Chapter 25: Merit Lotus Fruit, Returning Once More to the Tianling Great Realm

At this moment, Chen Daoxuan also sensed the bamboo forest Merit Dharma Realm's rejection of his Lotus Pond Merit Dharma Realm.

He knew that unless the Merit Lotus Pond Dharma Realm was completely fused with it as one, he could never again enter this bamboo forest Merit Dharma Realm in his true body.

And unless he was truly prepared to bind himself to the Green Thunder Sect, sharing in its glory and its loss, Chen Daoxuan would not possibly fuse with the Merit Dharma Realm.

……

Thoughts flowing, sensing the ever-stronger rejection, Chen Daoxuan did not insist and directly slipped out of the bamboo forest Merit Dharma Realm.

Standing still in the high heavens, his divine sense spreading, he sensed throughout the entire Green Thunder Sect.

Afterward, Chen Daoxuan did not continue to stay in the Tianling Great Realm, but directly returned to the Great Universe.

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Inside the Cuivei Immortal Mansion.

Chen Daoxuan sat cross-legged, connected to the Merit Object within the Merit Lotus Pond Dharma Realm — a first-grade three-petaled Merit Golden Lotus — and began sensing the external fortune he possessed in the Great Universe.

Preparing to see how his external fortune in the Great Universe was, to see whether it was sufficient for him to set foot on the Fortune Path.

After all, as a Reserve Dao Child of the Shanhai Immortal Sect, the external fortune he possessed should not be little.

But after sensing for half a moment, Chen Daoxuan did not perceive even a trace of external fortune.

Apart from the vast root fortune and those clusters of Merit Cloud, there was not a single trace of external fortune.

At first, Chen Daoxuan had thought it was because of the obstruction of the Cuivei Immortal Mansion.

But after he left the Cuivei Immortal Mansion, it was still the same — empty, without a single trace of external fortune.

Regarding this, various guesses arose in Chen Daoxuan's heart, but he could not confirm any of them at all.

"What exactly is the reason?"

"Is it the influence of the Chang Sheng Tian Gui, or the Shanhai Immortal Sect, or some other reason?"

Although he could not determine the cause, Chen Daoxuan knew there must be some hidden secret within this.

Because if the Great Universe truly had no fortune existing or manifesting, then he would not still be able to sense the root fortune.

……

After half a moment, Chen Daoxuan stopped guessing and gathered his thoughts.

Focusing his spirit and calming his breath, he operated the method within the Green Thunder Scripture for condensing Merit Objects.

Once again he began drawing merit from the Merit Cloud, condensing Merit Lotus Seeds.

Only this time, Chen Daoxuan chose Heavenly Dao Merit.

Preparing to condense a second Merit Object and establish a second Merit Dharma Realm.

With the assistance of the golden Merit Lotus Pond Dharma Realm cultivated using Human Dao Merit.

In just half a day's time, Chen Daoxuan used ten wisps of Heavenly Dao Merit to condense a cyan Merit Lotus Seed.

After another day's time, using ninety wisps of Heavenly Dao Merit, that Merit Cyan Lotus Seed bloomed, transforming into a first-grade three-petaled Merit Cyan Lotus.

A cyan Merit Lotus Pond Dharma Realm was simultaneously condensed into form.

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Following Chen Daoxuan's thought, the Heavenly Dao Merit Cloud — missing one-thirtieth of its volume — likewise transformed into countless drops of cyan Merit Water, pouring into the withered lotus pond.

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And as the Heavenly Dao Merit Cyan Lotus Pond Dharma Realm took shape.

Chen Daoxuan sensed that, in the void three chi above his head, the two Merit Lotus Pond Dharma Realms — one gold and one cyan — began naturally to converge and resonate, mutually reinforcing and complementing each other.

The two Merit Lotus flowers, one gold and one cyan, absorbing Merit Water, doubled in the speed of their nurturing and growth out of thin air.

In Chen Daoxuan's perception, what originally required a month's time to grow Merit Lotus Fruit now required only half a month's time.

"Good!"

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After a moment of satisfied sensing.

Chen Daoxuan quietly entered seated meditation.

Beginning to polish his Dao heart bit by bit, and purify his thoughts thread by thread.

Until half a month later.

As the two Merit Objects within the two Lotus Pond Merit Dharma Realms — the Merit Golden Lotus and the Merit Cyan Lotus — had all nurtured out three Merit Lotus Fruits each.

Besides this, both Merit Lotus flowers had also grown an additional lotus petal, becoming first-grade four-petaled Merit Lotus.

The two Merit Lotus Pond Dharma Realms had also, in some mysterious way, expanded by a trace.

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Looking at the three gold and three cyan, six lotus-seed-shaped Merit Lotus Fruits.

Chen Daoxuan knew that these Merit Lotus Fruits were condensed from merit transformed through the Merit Objects.

Possessing an almost omnipotent marvelous power of creation.

Raising cultivation realm, increasing lifespan, and even enhancing talent and comprehension… and so on, everything.

However, the Merit Lotus Fruits contained within these first-grade Merit Objects — these mere few — were probably of no use to him.

But Chen Daoxuan still moved his thought, and two Merit Lotus Fruits, one gold and one cyan, appeared in his hand.

He swallowed them one by one, tasting the flavor within.

After half a moment, Chen Daoxuan opened his eyes and slightly shook his head.

As recorded in the Green Thunder Scripture, these first-grade Merit Lotus Fruits contained too little merit; for a Divine Transformation (Soul Egress) cultivator like him, the effect was far too weak, and they were only suitable for use by Qi Refining stage cultivators.

First-grade for one realm — only fifth-grade Merit Lotus Fruits were most suitable for Chen Daoxuan's current cultivation realm to use; the effect would be very good, and there would be no waste.

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After several breaths' time, following Chen Daoxuan's thought.

The remaining four Merit Lotus Fruits fell into the lotus pools where they had been.

They transformed into four fist-sized Merit Lotuses, each orbiting the two Merit Objects.

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After tasting the Merit Lotus Fruit and satisfying his curiosity, Chen Daoxuan connected with the Kunlun Mirror and, after a gap of over a hundred years, headed once more to the Primordial Spirit Realm.

The moment he descended into the depths of the Primordial Spirit Realm's World Origin.

Chen Daoxuan sensed that the Heavenly Heart Mark was emitting a faint glow, and the Primordial Spirit Realm's Heavenly Heart Consciousness felt亲近 toward him.

"Long time no see!"

At this, Chen Daoxuan broke into a smile and offered a greeting to the Heavenly Heart Consciousness, which was neither good nor evil, possessing only a vague instinct.

Afterwards, Chen Daoxuan connected with the two Merit Dharma Realms and began to sense the external fortune he possessed within this Primordial Spirit Realm.

In an instant.

Chen Daoxuan sensed that, three feet above his head in the void, beyond his root Qi fortune, countless streams of white, red, and gold Three-Color fortune had gathered.

Spreading for a thousand li, shrouding the sky.

Manifesting as a Three-Color Fortune Canopy.

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Merely seeing this thousand-li Three-Color Fortune Canopy, Chen Daoxuan understood in his heart that this vast external fortune was the convergence of fortune from heaven, earth, and all beings of the Primordial Spirit Realm.

It was mainly the convergence of heaven and earth's fortune; the fortune of all beings was comparatively less.

Such an enormous external fortune, according to the records on the Fortune Path within the Green Thunder Scripture, would qualify one as a Child of Fortune even in the Tianling Great Realm.

So long as one's talent and temperament were not too poor, it would be enough to allow a Qi Refining cultivator, after embarking on the Fortune Path, to be assisted all the way to the Returning to Void (Soul Separation) realm.

In the span of a thought, Chen Daoxuan followed the method within the Green Thunder Scripture for calculating fortune and Cause and Effect, and using a fixed set of formulas, carefully calculated the karmic entanglements of this external fortune.

……

After only half a quarter-hour.

After several consecutive failed calculations, Chen Daoxuan knew that the fortune contained within this Three-Color Fortune Canopy was too vast; to calculate its Cause and Effect clearly, he would still need to comprehend the Causality Great Dao.

At this, Chen Daoxuan spent several breaths of time to calm his heart.

Only then did he arrive outside the Tianji Blessed Land.

Just as Chen Daoxuan was preparing to transmit a message with his divine sense.

He saw a slender, graceful figure wreathed in yin-yang Dao rhythm, appearing joyfully from within the Tianji Blessed Land.