My Mythical Path to Immortality in Another World

However, Haoyu Village was not yet wealthy enough for its villagers to be able to lie down comfortably, so Wang Yangming brought in outside help—Zhenhai City.

After the Great Zhao Dynasty unified China, although various cultivators began to build Pure Lands and more villages and towns appeared among the human race,

However, the idea that imperial power does not extend to the countryside still exists in this world. The benefits that can be created at the village and town level are too small to warrant sending too many people to manage them.

Therefore, it is subject to the autonomy of the prefectures and counties.

When Zhao Xuan built the fishing village, it was completely fabricated; it didn't even have a name, so naturally it wasn't under his jurisdiction.

Moreover, even if someone knew that there was a new fishing village here, they would turn a blind eye because there was really no profit to be made from it.

However, after Wang Yangming and others arrived, they built new fishing boats and converted farmland for planting.

Gradually, surplus value was generated, and this surplus value was what the upper class needed.

Unregulated plunder is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs; ordinary people, because of their short lives, need to collect as much profit as possible for themselves.

However, an official of a dynasty, regardless of rank, must be a cultivator to suppress evil; otherwise, he is considered unworthy of his position.

Those who cultivate themselves have long lifespans, and killing the goose that lays the golden eggs means that they may suffer greater losses than ordinary people at any time.

Therefore, the higher-ups will not exploit the fishing village, but will instead focus on expanding the village's market share.

So they began to support the development of the fishing village and sent more people to manage it.

This leads to order.

The maintenance of order protects the interests of the majority, leaving less room for the selfish desires of the four evils to develop.

After that, Zhao Xuan knew that the Four Evils clones would definitely fail, because the new order of the fishing village was connected to a larger order collective outside, and the Four Evils clones could not break this order no matter what.

The phrases "great treachery appears as loyalty, and great loyalty appears as treachery" popped into Zhao Xuan's mind. When the minority cannot resist the majority, going with the flow is the way to act.

It's just that the opportunity is gone. If the four evil clones want to succeed, they have to take the path of being treacherous but appearing loyal, and put on a moral cloak to carry out their actions.

However, when you put on the cloak of morality, it means that you have already admitted that you are inferior to morality and need to rely on the power of morality.

The moment you start to doubt yourself because you can't keep up with me, how can you not fail?

This may be the true meaning of the saying that good will always triumph over evil.

The demon king said to the Buddha: In the Dharma-ending Age, my demonic children and grandchildren will wear your robes, enter your temples, and corrupt your followers. I will be wherever you are, until my descendants are everywhere.

The Buddha replied: Then you cannot do anything to me. At that time, my true disciples will take off their robes, put on plain clothes, and enter the mortal world! After one lifetime of cultivation, the mortal world will also be a temple, and the family will be a place of practice! And the temple will be a prison for your demonic children and grandchildren.

The four evils are the demon king, and the five virtues are the Buddha.

The scope of the Four Evils is too narrow, always lagging behind the Five Virtues.

When they are still obsessed with their own desires, they can only rely on themselves.

The Five Virtues Qi then set its sights on all the villagers in the fishing villages, binding their interests together so that all the villagers could become their strength.

While the Four Evils targeted the villagers and began to win them over, the Five Virtues turned their attention to the outside world and attracted more forces.

The four evils are always one step behind the five virtues; they cannot escape the cage in their hearts and are trapped within it.

Zhao Xuan then stopped paying attention to the fishing village and began to enter seclusion.

The sacred way encompasses all things and guides the way of education.

To educate others, you must earn their trust; to earn their trust, you must reduce your own selfish desires.

The mindset of all those who follow the holy path is to minimize their own selfish desires.

The Holy Path is a path that relies on the Human Emperor's Path, which in turn is a path that relies on the human race, and the human race is the main body of the Human Path.

The Saintly Mindset is essentially about elevating the status of humanity in one's own heart, and using courage, self-respect, honor, self-improvement, and other qualities to suppress one's own selfish desires.

However, their selfish desires did not disappear; they were merely suppressed.

As personal desires increase with the power that living beings control, once a certain level is reached, the power of the holy path gradually becomes insufficient to suppress one's personal desires.

The imperial way is to govern the world, and the world is composed of countless individuals.

Therefore, the way of the emperor emphasizes clear observation, punishment, and balance.

With a mind that clearly observes all things, one can understand everything.

Punish all disharmony, so that all things may reach a state of balance.

This is also a way to reduce internal friction.

Both the perfect state of mind of the Saintly Path and the perfect state of mind of the Emperor Path can enable practitioners to reach the level of Great Samadhi, while the merging of the two states of mind can enable practitioners to reach the state of Constant Samadhi.

The state of meditative absorption is both related to and unrelated to one's level of cultivation. It is unrelated because, regardless of your level of cultivation, the state of meditative absorption only determines the level to which you can bring your cultivation to its full potential.

The higher one's cultivation level, the more methods one can master.

These methods exceed the power that can be controlled by a meditative state of mind. Without the mental discipline to suppress this power beyond the meditative state, practitioners are prone to developing evil thoughts.

This can lead to a decline in mood.

The power Zhao Xuan possessed was far too different from his state of mind, which often caused his thoughts to wander.

After all, what determines one's thoughts is the power of the soul, that is, the power of the divine essence.

The excess power also includes divine energy, which is one's own power rebelling, making it difficult for cultivators to control.

Those at the Great Samadhi level have less than 50% control over their power, so they are unable to resist when other forces backfire.

Once you reach the stable level, you have more than 50% control over your own power, and you can suppress any backlash from other forces.

Just like when Zhao Xuan was affected by the power of emptiness, his own power rebelled once, which was the dragon beneath the lake of his heart.

However, compared to the malice buried in Zhao Xuan's heart, the power of rebellion was insignificant.

If Zhao Xuan hadn't planned ahead, he would have been powerless to retaliate when these malicious acts triggered a backlash against him.

Compared to the true spirit, these powers are insignificant and can be destroyed with a flick of the finger.

True spirits are beings at the level of Dao attainment. Only by reaching the level of Dao attainment can they continue to exist under the cleansing of the Heavenly Dao. To put it bluntly, their power is on par with the Heavenly Dao.

Even though the Heavenly Dao is a branch of the Great Dao and can mobilize a portion of the Great Dao's power and authority, once they reach the Dao's zenith, their power belongs entirely to themselves, and they are unharmed unless the Great Dao intervenes personally.

If Zhao Xuan cannot transform his mindset, he will find it difficult to cultivate the imperial mindset.

However, not being able to cultivate oneself does not mean one cannot achieve enlightenment.

Zhao Xuan's mind sank into the darkness, and under the call of the true spirit, he once again arrived at the Dao Ruins.

The so-called Dao Ruins is the place where the Great Dao sleeps, and the True Spirit also sleeps there.

This place is beyond the reach of the three paths: the Heavenly Path, the Earthly Path, and the Human Path.

The mind of a practitioner is also reflected in it.

Zhao Xuan connected his mind with his true spirit, and a figure appeared in the lake of his heart.

This figure is Zhao Xuan's true spirit.

Zhao Xuan's shattered true spirit had no autonomy whatsoever, but it was like a central processing unit.

When Zhao Xuan entered the True Spirit with his mind, it was like giving the central processing unit a calculation program.

If Zhao Xuan's soul is like a mobile phone's central processing unit, then Zhao Xuan's true spirit is like a supercomputer's central processing unit.

After Zhao Xuan's mind sank into his true spirit, his true spirit opened its eyes.

Zhao Xuan's true spirit pierced through the barrier of the Heart Lake, penetrated the endless void, and saw the original body's true spirit imprint.

The original body's true spirit mark seemed to sense Zhao Xuan's true spirit's gaze and emitted a mysterious light.

That light seemed to conceal endless mysteries: the birth and death of time and space, the cycle of all things, the rotation of yin and yang, the rising and setting of the sun and moon... all were contained within this light.

Zhao Xuan's true spirit received this information and began to emit a mysterious light.

Zhao Xuan's soul was constantly receiving profound nourishment within the True Spirit.

One year, two years, three years...

As Zhao Xuan comprehended the profound mysteries, his true spirit, like the sun high in the sky, began to ripple across the lake of his heart.

Wisps of gas emerged from the heart lake, surged into the sky, and slowly condensed into layers of clouds and mist.

These were the distracting thoughts in Zhao Xuan's mind, extracted by the true spirit and manifested as clouds and mist.

Things that are intangible and without substance are difficult to understand, but once they are manifested, they can be understood.

As the clouds and mist piled up, a phantom celestial palace appeared above them, seemingly within reach yet also ethereal and uncertain.

Zhao Xuan's spirit emerged from the great sun, transformed into a human figure, entered the Heavenly Palace, and sat on the Nine Dragon Throne in the sky.

The moment the figure sat on the nine-dragon throne, the clouds in the sky rippled with red glow, purple mist, golden light, and a thousand auspicious wisps, combining to form a rainbow that connected to the Heavenly Palace.

Countless figures emerged from the clouds and entered the Heavenly Palace, standing beneath the figure seated on the Nine-Dragon Throne.

At the same time, the Thirty-Sixth Grade Creation Lotus that had been floating in the sky above the Purple Mansion began to tremble violently, as if someone was about to break out of their cocoon.

However, countless rays of spiritual light shot out from the thirty-six-petaled Creation Lotus and merged into the Azure Dragon image in the Purple Mansion.

After emitting its spiritual light, the Thirty-Sixth Grade Creation Lotus appeared even more translucent, and the aura of creation was even more intense on its crystal-clear surface.

So dense it seemed to be giving birth to something, a phantom-like chain-like thing flashed across the petals.

It seemed that the rich aura of creation satisfied the being within the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Lotus, causing it to slowly calm down.

The Azure Dragon, infused with countless rays of spiritual light, seemed to have also benefited greatly.

It let out a loud dragon roar, and grew from a thousand feet in size to ten thousand feet in an instant before stopping its descent.

There are limitations to the Azure Dragon in the Sacred Realm. When one first enters the ninth rank of the Sacred Realm, the Azure Dragon is only nine zhang long.

The middle level of the ninth grade is 99 zhang, the high level of the ninth grade is 999 zhang, and the perfect level of the ninth grade is 1,000 zhang.

A thousand feet is the limit for the Divine Azure Dragon.

However, Zhao Xuan's Azure Dragon suddenly grew to ten thousand feet in length.

This is not a substitute for quantity, but an upgrade.

When practitioners engage in magical battles, in the end, it all comes down to a contest of the power of the Three Jewels.

However, when it comes to directly comparing the power of the Three Treasures, cultivators have exhausted all their means and have nothing left to fight for.

A single dragon represents the power of a dragon, and the power of a dragon represents the strength of one hundred million jin (approximately 500 million kilograms).

The Azure Dragon is a divine beast worshipped by humans, but it does not actually exist.

The same applies to the azure dragon that cultivators condense through their spiritual practice.

The cultivator's cultivation is formed by the fusion of the power of the Three Treasures, which gives the Azure Dragon its spirit, will, and form, making the Azure Dragon appear no different from the real thing.

But just because something is identical to reality does not mean it is real.

The foundation of this world is, after all, the material world.

When the Azure Dragon's power is exhausted, it can only dissipate. Even if the Boundless Holy Body has boundless cultivation, the Azure Dragon will dissipate after consuming all of its cultivation in an instant.

This time, the Azure Dragon's ascension was granted a physical body, and in the material world, the Azure Dragon can be said to be a living being.

With a physical body in the material world, and combined with the boundless power of Zhao Xuan's Boundless Holy Body, even if all of his power is consumed in an instant, the Azure Dragon will not dissipate, but will instead recover its strength and continue fighting.

More importantly, with a dragon's body, the Azure Dragon becomes a member of the dragon race, and as a member of the dragon race, it can obtain the fortune of the dragon race.

There are three dragon clans in this world. One of them is the Chenlong clan, which is the guardian beast of the human race.

The Dragon Clan is the supreme clan among the aquatic lineage of the demon race.

The deep-sea dragons of the East China Sea are vassals of the Divine Dragon Clan, or rather, all aquatic creatures are vassals of the Divine Dragon Clan, and all can revert to their ancestral lineage to become Divine Dragons.

One is the Holy Dragon Clan, a dragon clan that stands apart from the demon clan, claiming to have the bloodline of the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Holy Beast or the Five Elements Holy Dragon.

They are the rarest of the three dragon races, but also the most powerful.

Apart from the Chenlong clan, the Shenlong and Shenglong clans are not much weaker than the human race.

The dragon has nine resemblances, five intentions, and one divine aspect, which are called the dragon form, the dragon virtue, and the dragon pattern.

The combination of the three constitutes the Dragon Ancestor.

The dragon race has three ancestors: the Ancestral Dragon, the Azure Dragon, and the Candle Dragon.

They are all innate deities, each possessing the dragon form, dragon virtue, and dragon emblem respectively.

All the dragons of the post-natal era were created from the fusion of the energy of the three great dragon ancestors who fought each other.

After combining the power of the dragon form, dragon virtue, and dragon emblem, all living beings can transform into the Dragon Ancestor, becoming the progenitor of all dragon races.

The dragon shape, the dragon virtue, and the dragon emblem each represent one-third of the Dragon Ancestor's power.

However, in order of difficulty, the Dragon Form is the easiest to cultivate, followed by the Dragon Virtue, and finally the Dragon Chapter.

After Zhao Xuan's Azure Dragon was upgraded this time, it gained the power of a dragon.

It can suppress, empower, and control all dragon-shaped objects to a certain extent.

This dragon shape is not a conventional dragon shape, but a conceptual dragon shape.

For example, if you draw a curve that evokes the shape of a dragon, then it belongs to the dragon shape category.

The phrase "seeing a snake in a cup" is no longer just a psychological injury in the face of the Azure Dragon, which has mastered the power of the dragon form; it can actually cause real harm.

When Zhao Xuan opened his eyes, a hundred years had passed.

The struggle in the fishing village has reached a fever pitch, or rather, the four evil avatars are launching a desperate counterattack.

Under the guidance of the Five Virtues Incarnation, Zhao Tianxiong and Jin Shurong gained enlightenment about themselves and awakened the primordial energy within their nine orifices.

He had already entered the realm of cultivation, and in just a few decades, he had achieved the rank of Grandmaster.

He was about to break through to the divine realm.