My Mythical Path to Immortality in Another World

The serpent vine sensed an unusual aura. In reality, it was because the evil cultivator's cultivation method lacked the foundation of a karmic star. Ordinary people would not be able to perceive such anomalies. However, since Zhao Xuan placed great emphasis on the ability to sense in the cultivation of the serpent vine, this was a crucial factor.

A series of stirring piano notes rang out. Zhao Xuan twitched his eye. If he wasn't mistaken, this piece was "Phoenix Seeking its Mate" from the Nine Songs of Phoenix's Nest.

I wonder how Zhao Qing would feel if he knew that the woman who accepted him was a member of a cult, and that she already knew his identity and was playing hard to get.

With a light tap of his bamboo staff, a green orb appeared and flew toward the Zhao residence. Zhao Xuan decided to leave the trouble to his father; the danger was gone, but what remained was trouble.

Back at Bailing Garden, Zhao Xuan sat on a chair woven from snake vines and continued his fishing business.

I'm getting closer and closer to the second level of the "flower blooms in an instant" stage, so I should take this opportunity to fully appreciate it.

There are three ways to develop supernatural powers: qualitative change, tracing back to the source, and concept.

For example, the way a flower blooms in an instant is to compress the Wood Spirit, sublimate it into Wood Evil Qi, Wood Evil Qi sublimates into Wood Emperor Qi, Wood Emperor Qi sublimates into Azure Dragon Qi, Azure Dragon Qi sublimates into Azure Emperor Qi, and Azure Emperor Qi sublimates into Creation Qi.

The way to trace the source is to seek the origin of supernatural powers, and the origin of supernatural powers is the law. To comprehend supernatural powers from the perspective of the law is to trace the source.

Next comes the concept. Taking the moment a flower blooms as an example, the moment a flower blooms transforms the spiritual energy between heaven and earth into evolution, perfecting the concept of spiritual energy, and making everything that conforms to the concept of spiritual energy nourish the growth of supernatural powers.

Of course, in the end, all paths of cultivation lead to the same goal: complete mastery of supernatural powers.

Zhao Xuan's current method of enlightenment is based on concepts.

The vitality of plants is the spirit of wood. Zhao Xuan, who has already incorporated the spirit of wood into the concept of the spirit of flowers blooming, will next incorporate the spirit of water.

So I often stay by the water to fish.

To master the water spirit, one must first be able to sense its existence and then capture it. Zhao Xuan slowly infused his wood spirit insights into the artificial lake to stimulate the water spirit energy within it.

In addition to mutual generation and mutual restraint, the five elements also have mutual harm and mutual affection.

Water nourishes wood, but the reverse is that wood harms water.

The Wood Spirit will strip the Water Spirit of its spiritual energy. When the Wood Spirit energy merges into the artificial lake, the Water Spirit energy in the artificial lake will instinctively resist and gather, making the Water Spirit energy more active. That is Zhao Xuan's opportunity to sense and capture it.

One of the easier aspects of controlling a Wood Spirit is that it can be quantified using vitality. By using its own life force as a standard, it can divide the time into one year, two years, three years, and so on, and then gradually gain control.

Water spirit is difficult to quantify because, unlike something like vitality, it is not solidified within the body of a living being, but rather diffuses throughout the entire body of water.

As the wood elemental energy gradually spread, the scattered water elemental energy in the artificial lake began to gather together, eventually forming a ball of light radiating a gentle aura.

The ball of light kept spinning, repelling the invading wood spirit energy.

Zhao Xuan kept his mind focused on the changes in the light sphere. After an unknown period of time, a sudden inspiration struck him, and a talisman emitting a strange aura appeared next to the light sphere, absorbing the light sphere into the talisman.

After absorbing the light sphere, the talisman fell into Zhao Xuan's sea of ​​consciousness.

This talisman is the essence of the flower blooming in an instant, and is known as a supernatural talisman.

The supernatural talisman that fell into Zhao Xuan's sea of ​​consciousness emitted a strange aura and merged with Zhao Xuan's mental power, giving Zhao Xuan's mental power an even more profound power.

After opening his eyes, Zhao Xuan lightly touched the surface of the artificial lake. After a mysterious ripple, a small golden flower appeared on the lake surface, which Zhao Xuan inhaled.

After Jin Hua entered Zhao Xuan's control, she transformed into a force that spread throughout his limbs, bones, and internal organs. Zhao Xuan's blood and qi became more agile, and then his aura changed, entering a new stage.

Zhao Xuan took a deep breath, stood up, and casually swung his fists and feet a few times, feeling that his strength had increased a lot.

Until he not only comprehended the second level of the Flower Blooming Moment, but also increased his cultivation level by one rank, becoming an eighth-rank cultivator.

Achieving two ranks in three years isn't fast, but it's not slow either; Zhao Xuan was still quite satisfied.

The cultivation of karmic stars consists of two parts: the Way and the Practice, which together are called the Way and Practice.

The Way is the understanding gained through cultivation, and Action is the realization of that understanding as power.

If there is a Way but no practice, the Way is not the Way; if there is practice but no Way, the practice is not practice.

No matter how profound your insights are, if you can't transform them into power, then your path is wrong.

No matter how strong you are, without the support of enlightenment, your power is illusory.

When false power encounters power that aligns with the Tao, it is like a flower in a mirror or the moon's reflection in water—it shatters at the slightest touch.

As the cycle of the sixty-year cycle continues, and the years bring both prosperity and decline, the standard for each rank is sixty years of spiritual cultivation.

Zhao Xuan carefully assessed his own condition. First, his vitality had increased by half, from 120 years to 180 years. The moment the flower bloomed, his spiritual energy aligned with his, and it also improved accordingly.

Basic combat strength has been upgraded to rank eight, but regular combat strength remains at rank six.

After a month or two, the basic combat strength can be improved to the seventh rank. After all, it takes time to accumulate water spirit energy and then use the Golden Flower Enlightenment to improve comprehension.

The level of regular combat power at the sixth rank should continue for some time, since there is still a qualitative leap to be made between the lower and middle third ranks.

Summoning the vines, one by one, vine balls sprouted from the ground, each spitting out a person.

One of those captured by the serpentine tendrils was named Song Er, a seventh-rank cultivator.

After the snake vines were released, Song Er slowly woke up. Sensing something was wrong, a large knife immediately appeared in his hand as he warily looked at Zhao Xuan.

Without further ado, he slashed at Zhao Xuan with his sword, a red blade of energy flying swiftly towards him.

At the same time, he exerted force with his feet and moved closer to Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Xuan brandished a green bamboo staff, and black snowflakes filled with the aura of annihilation flew out. The incoming sword energy was touched by the snowflakes and instantly dissipated.

"The Method of Using a Staff to Awaken Insects" - Heavy Snow. The coldest time of the twenty-four solar terms, when heavy snow covers everything and all things are silent.

With a series of swings of his green bamboo staff, black snowflakes fell like goose feathers, landing on Song Er's body. Just as Song Er approached Zhao Xuan, he suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"The Method of Using a Staff to Ward Off Insects" - Great Cold. Heavy snow seems to seal away the world, extinguishing all life.

Seeing Song Er fall to the ground, Zhao Xuan chuckled and lightly tapped Song Er's chest with his bamboo cane.

Song Er, who had fallen to the ground, regained warmth and vitality.

"The Staff Technique for Awakening Insects" - Spring Rain. Spring comes and winter goes, nature bestows life, endlessly.

The serpentine tendrils swallowed Song Er again, and then spat out another person, Tian Shi, who was the most powerful among the group, a fifth-rank cultivator.

Tian Shi woke up faster and was smarter than Song Er. He lay on the ground pretending to be dead, but Zhao Xuan knew this all too well.

With a single thrust of the staff, countless shadows followed, pouring out like a torrential rain.

Sensing danger, Tian Shi flipped over and leaped up. A large umbrella appeared above his head, blocking the shadow of the staff. He was about to speak.

Zhao Xuan suddenly changed his stance, unleashing a torrential downpour of staff shadows that stretched out like a celestial river, instantly crushing Tian Shi to the ground, rendering him unconscious.

"The Staff Method for Awakening of Insects" - Lesser Heat. Yin and Yang are in harmony, water vapor rises into the sky, and heavy rain begins to fall.

"The Staff Technique for Awakening Insects" - Great Heat. Gale-force winds and torrential rains, thunder and lightning, rivers bursting their banks.

After the snake vines took Tian Shi away, Zhao Xuan began to seriously contemplate the matter.

With the return of the water elemental energy, the power of the staff techniques related to water in the "Awakening of Insects Staff Technique" has been enhanced, especially the Great Cold and Great Heat techniques, which are now close to the power of the Awakening of Insects technique.

Moreover, due to the harmonization of the water elemental energy, the recovery-type staff techniques are more integrated.

He praised the serpent vine and casually transformed the water vapor condensed from the true meaning of the staff technique into water spirits, which he then bestowed upon the serpent vine. The serpent vine swayed happily and its body was drawn into the ground behind it.

Zhao Xuan knew that although the snake vine was already at the third rank, it was actually a forced improvement by himself, and his foundation was unstable, so he was not as good as a normal third-rank cultivator.

The five elements are wood, fire, earth, water, and metal, and are divided into ten categories based on yin and yang: Jia wood, Yi wood, Bing fire, Ding fire, Wu earth, Ji earth, Ren water, Gui water, Geng metal, and Xin metal.

Humans are generally in a balance of the five elements and ten categories, but plants are rarely in a balance of the five elements and ten categories.

Snake vine is a Yin-attribute plant with four superdimensional attributes: Yi Wood, Gui Water, Ji Earth, and Xin Metal.

That's why they prey on flesh and blood creatures in order to balance their own yin energy.

This is why, when resources are plentiful, plant spirits can cultivate faster than humans.

If we compare the body to a container, the Five Elements and Ten Categories of Yin and Yang are like a hollow glass ball. You have to try every possible way to fill it with water, and it's very difficult to expand the container.

On the contrary, there is a bucket, into which you can pour water as you like, and to expand it, you only need to increase the height of the bucket.

One seeks the Dharma internally, the other seeks the Dharma externally.

However, this also results in insufficient potential for plants. Once they reach a certain level, they will completely stop advancing and be gradually overtaken by humans.

After following Zhao Xuan, Zhao Xuan naturally wouldn't allow him to eat people, as he had a psychological barrier to it.

However, Zhao Xuan's supernatural ability, Golden Flower Transformation, transforms into wood spirit energy that is balanced in yin and yang, which can balance the cold yin energy of the snake vine through quantitative adjustment.

Furthermore, through enlightenment through the Golden Flower, the Wood Qi of the Serpent Vine is enlightened, evolving towards a perfect level of Yin-Yang balance, gradually completing the attributes of the Serpent Vine.

With the wood element of the snake vine already completed, Zhao Xuan, now capable, naturally began to supplement its water element.

The four superdimensional attributes also endowed the serpent vine with four abilities.

These are Yi Wood's rapid recovery, Gui Water's bewitching poison, Ji Earth's soul-devouring power, and Xin Metal's unbreakable resilience.

This is why a group of people were subdued instantly. The vines, which cannot be broken by humans, made it difficult to break free, and the roots, which had entered the body, caused a bewitching poison to take effect, immediately causing them to lose consciousness.

Although the snake vines cultivated under these circumstances have lost their ferocity and have an unstable foundation, making them inferior to normal third-grade cultivators, they retain their pure spirituality, and their four abilities actually surpass those of normal third-grade snake vines.

Their ability to wage a protracted war surpasses that of a normal third-grade cultivator.

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