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"We have the boat, we have the people on board, but what about the sails? Without sails to adjust our course, when will we reach the other shore?"
In Yunhua's view, these sails represent magical power and the laws of the Dao, but the cultivation system of this world seems to have deviated from the proper way to cultivate magical power.
According to the scriptures, the Human Immortal Martial Path, which focuses on cultivating the physical body, will generate martial arts true essence within the body after reaching a certain level; while the Yang God Path, which focuses on cultivating the soul, will generate ghost immortal power within the soul after reaching the level of ghost immortal.
In the eyes of the powerful in this world, these two powers are magical power. They do not need to be cultivated separately. They can naturally cultivate magical power by cultivating the Martial Path of Human Immortals or the Path of Yang God.
However, Yunhua did not agree with this view. In his opinion, whether it was true essence or the power of ghost immortals, they were merely auxiliary powers derived from the physical body or soul, not true magical power.
Martial arts true essence is most effective when it is applied to the physical body, and the power of ghost immortals can only be unleashed by the soul. These two powers each have their limitations and cannot be separated from each other, nor are they restricted by the physical body or the soul.
So-called magical power should be a kind of power that exists independently of the physical body and soul. It is not limited by the physical body and soul. When added to the physical body, it can instantly enhance the physical strength; when added to the soul, it can cause the soul's supernatural powers to increase several times over.
Even if the physical body is weak and the soul is dim, the magical power within the body will not be affected in the slightest. This kind of power that exists independently yet possesses immense strength can be called magical power.
Chapter 365 Holy Spirit Stone Embryo
Of all the cultivation methods Yunhua had learned about in various worlds, regardless of their initial differences, they all ultimately led to the path of the Three Treasures and One. However, this world was too fragmented, with the soul and body too independent. Perhaps progress would be rapid in the early stages, but once one reached the pinnacle of the human path, breakthroughs would become virtually impossible.
However, the most urgent task now is to quickly find a suitable body. Currently, Yang Shen has no Dao principles in his mind, so it would be too troublesome and laborious to create a body himself.
Fortunately, Yunhua knew where in this world there was a suitable body, and where she could also experience the Way of the Holy Spirit.
Tianzhu Mountain is a sacred mountain located at the junction of the Western Regions and the North. This mountain is vast and boundless, with a majestic and towering peak that reaches into the clouds, resembling a pillar of heaven, hence its name, Tianzhu Mountain.
This Tianzhu Mountain is extremely large, covering an area of 30,000 li. Looking down from the mountain, it is a vast and boundless mountain range, shrouded in mist and clouds, with no end in sight.
This mountain is home to countless celestial birds and exotic beasts, demons and monsters, and rare treasures.
On the towering peak of Tianzhu Mountain, there is a sacred stone covered with countless shrubs, weeds, and fallen leaves.
This stone is shaped like an egg, and is more than a person tall. It looks like jade, with a crystal-clear appearance and a greenish hue. It looks like an oval piece of uncut jade.
The stone has nine orifices, arranged in a nine-square grid, just like the nine orifices of a person, and wisps of heat are escaping from those nine holes. This gives the stone a sense of vitality, like a living being.
Within this jade-like material, a fleshy fetus could be vaguely discerned, resembling neither human nor monkey. However, this fetus was enormous, the size of a normal human.
Upon closer inspection, one can even see that the fetus growing within the stone is still having a pounding heart, displaying an extremely powerful life force. Even an ordinary person could sense the unparalleled vitality emanating from this fetus's body.
Yunhua's Yang God consciousness forcibly severed the spiritual consciousness of this Nine-Aperture Holy Spirit, and then his own Yang God consciousness entered and, under the influence of the Primordial Light, quickly took possession of this Holy Spirit Stone Embryo.
Yunhua shaped the Holy Spirit Stone Embryo according to his own design, then used the Heaven-Mending Scripture of the Shrouding the Sky World to repair its origin, and then cultivated according to the special martial arts and Taoist techniques he created that combined body and spirit.
In this world of "Yang Shen," there is no universal Dao or law that exists between heaven and earth for people to comprehend. The so-called "Dao" of cultivators comes from people's thinking and summarization. It exists in people's hearts and is not so objective, and may not even be correct. However, as long as one firmly believes in it from the bottom of one's heart, one can still gain something.
Just as some great Confucian scholars believed that the will of Heaven is the will of the people, this is clearly wrong. No one in the world wants natural disasters or man-made calamities to happen, but disasters still keep happening... However, this does not affect the fact that the soul of this great Confucian scholar becomes more and more masculine and upright under his firm belief, and gives rise to the 'righteous spirit' that can break through all evil!
Therefore, all the 'Great Way,' 'Truth,' ideals, and various theories that may not be correct... are essentially used as spiritual support for spiritual practice, allowing one to become more steadfast.
The essence of spiritual practice in this world is not the 'Tao', but unwavering faith!
Only with unwavering conviction can a martial artist develop the intent of their fist, and a Taoist overcome the tribulation of lightning.
Therefore, all the strong in this world are extremely fanatical, whether it is the former Holy Emperor and the various sons, or the future Yi Zi who will rise, or the many villains who stand in Yi Zi's way.
The core of cultivation in the world of "Yang Shen" can be summarized by a sentence I saw in my previous life: "Follow the path of true cultivation!"
From this perspective, apart from some supernatural abilities that arise automatically with the strengthening of the soul and body, all the supernatural powers of cultivators in this world do not come from the Great Dao, but from 'belief'!
Just like those who practice the "Past Amitabha Sutra", they can obtain the divine will of "the past is eternal and unchanging", making their soul immortal;
The two scriptures of the Supreme Dao, "Yu" and "Zhou," can interfere with space and time to a certain extent... This is not because they have comprehended the corresponding Great Dao, but because the creators of these practices have compiled a self-consistent theory as a support for their beliefs, making them 'believe' that they can do such things.
With the most extreme will and the most obsessive self-confidence, do the incredible!
Therefore, for practitioners in this world, a complete and self-consistent set of values is very important. Once the theory that supports their practice has a flaw, causing their beliefs to waver, the consequences will be very serious.
This is precisely why the philosophers of the past were so revered – each of them put forward a complete and universal system of values.
However, for Yunhua, a firm will is not a problem. If he wanted to, he could have passed through the tribulation of lightning on the first day of his birth and reached the realm of turning lightning into water after nine tribulations... This is because becoming a Yang God requires a physical body at the level of a human immortal!
But he did not choose to do that; instead, he wanted to carefully experience the different states of his soul in each realm.
Yunhua wasn't worried about the primordial spirit, as his current primordial spirit far surpassed those of the Yang God Emperors. However, the physical body of this Holy Spirit Stone Embryo still needed to be explored.
Looking inward, he forcefully used the Heaven-Mending Scripture to absorb the essence of heaven and earth to replenish himself. His blood, slightly tinged with chaos, flowed slowly like a trickle of water. With each breath Yunhua took, the blood flow gradually accelerated, and within a few breaths, it surged like the Yangtze River!
A tremendous sound of blood flowing emanated from Yunhua's body, growing louder and louder.
As the blood flow accelerated, Yunhua's entire body turned bright red, and the air within a radius of several feet seemed to be scorched by the high temperature, creating a hazy atmosphere.
A series of increasingly loud sounds of blood flowing emanated from his body, carrying for tens of feet.
His eyes were closed, and the power of his consciousness moved at will, flowing back and forth around his body. In Yunhua's perception, blood with a trace of chaos was flowing wildly within his body.
As the blood flowed, Yunhua's muscles and bones, and even his entire body, were groaning in pain from the unbearable strain, and then, at an almost visible speed, he became stronger.
The body has tiny, twinkling stars. The human body has 365 major orifices, but some worlds are quite different, with a far greater number of orifices than the normal world.
Quietly feeling the wriggling sensation in the acupoints inside his body, before long, hundreds more acupoints appeared in his body!
Moreover, it subtly resonates with the stars of the outside world; however, a membrane-like barrier prevents it from fully connecting.
This change is caused by the rules of this world.
At this moment, Yunhua has 832 more acupoints in his body, plus the 365 major acupoints he already had, bringing the total to 1,197 major acupoints.
As expected, in addition to the numerous acupoints inside the body, this world also has ninety-nine acupoints outside the body, making a total of one thousand two hundred and ninety-six acupoints.
In addition, there is a realm in this world's cultivation system where one can understand all the acupoints. The number of perfect acupoints that cultivators in this world can develop after fully developing them should be the number of one element.
He could sense that each acupoint seemed to possess a different power, as if it had some special ability.
One of the acupoints between the eyebrows seems to enhance the power of the soul; the acupoints on both legs seem to connect one with the earth, allowing one to sense the earth's weight.
There are similar acupoints on other parts of the body, each with various functions.
"If these functions are developed, they might become a unique and powerful divine ability!" Yunhua thought to himself, but he did not act rashly.
Chapter 366: Birth
Before long, Yunhua felt that his body and spirit had reached the limit of the divine stone's nurturing. Although the time was short, Yunhua also comprehended the transformation method of the Holy Spirit, which could help people live another life.
Yunhua is about to be born, which is a magical experience. Born and nurtured by nature, no wonder the Holy Spirit Clan is so arrogant. There is indeed a feeling that heaven and earth are working together.
The Holy Spirit Stone Embryo soared into the sky, trembling amidst the descending spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Faint rumbling sounds emanated from within it, as if a powerful being was awakening.
As the sun sets in the west, the bright moon rises, illuminating the world.
In the blink of an eye, another half year has passed, and the depths of winter have arrived, with heavy snow blocking the mountains.
That night, a bright moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the world.
bass!
Two beams of golden light suddenly burst forth from the mountaintop, piercing through the moonlight for miles, illuminating the world in a dazzling, luminous glow.
The divine stone trembled violently, and terrifying vital energy surged forth like a tidal wave, transforming the entire Tianzhu Mountain into a furnace of heaven and earth. Incomparably pure and terrifying vital energy soared into the sky, piercing the azure heavens and sweeping away the floating clouds, like a raging tide crashing against the shore, causing the white clouds around Tianzhu Mountain to vanish.
"Ah, this energy, whose is it? How terrifying!"
"Such a powerful surge of pure Yang energy! Is someone on the mountain breaking through? A peak Martial Saint? No, it's... it's a Human Immortal!"
"My God! After Doufo Yinyue died, there is still a mortal immortal in the world, and right here!"
All the cultivators near Tianzhu Mountain cried out in alarm, their faces turning deathly pale. Some of the weaker cultivators who practiced Daoist arts were even directly annihilated by this surge of energy.
This Tianzhu Mountain is a sacred mountain in the Northwest, where countless cultivators have practiced throughout history. Now, all of them are terrified by this extremely terrifying fluctuation of qi and blood. In particular, the cultivators who practice Daoist arts are severely injured one by one.
This is the life force of the divine stone embryo. The mere fluctuations of its life force at birth are enough to awe the world.
"Boom!!"
The divine stone and spiritual embryo were fully formed. Heaven and earth seemed to sense this. In an instant, the large swath of dark clouds that had been dispersed by pure yang energy condensed into a solid form. In a moment, the landscape changed color, the earth was plunged into darkness, and thunder roared from within the dark clouds.
"Crack!!"
Suddenly, a dazzling white light, like a divine sword, cleaved through the dark clouds and descended upon the summit of Tianzhu Mountain. From a distance, it looked as if a thunder dragon had fallen from the sky, coiling itself around the mountain, creating a terrifying spectacle that terrified all who witnessed it—this was the power of heaven and earth!
"Lightning in broad daylight, could it be some kind of extremely yin-heavy demon there? Impossible, how could such a yin-heavy demon exist in the place where immortals reside?"
"Spring thunder rumbles, summer thunder roars, and summer thunder is far stronger than spring thunder. Even a ghost immortal undergoing four or five tribulations couldn't withstand this thunder! But with thunder descending here, could this human immortal have cultivated some kind of Taoist magic? To dare to summon summer thunder to strike is beyond imagination!"
"Autumn is just around the corner, this should be the last thunder of summer..."
In an instant, all the cultivators near Tianzhu Mountain changed their expressions drastically. Such a powerful expert was beyond everyone's imagination; he was far too terrifying.
Meanwhile, at the top of Tianzhu Mountain.
"Sizzle!" "Sizzle!" "Sizzle!"...
Thunder descended from the sky, eventually transforming into a ball of lightning that completely enveloped the Heavenly Pillar Divine Stone. Instantly, the sound of electricity filled the entire summit of Heavenly Pillar Mountain, a sound like two peerless divine blades vibrating and rubbing against each other, powerful and forceful.
Hearing such a sound, even the most powerful martial saint in this world would feel his hair stand on end, his whole body tremble, and his muscles and bones go numb.
This is the sound of thunder, the most terrifying and awe-inspiring force in the world.
"Om!"
The lightning that enveloped the divine stone flowed and eventually split into nine, pouring into the nine orifices of the divine stone's spiritual core.
The lightning bolts that entered the divine embryo instantly unleashed the most terrifying creative power of heaven and earth. The powerful lightning washed over every inch of the divine embryo's flesh and blood, nourishing its skin, tendons, bones, and marrow. This lightning was the best nourishment for the divine embryo.
"Click!", "Click!", "Click!"...
At this moment, a series of cracking sounds emanated from the entire jade-like surface, as if the divine stone had been shattered by the previous lightning strike.
The stones cracked and fell off continuously, each piece hitting the ground with a clear, metallic sound, so loud and clear that it almost made one doubt whether they were stones at all.
Moreover, each broken piece of divine stone emitted a pure, masculine energy.
These broken divine stones are the most powerful and terrifying materials for forging weapons in the world. Even some of the dust that falls from them, once mixed with ordinary steel, can transform an ordinary weapon into an unparalleled divine weapon.
Because this is the shell of a divine stone that has been nurtured by heaven and earth for countless millennia.
"Boom!!"
The next moment, the entire Heavenly Pillar Divine Stone exploded, and terrifying blood energy surged like a vast ocean. In an instant, rocks flew through the air, waves crashed against the shore, and intense yang blood energy erupted violently.
Suddenly, the sacred stone on the mountaintop cracked open, revealing a blurry figure that looked remarkably like an ordinary person.
An extremely powerful surge of energy erupted from the blurry figure, brimming with masculine energy and filling the space between heaven and earth, giving people an irresistible sense of majesty.
The vital energy within a radius of dozens of miles flowed rapidly, stirring up a raging wind and blowing up the snow that covered the mountain peaks.
Almost visibly, the figure seemed like a bottomless abyss, devouring the surging energy from all around.
The heavens and earth, the sun and moon, all moved, and the whole world was illuminated. It was like a giant maw that annihilated light and heat, forcibly devouring everything in the world. The billions of kinds of primordial energy it devoured all entered its body, but there was no sign of expansion.
It was a naturally born spiritual embryo nurtured within the divine stone, and upon its birth, it was already a human immortal!
A terrifying surge of energy erupted like a tidal wave, transforming the entire Tianzhu Mountain into a furnace of heaven and earth.
A long roar suddenly shattered the heavens, cutting through the azure sky and sweeping across the clouds like a raging torrent, engulfing the heavens and the earth.
"This world is somewhat special, as it can actually give birth to a stone embryo like the Heaven-Covering Holy Spirit, which is born from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It is truly interesting."
He opened his eyes, and as he opened and closed them, it seemed as if two beams of light shot straight to the heavens. His blood and qi surged like the Yangtze River, every inch of his flesh and blood was as powerful and thick as the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, and every bone was as immortal as divine metal.
His body moved slightly, and his surging blood energy was as vast and condensed as a boundless sea. His flesh and blood shimmered with a jade-like radiance, flowing with an earth-shattering power. He was a flawless body, known as the Vajra Indestructible Body.
He could sense his current wondrous state; his physical body and primordial spirit seemed to have transformed into a point of immortal spiritual light, merging with this spiritual embryo and becoming its master.
"What a wondrous feeling! I wonder if the secret methods and wondrous techniques of the Holy Spirit lineage can be applied to this stone embryo?"
Chapter 367 Human Immortal, Ghost Immortal
The pure yang energy and blood that filled the sky receded, and the many strange phenomena were dispelled by Yun Hua. He returned to his calm state, just like an ordinary person, without any unusual phenomena.
Yunhua stood with his hands behind his back on the mountaintop, his face cold and hard, sensing the mystery of this body. Although it was a body born from stone, it was no different from a human body.
It seems that the human body is the form favored by the Great Dao, and all living beings are transforming in this direction. The ancient races in the world of Shrouding the Heavens are also like this. The closer they are to human form, the stronger they become.
Reaching the pinnacle of physical physical cultivation, shattering the vacuum of existence, is the highest achievement; the soul becomes the Yang Spirit; as for the ultimate other shore, it seems somewhat ethereal and elusive, seemingly impossible to attain.
Even Hong Yi, the protagonist of this world, made the grand vow that everyone should be like a dragon, but in the end he only came close to it and never truly reached that level.
"Next, let's see what else is special about this body." Yunhua nodded, quite satisfied, and then sat down cross-legged to examine his body more thoroughly.
"However, the Holy Spirits of this world... their power is barely passable, but they lack any trace of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth." He discovered that his body was simply a perfect embryo, never having undergone any refinement, the very first form of his body.
The Holy Spirits of the Shrouding the Heavens world are completely different from this one. The Holy Spirits of that world are born at their peak, being the fruits of the Dao nurtured by heaven and earth. They not only possess extremely strong power, but also possess extremely powerful laws.