[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds":3,"chapter-commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Commanding the Five Thunders Across Two Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2363150,4620,"Chapter 22: Chapter Twenty-Two: Worthy of the Ancient High Daoists","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>In the modest meditation chamber of Yuanfa Palace, many people were crowded together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to Hui Bin’s account, everyone first glanced at the seemingly ordinary yellow talisman in his hand, then at Yi Hong Daozhang, who sat quietly in thought, and all fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although most of them were Daoist priests who daily recited scriptures and cultivated, these were modern times—few truly believed in mysticism; they merely saw Daoism as a philosophical system for calming the mind, nurturing spirit, and cultivating health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They believed in internal martial power, but also thought it wasn’t that miraculous—just a kind of force within the human body, capable of promoting health and longevity, perhaps enhancing strength and agility slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Practices passed down through generations—divination, physiognomy, feng shui—were in fact sciences incorporating psychology, mathematics, geography, and meteorology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for aperture opening…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their eyes, aperture opening was merely a religious ritual—a means to strengthen psychological suggestion, then influence the material through the mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like how maintaining a positive mindset can alleviate illness or speed recovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they had heard that certain religious masters could truly open talismans and magic treasures, endowing them with miraculous effects—but they remained half-skeptical, since they themselves could not do it, nor had they ever witnessed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yi Hong Daozhang’s behavior today shattered their understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely glancing at Hui Bin, he knew Hui Bin carried a genuinely opened talisman—this act completely exceeded their comprehension. How had Yi Hong Daozhang done it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could swear Yi Hong Daozhang and Hui Bin had met for the first time today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the idea that Yi Hong Daozhang and Hui Bin had conspired to deceive them—merely entertaining such a thought would be disrespectful to Yi Hong Daozhang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man was a senior Daoist priest of Longmen’s ancestral temple, Bai Yunguan, who had vowed to collect all Longmen scriptures, traveling across the nation to gather every book, every scrap of paper, every fragment of Daoist texts—highly revered and virtuous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so, there was only one explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s gaze toward Yi Hong Daozhang involuntarily grew eager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yi Hong Daozhang did not notice their looks; he asked, incredulous, “You say a college student, around twenty years old, drew it right before your eyes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Hui Bin nodded vigorously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No incense? No bathing? No quieting the mind? No personal opening?” Yi Hong Daozhang asked. “He just drew it and handed it to you on the spot?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Hui Bin nodded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hss—” Yi Hong Daozhang drew a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yi Hong Daozhang’s shock, everyone else felt a sudden chill. After a moment of silence, the senior middle-aged Daoist cautiously asked, “Master Yi Hong, what’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing much—just didn’t expect such a powerful young person still exists today,” Yi Hong Daozhang sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone exchanged glances, wanting to ask but afraid to—after all, all present were prominent figures in the Daoist community; asking meant admitting they knew nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yi Hong Daozhang didn’t mind at all. “It’s no surprise you don’t know. Nowadays, life is comfortable, and few take cultivation seriously.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone felt awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Like how martial arts declined after guns and cannons arrived,” Yi Hong Daozhang chuckled. “The health and longevity benefits of Daoist cultivation are roughly the same as elderly people maintaining a good mindset, exercising more, and taking supplements.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone awkwardly smiled along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, training still helps. Even with guns and cannons, martial artists are stronger, faster, and more agile than ordinary people; the most skilled can even circulate blood and internal energy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yi Hong Daozhang continued, “Daoists spend years meditating, sitting in stillness, breathing and refining qi, unblocking the microcosmic orbit—so we develop an internal sensation, called internal breath or internal power. This sensation helps us calm the mind, strengthen the body, and nurture health.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aperture opening is the process by which Daoists channel this internal sensation into magic treasures or talismans, imbuing them with this energy to help the bearer soothe the spirit, calm the mind, and nurture health…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yi Hong Daozhang paused, then joked, “Like carrying a piece of old sandalwood incense—it calms your nerves while working, aids sleep at night. It’s still health cultivation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone laughed, but after laughter came envy—now that technology had advanced, who wouldn’t want to live longer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had always assumed Daoism taught health cultivation through mindset and scientific exercise, unblocking meridians to maintain health and prolong life. As for qi circulating the microcosmic orbit, they’d heard of it—but never felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, hearing Yi Hong Daozhang’s words, they realized true qi cultivation—perceivable, manipulable, and mysteriously powerful—was real?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because we have internal sensation, our spirit and body are more sensitive than ordinary people’s,” Yi Hong Daozhang said, looking at Hui Bin. “Just now, I sensed that energy on you—its source was inside your clothing, so I guessed it was a protective talisman.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But…” Yi Hong Daozhang hesitated. “Even high Daoists must quiet their minds, carefully perceive their internal sensation, precisely guide it through meridians, and slowly infuse it into the talisman.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This process takes days, even months, to imbue the talisman with lasting energy—even then, I know very few old Daoists nationwide possess this ability.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Yi Hong Daozhang could not fathom it. “If Hui Bin’s account is true—that this talisman was drawn casually by a young man—then his cultivation must already rival the ancient high Daoists.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The onlookers exchanged glances. Each had cultivated for twenty or thirty years; some were abbots of Yuanfa Palace, others senior officials of the Daojiaoxie Society—but what Yi Hong Daozhang described, they had never heard before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Yi Hong Daozhang spoke lightly, they knew this was anything but ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like how many can run a hundred meters in eleven seconds—but those who run under ten seconds? You could count them on your fingers nationwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t Yi Hong Daozhang say few in the entire country possess this ability? Even if some hidden masters in remote mountains still had it, their number would be negligible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Yi Hong Daozhang compared it to sandalwood incense, they recalled many things they’d once heard—events dismissed as exaggeration, irony, or lucky miracles—perhaps now they had new explanations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the powerful and wealthy, how many believe in mysticism—could they all be fools, merely seeking psychological comfort?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We, within this field, lacking true cultivation, had become blind to the truth, lost our reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>",1049,"2026-06-21T06:19:08.116Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","3ecb0a83165e462cac5ed71f64ed4ba192f95f8e05e172b6df800e80e0d899c3","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-23","commanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-chapter-21",141,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcommanding-the-five-thunders-across-two-worlds-cover.jpg"]