Chapter 169: Passing Me, Original Me, Dao Me

Yao Xi haughtily lifted her head, hesitated for a second, then still broke free from Jiang Xuan's embrace and sat beside him with a soft hmph.

Jiang Xuan did not try to keep her, looking at Zi Xia with a smile on his face: "Looks like your condition has improved a lot!"

Zi Xia had already adjusted the expression on her face, recovering her previous calm elegance, yet a trace of palpitation faintly showed in her brows and eyes: "Still have to thank you for your scheming help!"

Jiang Xuan waved his hand indifferently: "Between you and me, no need for formalities!"

The speaker has no intention, the listener takes it to heart.

After Zi Xia changed from heartless to having feelings, she came to Yaochi Holy Land to cultivate the Western Emperor Sutra, and never left Yaochi again, never hearing any decent sweet words.

Although Jiang Xuan only gave a simple reply, it made her heart tremble.

Looking at Zi Xia's eyes rippling like water, Jiang Xuan only felt the "Dreamer" book trembling violently, filled with Zi Xia's excited muttering to herself, all related to Jiang Xuan.

"Cough cough! The Yaochi Holy Mother's side should be ready by now, let's go over! Don't let the Yaochi Holy Mother wait too long!" Jiang Xuan coughed lightly, hurriedly blocking his perception of Zi Xia's inner thoughts, and changed the subject.

"Let's go! I'll take you there!" Yao Xi stood up, saying with a reluctant expression.

If not for Jiang Xuan being able to perceive that she was thinking of him in her heart, he would really have believed she was angry.

So the Dreamer Authority also has the function of helping see through a woman's heart?

They say a woman's heart is a needle at the bottom of the sea; possessing the Fantasy Authority, as long as the other party's thoughts are related to you, you can point directly at the root of the problem and solve it from the root!

Just like now, Yao Xi's heart is thinking: "It must be because Zi Xia is at the side, making this guy not dare to speak; later on the road I'll secretly ask who he likes more!"

"If he likes Zi Xia more, I'll!!"

The information returned from Jiang Xuan's Authority made his body involuntarily turn cold, and he silently wiped away nonexistent cold sweat.

Simultaneously, Jiang Xuan suddenly perceived a discussion about him from distant stars.

"Ye Zi, you say if Jiang Ge knew we're following the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin running around again, he'd definitely be envious, right? We have a chance to return to Earth!"

Jiang Xuan's eyes paused, separating a strand of consciousness along the rule characteristic of 'words spoken must be known' to arrive above the two's heads, a thread of faint golden gaze hiddenly appearing in the Void.

Pang Bo at this moment was standing spiritedly inside the Black Coffin, beside him was Ye Fan with an even steadier silhouette.

Mentioning Jiang Xuan, Ye Fan's heart faintly carried worry: "Since the Dragon Transformation Pool, until we once again boarded the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin to leave for such a long time, we haven't seen him again either; hope nothing happened to him!"

Pang Bo's eyes were full of confidence: "Jiang Ge is that amazing, definitely won't have an accident! When we find the road home, we'll go back and bring Jiang Ge back to have a look too!"

Ye Fan's eyes were full of determination, nodding: "When our cultivation breaks through again, we'll be able to help him to a certain extent!"

Just then, a sparse yet familiar voice rang by the two's ears:

I have left seclusion! All is well! Do not worry!

The two's spirits shook, simultaneously looking at each other, faces wearing expressions of disbelief; even the usually steady Ye Fan at this moment had his mouth wide open.

This is the Purple Micro Emperor Star, who knows how far the distance from Beidou is, Jiang Xuan transmitting sound to them from Beidou?

Even a Great Sage would find this very difficult, right?

They now count as having broadened their horizons, generally knowing what the realm above Saint can do to what extent, and never heard of a Great Sage able to transmit sound secretly across such a far distance; even transmitting a message requires borrowing some other Magic Weapon or token.

After a while, Pang Bo stiffly turned his neck: "Ye Zi, you just now..."

"I heard it!"

"Then you say if we advance one more step, can we really help Jiang Ge?"

Ye Fan involuntarily swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Might still need to advance several more steps!"

Watching the two chat, Jiang Xuan smiled and withdrew his consciousness.

The distance is truly too far, plus the Black Coffin weakened his rule's ability; otherwise he could even send a false body or a strand of consciousness over to catch up.

But perceiving the Purple Micro Star in the two's thoughts, Jiang Xuan also roughly knows what year it is now.

However this time Ye Fan advancing to Four Extremes is much earlier than before, realm improvement also very fast; plus because of Jiang Xuan's existence, the Holy Sons and Holy Daughters targeting him all have lingering fears, causing Ye Fan's cultivation path to currently also be smooth sailing.

Even if he can't compare to Wang Teng, the difference isn't big; don't know how he activated the Bronze Small Coffin, bringing them onto the Star Sky!

Perhaps this is also a kind of historical correction!

This period of time without his influence, the historical plot is also slowly walking back to the normal process.

"Walk already!" Yao Xi waved her hand in front of him, her hem lightly fluttering, making Jiang Xuan feel his nose tip itch.

Regaining his senses, Yao Xi and Zi Xia had already risen, prepared to bring him away from the Immortal Pavilion.

Although Yaochi Holy Land was later forced to relocate and newly built, it is similarly like a Fairyland; from time to time Immortal Cranes hide and appear from the clouds, those coming and going all like fairies Yingying and Yanyan; the eyes looking at Jiang Xuan all carry a trace of curiosity; after seeing the leading Yao Xi and Zi Xia, they immediately withdraw their gazes and slowly salute.

After the two returned to Yaochi Holy Land, they were accepted by the Yaochi Holy Mother as Direct Disciples; whether seniority or strength, both make them convinced in heart and mouth; status, though not equal to Holy Daughter, is not far behind.

"Emperor Scripture Pavilion"

Beneath the Eight Treasures Exquisite Tower, the plaque's three large characters shine brilliantly; majestic aura surges out from within the tower, rolling the sky's clouds into a vortex shape, looking truly spectacular.

Waiting here is not only the Yaochi Holy Mother, but also the Yaochi Saintess!

The Yaochi Saintess is surrounded by rosy mist, true appearance unclear; figure in golden ratio, immortal muscles jade body, however you look, absolutely beautiful.

Seeing Jiang Xuan looking at herself, the Yaochi Saintess saluted: "Greetings, Great Sage!"

The Yaochi Saintess's voice is calm, like spring wind blowing into the heart field, moving the heartstrings, as if having a strange magic power making one sink into it.

"Saintess need not salute; I cannot bear the title of Qian Sui!" Jiang Xuan laughed and shook his head.

The Yaochi Saintess rose and did not speak, only a faint gaze landing on Jiang Xuan.

"Dao Friend Jiang! You may enter the tower to comprehend the Western Emperor Sutra at any time; as for how much you comprehend, it all depends on your own comprehension!"

"Many thanks for the Holy Land's fulfillment!"

Yao Xi at the side secretly transmitted sound to Zi Xia: "Zi Xia, have you felt that after not seeing each other for so long, Jiang Xuan seems to have changed!"

"How so?" Zi Xia looked over doubtfully.

"Before he was absolutely decisive, even towards us carrying some capriciousness and roughness; now towards everyone he's very... gentlemanly!" Yao Xi thought for a while, then described that change.

Jiang Xuan in his heart moved the two into the Blacklist; knowing someone is discussing you is truly not good; like now he just doesn't want to hear the two's discussion.

He decided there was no need to activate this authority after all.

"Please have Dao Friend Jiang swear an oath!"

Seeing Jiang Xuan swear the Great Dao Oath, the sternness on Yaochi Holy Mother's face dissipated, and she smiled gently: "I won't disturb Dao Friend Jiang's contemplation; I'll take my leave now!"

"Thank you, Yaochi Holy Mother!" Jiang Xuan bowed slightly to see her off.

"If Great Sage gains anything, after leaving seclusion I ask to spar with this junior sister!" Yaoguang Saintess said softly before departing.

"Ah! Jiang Xuan, your charm is truly great! The Saintess actually told you to go to her boudoir!"

After Yaochi Holy Mother and the other left, Yao Xi cried out in surprise, her face showing a coquettish yet comical grimace.

"Which ear of yours heard the word boudoir!" Jiang Xuan's face darkened; he had never wanted to have any grievance with Yaochi Saintess.

The reason Yaochi Saintess is the Saintess is because she firmly stands on Yaochi's side; when Ye Fan rebuilt the Heavenly Court, the Saintess decisively refused Ye Fan's invitation because she needed to attend to Yaochi Holy Land.

Although it was partly because Ye Fan had too many beauties at the time, the main reason was still that her heart belonged to Yaochi.

Although her talent was indeed not too dazzling later on, she was fiercely loyal to Yaochi, which is why Yaochi did not make Zixia, who had better talent and possessed an innate holy fetus, the Saintess, because they could see that although Zixia acknowledged becoming part of Yaochi, she could not stay in Yaochi forever; her heart was not here.

Although Jiang Xuan appreciated this personality, he was unwilling to let the people around him become such a person, and he himself did not want to associate with such people.

"I'm going in!"

Under the two's gazes, Jiang Xuan stepped into the Emperor Scripture Tower.

With one step, the surroundings were pitch black; the sound of the Great Dao rang out like bells and drums booming, and a beam of light appeared like Pangu's Axe.

At first like a crack, it instantly spread into fissures, into mountain valleys, into worlds, into Star Rivers.

Dao Rhyme accompanied by the sound of bells and drums at dusk intertwined by his ears; the Dao Rhyme within was obscure and difficult to understand, yet it made Jiang Xuan unable to help but become immersed in it.

The cultivation art of the Western Emperor Sutra differed greatly from the cultivation methods Jiang Xuan had currently accumulated; the most basic concept of other cultivation methods was to connect with the spiritual qi of heaven and earth to nourish oneself, but the Western Emperor Sutra held a different view.

The Western Emperor Sutra contains Three Selves, namely: the Past Self, the Dao Self, and the True Self.

The Past Self, understood most crudely, is the self of the past!

The Past Self, though existing in the past, can grasp the Dao tracks in the River of Time and History, transform into the power of the Five Qi, wander between the Dao Gates, recite scriptures for himself, and nourish the True Self!

But the Past Self cannot be understood as past and present lives; it is more like a wisp of qi, a cause and effect, or a single thread of change, because it is the past that leads to your ability to cultivate, appear, and grow; all of it can be the Past Self, but there is only one Past Self!

Jiang Xuan frowned slightly, sitting cross-legged in meditation in the darkness; although he had deep foundations and had even received countless rules and authority knowledge within the Mystery, this kind of Profound Mystery, a method that can only be comprehended but not transmitted, still made him understand slowly.

The Dao Self is based on the True Self and is the Self of the Great Dao!

If one views the human body as the Great Thousand World and myriad stars, then every organ of a person, even every cell, will correspond to stars and universes, able to resonate with the Great Thousand World!

The beginning of cultivation is the Dao Palace, precisely because there exists the "Dao Self"; the Dao Self takes the body as its foundation, resonates from afar with the Great Dao of myriad worlds, conforms to the Great Dao, and thus can complement the Dao within the world, resonate from afar to increase the power of the True Self and nourish the True Self.

The cultivation method of the Western Emperor Sutra is not to absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth for one's own use, but to transcend the Great Dao of heaven and earth, more like returning to the Primordial Qi, focusing on the evolution and improvement of one's own "Dao and Principle," not relying on the "Dao and Principle" naturally formed by heaven and earth; it is a method to find one's own Primordial Qi.

It uses the "Past Self" to connect with the Great Dao, feeding back the sound of the Great Dao to the True Self; the "Dao Self" responds to one's own "Dao and Principle" according to the sound of the Great Dao, nourishing the Great Dao of heaven and earth for one's own use, condensing the Dao and Principle most suitable for oneself, and the True Self naturally walks the path most suitable for oneself, growing stronger and stronger!

I do not know how long passed; the surrounding black slowly dissipated, and the bright light before his eyes gradually transformed into natural sunlight.

Jiang Xuan's body had already appeared outside the Emperor Scripture Tower; no matter how much he comprehended, this comprehension was now complete.

He did not open his eyes; although different cultivation paths led to him being unable to cultivate the Western Emperor Sutra, the concepts and foundations within gave him too many insights.

Although the paths were different, Jiang Xuan could still use this to perceive the existence of the "Past Self"!

I do not know how long passed; Jiang Xuan suddenly felt as if he had connected to a Figure, its aura indistinct and features unclear, striking a giant hammer in his hand amidst the Chaos Mist, a deafening boom ringing out, accompanied by countless surrounding stars vanishing like bubbles.

As if sensing something, that Figure's raised arm paused in midair; that distant figure, impossible to see clearly, suddenly turned its head, and Jiang Xuan only felt the hairs on his body stand on end; he could feel the other party was looking at him!

Fortunately, he could not see the other party's gaze!

Just as Jiang Xuan's thought appeared, the mist was suddenly split apart by a great method, as if pushing aside the time blocking between the two, revealing a pair of eyes!

The two gazed at each other across time and space!

"Boom!"

Jiang Xuan only felt his head was about to explode; the magic weapon in his dantian instantly merged into his body and clashed with the aura of the Ten Thousand Dao Soldiers.

In that instant, Jiang Xuan only felt as if he were being stared at by ten thousand soldiers at once; every weapon emitted an aura not weaker than an Extreme Dao Emperor Soldier, the Sha Ji making one's heart panic, while the various Daos contained within were equally captivating.

Fortunately, Jiang Xuan had endured the ravages of the Chaos Sea and Source Castle, and had been nourished by heavenly tribulation; now his mental strength could barely withstand it.

The gaze lasted only an instant before the other party withdrew their gaze; it was just that Jiang Xuan vaguely saw that the other party seemed to have a hint of melancholy, and the giant hammer originally raised was gently placed aside, just sitting cross-legged in the Star Sky, quietly watching the surrounding stars vanish!

Consciousness returned; Jiang Xuan could still feel the existence of the "Past Self," which did not need to grasp Dao tracks; even the faint aura of ten thousand soldiers it emitted crossed the River of Time to nourish all the magic weapons within his body.

Even if Jiang Xuan now lay down, with the Past Self's endless nourishment, one day he could step onto the Emperor Road without any bottleneck.

But who is this "Past Self"? Surely this isn't me, right?

The other party's gaze and silhouette did not resemble him in the slightest, let alone the power to shatter myriad stars with a single hammer!

After thinking for a long time, Jiang Xuan still had no thoughts; fortunately, the result was good, and for now he could only leave it at that!

Compared to the "Past Self," the "Dao Self" is relatively normal... my ass!

The Dao Self described in the Western Emperor Sutra corresponds to myriad stars; within the Great Dao of heaven and earth, it resonates with the Great Dao, comprehends the Dao tracks sent by the Past Self, nourishes the True Self, and comprehends the Great Dao even faster.

But when Jiang Xuan comprehended the Dao Self, the Dao Self directly appeared in his mind.

The Hongmeng Treasure Mirror emitted a faint glow!

(Chapter End)