plumnovel Chapter 93 Building a Foundation of Merit
Chapter 93 Building a Foundation of Merit
Chapter 94 Building a Foundation of Merit
After Xuan Yao put the trembling old dragon back into his sleeve, he stood alone deep in the cave, his eyes calm, but his mind had already turned several times.
He naturally knew who the Five-Colored Peak and the aloof Taoist were, as mentioned by the old dragon.
That would most likely be Kong Xuan, who would later become a powerful figure in the prehistoric world.
However, the old dragon also mentioned that there was a divine egg surrounded by yin and yang energies beside the Taoist, which reminded Xuan Yao of another ancient story from the prehistoric era.
Legend has it that during the initial calamity of the Dragon-Han era, Yuanhuang comprehended the mysteries of the five elements and yin and yang of heaven and earth deep within the Undying Volcano, and gave birth to two divine eggs.
One of them was nurtured by the essence of the five elements, and was born in harmony with the great Dao of the five elements. After taking human form, he became Kong Xuan.
This child possesses five-colored divine light, capable of sweeping away anything within the five elements.
During the later Investiture of the Gods, this supernatural power made him famous throughout the Three Realms.
The other one contained the innate Yin and Yang energies, and later joined the Jie Sect, becoming known as the Golden-Winged Roc, and in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, it was also called the Winged Immortal.
Xuan Yao pondered to himself, Yu Yi Xian and Kong Xuan were both direct descendants of Yuan Huang, so their skills shouldn't be too different.
However, when later generations discussed supernatural powers and abilities, the two were quite different.
Kong Xuan was able to fight against a sage with his Five-Colored Divine Light, but Yu Yixian was not among the top immortals of the Jie Sect, and in the end he was subdued by Ran Deng and made his mount.
As far as Xuan Yao knew, the problem was probably not a lack of foundation, but rather a mishap during the gestation process.
Yin and Yang should naturally complement and harmonize with each other, achieving perfect harmony.
If the innate Yin and Yang are not properly balanced during the gestation of the divine egg, hidden dangers can easily remain. One may possess an exceptional birth, yet find it difficult to attain the corresponding Dao fruit.
Thinking of this, Xuan Yao had a vague idea in his mind.
If the Golden-Winged Roc has not yet taken human form and remains beside Kong Xuan as a divine egg, perhaps it is simply that the time has not yet come.
It borrows the five elements from Kong Xuan and the earth's fire virtue from the immortal volcano to slowly make up for its innate deficiencies.
Such secrets involving the bloodline inheritance of ancient overlords have very deep causes and effects.
Xuan Yao knew very well that he was only a Golden Immortal at present, and even though he had some advantages, he should never rashly get involved in such trouble.
In the primordial world, there were countless powerful beings.
The more you know, the more cautious you should be in your actions.
After the old dragon's ordeal, Xuan Yao gained a deeper understanding of the taboos deep within the Undying Volcano.
The water here is very deep.
The person sitting cross-legged on any solitary peak may well become a peerless figure who will dominate the primordial world in the future.
After settling his troublesome subordinate, Xuan Yao began to organize the spoils of his trip south.
He looked around and carefully examined the cave dwelling arranged by the Phoenix Clan.
The immortal volcano is a sacred place of fire, with its underground fire veins flowing endlessly. Ordinary people only know that this place is extremely hot and dry.
But this grove of sycamore trees presents a completely different scene.
The crimson phoenix tree stretches its branches and leaves, radiating a gentle, fiery vitality. A spiritual spring gurgles through the forest, rising with a refreshing mist.
Water and fire elements blend here, not clashing, but instead transforming into endless streams of creative energy.
Mist swirls around the forest, and the glow of sunset falls on the leaves, creating a scene that evokes a sense of harmony between water and fire.
In fact, the spiritual energy here is even more abundant on the Qinghei Mountain in Xikunlun, making it a rare and wonderful place for cultivation.
Xuan Yao walked into the depths of the cave and sat cross-legged on the white jade couch.
He moved his fingertips in a series of hand seals, setting up several layers of blessing and protection.
Then, with a flick of his sleeve, he took out the ancient jade box.
As soon as the seal on the box was broken, a thick and solid source of innate earth virtue emanated out.
The spiritual mist within the cave paused slightly, and even the void seemed to level out a bit.
The Merit and Virtue Soil lay quietly in the box, shaped like a dark yellow stone, with wisps of gold flowing across its surface.
That golden halo was no ordinary precious light, but rather a manifestation of the merits of creation, majestic and righteous, exuding an aura of invulnerability to all laws.
Xuan Yao took a deep breath to calm his mind, then closed his eyes and focused his mind, slowly circulating the "Golden Palace Mysterious Demon True Explanation".
He did not rush to use his magic to refine the item.
Such innate spiritual objects as the Merit-Breath Soil are most susceptible to being handled recklessly.
Xuan Yao used only the pure Qi of his body as a guide to draw out strands of the Qi of the Breath of Earth and slowly bring them into his Dantian Qi Sea.
As soon as the energy of the merit-generating soil entered the dantian, it produced strange changes.
It did not reject the power of Xuan Yao, but instead resonated with the pure energy of virtue within his body.
One is the essence of the innate Earth element, and the other is the Qi of acquired blessings and virtues.
The two energies intertwined and swirled within the dantian, with the dark yellow earth virtue origin and the pure white virtue and purity reflecting each other, subtly transforming into the image of a Taiji.
The Tai Chi symbol flows slowly, and strands of pure earth energy travel along the meridians, eventually converging into the Xuan Yao spleen.
Taiyi Five Qi Return to Origin, with the Five Internal Organs being of paramount importance.
The spleen belongs to the earth element, which is perfectly suited to bear the power of this fertile soil of merit.
Xuan Yao's spiritual platform was clear, and a sudden realization arose in his heart.
This merit-based soil not only helps him condense the Taiyi earth energy, but is also the fundamental foundation for building a blessed and virtuous body in the future.
Earth is the mother of all things; it is virtuous and nurtures all things, capable of bearing both destruction and creation.
He then used this spiritual soil as a foundation, first building a solid earthen foundation in his mind.
After the earth element is fully formed, one should follow the sequence of earth generating metal, metal generating water, water generating wood, and wood generating fire, thus gradually connecting the five elements in the chest.
Going with the flow in this way is far more prudent than forcibly fusing the five elements, and it is also more in line with his way of blessing and warding off evil.
After establishing the cultivation sequence of the Taiyi Five Qi Convergence, Xuan Yao did not stop there.
He reached out and took out the beast-patterned stone bead that had been given to him by the Azure Phoenix Ancestor.
The stone bead is dark gray all over, and its surface is covered with naturally formed animal patterns.
Those twisted and grotesque patterns, when held in the palm of your hand, one can faintly sense a fierce and surging energy lurking within them.
Xuan Yao separated a wisp of his divine consciousness and carefully probed into the heart of the pearl.
The broken true spirit of that ferocious beast had been firmly sealed by the power of the Azure Phoenix Ancestor.
Yet the malevolent essence within its body still surged like a turbulent tide, like a dark, dead sea, churning with calamity energy, carrying the lingering echoes of ancient ferocious beasts destroying all things.
Xuan Yao secretly deduced the reasoning.
If an ordinary Golden Immortal were to be tainted even slightly by such a malevolent source at the Great Luo level, their primordial spirit would be instantly eroded by the calamity energy, turning them into a ferocious creature that only knows how to kill.
But he is different.
Within his sea of consciousness, there were guardian deities representing Yin and Yang, water and fire.
Within his body lies the pure fire of Nanming Li Fire, which burns away impurities and preserves truth, and he also cultivates the esoteric method of controlling evil energy, "The True Explanation of the Golden Palace Mysterious Evil."
If one can use the Southern Bright Fire as a furnace to slowly burn away the calamity and poisonous barrier in the beast-patterned stone bead, leaving only the purest evil laws, and then use one's own innate profound evil to devour and refine it, it is not impossible to open up a new supernatural power from this.
Xuan Yao's mind sank into his sea of consciousness, repeatedly deducing the feasibility of this method.
Within his sea of consciousness, the Southern Bright Fire transformed into a crimson-gold fire net, slowly enveloping the dark, calamity-inducing aura.
As the firelight passed, the turbid air was gradually stripped away and burned away, leaving only faint remnants of the laws hanging within.
Meanwhile, the black-gold natal Xuan Sha, like a long-dormant beast, quietly emerged, swallowing those pure law fragments and then gradually integrating them into itself.
After an unknown amount of time, within Xuan Yao's sea of consciousness, the rudimentary form of a fierce and malevolent dharma image gradually took shape.
If this Dharma form can be cultivated, one can borrow the destructive power of a great Luo beast in times of crisis to temporarily enhance one's physical body and killing ability.
For him, this will undoubtedly be another trump card to protect his path after entering Taiyi.
Cultivation knows no time, and the primordial chaos does not keep track of years.
Xuan Yao sat in the parasol tree forest of the Immortal Volcano for hundreds of years.
Outside the cave, the crimson phoenix trees bloomed and faded, and the white mist of the spiritual spring gathered and dispersed.
Inside the cave, Xuan Yao's aura became increasingly deep and profound.
After hundreds of years of meticulous work, he has refined the soil of merit and virtue into a foundation.
Within his dantian, the originally floating and ethereal magical power gradually settled and transformed into a solid earth-based foundation, as substantial as the earth itself.
The foundation, dark yellow and ancient, stood quietly in the center of the Qi Sea, faintly revealing an indestructible nature.
Within the spleen, the essence of earth element is already abundant. The pure and virtuous energy flows upon it like clouds and mist, endlessly nourishing the limbs and the entire body.
The beast-patterned stone bead, refined day and night by the Southern Bright Fire, shed its surface layer of dark, calamity-inducing aura, revealing its pure black-gold malevolent light within.