I attained immortality in the real world.

The Celestial Realm is a third-generation virtual reality world of the Tianyuan Group, integrating spiritual and conscious insights.

Everything within human sight is imbued with spiritual influence, as if one were immersed in a spiritual world.

The Celestial Realm does not have the function of directly entering a meditative state for cultivation, which causes the connection to be lost when consciousness leaves the carrier and is taken over by an intelligent spirit, instead of entering a meditative state as in the real world.

Chen Jing ignored the consciousness and spirit, figuring that since Li Yin's body was in the underworld, the spirit would return to Li Yin's body.

With hands forming the lotus mudra, consciousness gradually detaches from the spirit body: [Entering meditation!]

The next moment, the thought appeared in the inner landscape of his mind. Sitting cross-legged on the lotus stamen of his heart, Chen Jing, who looked like an infant, opened his eyes.

Skipping over the teachings of literature, Buddhism, and the Bixie Heart Seal, he sat cross-legged on a lotus throne, taking advantage of the intense inspiration he had gained from the tribal era, preparing to break through to the second realm of life cultivation and condense his primordial spirit!
His inner divine essence was abundant, and his eyes shone with a flowing light, indicating that he had already reached the critical point of breaking through to the second realm.

The Tao is like a drop of water merging into the ocean; it carries the risk of loss and even death, yet it has an excellent tempering effect on the spirit.

"The 'Scripture of Forgetting Emotions' says: 'Without joy, without sorrow, without anger, without worry, forget all seven emotions, and let your thoughts and desires remain undiminished. This is the true self of the spirit, the supreme truth, and the awareness of the three souls and the earth soul.'"

"Of the three treasures of man, essence, energy, and spirit, spirit is the most formless and easily transformed. It can transform into flowers when it sees flowers, and into the moon when it sees the moon. Its true form is the self. It is forged from the source of thought and formed into bones, and governed by the essence of spirit as its body. This is called the primordial spirit."

Chen Jing recalled the outline extracted from the "Scripture of Forgetting Emotions and Casting the God".

Thoughts fluctuate accordingly, and the inner landscape is a manifestation of the mind, so it naturally changes with thoughts.

The Supreme Being's detachment from emotions, entering Nirvana in stillness, and the method of living the dead—though their names and paths differ, they all lead to the same destination and are essentially the same.

If one learns the Buddha's method of entering tranquility through near-death techniques, then mastering the Forgetfulness chapter of the cultivation method is not difficult, and it poses no challenge even for cultivators who have achieved the second realm of sexual cultivation.

[Forget about it!]

In an instant, consciousness fell silent.

Heartbeat and breathing slowed to almost imperceptible levels, and there was no more emotional fluctuation in my mind.

The lotus of the heart blooms, giving rise to countless transparent roots, like fine rain, like silkworm silk, spreading to every corner of the sea of ​​consciousness.

The colorless fire surrounding the Bixie Heart Seal was also frozen in place, the flames like a painting on paper, time seemingly suspended in that instant.

[Forging Godhood!]

When no thought arises, the inner landscape is the image of the mind. Therefore, when in a state of tranquility, the inner landscape should not change at all.

At this moment, something unexpected and illogical was quietly changing. The lotus platform shone brightly without any color, and the Dao Embryo, with its eyes closed, was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, drawing nourishment from the darkness to fill the enlarged Dao Embryo.

Forging a god, creating a supreme god, is not about molding spiritual energy into a human form.

Humans inherently possess a primordial spirit, but it is formless and intangible, unnoticed and unrealized. Forging a spirit is simply imbuing the formless primordial spirit with a physical form, transforming something weak into something powerful.

If thoughts are like mist and spiritual energy is like water, then the primordial spirit is like a spring.

The lotus petals closed one by one, and as time passed, the Dao Embryo also transformed into the likeness of Chen Jing.

The only difference was his attire and demeanor. He wore a tattered animal skin, held a patina-covered wooden stick, and his eyes were sometimes confused and sometimes resolute. This was the Qingdi's initial appearance, which Chen Jing had created based on himself.

"........."

Lucheng, Wanxiang Laboratory, inside the Yuanjie pod.

Chen Jing was plunged into darkness as his consciousness returned to the metaverse capsule in the real world.

Looking inward into his sea of ​​consciousness, his primordial spirit sat cross-legged on a lotus platform within it, surrounded by wisps of radiant light. Without needing to activate his consciousness or use the Manas consciousness to employ the Manifestation Technique, every strand of spiritual energy was at his fingertips. Although the total amount of his divine essence remained unchanged, its value had increased significantly, reaching the threshold that only the Manifestation Technique of the First Realm could touch.

He couldn't help but smile: "Reaching the second realm in sexual cultivation, breaking through the second realm in life cultivation is equally dangerous for the primordial spirit."

"If you fail, you will not regress to the Dao Embryo realm, but your spirit will suffer indelible damage. This can lead to decreased intelligence, distorted personality, complete loss of cultivation, or even death."

"This breakthrough was not predicted, nor was any trickery used; it was like an ancient cultivator breaking through to enlightenment."

"Because I experienced the transformation of the Heavenly Realm and sensed the location of my primordial spirit in advance, I knew that this breakthrough would be a natural success, and I was destined to cultivate my second-stage primordial spirit—and it was done!"

"........."

In the Wanxiang Laboratory, a dozen researchers surrounded the dimensional pod, including professors who had achieved great success in their respective fields and young researchers who had just entered the workforce.

Not far away, there were people preparing cutting tools and senior medical personnel to ensure that the person could be snatched back from the jaws of death when they were on their last breath.

A young researcher, after examining Chen Jing's mental fluctuation chart, clicked his tongue in astonishment: "Abnormal mental fluctuations? Every single one of these fluctuations exceeds the limits of ordinary people; there's not a single abnormal aspect. Is the reference template Superman?"

Another researcher said, "Four days of continuous high-frequency operation, if you calculate the energy consumption, could reduce a 200-pound fat person to just a skeleton."

"To be still alive and well, what else could such tenacious vitality be but superhuman?"

Chen Jing ignored the few new researchers who had joined the lab; his physical research data was divided into three parts.

Part of it consists of publicly available basic data that anyone can view, primarily used for selecting experimental directions.

Another core portion of data is stored only in the Myriad Spirits system and is only used in experimental calculations.

There is also some information that may threaten one's safety, which is not recorded at all and exists only in memory.

[Crack! 】

The hatch opens.

Physical weakness caused him to stagger.

After four consecutive days of my brain being in a high-intensity state, taking gene-optimized fluid, and eating only high-energy foods, I still feel a bit overwhelmed.

He had lost a lot of weight. He connected his consciousness with the Myriad Spirits and instructed Xu Zui: "Prepare the Tai Sui food, the Artemisia incense, and a fully equipped cultivation room."

"........."

Day five, early morning.

After consolidating his second-realm cultivation, Chen Jing immediately dialed the phone number for Wu Xian's laboratory.

After a short wait, Fang Xin's virtual projection appeared in front of him and said with a smile, "Five days have passed since I last heard from you. I thought you had ascended to immortality!"

Chen Jing bowed and said, "Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist. Otherwise, I fear my life would have been in danger."

Fang Xin suppressed her smile and said, "We have already ascertained Cao Xian's true identity: Su Cheng, Eternal Laboratory, Meng You."

"However, there is some trouble. Some people hope that he will complete the experiment on the banished immortal. If he succeeds, needless to say, we are the necessary sacrifices."

"If we fail, all the wealth under the name of Eternal Laboratory will be given to us as compensation. Are you interested in coming to Suzhou to join the fun?"

Information from the Eternal Laboratory flashed through Chen Jing's mind. He paused, then said, "It might take another half day. I need to go back to the Azure Heaven Realm again to verify some of my guesses." (End of Chapter)