Cultivating Immortality in a World of Chaos - Chapter 1019

[Chapter 1017 Four-step Daojun]

True Immortal Realm, somewhere in Beichen Immortal Realm.

A group of six-winged purple-maned lions were cruising leisurely.

When this group grows up, they become great wild beasts. The king among them can even fight with immortals. Their strength is extraordinary.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a snowstorm appeared in the distance.

Wherever the blizzard passed, the ground froze, and some wild beasts that had no time to escape were instantly turned into lifelike ice sculptures.

“Roar!”

The six-winged, purple-maned lions roared, drawing the vital energy of heaven and earth and transforming it into tides, ready to withstand the natural disaster.

At this moment, deep in the lion group, a lion king with the most shinning hair and a purple flame mark on his forehead roared, looked into the depths of the blizzard, and with a hint of fear, suddenly roared loudly.

A group of six-winged purple-maned lions immediately made way for the blizzard to pass through their territory.

Deep in the snowstorm, there seemed to be a palace, which flashed by in a flash.

The lion king, who had reached the stage of a fairy beast, could feel that the palace was not to be trifled with, and he decisively followed the guidance of his heart.

It seems like a palace made of ice crystals.

Fang Xi was wearing a yellow robe and looking down through the window.

“Fellow Daoist, are you looking at the group of six-winged purple-maned lions?”

A young earth immortal came over, holding an ordinary wooden staff in his hand and a circle of green light around him.

It was the former master of Fengyuanzhai, Yu Xiu!
This time, Fengyuanzhai went to the Ten Thousand Immortals Festival, and all the elites were present. Not only was the old master of the Earthly Immortal leading the team, but there were also nine immortals including Fang Xi and Xu Qing.

Of course, how much of this is an external incarnation is a matter of opinion.

With so many immortals gathered together, plus the war artifact ‘Ice and Snow Palace’ created by Fengyuanzhai, it is no wonder that the six-winged purple-maned lion king did not dare to face it head-on.

The void laws of the fairy world are extremely powerful, and the area is extremely vast, so most of the teleportation formations are flashy and impractical.

The main way for immortals to travel is to fly honestly.

“That’s right… That lion king probably has a wisp of ‘Purple Beast Fire’ bred in his body… If we can obtain its source of fire, it should be of great help in refining pills and weapons.”

Fang Xi’s eyes sparkled and he chuckled.

“It’s a pity that our master Zhang Dan has already sacrificed a ray of heaven and earth spirit fire. I’m afraid this ‘Purple Beast Fire’ is not suitable. Besides, the Ten Thousand Immortals Festival is important now, so we shouldn’t cause any trouble…”

Yu Xiu said with a little regret.

Master Zhang is the only True Immortal-level alchemist in Fengyuanzhai and holds an extremely respected status.

This time I came with everyone.

“I heard that you are planning to buy a ‘Spiritual Pill’ for me… If you are short of immortal jade, please let me know. I have some in my personal savings.” Yu Xiu’s eyes seemed to penetrate through the palaces and saw Fang Xian meditating in a cave: “Your disciple seems to be as talented as Dugu Fang…”

This grand event was a rare opportunity to broaden one’s horizons. Fang Xi saw that Fang Xian had been practicing hard and seemed to be living a miserable life, so he took little Fang Xian along.

“Xiao Fangxian’s aptitude is far inferior to Dugu Fang’s. Moreover, he is following the path of an earthly immortal, not a celestial immortal…”

Fang Xi shook his head and didn’t say anything more.

After all, Yu Xiu was a hero all his life, but in the end he suffered at the hands of Dugu Fang. It is better not to mention such a slap in the face.

“Yes, being an earthly immortal is good, and becoming a celestial immortal will make you more ambitious. I, Fengyuanzhai, cannot tolerate such a great Buddha.”

Yu Xiu sighed.

Fang Xi silently moved his soul, looking at the Hunyuan Immortal Talisman in his soul, without saying anything.

In fact, he can almost be considered a celestial being now.

After a moment, he said, “I have little property. If there is a shortage of fairy jade at the auction, I will definitely ask you for it…”

“That’s great.”

Yu Xiu nodded with a smile, and came to a palace with Fang Xi.

In this palace, several rows of musicians were playing music, and a large number of celestial maidens, draped in gauze, were dancing gracefully.

Xu Qing drank and had fun with several immortals, occasionally discussing some of his insights into spiritual practice, and was very happy and carefree.

“Brother Yu, Fellow Daoist Fang…”

When Xu Qing and the other immortals saw Fang Xi and the others, they couldn’t help but smile: “We were discussing the way of cultivation. Just now, Master Zhang’s high theory about cultivation being like alchemy was really brilliant… It’s a pity that you two haven’t heard of it.”

Fang Xi looked over and saw Master Zhang Dan, wearing a black robe, with a childlike face and white hair. He had a faint herbal scent and was stroking his beard and smiling.

“All the arts of cultivating immortality do lead to the same destination in the end. For example, the way of talismans and weapons, the way of elixirs and weapons… in the final analysis, they are all about comprehending the great way.”

Fang Xi spoke out of inspiration.

“The Great Road…”

Immortal Xuqing sighed.

Among the immortals present here, except for the gods and ghosts who have completely lost hope of attaining the great Dao, in fact, those who can become immortals all have a strong desire to seek the Dao.

Seeing this atmosphere, Yu Xiu smiled slightly: “Fellow Daoist Fang, I believe you have some good ideas?”

“I have also been drawing a lot of talismans recently. After becoming an immortal, I was able to draw inferences from one instance to another and began to delve into the art of formations. I just wrote down what I felt…”

Fang Xi sat down gracefully and casually expressed some of his insights.

Xu Qing and other immortals were fascinated by what they heard: “Using talismans and formations to enter the Tao… is indeed wonderful, but it’s a pity that it is extremely difficult and requires too high a talent…”

When Yu Xiu saw this scene, he continued Fang Xi’s words and talked about how to reach the stage of harmony with the Tao after reaching the peak of True Immortal Realm cultivation.

Although none of them had yet cultivated to the peak of immortality, they were all paying attention to this. Suddenly, their eyes lit up and they listened carefully.

In terms of cultivation, Yu Xiu was ahead of everyone else, and even had a glimmer of hope of achieving the Dao!
Of course, it was only a glimmer.

“To cultivate immortals, one must reach perfection in magical power and reach the state of condensing Dao seeds in order to be considered as reaching the peak of true immortality!”

Yu Xiu said, “I have been practicing hard for many years, relying on the resources of Fengyuanzhai, and have barely cultivated most of my magic power, but my understanding of the laws has been stuck at a bottleneck and I can’t break through…”

“Brother Yu’s progress has made us look up to him…”

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Master Zhang sighed, “Although I have the help of elixirs, I don’t have much confidence that I can perfect the power of a true immortal within a million years… As for the understanding of the laws? It depends on sudden enlightenment. If you can’t understand it, then you can’t understand it. It’s normal to be trapped forever…”

After hearing this, Fang Xi nodded.

In the immortal realm, elixirs that can increase the probability of enlightenment are even rarer than those that can increase magic power!

If he was willing to release his own ‘Daojun Pill’, it would definitely be a sought-after item among the immortals, and would be much more useful than immortal jade.

“Today I will tell you how to achieve the Dao at the peak of immortality.”

Yu Xiu looked around and said with a smile: “I compiled this from the records of many ancient books and techniques… I hope it can be of some benefit to you fellow Taoists.”

“good!”

Fang Xi’s eyes lit up and he spoke first.

Although there are descriptions about the Hedao in the Changqing Gong and the Heavenly Immortal Technique in the Yuanli Secret Realm.

But some places are still vague.

Fang Xi will reach this critical juncture sooner or later, and can’t help but want to hear other people’s opinions.

“As long as we immortals have not reached the peak of the True Immortal realm, the gap in strength is actually not that big. At most, the Heavenly Immortals are stronger than the Earthly Immortals, and the Earthly Immortals are stronger than the Human Immortals… In addition, formations, immortal tools, talismans, secret arts and magical powers also have a great impact. Just like this old man, I am no match for Dugu Fang…”

Yu Xiu seemed to be unconcerned about what happened before, and continued: “The peak of the True Immortal is a threshold. I don’t know how many immortals have practiced hard, but in the end they could not cross this threshold and pursue the path of the Dao Lord…”

To reach the peak of True Immortal, one not only needs to have perfect magical powers, but also needs to comprehend a law to the level of Tao Seed.

Fang Xi is still some distance away now, not to mention the immortals present.

And only in this way can one have a chance to glimpse the Hedao.

“Those who are in harmony with the Tao can be called ‘in harmony with the Tao’. This step is extremely dangerous. After all, the power of the laws of the True Immortal Realm is so vast. If you are not careful, you will die and even the Tao Lord will not be able to save you… There are even worse ones who are influenced by the power of the laws and become Tao monsters, causing trouble to the people.”

“A Tao-transformed monster?”

Fang Xi heard this and thought: “Is it equivalent to the Tao transformation of those immortals during their cultivation?”

“Somewhat similar, but much more terrifying. After all, the Dao of the True Immortal Realm is not comparable to that of the small realms below. Moreover, the descendants of the gods cut themselves with a sword, and their foundation was damaged. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise, and they were not troubled by the erosion of the Dao… Even so, it is difficult for them to make any progress in their cultivation, and they have no hope of becoming a Dao Lord.”

Yu Xiu smiled slightly and said, “In fact, I feel that if the gods and ghosts can cultivate and break through to the Dao Lord, I’m afraid they will be extremely terrifying among the Dao Lords.”

Fang Xi nodded involuntarily.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the benefits after breaking through!

Although it is almost an iron rule that ghost immortals and gods in the true immortal world cannot be certified as Taoist Lords, there are exceptions to everything.

For example, before he became an immortal, he didn’t know that there was a secret method to advance to the immortal level!
If he was a Dao Zun or even a great figure above Dao Zun, he might know the method of cultivation of ghost immortals and gods, but it was just too costly, not worth the loss, or involved some taboos, so he didn’t spread it…

In the ‘mortal law’, everything is possible!
Yu Xiu continued: “If the achievement of a Taoist master is divided into several steps, the first step is naturally to cultivate to the peak of the True Immortal, the second step is to condense the Jade Platform, which requires building a ‘virtual platform’ in the Yuan Shen that is large enough to carry the ‘Tao Seed’, and the third step is ‘sitting and forgetting’. Once the Tao Seed enters the Jade Platform, many delusions and Tao transformations will come, known as the ‘Seven Declines of Taiyi’, which are more terrible and terrifying than the ‘Five Declines of Heavenly Man’…”

“The Seven Declines of Taiyi are actually two more than the Five Declines of Heavenly Beings… I’m afraid it will be difficult to survive.”

Fang Xi’s heart moved.

Before becoming a celestial being, one must first experience the ‘Five Deteriorations of Celestial Beings’. Perhaps this is a rehearsal for the Taoist’s ‘Seven Deteriorations of Taiyi’?

It seems that when it comes to achieving the status of a Taoist Lord, a celestial being does have more confidence than an earthly being.

“After three steps, will you become a Taoist master?”

Immortal Xu Qing asked with eager eyes.

“No, there is still one step left… Even if you have survived the Seven Declines of Taiyi and the Dao Seed resides in your Primordial Spirit, you are still not a Dao Lord. You can only say that you have almost achieved the Dao, but you have not yet taken the most crucial step…”

Yu Xiu said: “This fourth step is also the last step, called ‘Slash Dao’. It is extremely mysterious and difficult. The geniuses of the big forces, such as Ziyin Daozi, often get stuck before this step and cannot make any progress for hundreds of millions of years. They are called ‘Half-step Dao Lords’, but in fact, the difference of half a step is a world of difference!”

(End of this chapter)