I attained immortality in the real world.

Chapter 133 Flowers Bloom and Lotus Blooms
Dingzhou, Lishan Road.

At the junction of the shady and sunny sides of the mountain, a small stream of clear spring water seeps out from the rock wall.

The clear spring water flows and converges in the depression to form a pond. Spiritual beings from all directions guard the pond, setting up a unique formation to seal the spiritual energy within the small pond.

The pond is planted with water lilies, all of which radiate spiritual light and are full of vitality. They have transformed into spiritual herbs that can help one break through the limits of physical cultivation.

Three female Taoist priests from Lishan walked slowly to the pond to admire the lotus flowers.

The leader was an elderly woman with white hair and a hunched back, leaning on a wooden snake-shaped cane, her vitality dimmed, like a flickering candle in the wind.

The old eyes, which should have been cloudy and dim, were exceptionally clear after being cleansed by the spiritual light. Looking at the flower bud in the center of the lotus pond, they saw a blurry human figure inside.

He smiled and said, "Yesterday the lotus transformed, and today the flower should be in full bloom."

A young woman holding a whisk nodded beside him: "Thanks to Jingyi's suggestion, instead of going down the mountain to find the extraordinary person, why not set up a threshold to allow the extraordinary person to be reborn in Lishan?"

The kind-faced middle-aged female Taoist priest disagreed: "Isn't Jingyi also an extraordinary person? She was clearly bribed! She used the resources of Lishan Road to create a sacred body."

The young female Taoist did not deny it, frankly admitting: "It is mutually beneficial and not conflicting. Being able to be born from a lotus flower shows that he is not an ordinary person. He wants to go to heaven to pay homage to the goddess, and we want to ascend to the heavenly realm."

"........."

The surface of the lotus pond was shrouded in mist.

Several small black and red fish were freely racing around the lotus flower.

At sunrise, half of the water ripples with golden light, like golden scales bursting open, while the other half is shrouded in thick fog, like a veil. On the boundary between light and shadow, a water lily radiates inner brilliance.

The white lotus root, like jade, is firmly rooted in the mud, and the lotus leaves, thick and broad, unfold like an umbrella.

Like a green stem as thick as a baby's wrist piercing the water's surface, with a lotus bud about to bloom on it.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a petal slowly unfolded in the center of the lotus pond.

The green stems swayed slightly, creating ripples that spread outwards. The spiritual energy sealed within the pond surged and poured into the lotus flowers.

Petals unfold, and boundless radiance bursts forth from the flower's heart.

When the dazzling light dissipated, the lotus platform lost all its spiritual charm, and the lotus flower itself lost all its mystique.

On the lotus platform, a person of indeterminate gender appeared. Long hair cascaded down to her shoulders and swayed naturally in the breeze. Her skin was as clear as jade. She wore a plain white robe and stood barefoot on the lotus platform.

The body, weighing at least a hundred pounds, stood on the lotus platform without swaying at all, as if it were made of weightless gas.

Wang Bulu filled his entire body with his divine sense and closed his eyes to sense this newborn body.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit are born into two realms, but there is no Golden Elixir or Primordial Spirit; the three are in a unified, ethereal and wondrous state.

By reversing the business practices of the tongue, nose, and body, one can gradually transform the illusory aspects of the spiritual realm into tangible realities.

As a newborn, one can perceive the spiritual realm and the perfect state of the two realms.

After a moment, Wang Bulu shook his head and sighed: "What talk of purity and innocence? A body without blemish? In the end, it's nothing but a mirage."

"In this world, one cannot be born from a lotus, without roots or defilement, and achieve perfect innate realms. So why worry about not being able to break through to become a Celestial Immortal?"

Wang Bulu slowly stepped down from the lotus platform.

Barefoot on the surface of the lotus pond, I floated on the water as easily as a tadpole.

With each step, only ripples appeared on the water, and the ethereal and transcendent aura was no different from that of an immortal. After a few steps, one arrived at the shore of the lotus pond.

The old woman looked you up and down with her spiritual eyes, then nodded in satisfaction: "Born from a lotus, inherently sacred, would you be willing to join the Lishan Path?"

Taihao Qingdi, the vast and boundless heavens.

Besides the unavoidable figure of the Azure Emperor Fuxi, another figure cannot be ignored—Nuwa. Wang Buliu's choice of the relatively weak Lishan Dao, among the various Confucian and Daoist forces, was not without its own considerations.

He bowed to the three female Taoists and said, "I am grateful for your kindness, Taoist Master. I wish to join the Lishan Taoist sect and pass on the Taoist tradition to Your Majesty."

"........."

The Great Ye Dynasty, the Imperial Observatory.

Emperor Liu Cheng was in his prime. He stood at the highest point of the Star-Gazing Tower, not to observe the stars, but to look at the rising sun in the east.

He placed a chess piece down and said, "It was just a contest for the Yin Dragon, and I have lost! Simply reduce the scale of the sacrifices, but the fortune teller said that the dynasty is in danger of collapse. What's the point!"

"So what if I've raised a few more ancestors? How much of the nation's spiritual energy could that possibly be depleted?"

"Just because I follow the rules doesn't mean everyone below me will."

"It is inevitable that there will be mediocre people in the royal lineage. Without the protection of ancestors, how can we keep out those with wolfish ambitions?"

"Four hundred years of accumulated problems are hard to reverse. What nonsense about the superiors influencing the subordinates? They're putting all the blame on me alone. It's just alarmist talk."

The matter was accomplished in secrecy, but no matter how secretive it was, it was impossible to keep absolutely no information for thirty years.

Feng Wuji quickly placed his piece and calmly replied, "Actually, they didn't want to change dynasties, but they really had no other choice."

“Using the Yin Dragon Vein to open up the Yin realm and nurture the Yin spirits, and then using the Yin souls to nurture the Yin Dragons, in this cycle of reincarnation, the foundation of the Yin realm court can be built. It seems to have nothing to do with the mortal world, but Yin and Yang are actually difficult to separate.”

"If a powerful family that controls troops knows that its ancestors have been destroyed, how could it not find the dragon vein, move the mountains and sever the dragon, and destroy the underworld!"

Those who achieve great things never build their empire on the premise that others will abide by the rules.

"Since there's no City God to oversee things, and no divine intervention, the easiest way is to support an official who holds power, or to establish a separatist regime."

"Now that we have successfully seized power, it is only natural for the troops to rebel as well."

"The change of dynasties is the best way to build a new balance of yin and yang. The struggle for the yang dragon will affect the yin dragon, and the struggle for the yin dragon will in turn affect the yang dragon."

"The collapse of the City God system was the cause, and the struggle for the Yin Dragon was the effect."

"It's nothing more than internal strife arising from the struggle for the Yin Dragon, or the rise of numerous heroes due to great chaos, leading to the eventual determination of the Yin Dragon."

"When the connection between heaven and earth is severed, someone will take over the divine duty. In essence, it is a war to resolve the conflict between gods and humans."

The collapse of the City God system and the struggle for Yin Dragons are merely superficial symptoms.

The "Li syndrome" is caused by the inability of later Confucianists to integrate into the state and the loss of the path to ascension for Daoists, resulting in the loss of control over extraordinary powers.

The manifestation of divine power means that the individual strength of a cultivator is actually only so-so; the key lies in the intangible power, which has no upper limit.

It can make a loyal minister harbor rebellious thoughts.

This tempted friendly nations to become greedy and send troops south.

It can make an ordinary person's command power explode, leading them to rise up in rebellion.

A dynasty is ultimately a human dynasty; it needs human recognition to gather the dragon vein. Otherwise, the emperor is just an empty title, and even a commoner from the mountains can claim the title.

Liu Cheng pondered for a moment, then placed the chess piece in his hand, shook his head and sighed, "For four hundred years, my Liu clan has devoted itself to Confucianism and Taoism, how could we have come to this end?"

"Using Confucianism to govern the world prevents rebellious people from rising up in arms, while using Taoism to live in seclusion prevents Confucianism from disrupting the law and usurping the throne. There is nothing wrong with that!"

Feng Wuji laughed and said, "If there are no mistakes, there will be no destruction? Then wouldn't nourishing life mean immortality?"

"However, this is also an opportunity for His Majesty to use this battle for the Yin Dragon to purge the corrupt elements from the state."

“The Zhou dynasty, with its yang aspect being Confucianism and its yin aspect being Taoism, could have a branch of the Liu family branch off to become the Heavenly Emperor, and the dynasty's reign might continue for another four hundred years.”

(End of this chapter)