The "guan" and "zhi" can be understood as two separate concepts.
The "guan" refers to an official position, while "zhi" denotes a specific duty or role.
Upon arriving in the Primordial World, one can understand the "Honguan Daore Jinshen" as an official position, while the "Tiandao Shengren" represents a specific duty or role.
The "Tiandao Shengren" is undoubtedly a "Honguan Daore Jinshen," but the converse is not necessarily true.
The Hongmeng Purple Qi is a qualification, which can be likened to passing the imperial examinations and being granted an official post. With this, one can enter the path of serving in government, and it's possible to eventually become a marquis or prime minister. Without this qualification, there's no way to reach the heights, regardless of how high you may rise.
The six sages have succeeded, smoothly becoming prime ministers and participating in managing the Primordial World.
Hong Yun failed, and his entire household was confiscated and executed.
Houtu and the subsequent Pinxin Madam follow a different path, which can be likened to the approach of Zhang Yan and Song Jiang. Whether they have succeeded or not, it can be said that they have 'crossed the shore,' albeit with a somewhat winding journey.
Deng Chanyou has obtained the complete Hongmeng Purple Qi, which means she has this qualification. According to the emphasis of Hongmeng Purple Qi, the "zhi" part should be emphasized, but her foundation is far from those of the six sages and Red Cloud. Consequently, her "guan" part has been elevated significantly.
This is the least significant function of Hongmeng Purple Qi, but it represents an unprecedented significant boost for her.
Previously, Deng Chanyu always believed that things like intelligence could be quantified, like their generation of disciples had an intelligence of 90 or 100, while sages had an intelligence of 70,000 and so on. Now, having obtained the complete Hongmeng Purple Qi and gained a perspective to observe all things through the power of the Tiandao Shengren, she realizes how wrong she was to a ridiculous extent.
At this time, when she looks back at the "Jiu Tian Yin Yang Dao Dao Jing," she immediately realizes how narrow her previous understanding was.
She has only dug out one-tenth of the potential of this scripture, and at present, it can be said that she is copying a tiger by painting a cat, borrowing the power of virtue to refine it into a form that she can practice. The actual core remains completely unexplored by her.
She has a sense that if the Moonlight Buddha were to gather all the "Nine Supreme" arts, she could use these simplified versions of the arts to deduce the Tiandao cultivation methods of Miao Ying.
The Hongmeng Purple Qi she has obtained is no longer basic attributes such as qualifications and innate abilities, but a higher-level trait.
Describing it with the word "wisdom" is not appropriate. Between Deng Chanyu and Daji, one could say there is a difference in wisdom. If they were to simultaneously learn a spell, Deng Chanyu would learn it first and then be able to mock Daji for her lower intelligence. Ultimately, this would definitely lead to Daji chasing her with a pillow.
The word "wisdom" is not suitable for sages. They are more in line with the definition of those who are innately wise. Deng Chanyu's previous level was understanding things "at a glance." Sages can even omit the steps of seeing and they naturally know.
Nuwa racked her brain trying to understand the puzzles Deng Chanyu encountered during her cultivation, as these puzzles didn't exist for her. She wanted to explain but didn't know how, so she could only let Deng Chanyu figure it out on her own.
"There are too many problems," looking back at her path of cultivation, Deng Chanyu felt it was riddled with mistakes and omissions. Even though she's not a perfectionist, she felt quite uncomfortable at this moment. Fortunately, her cultivation level isn't high, so she can slowly adjust.
Deng Chanyu did not rashly attempt various new ideas on her own, and there is no need to waste time and effort in reconstructing failed cultivation methods. She spread the "Thousand Landscapes" painting, using art as a means to reinterpret her path of cultivation.
The errors are corrected, the missing elements are supplemented, and stronger magical power is consumed to convert virtue when needed. As a result, Deng Chanyu's advancement from Mid-level Hongwan Daore Jinshen to Late-level Hongwan Daore Jinshen slows down, but her foundation becomes several times more solid than before.
Deng Chanyu has been studying and refining her path of spatial cultivation through the Hongmeng Purple Qi. Her path has reached a bottleneck. According to her observations, the spiritual cultivation method of the River Emperor may be on a similar level to hers, but there seems to be no further progress beyond that. In contrast, Yang Mei's application of spatial arts is completely different from theirs; it's on an entirely different level.
Even with the help of the Hongmeng Purple Qi to interpret the path of Three Thousand Laws for her, Deng Chanyu still needs to go through a process of cognition, understanding, familiarity, and ultimately mastery. This is the four stages Hongmeng Purple Qi has assigned to her.
She has recognized the path of spatial cultivation, but the other party doesn't know her yet. She needs to make a self-introduction.
She has seen the materialized mountain of spatial power from a certain perspective, and it is clear. However, to truly complete the process of recognition, she must personally step onto this non-existent mountain.
Deng Chanyu is very busy at the moment, with numerous tasks at hand. She is still a distance away from reaching the pinnacle of Hongwan Daore Jinshen, and she needs to accumulate more magical power.
Her path of spatial cultivation is sufficient for the quasi-saint stage, so there's no need to rush into breaking through
Deng Chanyu eventually took the time to complete the construction of the heavenly prison that the heavenly court had already paid in full.
Although these cultivation methods were consumed in her and Nuwa's "mutual charging," Deng Chanyu still needs to fulfill her commitment as the payment has already been made by the heavenly court.
With Nezha assisting, Deng Chanyu commanded 20,000 heavenly troops and 30,000 heavenly people. After three months of hard work, they finally completed the construction of the heavenly prison.
Several years have passed since the collision of Duanyu with the Azure Dragon Pavilion, and now they no longer need her to impersonate the Azure Dragon Pavilion in their morning gatherings.
Hao Tian and his entourage have a new location for their morning gatherings. Originally, the heavenly prison was vacant. Now it is officially completed and ready for use.
The first batch of prisoners are those who have taken on the forms of the Blood Deities' offspring.
Including the captives Deng Chanyu and Xuan Dong have taken, a total of seven Blood Deity offspring have been captured by the numerous quasi-saints. Hao Tian waved his hand, and they were all locked up!
Every night when the world falls into silence, Hao Tian personally interrogates the blood god offspring. He suspects that the Hongmeng Purple Qi is in the possession of the Ghost River, and whether it's to seize it from the Ghost River now or launch an attack deep into the Blood Sea in the future, these blood god offspring are crucial.
Unfortunately, he was unable to extract any significant information. The seven blood god offspring were either crazy or focused on reciting Buddhist scriptures. Hao Tian felt that they were playing with him, which further solidified his belief that there was a great secret hidden within the Ghost River.
Kunlun Mountain, Yuweigong.
Deng Chanyu cannot learn the Yujing immortal techniques, but the methods of the Xuanmen school are essentially the same.
The Hongmeng Purple Qi has enabled Deng Chanyu to understand all things and phenomena to their utmost extent. With some new ideas today, she has come to Yuweigong to attempt deducing the views of this Sage on the Dao from his notes and correspondence.
For her, the daily notes are filled with important information between the lines. When she had read half of them, Chi Jingzi also arrived. They chatted casually for a while and then learned some strange information.
"So, isn't Kong Yandao still not back, right?" Deng Chanyu asked Chi Jingzi.
Chi Jingzi laughed dryly: "Before the many quasi-saints went to chase the Ghost River, I separated from Kong Yandao. These days, I've been investigating a few cave dwellings he mentioned before, but there's been no trace of him. It's probably because he hasn't come back yet."
