Chapter 376

Qian Chen's voice was ordinary, and what he recounted was nothing more than the most mundane cultivation common sense.

The group of Core Formation True Persons, who had been full of anticipation and even some trepidation—deeply fearing that their own inherited Daoist techniques would become common goods when compared to his—suddenly felt their hearts relax, their relief tinged with a hint of disappointment. Although they no longer needed to worry about their own inheritances being relegated to second-rate, such a lecture on the Dao was of no benefit to them, let alone pointing out the path ahead.

Someone said in disappointment: "Sigh! The True Person must really just be trying to continue the human race's Daoist lineage! He has no intention of teaching true techniques..."

But as Qian Chen began to speak more deeply about the essence of the Three Souls and Seven Po: "The souls and spirits, the names of the divine, originally arise from form and qi; since form and qi differ, the souls and spirits are each distinct. The spirit attached to form is the Po, and the divine attached to qi is the Hun. The spirit attached to form refers to the time of birth, when the ears, eyes, heart, and consciousness, the movement of hands and feet, and crying sounds are the spirit of the Po; the divine attached to qi refers to the gradual knowledge of spirit and consciousness, which is the divine attached to qi..."

Humans have three souls; the Earth Soul is yin, entering and exiting the netherworld, transforming into ghostly entities.

The Heaven Soul is yang, entering and exiting the clear and spiritual, transforming into the heavens and earth.

The great beings of antiquity created the reincarnation system, causing the Earth Soul to enter the netherworld reincarnation. Those who are canonized as gods after death have their Heaven Soul become a god, receiving the incense and offerings of the world. The Life Soul is the source of the living; when a person dies, the Life Soul dissipates. The Life Soul is not one of the three souls; it is the hidden fourth soul, and also the seventh Po. The third soul is the Soul, which is the sum of all acquired consciousness such as intelligence, memory, and emotion. The Soul is unfixed and often lost; the Soul is not one. Those who have not cultivated have a scattered Soul that has never condensed into one.

The Soul is sentient; where emotion dwells, the spirit relies. If the Earth Soul is lost, it often transforms into a spirit monster; if the Heaven Soul is lost, it often sleepwalks in all directions, and those with strong spiritual perception can even transform into humans.

The essence of the three souls is the nature-spirit, and the essence of the seven Po is life.

Humans are the spirit of all things, so the three souls and seven Po are all the most spiritual qi. It is one of the Three Talents: the clear qi of Heaven, the turbid qi of Earth, and the spiritual qi of Man, divided from the primordial qi. The spiritual qi of Man is not the commonly spoken spiritual qi of heaven and earth, but spiritual emotion. It is the spirit of the life of sentient beings, called wish-power, thought-power, nature-spirit, resentment, or living soul. Therefore, the Demonic Path takes the great terror and great resentment of sentient beings, while the Divine Path favors the wisdom, courage, benevolence, and faith of sentient beings.

To summarize in one sentence, the "spiritual emotion" of sentient beings is also one of the primordial qi of heaven and earth, and it is an extremely precious type of primordial qi.

This is the cultivation philosophy of the Earth Immortal Realm, inherited from the ancient Divine-Demonic Path. It was obtained by the Dao Ancestor, Demon Ancestor, and Innate Deities observing the sentient beings of heaven and earth, far surpassing this realm by an unknown amount. The group of bumpkins in the Qiongming Realm had never heard such cultivation common sense—

So many spirit monsters are sentient beings whose souls have been lost, thus enlightening living creatures.

So the soul must be lost and attached to a dead object to enlighten and create a spirit.

So some of the Demon race are ignorant beasts that obtained the attached souls of lost mortals, thus greatly increasing their wisdom and learning to cultivate, and even secretly absorbing souls, causing children to lose their sanity and become dull.

So the first priority of cultivation is to consolidate the soul. Dreaming is the soul dissipating and wandering the heavens and earth, so guarding one's thoughts to solidify the essence and have no dreams is the first step of cultivation. So the three souls being stable, the seven Po being condensed, and the body being clear and unobstructed, sensing spiritual qi and transforming into the state most suitable for cultivation, is Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, practicing magic techniques during the Foundation Establishment period is greatly harmful to state adjustment. One must adjust Foundation Establishment according to the cultivation technique...

So Foundation Establishment is not a cultivation realm, but preparation for stepping onto the path of cultivation.

So the reason why the humans kept by the Demon race become muddled is also because their nature-spirit is stolen by demons.

All the original cultivation concepts in everyone's minds were overturned as Qian Chen spoke. The group of Core Formation cultivators sat upright, and that bit of negligence had no idea where it had flown to. Many mortals were muddled, only feeling that their horizons had been broadened, and their understanding of cultivation gradually deepened. But only these higher-level cultivators could understand the height of cultivation in the Earth Immortal Realm behind this plain common sense.

It can be said that just the deviation in common sense is enough to make the pill rank of these Core Formation cultivators drop by one level. Supreme Golden Core becoming middle grade, middle grade becoming middle-lower, middle-lower becoming lower grade—this is by no means an empty statement.

A Core Formation cultivator cried bitterly and said: "I painstakingly sought a superior Foundation Establishment method and did not choose the family's middle-grade Foundation Establishment technique, thinking I had obtained an opportunity, but later gradually felt something was wrong. Today I know that the physique and cultivation technique I used for Foundation Establishment conflicted, and it wasn't even as good as the original!"

A cultivator beside him was stunned and whispered: "I painstakingly found a spirit beast for my son so he could contract it early. Later, the spirit beast was indeed extraordinary, and cultivation was fast, but my son had poor aptitude and dull comprehension. So it was because his three souls were unstable and his seven Po had not condensed, and his nature-spirit was stolen by the spirit beast."

He wailed: "Pity my son who didn't break through Foundation Establishment for sixty years and died in despair. It was all my fault, all my fault..."

Among the cultivators in all directions, there were countless people beating their chests and stamping their feet, regretting it too late, and for a time, they were restless and irritable.

Seeing this, Qian Chen stopped his lecture and struck the jade bell. The crisp sound of the jade bell spread out, clear as a flowing spring, slowly flowing in everyone's hearts, calming their restless heart-fire. He continued to speak, and for a time, all the cultivators threw their original arrogance to the back of their minds, infatuated and recording the common sense Qian Chen spoke of as if they had obtained a treasure.

This is the reason why Qian Chen lectured on common sense on the first day.

This common sense is common sense in the Earth Immortal Realm, but in other worlds, it is a secret decree of cultivation worth more than gold.

Other low-level cultivators only felt that Qian Chen's lecture was deep and simple, and every word was imprinted in their hearts. It was countless times clearer than the vague and evasive words of their masters and those sect Daoist books, and for a time, the path ahead was completely clear. Although mortals knew even less, seeing so many "Immortal Masters" with noble status infatuated, and those "Immortals" only in legends crying and laughing, beating their chests and stamping their feet, how could they not know they had encountered a treasure? They immediately raised their spirits to the utmost and listened to the principles.

From the rising sun to the setting sun, and then to the rising moon, Qian Chen pointed out spiritual light at will, forming various human shapes. While telling them cultivation common sense, he was also sorting out his own understanding of cultivation, and even more so, integrating many of his own concepts into the lecture as common sense. Ning Qingchen, who was listening, also felt she had gained a lot, and Yan Shu and Si Princess Qingcheng couldn't help but discuss with Qian Chen. The two were true transmissions of the Primordial Dao and Lingbao Dao, and their accumulation on the path of cultivation was more detailed than Qian Chen, who had no master.

But Qian Chen, as the reincarnation of the Dao Dust Pearl, had many principles passed down to the Supreme, and his high-level perspective was extraordinary.

Speaking of the wonderful parts, Yan Shu and the other had a feeling of sudden enlightenment. Ning Qingchen struggled as a loose cultivator and also had many insights, occasionally interjecting a word or two, making it easier for the listeners to understand and providing another different perspective.

The lecture finally turned into a conversational discussion among the four, and the "cultivation common sense" gradually became high-end. When the sun set, some Penetrating Law cultivators could still understand. When Qian Chen and the others discussed the debate of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, only some Core Formation cultivators were muddled. Finally, when discussing the unity of Heaven and Man and the laws of the Heavenly Dao, only the two Yang Spirit cultivators, Fa Xin and Ling Wang, could understand.

Many Core Formation True Persons barely recorded it and had to exhaust their energy to comprehend one or two things.

After the fourth watch, Qian Chen stopped the lecture and struck the jade bell: "That's all for today. Rest for two hours, and tomorrow I will lecture on the Foundation Establishment method!"

The cultivators and mortals of the four peaks all stood up and said: "Respectfully send off the teacher!"

Qian Chen lowered the bamboo curtain and closed the reed shed... and said to Si Princess Qingcheng: "Ning Ning Shimei, you will lecture on the Foundation Establishment method tomorrow!"

Si Princess Qingcheng pointed to her nose and said: "Me?", she hurriedly waved her hand, troubled: "Yan Yan Shixiong, I can't. How long have I been Core Formation? Below are Core Formation cultivators, and there are Yang Spirits and Yin Spirits. Aren't you making me a laughingstock?"

Qian Chen said calmly: "Ning Ning Shimei, this matter really only you can do!"

Si Princess Qingcheng was at a loss, and heard Qian Chen say: "Ordinary Foundation Establishment does not practice magic techniques at all. Although we killed the five great Demon Kings, demons and beasts multiply, and there are still huge groups of demons gathered in the Demon Kingdom. To completely eradicate demons, we can only rely on them. If human Foundation Establishment cultivators have no magic techniques to protect themselves and do not practice Daoist techniques, how can they resist demons and bring peace to this realm?"

"And it is also not conducive to building a correct relationship between cultivators and mortals."

"The Great Ming Kingdom has fallen. For a long time, this realm will be led by cultivators, and sects will rule the people. Without a secular dynasty, and without establishing a good relationship between ruling and the people, are we to let this realm become a world where cultivators ignore mortals and enslave the people after we leave?"

Si Princess Qingcheng was about to cry: "Is... is it all my fault?"

Qian Chen laughed out loud: "Of course not, but since we are here, why not build a better human world?"

Si Princess Qingcheng lowered her head and said: "Then... what can I do? What does Yan Yan Shixiong want me to lecture on?"

"The Daoist Sect ruling the world, building the relationship between cultivators and mortals, isn't that what the Primordial Dao is doing? No matter how well we think, can we be more perfect than the Primordial Dao Ancestor? Ning Ning Shimei, don't forget, the Zhengyi Longhu Xuantan, which is the method of conferring registers in the Dao Academy, is the best way to achieve Foundation Establishment quickly without obstacles, while being able to practice magic techniques, and being able to integrate into the secular world and correctly establish the rule of the Daoist Sect!" Qian Chen enlightened her: "It is the method of our Daoist Sect imitating the Divine Path to rule the world."

Yan Shu beside him nodded frequently, secretly thinking that Qian Chen's thoughts were far-reaching.

"Conferring Register Foundation Establishment!"

Si Princess Qingcheng suddenly realized: "Using the Divine Path to supervise whether cultivators are unreasonable, and transforming the merit of Foundation Establishment into external merit. Using the method of the Divine Path to refine the spiritual emotion and wish-power of mortals into magic power. As long as cultivators do things for mortals and gain the love of the secular world, it is the best means of Foundation Establishment. And in this realm, Penetrating Law and Foundation Establishment are combined. While establishing the foundation, one can practice magic techniques. With the help of the divine register, the power of magic techniques is even stronger than ordinary Penetrating Law, and it has unique wonderful uses for subduing demons."

"Yan Yan Shixiong is indeed wise..."

"The establishment of a secular dynasty is not a one-time effort. Even if a secular dynasty is forcibly established, without the power to contend with the Cultivation Alliance, it will only become a puppet of cultivators, and it will make cultivators do evil even more unscrupulously, and they will not know the suffering of the mortal world."

Qian Chen did not take credit for it, but said calmly: "Why don't we create a more powerful Dao Academy on the basis of the Cultivation Alliance to manage all Foundation Establishment cultivators. Mortals entering the path are all taught by the Dao Academy as Dao boys, then tested on their lessons, promoted to Daoist priests, and receive the register for Foundation Establishment. Finally, when magic techniques are proficient and Foundation Establishment is successful, they are transferred to Daoists, and then divided into various sects for cultivation."