Chapter 289: Body God Rebellion, Dragon Mother

Xu Jia's entire body was filled with divine intent, and his essence had not been depleted.

The ancients said, when essence is full, one does not think of lust; when spirit is full, one does not think of sleep; when Qi is full, one does not think of food.

But the ancients also said, "If essence is full, it will leak."

Although the "essence" spoken of here has two different meanings, in most cases they are conflated and directly related.

To say nothing else, the testicles themselves are actually detached and outside the human body, solely because they are fragile; they fear both cold and heat, and they fear both wind and dampness.

It can be said that this is a man's most obvious "weakness."

If there are those who have practiced the Golden Bell Cover or Iron Cloth Shirt, their vital point is inevitably here.

This place stores Acquired turbid essence; according to the cultivation philosophy of Taoism, turbid essence belongs to medicinal dregs and yin filth, which is formed by the degeneration of innate essence upon sensing lustful thoughts.

Once Acquired essence is lost, it must be replenished by innate essence; therefore, one must "firmly guard the innate and acquired." This is also the reason for practicing as a virgin—only by not leaking innate essence can one refine the Dandan.

Although Xu Jia does not refine the Dandan, but rather gathers and refines the ten thousand gods, and the ten thousand gods all honor the Primordial Spirit, in terms of cultivation, this is "one spirit leading ten thousand Qi."

Where does the ten thousand Qi come from? It comes from the place of innate essence.

The first principle of cultivation is "Refining Essence into Qi."

Of course, besides one's own essence and Qi, one can also harvest the Qi of the universe; after all, the Qi of the universe corresponds to the gods of the universe, and also corresponds to the appearance of the Great Yellow Court Inner Landscape's universal observation.

Therefore, for Xu Jia, although innate essence is not as crucially important as the fire timing required for refining the Dandan, it is still something that must be kept from being lost as much as possible.

After all, the operation of the universe, the changes of yin and yang, the division of the four seasons, the Twenty-Four Solar Terms, and the seventy-two pentads are all cycles of Qi following the changes of the universe. If this is damaged, it easily becomes chaotic; the climate corresponds to the gods, and once the climate is chaotic, it corresponds to the chaos of the gods.

If there is little essence in spring, there is no rain in spring; if there is little essence in winter, there is no snow in winter.

This is another layer of "fire timing," which is actually a path of alchemy, only it does not use the human body as a furnace, but uses heaven and earth as the furnace.

What is refined is the self, and what is cultivated is creation.

No matter how Xu Jia cultivated, he could achieve "full essence," but he could not make the testicles give birth to a Body God.

Instead, waves of illusions and fantasies began to surround him.

The spirit of essence did not manifest, but the flow of intent and consciousness entered into it; for a time, blood surged, causing a stifling discomfort, with lust clouding the brain, disturbing the purity of the Primordial Spirit with "noise."

The human spirit loves purity, while the human heart loves movement.

For a moment, the heart was like a monkey and the mind like a horse, appearing like a fierce tiger descending a mountain or a Flood Dragon emerging from the sea.

Viewed from the outside, horns grew on Xu Jia's head and a tail grew from his backside, with a faint intent of "dragon transformation."

It was truly the rhythm of a "dragon-slaying warrior" turning into an "evil dragon."

The various Body Gods that Xu Jia had previously cultivated came one after another to block these intent-gods and consciousness-gods, and these two gods were led by the heart-god.

Who is this heart-god? It is precisely Xu Jia's previous soul, Xu Jidi. Xu Jia had previously refined him into a heart-general to serve as "Heart Grace Fate Assistance."

It was just that he still harbored unwillingness in his heart; at this moment, taking advantage of Xu Jia's "Primordial Spirit losing its guard," he came to force a palace coup.

The three deities of heart, intent, and consciousness rushed to the head, wanting to enter the Mud Pill Palace, the Zi Fu, or perhaps the "Golden Palace" or "Lingxiao."

Xu Jia's Primordial Spirit sat steadily above, while outside, there was a chaotic brawl.

The other Body Gods of the five viscera, including the Jiujiang Shuidi, actually stood by as spectators, not intercepting these three gods, treating it merely as "upper-level power struggles."

Only the Taiyin body, the Yin Wei Lord transformed from the right eye, the Taiyin Maiden, appeared, turning into a bright, clear moon, manifesting icy purity to settle all distracting thoughts, lust, and desires...

She scolded, "You lot are forcing a palace coup; what is it that you want to do?"

Xu Jidi said, "We don't want to live these days of strict rules and precepts anymore. We have already attained the Earth Immortal realm, can't we enjoy ourselves? My Xu family, if I don't take three wives and four concubines, won't the line be cut off?"

The spleen-god said, "That's right, that's right! As the official of digestion, I am in charge of the transformation of the acquired, but what does he eat? At most, he drank some chicken soup and mutton soup at the beginning; later, it was either this pill or that pill. Sometimes there weren't even any pills, so what do you need me for?"

The kidney-god said, "I am the Water Official. After he attained the Dao, he doesn't even take a piss. The essence and Qi I produce are all meant to be shot into the places where they should be shot..."

The intent and consciousness gods said, "I want happiness, I want sadness, I want to restore our emotions, and never be suppressed in our nature again!"

After they finished speaking, Xu Jia's seven souls also stood out: "That's right! Why should we listen to him and be an ascetic? Can he deprive us of the ability to experience emotions and love? We want freedom, we want to be carefree, and we want to go to a wider world."

"Without the Primordial Spirit in command, who will you listen to? Who can be the master?"

Xu Jidi said, "Me! I am the heart; I will regulate it, and I won't do any worse than him!"

"Anyway, we have already become Earth Immortals, and even demons of the God Immortal Realm cannot do anything to us, so why should we listen to him?" "As the saying goes, the Emperor's throne rotates; next year it will be my turn! Quickly let Xu Jia give up that Zi Fu throne so I can sit on it!"

Xu Jia's Primordial Spirit heard these words and only felt it was laughable; he did not expect Xu Jidi to jump out as well.

His Cause and Effect with him had long since been settled; he had died at the hands of an evil Daoist, and Xu Jia had borrowed the corpse to Return to Soul. First, he avenged the killing, and second, he fulfilled the duty of filial piety to the parents and led him into the path of cultivation. It would not be difficult to transcend reincarnation and lead him to become a heavenly being in the future.

Even though he himself had now become a Lingbao Heavenly Master, established the Yushan Three Pure Ones Palace orthodoxy, and achieved many merits in Beheading Dragon, killing demons, and destroying evil monks, you actually want to be a scoundrel snake, plot for the achievement of a true dragon, and set yourself up as king?

Of course, this cannot actually be blamed on him; who told Xu Jia to take the initiative to summon the Heavenly Demons this time to assist in refining the method? These Body Gods were all entangled by demonic intent at this time.

Being fickle and indecisive is also normal.

According to Western medicine, Xu Jia is currently in a state of "schizophrenia."

Unable to unify the gods, the gods naturally began to rebel.

Just at this moment, Xu Jia's Spirit Root suddenly gave birth to a Body God, a pure-yang Great Dragon God representing male power. As soon as he was born, he said, "I am the Heavenly Emperor. I represent reproduction, paternal authority, and all yang power. Back then, the Yellow Emperor slept with three thousand women and achieved Daytime Ascension. As long as you follow me, everyone will enjoy happiness together!"

This Great Dragon God had a human upper body with thick muscles, clear pectoral and abdominal muscles, and a dragon-like lower body, resembling Fuxi of ancient times, with a head of curly black hair and a purple-black complexion.

But immediately, the testicles also transformed into Body Gods—the Hehe Two Immortals, also two men. They were chubby and round, full of harmony, hugging each other, though their faces looked slightly lewd. The two of them refuted, "Without us, you are a fart of a yang symbol; you have no reproductive ability at all. You still want to climb over our brothers' heads?"

The kidney-god sneered, "Without my essence, Qi, and kidney water, it is nothing but cutting off essence and ending the seed. Let's see how you will bear children. You still want to sleep with three thousand women? I'll make it so you can't even stand up!"

The intent-god said, "That's right, that's right. I make you see beautiful women and their white breasts, yet you have no feeling at all. So you must still honor me as the leader; I am the source. As the saying goes, seeing beauty gives rise to intent, and moving thoughts gives rise to desire; only then do you have the things you want to do."

The consciousness-god sneered, "Without me being responsible for letting you see, hear, taste, smell, and touch, could you have intent and moving thoughts? In the final analysis, I am the one who leads; I should be the one to occupy the central palace position, and you all must assist me."

"Alright, alright, I heard that the Heavenly Court has the Three Pure Ones, Four Sovereigns, and Six Sovereigns; can't we just rule together?"

"Hahaha! That makes sense! That makes sense!" These Body Gods laughed, each wanting to be the boss.

At this time, a scent of musk and sandalwood entered the "color, sound, smell, taste, touch, and dharma."

A very beautiful Bodhisattva Mother appeared, revealing her form, with several maids and young boys around her.

Upon seeing her, the intent-god, the consciousness-god, and even the heart-god were all captivated and soul-snatched. The Hehe gods, the Spirit Root god, and all the others could not control themselves.

They only sighed at her heavenly beauty and secretly thought, "To die under the peony flower, one is still a romantic ghost even as a spirit."

Dragon Mother Bodhisattva first disrupted Xu Jia's concentration, using demonic desire to throw his Body Gods into disarray, dividing and transforming them; she first bestowed a portion of her own cultivation merit, using the Qi of the Mysterious Female to draw out his Original Yang and manifest the Body Gods, then revealed her true form—all for the purpose of seizing Xu Jia's entire Daoist achievement to use for herself, making Xu Jia become a guest behind the curtain, stealing his spirit and reducing him to a servant.

This was far more direct than any Love Tribulation involving Liu Ruyan or Chen Liuxian.

"Who are you?"

"This concubine is the Poyang Dragon Mother. Back in the Qin era, I raised the five dragon sons in Poyang. Now, seeing the King's aura of hegemony manifest, with five-colored auspicious clouds gathering above your head—this is the true Dragon Qi—I have come specifically to offer my allegiance, wishing to assist in this kingly path of hegemony, to proclaim that under the vast heaven, there is no land that is not the King's, and within the borders of the earth, there is no subject who is not the King's."

"If you obtain the foundation of the world and the complete merit of the Ancestral Dragon, how could you not enjoy the blessings of a harem while also attaining the Immortal fruit of Longevity, just like the First Emperor of Qin did back then, ascending to the throne, entering the Form Realm, establishing the Immortal Qin court, and in the future ascending once more into the Formless Realm, the Three Pure Ones Realm, and the Great Luo Heaven? Why not become the Lord of the Heavenly Court, the master of infinite, countless worlds?"

Dragon Mother clapped her hands, and a treasure appeared; one could see a golden casket containing a jade seal, emitting five-colored light—it was the Heirloom Jade Seal, inscribed with: "Having received the mandate from heaven, may you enjoy eternal prosperity."

As soon as this object appeared, all the Body Gods stared blankly, their nostrils flared, breathing like oxen.

If she had sent two cool, peerless beauties to dance some Heavenly Demon dance, no matter how sultry, it would likely have been difficult to shake the will of the Body Gods themselves.

But here was a beauty of peerless elegance, holding "legitimacy" in her hands, telling you, "The weather has turned cold, Your Majesty, please put on more clothes."

What is a beauty trap, really? (Hands on hips) Serving others with beauty does not necessarily last.

Serving others with profit—when the profit is exhausted, they disperse.

Serving others with power is what makes one unable to resist, because once you have power, you have both profit and beauty.

Of course, if you have both power and beauty, then it is even more impossible to resist.

Isn't there some novel called "Power and Beauty Over the World"?

Men have two great treasures; lust is something brought from the womb.

The desire to hold power is something one never forgets from the moment one becomes aware.

If one can command troops, why be a Great Marshal? Who is the real Emperor? If one can sit on the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, who the hell would be a Heavenly Master?

Who is the boss, who is the second-in-command—is such a simple matter impossible to distinguish? Xu Jia's Primordial Spirit had not moved in the slightest; the Primordial Spirit loves clarity and is not moved by desire, and furthermore, how could he not know his own weight? Believe that she can help him become Emperor? Detestable! Is it not possible for me to do it myself? I have almost finished building guns; what even is this jade seal of yours?

It is nothing but an antique.

(End of chapter)