[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-path-of-immortality":3,"chapter-the-path-of-immortality-the-path-of-immortality-chapter-50":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Path of Immortality",{"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},2271200,4436,"Chapter 50: Chapter Fifty: Divine Talisman Fire","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-50",50,"\u003Cp>Question: What is the wondrous origin, naturally?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Answer: Transcending form and name, mysteriously profound and unfathomable—all things under heaven and earth arise from being, and being arises from nonbeing; all emerge from the Dao’s responsive law, and the wondrous origin reaches nonorigin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chen Hang completed the refinement of Jin Chan according to the methods in the Tai Su Yu Shen scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt as if he had grown far closer to the empty void and the cosmos; every gesture, every movement, faintly carried the Dao’s resonance of “pursuing simplicity, returning to the wondrous origin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But following this came an inexplicable, unbearable hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not merely his stomach—his five viscera, six bowels, even every inch of skin and surface—sent a clear thought piercing into his skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hungry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hungry!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hungry!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang took out a talisman coin; within mere breaths, all its spiritual energy was drained, yet his body, imperceptibly, generated a faint thread of jade light, slowly nourishing his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he not sensed it with his spiritual perception, even at arm’s length, the naked eye could not detect it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This method is like a glutton—it devours quite a lot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang chuckled, assumed the Five Points Toward Heaven posture, and began drawing in the scattered spiritual energy of the void and heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after a stick of incense had burned, as expected, Chen Hang shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scarcity of spiritual energy in the Southern Region was a settled fact—even sect mountain gates suffered thus, let alone the mortal world. Even if “Tai Shi Yuan Zhen” could draw the total essence of one yuan, the quantity remained fixed: only a few faint threads, and no amount of effort would yield more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems I must rely on talisman coins for cultivation—though wasteful, I have no choice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang thought silently, eyes flashing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a few months, he would enter the Earth Abyss; whether he could survive its Zhenjue Yin realm remained uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life and death hang in the balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaining even a fraction more strength is great fortune—how could he care for worldly wealth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he must gather as many spiritual herbs and treasures as possible within the Earth Abyss… for participating in the Flower Goddess Mansion’s “Xie Fang Ban” demands considerable expenditure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless cultivators have sold wives and daughters yet still failed to raise the sum, left sighing at the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his resolve settled, he hesitated no longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang spilled all the talisman coins from his several Qiankun bags, did not hold them, but entangled them with his fetal breath and began inhaling and exhaling their energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, seven days passed swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During Chen Hang’s secluded cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the endless starry void, the Long Hua Ancient Bell still rang loudly; the Long Bo Giant had pleaded with it for days, soft-spoken and beseeching, yet the bell refused to cease, stubbornly unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the Long Bo Giant flew into rage, leapt up, seized the ancient bell, and pounded it a hundred times, bruising its spirit until it whimpered and wept, finally falling silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another day passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the heavens slowly brightened, Chen Hang swept his wide sleeves, lips curved in a smile, and rose from his meditation cushion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled slowly through nose and mouth—and instantly, fierce winds erupted within the quiet chamber, shaking the bookshelves violently; had he not halted at once, the roof tiles might have been ripped off, flooding the room with brilliant daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this was merely one exhalation—not any wind-summoning Dao technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet under Chen Hang’s current physical body, it possessed power rivaling an ordinary lower-grade Dao art!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dao texts say: the physical body is the treasure raft of cultivation; the primordial spirit is the sail and mast; only when united can one cross the boundless sea of calamity and suffering, reaching the other shore of Immortal Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In some treatises on Golden Core cultivation, there is even this assertion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It states: if the limbs are damaged or incomplete, one cannot fully realize the spiritual root and fruit, hindering the Golden Core path—achieving a top-grade Golden Core becomes a fantasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, among the thirteen great herbs required for Golden Core formation, one is named “Shen Fu Huo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This herb can only be condensed by one whose physical blood and qi are boiling; at its peak, it reaches nine chi nine cun tall, flickering like stars shining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Qi has nine grades, thirty-six ranks; first-grade low-rank is the lowest, ninth-grade supreme-rank the highest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Golden Core grades are reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninth-grade yellow-white Golden Core is the lowest; first-grade Long Hu Golden Core is the highest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One who achieves a first-grade Golden Core—even within the Eight Sects and Six Clans—is an absolute true disciple; future attainment of Nascent Soul, even Return to Void, Pure Yang, or the lofty Dao Lord, remains a glimmer of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To achieve a first-grade Golden Core, all thirteen great herbs are indispensable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shen Fu Huo”—is one of the thirteen great herbs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Tai Su Yu Shen in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang was confident: condensing “Shen Fu Huo” was no great challenge; even reaching its peak height of nine chi nine cun held an eighty percent chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least, I’ve glimpsed a sliver of the path to immortality…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang sighed, glancing around, eyes gleaming with clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without concealment, his body, inside and out, was now entirely veiled in a faint jade glow, like wearing a dull, shimmering robe of rosy clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His form was lithe as a long dragon, neither bulky nor bloated, as if carved from exquisite jade and colored stone, naturally graceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely by sight alone, he could see clearly in darkness, discerning birds soaring dozens of zhang above, every fine feather on their wings distinctly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, his hearing had further transformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the dozens of servants in the Tong household, their voices, footsteps, and rustling garments—he could now discern their general nature; if he focused his mind completely, he could even hear heartbeats and blood flow, though these were fainter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This state was undeniably beyond mortal capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these days, he devoted all talisman coins to cultivating Tai Su Yu Shen, finally advancing it to Xuan Level Three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tai Su Yu Shen is divided into three grand realms: Xuan, Yuan, Shi; each realm has nine levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Shan Daoist was likely at Xuan Level One; his body still retained vulnerable points, barely entering the threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Gaolu was stronger, yet only at Xuan Level Three or Four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reveals how immense the spiritual energy required for Tai Su Yu Shen cultivation is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both had possessed Tai Su Yu Shen for at least ten years, yet due to spiritual scarcity, their progress remained shallow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang’s ability to reach Xuan Level Three in mere days came from the resources in the Qiankun bags of Tong Xuantao, Tong Gaolu, and Zhou Chuyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Zhou Chuyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew what fortune she had encountered, yet she possessed eight or nine Qiankun bags, containing over six thousand talisman coins in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely this reckless expenditure that enabled his advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet future cultivation remains a problem: each level of advancement in Qi refinement or Tai Su Yu Shen demands several times the spiritual energy of the previous level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, joining a sect with a spiritual vein became Chen Hang’s urgent necessity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sensing once more the changes Tai Su Yu Shen had wrought upon his body, Chen Hang exhaled gently and sat down again, spilling the contents of several Qiankun bags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after another five days did he finally gather his qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slight surge of fetal breath caused several items to glow with spiritual light, circling around him like schooling fish—beautiful to behold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Chen Hang smiled faintly, then, through his magical pact, summoned Tu Shan Ge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, the fox pushed open the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Chen Hang, he froze, then broke into a grin, stepping forward to bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations, Master—your cultivation has advanced again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>",1327,"2026-06-19T22:29:59.276Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","21c4506cc6e5fd45b5ff2e39af4b02927f77dc3b69416c2fea580233f8b792d6","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-51","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-49",545,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-path-of-immortality-cover.jpg"]