125: Chapter 101: Prison Barrier, Netherworld (Third Update!) 125: Chapter 101: Prison Barrier, Netherworld (Third Update!) “Didn’t Lao Liang quit smoking?
Why did he go downstairs to buy cigarettes?”
In the dormitory, Qin Shi suddenly thought of this, but he didn’t have time to dwell on it, as the Palace of Thought’s little dog phone had already started beeping.
Hmm, a call is coming!
Qin Shi closed his eyes, letting his spirit sink deep into his consciousness.
When he reopened his eyes, he had already arrived in the void space known as the “Inner World.”
The little orange dog’s tail stood straight up, as if receiving radio waves.
Upon seeing Qin Shi, it immediately lay down and rolled over, exposing its belly.
Qin Shi grabbed the little dog, habitually kneaded it twice, and then clicked on “Killed Yet?”
Sure enough, it was a message from a customer.
[Anonymous User: Ready to move!]
It seems the other side is very aware of his whereabouts.
Maybe they are nearby, secretly watching?
Qin Shi’s eyes revealed a cold light.
[47: Already in position.]
[47: Just waiting for the boss’s order.]
The little dog trembled slightly.
[Anonymous User: Stay where you are.]
After replying, Qin Shi let go of the little orange dog.
He sat cross-legged on the spot, contemplating the Limit-Breaking Divine Barrier.
Break the Heart Barrier, Remove Shackles, Pass the Prison Barrier.
“My heart barrier is nothing but the ingrained cognition of ‘killing is a crime.’ The shackles are societal rules and legal consequences, just like how in my past life I wouldn’t dare to randomly fight with others; I would retreat whenever possible.
This is an imprint brought about by my growing environment.
Even in this life, having changed Heaven and Earth, there’s still some influence.”
Qin Shi analyzed seriously, the reason he had taken half a step into the Divine Barrier Limit was knowing that the Qin Family had spent millions to hire assassins to take his life.
In that instant, anger surged from his heart!
In the emotional turmoil, a rare killing intent and desire to kill arose!
“The Martial Arts Path, a blade hidden in the heart.
As the saying goes, with a sharp weapon in the heart, the will to kill naturally arises.
When a person possesses enough power, they dare to challenge injustice and unlawfulness, expressing themselves.
When I decided to fight back, to kill, it equaled stepping out, crossing the boundary, and breaking the heavy shackle called ‘rules.’
Thus, the heart barrier is broken, the shackles removed.”
Qin Shi recalled carefully, then gave rise to a new doubt.
The heart barrier is cognition, the shackle is the rule.
Then, what is the prison barrier?
Qin Shi did not become obsessively pondering, after all, time was tight.
So, he decided to seek help from the all-knowing He A-Dream.
He moved in front of the white-haired boy image of the Dao nature avatar.
Super He reluctantly responded.
“I want to break through the Divine Barrier Limit, how do I break the prison barrier?”
Qin Shi’s eyes were full of expectation, to him, the greatest gain from the Martial God’s legacy was not the SSS-level textbook “Void Meditation Technique”.
It was integrating He Lanchan’s martial arts aura with his own spirit, forming the humanoid search engine—Super He!
The help it brought was the most direct and effective.
Super He’s empty eyes flickered with light, like rapidly refreshing data streams.
About a few seconds later, the answer was given.
“In ancient times, the Buddhist Sect had the saying of ‘Enlightenment.’ It means ‘awakening to the truth,’ to welcome the light of wisdom, breaking the fog in the heart.”
Super He spoke slowly, solving Qin Shi’s confusion.
“Enlightenment is divided into three levels, also called ‘Breaking Three Barriers.’
The first is the ‘Initial Barrier’, the second is the ‘Heavy Barrier’, and the third is the ‘Prison Barrier’.
The so-called Initial Barrier is to see through the illusion.
Regardless of mountains and rivers, the myriad faces of living beings, all people or various things, are illusions born from the heart.
Because the essence is impermanent, Heaven and Earth will both perish, so the truth and falsehood are not important; as long as you see through, you can wake up.”
Qin Shi concentrated on listening, absorbing the experience and understanding from the Marshal God veteran who was half a step ahead.
“And the Heavy Barrier is another level.
You need to deny all kinds of self, like passing through a dark tunnel, moving forward unwaveringly until you see the eternal, unchanging self-nature.
At this time, you will possess the true self.”
Super He taught patiently like a teacher, explaining the principles of cultivation he himself didn’t totally understand.
“And the ‘Prison Barrier’ you mentioned is the hardest.
Having seen self-nature and comprehended the true self, you still need to perceive the Way.
‘Void Meditation Technique’ touches on this part; you can refer to it.
As it is said the Initial Barrier is like stepping into the gate of liberation, understanding that mountains and rivers, earth and sky, and all things in the void, all vanish.
Recognizing the current seven-foot body is but earth, water, fire, and wind, naturally pure and free from any stain, is initial breakthrough, with past and future disconnected.
The Heavy Barrier is knowing mountains are mountains, rivers are rivers, earth is earth, void is void, earth, water, fire, and wind are earth, water, fire, and wind, nothing is not oneself, yet nothing is oneself.
The Prison Barrier is the eternity of non-birth, the non-extinction of non-extinction.
These are three progressive levels that cannot be achieved overnight.”
Qin Shi’s eyes glazed over as if listening to heavenly scripts, why not just have a graphical PPT to make it easier to understand?
“He He, just tell me what exactly I should do.”
He truly didn’t understand and was unwilling to waste his mental energy on these mystical terms like ‘self-nature’ and ‘true self’.
Super He looked at Qin Shi, finding it hard to believe this guy could attract the four pillars to descend?
No matter how you look, he has no roots of wisdom or comprehension, not worth a glance!
“Your heart barrier has broken, the shackles are removed.
In theory, to pass the prison barrier, you just need to continue the previous thoughts, making your mind more thorough…”
Super He answered responsibly.
Qin Shi’s eyes lit up, indicating he has fully comprehended.
“As long as I kill the Qin Family members, and feel satisfied, I will naturally pass the prison barrier!
Is that what you mean?”
Super He’s mouth twitched, helplessly said:
“Don’t you have any inner struggle, doubt of truth and falsehood, self-denial, and questioning of right and wrong?”