[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pure-yang":3,"chapter-pure-yang-pure-yang-chapter-20":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Pure Yang!",{"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},2267120,4427,"Chapter 20: Demons, Ghosts, Spirits, Monsters: Reversing to Achieve Immortality","pure-yang-chapter-20",20,"\u003Cp>Yujing City, Huangji Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath midnight clouds, towering mountains rose and fell in endless waves, like a great dragon slumbering upon the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the mountainside, several homes glowed with bright lights—clusters of villas, high walls and grand courtyards, even pavilions and terraces, steeped in ancient charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Yujing City’s wealthy district; those who lived here were either immensely rich or of noble status, and ordinary people had never even heard of the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white complex stood with a gate that was round below and narrow above, its top protruding like a rooster’s head, surrounded on all sides by mountains, with distant streams murmuring softly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This layout was called the Mountain-Water Offering Phoenix Formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ancient times, deep within the mountains, if a fox gained sentience, it would seek a place nestled against mountains and beside water, enter an ancient cave, and carve out such a formation to seclude itself within, thereby achieving immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the quiet front courtyard, the girl with twin buns stormed in, heading straight for the inner hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, her face was grim beyond measure, utterly devoid of its usual triumphant ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He Huan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a cold, indifferent voice rang out in the chilly night, causing the twin-bun girl to halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to see a young man, dressed in casual home attire, seated in the pavilion, holding a rolled ancient book bound in thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He Fei!” He Huan’s eyebrows lifted, her gaze flickering away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You won’t even call me brother…” He Fei set down his book, speaking calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You and I aren’t even born of the same mother… why call you brother?” He Huan sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You fought someone and got hurt—your cultivation is weak, and you’ve damaged the Immortal you serve; that will bring backlash.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Fei didn’t raise his head, yet one sentence made He Huan’s face change color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your cultivation has reached this level?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Huan’s eyes flickered. She had long heard elders speak of this wild child brought home from outside—remarkably gifted—but she never imagined he was this terrifying, seeing through her true state without even looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cultivating longevity, cultivating longevity… everyone seeks it. If you ask for the method, the Daoist sects hold supreme authority—but they don’t know my Outriding Path also has a way to immortality.” He Fei gazed upward, a trace of melancholy in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the Daoist sects, Outriding was merely a fringe path, most despised—but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t cultivate properly, you’ll end up nothing more than a medicinal herb for the Immortal you serve…” He Fei shifted tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Huan’s beautiful face trembled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just these words revealed the great secret of Outriding Immortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is Outriding? It is borrowing the power of spirits to cultivate—and conversely, the spirits also use humans to cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Buddhists say humans are born with five hundred years more cultivation than spirits; in other words, animals must cultivate five hundred more years to attain a human form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Outriding is both a transaction and a struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, either the human consumes the served Immortal as a medicinal herb, achieving an unblemished spirit and glimpsing the path to immortality…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or the served Immortal consumes the human, usurping the body—that is the true…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demon!!! “In today’s age, spirits often appear, but demons rarely roam.” He Fei sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demons, ghosts, spirits, and monsters are all different things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ghost is formed when a human dies, yang qi dissipates, and the spirit detaches from the body, becoming pure yin with no yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spirit is an animal or plant that absorbs celestial essence and terrestrial splendor over time, gaining sentience and unusual abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monster is something that deviates from its natural form—like an old household object that, after long exposure, gains sentience and manifests strange traits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for demons, they are most peculiar: the [Kongdong Talisman Records] say, “Human fabrication is demon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, a demon is the offspring of a spirit and a human—it possesses a powerful spirit, usurps a human body, and thus gains a human form, skipping five hundred years of arduous cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Legend of the White Snake says Bai Suzhen cultivated for a thousand years beneath Mount Qingcheng to become human—but how she actually obtained that body remains questionable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because spirits cannot directly transform into human form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tragedy of Outriding lies here: borrowing spirit power demands repayment; the wretched end up losing their human bodies and becoming true demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, since ancient times, Daoist sects have always held the intent to exterminate demons, for to become a demon is to already have taken a human life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our He family has served the Hu Immortal since our ancestor—thirteen generations now—and only a handful have ever transformed their Immortal into medicinal herb…” He Fei said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just got a minor injury—why are you lecturing me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Huan cut him off, though her tone had softened considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you encounter a Daoist master?” He Fei turned to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What Daoist master? Just some naive kid—I was careless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Huan clenched her teeth, Zhang Fan’s figure flashing in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm. Most orthodox Daoists distance themselves from the mortal world, dwelling deep in their sects, rarely venturing out.” He Fei nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Daoism has branched widely since ancient times; countless external methods of alchemy have been passed down. If you meet such practitioners in the future, be cautious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know some Daoist internal alchemy methods too. My served Immortal may not be inferior.” He Huan spoke with pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Fei shifted tone abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Reverse Immortality Method.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is the Reverse Immortality Method?” He Huan looked puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since ancient times, heaven and humanity have been distinct—but beneath the Great Dao lies a sliver of opportunity… cultivation is that sliver granted to mortals…” He Fei spoke solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary internal alchemy still operates within this sliver—whether absorbing solar and lunar essence or refining external herbs…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In ancient times, a group of Daoists discovered that different internal alchemy methods varied in efficiency and purity when converting essence into true yang, and in the speed at which the spirit absorbed and grew…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They realized that even with lifelong study, one could never break through the heavenly-human boundary—so…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These madmen forged another path…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What path?” He Huan couldn’t help asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go forward to become human; go backward to become immortal… leap beyond that sliver.” He Fei spoke solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed to his chest: “In a normal person, heart-fire is above, kidney-water below. Even after a lifetime of cultivation, the fire dries up and the kidney-water remains still…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if reversed—heart-fire below, kidney-water above—reverse their positions, let Kan and Li intermingle—then the Li fire can boil the kidney-water, its essence rising like smoke, spreading through limbs and organs, reaching straight to the crown and spirit…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Dao is attainable; immortality is possible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…?” He Huan grew increasingly alarmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human body is naturally formed—this would be defying heaven itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go forward as human; go backward as immortal. This internal alchemy method is Daoist secrecy, orthodox and ferocious—it is the direct antithesis of demons and spirits. If you encounter it, retreat three leagues.” He Fei warned again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—anyone who receives this internal alchemy must be a Daoist heir, dwelling deep in the mountains… how could those old Daoists let it descend into the mortal world, tainted by this corrupt age?” He Huan murmured, Zhang Fan’s image stubbornly lingering in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This grudge was now sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait for me. Pray to gods and Buddhas you never cross my path.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the days that followed, Zhang Fan spent each day submitting resumes and seeking jobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>College graduates in June and July were the cheapest labor—he sent out fifty to sixty resumes, nearly all vanished without reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from that, he locked himself at home and practiced the [Southern-Northern Zong Source] method relentlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This internal alchemy method was truly unique; after only a week, Zhang Fan felt his strength increase dramatically, his senses sharpened, and even while lying in bed, he could hear the gossip of the neighborhood aunties at the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in recent days, he dared not continue practicing—each time he performed the method, by noon he felt icy coldness in his upper body and searing heat in his lower body…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan knew Daoist arts, especially at advanced stages, could not be practiced blindly; without a master’s guidance, one risked paralysis, becoming a vegetable, or even death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this condition, he immediately called Master Pojie for humble advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re practicing the [Southern-Northern Zong Source]?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stunned voice came through the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Can’t I practice it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“N-no… nothing…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief silence, Master Pojie listened to Zhang Fan’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You say you’ve only practiced for ten days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only ten days and problems already? Master Pojie, is your internal alchemy the same as mine? Does Zhenwu Mountain have any senior brothers or sisters who practice this? I’d like to exchange experiences with them.” Zhang Fan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“N-no one…” Master Pojie fell silent for a long time before saying: “You’ve only practiced a few days—this is normal. Young man, don’t be impatient…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your talent isn’t high to begin with. Practice slowly. Don’t let your conscious mind stir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand.” Zhang Fan exhaled in relief—it was just his own lack of skill, not a mistake in practice. He thanked profusely and hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, on Zhenwu Mountain, Master Pojie held his phone like a statue, his face filled with strange expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Pojie, why are you standing here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Xia Weisheng walked over from afar, seeing Master Pojie’s state, couldn’t help asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ding furnace has stabilized, Kan and Li have merged… he… he actually succeeded?” Master Pojie snapped back to reality, his face filled with shock, instinctively turning to Xia Weisheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What accomplished?” Xia Weisheng was baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This kid… it’s demonic… too damn demonic!” Master Pojie shook his head repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1650,"2026-06-19T21:05:40.312Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0defff33c087fac5a02c91c0395aa995cf72a7fadf13b98d9152d131f4f11346","pure-yang-chapter-21","pure-yang-chapter-19",520,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpure-yang-cover.jpg"]