Chapter 76

The Wheel and Sea is below the navel and can be the size of a palm; the Palace is above it, corresponding to the five internal organs, enclosed by the chest and ribs.

The five internal organs give birth to five gods, the five gods evolve five Qi, storing essence and Qi without leaking, containing life without decaying, endless and continuous, existing forever in the world.

This Secret Realm governs lifespan.

Since the Other Shore is not yet perfect, how can one ascend to the Palace?

"Boom—"

Shatter the darkness with thunder!

This is Lin Xian's answer. Crossing the Bitter Sea, spanning the Divine Bridge, ascending to the Other Shore, clouds and mists swirling, immortal Qi rising, a huge Palace suddenly manifests.

Black and white lightning flashes, stepping on auspicious clouds, Lin Xian is like a peerless God of Thunder, pushing forward the mandate of heaven, with great momentum, charging toward the Divine Palace, wanting to reside within it.

The Five Thunder Orthodox Law, named Five Thunder, is actually Five Qi.

Pure Yang, governing fire, is called Heart Qi; Pure Yin, governing water, is called Kidney Qi; Lesser Yang within Yin and Lesser Yin within Yang, governing metal, is called Lung Qi; governing wood is called Liver Qi; harmonizing Yin and Yang, governing earth, is called Spleen Qi.

The Wheel and Sea evolve Yin and Yang, and the five great divine treasures transform into the Five Elements.

How to evolve the Five Elements from Yin and Yang, step out of the Secret Realm, and soar upward? The profound meaning is within it; it is merely the change of Yin and Yang.

Different from ordinary cultivators who cultivate the Palace, stationing five gods, connecting five Qi, and linking heaven and earth, now the Five Elements are reversed; Lin Xian starts with five Qi, then five gods, then the five internal organs, flowing against the current.

The gates of the Nine Heavens open to the palace, and the envoys of ten thousand nations bow to the crown.

Lin Xian visualizes himself as the Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Yuanshi Yuanshi Tianzun, dressed in Daoist robes, wearing a Yuanshi Yuanshi Tianzun crown, the pivot of Yin and Yang, the root of commanding all things.

Dominating all things with thunder, illuminating the Great Dao of the heavenly heart above, and relieving the sufferings of the netherworld below.

"The Dao is enough to forget the spring of things; the will is enough to unify the rise and fall of Qi."

Lin Xian speaks softly. The Divine Bridge spans the sky, extending to his feet, sending him toward the South Heaven Gate. Beneath his feet is the surging Bitter Sea, endless life and death, the changes of Yin and Yang; before his eyes is the Heavenly Palace and Divine Que, a brand-new world.

Without any hesitation, he steps inside, his large sleeves fluttering like an immortal. A divine aura arises spontaneously; it is unknown whether it comes from the Palace or from his own body.

It is as if this stretch of road is not just a breakthrough of a Secret Realm, but also a journey through a period of time.

Tides rise and fall, the brilliant light dissipates, and Lin Xian looks back, suddenly catching sight of a past version of himself. He is shocked, and looking back again, a future Dao-self vaguely emerges.

Identifying carefully, nothing exists anymore, only the present self, standing in the Palace, evolving the Five Elements and five gods.

That is a brand-new world, vigorous vitality filling the Palace, full of magic power. The present self stands here and whispers: "It's not strange that I have a future; in this world, I actually have a past too?"

The Palace Secret Realm is mysterious and profound, and many wonderful things will happen.

Above the five gods, there are still three selves, corresponding to the past, future, and present.

Just like in the mythology of the Heavenly Court, above the Five Emperors of the Five Directions, there still exists the Three Pure Dao Ancestors.

Infinite Dao power nourishes his body, and the sound of rumbling thunder echoes within him. Streams of Five Elements Qi rush up, not rushing to the Nine Heavens, not even breaking through the roof, only three feet, three inches, and three fen high.

"Three feet above one's head, there are gods..." Lin Xian is thoughtful. The gods here do not refer to the five gods of the Palace, but to the three selves of past, future, and present; it is the Primordial Spirit of the True Self.

This is the Sixth Secret Realm created by the Desolate Heaven Emperor, but it was later deleted.

Because those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die.

The Sixth Secret Realm of every Immortal Emperor is unique; only in this way can one be a Dao Ancestor who creates laws and be qualified to march toward the Immortal Emperor level.

If one blindly imitates the Sixth Secret Realm of the Desolate Heaven Emperor, losing one's own Dao, one will forever stop at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, with no hope of reaching the Immortal Emperor level.

Lin Xian, however, has no such taboos; he purely gives up and lies flat.

Not to mention Quasi-Immortal Emperor, his highest dream is to prove the Dao as an Immortal King, live forever, and then lie flat and enjoy himself.

The shackles of an Immortal Emperor? Sorry, I can't even touch them.

As long as I am a piece of trash, there are no constraints.

Lin Xian calmly accepts all changes, but the vision of his breakthrough still alarms the people in the valley.

"What kind of person is this? The Five Gods Qi is only three feet high. This... is this real?"

The strong of the Demon race are all shocked, seeing this strange sight, revealing expressions of disbelief.

One doesn't ask you to learn from the young God King or the peerless Holy Lord, whose Five Gods Qi pierced the heavens and soared above when they were young; any normal Palace cultivator has Five Gods Qi starting at several hundred meters.

Your three feet is just too excessive.

The Old Madman comes to check, his brows slightly furrowed. In his eyes, Lin Xian's foundation is simply not good; he is only a candidate for Holy Son, with no hope of participating in the struggle for the Emperor's path.

But, he is still at the level of a genius; how could he be inferior to even an ordinary cultivator?

"Impossible..." Princess Yan Ruyu also shakes her head. She has sparred with Lin Xian countless times; although she could easily suppress him, she could feel Lin Xian's rapid progress.

"The weakest Palace in history?" The nineteenth-generation grandson of the Green Emperor whispers, his expression extremely strange.

What on earth happened? With Lin Xian's foundation, it shouldn't be like this.

But, no matter how the nineteenth-generation grandson of the Green Emperor guesses, he cannot guess that Lin Xian broke through to the Palace at the Second Heaven of the Other Shore, and the remaining path has not been walked at all.

"Master Lin, what on earth happened?"

Ye Fan, from the expressions and words of the crowd, senses something bad and cannot help but ask anxiously: "Did something go wrong with the cultivation? I have a Bodhi seed I can lend you."

"No need."

Lin Xian shakes his head and smiles: "The gathering of the three flowers is an illusion, the return of the five Qi is not true; the eternal sky is a scroll, what does the truth or falsehood of the realm matter? In the end, it is all empty."

"Cultivation base is all floating clouds; only a Dao heart is true."

"I cultivate the heart, you cultivate strength; the Tianxuan Holy Land will depend on you in the future."

"As long as you grow up strong, I will be at ease."

Ye Fan nods, feeling that something is not quite right, but he cannot say where it is wrong.

Suddenly, whispering sounds arise among the Demon crowd.

"Such a weak cultivator, is he worthy of our Princess?"

"Exactly, exactly..."

"How about we call off the marriage."

"..."

Voices echo one after another. Princess Yan Ruyu's brows furrow, and her subordinate Qin Yao scolds: "It is not your place to gossip about the Princess's affairs."

Ye Fan also scolds angrily: "They are a talented man and a beautiful woman, a match made in heaven; is it your turn, you monster, to object!"

The scene falls silent, and the demons close their mouths, but everyone knows they are not convinced.

Lin Xian is thoughtful, looking at the nineteenth-generation grandson of the Green Emperor; he is hidden inside Pang Bo's body and does not come forward.

"Whoever spoke, you can stand out."

Lin Xian smiles slightly, looking at the place where the voice was loudest just now.

"It's me!"

After a moment of silence, a Demon clansman with prominent horns, looking like a Qilin, jumps out and says unconvinced: "What do you want? I am at the perfection of the First Heaven of the Palace. Considering your divine Qi is only three feet, I'll let you use one hand."

"The realm is for mediocre people to look at, so they don't go the wrong way."

Lin Xian speaks leisurely, his large sleeves fluttering, waving his hand like an immortal. Man follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Dao, and the Dao follows Nature; there is a sense of ease in the unity of man and nature.

He walks the steps of the Big Dipper, his movements flowing like water; white-gold Dao patterns emerge beneath his feet, intertwining and scattering, evolving veins, with lightning vaguely flashing and electricity dancing, like a god descending to the world.

Between raising his hands and feet, black and white thunder falls, deafening, like the might of heaven.

Boom!

The demons' expressions change. How can one resist thunder without reaching the Four Extremities? Even if one reaches the Four Extremities, if one is not a Heaven's Pride level cultivator, one will absolutely not survive the heavenly tribulation.

"Ah..." The Demon clansman with prominent horns screams, is struck into a piece of coal, coughs up blood, and retreats in defeat.

"Thunder Law!"

Someone whispers. The demons' eyes reveal disbelief. Without reaching the Four Extremities, how can one touch the power of thunder? That is the majesty of the Heavenly Dao.

Although it is not a true heavenly tribulation, they are not Heaven's Pride monsters of the Four Extremities either.

Lin Xian smiles knowingly. The realm is for mediocre people to look at, so that stupid people don't go the wrong way, just like the division of first, second, third, fifth, and sixth grades.

Differences in understanding of the Dao, gaps, and levels are what create the division of realms. If one's understanding and comprehension of the Dao are reached, the division of realms ceases to exist.

This is also the fundamental reason why Heaven's Pride cultivators can leap over several realms and fight against immortals.

And Lin Xian, he cheats.

(End of chapter)