Xianye

Chapter 417: Theory of Soul and Flesh, Disaster of Losing the Way

The supernatural powers of immortals also vary in levels.

But no matter which sky or force you look at.

Taiyi Divine Thunder is a first-class killing technique with unparalleled power that can easily destroy all things!
This method was created by the founder of Yuchen sect - the great master Daxian, who was the master of the Thunder Department in Xiandu in the previous ancient Daoting period, led seventy-two great generals, commanded hundreds of millions of soldiers and cavalry, and was given the honorific title of "Great Immortal of the East who Breaks Prisons and Controls Evil".

In that ancient era when the Dao Court still dominated the heavens and ruled over all spirits.

Patriarch Daxian relied on his Taiyi Divine Thunder to stand out from the other gods of the Thunder Department, suppressed many of his competitors, and successfully became the chief of the Thunder Department in Xiandu. He also held an important position in the Taoist court.

The origin of the divine thunder is very great, so the battle record it has created is naturally also impressive.

Not to mention the things that happened before ancient times.

Just at that time, the eight sects and six schools followed the orders and followed Xudu Tianzun to fight against Tianyi Yan and Dahuisheng monk.

Immortal Yuchen who was fighting at that time used all his strength to launch a Taiyi Divine Thunder, which shook heaven and earth and made the Tianzuns who were watching the battle on the Seven-leaf Hurricane Cart pale and fearful in their hearts.

Such magical powers and such might!
No wonder the Taiyi Divine Thunder is the first of the Twenty-Five Yuchen Dharmas, and is also ranked first in killing in the Nine Provinces and Four Seas!

However, although this magical power is extremely powerful, it is not something that can be comprehended by those who have reached the Golden Core stage.

Even if a great master at the Yuanshen realm wanted to use it, there would be severe backlash, and he would hurt himself before hurting others.

But Tongxuan specifically mentioned the Netherworld True Water first, and then talked about the practice of Taiyi Divine Thunder.

Think of the characteristics of the Netherworld True Water.

Chen Heng suddenly understood a little bit and nodded slightly.

"It seems that you, my disciple, have understood that the True Water of the Netherworld is a great means to achieve immortality. After cultivating this True Water, as long as the spirit is not weakened, you will be immortal. No matter how badly the body is injured, or how the soul is destroyed, as long as there is still the power to activate the True Water of the Netherworld, you can shed the body and be reborn..."

Seeing that Chen Heng already understood what he meant, Tong Xuan spoke slowly and explained the magic of the Netherworld True Water.

“Though those who have reached the Golden Core stage cannot withstand the backlash brought by the Taiyi Divine Thunder, even Yuanshen Zhenren is no exception…but on this trip to the outer domain, if I can successfully cultivate True Water in Xuhuangtian, then even if there is a backlash, I can still barely use the Taiyi Divine Thunder?” Chen Heng interjected.

"exactly."

Chen Heng pondered for a moment.

The method of refining the three waters of the Netherworld True Water is unique to Chen Yu, and no one else can obtain it.

If he could really cultivate the Netherworld True Water, and use it as a support, he could further try the Taiyi Divine Thunder...

That must be a really killer move.

It can be his final trump card to defeat Jiuzhou Zhenren and win the title of Danyuan Champion!
However, the above idea is good.

But when he actually arrives in Xuhuangtian to meet Chen Yu, whether everything will go smoothly or whether there will be other conditions remains to be seen.

Moreover, practicing Taiyi Divine Thunder is definitely not that easy.

Such a supreme method of the immortals must be far beyond ordinary magical powers. When one really starts to study it in depth, there must be many dangers and obstacles, and it will be another hard work...

"Disciple understands. Before going to the outer world, disciple will take out the Taiyi Divine Thunder from the Daolu Hall."

Putting aside his complicated thoughts, Chen Heng did not hesitate for long and simply bowed his head and spoke.

Seeing that Chen Heng had made a decision, Tong Xuan nodded.

He then turned the subject to the Great Seal and personally explained the key points of the operation of the Innate Five Elements. Then he slowly stopped talking and picked up the teacup.

At this moment, Chen Heng's eyes moved and he suddenly stood up.

He was just about to open his mouth to ask Tongxuan the question that he had been pondering for a long time.

Tong Xuan seemed to have guessed what was in his mind, and he interrupted with a shake of his hand and a laugh:
"My disciple, there is no need to say more. You want to ask, since you have been a disciple for so long, why have I never asked about your Tai Su Yu body, not even mentioned it?"

"Master?" Chen Heng was surprised.

"Fool, idiot! In this world, who has achieved enlightenment without great opportunities? Your opportunity is yours. It is your own blessing. Don't be suspicious!

As early as when you used the Taisu Jade Body, the Dao Lords of Jiuzhou pushed the matter onto me. You just need to do the same from now on. I will take care of everything!"

Tong Xuan patted the dragon-tiger jade ruyi on his waist and said proudly:
"Besides, my disciple, you have your chance, but I don't have my own luck!"

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The matter of the object tied to Tai Su Yu's body involves the golden cicada, and this is also Chen Heng's biggest secret since he came to this immortal world.

Whether out of consideration for his own life or other reasons, he had no intention of telling anyone about Jin Chan.

But Tongxuan suddenly got straight to the point, and then lightly passed over the matter without any intention of delving into it further.

Even though Chen Heng was usually reserved and rarely showed his emotions on his face, he couldn't help but show emotion at this moment.

He sighed softly, took two steps back, and bowed:
"Master..."

"You have done very well. With your current cultivation level, if you dare to show this opportunity to others, you will undoubtedly be like a child carrying gold through a busy market. Even I will look down on you!"

Tongxuan helped him up and said jokingly:
“My chances may not be worse than yours, but do you remember the Gate of Wonders that I told you about before?
In the past, Ao Yao from the East China Sea and I once entered this gate by mistake. We suffered a lot in there and paid a high price. In the end, we were lucky enough to survive.

Ao Yao got the remaining root of the Tongtian Jianmu tree in there, and I got a few magical powers and the dragon-tiger jade Ruyi on my waist... Since I started practicing Taoism, the Ruyi has really helped me a lot!"

"With Master's ability, even without the help of rare treasures, achieving enlightenment is inevitable." Chen Heng said.

"It's over, it's over. Why do we need to flatter each other?"

Tong Xuan was amused, then he turned the conversation back to the main topic, his expression becoming more serious:

"Your chance is very good. Even I, a Dao Lord, cannot figure out where the object is. I think it must be a real treasure from ancient times.

In this case, the biggest defect of the Tai Su Jade Body has been made up. This method is a natural match for you. You must not abandon it and practice other methods... I can't explain it now, but you will know the benefits of the Tai Su Jade Body in the future!"

After hearing Tongxuan's detailed instructions, Chen Heng glanced at the dragon-tiger jade ruyi on his waist, and nodded as if he understood something.

"Disciple understands," he said.

“Before you achieve Return to the Void, you must also pay attention to the Taisu Jade Body. If you raise the realm of this method too much, it will hinder your true Taoist practice... Although these are my old sayings, I still want to tell you again. Don't focus on the technique and neglect the Tao.” Tong Xuan reminded again.

Chen Heng nodded again and responded with "yes".

The orthodox practice of Taoism, after the Golden Elixir, is to achieve the second level of accomplishment: Yuanshen and Fanxu.

The Dharma appearance of the primordial spirit is the beginning of "the birth of the wonderful origin and the manifestation of all signs."

There are twelve levels of barriers between heaven and earth in this realm. Every time you break through a level of barrier, your magic power and nature will improve a bit, so it can be said that you are climbing up level by level.

As for the state of returning to the void, it is called "the primordial spirit comes from the void and returns to the void."

This state requires the cultivator to hold his mind steady and put the trace of nature deep in his soul into the great vacuum to be cleansed and tempered. In this process, the cultivator's soul will encounter "past lives" and see all kinds of "others and me". If the devil's test comes, the difficulty is to overcome the devil's obstruction!

Because this action is really like walking on thin ice.

If that strand of the soul's nature accidentally falls into the void, and is unable to break through delusion and see the "true self", the cultivator's soul will gradually merge with the physical body, losing its spirituality, and its consciousness will become chaotic like a mindless and resentful ghost, never to regain clarity of mind, and will become a ghost without a corpse.

This is the calamity of losing the Way, also known as the "Twelve Obstacles" and the "Nine Levels of Reincarnation". It is also a great calamity on the path to immortality that practitioners fear deeply.

In fact, there is a reason why Tong Xuan repeatedly told Chen Heng not to rush to improve his physical realm, and it is related to the Return to Void realm.

It should be noted that the physical body and the soul complement each other.

The physical body nourishes the soul, and the soul nourishes the physical body. It can be said that every sip and every bite has its destiny.

If the realm of the physical body is raised too much, exceeding the limit of the realm cultivation, so that the body and spirit are overly disordered -

Not to mention the difficulty in controlling magical powers as desired, and the various obstacles caused by the mind being unable to dominate the body.

The most crucial thing is that when returning to the void, the nature deep in the soul will first find it difficult to enter the void, thus blocking the way forward.

This is a secret of the practice of Taoism.

If a casual cultivator does not receive guidance from a master, he may fall into this trap and regret it for the rest of his life.

The realm division of Tai Su Jade Body corresponds closely to the realm of immortality.

The physical cultivation of the third level of the Xuan Realm is already the limit that the practice of Qi Refining can accommodate. If nothing unexpected happens, he can probably defeat all his Qi Refining opponents.

The sixth level of the Xuan Realm corresponds to the highest level of foundation building, and the ninth level of the Xuan Realm is the Purple Palace.

Yuan San is for Dongxuan, Yuan Liu is for Jindan, Yuan Jiu is for Yuanshen, and Shi San is for Fanxu Daoxing, which is difficult to surpass.

In this way, if Chen Heng wants to successfully put his primordial spirit into the void, he should also abide by this law.

Especially when breaking through the realm and returning to the void, the physical body cultivation must not exceed the ninth level of the Yuan realm...

At this time Tongxuan chatted with Chen Heng for a while, and explained some dangerous places outside the sky and taboos when crossing the void.

He didn't stay any longer, nodded, and walked towards the palace gate.

Chen Heng followed and saw him off.

But when he was about to leave the palace, Tongxuan seemed to remember something and suddenly stopped.

For some reason, his eyes first swept across the jade table in the hall, paused for a moment, and then stopped at Chen Heng, and said slowly:

"After your True Transmission Ceremony, news came from the Chiming Sect that their True Transmission Disciple Wei Lingjiang has reached the first level of Dancheng and has also mastered the 'Zhengtian Fendu', one of the Sixteen Mysterious Classics of Chiming. Do you know about this?"

Chen Heng's eyes were calm, and he showed no surprise when he heard the words, his face remained calm.

"Disciple knows," he said.

"Although I am your teacher, it is ultimately a matter between you two. I cannot interfere. I just have one thing to tell you. The Jiexian Patriarch once wrote in a poem:
Disasters are caused by humans and destroyed by humans. Humans are free to cause and destroy disasters. Disasters have no birth or destruction.

Back then, she was probably blocked by the inner demon and was in a state of unrest, so she left Lutai Mountain under the guidance of Taiwen Miaocheng and met you in the South. This was her fate. In other words, aren't you also caught in the net of the catastrophe?"

Tong Xuan looked at Chen Heng with a serious expression, which was rare for him, and said in a deep voice:

"Disciple, you must not learn from Jun Yao. The Dan Yuan Conference is related to your future as a Taoist. If you want to achieve enlightenment and compete with Chen Yushu, you cannot do without that luck.

I won't be in charge of what happens from now on. You can do whatever you want.

But this time at the Dan Yuan Conference, I won’t allow you to give in! "

"On the road to immortality... I, Chen Heng, will never give in. It has always been like this!"

After a moment's silence, Chen Heng slowly raised his sleeves and bowed deeply, his tone firm and resolute.

Tong Xuan looked at him deeply, patted Chen Heng on the shoulder, and strode out of the palace door. Then his figure disappeared in an instant, as if he had disappeared into this world.

Tushan Ge, who was standing far away outside the palace, was feeling uneasy. He was still immersed in the surprise of the Taoist emperor coming to visit him in person and had not yet come to his senses.

It was not until Chen Heng called him that he seemed to wake up from a dream. He responded hurriedly and ran towards the inner hall.

"Master, I don't know..."

"The master has left."

Chen Heng spoke slowly and turned back to the inner hall.

After thinking for a while, he picked up the pen and wrote a letter, using his own seal. Then he handed the letter to Tushan Ge and said:
"I have received the favor of Grandmaster Wei Ling, so I should go and pay him a visit. However, I don't know when Grandmaster Wei Ling will be free, and I am afraid that I will disturb you if I visit him rashly. You should take this letter and go to the outside of Qingri Island to post a letter and take a look."

Tushan Ge agreed upon hearing this, took the letter with both hands and carefully put it into his sleeve.

He glanced at Chen Heng and couldn't help asking:
"Now that Master has mastered his magical powers, are you going to go to the outer world? But I have also heard that the spiritual power in the outer world is not as good as that in Xudu Heaven, and it is not peaceful. Why don't you stay for a few more days?"

"How can I leave so hastily? Before leaving, I should at least take care of everything and inspect the fiefs of the sixteen kingdoms... Now, let alone not going to the Merit Hall to announce the list, I still need to wait for the summons from Grandmaster Wei Ling to thank him in person for his kindness."

Chen Heng shook his head and after thinking for a moment, he made up his mind.

As the sword flashed, it tore through the air with a loud bang and shot towards the direction of the Hall of Merit.

"The elixir has reached the first grade, and the Taoist master has personally taught me. The master has finally come to this day..."

The clouds parted and the wind blew fiercely.

Tu Shange saw the sword light tearing through the sky, and the whistling sound just sounded sharply, stinging his eardrums, but disappeared in a moment.

After a moment of confusion, I realized that the sword light had already gone far away.

He sighed in his heart and was about to turn around and leave the inner hall, but his eyes accidentally swept across the jade table in the inner hall.

He didn't know what he saw. He let out a light exclamation and a look of suspicion appeared on his face.

That was the place where Chen Heng often sat. In recent days, Tushan Ge often saw Chen Heng sitting at the desk from afar, meditating, breathing in, and regulating his breath.

There were no letters or seals on the desk in front of him, just a thick stack of white paper folded on the corner.

The top few pictures still have wrinkles on them, as if they have been held in someone's hands but eventually put down.

However, it was just empty without a single stain of ink...

"Why is there a pile of white paper on the table? What does this mean, sir?"

Tu Shange muttered in his heart and thought about it, but still couldn't guess Chen Heng's intention. He shook his head and didn't think about it anymore. In the end, he just carefully walked out of the palace.

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(End of this chapter)