"Establish!"
Among these eighty-one laws, Chen Jiuyang's first choice was the 'Establish' law of the Confucian Way!
This was an extremely important defensive measure.
Threads of supreme pure qi began to entwine around Chen Jiuyang, emanating from his primordial spirit.
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Longjing.
The Forbidden City.
Jixia Academy.
The current Master of the Academy, holding the Jixia Jade Seal, suddenly felt it vibrate slightly. A wisp of supreme pure qi surged forth, causing the Master to exclaim, "A great Confucian with pure qi has appeared among the common folk?"
"What a talent!"
The jade seal in the Master's hand was a primordial artifact of Confucianism, worshipped by countless scholars, possessing terrifying and boundless power.
There was a distinction between vast righteousness and supreme pure qi.
Vast righteousness required formal discipleship and transmission of the 'word' from the Confucian orthodoxy to slowly cultivate it.
Supreme pure qi, on the other hand, was a manifestation of one of the many fundamental principles of the Great Dao mastered by Confucianism.
One could cultivate it through comprehension without undergoing the Confucian orthodox inheritance.
However, he could not have imagined that it was an immortal cultivator who had stirred the supreme pure qi and condensed the 'Establish' character law.
For all of this, thanks were due to the betrayal from the living Arhat of the Shaolin Temple.
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Establishing oneself, establishing the mind, establishing the spirit, establishing virtue, establishing speech, establishing action, establishing vows, establishing the Dao...
"Truly extraordinary..."
Chen Jiuyang once again felt the terrifying nature of the fundamental Great Dao of Confucianism.
His originally fragile primordial spirit, after cultivating the 'Establish' law, instantly became extremely firm, impervious to all forms of invasion, unaffected by the interference of fundamental Great Daos, and able to sense danger in advance, aligning with the Confucian saying that a gentleman does not stand beneath a precarious wall.
"With this, I now have a means of defense that reaches the extreme." Chen Jiuyang was extremely satisfied, then carefully controlled the other laws, further nourishing his primordial spirit.
The laws of military strategy were already familiar to Chen Jiuyang; he would refine the others first.
His cultivation also began to stabilize completely from the Nascent Soul stage to the Spirit Transformation stage. After he refined all eighty-one laws, his cultivation directly stabilized in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation.
The sea of consciousness was absorbed into the primordial spirit, and within the primordial spirit, the sea of consciousness was supported by the eighty-one refined laws. The primordial spirit, in turn, connected to every part of Chen Jiuyang's physical body, as if two Chen Jiuyangs were gradually overlapping and becoming one.
Vast spiritual power surged within Chen Jiuyang's body. He could feel that with a single thought, he could invoke his primordial spirit to use the Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, its power and utility boundless...
Provided, of course, that he did not encounter heavenly prodigies with peak martial arts or great demons of the beast race.
In the face of martial arts with extreme combat power, the early-stage combat power of immortal cultivators was still too weak.
Only upon reaching the immortal realm, when one could touch upon the fundamental Great Dao and use it to alter heaven and earth, could one be considered to possess boundless power.
In the two to three years since Chen Jiuyang's rebirth, he had not encountered any true enemies, at most the Wang family had come out seeking death, and Chen Jiuyang had sent them on their way.
This feeling of secretly cultivating and improving his strength without provoking enemies was truly comfortable!
"If I continue to cultivate in hiding like this, can I hide all the way to the Immortal Emperor realm and still not be able to scheme against those old dogs in the forbidden lands?" Chen Jiuyang suddenly felt his mood improve greatly.
The path he had chosen back then had indeed been the right one.
And after Chen Jiuyang's advancement to the Spirit Transformation stage, the Life Scroll, which had remained unchanged, suddenly showed a change.
Life and Death Scroll - Life Scroll -
Host: Chen Jiuyang
Lifespan: Seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-three years.
Cultivation: Golden Core.
Destiny: Immortal Emperor Potential (Extreme Purple), Immortal King Potential (Extreme Purple), Military Strategy Unrivaled (Extreme Purple), Transcendent Earthly Escape (Gray).
Divine Ability: Penetrate Life and Death!
"Hmm? Just by reaching the Spirit Transformation stage, my lifespan has reached seven thousand seven hundred years! Hiss! This is already comparable to the lifespan of a quasi-emperor in martial arts!"
"If I live long enough, then I will have more opportunities to scheme against those old dogs in the forbidden lands... Living a long life is truly good!"
Chen Jiuyang suddenly felt that the immortal path was incredibly appealing!
"This Transcendent Earthly Escape... does it mean gradually regaining the authority of the Life Scroll, and then being able to ascend and transcend to the Heavenly Realm?"
"If that's the case, then why should I care about the final game of chess??"
"This additional divine ability, Penetrate Life and Death, must be because my cultivation has reached a certain level, and the Life Scroll has begun to restore some of its authority to me."
Chen Jiuyang finally tasted the sweetness of the immortal path...
"Next, I should go home and visit the relic cave dwelling to activate those immortal artifacts that can be gradually used..."
Chen Jiuyang could finally use some of the magical artifacts and immortal artifacts left by Chunyang.
If nothing else, the Two Realms Mirror's "crossing over" would make it convenient for him to come here and secretly improve his cultivation when breaking through.
Most importantly, Chen Jiuyang had now transformed into his primordial spirit form. The refined laws had returned to his primordial spirit, making him unafraid of his secrets being exposed by others prying into his condition.
This meant that Chen Jiuyang had regained the right to walk in the world.
"Awesome!"
Chen Jiuyang couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh.
As for the subsequent realms, Chen Jiuyang had no obstacles. He only needed time to refine and improve one by one until he reached the Immortal Emperor realm!
After his aura stabilized, Chen Jiuyang tidied himself up, took out a simple long sword, and flew on it.
Within the vast Immortal Falling Cliff, one could occasionally see cultivators and martial artists entering to search for benefits. Of course, most of them were not in good situations, lacking superior cultivation techniques or magical treasures to resist the strange laws within the Immortal Falling Cliff.
However, this had nothing to do with Chen Jiuyang. After flying for another day, Chen Jiuyang left the vast and boundless rain curtain of the Immortal Falling Cliff.
What greeted his eyes was the bustling market of the Immortal Falling Cliff, filled with the atmosphere of human life.
Chen Jiuyang adjusted his cultivation, changing his Spirit Transformation stage cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage, and then slowly walked into the market. He found the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon he had parked earlier and drove away, returning home.
His cultivation had reached the Spirit Transformation stage, allowing him to observe the world with a clear mind. What gave him a headache were his several confidantes.
His confidantes were all peerlessly beautiful and had fiery personalities.
It was fine when they didn't meet, but once they encountered each other, they almost came to blows.
Chen Jiuyang was not worried. The great era was still in transition. As the environment shifted towards immortal cultivation and martial arts, some existing concepts would naturally change.
"It's about time to reveal some of my cultivation to them. I won't reveal too much, perhaps still at the Foundation Establishment stage..."
Returning to Fengcheng, Chen Jiuyang first visited Hu Qijie's family. Just like in his previous life, Hu Qijie's father was addicted to gambling, nearly causing his family's ruin and death. If Chen Jiuyang hadn't intervened in time, the entire family would have had their limbs chopped off by loan sharks.
Later, with Chen Jiuyang's help, he opened a company, and his life was now stable. When Chen Jiuyang arrived, Hu Qijie's family treated him with great courtesy.
Hu Qijie intended to learn martial arts. He was too old for immortal cultivation, but martial arts might still be feasible, depending on his comprehension.
Next, Chen Jiuyang went to see Yao Zixuan.
The matter he had worried about had indeed happened.
Yao Zixuan's Nine-Nine Pure Yin Body was exposed and discovered by the sect leader of the Feathered Ascension Sect, which governed Feng Province, Daoist San Yu. She was directly accepted as a personal disciple.
Furthermore, Yao Zixuan's cultivation directly entered the Foundation Establishment stage after only three months of practice!
Her social status had suddenly surpassed Chen Jiuyang's by a considerable margin.