Chapter 331: Forging the Primordial Killing Sword

As he cultivated the Six Jia, the sky suddenly brightened, cloudless for ten thousand miles, and the Yang Qi within Xu Jia's body copulated with the Yang Qi between heaven and earth.

Interpreted from another angle, Xu Jia could also be considered "pregnant with the Six Jia."

The Azure Yang Qi coalesced, and thus, upon the volcanic Tianchi, a green lotus was planted.

In another novel, this would be "Earth Core Green Lotus Fire."

This was also a miraculous trace manifested by the achievements of a God Immortal.

As for Purple Yang and White Yang, the timing to cultivate them had not yet arrived, and he had not obtained the mechanism of Pure Yang.

That Bi Fang, Zhu Yan, also had clear green feathers and green fire, and at this moment, she also gathered some Azure Yang Qi.

It is true that Azure Yang corresponds to Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, but that is Yi Wood Azure Yang; if it corresponds to Jia Wood Azure Yang, then it corresponds to Dong Wanggong.

It was just that Xu Jia's predestined connection in his original life was with Jiuku Ye, a karmic connection from past-life cultivation; the idols he worshipped in order were also the former masters he followed according to the law, for after all, having made a great vow, he was learning from this one.

However, what Bi Fang gathered was Jia Wood Azure Yang, slightly carrying the intent of the spring morning sun.

Suddenly, feathers grew out one by one, patterns fully appeared, and she could not help but sing loudly.

As she sang, those poisonous insects seemed to see their natural predator; the timid ones were scared to death, and the bold ones hid away.

The birds in the forest, conversely, echoed her, circling around the volcano.

This was yet another kind of strange phenomenon.

Xu Jia ignored these things; it was merely that he had gained another small achievement.

Immediately, he began to refine his spirit again, this time refining the Six Ding Gods.

The Six Ding Gods are the Yin Spirits within the body, corresponding to the six Yin meridians: Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian, Hand Lesser Yin Array Heart Meridian, Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian, and Foot Lesser Yin Array Kidney Meridian.

They correspond respectively to Ding-Mao, Ding-Si, Ding-Wei, Ding-You, Ding-Hai, and Ding-Chou.

The Six Ding and Six Jia are rumored to be commanded by the Heavenly Emperor, and in the Inner Landscape, they also guard the Primordial Spirit.

The Six Ding Gods took the forms of a hare-lipped maiden, a snake-tailed maiden, a goat-milking woman, a chicken-woman, a sow-woman, and a cow-woman.

They respectively patrol the Yin Qi of the human body, governing the sea of blood and the pivot of essence; if the six Yin are out of balance, one cannot conceive children, leading to reproductive diseases, irregular menstruation, frequent nocturnal emissions, incontinence, anemia and weakness, dizziness and fatigue, and many other conditions.

The Six Ding and Six Jia each performed their duties, yet this also brought out another layer.

The network where Yin meridians converge is the Sea of Yin Meridians, and the network where Yang meridians converge is the Sea of Yang Meridians.

These are the Ren and Du Meridians of the human body; these two meridians also symbolize the most important officials of the human body, and in terms of the Inner Landscape, one is Dong Wanggong, and the other is Xi Wangmu.

Dong Wanggong is the head of all male Immortals under heaven, and Xi Wangmu is the head of all female Immortals under heaven.

They correspond to the total pivot of the Yin and Yang Qi in the human body; therefore, the Body God of the Yang Du Meridian corresponds to Dong Wanggong—this meridian goes straight up, and above the head is the Yingtai Zifu where Dong Wanggong resides. The Body God of the Yin Ren Meridian corresponds to Xi Wangmu—this meridian goes straight up, and above the head is the Kunlun Yaochi of Xi Wangmu.

Where the two meridians meet at the Baihui point is the "Heavenly Gate," also called the "Heavenly Pass" by those who cultivate the Dao; it is the vital acupoint for the Primordial Spirit to leave the body, the place where the heavenly spirit gathers, and the point where Yin and Yang harmonize.

Xu Jia was cultivating the Six Ding and Six Jia, but he had not yet reached the level of refinement to manifest Dong Wanggong and Xi Wangmu; these are the officials who assist the various imperial commands.

Thus, when he still felt unsatisfied, he concluded the ritual and closed the altar, no longer rashly proceeding with the palace.

His Primordial Spirit became more condensed, and the gods of the Inner Landscape became more complete. Those million heavenly beings, transformed from the million hungry ghosts that had gnawed on Xu Jia's Primordial Spirit and finally entered his Inner Landscape, obtained the creation of Yin and Yang, gained the four seasons and hours, and obtained the changes of the Twelve Earthly Branches, becoming more agile; within the Inner Landscape, they farmed, reclaimed wasteland, refined pills, and carried water.

"Congratulations to the Sect Leader for your great progress in cultivation!" Zhu Yan was sincerely happy for Xu Jia.

Xu Jia sighed: "It is merely cultivation in the Desire Realm; after all, I am a Daoist in the human world. Although I have some cultivation, I cannot attain Longevity. Once my mind moves, I must be wary of the Demon Examination, fearing that my cultivation will regress; one day without practice, and I regress for three. Only by advancing with courage and diligence can I succeed. I have made a great vow, and my cultivation is rapid, but the completion of the great vow remains a distant prospect."

After sighing, Xu Jia immediately walked toward the Primordial Divine Steel that had poured from the heavenly furnace.

In his hand appeared a dragon-shaped Jade Ring; this object was left behind by the Heavenly Emperor, the treasure of the Yellow Heaven Sect, made from immortal jade on Kunlun Mountain in the Great Luo Heaven, and it was a sacrificial ritual vessel.

Holding this vessel, Xu Jia first sensed its spirit, then his Primordial Spirit left his body, transforming into the Heavenly Emperor, and this jade became a jade dragon circling around.

The Gold-Silver Twin Dragons transformed into gold and silver furnaces, from which flames emerged; the Six Jia and Six Ding, Taiyin Star Lord, Jiujiang Shuidi, the gods of the five viscera, the gods of the Fire Mansion, the Four Seas Monarch...

All the gods within Xu Jia appeared to guard and surround him, and they began to gather Qi and forge the Primordial Divine Steel.

Xu Jia's Primordial Spirit also sang: "The myriad things change, never resting. Flowing and shifting, pushing and returning. Forms and Qi continue in succession, changing and slithering. Profound and infinite, how can it be fully described! Misfortune is that upon which fortune depends, fortune is that within which misfortune hides..."

"Heaven and earth are the furnace, creation is the Works Official; Yin and Yang are the charcoal, the myriad things are the copper."

Xu Jia stirred his great vow, activated his great desire, and used the fire of the Three Realms Fire House and the myriad kalpas of the world as charcoal to forge this Primordial Divine Steel.

Compassion arose in his heart, yet he thought of heaven unleashing its killing intent, shifting stars and changing constellations, resulting in great changes in celestial phenomena, merciless droughts and floods, and famine where the people had no food.

Earth unleashed its killing intent, dragons and snakes rising from the land, earthquakes and collapses, leaving the people homeless and displaced.

Man unleashed his killing intent, changing the world, with weapons rising everywhere, smoke of war, struggles for power and profit, grievances hard to resolve, the world not unified, and no peace for ten thousand generations.

Heaven, Earth, and Man unleashed their killing intent together, like the arrival of the end times, a three-sided net from which it was difficult to escape alive.

Famine, plague, war, death.

The more compassionate Xu Jia's heart became, the more suffering he saw, yet he forged this Primordial Divine Steel all the more intensely.

The fire of the kalpas of all living beings and the water of sinful desires were the best things for forging and quenching.

Xu Jia's Primordial Spirit used no other tools, clenching his fists tight, using his fists as hammers, striking the red-hot Primordial Divine Steel hammer blow after hammer blow.

Zhu Yan mobilized the volcanic earth fire, coordinating the forging, sighing in her heart: "So this is how it is refined."

The Six Ding and Six Jia manipulated Yin and Yang, adding them as charcoal; Yang as life, Yin as death; life and death, Yin and Yang, became the Five Constants, the charcoal of Impermanence, burning as the fire of the kalpas.

The million hungry ghosts in his belly felt it, and one after another, they recited the Lingbao scriptures, causing a million strands of Curse Power to descend.

Saving from suffering, saving from suffering, how to save from suffering? By carrying a sword to save from suffering! The Primordial Divine Steel was hammered and forged by Xu Jia's hands, and with the help of the power of his "vow," Borrowing the False to Cultivate the True, it was shaped, gradually becoming a long strip—a sword embryo: the hilt was Heaven, acting on behalf of Heaven to hold the handle; the sword body was Earth, traversing mountains and seas to hold the sword; the sword blade was Man, using the killing intent, murderous aura, resentment, and Evil Qi in the hearts of all sentient beings.

As this sword embryo was born, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed, and ghosts wept and gods howled.

The stars in the sky flickered, the star of misfortune rose high, the Emperor Star dimmed, a White Rainbow Piercing the Sun...

In the Dharma Realm, it was even more exaggerated; the earth shook and the mountains swayed, and all the ghosts and gods in the mountains and seas knelt and kowtowed, begging him not to continue forging, for the birth of this sword was not mercy, but a disaster for ghosts and gods.

Those who did not fear death and tried to charge were slashed by the Sword Qi, sacrificed to the furnace, and died instantly.

(End of chapter)