Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 830: All Laws Return to One: I Became an Immortal at the Beginning

The third catastrophe is coming.

This time Chen Yun was not as lucky as the second time.

The second time he experienced the tribulation and transformed into "Lu Li", it was simply the most exciting situation.

Apart from turning on the "gene unlocking" at the beginning, you don't need to do anything at other times, your strength will increase automatically.

This time, he entered a society similar to ancient China, which looked like the Song Dynasty.

As we all know, the Song Dynasty was an era with a very developed economy.

It was also the first dynasty to allow ordinary people to have “three meals a day”.

It can be said that during this dynasty's feudal era, the people had a relatively strong sense of happiness.

The unfortunate thing is that even in a dynasty with the best environment, there are still many poor people.

The "Er Gouzi" that Chen Yun turned into after going through hardships was not just about poverty, but also about a critical hit.

He was washed away by a flood when he was three years old and almost died in the water.

Luckily, he was rescued by a Taoist priest, but the priest died after raising him for less than two years, leaving behind only a dilapidated Taoist temple and an acre of fertile land.

If Chen Yun was older, he might be able to rely on this land to make a living. Unfortunately, he was only five years old and it was impossible for him to make a living from the land.

As a result, he was reduced to competing with wild dogs for food and even begging.

If it were just that, that would be fine.

A local tyrant, seeing that Chen Yun had an acre of good land and was trying to seize it, beat him half to death.

In the end, although Chen Yun survived with his tenacious will, he lost his fertile farmland and Taoist temple, and became a "professional" beggar.

He begged along the streets all the way to the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and finally to Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Here, in order to survive, Chen Yun started working at the dock when he was seven or eight years old.

The boss of the dock who made a living by shipping took pity on him and reluctantly took him in.

Because Chen Yun was young and could do little work, he received almost no wages except for three meals a day and a place to live.

It’s not that the boss is cruel, but an ordinary person like Chen Yun would probably starve to death. How could he have three meals a day and a place to stay?
Chen Yun worked as a coolie for the canal transport boss for almost ten years, and later gradually received the same wages as other coolies.

He originally thought that he would spend his whole life here.

Save some money to marry a wife, then go to the countryside to buy a piece of land and build a house.

Unexpectedly, the canal transport boss accidentally offended the government, and then nothing happened.

Fortunately, Chen Yun had saved some money over the years.

Although it’s not much, it’s enough to make a living.

He started transporting goods from the south to the north, and little by little he transformed himself from a poor boy into a wealthy man.

When he was about 30 years old, Chen Yun had already accumulated a fortune.

Similarly, he had many wives and concubines and had many sons and daughters.

Everything seems to be moving in the right direction.

However, his experience this time was destined to be a disaster.

A scene similar to that of the canal transport boss occurred.

Chen Yun was targeted by a government official because he did a good job in transporting goods from the south to the north.

Needless to say, Chen Yun's house was searched and his body was confiscated and he was thrown into prison.

Even though he repeatedly sought justice in prison, how could he defeat the Yanei?

Finally, he was exiled to Shamen Island by the Yanei.

There were many tortures in ancient my country.

Such tortures as quartering, beheading, and lingchi are horrifying just to hear about them.

There was a kind of torture in the Song Dynasty, which sounded not too harsh but was actually strange and unpredictable, called "exile to Shamen Island."

The exile system in the Song Dynasty was to send criminals to a designated place, usually an island or a remote area.

Exiles were generally subject to tattooing, which involves having words tattooed on their heads. In mild cases, the tattoo would be behind the ear, while in severe cases, it would be directly on the face. Therefore, exile is also called tattooing.

The prisoners were exiled to Shamen Island, where many died.

For example, Lu Junyi, the Jade Unicorn in "Water Margin", was exiled to Shamen Island.

On the way, two yamen runners wanted to kill Lu Junyi.

Chen Yun encountered the same situation. The yamen official secretly passed on orders and gave two yamen runners some gold, silver and jewelry, hinting that they should kill him halfway.

Then he was beaten to death on the way, ending his life experience.

Well, there is no room for reversal at all.

It can be said that except for a few years occasionally enjoying wealth and glory in his life, he lived a very depressed life the rest of the time.

Or in other words, death is a very miserable death.

……

In real life.

Chen Yun ended his third ordeal.

Even though he had encountered many hardships during his tribulations, with his cultivation level at that level, his faith in the Tao was naturally very firm. How could he be angry about this?
"It turns out that not every tribulation can lead to a 'happy ending'."

Chen Yun shook his head helplessly.

The third time he experienced tribulation, he did not practice Taoism, so naturally it was impossible for his soul to leave his body.

However, he did not gain nothing. His cultivation level increased by about one percent.

The improvement in his cultivation is secondary. After experiencing so many difficulties, his state of mind has improved greatly.

"There is always a reward for every tribulation."

Chen Yun sighed slightly, "My cultivation level didn't increase much this time. I guess it's just the 'guaranteed' reward from this tribulation."

Although his cultivation level had not increased much, he still needed time to digest it.

This digestion is not only about cultivation, but also about the summary of the sufferings in that life.

It took Chen Yun seven days to completely digest the third tribulation.

After completely digesting it, his Dao heart became stronger, and it seemed that the speed of absorbing the remaining "Qi" from the trajectory of the Dao became faster.

The increase in absorption rate is not much, but there is growth.

Besides, one day may not seem like much, but what about ten days, a hundred days, or a hundred years?
It can be said that this kind of improvement is better than directly improving one's cultivation level.

After seven days, Chen Yun entered his fourth tribulation.

The fourth time he experienced tribulation, he was a pig and was slaughtered before he lived for less than a year.

The fifth time he experienced tribulation, he became a prostitute, experienced a lot of wandering, and finally married an "honest man", and finally spent his life together.

Although he had a happy ending after the fifth tribulation, he still could not be considered to have passed it because he had not practiced cultivation.

Chen Yun still gained a lot from these two experiences.

Time passes day by day.

He also continues to become stronger as he goes through hardships and digests them.

The Sixth Tribulation...

The tenth tribulation...

The twentieth tribulation... In the blink of an eye, a year or two passed quietly.

During this period, Chen Yun returned to the path of cultivation after two tribulations.

It's a pity that none of them could achieve immortality, let alone succeed in becoming a Yang God.

Although these tribulations were considered failures, his strength has increased to twice its original level.

Chen Yun estimated that after experiencing twenty or thirty tribulations, his true strength was no worse than Lei Zu or Moli Pu Tian.

You must know that both Leizu and Moli Putian are innate gods.

One is the incarnation of the Great Emperor of the South Pole, and the other is the incarnation of the Yin Qi of Yuanshi Tianzun. It can be said that they are blessed with unique conditions.

If it were just that, Lei Zu and Moli Putian would have to live for who knows how many years of the reopening of the world they had to live through to reach their current level of cultivation.

Now, he has only used the supreme magic taught by Sakyamuni Buddha to go through twenty or thirty tribulations, but he has actually caught up with the strength of the two of them?

I have to say, this magic method is so mysterious.

The only thing that made Chen Yun feel regretful was that he had never succeeded in releasing the Yang Shen once so far.

He was not discouraged at all and continued his thirty-first tribulation.

……

During the thirty-first tribulation.

This time, Chen Yun’s name during the tribulation was actually “Lu Li” again.

Unlike the second tribulation, this "Lu Li" did not have his genes unlocked, but was just an ordinary person.

Of course, the world we live in is still the 21st century on Earth.

This is very similar to the "Lu Li" who experienced the second tribulation.

It can’t be said to be very ordinary.

This "Lu Li" has an incredible ability, which is the ability to "make the fake come true."

During his tribulations, Chen Yun cultivated himself to become an immortal with the help of an online version of the "Tai Shang Jiu Yao Xin Seal Wonderful Sutra".

Most importantly, it only took three short years.

He should be thankful to have arrived here.

However, what happened next was speechless.

When Chen Yun was in the state of Yang Shen, he was attacked by a demon, which prevented him from ascending to heaven. However, he had already cultivated to the immortal realm.

During this tribulation, if one cultivates to the point of producing Yang Shen, one should be able to reach the state of "I see all emptiness, all emptiness sees me", and then use the first time Yang Shen appears to illuminate the heavens and all worlds with its light, and kill all "other selves" in one fell swoop.

Because of the invasion of demons, his ascension to heaven failed.

Although Chen Yun achieved an immortal body during his tribulations, he was unable to kill the "other self" in the heavens and all realms. He still needed to "manually" search for and kill them one by one.

None of this matters.

The thing is, although he failed when his Yang Shen left his body to transcend the tribulation, he saw something that might be the "True Qi", just like Chen Yun did when his Yang Shen left his body for the first time in real life.

Of course, Chen Yun, who was in the process of undergoing a tribulation, was unaware of the situation and thought he was "Lu Li".

As he became an immortal through overcoming the tribulation, Chen Yun gradually discovered that there seemed to be no other extraordinary people in the world he lived in except himself.

So, he became the only extraordinary one.

Despite this, Chen Yun still had no interest in fame, wealth and power, and just tried his best to find ways to kill "him".

He discovered that every time he killed an "other self", he would gain a magical power.

The first magical power is called "knowing the land", which can change the feng shui pattern.

The second magical power is called "summoning", which can capture objects from a distance, as if using one's arms or fingers.

Next time, by chance, he killed two "other selves" at once and gained two magical powers, namely "taking medicine" and "shooting covers".

The former can condense the essence of Yi wood and turn it into a magic pill.

After taking this elixir, not only can it cure all diseases and detoxify, but it can also prolong life.

The latter's magical power can deduce the past and the future, which can be considered a fortune-telling power.

Chen Yun was immersed in the process of killing "him and me".

As he becomes stronger and stronger, the magical powers he subsequently acquires become more and more powerful.

For example, "Spirit driving the sword", "Subduing dragons and taming tigers", "Throwing beans to create soldiers" and so on.

Gradually, he became invincible, and any high-tech weapon seemed like child's play in front of him.

By accumulating bit by bit, Chen Yun finally gathered enough powerful force for the Yang God's light to illuminate the heavens and all worlds again.

His yang spirit left his body and he cut off all the "others" and became an immortal in the true sense.

What Chen Yun did not expect was that as soon as he cut off the "other self" in the heavens and myriad worlds, he immediately entered the stage of unity with the Tao, achieved the Daluo Immortal, and became an immortal being.

Unfortunately, this is also a world of calamities that is at most at the level of "all heavens and myriad worlds", and has not reached the level of "infinite box".

……

Return to the real world.

Chen Yun slowly opened his eyes, his face somewhat delighted as he said, "I didn't expect that I would be so lucky this time. I actually cultivated the inner alchemy technique and passed it successfully."

He checked his own strength growth and found that this ordeal had made him about 25% stronger.

If we calculate the "magnitude", it is actually exactly the same as the "satisfying situation" of the second tribulation, but after experiencing twenty or thirty tribulations, it has become stronger, so the proportion seems to have decreased.

"I gained a lot from this experience. Not only did my strength increase greatly, but I also gained a variant of the 'Great Nine Essentials Heart Seal Sutra'."

While Chen Yun was experiencing what he had gained from this ordeal, he recorded the variant of "The Great Nine Essentials of the Heart Sutra" and then made some modifications to this mysterious skill based on his own understanding.

Later, he created a new inner alchemy technique.

This new internal alchemy technique is called "All Things Return to One".

"If we use the name of this inner alchemy technique as a title, my experience this time can be called 'All Laws Return to One: I Became an Immortal from the Beginning'."

Chen Yun smiled and shook his head. "This method is not bad. It is a little more advanced than 'Gene Unlocked: I am Evolving Every Day'. If you practice it with concentration, you can cultivate to the Celestial Immortal Realm. However, this method requires too much talent. Of course, people with high talent will make particularly rapid progress in their practice. In just a few years, you will be able to kill off the 'other self' and become a Celestial Immortal in one go."

He felt that if he could meet a particularly talented disciple in the future, he could try to teach him "All Things Return to One".

Put away the newly acquired methods.

Chen Yun carefully recalled all the insights he gained while transcending the tribulation, and naturally digested the improved cultivation level.

When recalling and contemplating, he attached particular importance to the moment when his Yang Spirit left his body and sensed the true Qi, and everything that happened.

This is related to whether he can sense the true Qi in the real world, so of course he has to take it seriously.

Chen Yun himself had sensed the true Qi once in the real world, and now he felt it again while undergoing the tribulation.

The familiar feeling that one plus one is greater than two has greatly improved his understanding of sensing the true Qi.

He kept experiencing that feeling.

Constantly pursuing my own understanding.

During the period of comprehension, time keeps passing.

Finally, after a month, he had digested all his gains.

At the same time, Chen Yun seemed to have some understanding of how to sense the true Qi.

"I should be able to sense the true Qi now."

Chen Yun thought to himself, "Since I'm somewhat confident, let's give it a try."

(End of this chapter)