Chapter 27: Chapter Twenty-Six: The Nine Transformations of the Primordial Spirit, Primordial Spirit Self-Transformation

As for this change in his own state of mind, Chen Daoxuan merely sighed within his heart.

After achieving Nascent Soul, he had remained single all along, in order to devote himself wholly to cultivation, attain the Dao, and become an Immortal.

And now, with a reincarnated Immortal, a ready-made Immortal Reincarnate right by his side, it was perfectly normal that he found it a little hard to hold himself back.

For Chen Daoxuan, his heart that seeks the Dao meant this: as long as the bottom line was not broken, whichever way made becoming an Immortal easier, that was the way he would go.

Because, including the Shanhai Immortal Sect, the vast majority of Great Vehicle Immortals born among the Three Thousand Orthodox Sects and the eight hundred unorthodox sects of the Great Universe had all become Immortals through solitary cultivation, without forming a Dao Lu.

Chen Daoxuan had been able to endure the temptations of the outside world, treating them only as tempering of his Dao heart, and persist in solitary cultivation.

But if drawing close to an Immortal Reincarnate could make his path to becoming an Immortal easier, he was not unwilling to change and make a sacrifice of himself.

……

Therefore, Chen Daoxuan did not forcibly change his own state of mind.

Nor did he refuse; he simply let Lu Lingwei lead him by the sleeve as they headed toward the Tianji Blessed Land.

Neither taking the initiative, nor refusing.

There was a flavor of letting the Dao act as it will, of going along with what is natural.

……

Just as Chen Daoxuan, together with Lu Lingwei—who had handed over an Immortal Scripture's inheritance at the slightest prompting—was jointly comprehending that Yin-Yang Great Transformation Immortal Scripture within the Cultivation Cave Mansion of the Tianji Blessed Land.

Tianling Great Realm.

The capital of Zhenqi Country, the kingdom of fortune governed by the Green Thunder Sect—the Prefecture Governor of Qing Lei Jun.

The Zhenqi Prince, who was acting as regent of the realm, after successively reading the two memorials concerning the Green Thunder Sect and the Iron Sword Sect.

His expression shifted slightly.

"The Nascent Soul ancestor who suddenly appeared in the Green Thunder Sect, True Person Qingzhu, has overhauled the sect from top to bottom.

The Iron Sword Sect—True Person Iron Sword has suddenly fallen, and the entire sect has sealed its mountains."

"Is there a connection between the two?"

"Could their changes be related to those great sects and great kingdoms beyond our borders that have been watching us?"

Thinking of this, and sensing the kingdom's fortune in a state of absorption and decline, the Zhenqi Prince let out a slight sigh.

"Sigh, Father King, as the sole Returning to Void cultivator, is in closed-door cultivation to extend his lifespan. Let me first have the governors of the two counties go and test the waters!"

With a thought, he issued separate decrees to the Governor of Qing Lei Jun and the Governor of Iron Sword County.

After writing the decrees, he looked toward the depths of the royal palace.

Worry surfaced on his face, and as if in prayer, he said to himself:

"I hope Father King can successfully extend his lifespan."

Yet in the depths of his heart, a single notion churned and boiled.

The shift in his thoughts even caused the Aura he had cultivated to the peak of Divine Transformation, on the verge of breaking through, to waver slightly.

……

Yuanling Realm.

In the blink of an eye, half a month's time had passed.

With Lu Lingwei's help, Chen Daoxuan had comprehended that Yin-Yang Great Transformation Immortal Scripture to the entry-level realm.

He discovered it was far more profound than the Wuliang Scripture by a wide margin.

In terms of the depth of realms, it also clearly recorded the names of the realms above Great Vehicle Immortal in the Great Universe.

Yet he forgot them with a single glance.

According to Lu Lingwei, their current cultivation realm was still too low, and the latitude of the Yuanling Realm they were in was also somewhat low, which made it impossible for them to retain those realm names.

……

But apart from that, Chen Daoxuan had also gained a substantial practical harvest.

"Divine Transformation Stage: the Primordial Spirit undergoes nine transformations."

"Returning to Void Stage: return to the void."

Through comprehending the Yin-Yang Great Transformation Immortal Scripture, Chen Daoxuan saw for the first time the concrete cultivation methods for the Divine Transformation Stage and above.

And before this, whether it was the inheritance given by Tian Ji Zi, or the Green Thunder Scripture inheritance obtained in the Tianling Great Realm, none of them contained any concrete cultivation methods for the Divine Transformation Stage.

This had also led Chen Daoxuan to assume all along that these two realms merely had different names for the realms compared to the Great Universe, but that in terms of cultivation philosophy and cultivation methods, they should be largely alike.

……

Yet after comprehending the Yin-Yang Great Transformation Immortal Scripture to the entry level and perceiving the cultivation methods of the Divine Transformation Stage and Returning to Void Stage, Chen Daoxuan discovered it was entirely different from what he had thought.

At least in this realm of the Yuanling Realm, the two great stages of Divine Transformation and Returning to Void.

Were entirely different from the Soul Egress Stage and Spirit Division Stage of the Great Universe in terms of cultivation philosophy.

Although they were great stages of the same level, in terms of cultivation philosophy they were almost diametrically opposed.

……

According to Chen Daoxuan's comprehension: one outward, one inward.

The Soul Egress and Spirit Division of the Great Universe seek outwardly.

Whereas in this realm of the Yuanling Realm, the two stages of Divine Transformation and Returning to Void seek inwardly.

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In the Great Universe's Soul Egress Stage, the breakthrough of the realm lies in the Primordial Spirit egressing, Spirit Wandering the Great Void, and undergoing the baptism of the Three Thousand Great Daos of the universe.

Whereas in this realm where the Yuanling Realm lies, the Divine Transformation Stage is the Primordial Spirit Self-Transformation, nine transformations into pure yang, the Primordial Spirit reaching the limitless.

And these insights made Chen Daoxuan somewhat unable to wait, eager to enter closed-door cultivation, comprehend the Yin-Yang Great Dao, and attempt that method of Divine Transformation.

Yet, looking at Lu Lingwei who sat facing him, Chen Daoxuan gathered his thoughts.

"Junior Sister Lingwei, thank you. This time I have gained greatly; I must enter closed-door cultivation for a while."

Saying so, Chen Daoxuan took out a defensive Soul Separation True Talisman, took one slender hand of Lu Lingwei, placed it in her hand, and said:

"Reciprocity demands return. This defensive True Talisman, though compared to the Yin-Yang Great Transformation Immortal Scripture and half a month of your help, Junior Sister, is hardly worth mentioning, it is still a small token of my regard. Please accept it, Junior Sister."

Although he had prepared himself to neither take the initiative nor refuse.

This was simply because he had no experience in how to pursue female cultivators.

Because in this life, he had always passively waited for female cultivators to chase him.

When he had first entered the immortal path, the only time he had prepared to actively pursue a female cultivator, she already had a Dao Lu, and the matter died in the cradle.

But even so, he still knew that reciprocity—give and take—was better.

Because generally, after he sent out a gift, female cultivators would become more motivated, more proactive.

According to his experience, if they refused, then one should not send gifts, only maintain that attitude of not taking the initiative, not refusing, and not taking responsibility. Once enough time passed, female cultivators would generally slowly give up.

Only a very, very few—like Wang Qiu Xian—after seeking and failing to obtain, would turn into a madwoman.

But if they did not refuse, one could use this pretext of reciprocity to send gifts.

……

"Mm!"

He watched Lu Lingwei's cheeks flush faintly pink, her eyes lowered, as she responded softly.

Chen Daoxuan called out a greeting, then departed directly.

Through that Heavenly Heart Mark, he arrived at the Yuanling Realm, deep within the World Origin.

……

He sat cross-legged in that seemingly void-like depths of the world.

Chen Daoxuan took out that Heaven-Stealing Stone containing the Yin-Yang Dao source.

Drawing it into the Primordial Spirit Dharma Realm, he began to comprehend the Yin-Yang Great Dao.

Afterwards, Chen Daoxuan began to circulate the Yin-Yang Transformation Method he had comprehended from within the Yin-Yang Great Transformation Immortal Scripture.

Attempting Primordial Spirit Self-Transformation.

But in a moment.

A spark of Primordial Spirit fire imbued with the rhythm of Yin-Yang Dao ignited from the brow of his Twenty Thousand Zhang Primordial Spirit.

In an instant, it spread throughout his Twenty Thousand Zhang Primordial Spirit from head to toe, then began to burn the Primordial Spirit from the outside in.

Amidst this burning, beyond the endless agony and the infinite sensation of death rising in his heart, Chen Daoxuan also perceived that his perception of the Heavenly Heart and Great Dao of heaven and earth had, in some mysterious way, become dozens of times clearer.

His perception of the Yin-Yang Great Dao, meanwhile, had become over a hundred times clearer, and he even faintly felt as though he possessed a Yin-Yang Dao Body.

Chen Daoxuan knew that this was a fortuitous opportunity brought about during Primordial Spirit Self-Transformation, when his Primordial Spirit faced the crisis of being destroyed and reduced to nothingness.

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It was just that his Dao Heart of ten thousand years, amidst the endless agony of Primordial Spirit Self-Transformation and the ever-present crisis of self-annihilation, was faintly becoming unstable.

Countless distracting thoughts arose.

Causing Chen Daoxuan, while maintaining this Divine Transformation method, to spend his entire mental focus on steadying his Dao Heart and dispelling the distracting thoughts.

He had no spare capacity for the moment to comprehend the Great Dao.