Pure Yang!

Chapter 469 The Primordial Spirit is a Disease! Grandfather's Inheritance, Invincible

Inside the water palace, everything was brightly lit.

The quiet room, about ten feet square, contained nothing but a table and a chair. Looking up, five large characters were prominently displayed at the top:

"No path to enlightenment without demons!" Zhang Fan murmured softly.

The Water Mansion was nine stories high, but after he entered, he appeared directly in this quiet room, which was about ten feet square.

At first, he thought that the Water Palace was even more mysterious, perhaps even a treasure trove containing many rare and precious treasures from the mountains and seas.

After all, there is a magical treasure like the [Primordial Divine Edict Seal] hanging outside the Water Palace.

However, things turned out differently than Zhang Fan had imagined.

Zhang Fan looked around and found nothing but four walls. He walked to the table and found a notebook on it.

"This is a notebook!?"

Zhang Fan picked up the note, opened it, and found that it was written with a fountain pen. The handwriting was messy, and it could even be described as being scribbled and corrected, with ink stains appearing from time to time.

"Who left this notebook? Grandpa?"

With these thoughts in mind, Zhang Fan began to read the parts that he could identify.

"The primordial spirit is a disease!?"

The very first sentence made Zhang Fan's heart tighten.

The notes say that the primordial spirit is a kind of disease, something that is innate, from which all living beings originate, and even the acquired consciousness arises.

However, the innate attributes of the primordial spirit hinder longevity.

Spiritual practice is a form of healing.

By refining away all the impurities within the spirit, one achieves the state of pure, limitless yang.

Only a spirit in this state is not a pathological spirit.

"Was it really left by Grandpa?" Zhang Fan pondered. He had to admit that the viewpoints in the notes were quite novel, and he then continued reading.

Throughout history, there have been countless secrets of sexual cultivation and methods of refining the spirit, but only the [Divine Demon Holy Embryo] and [Three Corpses Illuminating Fate] are the most comprehensive, fully exploring the mysteries of the primordial spirit.

If one wants to cultivate the primordial spirit, one should start with two methods.

Now that the Dharma-ending Age has arrived, the Dao is difficult to sustain, the path to immortality is becoming increasingly difficult, and even the methods of refining the spirit have gone astray.

In my opinion, the process of cultivating the primordial spirit is the process of transforming the primordial spirit.

By extension, the union of the paternal and maternal lines, like the union of yin and yang, is akin to being born of nature, drawing upon a bit of innate essence to give birth to life...

This process aligns with the natural order and is also the creation of the primordial spirit.

In other words, the union of men and women is the most direct and fundamental transformation of the primordial spirit... no, it is creation.

The secret behind this can be found in the "Three Corpses Illuminating Fate".

"The Distraction Technique!?" Zhang Fan's brow furrowed.

One begets two, two begets three, three begets all things...

Father and mother, two beget three, thus giving birth to the newborn primordial spirit.

Everything was so perfect and natural.

Zhang Fan looked at the notes in the journal, and there was even a footnote next to it: The propagation of life is also a kind of alternative longevity. Modern science shows that the life code sequence of an individual is a continuation of the ancestors, encompassing the beginning to the present...

Similarly, interfering with the paternal and maternal lineages' primordial spirits will have a profound impact on the primordial spirits of future generations.

Because of individual differences, the results of cultivation vary from person to person.

The journal entry was written up to this point, and next to it were many dense and extremely complex annotations.

Zhang Fan carefully examined the data and concluded that it was likely the time spent, the effects achieved, and other parameters of different people practicing the same Daoist method.

"Is he conducting an experiment?" Zhang Fan asked thoughtfully.

The notes mention that by interfering with the primordial spirits of the paternal and maternal lines, one can influence the primordial spirits of direct descendants. This influence can even spread among descendants and produce various changes.

However, this influence, this change, is uncontrollable and random.

In a sense, this is not transformation, but cultivation.

They transcended time and space, beginning their cultivation from the past.

It transcends the individual, starting from the parental lineage, or even further back, to begin cultivation.

It is more effective than training from a single individual.

"The Xu family is an excellent example."

Upon seeing this, Zhang Fan's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Grandpa, he..."

Zhang Fan looked at the manuscript in disbelief. Skimming over the messy handwriting, he could sense the madness between the lines.

Zhang Tiansheng's inspiration flowed like a spring, and he constantly wanted to verify the wonderful ideas in his mind.

The Xu family of Chunyang, this lineage is descended from their ancestor Xu, who was born with the talent to cultivate the [Dragon-Slaying Technique]. When this technique is truly mastered, it is no less powerful than the great techniques of Chunyang.

However, according to Zhang Tiansheng's design, if any descendant of the Xu family could transcend the individual, they should be able to surpass the clan's bloodline and his primordial spirit...

"He can inherently restrain the Dragon-Slaying Technique!?" Zhang Fan's gaze darkened slightly.

The ancestral supreme technique, however, has produced an individual among its descendants who is naturally restrained, surpassing the bloodlines of other clans.

Most importantly, this primordial spirit is naturally compatible with Xu Zujian.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Fan's mind became even more active, and he mentioned Xu Zujian in his notes.

That was a pure Yang magic weapon left behind by Xu Zu. Logically speaking, even if one is a descendant of the Xu family, only those who have comprehended the Heavenly Master realm can barely activate and control it.

"When the individual transcends the physical body, the primordial spirit becomes like a scabbard, naturally capable of containing the Xu Ancestral Sword... At that time, as long as one can control this primordial spirit, one can take away the Xu family's pure Yang magic treasure..."

Zhang Tiansheng's crazy idea shocked Zhang Fan. His grandfather had actually been eyeing the Xu family's Pure Yang magic weapon for a long time.

"He won't..."

Zhang Fan flipped through the notes and finally figured out the clues.

"Grandpa, he..."

Zhang Tiansheng chose Xu Xuanxiao and tampered with his primordial spirit.

"Among their direct descendants, there may be changes, which should become apparent within three generations; otherwise, they will remain hidden and difficult to manifest."

As Zhang Fan read this record, a thought struck him, and a figure appeared in his mind.

"Xu Jiuliu!?"

No wonder, when he met Xu Jiuliu at Xiling Mountain that day, he felt that Xu Jiuliu's primordial spirit was special, like a deep, empty valley.

It wasn't that he lacked the talent to cultivate the [Dragon-Slaying Technique], but rather that his primordial spirit was too extraordinary.

He is the "sheath" of the Xu family, capable of receiving the Xu family's "sword".

"Grandpa actually did it," Zhang Fan said in a daze.

Unfortunately, Zhang Tiansheng never witnessed the emergence of the Xu family, a force that transcends the individual. Of course, Xu Jiuliu himself is also unaware of the immense potential he possesses.

"Xu Jiuliu's primordial spirit... can steal Xu Zu's sword!?" Zhang Fan pondered.

He shook his head and continued to look through the notes left by Zhang Tiansheng. The next few pages were too blurry, the ink had blurred and was difficult to read.

Zhang Fan skipped directly to the next page.

Failed!
I failed!

The innate primordial spirit inherently holds the secrets to immortality. Postnatal intervention may create a powerful individual, but it cannot truly unravel the secrets of longevity.

It can only serve as an opportunity.

This approach failed.

As he wrote this, Zhang Tiansheng's emotions calmed down, and his handwriting became much neater. This kind of person's ability to control his emotions is incredibly strong.

Even when faced with failure and setbacks, one can remain calm and composed.

"Didn't they say he left an inheritance? It can't just be this notebook, can it?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but mutter.

Putting aside this note, Xu Jiuliu can be considered a legacy left by Zhang Tiansheng. However, his greatest value lies in the terrifying power hidden within his primordial spirit. It is unknown when he will be able to utilize it.

"Um!?"

Just then, Zhang Fan casually flipped through the notebook, reaching the last two pages. What caught his eye was a drawing of a seed, an extremely strange seed…

The seed's shape is somewhat similar to a brain. "This is..."

Zhang Fan's expression changed as he looked at the annotations in the journal.

Of the nine major internal alchemy methods, except for the ninth method, the practitioners of the other eight methods, after their physical death and the extinction of their Dao, all have [immortal matter] remaining in their bodies, coexisting with the world and never being destroyed, enduring through countless eons without decay.

The Sacred Seed is the immortal substance left behind after the death of a cultivator of the [Divine Demon Sacred Embryo].

"A sacred seed!?" Zhang Fan looked at the seed that resembled a "brain" with a strange expression.

As expected, Zhang Tiansheng's research on the Nine Methods was extremely profound.

In fact, the purpose of his founding the Coffin Carrying Association was to study the Nine Methods and find the legendary Ninth Method.

"Eight kinds of immortal substances, each with its own wonderful uses and countless applications. Here, we will only talk about one of the wonderful uses of the [Sacred Seed]..." Zhang Fan looked at the records in the notebook and couldn't help but perk up.

In fact, he was also a cultivator of the Divine Demon Holy Embryo.

The divine and demonic embryo, its essence is gathered to become the great medicine.

Thoughts can influence the real material world.

If thoughts are the seawater, then matter is the sea waves.

When thoughts arise, the seawater transforms into waves of various shapes, which is the material world we see, the illusory world of mortals.

The so-called fortune is like the rise and fall of the ocean waves.

Thoughts, matter, and fortune are inherently a trinity, inseparable.

In other words, thoughts can influence both matter and fortune.

That's why ordinary people pray to gods and Buddhas. When they have thoughts and intentions, their fortune changes, and in doing so, they can naturally influence the material world.

For example, if someone is insulted and has murderous thoughts in their mind, their luck will change in an instant and plummet. If they turn their murderous thoughts into action and kill the person who humiliated them, they will be punished by law in today's society, imprisoned, and may even be sentenced to death.

A single wrong thought can lead to the decline of one's fortune and even death.

Thoughts, luck, and reality all influence each other.

However, if he immediately becomes aware of and realizes his murderous intent when it arises, his rapidly declining fortune can immediately rebound.

Therefore, Taoism says that changing one's mindset is changing one's fortune.

One of the wonderful uses of the sacred seed is to harvest fortune by replenishing one's thoughts.

"what!?"

Zhang Fan was slightly taken aback. He had always thought that the concept of luck was ethereal and unreal. How could such a thing be harvested?

At this moment, he seemed to have gained a new understanding of the divine and demonic embryo and the mysteries of thought, and immediately continued to flip through the notes.

The next page, however, shows yet another portrait.

That was a portrait of the Water Palace, along with the sandbar where it was located, resembling the shape of an infant. It was situated in a corner of the Water Palace, precisely at the location of the brow and spirit altar.

"The dragon vein of Tianjin, naturally formed and nurtured by the earth!"

"May the Xu family's fortune be blessed by offering prayers at the spirit altar!"

"When the celestial secret arrives, the three realms unite!"

"Your position is invincible; take it as you please!"

The four sentences written next to the portrait of the Water Mansion startled Zhang Fan.

"To remain undefeated, and for you to take what you desire?"

Rumble…

Suddenly, Zhang Fan's brow trembled, and his primordial spirit in his spiritual platform produced a strange fluctuation that slowly spread out.

Then, the scene before them changed; the table transformed into an altar with a flickering flame, like incense smoke drifting on the air.

Upon closer inspection, Zhang Fan realized that within the ball of fire was actually a...

"The Holy Seed!?"

The seed, resembling a brain kernel, was crisscrossed with grooves and emanated an inextinguishable flame, rising imperceptibly like the curling smoke of incense. An invisible, strange power swirled within the quiet room.

"Reciting the prayers at the altar... I understand..."

Sensing the fluctuations in the void, Zhang Fan's eyes suddenly lit up, and a sudden realization dawned on him.

Only now did he realize Zhang Tiansheng's true purpose in building this water palace.

This water palace was inspired by the "natural embryo" and transformed into a magical form, drawing upon the dragon vein energy of the entire Tianjin water dragon to nurture it.

Such an artificially created, naturally born spirit cannot survive.

Therefore, Zhang Tiansheng spent another [Sacred Seed] and adopted the method of reverse incense offering. Through his thoughts, he harvested the Xu family's fortune and created a spiritual platform in this water palace.

It is a naturally born spiritual embryo, but it does not have a primordial spirit.

If a spiritual platform is created, the primordial spirit can reside there...

"The water palace has come to life!" Zhang Fan's eyes lit up.

Zhang Tiansheng is simply incredibly intelligent and has a spirit as vast as the ocean.

Such a heaven-defying act, if it were to create an artificial, naturally born spiritual embryo, although it could not compare to a truly naturally born spiritual embryo, would allow the entire dragon vein of Tianjin to be mobilized and utilized once this water palace came to life.

At that time, the location of this water palace was virtually invincible.

"The dragon vein nurtures the infant, the fortune creates the spiritual embryo, and when the time is right, heaven, earth, and humanity unite in harmony..."

"That's brilliant!" Zhang Fan murmured softly.

This quiet room is the spiritual altar.

Now, he is the primordial spirit within this spiritual platform; once he resides there, once he merges with it...

This water palace is essentially his body.

As long as we are on this sandbar, as long as we are in this underwater palace...

He was an invincible figure.

"I knew Grandpa couldn't have left us nothing."

Zhang Fan's gaze became intense. His brow twitched, his primordial spirit manifested, and he swallowed the sacred seed that resembled a "brain."

Rumble…

The black and white energies around his primordial spirit surged and boiled, and a terrifying aura surged wildly, as if true fire was descending, passing through the Crimson Palace and entering the Mysterious Palace.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Fan's inner core manifested, spinning wildly within the primordial spirit fire, and condensing once more.

In the blink of an eye, his inner core shrank, and a third golden pattern appeared on it.

The three cycles of internal alchemy.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Fan stepped into the final barrier of the first major level of the Zhai Shou realm. His power, his cultivation, and his realm continued to break through and surge.

At the same time, he sat cross-legged on the altar, as if resonating with the entire water palace. In the darkness, endless fortune surged in like a rainbow and poured into his body.

Rumble…

Suddenly, the sky was filled with swirling clouds, and streaks of lightning ripped through the heavens.

On the river, the raging sea churned, and the entire sandbar where the water palace was located suddenly trembled.

"What...what's going on?"

Outside the Water Mansion, Xu Jiuzhi, Xu Jiuliu, Xu Yinhe, Xu Yindeng, and Xu Mingjing all changed their expressions. They stared intently at the corner tower of the Water Mansion, wondering what had happened, but they felt that a terrifying change was quietly taking place.

Meanwhile, in Tianjin, in an old house.

An old man was tending to the flowers and plants in the yard when suddenly he looked up sharply in one direction.

"Dad, Dad, the kettle..."

Just then, Xu Qiaosheng's hand holding the kettle stopped in mid-air, but the old man did not come to take it.

"Dad, what are you looking at?" Xu Qiaosheng couldn't help but follow the old man's gaze and look over.

However, the sky remained clear and the weather was as usual.

"Wow wow wow..."

Suddenly, Xu Xuanxiao's expression changed drastically, and a deep look of shock welled up in his cloudy eyes.

At that moment, he heard a strange cry, like a baby falling to the ground, like the workings of nature.

(End of this chapter)