Chapter 123 Multiple Methods

Having eliminated the Eight Thunder Gods, Ji Xiang obtained their divine positions, and the blank divine tablet generously absorbed their power.

Next, Ji Xiang would use the magic of the *Zhongbu Yu Shu* (Central Jade Book) to create new forms and spirits from these eight Thunder God positions, then launch a counterattack, striking directly from the Yellow Springs into the heart of the Japanese army!

"Ugh!"

Ji Xiang withdrew his demonic energy, a trace of pain appearing on his face. It wasn't just the burning sensation on his physical body, nor the boiling of his blood and Qi within him, but even the very core of his faith was ablaze!

The form of an immortal began to appear, originally corresponding to the Danxiang Immortal, but in the next moment, Ji Xiang's external Celestial Worthy form completely devoured the image of the Danxiang Immortal, intent on replacing it!

The earthly tribulations above his head were also completely offset by the six thousand merits automatically gained from consuming the Second-Rank Immortal Pill.

A halo of light burst forth from the Purple-Gold Pill, illuminating all spirits.

Divine light gathered in Ji Xiang's eyes, two streams of light red cloud qi swirling endlessly, as if seeing the illusory scenes of mountains and rivers shattering and the earth sinking! His mental power instantly connected with the entire Yellow Springs, and the kingdom of the Yellow Springs seemed to begin establishing a connection with Ji Xiang.

Between Ji Xiang's eyebrows, the Ba character transformed by the Compassionate Vow Vajra shifted slightly to the left, and then an extremely dense Yang energy soared into the sky!

The Heavenly Gate broke through the crown, reaching the Yuanshen realm!

"Little friend, with your physical body and Yuanshen, you must immediately draw in the power of the Dharma realm you wish to connect with! Do not become entangled with the Yellow Springs, otherwise the Yellow Springs will establish a Heavenly-Human connection with you!"

"This Heavenly-Human connection refers to the mutual resonance between the will of Heaven and human affairs. The earth immortal arts of Taoism, that is, the Golden Elixir path, and the Four-Attainment Arhats and Ten-Ground Bodhisattvas of my Buddhist school, were themselves created by absorbing the Heavenly-Human connection art of Confucianism."

"It allows a cultivator's spirit to resonate with a certain world in the unseen, so that Yin and Yang harmonize and Heaven and Humanity meet. In this way, the Yuanshen realm can draw vast power from the Dharma realm for its own use."

"And cultivators at the Yuanshen level can themselves establish a connection with that Dharma realm. When cultivation reaches a profound level, they can enter the Dharma realm with their physical bodies, travel thousands of miles, and even avoid the Ten Demonic Trials and Nine Calamities, and the Five Declines of Heaven and Man."

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu spoke of the Heavenly-Human connection, also known as the Harmony of Heaven and Man, saying, "All principles of preserving the heart and nourishing the nature, methods of exhausting the divine and knowing transformation, the mechanism of Heavenly-Human connection, and the signs of governance, neglect, survival, and demise are all written down."

That is to say, Heaven and Man are of the same kind and communicate with each other, resonating with each other. Heaven can intervene in human affairs, and Man can also resonate with Heaven.

In the past, all methods, except for the arts of Fangshi (alchemists) and witchcraft, originated from the three teachings. In the process of mutual development, the three teachings also absorbed many concepts from each other and, through these concepts, transformed them into tangible magical powers, even capable of astonishing feats such as opening up the heavens and creating Dharma realms.

"The Confucian school's Imperial Heaven Shore is the divine kingdom they created by evolving the art of Heavenly-Human union. Xu Fu's seclusion policy in Japan was just a clumsy and failed imitation."

The Compassionate Vow Vajra muttered to himself again at this time, his voice coming from the Ba character imprint, not as loud as before.

However, Ji Xiang had no time to carefully consider these matters. Moreover, Ji Xiang had already learned from Zhang Sanfeng about Xu Fu's imitation of the Confucian divine kingdom, so it did not arouse too much interest. He only felt the pain in his body becoming more and more intense, and sensed that the cold Qi of the Yellow Springs seemed to recognize him, wanting to establish a connection with him. Ji Xiang frowned deeply.

The power of the Yellow Springs was indeed strong.

But the Eastern Yellow Springs of Japan alone was not enough for him to establish a connection with it.

If he were to establish a connection, it would be with the entire Yellow Springs!

Just one Eastern Yellow Springs was too stingy!

However, although his ambition was higher than the sky, his life was thinner than paper. Ji Xiang knew that his current state made it impossible to establish a connection with the entire Great Yellow Springs, so a bold idea inevitably emerged in his mind!

"Heaven Opener of the Yellow Path Celestial Worthy! Edict!"

Previously, the Four Great Celestial Worthies swallowed four divine tablets and occupied their existence. Except for the Universal Salvation Celestial Worthy, who, together with the form and spirit of the White-Faced True Martial, completely erased the divine name of Miaojian, the other three Celestial Worthies occupied the positions of the Three Saints of the North Pole and had no energy to erase their names.

But this was for the best. Ji Xiang did not want to easily replace the power of the Three Saints. After all, the Four Saints of the North Pole were not ordinary gods. As the eighth and two tenth-ranked divine positions in the Celestial Department, they could be said to overwhelm most of the gods in the world today. Moreover, Marshal Tianpeng also had the divine skill of opening the Heavenly Gate to call for reinforcements.

Therefore, the Three Great Celestial Worthies were now just the Three Saints wearing the shells of Celestial Worthies. Their original abilities could still be used freely.

And the Heaven Opener of the Yellow Path Celestial Worthy occupied the divine position of Marshal Tianpeng.

At this time, by order of the Celestial Worthy, open the Floating Dawn Heavenly Gate!

"This is!"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra suddenly returned to his senses from his self-reflection and saw that a vast Heavenly Gate had opened in the dark world of the Yellow Springs. Another force from the Dharma realm penetrated through, actually slowly driving away the cold Qi of the Yellow Springs, keeping it far away from the Heavenly Gate!

"This aura is... Could it be! It's Fulili (Floating Dawn)!"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra was greatly shocked: "Little friend, don't be impulsive!"

This was no joke. This joke was too big!

You probably can't bear even ordinary Dharma realms, and now, under the premise that you've taken the Immortal Pill, your body is in a state of solar refinement, enduring great pain, and your physical body is at risk of disintegration at any time, you still want to connect with the most powerful Great Floating Dawn Earth in the Dharma realm?

Floating Dawn is not a place where anyone can go, even a celestial demon... But even for a celestial demon, now ascending to the immortal realm, Floating Dawn would not make an exception.

Ji Xiang walked into Floating Dawn, ignoring the Compassionate Vow Vajra's dissuasion, and only said lightly:

"Returning here, I can restore my strength. If I want to draw in the power of the Dharma realm, there is no better place than Great Floating Dawn!"

"If I fail to draw in Great Floating Dawn, I can retreat and draw in other Dharma realms!"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra did not know what to do for a moment: "This...!"

However, he soon realized that the power on Ji Xiang's body was increasing rapidly. Entering Floating Dawn was like breaking free from shackles, which naturally made him surprised and puzzled again, because this was not the state a remnant immortal should be in.

"What's going on? Could it be that entering Floating Dawn accelerates the speed of solar refinement?"

"Originally, the Second-Rank Immortal Pill cannot make a person ascend to immortality on the spot. This effect of ascending to immortality on the spot is only possessed by the Ninth-Rank Immortal Pill. Little friend, this doesn't seem like a case of a remnant immortal restoring their mana."

For remnant immortals, including banished immortals, they should restore to their peak state in one breath. Pseudo-immortals and fake immortals will enter a growth period of up to two years, and after two years, they will be eligible to undergo the Tribulation of the Demon King, and increase the probability of surviving the tribulation by 20%.

Because remnant immortals and banished immortals are themselves immortals who have ascended, they possess immortal power and immortal forms. Taking immortal pills is to resolve the toxins they have suffered and replenish the immortal power missing from their bodies. Only pseudo-immortals and fake immortals who have failed to ascend will enter a state of slow growth of immortal power.

"If a person who has never ascended to immortality takes the Second-Rank Immortal Pill, they will enter a solar refinement process lasting more than 300 days, and every seven days they must absorb a large amount of Yin energy to neutralize the violent Yang energy in their body."

"And during these 300-odd days, the cultivator's realm will continue to break through upwards. However, because it is only the Second-Rank, this breakthrough is very urgent and risky. The two barriers from the Yellow Court realm to the Innate realm are particularly fierce, because twelve years will be compressed into a specific thirty-six days."

"And if there is a certain treasure of my Buddhist school, it can even compress these thirty-six days by half, but in that case, it would be a bit dangerous." The Compassionate Vow Vajra frowned. He could not understand Ji Xiang's state at all.

Entering Floating Dawn, he is a true immortal, and leaving it, he immediately becomes crippled. This is not a normal remnant immortal!

How is this like sealing his true cultivation and then descending to play around with a trash realm?

Something's wrong! This is not right!

"Oh! That's what it is! This humble monk understands!"

After thinking for a full five seconds, the Compassionate Vow Vajra gradually understood Ji Xiang's actions!

A person who had already ascended to immortality left all his cultivation in the Heavenly Gate and then re-cultivated after descending. In this way, the immortal power cultivated might be more than twice that of a normal true immortal.

Unstable foundation, cutting off cultivation and starting all over again, this kind of thing is also recorded in Buddhist scriptures about a Buddha who reversed his Dao heart six times and then re-cultivated, so there is a precedent to follow!

"Little friend is indeed a person with great ambition and great perseverance! No wonder he is a manifestation of eighty thousand celestial demons. He must have seen all kinds of people with unsteady Dao hearts when he was testing cultivators in the past, so he gained enlightenment from it and understood that cultivation is secondary, while the root of strength lies in spiritual foundations, such as ambition and perseverance."

"The test of the Azure Heaven Demon King is to cut off one's own cultivation ten times, floating and sinking through the years like a mortal. It seems that little friend, as a celestial demon, must be emulating the Demon King's actions to give himself a test..."

Ji Xiang listened, and it could be said that the listener shed tears and the listener was silent.

My strength all depends on your imagination.

But this is actually pretty good, at least the prestige is maintained.

Countless cultivation bases also surged up. The Dao practice of the Immortal realm was restored in the next moment, and the burning sensation began to decrease. Ji Xiang was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and then tried to establish a spiritual connection with Floating Dawn.

The vast Azure Heaven of Bixiao surged, like the surface of the sea.

The waves, one higher than the other, the billows, one pressing down on the other.

Like a tsunami of spiritual storms, it instantly invaded Ji Xiang's divine consciousness! The tremendous splitting pain almost made Ji Xiang howl!

That was the immense power of Floating Dawn!

Forbidden!

Forbidden!

Forbidden!

It was as if the words were being solemnly announced. Even Ji Xiang, who had existed in Floating Dawn for hundreds of years, who usually felt like he was coming home when he returned here, was actually refused access to Floating Dawn at this moment.

Perhaps this was the law since ancient times, or perhaps it was related to the source of power of Great Floating Dawn Earth itself.

No one knows when this vastest Dharma realm was born, and no one knows why it appeared. This is different from the Reverse of Mountains and Rivers. The appearance of the Reverse of Mountains and Rivers has a clear record, and it was not very large at first.

That was like the Immortal Realm in the earliest era, there were not many immortals inside.

But Great Floating Dawn Earth, where the divine tablets of all the gods from ancient times are stored, and all the voices of prayer from ancient times are transmitted here. If the existence of the Reverse of Mountains and Rivers can be traced back to the late Qin and early Han dynasties,

Then the existence of Great Floating Dawn may have to go back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, or even earlier.

Perhaps it was an era that had stagnated, and was unknown, and continued to rotate.

Ji Xiang interrupted the connection with Great Floating Dawn, but that force just now had briefly emptied Ji Xiang's mind.

At this time, another effect of taking the Second-Rank Immortal Pill began to appear.

That is, to allow the taker to have a chance to comprehend the "Great Luo Dao Fruit" within 300 days!

After comprehending Great Luo and achieving an immortal body, he is immediately equivalent to a Great Luo Scatter, but ordinary Great Luo Scatter is a failure to attain the Heavenly Heart, and the realm regresses and falls to Great Luo Scatter, which is actually a kind of flying immortal, retaining some of the characteristics of Great Luo, just as the Grand Unity Scatter is good at deduction, but it consumes a huge amount of immortal power. Great Luo Scatter is also a defective product of the Great Luo Dao Fruit, and the ability it possesses is

A weakened version of "Reversing the Fruit for the Cause" – putting the cart before the horse.

It's like pointing to a piece of land and telling others that originally this piece of land would not have food if there were no people cultivating it, because there were no people planting it. But now, using this supernatural power, you can tell others that this piece of land may have people planting it, so it will definitely have a harvest.

Thus, food really appeared in this piece of land.

It only focuses on the result and ignores the cause, but this modification of nature, like the Grand Unity Scatter, must pay a huge price of immortal power.

Grand Unity is the might of the Heavenly Secret.

Great Luo is the cycle of cause and effect.

The changes in the rules of the world and all things are nothing more than these two.

Ji Xiang's mind was blank at this time, and after the power of Great Floating Dawn dissipated, that powerful perception instantly captured the nearest Ten Directions Dharma Realms outside of Floating Dawn!

Instantly, the might of the Ten Dharma Realms descended into Floating Dawn!

It even affected the Yellow Springs Kingdom outside the Heavenly Gate!

In the Eastern Yellow Springs, sensing that the power of the Yellow Springs Kingdom was breaking away from her control, the Great God of the Yellow Springs stood up from the depths of the country, countless Yellow Springs Yin soldiers forming the clouds under her seat, supporting her to rise into the dark high sky.

"Eight Thunder Gods... daring to kill my children! And severely injure me, and now they want to take away the power of the Yellow Springs!"

"Who gave you the guts to be so presumptuous here! This is the kingdom of the dead, the living are not allowed to exist!"

The Great God of the Yellow Springs' rotten eyes gazed at the entire Eastern Yellow Springs world, and no fluctuation of magic power could escape her control. She was preparing to go to the Land of Roots, a place she could not enter because it was the place where Susanoo was. But Susanoo's divine position had never been enshrined in the Yellow Springs, and Xu Fu had given her supreme blessings, allowing her to act on behalf of Susanoo's power,

Entering the Land of Roots.

But now, she suddenly could not sense the source of the Buddhist Dharma from before.

It was as if it had disappeared out of thin air.

But in any case, she decided to wait for the other party in the Land of Roots.

Because in any case.

Perhaps someone can open the gate of the Yellow Springs from the Yang world. This time the person who opened the door was Dizang Wang, but as long as she discovered the other party's existence, then the other party could no longer hide from her ears and eyes and open the gate to return to the human world.

The place of the dead has its own ghost god master.

The rules of heaven and earth cannot be tampered with by the weak!

Once you enter the Yellow Springs, there is absolutely no possibility of opening the gate of Yin and Yang again to return to the human world! No matter where the other party is hiding, there will always be a time to appear!

In this world where it is difficult to perceive the passage of time, she has a long life to wait for the other party!

But then.

Something seemed to be shaking in the Yellow Springs! "This is the power of the Dharma realm? How can there be so many!"