[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-shushan-s-world-quelling-earth-immortal":3,"chapter-shushan-s-world-quelling-earth-immortal-shushan-s-world-quelling-earth-immortal-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mount Shu's World-Quelling Earth Immortal",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":18,"prevChapterSlug":18,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":19},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":12,"translator":16,"content_hash":17},2231852,4202,"Chapter 1: Mount Sanqing","shushan-s-world-quelling-earth-immortal-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>It is said that throughout the cosmos, countless spiritual mountains exist; the seas are calm and the rivers clear, often revealing traces of immortals, while the wind of seeking immortality and inquiring into the Dao prevails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these, the regions of Ba-Shu and Yuzhang possess the most formidable landscapes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realm of Yuzhang boasts natural treasures and gifted people; merely the immortal mountains famous beyond the seas include Mount Lu and Mount Mingyue of the Sword Sect, and Mount Dajue and Mount Zhenru of the Chan Sect. As for the renowned mountains of the Daoist gate, they enjoy fame throughout the world, hosting both the ancestral courts of great sects and treasured mountains of talismans left behind in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Yuzhang is also known as the Daoist Capital of the World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuzhang holds the leadership of the Eastern Daoist gate, with Mount Longhu and Mount Sanqing being the most revered among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mount Longhu was founded in the Han Dynasty as the ancestral court of the Celestial Masters Dao; having stood for nearly eight thousand years, it is the foremost of the present age, guiding the alchemical Dao of the world and commanding the Five Thunders. However, Mount Longhu is strictest in accepting disciples; its members are few and noble, and the Celestial Master's Mansion allows no living person to approach lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mount Sanqing, founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty as the ancestral court of the Wanfa Sect, has stood for over six thousand years, cultivating simultaneously internal alchemy, external alchemy, sword arts, talismans, formation diagrams, astrology, thunder methods, body refinement, traditional medicine, corpse raising, and other doctrines, accepting disciples broadly. In particular, it established a specific mountain and temple as a gateway to the mortal world, opening its gates wide so that pilgrims never cease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gateway to the mortal world is Mount Yuxiu, running north to south; its eastern, western, and northern slopes are all extremely steep, forming sheer cliffs, while only the southern slope is gentle and elegant, carved with a mountain path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the foot of the mountain path lies a large flat expanse, crossed by the Jinsha Stream flowing from east to west. About ten li south of the stream stands a small town called Zhangxiangzhen; the town is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with its opening facing directly toward Mount Yuxiu. The hills behind the town are covered entirely in red camphor trees, whose hearts emit a strange fragrance. The villagers of seven or eight villages near the town make their living by felling these trees; after extracting the tree hearts, they sell them in the town, where the townspeople then craft incense from the camphor hearts to sell to pilgrims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smoke of Zhangxiang incense is fresh and fragrant, curling upward without black ash; it refreshes the mind and repels insects, so pilgrims coming to worship the Three Pure Ones on Mount Yuxiu always visit the town to purchase some. Some travelers from distant places buy large quantities during a single visit to take home, placing them in their family temples or ancestral halls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides incense making, the town's residences are often rented to visitors touring Mount Yuxiu; thus, the townspeople are quite wealthy, with bluestone paving the streets and brick houses lining every household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late that night, a bright moon rose above the hills behind the town, scattering clear light that fell upon the town, illuminating even the eyebrows and hair of its people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the town lay a small alley flanked on both sides by identical small courtyards with green tiles. In the courtyard at the alley's entrance stood a youth, delicate in features and tall of stature, carving by the moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the youth was carving was precisely the heart of the red camphor tree; beside him already stood stacked ten or so finished products, each a square plaque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The square plaques were exquisitely carved; the youth's skillful hands ensured that no two decorative patterns repeated: ruyi patterns, bat-and-longevity patterns, happy-spider patterns, goldfish patterns, lion patterns, peony patterns—each striking to the eye. The characters inscribed on the plaques were equally beautiful, all auspicious phrases such as \"Safe journeys and peaceful returns,\" \"Fortune and prosperity complete,\" \"Virtuous gates accumulate blessings,\" and \"Rising fortune and doubled happiness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth had been carving these wooden plaques for a long time; counting from the first lunar month, nearly four months had passed. Now sixteen were completed, with only the final one remaining; hurrying as he was, he would finish the last one today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the moon hung at the zenith, the youth completed the final plaque, carving the eight characters: \"A hundred blessings arrive together; auspiciousness opens the virtuous gate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled deeply, returned indoors to retrieve the yellow tassels and luggage he had prepared long ago. Shouldering his baggage, he threaded the yellow tassels through each wooden plaque one by one; thus, seventeen peace plaques were finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sweeping the courtyard clean, the youth stepped out. Hanging outside his own door eaves was another plaque, carved with the eight characters: \"A cloud-bound journey begins; joy and fortune arrive,\" handmade by his father; since the youth turned ten, it had never been replaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth hung each wooden plaque at the doors of the other seventeen households along the alley, as his farewell gift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tonight, he would leave the town; within three to five years, he feared he would not be able to return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth left a letter in his house for these neighbors and street-folk; the letter stated clearly that if he were accepted into the immortal mountain, he would necessarily wait until he had mastered his arts before descending the mountain to visit relatives; if he failed to enter the immortal mountain, he would travel to study, and having read ten thousand volumes of books, naturally he must walk ten thousand li of roads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping onto the smooth stone-paved streets, the youth gradually moved away from the green-tiled alley, gradually leaving Zhangxiangzhen behind, his heart filled with reluctance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he grew up in Zhangxiangzhen, he was not born to local people. He was originally an abandoned infant; at half a year old, placed in a farmer's bamboo basket lined with old cotton padding, he was delivered to the first household of the green-tiled alley in Zhangxiangzhen, the residence of Mr. Cheng Tingxian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Tingxian was a schoolteacher in Zhangxiangzhen, a visitor from elsewhere who had once served as a local magistrate. The gentleman revered the classics and loved the Dao; after resigning his post, he brought his wife to settle at the foot of Mount Sanqing. Deeply devoted to each other, though childless, Mr. Cheng never took a concubine; the couple possessed an unconventional spirit unlike ordinary mortals, and even upon reaching sixty with empty knees, they never adopted children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until fifteen years ago, when the couple settled in Zhangxiangzhen; with leisure time on their hands, they began enlightening the town's children, never refusing any villager who sent their offspring. The gentleman's learning encompassed heaven and humanity, his knowledge far beyond that of the local old scholars, so his reputation gradually grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years later, one day, a child suddenly appeared before their gate; the couple believed it might be heaven's will and took him in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the gentleman loved the Dao, he named him Yunqi, taken from a verse by the internal alchemy Daoist immortal Bai Yuchan of Mount Wuyi in the south:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drifting, I ride the cloud-qi; bowing my head, I gaze upon the worldly sphere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the year Cheng Yunqi turned eleven, the old lady passed away due to congenital weakness and organ failure; that she lived past seventy was truly due to Mr. Cheng's meticulous care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One month after the old lady's death, Mr. Cheng, stricken by grief, followed her shortly after, leaving Cheng Yunqi only a house and the goodwill of the entire town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Yunqi chose to depart tonight stemmed from news spread in the first lunar month from Mount Yuxiu: an immortal elder within the Three Pure Ones Immortal Mountain intended to accept a disciple, with only one spot available, and an examination would be held on the day of Grain Rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The method of accepting disciples at the Three Pure Ones Immortal Mountain was unique: unlike the Sword Sect, where masters roam the world seeking disciples, questioning both sword and heart, nor like Mount Longhu, which opens its gates once every few hundred years, establishing a hundred or so trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Pure Ones Immortal Mountain, through Mount Yuxiu, provided pilgrims with a guiding health cultivation technique called the Meridian-Opening and Sinus-Stretching Exercise, free of charge; if ordinary people practiced daily according to the diagrams without interruption, they would gain the effects of regulating qi and blood, nourishing the organs, and unblocking meridians. If one possessed extraordinary talent, one could even cultivate a clear qi within the body, possessing the wonderful effect of dispelling poison and curing illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The primary condition for accepting disciples at the Immortal Mountain was possessing this clear qi; furthermore, one's age must not exceed sixteen years; only those meeting both criteria could proceed to the examination within the Immortal Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the examinations within the Immortal Mountain had never followed any pattern; with good fortune, one might encounter three or five in a year; with bad fortune, none might occur in two hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last public recruitment of disciples on Mount Sanqing occurred twenty-eight years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Yunqi's talent and luck were both excellent; under his father's instruction, the youth practiced this guiding technique daily. Though his father practiced for a lifetime and remained in robust health, he never manifested the clear qi; whereas Cheng Yunqi began practicing at age two and cultivated the clear qi by age five. Now fifteen, he had coincidentally encountered this opportunity; if he waited until next year, it would never be possible again. Now alone with no attachments, and having been inclined toward the Dao since childhood under his father's influence, Cheng Yunqi naturally had to try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomorrow was Grain Rain; Yunqi worried that if everyone saw him off, the sorrow would be too intense, making it difficult for him to control his emotions at that moment, so he chose to leave under cover of night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Grain Rain season, a misty rain slowly drifted down at night. Cheng Yunqi walked from the bluestone path to the gravel road, then to the country dirt road, finally halting before a green mound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the green mound rose a retaining slope built of pebbles; in front, to the left and right, stood one pine and one cypress. Between the pine and cypress stood a stele, its inscription clearly visible under the moonlight: \"Tomb of the Deceased Father, Cheng Family, Tingxian, and Deceased Mother, Zhu Family, Mingjun, United.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yunqi knelt before the stele, kowtowing deeply; sobs echoed across the wilds, accompanied by broken whispers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bright moon shifted slightly further west; the youth rose, carefully wiped the stele with his sleeve, circled once more to inspect the retaining slope, and only then followed the small path away, heading in the direction of Mount Yuxiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, the rain continued to patter down; the celestial phenomena were somewhat peculiar: overhead the sky was gloomy, yet all four directions remained bright. Cheng Yunqi walked up the southern mountain path; the crowd grew thicker and thicker, until upon reaching the Yuze Peilin Temple at the summit, people were shoulder to shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuze Peilin Temple, abbreviated as Yulin Temple, also known as Yuling Temple, was a Daoist temple specifically established by Mount Sanqing for the mortal world. On ordinary days, it offered pilgrims blessings and dream interpretation, crafted talismans and diagnosed illnesses, or performed superitions and soothed spirits; its incense offerings were extremely flourishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, the temple already hosted many pilgrims and believers; today presented a rare spectacle of grandeur. Cheng Yunqi carried no umbrella, yet walking beneath the umbrellas of others, his clothes remained nearly free of rain stains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the temple lay a huge bluestone plaza; in its center stood a massive red-bronze incense burner, emitting a faint glow. At this moment, the entire plaza was packed with people; the umbrellas merged into a colorful cloud bank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>=9+Book_Bar\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temple gates stood wide open; Abbot Zhenwei, a Daoist elder rarely seen on ordinary days, stood fixed at the entrance, as if awaiting something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd in the plaza naturally waited as well; when the agreed-upon hour of Chen Zheng arrived, an extremely young Daoist priest walked out from within the temple to stand beside Daoist Zhenwei. He appeared merely twenty years old, dignified and imposing, yet his face was unfamiliar, never before seen at Yulin Temple; moreover, the style of his deep-blue feathered robe was also unprecedented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Daoist in the feathered robe bowed and spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We truly apologize to all the lay devotees who have come to burn incense; today is the day when the elders within the mountain accept disciples, and indeed there are too many people. Please, lay devotees, wait a moment; after we send off those destined by fate, you may enter the temple to burn incense without delay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd immediately buzzed with noise, responding: \"We dare not, we dare not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, young lay devotees who possess clear spiritual qi and are under sixteen years of age, follow me into the temple.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd stirred once more; some boys and girls stepped out from among the people, numbering about a hundred or so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yunqi, carrying no umbrella, also stepped out from the crowd; fortunately, the rain was not heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hundred or so individuals formed several rows, standing shoulder to shoulder; once lined up, most turned their heads to gaze back at the crowd, where surely stood those dearest to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yunqi did not turn his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yunqi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Scholar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cheng family child!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, familiar shouts came from behind; Yunqi turned to look and saw that acquaintances from Zhangxiangzhen had all come!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie Zhang, Uncles Li, how had Grandmother Wang, at such an advanced age, also come? Yunqi raised his hand high, waving vigorously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the line began to move; though everyone felt immense reluctance, none dared linger even an instant. Yunqi waved repeatedly for them to return; tears gathered at the corners of his eyes, but he had no time to wipe them, hastily following the Daoist who had just spoken into the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temple ran north to south; the temple gate faced south. Passing through the gate and walking inward, one reached the Hall of Wang Lingguan; further back, the Halls of the Thunder Duke, Lightning Mother, Wind Earl, and Rain Master stood divided on both sides. Passing the Bell Tower and Drum Tower, one arrived at the Hall of the Great Master of Xuandu, with the Hall of Lord Guangcheng and the Hall of Doumu Yuanjun standing to the left and right. At the very rear of the temple, naturally, stood the Hall of the Three Pure Ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to the west of the Hall of the Three Pure Ones, there was another hall, named: Hall of Immortal Ge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone entered the hall; inside enshrined stood a stone statue depicting an elder, standing with hands clasped, wearing a green Daoist robe, with a full forehead and a kind, gentle countenance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without needing introduction from the guiding Daoist, everyone knew: this was the founding ancestor of Mount Sanqing, Immortal Ge Hong, Daoist name Baopuzi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guiding Daoist priest led the boys and girls around the ancestor's statue, halting them before the rear wall of the great hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While everyone remained puzzled, the guiding Daoist formed a hand seal and recited a spell. Suddenly, the white wall rippled like the surface of a lake; amidst shimmering waves, the wall surface actually vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the astonished gazes of the crowd, a surging, boundless sea of milky-white clouds appeared before everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new book is presented; please leave more messages and comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2662,"2026-06-18T03:30:15.497Z","Qwen3.5 397B","7ad46d5813df2a4084a550ab774403bdc3d93682e5ec0bc713f3bbae1d77dd0b",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmount-shu-s-world-quelling-earth-immortal-cover.jpg"]