"The Xuanhuang True Tribulation Prescription"
"The Immortal Treasure"
"The Record of the True Spirits of Jia and Yi Mu"
"The Golden Toad Looking at the Moon"
After returning to Wangshu Valley, Ancestor Wangshu searched through the ancestral scripture library and transmitted a lot of information about Taoist cultivation to Shen Lian's sea of consciousness.
Looking at so many Taoist cultivation methods, his eyes were full of surprise. There were actually many more than those of the Huang family.
Apart from the Chuanshe Sect, the Huang family and the Wangshu Valley family together have tens of thousands of Taoist secrets, both true and false.
There are hundreds of Taoist cultivation methods that have sporadic records of names but no content or lost content.
There are similarities between Taoist cultivation and the popular methods in the fairy world today, such as the magic talisman method, the elixir returning method, the elixir suppressing method, etc., all of which regard themselves as talismans or elixirs for cultivation.
This is different from the cultivator's natal talisman. The natal talisman can only be refined with high-level materials before being used in conjunction with the cultivator's natal talisman, while the divine talisman method directly forges the talisman into itself.
The magic talisman and magic elixir method are relatively normal, but the terrifying thing is the form enlightenment method and thunder transformation method, which can transform oneself into the visualized appearance.
For example, the Golden Toad Gazing at the Moon method aims to visualize oneself as a golden toad, and the ultimate goal is to swallow the Moon. Although this visualization method seems a bit unrealistic, there are indeed cultivators who have practiced this method, otherwise how could it have been created.
The method of transforming oneself into a bolt of lightning is to transform oneself into a bolt of lightning.
"Tsk tsk, fellow Taoists are a little crazy."
After sighing, three complete Taoist cultivation methods appeared in Shen Lian's sea of consciousness, which could be used to practice from refining essence into qi to refining emptiness and merging with the Tao. They are "The True Scripture of the Twelve Towers Dongyun", "The Nine Ding Dan Fire Tribulation" and "The Thirteen Great Scriptures".
The Twelve Floors was from the Huang family, so Shen Lian was a little indifferent. The Pill Fire Tribulation was okay, but it was more about alchemy and fire condensation.
In the end, Shen Lian focused his attention on the method of the Thirteen Taishang Sutras.
After spending quite a while to study the Thirteen Classics in detail, Shen Lian felt that the conception expressed by the word "Taishang" was like a useless empty word.
'Thirteen' is the key point.
To practice this method, one must open up thirteen meridians in the body as the pathways for the circulation of magical power. Compared to the other two Taoist practices, one more meridian is opened up.
This method is not like Danhuojie, which focuses on fire. It focuses on being moderate and peaceful, without bias in any attribute. It mainly depends on the inclination of the cultivator who practices this method. If he wants to use thunder magic, he can use thunder magic, and if he wants to blow air into a gale, he can turn it into a gale.
"Forget it, thirteen is thirteen. I am a cultivator who can control the wind in the void, so I am already thirteen."
As he spoke, Shen Lian touched his lower abdomen, where spiritual roots grew.
【Divine enlightenment point: 39684812】
His eyes flashed with green light, and a string of numbers suddenly appeared.
"It's up to you, little Gengen. Don't let me down."
…
As time passed, Shen Lian completely focused his mind on the Taoist practice method.
The entire Shifang Villa was silent, without even a single insect.
The rock wall illuminated by the colorful spiritual light was extremely dazzling. Streams of slightly light magic power surged out and were then condensed into colorful beads.
Before practicing the Thirteen Supreme Sutras, Shen Lian released all the five elements of magic power stored in his dantian.
These five elements of magic power were cultivated accidentally over the years. There is no orthodox Taoist practice method, and there is no immortal spirit as the source of power. These magic powers are very mixed.
So Shen Lian started from the beginning.
For him, dissipating the magic power in the middle dantian did not have much impact. He was a triple-realm cultivator. Even if he dissipated one of the magic powers, he would still be a sixth-order early physical cultivator or an early-stage void-refining cultivator.
When the middle dantian was empty, Shen Lian began to open up thirteen meridians according to the method of the Tai Shang Thirteen Meridians, starting from the middle dantian.
In fact, what he did was the opposite. Normal practice is to open up the meridians first and then the dantian, but he accidentally blasted out the middle dantian first.
After all these years of practice, there were already some fragmented meridians in the body. Now with the Taoist practice method, he was even more like a fish... in need of water.
"This is not right, you are lying to me!"
In the silent courtyard, Shen Lian suddenly opened his eyes, which were as wide as the eyes of a bighead carp, with a flashing green light that was quite scary.
[Shen Lian: The Initial Stage of Refining Void (Five Qis Returning to the Origin)]
[Taoism Cultivation: Refining Essence into Qi (Tai Shang Thirteen Sutras)]
【Divine Enlightenment Point-1-1-1-1-1-1】
The small spiritual root deep in the Dantian sea is like a blooming colorful flower bud, with clusters of flowers, dazzling and unparalleled, and the starlight is as crystal as star rain.
The mystery that emerged when the spiritual roots were fully awakened appeared again.
However, the mystery released from the spiritual roots cannot be integrated with the spiritual energy taken into the body.
It's clear that the spiritual roots have moved.
When there is no method of practicing Taoism, the spiritual enlightenment points are not consumed at all.
There is movement now, which shows that the previous guess was correct, except that Daoxiu was the trigger.
This Shifang villa is located at the lowest reaches of the Wuzhi River. The spiritual energy here is much poorer than other places. Shen Lian used high-quality spirit stones to set up a spirit gathering array here.
At this moment, the spiritual root released colorful spiritual light under the blessing of the divine enlightenment point, and the spiritual energy was also drawn from the top-grade spiritual stone, but a scene of disgust appeared.
"The spirit stone is too inferior?"
After a moment, Shen Lian was surprised.
When the top-grade spirit stones were in the Yunxiao Realm, even the Jindan cultivators had to use them sparingly. Even the cultivators in the early and middle stages of the Lianxu Realm could use the top-grade spirit stones for their cultivation.
For example, the Wuxiang Sect, the ancestor who was in the middle stage of the Refining Void Sect practiced with a mixture of high-quality and top-quality spirit stones.
After stopping the spirit gathering formation, Shen Lian took out a top-grade spirit stone.
As the top-grade spirit stone was crushed in the center of his palm, a ball of rich spiritual light was drawn into the vicinity of the spirit root in the Dantian Sea with a whoosh. After merging with the aura released by the spirit root, the spiritual energy suddenly became "lively".
The lively spiritual energy exuded the charm of Taoism, and was absorbed by the thirteen meridians that had been opened up before. After combining with one's own essence, energy and spirit, it turned into wisps of light and intangible colorful magic power and sank into the middle dantian.
With about ten points of perception, you can synthesize a spiritual energy of immortals.
【Divine Enlightenment Point-1-1-1-1-1】
Pieces of top-grade spirit stones turned into powder in front of Shen Lian, and more and more spiritual energy was absorbed into his body. After being transformed through the thirteen meridians, the magic power accumulated in the middle dantian became more and more.
The scene was the same as when the spiritual energy in the lower dantian was like fog. The middle dantian also gradually became hazy like fog, as if there was mist and rain lingering around.
Later, the mist began to become sticky and transformed into crystal clear essence, and it seemed that the phenomenon of "forming a golden elixir" would appear.
However, the Taoist practice does not call it the golden elixir, but calls it the Taoist fetus. Compared with the golden elixir, the Taoist fetus is not as solid, but instead has a brighter spiritual glow and is more spiritual.
At this moment, a thick layer of spirit stone residue had piled up in front of Shen Lian.
Millions of divine enlightenment points were also consumed.
If You Shifang hadn't left nearly 100,000 top-grade spirit stones here, it would have taken some time to exchange them for top-grade spirit stones.
This batch of spirit stones can be said to have almost emptied the treasury of the Chuanshe Sect.
[Taoism Cultivation: Refining Essence into Qi]
But Shen Lian did not quietly comprehend this state. His figure suddenly appeared in the air outside the villa.
Amidst the barren mountains and bad waters, lightning was surging in the void, and he had been locked in the dark.
Heavenly calamity!
Taoist practitioners also have heavenly tribulations, but they are somewhat different from the heavenly tribulations on the path to immortality today. As for how exactly they are different, it is recorded in the classics of Wangshu Valley and the Huang family that the heavenly tribulations of Taoist practitioners are not pure thunder tribulations, but are called Tao-seizing tribulations.
As for what this catastrophe was like, there are no more details.
The power of the Dao Tribulation that was locked onto Shen Lian at this moment was not considered strong for him. It was between the Great Perfection of the Golden Core and the early stage of the Nascent Soul. This power could be destroyed with ease.
But Shen Lian did not dare to show off. His aura had been restrained to the extreme. The physical essence flowing through his flesh and blood was gathered to the deepest part, and the magic power in his lower dantian was taken into his stomach by his Nascent Soul in one gulp.
He relaxed his whole body and tried his best to show the world that he was just a young Taoist who had just refined his essence into Qi.
Above the void, the calamity clouds are hazy.
Suddenly, the calamity cloud split apart, and a ball of light and shadow slowly descended on the calamity cloud. It turned out to be the shadow of a monk carrying a sword on his back.
The shadow could barely make out its general outline, with only the sword behind it flashing with lightning and interweaving with sharp sword energy.
clang clang!
After the shadow of the monk with a sword on his back appeared, lightning flashed from the sword behind him, and the sword intent was aimed at Shen Lian.
"To seize the Dao calamity, do you want to kill the senior to prove the Dao?"
Although he didn't know who this monk with a sword on his back was, Shen Lian couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Daoxiu plays it a bit cruelly.
Clang! In an instant, the shadow of the sword on his back shook slightly, and without any movement, the sword light behind him had already crossed the space and landed directly on Shen Lian's head.
Shen Lian did not move, allowing the sword energy to explode on his forehead, splashing out brilliant sword energy.
Even though he had restrained his physical energy, the strength of his skin was comparable to that of a sixth-tier spiritual treasure. Although his sword energy was sharp, it was far less powerful.
“clang!”
The next moment, the shadow carrying the sword on his back made a spell, and the spiritual sword behind him flew across the sky and drilled into the calamity cloud.
Then he saw the magic sword swaying in the sea of thunder, with electric arcs on the tip of the sword winding like a winding line, leading the rolling thunder to pour down, striking Shen Lian in the lightning and sword energy.
The thunder rolled like a waterfall, and Shen Lian moved his hands and feet in it.
Soon, the third sword energy emerged in the air, drawing a sword energy thunder dragon down from the calamity cloud and crashing down again.
After a moment, Shen Lian touched his head, opened his mouth and exhaled a breath of calamity, looking at the calamity clouds that were dispersing in the sky with some surprise in his eyes.
He saw the vague figure of a swordsman in the air. After he sheathed his sword, he glanced at him and then turned into spiritual light and disappeared between heaven and earth.
The Dao calamity ended just like that.
"It's a bit strange indeed. The last look at me means something."
"The power of the first heavenly tribulation is comparable to that of the Nascent Soul. The path of Taoism is indeed somewhat different from the path of immortal cultivation today."
After the sword man dispersed, a sound of Taoism hummed in the void, and a line that seemed to contain all the colors of the world fell from the sky.
"The spiritual essence of heaven."
Shen Lian looked up at the lines falling from the sky. This was too little. What could one do with just this one line?
Nowadays, after the heavenly tribulation on the path of cultivating immortals, there is the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, and after the heavenly tribulation on the path of cultivating Taoism, there is the spiritual essence of heaven.
The moment Tian Yan's spiritual essence sank into his body, Shen Lian sensed that a divine charm was emanating from the Tao fetus in his middle dantian.
This ray of divine charm is like a newly sprouted seed, swaying in the Tao fetus, affecting the soul of the main body. At this moment, the Tao fetus becomes psychic from being spiritual.
Previously, the middle dantian and thirteen meridians seemed to be glowing with spiritual light, but they were actually like stagnant water in a dark pond. As the divine charm grew, it was like a spring appeared in the dark pond, and it began to gush out.
The next step is to use this spring to give all the magic power in the meridians and the middle dantian charm.
[Taoism: Refining Qi into the Spiritual Realm]
Sensing the changes in his body, Shen Lian's eyes flashed with green light, and his figure fled into the distance.
According to the records of Wangshu and Huang family classics, refining Qi and transforming it into spirit is a long process.
The spiritual essence of heaven that came down from the heavenly tribulation is just an introduction to induce the divine charm. It first points out the divine charm of the elixir fetus, and then uses the divine charm in the elixir fetus to baptize the magic power little by little, and then baptize the cultivator himself.
In Shen Lian's opinion, this is similar to pickling pickles in the mortal world, except that the elixir is pickled from the inside out. As the pickling time increases, the pickles will absorb the flavor little by little.
Therefore, the great way is everywhere, which can be both popular and elegant.
Pickling pickles is the same as pickling monks. Once the flavor has absorbed the essence of the food, it will naturally be time for the essence to show.
This 'God' Shen Lian tends to be the charm, showing the true self.
What is the aura of a cultivator? It is an external aura that is a combination of his innate breath, aura, fate and even appearance.
For example, a Divine Transformation cultivator does not need to release any pressure. Just a glance can scare a Nascent Soul cultivator into pissing their shit out of them, as if a divine mountain is pressing down on them.
Another example is the old Taoist holding a sword on his back, with white hair and hanging down like a toad. At first glance, you would think he is an old immortal with a Taoist temperament. This is what a true immortal should look like.
This gives people the feeling of 'God'.
In layman's terms, it is the way a cultivator shows himself to the outside world. If Fu Ding of Sanlin Temple embarks on the path of Taoism, the external appearance that is manifested is that evil spirits will retreat and demons will be killed with a single thought.
This is something that is engraved in our bones and is revealed through practice.
When this kind of divine charm reaches the peak, one will be awe-inspiring without being angry, and one will show holiness with just one thought. This is the peak of refining Qi into spirit, and the next step in detail is the realm of refining spirit and returning to emptiness.
This "Xu" is not the kind of great Yin-Yang Xu magical power that all Taoists have.
Shen Lian still has a way to achieve this kind of magical power. He can make a few balls without adding sweet potato powder and give them to fellow Taoists. Let's encourage each other. He doesn't need it.
'Void' is a very high realm. The arrogance previously displayed in the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation Realm began to be gradually restrained, entering a realm of entering emptiness, and began to control the outside world more delicately and subtlely.
This situation is somewhat related to the current realm of refining emptiness. The stronger the strength, the stronger the perception, and the more detailed the insight.
In a nutshell, with deeper practice and self-realization, I realized that external pressure is useless after all, and that simplicity is the truest thing.
No wonder Taoists like to lie low. It turns out that they have experienced the process of "manifesting their holiness" and then began to be indifferent and clear-minded. You will understand if you look at the names of the Taoist methods, such as "Taishang", "Dongxuan" and "Taiqing".
These names are more mysterious than each other, and they play hide-and-seek with each other.
What about the winding paths leading to secluded places, pear blossoms and crabapple trees? The air of worldly life is too strong, get away from it as soon as possible.
More than half a month later, Shen Lian came back from afar again, and with the help of Kankan, he moved into the Shifang Villa again.
It seems that fellow Taoists are really unwilling to come to places with poor mountains and bad water.
The previous heavenly tribulation was a bit strange. The old cultivator transformed into a human form with a sword on his back and slashed three times with the sword. He was also afraid that something unexpected would happen.
…
Time flies, and it's gone in the blink of an eye.
Inside the villa, the cave that had been sealed for one hundred and eighty years opened its doors again, and a middle-aged monk with a calm and ordinary face walked out.
How ordinary is it? It is so ordinary that no one would even take a second look at it if it were mixed in the crowd.
Ordinary, ordinary, and fucking ordinary.
The expression on this face seems very familiar at first glance, but when you look again you forget who it is.
Shen Lian rubbed his face and muttered softly.
"A good face-hiding technique, even more mysterious than the secret method of disguise."
Originally, Shen Lian felt that he might encounter a bottleneck in the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation Realm. After all, this realm emphasizes spirit and focuses on the manifestation of one's original mind. He was worried about this for a long time.
Look at what he has done after practicing for more than 7,000 years, and you will know that this worry is not unnecessary.
Since he started practicing Qi, he has been running around and digging holes, avoiding other cultivators' practice. For a long time, he has had no direct contact with cultivators from the outside world. He is really afraid that he will develop a "pointed-nosed, monkey-cheeked", "vulgar", "squinting eyes and shrinking neck" appearance.
It would be a big joke if that were true.
This is equivalent to a reflection of the monk's true nature; he is not such a despicable person.
Fortunately, as a decent person who doesn't even go to secluded places, how could he act in a "sleazy" manner.
It's just ordinary, but pretty good.
After pondering for a while, Shen Lian looked up at the sky.
The calamity has come again.
At this moment, the magic power accumulated in his middle dantian was 20 to 30 percent stronger than when his lower dantian was in perfect transformation, simply in terms of its solidity and pressure.
The Taoist practice of refining the spirit and returning to the void is equivalent to the realm of refining the void, and his current Taoist realm is only equivalent to the realm of perfect transformation of the spirit.
Don't think that Shen Lian completed the process of refining essence into qi and then refining qi into spirit in less than two hundred years. In fact, he had already shaped his own spirit over the past seven thousand years, and he shaped it so well that he reached perfection in one breath.
A Taoist practitioner who has cultivated to the level of Great Perfection comparable to that of a Spiritual Transformation will only experience two heavenly tribulations, but experiencing fewer heavenly tribulations does not mean that he has gained an advantage.
Amid the rolling calamity clouds, the monk who carried a sword on his back from last time appeared again.
This time, the sword cultivator's appearance became even clearer. He was an old Taoist with sword-like eyes and star-like eyebrows, and a murderous nature. Billions of sword lights gathered in his eyes, which made Shen Lian's flesh and blood ache.
There was no earth-shattering sound, but the terrifying sword energy was extremely detailed and subtle, locking the area of a thousand miles where Beppu was located into a heavenly sword domain.
Under the rolling calamity clouds, the lightning turned into countless lightning swords of varying sizes, with terrifying arcs of lightning jumping on the surface, and wisps of red flames hanging down, rolling up a large cloud of fire.
"Wind, fire, thunder, sword, and space, five kinds of rule power."
Shen Lian hissed twice, and a cool breath entered his mouth and nose.
This time the power is a little bit greater.
The sharp edge and destructive aura made it difficult for him to open his eyes. He had managed to withstand the previous calamity with his head, but he didn't dare to do it again this time.
In an instant, countless arcs of lightning and flames flashed gently and fell before his eyes.
Faced with such a terrifying calamity, Shen Lian raised his hand and a colorful round magic ball flashed out, forming a series of colorful flowers in the air, colliding with the sword energy and lightning.
Each wisp contained a terrifying aura that combined the power of five rules, which shattered the emerging three-flower spell.
At this moment, after Shen Lian was impacted, colorful light circulated back and forth in his internal organs, and a steady stream of three flowers emerged from the top of his head and blasted in all directions.
Boom!
Boom!
The continuous explosion of energy caused the surroundings to vibrate continuously, and the recoil force made his body shake constantly.
Seeing that he was surrounded, Shen Lian would naturally not sit and wait to be pierced by the sword energy, as if he knew nothing about swordsmanship.
A dazzling five-element bowl suddenly flew out, blocking the sword energy and lightning that were penetrating the sky. The five energies in his chest began to circulate, and he took advantage of the situation to grab the ball of colorful spiritual light and formed a huge five-colored sword that could reach the sky.
"cut!"
The huge five-colored sword slashed down from the air, releasing five elements magic power as vast as the ocean, submerging the sword energy and lightning that were pervasive all around into nothingness.
"Um!"
After the attack, Shen Lian groaned, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at the old Taoist under the calamity cloud again.
The old Taoist stood motionless in the calamity cloud, his eyes looking around disdainfully. The spiritual sword behind him repeatedly passed through the calamity cloud, absorbing the power of the rolling thunder.
"This old Taoist is too cruel."
"Could it be that I am trying to steal his path?"
"Buzz!"
At this moment, the old Taoist put his fingers together to form a sword. The spiritual sword that was traveling through the calamity cloud was attracted and moved through space again with a thunderstorm.
Shen Lian, who had been prepared, moved instantly. After sensing the power of space rules, he became wary of this move. After all, the Taoist had used this move before.
However, the area within a thousand miles was formed by calamity clouds, and with the blessing of the power of space, the spirit sword jumped quickly in this area and bit Shen Lian's tail.
What was even more terrifying was that the spirit sword made a whistling sound and went straight into the sea of consciousness. If it weren't for the innate purple spirit protecting his soul, Shen Lian felt that his soul would have collapsed long ago.
“Buzz!”
The old Taoist figure below the calamity cloud flashed and rushed in front of Shen Lian.
At this moment, Shen Lian had just fled to the next location with his head covered, and the old Taoist predicted where he would land and faced him from all sides.
The overwhelming destructive sword energy shot out from the old Taoist's eyes and rushed towards Shen Lian.
"Bullying Lao Shi Xiu!"
The sudden scene almost scared Shen Lian out of his spiritual consciousness. Although only the sword and thunder rules were of the second level, and the other rules were only of the first level, their power was extremely terrifying.
At this moment, he was both shocked and angry.
Groups of five elements magic power emanated from his body, and as the five elements circulated, they transformed into a thick, vast, ochre-colored ocean, blocking the sword energy.
But the old Taoist's sword energy was truly powerful, constantly shattering the vast ocean of earth and yellow into nothingness.
"go!"
The next moment, Shen Lian slapped his dantian, and a spiritual treasure as round as a ball flew out and replaced his place.
An improved version of the sixth-rank star treasure from the Exiled Immortal Tower in the original Yunxiao Realm.
When he flew out from the Cloud Realm, he had no idea what the situation was like outside, so he naturally refined a batch of disposable sixth-order Boom Balls for himself.
Moreover, he spent a lot of effort to refine several of them into parts of his natal spiritual treasure, for he was afraid that his physical and Taoist cultivation might encounter heavenly tribulations.
Bi Zhengtong's cultivation path has shown that under the heavenly calamity, only the natal spiritual treasure is useful, and the effects of other spiritual treasures are greatly weakened.
I didn’t expect that I would actually use it.
Although the soul will suffer some damage if the natal magic treasure explodes, this damage will be harmless after the baptism of the heavenly calamity.
The moment his figure flashed, he pointed hard at the Star Spirit Treasure, and he also groaned! In an instant, with a loud bang, the Star Spirit Treasure turned into a dazzling fire, and millions of fragments flew everywhere, colliding with countless sword energy.
At the same time, he turned around and threw a ball of spiritual treasure towards the Thunder Spirit Sword that was tightly biting behind him.
Boom! The flames exploded, shattering the sword energy and lightning that were chasing them.
The magic sword made a humming sound, and a stream of light flew back to the old Taoist priest, and then the old Taoist priest flew towards the calamity cloud like a floating wild goose.
"Anything else?"
Including the Taoist's personal attack, he launched three consecutive moves, the same number as the first time he overcame the Taoist tribulation.
“Gone! Feeling the calamity cloud slowly dissipating, the old Taoist under the calamity cloud once again looked at him deeply and disappeared into the calamity cloud.
Shen Lian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, blood gushing out from the corner of his mouth.
"You really remember me."
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Shen Lian muttered in dissatisfaction.
Before he could even curse, a beam of Heavenly Spiritual Energy as thick as a baby's arm fell on his head from the dispersing calamity clouds.
In an instant, a mysterious and unparalleled aura emerged from his body.
The soul and the magic power in the middle dantian began to change, and the aura became more and more mysterious.
"Refining the Spirit and Returning to the Void Realm, double refining the void realm, oh no, a cultivator of the Dharma, Tao, and Body!"
"Although the Taoist's heavenly tribulation is strange, there is no Heavenly Demon. That's right. If there is a Heavenly Demon coming, I'm afraid I will have to strike it down as well."
At this moment, with the blessing of Tianyan’s spiritual essence, the sea of consciousness was baptized once again.
When he was advancing to the Void Refinement Realm before, his spiritual strength was almost comparable to that of the middle stage of the Void Refinement Realm, and now he has truly surpassed it.
The key point is that after this baptism of heavenly tribulation, the quality of the soul has been improved once again.
In the sea of divine consciousness, the little soul seemed to be wearing a layer of purple robes. After being refined by the two baptisms of heavenly tribulations of Lianxu, the strength and quality of the soul had reached a terrifying level.
The two locations of the middle dantian and the lower dantian seemed to be occupied by a terrifying monster.
"Although the heavenly tribulation of Taoist practitioners is different, they can still be resisted with spiritual treasures. This is a good thing. This time they crossed it too hastily."
Shen Lian shook his head slightly. It couldn't be blamed on him for being too hasty. Instead, after his divine charm reached its peak, he had no time to cover up, and the old man with a sword on his back came right after smelling the scent.
If he hadn't been used to being a hamster, and the Five Elements Ship had been integrated with the Hong Hong spiritual treasure, it might have been seriously damaged in the end.
"This sword cultivator actually controls five kinds of rule power, two of which are at the second level. I'm afraid that a cultivator in the middle stage of the Void Refinement Realm would not be his match. This time, he took advantage of the physical cultivator in his tribulation. Otherwise, he would have been pierced like a sieve by the sword energy right from the start."
"The heavenly tribulation is a test, it won't leave you no chance of survival, so the realm projected by this cultivator could be the perfect state of Qi Refining and Spiritual Transformation?"
"No, no, this is too outrageous. The Great Perfection of Spiritual Transformation is comparable to the middle stage of Void Refining. This cultivator should be a projection of the initial stage of Spiritual Refining and Returning to Void."
"Even so, it is terrifying enough. The initial stage of Soul Refining Return to Void is similar to the early stage of Void Refining. Its combat power is on par with the late stage of Void Refining, and it is stronger than my single magic cultivation."
After thinking for a moment, Shen Lian felt that the projection was most likely a projection of combat power left behind by a more powerful being when he was at the corresponding realm.
Moreover, under the heavenly calamity, the projection is just a projection after all, and the combat power of this cultivator at this level is very likely not yet fully unleashed.
Thinking of this, Shen Lian had only one doubt: could a simple Taoist practitioner really go against the will of heaven to such an extent? It was indeed the Immortal Spirit Realm.
"Now is not the time to think about this. We can't stay here anymore. Let's go."
After saying this, Shen Lian glanced at the ruined villa below, then turned into a streak of light and quickly fled away.
…
In the remote mountain area where the calamity clouds had dispersed, night gradually fell and all around was silent.
One day later, a wisp of dark demonic energy rose from a swamp a thousand miles away from the villa cave, and floated towards the villa along the undulating swamp.
Under the baptism of the natural calamity, the villa had long since collapsed into ruins, with mud and water flowing back into a pool of ruins.
After the evil spirit hovered around for a while, it found nothing and rolled up to escape, but as soon as it jumped up, the evil spirit all over its body almost exploded.
“You you…”
"How dare you, little demon, spy on me as I transcend the tribulation!"
Under the cover of night, an ordinary middle-aged monk emerged.
I just heard him hum softly.
The demon cultivator spewed out demonic energy wildly from his mouth and screamed in pain as he frantically strengthened his defense.
But this 'hum' ignored the protective magic energy and went straight into the sea of divine thoughts. The magic energy that protected his body exploded, and he fell directly from mid-air into the mud, with his limbs curled up into a ball and kept rolling.
"How did you cultivate to the realm of refining emptiness? You screamed before I even used any strength."
Shen Lian thought that there were no demons when he was cultivating the heavenly tribulation, but he didn't expect that there really were demons attracted to him, but in a different way.
If he hadn't been more careful, he would have been able to escape from this early sixth-level little demon.
He was just trying to leave, he wasn't really leaving. This good habit was formed during the Qi training period.
The demons were good at bewitching living beings and creating illusions, but this little demon was too weak at the moment and could not have much impact on him.
That’s not right. It’s not that the little demon is too weak. Shen Lian was also greatly surprised by the power of his own cold snort.
It turns out I’m so awesome.
"I am willing to surrender!"
The Chi Gu in the mud rolled over in pain and knelt in front of Shen Lian.
As a celestial demon, he is naturally very familiar with the heavenly tribulation, and it comes by smelling the smell.
Although they are not guided by the order of heaven and earth to become part of the heavenly tribulation, for the heavenly demons, cultivators who have passed the tribulation can still be tempted.
But after arriving, Li Gu was dumbfounded, he found that it was not the thunder tribulation he had imagined, but a rare heavenly tribulation for Taoist practitioners.
It had only heard of it before, but this was the first time it encountered a Taoist cultivator transcending tribulation.
There are almost no Taoist practitioners in the area of Huai River, mainly because the spiritual energy and essence are scarce here and no immortal spirit is produced.
Later, it sensed the terrifying aura of the Taoist who was undergoing the tribulation, and it dared not move even more. It could only hide in the mud and wait to leave.
Who would have thought that after overcoming the tribulation, he did not rush to stabilize his state, but instead made a surprise counterattack.
The high-level humans are indeed cunning and despicable.
Shen Lian's eyes were as fast as lightning and he didn't give Li Gu any chance to say anything more. Two illusory phoenixes flew out of his eyes, merged into one in mid-air and crashed into Li Gu's body.
Afterwards, Li Gu's remaining body disappeared into the night.
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"Mercy."
Feeling that he had appeared in a cave derived from rules, Li Gu became even more terrified.
The Taoist cultivator, who had a small world in his pocket, had just passed the tribulation and with just a thought he suppressed the old demon in the early stage of refining emptiness, who had advanced for thousands of years.
With such terrifying strength and background, he is most likely a cultivator from a holy land or cave heaven.
He must be the next generation of Hedao monks trained by the Dongtian Holy Land.
Only a cultivator with such a background can practice multiple methods and prepare for his future advancement to the Hedao.
Although Li Gu is only a small demon in the early stage of refining emptiness, it has been guided by the order of heaven and earth many times and went to other places to transform into a demon for test.
Therefore, he knows some secrets. After all, there are cultivators with average talents in the holy land. Their talents are not light, but they can just hear some news in the circle. For the cultivators in remote places, it is a secret.
Shen Lian didn't care about Li Gu's screams. He coldly tore open Li Gu's soul and sorted it out bit by bit.
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Soon, by sorting out his memory, Shen Lian learned the origin of this demon.
It was because of the opening of the Yunxiao Realm that cultivators from all over the Huai River area came here for more than two hundred years. As a demon, he was no exception and wanted to see if he could get any opportunities.
This demon named Li Gu, seeing that cultivators from all sides gathered together, picked out some of the Jindan cultivators and two of the same level in the early Jinxu stage as snacks. He didn't expect to run into such tough guys, so he had no choice but to run wildly along the Wuzhi River.
When I escaped to this vicinity, I sensed the presence of a calamity, so I wondered if I could get some resources.
Now, it fell into his hands.
"In the holy land of caves and heavens, the Dharma and body are cultivated together, and the Tao and body are cultivated together."
Soon, Shen Lian found some useful memories, which were not available in Wangshu Valley or the Huang family.
In the Hedao forces of a higher level than the Huai River area, a large number of true disciples and core disciples took a dual path, comprehending the power of several second-level rules in order to survive the sixty-nine heavenly tribulations.
However, the Hedao seed monks cultivated in the Hedao Holy Land are actually pursuing the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulations. The Hedao realm is nothing to them, and the realm after Hedao is what they pursue.
The dual cultivation of magic and body is just one of the means to enhance the foundation. Coupled with the inherited semi-immortal level skills and secret techniques, the combat power of each of them is terrifying.
"There really is someone who is practicing the third level of the Dharma Body Dao, hiss..."
Continuing to look through Li Gu's memories, Shen Lian couldn't help but look up at the sky. There really are cultivators who are not afraid of death under the heavenly calamity.
But think about it, the fairy world is so big, how could there not be cultivators who follow the same path as him.
Maybe they have gone further.
In the vast world of immortals, there are numerous geniuses among the cultivators of all races. Talent and spiritual body are nothing at all. Some people start building their foundation right from the womb, and have laid the foundation for the Dao as soon as they are born.
It turned out that the first one to achieve unity had gone even further, and even his bloodline had been infected.
There was no Hedao chasing closely behind, but unfortunately, I had little experience with Hedao. It was like looking at a ladder to heaven, which seemed a bit out of reach.
Even forces like Wangshu Valley and the Huang Family, which once produced ancestors of Hedao, are only at the level of Sanjiu Tianjie Hedao, and the gap between them is as vast as the galaxy.
"It seems that we have to bite the bullet and take this road."
Twisting Li Gu's demonic soul, Shen Lian's eyes were dim.
How far you can go on the road of cultivating immortals has already been laid since the beginning of Qi training. If you want to go higher, every step must be taken firmly. Otherwise, a slight mistake will lead to a huge mistake.
At this moment, his scalp felt a little tingling, and he felt that a heavenly calamity was brewing above his head.
The three kinds of heavenly tribulations in the Hedao realm require different foundations to trigger. The stronger the heavenly tribulation, the greater the benefits it will bring.
Shen Lian had already deeply realized this.
If he were to choose, he would naturally choose Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulations.
The heavenly tribulation has a crucial impact on the Mahayana realm after the integration of Dao, and even involves deeper entanglements.
Moreover, according to the description in Li Gu's memory, it once entered the heavenly tribulation of a cultivator with half dragon blood in the Dragon's Saliva Sea, and obtained a piece of information.
The Ambergris Sea is a sacred place dominated by the blood of the dragon clan.
In the same generation of this holy land, there were actually two holy dragons that survived the nine-nine heavenly tribulations.
The reason they were able to successfully overcome the tribulation was that, firstly, the holy dragons' talents were unrivaled among their peers, and secondly, the Holy Land of Ambergris Sea had a very strong foundation, which provided the two holy dragons with secret treasures that increased their chances of successfully overcoming the tribulation.
The cultivators who looked at the Huai River area from the perspective of the Ambergris Sea were simply a bunch of noobs fighting each other.
"I have nothing at home, so I have to figure out a way myself."
Taking a look at the empty fairy cave, Shen Lian muttered to himself.
In other words, from now on he has to prepare for the nine-nine heavenly tribulations.
Two holy dragons who survived the nine-nine heavenly tribulations were born in the same generation of the Longxianhai people. The powerful foundation behind them guarantees the probability of success.
In addition to obtaining secret treasures to overcome tribulations, one must also consolidate one's own foundation, a two-pronged approach.
At this moment, Shen Lian had sorted out his thoughts. The Hedao calamity was inevitable, and it would be the goal for the next 20,000 years from now on.
Without exaggeration or self-deprecation, he set a time limit of 20,000 years for himself.
In order to reach a higher realm in the future, he must go through the nine-nine heavenly tribulations. It is not a question of whether he wants to or not. All higher-level Hedao-level forces are pursuing this.
Soon, more information was transmitted into the sea of consciousness.
It was left behind by the ancestors of Wangshu Valley and Huang family. Due to the long time, the relevant records are very few.
"The power of a single rule transforms into a combined Dao three times."
I looked through the experience left by the two ancestors of Hedao, and it was just as expected, a single small rule of Hedao, and the thirty-nine heavenly tribulation.
good.
At least the later generations, Wangshu Laozu and Huang Youdao, worked hard and came up with a five-element rule plus another big rule.
"I am now in the early stage of Void Refining, the early stage of Spirit Refining Return to Void, and although the physical cultivation is at the early stage of the sixth level, I still have some flaws because I have not experienced the heavenly tribulation. Since I have set the nine-nine heavenly tribulation as my goal, I cannot avoid this thunder of physical cultivation."
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"Spare my life, I am willing to be your slave."
Li Gu, whose memory was revealed, did not die. He was still trembling and releasing his soul power to beg for mercy.
Shen Lian found it a little funny. During the soul-searching process, he sensed that this little demon was frightened by his aura of transcending the Dao tribulation, and mistook him for a seed of the Dao that was secretly cultivated in some holy cave.
(End of this chapter)
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