Chapter 18: True Mountain, Mystic Sea, the Mountain-Sea Immortal Scripture Takes Initial Shape

Entering this Cuivei Immortal Mansion.

Chen Daoxuan could faintly sense that the immortalization of Chang Sheng Tian Gui had, imperceptibly, slowed by one-tenth.

It could be said to indirectly extend his lifespan by one-tenth.

Besides this, Chen Daoxuan also had a feeling of having left the Great Universe and arrived at another realm like the Yuanling Realm.

However, the omnipresent Chang Sheng Tian Gui let him know it was only an illusion.

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But even so, a sense of security still rose in his heart.

At least, without his permission, even a Combined Body Heavenly Lord, or even a Tribulation Transcendence Quasi-Immortal, would find it hard to silently breach the defenses of this Cuivei Immortal Mansion.

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Sitting cross-legged at the center of that Earth-Grade Cave Heaven.

Chen Daoxuan first connected with the Kunlun Mirror.

He looked at the two World Coordinates on the Kunlun Mirror, and the scenes within the Thousand Li Range of the two worlds.

Then he gathered his thoughts and stilled his mind.

With each breath, the spiritual energy of the Dong Tian converged.

Chen Daoxuan immediately felt his heart settle, clearly perceiving that his comprehension had improved, and his sensitivity to the Great Dao had increased.

He knew it was the Cuivei Immortal Mansion's blessing upon cultivation.

In a flash of thought, Chen Daoxuan began to fall into cultivation, contemplating the Immortal Scripture inheritance of 【Mountain-Sea】.

Over these past ten years, he had gained a general understanding of the three Immortal Scriptures: 【Mountain-Sea】, 【Four Spirits】, and 【Immeasurable】.

However, he had not yet begun to switch to cultivating any Immortal Scripture.

He had not even decided which Immortal Scripture to switch to cultivating.

In the words of his previous life, it was a happy dilemma.

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Among them, the 【Mountain-Sea】 Immortal Scripture was the first Immortal Scripture of the Shanhai Immortal Sect, passed down by the ancient Immortal whose Dao title was Mountain-Sea, the founding patriarch, countless ages ago.

Using mountain and sea as the surface, it expounds the great thousand.

Of the three Immortal Scriptures, it was the most profound, with the highest upper limit, and could be called infinitely potential.

It even involved cultivation beyond the Great Vehicle Stage.

But it was also the most difficult to cultivate.

As for the 【Four Spirits】 and 【Immeasurable】 Immortal Scriptures, they were inheritances created and passed down by two of the seven Great Vehicle Stage Immortals born within the Shanhai Immortal Sect over countless years.

Two of them created and passed down these inheritances.

Compared to the 【Mountain-Sea】 Immortal Scripture, they were somewhat easier to cultivate, but their upper limit was slightly lower; before the Great Vehicle Stage, one would also be limited by the Immortal Scripture.

Both Immortal Scriptures had inextricable connections with the 【Mountain-Sea】 Immortal Scripture.

One achieves Immortality through the Four Symbols Great Dao.

One achieves Immortality through the Yin-Yang Great Dao.

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As for why these two Immortal Scriptures were not named after the Four Symbols or Yin-Yang,

it was because the names of Immortal Scriptures are unique, containing the mysterious workings of fate, branded into the root of the universe.

Unless one could annihilate the Immortal Scripture inheritances named after the Four Symbols or Yin-Yang, one could not overstep them in the slightest.

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For Chen Daoxuan, he possessed a Hong Grade Five Elements Dao Body, and had even condensed a Five Elements Great Dao True Talisman.

The Black Tortoise True Scripture he cultivated was also a portion split off and simplified from the Four Spirits Scripture.

There was also Lu Lingwei, who possessed a Yin-Yang Dao Body, and the Heaven-Stealing Stone that had absorbed Yin-Yang Dao Origin from her.

With these reasons combined, whether it was the Four Spirits Scripture or the Wuliang Scripture, both were extremely suitable.

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With Chen Daoxuan's cultivation realm at the Soul Egress Stage, over these ten years he had already achieved introductory comprehension of the first volumes of both the Four Spirits Scripture and the Wuliang Scripture.

He could attempt to cultivate them.

But as for the first volume of the Shanhai Immortal Scripture, he was still some distance from achieving introductory comprehension; according to his original estimate, he would still need another ten or twenty years before he could hope to achieve introductory comprehension.

However, with the blessing of the Cuivei Immortal Mansion, it might only take about ten years.

Now Chen Daoxuan was preparing to wait until he achieved introductory comprehension of this first volume of the Shanhai Immortal Scripture before making his decision.

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Time flew like an arrow, years passed like a shuttle.

Ten years vanished in the blink of an eye.

Within the Cuivei Immortal Mansion.

Chen Daoxuan opened his eyes, contemplating the insights gained after achieving introductory comprehension of the first volume of the 【Mountain-Sea】 Immortal Scripture.

A look of resolve appeared in his eyes.

He had decided to switch to cultivating the 【Mountain-Sea】 Immortal Scripture.

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Because as he achieved introductory comprehension of the 【Mountain-Sea】 Immortal Scripture, Chen Daoxuan discovered that he seemed to possess a great advantage in cultivating this Immortal Scripture.

According to the insights after achieving introductory comprehension of the Shanhai Immortal Scripture, within a single Great Dao, the true Dao in which one can condense a Great Dao True Talisman is one "Mountain"—this is the "True Mountain."

Beyond the true Dao, those erroneous Great Daos that were originally meant to be removed and forgotten are one "Sea"—this is the "Mystic Sea."

Condense True Mountain and Mystic Sea, to achieve Immortal Achievement.

True Mountain and Mysterious Sea complement one another.

Moreover, in theory, the more Great Daos one cultivates, the better—there is no upper limit.

One can also concurrently cultivate other True Scriptures and Immortal Scriptures.

Taking in the mysteries of other True Scriptures and Immortal Scriptures into oneself.

If one has the ability, one could even comprehend the Three Thousand Great Daos, cultivate three thousand Immortal Scriptures, and use them to condense three thousand True Mountains and three thousand Mysterious Seas.

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And these various aspects of the Mountain-Sea Immortal Scripture are, for Chen Daoxuan—who can traverse realms through the Kunlun Mirror and has condensed eighteen Five Elements True Talismans—basically all advantages in his cultivation.

Almost without any threshold at all.

There is no need to use the Law Imprints condensed through comprehension as a foundation to condense pseudo-"True Mountain" prototypes and pseudo-"Mysterious Sea" prototypes, then slowly cultivate the true Dao and transform them into True Mountain and Mysterious Sea prototypes.

One can go straight to the end in a single step, directly condensing True Mountain and Mysterious Sea prototypes.

Cultivating the Mountain-Sea Immortal Scripture to completion.

And after making this decision in his heart, Chen Daoxuan once again closed his eyes.

He directly began to switch to cultivating the Mountain-Sea Immortal Scripture.

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Flesh Dharma Body, Dao-Yan Dharma Aspect, Great Dao Primordial Spirit—a Trinity.

Yet they seemed to exist in different spatiotemporal dimensions.

At this moment, the Dharma Body, Dharma Aspect, and Primordial Spirit all began to emit a faint five-colored radiance.

And the eighteen Five Elements Great Dao True Talismans he had condensed, under the operation of the Mountain-Sea Immortal Scripture's method, slowly began to transform into peculiar mountain shapes.

One day later, one Five Elements True Talisman had completely transformed into a mountain shape.

A mountain of five colors, a Five Elements Mountain divided into five peaks.

By the ninth day, nine Five Elements True Talismans had transformed into Five Elements mountain shapes.

At this point, the foundation for condensing the "True Mountain" prototype was also reached.

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With a thought, Chen Daoxuan activated the method to condense the "True Mountain."

He began to absorb the Dong Tian's spiritual energy, converting it into power to smelt the nine Five Elements mountain shapes transformed from the Five Elements True Talismans.

In the blink of an eye, three months of time passed.

As Chen Daoxuan absorbed enough Dong Tian spiritual energy—equivalent to what a normal Soul Egress cultivator would need for nine thousand years of cultivation.

The nine Five Elements mountain shapes all gathered together, transforming into a single Five Elements "True Mountain."

Instantly, a five-colored, five-peaked mountain shape appeared simultaneously between the Dharma Body and the Primordial Spirit.

Afterwards, the other nine Five Elements True Talismans also transformed one by one into Five Elements mountain shapes, merging one by one into this True Mountain prototype.

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After completing the cultivation of the True Mountain.

With a thought, Chen Daoxuan began to recall the Five Elements Great Dao he had removed and forgotten—the parts that were erroneous.

Using them to condense the Mysterious Sea prototype.

It was easy to remove and forget, but to recover them again proved somewhat difficult.

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Until half a year later.

Inside the Cuivei Immortal Mansion's Earth-Grade Cave Heaven.

Chen Daoxuan's entire body blazed with five-colored radiance, manifesting the extraordinary sight of one mountain and one sea.

The Mountain-Sea Immortal Scripture was initially cultivated to completion.

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