Chapter 174 – Practice on the mountain


As for the Red Ming Nine Heavens Diagram, there is nothing much to say. It is a very powerful body refining Dharma Door, known as the number one body refining method in the Three Realms.

It even received praise from Empress Nuwa herself. It was created by Dao Ancestor Chi Ming and is divided into four volumes.

The first volume is divided into nine levels, with the first three levels being the Post-Heaven Realm, the middle three levels being the Innate Realm, and the last three levels corresponding to the Purple Mansion Realm.

The second volume is also divided into nine levels, with the first three levels corresponding to the Myriad Manifestation Realm, the middle three levels corresponding to the Primordial Spirit Realm, and the last three levels corresponding to the Returning Void Immortal Realm.

The third volume is the Celestial God Realm.

The fourth volume is the True God Realm.

Xu Zong did not rush to cultivate the two great supernatural powers of the Space-Time True Realm and the Space-Time Reincarnation. Instead, he carefully reviewed the Red Ming Nine Heavens Diagram several times, sat directly on the ground, and began cultivating the first level of the Red Ming Nine Heavens Diagram.

This Red Ming Nine Heavens Diagram can fight beyond one’s level, is easy to learn, far surpasses other body refining Dharma Doors, and is favored by the Dao Ancestors. Therefore, the Dao Ancestors have also been secretly promoting it, spreading this Dharma Door throughout many great worlds.

Therefore, the difficulty of cultivation has long been known, and the anomalies during cultivation are also no secret.

Xu Zong sat cross-legged on the ground, feeling the presence of the Sun Star and the Moon Star, which are the supreme stars that illuminate the entire Three Realms. They are incomparable to ordinary suns and are almost equivalent to the core of the Three Realms.

He had long understood the true meaning of the Great Dao and had a high realm. In the moment of entering meditation, he sensed the two supreme stars. Countless starlight automatically surged and entwined around him, forming an immense vortex of starlight.

He held a miniature Moon Star in his left hand and a miniature Sun Star in his right hand. The two miniature stars condensed into solid forms, with laurel trees growing on them and golden crows entwining around them. He sat within them, and countless starlight outlined divine patterns on his body, making him appear sacred and inviolable like a deity.

When one starts cultivating the Red Ming Nine Heavens Diagram, several anomalies will appear. If the “starlight is like silk” and only two strands of starlight enter the body, it represents the worst aptitude, destined to have no achievements in the future. If the “starlight is like clouds,” with a large amount of starlight entwined around the body, like mist that is not clear, it is considered good aptitude. If the “starlight is like a vortex, with one hand holding the Moon Star and the other hand holding the Sun Star,” it represents top-tier aptitude. If it reaches the level of “laurel trees growing on the Moon Star and golden crows entwining around the Sun Star,” it is the legendary top-tier aptitude, destined to become a powerful being among deities and demons.

Laurel trees and golden crows grew and hovered in Xu Zong’s hands, undoubtedly indicating top-tier aptitude.

Countless starlight outlined divine patterns on Xu Zong’s body, eventually forming complete Sun Divine Patterns and Moon Divine Patterns. He appeared extremely mysterious.

At this point, the first level of the Red Ming Nine Heavens Diagram was considered complete.

It only took Xu Zong ten minutes to complete the first level, and then he spent twenty minutes to complete the second level. After an hour, he completed the third level.

Before long, a strand of true Sun Fire and a strand of true Moon Water descended from the sky, traversing through layers of spatial obstacles and falling onto Xu Zong’s body.

The water and fire enveloped him, forming a huge egg around his body. Within that egg, the true fire and true water continuously tempered his body, gradually transforming it from a mortal body to a divine and demonic one.

After half a day, the anomalies slowly receded, and Xu Zong stood up from the giant egg. He felt refreshed, as if the whole world had changed.

“In the words of Swallowed Star, this is a leap in the level of life!”

Xu Zong smiled faintly.

Then he continued to sit cross-legged and completed the fifth and sixth levels of the Red Ming Nine Heavens Diagram in one go. In one breath, he broke through the seventh level and reached the Purple Mansion Divine and Demonic Realm. In the Purple Mansion Realm, one could already achieve the transformation between Yin and Yang, blood regeneration. Although the seventh level of the Red Ming Nine Heavens Diagram was only the early stage of the Purple Mansion Realm, it could already rival the late stage of the Purple Mansion Realm in ordinary body refining Dharma Doors.

After reaching the Purple Mansion Realm, Xu Zong paused his cultivation and excitedly examined the two great supernatural powers, the Space-Time True Realm and the Space-Time Reincarnation.

The requirements for these supernatural powers on the body were enormous. If the physical body of a Qi refining cultivator was not qualified, they could not cultivate these supernatural powers. Therefore, these supernatural powers were usually the exclusive domain of divine and demonic body refining. Supernatural powers such as Law of Heaven and Earth and Three Heads and Six Arms could only be displayed by divine and demonic cultivators who had reached the Purple Mansion Realm!

After carefully examining the two supernatural powers several times, Xu Zong’s face was filled with astonishment and incredulity.

“The Space-Time True Realm is truly extraordinary. When cultivated to a small achievement, one can create countless clones. If cultivated to a great achievement, one can easily place oneself in different time and space dimensions, avoiding all attacks!”

This supernatural power does not have different levels. Once cultivated, it is cultivated. If not cultivated, it is not cultivated. The only requirement is a very high comprehension and application of the Great Dao of time and space. Not only must the two Great Daos be integrated, but they must also reach the pinnacle of perfection. But in other words, as long as one can successfully integrate them, cultivation will naturally follow.

In comparison, the other supernatural power, Space-Time Reincarnation, is different.

“Space-Time Reincarnation is divided into five transformations, and this supernatural power is more complicated.”

Xu Zong pondered in his heart.

Space-Time Reincarnation is a supernatural power that combines attack, defense, sealing, and many other functions. It is very comprehensive and is divided into five transformations.

The first transformation is divided into two steps. The first step requires the Qiankun Great Dao, which is the entry-level of the spatial Great Dao and the comprehension of the true meaning of the Dao. In this way, one can cultivate the spatial transformation wheel. The second step requires the entry-level of the temporal Great Dao and the comprehension of the true meaning of time. In this way, one can cultivate the temporal transformation wheel.

The second transformation requires the fusion of the two true meanings, the third transformation requires the comprehension and fusion of the two Great Daos to the level of the Great Dao Domain, and the fourth transformation already requires the perfect fusion of the two complete Great Daos!

“With my current realm, I can only barely cultivate the first transformation. This supernatural power is really…”

Xu Zong didn’t know what to say.

The requirements for comprehending the Dao were indeed too high!

But after thinking about it, the requirements for comprehending the Dao in the Inner Contemplation of the Free and Unrestrained Heaven and Earth Scripture were even higher. He suddenly felt relieved.After a preliminary practice, Xu Zong left his wooden hut and headed towards a nine-story tower in the Fangcun Mountain. The tower was very conspicuous, as if it was attracting the disciples in the mountain.

As Xu Zong approached the nine-story tower, he felt a different atmosphere around him.

Near the tower, there were many gods, spirits, and human cultivators gathered. The creatures were diverse and numerous, bustling with activity, a stark contrast to the quiet wooden hut.

In the open space in front of the tower, dozens of gods and spirits had formed a circle. It was even more lively there, as if someone was having a duel.

Xu Zong also walked over and looked at the place surrounded by the crowd.

He saw a god, about several meters tall, wielding a long halberd, his whole body strength condensed into a force, and he struck the halberd angrily towards the opposite side.

“This god’s aura is so strong, what level is he?”

Xu Zong secretly marveled in his heart.

As a native from the small world of The Nine Cauldrons, coming here was like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden, everything was new and everyone seemed stronger than him!

Xu Zong looked at the opposite side of the god, it was a puppet about ten meters tall, its whole body seemed to be cast of steel, and there were four rings on its arm.

“Yi Ji, don’t lose again!”

“If you lose again this time, you will have lost to the fourth-order puppet ninety-six times!”

“These innate gods really have poor comprehension.”

While the god with the halberd and the puppet were fighting, many people and spirits were mocking him.

The god with the halberd, being mocked by so many people, became anxious, his halberd-wielding movements became chaotic, and he was quickly knocked away by the fourth-order puppet.

“Haha, not only does the Innate God have poor comprehension, but his temperament is also not strong enough!”

There was another burst of laughter around, the god with the halberd glared at the crowd, but had to retreat, reluctantly giving up this duel.

“Do you admit defeat?”

In the center of the open space, a handsome man in a white robe, waving a feather fan in his hand, asked the god.

“I admit defeat.”

The god sighed, shook his head and left.

“Is there anyone else who wants to challenge… oh, you all disperse, I need to welcome my little junior brother.”

The handsome man looked around the crowd, was about to ask again, but suddenly his eyes lit up, ignoring several demon races who raised their hands, he scolded the crowd to disperse, and then walked towards Xu Zong with a smile.

“Junior brother?”

“The junior brother of the Silver Moon Celestial God? Could it be the new disciple taken in by the ancestor?”

“The ancestor finally took in a new disciple!”

The gods, demons, spirits, and many human cultivators who were scolded to disperse, gathered around, all of them were surprised and delighted when they heard this.

“Brother Silver Moon.”

Xu Zong also took the initiative to greet the handsome man, giving him a salute.

“Haha, junior brother, no need for formalities.”

The handsome man waved his hand and smiled, his expression was very amiable, and then he asked.

“The master has already told us that he has taken in a very satisfactory little junior brother, he has been happy these days, I have been very curious about the little junior brother.”

“Brother, you flatter me.”

Xu Zong also showed a smile, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant.

This Silver Moon Celestial God was the fifth disciple of the Bodhi ancestor, he was a demon race himself, his sins and karma were overwhelming, but he didn’t care, although he was a bit of a bystander later, he was undoubtedly a tough character.

“Did junior brother come here for the Dharma Door of the Immortal Palace?”

The Silver Moon Celestial God asked with a smile.

“Exactly.”

Xu Zong nodded.

“I just came out of my hometown world, I want to see the gap between myself and the big world, and I want to learn more divine powers and secret techniques.”

“New disciples who just arrived at the mountain all have this idea.”

The Silver Moon Celestial God smiled slightly, he understood, and then pondered.

“There are generally two ways to obtain the Dharma Door in the Immortal Palace, one is to undergo a simple test, the other is to fight these puppets, defeating a puppet of a certain level, you can get a Dharma Door from the corresponding level in the Immortal Palace.”

The Silver Moon Celestial God pointed to the puppet next to him.

“Like this one, it’s a fourth-order puppet, defeating it once, you can get a Dharma Door from the fourth floor of the Immortal Palace. Junior brother, do you plan to go into the Immortal Palace first, or do you want to try a fight with the puppet first?”

(End of the chapter)


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