Patrol Captain

The Three Flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, also known as Heaven, Earth, and Man, are formed when the three golden flowers are condensed and the legendary Three Flowers Gather at the Top are achieved, allowing one to transcend the ordinary and become a Martial Saint!

Chen Yuan fought his way through this land of bones, killing over a thousand bone monsters. Little by little, his luck points increased dramatically. He also obtained fragments of spiritual roots from several ghost generals. Feeling that the time was almost ripe, he decided to improve his strength as soon as possible. He found another place on the edge of a king's realm and tried to break through to the second Golden Flower.

He left the Bone Dragon outside to keep watch and set up multiple layers of restrictions in this desert storm land to prevent accidents and give himself enough time to react.

After making all the preparations, Chen Yuan sat cross-legged, cleared his mind of all distractions, and quickly got into the zone.

He pressed his tongue against his palate, forming a bridge, and with a thought, drew out the essence flower in his lower dantian. As the essence flower bloomed, the lower dantian surged like a turbulent sea, the innate primordial essence condensed like an abyss, flowing like a river, opening up the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve meridians, and the jade liquid elixir descended from the Chonglou point, circulating throughout the body, as the mysterious gates and acupoints of the whole body opened one by one.

Then one could hear a series of firecracker sounds coming from inside his body.

"boom"

"boom"

"boom"

Within his inner physical body, countless acupoints and furnaces roared to life, erupting like volcanoes. Blood, flesh, and vital energy surged forth, making his entire body a blazing furnace. The fire burned ever brighter, and the blood and energy within his body raged like a vast ocean, gradually creating a terrifying buzzing sound that caused the surrounding void to tremble.

If it weren't for the restrictions and barriers, this strange phenomenon would definitely have attracted attention.

Once his physical body reached its peak, Chen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as lightning, radiating golden light.

Next, he would use this burning body as a furnace to start throwing in medicinal herbs, preparing to smelt a great elixir.

Thinking this, he waved his sleeve, and three dazzling rays of light flew out, displaying red, blue, and yellow colors.

Because he couldn't open the Pot Heaven space for the time being, he hid these three items in his sleeve using his rudimentary transformation technique.

As the light intensified, the actual objects were revealed. The first item was a rib made of fire crystal, about ten feet long, with a crimson halo flowing inside, like flowing fire clouds, beautiful and magnificent. Within this rib, a cloud of crimson energy flowed, sealing a piece of crimson bark-like object, which he had seized from a crimson skeleton in a fierce battle on a volcano.

The second item was a fist-sized, multicolored stone that emitted a soft, non-fiery five-colored light, like the five-colored stone used to mend the sky, a truly dreamlike sight. He obtained this by taking the initiative to ambush one of the demon Buddha's subordinates, a ghost general. These ghost generals all had their own bone shrines, and this stone was embedded in the shrine where the other party resided. It was revealed to him by his divine eye, which sparked his interest.

The third item was a piece of black wood about the thickness of a bowl, with countless dense growth rings in the middle. This piece of wood was only about a foot long, but it was heavier than a small mountain. It was also obtained by slaying a powerful ghost general.

Without exception, all three items exuded a rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth, standing out like a bright moon in this desolate place, belonging to some kind of spiritual root of fortune.

It must be the skeletons that relied on to cultivate to a powerful realm in this desolate and lifeless place!
Perhaps, it was all they had in their lives.

Chen Yuan's eyes sparkled with golden light as he sighed. These rare spiritual roots of heaven and earth, which were hard to find outside, were not exactly everywhere here, but the probability of encountering them was quite high, and they were mostly in the hands of those powerful skeletal creatures.

This also suggests that many powerful individuals have died here in the past, and those who possess luck and spiritual roots are no ordinary people.

Of course, these powerful beings are not limited to humans.

After a moment of reflection, Chen Yuan didn't forget his business. He put aside his thoughts, subdued his restless mind, and reined in his wandering thoughts. The golden light in his eyes disappeared, and then he spat out the Golden Core True Fire, which transformed into three thin golden fire lines that rushed towards the three items of luck and spiritual roots in front of him.

The true fire quickly enveloped the three treasures, burning fiercely with surging yang energy. Gradually, wisps of black demonic energy were forced out from within the divine light emanating from the three treasures, only to be swept away by the true fire and burned to ashes.

These three items had been refined by these white bone demons and had been tainted with demonic energy for a long time. Chen Yuan wanted to burn away the unclean things in them.

This process took about two hours, until the three treasures no longer emitted any demonic energy and shone brightly, as if the dust on a pearl had been wiped away.

The three treasures gradually changed their appearance.

The fiery red rib was completely melted away, leaving only the piece of bark.
The stone that emitted a five-colored halo had its outer layer completely cracked and peeled off, revealing a seed the size of an egg inside. The seed coat was amber in color and had a shimmering glow.
Upon seeing this, Chen Yuan's golden true fire enveloped the three treasures like a whirlwind turning back into fire, transforming into three lines of fire that flew into Chen Yuan's mouth.

The moment it entered, Chen Yuan's physical furnace went into full power. Unlike his previous advancement to the next level of martial arts and refining divine treasures to forge a divine platform, this time these three items of luck and spiritual roots would be directly refined in his dantian, turning into primordial essence to replenish the primordial energy of the divine treasures.

The Three Treasures Scripture, with its twelve layers, enters the lower dantian via the Ren and Du meridians. The body resounds continuously, with nearly three hundred acupoints providing firepower. The innate primordial essence circulating within transforms into elixir fire, which is then injected into the lower dantian.

This process is a slow and painstaking one. After all, forcibly refining a heavenly treasure like the spiritual root of heaven and earth takes time. Although it is only a small part of it, the essence contained within it is also enormous.

If it were someone else, it might take several months, or even a year, to refine the Three Treasures.

However, Chen Yuan had already refined the essence of the flower, his furnace was at its peak, and his entire body was in harmony; secondly,
"add a bit!"

As his mind focused on the Three Treasures, Chen Yuan silently recited them in his heart.

As the Qi Luck Points were consumed, the three Qi Luck Spiritual Root fragments, which were encased in flames in the lower dantian and showed no change on the surface, began to change as if a shortcut key had been pressed.

The five-colored seed, originally with a warm, jade-like amber-colored skin, began to wrinkle gradually, slowly cracking into fine fissures. Then, wisps of colorful mist seeped from these fissures, condensing into a five-colored vortex in the dantian, intertwining with the Golden Core True Fire. As the flames burned brighter and brighter, the five-colored seed, like an egg with its shell peeled away, released a burst of light with each layer. Finally, with a "pop," it exploded, transforming into a colorful cloud of smoke.

At the same time, the black wooden stake was slowly refined into drops of black liquid, from which strange beastly cries could be faintly heard, and it gleamed with a metallic luster, like a strange metal.

The crimson bark, however, reacted most violently. Entering the dantian, it was like a dragon entering the sea, colliding fiercely with the Golden Core's true fire. The crimson patterns on the bark seemed to come alive, meandering and transforming over time into ferocious, three-headed serpents, their bodies coiled around the Golden Core's true fire, hissing and opening their gaping maws, attempting to seize control and devour it.

Upon seeing this, a phoenix cry suddenly arose from the heart palace above the dantian. As the phoenix cry sounded, the crimson serpents seemed to be in fear and released their true fire. On the contrary, the true fire of the golden core suddenly surged, and lightning leaped out from within, striking the serpents with crackling sounds.

"bang bang bang"

The ferocious serpent was blasted apart by the true thunder, forming crimson clouds. Within the clouds, faint flames flickered, as if containing countless tiny suns. Then, the fire vortex spun, and these crimson clouds condensed into a crimson bead in the flames. The surface of the bead flowed with blazing light, constantly absorbing the power of the surrounding flames, becoming more and more round and translucent, like two suns in the sky together with the golden elixir.

Once all three spiritual root fragments were refined and stabilized, Chen Yuan suddenly changed his hand seals, turning them into sword fingers that pointed down to his lower dantian, and then lifted them to the central courtyard.

In the lower dantian, it was as if a refined elixir had been extracted from the furnace. With a muffled boom, three streams of light shot out of the dantian and entered the Zifu Huangting along the Ren meridian, which is also known as the middle dantian. The Huangting governs the Qi, and the five Qi converge here.

After the three fragments of spiritual roots rushed into this place, they were immediately imprisoned and spun around. Then, the five internal organs around Huang Ting suddenly shone brightly, and the roars of dragons and phoenixes, the hissing of turtles and snakes resounded from within. One after another, true spirits and divine trees manifested and coiled, letting out excited roars at Huang Ting. Then they opened their big mouths and took a big inhale.

Then, the three fragments of spiritual roots hummed and trembled, spinning faster and faster, flying out with brilliant light, passing through the Five Scriptures, and heading towards the Five Divine Treasures.

The concentration of light and mist that flies to the five meridians varies. The liver and lung meridians absorb very little, while the other three meridians absorb the original essence as if swallowing a whale.

During this process, the Five Directions Divine Treasury trembled, and the divine altars were built high, like five towering palaces reaching the heavens, revealing their true forms amidst the misty glow of the sunset.

The liver is the Azure Spirit Palace, governing the wood energy of the east (甲乙木气), and storing the soul in the dragon sand; the heart is the Fire Palace, governing the fire energy of the south (丙丁火气), and storing the spirit in cinnabar mercury; the spleen is the Yellow Court Palace, governing the earth energy of the center (戊己土气), and condensing the intention in the yellow sprout; the lungs are the White Tiger Hall, governing the metal energy of the west (庚辛金气), and gathering the soul in white snow; the kidneys are the Mysterious Dark Palace, gathering the water energy of the north (壬癸水气), and storing the essence in black lead.

Chen Yuan's primordial spirit sank into the Yellow Court, his eyes shining brightly, knowing that the crucial moment had arrived.

He raised his hand, preparing to use "True Earth of Earth" to harmonize the Four Symbols Divine Treasury and connect it to the central palace. As he made his move, in an instant, the Starry Moon in the Earth Divine Treasury trembled first, and streams of brilliant starlight fell down, transforming into a starlight avenue that connected the other four organs.

Thus, the Azure Spirit Palace was the first to be activated. The Azure Dragon, transformed from the Dragon Mother Tree, roared and unleashed Azure Wood Thunder, which shot straight up to the Heavenly Eye along the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Wood generates fire, and as soon as the Azure Qi stirred, the Fire Phoenix in the Li Huo Hall spread its wings and burned fiercely in the Crimson Palace, its crimson light like a rosy cloud, refining the Azure Wood Thunder into Pure Yang True Fire. In the White Tiger Hall, the Five-Colored Divine Tree moved upon hearing the sound, its five-colored divine leaves trembling and emitting the sound of metal clashing. Then, it released Geng Metal Qi, which flowed upwards from the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian. The metal Qi was fierce and scorching, melting upon encountering the Heart Fire, and transforming into Primordial Elixir along the Ren Meridian. Meanwhile, in the Xuanming Palace, the Black Tortoise spat out Primordial True Water, flowing backwards along the Du Meridian, intersecting with the Heart Fire at the Yellow Court.

In the balance of water and fire, the five elements transform into auspicious five-colored light, rotating like a celestial sphere within the central yellow court. As the five elements circulate, the vital energy of liver wood nourishes heart fire, the blazing heart fire refines lung metal, the essence of lung metal moistens kidney water, the gentleness of kidney water nourishes spleen earth, and the thickness of spleen earth supports liver wood, thus creating a continuous cycle of life.

At this moment, the innate divine energy between the five divine treasures surged like a great river, or like the stars in the celestial sphere revolving. The Yellow Court was greatly shaken, as if the sound of a great bell was being played, one sound after another.

Just as the five elements reached their peak, the five-colored vortexes of green, red, white, black, and yellow began to intertwine and merge. The five mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining elements were intertwined, sometimes expanding violently and sometimes contracting, and soon a terrifying aura emanated from within.

Chen Yuan immediately felt a chill run down his spine. His primordial spirit made a move, turning his divine eye around. Golden light transformed into chains, which spiraled up and imprisoned the ever-growing five-colored vortex. His mind was on edge.

If something unexpected happens, not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but the five divine treasures may also suffer a backlash, resulting in more harm than good.

At the same time, he was keeping his mind firmly in control, ensuring that the five streams of energy merged together. Not a bit more or less would be bad; his control was so precise that it was like dancing on the edge of a knife.

During this process, my mind was on edge, and it felt like an eternity, with time passing incredibly slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, when the five vortexes finally merged and gradually turned golden, Chen Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, a strange feeling came over him.

The power contained within that golden vortex gave him a feeling of being reborn.

The primordial energy, also known as the innate energy, is what Taoists often refer to as the "one." It resonates with the heavens and earth, enabling one to comprehend the Tao and descend to the mortal realm. Conversely, it can nourish the physical body and replenish the primordial spirit!

With the fusion of the five elements, Chen Yuan's true energy has completely transformed. In some respects, he now possesses the power of a Martial Saint when using his supernatural abilities. However, his primordial spirit has not yet transformed and he cannot merge with the Dao. The amount of power of heaven and earth he can draw upon is not on the same level.

As this primordial energy formed, Chen Yuan continued to manipulate it with his mind, and the five elements surged into this primordial energy vortex like rivers flowing into the sea, constantly generating new primordial energy.

Gradually, the golden vortex condensed and solidified, eventually forming a millet-sized pearl.

This is the second golden flower!

The moment the mysterious pearl appeared, his internal organs roared and throbbed as if five boiling volcanoes were erupting. The four spirits roared, and a five-colored radiance shot into the sky from his body, turning into five pillars of light that directly struck the restriction.

However, these carefully arranged restrictions could not stop the radiance, and it was broken through one after another, and the five-colored radiance burst out of the desert storm.

In this land where the sun never shines, a brilliant light pierces the long night.

The green wood energy of the East is like evergreen pines and cypresses, the red fire energy of the South is like raging flames burning the sky, the white metal energy of the West is like a frosty blade with a cold gleam, the black water energy of the North is like a deep abyss, and the yellow earth energy of the Center is like a majestic mountain.

With a deafening roar, the desert storm was completely shattered, and the surrounding area collapsed, causing a cataclysmic upheaval.

"Roar"

The commotion quickly alerted the beings deep within this world of death.

In the distance, deep within the desert, came a terrifying roar, as if a demon was devouring mountains and rivers.

There was a terrifying presence deep within, a vast expanse of demonic energy, heading directly towards the direction where Chen Yuan was in seclusion.

The skeletal dragon that had been keeping watch outside emerged from the collapsed desert, its soul fire flaring violently in its eye sockets. (End of Chapter)