr. Zhuang nodded and said, “That's right. Non-human Dao has good and evil, positive and perverse. Some seem good, but their essence is evil. Some appear positive on the surface, but their original form is perverse…”

“Your Dao cultivation experience is shallow, you may not be able to clearly distinguish between right and wrong. Visualizing rashly can easily lead you to be deceived by the surface and fall into a dangerous situation.”

“So in the beginning, I told you not to touch or even think about visualize diagrams.”

Mo Hua couldn't help but nod.

For example, the painting of the mountain and water Dao child he had seen.

On the surface, it was an innocent Dao child, but in reality, it was a green-faced, fanged evil ghost.

If he hadn't been able to manifest his divine sense, draw arrays, and have the Dao stele in his sea of consciousness, he would likely have been parasitized by the evil ghost's wicked thoughts, his body no longer his own, no longer himself.

Mo Hua then said, “Then Di Zong's visualize diagram is a divine thought diagram of the positive Dao?”

“It should be,” Mr. Zhuang deliberated and said.

Mo Hua was startled, “Should be?”

Mr. Zhuang nodded and said, “I haven't seen it, I don't know the details, so I say it should be.”

“But this diagram was passed down by Di Zong's old ancestor, and they have visualized it for so many years without any mishaps, so there should be no problem.”

“Even if there is some problem, Di Zong would never tell outsiders.”

“We are all just cultivators, not yet immortal. As humans, our divine sense is limited, and the original form we see is very likely still just the surface.”

“Knowledge at the divine sense level is the most treacherous and difficult to grasp, especially this kind of visualize diagram that has been inherited for ten thousand years…”

“So, what the original form of this diagram is, is hard to say.”

Mr. Zhuang frowned, sighed, and said.

Mo Hua understood a little, nodded slightly, then quietly asked,

“Master, suppose one day, I encounter this visualize diagram, can I take a look?”

These words left Mr. Zhuang momentarily speechless.

Normally speaking, since Mo Hua can visualize the earth's Dao essence, looking at Di Zong's visualize diagram seemed fine.

But Mo Hua's divine sense is different from ordinary people. If he were to truly look at this visualize diagram, who knows what he might see.

Most importantly, Mr. Zhuang was afraid of unforeseen changes.

Just like the mountain and water Dao child diagram, where the Dao child turned into a ghost and parasitized the sea of consciousness.

The Dao child's divine thought wasn't strong, so Mo Hua was safe and sound, even “eating” the Dao child-turned-evil ghost and refining its divine thought.

But Di Zong's 《Huang Tian Hou Tu Diagram》 is different.

The divine thought inside is extremely terrifying.

At that time, who “eats” whom is hard to say…

Mr. Zhuang then cautiously said,

“If you can avoid looking, it's best not to look. If you do look, be careful, don't look for too long. Secretly glancing at it once or twice is fine.”

Mo Hua doubted and said, “Isn't it true that the earth's Dao essence is sealed within the Huang Tian Hou Tu Diagram?”

Since it's the earth's Dao essence, derived from heaven and earth, it should be a divine thought of the positive Dao, right…

Mr. Zhuang corrected him, saying,

“What's sealed is Dao essence, and Di Zong uses this to visualize and comprehend arrays…”

“But what is exactly sealed as the earth's Dao essence is hard to say. After all, outsiders haven't seen it, and even if they have, they may not be able to see its original form…”

Mo Hua felt a slight chill in his heart and nodded.

“Moreover, you can't see the complete 《Huang Tian Hou Tu Diagram》 anyway,” Mr. Zhuang sighed again and said.

Mo Hua was somewhat astonished, “Why?”

Mr. Zhuang said, “The problem lies in the four words ‘Huang Tian Hou Tu’.”

“You are Di Zong, you can use the two words ‘Hou Tu’…”

Mr. Zhuang pointed to the sky, “But can you afford to use the two words ‘Huang Tian’?”

Mo Hua was startled.

If Di Zong couldn't afford to use the words "Huang Tian," then who could?

Mo Hua was slightly shocked and said, “Dao Court?”

Mr. Zhuang nodded, “This ‘Tian’ is not something that Di Zong can visualize, so this diagram was divided into two by the Dao Court. The Hou Tu Diagram is hidden in Di Zong, and the Huang Tian Diagram is hidden in the Dao Court.”

“If you go to Di Zong, at most you can only see the 《Hou Tu Diagram》. You can't see the 《Huang Tian Diagram》, and even less the complete 《Huang Tian Hou Tu Diagram》.”

Mo Hua opened his mouth and softly said,

“Is this… robbery by Dao Court?”

Mr. Zhuang's eyebrows slightly raised, and he said with a half-smile,

“Regarding Dao Court's matters, when speaking from top to bottom, it's called ‘requisition’. When speaking from bottom to top, it's called ‘offering’. Matters where ‘you are willing and I am willing’ how can it be called robbery?”

Mo Hua frowned, somewhat shocked, and said,

“The Huang Tian Hou Tu Diagram has been inherited for ten thousand years, and the divine thought hidden within should be very terrifying. Can it also be forcibly split open?”

Mr. Zhuang's gaze slightly narrowed, and his expression contained some apprehension:

“The divine thought of the Huang Tian Hou Tu Diagram is terrifying, but in Dao Court, those old monsters who have lived for ten thousand years and cultivated to the heavens are even more terrifying…”

Mo Hua felt a chill in his heart and quietly asked,

“Those old monsters… old predecessors, what realm are they in?”

Mr. Zhuang still just rubbed Mo Hua's head and gently said,

“Don't aim too high and think about these things. They are still far away from you.”

Mo Hua nodded, thought about it, and felt that he was right.

He hadn't even built his foundation yet and had only been cultivating for a little over ten years. Thinking about these things was still too early.

Immediately, he felt a little regretful:

“Then does that mean I won't be able to see the Huang Tian Hou Tu Diagram in the future?”

“It's not impossible,” Mr. Zhuang said.

Mo Hua's eyes brightened.

Mr. Zhuang said with some interest,

“If you can make Di Zong bow their heads in submission and stand as equals with Dao Court, then the Huang Tian Diagram and the Hou Tu Diagram will merge into one, and you will naturally be able to visualize the true Huang Tian Hou Tu Diagram.”

Mo Hua laughed awkwardly.

To truly be that strong, he would probably have to become an immortal, right…

Mr. Zhuang was right.

Cultivating the Dao shouldn't aim too high.

He should still proceed steadily, step by step, and first figure out how to build his foundation.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Zhuang, Mo Hua began to consider the next matters.

He had already learned the one-pattern eleven-line Thick Earth Array and comprehended its Dao essence, allowing him to draw it on the ground, merge the array patterns with the earth, and harmonize spiritual power with the earth.

What Mo Hua wanted to do next was to use the Thick Earth Array to restructure Qian Family Town's hundred qing of spiritual fields.

First, borrow the Thick Earth Array to make the soil fertile, so that the scattered cultivators in Qian Family Town could all have enough to eat.

Second, learn and apply, build the array upon heaven and earth, and truly comprehend the profound mysteries of the Thick Earth Array.

Third, it was for the earth's Dao essence.

Humans follow the earth.

He had borrowed the Dao stele, visualized the earth's Dao essence, and had a bit of a “familiar face” and some “connection”. He could draw arrays on the earth and merge the array patterns with the earth.

Naturally, he should also reciprocate, laying the arrays comprehended from the Dao essence upon the earth, making the earth's vitality prosperous and life endless.

Thanks to book friend Jin Sanlin for the reward.