Chapter 956
: Teaching Experience
Palace of Eternal Life.
The Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor expressed his loyalty to Shen Pingkang, the Eternal Celestial Venerable, and was very grateful for the Nirvana Method he had taught him, which helped him achieve Nirvana and be reborn.
Shen Pingkang, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, was naturally very pleased with this, because he not only gained wisdom, experience, and lessons, but also the gratitude and loyalty of an ancient emperor, showing that his investment had yielded a double return.
After all, there are many ungrateful people in this world who will use you and then discard you. There are not many people who truly know how to be grateful, especially when they originally intended to take advantage of you.
Shen Pingkang, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, glanced at the Myriad Dragon Emperor, the Immortal Granny, and others in the Immortal Source. He wondered if any of these people would feel gratitude if they successfully achieved Nirvana in the future. He doubted it.
Of course, he didn't care whether these people were grateful or not. It was a relationship of mutual exploitation anyway. He was happy if they were grateful, and he didn't care if they weren't, as long as they obediently tried to attain Nirvana.
So Shen Pingkang, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, nodded and smiled, "Fellow Daoist Blood Phoenix, you flatter me. There's no need to thank me! I taught you the Nirvana Method, and you helped me test it personally. It was a mutually beneficial thing. Being able to successfully undergo Nirvana and be reborn is your ability. Why thank me?"
"Of course, if you fail to achieve Nirvana and vanish into nothingness, you can't blame me. After all, it was your own decision to choose Nirvana, and if you fail, you can only blame yourself!"
He spoke frankly and openly. If he succeeded in achieving Nirvana, he would not take credit, because it was a mutually beneficial matter. If he failed in achieving Nirvana, he would not take the blame, because it was his own decision to try and achieve Nirvana.
Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall frowned inwardly, seemingly lost in thought.
Shen Pingkang, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, glanced at them again. That's right, he was just saying it upfront: it was all about mutual benefit. Today, the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor had successfully undergone Nirvana, so everyone was naturally happy. But if anyone failed to undergo Nirvana in the future, they shouldn't blame him; he wouldn't take that responsibility.
However, the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor still insisted, "I must thank the Heavenly Venerable for imparting the Dharma! Without the Heavenly Venerable, I wouldn't even have had the chance to undergo Nirvana, let alone achieve this successful Nirvana and be reborn."
Shen Pingkang, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, shook his head and chuckled lightly, neither confirming nor denying. Some people were grateful to him for giving them the opportunity for Nirvana, while others might secretly resent him for using them as experiments to pave their own path to immortality. The human heart is unpredictable; who knows what others are thinking?
Therefore, Shen Pingkang, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, directly said, "Fellow Daoist Blood Phoenix, there's no need for words of thanks. Now that you have successfully achieved Nirvana, how about you share your personal experience of Nirvana with the other Daoists? This might help the other Daoists in the hall and enable them to achieve Nirvana just like you in the future!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall was immediately invigorated, and their gazes instantly turned to the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor, their eyes shining brightly. Clearly, they were very interested in this.
Especially considering that the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor seemed to be on the verge of exhausting his life force and failing his Nirvana, and they had already sentenced him to death, how did he turn the tide? How did he suddenly become full of vitality and succeed in his Nirvana?
Also, why did the Phoenix-Winged Golden Halberd suddenly revive on its own? Is this related to its Nirvana?
The Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor naturally noticed the longing looks on everyone's faces. He glanced at them, his expression shifting slightly, and nodded with a smile, saying, "Of course! Fellow Daoists, we are all on the same path to immortality, so we should naturally support each other!" After saying that, he sat down on the ground and began to tell everyone about his experience of Nirvana, sharing his experience with them.
At first, what he said was almost identical to what Shen Pingkang, the Celestial Venerable of Immortality, had said before: the first step of the Phoenix Nirvana Method of the Immortal Emperor was how to burn everything and return to the origin.
The second step is how to maintain a clear and undying consciousness after returning to one's original state.
Therefore, the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor sighed, "Returning to our origin is extremely dangerous for those of us who have severed our own ties and sealed ourselves away. After all, we have endured for millions of years, and our blood, energy, magic power, and lifespan are already nearly exhausted. If we were to ignite our primordial fire to burn ourselves and return to our origin, we could easily cause our immortal platform to collapse and our soul to dissipate, turning into nothingness in an instant. It is extremely dangerous, practically suicide!"
Upon hearing this, Wanlonghuang, Xianmu, and the others in the Immortal Source nodded thoughtfully. Indeed, actively unleashing their primal fire to burn themselves was tantamount to suicide for them. It was far too violent. In order to conserve their blood, energy, mana, and lifespan, they didn't even dare to break out of their source, let alone burn themselves. This was indeed suicide!
The Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor sighed, "But Nirvana is inherently a matter of seeking life from death. Without the courage to burn oneself, how can one seek life from death? Phoenix Nirvana is rebirth from the ashes. I have studied and comprehended it for so many years, and finally made up my mind to undergo Nirvana. Naturally, I must have the courage to burn myself!"
"Then the second step, after returning to the origin, how can one maintain one's own consciousness? This requires refining all the aging, decaying, and deathly energy through the fire of origin. Those aging, decaying, and deathly energy are what can truly devour your life force. Once you refine away the aging, decaying, and deathly energy, leaving only the pure origin, that pure origin will only nourish your life force and keep your life force alive."
Upon hearing this, Shen Pingkang, the Eternal Celestial Venerable, along with the Primordial God Emperor, Ning Fei, the Old Golden Crow, and others who had truly undergone Nirvana, exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.
Indeed, the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor was right. The only things that can devour life force are the aging, withered, and deathly aura of old bodies. By refining or eliminating this aging, withered, and deathly aura, leaving only pure immortal essence or origin, one's own consciousness and life force will naturally be nourished, ensuring that one's consciousness and life force remain undying.
Huang Ya'er, Zhang Bairen, and other young talents listened thoughtfully, but they were still young and could not yet understand what aging and death meant. Perhaps when they were nearing the end of their lifespan, they would truly understand what it meant to refine and eliminate the aging and death!
Finally, the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor said with an extremely solemn expression, "The final step is to truly comprehend the true meaning of Nirvana from the fire of origin while maintaining vitality and before the source is exhausted!"
"I almost failed just now! I almost exhausted my source and failed in my Nirvana. I owe it all to it, otherwise I would have failed in my Nirvana today and vanished into nothingness!"
After speaking, he lowered his gaze to the phoenix-winged gilded halberd in his hand, carefully stroking it with an extremely complicated expression!
He probably never imagined that his attempt to merge with his ancient imperial weapon in search of immortality would ultimately bring him good fortune and become the key to his successful rebirth. (End of Chapter)