My Mythical Path to Immortality in Another World

Zhao Xuan does indeed want to condense the Dao Fruit to transform into an innate body, but he will not destroy the foundation of the Mythical Great Luo.

Rather than saying it's about condensing the Dao Fruit to transform into an innate body, it's more accurate to say it's about condensing a clone of an innate body.

Therefore, Zhao Xuan would not condense the Dao Fruit himself, but instead merge the power of Yin and Yang creation with his elephant body clone.

The reason for choosing the elephant body is that among the nine major manifestations, the reward body, response body, karmic body, golden body, merit body, and virtue body are for transferring cause and effect.

The greatest cause and effect between humanity and the human way, and even between the two ways of heaven and earth, is the cause and effect of creation.

In other words, the three paths endow living beings with form, life, soul, kinship, recognition, and so on.

The Dharmakaya, Elephant Body, and Dao Body, on the other hand, sever the connection to and control the cause and effect of creation.

Or, to put it another way, the Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, Kalpakaya, Kalpakaya, Kalpakaya, and Kalpakaya carry past causes and effects, while the Dharmakaya, Phenomena, and Taokaya carry future causes and effects.

There is an old saying among humans: "The final judgment is made after the coffin is closed." The clone repays the cause and effect of the birth, the body should raise children to inherit the cause and effect, and the golden body should interact with others to fulfill the cause and effect. At this point, the clone disappears.

Afterwards, one should settle accounts for the events of one's previous life, including the karmic consequences of one's evil deeds, the karmic consequences of one's good deeds, and the karmic consequences of one's virtuous conduct.

Thus, his life and death are definitively settled, and he is no longer bound by cause and effect.

However, cultivators are not truly isolated from the world. Cultivation requires absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, comprehending the laws of heaven and earth, and understanding the great Dao of heaven and earth.

All things are created to nourish man, and man has nothing to repay to heaven.

The cause and effect of the Dharma body responding to Qi, the cause and effect of the image body responding to the Dharma, and the cause and effect of the Dao body responding to the Dao.

The causes and effects of the past have already been carried over, so these three avatars correspond to the causes and effects of the future.

Condensing the Dao Fruit of Transformation requires a large number of principles and methods, so condensing it through the form of an elephant is the most suitable method.

Zhao Xuan's elephant form was not human, but a flesh-and-blood azure dragon.

The elephant in the elephant body is itself the elephant of the practitioner's practice, because the practitioner's image is the embodiment of principles and laws.

Each azure dragon image of a cultivator of the Human Emperor Path is a manifestation of the cultivator's thirty-six Jiazi of cultivation. The thirty-six grades of the Three Treasures contain the principles and laws. Although the number of Three Treasures does not increase with each split, the number of principles and laws within them increases, thus increasing the total number.

Although the cultivator's personal Three Treasures have not improved, the magical power refined through cultivation inherently contains the three great substances of emptiness, immortality, and creation contained within spiritual energy.

Therefore, it can be said that the image of a cultivator is constructed from the Three Treasures of oneself as bones, principles and laws as blood, and magical power as flesh.

However, the flesh, blood, bone marrow and marrow of the elephant's body are all constructed from principles and the three major substances.

Zhao Xuan transformed his three treasures, which fused with the power of Yin and Yang, into a Dao seed, then wrapped it with one hundred and eight Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Divine Power Talismans and transferred it into the elephant's body.

As if receiving some kind of command, the elephant's body melted and transformed into a huge lotus flower. The 108 Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Divine Power Talismans transformed into a lotus seedpod, while the Three Treasures, which carried the power of 300 million creations, transformed into a lotus seed.

As a mysterious aura rippled, the lotus flowers gathered, enveloping the lotus pods and seeds, just like a flower bud about to bloom.

The Dharma body, the Tao body, the merit body, the virtue body, the karma body, the golden body, and the manifest body all appeared one after another, transforming into lotus stems and leaves, while the reward body transformed into lotus roots.

Finally, the nine clones formed a complete lotus plant with seven lotus leaves, a flower bud, and a lotus seedpod, floating in the air.

Countless spiritual energies swayed with the lotus stem, gathering together to form a pond, supporting the growth of the lotus.

In Zhao Xuan's perception, the lotus root that his body had transformed into grew roots and was frantically absorbing the spiritual liquid in the pond to nourish its branches and leaves. The seven lotus leaves acted as a filter, removing non-creational principles and sending creational principles into the lotus buds along with the lotus stem.

The longing emanating from the lotus bud told Zhao Xuan that the principles of creation required to complete the Yin-Yang Creation Dao Fruit were far too numerous, and that the energy absorbed instinctively from heaven and earth was far from sufficient to meet the demand.

Zhao Xuan tore open the void, and the figure of the serpentine appeared beside him.

"My lord," the serpentine bowed slightly, then looked at the lotus flower.

He instantly understood Zhao Xuan's intention, and his personal cave opened, with endless Three Lights Divine Water flowing into the pond like a long river.

The lotus root that the body transformed into grew a hundred times larger, and the lotus leaves that the other avatars transformed into also expanded a hundred times, frantically absorbing the creative energy in the Three Lights Divine Water to nourish the growth of the Yin-Yang Creation Dao Fruit.

Three hundred years later, the lotus flower bloomed again. At the center of the lotus flower was a small lotus platform, and on the platform were nine lotus seeds.

Eight slightly smaller lotus seeds surrounded the central, slightly larger lotus seed, which emitted black and white light.

The eight smaller lotus seeds, through the absorption and transmission of principles, further filtered the principles, passing on the purest principles of creation and destruction to the black and white lotus seed in the middle.

Zhao Xuan looked at the snake vine, which seemed slightly helpless. It poured out tens of millions of cubic meters of Three Lights Divine Water from its own cave, and the cave closed, refusing to open again no matter what.

Zhao Xuan laughed heartily. The serpentine vine condensed its domain into a grotto-heaven, but there were still two great gods, the Enlightenment Tea Tree and the Source Blood Divine Tree, inside the grotto-heaven, so it was not something he could do at will.

The Three Lights Divine Water is the sustenance for the Enlightenment Tea Tree and the Origin Blood Divine Tree. This time, the Serpent Vine took out so much of the Three Lights Divine Water that it displeased the two great gods, who then sealed off the cave.

This kind of thing happened once three hundred years ago.

Fortunately, the law within the Serpent Vine Cave Heaven is to absorb external spiritual energy to condense the Three Lights Divine Water, so the Three Lights Divine Water can be restored quickly.

Zhao Xuan waved his hand, and three tri-colored crystals and three nine-colored crystals floated out of the pond and were presented to the snake vine.

The snake was about to catch the crystals when the cave suddenly opened, and a tea leaf flew out, wrapped the six crystals in it, and disappeared.

Then, hundreds of millions of cubic meters of the Three Lights Divine Water flowed out of the cave again before it closed up once more.

The snake looked at Zhao Xuan with even more helplessness, while Zhao Xuan laughed out loud.

The Three Lights Divine Water can restore all vitality and naturally contains the aura of the laws of creation.

However, among these auras of creation, the creation of the Three Powers is the primary one, supplemented by the creation of the Four Symbols and the Five Elements, with the creation of the Two Forms being secondary.

The Dao Fruit absorbed the Yin-Yang Creation Qi from the Three Lights Divine Water, and the remaining Qi of the Three Powers Creation, Four Symbols Creation, and Five Elements Creation condensed into two types of crystals.

Three-colored crystals are the condensation of the creative energy of the Three Powers (Heaven, Earth, and Man), while nine-colored crystals are the condensation of the creative energy of the Four Symbols and the Five Elements.

They are all top-tier spiritual objects.

It can help living beings comprehend the Tao and even elevate their origins, especially having the greatest effect on plant spirits.

Only one hundred million cubic meters of the Three Lights Divine Water could condense into one three-colored Creation Crystal and one nine-colored Crystal.

These two types of crystals are of little use to Zhao Xuan, but they are of great use to the Serpent Vine, the Enlightenment Tea Tree, and the Source Blood Divine Tree.

However, despite possessing a large amount of the Three Lights Divine Water, they were unable to condense pure Creation Crystals.

Even if it weren't for this transformation of the Dao Fruit, which absorbed the aura of Yin and Yang creation and purified the Three Lights Divine Water, it would have been even more remarkable.

Even with the Wuji version of Golden Flower Spirit Transformation, it would take Zhao Xuan a thousand years to condense a Creation Crystal.

With the Creation Crystal now available, the Enlightenment Tea Tree and the Source Blood Divine Tree no longer felt the pinch of the Three Lights Divine Water. The Three Lights Divine Water accumulated over thousands of years in the Serpent Vine Cave Heaven had been almost completely used up.

Nine hundred years later, the Three Lights Divine Water in the pond had been almost completely depleted, and now the pond showed signs of decay, with a layer of "silt" covering the bottom.

The lotus root was almost rotten in the mud.

A thin layer of water covered the silt, the lotus leaves lay scattered and limp on the silt, the lotus flowers had withered, and only a lotus stem remained to support the seedpod, which was still relatively firm.

However, it seems unlikely that it can hold out for much longer.

The lotus pod was almost shriveled, and of the nine lotus seeds, only the middle one still exuded a sense of life, while the remaining eight had turned into a dusty gray.

Zhao Xuan knew that this was the standard for the Dao Seed to successfully transform.

The two principles of Yin and Yang govern the two aspects of creation and destruction, which in the context of plants correspond to the two aspects of flourishing and withering.

The nine avatars transform into lotus roots, lotus leaves, and lotus flowers to nurture the Dao seed, and thus are affected by the two phases of flourishing and withering.

Ninety years later, the lotus seed that had been transformed from the Dao seed trembled, and a mysterious aura swept across the pond. The lotus root, lotus leaves, lotus flower, lotus pod, and the remaining eight lotus seeds all turned to ashes and fell into the mud.

The snake vine looked nervously at the pond, but Zhao Xuan didn't care at all.

By condensing the Dao Fruit and transforming the Dao Seed, it absorbs immeasurable spiritual energy, thus forging an immeasurable karmic bond with heaven and earth.

The lotus roots, leaves, flowers, and pods, formed from the nine avatars and one hundred and eight supernatural talismans, bore this cause and effect in place of the Dao seed. Their transformation into ashes was simply their natural course.

The lotus seed that the Dao seed transformed into fell into the mud and then quickly took root and sprouted.

Six years later, it has grown into a new lotus plant.

Zhao Xuan pointed and uttered softly, "Red flower," "Green leaf," and "White jade lotus root."

As soon as the words were spoken, the lotus flowers, lotus leaves, and lotus roots detached and flew out of the pond, transforming into nine figures.

The nine figures bore a striking resemblance to Zhao Xuan, representing his nine avatars.

After the nine clones appeared, they all breathed a sigh of relief; the taste of death was not pleasant.

The nine clones have already died once, and their self-awareness has been plunged into endless darkness for 1,296 years.

Fortunately, the Seed of Creation had been formed, and through reforging, the nine avatars returned with the help of Creation.

The nine clones looked at Zhao Xuan with resentment, making Zhao Xuan feel a little embarrassed.

I admit I acted rather dishonestly.

The Buddhist saying "All phenomena are empty, only cause and effect are not empty" is not just something Buddhists say for show.

In some ways, cause and effect is more terrifying than karma.

Karma is the evil result of evil causes, and merit is the good result of good causes, but the result of cause and effect is not only karma and merit.

Cause and effect are like doing good or bad deeds. Merit is the reward for doing good deeds, while karma is the punishment for doing bad deeds.

Do not mention good causes.

You create a bad karma when you know you've done something wrong and it's been recorded.

You know you will be punished, but you don't know how or when the punishment will come.

It's like a wanted criminal who has been arrested but hasn't yet gone through a court trial.

You don't know how severe your sentence will be, or what kind of impact it will have on your loved ones. You might as well die than experience that.

Even heavy karma is only equivalent to a fine; there are even heavier punishments above it.

The karmic retribution is like being fined; at least you can rest easy.

If you don't bear the karmic consequences, then you're just waiting to commit even bigger mistakes and be severely punished.

Therefore, practitioners often avoid unknown causes and effects as much as possible.

Zhao Xuan hadn't expected such a severe punishment to be completely erased this time. You have to understand that karmic fire is equivalent to exile, and whether you live or die depends entirely on your own abilities.

Erasing, on the other hand, is like slow slicing, which not only takes your life but also makes you suffer endless pain until you die.

Even after death, a living being retains its own spiritual essence, which is your soul. After the spiritual essence, there is also the instinctual spiritual essence, and reincarnation is the rebirth of the instinctual spiritual essence.

Erasure, on the other hand, means eliminating even the instinctive spirituality, leaving only a spirituality devoid of anything.

When a person dies, they become a ghost; when a ghost dies, it becomes a demon; when a demon dies, it becomes a rabbit; and when a rabbit dies, it becomes a barbarian.

Erasure means losing everything and becoming a part of the unknown.

This is why Zhao Xuan, as the original body, is still alive, and the spirituality of the clone cannot be erased; otherwise, it would have become a part of Xi Yi.

However, precisely because the original body still existed, after the clone's form was erased, the self's spirituality directly entered the realm of the ethereal.

There was no information in Xi Yi, which was like being trapped in an absolutely silent and dark room to the clone.

However, seeing the resentful look in the elephant's eyes, Zhao Xuan suddenly felt justified.

"You've all received so many benefits, what's wrong with suffering a little? Especially Elephant Body, you're practically a Primordial Saint now, and you still have the nerve to complain." Zhao Xuan glared at his clone and cursed.

Then the clones were taken aback and began to look at the elephant's body.

The elephant was immediately subjected to verbal and written criticism.

Zhao Xuan gave the serpent a wink, and the serpent immediately understood, quietly spreading out countless roots that wrapped around the pond formed when his clone was nurturing the Dao Fruit. Then, it disappeared into the cave with Zhao Xuan.

When they arrived, Zhao Xuan and the snake vine were already inside the snake vine's cave.

The Serpent's Cave Heaven was the best-managed cave heaven that Zhao Xuan discovered after visiting hundreds of cave heavens.

Everywhere you look, there are rare and exotic plants, and rare birds and animals.

Looking around, one sees a riot of flowers, a dazzling array of colors, each vying for attention; and lush, verdant grass stretching as far as the eye can see.

The exotic flowers and plants were all different in shape; some resembled dragons emerging from the sea, some looked like phoenixes rising from the ashes, and others seemed like fairies dancing gracefully, a sight to behold.

The rare birds and animals flitted and frolicked among the trees, leisurely foraged among the flowers, or proudly displayed their magnificent feathers and agile figures. They complemented their surroundings perfectly, creating a vivid and lively natural landscape.

What is particularly striking is that two towering trees, reaching into the clouds, stand on the east and west sides of the cave.

These two large trees, with their lush foliage, block out the sun and seem to have traveled from ancient times, exuding an ancient and majestic aura.