Yinshan Record

Chapter 150 The Virtue of Houtu
The sixth rank in the Xuanmen (mystical sect) is called Manifestation, which means that when one has cultivated to this level, one's spiritual power is strong enough to manifest various supernatural abilities and spells in the world.

Su Che chanted the incantation, revealing the image of Tianpeng, and had vaguely reached the threshold of the sixth-grade cultivation realm.

There are two paths to spiritual practice: sudden and gradual.

The method of sudden enlightenment allows one to attain enlightenment overnight, breaking through the barriers of heaven and roaming freely across the universe without hindrance.

The method of gradual enlightenment is like climbing a tower step by step, steadily ascending one level at a time, just as a rope can saw through wood and water can wear away stone.

Not to mention that there is no difference in quality between the two, for a spiritual practitioner, both accompany him throughout his entire journey.

For Su Che, fighting against ghosts in the Yin-Yang realm was a process of making up for his shortcomings and gradually solidifying his cultivation.

The "Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Manual" is the Netherworld Lord Ghost Master Method of the Yellow Heaven Path, and is a superior method among all the Xuan Yin methods.

Previously in Xuan Mountain, Su Che had repeatedly absorbed Yin energy and used the Emperor's Essence condensed in the Azure Emperor's Wine Cup to aid his cultivation, making rapid progress day by day.

However, there is a lack of opportunity to integrate and connect the two.

Just like a young person who has achieved academic success, if they do not go through some trials and tribulations, the speed at which their knowledge is transformed into ability will be relatively slower.

Now, Su Che is using the various methods in the "Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Manual" one by one, gradually making up for this lack of experience, and is becoming more and more adept at handling this Hell Transformation Diagram.

The Nine Bends of Yin Spring support a round of eerie light, as virtuous as water, isolating all ghosts from the outside. Within the eerie light are wisps of the Nine Netherworld Burning God Yin Fire. Even if a fierce and evil ghost tries to break in front of Su Che, it must pass through the blockade of this Yin Fire and is often immediately reduced to ashes.

The phantom of the divine general wielded a large axe, its blade crackling with lightning. It annihilated the demons and spirits of the underworld that had materialized. With each demon it slew, the axe blade radiated an even greater aura of power.

The judges and ghost generals that evolved from the Hell Transformation Diagram were no match for the phantom image of this divine general.

Through this, Su Che gained a deeper understanding of the "Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Manual".

This method, a secret manual bestowed upon the ghost cultivators by Huang Tiandao, is unique in that it is inclusive and eclectic, in addition to the traditional Yin methods of ghost cultivators.

For example, the Nine Netherworld Burning God Yin Fire is a rare Yin Fire technique among ghost cultivators. The evolved Heavenly Canopy Dharma Image contains hidden thunder magic. As for the Nine Yuan Soul-Sweeping Secret Arrow and other wondrous techniques, they correspond to the celestial stars.

It begins with the concept of Taiyin (the moon) and encompasses everything, directly pointing to profound and mysterious arts such as the thunder of the nine heavens and the stars of the celestial sphere.

Huang Tiandao's current status in this world is definitely not undeserved.

Su Che became even more curious as a result.

Why did the ancient Xuanmen, which originated from the Huangtian and Shenxiao schools of Taoism, split up?

Amidst the dazzling lightning and the flickering shadows of ghostly fire, Su Che walked alone within this hellish illusion, advancing step by step.

The Yin-Yang Dharma King bestowed this Hell Transformation Diagram upon Sikong Tu as a defensive magic weapon to suppress the scourge of the realm; it couldn't be that simple.

Su Che strolled along, following the slowing flow of magical power, sensing the changes in the Hell Transformation Diagram. Although the ghosts and gods within the Hell Transformation Diagram were all born according to the laws, the evolution of magical power had its own patterns.

This framework is the law that the Yin-Yang Dharma King demonstrates in the Hell Transformation Diagram.

Where there is life, there is death.

Life and death are two completely opposite, opposing yet inseparable states.

Life represents existence, death represents annihilation.

Ghosts, on the other hand, are beings that continue to exist even after they have been destroyed.

He is a projection, a fragment, of a past era, and is incomplete.

Because of this imperfection, demons can be ruled, and because of this imperfection, demons still have the hope of further advancement.

He who commands all ghosts is known as the Ghost Lord Youjun.

The most famous figure in China today is the Yin-Yang Dharma King.

He mastered the Nine Netherworld Burning God Yin Fire with the help of external forces, thus achieving this fundamental divine power in one fell swoop.

The Nine-Element Secret Arrow and the Heavenly Canopy Dharma Image are all methods that come naturally and effortlessly after one's magical power has increased.

The ghost soldiers under his command were the two-faced ghost generals he had acquired by chance in Xuanshan. He was indeed not yet fully proficient in the supernatural powers of the Netherworld Lord, as described in the "Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Manual."

Su Che observed the fragments of ghosts and gods emerging and dying in the Hell Transformation Diagram, and compared them with the "Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Record". He realized why he had made little progress in the Ghost Lord's Dharma.

His own obsession ran too deep, and he drew too clear a line between the demons under his command and himself.

I am who I am; everything else is external.

However, look at the rise and fall of Yin energy and the changes in magical power in this Hell Transformation Diagram.

Su Che came to the conclusion that the Ghost Lord and the Ghosts under his command were truly "one in two, two in one".

I am still myself, but the ghosts are also an extension of my own magical power.

"Come!"

Su Che reached out and beckoned, a ghostly light flashed, and the two-faced ghost general rose from in front of Lu Bai and Taigong Chong, transforming into a gust of yin wind and falling into the array diagram.

The Yin Spring Nine Bends' eerie light surged, and Su Che took out a Yin Heaven Secret Talisman from his gradually perfecting mind and manifested it in his palm.

“着”.

The magic talisman pierced straight into the body of the two-faced ghost general, causing his yin energy to surge dramatically.

The two-faced ghost general originated from a magic talisman. Today, he received a magic talisman and his ghostly body has grown by three-tenths.

Similarly, a realization arose from the two-faced ghost general and fed back into Su Che's mind.

That was a glimpse of insight that came from the true spirit of the two-headed bear demon after it transformed into a ghost general.

The virtue of Houtu.

Su Che gained a clearer understanding of the so-called laws of heaven and earth.

Ghost cultivators are indeed incomplete, facing a bleak future where "evil spirits will find it difficult to attain sainthood even after countless eons."

But there is still a future.

This second chance is certainly fraught with difficulties, but there is always another path ahead.

This is because the virtue of the Earth Goddess resides within the Taiyin (Great Yin).

Heaven and earth are indifferent, yet they left a crack for rebirth after calamity.

Despite all the difficulties and dangers, there is always a way forward.

All things are created to nourish man, and man has nothing to repay to heaven.

The so-called Ghost Lord and Netherworld Ruler, one aspect of which is manipulating the virtue of Houtu between heaven and earth.

The infernal fire can destroy souls, and the dazzling lightning can slay ghosts.

However, this is not the power of domination.

Young Master Su understood that by bestowing the magic talismans upon the ghosts under his command, he was making a sacrifice and gaining something in return.

What one relinquishes is the source of one's magical power; what one gains is the ability to unite the ghost general with oneself.

This act of giving up and gaining is one of the fundamental principles for governing the hordes of ghosts.

This is also thanks to the Hell Transformation Diagram. If it hadn't manifested the judges of the underworld and the many ghost messengers, Su Che would not know how many years it would have taken to figure out this mystery without Yu Lizi's guidance.

Of course, Yu Lizi had his reasons for not naming names at the time.

Yu Lizi wanted a true disciple who had mastered the Six Dragons Returning to the Sun technique, not a Ghost Lord Youjun who commanded hordes of ghosts.

For Yu Lizi, he hoped that the Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Manual would be a ladder for Su Che to climb higher, rather than a foundation for his life.

(End of this chapter)