Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 610 Half-Step to the Mind Realm

Sitting upright on the lotus platform, Shang Lu suddenly felt his mind become completely clear. In an instant, all the previous distracting thoughts were left behind and no longer affected him.

"Is this the effect of the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus? It's really amazing!"

Slowly exhaling a breath of turbid air, Shang Lu was about to activate the Five Organs Refining Pill Technique to refine the five sixth-grade Dao vein spiritual roots in his hands and launch an attack towards the Mingxin Realm.

But at that moment, Shang Lu suddenly remembered something.

He turned to Third Sister and asked, "Shouldn't we save one of these Dao vein spiritual roots for you?"

“No need.” Third Sister shook her head: “I don’t need spiritual roots. As long as your cultivation breaks through, I will benefit from it.”

"I see." Shang Lu nodded in realization.

He had previously discovered that whenever his cultivation level broke through, Third Sister's strength would also increase significantly, and she never needed any Dao veins, spiritual roots, or breakthrough materials.

"Is this the effect of yin and yang interacting and blending together?"

Shang Lu secretly guessed and marveled. At the same time, he made up his mind that once they left this strange water mansion, he would cultivate the Yin-Yang Covenant with San Niang to help her break through as soon as possible.

Pokeweed regained his composure.

This time, he didn't think about anything else and focused all his energy on activating the Five Organs Elixir Offering Technique.

Five colors of light—blue, red, yellow, white, and black—slowly emanated from his body, instantly enveloping the five Dao vein spiritual roots he held in his hands.

With a soft buzzing sound, five-colored light swirled and converged, transforming into a blazing flame.

Under the intense heat of the raging flames, the Dao vein and spiritual root quickly transformed into five special spiritual energies.

As Shang Lu activated the Qi Absorption Technique, these five special spiritual energies surged into his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and tongue, thus entering his body.

Under the observation of the internal vision method, Shang Lu discovered that the spiritual energy transformed from the Dao vein spiritual root had indeed entered the five internal organs, and through the tempering of the Five Internal Organs Elixir Offering Technique, it was transformed into five-colored spiritual pills, which were then offered in the Five Internal Organs Temple.

This time, the five-colored elixirs were not all placed on the altar in front of the spleen god statue, but were offered to the five internal organ gods according to their respective colors.

Soon, five-colored smoke rose from the five-colored elixir and was completely absorbed by the Five Organs Divine Statue.

The refining of the sixth-grade Dao vein spiritual root proceeded extremely smoothly.

The spiritual root rejection phenomenon that Shang Lu had previously worried about did not occur.

The five spiritual roots, although they have mutual restraint due to their attributes, also have mutual support.

The mutual generation and mutual restraint form a perfect closed loop, which not only does not produce repulsion, but also maximizes the effect of the five spiritual roots.

Shang Lu used his inner vision method to see with his own eyes that the Dao veins and spiritual roots were absorbed and integrated into the five internal organs before slowly exhaling a breath of turbid air.

Refining the Dao veins and spiritual roots is only the first step in breaking through to a higher realm.

To reach the sixth level of the Mind Clarity Realm, one must continue!

Without stopping, Shang Lu continued to activate the Five Internal Organs Elixir Offering Technique and simultaneously began practicing the "Supreme Goodness is Like Water Heart Sutra".

Soon, Pokeweed entered a meditative state once again.

After an unknown amount of time, the spirits of the five internal organs suddenly emitted a burst of spiritual light within the temple of the five internal organs.

Five-colored spiritual light surged and converged within the temple, transforming into a yin-yang fish that floated out of the temple and crashed directly into the yin-yang bell in the temple courtyard.

"When... when... when..."

The Yin-Yang Qi Bell emitted a clear chime, and the Yin-Yang fish formed from five-colored spiritual light entered the Yin-Yang Qi Bell and became a part of it.

The sound of the bell not only resounded in Shang Lu's mind, but also spread throughout his body.

The vital energy from the three dantian surged out simultaneously with the sound of the bell, and after churning and converging, flowed into the sea of ​​consciousness.

Shanglu had done his homework and naturally knew that this was called "Three Seas Returning to the Ruins".

This is the beginning of the journey to a state of enlightenment!
Sure enough, as the Qi entered the sea of ​​consciousness, the originally calm sea of ​​consciousness immediately became turbulent and thoughts surged!

Illusions then appeared one after another, encompassing all the six desires.

The pokeweed remained unmoved, but instead ignited a fire in its heart, allowing its true spiritual light to shine forth.

In the sea of ​​desires where illusions arise, the light of the heart's fire is not strong, but it is like a beacon, illuminating the path ahead and preventing one from falling into darkness and being swallowed by it.

Shang Lu sat down, and the lotus platform formed from the ice crystal blue lotus also helped him at this moment, keeping his consciousness clear and unaffected by the desires of the Illusionary Sea.

The Illusory Sea of ​​Desire has three stages, each more real and more seductive than the last.

However, Shang Lu, who remained clear-headed, simply relied on the faint light of his inner fire to confront all the illusions and desires within his heart.

They neither feared them, nor avoided them, nor tried to destroy them.

Humans are inherently creatures of desire.

If one loses desire, one is no different from mud and stone.

When faced with desire, we should not be afraid or avoid it, but rather confront it directly.

We must learn to control our desires, to make them an asset rather than being controlled or swayed by them, thus falling into an endless abyss of desire.

The desires of the Illusory Sea are powerful, but Shang Lu had already had a similar experience in the Pool of Delusions and had accumulated enough experience.

At this moment, no matter how the desires in the Illusionary Sea changed or churned, they could not extinguish Shang Lu's faint inner fire, nor could they engulf him or drag him into the abyss of desire.

Shang Lu, maintaining a clear mind, calmly observed everything from a "God's-eye view"...

Time almost stood still during this process.

Shang Lu didn't know how long he had been in the illusion of desire.

Finally, the Illusory Sea Desire completed its third transformation, but it still couldn't affect Shang Lu in the slightest.

On the contrary, Shang Lu's sea of ​​consciousness and soul were strengthened and enhanced in the process!
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Shang Lu's mind. His intuition told him that the time had come!
He immediately channeled his vital energy into the image in his mind.

At the same time, a spark of true yang fire flew out from the Dongjun spirit tablet on the sacrificial altar and pierced Shang Lu's heart.
Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the faint flame of the heart, as weak as a lamp, suddenly blazed brightly!

From a dim lamp, it has transformed into a blazing sun.

Wherever the sunlight passed, the illusions crumbled and vanished in an instant, turning into clouds and smoke.

The illusory desires in the sea of ​​consciousness were thus completely eradicated!
Immediately afterwards, Shang Lu returned to the Purple Palace and began to reconstruct the great cycle of heaven, earth, and humanity!

Shang Lu's mental resistance continuously improved during this process. His soul also grew, gaining various abilities he had never possessed before...

After a long time, the great cycle of heaven, earth, and man within the pokeweed was successfully reconstructed.

Not only can one's vital energy be enhanced and improved within the grand cycle, but even the divine soul can participate. Through the grand cycle of Heaven, Earth, and Man, one cultivates, refines the divine soul, and elevates the will and spirit!
At this point, Shang Lu's cultivation had broken through the Tongtian Realm. He had already stepped into the Mingxin Realm with one foot in.

The reason it's described as having only one foot is because he still needs to overcome a mental tribulation.

Only after overcoming the tribulations could his cultivation truly be considered to have entered the realm of enlightenment.

If he fails to overcome this calamity, not only will his cultivation level drop back to the Tongtian Realm, but his soul, spirit, and sea of ​​consciousness will also be damaged!

"In the Heart Refining Cave, the Heart Refining Tribulation is that Nightmare Jellyfish!"

Shang Lu saw it all clearly in the past illusions of this place. In ancient times, the disciples here all advanced to the Mingxin Realm after passing the Nightmare Jellyfish trial.

This indicates that the Nightmare Jellyfish is not only the "gatekeeper" of this place, but also the "heart-refining tribulation" for those who step into the realm of enlightenment.

For pokeweed, a known calamity is always easier to deal with than an unknown danger.

Not to mention, he himself had to get past the Nightmare Jellyfish before he could leave this eerie underwater secret realm.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

In the illusions of this place in the past, Shang Lu had seen more than once how the disciples of that ancient sect overcame the Nightmare Jellyfish.

Those successful cases will become his strategies, helping him overcome the trials of the Nightmare Jellyfish and enter the realm of enlightenment.

Therefore, although Shang Lu had already stepped into the Mingxin Realm, he was not in a hurry to find the Nightmare Jellyfish to break through the tribulation.

He used the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus to urge the practice of the Heart Sutra of Supreme Goodness and Water to stabilize his mind and solidify his newly broken-through cultivation.

While carefully recalling the past of the Water Mansion that he had seen before, he was thinking about it.

Especially when recalling the methods used by the disciples of the sects in this place to get past the Nightmare Jellyfish.

Shang Lu may not know the methods used by ancient cultivators, but he can learn from their experience and apply similar methods.

Once his cultivation was stable and his sea of ​​consciousness calmed down, Shang Lu had almost completely recalled everything.

He also gained a clearer understanding of the Nightmare Jellyfish and summarized a set of methods to deal with it.

Whether it will work or not, we'll have to try to find out.

At this point, Shang Lu finished his cultivation and leaped down from the lotus platform.

On the lotus platform, the eerie light shifted and changed, eventually returning to its original form as an ice crystal blue lotus.

However, its brilliance was noticeably weaker—a sign of further depletion of spiritual energy.

Shang Lu even heard the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus constantly crying out "Hungry".

Shang Lu took a piece of Bashe meat from the Wuchang Order and cut off a small piece of Blood Tai Sui meat, feeding it to the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus.

Smelling the blood, the lotus petals immediately split open into tiny mouths full of sharp teeth, and with a series of chilling cracking sounds, they quickly devoured all the snake meat and blood scorpion meat that the pokeweed had fed them.

"Still hungry...I want to eat more..."

The Ice Crystal Blue Lotus was not satisfied.

But the pokeweed stopped feeding it and put it directly into the Impermanence Token.

After doing all this, Shang Lu went to the altar of the soul offering, lit incense again, and offered sacrifices to the several deities, thanking them for their help in protecting the Dharma.

Shang Lu knew very well that his breakthrough was so smooth not only because of the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus, the Heart Sutra of Supreme Goodness Like Water, and his own magical internal organs, but also because these deities had secretly contributed their efforts.

Not to mention, he had other "wishes" to make to these deities: "You lot, please bless me so that I can successfully overcome the trials of the Nightmare Jellyfish and leave this watery secret realm..."

The deities did not respond, but simply took away the incense offered by the pokeweed.

Seeing this, Shang Lu couldn't help but smile: "It's a sure thing!"

The gods, including Tu Bo, Shan Gui, and Dong Jun, quickly exhausted the incense offerings from the pokeweed.

Shang Lu then put away the Soul Offering Altar, left the cave where the spirit mine was located, and headed once again to the pool where the Nightmare Jellyfish resided.

Along the way, Shang Lu clearly sensed that in the shadows, pairs of greedy eyes were watching him.

Once he reveals a weakness, these eyes hidden in the shadows will rush out without hesitation, tear him apart, and devour him.

With a wave of his hand, Shang Lu's beast whip shot out like lightning, quickly wrapping around the shadows and binding a pair of eyes that were secretly observing him, pulling them out of the darkness.

It was a bizarre creature with the body of a human, a beast, and a snake, its entire body shrouded in resentment and malevolence.

After being caught by Shang Lu, it not only did not struggle, but instead opened its mouth full of fangs and spewed out a black mist that blew directly into Shang Lu's face.

At the same time, its forked tongue shot out like a spear, aiming to pierce the prawn's forehead and scoop out its brains to eat.

Extremely ferocious!
"Hmph!" Shang Lu snorted coldly, activating his vital energy.

A thunderous roar erupted from the beast whip, instantly tearing apart the sharp snake tongue and blasting the monstrous creature, formed from resentment and malevolence, along with the black mist it spewed out, into clouds of smoke.

"It's actually a cursed star!"

Shang Lu frowned.

The Water Mansion Secret Realm has actually spawned a malevolent spirit... This is not good news!

Although this malevolent spirit is still very weak, it will become stronger and more ferocious as long as it stays in the Water Mansion Secret Realm!

and……

Shang Lu turned his head, his gaze sharp as a knife, shooting towards the darkness in the distance.

He clearly sensed that the strange creature lurking in the shadows did not become terrified or fearful just because he had killed the Fiend Thunder.

They remained hidden in the shadows, their venomous and greedy eyes fixed on him.

At the same time, Shang Lu also sensed that these strange creatures hiding in the shadows were devouring and merging with each other!
In this bizarre way, accelerate your growth!
Shang Lu cursed under his breath.

He knew that if he couldn't pass the Nightmare Jellyfish's "test" and break out of the Water Mansion Secret Realm as soon as possible, he would likely be stuck here forever and become one of the Mourning Fiends.

Fortunately, the newly born evil spirits, including the Mourning Demon, are still relatively weak and do not dare to attack for the time being.

But we need to hurry!

While pondering, Shang Lu arrived at the cave where the Nightmare Jellyfish resided.

Upon seeing the Nightmare Jellyfish in the distance, Shang Lu took a deep breath, activated the Heart Sutra of Supreme Goodness Like Water, and cleared his mind of all distracting thoughts.

If these distracting thoughts continue to exist, they will inevitably be exploited by the Nightmare Jellyfish and used as a means to attack him!

In the distance, the Nightmare Jellyfish, floating above the pool, also saw Shang Lu's return through the eyes on its body.

One mouth after another appeared on his body, some tempting Shang Lu to give up resistance and ascend to bliss with them for eternal life; others threatening and cursing, clamoring to tear Shang Lu apart, eat his flesh, and drink his blood...

Judging from the voice, it was the same Chu witches who had been devoured by the Nightmare Jellyfish.

Their enticement and intimidation have both increased significantly compared to before.

Before his cultivation breakthrough, even with the help of his mental image and the activation of the Supreme Goodness Like Water Heart Sutra, Shang Lu would still be annoyed and irritated by these voices.

But this time, he was completely unaffected and unafraid of the Nightmare Jellyfish, calmly approaching step by step.

The Nightmare Jellyfish sensed the change in the pokeweed, and the mouths that had appeared on its body stopped their pointless temptations and curses.

Immediately afterwards, countless eyeballs appeared on its almost transparent body.

A series of strange gazes shot out from these eyeballs, transforming into countless mental shocks that rushed straight towards Shang Lu's sea of ​​consciousness and soul!
"boom--"

The overwhelming mental shock, like a torrent, instantly engulfed Shang Lu!
(End of this chapter)