Yuanshi Tianzun sent out his disciples to investigate, only to discover that it was none other than that fellow Tongtian making trouble. He was even trying to set up some ridiculous trial ground and a Grand Dao formation, forcing people into a fight to the death. However, his own first-generation disciple, Taiyi Zhenren, had actually broken through to become a Chaos Wuji Saint, which was truly fantastic. To let such an opportunity for free benefits slip by would make one worse than a turtle, so Yuanshi Tianzun also prepared to go and take a look.
Meanwhile, high up on the clouds in the Tushita Palace, Taishang Laojun was expounding the supreme scriptures of the Great Dao to his disciples. Daoist flowers fluttered through the air, and Merit descended from the heavens. Ever since the battle beyond the heavens, where numerous cultivators with exceptional foundations and potential had been captured, Taishang Laojun had taken in nearly ten thousand disciples. Every day, besides guiding their cultivation, he lectured on the Dharma, explaining his Doctrine of Non-Action in terms everyone could easily understand. Yet, while listening, some disciples would burst into laughter, others would weep and call for their mothers, and a few would laugh uncontrollably for three hundred years. This was the true essence of the Doctrine of Non-Action: acting through non-action in harmony with the world. One of the disciples asked, "Master, what is non-action?"
Taishang Laojun smiled and replied,…
Chapter 104