I attained immortality in the real world.

Chapter 82 No One's Physiognomy
The Yuanjie Daoist Temple, Xiaotuanshan.

Under the shade of a thousand-year-old peach tree, Chen Jinghou sat with his back against the trunk.

Listen to the rhythmic "thump-thump" sound; it's the sound of a powerful heartbeat inside the metaverse pod in the real world.

Chen Jing endured the angina and held on until the very last moment before Qianye died. Only then did his consciousness forcibly sever from the character, allowing him to leave the cultivation world and return to the Xiaotuanshan Dojo. He was freed from the influence of the evil spirits on his will and truly experienced the feeling of being on the verge of death.

"call!!"

Chen Jingchang exhaled a breath of stale air.

After recovering, he snapped his fingers and summoned the main god.

Start recording the damage data received by Chiba and his main body from the attack of the Black Turtle Master's spirit.

[Record 1: Chiba was corrupted by a demonic spirit, causing her heart to stop beating.]

[The Yin Spirit targets the mind; it doesn't directly confront the enemy's mind, but rather employs a more efficient method.]

[Attacks are not directed at the overall consciousness, but rather at the local consciousness, thereby affecting the body. This is tantamount to seizing control of a particular organ, causing the heart and lungs to cease functioning, thus indirectly leading to death.]

[Hypothesis 1: The spirit, a rootless entity, merely enters Chiba's body, weakening like a thin mist under the blazing sun, insufficient to shake a consciousness with a physical body.]

"........."

[Record 2: In the real world, the body's heart did not stop beating; instead, a sharp, agonizing pain was felt.]

[The Black Tortoise Master controlled the Yin Spirit to attack my consciousness; this is a mental battle. I was the one being attacked, not Chiba. Why didn't my physical body suffer the same damage in the real world?]

[Hypothesis 1: The rules of the cultivation world have mutated, enhancing the destructive power at the mental level. In reality, the mental attacks of the Black Turtle Immortal were never meant to be fatal.]

[Second hypothesis: My consciousness was not completely aligned with Chiba's, which resulted in a reduction in the destructive power of the Yin Spirit, leaving only one-tenth intact.]

"………………"

[Record 3, …………]

[Deduction 1: Utilizing the bond between the Mind Seal Dharma Image and the True Self Lotus, a mechanism for instantaneous disconnection is established, allowing the true body in the Mind Seal state to escape death.]

[Scenario 2: If consciousness and the character's perception completely overlap, enhancing the mental destructive power, and preventing consciousness from exiting the spiritual realm in time, could this method potentially endanger a life?]

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Chen Jing has always been very interested in the fact that the Spirit Realm causes brain death in players.

If one can understand the principles and apply them, one can defend oneself and save one's life when retreating, and kill animals to protect the Way when advancing.

If classified by realm, the new Tang Dynasty's National Preceptor, Master Wuyuan, would be considered a cultivator at the first stage of the initial stage of cultivation.

However, being able to manipulate the spirit of the relic and possessing mental destructive power makes it the weakest existence capable of threatening the real body, and undoubtedly the safest experimental subject.

Chiba's character has reached the end of his road, his value exhausted, and he's actually quite willing to die at the hands of the Black Tortoise Master, so that this character can contribute his final value.

However, the result was different from what was expected. The attack of the Black Turtle Master was not fatal. Although it could affect the physical body in the real world through consciousness, the lethality was less than one-tenth. Unless the player already had a heart condition, at most one character would be lost.

"........."

The main god is not a living being and cannot comprehend changes at the spiritual level, but Chen Jing can manually input parameters.

Yin spirits, lotus hearts, inner landscapes, methods of cultivation, methods of cultivation of knowledge—these are all settings that cannot be understood by the system.

As the data becomes more abundant, comprehensive, and accurate, the results of the deductions made by the main deity become closer to reality.

After the last set of parameters was set, the aura of the main god flashed twice: "Basic parameters complete. Begin deduction?"

Chen Jing was in a state of extreme mental exhaustion at the moment, and his mental strength had dropped below 2 points, far below the initially set warning line.

He persisted until he finished assigning tasks to the main god before leaving the metaverse, and then requested to utilize available computing power: "Deduction!"

Humans need rest, but machines don't! "Screech!"

The Metaverse Pod is now open.

Chen Jing slowly walked out of the Yuanjie pod.

The sun shines brightly outside the window, and the sounds of car horns and the mundane noises of daily life fill the air.

Chen Jing seemed oblivious to the glare of the sunlight and the noise, collapsing onto the bed.

I fell asleep in no time, and it was rare for me to get a full night's sleep.

"........."

The next day, early morning.

Chen Jing restored his divine power to nine points, but instead of logging into the Yuan Realm, he stayed in bed for half a day, not thinking about anything or doing anything.

In the afternoon, I started washing up, shopping, and cleaning the old house, not letting go of a single speck of dust in the corners, enjoying the relaxed feeling of physical exercise while keeping my mind completely still.

On the morning of the third day, he entered the Dimensional Pod and logged into the Dimensional Realm, materializing the Xuanzang True Scripture collected by the Main God.

[Emperor Wenzong! A candidate for Prime Minister!]

Chen Jing activated the Wen Zong Heart Seal, mimicking the true divine power, and began to peruse the cultivation manuals.

The Xuanzang Sutra perfects the practice to the level of the Bodhisattva Vehicle, meaning that once you have it, you can start practicing immediately without needing to perfect or adjust it, and you can cultivate the seventh consciousness—the Manas consciousness.

Consciousness-only – The Mahayana Nirvana Consciousness-only Treatise.

Upholding the precepts – The Mahayana Method of Seeing the Truth and Upholding the Precepts.

What I have seen and heard – The Secret of Mahayana Hearing My True Nature.

The seventh consciousness, Manas, is often compared to Sha Wujing from Journey to the West, because of those four key lines.

Senior Brother, Master has been captured by a monster!

Second Brother, Master has been captured by a monster!

Eldest brother, second brother has been captured by a monster!

Eldest brother, Master and second brother have been captured by a monster!

In layman's terms, Manas is the subconscious mind, which is imperceptible and, like Sha Wujing, lacks independent thought. It usually keeps in sync with the conscious mind.

Therefore, the true cultivation of the scriptures begins with upholding the precepts. Only by keeping the sixth consciousness undisturbed can one see the manas consciousness. This is the origin of the true scriptures' names of "upholding the precepts" and "seeing the truth".

The second step is seeing and hearing. The Manas consciousness is very weak and vague, and hearing is a way to strengthen the Manas consciousness.

What is meant by "hearing me"? The beating of the heart, natural breathing, digestion, and instinctive thoughts are all functions of the Manas consciousness. The Manas consciousness can be made clearer by controlling the heartbeat and other means. This is the origin of the meaning of "hearing me".

Seeing one's true nature corresponds to the Bodhisattva path of the five natures. By using the seven senses to perceive the nature of sentient beings, one can see the wondrous realm and transform into a lion, a tiger, a bird, or an insect. One can experience the joy of sentient beings' perceptions, watch tigers fight in the mountains when at leisure, listen to birdsong in the forest when there is nothing to do, and be free from worries and troubles. One can see clearly the vicissitudes of life.

Finally, there is the Yogacara school, as the Buddha said when he held up a flower, the wondrous mind enters Nirvana, transforming the illusory perception of the seventh consciousness into real perception, as constant as the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. Although it perceives the wondrous realms of sentient beings, I am still myself, unchanging and unalterable.

"The second stage of cultivation: the realm of no one."

"Two core issues need to be addressed. One is the erosion of one's true self by animalistic instincts, but once the seventh consciousness achieves selflessness, it will no longer be a problem."

"The second is how the animal form can be integrated with the human form. The Nirvana method can solve both of these problems."

"Xuanzang's True Scripture can fill in the missing parts of the cultivation method and naturally lead to the realm of no form."

Cultivation is giving me a headache, only one chapter today! Wait for me, wait for me to separate my personality into ten thousand.

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