Chapter 366: Panduoluo Jing, Innate Talisman Edict

Wanling Palace,

Fang Longye smiled slightly, and two divine lights, one white and one black, surged from behind him, intertwining as they rose until they finally transformed into a Godly Wheel.

Black and white intertwined, life and death dependent on each other, containing endless profound mysteries; it was magnificent and unpredictable.

Suddenly, it evolved into a scene full of vitality, infinite creation, and the wondrous realm of Divine Immortals, all contained within; suddenly, it evolved into a hellish nightmare, with yakshas, evil ghosts, and Asura demons, terrifying to the extreme.

Following this, he immediately swung a palm toward the dark void of space-time; the two forces intertwined and shifted, shattering the universe and tearing through space-time in an instant.

A path where Yin and Yang crossed and the sun and moon shared the sky was born, winding and twisting, connecting to the dark void, with spatial turbulence surging like a tide, chaotic beyond measure.

A point of black and white divine radiance, eternal and unmoving, began to churn, swallowing and exhaling Aura, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye until it transformed into a black and white millstone.

It spanned the void, with inconceivable power rising and covering the sky; with just a slight rotation, it emitted ripples that swept across everything.

The phantoms of space-time turned to dust in an instant; destruction and creation were one, grinding away everything.

This was not some divine ability, but rather him integrating what he had seen and realized after coming into contact with the essence of the God-Slaying Spear into the Yin and Yang Two Qis.

All things in the world are mutually opposed yet unified; destruction and creation have never been completely contradictory.

Just like the God-Slaying Spear, a supreme treasure of slaughter specialized in destruction, which was actually transformed from the lotus stem at the base of the Chaos Green Lotus, the source of creation—having conducted a small experiment with what he had comprehended, Fang Longye immediately stopped and continued to process and digest the other things on hand.

……

Pearls hung as lamps, shining brilliantly.

They illuminated the entire great hall, making it clear and bright, like jade-colored glaze, a cool world—on the table stood a towering jade tripod, with thin blue smoke rising; from the copper chimera, colorful rays emerged, and tens of thousands of seal characters, like stars in the sky, drifted downward.

Falling to the ground with a crisp sound, they transformed into blooming jade pistils, filling the air with a cold fragrance—Fang Longye sat upright on the Cloud Couch, his expression calm, his eyes slightly closed, as if he were meditating on something.

A short while later,

He slowly opened his eyes and let out a breath; his pupils were clear and deep, like an ancient well, bottomless.

"Finally, I've processed seven or eight-tenths of the things I can use—"

Getting married to Yang Chan and the others this time, he really received so many gifts that his hands went soft.

Although most of the guests, constrained by their status and strength, sent congratulatory gifts that could only be considered precious to him but were of little use for his cultivation—

After all, things useful for his cultivation were also useful to Taiyi cultivators; how many people would give them to him as gifts?

But that small portion of guests from major powers were truly generous and sent him many good things.

Of course, behind this, it was more likely a gesture of goodwill from those major powers, and had little to do with personal relationships.

But regardless,

Added to the dowries of Yang Chan and the others, it still made him quite wealthy—don't look at the fact that only half a year has passed in the real world since he first went into seclusion; in reality, he had already spent about a thousand years in Wanling Palace—having spent so much time,

What needed to be refined was refined, what needed to be smelted was smelted, what needed to be categorized was categorized; things to be stored for his own future use, things to be left for rewarding subordinates later, things intended to be put into the treasury after leaving seclusion, ……

He had finally managed to handle these things he had obtained, the useful ones, the useless ones, ……

Processed seven or eight-tenths of them.

"Hmm, there are still a few things—"

Fang Longye's eyes moved slightly, and with a flip of his palm, he took out a scripture; the pages were dark and mysterious, deep and ancient, and the colors upon them were obscure, appearing like slightly opened eyes, swallowing people into them, causing them to fall within.

On the cover, the strokes were strange and twisted, glowing with an eerie and shifting ghostly light, each character appearing as if engraved:

"Panduoluo Jing".

It was none other than the meeting gift his cheap father-in-law, Bojun Mozhu, had sent him earlier.

"Panduoluo Jing—"

Fang Longye rubbed the seal characters on the cover with his hand; there was an inexplicable texture, as if touching uneven ancient bronze, cold and chilling—"What a pity!"

Fang Longye sighed lightly; he did not deny the preciousness of this scripture.

Just as his cheap father-in-law had said, this Panduoluo Jing was formed by blending all the Buddhist principles of the past and future of the Buddhist sect and verifying them against the supreme principles of the Demon sect.

It could be called the supreme Demon canon that those of the Demon Dao of the Bojun lineage revered as their source—

Even without opening it, he could still feel a deep demonic nature and Buddhist logic—

The two intertwined, Brahma and Demon as one, a Primordial Yin and Yang, possessing a sense of Great Perfection and Great Creation.

Moreover, this scripture was not simply a book recording scriptures, but existed between a scripture and a Spirit Treasure, possessing profound abilities.

In terms of utility and power alone, it was already no less than the Heavenly Demon Soul-Hooking Rope, a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and in some aspects, it was even superior—it could only be said that Bojun Mozhu was worthy of being a figure with Great Divine Ability; even a product created casually had unimaginable power and mystery—

Unfortunately, just like his attitude toward the Heavenly Demon Soul-Hooking Rope, even if he had curiosity and expectations, for now, he would only keep it on the shelf—there was no help for it; his cheap father-in-law Bojun Mozhu's reputation was simply too resounding! If he didn't respect and keep his distance, what if he fell into a trap? Did he really think that the status of a son-in-law meant anything special to a great Demon lord like his cheap father-in-law?

Therefore, since obtaining this scripture, he hadn't even opened it, and he didn't intend to open it to look at it in the short term—

"I'll just have to wait until later!"

Fang Longye put the Panduoluo Jing away again with some regret—frankly speaking,

He was still quite curious about this scripture that blended the supreme principles of both the Buddhist and Demon paths.

It was mainly because there were too many unclear and mysterious connections between the Buddhist sect and the Demon Dao, even more complex than the relationship between the Xuanmen Immortal Dao and the Demon Dao—if one were to say that the Xuanmen Immortal Dao and the Demon Dao were incompatible, then the relationship between the Buddhist and Demon paths was not so pure.

It was more like flowers blooming on the same stalk—

Buddha and Demon arise from one face, the blooming depends on two intentions.

Just as Bojun Mozhu was to Tathagata Buddha, he was by no means just a simple obstructionist; the relationship between the two was more like a mutual fulfillment.

Of course, this was just a guess he made based on some rumors circulating in Honghuang and some information he knew—and this Panduoluo Jing, which blended the principles of both the Buddhist and Demon paths, might contain the answer.

Fang Longye's thoughts turned a hundred times, and he immediately shook his head; although he was very interested in the secrets within, curiosity was not enough to make him take the risk to investigate.

……

Standing up,

After moving around in the great hall, Fang Longye returned to the Cloud Couch and sat down, casting his attention into his own sea of consciousness.

"Next, only you are left—"

In the sea of consciousness, a divine talisman, appearing both virtual and real, hung in the air, purple and green mist swirling, accumulating auspicious patterns.

Woven from Innate patterns, shining with brilliant gold, emitting wondrous mysterious sounds, countless bizarre and strange scenes appeared, the whole body suffused with the profound Innate Dao essence.

Innate Divine Dao Edict~

As long as he refines it, he will gain the identity of an Innate Divine Spirit within the Honghuang~

There was nothing to hesitate about; Fang Longye moved his mind, and above his crown, a five-colored cloud of celebration rose high, and in a moment, golden light wandered and crimson flames ascended to the sky.

A cinnabar-red halo rose, and within it, there was a golden-armored divine being, with magma-like raging fire burning behind his back, holding a Dharma sword, stern and unsmiling.

The sky was filled with dragon roars, surrounded by thunderbolts.

Majestic, solemn, sacred.

It was nothing else, but his Divine Golden Body.

"Zha!"

Seeing Fang Longye give a light shout, this majestic and sacred Divine Golden Body collapsed with a boom, revealing a golden dragon-shaped divine talisman.

This was the Divine Dao Edict he had condensed himself, and it was also the foundation of his dual cultivation of the "Divine Immortal Path".

As this Divine Dao Edict emerged, everything he had cultivated through his dual cultivation of the "Divine Immortal Path" turned into the purest power and surged into it.

"Duo!"

Immediately following,

Fang Longye moved his mind, and the Innate Divine Talisman that was originally in his sea of consciousness leaped out, colliding toward the Divine Dao Edict he had condensed himself~ The two touched, without the intensity he had imagined, without the roar he had anticipated, very peacefully.

In just an instant, the two merged into one like water and milk, no longer distinguishable from each other.

The entire process had no obstacles whatsoever.

Ding-ding-dang-dang~

For a time, golden light leaped, a semi-arc-shaped purple-blue divine light misted, and the innate patterns twisted continuously, Thousand Changes, re-outlining themselves.

It was the Divine Dao Edict that Fang Longye had originally condensed, which, after merging with the Innate Divine Talisman, was transforming toward an Innate Divine Dao Edict~

A short while later,

Accompanied by bursts of pleasant heavenly music, a dragon-shaped Innate Divine Talisman emerged from the rising purple-blue mist.

As soon as this newly born Innate Divine Talisman appeared, it bloomed with thousands of rays of light, illuminating everything above and below, and even various wondrous manifestations were derived, fluttering down.

Then, seeing this Innate Divine Talisman spinning around several times above Fang Longye's head, it leaped down and plunged into Fang Longye's brow.

For a time, billions of purple-blue auspicious vapors appeared out of thin air, the entire hall was filled with purple-blue mist, auspicious vapors produced colors, and starlight burst forth, falling inside and out.

In an instant, it turned into floating golden bells, deep and clear chimes, and magnificent sheng and xiao flutes, playing without wind.

The sound of divine bells and great chimes rang in Fang Longye's ears; the sound was clear and dense, like feathers falling between clouds, whales swimming and surging, and the sea waves becoming calm, immeasurable.

Following that, there were dragon and tiger sounds, roaring within the universe.

Wherever the sound reached, heavenly decrees followed, with five colors shining, manifesting the majesty of an Innate Divine Spirit.

Divine light, heavenly music, colors,... and so on and so forth, all poured down.

It was the birth of an Innate Divine Spirit, naturally accompanied by the descent of Heavenly Luck, with heaven and earth manifesting auspicious signs for it.

Fang Longye's eyes were bright, concentrating all his spirit to ensure he did not miss any of this.

After a good while, the visions dissipated.

The hall looked no different from before; the jade desk remained as it was, and the incense in the burner curled~

And compared to just a moment ago, Fang Longye had already gained an additional identity as an Innate Divine Spirit.

"I can only say, there are still some benefits; it can be considered icing on the cake~"

Fang Longye raised his eyes to look at the void, seeing layers upon layers of purple-blue mist descending above his crown, with countless golden threads wandering.

Every instant, there was a rich and fragrant aroma, forming precious lamps, vast and bright, extraordinary.

This was nothing else, but the Heavenly Luck that heaven and earth bestowed upon him after he gained the identity of an Innate Divine Spirit.

Besides this~

Fang Longye looked at the Innate Divine Talisman in his sea of consciousness, woven with innate patterns, purple-blue mist, wondrous clear sounds, and countless bizarre and variegated scenes.

In the very center, there were additional golden textures, constantly twisting and changing, and one could faintly see the shadow of a coiled dragon, similar to his Primal Dragon True Body~ the wonders of heaven and earth were fully displayed.

"Duo!"

Fang Longye moved his mind, and the Innate Divine Talisman shone brightly, the celebration cloud above his head rose high, and divine seal characters danced across the sky, scattering freely, back and forth.

The vast and mighty divine power surged, intertwining with the divine seal characters filling the sky, the divine light dazzling and eye-catching.

After a moment, a Divine Golden Body emerged, with the same face, exactly like him, sitting on a Divine Dao Dharma Lotus, awe-inspiring.

Majestic, solemn, sacred.

As the Divine Dao Edict he had cultivated underwent Reverse Innate, the Divine Golden Body also changed accordingly, essentially no different from an Innate Divine Spirit~ Therefore,

As soon as it appeared, it resonated with the void, self-forming a Dharma Realm, shining brightly, forming swords, spears, halberds, Dharma wheels, canopies, lotus flowers,... and so on and so forth.

After a trial, Fang Longye retracted the Divine Golden Body and sensed his name as an Innate Divine Spirit under the manifestation of heaven and earth. Indeed, as expected.

It was exactly the "Dragon Lord" he had been promoting.

This was very normal~

Heavenly will and human hearts are inherently mutually influential.

As the saying goes, "When human hearts are united, Mount Tai can be moved."

The thoughts of living beings, viewed individually, are insignificant, but if gathered together, even if they are just mundane thoughts, they have the power to change the world.

When human hearts are gathered together, they can influence the operation of heaven and earth to a certain extent~

Why is faith and incense competed for by everyone, and why do immortals, demons, gods, and Buddhist followers all flock to it?

Why do immortals, demons, gods, and Buddhist followers all care so much about their reputation? Is it really because they all care about face? The real reason lies right here~ And he had been promoting his name as "Dragon Lord" for some years, especially since he had manifested a miracle when Han Wudi performed the Seal of Mount Tai~ His reputation had long since become a legend, remembered by the Human Race in the Nine Provinces, and later Liu Che even built a temple for him at Mount Tai to offer sacrifices~

With such word-of-mouth, it naturally could influence the operation of heaven and earth, causing heaven and earth to have a bias when bestowing names.

And he was not an Innate Divine Spirit born from mountains and rivers, but an Innate Divine Spirit achieved through refining the Innate Divine Talisman acquired later~

Naturally, there was no specific inclination in his divine name.

Unlike those innate divine spirits born of natural gestation, the divine names bestowed upon them by Heaven often carry a distinct geographical inclination.

Fundamentally, wherever they are gestated, Heaven and Earth will use that location to crown them when bestowing a name upon an innate divine spirit.

For instance, gods like the God of Huai River, God of Ji River, God of Cangwu, God of Mount Tai, God of Lanshan, or God of Naitou Mountain—that's right, you heard me correctly, Honghuang truly has an innate divine spirit called the God of Naitou Mountain.

Previously, when Fang Longye saw this record while flipping through ancient texts, he nearly laughed himself into a frenzy.

How should one put it?

This senior, who managed to be passed down through the ages and spread for eternity in a manner bordering on a joke, was actually swindled by the ancestors of the Human Race.

Hmm, it was also due to his insufficient origin.

You must know that in Honghuang, not every mountain or every river is bestowed a name by Heaven and Earth; most of them do not have innate titles and are nameless.

Usually, they are left for living beings to name.

As mentioned before, Heaven's will follows the hearts of the people; when Heaven and Earth bestow names upon innate divine spirits, they will also adopt these names.

The mountain range that gestated this senior belonged to the latter category of obscure mountains and rivers.

It was just that its shape was somewhat abstract—originally this was nothing, but the key to his misfortune was that at the time, there were several Human Race tribes dwelling in the vicinity of the mountain range that gestated him.

And the Human Race had not been born long at that time, still in an era of ignorance, and their naming conventions were very fierce.

As a result, one can imagine.

Actually, it is also quite normal; even after so many epochs, the lowest level of the Human Race today, those common folk, are they not still the same? But this senior was truly swindled miserably.

Of course, thinking from another perspective, he could also be considered to have profited. Otherwise, given his origin, his reputation would have long since vanished into the long river of time.

How could it have been passed down to this current era, having the chance to be known by a junior like Fang Longye, who is separated by more than a hundred million eons? In short,

Compared to innate divine spirits gestated by the nature of Heaven and Earth, innate divine spirits like Fang Longye who achieve their status through acquired means are often not restricted by geography.

But likewise, they also lose their regional reliance, lacking many of the treatments and abilities that naturally gestated innate divine spirits should have.

For example, Wuzhiqi, as the God of Huai River, would trigger endless riots in the Huai River if he were to fall, and even "as long as the Huai River is not extinguished, Wuzhiqi does not die," which is equivalent to having an extra protective talisman.

And for someone like Fang Longye, who is basically a blank-slate innate divine spirit, one should not even think about such good things.

Fortunately, he does not walk the "Divine Immortal Path," so whether his identity as an innate divine spirit is managed well or poorly actually has no impact on him.

If it can add flowers to the brocade, that is already good enough.

(End of this chapter)